The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-07-09 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

FENIAN CONVICTS —On Thunder, 18 of the Fenian
prisoners, convicted at the recent special commission at
Park, and at Limerick, and who had been confined in
the Monntjoy Penitentiary, were removed and conveyed
to Halpini Pond under a strong escort of mounted
police. They were put on board the gun boat Earnest,
which proceeded at once to Holyhead, en r,ede for
Portland Pri on. General Burke, Patrick Doran,
Captain 11' iferty, George Connolly. John Flood,
James Dunne, Captain M'Clure, John F. Kearnes,
Stephen .1. Hearty, Dennis Hennessy, John Sheehan,
Thomas Noonan, iaurlos Fitzgibbon, Tho 'as Daly,
Sues* Lombard, Wiliam Leenan, Patrick Killeen,
and John Foley. The last three named hail been tried
by court-martial. All the convict, wore the priyon
uniform, and all with the exception of General Burke,
had their beard, and moustaches shaved off.

PORTLAND LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
An wijourned mewling of this Board was held on
Thursday aftertrwm 1w :—Prwornt, Mr. Benjamin
Rersom (chairman). Mnsers. R. Poem*. R TAD*. R. &
Perinea, & Peon*, R. Oomben, W. Combos), now,
White, Hodder, and Gibba.

PL PS OP TIP ISLAND.
The Clerk handed to the Chairman a eel of titan of
the Island, prepared from a Clow mutest Slimy, which
mre supplied to the Committee of Oenommera cod as
list bnelt had now, in the preemies of the Leal Bard,
no farther me for them be (the Clerk) bossed to submit
them for the aetamihwww ci 'ls Board.
Mr. Ohi. tbnasht it very deekeble to assent them,
and th.t they should be frented. and It was ol,im•tely
d. riled to accept them and that they shoald be mounted
sad waralebed and bans op .0 the Board room.

CL•API 0 Mt P.,NDII
The Chairman said that ea...edam to the resolotient of
oth:t itmoot Leerooti,,nigpre,oodd.eriao lir:. 6..14:01i0. ritoteddi ;to:
bad
deleanolonoe
seeer.l which be woeld prehoce.
Mr W. White orrepiaised that the notices inviting
Merl re bah ant he. n %sued in eaffloient time toAna,
P•rttle desirous of tendering selleirrt oopor,unity of
&hag ex He wished to know if mentheos of the Board
soulh Maderf.q the work. of that bode.
This hieing been explained by the Clerk,
The Chairman s.id perhaps Mr. Whits did not eall at
the once to nee what tendert were oft. mad as most of
the perties likely to tender had already does Ito, he
thonght it iroolh be beet to open the...
Mr. R. Pearce rlviaght that three *lsar hays' notice
ahoold be eye!, for e-orling in tech.'s. The present
no lees were n.t out till yesterday at 12 o'olerd,•
It wet attire oely proposed by Mr. R Lazio, and
wands,' by Mr. R. R. Beriven, tl at the tenders now
sent lo should be opewerl.—Cenio&
The following were the Unholy :—Mr. RAprt Redd,
(Wakehans,) seinen pasha, £36• Mr. John C. We,g,
eight pearls, £32: Maley Heider, ela Dolph. ;
Mr. William White (CastletonJ Amos Pooh., £2O 12..;
Mr. R. tippie, £3 15e., pond..., the church.
The Chairman remarked that if one gentleman cog.
Wasted for the whole if the reeds he awd be ka bhp* vitli lee Ms* of the weether, for 'her tb• lour

droteht they enttid not expect the present line weather
0 eontinda. and ft was eery de.itable that the ponds
should he dewed Mgt grttlinttt dtda7—b4l ',so In favour
0' dlvitt tl.e tend...% er.or. thld of 4 ot. T
wur.r.l.an nreinoi to moor lth "envoi enosont, when
• . 0.1,b• pr ..,4 d •tel Ur. P.,.rod *PO .d.d. th.d
the deep.in f tl•e pole,. ho giOrtt to /dr. C. Wrd
and 111 r. Wid.am Whao !or a own 11 wanel not
esewding £l3. tut should he foremen of work. end
It inapool,sle to dit de the goat t• hit on.infartinn
between wish parties, then eh it the tender of Mr. .1. V.
Wwd (..r £:l2 be noceotol, thst the work he douses
expeJitten ty as p ..b.e.--Oarried.
Toe wArsa PPLY.

The foreman of w•rb (Hr. B. white) pro Inertd the
plan, ordered to be prepared at the teat inertial in
rnfrrenee to the propasad alterations In the trouzhs et
Firt 114.... Weil, together with • propoeed
&sae et the bottom of Iligl,rtreet, near Br. Fighters'
The plans baying been doly inarposted by the torrnbere.
the foreman of works said thetas it apposite' at the last
meeting that the owners of property in High-street,
opposite which it was prop-wed In put the drinitinitt
place would object to it, he had tam' upon himself to
gall upon Hr. and Mrs. Prone*, and 'wither of thew bad
the plight's. obj-ctioa. Their inn shanld be written to
on the sohjrat, but he, they felt convinced, would be
only too glut to do anything f ir the rad of ttortlend.
Mr. R airnhen wid that as thee, plant hat hale,'
prepared by Mr. Idolised gratuitously, be atikrd why
ses .ring to the undersian ling which was arriyrd at at
the hp,• meeting, he had not been also oohed to tampere
plans eaxirding to the reenlation arhwia bed been pa.
forward bet which wee last. lie knew thorn we.
:o "•• mianfell shoat it. bni the metier we. •n
mamboed tithe that the imettleman who prepared the
pinn all pf.a.0,11.1 1111001 d al.o to atkaa to pr •tes'e
the others. He had wen Mr. Holland on the subject
who informed him that he had not been sitkel to do in.
Re had a resolution to propose. whit* was " TINA the
rionsideration of the plans stood adjourned till the neat
onsetins, in I that, in the meantime, the eh.irman ask
11.. {la .04 to,,rep.,, a plan and vend! -aline for son•
vying the water from the present drinkist place to
the p.m.') knd called the poond, and to tat. reservoir
In snoh also., and al.o f r struiveyiag water by pines to
the lower part of rot-tune's wril, and for the Putting of
teeter tips In the variant street' where parties may he
shit, to draw water, and the& some memtastv of the
Rriand tionempate. M. Holland to give him any informa-
tion he may rrqeire."
Mr. I,•two o jo i. a to the proposition, as a similar
one had been negatived at the list meeting. us, shoal
propose an amendment to Mr. Coinheit's proposition.
M..nire. White cod H. B. likniten also opposod the

7Mae.
.718. CMIS§M. said any gentleman was competent to
Miele the matter b fore the Board. He did not mean to
ormama that his scheme sbnairt be serried out at one..
Irit merely, that if any pntlem.n offered to prepare a
plan gratuitously be should be allowed to Aro so. Thi•
water sgitation had been going For 13 or 14 Teem, 940
If water waa carried to the loser Part of 11144.114,1110
for cattle alone the inhabitants would grumble if they
were not supplird thrmaelym. He thonght hi. props
sitino we, the best that mulct he made, but oven if the
Board old not accept it, still he should be satisfied he
had don. hi. duty.
Mr. Ft. new said he had heard e great Asal of talk
.bout the proposed tank, and oomplaluts from radon
quarters es to the water supply. He Al I not think ir
fair to provide for the rattle alone. He Aid not mem,
to say that the scheme should be carried out at once
but lilt could be done without mush expenes he should
monad Hr. Comben's proposition, that plans be prepared
in • lair before the Board.
T.is eh iirman doubted whether Mr. Holland would
prepare further plans grstuitously.
Mr. Hodder mid there seemed direarbfection without
a and
duistif w
carried t.rreffaigtahlkreset a
High-arrest
each
.enot of the
ldbea pf.rtisib..e:
sosommodstloo, a, people could draw there. He
thought the inhabitants would be provided for Wort
t is .01s.
The Chairman had a few words to say on the subject.
It appeared to him that they were looking at one old.
of the queolso, or rather one side of the island an,
!oaring out the most seedy part. Nature had I.vished
her choicest gilts on the people under the hill. where
they had water Bowing in from the weir at Chisel, and
constant supply at Fortune'. Well where they had onl,
to take their buckets and turn the lap. If the people
under the bill had mum to chaplain, what must he the
emo on the hill He reminded them of the great
outlay they would inimr if they carried out the im•
proyeasenta suggested by Mr. Comben, and if tha.
was done what would be expect. don the hill, is t.
the expanse, in a letter which he had re0.4..4 fed,.
(Net. Manning. it ea. eatimmet th.t the cost for carry-
ing out the water wart plan was estimated at £1,431.
He belieeed Mr. C. tebm had a pipe in his house con.
'meted with the spriog, and now he wanted the drawing
Warm removed.
Mr. H. Lana objected to any farther plans being pre
pared and h. shoul.l propose. " That the Board basins
. . . .

inapeot.l.the.plana.••;l spec;fleatinn that have he.;

rvetneed by the forem•n of works. do •pprowo of th
Mille. end that tenders be at onee invited for sysyr,lm
oil the mime, sod thst.the thinks of tbe Beard
_ _

• on•Py-d Mr. C. Holland for boric( pre- pa—;(11
above."

Oibtre maid that no one hei complained
more than Mr. tone., about the water .no li
!at Fortune's Well. (The Chairmen th t i
correct as to the bones) Thry now bed • wets
: supply at and Fortonr's an.s
they proposed pleat, g ooe at the bottom of High
street, end there would be nothing from Fortune's Well
in the Castle. They n-ed: d the water much more in
tbe other direnion than in Higb.street. In the latter
oboe the people were ahead, well eoppli.d end beeadr,
the di.t.noe wee nothing from Fortune's Well.
Mr. Leno's amendment was then pat to the meeting
and serried.
Mr. 11. Comhsn remarked that he bad seen Mr.
Poems, the engineer at the gas works, and he had said
he wee prepared to take a contract for laying •
i•ips .1 3.. 6.1. a yard, or a 2m. pier at 3, p•r yard,
Letting ppm end I.lvenr, and be (Mr (-1...0b..) wants
to know how on retell it woad co.t £1.450 for miming
the pipe. about 500 yards. He believed the whole mild
b• done for £3OO.
cePrale NOMAD AND TIM LOCAL 10/AD
. _ _

The Ohal,insa Laid exordia( to the direction of the
B ,eri at the lest meeting, he had Writtell 10 Govan,
11.nnior, arid had received • reply which be reed as
follows :

"Portland Castle, July 3, 1867.
Mr. Benjamin Seriven,
" Dear beg to acknowledge the receipt of
yoar lotion on the 17th lend 29sh June. Reepecidoe
the former, I have nothing to (unman beyond wh•t Is
enatained In my letter of the 1511 of Juno, aid as
relates I your last obliging communication of the 29th
oft., which, like your two former notes. is eouahed a..
eery enormous lansem.re, I heti however, to obeerve.
time when Messrs Holder and hite trilled here on the
4th January and handed me the reqmsitioo, thew Mated
eh•t Mr. Howard had reque.ted them to show ill
do ino.nt to me; nothing more. I then commented on
the very serious 'spumes that measure incur ed. and • is
truly celeetionable a.ture of the Local Gm v. m nt
ter. My mentimetme respecting the Ant in qa. s 1,11
nmmin unaltered. I weeder it to be the most me ire
blow that our once Inappe inland ever experienced;
•heady the unforton me inhabitants have been is,. o
the intent of £l3O per annum. and what will the
ass.mot be in &few morn yeats iii. fearful to contemplate
often think .1 the words of Mr. itymonis at the at
court "If you think you are going to better yournelve.
yes will mon find out that you have mule a sad
or word, to th•t iffeet. I have had between
30 sod 40 formes here since the estahlishmeat of the
Local Hoard oompLiining of the illegal mariner in whie
she voting papers were dealt with, earnewly hoping
there world bean investigation, ea related to the smite
o mobsised of —the offence and possishinislit if psosisd is
partacul..l, ailod.d to in the teal Government act
(21 sal 22 Vie. Cop. 98 YOU 758 and 759). I know
Rolling in reference to this affair of my own knowledge,
but if a quarter part of what Eve been infoarn•cl is
correct, the eousequenees might be serinu.. Under them
circumstance, it would be impossible for we, ea a rime,.
trate, to have my name in say Ivey mixed up with the
Local Board. I might be reproached and charged as •
porliorps criiaa, which I should deeply regret, for
during the 33 mire that I have acted m a magistrate, I
hove not had any decision of mine appealed ardent nor
.ny complaint. I think thee can be no doubt but that
the reporters of the mescaline' at the last meeting of
your local hoard looked Shemin some glom which
ponsemsd enormous magnifying powers From the
i sport of the promedings the fen& of the Royal Grant
are stated to be £BOO and moo per ennum, when
probably half that amount would be nearer the mark.
and out of the receipts of last year the sum of CVO
was paid by the treat..s of the grant on account of the
Poor mtee. It ha. been 'toted that I promised to
expend large sums on lespednmente in the island such
he not the ease. I mode no woollies of any sort or kind
except to Mr. B. (Minima, to whom I stated it was
prolanlee Mr. Flog.rth and myself might do something
to abet* the neisanes of horses w.tering at Fortune's
Well. A potation was presented to the trustees on the
',object of the proposed work, and signed by a large
number of persona wasp-tins stereos improvements
Lie p Mien to which I ellude I plesed in the heads of
a talented engineer, and be tet mated the proseo d
work to am, if carried net, at E 1.415. I regret to Need
you such a md ser•wl, bet on lees than ten perces imve
eaßed SiDOS I commenced weiting.—Ynur.
• eat.. Amt. lerximm.

The chairman asked whether he should watt on
cm,g m„.sine, and ask him for WeiMabee in earrying
out their plane.- (a laugh).
Kr. Comben said the reason why be wanted the plan
drawn up as prnPOP434 by him and the °net estimated,
wee that than the whole met... could be laid before
the trustee.. He beard front one of the tntstees (the
Rev. D. Hogerth) that tbey were winkle to toilet on
props? W m
Wog put before the. With reform,,,,
to previous remark of the eheirman that he (Mr.
Oombm) had a pips in his hon.. conomstoi with the
spring. it wee qua, trus,and have, felt the boatel of it
he wished to extend the same benefit to his fellow

;
the Cheirmen said he did Dot mind asking Mr.
H.,llsad, but be reminded the Board that they should
• 0 • step et • tinse. end not go too far
and rit went bore %mantle's. With mimeses to a
drinking traugh on the oommon, he thought something
should be done in ttut matt,er.
The 'object than fit opp-d.
irarroroa or soutrics's mon.
There was a compleiot by the gneemer a the Pri•oo
of • Immune, in the • • rove-road, sad another arising
Irma tho di...loins of a Hebb, belonging to Mr. Wm.
*tot eIL Both Dall&IIC•0 ors °rend to be
abated.
Thiele:included the business of tr. roasting.