The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-05-12 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

CoMmieNrtMENTiir Tilt 31.teKKHELSKAsSi3.—Several
wiTi• iwar the beach on Wednesday,
and about 100 in West Bay.
THX Itot vv. If mixt The Allattery. 13
Brigade of the Royal Hr,. trt illery, arrived in the
Island on NVedues•lay f Ml,lll I )..rell,..ter for 1111 l ler
the 1111 l and of Major Vest, Cal n G.lce, Captain St.
Clair lwlos.e hr. tiler has command of 11. Ms. train•
ing ..hip 11/...eltwell it. I', wthuid H. Ks's>, and Lieutenants
Fabor and Knight. There were 120 all told, including
about 30 wivm, with their families. They went in
board R.M. trispship .tssistatice, 2,500 tons
register, 210 it.,,,.. ismer, and four guns.
Marmite tw CONARXXATIVEH.--We that
an invitation Conservative ine,ting was held in tit.
Goorge's Schoolmate, Reform., ion Tile/irlay e‘eiging,
Mr. Richard Lan. (Itefornel in the chair. Colonel
Hamill.", the Conservative, candidate. gave an whin.,.,
similar to that delivered on Monday evening at Upwey,
and reported in another column ..f this newspaper.
Mr. Huxtable, of Dorchester, alss, four working men
—.Messrs. W. and H. . ttwooll, H. Sansone, and
Itarwoml supported the cause by gi% ing addresses.
A vote of confidence in Colonel liambro was carried.
—..t gesed number nt renting were milmecitiently en-
rolled as members of the Contiervittive Association,
thus bringing the membership up to between 150 and
200.

Mr. Norm,: then asked if any reply Mid been sent
by the Watch Committee, 141 a Watch Committee,
I to letters received from %Ir. A. Ralston, one 44 the
' borough nagistrates, Mrs. Williams, and the Rev. E.
CON/IRJWATION4L BAN") OF HOPI. Ihiginore the vicar of Parksbuie, asking the Watch
A public tea and entertainment was Fiven by the 11111 l jut's. to request the Ilonie Seeretery to institute
Mime flourishing band, when I /r. :MacLean pre- all enquiry into the esse of I henry Williams. He had
sided. There was ft large attell(61101., and the several overheard a remark made at the last meeting by a
l"ece. were carefully got up, and very satisfactorily gentlrouin that he thought %.r. Whitworth would have
rrndered. Th. programme WWI as follows :—l'art 1.-- heen :note of a gentleman than to have treated their
(!1"Yl" I." •en for the Times," choir ; iqiening letter with cont.:limit. Now surely if a precedent
recitation,
." We want Recruits Tieing' ht.," Miss 1•:. were set by the Watch Committee... 4 treating the
Atkins ; dialogue, "The Sunday tichtsil Lesson," counnunications of three persons with contempt, he
Misses A. Stone and L Atkins ; snag, "I Love to didnut.eebowtheyWjenmbleatMr.Wlutw,th
Sing of Temperance," Mini R. Norman; recitation, haring treated the Cuuncul with contempt.

Mr. HriMON Mae to • point of order,—Mr. Norton
had asked a qumtion, and he had received his =suer.
The Avon : He certainly can't go on to make a
aperch. I can answer a portion of the question my-
*elf. No official answer has been sent. I wrote to
m. William. stating that I wmdd bring her com-
munication before the Watch Committee, and I saw
r. higniore personally.
r. Nome; : Then I may take it the Council has
done the same a. r. Whitworth, treated those coin-
iiiii nications with contenq• ; and therefore—well, you
know tlw rest !
Mr. Hrenaos Two wrongs do not make a right.
Yon are ...dimly out of place in dose remarks. You
have asked a question, and you have got your answer.
(Iv.. are to have • dismo,sion upon the matter, by all
means let us have it. I don t want to express tny
opinion upon r. Whitworth's conduct. I hold it,
and if I am called upon to state it, I shan't hesitate to
do so. (Hear, bear.(
This matter was then all. mini to drop.
r. NowroN again risie to ask another question,—
What was the legal number of the Watch (' iiiii mittee!
The TilWll (lerk admitted that at present the
her WM nine, but that thw legal her was only
eight, upon which,
Mr. NowroN, with a iself-aatisfied air, sat down, and
said that was all he wanted to know.