The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-02-13 00:00:00

POOLE.

THE usual weekly temperance meeting WU hell in the
Temperenee.ball on thealay evening, Mr. .1, J. Neirtint,
iii the chair. The ;fleeting WaS a.l.lr,s.ed by wivetal
workingoneit aml wane pieces were sang by the illoir.
Ilenot noes entertniumente weni ;4i veil at the Antelope
Hotel As.eililily r. ,an, eon the evenin4. nf Saterlae,
Monday and Tuesday liy Mr. Jolly Nash aml Mr. F.
Clifton, hut they were ina laraely patronised.
SAD Atelnitt.—An accident ••1 a Very net awl xerious
nature occurred at the Poole Foundry on Tuesday after
noun. Five men awl a boy were eloployetl in pournig
molten metal from a ell., into a 00000 old, the laulba bellaa
suppurt.Nl by a rnme, when. Wi dealt a,.. 1101 Wartliro
the upper part id the ,•rane. two tons in weight, gave w y,
and brought a portion nf the ri.if with it.. The fall Wax
hriiken by mine tineihling bite% lint a tiny of l, nenied
Alfred IJilf, Was streek. as was also an old it,..,. lattoled
.lohn ilnat n, Golf snot:tined a fracture of the Ma di,
injury to the ...liar bete. coil Was load, brai...l ; att
lb,wa escapel with e.t.a tato ,at the bead 10111 fond ~...
ilie siilfereni were ennveyoil to their lionneraiiil :nein ell
hy Mr. W. Tamer. 'rim ~,an WI.. able to return to tile
w.irk on Wednesday. hut the boy'. injuries are, of gamin
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sorbet.
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A.stem ITlO,l.—Mr. 11. F. (2,,x, a oloputatlge
front th.‘ N atonal It-form Unims, gam. all addres, Dm
"VW Franchise and I.llltl Reform " at the Temper:mitt:-
hall on Tues.lay evening. under the auspices of the alswe
Asmeiat inn. The Mayor (President of the 'Ahern'
Am.-lathed occupied the chair, and then, wag Si lame
,lttlaWfaaCe Of working men. 'rho lecturer contrwded at
some length the cowl i fiend the pwmantry in England and
France,_and mmortml that whilst in this country the great
bulk—three quarters —of the land Was hehl hy alwalt
111,010 men, in Frane.• one-third ..1 the whole country was
owned lir itemetlit 1.141014 of whom the, wen, mote than
Si million. To mhow the denire of people b. obtain lamb
Mr. f: mentioned that before the I timstaldishment 01
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the Irish Church there were ituly Il.lHi landowner. in
Ireland, whereas since the Sale of land under tip. Irish
Church Act the number had inereasedjo 21,001. and
11.01g1 inure sales were being negotiated. An 11 of
obtaining the necessary land reform in this country the
leeterer advocated the extension of the fratiehise to
agrieultmal labourers. and 'all they hail shown themselves
fig for the franchise by the way in which they had during
the last two years asserted their local rights ;n the election
of churehwardens and everseerA. anti in I ether matters—
! Jr. E. P. Philp. n Prins Wing a Vail thank,,
to the lecturer, maid be ilid not think any Englishman need
want a bit of land witliont having it, whilst there were
such countries as Australia and Canatia heron, them where
land could be had lor the asking. They till saw with regret
that in the neighbourhasi of liistle the 13114 Was being
wrenched Iron, tll.llll inrli by inch, awl he al all who
could to purchase the house they lived in. if they rout,'
get nothing more..-Mr. W. h irter sveitteied the vote of
thanks, to the lecturer, anti in so doing expressed his
opinion that no ~light tel be driven from his country
because the land was monistliscil IT a few men like Sir
Ivor Guest. —The vote it thank, was carried, and Mr.
Con having thanked the Mayor for iore•itling the meeting
ended.

COWN OUNCII..- The quarterly 'meeting of the Comer.
Mien was hell at Guildhall on Wieltimsdae hub when
there were present-The Mayor (c ..... A. lialsten),
Aldermen M. KeinieWeleli, P. !gyring, and .1. Berkley,
Cetincillore .1. S. Herbert% %V. I). !Medal°. C. .1 Stoner
It. P. Aylee, T. Buckley, 11. Farmer, E. C Oakley, F.
%litho% W. Penney, and E. J. Conway.-The Council ,
unanimously resolved to ilitipsnee with "the usual
q.mrter of an hour" in future, and commence the meet-
inim punctually at the tree for which they were
s, ~,,,,,, med.-Thu /genetic Committee's report showed
the total estimated expenditure for the ensuing quarter
TO be £1,451 114. 11.1., (rem which Cite limi te i.e
Inducted, leaving a deficieney of Cl,Ol-1 Ils.
Two Clerk (Mr. 11. W. Dickinson) maid the premed
positing, of the Cetincil ehowed a favourable eomparbein
with that of mat quarter, when the deficiency wits C 1,5110.
-The estimate+, were adopted.-The Cowell aceepteill an
offer by Mr. .1, J. Norton, timber merchant, te take a
piece of land on the West Shore on a'2l years lease, at a
rental a .Cle in year.-Mr. Wheeler woe aceepted tot an
ordinary tenant. at .117 Ills. a year, of a small 11.11110 in
Church•street his lease for lie years, under which he paid
only CI a year, having expired..-The Town Clerk re:el a
reminunication from the Board of Trail., enelosing a
letter from Mr. W. 11. de Merle, of Fairmount, Ititirties
mouth, who romplained of the ;linger to the piddle lasing
the level enmities of the templet, and South. Weetern
Railway at Poole, and asked the Board of Trade tri
enquire into the matter. Mr. Merle gate.l that hie wife
was drisilog through the town of Poele, an.) woo very
much surpriiml te see the gates at the 1ev..1 croging in
Iligleetreet uuuiil.leu,lycloned MIA a train balm by. The
pony, a spirited :wheal, leek fright, awl turned round,
and, said Mr. Merle, but for immediate assirtanee, the
carriage lutist have leren upset, awl probably his wife
killed. -The Town Clerk Vatri instrieted te writ., 1.. the
Marl of Trade acknowlmlging the receipt 44 the, r letter,
and stating that an the croesings were authorised by Parlia-
ment the Council were powerlem in the matter. -A
meeting under the Public Ilealth At was then held, fuel
the estimates for the ini.ing quarter, which showed a
of .C.BlO, were adopted. One of the items ell
CZ for water for fluehing the gutters and watering the
streets, and in answer to Mr. Conway the town clerk ..aet
the Waterworks Company now charger! Cllel a year for
water for these purputies. This charge was ...emblem!
exeeesive, and Memo. J. Buckley, C.. 1. Stone, F. Mi 11,,,,,
and 11. Farmer were appointed a emuntitteu to ascertain
whether it was desirable to obtain a supply of water fir
the purposes of the borough from any, and what, other
souree.-The Council then Nat Re the Trustees of the
Quay% -The Harbourmaster (Mr. Cral.ll) report...l that
the receipt; hail kept up since the 14 of June 1., .t., and
were coneiderably in excess of last year.-The Harbour
Committee reported that, In puromnee of the r.....
of the Trustees at their last meeting. they had entermi
into a rentract with Mown% Ball :eel company, Limited,
of London, for the purchase ~f the Begin patent dredger
for ,1.%!,AN1, and that the contract had been sii.merl by the
Mayor. The committee added that they were ne.otiating
with two of the friendly emietiel of Poole for an inivanee
of xe,uo), upon the eecurity of the Quay dem, with
interest at CA per cent., but until the amount was mimel
they required an advance out of the Treasurer's meount of
EWA% the first instalment under the contract --The Town
Clerk real the contract, showing bow the paymeete were
to be male, which Mr. Hudson mid were on more
fevourble terms than the committee were anthorieed
to make, and they had also surceederl in obtaining ether
conceseions from the patentees.-Upon the proposition of
Alderman Kemp-Welch, seconded by Councillor T.
Buckley, the Council Yowl the 1:239 to pay the first in-
stalment under the contract-Au insineation by Mr.
Stone that there were =Malone in the specifications was ,
speedily dieproved by Mr. Hudson, and a sharp passage at
arms occurred between the two councillor% in which Mr.
Deviate sided with Mr. Hudson, and said Mr. Stone had
imputed incompetency to the committee, who had spent
DO much time on the matter.-The (own Clerk marl a
letter from Sir Ivor Oueet, enclosing a long report by Mr.
Hutton, an engineer wino had been employed by Sir Ivor
to inspect the Harbour, and a vote of thanks wee permed
to Sir Ivor for the trouble and interest he had taken in
the matter, and the Town Clerk was also instructed to in-
form him what the trustees intended doing.-Some send
having been taken from the foundation, of the cramtguard
houses, it was resolved to inform Sir Ivor (West who
claims the foreshores, of the fact -This concluded the
business.
Maxi% Monday.-Before the Mayor (Mr. A. Belden)
anil Mr. G. 11. (hitch.
John Cure, of Fowler's-lane, was brought up in custody
charged with stealing a cheese, value 4.4 itl., the property
of Mr. W. J. Hatcher, dealer, of Marnhull. -The evidence
of the prosecutor, Mrs. Ann Foster, and P.C. Reeka
showed that the cheese was stolen during the previous
week, from a store in the Poole Market-house, and that
the prisoner sold it on Friday for is., to Mrs. Ann natter,
landlady, of the Red Lion beer-house, Strand-street. -
Prisoner, who is an old offender, pleaded guilty, and he
was sentenced to three month's hard lalmur.
Henry Walker, master of the' Majeste." was summoned
wages alleged to be due. -The Bench
by a seamen named William Frig*, for having ref used to
oparrierhriml .11efiejan;lan6Lt.to pay LI Sr., and the costs.
ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTIERB..-The annual dinner of
Court " Unity" of this flouriehing Order wed held at the
Feresters' Hall, Bull's Head Inn, on Thursday evening, and
was attended by aleiut le) persons. The chair was
occupied by Hon. Bro. A. Balaton, J.P., (Mayor of Poole),
and the vice-chair by Bro. Payne (Chief Ranger of the
Court), and amouget those present were lion. lire. (1. B.
Aldridge (Clerk of the Peace for the County of Poole), Mr.
F. H. S. Styring (Sheriff of Poole), Bro. E. I'. Philnots,
111. D., FLU I, (medical officer of the Court), Bro. J. R.
Philpots, go., (medical °Hirer of the Parkstone Court),
Hon. Bro. W. N. Western (Past Grand Master of the
Manchester Unity of Oddfellows), Hon. Bro. W. Penney,
Councillor L J. Conway. Bro. H. T. Trevanion, Bro. W.
DWIYr. H. Curtis, Mr. H. A. Lawton, Mr. J. C. Holmes,
. Lawrence, and Mr. F. Jeffery.-The specious and
well ventilated room was decorated with flags and ever-