The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-01-22 00:00:00

THE IVISIT OF THE PRINCE TO
CRICHEL.

A correspondent writas :—" In spite of the avowed
'on authority' contradiction to • statement in the
Norms by your contemporary the Ciireaide, I under-
stand no address hae been decided upon by the Town
Connell—in fact, there was a very ,fecided opposition
toll. If the thins is to be done at all, would it not be
as well to do it thoroughly? Let the Mayor call a
meeting of the Burgesses, and if it is thought His
R sai oyal should receive an address of thanks
w for our money, let it be valid; at present,
from what I on learn, it ISMS likely to result in a
very milk-and-watery sort of aa dia."

THE DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL
During the week ending January 17, there have
been admitted :-In.patienes. 5; diechezged, 4; out
patients admitted, 14; discharged, 3; out-petients
whose tickets have been renewed for a further period
of two months, 7; in-Patiente ditto) 3; am 1;
death' 0:—In-patients, in the hoepital, 48 :—Ont.
pedants, on the books, 113; oasualties, 25; physician
for the week, Dr. W. V. Lash; surgeon for Quo week,
Mr. J. Tudor; bows surgeon, Mr. Herbert J.
Capon.
The resident chaplain desires to acknowledge with
many thanks the gift of two volumes on the Parables
from the author, the Vicar of Brnedmayne ,• also 12
numbers of Good Word, for 1877 from " A 'Mond."
They are duly added to the patients' library.

THE PROPOSED ABBOTEIBIHRY RAILWAY.
A meeting was held in the Council Chamber at the
Corn Exchange. yesterday (Moody), convened by the
promoters of this railway.
On the proposition of Mr. LIPIOOII7I, of Broadway
Mr. EDW of Bath, occupied the ahair,roanareZ
that, having already laid the matter some few weeks
ago fully before • similar meeting, he had scarcely
anything fresh to say, except to report that consider-
able progress had bees made in the undertaking.
Since than • great amount of share capital had been
taken up, to the amount of many thousands of pounds,
and he believed the public began to hyaline it would
not only be a good paying immerse, but to the
advantage of the district. A number of meetings had
been held in the neighbouring towns —Weymouth,
Portland, Broadway, Abbotibury and others. and the
results had been most encouraging. The speaker then
went into a detailed resume of the riches to be
developed by the undertaking, of which full reports
have dready appeared in these columns. At the
present time they bad 170 shareholders repressuting
several thommad pounds worth of capital in Wey-
mouth alone; but they asked the Mhabitants of
Dorchester to take their share of the onus of bringing
It to a suovessful hem. He would mention also that
Lord Weeder had consented to be placed upon the
board of directors. That was • very great gain to them
Inasmuch se We lordship had not only • great personal
Interest in the
.property which would be affected by
the line, but, being a MAD of ooneddemble Kneeng sad
of slumrd beldam habit,, he would take care that ea
far as his owa intimate were considered, that every-
thing woe carried out on the best and most wen
feuded beds. (Applause.) The made( was to be
followed up by personal calls upon the ftkahftinta,
When their support would be solicited.
Mr. REMIT, of Bath, addremed the meeting on the
immense importance of the iron ore to be found in
the locality. The quality of this ore was each that IL
would have to be worked upon the spot, with the
inevitable result of an barroom of rapdatlon, which
meant an increase of trade, the benefits of which no I
'town mom than Dorchester would experience. They
had a enfacient amount of capital to say they inteaded
to proceed, and if Dorchester would only follow the
example of Weymouth, they felt they would be
quits safe in doing so. (Applause.)
• Mr. Meatus:La, who was received with applause,
indented the Queen's speech as an argument in favour
if the sebum The speech, they mud see, meant
%armed taxation, and there We. no better way
la meet the difficulty than to endeavour to M-
emos the trade and prosperity of the town.
• means to that would, he had no hesitatioa in saying,
be found ia the pement schema Since be could
the retie of the Barmen at Doeethester bad
brismed iren boh.lll.la lbs Lied It we* flldt•

probable they would go np two or three steps further
Do asked their therefore to meet those terpairensents by
• liberal participation in UN scheme. He con-
scientionely believed the line would psy • good
dividend, and be asked them se his fellow-townsmen
Ito do what they could towards its mucosa.. They had
shareholder', not only in the neighbouring towns,
but Liverpool, London, and Mghton, end, he
thought, they would not regret following in
the footsteps of the shrewd men of badness who
had come forward from large cities. —Mr. Manfirld
added, amid cheers, they only wanted mow to £lO,OOO
more before in vulgar parlance, "up goes the
docker."
Mr. Wscera, of Loudon, proposed a vote of thanks
to the Chairman and expre-sed his belief they saw
their way to • encomia tome.

Mr. HUM, of Dorchester, in seconding this '
reiterated Ilion which be said he had held for •
number of years at to the advisability of the under-
taking. He did not pretend to know the value of them
ores, but he was quite certain Weymouth and Dor-
chester mud benefit by the money that would be
expended, and he had the greatest confidence in the
world in saying that it was worthy of their support.
Mr. Councillor Haan was in great hopes the line
would be extended to Chard.
Mr. LI/11001M quoted figures relative to the traffic
that might be expected, by which he showed would
produce 12,41:19 as the annual mama.; and allowing
for the neceesary working expenses, they would be
left with Cl 100, which would give them 2 per cent.
on the outlay. Then there were the presumptive
advantages—the problematical ore, which et be
such that even that alone would pay a
tags. As to Abbotabury itself, full of beautiful
.13nentilding rites, they might expect a large population
attracted by the advantages that would be offered.
If, as Mr. Hazel had asked, the extension to Chard
could be carried out they would have on that seven
miles of railer& • traffic equalling, If not surpassing,
that between Dorchester and Southampton.
Hr. HANSON supported the motion, remarking he
thought Mr. Upsoomb had materially underrated the
traffic to be expected.
The motion having been carried, the CHAIRMAN, In
returning thanks, instanced the Weymouth and Port-
land Railway as a was where thaw immediately
resident in the neighbourhood bad to regret not having
taken share., and placed • magnificent dividend In
their pockets.
The meeting then separated.