The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-02-14 00:00:00

POOLS.

WIRLBTAX. -•• The Rem Marmaduks (Morn,
secretary to the Wesleyan Foreign bilaslona, preached
at the chapel on Tuesday evening to a crowded
congregation. The co/lectiou, which was in behalf of
the chapel debt, amounted to £6 64. 41.
A Kusson correspondent writes :—On Weise/day
last, • few of the employda at a pottery near here
fared off the leg and wing portion of • fowl, with a
few potatoes, found tresperni. The sportsmen, WO
may add, enjoyed the fun right =Tilly.
THB vicarage of SL Mary, Pembroke, hag been coo-
(erred by the patron, Mr. M. T. Saudi., upon tbe Rev.
W.Jone. who for a few weeks has been Carats of
Fi.herto, Salisbury, and was formerly Curate of St.
PaurefChurch, Poole. The value of the living is £l6O
per annum, the
_populatioa of the pariah being M 6.
COMPANY.—TtIe halt-yearly meting of
thi. Company wee bold on l'hurelay at noon, at the
mhos, 'toweigate-etreet, when the report and balance
sliest were received and adopted. The balance in hand,
as per last arcaunt, was £606 15e. Bd.. and the water
rents for the half-yew amountsd to 2956 4e. 14. Tblll
total payments were £l,OlB 11.. 14., leaving a balance
In hand of 2541 9.. 6.1. The prim int. included
£657 10.. for dividends an.l iot-rest on ,iebentur.s.
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BIBLI Ctase Ter.—On Tuesday evening last, Mr.
11. Meredith gave a tea to the members of his bible
clime at St. James's School', om. There were about
thirty present, and after tea they were addressed by
Mr. Meredith, the Rev. Dr. Craig, and the Rev. J. A.
Lawson, rector. During the evening recitations,
miticstc., were given.
u olooe 'fuer Somerr.—The annual meeting
of the Poole branch of this moiety wee held on TOM-
day evening lad at the Town Hall, the rector (the Ray.
J. A. Lawson) presiding. There waa • very limited
attendance. No report WRA read, but It was stated
the amount sent up from Poole last year to the
Parent Society was only 4:12 its. Rev. Dr. Craig,
the deputation, was the chief
_speaker.
TRAIN ACC° dIiODATION. Mr. T. P. Powell has
received the following letter from the General Manager
of the London and &rah Western Railway Company,
in mower to a communication sent by him recently :
" London and South Western Railway, General
Manager's office, Waterloo Station London, 3rd
February, 18112.—Sir,-1 hays to acknowledge your
letter of the lith January, and ,seg to say that the
6.15 a.m. down train from Souteampton. has been
ordered to call at Poole Junction, as you kindly sug-
gest—l am, yours respectfully, Archibald Scott.—T.
Powell, Esq., Wareham."
SAV•GII ARRAOLT. —On Wednesday, Hugh Cony, a
mate on board the Amy, was brought up in custody
before ths Mayor (R. Aldridge, Esq.), and J. S.
Hudson, Req., charged with amenities John Edwin
Buckleaby, a Kaman belonging to the same vessel.
The paresis met on the previous seeping on the gay,
the complainant being in the company of a girl.• Some
words pease', and then the prisoner knocks,' him
down and kicked him violently in the bead. Had
aesistaace not arrived in the shape of Mrs. Mussel-
white, landlady of the King's Arms, wbo gallantly
went to his rescue, the prisoner, acending to the
statements of Louisa Jarvis and Hannah Upshall,
would have killed the roan—The Mayor expressed
his diagust at the cows-dice and brutality of the
assault, and sentenced the prisoner to 14 days' hard
labour.

THE IttrILSENTATION OF THE BOIIOOOII.—IO spite
of rumours which have been spparently set on foot on
the best authority to the contrary, M. Chatfie'd
C:arke, of Weatlxiurnederrace, Ilyde Park, it is said,
has decided ti contest the b .rough. Mr. Clarke lea
friend of Mr. Heel) n Ashley, by whom he was
recommended to c ,me here, and be is also the cousin
of Mr. Joeeph Chamberlain. On Thursday Mr.
Clem ke came down very quietly from London. and
had an interview with some of the chief tnembera of
the Liberal Association, and aa a result he addressed a
meeting in the evening at the Temperance Hall. The
matter bad been kept compuatively private, but
there was • good attendance, and the proceedings
were very enthusiastic. The Mayor (IL Aldridge,
Esq ). preeidel. Mr. Clarke gave no lengthened
address, promising to do so upon a future occaaion,
but he briefly stated the leading line. of his political
views as being in favour of an extension of the fran•
chit., a measure for the repression of corrupt
practices at elections, the c intinuance of the ballot,
the reform a county government, and the giving to
miePiiers mire command and more stoke in the ex-
penditure of money in local matters.--On the pro.
position of Mr. Trevanion, seconded by Mr. W.
Young, a cordial invitation to contest the borough at
the next election was t ndered the gentleman, who
acknowledged the compliment ant promised an
atelier.

Tows CouNCIL—At a meeting of the Council, held
on Friday, in the Town Hall, under the presidency of
the Mayor (It. Aldridge. Eel j, there were pre ant—
Aldermen Ayle., Hamilton, and Not ton ; and
Coursedlora Budge, Hued*le, %Penh(ll, Oakley, Farmer,
(Jurtis, Hudson, and Waternan.—The first business
was to receive • report from the Fishery Committee
recommending the Council to apply for a regulating
order, as tee Board of Trade decline to grant a fishery
order. The Board of Trade bad communicated
to the deputation who waited upon them that they
were unable to grant an order to enable the Council to
lease any pert of the Harbour, but they might,
however, grant an order to eitab!ish a fishery. The
committee accordingly recommend the Council to
apply for an order to regulate the portion applied
for under the Fishery Order, and it would then be
open to the Corporation or any private individual to
make a second application to establish a fishery. The
regulation order could be made to apply to the whole
1.300 acres of the harbour—ln reply to questions, the
Town Clerk mild by the regulating order they would
have power to i.sue licensee to fishermen f.t oyster
and mussel fishing, but they could not sub-let the
fishery, they must work it themselves. Whatever
BUM were received for licenses would have to be
expended in laying down oysters.—Mr. Curtis was in
favour of the experiment being tried. He believed it
would be for the good of the town, and ultimately it
was decided to affix the seal f the Council to the
memorial drawn up by the committee asking for the
regulating order.—ln reply to enquiries from Alder-
men Norton, it appeared the waehbousas and baths
Committee have met, 'Nut have adjourned sin die
without drawing up • report. Qttay Trusters.—
The accounts showed the receipts to have been
£384 Os. 51 and the bills to be paid li:10 fis. Od.
ing • balance of C 344 15a. sd. It was resolved to pay
the Court Annuity" Friendly Society's Lodge 103‘)
In part discharge of • loan of £61.) —ln reply to Mr.
Budge it was stated it was one of the privileges of
the Mayor for the time being to *elect the tradesmen
to carry out the work required by the Trustees for the
year. Some of the member. tb 'tight it would be
better if the work were tendered for and Mr. Budge
consolingly remarked he supposed they must bide their
time.

SWINI Fsvga.— A meeting of the Executive Com-
mittee was held at the Police-court on Friday, when
there were present General Maclean and MOWS. G.
Wilson, Beck, G. White, and Bartlett. Mr. Super.
Intendant Hunt reported that swine fever had attacked
some pigs kept by Mr. George White, grocer, of
Handley. Two had died.and two bad been slaughtered.
f:3 were awarded as compensation.