The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-11-28 00:00:00

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THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL

the execution of his duty on lad (Sunday) evening, and
was fined 2s. fal. %ad 64. costa, or in default sei'eti dale'
prisonm en t. —Tu MAT. —Before the Mayor (T. Colfox,
E.g.), and J. William+. Esq.—Thomas Pomeroy, who
was yesterday eonvioted before the county magistrates for
poaching, was charged with assaulting P.C. Hopiiine
last evening, in the execution of his duty, and with
being drunk and Hutolia.—P.C. Hopkins said about
a quarter to six list evening his attention was attracted
by a crowd of people assembled near Mr. Stembridge's
shop in West•street. lie found the prisoner drunk,
and tried to get bin on, but he wouldn't go, and
tumbled down in the ro., He •fterteatde became ve y
violent. Wit', a.aeance be got him to the station.
They were obliged io o .rry him thither. Ho was fined
104. and 6,i. cots, and in default, a fortnight with hard
labour. W ViDtiLBDA —Befote the Mayor (T. Collor,
Esq.), and S. W. Whetham, Esq.—Henry Oliver was
charged with being drunk the previous evening, and
pleaded guilty. He had been convicted previously in
May, and was fined 5.i. and 6a. costa, slowed seven
days to pay in, and in default seven days' imprisonment.
The fine was paid, and the prisoner was di,mharged.—
Emma Smith, • tramp, was charged with breaking a
I window on the 21st inst., the propirty of William
Loveridge, value ss.—The prisoner pleaded guilty and.
said elle did it because site was accused of taking • knife,
1 when she offered to be searched, but was turned out of
the house which was a beerbouse, and in consequenoe
smashed the glass.—The prosecut3r who was the land-
lord of the house said he would not have such a charato
• ter in his house, the bed she had slept on was hired by
another woman, and he did not know she was in the
house. &sawn as be did be turned her +aut.—Fined fit,
costs 6s. and 51. the value of the window or in default
fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labour.

HIGHWAY HOARD.—A meeting of waywardens of the
Bridport district took plaoe last Thursday at Beantinster,
J. Gendry, Esq., presiding. With regard to the repair
of a road in Lotter'. parish about which there has been
a dispute, it seemed that according to an award under
the Enclosure Act, Mr. Bowden Gundry was the person
liable, and • deputation was appointed to wait on that
gentleman in reference to the matter.— The arrears of
pariah contribution• were reported to amount to £330, I
and unless they are paid by December let, payment is
to be enforced by law.—That old grievance, the pruning
of trees and cutting of hedges, again came on, the
complaint being that notices had been sent to all owners
whether anything required to be done on th.ir property
or not. The Surveyor said that trees which now did
not appear to overhang the roads, the leaves having
fallen in the summer, greatly overshadowed the reads,
and injured them.—A fourth call of £982 15s. was
cedered.—Mr. Andrew Tucker complained that upwards
of £73 had been paid durinir the past two years for only
two miles of road, and said he thought a vestry had
better be called at Charmouth, and the Surveyor be got
to attend with his books. Mr. Cox said he had no
objection to his accounts being overhauled, and Mr.
Purmedge said the auditors examined 871.0i1 item before
allowing it.—The demand on the Board towards the re-
pair of the Lyme Regis turnpike was laid before the
meeting. The "shameful condition" of the portion of
the turnpike leading from Lyme Regis to Msrshwood
was severely commented on. The Surveyor was in-
struoted to survey the roads in question and report
' what outlay he considered necessary on them, and the
I Clerk was instructed that if the Clerk to the Truste,
applied to the magistrates for an order for payment of
the contribution now demanded, he appear for the
Board and oppose it on the ground that they purposed
doing the work themselves.—The dangerous narrowness
of various roads was reported by the Surveyor.—
Arrangements were made for the doing of the work
necessary to the bridge at Askerswell, which it was
stated would cost about £l2.—With reference to the
landslip near Colway bridge, which the Surveyor
estimated would entail an outlay of £5O, he was
directed to see the Lyme Regis waywarden, in order
that a vestry meeting be called, when, if the pariah
agreed to pay the sum required, the Surveyor is
authorised to do the work.—With regard to a disputed
road at Lyme Regis, the Clerk was instructed to write
to the Improvement Commissioners of that borough,
requiring them to repair the said road, and in default of
their doing sth to take the Demeter) proceedings against
them.

PROPOSED EXCHANGE. -It has been resolved
to establish an Exchange in this town for the
purpose of having a fixed plaoe and time at
which merchants and others engaged in commercial I
pursuits may meet daily. The place selected is
the reading room of the Literary and Scientific
Institute, the committee of this establishment having
given their consent to the use of the room for the
purpose, with the stipulation, we believe, that no
expense connected with inaugurating or carrying
out the undertaking shall be defrayed from the
funds of the Institute. This condition we regard
as a very proper one, and this being observed,
we are of opinion that the committee has done
wisely and rightly in forwarding the proposed
scheme. The Exchange will, doubtless, be a
great public convenience, and on this ground the
committee would be justified in giving up, for it, for
a brief period daily, a room in this building, now
the property of the town; but it is likely to be
directly serviceable to the Institute by bringing.
with a new attraction, new members. It
seems probable that gentlemen resident in the
district, but not in the town, might desire, during
their occasional visits, to avail themselves of the
Exchange; and, as it will be open to members of the
Institute only, we would suggest the expediency of
adopting a lower subscription in the case of gentle-
men resident at a distance of four or more miles
from Bridport. Five shillings per annum might in
this ease be a sufficient amount to pay for the cur-
tailed advantages they would enjoy. The Exchange
will open on Friday, the lat of December next, from
three to four o'clock in the afternoon, during which
hour it will be open every day, except Sundays, after
that date. —S. S.