The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-01-06 00:00:00

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DONCRESTBR AND COUNTY OF DORSET
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BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY,

(EatmiLulus!) 1847.)

For the purposes of enabling Persons to Parches@
Houses and Land.;
To Redeem Property already inNotting' ;
And to Accuisaulate tbkvings.
Khan.., £l2 tech.—Entrance Pee, is.
THE advantages of BUILDING SOCIETIES
are—That the Truant .4 the Property who. in •
few years, actually pays its full value in rent without
ever becoming the owner thereof may, by toying to Unit
Ittociety a sum equal to his rent, with little or no addi•
tional demand on hisown res.nres., become the eb•olute
°weer of tie property.

The advantage.. to borrowing Meinber. are :
lat.—The loortgage is liquidated by easy instalments.
2nd.—Whilst the in.talment. •re regularly paid, no
demand can be made of the mortgage money.
3nl.—Ho may at ray time .11, exchange, or redeem
L. property.
41h.—Advanees made daring the pewee. of Building.
Sib. —The Solicitor'. Fee. for Mortgage, end Sar•
veyor'. Fees for Valuation, are limited as follows
a. d.

Gralor.

Under 50
„ 100
For each 100

Surveyor.
2 2 0 Coder 100 .
3 3 0 „ 300 .
1 1 0 Above 300 .

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0100
.1 1 0
. 1 10 0

Exclusive of Tra.velhog expences.

dtb.—All Mortgage Deeds ase e-xeMpted from Stamp

Doty.
The Monthly Meetings of the Directors are held on
the Second Tuesday in every Month, at the Town•ball,
Dorchester, at Seven o'clock in the Evening, when Ad-
eline.* are made and other Business in connection with
the Society transacted.
Persoiu desirous of availing themselves of the benefits
of this Society, should make application to the Solicitor,
Manager, Surveyor, or Agents.
HENRY LOCK, Solicitor,
THOS. W. PEA/tCE. Manager,.} Dorchester.
HENRY BARNES, Surveyor.
gar Money always ready for immediate advance.
410/011

Beassuteger
Poole

Airiorme
Werworth
Winborme

.. Mr. Warr.
. Mr. W. 0. Chialett.
... Mr. E. L Pear, Solicitor.
.. Mr. R. Damon.

OIL erraw CANDLES.

PURE PARAFFIN OIL, free from smell
and smoke. Warranted perfectly safe. Cheaper
than common candles. A large stock of lamps are now
offered for the oonveuienee of purchasers of od. Excel.
lent Cottage Lampe from one shilling eseh, (complete
with chimney, kn.) These lamps are indispensable in
every family where economy is considered. liebeColza
Oil. 4s. 9d and Is. per gallon, at RANDALL'S,
Yeairr•rLece, W •
Agent ler the PATENT CATZLINE OIL.

All communications in relation to whatever de.
partment of the Paper are to be whiremied to
the Editor of the borart Comedy Expreu and
A Iriemitarat antrue, at the Office. Church
Street. Dorchester.

TIIII

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS
DIRcHFATER, 11.72:3DAY, JAI4I.IARY 6, 1863.

DORCHESTER TOWN COUNCIL

A meeting of the Cooncil was held on Monday.
The members present were : the Mayor; Aldermen
Man6eld and Coombe; Councillors Deveniah.
}lodges, Lock, Bishop, Mason, Andrewa, and
Aldridge_
The Clerk, after reading the minutes of the pre.
vious meeting, said that from Captain letter,
they would have to appoint an additional conitable
to entitle them to the iloverntnent allowance.—The
Clerk read the report of the Nortb Walk Committee.
It appeared that the committee had reeoived 40 old
trees-22 of which were totally dead, and the other,
WM in smelt a state that they would necessarily die
soon. There had been 33 young trees substituted in
their place, and these were the gift of K. B. Sheridan.
Em —Mr. Lock moved that a rote of thanks be given
to Mr. Sheridan in presenting them with 33 lime
trees, and Mr. Bishop morel that as Mr. Sheridan
had no noire lime trees.a suitable portion of Wollaston
field be net aside for the porpoise of railing trees for
replenishing tbe public walksand that the immolate°
be requeeteil to set apart a suitable portion accord-
ingly.— Mr. Deveniab said he very much questioned
whether the young tree. planted would grow up
among the old trees.— Mr. Coombe said be would
not sey they would. It Was an experiment, and if
it answered. in a few yews they would have to fill
up other vacancies. for they were dying off very fast.
If it would not answer, it would be better to cut the
whole down along the walk and plant all new ones,
or eon they would have no trees there.

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Me. ENIMIK s New SAL! Gltot,Nll,. —The Mayor
read a letter from the lessee of the market, which
eas to the effect that he applied to Mr. Thomas
Earner for the toll. for the sheep sold at his new
sale yard on the 17th December, and that he had
refused to ray him.--The Mayor remarked that
when Mr. Empor sold sheep in the fairground Mr.
&woe paid the usual tell, but that now he bad ro-
moved his side to his own ground he refused. The
question was whether the Corporation was entitled
by charter to the market tolls, because if they were,
then this would be • serious love, and it would be
jueuwl.snit%.ll the corporatioo, for the benefit of the
inhabit...its. to take steps to enforee the payment.
—Mr. Coololes aakol whether Mr. Ensor had paid
the reseal toll on the horses sold in Mr. Taylor's
yard !—Mr. P,,uncy replied that be had not When
Mr. Kamm find sold horses there be asked him if he
paid toll for theni.and he repbeel "no."—Mr. Coombs
thought Mr. Potiocy ought to have informed them
of this hefore. Did he collect tolls for the horses
sold in the streets !—Mr. Pouncy replied in the
affirmative. —Mr. Coombs said that he perceived
from one of the papers that at Mr. Ensor's dinner
given at the Antelope Hotel he announced that he
was making arrangements for the sale of corn at his
sale yard. Now if this was so it seemed to him that
it relieved the corporation from a very difficult pen-
Goa in proving • case against him, as it showed that
Mr. Ensor's object was to take away, not only the
stock market. but the corn market also, and it was
incumbent on the Council, if they would look to
the public interest, to use all proper means to in-
quire into his right of doing so. The question was—
was it competent for Mr. FeleOf to establish
a sub-market, or was it not He took it
that they should have the best legal
opinion upon it they could get, as the question was
a most important one. If Mr. Ensor could estab-
lish a sub.market, what was to hinder any other
person to turn their garden into a market. And if
this were legal, it was quite evident the Corporation
would hare to sustain • very severe loss in their
income by the In. of their tolls. However pre-
judicial it might be to Mr. Fautor's private interests
—and be was sure he would be one of the last who
would try to injuire him in the slightest degree —the
members must still beer in mind that they had a
public duty to perform in preserving the interest'
of the town. It would be &gristle's to the Corpora.
non to be deprived of their market toll., and he
therefore suggested, that the Mayor and Mr. Hodges
should form a committee to assist the Town Clerk in
drawing op a case to be submitted to counsel, and
to lay that opinion before the Corporation at an early
meeting.—Mr. klanfield said that the question
whether or not Mr. Ensor could establish a sub.
market, would depend, be supposed, upon their
charter--Mr. Coombs said they would, of course,
have to look into their charter of corporation, else it
would be impossible to prepare • case for counsel—
The Clerk said he had a printed copy of the second
charter, and that also referred to the first charter,
by both of which the whole of the tolls were ceded
to the corporation. He MA/ not prepared
to "tat, that he could ascertain where
the original charters now were, but by aacertaining
their date., they ooulj, of course, have a view of .he ,
office copy.—Mr. Coombe said he did not see any use
in discussing the question now. lithe case was re-
lined to the committee, with fell power Inc them to

procure an examhnlthan of the noceswary documents,
and obtain counsel's opinion thereon, they would
report the result of their labours to an early meeting.
—Mr. Bishop said the Corporation was now placed
in • very awkward position, and he thought they
should have the best legal opinion that could be ob-
tained, M it WM & matter of very great importance
to the town.—Mr. Lock said he Jul not exactly dis-
approve of Mr. Coombe' suggestion, bat he thought
they were giving themselves a great deal of untie-
merry labour. If they were entitled to certain
righta, it was their drity, its the representatives of
the ratepayers, to infurce those rights, and he
thought that instead of referring the utlijeot to a
committee to employ counsel, and bringing It betore
the meeting when there Would be motions and
counter-motions whether or not the opinion should
be produced, it would be far better that they should
instruct their clerk teat once take the neoessery steps
for the enforcement of the payment of toile—Mr.
Coombs Do I understand that you believe we are
in • position to demand tolls ?—Mr. Lock thought
there could be no doubt of it according to the
charter—Mr. Coombe said before be spoke so poei•
tire himself he would prefer kpowing what the
exact expreesione were contained in the charters.
He wield prefer looking to see where he was going,
rather than take a leap into the dark—Mr. Lock
said that the Clerk might be empowered to obtain I
• copy of the original documents and submit them
to counimil.—Mr. Coombe thought that it would be
quite as well that the Clark should be assisted with
the advice of one or two members of the Council.— I
Mr. Aldridge thought the Clerk might proceed to '
enforce the toile at once.,—Mr. Lock How are they
enforced ?—hlr. Pouncy By the seizure of some of
the stock.—The Clerk said he would much rather
act under the advice of an eminent Counsel than on
his own opinion in a matter of this importance.
Besides he had never seen what were the terms of
one of the charters—Mr. Lock thought that if they
acted on the suggestion of Mr. Coombs there would
he the same difficulty they had formerly experienced
with certain parties.—The Mayor said they were
the servants of the public, and sitting to protect the
public interests. He therefore maw no objection to
the whole affair being made public. They did not
want to act unjustly towards Mr. Eosin, but if be
wan liable to pay toll it was their duty to enforce
it—Mr. Lock said they did not want to declare
war at once against Mr. Ensor, which would be the
came if they acted on Mr. Coonitie suggestion.
Mi. Coombe said that Mr. Besot had started
• new market. It was a matter a private
enterprise, and If they took a hostile attitude
at once it might inflict on him &shoos in- I
jury, and do them no good. Few people would like
to send their stock to Mr. Enaur if they apprehended
that it was liable to leisure by the corporation for
tolls. What their object ought to be, was to act
without hostility as far as pourable, and solely
with • view of ascertaining what were their rights. I
If the tolls belonged to the Corporation, they ought
to enforce them for the benefit of the revenue of the
town, They would not be doing their duty to the
inhabitants to give them up. If, however, on the
other hand they were not entitled to them, they I
would be doing an equal injustice to the inhabitant*
in expending the Corporation funds in a useless law-
suit, and to Mr. Ensor by entailing on him some
expense and a great deal of vexatious trouble. Their
object was not to injure Mr. Eneor, but to do justice
to the town by vindicating their right& —Mr, Lock
said he had no desire to declare war against Mr.
&nor or any one else; but if they possessed rights
they ought to enforce them, and he thought the beet
way would be to enlace them at once.—Mr. Coombe
thought the bast way would be first of all to see
what their right* were ; then they might take steps
to enforce than right& —The Clerk said that he re-
membered a similar question arose between some one
at Easter; and the Corporation went to work, and
after &lengthy lawsuit were victorious. —Mr. Coombs
said he had no objection to move that the committee
should report the result of their labours at their
next meeting.—The Town Clerk said that most
probably there would not only have to be some•
research, but that the charters were written in Old
Latin, and it might be some time before he would
be able to get a correct translation. He could not
promise that they would be able to complete their
labours by that time. —Mr. Bishop seconded the
resolution moved by Mr. Coombe.—The Mayor said
he would like to suggest that Mr. Coombe's name
should also be added to the Committee. if that
gentleman would Coombs consented,
and after some further discussion, it was adopted by
the meeting.
Wottawros FIZLA. —A long discussion ensued
in reference to • letter read by the Mayor from the
inhabitants of Wollaston Field to adopt the road, and
to give them drainage and water. It appeared that
in the leasing of the land no provision was made
with respect to the drainage, and the question was,
whose duty it wes to do the work. —The Mayor
thought that in Altura they ebould let the land,
subject to the lessee paying for a portion. It would
not be right to call upon the Board of Health to
make &siert for • new district, and finally it was re-
solved that the work should be done by the Corpo-
ration as the ground landlord.
LAW:MaiI RC DIST& IDOL —A letter was read from
Mr. Patch for the gratuitous use of the Townhall
for an amateur concert in behalf of the Lancashire
distress. The application was granted. some other
business; of a miscellaneous and uninteresting charac-
ter was also transacted, and the meeting separated.