The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-12-18 00:00:00

reasona for making an expensive tunnel at Preston. Church WAS teaching politics. their prinelphee were to
whon they °mild ran over the present hos. Its mime extent politics!. Their @astern of government
thought they C Pold bring the line of railway from was more republican than anythit g sloe ; hut he
Sturminster Newton to I) rcteeter, and than run nee believed their Queen would not find more local snlieett
the existing line from D ocheeter to Weymouth, then Congo gains 'lista. (Appian...) N. body received
aili.r.by they wou'd ease great expense. leas fr m either Tory or 1 lberal Gov, rnmente than
Dluirrie ineraitied General Pennv'e re•oluti in. the Convened ,al Church. Spesking i.f the bitter 0,7
Rev. J. WOOD maid he begets I t op Incise for b-ing being reieed of Outatet To. radon. lend was ia *beheade of
so early iu tb. mintitig, ton 1•4 he hat to lei.. ,rly he • (-lir people. and money got into the bandit of a few
thought what he bad to say had better be sail at once. people. and it wai gettirm m. re and more en in this
Tnere was one thing he et mild like to p tint ..u•—hie country. They did not want any general di-toil:t
they
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live
With regard to the Ugh School, be Iran afraid the so much ontmet and destitute London. (Aptilaute.)
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cone of its failure wee one, which would explain • Anthem. " Praise the Lord all ye Nstione." the
y.oilevespn,terle n Petho.lewtooulkinnoowt
great many , tber failures. Its thought that school choir, the quartette being taken by Mee Freemen,
wee too high in its fees, and he bad not the leant doubt kidie Wardle, Ml. Crocker. and Mies Trevett
it would be a success if it were conducted on The Rev. W. T.aavis said it woe. great pleasure for
• m 're ecionomini been. Ac to the railway him to be there that night. If be hal been abeent
accommodation, he was coming from London it evold have been the first ocossion f..r 27 Tears. He
• few weeks ag ~ and startel by the five o'cl k was very glad they were getting • lot'e more
train from Wined it, sal it was a c apiral run enthudini•ic over thei• me -tints. lie wee very glad
from L whin to Sali:bury ; he then had to make a to he there, although there were two meeting. being
very unpleerent enrage, eel the next erne of the held in the taro
si4t4r chatrels. It wart nit the fault a
.unoty Way made at • Pace which made one feel either Mr. Wood. the de m ons, or himself. thin they
inclined t, fp:. out and Mt* behin I lie enters I into ahoral have been held . n the name nigh.. Hovever,
couvereetion with • fellow traveller, and be said, he inroad:ably foun I that when the meeting. were hehi
"You people in Wernooth ought t stir yourselves on the same night, they were ho'h great iittemeser—it
up if you won better railway aco imm i elation—bat was so In this cate—th, yhid • glorions meet.
they are such sleepy-headed duffers d ,we there." leg at Hope, Ind • gloriout meeting here.
(Laughter.) He should like to know, before they lie earnestly exhorted the Studer School 'Pea hers to
started tide railway pmjert, if it was given up as a he stead( .. to their work, and remember that it Was
matter of despair that the two existing companies could through the children they gct at the parents. He
n,t help them. He said thin in no iipposition to called their attention to Weetham, and said bethought
General Penny's resolution, but he wished them t , they onght to go oeu there. He hal a prayer
bear in mind that there Wan such a think as starving meeting over there now. and if thse didn't take ear,
thee little companies by the big iinee putting he wool.' have • &noel there. ( Applause.)
numerous little landraoCies an obetruotione in their Anthem : "The Lrdi. my Shepherd," choir ;
way. It they would not help them, then let them figh s mb. Mils Proem an. Toe Rey. .T. Wool), in c illing
them to the utmost. (Applione.) on the Rev. J. S. B itcher, spoke of
rho MATO& said, as he (the Rev. J. Woo) was the regret they felt it hie leaving, sod
ab itit to leave the meeting, he w mid say that the said he wit, pure he sroaut have th.i,
o moral had passel • resolution that morning aeltius heartiest wishes and best sympathies wherever he
the public to j iin them in meopirialieiug the Greet and went. ( tietri )
Soutb-Weetern Companies fir inonsasol facilities. The R-v. .1 4. RI-Norma thanked them for their
M. ingests seid, in referenoe to wit at tbe Rev, kind exprepion. 11. moat think the pe-ple
John Wool had soil. be tbooght he 11.1 het sight r.l of Gliovever. t eat fit- whet the, had done at
tile main feature which bed brought them there that Tipwey. He • ).ought they acre Improving round ties...,
night—uamily. the posing up of toe heart of the Chickerell evpeci • ly. lie WWI there last S. opt"
Midtown, that Weymouth might be brought int , night. and th. y had 90 ',smile in their heaeoifet new
Weser onnanoio antra thot it wet at pl (Neat. lie did chapel. He trusted that al.houtra he We:. ,40, ewe,,
uot doubt that if the Soutb te •Weern were approached th 4 hi. friend, at Gloncentei-elireet would not forw.t
they w ,uld get better railway aotiomm dation ; but Upwey •, they were •Fr .04 sort 4 people at ejointe,
that was not ell they wetted—they wanted to make and be hoped they would help there. (..b. concluded
docks, and open up this pleas as a commercial port, with an earnest appeal tin the young to ranee:rate
snob as it had never been before. It must be patent thinneelves to the Lord; there was plenty of work in
to everyone—things were 'sot quite as they wished this town for them to do.
them to be. Not going into detail, be would content The Bev. J. TltafrOsn also addressed the meeting,
himself with this one thing—They had not been doing which soon fatter terminated.
what they could do. It was only at the last
ransus that was taken they Were told they ha I
not moved on at all. If for *even or ten years Wey-
mouth could not mike progress in p 'pulsation of more
Wen a hundred or so, it behoved them t , look round
and see what they could do in the next 10 years. Of
cora,, it w 'rad be probably said that they wouli be
driving away the cradle which had been brought to the
town. There was no member of the Council who felt
more grateful than he did at the incream of trade in
the harbour, and perhaps no one had beo•fittel more
by it thou himeelf, an I therefore he came there that
night to advocate luau-owed oloirpuoication, not the
driving away of theee lost.. lie believe I that t
ie
opening up of the Midlands would be the means of
making it one of the &opt porta in the kingdom. If
they did not take this matter up with unflinching deter-
mination sod perreveraner, there woul.ln't be the
alt./M*l4 chance of getting that which they wanted.
They wou4 bear us-morrow m unitng that they were
going to drive away the Gre it Western, but such
things sere add in every place where such a scheme
was before the town. But c .me what would they
would oey it was for something better, which would
seod them forward in the ruse with other towns, and
develops their town se • watering Once an
claret...l port. They had beard that night that the
S oth-Western and the Midland had j need heads.
Whatfir? To take the breed out of the Weymouth
Ire iesmen'e mouths and of their labourers, to take to
B mrisemouth ; ell the beat carriages were put on for
B ,uniernouth ; an I all the trend I was being tapped by
Bournemouth. Tiny mint c one to the front and get
some independent c- imp any anita good contractor, and
and those gentlemen wh ol Sent letters of approval to
help them, lie believed they were upon • crisis •
whether they ehohi.l go for wa-cl or back Nardi rested
With theineelve• (rkppl4rl4o.)
Sir. C 'Trine said tiny waited more ac :nom° le-
Ron in Weymouth. and he certainly Lb oght they
o ight to try an I bring t in Mid and Cnpaiy loch
to them. arid he thought the lime shot! I run from
Tem,olim im to, and tnat it 4h old be itidep o.n.it of
the pen nit compaudoi. Wi h rag ar 1 to the Great
We t 'nu, he wan inform id they were a- present
cosiinz with tin, O. Imo ilty to go to Portland.
TrideLLMAN sell th4r4 was mate thing they
must nit los* sight ..f, ad th it west a' no re..el
cirawiitg inure than nine fee: of water c iiiid lay in
the hero mr. They o nth' t be ruonin r their 4,000
quarters a week through this port. lie should •uoport
• does.
0 moral P0,41:1Y.4 ree dutMe Wan then pot to the
meeting aol CS, rle,l u.ienioi iuely.
Dr. it3IPSON 4al les there w euch an frifiu•a;
meeting tbs.. rage' he to iught it would be a good
thin z if SIMI • expo:sena of ..piniou were ti g i to, th to
the Groat Western. They moat remember the Great
eLeyinedadoneattr2e.iil
p 10.25,
ant. They
which wee
.W.eyab,m,unitthfoautr limits
Weeteru started from Peddiagt in, a m c invenieiit
an.l e-half, but they hal so train down tinder live
hours. l'herefore he thought some expreasion shou vi
go f rrth ti the Ore AG We..t •rn to run a to in dosgu at
toe seine aped as they ran 0.. e up.
his. SANWA net tare wolf be tin qua ti mu tb 4
the great *holt of Woym mitt wan better f dliii.. iu
railway co timmication. They dokod lemon I them,
au.l were force tm make coop ...loran Tney were
bound t , • knit the facilities offered to other place
were greater than the facilities offered to Weymooth.
Re adopted pretty neatly the WILLIO his Of argument
as the other epeakers.
Mr. BaIISS.4, answering the question wit hy Mr.
liux%able at arli e or stage of the pr ceedings, sai I
that if arningemery, could he come to with the :sou h•
We.tern for running powers they coold cone ii
irchoster, and from thence to Weymouth.
Mr. Z. Mittman, speaking on the q tetion of
docks, thought Newton's Cove far preferable to
San isfoot Cove.
Mr. Poor (Beaulieu Wont) prune," a plea of a
in an almost etrsight line from Templemmbe ii
Weymouth, totaling D ,rgheater, which be thought
would be much more direct and easier made than the
one propoeel by Mr. Barnes.
Mr. Hsu. gave it as his ' opinion that if they wanted
to get people there they must have two competing
companies. He raso p doted out that the tariff on
gooda would be lees if they had an opposition com-
pany.
Mr. ASOILSWS, of Dorchester, strongly supported
Mr. Foote plat, contending that it wood! benefit both
Dorchester and Weymouth, as it would thus pees
through a largely populated district. He pointed out
that the length of this line would be oily 19 mil ea.
es,
thus gulling six miles.
Mr. DVISIS asked if this was in order after the
resolution was carried.
The hlaroa : Scarcely.
Mr. Donn urged the importance of having an
independent line, a• the olij-ct in view would be to
utiliee the present line, unities they gave them what
they wanted. Its ob I the South-Wetter° in
connection with the line from Dorchester t t Way
mouth, was under the thumb of the Great Wootton,
Mr. ANDIZW• advocated that the line should peas
through Dorchester, and not Broadma ne.
Mr. CHALLIS alsospoke in favour of
cut flute.an inde pond •
Mr. Bao Wig warn SISO of the same opinion, oP
any idea that the new railway should P the rea
t
Hoe between ncheeter usi Weymouth, and refeerir:nei
to the recent inures. in the fare, ot the S°nth-
Western, by order of the Great Western
The blaroa, in • lengthy speech, p rated out that •
twelveminith must elapse before • ll' anything could be
done in the matt-r f 0 • new line, and there fore
a located memorialising the two comp atii IP.
Dr. Simpson, Rev. C. R. Gill,rt. and Nieman. T. 13
(hives,
Clarke, Vincent, G. E. Eliot T I
Deunis. Curtis, Creech, and flux table were 'ea;
jet"
a c nomittei under General Pe ,n, roe e
Toe
Procexlings terminated with • vote of thanks
to the Mayor.

To the Editor.
That Sir —A.' • native of this town, and my
ancestors .;o, I feel It • privi,rge and Addy, as one of
the anardliane, to look into any Important mitten,
relating to the rights, nrivileze, and land. helonsins
to It and It. inhabitants. There I. no rionbt but the
land has been encroached on from time ro time, and
is now owned by certain Demons who claim It as their
own, where's it reelly bel ,ngs t the town, and in free
land accordinz to rec re.. It behoved' every rate.
payer en 'l inhAndtent t, do hie utinnet to regal it.
I refer especially to the Common nf Meloombe Regis.
If you en-mid kindly insert this, with the per.freepho
enclosed. I should f.-el faithfollv.
TRONA.; q. WALL!.
2. Newberry-terreoe, Weymouth. December 11th.
1833.

(Dm, fetwe Town Regan/LI
B.nj. Banhaal. gent., depnee. voinnt ,t• ly that hi. I.te
ren•o'ee, the Lvir Mary Ra.•lnte. li. t. nant of •hh farm
of Rath" 1. declared t • Dim to' tn. dltout lan I "I,
T mawell unto the opte n uthward. mum 17 rallel ti,.
11,11...1t5„ *bin% tools at• kn ...no hy the nerne.ef
comet, belonging to the *aid towns - belong,. I ta the
to en as 'he ..r.ly bettewed, solel thrt the d- tyma-nt (he.
heir) ohnted not con'en4 rue hee ab tv• "t nf
the ...IA towne nlel eyrie the detaynere," D comber
7., 1646
Tn. Comotitt.o of Dlhoot sold that they wauld ant
opoose /h. two nt•king entry on the COMMOO. OIVONT
19th, 1649 T.oe S ca.' to at moon echn'•.•, er. moeht
entry and .owe 'one •1 n half • peck n' heat no
the C ,mm,,n. N •v-mher 2, 1649 On• p•ek of B
to 1,0 *O." On the " ba.ley of the Comm,.
April 9. 1650
tfl p,ition respell' ine Moh•omho Roeio
K nv. R/ v.,rs old, and 11 Cox 01 th t 75 rem
and 50 p••art thy 1 in d in A, noon psy
vonomOon roont Mond. of MI R gia—from ton. two
to the ant .f eh. Willtark •inan " I fl•ghl,••
•t Washford. thene. t• " Rod no'. W .g." gee gess
th, ',mad eftll.,l Blarkroek.." tkeoce tetwa•de
S•lt.on to ann,her ('o ,'.I • (-est wh't • •Inne y.
b twin S itton start lii. Reel., th •nce it ek to" ek-
'ked• xed an to 'he '0 .tt &volts F wher
R•ix•heth e•r• Vs' Mo. Lourete• the m; ow.. 4
Rod ~'I. pan-hinn. re, need t gn t
houndo no Cho ehm • dav ; end at • pound ,
"it ret,l a chapter •• d n•o'fne e.tere ta s.ang..
Acte, this the otranthnl n wa.
on the w-s. 4e of •nm. r t..en ond
•-•ere•m.'n on • been" .14.. The Nod c• 11 4th. D
then Del vei t • tt, town. and 111. t mnomen post •heir
rata- there. oh •nt 60h.a1. ". r ahoy •••••1.
vh;• ewe th a•ve,ge of the Corn *Web I. OS
follows T Hol'an6 is fo have AA.
• r 4.trins
M h-nm`e C wool and making S fll .t of the •gun •
Ther • ••ero 172 ohs .23 .n0i..., oot .• w
owl 51 a•••,e, 55 gondol 'at 'her. f. Aneuet 5 1051.
Comm a w le, at 50. p r 'flown S onnnher 30,
1653: at 21t I.,er, wk..o the hound are
...tot vol. 'o" the 184.11,111 to S,,t ,n..
for a. in ,h To •nes tlgl t, on 1 wart, •terd to the ditch
he the llathwav ill.. Th- firra-r s R ,4e continued
to r • w.th the C nun,. a. M .1/ 16. 1636
11, S.m 0.h.-n. •• The To .n Agent,'' t • hove £lO.
he.Aes ehor,o. for ealle •,ng ,h• C.,mtp n .00l‘• @as:*
D nun B Row*. J. Toe telt ,r I. E. qv, , and Cr, rel
W S..4eb M P., oro • , too ••tt..•,..a r a
•ho tow,. a. or ler-d it, P.-lis ve •t to 22 1011
The Bl'erirk....like I h • w some ex ••.t.

ANNUAL TEA AND M EETING AT
GLOUCESTER-STREET CHAPEL.
On Weiiiiresday -evening the annual he • ne.ut'og in
connection with this place of worship took place, and
P.lrawith.te•iien:shgbwgdied.rairataaiTsietoh;a7pit.... thaibi.citeit
aah.ag;,:).Lelvile,yrtr:ihubeteemhpetie,b,Rlniooeivarm.peleyejn.ot2,:::7:..
Wo occupied the ch dr, suciported hy the Roy. C
ithodea, Rev. J. S. Butcher ((Jewer), R:v. oir. Lewis,
and the Rev. J. Trafford, M.A.
The meeting having been opened in the usual
maener with singing, and prayer by the Rev. W. R.
W•COH, Portland,
takenl'M iii .e sail be
explain thtt
need
lise
. s
iinte i w
he
arn‘lye
two moth.
ee sepa'ated
h
from them hy the Niedderra, em n it had been Post-
pone I ; nowev •r they hope I in the future t keep it in
Oct her, lie was pie ...I to ere•i many At'llll.l ae
there were end d nibtles there gy.el.l have been more
If they c nil have had the meeting at the eviler .ist.
he hat referred t Ili we, glad they ha I he
opportunity ~f meeting over a cop of tea,
Tb re were some people in the world who said
they didn't like tea meeting.; this was often
of the eterner sex, but he thought if they ha I only got
them th re, they would nay they only thought they
didn't like tea meetings. He liked Setae opp it
inities
of coming torettier and meeting friends, and saying
"l-,w di yol In ;" he felt it was • great privilege, lie
was glad to see friends from other congregations there
that night, not so many perhape if the wey h be-n
clear x, hut at this tines of the year it wa • .iiffi !tit
Soil it cis r. An; hem '..wake, awake, out on thy
stren,„th, UZi ch ir ; w.ht by Hie. Freeman
R v. (7. Itnonsts, late .1 Hartlepool, was the next
sp•ak. r. Speaking of his roinistre in that since, be
said be was extremely sorry he had had t sever a
connes.tion with a people who had been most kind t him. He hal miniature(' t • tlogm, and they had
minist 4.'1 to his plemure, and also, he trusted, to his
edifi,ation. So much for the people of his late charge,
bee in., he had liven obliged t • never his a ennection
with them b c use of h;s health. So he and his hien Is
came here at the end of October. They came from
J,,.ey, • very rough pagan, indeed, which mad* him
nf,ritldhate eordlitsenot:; wthieshmthogg.iimt h
inthee ma again, lie could
It wee no ron,th he wag very ill, and ro;led out of his
berth on to the heir three or four time.. (Lipighter.)
They landed late at nizht, colt, and fe.'lln. il with
the P•1111.Z., an I then he had to fele that dreadful
Cost ine House. They, however, got out of that,
an I got to an hotel, and he should always
remember how kindly he wan treated by the people
there, lie liked Weymouth and liked the people, for
everyone he hail met with was most kind t m him, and he well remembered how kindly he wee received
when he first came to their beautiful church. Referr-
ing to politics, he said people often said minktera
should have nothing to do whit politics, but task