The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-01 00:00:00

IMPORTANT VESTRY JUTTING.

The annual vestry meeting for the parish of Wlmberne
Mluster was held in Om C rut-exchange on Tuesday, when
there war • very large attendance of ratepayer& Mnin—
General P. Maclean was voted ti the their.—A long and
anlrmared discussion took ere with rued to the election
of Churchwarden. At the teat 'Caster Vestry it tree.
spired that the churchwardens were eonsiderahly in
debt, and it was then agreed to allow them to
remain In office another year to mashie diem to clear off
the debt, hut this they have tailed to do —Mr. T. W.
Mettle now proposed and Mr. H. Moore seconded that
Merv. R. P. Hopkins and C. H. Frampton be ec-elected
churchwardens for the ensuing year.—Mr. C. H. W.
Parkineon proposed and Mr. C. gills seconded that Messrs.
B. J. Lovidge air Rogers he elected churebeardees.—
Mr. G. Wilma, in supporting Megan. Kerridge and
Roams, made a lengthy etweeh upon the past trany
actione of the churchwardens and asked the. reason
1 why the debt had not been paid. If they allowed Messrs.
Hopkins and Transomn to remain in office for soother
teas they might still be in debt merely to continue
In attic,. and u the churebear len. had spent more
mosey thin the parish authorised them to do he thought
that they alone ought to be responsible for the debt Ono
meson why the chaos-beard as were in debt wes that
doting the last two or three v-ans the p•vr rent. of the
Monter bad realised about LICO abort of what they did
when wiser ratepayer were churchwardens. And why
•ar thi• 0' ism a meat many of the people who
steeled the Minster retort to pay pew rents; It was
only a retain elms of people who did this : but it ought
not to I. allowed, as there were plenty of people who
were ready to take pews In the Minato,' and wer3 williog
I. per for tree. lie thought the ellurcherardene bad
had ample tins, allowed them in which they might bare
cleared off this little debt of £45, aad therefore urged
the meeting to sleet Mmes. Kerrie and Boors as their
cburchwardess.—Tho Raw. Z F. Trototan spoke of the
crest kinder* Mr. Hopess bad alwatatrn him. and
M
as the ere: rasa of the Waster he t it would he
acting very dishonorably t rwards Mr. Bop los If they did
not re-elect biro leo another year, wises the debt would
he paid At the game time be had great trout for Mr.
.rrldge, and was very glad indeed to see that there was
• compettioa amongst the rstunYers of Wimbell• for
the chnreberudenship; but be •inswelY bred they would
do as h.., vie.. vote for Micars. Hopkins and Wrap.
, too —Mr. Wilma said the meeting did not recognise
' Mr. Trots's& there as the cleruman of the Minster, the
only way in which they recognised hits was se • rstepayer,
and for the later, it was lehrodod the. s • Governor of
U.. church should be • churchw ode..—Several other
reter•avers hiving spoken Kr. Riper. withdrew his
candidature, and the eases of the other three cud idea.*
were put to the miring, with the follnere result :—Mr.
Fruoptoe, 75 ; Mr. Hopkins. 00; and Mr. literridee. Pt—
The old churchwardens were constonatly re-elected.—
Mr. %rime demsedr • poll of the parish, but be
yabsequentlr withdrew the demand on Mr. Hopkins
undertaking to pay.'! the debt within the ensure year,
and not off•r h•trawlf ( election again—Mr. A. J. Sudden
proposed and Mr R. Mock seconded "That the church-
warden. and overseers, Muted, or to be trOolnted, for the
pariah tor tb• enutiog year, be particularly Instructed and
r. gee-Sod to make out and Mao within the Deft two
moot/de new valuation list for the purls, in eon...masc.
'he saeam..on loosed at the vestry meeting held on
the Nth of March. 1375. and upon the bare and with the
deductione they raentioned : that should the valuation
Act of 1574 he rarer this Stltttlat nn further steps than
this be Yahoo. but like Bill be not pared, the overrers
are instructed then to pries lb- valuation forward before
the Assersout Contailtien'—Thls was ruled by 47
tree.e to 18.—Xtetee A. J. Baehr.. R. Bleach, A. Purim,
8.7. Eerr idol. F. Baran, sad G. Batchelor were selected
by the meeting for the nasgietrabr to appoint four Mit-
seers from.... The next haulers was to elect way wardens
for the several highway pasires of Witahoroc—Mr.
Puree proposed, and Mearkinsee seconded, that
Memo,, T. Laing and G. Wil.M he re-elected waywarding
for the pariah of Winaberne —Mr. Brine proper& and
Mr. Sheltie 'Penedo& that Mr & Bartlett be elected one
of the wawa/deny—A show of bander'. taken. when
there appeared foe Mr Lung 33. for Mr. Wilson 31, and
for Mr. Bartlett 7.—The old waywardeas were therefore
re-elected.—Me C. H. W. Parkinson was elected wet,
warden for Blom West, Mr. F. Barnes for Althoff-street,
Mr. J. Rawlins for Cot-grove, Mr. T. W. Shetr for
Barnsley, and Mr. J. Burger for Petersh.m.—The Burial
Board burrs was sex transac tie. —Mr. Mork proposed,
and Mr. Joyner wended, VIA Mr. T. & be elected
• member of the Board —Mr. Slut the proposed, and Mr.
F. Baue• recoadeal, that re three retrial( meters—
Messy& Martyr& Brown. and Bureeee—be re-eleeref
Mr. Burger received 10 votes, Mr. Hatched 11, Mr.
Brown 43, sad Mr. Russell li. so that the retir.
hag member were re-sleeted.—Tbe Auditors' report
was read and adoPtad, and Messrs. C. Rowe
and H. & Blount were re-elected auditors 43 the
Boud.—Tbe next Wainer to tweet., the annual
amounts from the trustees of the parochial charities—The
Trustees of Costia's Hall, Habgeoff, and Scout's and
c?ic
lillrate's Maritime seat In their accounts on the
forms, but the Truster et Hind's's sad William's
Charities swat in their aeueeets on ordinary please of
rpm, sad the wintry clerk (Mr. C. Monckfort, antitrust-
overseer) Wee instructed to return the latter two to the
hooter, and request than to 111 up the proper forms of
the Charity COOlatislatteeTlL—The arcuate of several
other parochial charities were sot returned. and the
vestry clerk was Instructed to report this to the Charity
Cmenoisairer —The Churchwar&ss reported that they
sad marred ludas from the weveral hummer rear la
the t own for ramie,. the Muster and other perish pro.
peer. It was reenter that the tender of the " County"
Odle. he arcepteii, and that there be two policies, owe for
;tie Minster and bells, and soother for tr other property.

Were shared by lames flarjafkld and Hamm. 'riss
singing was Interspersed by addresses from Revds. J.
Y. Madan, W. J. Chant, and Wars. J. W. Barnett,
J. RUMS, sad H. Elford ; and a recitation by Mr.
H. J Whitten. Ths natal votes of thanks were
at the class. The snm rsathod, ES 7s. 7d, win
devoted to the bAldlag toad of Iwerse Wesleyan
Chapel.

BRIDPORT.
Lauace.—On Saturday morning was launched the
brigantine. christened the Lilian, by Yrs K. Cox. She
260 to berth's, clamed for 12 years A Mat Lloyd's, and
has been purchaaed by Mars Job, Boos, Liverpool, for
their Newfoundland trade, being the eighth Yuma
purchased of Mr One by that Irm.
Boaocon Poucz. Mooday.—Before the Mayor and
Mr. R. Contick.
hese Legabe, labourer. drunk and disorderly. was
feedtkl. and costs, Lk GC and allowed seven days.