The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-12-19 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE.

heartily and sincerely thenking them for the very kind
manner in which the toast h ad been propowd, not only on
behalf of the Bishop snit Clergy nt the Diocese, but also
on behalf of himself peraimally. (APO&lam.) TEE SIIIII'ACE DRAINAGE.
" Bother the Flies," Mr. HOLLAND.
gave in felictom terms the he ilth To Ow Editor.
The CitAlitNAN then
of "The Ilsronich M miler,' who wan alw.ya Taa ly Sir,—Ole word in reference to your report of the
tome among t them on festive occasions like the present. la.t Council meeting. I wish it to be understood that
Not only Mal his presence been very genial that evening. I have for many years advocated the importance of
but the tables hail groaned with the weight of the gain.
that had come from his preserves. (Applause.) lie seam
surtax, drainage for the town, relieving, as it would,
gem they were always hied to see their Borough Member the deep s :wigs Pilo* an I that there is no town
neonget them. (Hear. he tr.) more easily relieved him the excess; in storms and a
The tout aru co-dinly drunk, wet imasou than is our borough.
Mr. W. IL Illtenen, in reply, thanked them very much My opposition to the premot project is simply my
for the kind way in which the toast hat been roceivod. destre that as little lucreased burden be placed on the
and the Mayor fir the warm trios in vvoich he k pro- sires ly burdened ratepayers a.s p isellile. We are
posed it. He rather agreed with Mr. Holland, he should „...,,esitetwd„ you are all aware, by Act of Perlis,
very much like one of those flies down his throat, or he " -
could acre, with his I rdatil Kr. Itailt-e whi said some- moot, to procure artl Co-street an altogether different
••
thing about the sideline and no longer allowed to
oil and frothy sentences— outlet. minute our rivers,
Bought ir) well he preferred the nicotine in small and, aaxrlint to an estimate already made, at an
quantities. (Dyed laughter.) He supposed they ex met ol outlay
of 136,000 or £17,000, inclusive of MO for
bins to say something ou the pressout °cand' le but he had • surface drainage.
nothing to esy at all, only that his was exceedin,:ly awry To aecomplieh this we most obtain a loan from the
he had not been there au moth.. he ought to ems dons, Local Government Boar.l, aud repay the same, interest
also that be wine not in hit place in IL olden. (At this -
el
point the bond h eviee either • strung idea that a patriotic principal' in not less than 30 yew"'
era thereby not
"
toast Mot been prowess!, or being inspired be Mr. Itrymer's felling
loyal Utterance., CAIIIII Mead t play "God limo, Lb,' on our posterity,
n. mire leeavily opt,, tho present generation than
who will derive equal advantages. If
Queen," but were p.rotnotly checked after the first few we are determined to carry out the surface drainage
Mira) "Fly Ni. 1. said Yr. BrYoser. lin then went On at an expenee if £9OO, inilepowlent of the other and
to exec° es his renet he had not been more In more imp irtant Bethune, we mutt take the money tip
Lindon—circuuestanco over which he had no control corn- at once, mil call Upoll the town to recoup, which, with
palled him to be abroad. They b., not even seuu his r
our eeent eserious deficit, I can see no other slterna-
name in the newipatiers as °Might...one the great House.P
of Common., but he had never been held up ow an °Menace
tom than resort to that most übjecti maids source—a
five of any kind, and he hoped never to he so. (Hear, 13-Irondh Rate.
hear.) If • great number wore were t boll their tongue' lan ey state that I have a further objection to make
they would do a greet deal more Wiliness. As he said the —that it would be most unw-se for the Council to
other night, it only proceeded from oue of too came.— attempt to carry out their intention, and take upon
either the personal yeejty of the ...het., or eise the themselves so gre it a responsibility, without the
vanity of their c Ynstitutula. But he was thankful to say •
that, for the sec ind part, his constituent& had noon asked opinion of soma esporienced sanitary engineer being
him in any way or into no d him that they had any inanity fir"' hail art! oidaine I.
to see his name in the papers, and as to his own paternal But I leave the matter with the burgesses. and do
vanity, he woUldratler have it left out altogether. (Hear, Mope they will take increase I interest in the fiesta:dal
hear ) To begin, then, at the latter said of the stick, iutoorest of their own loyal boning h.
P•erliiinmet had finished the Procedure Rule., and if Joicit P. ALDIUDOL
tithing also came ,•f it, at all events it would ail iuce thins •
few Inah obstiuctives ; and when they had dose that, he
did hope they would be able te get on with something.
There were a gent number of things t at bat been te r
oeveral years pmet in c einem dation, hut which Guy bail
been unnilu to get on with. Thor.. w.,ro Curtain
Mines that were required very particuterly in the
mercantile wort I, and he alluded esponaily to the
Ban t ruptcy Act. (Hear. hear.) 'Diens were s -vend 'objects
about which there were groat differenc s of opinion, and
when they came te one of thew qu 'mimes he might nave
his nay, for he dareet say hi should gut a brief from this
ancient borough Ii have • word to lay on thaa huge
question of the County Franchise, which meant the re-
Inaribution of seats, and which in Its turn meant that
many of these small borough. wield ha knocks! in the
head. For his port he should disike taat very much,
and he win. certain all the email tooroU‘na would do
likewise. lie cotenered it wend be mod unjust Use&
only one class in the country mould be represented,
because it would simply mean that, for if it went by populie
Poo, the Mamas in the large tuaaufaciuriag towns would
return a greater number more members Wan any other
parts of hi,,,ideud, At present the various tradoll and
millings in lite were represented to • curdle desire. Ho
dil not thiuk anyone for • moment could say they
deserved members for a small borough so naurta as ninny
tearoAghs, but awn, it the state England was at
the e th
ro
heught all clauses ought LO be
reprsented, cud the only way do that was to represent
the big boroughs and the sumll borough.; the large and
the small counties ; but it they dui it simply by the
of
big
moment, he t
number of the population nail ty the area, he woe certain
that in many 01 the south fitt C uiut Of we should lan] Very
badly. (Hear, hear.) Iteterring to the work of the Saltation,
he might say they had done notaing—aboolutely nothing.
They began with that intenuitable Bradlaugh, and they
would begin again next February, and he was at raid every
February, till them worthy soul enlightened people ot
Northamptona
because he thought Ms
party,
and weaker year after year. If not day alter day. At loaat,
:d thLerwehsoicskup o
por of
hit*,
would get weaer
k
from what he had read and meta ic the papers, he know
one of our county members, for one, would met have any'
same, he would not get quite so mucu support he did
thing more to do with hum and. it thesy.hors did the
before. Besides Bedtime u, tam did nottung else but deal
with Ireland end Irish Vows from beginning to end. It
e,emad to him, eel to a great hernias( of uthell, that tag
in not making up their miads and sticking to it ; they
Government made a vent' great mistake at the very first.,
had said firmly "We will do this or we won't do tutu," and
had stuck to it, the end of it would soon have Come but
as it was, they first said "We will coerce you now • lute
way, and if we de coerce you. it is welt ti•sty pill we
wili give you little jam to wash it down." Tate orerns
=int went on like that, and they saw what a lamoutable
ending it was, with the murders and outrages—not only
the horrible murders iu Dublin, but tun dreadful agrarian
murder' lige theme that Mid bees taking place during the
last three or four years, and chid went on till England
could really stand it no louger, toe Goren:MOM& wee
than obliged to tarn routotand an the 'immure vehicle they
brought forward the Conservative party backed Lionel up,
and he was surs tin, Lioural Government gave them all
credit for it. They bucked thma up, and the Government
then passed the Prevention of Crimes Bd., and the
Governmeet, with tho pewer which they uow ha l, would
steadily persevere iii the course of repreastug clime, it
also forth, whole uf the Union Kingdom. Blear. ticar.)
would be • happy Doing, not cony tor that country, but
It was all very well to my to a naughty child
"We shall have to whip you, said as we kaute whipping
is very bad, you Mani have • maga-nom arm, ' but that
would not do. Taey most tarot bring the caild to reason,
and if that had been done ia the first instauce with
Ireland he was certain at would have twos the best. Pass-
ing from the Irian que.tisn, tue hon. itiouibsr said he was
afraid he coil a not enlighten tmin up ran any of 'h, pr..
jeCa of the Cs eVarotilsrit ; he know tietaiug about them,
and he did not thing he ever should about this Govern
meet's project., lie was sure they Worn all Molt hueittly
sorry to hem of t id illness from abide the Postmasters
General is suffering. (Hear, hear.) Whatever hie politics
might be (natal he knew mere were • great nutotmr woo
disagreed with him) tear looked upon Mr. Fawcett as an
honest tune, and as toting Ina pot well (Hear, hear.)
They had never had a wan Who hal dome it more ably for
men, yews, end no did not think they would ever see •
mire zealous man at the heat id that ullize. (Hear, hear.)
itgign.i., to the papc,b, the speaker could not my
much. It would be on trim for wine meatus. It would
be deeded..s of great Pumas.' good to People living in the
country, but he was not at all curtain at would not be •
great hurt to fumy am di tradesmen wage lived in the
country. (Hear, hear.) flew.. shout it would have that
effect an the beginning; he could only hope it would
not. But Eagland mud march with the age, in them days •
we must do as other countries had amps ; in Germany end
Franca the rystein had already been adopted with general
advaater. He again thanked them for their kind
reception of the toast.
Song: "She were a Wreath of Mem" Mr. BROWN.
Kr, Benign proposed "The Mayor and Corporation."
They owed • great debt of gratitude to the gentlemen
vote came forward in • public apint to become ',art and
parcel of the G irp .ration of any town. Speaking of
Corporations generally, he dad not think • great deal
could be said again" thew. and Ise did not think anything
could be said against the Gorpor•tion of this Klement
borough, while they had such excellent men in the Cor-
poration. (Hear, hoar.) Be was sure they did everything
they cod I for the prosperity of the town. (Apthome.)
in reply, could assure ure them that at all times
the
r! of the municipal body were actuated by but
one desire, and that was to do the beat they c euLl to carry
out their duties, and he could assure them that them
members who attended regularly at their council meeting
had no sinecure. They h.d slot of hard work to do, and
if on oceacone like the premut they could receive the
approbation of their fellow-townsmen it was the highest
reward they could expect or hope for.
"Tee Acne ilturn Interest" was next proposed by
Alderman GREGORY. Although corn Was at a low figure,
still, with mutton at Is. • pound, he did not think their
agricultural friends had much to conplaiu of. lie referred
to Mr. Chapman Saundurie present of an excellent saddle
of mutton, tor which he deserved their heart)' thanks,
Mr. CHAPMAN Saheordd did he was sorry he. Lodi tot
give them • bitter &CLAM, of the uric:thorn merest.
They bad paused through attend of bad seasons, but they
hoped better times were in store for them. With regard
lathe high price of meat, at was to be acmuoted for by
the very ere etty decreased quantity of st ick—there were
something like 7.000,0110 sleep short of what there
were a few ya4ra Mgt, and there Mined every probability
of there being another million short next year. lie
expressed the hope the day wee far distant when the
agricultural interest and the small boroughs like Uorches.
ter would not he repreeented. (Hear hear.)
Mr. JACKSON also respunied, awl hoped Diners they met
*round another baron of beef they would all have felt
the gentle uplifting of the tideof prosperity. (Keay, beer.)
Song,. Hr. ram.
Mr. Havant then gave "The Town and Trade of Dore
chador, and the Donor of the Berea." They were always
most happy to sit down to that meet magnificent joint.
It was always mod worthy of consideration, not only of
one help„ but of two or three—he himself had more than
me, and he felt the better for it. (Lteghter.) He never
wished to eat better beef, and he was perfectly certain he
couid never fat it nearly se well.
"Baron Leck'a" health was enthusiastically received.
Hr. Lock segued them be always took • greet interest
in this inatitution, a. hie grandfather 131110 55 years ago
was one of the promoters of the dinner. He was always
delighted to see it a slice.% He expect dto have wen
some of their military friend, prelim. II hel received
a lett ir from Dr. Anderson, which, with the Clisirmade
permileid, be would real. It was me 101 l leis
Deer Mr. Look,-1 sna very sorry indeed lam unalilo
to accept your kind invitation, and I hope you will convey
my regret to the Chairman of your sumptuous and cm,
vivial r--past I may my that dunno tity stay at D irchee.
ter I hay., met will the greatest courtesy awl kindness
(rein your brother-trade...nen. and I Mit sore I iihaulit
have «Omni tweeting theni all this evening very much
Indeed. I liwk open the connection id a resident at, or
within the isemitory ef, MO, ancient tows of Dorchester
as a kin hot FroeltliantorY• ote rogant. the L. 4 id rninire-
nseeets of individual., I hold it a p attic., breach of the
caroinal principle. of goad f ullium for anyone to go elee•
where Or f utterer Mehl Ge.•iiieration is advantamoul in
some ways, but not when iy tilts li, vit..dlo assault the
„velure and comfort ef tellOW•11101 et II ewe slight renauncr
slice, no I I for one never have au! never wish t partake
the so-called beneflta ref cooperative trade societies, and
I hope that fixed an h determined attitude characteristic
of the tradesmen of le irchester, whereby thii integrity for
uprightuess is nosintained and so clearly demonstrated. •
will be the mean. of al 'mays gement wing the prosperity
and trade of the town.—Yours faithfully,
"De. A.snea3,oe.
" &ILL Barracks. I/ rehestor."
"The health of the Visitora" Wee preplant by the
CliAllllllo4, and our popular friend Mr. ATLF.SBURY made
a •uilable rearm.,
"The health of the I 7h &Mtn,- the toad of the ceding.
given in eUlOgisti.: torine bir the VICK.CHAIRMAN. Ito woe
.ey• they would all carte they c iulei not posailily
have had • more genial and exc Meet Chatrinan than Mr.
Henry Durden, an old friend and townsuiaa, whom they
had Moyne for many years, met whom they congiatidatod
very mach upon his imp Mitineut t' the
_po det . chid
gh. Magistrate of the borou ( L'onl oPI4 sits...) Their ail
his be•Ph and dn-nsth to carry out the duties of the
office, and he Wa• aura they wore all agreed that no one
wen more fitted for it. (Lied applause, and musical
liOnottra )
The.%IIIAIRINV4 Amid lie We, V •i y 1.1..A.40 I to be present
They had had a very hilly dinner, and ho assured them he
should always do his bed to keep tip the old Baron
dinner in its integrity. (Applente.)
Song " SiMOn qv. Callmer," Mr. Youito.
The Bey. 11. P. Routes pnipmed "the health of the
Vicv•Ohairinan " Ile believed thuy would all serse that the
shadow of the .4.lhairman could not have fallen upon better
shoulders. In ,p.eity in which he appeared in
public, be always fulfillad his duty with ability and seal
and he trusted he would be meted many years to benefit
the town of Dorchester : and when he had finished his
course that th• many olive branches with which he was
blessed, might follow in the steps of their father (Loud
applaum.)
Tne Vicg-Cisataide mid as • man born ant bred in
Dorchester, educated at the Grammar School, who had
idwarY, lived among them, and who would pretend) live
and die in the t rws, and he buried in their cemetery, he
could inure them herb iuld always do everything he could
Ii tweet-it the town. (Appian...)
Alnotllle recitations were given by Mr. B. LOLDIII and
Mr.
The test of "the Prase- wan eivek by the CHAIRMAN,
end reap mated to by Hr. E. Nitwilin and 11(r. B. W.
yousg.
." itimple of the 141 woe proposed by He
'""dffifitUiaievtlrir oledgeil ka a humerous manner
was SIVA be the Cease-
• -4. eget ff• POST suitably
responded.
This conclodtid the West list.

ANTI-DIRT.
Ti the Editor.

.1., hope in tho interest of the public that you
will ie. the powerful influence of your paper with the
authorities in Dorchester, to bring about a better
state of repair to the footpaths leading from the
town to the S ,uth-Weitern Railway Station. At
present they are "one slough of despond," and
dingrace to the I»,ough, and it is most painful
to Pee ladies trudging thr ,ugh thin taud-pond, and dis-
tressing to witness the wet and dirty state in which
Dry arrive at the ststion. after which perhaps they
have to sit hours in a railway train in this very die.
agreeable and dingerous condition.
Our new Mayor would do mull to make himself
popular if he would at once take this matter in hand.
and order a few loels of gravel to be placed on the
footpaths. without waiting for the delay which must
inevitably occur in bringing no small but important a
matter before the Couucil.--Apologining for troubling
you, I am, yours faithiully,
Dorchester, December, 1842.

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