The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-04-24 00:00:00

TIM DLIIOIIIa 01 TBI DACIEWATAL

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Mr. H. Dsyserna tailed attention to the soniesity of
placing • Lamp at Ferry's conker, sear WeWord's timber
pound. Teo or three swidente had happeted by Poo*
felling in them
The ChM mid be bad resolved • eommusinstioe
from • Mr. Lewis. 'het gengenme throned:sing tome the
Corporaion ea behalf of the widow of s Nun who was
lately drowsed is the Backwater.
It was ordered that the surveyor report on the melded
to the nest tometaii.
1011110 NATION O ALDMUIVI
The Ifkron said QM be had that moralag reenived
the fella wisi lease from alderman Devenigh
'• To the /mar, Aldettnes, and Ormetillors of the
limengh of Werm,ath sad Wombs Regis :—" Geo.
geese. having foe so may years had the Osman of
=l.with yo. sad keno, noon's of the Town
as well se with the old Corporalloo, is the pre-
sort:We of those momures whisk webelieve to be for the
pod el the tows, it is with um& reon4 that, from
rations mumps, I feel the time has arrieed when oar
cosneetion must be severed. The relief from public:
duty whisk my redireemot from the Connell would. to
• certain attest, siford ine, is, I trust, nn moot than yoa
will °amidst lam fairly entitled to. I therefore be&
rempestfaily, to tender my risigestioe a alderman.
Believe in. to be Way join.
JAM A LDBLIXIB Dandlinn.
Bodeen. 11th APdl. 1281."
Mr. TUMID: I regret this eueedingly. 11r. Alder
man Devesiali is • gestlemea the Osrporagoe could Dot
a/ord to blew
Yr. Vitros nenona bin Moot 44 tho .as of Kr-
Devealsb's retirement.
Yr. floras sileglis Mimi Air go& sot to allow
this statist to pre ninon IS. ponies of eine anela-
Moe reoppnies Seine sere see= t=
fool nounenenne bon if.
oiliont lbs eloesseiCel lie islinei that Yoe 11.11
clabigutj. would g&rovit=
BY

eon; I not fail to have met the epproval of the whole of
the nembers of the Corporation. Not one among them
but could bear Motion:toy to the open frtalm.... of hig
expression of feeling wiih regard to any Individual at
that Board. Mr. Lngegspel, wax at time. laripeteon .in
his rimarkx; but he was actuated by the tor.t intentions
and the kindest motiees--(hear hear). No one bitter
knew the wawa and the ieterexts of the town, and he
ftlt that if they were to loot Mr. Dxcenish now' it
would be a lees indeed—not only to the Corporation but
to the town at large. He therefore hoped the meeting
would pees some resolution entreating Mr. Alderman
Dereakh to rKonzider the proposition he had that
day made. If be was dextrous to maintain bit privacy
for some considerable time the Conseil would readily
aztond to him that indulgence, and the town at large
would feel that the cause of his Amoco aro.
from private feeling and mot from any neglect
of pull. duty. He therefore earuextly the
Counci woold pass some rtsolution that would be
unanimously seceded to by thematic sand miceptad by
the public generally, that Mr. Demenish be mk d to
reeonsider his intention, and that the Board would
muse his alumnae from their meetiop as long aa he
should desire.

The MATOa said that oothing would afford him greater
pleasure then that Mr. Alderman ...shish should
remain with them. Furs large notsher of yearn belled
had the honour end pleaeore of tweeting Mr. Devenisb
on matter, of hoeing,. amnected with his. Cwruo.attoo,
and be 664 ever found i 5,... anai-se in every ponsibie
way in his power to prometa the proeprrliy sad Mimmets
of am town. il• thought it wm greatly to be 'nestled
that Mr. Deveoish should, at the proweet time, feel
desirone of retiring, and he trout- d that there wool be
each • soimimoos expmecion of feeling emanate front
that meeting as would induce him to withdraw his
resignation. He was quite sure that se,ry g. Woman
present would es-operate with him in relieving him from
those duties whieb be minim consider to press upon the
privacy he now seemed to !Nein.. .

Mr. ffittaiatie said be should be wasting Is las del/
tv Mr. alderman Devenish did be not rise to express
the deep repot he felt, not only for his wish to retire,
but also at the cause which indtmed that wish. He eould
easily imagine why, under the painful circumstance*,
Mr. Decimals wished to abstain from public duties, and
he was quite sure Vint every member would bear testi-
mony to the truth of wh.t Mr. Thomas had stated, for
as a member of the Corporation'
e no man had en. acted
wi
lorbiter integrity, and greater impa th rtiality an
Mr. Devenish. He had always spoken his mind freely,
and Prep that opinion fearlessly ski& had been pro-
fitable to ninny 01 them. Be repotted eseeedingly to
hear rf the resolution Mr. Lieventah had formed, and he
trusted the meeting would be unanimous in conveying
to him their wish that he would withdraw his miens.
Moe for the present.
Mr. Tiuttosaid he roes to move the following Mole.
tion :—"That the Council, h•ving beard Mr. Alderman
Devenish's letter, resigning the offia. of Alderussa, with
regret, beg to regnant him to reconsider his determina-
tion, and to hope that he will still ovations to fulfil the
duiimi of such olio., ead that the Marx be requested
to convey these wishes to Mr. Devenish." He said that
he himseU bad been • member of the Girporation 10 or
11 years, and he wished to add his testiest:toy to that of
the other gentlemen who had spoken. thst whatever
mime Mr. Deveniali advocated, he did iito with the
thorough conviction and straightforward feeling that he
was doing his duty. They wens well aware that public
duties could not be efficiently carried oat by public
bind we eion.tituted as that was, without baying prudent=
of property and influence amongst the., It• MU no.
of those who sometimes differed front Mr. Devenish on
many point., bat he thought • healthy opptsition was
sometimes woos ry to give tone to their deliberations.
Mr. POT11110•1T *spree...id the pleasure with which
h° row to almond the motion, and in ding so, said that
d_urieg the many yeses he had heee • member of that
Board, no numb r, be believed, had paid more attention
to Mr. Devenish's conduct than hinnelf, and be con-
fessed that the longer he continued to sit with him, the
more the mist cleared from his mind, and the more
cenviooed be became of the value of Mr. Devenish's
iserviose He trusted the Dote warn tertian hastily.
They could all sympathise in the sad bereavement Mr.
Lievenish had espeetenoed ; but be truited to is. that
gentleman again at their toestinp with the att•itto he
was at all times really to give. With Mr. Devenialt
ottehioe was ens. kept back. Be was Mem plain-
rpoken, and sltbongh be himself did not always airs*
Tull him, be had seas his vale* as a pal:die num in
birth. rt.. the intimate of the town. He agreed erih
all the remarks of the gentlemen who bed oreerded
him, and touted the meeting would be unanimous in
passing the reaelutiou, and that Mr. Devenish would be
indeed to recooaider the matter, and content to retain
his met in that Council.

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