The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-09-30 00:00:00

ADJOURNED LICENSING METING,

'rho Ij nuued liammirag lasetiug wm hold cm T0w-
.107. wnea th. an wistrates prowut wore :—Tbe Mayor
tit N now" I. E-0. Me•••to .b•rtaoa, Hop
like. Bock, Falbut. Howe. And RAIL
THE L CENiE OF THE MARINE HOFEL

Mr. Spoor' is peel with regard to the M trine Hotel
the emu d 0., which toe Bosses was aij eened wes
that. duritig the curnmey 4 the preseut license the
yretnitiee had b•cl3 a 14.1 nal C astounicatiun had
been male frum Imenvet premise. ei pr lames 05-
11°"heed. Polies "IP. 'vision was impomiible, and
Weems cohlif remain ors tee p..ensiasiv without the
.lice he .wing libiarge ,id wafer the 21
St., of the 1874 Art, ol..je,ti na ouch I only be raised
against Lb. littreon. eh t Mr. E. lihraett raked the
saute argunieut, but Mr. Spouted' acid the word
p-re mai wa• very Seeable, sal be °mown led that If
the premises were as he bed Anted It was difficult to
see it wad not • peretnal matter.
rho Bench ruled that th xe was • pen s .nal charge,
an.icuniental to make a cote ul lie. otij ction.
M-. Symonds c inteuele I that the leaae wee granted
to Mr. Cherie. Davit in 1879 for inn of
ua the hoe" .f°,
te•oi •14 end the preiev• sue c natty • coupled
by the Ste.m Peck-t Cumpany. It wee distiuctly
It'd t e the m•gistrate. wlott •he 13 .us• wits apptiel
for that the premises not in Mr. hey..' OC4UVILIOCI
at, .111. i h• Cat If, aa it was u,4r.ble to have more
publicbossea on the quay. C .mmuoication had since
men opehel into (lee 3144111 Packet C unyany'd
.Ilicee, .0 that whatever occurred durum the
night would be private to the police. Ills
did not object t, the house as far asi the
origihal license extended. Altmatiuga boil bash
made, au 1 he ol.j cted to the basement of the back
ig• ram. being c melted into a publichoua• lie
a-bed the Bench if they renewed the Bosses to sta's
Mi.! limit to which the lic.hee should extend.

Jackvsu, sichitoset, was clle.l, and proved
plans of the tr tel. Lis k .sw the prowess before M.
bark took thesa, ad at tle time he lob them part
..f the basso:sect was mei mist .r.e,rarithere were sups
on thy east an i west ashes. Taos* had been &Wired,
the e.t.a fll..ht bevies been rem°, 4. and elope to
ths basement made. There was • staircase its the
waiting.u.oto above tbe snores, and there was .n access
Iron the hotel to the room above the wailing-roots.
There was also ace to from the hotel to the Sweat
Packet Comiskey's dices. These Aloe. had been
rebuilt sissy, 1e79, an i one eau go fr ,ut any Dan of
Me It 'lel into the Sisam Yecket assopanCe eliom.
By M. George: Whets he made the plan he did so
from his knowlerige of the premises, an I he did not go
over them at the time.
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By Mr. Burdett : Tilers had it,.t been any addition
to the precnis,-, and the alterations nen, 'moronity.
Mr. Supt. Vickery ati.l he was prroeot whim Mr.
DAris applied for the amount for the Ohms Hotel,
cud opp.t.t.l It on tie ar•utud of ict.rnil otmmuoioa•
ti,.. Too bsch of the p,urises were used, the hew-
monitor offi,roe for the . tee.° Packet business, and on

the hovel +Lb the Pteps was a Sou/C(ll4i roou; for the
Custom H 111110 otfiLvra a. I A porter • raq:ll. Mr.
Witl2lllll cod I &woad from the porter's room to his
office. 0. that occasion • amuse we. fruited for
thaw premises specified in Lis lease, which wae pro-
duced, awl on coadia in that there should not be any
cummunitatioa with the other portion of the premised-
He bad dem been t • Hr. Wimble's room, which was
within the four walls of the Maki' Hotel. Ho had
seen Mr. Blackman, the preesnt applicant, on the
matter of a lamp, which he prop i.e I C./ remove •of
place one of Lie own, to be lighted at hits own is:pewit.
H. told him th d be wee the lame* of the whole of tin
premise*, and that he sob-let Mr. %Viable his room and
the lii.ett Wettern Railway Comp oly their office+.
Upon that repreaetotatioti Liave wart given to alter
the lamp. Afterwards M. litigable repudiated the
statement. lie knew the protnitee very well, awl
could go from the hoti.l into Mr. Wiroble'd row
through the Ste,ul Packet C im1....y.4 otfioss. Tam+
offices opene I n to the quay, and at protein the
premises were wit under pooice supervision, se there
were five Is six ildforent entrances.

By M. Burnett : A liken c ,ul,l 1.4 g the iulice on
ttn. prend,de. Ile had botniatA to ay agatnnt the
lendlutd.
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The Itsigor to.re askel if the bitter was of raising
the question as to host Isr lb license giants Iwent
won d not be • swum OMB for selling de iuk on italic •need
premise.?

Mt. George said that we. his coutintion, and that
was the proper way of raidug the (mid .11.
Mr. Synimula wad this was the lint licensiog meet-
ing dose the itariugement took plaoe.
Mr. G,orgs bald his couteution was that the promisee
were aubstatitially the same as they formerly were,
and they ha I nothing to do with the e4,lltioos on
which the boeuse was granted t • Mr. Davis. Mr.
Blechman wee perfectly justified is using the rooms
he had opened.
blv. Voss said he lived shout $O or 40 year* at
the Bank House, now the Mario. Hotel, sod knew
the rooms oo the basement, which were always in use
laud always communicated.
My Ntr. Spit lie kept the whole of the hotted
as a boardiug-hooer.

Mr. Symms, le, in whirei•ing tho Dnc, o 'attend .1
that Mr. Blackman et eal in pr ei..y a eitnil
positiou to Mr. Dark ant the evidence ••••• 0)11611,6V°
an t,i the c on which the liuenae wa. glutted
—that there skoicl.i u it be Any c witnanic••
II between the 6(44 act the hack pr mimes. Ile
...keit them t .lupel Mr. MACkW Mt 1., abide by
thow c Ile had bun p tire year.,
an i the • %V. H.tley had been in tire
yore, Sal alai] .;h he and Cot receival any rent, he
hat never t ikeri any step, t • utilise the prettawos

Thl 112116. •ft..ir a c insultati ot in private. decided
to renew tbi nu: nialtiN any cwalitionii.

THE Elillt.RMAN'M ARMS.

As to th Fi.heranan s Arm. Mr. If ward limas,
said he appeared f r Mr. Talb 4. the laellord, who
had been I. ocrup %Lion for 21 years, and duriug that
time th.re hat not ben any c maplaiot as to the
conduct of the how,. It ha I been adj ntrued an the
grou,d that he ha I taken in vagrant. a. I miners. and
II wet the duty_ of the other side to prove it.
Ur. Supt. Vickery state I tkat he had visited the
Fisherman's Arms at rarieme ULU" aad found
wuranta there lo llog. Hi had mien teem there on
three or lune occasionsl and the condition of the
bones was out clean. it. opposed Um renewal last
yes: oa the Sarni ground ant the applicant promised
to give up the holders. Tome were sr wen pubiichmses
within a radios of 200 yards, sad the lon was u 4
require but Wall a • 'Luce of annoyance I. the po:ice.
Lty Slr. Bowen :No new lice:lase hsd been granted
to that nelghbourhou I, mil the p .pulatiou had not
decreased.

liszvey .tated tlust he had vieited the boom
sad found tramp* there. and the house dirty.
By the M T.r Poor hawkers generally went to
the Fisherman', Aram
By Mr. Bowan: It. might have taken people to the
Inn .r lo igingr, and on the 6.h a May he wrote and
asked the applicant to take in a woman cod three
children,

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P.C. Bartlett .ai I be apprehended a tramp on Salm..
day at the Fi.b ymsn's Arms for bagging from
house to house. 0.1 searching him be found 2.. in
English money and 31. in French money. He had
some bacon in his pocket, and tea, sugar, soap, ho old
knife, ht.,. He told him be had a bundle at the inn,
and witmes fetched it. In it in were two shirts and
other luggage.
Mr. Bowe°, in addressing the &mob, read a list of
pers in. sect by the police to the inn, and he argu- d
that the polio/ had helped to break the compact into
which the applicaut ha I entered. The man who was
convicted the previous day of begging was t.ken in as
a bleckoncitb, and his client directed him to Chickerell
am being likely to get employment there If they
refused to renew the lic.nse they wool I be turning
out an .11 inhabitant and 614 family from the house,
and would help to till the Union. lie was faro the
Bench would not do that, and Ids client would ask
the police to help him in the conduct of his hones in
the (Uwe, as far a. 1 Agars were c ,tceruel.—The
Bench renewed the limns..

ST. JOHN'S TZMPERANCE 4—.;SOCIATION.
A meeting of the members and friends of this branch
the Chitrch .4 liasland Tenspersoca AV. 'dation
ens h-id in St. Janis .4(110.1400111 M olday eveu•
Mg. Tt Rev. Canoe 3tephenson presided, sod there
w a largo attoodencr.

Al ter IMO eingiog of a hymn, the Rev. 11•1.1.-SaLrelt
(the curate.) ..ffiereol up prayer.
Toe C11411131A-N, opening the meeting, 1-1-1 the
tale ..f the Iridionan, who said he could @wino 100
yard., and when within about two yards of the
oppepits bank, turned back because his strength had
failed him. and. WI he thought some of their friend.'
were I.ke him, they had made • splendid sta. t and got
close to 0.8 other bank t wnich they MO,O swimming,
an I then turhel beck. They would have to pick
them nr, and it waa becauwi he did not want any
tUIDIUR bark thsd he had called that meeting that
evening. Although some p ople said they .111 not du
much, yet he th 'tight they had much to thank God
for, and the ounce. of the movement. although
Perhaps not so grants, they could ei•h, woe Wonder-
ful, and he urg-d them if ever they fel; incline I to
rimpair, not to forget what Gad had done for them.
Wit, they I .okel thee saw that the temperance
movement had done much, and neat N Ivanhoe the
Municipal Election, w nave to be coedit:del in •
different manner to what they had been in the past.
If electioneering were carried on lo a public hOttie
eat, took part in it were liable to a penalty, how
much he could not ouits eay. That fact showed
that th-ir temperance friend. were making
their influence felt. With regard to their own
branch, he hoped their progrese woe satisfactory.
Ilinr.ng the summer things were rather in abeyance
and it was rather diffi :tilt to h rid public meetings.
Everybody ap.wared either to be very hard at work
or else very lazy—(l aughter)—and with the playing
of the tee 1, the Punch and Judy show, and other
thing. It WWI difficult to net them to • meeting. But
they would now begirt agein, au-I as the nights became
darker he hoped their meeting. would grow Into their
wonted 'ire, and that they would see at their temper-
ance meeting the usual large attendance, (Applause,)
He h.llecei • great deal of temperance work must be
done by the ton rue, an I if the work were to goon they .
must have their meeting.. If he wanted to give them
• proof of the w dk the w.clety wag doing he could
not do better than to point them to the enemy's
camp. When he beard what was going on thee* be
felt sure that the temp-rauce movement WWI begin-
ning to be Ed% Eeen io this little county of ours
diszraceful rcen-s have taken place. At tVarehant. at
Blandlord, where he wad going next month. and he
hoped it would not necewary fir him to (Duane In
the Accidental before going--(langhter)—an lit Poole
shameful r .as ha I token pl.c, end be wee sere if
the enemy could not defe ii themeelveo without
rewirtin.: t .och diagrac-ful proceedings they would
find out that they would n 1 be stele to hold up their
head. he England in the future. The rev, gentleman
then tamed to • letter he had remind from his eon

who was haring a' oliday trip ia South Am. riga. Re
had ari ton and toll him of a temparaue• Intwilell he
had org babied on bleed 'hip, sail that at the close
17 Pled,es seer • tike,, two of the officers •ig int.
(Appian...) There woe to be aziothm meeting, ad
a+ they all antsearid ni deli.:hted with ell they heard,
end what ema •lomi• for them, ni• • m noie d 1.. gat 'he
whole crew, ahout 40 tom. t • take the pledge. ooe
mso, 45 years .4 aze, told him that he had never
I prayed since hie hovhood, sod that he bad spent all
! his life sittout Uid It. (the speaker) thonAt the
truth wad their to or gill, r. hal hot be-n thought
much id, bit, hie son w oot wily E.g. t. have a
demPersace meeting hut a prayer meeting ale.. and
the manors were delightei at Too rev. gaattassa
then called on his curate ti I Imais the meeting.
The Rev. I'. M. Rau :lama said it did not look
aa if the ecu.. ware groali.g c Oil wheu they saw sari
a room full. lie nailer • from the bills circulated that
the supporters sod hien Is • 1 toe c tugs were
but he oped they ha I out, •po. onto Preectit, in
order that they migh• +in Orin •iver. There were
four great enemies . very member i 4 • temper•
anus s ciety bad to u,-• t with. rimt of all those
addicted to drink tiled to to Its ethers like it, and Im
hal even beard of a m ito. r c impelling ber children
to dunk. Th• Mc nt eu-my wa. the loge-warm
person who could not do without th • driok. the third
war the wriusr adaiart the Can't, soil the fourth was
11.. trait n•—• moot danger us person, and who pro-
famed to be • teetotaler, hit drank on the sty. The
first enemy we. not such a Ilbageroll4 One I. the MIN
aa the other., for no bee only to go to his home an I
on. his children to how that he was • drunkard, anal
nothing that he could show would eutice others to
follow hint and b •• um* lik •tim. he lake-mum we.
• worse enemy ; he had no sympithy with the cum+,
and only said chilling thing.. At. the waiter agailiet
tempetanas he tbougtd it was ourtimes discouraging
t Out well inotro+ted pe •pl , writing Ii the papers
scalost the cause, f irgettmg to look at it from •
scripturei point i•f view, sod netuattibtoiog that
thousatiii• were dyiug from exceeds 5 dritik, mil that
t hair duty weri oae of eellimmiticri. 'Cuero was •
religions obligation upon all, both to reclaim the loot
end t stop the exoesaive este of lring. rho speaker
them allu led to • letter pobliMed in favour of beer,
whtch the writer seemed to look upon almost ea • life
elixir, whilst spirits he described a• dynamite.
Another writer contended that aa hundreds of
th• umnds were etn,,loye 1 io the brewing tea le it
*bold I a t oe, interfered with by mistaken phil althea.
plets. What, the speaker asked, did be know about
philanthropy it he omitted Iron hi. list all those who
worts being robust by drink? He h wed they would
.anaontate tbair napowaanlity. sod try to mare the
souls of those who were beiog led captly• by drink.
Traitor, thei, mast he; there was one in the chosen
P. 2 awl he urged his heaters to be fsithful and not to
ilieciursge i. II • di' not believe in statistics, for
tier, weeg ma., who vori often got drunk at home,
aid never slip owed before a rn vial:ate, and therefore
the statistics
alto I. .4 the evil. After warning psrenta not to mud
their children to publialsousee for drink, the speaker
c mcluded by ret.rnat to grog •re' lioeises, and said
women c old now ootain eirits with impunity, sad
Imes them ch.rged se groo• ri..
Ti,. Ctialanea said be saw a young recruit, sad ea
he so. always pie +I to launch • ricrult, hi would
call on Mv. &rail to addrrra them,
IiCVAN in • tow a •,1 sate speech advocated the
cause. lie said he ha I come there to try and get come
hints, amid after the strt cli 113 had jum heard he felt
he h beim well repaid for hie attendance there.
teetotalers were treated very differently &low-a-day
from what they formerly were, amid he advised those
who thought they guild not do without the drink to
oiscontinue to go to a publichoueo or to Mka it at
all tim•-• ot the day. They asked them to give up the
drink for their own oak. and for the sake of others.
It was so daogerous that they ought to give up taking
it, as he rai sure they cull not say it woul I be
hatter for their health, for their pockets, or for their
heiminees to continue t take I. If the young num
of 'Weymouth would join the moiety what • god
thiug it wouli be, for they must remember thst on
the v •utot toed of the t wi, lien I. 1 what the future
..1 Weyin uth woul•i be. 'fhey grouted the y••ung men
t j Mi them, and for everyheir 1.. aslc himself or her•
*elf "Stisll I nut do roinathiii,i to mske thlog• better,"
and to answer " I can do • •inethiug, sod +I it helping
in, I will I. it. (Avid bust.)
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Captain Ev ass. late of the lioecaeren, woe the next
speaker, and he wa, gieetod with applause when he
stated that ha had tok,n the pledge himself. It.
reruarked that .L 130.000,000 were spout yearly ill
' drink, sod be coo-ideal it wnc a national disgrace.
It, knew • man who eater .10.. o 40.. • week, sof
' speot cii 'St rf it in dro.k, hi, hont, being almost
destitute of ftiruiture, sod ill. wife and family nearly
:starving. The tooderat drinkers said they did not
I take much, but be know • cc' where one oronplaioed
I to the is...trate of the ox.e..ive &Inking of hi, wife,
and when asked to disc..r.torue tr take the drink
bigwig( refused to do r 0... ths c .osequenoe being that
I drink continued to hat its wit into his house, and the
I evil still existed. Sixty triamand drunkards died
I yearly, sod he alleged thatthe rookard came from the
I moderate drinkirs. Drink was a treineurluits weapon
in the bands of Satoh, and he th light a
persou must be very huddle...l U he would
not crone forward an r work in the Pau.
'lle Lord to I said N • tankard shall inherit
the Kingdom of Heaven, awl in the Proverlm they
rea I that "hint stroll c10t.... • roars In rage," and
: they Ind nut to go for Li ace trio foltitureot of that
lie referred tu a ma i who wont to • temperance meet-
log with the intention of cooking foo of it, but when
' it war ever he succeeslorl it, per.ni rung him tot aka the
plorlgo. (Applause.) All wore oellol on to help their
brethren en I t make • erlf.denial, and if they did not ,
'offer anything they could hot expect to wear • crown.
But they wipild not buffer ty raking the pledge, for
there wars ..othierg in drink and ho had never been
bettor since he gave it up. They dii not kin .w of 0i1y-
..0• who hart died boom.e they had given up the
drink, but they did find that many died from taking
11.. thy knew driok was tire eau.e of nearly every
crime, and he urged his hearers, for the love of their
Savioue. to do all they cull in the work.
Tao Caatemss said they 64 I Lad plenty of inf mina-
Von, plenty of statistics rind plenty of facia given
them, now he wanted to know what they were going
to do. He wante I th ir roe tie • to be practical and
fruitful. He allude I to the dying bed of a
drunkard who bad cot hie throat, and who, bolding
hie lacerated throat, sek,ol the doctor "for Corist sake
to give him another glom." Ile urged his hearers to
think of the heart bleeding csured by drink, and
aake.l them what they were geinag to du. They must
Asks rft indifference. Ha hoped there vva, not a
man or wow ou present who *wild out bring a recruit
I', their next mettin.a. IC,feariug to Son.lay Closing,
be said it was rare of the roost blamed things they c ruld
work (Ir, and they meant to knock at the door ra the
Howie of Commons until they got it in England.
(Applause.) They knew, an I throw engaged in the
trade knew, that there were to, many putilichousee,
•12 I toey tou•t Ii ht until the m Matron' Ilea was put
am end t.. 70 millions ..f in oloy were spent yearly in
bread, the •Caff of life, aod 130 millions in drink. HI
urged them not to be idle hot ti light lovingly owl
pereeveringly, and to be at, fast and ono:namable,
alwoye abounding in the 1. rd. (Applause.)
The Doxology was then suer, the li•nediction pro-
pounced, and the meeting separated.