The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-11-05 00:00:00

PORTLAND LOCAL BOARD.

Os Thursday mendas a meeting of tbis body Wee
held. Protest : The Chairmen (Kr. B. seri
seeses. &Me, Oath... R. Pearce, 8. Pear..,
Comb.., W. While, C. Mods, J. C. Limo. u.. 8.
&rives, A. Bodeen, B. Conker, B. book Ilhebell,
B. Lazo, aod J. Hoiden

MU ORA*? *OWIT.
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The Clerk mid -that-41--;enseq;;Ore of Inatrustices
which he received from the Board at the lest meeting,
he had writhes to the trustees of the pent money ask;
Mg whether they or the Boa delsidkBhrllisile.
Core for permission to publish the eteettets. He rend
the answers. Mr. Bacardi% letter stated that there
was seat a total misunderstanding respesting the great
and the relation positioas of the treater mid Inhabi-
t...ate, that be felt it would be melees to sassier the
letter he bad revived. A statement from the trustees
eensetieg these errors would liss published in • few
&ye. Captain Manning's letter °overhauled of the
number of permits who waited upon him revealing the
evils amused by the adoption of the Load Board, which
wee involving the isisad in samba and of the irregular
eoy in which the ambers all the Board etre sleeted.
They wished to consider themselves as the represent.
tires of the inimbitaaV but he pointed out how that
on the 20th A ugust.ls4l • requisition wee preassied
to him, signed by 150 tassinliA requesting him to become
their trustee, and at • aped start 6M 347 lomat, of
this moor elided him as tkeir trades, joietiy with
Mr. Heath and Mr. Heger*. lie therefore °m-
oldered himself not cooly the reprosentetive of the
Mbabitente in reference to the treat, but aloe the
representative of the Bonnie of the Mimed. He
deeply regretted the 411 ••••greese lehhire
in the newspapers reeonng apse the ftharadtst of the
trustees. . .

-its' Clark rid the Bowl weld rat lem bald
respeenbte tor aucentoes letters.
Mr. Gibbs loaded ne sae* two ninon TthMl oI
the gnat sassy, and Kr. Howard read the documents,
from while it appeared that 9.1. out of Is. for every
toe of sten lens not of the .outman, should tor the
Urn. ban be for tbe proper use rud Windt of the
labsbitsets 01 Puritan.

Kr. Gibbs said the extracts showed that either the
board raisuedenduod their position, or the trashes did
theirs. He maid not seine to say other 001111111400
than that lite treater reseived this mosey simply in
tree for the sole am and benefit of the inhabitants for
the time being of the island. He thought the trustees
were treating the Board with • great deal of disrespect.
B. WU is hopes that, slier the vary &emblems manner
In whelk tas &mumblers led bees received by Hr.
Unearth, that they woald have sleeted some isforms.
tlos upon the subject wbith they desired; hat when he
reported to one or two friends the kind way in whieh
they had hewn received, and that he exported the
essioonte would he prodased, be was told that they had
heard that tale many times before, sad that it meant
nothing—Bear. heart, Whit saereluiou, therefore,
*Gold he some to respecting the saner? Was Mr.
Hogseth so powerless that he could not epeak. or was
ho afraid Wdo se? It wee quite possible hew... is
mush under the control of Captain Nanning that ho woo
ouhlo to lopmk OR this matter! As one of the
ropromot‘ti mos of the inhabitents Me considered it was
the dots of the Board to leek Into the questicie relating
to the grant, and that very closely too. Be thought
the trustees Amid ho iiLhow to uadsretoari that the
Board wen In waist He wsabail to know Wiwi far
Chad= Gomo lad to do with She moat

The Othrk resorbed that the cal, thing in which'
Mr Charles wee eimemsed was this—member the
trustees should seek hie pormissioa to pablish the
eimmuts Of the Board.
Mr. A. NAM weed what had the Cream to do
with the mossy after it wee given to the people el
Portland?
Mr. B. Combos winsidered that neither tbe Booed nor
the trustees understood their powitios is refemace to
the grant money. He did not me that Mr Charles
Gore bad anything to do with lb. money. He thought
the inhabitants had a right to request the trustees to
!smith the memo* sad tam Board MI their representa-
tives, ought to know the position they stead in.
Mr. A. &rives said be had often board of Mr.
noodles prowifte. and koew what they were worth.
What did he only do last Mop? What did be pat hie
mem tot—
The Chairman : Pray confine yourself to the matter
before yea.
Mr. A. Boriven eoutioned that Captain Massing
wanted to rule the Board himself, but it was their duty
to as bow Um grant motley had been spook He wee
sore of this, however, that the treaties would never
publish the ameeste notees a member of the House of
, Commons brought the subject forward. He thought
1 they ought to allow their dm* to request a member of
' Parliament to do this.
1 The Clark being asked his opinion, said the trustees
were the mime entitled to receive the grant moos,.
bat ea it ins to be laid out for the sole use and beoefit
of the inhabitants, he thought they might not to object
=how the money had been spent, and if they
to do so the Board could compel them.
Mr. Hibbs moved that the mune depilation wilioh
Malted on Mr. Hogarth should also wail on Captain
Mr. B. Lano :I bone it will be them before this report
60010 out, for Hit is not he will not receive you -
Haierbter).
0. &riven did not believe Captain Meaning
would aim them an opportunity of waiting epos his.
men if they lived to be as oldies Mothmelab—(laugliter).
The irman considered that they had bees sating
wrongly altogether in russet to the grant mosey. Ho
did not monde. it was vies on their pert to make so
mach talk about what had been dose. What had been
demo about the grant momi4i past times meld not
affine the Board now. wore going to eqsabble
about what they meld ant h p, and the itod would be
AM the mosey waled sever beinelt thee island, and in
that ease a curie would fall upon the head of every
agmber of the Board.
Mr. A. Bodeen differed from the remarks of the
Chairman. He monied the idea of eoaosng the trastem
for what was their owe. The mow belongsd to the
ratepayers. and this no one osuld dewy. Sir Charles
Gore bad intimated that he should take s threitheme
on every too of stone, but bow meld he alter what had
been sasetiosed by the ministers of Baglead Th=
was granted to them as inhabitants, sod every
of the Baird would diagram himedf mime be mad his
best 40110001 for the ratepayers, and this Gould not be
bolter does then by demanding that the stomata Mat.
thgeothe grant money be furnished.
MA mid that as Kr. Hogarth bad a siatemeat
in the preen, would it not be better to adjourn the die-
ennelea es this matter until this ilatemest had beim
sittinlated t
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dr. Gibbs wanted to knew whether they demanded
the furnishing of the moose% as & right or • favour.
Be maintained thag the Board had a right to know
what had been done with the money.
The Clack : We lave no legal right whatever.
I Mr. A. Piano: If the treatises have a surplus in hand
to whom does it belong ? Why the inhabitants of the
Wand to be most sad we are their reprematativen
' The Chairman: Yoe are demanding that whisk yoa
have no right to ask.
' Mr. Collins was of opinion that the Board hod bettor
adjourn the consideration of this alibied anti! a (stare
°peados, sad proposed a resolution to that Week
Mn A. Pewee monde&
Mr. Gibbs proposed as an amendment that the dis-
mimics be sontinued email the Board arrive M some

satisfactory ooneltudoe.
Mr. A. florins emooded.
The Chairman elms submitted the amendineut end
proposition, when there were eight votes for the former,
sod seven for the latter.
Mr. Gibbs sold its.. the amendment had hem carried
he had no wish to prolong this dissuasion se they were
all In s hot temper.
After some further dismission, the matter was bit In
the bands of the Clerk, who said be would write to the
trustees Static% that they had overlooked the prineipal
15... in his letter be them, asking whether they or the
Board should seek the permission Glair Charles Gars to
the publintion of the eaconate.

TER WAIT{ RUMMY .
The Clerk read • letter reeilved from the Admiralty
in answer to an application from the Board revisiting
the supply of surplus water from the Chew works. The
answer stated that there wet not more than nilloient
water forth. sevenlgovernineet establishnseata, and the
Admiralty were therefore sorry that they could not
grant the melte&
Mr. Gibbs maid be bad always thought the Board
might m well try to tows their hats to the moon as to
endeavour to induce the Admiralty to give water to
them. He bad gona into • ealialatie• sum their
last meeting and found Mellor 000 • steam engine and
tent weld he provided whisk would supply Restos as
well NI Welrehani with water.
On the proposition of Mr. C. Hindle, imionded by Mr.
Hodder, the matter Mal left la the ban& of • sommittes,
who, ((they found there was • surplus of water at the
Chen, Werke, should petition the Admiralty for •
portion of it.
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THR GAS QVISTIOIL

The sext business was to take into eonettleratton
the money that had been expended in the inaprorw,
meat ot 'ho water works rine* Om formatting glib.
Board, together with the beet means of lighting the
rillaires in the island with pa, and of the desirability of
anplyint to the trustees of the grant money for £l5O for
itit• ingwrement of the former, and for £l5O for the

gas asray.
Kr. Gibbs said that Mt. Farms/ had gone Into mica's.
Mons respecting the lighting of the island, and had found
that BO lamps would be necessary, to be plated in each
• situation aa the Board thought beet, at an annual
outlay of 030. It was proposed to distribute the lamps
at follows :—Chesil, 4; Fortune's Well, 15; halms, 3 ;
King-street, 3; Npring-gardess, 1 ; Camletown, 4;
Banton, 1; Seaton and Straights, 7; Reform, 7;
Watchers, 14; the Grove, 5; leaving ire spare lamps
to be disposed of aa the Board thought best.
Mr. A. Barisen thought that them GIPS lAXADO Mb,
to be Sacred at Weston Mid Bentham&
It km the general opinion of the Board that the
feeling of the trustees should be first moorland in
reaped to the supply of water, and that thee the gas
ckneslion should be brought ender their netts*. A resolu-
tion to this seed earried.
THI TTTTT OF TRW ROADS AID FOOTPATMI
In Fortune's Well and the Old-read was brotight before
the Beard RI Mr. A. egriten, and the Foremen of Works
was *Wand to make the neowivary repairs.

NUISANCES.
'llie Inspector reported the schema* of several
ssisaases, nod it was directed that action be takes messiest
those parties who had not eoroplied with his isteradistes

DELLS AID A SOW.

The question as To what bill. be paid was next
raised, and with it • regular "shindy." A bill from
Kr. Lyndharn, in amount VG, mated • most lively
dismission. Andre of the Board ham " deep" don
She foreman works for fedieihm libommos wages,
Mn A. Berikea yin' that the foreman should have
sash power.—To this the foreman replied that the
man mu not worth Italliamown a day, and berme the
dashing prooess.—Mr. A. thriven returosd to the
and made an accusatios aren't the forearm—
ths:romulan indignantly rumbaed the asimikm, /ad
advised Mr. Boriren to las earefed, or be should " hasl
hint over the soak" A seem of soshislos ensued, sad
"order" wee mied in vain. Mr. Lredboun's bill again
became the leading togill, 10. Gibbs asking if the
foreman had tlie heam—rhe foreman thought
It Wall unnecessary, and Mr. Gibbs retorted that the
foreman being • mem of experience. ought to have
known better.—The 06111/011111 thought it mesa to
require • cheek of the bled—Mr. Lam mid if in Ma
Igodhant's plebe be would bid adieu to te• Board att.!
mesh treatment —Kr. Gibbs depresalkl any Intimates
to aspens Ur. Lyadhara's ebariater ,• bat Kr. Lll6O
blasted tlat sesb Was the e..—Mr. Gibbs replied OM
be only asked lf a Meek had bees made of the work.
—The Chairousa repeated his opinion that it wp. mean
,of Mr. Gibbs, and many mime Mere beard saris,
Salt is" Geseral seefilloa here arime,_aad the Clerk
Ii vela referred to the Mama —Dirk Gibbs said
be did not mom to thet=gto he ire Med like • ohild
In leadhag Mama, sad he would mom& shoat Mr.
layshilm's bill.—The Foremen messed Mr. Gibbs Lod
Kr. B. Coshes of " asderoresplag."—llr. Gibbs
retorted that the foreman bad used threats at the
last ramting. sad be would not listen to such insulting
remarks whilst he sat at that Board.—Hopelese eon.
rules awe more ssissd, sad the Clubman left his
aeat is dierstat.--ThiMark eadeavoared to resat the
meetly to propriety by remanding them of the premises
of the Press.—Kr. Lysbate was salted before the Board
and staked for a list of pertioakm Re said he 'meld
prefer to ham his work memo* and vatted. The
particulars Mere, bolt/met, handed to UM Board, sad
Mr. Lfishant *meta to withdraw whilst they were
considered. Another dummies mimed, and a sceelo-
Soo seemed solar afros ever. Mr. Gibbs again brought
up the sondust of the forearm of Works, iied said
unless seam alteiratiou took plass be should ma a maim
on the papea for his supessioe. Mr. Lyahands bill
again took the lead, sad Mr. White said if It wee pseud
'they would be robbing the parish in broad daylight.—
The Clerk told them the bill wee inferred before the
pawing of • reeolutios to limit the outlay to d Thew
, were buena to pay It, and ought to be glad to have
learnt the lama So sheep.— After some frefthet deb*
Ii was decided to postpone the imusidentioa of the
Sill seztimeeldsg. This coaelkided the balsam.