The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-02-19 00:00:00

POOLE.

Tux Poole Roads Bill bas pasted the standing
Gordon of Parliament unopposed.
Tux story of Sir Roger Tichborne has been
dramatised, mod is now performing M the Win.
Master Theatre.

Tao Gas Quorrunt—An adjourned meeting was I
held at the Townhall, on Wednesday, to take into
oonaideration the high price of gas, and to confer
with the direakers of the goo oompany for the
purpose of getting • redaction. Nothing, however,
was done, m ths company requested • further delay
of one week to deliberate on the matter. The present
prim is 6a. 10d. per thousand feet.

A DEAR Kir —A t the Christortroh Petty
Serious, on Monday, before Mama Farr Entwistle,
Dean, sad Stephan, a cab driver of Brrnetnoutb,
pained William lane, who bad been an innkeeper at
Poole, was charged with having indatently araulted
Mn. Andrews, of Moordown. From the evidenos
of Mrs. Andrews sad her sister, it appeared that
&deader had celled at her hour on the 29th of
January, inquiring if she had lodgings to let. She
replied in the negative, and he then coked her
what the time wad; she told him about three
o'clock. Be then pushed tin door open sod caught
the nnmplitinsals in his Anon, ropratadly kissed her,
Fitther into • chair, and tried to take farther
s" with her. She threatened bias with a
sittenton• when he repeated the offers. They both
mewed, but no one came, and they then turned
him out of doors. Datiodant did not appear, and
the Bench considering the case • very gross on..
Seed bite £.5. with 10e. &L oosta, or in default two
months? imprisonment
LURING TUN CORPORATION PROPIRTY AT W?
BOORNR.—At • meeting of the Town Council, as
Friday, Mr. F. T. Rogers brought forward his
motion for the adoption of • report of the Land
Committee, that an application he made to the Lords
of the Treasury to empower the Town Council to
let their property at Parketane, in allotments, in
building leases for • term of 999 years. Mr. Rogers
showed the benefits that would probably some from
his plan in a large annual revenue, computed at
£l,OOO per annum, if advantages were held out to
builders to take the lessee at £8 per acre. There is
upwards of £2OO sone of corporate land at Park-
erne altogether, • considerable portion of which is
most desirably situated for building purposes; and ,
• pro, drawn up by Maar Creeks, was laid on I
the council table, auguesting three different ,
clauses of sites, with roads, calculated to render
Wed Bourne • most attractive place. Mr. Hodson
seconded the adoption of the report. Two emend.
meats were proposed—one by Mr. Wood, seconded
by Mr. Stone, that the period of the lore to be
applied to be restricted for 99 years absolute; and
another by Mr. Harker, brooded by Mr. Jennings,
that application be made to lease for 99 year, prang
the lessee, in osrtain tortures, the right of purchase.
On a division, Mr. Harker's amendment was lost,
and likewise the otil motion; Mr. Wood's
amendment being carried, namely, that application
be made to empower the Corporation to lease for 99
701111.

taxes BANIRITPICT.—WiIIiam Lane, formerly
innkeeper, • bankrupt, applied for his order of dis-
charge at the Last County Court, supported by Mr.
Tanner.—ltankrupt @bled that be had built • house
at Bournemouth, which he had since sold for £426,
He had not, however, received any money. He had
taken up money to build from two banks., and
deposited the Imes for security. The money bad
been paid off by other persons, and the deed given
up. Bankrupt's liabilities amounted to £2ll, and
his good debte to £6. Bankrupt wee questioned..
toe pocket-book, which be said be bad lath and did
not think he could recover it. He said he bad lived
in • publio-boase for two years, but had kept no
replier books for debt-1n reply to the judge he
said be bad two horses from Mr. Haines, of Lytoiett,

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who received him acceptance. He kept them be:
twee° two and three months. He used them in
oonnectiou with his building operations, at Bourne-
mouth. He pve a bill to Mr. Haines, whisk was
doe last January. Ile bad beard nothing of it since.
He could not my what wee the amount of the
acceptance. —His Honour remarked that he must
have a much better account of the delioMnoy by the
I next meeting. —Mr. Tanner said there were no
books—The Judge: That is the reason. If the
bankrupt cannot account for this sum of money, he
will pt no discharge from me. The mos will be
adjourned thee die, if he doe, not produce some-
thing like an aoeount—Mr. Tanner said he would
produce an amount, but it mast be fUrnished from
memory, in coaseqnsooe of the themes of books.—
The badge said he would give bankrupt one more
adjournment, and in the meantime he must look for
the pooket.book which had bees spoken of.—The
Churobwardens of tilt James's applied for immediate
payment of a poor-rate of £1 4e., and the Collector
of asessesd taxes for £2 12s. 7(1., to come out of the
bankrupt's *stmts.—The Registrar (Mr. H. W.
Dickinson) said that it was now necomary that
thews debts should be proved on affidavit before an
order for payment could be made.