The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-11-08 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL :.. A . NEW R&ILWAY

130 HEIM

A special meeting of the Council was held at the
Guildhall oil Saturday, Om sth instant, for the purpose
of conferring with ID. Galbraith, the engineer of the
London sod South Western Keil my Company, relative
to the junction betweeo the Oanford Bottom lineal
railway, and the proposed Poole and Rournemouth line.
Xt. Rogers (the mayor) presided, sad there vernal
attendance of eonaMffors. The town cleric (Ur. id
W. Dickinson) read skitter that bad been resolved from
the secretary of the London and Smith Western Rail
way Company, end then Mr. Galbraith addressed the
Connell, a/planting whet had been done by the triodes
sad South-Western Railway Camping. and then pro-
ceeded to say that the time had lapsed for the soaking
of the comection between the two lines of railimy,
known as the Caoford Bottom Line sad the proposed
Bournemouth line, odd therefore the company now had
no power to cross the road to meet Mr Waring's line,
cousequantly they should have to apply to Parliament j
to obtain powers ; and Shia being the ease it wee eon- '
eidered that • better plait amid be adopted than that
obtained in the powers that had lapsed. Mr. Galbraith
submitted a plan of the Sidles, Mowing the proposed
DOW couneotioa, and mplanitd it to the Council. He
said that instead of crossing the road at the north end
of the Town by an arohway, and proceeding by an em-
beakment across the reereatioe Held (ladies' walking
told), it was proposed to obtain powers to arose the
High-street by a level erciedel (through Nile-row,aorom
Townegate-street, through Whites' Nursery. and then
woes the High-street jest above Messrs: Ralston/ and
Company's Factory). The kenosr said the Company
would not go to Parliament for this plan without it met
approval of shmegaesittes, whose genteel they desired
to obtain. He also said that the gates would only be
closed when the trains were due; and. as there
would be no night trains on that line, the
street would only be blocked for • short time.—A long
desultory cionommation followed the remarks of the
eagineer, and the cone& mieutely examined the plan
enbmitted. Aldermae Omer Balboa said that from
the remarks of Mr. Galbraith, he thought they should
be all Weld that it was the bert. under the Mom-
stances ; and he would therefore propose that the
Council agree to the phut submitted by the en=ol
the Loudon aid South Wellborn Railway
y.
Councillor Hudson said he comidend that there wen
seamy advent/ape is the primal scheme over Moue
=belittled In the pest; it W•• • lees costly plea; it
would dread greater tailitim to the trade of the port,
end it would b• mere rapid. Re (Mr. Hada* thought
the Conseil shotald not only agree to the @Memo, but
go farther, sad my that they would do all in their
war to /milled. it. The Tows Clerk remarked that Lord
the Ashman, dem opposed Railway bill.,
aad had said that be woeld savor give his comsat to level
crominge Mr. Galbraith said at Andover they had a
similar aim se at Pools, sad them they crowd the
mesa street on • level emesing. —ln metier to Kr.
Hessiltea, the meow said that rather • ohmage had
some over Pariimmail, and he had no fear of carrying
these level oregano with the soment of the aathoritisa.
A resolution wee carried naanimmely. agreesag to the
gas of Wei amingo-41s. Joseph am ome of

of big ily-trained men ant
Th.
, ha. is his "piiii.a. level is.ings were highly il angerous,
menu,' forces should be
he was timber under- Civet rind,' he pr mitred. .
He did not say
and they alarmist' the toads;
to a high state of efficiency.
steed to say that he did tot approve of tae plan. The bold up . .
Sniee yore of Mem .ys or the town of Poole, stated wet,: at pi-rip:et.. They shouldi,,rah..tvisosavethryo lnaLgte (grog
I f of regular troops, but
boali be ro-constituted,
.s a
con.ent'of the whole of the eutherithe and the rail. be thsteght the reserveforce.
that
they
eenu be
med.
way ceneeigee to the lir coiled sobetne.-4r. Galbraith and Put on such • footing. tne .. Ythe- emu be at
far shorter tun %nap 7
eneineer 4 lid that li . head Is obtain the enanimea they Should .IaVO a ergs force
thanked the Council for the setenten li l'
He should like to see the
to the subject, and the ncieting broke up. It lam aft present-01"er, hear)..
Inas obliged to serve in the
heartily to ha hoped tire, nut only the Council, but ledlet enforce I
.And every
The ballot still
f not hriuselLby substitute.
eie iy person iii puthenty, will said in furthering the :milt's. i
from year to year, and he
plans iif the R.ilwey Counaiiy, that the long-delayed existed, bet wan repealed_to
50
bad given available inn
years of age were liable
lines .1 railway nod the trim eters mend the quays he teed ne li •reM.,3lllbeenht, however, that
be liable,
limy be o,lenegi as 1.100•1 a pe.s me. 'Ph , new Mayor t i le. drawn. .td
comet do :top line men • tfictive to ;deice, the inhab. ; cry much ilexhitia_ I.
el tie
hwe was just over the latter
junta of the borough of Poole than by takieg this subs 1 18 ecare of ego to le . " .
f the Prince of Wales to
age himself -(langbeer) rum jar in hand, and aiding in the work,. to serve in the
the plonehboy-should be obliged
I would
say
aa,rtyhatioomoighfrtombe
militia, :cud that after that timo
...0
en.
By
• The yeomanry,
be might be materially strengthened.
4 end made se
fltri volunteers should be encourage ,
Ai belonging to • reserved force, to be 6•11
that means, he thought,
efficient:as possible, The navy. .
efficiency, for
the
tomethaeytheire-reco. analitry•gmmig`fh:
must be kept up to the highest state cat
if that line was Passed, they might
nary-
would have to fight bard to protege this
would ~t their
(cheers). Ho only hoped their rulers
nt there
heads to work to devise some mars to prove
ofCbrmhuitriubigdr:
military amongst them. They
the navy was in truth their first) lidneepolddeofpeonosei,t
they
yd
undignified panics which arose
did not save them • bit, but only made them the
laughing.stock of the world. This rummer
he paid • short visit to Ireland, and he could testify to
elusion, he thanked them
for the kind way ia which they had received his name
and the names of the other runty members-(applanse).
Mr. Wirier., M. P., expressed satisfaction that personal
pthla'rainttheimtpcomuvnemtrany.t In
nln agriculture what& had taken
rule had name to an end in France, and said he hoped
Ii would be succeeded by aonatitutional government,
He thought the Education AN was caleuried to do
great good. On one oration in dealing with the
measure, he did not pay &robotics@ to the dell of his
lion friend, Mx. Glyn, the whip of the Governanat,
being of opinion that they ought to have wheal boards
in every parish-Orr, boar). He rid he was ordered
by Mr. Glyn-(loud laughter}-ho said ordered, he was
requested by Mr. Glyn-(morklaughter)--• Illithe paths
pressure was put upon him, but he was a little Inclined
to be contrary, and he resisted that
In
voted
in the minority on that question. n districts
there were children who did not go to ethool, and never
would go, and he thought if they bad a school board in
•
begin with pressure at first. Let
remedied.
iitcrot,thuattbuonohoaltionapy
Government
olfdthinip.
them see how that
bill worked, and if it did not work well, then they
It did nwootudldo Wt.°
itilheanparerthoureitaabon.Loofide oußmiiiii dweraoir that thetodlrisat
ahpboulitut a beneficial °lmage in Ireland. In speaking
be believed, as the yeomanry weel lee Present 00natitnt•cl
lorries of the country, the speaker said
ites
ihewhonnQuurt. fittci to Pe
enmcomaridwiath rtroonahr p of y"vaeofrl. B
manry,ane hadd
•
drill when they wanted them. It was • perfect fare
aiogbu the had
oot
iotoy hgat the difficulty dmitalty out
to
eoveruytegu7dwitohwof inSotwbee
being • member of a yeomanry corps, and coming out
when the weather was fine, or the quarters pleasant.
U that sort of thing went on the result would be that
the force would be found very far from an efficient one.
He believed the same difiioulty existed with regard to
the volunteers. Many gentlemec connected with the
volunteer corps had told him that it was so. If that
were to go on, what would become of them in ease of
an invasion? He believed that in an invasion they
would come out better than at present, but the feat was
they could not be expected to render efficient military
servicA if they were not drilled. He trusted something
would he done to remedy that state of things.
Mr. LAI BOULAY proposed "The health of the mew.
her of Shafteebury.
Mr. G. G. Ghre, in responding, said they had been
told by his bon, friends that they would learn from
him tho policy of her Majesty's Government. He felt
he stood in • position of deep responsibility-as •
humble member of the Government--not, it was true.
as a !clamber of the Cabinet, but as one trusted by the
first Miuister of the Crown with • knowledge of its
affairs. It was his duty, and he spoke with humility,
to be the mouth-piece) of the House of Commons, with
the members of the Cabinet, and that naturally brought
him into close, daily, and hourly °entre with them.
He knew the mind of the Government with regard to a
certain number of questions which would most probably
receive the attention of Parliament hereafter, and he
should have liked very much to have talked to his
friends present respecting them, but they would feel
with trim that it was more prudent that he should not
do so. He held that Mr. Disraeli did right in resigning
power in November, 1868, instead of waiting to be
kicked out. The hon. gentleman then showed that
Mr. Gladstone had kept his promises to Ireland by the
Irish Church Act, and tho Irish Lend Act. He Praised
Mr. Forster for his skill in carrying through the Educa-
tion Gill, and at length shred the cardinal points
of the measure and the treatment it received,
Financial measures of considerable Important* had been
parcel. The budget/ were not farmers' budgets, but
still they were on the whole satisfactory to the ocetutry,
and had effected four millions sterling of remissions.
The University Tests Bill was through the
Commons by • large majority, an was thrown out AB
usual by the Lords ; but probably next yeas it would be
ro
sent up by the Commons, and the Lords, who would
not have another Irish Land Bill to swallow, would
probably 'mallow it then. Amongst other measures
passed they had the Bankruptcy Bill, which gave them
• good system of bankruptcy law, and the Foreign
Enlistment Bid, rendered necessary by the state of
affairs on the Continent. Then came Mr. Cardwell's
Short Service Bill. Not without at all saying what
was to come, that bill seemed to be an extremely
significant one. It was quite possible that on that bill
a great deal of their future organisation would hang.
Bespoke without much knowledge on the subject, but
he thought it was quite possible, from all he had heard
outside official quarters, that that was the mode by
which the Government would think their army organ'.
cation should be shaped, Than there was also the
Telegraphs Bill, which gave them cheap and rapid oona.
mumerion. There was another bill brought forward-
lie meant the Ballot Bill. That measure was brought
forward honestly by the Government, but they had not
time to pass it. Next year, however, he believed it
would be passed into law. So much he might say Ilihh
regard to the ballot. Now be mast come to matters as
they were at this moment. Ile the WIZ on the corium*
the Government had does all they coati to preserve
strict neutrality, and be expressed his belief that Prussia
was desirous of making peace if she could find
• French Government with whom to make It.
Referring to our army orpalmation he said that in
ten months Mr. Cardwell had done more for the British
army than any other minister had done during the last
ten years-(expressions of dissent). He asserted it,
and be called upon any one to prove that the assertion
was not based upon fact. England had • small army,
but it was in • more efficient state than ever it was-
(more expressions of aliment). He maintained that it
WM so. One thing they ought to avoid, and that was
legislation on the subject in time of peer The fortes
of the country should be kept up to the fall standard
(hear, hear)-and he thought too that there might be a
great organisation of the forties they had at present-
that there might be • great looalisition-(bear, hear).
That was his own indivklual opinion, and be was glad
to Mel thet when &remark to that effect was made by •
previous 'pother it was so fully endorsed, and he
should take care that that was known. He thought
thought that all the branches of the army should be not
only localised, but roared. The more those forces were
brought together, the more as an army red not simply
as militia, yeomsay, or volunteers ; and the more they
worked together as an army the better it would be for
the community -(hear, hear and applause). In saying
that he expressed only his own opinion. He
did not presume to say what the Government
would do, but at the same time he knew It
was • subject that was foremost in their minds.
There was another matter-one that affected himself.
lie was supposed to have the elections in his hands •
and he wanted to say • few words about the direct •re-
presentation of the working man-thaar, hear.) He
was strongly in favour of that-(" hear, hear," and ap-
plater). Directly the Household Suffrage Bill was
ased, it seemed to him the sooner they had workingmen
Perliaraent the better-("No. no," " Her, hear,' and
"Odger.') They would etre to Parliament the
grievances of theix class, and Parliament would be in •
position to hear the arguinepts for and against, and the
remedies desired; and he had no doubt an immense
amount of dissatisfaction would be removed. That
great object of the Liberal party could not be carried
out without cohesion between the moderato party and
the ultra party. He thought the time had come when
the ultra party should have their representatives in
Parliament, and he should be very glad to see them -
(signs of impatience and cries of "Rear the member.")
lie was afraid ho was speaking at great length, but he
had not bad an opportunity a addressing therefor some
time. A bill to amend the Horsing laws was much
talked of and brought forward this year, and he thought
it was certain to be pressed next year. He expected that
the bill would do away with • great deal of vies, and
would to some extent meet the feeling that existed
that they ought to have • very sweeping maestro as
regarded the licensing system-some total abstinence
bill or something of that sort. That system did want •
dalifurthuolletrontcehhiceetc,fkactesess:litniblelswtwh.oalautid7ondeeals.otfuhiteLetGh4anviinthertaaprbleo nqvUjetessuilientwnionir:".
oTotiliereogwteoree • great many other bills brought forward
. checking pauperism, and local rating-• diffietoot
t. but
very inoportant I inaitioa. There was also the ti
of the incidence of local taxation, so far as it affected
owners and roupiers. That was also • matter of deep
and vest huportrioe-of greater importance from •
national point of view than many people were aware
of. The queation had been very mar elucidated by •
valuable report upou the subject whir • committee
of last session produced as the result of great attrition
and labour. On that subject he believed measnres
would be brought forward-he could not say whether
It would be next session or not-but they were questions
which were mentioned in her Majesty's gracious Speech
as lisely to be dealt with during the pest Issisoo, and
II was, therafore, more than likely that that they
would form part of the legislation of next year. Now,
that said, he might he might venture to mill upon them
to join with him in his great feeling of devotion and
1 loyalty to that great man who headed the Liberal
' party-(" No. no, and her, hear). .He believed that
no hamster, no abler, and no more remarkable
man
had lived since the days of Pitt-" Oh I oh? and arks
of "Order")-and thr in the present day they had no
statesman to compare with him-(bear, hear). Ho
su"nt4thwyhm°ll"Kcp.hwhthmrthiloytee.hvi-egwo(ilN:vn'edieuroNrlihtolaninpobid.:f"antyEaa‘bbniiadtlia":"),
he"aswilrerebthas.PrimeGs:rdiada.buseulyr:Minso"dahlagisuad.27.4:
and he considered he was deserving of their
He and Lord Grenville had been day by day And hest
by hour, watching over this course of events on the
Continent; and be thought the Liberal party owed Mi.
Gladstone a debt which it wadi take long to pay-
(hear, hear)-and that ail sootier of it should rally
round him AS this antral nuntient-(hear. hear.) Now
he had little more to say. In oonelnaion, be thanked
them, not only for the kind reception they had given
them, lint for their patios; hearing. Let them hey to
turn the present position of affairs to some good
scoonnt• The dash of arena, the die of war,
and the math of threes mail ewe. Let
them hope that nowt events would woks

Europe hereafter averse to war, and glad
to listen to peaceful mediation—(bmar. hear.) lie
believed the era of gigantic armaments vu fest passing
away -(applause.) Lon 4 would the recollection of the
dreadful struggle going on at presenting spectre-like haunt
the hearths and homes of fair France and resolute
Germany. Long might God give the vanquished and
the vanquisher a horror of the scenes of war—(choeis.)
And they in quiet England, who had lookoi upon that
dreadful war from their sea-girt isle, might they not learn a
lesson! Ito thought they might. Let them strive by
education, by combitting crime., and by social reform,
to consolidate their power. That was what they had to
do. Let them value their position; let them value
their privileges ; and lot them press forward heartily
and with caution in the path of progress that lay
before them, and from which they could not turn. Let
them merge on all messier's, and especially on public
matters, minor differences ; let them strive for the
maintenance and extension of their national power,
believing it to he based not alone on the MUNI of their
Poitiers, and not even on the iron-alada of their navy
alone, but on the self-reliance, self-devotion, and moral
strength of a happy, contented, and educated people
—(lond °beers.)