The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-02-05 00:00:00

Fart Conutq Expreo§,

DORCREBT'ER, FEBRUARY sth, 11184.

Etat of far. Alamnan Bats.

Mr. Alderman Robert Davie pared qoiMI7 sway
• hte reersooe in High West-street early on Fri lay
=orator at Use ripe age of 83. The immediate ruse
of death was • ester attack of dyrotery, sad it wee
to the terrible weaklier that succored the attack be
remoumborl. It wee well known io the town Mr.
Daris was at the point of death, but the passing of
the bell on Friday morning creed quite • shook to
Lb. many friars of the decreed, and, In fact, to the
whole town, for then hive been very few old Dor.
rarer interibitaoto who could lay greeter claim to
the sebum and respect of their fellow-townsmen than
raid Mr. Robert Davis. He may be characterised
r a reaserhare man in many ways. Though he had
altered such an *deemed age, he was in posesseloa
of all his forlties, bodily and mental, and it would be
very easy to call to Wad roe seldom to ratify to
Ur retention of the dosearl alderman's powers.
Only • few hair weeks hare posed Uncle the striking
figure was to be ern standing at (b.O mooil table,
protesting with a rigour and warmth seldom rimed
by him, and certainly not expecte I of him, against the
destruction of the glory of Ur town—Use trees. As •
Town 0 marillor and an Alderman, Hr. DaVill has
done the town go 'd writ*. Al a trademark, his
probity, ractitu le, and straightforwardness were his
cardinal Oita's, and since his trireme t from hie
business as • chemist in '66 he ha. devoted a large
share of hls leisure in fulfilliag the data, of the
various ORION to which he hol been sip 'lntr. He
wee made • magistrate ec far back as 1858, when he
was p/aos 1 oa the Oommission of the Peace with the
late Mr. Joha Rosen. and no better testimony of the
appreciation lad value with whirr his services were
regarded oaa be addneed than the remerkt made by
the Mayor end Mr. Aldernmaa Gregory at (hi. morn-
▪ Oonr‘ H. was *bated a orurollbx on November
StAk. 1863, auras the mayoralty of the tete Mr. John
CitillAar but he did not seek rreleotioe, and retired at
Ike expiration of his teem. On May 10th, 1876, the
Omar did him the honour to elect him Osterman on
the death of the late Mr. Thrum Coombs. Though
sere 'spirts' to the mayoralty, Yr. Davie retained
him aidermemia chair to his death, mad very few pea-
llama sold have been found more worthy of the us-
sought bower which his fellow-townsnra so warmly
contend on him nosily eight years ago.
Mr. Dere was an earnest and devoted lover of his
✓an* sad it wee with his Aloe as minister's
ohnrahwardea in Holy Trinity perish he WS/ so closely
identified, sad for whir he will he lovingly reolon•
bend by all oonnered with the church—by the Rector,
the otters!, and the choir, sad, In fact, by every
parishioner with whom he WS/ acrilainted. He war
eppointed stisbotstr's ohurchwarden in the year 1867,
during the reatorship of the late Rev. Jones Bieber,
and two years later than Mr. E Ire Barnett's
election as pariah churchwarden.
Resides this oßoee mentioned above. Hr. Dare we.
a director of the Dorchester Company for many
yews, &Is. • trustee of the Dorobseter National
Rebook

Al the °occlusion of the Molinee at tin Borough
Petty Sessions, this (Monday) moraine, the Mayor
(H. DOILDIM Req.), addressing the Court said :—I
with, before I leave the Bench, to taks this the first
opportunity of expreselag my siscare regret sad
sorrow at the loss this Bench bad sostained by the
death of Mr. Ald•rusaa Darla He has been for many
pears oat of its most regular att•ndants, and I cam
roily say I have always found Wax a mry worthy
supporter, and ono cc whose experimoe and opinion
we Gould @Moly rely. H. was a very olear.sighted,
upright, Isad,hoaourable man, and I fear • gap haa
bens mad• in our make that it will be very difficult
Weed to fill. Although • senior member of the Bondi,
he has, up to within the last few week., I think,
attended es regularly as any other magistrate , sod has
shown such an amount of real and euerry, and decision
ci diaraotar ea could hardly be expected la me of his
mature age. I ma out say I very deeply regret his
loss, sad madder the Boca has lost one of Its ablest
servant..

....iLs7ildernsan Calmat : I quite agree frith
the reasarim made by the Mayor with regard to the
death ol the lamented Ms. Alderman Dark. I hare
had the bosoer sad the &emirs of sittlog on this
Beach with him for the het *levee yeses, and I hare
found hiss • most minim attewdent. sad a most
Indkdous and able aaamistraaa. I ass oaly regret with
you, Mr. Mayor, the loss the Beach has ematahiad by
his death. . . .

(We are sere thaw, remarks will be re-echoed by
everyone who had tho *agora of Mr. Davie *equalit-
ies*, or who ha i beau 000beeted with Mei la any WI,)