The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-03-15 00:00:00

_THII MANAORMINT OF THE MIMIC WORM

Mr. Dawkins proposed the following resolution :
" That the Board appoint • special committee to
inquire as to the present management and main-
tenance of the public work., and to report to the
Board if by any chance in the management or
machinery considerable expenditure can be laved."
He said he had been induced to bring forward the
motion in consequenoe of the frequently-expressed
opinion of • large number of the inhabitants that
the present state of the public works, superficially at
least, was very unsatisfactory, whilst the expanse of
maintaining them had been very excessive. The
first thing he should ask the committee to cousider
would be the general state of the highways. The
city wea certainly in • most filthy state, partly, no
doubt, from the recent bad weather, but partly
also because the streets had not been properly
attended to. The new pavements were show- ,
ing signs of decay. Rome of the stones were out of
place, and others broken. The only reason be could
assign for this was, that the works were not carried
out with sufficient prompitude, and that the
necessary attention had not been given to superficial
drainage. The oonseqoenoa was that water remained
in the streets, and was absorbed by the soil beneath
the pavement'. Thus at every change of weather
the pavements were raised or depressed, and fre-
quently broken. Another matter be should ask the
committee to consider would be the manner in which
the scavenging and other labour were performed.
He thought them a most dilatory lot, and the boys
were • positive nuisance ; for instead of doing
their work they were generally squabbling with
each other, or sprinkling dust over passers by.
Another question was as to the great waste of
water. He had frequently,in the ()Guns of business,
to enter unoccupied houses, and in half the cams
he found waste either from a closet or a tap. In some
cases that had come under his notice the waste !
might have been going on for months. The com-
mittee therefore should consider and report to the
Board,:
• riper officer to look after these things. There,
in carrying on the water works. Coal formed an
enormous item in their expenditure. Last year I
that item amounted to £564 155.; and be was in-
formed that by the introduction of certain modifica-
tions in the boilers and machinery • great saving
might be effected. He was told that if the boilers
were lengthened, lees fuel would be necessary.
That the alterations would he paid for in one year
in the diminished consumption of coal. If the 1
committee were appointed it would be advisable '
to empower them to obtain competent professional
advice on this point. He thought for the salary
paid they ought to have the exclusive services of an
officer personally to superintend the work, and
the men whose duty it was to do it.
Another matter he had not mentioned was the
cleansing of the streets, and the removal of nuisances.
The expenditure List year was .C 271 18s. 3d., and be
saw no item on the other side of the account Town
sewage and town sweepings were valuable, and if
properly utilised, furnish sand, manure, and material
for wads. He was informed that, if they had the
streets cleansed by contract, they would have some-
thing like £5O to receive instead of spending £271,
whilat the work would also be more efficiently per-
formed. A farmer in the neighbonrhood had told
him that he would collect the refuse without oust,
and it would be for the committee to consider
whether an arrangement of that kind could not
be made. It appeared to him that something like
a Is. rate could be saved in the course of the year •
and, if so, bethought the Board would regard that
as a sufficient reason for the appointment of • com-
mittee.

In answer to a question put by Mr. Aylward, the
CLERK stated that a man vu appointed last year to
examine the water-tape; but under the Act of
Parliament there was no power of entry into any
house, and therefore an inspector was comparatively
melees.
Mr. J. RUMMY said he should be happy to second
the motion; for if a Is. rate could be saved he was
certain it would be acceptable to the ratepayers.
Mr. P. P. Comae thought the motion was
intended only as accuser, upon the Bawd, and upon
their surveyor. AU soconnta and reports came duly
before the Board, and than was the time for any
member to make observations, if be thought he saw
anything in which a saving could be effected. This
appeared to him to be a sort of sensational motion by
a new member. Several new members had, from
time to time, got up end talked about affecting an
enormous saving. but they bad never socceeded in
arriving at any practical result. The various
suggestions of the mover of the resolution had been
tried over and over agein, and therefore be begged
to move as an amendment that no committee be

appointed.
The discussion was prolonged for some time, but
ultimately the motion was agreed to, and the com-
mittee was nominated.
The Board then adjourned.

SALLSBITRY.—During IL* month of February ECG
depositors attended the Salisbury Penny Sank.
£4l 8.. 911. was deposited, sad ISO 14s. withdrawn.
Menai at the bank, £415 2e. Its. 'The maimprs for
March are Mr. W. Brown and Mr. Bothell.
CITY PATTY SIGINIONS, Mondsy.—Before James
flossey, J. C. Wheeler, F. Attwood, and T. W.
Gilbert, &qua
STALLING WZAILIVO TTAZIL.—Fleury Grain was
brought up on reamed charged with stealing a beg,
flannel pettiemt, three pairs of stocktoge, two shirts and
• towel, the property of Mn. Parsons, laundress, of
Castle-street The prosecutris *Wed that on Wednes-
day evening last the left her things out to dry in •
garden, behind her h >use, but on the following morning
they were missing. They were worth about Mt.—P.C.
Agnew said he was on duty in Castle-street about four
o'clock on Thursday morning, when he found the
prisoner in • wagon, in Mr. Keynes's yard, adjoining
Mrs. Panosta's garden. Prisoner mid be had nothing
about bite, bat withal, was incredulous, and amordingly
marched him, when be found all the articles produned,
with the exception of the beg and the towel. Thom he
found in the wagon. Witness asked him to acsount
for their possession, end the prisoner said he supposed
somebody mast ham put them there.—Prisoner pleaded
guilty to the charge, and expressed his willingness to be
tried by the magisteates.—ln reply to a question from
the Bench, Superintendent Csidow mid he believed
the prisoner had been out of work since ChriMmaa—
The magistrates sentenced the prisoner to four months'
herd lamer.

Tai Lore lisintuo DOWN CAM Mr. William
Olding, of Dovetail, was summoned for furiously driving
on the evening of the 24th December last, in Eseur-
street It will he remembered that at the late Wisher!
Camay Coon Kr. Olding was the defendant in an
motion brought against him by Kr. Clibis. brewer of
Salisbury, for killing • hens, and lodgment was given
apunst him. Superintendent o.ldow now summoned
him for having driven to furiously na to oolhader the
lives and limbs of paseengers.—John Wheats stated
that be was • hawker, sad that on the main of the
24th December he rods from Damn= to Salisbury with
• man named Coombs, • warier in the employ of
Kr. Gibbs. They get into Entireties* shoot
half-past Sr.. The street haus were net lit,
bus there was • reAsetion from the shop of Kn.
Sparkman, near the Crows sad Anchor Inn. He saw •
hone ermine very hi 4 in his opinion at the rats of
from tam to WOW* ilee en hum Hr. Gibbet harm
was immediately afterwards no Would killed. Witness
apprehended danger when he saw the autos it we on um
wrong side of the road.—ldt. Attwood : Wee the hens
in the eart goind at • trot or • l—Wititess : Al •
trot as friz 'NI weld ess.—The aenje dirk (Kr.

C. IL Levi Was the wagon as the proper aids el We
roml I—Witness : Yee, It was on the left band sidle de
the road coining into Salisbury, and the carter woe
trivia' about lin or six mike an hear.—The Clerk t
Do you ken, who waa driving the cart I—Wituseel I
toot, sir.—Defeadaat dkl not pet any mteelices toils
whams, but said ha hod not • horse in his that
would trot lae miles as hour. It should s proved, and
I. would trot him his head—Fanny Dove said she
was the wife of • labourer, and resided about baN • adie
from the defendant's lions. Elbe rods from Brestessee
with Mr. Olding, in his cart. on th•Setb December
They started from the Wheatebeef Ina, fielkshary,
about Am o'clock in the evening. mr, okuNg ems
also in the out. They weal down Masterebreet She
did not bear Mn. Meting say anythimv4.ltri hushes&
—Mr. Li. : Not about driving Nett— No, dr.
—Mr. Lee: At what rate were you going? —Wine= 1
I am sore I don't know; I don't anderUand driving.—
Mr. Lee: Don't you recollect Mrs. Oldingy.=
anything about driving so fast. Raeollest
You have been examined before, sad I hem your
evidence here. Wittiest: I think she did saes "gag
borne? I think she said, "Don't drive se Ng,* or
"Don't go so fast.."—Mr. Lee: Who,, was NMI
Witness : Just after we 1.15,—Mt. Gilbert : Was N
before you arrived in Enteretreol Yen eir.—Mr•
Haney : Were you frightened at the pant Wiliam,
No six—Mr. Les : the bores sail dart run NM
anything: Thom was • little smooth* somewhere
down Eleter-streek—Mr. Hasesy : Have you say Wm
what it was you ran up ageism'? Wiesen :Ye,j I
don't know what it was, it was so dark. It WM IMOSIISF
thing like • smart or • wagok—Mr. Gilbert : Did yes
stop? Wiese« We stopped • little, sod thee wed an
again—Mr. Gilbert : How long do you suppose you
stopped We stopped to pull up the horst sad Asa
went on again.—Delendant : Mrs. Dove lays we hit
the Wheatabesf at des o'clock, and if this took pima at
20 minutes, or half-past In, I weld not ham hese
going so very fast. You thould'ut hang • men Whim
he is guilty. There was not ea oath awned me the Misr
day. Al what time, Yrs. Dove, did vs pl
Breamore : Witness: At eight o'olock.—Delsedast
The horse was lOUS, and sould'at go erry task
I only want the nine oiled in three bona—
Superintendent Caldow Eat you stopped on the way.
—Defendant: Only to take up • little bit at meat at
Dowriatori—Mn. Sparkman stated that she raided Is
Exeter-street. and kept • little shop. She was
at her door when the collision took place. It was
ten minutes past gin. The cart was going Mae or lea
miles an hour. The cart was se the wrong aide of the
road, and it ran against the wagon. The bores in the
wagon walked on a few yards, and then fell down
dead.—Mr. Lee: Who was in the cart I—Witieses : I
saw one man and a woman. When ths collides task
place, the woman "sprawled" out, but was not thrown
out of the cart. I don't know who they wsrs. Tbe
man pulled up about half-a-minute, and then drove on
again. The wagon ihad by that time pulled Into the
middle of the road.—Mr. Gilbert: Did the cart yam
between the wagon and the iron railing. I—Witness
Yes, sir.—Mr. Homey: There was evidently not =nab
time for observation. You my you saw only one
woman I—Witness Only one. I wen looking mores*
the horse and wagon. I observed that there was •
man in the cart.—Defendant: She has morn the masa
before. It's all in the papers. (Wight:NA Look
gentlemen, at the difference in the time. Ono withal,
mys it was ten minutes past six, and another that
It was half.past five. One ddades that the eart
was going 12 miles an hour, and mother 10. I
have pi.M 1-24 Is. fail. to one party already
for this, besides all my other espouses, and yot 1 doe%
know anything more *boat it than • deed Inam—Nr.
Lee inquired of ths defendant if he had any wittiness'
to call—Defendant I have only my "whose," lfw•
like to call her. She will tell you that vs Ullie eel,
going at a general peoe. I hope you will look into it.
No person sun swear that he eeer saw we driving
furiously yet,—The magistrates having deliberated for
• abort time, Mr. Hussey said: We are not eagelail
that there was any furious driving cm this oeurieet,
There is no evidence of your having whipped your honk
or that it was going beyond a trot. The earl --
evidently on the wrong side of the road, but webs,. ne
means of inflicting punishment for that. The ease le
therefore dismissed. We say nothing as to whether peel
were the man who caused the injury to Mr. 011ther's
horse or [mt.—Defendant I think I am falillinhe
Scriptures very fast. Having been smitten on roe
I hive now "turned the other also." lam voryTtlW
obliged to you, gentlemen.
Beacitro Lama larocroas. At the Co:1.1M
Sear:ions, on Tuesday, John Adams, Hoary R
William Cloven were brought upon remand eharpd et*
obtaining money by false pretence., by mesas at
fraudulent begging petitions—Adams sad HMOill
pleaded guilty. Mr. R. IL Wilson appeared cm
behalf of Clavell.—Mr. &Me, of Ainsebery, Mated that
the prisoner Huggins called upon hint, and Pruwwitid
petition, stating that hia mother had lost • number at
cows from disease, and abo had thus boon deprived de
the means of supporting her family. It siMsd that
the woman lived at Whitabary. Perceiving the Mune
of his friend, Mr. Rooks, who was acquittasd
with the neighbourhood of Whitsbery, atiosbed
to the petition, he was iodated to gin the
prisoner • sovereign. Ht had, however, lined
ascertained that Mr. Rooke's signature was Dot
genuine.—Mr. Wilson, in defence, mid, that amen
who lived at Wilton, while on his way to .
ea.ually met with the other prisoners. He
told them where • few persons lived, but hi hod SO
knowledge of the pursuit in which they were
—Superintendent Matthews said Clavell leftlad.
some days before this occurrence, and took up Ida
abode at .lodging-house in Salisbury. Hugging. and
Adams lodged separately at other plates In the city.
—Mr. Wilson It is • very weak net --Omega
Beckley mid he could not agree with Mr. Wilson. lite
sentenced the prisoners each to three um
menk—Henry Huggins pleaded guilty to obtainieg
the sum of It., from General Buckley, under imam
circumstance., on the 22nd of February, also Is, frond
Mx. Bracher, of Beinerton, on the 25th of February,
and was sentenced to a further period of
imprisonment of three months in each cola
When apprehended, Huggins and Adams were wearing
sham watches, or rather watch cases made of tin, with
white metal guards, which were supposed to gin as
appearance of respectability.
PthaeillYo. —At the County Petty Sessions bag on
Teesday last, James Greyer was fined 2Ch, and costs, or
one month's imprisonment, for ',ripening in Nan* at
of rabbits, on • common belonging to FL D.=
Seq., at No Man's Land.—Hugh haw WY SU
for tking • hare on land belong to J. H. C. Wyndham.
Esq.. at Winterhorne Esrls.—Prainael Fry, • Implrs
deposed to having seen the defendant take up the hare,
which was caught in • wire on the down. The
was at work on the turnpike near at band. %Visl
itt:l6.
who was at • distance of 100 yards, beard the
defendant my to his fellow workmen "I have got one
out of two r The other man "Let the other
stay, be may come out, now it rains." Defendant
carried the hare about fifteen yards, and then dropped
it. Defendant admitted having taken up the ban., but
denied having met the wire. He was lined 10a. sad
coils, or 21 days iinprisonment.

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ArClime.— A singular &evident °scarred on Tuohy
morning, near linkerpit-hill, on the Wilton.road.--Mr.
T. Pain, of T.l.intrd, waste:noting into Salisbury Is his
benignant, when be was overtaken by Mr. James
Sidford. Mr. T. Pain wished to send his brougham
back for some purpose, railed to Yr. Sidford and asked
him to carry him into Saliabitry. Kr. Sidford
consented. and Mr. Pain left the brougham, putTnana
coat, and was in the act of stepping into Yr.
[7:liftrd'a carriage, when the coachman suddenly
errlaimed, "Ito cracking in two, sir. The brougham
actually broke in two, and the coachman fell backwards,
but kept bold of the reins. The spinals-board
simultaneously fell upon the horse'. back. eituang it to
start off at treat speed. The coachman held tbe nine,
and ran behind for some distance. but was ul
compelled to relic uish his bold. The bone cot=
its mums into B.llabw7 and was eventually secared
, near the Bull Inn„ 14111111)LIMI. Mr. Pain
' strived in safety soon afterwarda, in company witk
,Me Sidford. _

MITIOHDTRLY PATIPII.-0e Friday hat • men. MINA
James Andreas, was brought up at the magistrates'
clerk's office, before J. C,other, Esq., charged with
tearing his clothes, at the Union Workhouse. Mas
charged iris fully provrd, and the prisoner wad
sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment.
Ton SALINBCIT Titanium ficsoot.—The results ef
the last Christmas examination of the students in this
Institution have just been received from the Connell-
Aire. They are as satisfactory as usual, the ammo
be.ng higher. The numbers in the several dams east
of second.yvar pupils :--Seven in the first clue; 30 is
the teeend ; and s•ven in the third of fir.4-Ye&" MAK
five in the first class, 24 in the second, and toe in the
third.

—Dowrrow.—WooL Situ's°. —At the
trates' clerk's office on Saturday last, beforsmat.
Pinckney, Esq., James Knight, • hawker, was b
up on remand, charged with stealing 4.51 be. of worer,C
property of Mr. J. Wescombe, fellmonger, of Downie%
on the night of the 25th of February hot. The ease
was proved by the prosecutor, and Sergeant Obey, who
has been mainly instrumental in bringing the prisoner
to jnstice. He was committed to take his trial at the
ensuing sown.
WARM INSTILL —TexCeinaltes Hsu- —On Tusedny
evening last, Mr. James Eddygent to the Watt a
England Temperance League, his first visit to this
town, and delivered a lecture the Temperance Hall.
There was an unusually good attendance, and the
striking light to which the truths of total abstinence
relriedut, and the fervid eloquence of the speaker. well
those who were present. The chair was occupied
by Mr. Llewellyn. Several •ddithins to the member-
ship of the society were made at the close.
Aurae AU 11. —One GA the most interesting lectures it
this session was delivered on Tuesday evening, by theßev. S. S. Pugh, of Devises. me alibied=
1 Dreams end Drosmieg." The rev, gentleman
dreams under three heads, vie., Isl. Dreams exiling
from imagination acting on the memory. 2nd. Imeglee.
tion acted on during imperfect oonscionanem. Sad.
Pr, phetic, Ominous, or Supernatural Dream
Instances of the third clam were of mnels rarer
occurrence than those belonging to the other two. at
could not pretend to explain the cause of this else it
dreams, but might not souls have intercourse with
each other whilst the body was in a state of tumam•
sciousnem. The rev, lecturer concluded by glancing 66
oise or two of the uses of dreams ; in some oases
were useful as • stimuli's to the imagination', but aws
by •IN, test uses was the moral discipline winch they
esrted. Thought was Dever totally erediested fres&
the memory, although it may be dormant, and, at some
futare flaw, 11141011,1 would in dreams, or other,* be
brought up before the mind.
AIIIII3BURY.—Dr. Thomas Lloyd Fowls (the sos it
the Rev. Prebendary Fowls, of this town) had the
honour of attending at Ilarlborough-honao, on Tama,,
to present II .EL /1. the Frio*, of Wales a Dedinatissi
Volume of "Parochial Anthems by time Cathwirali
Consumers of DM."
ESO.LPL-011 i'
evening the Rey. PrebendarL,Chenssid 01l e Jods=
narrow mops of 'sissy, if D of Ids /Rm
After the teeters wriedil°relbad delivend that ovoid.'
at Salisbury, be got into the 27 wldth=tehhtel
from Wilton, and had Nero* eseeed
the hone hacked. and overbused the rebid. oaths
pavement doss to this doer of the Assassidproamm.
Tbe rev gentleman ertaioated himself is quiskly an
possible by getting out of the window, whisk was
mask &ail wet providentially escaped his Wank
although be was in great dew of having his lag
broken. Another Ay was speedily obtaisted, had the
rev. gentlemen wee trim lase to Wibell.

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