The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-04-02 00:00:00

POOLE.

QC•RTZR SIMMONS. —The next quarter sessions
will be holden on the 9th of April.
DISCOVIRY Or i DZAD Israter.—On Thursday
last, the body of • female infant was discovered
wrapped lit • woman's apron, and deposited under
the wall of the old burying ground at the top ol
Market-street. Some boys, who had climbed the
wall in play, saw .ibe bundle, and after examining it.
contents, gave informeion at the pohee-office. The
bundle, from it. appearance, bad cot long been
deposited. but it is sapwood the infant ;lied, or wee
made sway with, several days before.

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ACOORATION OF Till BRITISH SCHOOL.--SOMe
year. ago there was a very good British echo,' in
Poole, but owing to the indisposition of ;lie
, dissenters to take the Government grant it fell oft.
An attempt is now being made to rerive it, with
' every prospect of snows A first clam certificated
master has been found in Mr. T. P. Hicks, Indies
commencement the boys' school numbers 30 scholars
On Monday afternoon a large company assembled at
the Towndiall, a tea and plibles meeting having been
announced to inaugurate the new institution. Mr.
Martin Remp•Welch occupied the chair, and
addresses were delivered by the chairman, Mr. 0.1).
Aldridge, of Christaharch, the Rev. R. T. Verrall,
Mr. 8.. Baxter, of Brittol, the Rev. J. H. Osborne,
and others. Instrumental music and glee-singing
formed part of the attraction* of the evening.
Vaaray Merneo. —At the annual Lady-dav
vestry meeting held for the appointment of
parochial °Scare, &0., the Rev. A. Wilkinson was
in the chair. The surveyors of highways, Meter,.
Palk and Jennings, presented their accounts, which
-showed a balance In band of £76 19a. 91. They
were reelected, and a vote of thanks passed for their
services. Mr. W. Penney and Mr. Mate were
chosen auditors of the burial board. The statistics
of the burial board showed a large increase in the
number of burials during the past veer. The
number from March. 1865, to March, 1866, was 171,
but from March, 1868, to March, 1867, it had swelled
to 272, showing an increase of 101. It consist*,
however, principally of children, and is no doubt
owing to the prevalence of scarlet fever last summer.
The account showed a balance in hand of £3e 10e.
Mr. J. C. Stone, Mr. H. Farmer, and Mr. Emmett
were elected members of the burial boaacL

THI POOLS ROADS BILL—The committee ap•
pointed to ooneider the merits of this Kill met at the
House of Commons on Wednesday morning. The
committee consisted of Lord G. Cavendish (in the
chair), Mr. Wyvill, Mr. Allen Betlinret, and Mr.
H. E. Surtax The bill, which was unopposed, was
to continue the term of a previous act for 21 year,;
to situation certain variations of tolls; to purchase
lend; and to repeal certain parts of and to amend
the existing act. Mr. Jordan, parliamentary agent,
who appeared for the promotes' of the bill, explained
that the previous Poole Howls' Act was obtained in
the year 1836, and would expire in 1868, having
been pissed for a term of 31 years; but the
trustees of the roads (which were five in
number, and all in the neighbourhood of Poole),
t'otrght it better to apply to Parliament this session
for a Continuation Act in order that there might be
no difficulty created in the matter. Be then described
the situation eof the roads, and svpisin...l
of the various provisions coatained in the bill. The
committee declared the preamble of the bill proved,
and the various clauses were agreed to, with a few
verbal amendments.