The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-12-09 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL.

711IDAT.
WEYMOUTH &ND THE REDISTRIBUTION
SCHEME.

A Ineistiost of the Towo Oon coil wee ht'd oa Fri far
1., the part...goof eliciting whet slops Ghoul I be taken
with regard to the Redistribetion Bill. Thit Meyer
(Mr. /towhead Thom..) preeidei. and there were
puss t Aldermen Eliot, sad C Arise,
Be 'ern, Denale, Graham, Laming, Ethic., Slam..
and

flis Winger, stated that his resells for cal leg them
together that morning was that the Town Clark bed
Informed hies that the Itrundur Commissioners were
going to hold a meeting at Dorchester oil the 11th,
and be thought they shoal I not love ti.. in deal Hog
what course they latended to take. It midst be ctn.
sideesd by some that the (lowercase* bat dealt
liberally with Weymouth, no fur repreeeut,t,vee
'war. to be given to the comity, en I Weymouth,
being one of the metres, would to • oestela 'sisal
retain Wks. They would no dosht lode
some of those subscsriptices which they bad beam in the
habit at melting from their members for amessaiesta,
&a, and whkh the/ could not asps* la the fakir,.
rpm the return made at the Lest ••••as it &spewed
that their population anathema 13.70#, but i$ was
generally admitted that there miss here been •
mistake in the return—(iereral mentben : There
must have been)—and be did not kso• whether the
taklag of another awns would besefit titan at all.
Kr. ATI.= : Ilappoelog we take a 0111111u1 Our.
sairwr, would it bare weight'
Thii Ittrea said he was afraid .5, as the Prime
Ilinkster had staled thed lb. moms of 111111 wee lobe
the basin If. did Dot think, es far a. Weymouth
was conoerned, that they had bees Ids-ehly treated,
and be was net prepared to quarrel with the BBL
Alderman ELIO? sold he agreed with the geoeral
peincipl• of the Bill, but as an inhabitant of Wey-
mouth be felt very sorry that the I sir historical
association with that. representation in Parliament
ahp!ld be severed.

—Mr. Boom 'aid lbws wee a very geserel (sells,
p.lO wbetbee tha last mass wee wend He bell .ved
Mat the seams In in ,111•4 a o welder.
able loosseee, aid between that Ms 601
1381 be °onside/ad the vpulatios 'aeries* 1
sad woe gales equal la ratio t what It was Is WM
If that were so It would bels* thew to *hoot lb*
Dumber which arta! salltle thee t • repreeestetka.
He "'oilseed sot a !hid or ooe-b4l of the ho
which wee* Wag balls la Meleousb RAJ. as the Cato
Win. retoesed. Wleetliwr amythlau wesld bad.., to
Met Weir ;smiths woe for times lo &olds As snoop.ties had bon look is th• ore of Wrwsok,

numbered 11,000, end had had Ireemiagtoe &Mashed
I. it, and b.c oil not the why P ortleod. which was
Cilia as that, wail% " allaltigloo, should not be
atteched to Weymouth. Whether It was w oth while
to ath to be treated in a similar maseerin Warwick
had betake did coot knot., hut Wey &oath was • place
which bed returned i,s memberl dittos the time of
Ella 'both, and be. Worth ore, thought they hal • right
to claim to he pot in a similar p wit! on to Warwick.
Mr. BIoWS remarke I that torn ra than one Witham
two taroa had both put tosetaer sad • member given
them, mad he di 'l4ll.re euy stser iwo of tit,
importacioe of Weymouth ha b ern eiziierly treatet
Ittietarodent of thy bik Clow st Cier •
were reasons why th.y should be represents I, and Im
believed it would hare vont, weight lithe omatiaation
of Weymouth sad Portlaed wire 504( sled. They
knew there were two or three reasons which ngrerstevi
staillth the lath cocoa.. Io 1871 they hil 300 or 400
soldiers to the lieu, so I in 1891 they bed not any,
and Walt Ham, whicio wan locriadarl in 1871 was made
a separate parish in 1881. He did ito-. think they
amid lel the Popul.,ioa up to 15,000 melee. they
' remain the bosudaries of Um borough, which lie
did not 'eye they Gould do.
Aldermen ELIA read the answer given by 84
Charles Mitt to. previous treeing with tseat'd a, a
ocotillo* as t whether tue iestroctions t be B med.
Mgi Clotaallissiabeve PM:a led the possibility of their
recommending the esteastos of any elates borough.
He said I hare to say that the Iseusstlasa to the
Comintsmorvers, which must be real Se ounectioa
with tbis Rill, are not iatended to 001,N•OS bur acts.
ander 15.000, a. they are all schecialed to be merged.
Hr. littowe said whether the/ were lkelY I join
themeelvm to Uorchester or t Yortmod was tim vary
quettion for them to take up.
Mt Maros said be thought perhaps tb• bettor
mares to pursue woad be to tend a petitioe to tisk
members, and ask them Ii present it.
Mr. Roselle coesitlered that they ought to be
emaciated with that part Of the twenty which
belonged to a maritime pvi. and Portland woold
bring them withla that c itheery.
Mr. Damn said be th might it trotalil be • waste of
time to take any settle is the matter, alter the
reworks of the Prime Minister on Monday night
The Maio*: That is my opinion, but I did not more
t • take the respoosibility epos cafes& Tbe o ,suit
of Dorset has, as • whole, bees very liberally treated,
and, under the airesintstheces. I think we should hare
Weymouth as • centre. Are you desirous that a
petition should be drawn up
The Tows : A petition te the members
would be ol she asse ut slisaid be to Use House.
liollbers tSostiat se a ea tritium! plaes the, Amid
be treated as other such places bad been.
Mr. IMES weld be .1 *5 would be utterly usel•ss
sad • waste of time to take any motion in the matter.
The MATO' sell there would he no harm i I the
Town Oleek waking to the C ausiesithere to ithow
whether it would be an opea 'Jura, and whether they
would naive evideses.
Mr. Latium re/naked that they had beta repro-
seated in Parliament lor nay many years. and be
thought they ought to do altthey peril:Ay &mid to
friss% a member, and if by attaching Portland Ii
Weymouth they amid do so they ought to mum/need
it.
The liaToe said he agreed that titer ought to do the
best they could, but ho looked upon Its. • bilge
bops.
After farther dimension, th• Mayor's suggestion, as
to the Tows Cleric writing to the Commiloaers, wee
adopted.