The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-02-07 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND RAILWAY.

Tbe half.yearly general meeting of this company was
held on Thursday at tho *Mem, Greet George-dune*,
Westminster ; Mr. J. R. Mills Is the chair.
Mr. W. Prater, Idle seeretery, reed Me report, which
stated that the amounts, whisk were duly audited and
vw*sd,ebow.daa avW•hie Wane° of 22,021, out of
'hi& the direolen moommeaded that • dividend for
the k4f7yesir sided the KM of Deseadur last at the
rate el BM fIA psi seat. per enema he declared. This
divitieed wadi einesat to £1,641, leaving a balance of
CM to be carried forward to the next half.yitar. The
capital WOW viewed that £lOO,OOO had been
expended.
On the sadden et the shairman the report was
adopted. md • dividesid at the rate of £4 7s. ad. per
omit. per amnia for the pest half•year was deelamd.
The milting direction, Mr. A. Y. Barlow and Csptain
3. %V
IL Fletcher the retitiag eadlter. The proceedings then
terminated,

LECTUBA BY Hi EDWARDS ESQ.,
Our member, Mr. Edwards, who has himself
so denervedly popular by his Is of
dice:Whoa, with nroalimiled in
him wldwpread sad most anaideopi e gave
mother proof ef ble bullies's of heart In comenting
to Mks • plus emong the ranks of lecturers, and
amend the platform et the institution whisk he has
already date so math for--the Weymouth Working
Men's Oleb• Hie emblem was one oa which he had
tootwairigkt.to speak with authority, " The Hoses of
Tide seadesesselon of Mr. Edwards mast
be looked upon as • speohl mark el his favour to the
club, even more than the freesias gifts he has made to
it frost hi open puree. The sanounessasot of his
Imbue laboured under tits dieeduatage of a rather
short notice. and we would &dries the oommitree in
tutus to prows the lapse of a week or so. between
the antionasememi aid the Imbue, in order that it
may become thoroughly known, Lod the shames of
preview eapromeate avoided. The rooms at first
W 5 set more MISS ball fell, altheugh the •061/ filled
up es time pima& G. let, occupied the
Ask sad intrithmed the added, premise* that we
Wilma had the opportunity of listening to a lecture
from • real live masher of Parliameat.—Hr. Edwards
ace gave sit elaborate history sod dossription of the
most powerful assembly to the Milled Kingdom.
With that oompleimesra awl matitspl of anything
like 'per* Mmes. which marks the hon.
'wombs's be treated the mad saidast in a most embalm.
sive manaerossitil sae maid marealy faney that anything
mold remain to he mid. He pouted eat the
'rhea's of groat wileaeib of the nation in England in
&Lou sad Norman Waal; het the first mord of the
Oommoas being hadaded to those mustelle seems to be
in Aj), 11711, whoa amediet Akins mentlees a great
woad' Mid by Hoary mooed of Bishops. Saris, aid
&rose, with the advise of hie Knights said moo. The
„Naming of Mop yes efts, the mesas of giving ia-
erseeed liberties te the poop* and the Whew of the
Perilammit's owe'.p trued to the reign of Edward
eke. Lords sad Oorameme set La septet.
ehmalosno.4. Hairy Me reign, they artmded their
power, and estwidliai the delta to vote supplies of
money and
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*ldeas to which it should
mow
w, , were paid for their services,
and some brims to be soma of their burden.
Never lees thee toe memlima were retarsed for • con-
-4.m travellag was se dillealt a sad
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sr mated pestrosties, while the list Speaker
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