The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-09-07 00:00:00

BRIDPORT WATZBWORKS OOMPANY.

On Saturday last there was held at the Bull Hotel the
adjourned extreerdisary general meeting el this ootn-
sy. The chair was occupied by .1. K. P. Montague
, there being slam preempt the Rev. R. L. Carpenter,
Korea IP. Guedry. A. Reynolds, J. 0. Townsend, T.
OoHo; W. Colton, RL, B. Thornton, W. Knight, W. H.
Manley, K I Manuel, and H. Howell.
Mr. A. RITOOLDB. as chairman of committee of
s lavesti-
gationptated on the 7th of August, read the report of
that ooratnittee. It Meted they had not been able
to oat or with Mr. Leper, by remote of his like*, m to
the poetics of the oesapany. A statement was then
given ea to the liabilities of the company. The share
capital and working expellees were stated to be
SUS 17s. 91. and the net income. after deducting the
working expense. L 335 17a. It, to nest the existing
liabilities of the company. The committee were of
opinion that Matted of the lout of Mr. White heist set
does at SLOSS, it ought only to be reckoned at 411900.
In consequence of on allotment of £l,OOO of preference
shares toads to him Is pert consideration of advances on
behalf of the company. This would redoes the liabllities
by SLOP, and the manual thaws by VS
At a previous meeting Mr. White stated that be
• the messy to pey oe the mortgage held by Hies
Coplestone, and received interest at the rats of five per
cent. The ormansitiro found the Interest received at 79
per cent , and from the directors they found no @stelae
Vey statement. Calor these oirculaseencee, and with
view of reducing the liabilities of the compeer. the;
recommended that the London ogles secretary elefvedio. ,
should be dlsoontlaued, and the business transferrel to
Bridpcet • that the accounts be lee In an amended
manner, and periodically examined by an accountant •
that the present manager he appointed secretary ea
manager: that efforts be made to consolidate the various
loans and ditto in.() one at • more moderate rate of
Interest.
Mr. METNOL/I4 said the manager (IL,. Gordon) consented
to do the work of secretary aad manager at the same
salary be at present received, and be considered it would
, thus be done more elloteatly and cheaper. Mr. Reynolds
I expressed hie amourenc• with the condemnation of the
Leedom °Mee, which was a delusion and • snare, &admit.'
the cosureittee recommended the same plea for amending
the aecoune as Hr.!.pey had advised. He (Kr.Reynoide
believed if they could get some local gentlemen who
had an interest in the tows ami company to take the
debts as consolidated, the company world bares suocese-
ful future before it, sad esealokli d•• into •
vdmblo Lad Mg property but it emir require tunes
sinemay. c , sad good managoaleat•
The report was received.
Neerraou considered Kr. Whits could give the
fullest and most satisfactory explenation about the lose,
"tr°l44'kt 1.0 sal it had been the policy of directors
w. the last 10 mouths to ompolid•t• theloans and
dabts of the company. He agreed with the transfer of
the ogles here. If the Local Board iodated oa the supply
01 walet to every house, they weak' mixt year have an
lamas of MAIL inet If they got Into Ibldaßot
_,_tk•re
would be ao AMIN M laborast. tO lgehealee WM-
balm

Moayaau
asked whether the adoption of the report meant
--
In the course of the discussion which followod. Mr.
that the directors were to bathers, d with havillg diverted
money into diesel ways, and whether they (he director.)
to be called upon to answer the chore,lS If 10.
hey_ must take the steps to meet the charge.
,_ „Li .h.
Mr. TwinerOw and Mr. RZYNOLDS. niodwai
corunilttee, repudiated any idea of making any charge
seahist the director', as they (the committee) bed simply
"iled uP°.° hots, and shsreholders must decide as to
whet more they must adopt
Mr. fhtortadrit thanked the committee for their report
and pro peed its adoption.
Mr. Hoomiex.r. 'sounded, thinking the report was •
timpani* one, and they must adopt it before they took
spire& wh.,...
refused
to rota for the adoption as kie
was afraid how they would commit themselves.
They had not heard the explanation of Mr. White.
The Chateaux thou.:l4 they m;ght adjourn the meeting
for • few weeks, when Mr. Bell, Parliamentary agent, and
Yr. White may be preeent„
Mr. Tantalum was strongly in favour of adopting the
report, bemuse the company was ins dangerous Orli* and
they kept putting off the evil day there would be noth-
ing for QUO but the winding up of the company. He
reconummikei that no time should be loot in carrying oat
the matememadation of the committee—The report wss
'then adopted ism wet
Then followed the Weimar of the fifteenth half•YearlP
;t 177.1Mmeeting of the Company, the chair being
e= I.lontagn.
The MIAMIAN moved that Mr. J. O. Townsend and
Mr. William Knight. directors, retiring by rotation, be re.
elected.
Mr. Hovriaz seconded and it was carried.
The Cithumun also proposed that Mr. F. Good be rr
elected director, _

-13ecouNd—filir. SHOPLAND ; and that In the place .IKr. G. R.
rilbrins auditor, Mr. H. Pettezt be
elected. _ _

--Seconded by Mr. T. Rama and carried.
The report then read stated :—" The Manager reports
that of the 1,488 Images in the town there are now 586
supplied with water, beside' Is special services, and that
the income of the Company is about 1'758 32. 81. The
income is, therefore, steadily increadog, and during the
pcomat year the water has been laid on to 13 houses and
11 spedal services." The balance abet shows us that the
liabilities of the Company amount to £28.8018 iIL lld .
whilst in the assets there is a deficiency of .C/113 3s. 81.
The Caariugan said on behalf of himself and brother
directors be would withdraw an imputation in the report
(the clause referred to read as follows :—" There are some
Inaccuracies in the report, to which attention will be
galled at the oollecUng"),aad alter remarking at length upon
the cheapness of the water ripply in Bridport compared
with other towns, read • letter from a gentleman. who
stated he had had an interview with other Influential
gentlemen, and they were prepared to offer £lB.OOO for the
undertaking, with a view to its re-construction and intro-
duction of new capital. The Chairman thought this offer
should be pressed up to £90,000, and moved the adoption
of report and balance.
Mr. TOVINLIND urged it was most important for the
welfare of the town that the works should rot pass into
the hands of outsiders,and that it was to the interest tif the
Inhabitants to make the thing a paying concern, which it
would be in • few yews. In °occlusion be proposed that
a committee be appointed, wadding of Messrs. It. Thorn.
ton, A. Reynolds, EL Howell, and J. Lnws, with power to
add to their number, to artist the directors In owning
out the nottntoendetions in the report As • direcinr
hi he should welcome their assistance.
llnitenw seconded. and 'eked the Chairman if the
Company was a Limited Liability Company.
The Oiseseuuw sald it was • company under the Ant of
Partiament, and that there wee no liability beyond the
sham
mTheabosiness terminated bya oordial vote of thanks to
the Chairman for his 'writhe at the meetinim.

KR. WARTON AGAIN.
On Friday, when the HOMO was in caminittee on the
Appropriation Bill, Mr. T. P. O'Comsoamored to leave out
the sum of £32,066 for @tiled.' and expenses of °Mom of
the House of Lords. Speaking of the Chairman of Com-
mittees in the Hones of Lords the bon. member said that
functionary exercised considerable control over the
deliberations of that body. He wog not aware that it was
the privilege of the Chairman of Committees in the House
of Commons (Dr. Playfair) to have the Torn of thirty or
forty members in his pocket, though it was said that the
noble lord just referred to was in that proud position. In
the last days of the session, the most vital questions which
&footed the whole country ware sent to the House of
Lords to be disposed of, and the Chairman of Committees
seemed to have immense control over the debates, which
In the recent ow had been amply exemplified. He there-
fore hoped that.. there won an Appropriation Bill to be
pained the House of Commons, if there wee a spark of
spirit left in it, that it would avail Itself of the opportunity
of taking a proper mode of restoring Wien to the indepen-
dent position it occupied on its first meeting by refusing
supplies to the refractory servant, who would not obey
their masters.
Sir W. HARCOURT thmght the hon, member could
hardly press this as a serious vote, but that he had
humourously adopted it.. one form of protein against the
proceedings of the House of Lords, of which everybody
disapproved.
Mr. Weirrom : No, no.
Sir W. IKeacouirr said be had known Lord Radesdele
for maoy yearn and had never known a man who had more
Into himself a spirit of unmitigated despotism.
Ile therefore imagined that the noble lord, finding himself
unexpectedly in the position of the undisputed leader of
the House of Lords the other night, thought he was deal-
ing with so many Parlismentry merits, and dim 4. d of
them accordingly. He omildotred thee the House of
Lords had not thrown out the Registration of Voters
(Ireland) B il as an attack upon the Irish members or
people, but because they thought that it might injuriously
affect the prospec's of a C lasarvat ive seat. He therefore
thought thst members of the House would look upon the
conduct of Lord Redesdale as • piece of reckless and
thoughtlees despotism.
Ur. WARTON rose to a point of order. It had been
already ruled by the speaker that it was not right to intro-
duce the name of • peer into the House—(" No, no "Sit
down ')—hut that their identity ought to be hinted at.
Sir W. HARCOURT : The name is introduced in the vote
as Lord Redeedele is to be paid out of it. Ministerial and
Irish cheers.)

: My suggestion is perfectly in order—
The hon. member was here interrupted by loud and
continued cries of "Order," arid "Sit down." in Use midst
of which the Camara], roes to give his ruling, but was
prevented front so doing by Mr. Warton refusing to
ragtime his east, and offering remarks which wars perfectly
inaudible amid the general clamour.
Sir H. HavaLoca-Aues asked whether some marked
action ought not be taken by the House on the conduct of
the bun, member for Br idport
The QUMRAN, still speaking amid some uproar, stated
that the Home Secretary was not out of order at all in his
remarks. (Ministerial cheers.)
Mr. WALTON! lam quite satisfied. (Derisive laughter
from all sides of the House.)
Sir W. HARCOURT, continuing his remarks, said the hon.
ne-tuber for Bridport had if possible been aggregating the
follies which had been committed in another place. He
had interrupted when he (the Home Secretary) had been
trying to bring the House to an amicable consideration of
the question before them. It only showed that mischief
In this world wee not 1A) much produced by people who
tried to do s.s but by persons who could not understand
what dangerous effects might not arise from what they
' were about to dn. ("Hear. hear," and cheeni.)
Eventually Mr. T. P. Cremenon declined to withdraw
his amendment, and it waa negatived by 81 magnet 18.

If • few of the magistrates could be metamorphosed
Into solicitors at the time when the business of the
court is proceeding, I think they would exert their
vocal powers rather more than they are wont to do. Not
only do the counsel find great eifficulty in hearing
what transpires (on Monday last, to wit) but
representatives of the press, who are stationed under
the very shadow of the magisterial bench, have to
put up with a similar inconvenience. I refer only to
the larger court, which is totally unaclapted for the
transmission of slund ; in the inner or smaller court
this annoyance is seldom, if ever, experienced. Some
of the younger members of the police fosse require a
little vocal drilling, and I trust our worthy sergeant
will give these a word of advice. As for the sergeant
no one can complain of his stentorian tones. If
instead of feebly muttering their evidence, as If the
awful magistrates were about to "bolt" them bodily,
the eonstebles would only speak out plainly and
fearlessly, it would be much better for everyone. It is
not rare to hear from the Bench "Why don't you
speak out r or "You must speak louder." Some of
that persecuted rue (policemen) are evidently either
timid in court or suffer from chronic cold. A little
drill would remedy the former evil, and the latter
might be relieved by the appearance of a phial of
raspberry vinegar to be kept upon the table.
The Daily Naps of Monday, speaking of the recent
meeting held at the "Carlton," sari "We are
informed that after much deliberation, and on the
principle of drawing the line somewhere, it well
decided to exclude Mr. Wartou from the meeting."
Melplaish Societies, please copy. Raiders, who have
watched his peculiar doings more narrowly than I
have, can enlighten me. Perhaps be wished to force
upon that exclusive body some of his exuberant
verbosity, and the Carlton body wouldn't have it.
They must draw the line somewhere, and they have
drawn it at poor Warton. This "drawing of lines"
smacks of • "select" meeting. Then isn't Rosa Mr.
Walton select If it be true that the Carlton Club was
Ito kind to Mr. Weston during the general election,
this exclusion must be • deep out to the new and
irrepressible BL P. No doubt we shall hear all about
it at the Melplaish dinner.
It has often struck others, as well as myself, that
magistrates have committed themselves to a great
error of judgment, when, as is too often the case, they
allow • delinquent a week, • fortnight, or even a
month's grace to pay a fine and costs, which have been
Imposed upon them. I was glad to hear our excellent
Mayor depart from this too prevalent rule at the
Borough Police Court on Tuesday.

The offence with which the man was charged may
sound simple and unimportant in itself, but every
reasonable person must be aware that the offence of
"being drank whilst in charge of a horse and vehicle"
is • serious one, and one that is attended with danger,
not only the defendant and his charge, but to
and other horses and drivers which may
Clio the vicinity. Apart from this, there has been •
magisterial Imhoff, which defendants have no right
to 'Alm* but, by being thus treated too considerately,
they hold the ridiculous idea that magistrates aro
bound to allow them time, and that they have no
alternative.

If people violate the laws of the country, and by so
committing themselves bring themselves within the
pale of the law, they should know that this frequent
leniency extended to them may and should be nipped.
Not only so, but this "grace" to "procure" money is
rendering the law, to • certain extent, of none effect.
Ten to one, when a man says "Allow me time," be
ham the cash in his pocket, and if the Bench persisted
in immediate payment, or the alternative, the defend-
ant, an is often the came, PaYs Wove leaving the
Court.

For instance—Here lea man ced vrith an
offence for which he may be hnprisd. Not wish.
lug to be harsh, the Bench deal leniently with him,
and a nominal fine is inflicted. So far, so good. But
the man applies for time to get the money. Now, if
that application is granted. the intended punishment
becomes a nullity. Trouble, too, is very often
experienced to get the moue , although defendants
are allowed to overstep the time. lam far
from thinking that harshness, even from the Bench, is
a virtue ; but Lb." quality of " has been some-
what strained of late. Such av the one
arrived at by his Worship on Tuesday, would also be
hailed with delight from other magistrates.

Dame Nature is at her freaks again, for she hods Jolt
given Mr. D. Joy, of Afington, some fine crocuses in
full bloom in open beda. This beats the Mirror
" Broadoak primroses" and " Vale violets" hollow. I
pride myself on being lucky enough to capture these
crocuses before the Mirror of Below got paamandon Of
UMW* But rest asoured, Mr. Editor, the Mirror will

eoce be reflecting all the enormous apples and
_gigantic
cabbie's, in at lose a column and • half. The
monster blackberries (there is promise of an abund-
ance) will be chronicled in the Mirror in due season.
From the agricultural districts come in the most
gratifying intelligence of an abundant harvest. From
first to last throughout the season, all have looked
well, and the prolific roots and cereals have, through
the late glorious weather, promised an almost
unprecedented harvest, and we are able to say there
cannot be • failure of any one crop. We did think
this year the farmers could find no cause for grum-
bling. Now I don't, as • few do, look upon the
British farmer as an Mese:mint grumbler, altimigh we
know there are black sheep in every community. In
conversation with • tiller of the soil, one remark rather
surprised me. He said his crops this season were no
better than last. lam not bound to believe him, but
T thought there should be a spasm: allotted to him in
the British Museum. The following came from •
farmer of a few hundred acres Well, after this
fine weather, blest if I didn't reckon on 14 sacks •
acre, but darned it I think I shall make more thanlL"