The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-07-11 00:00:00

SUNDAY CLOSING.

Mr. IL Sruoxim read a oommunlcation from the
Association for Stopping the Sale of Intoxicating
Liquors on Sunday. The communication was accom-
panied by • petition, in which it wee set down that the
sale of liquors on Sunday is • fruitful source of intern•
perantr, domestic misery, and crime, and praying
that ' your Honourable House will pass a 1311
stopping such s.le during the whole of :41in lays."
making certain exceptions as to bona fide travellers.
Mr. A. Pope: I c 'ashler that the authority and
power delegated to this Council by the inhabitants of
Dorchester does not extend to your signing such a
document. . .

Mr. G. DAng did not won why the publiehousee
should not be shut ,ni Solidity& H. was in favour of
voting for stopping the sale.
Mr. A. Porn: Thetis not the point. Are we returned
here for the purpose of sig [ALI; such • petition as
this? We are returned here as • local governing

body.
Mr. G. DAVIS believed two-thirds of the publicans
in the town were in favour of shutting up on
Sundays.
Dr. Atimmog : I am very pleased to hear it. I
don't think we ought to have any scruples in refer-
ence to it. lam rare the general public wish it. It
is most advisable and desirable that the houses should
be closed, a,d I am ver plea.ed to bear that those
who have • particular interest in the sale of intoxiea-
dog liquors, viz., the publican*, isonsent to it. In the
I face of that I think it is incumbent upon us to take
some step in the matter, and if the publicans approve
of the memorial let us sign it. I, for one, should be
very happy to sire it.
Pore : I take lt Mr. Davis is not at all in
• position to prove that two-thirds of the publicans
wish to close on Sumbiya. The doctor puts it ae •
matter of fact that Mr. Davis hae cane...mid the
whole of the publicans of the town, and that the
amertion Mx. Davis makes I. founded on fact. Now,
I take it that is not so. It is only Mr. Davis's
opinion, end my opinion might possibly be the other
way. If the whole of the publicans were canvassed,
I should say three-fourths would be for keeping open
on Sunday, and I think you will admit my opinion
to have as much weight se Mr. Davis's opinion.
Possibly, if Mr. Davis were to go and canvass the
whole of the lionized victuallers in Dorchester, then
he might come to this Council table and stand up and
make this assertion which the doctor has taken up. and
which he brings forward as the reason why the petition
should be signed.
Mr. Aanina Lour said it we. not so much a
question whether the publicans approved of it, but
rather whether it was beneficial tor the community at
large. No doubt it had been found to be beneficial
for Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, and on that account,
If they had he power, and if they believed it to be
good for the community at large, as an individual he
should have no °Need en whatever to sign the petition.
Whether the Mayor in hi. position as such should sign
it was altogether another question.
Mr. A. Pops: That is the point I raised.
Mr. A. Loci said England wad the only portion of
Great Britain in which the measure had not been
pared.
Alderman Guam : It is not • matter for us as a
Town Council; I think it should be left to the rate.
Moog._
The MATOn : I hope you won't make me sign It.
Mr. F. Locg : I thick it rather dictatorial to
Interfere in this matter. The poor have no Mans of
getting their beer on Sundays except by the public-
houses. The rich can keep it in their houses, and can
drink as much as they like on Sundays, and I don't
think we should interfere with the poor.
Mr. A. Lora: You can get small barrels now for a
very small amount
Alderman GlittOollr proposed that the communica-
tion lie on the table.
Mr. &YAZD POPS seconded the proposition, and on
• division the following voted in it. favour —The
Mayor, Aldermen Gregory, Alderman Davis. Mr. A.
Pope, Mr. H. Darden, Mr. F. Lock, Mr. Tilley, Mr.
Thornton, and Mr. T. Coombe.
The petition will therefore lie on the table.
Mr. Thu= I don't see why the poor man should
be deprived of his glees of beer on Sundays.
THZ walls.

The Boroudi surveyor reported that the Walks had
been gravelled at • coat of .C4O 3.. 2id.

AJILLYBUI or MILL

The Borough Ana!yet reported be had analysed two
sampler of milk—one at the 'esteem of Captain
Mengel, and one from the Dorset County Hospital.
Both maple, were found to be genuine.
APPLICATIONS.

Mr. Loveless, clerk of the markets, applied for a
copper for the purp ,se of warming water for cleansing
the stalls in the market-house.—Granted.
The commanding officer, of the Royal Engineers,
wrote asking to be allowed to lay a 310. east-iron
pipe from the Depot to the Artillery Barracks, to be
used only in cases of fire.
orsated, subject to its not interfering with their
existing agreement.

1111110VIMINT AT FORDINGION.

With reference to the lowering the road at Little
Briton, Mr. Martin offered to provide the hone
lab,,nr.

—T.l;;matter was referred to the General Purposes
Committee.