The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-09-01 00:00:00

POOLE.

MCNICIPAL AIISENTELS. —The litirfcsaes will do well to
dtudy the newspapers, and ascertain the attendances of
their repredentatives at the municipal inectingd durin;
the peat year. The condtitueney durely .10 not dend
gentlemen into their tonal parliament merely for " the
honour of the thing." If their interedts are to he properly
represented. douse of the aliwnt Lined require a 'liarp
oohing up.

THE BHITISII Scifoot --The annual meeting of the
friends and subscribers of the British School wax hell on
Wednesalty evening last, Mr. Kemp-Welch presiding.
The report having been read, Mr. Curtis said he thought
they might congratulate themselves upon their success,
and that they hail thine so much without a school board.
The ofhoers and cotutuittee having lawn elected for the
ensuing year, • vote of thanks to the secretaries and to
Vie chairman terminated the proceedings.
'the QUAY Tactortn. —A meeting of the Quay Trusteed
was held at the Guildhall on Fnilay. Present :—The
Mayor (Mr. is. Mutton), Alderman Rogers, Councillors
Hoyt. Buckley, Conway, Curtis, Green, Hamilton, and
Western ; also Mr. H. W. Dickinson (Town Clerk) and
Mr J. Urslb (Harbour blaster). The minutes of the Pre-
vious meeting having been read, the Harbour Master read
his statement of the receipts of the twq past months,
amounting to £=l 17. L. and produced hills for pay-
ment hy the Traisteei of 0612.1.251.„ and others to be paid
by the Harbour Master of 1:211Ge. 9.1. The balance in the
treasurer's hands HAI .13.0110 lb. lAa. In reply to the
Mayor, Mr. Crabh said that ootnpared with the corres-
ponding two months of last year the Goal imports had
declined, but corn and timber had kept up well. On the
motion of Mr. Curtis, oieconileil by Mr. Buckley, the usual
onion were made. A desultory conversation ensued with
reference to sonie old-standing accounts of the Trustees
against the Council, which from Mr. Hamilton's observa-
tions it transpired amounted to £=l odd. Mr. Curtis
proposed that the amount owing for rent be paid. Mr.
Western expressed himself disappointid at the inactivity
displayed b the Harbour Improvement Committee, and
seconded Myr. Curtis's proposition. The Mayor thought
any money that could be spared should be paid over, so
that the ratepayers might be benatted. After some
remarks from Mr. Conway and Mr. Hamilton, it was
hinted by Mr. Curtis that they were in the land of
Goschen ; there was plenty of money, and they couldn't do
better than spend it en improving the 'harbour. Mr.
Western thought the Trustees mor illy entitled to their
set-off. The Mayor said it was an important yet vexatious
matter, and ought to lie Kittle!. It was agreed that the
whole of the claims of the Trustees should be presented,
and thoroughly gone into, with a view of filially disposing
of them. On the motion of Mr. Curti., it was agreed
that the Harbour Committee be empowered to spend •
further sum of £'3ll) in stone for the embankment at the
mouth of the harbour. The proceedings then terminatel.
befIIAJEAWAT SAILOIL—On Saturday at the Police Court,
ore Mr. l. Hamilton, a sailor named Thomas C. Dario,
aliaa Tom Grips was charged with stealing a boat belong-
ing to Cstrtn. John Yardley, of the schooner Conqueror,
onthe n ht of Monday la Jennings
st while lying at Jennis
pier, Par ne ; also one monkey jacket, waisciat
b.eusers, cap, shirt, and necktie, the property of an appren-
tice on hoard. It appeared that information WU given to
fhiperintendent Hunt on Tuesilty morning of the robbery,
who at once telegraphed to all places whither the run-
away wag likely to have mule tracks, but nothing was
heard of him until Friday when • telegram was received
Iryni Weymouth Atating that a man resembling prisoner's
datc.riPtion hail teen apprehended- P.C. Reeks was at
once deepaLluel to time (wiz the hriwiner who at first
denied all knowledge of tie affair whatever but aftet
tallyho; in Poole he admitted it, saving that he took the
boat, and when off Branksca HISAO for the Coastguard
station ; and having crossed the common etchatumi the
stolen clothes for h s own, sod wade hi, way "ever the
hills anal far away" to Weymouth. On the application of
Superintendent Hunt a remand was granted until Satur-
day to allow of communication with the captain who hail
lett the port.

Num' (Nji.av, montlay. —Before Mr. H Hamilton. condi" Rtint.th ilarla,bd was summoned by !iambic
Harland, for using language calculated to eate • breach of
the paw, on the 17th end tith instant. llaere win a cnias-
,,umwoue against Otto, Harland Cr a 14111111 u usc of 1,1.
tongue. The parties lire in Mime Ikar-lane, and Caniline
appears IA have used the mod filthy language and epithets.
Nhe was bound over to keep the peace towards her COWlill
Ileseie and was x4ereJ to pay the eats in the other cue.
Highly indignant she threw the money &Craig the table.