The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02 00:00:00

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TIM PROPOSED FRENCH TRAFFIC.
• 1 a traffic proposed which, it as estimated, will
i to our 11 trhour and the other funds, if the does are
front LI 000 to L 1,300 • year. It may b. only. as I
during the Paris Exhibition at first; but that
Anal time may give it en good a start that the
. may last five year..'. contemplated by the arrange-
mit with the Western Rtilway of France. It will also
brig Indirect benefitc vest to the imagination of some
peek, by intmducing Weymouth to seekers after
piasure. We must, of course, run the risk of our visitors
bong taken away from us ttv the superior attractions el
gab platten as Trouvills and Biarritz, or. on the o her side.
%newt and Nice. The vast dangers of btinginx llttle
lidetegoine Weymouth into competition with such dam
menet be avoided, even though the Greet Western
seamen should make this merely • plate of rememe, at
whirl no visitors ever stay. What the Council have to
tonsider is not the • sat Imeirinary Iwnefits nor vast
tnaginary Lingers; but the £l,OOO or £1,300 to be gained
Sy the rierpers• • funds. If the does are paid. To this rod
they have to deepen the Harbour, so Ise to admit the
steamers, and next to make it convenient fur the peers-
gore to ernbstk end land. Nowhere, from the New Quay
End to the Bridge, can a place be found for the staying
r-stoidte, without interfering with some prisr interest:
near the Cost tm House, there ere Mr. Dyer's and Masers.
1., metes vessels, at the west of the peasant staging Me
Lyies's shio Monello( would be hampered, at the mutt
nr It rho polteney.buildiurge, the pleasure boats, and
Her 11 slesty's sailors would be all bothered by the
obstructive stage. To make it still further east,
w thou going inside the File-pier gate, would still
further obstruct the ',immure traffic, and the lending
pima., and probably would lead to another advance of the
tramway. What, then, remain, The almost unasim Its
egreement of the C sunril is Mast something more ought t...
be done with the Pile pier ; and the Lot already provides
• hat passenvn by steamer shall, there he tended and
embarked. The answer to the question—" What is to be
done r seems obvious. The Pile-pier is eerishing for lack
of its dum, the bondholders are iltreq mind the place cannot
Vszt.w. funds to maintain Itself, and ley! Simply
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their duty, tr711.7:j 'Z. It Illegal transfer of the
to this
steamer vette to higher op the Harbour, where the dues
are systematically-1 was Vine to say "eveded."—but
the proper term Is" unpaid. There is no provision for
Custom House examination on the pier, and so the
steamers go no to where their pad line churn the harbour
sides, and the allied Nonparties bring down heavy trains
of trucks upon the Quay. The remedy is simply to erect
the stating at the Fle-Piet, near the Fortiori steamers
staging, arranging with the present lessees that the ALM
front the Cherbourg end Jersey steamers shall be paid to
the Pile pier fund, with. perhaps • email remuneration
for One etowession or the seer by the •ztra trsMe. The
southern wall of the stone pier be. already separated from
Its ONO, and the sliming would protect that, while the
small width of shallow water outside, which would be
cowered by the staging, is valueless to the Harbour, on
acextent of want of depth. The question of where the
steamers are to coal must be carefully considered, and
regulated with due regard to the existing traffic, so that
lolustlee be sot dose to interests which existed loos prior
to the advent of the tramway on our Q say. The
a dredgng must be regulated with extreme care,
Thomas's prophecy of the fall of the Quay will
pro•
bably be miserably ac,omplished, and the attempt to
chant the Pir s Ecethal in tr MI • will lea I t,l the procla-
mation of Weymouth all through the visiting part of
Prance, as a tumble-down place. But let the steamers
imine to the Pile-pier to land and embark, and the
dangerous work is minimised, steamers and passengers
are brought to an attractive part of the wets and a
revenue legally obtained

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Yleh CON
We may take at 11.000 for the Customs abed and
staging, and half of this should, of course, be outlaid by
the Pile-pier fund. So astute and Gagnon' • financier as
the principal bondholder could not fail to see the
advantage of laving not a "thou," For what would be
the return( The Pile-pier does for the Cherbourg
steamers were estimsted by • councillor (who was only
afraid to publish hi, fizures lest he twilit put them high
enough). at over £3OO a year, and the dose from the
Jersey steamers at over C 150• rear. Berets • speculative
ner:centage for this £1 000 of OD per cent., and. even if
the Great Western ideas of the Cherbourg traffic fail, here
I. • reserve of 115 per cent to fall hack upon. Over £1.5
per cont. reasonably to be expected, and of which £l5
per coot. is filmset certain to he permanent, is • grand
revenue for the Plle-pler from the outlaid thousand
pounds. Of course the -Harbour iund would bear the cost
of dredging, considering the large increase to the dues to
come. and the Harbour fund should al.co bear the other
Ll.OOO. either for the staging or the Customs shed, for
lb .t fund has been recolving its dues tor years, while the
Pi.r has reroo reduced to poverty.
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Council -,;;;;;i:1; Vti.fm—ger at the non-payment I
of file-pier dues by Jersey steamers. I don't see how they
can prevent the Pier c 'ming as a charge upon the rates,
while if they allow a lugs French ovine to • paying
its prop irtion to the Pile-pier, I shall not wonder if they
hae• to face • legal attack perhau more severe than that
of thine interested in Pulteney-huilltlinis.
Bat • few—very few—of the Corporation may fear lotting
the steamer traffic. Just let theme timid ones auk them.
elves—" What posaihle port, so near to Cherbourg as
Weymouth. have the Great Wutern r is it Chrietcburch,
the place elm et opposite to Cherbourg I It is not worth
mentioning, and is also under the power of another line.
I. it Poole I Well I Poole people have bitten their Sneers
pretty smutly over Cherbourg traffic already, I fancy,
and if any railway takes np that port, it will not he the
Greet Weittern, but theircompetitors, the South- Western.
Is it Portland / Now don't let us name that, lest Weymouth
should he thinking of "vengeance' solo. We know they've
tried Portland, and if by any mean, Portland would have
suited their purpces, Weymouth would never have been
asked. Au we go to the 'newer& the permutes
get longer anl longer till we are forced to the conclusion
that if any port I. to aid the Great Western in competing
for • share of the Cherbourg traffic, it can he Weymouth
alone. And if the truffle la to be run so clone to the lime
of whether it will psy or not, that the due, will make the
difference, then, in all conscience, don', let us be bothered
with any more such poverty-struck attempts We heard
• great deal shout th- chance or our harbour dune On new !
potitoes being likely to prevent the Great Western from
competing with Littlehansoton, forsooth I The dues were
reduced to meet the company. wishes ; but as soon as
they ur•oted a easing, they were glad enough to pay the
full dues, and lend the money too. So in this rase ono*
the tr .fii • starts, if it pay the company will not be
hentlren•ri by • chart. 0' • Nee pence one XI. £3, £4, or th
fare. I don t think, 'Joe,,.", that every papincisiror ad, 'old
be made "stand end deliver his Pile-pier penny each time;
let the company charge it in the fare and pay the Pile-pier
fund in groan they could even be all moil • lair amount
for collection. Bid 1-1 the C iuncil "he Just and few not,"
—taut to the bondholders of the Pile-pier, Flat to Ncesre.
Cosens and Co. who pay their steamers duce like
Weymiiith own. last to the owners and occupiers of
Devonshire, Pulteney and B ink buildings and of South
Pat-ode; Ik. kyles and Kr. Dyer; and lust to the Railway
ant steamer companies, instead of coddling them, like
bebies who can't wulk alone, by illegally saving them from
ten, A penny toll I too„ the only means of maintaining
an attraction essential to the prosperity to the town I
Just, above all, let them be to the oocupieri of the harbour
tramway, by not treating them as -poll' apprentices, who
may he allowed to use valuable property as they like, even
If they use it in wait.
Thating.

Ma end left the room where the/ eletitslt has been
engtested that heart dimness was the came of 0w... The
occurrence named took puce about four in the morning..
The creaser at Dorchester was informed by the Wry-
mouth PlUmi. The levant on Private John Bamfylde
wee 010 d on Monday afternoon in the Barracks. before
H. Lock ,deputy coroner, and the following jurymen :
/Lesers- Richard Jenkins, Arthur George lienville, James
Henry L reombe, William Ketch. John Wells, William
Thomas Thorne jun., Thomas Lard, Ilmind Henry
Wassell, John Landman, Joseph Talbot William White,
and Tnbinas Bmgg iiedege. private William Booth, of
the 75th, bet weer three and four this morning was sleep-
ing In the same room, in the next bed, and was awaked
by Marini deceased get up. He pat on his tronsers and
serge and went mat of the room without saying • word.
Tbe previous night when he went to bed he did not seem
to be properly in his emose. but to be down-hearted; he
did not complain at all limit said he had • cold. Had
11 slept in the •111.1 room with him about 10 days. Deceased
had berm out of prison about 10 days, and ever since that
has been down-hearted, but hal not threatened to do
anything to bimeelf that witness knew of: he was in
his right mind, and only seemed troubled. At
half-past four last night be had Ms dinner,
or tea, went afterwards for • walk in the town, and
returned, quite sober, about half-peat nine. —Private
George Reid weal on regimental guard this morning, and
at twenty minutes poet live went to the rear, sow • man
across the rail, and ran and reported it at our. to the
non-commissioned °Meer of the sward, who 'me with a
lamp. and, seeing it was • soldier, reported to the
Sergeant major, when they found it was Pr. Bamfylde,
deed at the time. Saw him last on Saturday, when he
seemed just like any other man.-Berreant-major Also.
licks* sent to the doct before be wont to the man, who
WAS foun I lying in the cues 's closet dead. He was lying
on his belly, the right side and his bead and face on the
dars. His clothes were partly unbuttoned, and blood was
.4.ng from either mouth or nose. After the artiyal of
the medical officer, deortaaed was removed to the dead-
house. The lower part of the body was warm when be
was found—By a Juror: Part of the flooring might have
been cleaned since the body was found, and before the
jury saw —Burgeon-major George P-Moolwell ." called
this morning about half:put flee, and informed that •
man warn dead in the latrine. Went, and found deceased
lying half in and half out of the doorway. He was deed,
and lying on his face and right side, and appeared to have
been dead about to hours, • sluall quantity of blood had
come from the right nostril, most probably from falling
on his nose. Had since examined the whole body, and
there were no were 5s marks of *Jolene.. No doubt he
died of arpolegy or heart disuse but could not teU without
a past morgues; a blow seen on him had nothing to de with
the cause of death, and was propably gamed by his falling
es
be was • heavy man. He bad served about 19 years,
and appeared to have enjoyed pretty good health all his
life: Mat he was • man of full habit, and likely to be
suliect to an attack oi apoplexy —The Jury returned •
verdict of " Death from N itic-al Causes."

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Orgasms wrrg NOTIIIWO Tone—At the Borough
Petty Sewe.mos. on Tuesdsv. the magistrate. (Dr. Drew.
Mr. B. Hopkins. and Mr. II Burgett) appointnd the
following overesers. :—Per Molaeusee Regis Mr. Charles
Whittingham Wycherley. Si. Trionsaimtreet : Mr. William
Januett Hallett, St. Mary-street; sad M. William
Lot:o.y. St. Mary street. Mr. 11. Tooke presented hots of
persons eligible for Male nubs Regis. end Mr. IT Martin
Performed the ume Yam for Weymouth.—Dr. Drew
(exunining the list)—Has ILr. Curtis ever weed f He is
a very mod nun—Mr. /lonia: A very good man. Sir:
be bas served. The present overseers are willing to serve
again ; thev hove nothing to do—Dr. Drew: We
appointed Mr. Williorn Talbot Dennis. baker: Mr: Charles
Rouen. and Mr. John Shinn's:. carpenter. That win be
two of tbe former overseen re-appointed, and one new one
appointssi with them.
SOAILAOI THROUGH A WALL —/fitiaboiA Watts, of
Adelaide Place, eras stunmoseel on Tueeday before the
Borough Beach for allowing s nuisance, an above.—Mr. D.
Tigard,. borough lLalfr.sl nicer. and Mr. Supt. Vickery.
gave evidence, and the Beech ordered the abatement of
the unionism, unless the defendant does the necessary
work, it will be done for her, and she compelled to pay
the coot.
Egan= ?gm Rants —On Tuesday the borough
magistrates had not iniutt to do beyond going through
the lists of theee seeking to be excused their rates. Mr.
Martin produced the list for Weymouth and three
pr eidows eepeerwi, and were sworn to the usual
statements of poverty. when they were excused their
rates, amounting to
.kml than Cl. The Melcomhe poor
were to appear next day: hut Mr. Foote produced the list,
which way one ohorfer than hat year. The poor people
had all been excused before. and without making them
come to Court, the Bench excused the whole.