The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-06-30 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.

A meeting of the Town Council was held at the
Council chamber on Friday, whim there were pre-
sent the Mayor (H. Devenuih, Esq..) Alderman
Weldord, Bower, Aylisp, and J. A. Devenish ;
Councillors Maunders, Ayles, Rebate. R. Thomas,
W. Thomas, Eliot, Upjohn, Lace, Hare, and the
borough treasurer, G. Andrews, Faq.
Mr. WILIWORD stated that the Market-house tolls
had been let at an advance Of ClOO Oler those of the
preceding year.
The beating apparatus for the °ells at the public
station, haviag booms worn out, the Mayor was
directed to have • another one subititotad, at • coat
not exceeding EIS.
The ill•ro• remarked that the next question was
to decide whether the stage near the Rank house
should be repaired, as the cost would amount to
£4O.

Mr. Roman mid something must Le done is the
matter, because ifs vowel was to knock against the
stage it would carry it away, and the new pump with
Mr. WELD7OIII.D said the surveyor had informed
him that it would cost £4O to repair the stage.
Mr. M•UNDERS thought there WOW DO Deoessity
for the stage, it was only erected whilst the Pile
Pier was being constructed.
Mr. Arumo said it ought to be taken away al-
together, as it was only put up for • temporary
pummel.
Mr. W. Tomas oostended that the staging was
very useful for landing purposes.
Mr. R. Titoism' said there bad been times whim
in consequenos of the low slate of water the Wey-
mouth and Portland steamers had been unable to
land their paseengen at the Pile Pier, and had used
this feafie.
Mr. Bowan did not me the necessity of speeding
any mosey upon the They must rementber
that in ten years hanos they would have to pay
£5OO for the bridge out of the harbour fund.
In answer to lb. Mayor, Mr. W. Thomas mid he
did not know that the staging was of any um ex-
owl for the steamers to knock against hand break.
It we. ultimately resolved that the staging should
su be removed under the pseiniendeoce the
committee, except mob portion only as was necessary
to support the pump.
A latter ese then read from Mrs. Norris, who
applied to the Council to return her the min of
money she had lent to the ceatracters for the quay
wall, and also a memorial lined by several rate-
payers, stating that she had loot about £lOO, act by
her own fault but that of others, and requesting
that the same should be refunded to bor.
_ _ _ _

Mr. IL THOMAS thought the Council ought to treat
the application in the most liberal manner.
The Tows Guess Aged that she had no legal
claim epos the Corporation.
Mr. DrVENDSH said they had relieved bar from
the responsibility of bet bond. in the work not being
carried oat, and now she wanted to be repaid the
rrliey she bad advanced.

Mr. R. Toom se wee aware of the position the
Coancil stood in, but he thought this was ea scoop-
rani an., and taking iota consideration that Mrs.
Norris was but • poor woman with a family, and had
loft her all, be thought they might grant bar the
"t '
r. Drys.= said be did not think that, as
Council, they could entertain the application, the;
might do sounattaing privately for her.
After MOD farther dincemico the nab** wan ad-
journed for further Goesideratioa.
The Boaorgo Twww presented the harbour
and bridge &Googols, whiok were audited and
"rt. war Knm, a licensed victualler, of Bt.
Thocias.emost, oldreased • Wier to the Council,
complaining that Mr. Moan, also a bowed
victiriler, of Si. Thouumelrest, had boss &Bowed to
have oga-board projecting from hie hogs& When
(kfr. tag) bad applied for orneiesicm to have •
sign-board over his door, be bad hiss refired. He
thought if Gee mem in the same lime of bedlam
was allowed th• privilep be ought to be as well.
The subject was left over for further dismission.
After the trtheastiou of MOS Odor unimportant
niathirs, the Comma dispelled.
Tan W ItTMOOTII MID PORTLLIIID RAILWAY
Wow—At the Guildhall, on Wednesday, before
Major Premptas and H. C. Gooddea, Req., • an.
anal, lb.Lod Clauses Act came as for taventilp-
tion. The prestiou in dispute was for the purpose
of daterminupg whether • bridge should be messed
memo the line of railway, near the Cara Home, in
eatasel two piers of Lied, the 'property irf H. P
Waren. Req., and if decided that • bridge was
eseemary, to &tenths* upon the mature and can-
al the bridgio:r. Philbrick, harrirkscp
who wan aosompeard Mr. litte Mo gyll, Innind for
claimant, and kr. H. barrister, with whom
Will also Mr. H. Roes, of the firm ef But.,, Role,
and Nodal, Parliamentary oval% an
bsimlf of the Railwayomme Cpy.—Mr."=dle:

.olicitnr, appeared for *IC respondent, Mr..
Maunders, the secretary of the ermarny.--411
Poilltiok, in laying the ors before the demob, Mated
that in 18.59 the estate in question, wadi' was called'
lunedowne, wee marked out for the porticos of
r tweeting !Myth's, villas, sad as the singe' inn nen
divided, if a bridge was set ormeireeted, it woad&
erently inteffere with the plus being carried out.
Weston did Dot Amain the compaey to perform ay-
chill more than Wia reasessible„ but he mmerleredl
that he was entitled to have the hied made as me.
I venient as porsible owing to the reaern7 Mein
through it. —Mr. Crick may,atublisatistated thm whea
the estate was planned oat, the rood peeling threegh
the property formed one (Jae prinnipal felines- ed
the plan. If the road was divided the value of the
property walla greatly be diminished. Is biz
opinion if the Obvert, was not connected bye.
bridge it would be gforift lapjorod.-11t: /stew
Bruff engineer, mid he bed isie great espenewle be
laying out leads is watering plasm. He had seer
the plan of the estate is questarie, ma tweets it woo
judiciously laid out. If the lead was nesonnestell
the vales alit would be greatly ironed, sad these,
was no difilculty in connecting it. Be pretend a.
copy of a bridge, which would piths Mr. Weirs int
as favourable a polka= as gioasible under the dream-
stances. The met of' sash a bridge would he absee-
-41,000.—Mr. Lloyd, ow b.hsif of the railway
tympany, orietthded that teething was wasted to
connect the property. The.dierete meld be net he
two ways, either by gilmthitgl semmuniselien err
giving tomPellettioll, a N tie latter wens wee
adopted the matter could he redeem!' to • proper
tribunal. He a:primed hie mynas Mat Mr.
Brod applied' he s' hridp 35 het to easel, as be
must have known Oat that was the greatest width
allowed for a public lihrspelle rottli sad goo PI-
, dead a plan drawn out by Mr. Ritchie, whoa
*bowed that the laying out al the eel*, coil be
, altered so as to make the property as veleabie in
ever, and would need no °amnesia.. lie supported
his uses he called Mr. Robert Ritobis, lied valuer-
mad surveyor, Mr. J. R. Ward, the seespeay's.
engineer, Mr. William Wilson. eaginew, Loaloa.
Mr. Monday, surveyor, aed Mr. Wires, mobilowk.
both of Dorchester, who pre it se their apish's
that no bridge VII Iseefelary.—This beteg the twee
the Bench retired, and epos ender relent mid they
would rather, if possible, that the subject should be-
meth& by arbitration.- .The peruse then soder
roared to obese to so ems.usbie arrammemet. but
could Sot de' so, and said they would mash realm
that the quest/ea should be decided by the Bench.
, This being so the &Mai= of the Beath was that
they were of opinion that no bridge was seeemary.

Comm' P.m Bmetom, Priday.—Befere Copt.
Manning and B. H. Bwallield,
Rime Wrrnou'r Russ--/Iteltolas Coflsm
garter, was minemoned by l'. C. Perk for riding;
without reins on the hid of Jane.— Defend
plaided guilty, bet as this was hie Ant same he,
was amid Es, and 7s. 6d. cools.
Durrgalenn or TUE PIACI. Ihumesee,
and George ethos, hibourers, were sumosoned foe
being drank and gresehe • itialt6llooB at Wyk..—
'P.C. World proved thee on the Ilth of Jam be was
on duty at Wyk., when in the evening be hand the
deleodents 6ghting. They were hotk drank. He
separated them, but it was some time before Stone
would go away. —The prisoners denied that they
were 6ghllnl. but admitted having bed • edrop of
boor—Bummer,, who Mid bees pnevionely heed for
• similar amuse, wee mulocted in the posh, of
20., and Atom 10., or in default seven hipe
imprisonment at Dorchester gaol.
A is:mums Orrentsca.—A little lert awns&
Charles William Johnson, who mid be was 14 perm
of age, was charged with stealing eight Mame of
iron, the property of Mr. Thomas Lowman.
Whittle stated that she resided at Wyk' Regis,.
and kept • marine store. On the 4th of Joao
&Asthma GUM to bar shop and offered her the,
iron, but she refused to bay it, when defeedeut.
threw it over • hedge and than went away—Jib.
Pros preyed finding the Moose of iron, mid of
girth/ there to Mr. Oeorlie4Cienspen and the lather ekes
proved giving then to t —Serpent
Pitibeld said be spprehend the defendant the at.
day, and told him the charge. He aid "I know t
took the wept, from the dri/l, but I did not think
it was any harm, and added, I hope you will
forgive tee."—Thoines Lowman said be had • &ell
in Yr. Keeping's yard on the 4th of June. Ho
mimed the weighta from it, and Poem now produced
were his property. —The father of the ivy ibiledl
that be bad mast severely punished bins, and th.,
Bench, taking this into oomickraticm, hoed ths.
young offender tie. and manta
CERNB. Yarn Ettationtednesday.—BefeArs.
Colonel Bingham Rev. J. T. Hindi, and Rev. C W.
Bingham.. —Jolt,
of Saunders, of Backlaad Nortek
c wow
with dealing • quantity fence., the
of M. Saunders Dibbin, of lineklaad
The case was proved by P.C. Green, and defendant ISM
toed 10. including coats, • 'moth bang allowed tor
t William Richard., • pamelt= of
rh2:ll:inton, was summated by George
having committed an swank on him, on the Mt- Mr. B. N. Howard appeared for oomplatasat, and
Mated that the tumult was of • most naprovedoed and
nature, the complainant being an eld mmal:VIA years of age, and the defendant a
active young man--Prow complahmat's eviderinsoinal
appeared that on the morning in qnsolion he wont to
•ne..e:isidece of mongol belonging to •
. Collier. After having inspected thelke".47-
fendiust mme where be was and asked what business he
had there. Complainant replied that he had as meala
right as he (defendant) had there. The keeper Mom
wanted to know what he had in his and said
In would search him. Complainant ' he
that belonged to defendant, or anything that he
any businees with, and that he had bettor leave him
alma. Defendant, however, mid he would ass what
was in complainant's pockete, and threw him an the,
pound, knelt on him, and riled his pockets. Com-
plainant endeavoured to prevent Jdefendant from" doing
so, and struck him with a stick. Defendant must hoot
known him—ln support of his was Kr. Howard easel
a witness named Harriett Knight who law the masa
from • distance, sad wag about to call more witsamor
when the Bench mid they thought the was had shear
been made out—ln defense, defendant stated he
thought he had a right to month any person.—The
Bench mid it was • most brutal assault, and Ind &dew
dent and code, or in &dash two month's imprison-
ment—lllizabeth Richards and Borah Morris. two little
girls, both of Cerne Abbe., were charged with stealing
la 6d. from the till of the toll-bar near Cone Union,
on the 314 May last. The defeadante pleaded guilty.
The pimento', Therms Monday, did not wish to press
the chary., but merely wished to be protected as he
could not afford to lees the magoy. The 'Widmer
fathen were therefore Baal for to is beand for thir
future good behaviour.—Sarah HuneLlef Bridges*
Harbour, was summoned by J. Hollyor„ of Oorao..
for falsely asetriing to Mrs. Bayer, that . had hem
in the service of -Mrs. Ken way, of Bridport, and for
forging a false certificate of character
have "{gad by Mrs. Runway.
respectability of
withdrawn in cou4AmeMon of the ty at
defendant's family.
WIM BORNE. Pam limeoura, Jose 116.
Before Rev. C. J. Glyn, Maier PoransiN J. T. Baskett,
and W. L. My., Rm.—Comptaaas of ramp
hill, Wirabome, was suatmenol se the talineallion of
Seperintimident &yaks, for obstrassing the highway
by depastariag 4 cows thereon. The cone was proved by
t Hitch. Fined 2s. and 111011411. —Join
1M
of , Hants, was summoned by Elimbeth
of Verwood, to shoe aims why be should not
her illegitimate add. whom she alleged to be the mem
line father. Coos disiebeed.—lsreal Lem et etas-
miaow Marshall, surnadered to his boil thimgad with
embattling minas num of mossy resolved let and an
amount of his wester, Mr. James Wood, Nal
of Pools. It t_pipeare primmer wius employedia.=
male at Mr. Wood's stores at itureataser
rallwayetatico, as • paid imam, and to amonall Mo
all coals delivered and messy received.—Mr. Weed
Mated that the defalcation' as far as at present after-
tamed amounted to ketoses SOO and L'7o. Re=
for • farther remand till Pride , M the
and the micient of bail to be two parties being
housed is theses of 11:10 meth and kieseelf is £4O. Ms
was liberated. Mr. F. W. FIVIOI•11
defeadant.--Chorge West, of Cashed Ifogna, was
breught no in custody of flaperinteeileattes,
deerged with enibmaeling various same of meow, ria,
mind for his master. Mr. Atkite,olOaatord
Atkins not being prepared with all his witeemes, asked
fora remand till 3rd July, which was pealed. Prisms
was liberated on Mil.