The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-05-22 00:00:00

(or the Borouo--1 of Bridport.

"The humble pitition of the resident. la Barrack•street,
la the borough of Bridport, humbly sheretsth :
" That by rowan of to. SalVatiOU Army marching
through the streets to the Temp ar Hall, with t‘mbourintra.
die, !tabooed by a lsrge, xtl.d crowd. the road in
Barrack-street is blocked; and your p4itiouers @ain't
reach thetr savant's,. homes without much annoyance,
Incativenience, and clangor, that stones Si. thrown, and
obscene and disgusting language uwd, and your pod.
Boners fear that if the Sslvation Amy are allowed to
continue their proceedings • tireech of the peace will
ensue, mud the live* and property of your petitioner*
place.l in immediate danger.
"Your p•tittoners pray you to consider the aSove, and.
ad ipt me "urea no that we mar not be disturbed end
aun..yed in the above manner, and that the h.,. of the
residents in that pdt of the borough may be placed in
s'!ft.Y• .

And your petitioners will ever prey, éc., ec."
Mr. Oppy, in 6s:idiot the petition to the Mayor,
stale' thtt more than 500 people hl-cked the road in
Barrack-wont on Sunday evening at.
Hie Worship uld that iturinz the poet ems or two even.
legs there had beet no prows ion of the /Limy. Re
noticed in the petition the memoviallsts asked the Bench
not to slow the proceisiona He woe afraid Lb tt was out
of their province as magistrates These wittier* have to
be gvo,nl Iy the law, and proeseelons. whether popular
or unp pu or, bed been statel by the H se 8 cretagy to
he with, the I to. They were complaints that stones
were thrown, ore •I olvicen • and dis•utt!ng lamtuage need;
of e ionic, if toe person, who a isnortted Owls offences
w•r heought before them b..iy would be punished.
Mr. Torn', itte of the deputation, ..id they were there
to sopport that petition, ea they were in fear of a breach
of the 1.-ace.
Mr J T illett, who lives opposite the "Barracks." said
if enrol.. hid r ',son to compl•in be hat, for he could
herily 'fl In .Jr mat co, he house.

Mr. (run rv, toss strates cer , agreed with the Mayor
as to the legality .4 precissions, and the judges bad
rice Iv bald them t hi legal. I brew-hes of toe peace
meld los tornvol, eithwr piety c inlet he summoned.
Mr. MeD nnell imoudered it a very hard thing that
eight or nine Salwati inlets should interfere with the peace
arid go...cores of • whole town.
Mr. Barre t was of s sitnilsr pinion, ant denounced the
disturb . ere. reused by the Army 51 ot a gross chsractu.
Mr. Howell (inacietretw) di lent hold with these p ople,
for insiiirred t let 'mental to reli;vion to conduct
theme dem in the stroeta Ai they did; be thought the
best thing would be to take no notice whatever of these
pe pt. or their doings.
Too Mwyor remarked that the Bon& had to (0 on
cwrteln lines, and the law did not make any distinction
between procee-ione ; all wets allowable, and as !OD( WI
these people were within the law, the law e 'old not touch
them. Ho never, the memoriallets should have every
attrition and cinsideralon poorible.
Mr. Gunory gaol the Chief C instable of Dorset was
ermine down presently to see what could be done in the
mitten. .

lo reply hi the Mayer, the deputahon exoreeerd their
realinise to sign a declaration to the effect that there was
• d inser of a rearh 4 the peach
The denotation then left the C iurt, end soon atm
Capt iin Aniyatt arrlved from D irche.ter, and held •
Private coneiht ition in the Connell Chainhar with Sept.
Meals'e and megiairaies. It ie undentowl that, it
u•couarl. extra police will be drafted Into the town.