The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-02-19 00:00:00

WAREHAM.

AMONGST the Dorestehin and Devonshire pr°.
prieton in the minority at the late meeting, held at
the Univenity College, Gower-nreet, London, and
in favour of clergymen and ministers of religion of
any sect not being diequalified on that acootint Mono,
if °Uterine& fitted to be Meatier* in the college or
'amok the name of Mr. Freeland Finite', of Ware-
ham, appears. That partof the resolution' implying
• °ensure on the Comma who had put aside Mr.
Martineau having previously been withdrawn at On
inetame of Lord Remilly, owe of the Cotton':

SALDION PRIEllillY•1107. —WO are glad to learn
that favourable reports are reoeived of the increasing
number of Islam, both in the Stour as well
as the Proms —a proof that the opening of them
streams and the measures taken for their shocking
and preservation re beginning to bear frail The
no:4lm of the Secretary of State bili been obtained
to the male of liminess fixed by the Baird of Oen-
servators for salmon fishing, and it ia intended to
appoint water bailiffs for the Froome, at least as far
as Moreton. Charles Hannbro, Eeq., who has from
the BM taken • deep interest in this 'object, has
brought down 700 salmon fry and 300 ova, obtained
from the Acclimatisation Society, and placed them
in the breeding trays which aro under that gentle-
man's superintendence at Moreton. These, we
understand, are intended as additional Moak for the
Fromm . _ .

iii-R--BOIIOI7OH FIRS Encinnte.—n meeting of the
oommittee appointed to devise the best mesas for
protecting the town from Sr., and providing now, or
efficiently repairing the old Sr. engines, so.. to
make themswriosable in case of fire me held
at the Town Hall, on Saturday last. Present:
1110111•11 Phippard, Eel., Mayor, (in the
chin.), Mews. F. Miter (Hon. Secretary). &
Bennett, T. Redman, W. J. Pike, J. W. Pike.
Mr. William Joseph Pike offered to have the present
town engines got in • thoroughly efficient state Of
repel:, and guarantees that for the sum of £lO be
will have this done, and himself defray any met
found nsomary for this purpose, if such sum be in.
sufficient. —Resolved unanimously, on the motion of
Mr. Bsoneti, encoded by Mr. Redman, that this
offer of Mr. Pike be aooepted.—Mr. F. Elliter reed
letters from Mr. Laosy on behalf of the Liverpool
and glebe Insurance Offion offering a subscription of
£3 3e.; and lettere from the Norwich Onion Fire
Office, offering £5 U.—Resolved unanimously, that
it is desirable to Mae the sum of £lOO for the pm.
pose of defraying the cost of repairing the engines,
providion4e, and all other necessary expenses-, and
that a non be entered into, also that the
Secretary no to snob pernee cemented in the
welfare of the town property as are likely to
subscribe.

Vieriir Mari= : Banff Manna's PARISH.
A abort time sines a vestry meeting was lield in
this parish to consider the propriety of erecting a
pump in Northeireet, according to the recommend.
Mimi of the Board of Guardians, and the ratepaure
preernt unanimously resolved that • pump should be
erected on lb. ii. of • pump which formerly existed,
as that would save the ex of sinking a well.
It WU afterwards prstendsd that the vestry was
illegal, and one individual's ipse ding on that point
was thought sutheient to cell another vestry, which
was held on Monday las• for On Wirral" of faking
into consideration again the advisability of erecting
1 the pump. One ratepayer took the opportunity to
ask why they had been called together spin, after a
pump had been ordered at the previous vestry, and
was told by another to "find out." But what is the
good of considering the advisability of having •
pump after it has hem ordered? he asked. "Oh! that
vestry was illegal, and the resolution will bare to
be eromed ova" "%ho made the dieloveiT that a
meeting celled in preobely the same way as this wan
illegal?" "Find out." A chairman was then appointed,
and, after evading the notice convening the meeting,
a ratepayer remarked that an attempt had been
made to set fire to the thatched houses near the site
of the proposed pump, and without going into the
sanitary mitten, which were fully dammed at the
former vestry, he thought an attempt at inasodiarien
was a strong argument in favour of the pump, and
proposed that • new pump be emoted on the site of
the old ooe. The minim wee seieeded. An amend.
meet was then proposed and seconded, "That no
pump be wog& there being one already in the
pariah." On a show of hands being celled, the usual
confusion as to which was the amendment or the
motion prevailed, and of course some more interested
than others tried to trade on the fact, and after
renal bed shows for and against, both disputed,
it was ultimately discovered to be even voting-3 for
and 5 against. The Chairman then gave his outing
vote (having previously voted), against having the
=wand the meeting separated. This erectly
the state of affairs, there being one vestry
in favour of having the pomp and one against—no
one having any lawful right to camel or erase any
parish proceeding. We are given to understood that
the general body of the parishionire cannot attend
vestry mestinp celled at tea o'clock In the morning,
sod • vestry meeting might more ccureeiently be
Iheld at another hoar, and that it is quite probable
that another vestry westing will have to be lulled as
the subject, when the third end lest time rumple
will no doubt prevail.