The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-10-18 00:00:00

YEOVIL

The following graphic and amusing memorial was
read at the mooting of the Town Council, on Mon-
day : To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commoa
Council of the Boronyli of Yeovil. Gentlemen,—
We the undersigned, beg most respectfully to call
your attention to the defective and offensive state of
the drains and gully-holes, at the east end of the
town, and we would suggest that there mouths be
trapped, for at certain Unica they belch out disgust-
ing and poisonous effluvia. Then again there is
that muddy. pitchy, StYgian stream which flows
beside the gas-house, offensively and indelicately ex-
posing its quaggy and putrescent matter to the evil-
generating influences of that warm locality. The
rate-payers residing near this malaria factory find
that their meat becomes quickly tainted; their but-
ter and milk turn rancid and sour; while, in passing
this part of the greatest thoroughfare of the town,
aristocratic and thin-skinned mares snort and rush
off at a fearful speed, and even the sensible omnibus
horses gallop past at a speed dangerous to the lives
and limbs of the inhabitants, the drivers declaring
that they can scarcely control the sensible brutes.
We, therefore, as dutiful rate-payers, solicit that you
will close up and brick in this malaria factory, and
thus remove a cause of just scandal to the Corpora-
tion sad inhabitants of this loyal and rapidly flair°.
ving town. The memorial was signed by the nee.
J. Langdon, Rev. J. D. Moe, Mess. 1:. kinfram,

R. Kennedy, C. Raymond, and many other rasped-
able inhabitants. Mx. Mill iret:tuced in what way
was the word mane spelt I The Town Clerk:
(Much laughter). It was thought that,
as the new Railway station will be erected in the
locality referred to, the matter had better be poet.
poned for the present, which was therefore agreed to.

THE GREAT EASTCHN.—A telegram from Mr. H.
Berkeley, M.P., one of the directors of the Great
Skip Company, was received on Thursday evening
by Mr. 'William Patterson, of Bristol, the builder oT
the Great Western, Great Britain, Royal Charter,
and other celebrated ocean steamers, requesting that
gentleman to visit Holyhead and survey the Great
&Mara. It is presumed that Mr. Patterson's in.
spection will be made in conjunction with the repre-
sentatives of the Board of Trade. Mr. Patteasou
left Bristol for Holyhead on Friday afternoon.

WEIS SOMME= RUMS CORPS.—These has not
been wanting active efforts to establish volunteer rills
corps in the various towns and villages of West
Somerset, but as yet the outcome is comparatively
meagre. At Taunton the movement has produced
one or two public meetings and a few volunteers,
without arriving at any sucoessful issue. in Wel-
lington between 20 and 30 persons have enrolled
their names, and the formation of a sub-company ia
certain. A meeting to establish a corps in .Bridg-
water failed; but an attempt to set on foot a rife
club Was made last week, with every chance of
success, some 30 gentlemen having given in their
names at once. It is intended to provide guns for
the use of the club by subscription, and to fix the
yearly contribution of members at SO email an
amount that all classes may be able to join. A club
of some 100 or 150 men will probably be the result.
Inhabitants of Bridgwater and the neighbourhood
who prefer joining a corps are enabled to do so, Mr.
B. C. Greenhill, of the adjacent village of Purace,
1 having determined on organizing a Somerset Polden-
bill Volunteer Ride Corps. Some years ago Mr.
Greenhill railed a troop of yeomanry, and he has
entered into this ride corps movement with much
energy. He will equip live voluntera, providing a
practising ground, and attend to other matters for
the comfort and encouragement of volunteers. For
the same corps Mr. John Browne, of Bridgwater.
and Mr. IL Westropp, the defeated Conservative
candidate at the last election, will equip five men
each, and other geutlernen have promised aid to a
smaller extent. About 30 men have signified their
desire to join, and a meeting for enrolment will be
held next Saturday. The movement has been in-
jured in the villages in consequence of an injudicious
attack on the Yeomanry Cavalry by Sir Alexander
Hood, M.P., at the late County Rifle Corps meeting
held at Taunton. Sir Alexander Hood and Sir P.
P. F. T. Acland have attended meetings to promote
the establishment of corps at Minehead, Williton
Watehet, StogutseV, and Nether Stowey. At Wet!
chet and Stogursey 15 men volunteered, but at the
other places little has yet been done in furtherance
of the scheme. The yeomanry especially hold aloof
from the movement, Sir A. Hood's ill-tuned speech
having created a jealousy in their minds towards it
and an impression that the rifle corps are to rival
and depreciate the county cavalry regiment, to
which they are partiaL The West Somerset Regi-
ment of Yeomanry has received within the Lit few
weeks a goodly number of recruits, and most of the
troops have more men than they require. Lord
Portusan (the colonel? is about to furnish the regi-
ment with new clothing, and the farmers appear to
take= increased pride in their favourite corps aim
it has been inconsiderately attacked.