The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-11-15 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL MISTING.

1 A quartette /mega& of tlt• Teem Oeseell wee
kaki as Wedseiday. There wet a vete lip as.
towboat of the muukipal auttorithea, a -
reuses 'Mb tbe neeptiou of Wm& The eleler
a Demi* Req.) remitted end there wore Moo
proems &Menem Welded,basasib, Proems asel
teillig. i aseaeilleeeialtifiveisdiTteseettelatetrue,
Lee, Ailea, •

Osecear. Manadirs, Harper, Han, Roberto, Tisard,
aod Drew.

sl.li7rlos or lIIATO/L.
Alderman WILI/0111D seid it was his intaglios
led jeer to have proposed a=n as mayor,
who woe well calculated to ' the duties
of the aloe but finding that the Council were
usaniinonely in favour of re-electing Mr. Deveeish
be gave tip hia propostiou, and fell in with that
it
Had that gentleman again bees willing
to have
eaooepted office, which he declined to do, he
(Mr. Weleford) should again have had confidence in
him. However, as he would not, he wadi propose
the gentleman whom he intended to nominatg lad
year, Captain Prows., who bad previously occupied
the position of chief magistrate of the lowa. Mr.
Weldord then paid • high compliment to that gen-
tleman for the efficient manner in which be had dis-
charged the doges of his Ake, and concluded by
remarking that he would not fail to endeavour to
meet the approval and support of the CuunciL
(Applause.)
Mr. ROlllllll%, in seconding the proposition, re-
marked that he believed Captain Prows. would
alw!ys.gave the intervene of the town at heart.

M. Dasw mid he had an amendment to propose,
which however he did with great reluctance. He
directed the attention of the Council Vi the feet that
Ciudad Prows, had been nominated to the oaks
against his wilL That gentleman had intimated to
km that he meant to resign his office, IN it was not
his wish to be elected mayor, and during de pad
year he had only attended two Council meetings.
Mr. Drew maintained that under these circumstances
it would be wrong to press him to accept office,
whilst there were others in the Council who
were capable and willing to accept it. Apart
from that be objected to Captrio Prows, being
elected, as gentlemen who were called upon to
discharge the &We. of Consoillors were is hopes
of being elected to fill the higher office, and it
was not fair towards them to select a mayor
from • certain few. He had every respect for
Captain Prowee in his private capacity ; but he was
bound to say he did not fill the chair, on the last
occasion when be was elected, in an efficient manner,
and it took 12 mouths kr hia socceseor to put
matters straight It was only last week that be
told him he would not accept ethos; bow then
°mkt the Council upset be would? He urged
Captain Plowmen state what his opinions were, sad
whether he would or would rot accept the office
sought to be bestowed spots him. As an intend.
inept le propoeed that Ur. Alderman Ayling
should be elected mayor for the ensuing year.
(Apples's.)
lift. THOMAS seconded the proposition, and in
doing so dated that his reason for so doing was
purely on public grounds. He dad not think three
or four gentlemen of that Council should arrogate to
them the right of saying who should, or should not,
be mayor. He much desired to work harmoniously
with the geotkenen at the top of the table; but how
could he do so when they said that there were only
two or three men from whom a mayor could be
Amen. Captain Prows. was not qualified to fill the
chair; for it was a well•known fact that when his
waned bk. Hare, took office, it involved upon
him grad trouble in putting the amounts right, but
muck to that gentleman's credit the difficulty was
overcome. When he COMO into office there was •
deficiency of £1,200 ; but when be retired, and after
many great public improvements had been earned
out, kit • large surplus. He (Ur. Thomas) there-
fore contended that Captain PODIVIRO was not •
proper person to sit in the chair. He should have
proposed Alderman Ayliog last year to have filled
the office had not the present mayor been re-elected.
He did not think it was right that • mayor should
be chosen from only among two or three individuals;
but that it was fair that every member of the
Corporation should have the chance of serving in ODO
of the highest offices a townsman could tit!.
(Clif'siL) _

.--idr.-TuAno remarked that, although be was but
recently elected as a Cononllor, it would become him
to give a silent vote on the matter. Although
be had every respect for Captain Promos, mill be
he did not think he ought to swept the offios for
which be bad been proposed. Within ten days that
gentleman had told him that he wee sick and Ma-
gnet:id with the proceedings of the Town Council,
and intended to send in his resignation IS an alder-
toms. It. Mailed upon Captain Prows* to state
publicly whether it was his wish to take office.
Alderman Pnowas stated that he should have
some remarks to make after Mr. Tire:3 bad finished.
Mr. Twat) wished to know what could have in-
duced Captain Proms to have mu soddenly changed
his opinton. He had already had all the honours
which the Council could bestow upon him, whilst
others bad Wee pared by. Was there not some
reason why he had been again proposed? There
had been a distinct understanding entered into that
all the aldernels should pass tho rhaif. This had
been the cam with two ettleptices —Alderman Eliot,
who refused to accept office, and Alderman Ailing,
who had been psisi by. The latter had given way
to Mr. Hare and to Mr. Devenisb, and he ought
now to have his turn. What was the reason of this
annul= ? Was it not because Alderman Ayling
was too indepoodeut a wan to be placed in the chair
under the dictate(' of others. He coudtunned the
practice of selecting mayors from a few members of
the Council whilst there were plenty of often
willing and competent to take the Chair. He stated
his intention to support Mr. Ayling, and expressed
a hope that the Council would act independently.
(Applause.)
Mr. Mittsmon mid that at a meeting of the
Council on the evening previous, it was the wish of
those present that Captain Prowls should be elected
Mayor.
Mr. Pornarear intimated that he would take the
earliest opportunity of proposing that the salary
allowed to the Mayor be disoootinued, for if the
practice was sontioted the Coined wield have to
' sell their feet,
Mclennan Peons!, in reply to the observation.
• which had been made against him, remarked that
the Cooed had made more free with his mine than
he considered his conduct jointed. Re admitted
that he did en what had been attributed to him.
, He did wish to resign his seat in the Council,
i feeling that advancing age prevented him from
! taking such an maim part in It. ante M be wished;
but for all this be felt perfectly competent to carry
oat the duties of the mayoralty to the imitiefintbut of
the Council. He oonsidered that be had been most
unjustly accused of having left the stairs of the
Council in a wretobod state. He ISM the more
surprised at this because be had never heard such a
remark before, and deeded that such a statement was
correct. Should, however, he be now sleeted, he
would not shrink from the climber's of his duties.
Mr. HUW•ItD, in reference to the remark made
by Mr. Pother/my, said be hoped hereafter that if
toayors moved the £lOO salary, they would spend
another for the welfare of the tows. He also oon-
demised the practice of selecting peyote front • few
of the C 04130114 and thought the oR.. this yen otight
to be girth to some ohs who led not previously had
it.
After a few further remarks, in which past mayors
stated that they had been mosey oat of pocket by
bolding the office, the mesedinent was put to the
MASUsig and lost by 8 to 13.
The followed voted for Alderman Prowes s —The
Mayer, Aldermen Devon* Weldord and Peewee ;
Councillors Hare, Lees, Barden, Harper, Idilledge,
Coacher, Ayles, Roberta. and Ilinanderr. Thom
who voted for Alderman A Ong. were himself,
Councillors Drew, Thomas, Hibbe; Howard, Miaow,
PoinecatT, and Tifard.
The M•roa then declared Captain PrOWINI duly
elected, and be eras invested with the insignia of
office.

-fire Mairosi-ELscr, in thanking the Council
for the honour conferred upon him, assured
them that he would do his almost to pro..
mote the prosperity of the town. Hs bad no
great desire to he stayer Nit, biting bow
informed that each waii the wish of the Cmumil at
the meeting the night previiim, he had allowed
himself to be put in nenninatioe, and the remit kid
been that be had been sleeted. He would Godes.
your to do Me duty, and hoped ti• should he more
etioneadal than he bed learnt that morning, for Use
Bret time, than he had been when be tilled the
oaks befire. (Applause.)

VOTIB OF ?li&I1 TO 1111 01.111itOn.
Mt. littimmos proposed a tots of thanks to tit*
oz•liajor fog the efficient wouser in which be had
disohozwed Lbw dattoo of his Offl4A.

Mr. H seconded lb. proposition.
The Be-Maros, in responding, thsuked the
Council for the easisteose they had mndered him in
mrrying out the duties of his °tilos, end also to the
burgesses, who bad helped bun in promoting any-
thing for the welfsre and sinarinent of the town.

ZI.JIMION OF •If •LDSIIILILF.

A discos's-ion tb. -e-ne-u-ed Trith-rel.hm. tie to ibe
=neat of an alderman, in the pliwe of Mr.
Bower, wbo bad tamed to reside in dm
towo bet tbe Town Clerk was of opinion that the
vaimocy weld not be tilled until the proper time
arrived for electing alderutea.