The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-10-17 00:00:00

POOLE.

Sr. JAIIZEI.4I OLD PARISH —RIGISTRIB.—Major de
Hari laud borrowed the old parish register of St. ainea's
church on Au.tust 18. Itthll.undertaking to return it, with
a modern copy so for as practicable to make one, to
Mr. Belben, churchwarden, within six months. After
considerable difficulty the old rcgieter has just boo,
recovered, but the "modern copy" is still • wattor of
expotanoy !
Mumicint.—Tlio members of the Council wham,
term of office expires on the first proximo are :—ln the
North Well word, Meson. G. N. Penney, G. Frampton,
anil IV. L. C. Adey ; and in the South east ward,
sirs. 11. Farmer, T. Balben. and E. J. Conway. There
it a rumour that tha extraordinary vacancy it to he at
once filled up, and the name of a gentleman connected
with Newfoundland trtile, is mentioned as the prob.
able candidate that %id be nominated in the Liberal
infarct.

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A HOOK Anstrr IS TBOOBLL—On Monday Jo/in
Green, who described himself as an agent of the Kid-
Somerset Book Society, was brought up at the pollee-
court charged with sleeping in the open air, having
la,es fouud by the polio, at the side a the eublio street,
on the kerb, It arts about two o'clock In the morn-
in.. The prisoner appears to have had a horse and
, top entrusted to his ore while pursuing the avomtio
1 of hawking religious books, but this was left in the
' public streets on Friday with no one to take care of its
and taken possession of by the police, who placed bath
. liaise and chaise in the charge of the landlord of the
Angel. The religious book-hawker on Saturday could
net pay the expenses for the keep of his horse at the
Angel, and eventually got taken tare of himself by
It in looked up at the station. The Mayor, after giving
hint a reprimand, ordered his discharge, and directed
that the secretary of the Book Society, the ltev. Mr.
Tering. of ilorublotton, near Castle Cary, should be
telegraphed to respecting the horse and chaise.
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THAT LATH Tun GOLDIN E4Oll !"—On Thursday, at the petty
iiewions, Joseph HuglseiL James M•Uhoss, William Matthew.,
John Cartridge, and Benjamin Wills were charged with dredg-
ing for oysters within Poole harbour, contrary to the regula-
tions of the bye-laa. of the Corporation, on Thunalay, the
sth inst. Mr. G. 11. Aldridge sew the two Matthews. and
Cartridge, and his evidence fully Implicated them. Stokes a
member of the coastguard aenice, was also called to prove tlie
ca,c, but his evidence illd not amount to mu Is. Tha pen.%
howover, seised oysters In the boats of two of the inet ; and
after giving a patient consideration to the cue. the Bench con-
victed all of them except Willis, and inflicted fines of 40s. and
cost, on Hughes and James Matthews. We on William
Meath° •s, and 53. and coats on Cartridge. The Mayor said the
n bech 111,1 had various complaint., respecting numbers of
fishermen dredging for oysters, still it WM very ditilleult to
detect any (lime. He had before him a list, obtained from the
railway station, of a large quantity of oysters which had been
vent away from Poole. It was as follows:—" October o,three lot.
of 68 ha. each, from Donovan to Lockwood, Weymouth."
"October 3,011 be. from Lockwood to Lockwood, Weymouth.'
Iluekley's van:" "October 5, 1 bag from Was. Gout I to
" October 4, .5 bags to W. Sproaton, 24,
bags from Brown Go
/lawyer, Southampton." " October 8, 7
Bowyer, Southampton." "October 6, 1 pad, from Buckley to
from this
any sae welch any fisherman, if he caught the oyster. pro-
perly, might effect to the best advutage ; but very largo
North.upt.....
He
4,,,,,,i4
not
b.
divo.dLove-tolanien,t.llo::,ibthy
test doubt that the beds of Southampton and Portsmouth hail
been stocked by those small oysters bought at this port ; that
.eousaanUstwitliteginoithTeor)l,43"rtniolion.3bsteorassohad, andbeethncresenwasa'awnaot the sligh-
test
woe to say that fishermen of Poole, whoever they might, be,
had taken small oysters and obtained about Is. or
Is 3.1 per 100 for them, whilst if they had bun allowed to
remain another year they would have been worth 5, or 63 per
100. Thusj the future Ming of the fishermen was destroyed.
The magistrates Had Iwan urged on all hands to endeavour to
,
1 been very few °Titan In this lu!'rbo
. protect the fishery. Ti do this could be for the benefit of nu
maglrtrate on the bench, nor of any Individual purchaser of
..tars; it was entirely for the benefit of the fishermen that
they should out destroy the brood of °pagers which c anprised their future living. It was well known that Poole was noted •
lo„, time ago for the large quantity of oysters caught here • it
hal • reputation for this throughout the kingdom; et 'for
ur. This being the cane now beds ef oysters had been tabl *
seeeral )0 trs there ha
and • great dam/ of spat had been cut down, and the" lahaal
• good chance of having a renewed a pply. that" was
aLnnoew might have something to look forwa'r'd -to- inat!he winter if Loa
oysters were reasonably and properly taken eon of, but If they
were so foolish for the sake of • present shilling Ls to so,cnfioe
ts or 64 at the end of the year; it was nail U bl '
gramful, aid sorts) mixtures forprotection y l'"
1 a and
dal.
must betaken. Ile
purposed issuing licenses for fishermen, and upon certain von.
mutton, If thou conditions were complied lied with end wiherol
to, the fishing of oyster, would go
(nir fo • e'
not. he isis •.il I b., •rbliged to es r:I-t tlio11":1"th '.i'')""' ;.'l,
possessed, and prevent any oysters being taken In the'hTrhonr,
The condition, were .i. follow '—(I) That no portion ,hail to
allowed to dredge i " r . oysters, as ithin the limit. and
MrialicUou of Wu
00911 he has olotaluetlpoan lict d from urthe Mayorof i.‘"Lrd'
that purpose ; (2) that no deck boat shall be want is the said
ligitrY i CO 144 i 14 9 boil WWI be allowed $e ten 7 mete Wan

BUNTING APPOINTMAINT.
Mr. Rulclyffa's Houuda will mewl on Thursday, la*
Charlton V.llage—et It.
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