The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-09-11 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1866.

uncertain crowns, and more uneasy heads
to wear them, than even the Crown of
Greece, King George (Prince William of
Denmark, when we knew him one memorable
10th of March not long gone bye) was
sufficiently popular when amongst us. The
people of Greece have all along had a
strange hankering after an English sove-
reign—witness the offer of their crown to
our Prince Alfred. And it is more than
probable that, politically, they may be right
in their inclinations towards us, seeing that
the Greek possessions of Turkey are once
more reputed to be on the eve of passing
away from the "Sick Man," and England
and her Mediterranean fleet may more than
likely be held to have a predominant voice
in settling to whom they shall be handed
over. With Candia absolutely in a state
of insurrection, and Turkey scarcely able
to hold her own at home, let alone in the
islands of the Archipelago, there might be
an augmentation of the Kingdom of Greece,
which will one day render her much more
considerable as a European power. But
whether in that case an intermarriage with
the crown would become more eligible than
its direct acquisition by a prince of the
blood appeared to be a few years ago, the
altered state of things in central Europe and
the limitation of the choice of husbands from
the recent fall of dynasties in Germany,
alone perchance can answer. At all events,
the addition to the bit of Court gossip
on which we have just been commenting,
of the statement that Mr. Gladstone who,
since his recent appearance in Salisbury,
has gone or is going to Rome, is to extend
his visit to Athens with a view to ascertain
the young king's prospects and " intentions, "
gives it the air of a canard. The same may
also undoubtedly be said of an alleged
"purpose of marriage" between the Prince
Imperial (aged eleven) and the eldest
daughter of the Crown Prince and Princess
of Prussia (aged seven).

ONLY HAS A NEW ATLANTIC
CABLE been laid but an old one caught, and
as far as we yet know restored to life and
energy, and "made to speak." A good deal
of needless ridicule has been heaped upon
Captain Maury for venturing to predict that
this could never be done; but with exception
of the engineers by whom it has been success-
fully effected, is there a man amongst us who
really ever expected it? If so, the feat per-
formed is immensely detracted from. That
a new cable might be laid successfully we
were well prepared to expeA, from the dire
experience gained in past disasters, and the
consequent precautions adopted in strengthen-
ing and regulating the apparatus. ITn-
doubtedly it was from the study of the means
and appliances necessary to overcome pre-
vious -defects that the engineers of this
undertaking became inspired with the con-
ception of possibly recovering the former
wire. Nor is it at all marvellous that one
imbued with such a reverence for ocean
currents and depths as Captain Maury
should have shut his mind to all, save these
convictions—that the currents would inevit-
ably carry away the apparatus, and that the
cable could never be grappled, being "utterly
lost in the mud." What were the facts ?
The apparatus, though dexterously applied
in such a way as to secure the grappling in
the end, was really not without its repeated
failures, and eventually as many as one
hundred and sixty miles of cable absolutely
caught had to be under-run and abandoned
to insure success. As for "the mud," (Ad,
o believe, was a mistake; and down in the
Placid ocean-depths where the cable reposes,
there are nothing but shells as delicate as
infusoria coating the cable, and showing that
if there be even that "pressure" which is
said to have only consolidated the wire and
improved its "conductivity," there is
certainly no disturbance. In the wurda of
J. (I. Percival, the American poet :

"The door is of sand like the mountain drift,
And the pearbshells spangle thn Minty snow ;
From the coral rocks the sea [dent, lilt
Their boughs where the tides and billows low;f
The water in calm and still below,
For the einds and waves are absent there,
And the sands are bright as the stars that glow
In the motionless fields of upper air.

"
And life in rare and beautiful forms
Is sporting amid them bowers of stone,
And is safe when the wrathful spirit of storms
!las mule the top of the waves his own."
Safely then repose both cables! We should
be afraid to repeat, even on the authority of
the Times, the alleged income of the year
from the working even of a single trans-
atlantic telegraph line; the sum seems
fabulous; and, of course, we cannot assume
that it will be doubled. But there will arise
a very curious and very serious salvage
question for the owners of the Great Eastern,
who have recovered this famous waif of the
sea to make the most of.

111.—Mn. ROVACI IL AND MN. 0 LADSTONZ
have both been snaking political capital during
the week, and to a certain extent have been
pitted against each other—the ono at Sheffield
and the other at Salisbury. When a man like
Mr. Roebuck, with whom we, down south, are
now annually getting fiuniliarised, by his fre-
quenting our favourite watering place of
Swann.), has been residing a month with the
chief cutler at Sheffield, and finds his health im-
proved by the process, it is pretty clear he must
also find his wits considerably sharpened for the
occasion of "the forfeit feast." Just to with
Mr. Roebuck. Ho sees through, and what is
sharper, cuts through everybody; he even sees
and cuts through Mr. Gladstone. He judges, as
many people do, that Mr. Gladstone is "far too
clever ;'' tells exactly how he upsets the coach;
and whilst generously extending a fair promise
of giving no factious opposition, but a fair trial
to the party presently in power, he predicts an
approaching political millennium in which
"Church-rates" and the "Universities," party
words, are to be submerged along with Lords
Derby and Russell, party names, and the lion is
to lie down with the lamb, and a strong ministry
to be formed to maintain tho power of EnJand
and make her "loved at home, revered
abroad l" Strange that so aged and experienced
an enthusiast as this last lingering disciple of
poor old Jeremy Bentham should lapse into the
dream of an impossible Utopia. England could
not be governed without the aid of party. Check
and countercheck ; free antagonism ; a fair stage
and no favour, and let the struggle go on;
it is manly, it is honest, open and free ;
but farewell to our liberties whenever as
Englishmen we feel that we have notning
to complain of. Let us listen, however, to
Mr. Gladstone. Surely he gives a different
account of himself? If it were nothing else,
that man who could speak at Salisbury of forty
years' friendship for our excellent Bishop, and
talk of Sydney Lord Herbert as his friend and
as "a man framed in the prodigality of nature,"
need say no more to command attention and re-
spect. Bid Mr. Gladstone's was a political
speech, and its burlesque arose from its having
been addressed therefore to that Mr. Stokes,
who, in the capacity of Mayor, figured so brill-
iantly on the occasion of the recent honour of a
visit to the city by the Bath and West of
England Society. His address, in fact, has the
aspect of a Queen's speech in a modern volume
of James Smith's " jected Addresses ; " for
he commences curiously enough with (congratula-
tions on the prosperity of the country,. in the
same breath in which he is found admitting that '
"the pressure upon the interests that are imme-
diately connected with the use of capital, has
(luring the last three months gone beyond former
preudent !" On the subject of Reform his
words are menacing. The failure has been at-
tributed to him, and he pettishly vows in cue of
having another chance " to avoid half-hearted
modes of speech and action." In other words,
and vulgar,—Mr. Gladstone, we presume, means
"to go the whole hog" next time. The per-
sonal tribute paid to two citizens of Salisbury,
Professor Fawcett, m.r to
. for Brighton, and Mr.
Lambert, the Statistician of the late Reform in-
quiries, was curiously enforced by • third,
superadded by the meeting, to one quite as well
known in the neighbourhood, and pommeled of
as just a title to Mr. Gladstone's notice—Mr.
11. Denby Seymour, ii. r. for Poole. But the
moral of the entire address need hardly be mai-
taken—it was and is • call to agitate for Reform
on the "pure and simple" principle. of John

Bright—the pretence which has no existence in
reality—but which in the face of Yarmouth,
Reigate. Lancaster, and Totnes revelations, some
are seeking to create—that "separate classes
acting in separate capacities are causing separa-
tion between the working classes and other
portions of this community." Why this is a
dream more delusive than the other I We know
what Mr. Roebuck must have meant after
dinner; but what on earth could Mr. Gladstone
mean before it

compenies charge that pay a dividend of 15 per met, I
and mcasaging borough property to the imteot of 22,500
at 6 Pecieet. iateriat,to say you must not use the water
for your 10 feet square patch of ground.
Rzcoerrino• BERVICE:6-0o Monday se'nnight •
public tea meeting was held at the Wesleyan chapel,
it which about 60 mat down for the purpose of
w°lo,ololg the newly appointed minieters to the
circuit. After tea a public meeting took plies, when
the chapel was well filled, and appropriate addresses
were &livered by the circuit ministers—the Rev. J.
Jones and the Rev. S. Simons, and Messrs. Rush,
Adams, and Crocker. The chair was taken by Mr.
1"- RIM. of Chiselborue, and the proceeds of the
tea and inflection at the close of the public mooting
were devoted to the building fund of Broadmayne
chapel, la connection with the denomination.

tho Maym,
Tugdangerous state of the road from the Junction
Hold to the Great Western railway station, in conse-
quence of the absence of public lamps. was again
brought to the notice of the Council on Monday by
and he related bow .01110 poor fellow
wheeling a barrow along the rood at night had
been completely upset by the 'bus and ho
life endrogored threat& it. It seems the Town
Clerk has written to the Great Western Railway C .m.
Pao, to ask them to contribute towards the expenses of
the lighting. but, practically, they refuse to do so.
The South Western company entirely light the road
leading to their station. As about three lamps would
give the necomary illumination, and there is a main
along the road the expenses would be but trilling, and
it is surely not worth while for the lives of our towns-
folk to be constantly endangered because the Great
Western Company refuse anything towards the
expense.
" -

IRISH Wilms& —Sermons were preached on
Sunday at Holy Trinity, East Fordington, and
West Fordington churches on behalf of the Irish
Society (London). We learn that the society
employs 11 missionary clergymen, 22 school
inspectors, 40 scripture readers, and has • large
number of schools in various parts of Deland, in
which between 12,000 and 13,000 pupils are taught
to read the scriptures in their native tongue, this
teaching to read God's word in their own language is
the mode by which the society mainly seeks to pro-
mote christianity amongst the Irish. Its annual
income is about £5,500, and of this sum last year
Dorchester and Fordington contributed £l7 ss. sd.
The society has been in operation for 44 years, and
as evidence of its successful working, it is stated
that not • single person has been oonvioted of
Fenianissn in the pieces where ite missions are
established. At Holy Trinity £4 14e. 9.1. was
collected; at East Fordington £2 Si. 0.1. ; and at
West Fordington £1 17a 10d. On Monday evenin g
* meeting was held at the Townhall, when the Rev.
Mr. Harris, the deputation, spoke concerning the
objects, working, and results of the society's mission

Barns? Miesiona.—The claims of the Baptist
Foreign Missionary Society were advocated by
upward sermons at the Baptist Chapel on Sunday,
morning and evening. That in the morning was
preached by the Rev. R. Robinson, for many years
• missionary in connestion with the society at
Dacca, in India. The rev, gentleman took for his
text, Luke :v., 31-32, and in the course of his
remark. showed that the condition of the heathen
world was aptly pourtrayed by that of the prodigal,
"lost and dead,' and in eloquent strains, illustrated
by numerous touching illustrations, proved that by
the preaching of the gospel, and through the
exertions of miseionary effort • great change had
been effected upon tbe minds of the Hindoos in
India, so that the most intelligent amongst them
admitted that the days of Hindooism were num-
bered; and that, in fact, of many it might be said
they were coming to themselves, and that though
they were lost they might now be said to be found,
and though they were dead they might now be said
to be alive again. The sermon in the evening was
preached by the Rev. T. Bid, R. L., of Weymouth.
Collections, which were liberally responded to, were
made at the close of each service.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL V. COUNTY SCHOOL. —The
return match between these two schools was played
on the Kingston Park ground on Wednesday, the
sth inst., and resulted in an easy victory for the
Grammar School, who defeated their opponents in
one innings. H. Brown and C. Eamon handled the
willow well for the Grammar School, and If. Brown
and H. Hooey showed themselves to be no novices
with the leather. George only succeeded in obtain-
ing • double figure for the county. Subjoined is the
score—

GRAMMAR &Hoot,.
Taylor, b Adoock
Eamon, b Adcock l6
H. Hussey, csudbA4oná 1
Borate, b Paramore 0
H. Brown, not out
T. Hulsey, c George b Paramore ...... 4
Belmont, b Paraumre 9
DIII6II, b Pontoons
E. Way, run out ....
F. Brown, b Panmore..
W. Mush, b Paramore
8y.., he.

25

Total
Commit ScHoot..

2nn Immo&
Wells, bH. Hussey 1 bH. Hassey ...... 0
George, bH. Brown 0 inn out .27
Paratnore, ran out 2 b 11. Brown
Adcock, b 11. Hussey
Steele, o Taylor, bH. Brown 2 b li. Homey 0
Welshman, eH. Brown, bH. oT. Hussey, b H
Hussey
. . Brown 8

Edwardir, bH. Brows ...... ...... 1 roa oat
Tasker. a and b H. Hooey ...... 2 bB. Hussy
Jones. b 11. Hussy
Debunotte, a Taylor, b Brown 1 sot out
Scutt. nut out 0 bB. Hoary ...... 3
Byes, ka. 13 Byes, be.

Total 30 Total 48
BOROUGH PITTY SIMONS, Monday.—Before J.
F. Aldridge, Eel., (Mayor,) and J. Bishop, Req.—
Samuel Coleman, of Broadmayne, was summoned for
leaving • waggon at Fordington-cross, thereby cans.
iog an obstruction in the highway, on the 25th
inst. —Defendant hoped his honour would look over
it as light al possible, and be would mend his
manners--Fined 10s. and costa.—Defendant said
that would shake • sovereign.—Thomas Foroe was
summoned by Robert Brown, a blinchnan, for
assault. —Brown was lodging at the Three Compasses. ,
—On the 2.5 th he waa in the marketlilaoe when '
Force struck him and caught him by the neck.—
ifDeonrefienudwandAningtonitedilistmdtFuraarbthinkegassWFL:Fllbendilwgie"."o76lnnEeq.l.ni,o6dhc.
stanbrt ilienohguitingnidhigthathnihsewefwmdEtlddbbeyooi Ivir.esnot:Thgir servantsatahteerithn evening ega' in"ordbf,"Wc and epTheircoteday
a little after eight o'clock. He heard the beU wire
move, opened the door, and saw defendant at the
bell handle. Witness caught him, when Whitcornhe
begged his pardon and then said he hadn't done it.
The charge was not proceed, and the lad is
to appear when called upon for judgment.—
Selina Gale was summoned by Mary Norris for an
assault.— On Monday evening, between 7 and 8
o'clock, complainant's boy was playing out in the
street near her house, and Selina Gale said if her boy
played with Bob Bevis (the name of complainant's
child is Knownley) or any boy like him she
would break his back. Gale then went in her house
and made use of most disgusting language—Mr.
Weston without making any erces.exam ination urged
that there was no caw of assault, and it was dlr.
missed. —Jeinima Richards *ea eummoeed by
Harriet White for an assault. —This was • Fording. ,
ton brawl, which nee out of the issuing of a county
court warrant on complainant's goods for 4s. s.l—and
while withal'ss who were wiled on behalf of the
complainant positively stated that defendants were
the offending party, witnewes for the defence swore
that Mary Garland and Jemima Richards were the
persona aggrieved. The Bench dismissed the case.,
each party paying their own costa.—Richard
Dyke was summoned for using language tending to
provoke • breach of the paw towards P.S.
Coesins.—Defendant phaded luilty, and was
fined Cl, including costa and allowed& week to pay.
COUNTY COURT, Tuenday.—The only cense of any
interest which came before the judge, E. Everett,
Esq., was • dispute between landlord and tenant.
Mr. Henry Barnes, architect and surveyor, of this
town, sought to recover from Mr. James Yearsley,
formerly landlord of the Antelope Hotel, Dorchester,
but now of the Burdon Hotel, Weymouth, the sum
of £3O Si. 11d., amount of dilapidation/ which had
arisen to certain brew house premiae*aituated in the
yard of the Antelope Hotel, taken under a certain
agreement, while in plaintiff's occupancy. Mr. G.
J. Andrews for plaintiff, and Mr. Howard for de-
fendant. The washed been adjourned several times.
When it first came on for hearing, Mr. Howard
objected that the t was insufficiently
stamped, and it was agreement
for application to be
made to the Stamp Office. Several courts intervened
by consent, and to-day, Mr. Andrew. said he was
informed by the authorities of the Stamp Office, that
the document was properly stamped. Mr. Howard
objected that action weld not be brought upon the
agreement, as being a seven years' leas, it was
required by the 8 and 9 Viet., a. 106, sea 3,
to be under seal, which it was not. His Honour
ruled that he could amend the plaint by
adding another court, and the case proceeded.
It seemed that the defendant having occupied the
brewbouse in question for many years at a rents/ of
£l5 • year, on the 25th March, 1658, entered into
an agreement with the plaintiff to lease the same
p for seven year. at £l2 a year, defendant remises
undertaking to keep them in tenantable repair and
leave them in that condition. At that time, aCoord-
ins to plaintiff, the brewhunse was in fair repair,
with the exception of three or four joists, which
were decayed, and the floor consisted of Ili in. dad,
but it seemed that it was not • complete floor, for
plaintiff, when closely pressed on the subject, would
only swear that two-fifths of it was then covered. It
was repaired in 1859, and he always repaired
the roof when defendant Galled on him to do
so. On the expiration of the lease, March 25,
1865, the premises were transferred by Mr. Yearsley
with the consent of Mr. Barnes, to the Antelope
Hotel Company. About that time plaintiff wrote
to defendant lashing for & meeting that they might
see what dilapidation, bad taken Warw. Mr.
Yeanley did not attend, and plaintiff with •
carpenter examined the premises and found that
the floor end joists underneath the coolers
were decoyed, by, lirs wmpute, the ladmip ft=

them, and the north wall was undermined by
the overflow from a chute defendant had put up.
On the sth September a sale of the brewing plants
took place, and in the month following, when
plaintiff visited the premises, be found bat a small
portion of the floor remaining. His estimate of the
dilapidations was the amount claimed, and
in that awn he reckoned for • whole floor,
though :it was not complete when defendant
entered upon the lease, but he thought that could
be adjusted by arrangement. However, he could
get no settlement, and, therefore, brought this
action.—The defence was that the premises were
desperately out of repair when defendant imtered
upon the lease, that the damage to the wall was
occasioned by plaintiff's own neglect in not providing
: means for carrying off the water, and, as to the floor,
that was decayed by process of time, and not b
leakage from defendant's cooler, as it had been used
in brewing during February, 1665, and touching
the removal of the floor in September, defendant was
not liable for that, as then his tenancy bad expired.
—His Honour said the evidence require I a good deal
of sifting, and be would give judgment the next
court. —Bankruptcy Samuel Clerk, watchmaker,
ac., High West-street, Dorchester, a bankrupt,
again came up for his order of discharge supported
by Mr. Weston. As the bankrupt was not prepared
to make any arrangement for hereafter providing
such a sum of money se should give • fair dividend
to his creditor. under the bankruptcy, His Honour
again adjourned the application till the next court,
in order that bankrupt might be prepared with IMMO
offer.

DORCHESTER TOWN COUNCIL

A meeting of the Corporation took plebs yesterday.
Present: The Mayor (Dr. Aldridge), Councillor.'
Bishop, Steele, Slade, Vernon, Bennett, Frond, and
Grsgory.

PROPOS= SCHOOL OF ART.

A letter was read from the Rev. B. L. Watson, on
the part of a committee of gentlemen of the town,
who are seeking to establish • school of art in Dor.
cheater, pointing out the difficulty they had in
obtaining a building suitable for the purpose, and
asking the Council to place at their disposal lots 55
and 57 of the Wollaston field estate, on which to
erect a school of art. kir. Wats= stated that
Government would give 29. 6d. per superficial foot
towards erecting a building to be devoted solely to
science and art.

In answer to a question, the Towx Ccalic said,
the Council could grant a lease of Bic land to
trinities, or themselves make a declaration of de-
voting it toe School of Art, but it would have to
be dons by deed, and be approved by the Lords of
the Treasury.
Mr. GREGORY said if the building covered the
ground asked for, the Government grant at 25. 61.
per foot would be £412.
The MAYOR related the history of the movement,
explaining that it was originated by Mr. Campbell,
the master of the Bridport School of Art, detailing
the elbrta made by the committee to Sod a suit-
able room in the town but without success, and
that then a member of the Council suggested the
Wollaston field estate as containing a suitabla site,
and he thought that at any rate the Council would
grant that on the same terms as they leased the
land to other parties. The building must be appro-
priated for all time as a school of art, and must be of
a certain size, and lighted from the top. He
rather feared that Government would not grant
the aid spoken of unless they had the fee of the land.
Mr. S ZRSON said the Council were not in a
position to grant land in fee.
The Towx Ct.riiir said they could sell the foe,
but then they would lose all control over it; or, they
might grant a lease for 99 years or any other term
for a School of Art, so that if in course of time it was
not used for that purpoee, it would revert to the ,
Council.

Mr. BISHOP thought the Council could not be
charged with being too forward in supporting
literary and scientific objects in Dorchester, or any
objects for the intellectual improvement of the
people. They were now asked to support an inatitu.
lion which would be of great benefit to the inhabit.
ante of the town both now and hereafter, and he
proposed that the Council desired to further the
project in every way they could, and appointed the
Mayor, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Slade, and Mr. Galpin to
meet the committee with a view to ascertaining
what steps were desirable to be taken in order to
procure a lease of a portion of the Wollaston field
iodate for a School of Art.

Mr. PROUD seconded the motion, and it was
carried.

XL ZNSOR'S Ariktits.

The MAYOR said the oommittae had met and
discussed the matters in dispute between Mr. J. T.
Enter and the Council, when they unanimously
agreed to postpone the question for the present.
Mr. VERNON proposed that the Town Clerk be
instructed to represent the Council at the Exeter
Bankruptcy Court, in the matter of Mr. J. T.
Eames bankruptcy. Ile thought that would be the
beet and quickest way of ascertaining whether or
not Mr. Fmsor had dealt with the lease of the
repository field by • mortgage involving a forfeiture
of the lease.
Mr. Batman' seconded the motion.

The MAYOR, Mr. BISHOP, and Mr. SL•DS thought
this oouree unnecessary at the first meeting, and,
further, that as the Town Clerk was not to prove a
debt, he would not be in a position to question the
bankrupt on the point respeeting which they required
information.

Mr. Fuouri thought they should take the earliest
oprrtunity of getting the information they needed.
The Towa CLICK said that to-morrow (Tuesday)
he should not be in a position to ask any question
on behalf of the Council, but if be proved a debt for
any other creditor he could ask what question be
liked. .

Mr. SLADE : Thal ahem the case if you are going
down for anybody elae—(laughter).
Mr. SYMONDS : I don't say I am going for some-
body else—l am not at all sure that I am, but if I
did you would not expect me to hear anything
except for the benefit of the person instructing me,
should you?
Mr. SLADE said he should not unless he paid him.
Mr. Aximisers said be did not see that at present
the Council had any LOCIII *lanai in the matter.
The Tow( Ctiax said if they ascertained what
amount was due from Mr. Ensor for toile, end in-
structed him to make an affidavit respecting it, he
apprehended the Council would have • loons +toed'.
Mr. Vsaiox thought that before the 7 book any
steps in the matter, they ought to get all information
in their power.
Mr. ANDREWS Wee quite of that opinion.
The motion was read' when
Mr. ANDREWS said the COOlleil Were DOI in
position to do anything in the matter became there
was DO report.
The Town Ctsan said they could, become it wash
quarterly meeting.
Mr. ANDREWS 'eked for what purpose the Town
Clerk was to go to Use Bankruptcy Court.
Mr. VERNON : To look after the interest of the
Council.
Mr. Aenerws said they had heard from the Town
Clerk that the Council bad no locus deed, before
the commissioner at Exeter, and therefore, he oonld
not put a single question as to the matter on which
they required information, so that if be went to
morrow it would be to no purpose. He wished
them to fully understand their position, and
not to make laughing docks of themselves.
The examination on Tuesday would undoubtedly
be adjourned, and at the subsequent meeting they
would have the benefit of anything that transpired
then, and mightinstruct the Tovrn Clerk to be present
at the examination with something like a little effect.
Mr. Vtason said he was the more confirmed by
what Mr. Andrews said of the neomeity of the Town
Clerk being preeent at the first examination; if hie
going there would be no use, Mr. Andrews would
not have trosbled himself about it. They all knew
pretty well the interest Mr. Andrews had taken in
the affair.
Mr. FROUD said It is quite certain that Mr.
Andrews had thrown every obstacle possible in the
way of the Council proceeding in this affair, which
bethought yam a circumstance very much to be I
rewetted.
Me. ANDREWS (rising) : I beg to say this, that
I will not stay in this room when persons make such
charges as they do against me—persona who are
entirely beneath my notice. (Mr. Andrews left the
room saying the Council could not do anything at
that meeting in the matter).
Mr. FROVD reiterated that no person had thrown
the obstacles in their way Mr. Andrew. had done,
and he said he was very glad that he be had said it
before him and not in his absence.
The MLYOR said he agreed with Mr. Andrews in
to not sending any one to represent the Council till
the second meeting.
Mr. Vinson asked if the Council had been willing
to follow Mr. Andrews' advice before?
The Mayon said he expressed his opinion to that
effect at the outset. _ .

Mr. firszcz asked if the Council would lose any.
thing by not being represented at the Court on
Tuesday.
The TOWN CLZ/L1 said he apprehended not.
The MAYOR said it there was the slightest doubt
about the matter he believed there would not be two
opinions as to the advisability of Mr. Symonds at-
tending.
Mr.-Vsauros hoped the Town Clerk would not be
sent down when it wee too late
In answer to • queution, the Tows CLisla said
the businem on Teasley would be principally pro
forma—to receive proof of debts and appoint a trade
assignee. Bat he pointed out that the assignee,
rioted to represent the creditors, would Oa
represent the Council, for they were
creditors and something more. If the mortgage on
the repository ground was good, the body of
creditors would get its Tales lass the mortgage, bet
if it WM II mortgage involving a forfeiture of the
lease then the laid mune to the Council, and the
mortgagee became a creditor for £l5OO.
Mr. VERNON mid as the ;mounts were to be pro.
deiced to•morrow, he supposed Mr. Lacey, the
mortgages, would prove hia.
The -Tows emit mid it did not follow. lie
might rely on hie mortgage, and my I shall not
grove at ill bemuse I bald security; but Mr.

Ensor's accounts must show his liabilities, including
the mortgage, still that might be pet in gingerly as
'a mortgage of C• 500," which would not be what
they required to know.
On .division, Messrs. Vernon, Bennett and Frond
voted for the motion, Messrs. Bishop, Steels, and
Slade against it, and Mr. Gregory remained neutraL
The Mayor gave his casting vote against the motion,
and it was lost.