The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-11-10 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.

A meeting of the members of this Council was held on
Monday. Present the Mayor, (J. Gilpin Esq.,)
Aldermen C..0)1; and Bestir; Councillors Devenish,
Bennett, Bishop, Freed, Lock, and Steele.

The Maron kid the ark business on the paper re-
lakd to the importiint duty of eppoinuege Mayor for
the ensiling year. .

AlderoZn•Coomits said that last year he proposed, if
be recollected rightly, • gentleman for the offer, but on
that occasion the gentleman's health would not allow
h,m to discharge the duties of the office, but he was in
• better condition now. He therefore begged to pro-
pose Mr. Bishop as Mayor for the ensuing year. He
was sure that he was a gentleman who would perform
the duties ably &aid well. He had, therefore, great
pleasure in proposing him to fill the office.
Mr. Hessen seconded the proposition.
The MATUI /asked if any other gentleman had • carp
didate to propose for the office. No answer being re-
turned, the Mayor, addressing Mr. Bishop. said I lists
the great pleasure of Informing you that you are elected
to the °aloe of Mayer for this borough for the ensuing
year. ( A pplause).
The 1I•i'on-ELeci said he felt indebted to Mr.
Coombs and Mr. Bennett for the proposition they had
made, as well as to the Town Council for the oonfi•
donee reposed in him. It would have afforded
him great pleasure to have sat M that chair
which he had occupied for so many years,
and to have assisted to the best of his ability the other
members of the Council in the discharge of their duties,
As they had been pleased to decide otherwise he trusted
he might ask for their kind assistance, and he knew he
should obtain it from all the members of the Council
in the attempt to discharge the duties of the office which
they had conferred upon him Ile should not only ask for
their assistance, but likewise for their forbearance.in any
ehortcominp which might be manifested on his part in
the fulfillment of such daiiee. There was one thing.
however, which would make this a difficult duty, on
the part of the sueoessor to the Mayor. The clear and
judicious manner in which the late Mayor had occupied
the chair, fulfilling the duties of the office most seal-
cutely, would make the office much more difficult on
the part of his successor. On the other hand there was
another view of the question. They had had an example,
not only for the immediate summons, but those who
followed in after years, in the constant, untiring, and
indefatigeble attention which the Mayor had given to his
duties. He (the Mayor-Eleet) trusted the year would
pus by as previous years had done, and that they would
all work together in • spirit of unniamity to promote the
common intereets of the town, and, although some
questions might arise, and no doubt would arise,
in which there would be difference of opinion,
still he hoped those questions would be worked
out in one common spirit, and that that spirit
would be to promote the general and permanent
interests of the borough. In Conclu.ion the Mayor Elect
thanked every member of the Council for the confidence
they had reposed in him, and he trusted tLat that con-
fidence would not in the slightest degree be abused.
(Applause.