The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-04-12 00:00:00

D AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, wmm

his kitchen. The defendants were there, and shortly
before 11 o Evans alled for a quart of ale. He
smelt that the meat had been taken from the boiler.
Nat Seal said he did not like to see koch rascally trick'
carried on. When-he took in the ale, he carried away
c
the boiler. On examining it h. found almost all the
meat gone. Seal told him that the two defendants
had taken the meat. He spouted Evans, who swore
and denied it.
Cross-exsinined Evans did not tell him that
Whiting. John Hine, mid • sawyer lodging in the house
out off the meat while William Legg held the door;
but he said that if complainant had him for all he should
not hear all the blame.
Nat Seal depmed to what took plaoe.—Mr. '4ymenda
Were you tabor I—A. Well. I'd had some beer, but
there was not such the matter- I was sober enough
end sensible to know what took phis E•111111had • short
stink in hi hand with • pointed end. He lifted the
raver off the boiler. Whiting took a fork off the
mantelpieee, and stuck in the meat, and Evans stuck
the stick into it. They got it up to the edge of the
boiler. A man he did not know (Evans: It was the
uwyer) with • knife out off • piece of the meat. In
the cutiing the meat fell down among the cinders.
Evans took it up with his bards —pretty hot it we., and
he soon dropt it on tie edge Of the boiler again. Wiine-s
then went to the landlor i and told him what had
occurred. _ .

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Mr. Symonds : Where you there when S,ans. rtfered
• quart of beer •
A I don't recollect that I OW
Evans : He was drunk, gentlemen, and asleep.
Seal: I had a bit of • nay. I was better then.
Mr. Symonds: Was there • smell of boiling beef
there?

A.—Yes, it smelt very good.
Evens: When you were in the her, weren't you
laid down drunk mid asleep land" the table'
Seel; A kind o' eat's drunk gentlemen, depend upon
it I was not under the table.
Evans: Were you asleep with your head on the
table'

_
A.-1 might be.
Even,: Didn't the landlord refuse to bring you a
pint of beer when you °ailed for it, saying you were
drunk already.
A.—lie never refused me a plot of beer In his life.
Q.—Didn't you say you should stay there all night as
You were not able to go to your lodgings.
A,-1 might, but it was not likely I did.
Evans : P.C. blitlbell can prove it.
Mr. Symonds Did you see 11,teheU there!
A.—Can't say I did. I told Hynes I should stay
there that night, but don't believe I said I could not
walk to my lodgings (hi New Inn).
Sean. said be never assisted to take the meat out of
the pot. There were tive or six others there who all
helped to eat the meat, and he. bawlse he bad • bed
oharacter before them, had to suffer for them all. The
beet was a piece of an old cow the landlord killed. He
sold a bit to a man who 000ked it, but could not eat it,
and was obliged to give it to the dog.
Seal: It •opears Hi it some of them liked It by the
looks of the bone ! --(laughter.)
The Bench decided to treat the case am one of
malicious injury, and fined them each £l, or 14 days'
bard labour.
Both said they would go to priarin.

THE PROPOSED TF.STIHONIAL TO LORD '

Lord DIGIT said his wish had always been to promote
as Well as he could the sport of the e 'catty in every
way. He really did not thlnl they could have found a
better successor to the old old Squire—he said no at their
first meeting years gone by, and be thought Lord
Poltimore bad fulfilled in every possible way
whet be (Lord D.gby) then said ireuleeetbki him
—(applaum). He shoeld be only too happy to do
all that lay in his power to promote the spurt a the
county—lapplatute).
The subecription list was then handed round, Ind in
,a few minutes nearly £4OO was subambed.
The meeting then ended.

DORCHESTER TOWN COUNCIL
Hodge., Faq .) Aldermen l'. Coombe, H. Look. and G.
wAed.nr.nithylymmoreentiningg of
rthrseuCzrpo: rnstieon
Mayor o r eld (
on.
Galvin ; Councillors M. Devenish. G. Andrew'. .1.
Bishop, G. J. G. Gregory, 0. Corm Dr. Aldridge,
W. Slade, end Giles Symonds.
Fag., Town Clerk.
THE V1011•8110P8 111013LATioN ACT.
The Towe CLICK reported some correspondence
with Mr. Bastion, the Inspector of this district,
he
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Beechen w rote, saying "He should lite to return
aim:heater in as high a group as possible ; but if your
legal authority intends to stop short at issuitg an
abstract, I have no option Ma to place Dorchester
am omngosret. An plseuwhondlhoeavre goshonueldtha'befuarN
;
alter the operation of the Act." Mr. Belden asked
for an immediate reply, and Ur. Symonds ans snored that
the Inspector of Nuisances and the Superintendrnt of
biuntw deewine l.
de to k
Police were the officers contemplated by the Act, and
that they Ind been instructed to bring any =se brought
to their no:ice before the magistrate'.
The MAT°, remarked that the only question seemed
to be whether they should appoint a special officer.
Aldermau Coarse considered it unnecessary to do
so here, as there are so few places which conic under
the Act.
Mr. 81811oP thought they ought to take steps for
enforcing the Act as called on by Mr. Deaden.
Alderman Loci remarked that the Act sufficiently
provided for places like this by naming two existing
officers.
Alderman GALPIA referred to preeiuna Mot:rations on
this; subject, and deprecated its being brought t;ei again.
They had i Iready resolved that the Act should remain
in she, &nee an far as the Council was concerned.
Mr. /Hilltop said that a lortnight ago • complaint was
made there against • person who was supposed to have
broken the law, and the cotnplain.ut came to ask for
inattention". A •ery careful answer wee given—bit
it was rather to the effret that the complainant should
gO to the person complainc 1 of and by • friendly con-
versation set the matter right. If there were further
complaints, persons should be referred to the Inspector
of Nuisances or the Superintendent of Police, and there
offioers should be instructed Misr to act.
, Alderman Comma thought tee only inatfustim they
required was that if any complaint was made they
, should go to the Town Clerk to ask about it.
I' After further ciouvenation,
Mr. Mellor moved that inasmuch as under the Act
the superintendent of pollee and the inspector of
1 nuisances are the persons named therein smongst others,
through whom compleinta of any eontrayeetion of this
Act are to be made. tod such officers egist in this
borough, it is unomvary to appoint • special offee.
Alderman Comma seconded.
Alderman CALPtS maid he did not object to that.
Carried nen. die.
TUE RRRRRRRRRRRR Accnorra.
A report was read from Alderman Lock and Councillor
Devenish as to the result of their interview with the
Borough Treasurer respecting the mode of keeping the
accounts. They state that they have had an interview
wi:h Mr. Walton on the subj, et of
.the proposed change
in his duties, by which the collection of the rents and
other payment,' should be made by another, and find
that he is decidedly opposed to the suggested alteration.
That be has hitherto kept the accounts under separate
heating; by the instructions of the Council. That the
arre .rs of renta. , ere very few. sni, if any, have arisen
from his not being furnished with any new payments
becoming due. That be is quite ready to furnish
to the minthly meetings a statement of the balances
of the .everal accounts. He does not see the
neces.lty of Arming the Treasurer's book at every meet-
ing, as i is only made up and audited half-yearly.
That the ammunis appear to be kept in an exiselleet
way, and if any items are not platted to the proper
aeonunt, it has arisen through hie not receiving testes*.
tiring to that effect. They were induced to make the
following suggestians, I,that the building amount should
be forthwith olom d, and the balance of L'Bo 19s. trans.
ferred to the Cornenchange amount, nod from it be
paid the 1.330 due to Mr. Wellspring. 7; that the tolls,
which have entelled considerable trouble through being
tetained in the hands of the Council. should be let with
the least possible delay. 3, that a more systematic
Plan shout', be arranged by which the Treasurer should
be famished with any fresh payments falling due to the
Coeur'. 4, that inasmuch as the duties of the
Treasurer have considerably increased during the last
few yeart, the subject of raising his salary should be
taken into consid. ration.
A good deal of conversation iodic place on the
subject.
it was 'greed that hitherto M. Weston had fulfilled
his duties as Treasurer most efficiently; but it seemed
to be the almost unanimous feeling that it woeld be an
Improvement if certain changes were made ilk the system
of keeping the account". ?list of all, it was necessary
that a terrier of all the corporate property should be
prepared this, we believe, has been completed,
&het • great deal of labour. This will show
the amounts to be received, and when they
are due. In mating up the amounts it was suggested
that in an inner column unpaid rents, kr., should be
entered, so that the half-yearly statements would
give valeable information. At present they were
pimply "abstracts of receipts and payment.," and
did not represent the actual state of affairs. Anothee
point on which a strong opinion was expressed by
Alderman Coombs, and endorsed by Mr. Alderman
Galpin was that the treasurer :should keep one each
account; at present he has separate cash account'
for each department, in consequence of which, when
there has been • balance on the whole of, say L'2oo
a cheque for el® on one of them, which was in debit,
has remained unp•id. Mr. Andrews also advocated
a simple debtor and creditor aecount, and deprecated
• system of " railway amounts." The importance of
having the treasnrera book at every meeting ern
insisted upon by Mr. Aldermen Coombe. Finally the
report was referred to the finance committee to which
Mr. Look and Mr. Devenish were added, and we
may hope that after the many distemaions there have
been on this subject, a good decision will be arrived
at.
As to the toll., Mr. Alderman Galpin urged that
stem should be at owe taken for their letting. It
was arranged thM the bye-laws should be revised,
and sent, with • table of tolls, to the Horne 011iee
for approve' ' and a committee meeting was fixed
for next Thursday afternoon to forward the matter.

swami's KNAr.

The memorial which bed been drawn up by the
Town Clerk for presentation to the Prince of Wales,
asking his Royal Highness to grant the fee on • long
lease of Beggar's Knee 111 • fair ground was read en
.dopted by the Council.