The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-11-05 00:00:00

District item

WITMOVTIL
• FLAO4/PAPI and os.r• (th algthr thli4holu) hod
hue Flamed et the PIM .liehk• elatkos
(Weymouth divisive!. This Is a gr." Isspe.est,
and will trove of meek servile is oases of lgoellteg I.
. other stallions.
Tag ..t.,, which bee been raised tenth* the is-
ggonaggy high pries el meat in most plaose,has bed good
alst at werneeth. for ben good meat may now be
°Maimed at aid. to fld. per lb. The butcher who 50ft-
...,..g this high price movement receives, as he might
to do, • lane Meant of patronage.
VisTMOUTI AND POSILAND BAJLWAI.—fire steam
that this isompany has takes the pressen= to Ix •
imp drain or mope beneath their haw of railway
mating the Portland end of the line. Tb. value of dila
...owe is apparent, in sue at another inundation
er flooding the line, so that the pressure of the writer
will be emudderably relieved, and the thanes of washing
ost the permanent way will be mesh leseseed.
Veen= te Datinfles.—The Lively, J. Copp, neuter,
put into this part on Friday monde( in distress, and,
from the statenasse el the ruses; sods before R. G.
Cbsestasn, Req., the missive: of weeks, it would appear
that she wee Wee with apples from AWN" to
On the filet alt., the wind being W.B. W., very strong,
sad the wesither se thick that land meld not be seen,
the vend drifted bile the Rees, off Portland, wham
there was a very heavy na, which esnied away the
malipekeek taking with it bacon and gaff. The resew
immediately set the moan sail and ran before the wind
for Portland Reads, where heurehourd at..,.. p.m.
Tule MUDICTPAL ELSCTIOIL—The municipal wwfare
on the lot Wel was but of a feeble character, and the
only change it nukes in the constitution of the Town
Council, is that Mr. George Eliot takes the plain pre-
viously occupied by Mr. Harper, who declined to be
nominated again. There min be no doubt that Mx.
Mot is an satinenlly fit and procre= 14 sit in our
load Parliament. On *ea.
There being no oppeeitionFrkir /Weymouth mirth. pre-
siding alderman, 'Mr. E. N. Renard, had a=
teak, Miura Ayles end Book ennuning their
honours without anything assuming to disieu
ordinary routine of the ward. In Mieleonthe
ward, the ward alderman, Mr. J. Milledge, mat
amessers, Mane. 0. Read and P. Roberts, took their
stale the Gaildliall at nine, when the poll
Of retiring meon for the Meloontheorazet
*rm."
three ves ne-elselles,,llemrs. Prothro-
' eary, and Mail.; whilst die fourth, Mr.
Harper, declined to stand algae. For the latter valency
four persons- were nominated—Meeirs. George Sir*
William Thresher, tieing (Ihanter, and William
Thud. Messrs. George Board and W. C. Gillingham
bed previously issued addressee seeking for municipal
honours, bet the former withdrew at an early boor,
whilst the latter was not again beard of beyond the
Menem of an address: Mr. Chalker did not go to
the pell, and Er. W. Tiara retired at no early hour.
'Throughout the day the voting was languid. At the
legal hour of four the poll was closed, and the ward
alderman briefly addressed the meeting, observing that,
through the kindness of the burgesses, he was enabled
to declare the poll that day without troubling them to
assemble on the morrow. The numbers were : Eliot,
285 ; Pothecary, In ; Masan, 257; Thomaa, Tl 4 ;
Thresher' 116. Cheers followed the announcement,
and the ward alderman declared the first four duly
elected. Mr. Pother/my lira returned thanks. He
said it was the fifth time he had done so, and
it eras quite mtisfacitory to him, as a proof his
doodad bad been by him brother
ratepayers. He lied itToliTteeadtd bold and etraight
forward mane, and no man meld be returned
time otter time to the Council without adopting some
such policy, He would have preferred a stand-up fight
with bur against four. He denied he was a party to •
compact, and never would be.-- (cheers). Ha had been
challenged bemuse his mine wee mixed up in print
with the three other candidates ; but he denied having
hest booked with any party. He then reviewed the
ernes be had pursued during the time he had been is
the Council, and defied any one to say he had ewer
acted in any way but what we. borne out by law and
)urtiee.--(cheere). He intended to oentinue the same
strenuous efforts for the intereste of the town. He
would see the ratepayen were not exorbitantly tined;
but be could not ponds@ them that they should not be
called on to pay what was nocemary. He the. spoke
with great prams of the efficiency and impartislity of
Dlr. Timrd's mayoralty. He had upheld the civic
dignity of the Corporation, and it was a blessing to the
town, as it gave tone to their position before the world.
He would regret to see any one but Mr. Tisard
occupying the chair for the out year.—(loud cheers).
He once more returned thanks. He had not asked a
num for his vote. He left himself in the hands of the
burgesaes, awl was much gratified with the result,—
(cheers). Mr. Eliot next vote, and thanked the
burgeon. for placing him at the head of the poll. He
coincided with Mr. Pothecars as to the efficiency of the
Meyer. Having never held public office before he
could not say what course he thould adopt. He
wont into the Council unpledged to say party;
but be pledged himself to do his duty as Town
Coundllor to the best of his ability, and to
spare no endeavours to benefit the town, and be
wits certain he could follow no better example than
the virtues and integrity of his honoured and aced
father— (cheers). Mr. Mason briefly acknowledged his
re-election Mr Thomas promised them. as he had
before, he would act independently and honestly. Mr.
Thresher, the defeated candidate, then stood up, and
was cheered immensely. He said he we. before them
as an independent man. He was defeated, but only
for once. and if he wee spared he would come forward
next year—'(cheer.). Out of the votes he had received
84 were plumper. which showed he wee esteemed by
Ida Ilmotton 1,.,. 1111411.06 Oustaideriue the " powtos that
1.," and the "power. that was," that had been working
agaiust this., be thought they hid done remarkably
well. He denied having canvassed anyone or used aey
influence, because Le had none --(laugh ter and inter-
ruption). He was ready to advance the interuts of the
town whenever called upon, and promised them a fair
"four and four" fight next year --(loud cheers). A vote
of thanks wee passed to the Ward Alderman on the
motion of Mr. Mika, seconded by Mr. Pothecary, and
Mr. Milledge noporolaL The premedinp closed with
sundry cheers.