The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-11-25 00:00:00

OZA2D.

Bnomoso Durn.—On Friday morning, Richard
Cook, • thatcher, aged it yews, met with bis death in
• shocking manner. IN was 0 men of some small
meankend be had Bred M • pottage by himself. He was
subjects to fits On Thursday he was working fle
Mr. Warren, of Tudbew farm, apparently in the same
health. Friday morning, his brother, John Cook,
went to the aottage, as be was wont to do, and found
the deeeeewt lying on his beck before • fire, his neck
reraing on the top bar of the grate, and his heed oom•
pletely in the fire. The body wee dreadfully burnt,
end the clothes were is smiles. By the side of the
body •ere found • newspaper and spectacles. It is
supposed that deceased was standing with his beck before
the fir* reeding the newnenper, sad that be wee seised
milk • fit, and fell beck mu. tie fire with the result
riesceibed.

WEYMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL
A msetinn .as hold ‘ol Tourldey lad at the Golldhall,
under the presidency of the Worlrfol the Mayor (0. E.
) There also It ts r. AI sr man killed"
M. Amaral. them n an I Mr. Ald vow' Itluertson,
Coulteiltwo R.b •nt. Wolefor 1. Grose., Soook. Hume,
tiranam, Lorell, W4ii. Djonle. &moan. Arles. Walker,
D inn, Aylesbury.
Mr. l'aur Hoorn (vtlng Town Clerk) having re.td the
tniauie. 1 the prevtous meeting.
Toe Moron read a let...er front the Let Mayor. invatille
the town and him to tupport the Su. R bnland lilt
Mentur.slFund. _

Mr. Dignis : It has been suggest oi that a penny gob-
wription for the working-daesee would be • derivable
thing. (Near, hear.)
The KATO. : The Working ilten'a Club would be the
beet plena to opera a autooripUon or thee hint
Mr. WMLSIOMD : Need it be centime to • palmy
Alderman THOMAS: N, hot let the working-claesee
know it would be sooept•bla
The Maroa I will uude take to g:t • sobscription
opened. (El sr. beer)

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firm Or Cann.
Toe following satisfactory report wee received from Mr.
Supt. Vickery :
" Pollee 08os, Weymouth, 21th Septemher. 1879.
'To the Chairman and Gentlemen of the. Watch Wm-
mitten! of the Borough of Weymouth and Mishmash.
Begin.
"Gmitlemem—l have the honour to lay biters you my
yearly report of criminal and inincellane mg statistics for
the year ended 1181 September, 1879. Toe oereons pro-
ceeded against this year wird 301 agsinst 478 last year.
shoeins • decrease of Al Of those 33 belonged to the
army. 6 the heey. 45 the mercantile marin., 33 known
thieves, 17 prontitutes, 38 entrants and tramp& Fifty of
these were of superior education, 42 ctuld rend and write,
63 could do so imperfectly. 33 could neither read nor elite,
and 13 could red bat not write, whilst the mominder
were persona of g esd character or character. unknown.
Toe principal offences are aa f Ake.. : —lltssults on won. 'n
and chll4ren,4 ; breaches tif the pence and ewmmon assaults.
63; drunk and drunk and di.orderly, 74 .• E ementary
Luc Won Act. 38; local Acta and byeilavis,2ls; larceny, 41;
Seamen's Act,33 ; the rem under for various offences. Merck.
ant Indictable oil quote :15 crisis is ere cow nil ited,as against
18 last year nod 32 the previous year. For Vie.,
15 Grimes 11 per, no we-e apprehends i and 9
comm teed for trial. The uffencim determine' in •
summer, manner were 383, as agninat 4til Met year. Of
these 142 were discharged, 142 And, 88 committed to
prl. on; the remainder wi.ns either given over to the army
or navy or hound over to keep the peace. In addition 57
persona were summoned I w non-oeyment of retie, hoe sch
of contact, Ike. Timm were 8111 vagrants and tramps
relieved at ttim station, as against 7314 loot year. Tnere
were 183 period pace,) through the police calla dulling
the year, ouch as perste. f•Qn I deAtitu•.., to, lat. to he
sent to the Uoion, A. I)lring the y 'sr 318 houses erre
found no insecure that tit. police had to esti the iornehe
op to moo thrna properly shut and Imitened. P f 5' woe :
I have reopec• oily tolcy is-fore you for your c ...ordure-
tom the foll.w.ng fact and reconsmendatdros:—Y..r some
fow years past I have I It that • revues:We uthovr should
be in c.targa of the piliceettata-n, as no many odmious
wh-ii the night duty sort-ant, uu•ler the premsit arinno-
nieute. is employed in v doug the me • Clot, I. !ten
brought is which has t.i awsi, tn.. return; arid this 50t...-
times creates inconvenient.o and inuoyance, especially
when the feet is here. I therefore respectfully eog4esl
that you will nlosr we to place 1).(.1. D d.,eat on aa
acting • nitwit. at 2 . p.r w oh, insied of 265. 61 —this
arrinageusent to be for one yeti. see be it will cork,
I would also re...volumed that Aoroy should be pine d
on the Saute d., o- psy as P.S. Ilarsey. Tone fec.nu-
Olendstlool will cc,., an ifiCrvass of In3l. pot week to
the borough, an the U rv.rnutrut will pay the rein under.
—I am. et .ntleuten, y or sibed,ut servant,
Sop :rinteoJent."
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it tram 'decided to b apt tt.e r.port over to the Watch
C,oruittast • &GI U 1,11 11.

THE "SHOWS "

Mr. Wows :To wt;;;; doos.'"VZ:woney for the '' shows"
..

fue NATO' : The persons who lot the ground.
lir. Wawa: It ts not supposed. then. tu hes perquisite
of the rllWrlli.erk I

fr.; ITlEl•iodi, DOL.
Mr. Wews: I, Mr. Grrenwoooil right in letting the
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thOU/dtt he Wag, it being private gro
Mr. W au.is :I may want t) aek that quesPon I r my-
self soon. (Laighter.)
The MATOIt :I hope you will consult your neighbours
(Hour.

Mr.
was told by Lim Worship th,y hod their rowed, mg duet
the portioa
" • • '• •

Wsurna : Yes, but it is • 'treat nuisance fur us to
he going t, law for
(Hes', near.) It as much • nuisance in the l'Ark that we
alkali hare to do something soon.
Alderman THoEss thought they could not interfere un-
lees they had some special 10e-law•
N 'thing was done.

lbe reports of the S.irveyor and Harbourfnavter WON
ted with the plans of tbe new staging to be seat
rreatietfe approval of the C marany.

ALDIGIUdLIt HOWARD'S RESIGNATION.
The MATOR said be had rneeiVed • letter from Mr.
Alderman Howard to the eff et that be hot seen Mr.
Welsiord's notioe, and wee aim given to understand be
intended to in sk• his tuotbe more extensive than he at
first thought, under these circumstances be 01r. Howard)
must ask thew t let his resignauon stand over until be
saw the result id their deliberation or. this point
Mr. Rosa.ss: I think this lean extraordinary proceed-
ing. It does not seem to me to be • strsightforward way
of doing it.
Mr. WiLATOLD explained that his motion was the
"'Pe.

Aiuirui&n T11011•S :I propose to move the rewlution
st.ou'd apply to ell attorovy. sod solicitors generally.
(L:Tite.t.vr ) .

Mr. 1% zuroan: There is no power of this Council to do
that .

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-Alderman T 1101111.6: Mr. Howard's resignation has been
adjourn d once b tore. Ipr .pope that his footer letter
of resigisati 4n be read and now considered. We ought not
to be treated as children, or oat. a plaything of.
Mr. WALLIS : We have then.
Mr. WALKER. however, 1111jjellted that they should be
as calm as they could. If they wore in Mr. Howard's
place end were not permitted to withdraw it, they would
think they were treated most ungentlemanly. Mr. Howard
west an old member of the Board, and be doubtless bad •
roman for doing as be had done. They dad not undentand
his reason. They admitted that But if it was clear to
his own mind they ought to give blot milt for that.
(Hear, bear.)
Mr. Howls: Mr. Howard has mad. astatem,ot in-
oonsistent with (act It Mr. Wsisford has not made his
motion more extensive, his cause for tha withdrawal of
hls resignation is taken away. I bare no wish, however,
to interfere with Mr. Howard withdrawing, or his re-
maining in the council, nod I haven° wish t.) interfere or
prevent his being a candidata for the office or withdraw-
eleven, said be had acted as such for nearly four yetis and
Mg and leaving it to others; bat I do object strongly to
this matter being kept open, whereby we in ay be brought
Into complications and unpleasantness when there fa no
mama for it.
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Mr. Loviu, however, thought they were taking a
wrong view of the matter. He was at a lose to understand
why they shouki not accept it, and allow Mr. Howard
to withdraw hie resignation. Why only the other day the
Board had sold" We most try to prevail upon him not to
resign :" and now they were opposing the very thing they
said the other day. Ho did not understand it. If any-
thing wee child*. play that was.
Mr. WaLus: Hear, hear, good again
Mr. Wlttaroati looked at it in a simply legal way,
leaving the town-clerkship entkel out of the question.
The simple question for them to deride wee—ls Mr.
Howard right in withdrawing aria he not. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. ATLISSUAT thought any gentlionau who sent •
letter of ranination to the Board and wished to withdraw
It should he allowed to do .o _
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Ii this be WIN supported by Mr. °born.
This Acmes Toes (Xmas: You Issas so authority be
refuse it to be withdraws.
It was soce-din sly srithdrss.
NHL WZIMOSDI MOTION.

Mr. WEUWORD, in a tong and able speech, moved the
following motion i—'that an tutu,* Town Clerk of this
Borough sisal, whilst holding such °Moe, either directly
or indirectly by himself or his deputy, or peruser, or clerk
of either of them art, as the agent for any member of Par.
Hannon for the borgenat, for the timi, home, or in one way
I ioggeggre either.. agent or otherwise with any Perliamee-
they or Municipal Kiection in or for the B irough.'
And It bad been thrown la his teeth that thi. Was a
pervonal res glutton. Vi for it might be said to be •
personal one. When it was propowiL be undoubtedly
then intended and bop id to be personally affected by It;
and he thought he bed • right—a very greet right—to
think and suppose that there wee a possibility ot the
resoluilon &darting himself. kl.,wevar it was not •
question for him ag the present Um., but would be •
qiiestion for others. Ile ehould be very earry,ton, if in any
shape or way it was thought he prop lied it for the
purpose of redacting upon an o.wr who had held the
position of Town Clerk, or his inviter, who for the lan
few years bad been with burn. Ilavieg disclaimed all
1 personal or inters CA minters, Mr. Welsford gave an
admirable a-oount of the duties of a Ti wo Clerk, with
the virintir legal clauses of prohibition ia election ranters,
all of which were in perfect sword with his motion.
Kr. Dots., seconded lb. motion. lie was, he said, in
perfect ump•thy with it fr on first to last.
, Mr. WALLS* moved the following addition :—" That
application he mate to the Board of Guardians of thg
Weymouth Union, and also to the L stall Government
Bawd In London, requesting them to prohibit the Clerk
of the Weymouth Booed of Guardiuts, and all clerks of
guardians throughout the kingdom, whilst holding such
°Moe or °Moen, either directly or indirectly by himself, or
kis deputy, or partner, or the clerk of either of them, to
act as the agent for any member of Parliament for this or
any other borough, city, town, or county, for the trine
being, or in any way to interfere either LB agent or other.
wire with any Puliamentary or municipal election, in or
for this or any borough, city, town, or Scanty in the
United Kingdom." (Laughter.)
The Marna thought it beyond their authority to propose
seek a Ming. They might just as well sit there and pro-
mote new means of paying off the National Debt.
rhcztit we
ord tnuldwintot be.
the in
He Mould also elk
nitet. Wauroun : No, sir, I am *deed to ma,* it
an. motion., devoid of Yr. Walker's rider, was ulti-
mately put and carried noes. son.

wain aixtealex•
On the motion n( Mr Ways. moulded by Mr. LOVELL.,
Mr. Aidormato Howard WU appetuted Werd Aldermen
for Ildromhe lire* mad on the motion of Mr. ATMS,
e.,c4od by Mr. GUMMI, Mr. Alderman llilledge for the
Weymouth Ward.

SAIAJIT OF TON TOWN CLERIC.
The Committee met cm November Llih. and they bag
to recommead-1 • That la future • imam* olive or
alma be need for 'the hadams al the Teen clerk. and
that Wpm an agraaa be graatid to ovary Omdllor

WAT 1121102211 therrfr fn., onhiert lo 'he sone eit of tic C ianzil. 2:
Oillt ILIAVIILT iiustlanes—lasi of the daily new... Thar ia MG foe° therk's nails lie kept all +lcemen,,
prapors not ling ago. In 4 4...,1;„4 ny,,,4 ~ .„,,,-;.„,,,,b, pintail/tent; amble's.. deals. and map. beheading to the
• C evoration. 3: Tbs.. a mos ha kmt .i t., s.st.i oifi ,on
conternplree.l tlio pros act of Efix'• •l',. b.,..a11g• .. eine :14 pi inly shown all or 'pear beloulOu zL` lho 43.,,"
some future not I, entirely tub to, ova ci:...1 ix to be
n •,11., I et, srheth, le.teen 41 or othereo-n 4; flit „iieem
viral. Nor it can scar3ly bo inippose I that the c ..in Il.fre MI soon ae the now Town Gs 'k i• smilinted,
Brileper objects 4 , building, yet wr c infer. tit st • feel. la• su iisl with a vela -.lmo of C orn rat.,, prop• v. with
lug alusset Akio to horror caul, over us wl3 n we r lad . •Il p i tutelars se to tenure, rent, Is., thereof. 5: Tnat a
Ws very singular article, and we were led to • moat re urn tune be appointed, o.nsigUng id Mr. All-twee
ThOIII 61, Maws. C runcillors It thane, N mile. ani Wilt ir,
sincere hope that when t3la event die. take place,
honae.builii‘ng will be better understood, both from
an artistic ate l'utie 07 Poiat of view, than it i c ii. ex mine and schedule all document.' belonging to the
I C ire—stints. 6 : That the future salary of the Town
eq. be g:00 per annum, to be apporttoned among.t the
present; otherwise, we are afraid th di when thie de- diff •i eat trust. of the town se the Corporstion may hate-
s rat i
ligbtful state of things des come al, ,ut the dila ittls &are dir..-t; tn.% this salary include all fees or other
, ties of over-population will heel, iii be some fright. soor tof income hitherto derivable by virtue of the odic.'
fill spiletuin, welch will sweep off als to: nose-tenth,. ..1 T .en Clerk. sod that all such fees be henceforth paid
of the p. m's, and thote who are Isft avid be driven ore, le the le oieral fun& 7: That for the alrotestiarned
ma Iby the appedlir. it -those. wive i will sorrow' I • de- .• of 1...Te1 the Town Clerk will perform all the duties
them on all sides. % ben we look at the cl erlysbnilt 4th's‘bia th Ihs 'face ni T'w° Clerk an I c'erk to the
',is! Beard of Beath ; be win pr wide an Also 1101 d
streets, houses vriih rut a scrap of garde. eralellf'd I'' ''
der.. r necessary for the work, but his salary will not in.
them, badly-built, 111-designed, and inoinveubintly chs Ifi Parbameotary builineer, suite in Chancery, action.
planned, sanitary arrangements belly understood. i r at la e, indictments, oraveyancing. mortgages, or businss
carried out in it, slovenly a manner as to be more whir i may take him or hi, clerks froni home, or money
hurtful than beneficial t i health,—whicli are we are paiil Kit of packet for counsel's fees, etamps, or otherwise.
sorry to sviy, diethagnishing features of many of the tY -"rut his "rortbh: eu'sde.eie -edeeet—dt r the
newly-built suburbs—we cannot help expremi la our in, • each _ qIX
if X meetings, GU t
.At at
astonishment that such an GUOIWOUG experience of the "`', guild" Y W""t":"Ill• he & ''''
rePi'rt .ur l'"'"*"
pen, i mg in which ex oenditure is beieu lf
wants of modern householders should h rive riniulted in ng incurr on beha
i of tlil town. 9 : That before he ant 'if on the duties of
producing • state of things so thoronghly the reverse ' his whoa he give an undertaking ti the Crrporatio• that
of satisfactory. It is a painful fact t i have to he sill in no way whatever act as the agent for any
acknowledge that. although WO have sacrificed every- me i bee of Parliament for the borough, or to interfere or
thing like pictureepeness in the planning and baild- take part In (except by virtue of los o(lic i) any Polio'
In of our town.' although we hays • acrifitved archi- men.tary ac municipal gayeties for the borough, either
bin. elf, his partners,,or his clerk., in accordance with
tectural b linty our dwellings, for the sake of
the resolutioa of the Council posed at their meeting in
convenience ; although we have expended vast sums N „
ft other. 1879.
of money upon all kinds of sanitary inventions and
ADVTIZINO TOOE TOWN stes—we have 432 not improved, in any 3terial .
in cenn Zlectioa with thi. s CLERILSRIP.
ince, Mr. DIVINII remarked
_ nigyes, the real cord ce of our dwelling-houses.— that
in opinion prevailed, and revers! 'envenom bad I,X.
pres ed the gam-, that it would be desirable that the Town
Clerhship should he a lvertis al for: and be re Ily felt that
bete., they went any further it would be cell, .1. thern CO
emii sly in their ration that the Mac, ghoul I ho pot
I. we ad for pubic competition. H. governs:lc 'of a UIAiOU
to ti at sneer.
U. Di oins moved i hat it be enli 'died in the report to
arlrertios the Ai -. ~f T ian Cl•rk in the SeistA•re riaksi,
Telrjroce, Otmedirse, and Dorset Cooney Chronicle but
Ai noxious Ttionas made • count ir propoalimo that at
the next meeting the first business be the election ol Town
C er.r._

11 . Davois consideret thin ti be a most ar'titrary pro.
ceed‘ug uu the part of Mr. Tbomiel, and be was ashstued
of it.
11 r WALLIS also consitiore 1 it to bo most arlntrary and
unlit F.
Th. MATOII deprecated hurrying the matter unduly.
Hs tbongat it was the ',raper hours, to put an ad, r
r..,t in the PePere to announce tee Carnenn.
Mr. Roues, howor•r. proponed am an amendment, ihat
It was nnadvianb'e to expend any money on advertising
on office.
O. a division the amendment was carried.
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_mg. DILL AND TEIZ NEW TOWN CLERIC.

Mr. Wixesoss, in. very kindly spirit, sod they had
thir • a genUein.an who had been connected Cs a treat
autn'ner of yews with the Corporation, and whilst he felt
it would be most undesirable to move any resolution in
reference toil, he thought it might be arrange i amicably
to retain the services of that old servant—he meant Mr.
Gale. Ha did not with to interfere with any arrangement
b t cram the future T4lOll Clerk and thine under him, but
he thought that after the long and extended time of Mr.
0 de, the mere exoreselon of the wish might have the
elf ct of his 'orrice. being secured. Oi course if Kr.
It *per were sleeted he took it for granted that Kr. Gale
wool,' stay with him.
119 MA7OI said it cams TOT] proper remark; but he did
not think they could do anything in it as yet.
I. ALDRILIMAX Ltd.
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Mr. Dix= • I —want-I-O—alk-Gt;wq-u;etion whether the
realitnation of Mr. Aldermen Lace is in your hands (the
m.,010,) or In that of the Town Clerk I
The KaYok: I have not heard anything about it.
The Acruirs row. Ciizx also sad be had heard nothing
of it.
LOCAL MOLISLI OF HIALTIL
The various committee, were rrs-appointed.
Among other matters. Mr. LOVILL called attention to
the defective state of the footpath on the east dd. of
Chapelhay Schools. He accordingly moved that the path
he repaired at once, subject to the approval of the Street
Grrumlttea
The motion haring bean seconded by Mr. WALLIS, WM
carried unanimously.
The question of paving and channeling Derby-street and
L hnox-etreet Celleetl considerable discuasion.
Mr. WALK= complained of the manner in which the
people in the Park were treated.
Mr. Guitars thought the whole of the Park should be
takr-n in haul at once.
UNniately resolved—" That the necessary notices he
/erre to the owners of property in Derby-street and
I. nn rz-street, calling upon them to peva flu. end
rh ‘rinel the said street, pursuant to the proviairus of the
Public Health Act, 1875 "
TEL CABMEN'S MUTES.
A number of cabmen petitioned toot the man at present
In charge of the shelter should remain instead of George
B ii I iy. recently appointed.
It wok however, proved that Bailey was • fit and proper
pnraro, and the Board accordingly declined to accede to
the request,