The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-06-18 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL

A mooting of the Council was held on Wednesday.
The members present were: The Mayor, Aldermsn
Derenish, Ayling, and Bower ; Councillors
Thomas, Haggett, Beztlett, Thompson, Goncher,
Rolorts, Hibbs, H. Derenish, Joseph Tisard,
Howard, John Tiranl, Luce, Bawling, Harper, and
Hare.

Before the commencement of the usual basin,
Mr. Alderman Bowan rose and said, that that being
the firat meeting since his eloction to the office of
Alderman, be took the opportunity of sincerely
thanking the Corporation for their kindness in con.
(erring upon him the honour to fill the office so long
and worthily filled by the late Alderman Hancock.
In taking • retrospect of the peat he found that be
had been, with only a abort interval occasioned by
non-residence, a public servant for upwards of half
a century. He was in harness as 90441 as he wan
allowed to be by law, and although he might justly
claim rest now, be was wiUing to give his time and
talents to the public, irrespective of party feeling.
(Cheers.) .

Mr. Alderman DRVlr.Nilia said that seeing the
Treasurer in hts place, be wished to call on him to
correct a statement which he made in the SoliMemo
Timers after the last wetting. He there etated that he
was asked by the Council to relieve them of their
difficulties. Now it was n." such thing. lie himself
wan imp the chair, and what he asked the treasurer was,
' If they a rote out • check for the £407 10s., would he
cash it?' Ile 'mentioned this as ho was sure the
treasurer would rectify the error he had mede.—The
Treasurer said that he was explaining, as his duty was,
the position of the Council, and how they might
iinprove the harbour funda—Mr. Levet-Hen legged the
Treasurer's pardou. It was not his duty to tell them
their duty.—Mr. Coucute said be had to complain of
the statement of the Treasurer in that letter, in sayinA
that the Council was an arena of strife.—Mr. DLY1211•11
nap!, that what took place was, they asked if the
Treasurer would pay the amount if they wrote • cheek,
and lie refused.--The Treasurer rose to esplaiu, hut we
were unable to hear what he etated.—Mr. JUUN Tta \RD
said it wee very desirable that the treasurer should let
them have • balanced statement of accounts
every quarter, in the same way as they
did at the board of euar.lians. They now never knew
how their funds stood.—Mr. Devgatistt said the tree
-
surer should not mislead the public.--Mrs TIZAMD said
that their ordering that monies should be taken from
one fund to pay the debts due on another fund, was •
breach of treat, and he only hoped that the pmpoier and
',wonder of the propo.ition teat meeting would be called
upon to pay the ainousit out of their own pockets.—
Mr. Devesism weld uot aiso that it Ins •ny broach of
trust •v.iafever.—Mr. C'oucittn said that Mr. Tired
saw the proposition wason the notice paper, and be might
have been present and opposed the motion.—Mr.
DISTILNIBII said it wan • syeteuitheyadoptedin Mice's cilia •
rity, and it answered very well.—Tbe TIEINURNR, in
reply to a question put to him, said that the whole
of Die liabilities on the several funds of the borough was
upwards of £2,000.
The MATOI mad a letter from the Clerk of the whit-
tices of the Dorchester Division of the county, offering
to ask the nest quarter Serious for EIO • year for the
use of the Weymouth Townhall for petty sessional put.-
poses.—The Council agreed to accept the offer.
Messrs. Hibbs, Haggett, Thompson, Weleford, How-
ard, awl the Mayor were appointed a conunittee to
who-n should be referred the question of the level of
the road at Waterloo Crescent.

Mr. DARLING complanied that the reports of the Com-
mitteesof the several trite were never read, laid on
the table, nor acted upon by the general meetings.—
Mr. DRVINISH salted if the committees appointed last
November, had met since their appointment. Mr.
THOMAS said they had once.—lt was egreed that the
reports of the several committees should be laid before
the general lady of the Council.
Mr. ROBERTS said that it had become imperative that
• pier-muter should be appointed to carry out this pier
regulations in connection with HA steamers. He pro-
posed that the Harbour Master should be appointed to
the office at I whirlof £2O per annum.—Mr. J. TIZARD
said that the pile pier funds would not alfard such •
salary, and he, with Ileum Joseph Timed and Howard
thought £lO only should be given for the first year, at
all create. After some chaetumion, RIO was
substituted for £lO.
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Mr. Ayhug missed the adoption of • new table of
tolls ia lieu of the present charges am harbour dues.
The treaserer bed a balance in hand from some trate,
and notwithstanding Mr. Tizard'e law to the contrary,
he could not see what objection there could be for
borrowing in an emergency from one fund to pay the
debts of another. Mr. Thud had mid he would like
to see the mover and eseeeder of the resolution pawed
at the last meeting have to pay the 1:407 10.. out of
their own pockets. He coalmenl he had no desire inch
should be the ease, and, to Improve the harbour fund,
he proposed the new fees to be charged.—Mr. Bower,
in seconding the proposition, said by the new table
the tolls would be just double what they now were.—The
Treasurer miii, in answer to a question they wanted
him to pay £l,OOO out of 1:358, or MO more &bon he
had In hand on the harbour ACCOulth—lir. lizard still
maintained that to take from one fund to pay the debts
of another was • breach of trust., and should not
be allowed. Mr. Diminish : Do you know
what • breach of trust is! Mr. Tisard :
Yes, to take from ma* fund to pay for soother—Mr.
Deveilish ;mid Mr. Tisard ought to have been Fremont at
The last Board day if be load such an objection to the
measure.— Mr. Tigard : If I bad been present I would
rot have sanctioned a breach of truat.—Mr. Hare maid
on looking over the Treasurer's hooks he found that
there was not, in the whole of the items, more than
FAD due from the town to the treasurer.—Mr.
Devout-10 : If I had known that, I am sure
I would rot have asked the Treasurer at
the last 'nesting if he would cub • cheque for payment
for the boats, het I would have drawn cheques, and
have left it to bun to refuse to cash it at bin peril. But
the treasurer had led them to suppose that the accounts
ea • whole had been greatly overdrawn.—lfr. Hare asked
the treasurer if he knew how much the harbour account
had been overdrawn.—Tbe Treasurer said he did
not exactly know.—Mr. Hare said the account had not
been overdrawn more than MO UP to the present time.
The Tresourer said there was the new wall to pay for.
They had blamed him, but to him was nevertheless doe
the credit of putting them in the way of relieving them-
selves of the debt on the harbour dues.—Mr. Devenialo.
You have not bre blamed, except for the mistake you
made intbe paper.

The Clerk announced that 4he Master of the Clemen-
tine was deed, end therefore the proceedings that bad
hern taken against him on account of the South
Western Company's eteamers for duty on coals mud be
dropwl.
A memorial from the inhabitant• below the bridge in
High-street, Weymouth, preying that barges might in
future be loaded at the upper side of the bridge, in oon•
sequence of the narrowness of that street, was re-
ferred for the Surveyor and the Harbour Koster to
report thereon.

BOARD OF BRA LTII.

Ur. A yling proposed the removal of the large gas letup
at St. John's Church, and to place onset the end of the
Dorchesterand the other at the endel the Preston roads,
does to the churchyard.—Mr. Coacher propo•ed, as an
erneodusent, that the relative positions of the lamp and
drinking fountains be altered. —Mr. Thompson pro-
posed a second amendmont, that the lamp be not
reinoved.—Mr. Hike supported Mr. Thompeou'e view
of the case, as did also Alderman Bower.—After some
dissuasion, Kr. Ayling withdrew his motion, Mr.
Thompson rime to propose a radios of which he had
give. sotto', to the effect that the fountain erected
at the King' "Statute" (laughter), be removed. He
said many of the Yeomanry, "men of great taste in
worts, of ori." had coodemood it, and indeed it was to
them source of great ainuseineut the week they were
at Weymouth, and the Ti•Arn Council was made quit. •
butt of. Mr. Haggett said Mr. Thompson
might go to Bath, or any other large town, sod thege he
mita bee fonnteins of prookely similar deign to Lose
erected at Weymouth. There soma to to am idea
among them that Mr. ffeurnicre's Mann bad been
recklessly equandsred, but he pat In a letter showing
that Mr. &tinders was highly gratified at the way In
whim the work hoil been earned oet.--Mr. Ayling
&eked Mr. Bassett it be was in a oolitic* to make MSY
elterselose to the fosnesies the Board might rugged
—MA Wu* theisioly not. He 'obeyed that tito

Opposition to theae fountains was only because he (Mr.
Haggett) wls • Liberal. In this Mr. Tl.ouipson ;teemed
lobe earryin; out the pulley related of him that be
1/Alli he a mild starve an)une, if it ware in his power,
that was not of his own Ilioinpeou said
he did nut stty so.—Mr. Haggett : It is generally re•
ported in the town you did. A ktter
was read from the Surveyor, comilaining that
Ito had nut been consulted in the placing
of these fountains. He also oomplained that
the fountain near the Chapelry encroached on the foot-
path, and that he had aocn " Mickey chews" in the
hasun.—Mr.AncErr. said the fountain* at St. John's
Church and the Chap°lry were not placed where he had
suggested, awl he oftred to remove theut to wore
approved positions at his own expense.—This W
&great toss mos also Mr. Thompson's resulution,and the
meeting separated.