The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-10-05 00:00:00

DOROHESTBR TOWN COUNCIL

A meeting of the Town Cannon of the Borough of
Dorchester took place yesterday (Monday) at tho
Tovnihall, the Worshipful the Mayor, Wm. Manfield,
Esq., in the chair. There were also preeent--Messre.
Naylor, Bishop, Look, Hodges, Stanton, Galpin, and
Corm.
The minutes of the last meeting were read by the
Clerk, and =drilled.

THB BOROUGH POLICE.
The Marton intimated that the first busineas to be
proceeded. with was to receives report of the Watch
Committee as to the new appointment of police con-
stable. recently made by them, and to mounter and
determine upon the alterations Weems neoesaary,
In oonsequerioe, in the duties and emoluments of
the existing °goers of the Connell, and decide
thereon,
The Tows Colin reed the report of the Watch
Cionimittes, which stated that they had appointed C
euperintendent it 440 a year, one sergeant at £1 per
week, anti four rionetaldee itt lea, per week each,
The committee bed procured the rinthisite clothing
for thaw ollieere,_ ell of which bed been eupptle4 et
fair and reasonable prices entl of.good fluelity, The
efouniittae thofight it Would be onfaireine to continue
Mr. Penney, the leuperintendent of Polio., in hie old
office of inspector of Sulam., at a salary of 4110 a
year, which letter duties they did not mineifier bloom.
petihis with hie Tee of iluperintendent, nie cow
utilise Ktionei whether one liergeent at Mace,
Mr, Ou won! not hereafter he Inflieleill in 11144
of two, ee molly,
A good deal Of conversation toolinlace upon
incitientel mitten eitiniscted with the Watch (lop
unties WTI =particulerly With referent]. to the
powers Iwo fintelions of the eleetlllielid in @orient
me, wpm ally with regent to the werming Apt.
ratite mid elomile—whieli wee brought to ii close by
towline iliMr, Minor, 1161101111011 by Mr, ilai,ria...
Thet the rport of the efininilltee he rewired
enil.entlrei upon the minutia,
Mr, inittilf then moved, anil Mr i Hotione
soneho het the report of the Welch thimmittos
1 pagull to the 100 .up and the Inture dutin snit emorlirshie
the ergefintsal•Mele, And tlie gretuity to I ii.ille.
eIP einetehlee, be refitted It the those PUP
oninlittes.
th motione wen serried unanimously,
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The War* mil II lOW from the Treaeury ap.
tfOVlßithe amen ed plan of thitU:nell for building
on ollmilen Mel sal it wee now to ha
mnisMereil whM furtber should 40ne,
Mr . ammo remarked that no MAW' authority
Finesemary M enable the Council to moved with
ereakon of the buildinp, and euggeMed that the
mind' *wive itself ln" nmlOiee upon the
matter the business paper should have
been disposed of, and the suggeetion was adopted.
Thepayment of the premium for the renewal of
gme policy on Mr. Toose's life wee, as a matter of
bursa, mimed to.
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LOCAL BOARD Or HEALTH,
The Cum( stated that he hod received a letter
Boni Mr, Whitehead enclosing a osrldfloste respect.
lag Mr. Burton'. works, and -he had also received
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other letter from Mr. Veiny, stating that Mr.
eri Luddism had consented to sot m arbitrator in
e question of damagee alleged to have been sustained
Mr. Valley in the proseoution of a certain par.
n of the drainage works.
A letter from the Gas Company wee also read and
ransidered, which stated that the directors were con.
Aimed that the Town Council were not aware of the
oensumption of gm entailed by the proposed alteration
of the days and hours of lighting. An additional
qtantity of no less than 250,000 feet seemed to be re.
glared, at a cost to the Company of £75, and they there.
feta could by no means consent to the proposition of
the Council. They were ready at any time to teat by
their meters the correctness of this estimate of the
qupitity of gas desired to be consumed.
He. BISHOP intimated that possibly the oompany
wete under an impression that the lamps were re-
quired to burn for a longer period than was actually
the case.
R. GALPIN thought this was a matter which
mig tbe easily put right. Let two or three persons
mee the gas directors in an amicable spirit, when
there would be no apprehension of a desire to dictate
on e4her side; and he was sure that, on the part of
the Board, there was no such disposition.
Mr Ronan hoped that a conference would be
asked for with a view to a satisfactory arrangement.
He was sure the matter would be much better gone
into. The Board only wanted what was necessary
and proper—nothing more.
The Mayon remarked that he himself was not a
member of the Gas Company, and he would there.
fore express his opinion freely respecting that body.
He would say that if all individual exhibited that kind
of oondeot and spirit which seemed to actuate the Gas
Company lee would inevitably be considared is gra*.
tog and covetous. With respect to the propositions of
a conference he could only *ay that the Bowl of
Health would feel, and ought to feel, under peceliar
obligations to any two or three gentlemen who would
kindly and gallantly undertake to negotiate with
such an explosive body as the Dorchester Gm Com-
pour—end bring them to terms. iLaughter. l_ His
Worship suggested that they should try the effect of
dry meters, instead at water metere, and reminded
the Board that the former plan wee now everywhere
adopted in the greet metropolis;
Mr, Look was of Mr. Thelma opinion—that A
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Gas Company had nalinAtel mare Plight wonli
he required by the Clamed Was atipulated for
in the minion,
The Mayon presumed AA the direetore of the
Om Clammy were, at all even* like other people in
this—that they were open to omivietion in ono of'
error,
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ooinpose_the depo on to
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