The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-03-14 00:00:00

Tu the Ikiaor.

Sir,—Lett an attempt ghoul 1 be merle by any party
to m the p uitic el ca Mal out of the r- cent public
meeting, or t' e meeting, of our Lola Au•horities, as
regards tee remval f Vie King'. 4tatu-, allow me
t point to et tie et the " iivisiou lids" of our Is 3cal
Home of Psrliatnent tv,ll aloe, that, if polities hi
anything to el'e with th matter, it will be found that
the greater number of the C •nwrvatives or (co-celled)
Conch i utionabete Ir-re is th e majority I.f eight who
voted for the removal, and, that in the minority of
six, two only of that party vstert against the retnovsl.
I am, bee cover, of the opinion that p ditics or party
hal nothing Co me with th 3 proceedings of the Town
Council in the irat:er.
J. Facts Baows.
IVeymoutle. 9th Much, 1883.

To the Editor.

Sir,—ln compliance a a request made by 11,1130 of
the ra:eo•ver* of Wevino ith, the Mayor convened a
public me. tins •• the Uniblhall I tat eveni,g to conaider
th • a Ivisability carton ring the 'lame ft in it,
pre.ent lute, or rather in bj.ct S its bein; removed.
Now, in my o in on, one w .ul.l n dur•liy expect to
hear bolt aid .1 the ipae.tioi diecusot I*l a meeting
of the above deacri .t,on Yon in my imagine my
aurpri.e, ther•for-, when I, a. so impaetiel thinker on
the subl,ct, fouri.l Ili.. &nimbly constituted of a number
of wopla who 'mem.' to have gone with the inten'i in,
not if lis'etiiii,i ii any area eats that might he
brought (-ewer I, but t Interrupt anyone from
ad.lreasing 'hem wt., differed from them with regard
to the subject under ons•deration.
For my own part I ti.ink that. as ikt,'• Councillor
Wallis ha. such confidence in hie efficiency a. •
c .llector of public gob.. riptions, and as he solgesta the
Statue Call be required out ,4 private fun is instead of
from the rat. s, we ought ii, s..y nothing *panel a oh a
plan being card d out and lain we may once more
expect to corn thii g worth lookii gat Instead of (a,
at present) a mass of decayed masonry sugouoded by
weeds.
This suggest* the thought to me whether iii. not as
gra tt an instil, ii K., a'ty to show the "{taws to
degenera's in:o its present condition as it would be to
rin •• It to snob r win of the town. I feel c in-
vines I th it if oar lovely le tint eufficient to prevent a
Royal Status (*Hint to its present disraneful coat.-
we are only putting on a false front by allowing
It to ressio.

To conclude I would simply elf that I hope the
men of Weymouth will soon learn to govern themselves
antfi foully to hear b,tli sides of • citmetiaa without
maltiog such an uproar as occurred last night.. Until
this can be dor.' all lovers of (airplay will be carts
to regard with contempt any attempts made 1., le on
the real (relit g
Yours truly, of the ratepayers on any suhject.—
March Bth, 1882.

JUSTIC B.

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Sir,—lluinnurs about the Statile are flying wildly
about, an I all at Once we are told that it remained in
a artoamlolaentw for
interest t
s, i:fat% zr;pi,uietnut.L.
l.ni his adds
C
ehouldn'e gain in one of ivory
ielailbadainttedYiblehi:r.reipot.* hare! &ad gold. No that
we
tiallrneumaterun.;:nyioounroialuie
Increase, ant, as if it were not enough that our Ste' us
is able, like Bill Bikes, to " six months on his bead,"
next we learn thi re is some story of • renewed chtrter
c"eec'ed with if. Cannot the Frescoes ins let out the
worsts of the Statue' 'Pon my ward. we "ye
narrowly escaped losing one of the mysteries of WeY•
mouth. And there's snoth-r mystry Who sas it
said he'd cwt It away if he had the chance? I don't
believe 'terse Mr. D nnis, but I like to have each
particular alderman sw .r.. ito. iner'gatries," and
mode to " &newer •l g. faithfully." " lake
the tallest first. And why I oh why! Was our
plucky Mayor left to brace an odpeition meeting
aRh almost the certainty of defe it. when three who
have edged on the ile•t ucti .n of the Statue stayed
away in inu tag.? Before I'd a ant like
the brove Mayor and diving Mr. Dennis, the
o b diar hiss, d and being wving:y en.muild
for th • sake of the ..btelteee, I'd sty 10th. othtr
rs of the citotestn--'' or corporate agreement's
sake, do co.se and take your shims." I don't know
which was more a.tounding—to near a de.ervedly
popular Mayor hissed when he only spoke his
con tictions, or to hear the mir aken charge
hurled against Mr. Dennis. The Corporation had
better hsve a retelicilittioo me. tin,r, let the &Waiver
b g perdue for des ding the cause, end all shake
head.. Alt.ithatg,atleman who suggested " o few cm 40
lions," could .1 he gratify his taws lu the Z. forked?
Perhaps Junin° would o`3lige. Still wni.d..ea summit
late. Wear. nix tld 'lure are actually £5OO in hand
fo • • new Statue. Til .t wool In't go very far In ivory
g tll; but we a odd have an imeg of the worthy
Corp trator wvo got the Evian ids c meted with clay
and told us Ike ch'n.e." A stat•ie of china like
that would thr w int. the nil • le. ter diolol, g
Pr .perthe, th • plas.er of Paris wh ch in he retirement
seems to bee b.en practieinr or tcrobatic feet., if
al, be true. Bin our forefather. aow to have kept
their beet public thing. in etablet, Hwy shout the
Sherren pap..? In totura when any man has a
Scotus that he can't put up directly, let Mtn, for fear
atresto lalgioue should be urged against it, keep I. in
his walatoost picket or h see • fitting knapsack for it
to his back.—Youre truly,
Lon, or MYSTIZIKL