The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-09-29 00:00:00

I bare the honour to bo, y Laid.
Your moat obedient uert ant.,
W. W. Roorrw,
Assist Secretary.
This warn all the btudoess in Quarter Sessions, which
we, 112 iii II adjourned till haturday, the 3rd of October, at
Dor.hedcr.

DJOUR•6I) LICKN.+INO

The lei•ine. 0, the adjourned Licensins Committee I
then pru,,..etiot.l
_

The Clerk of the Peace real • letter from Captain
8011., awl another gentleman. supporting • men:ions'
from Ch.-mouth. pr .0 mg that it might not be classed as
" unp•opitioti4 The memorial was u
. . . . . .

We, to • u0der.1,1,...1 lultabuAnte of Charmoutb and Ito
iii'. iOl eo di lent that the e.trly hour a ten o'clock for
the 11,ense.1 sotoollog b,enes of thie piece would be
111 II, , Gl.‘ 1131,0411ellitlICI, to the public and
,I.uwut 41 to the lietieral trade to' the Norio here, and dud of
th, surroun.iiter respectfully as that you will be
pi ,:rstit ap,,,lie.t.ita front heme for licenses the same
s, I f lime iu future as they have hitherto obtained and

fh. r;:ov mutt sod (-o.4eht rr.i•.ns for this our applitation,
so. hat the f..llotriir; el...mouth is the centre of so area of

t•cive square miles, thickly inhabited, wherein are resident
Ingo) genteel end large (milks. Charroouth is a watering
I.ho-e of no g0r.,11 reptile. end extensively resorted to and
patronised ; thereby largely in.reuditg the poLultalon, . It is
els. the g'reattlionorghfare front one end ofto
tin, other tioh bring. twiny a traveller here. and sot:em ssing
the numerieJ now of the populace. For each and all these,
the a., ouldigeLit inn eow,Tlit for is often urgently required, and
to tll.ll it:Twat/ice. We therefore trout you
uot be the means of deprit ing than of the ..we. from
whence they tear get their supplies. But tlut you grill oss the
authority voided Co you In exurglance with this entreaty,
awl ea we consider for the real benefit of the general public.
Henry E. Norris)
i.Churchwerderie
John Stevens
Thome. leer Noote6or., Charatouth.
ibornsa Pirrouo.....ers.
B. W. Prver
a)id El others.

Lord PORTMAN Miff the que,tiooturne.:l entirely upon •
matter of tact; whether there was • sufficient number of
houses adjacent to the town as to connect it with Lyme
Ilr. GrNDRT kaid the distance from one place to the
other was rather learn than two miles. The allegations on
the memorial were quite true; and the feeling was very
strong in its favour. It was felt that being • watering
place the Hoeing at ten o'clock would be a great Injury to
the i nhabi tan 1.•.
Lord Poninsg said they must he satisfied upon its
adjacency to Lyme to justify them in granting the appli-
cation. . . . .

lir. GUNDat replied that the parishes touebed—Lyme
wax almost extended up to the turnpike
The application was granted._

R. N. Howard appeared with • requisition from
Bere Re..is on behalf of Mr. !Cooke, of the Oak Inn, sup-
ported by Mr. T. F. llowilen.
The of the Pgsat read the memorial which
einoly pr.oed that the parkh of Bere Regis be brought
within the °oration. of a "town" or "populous place,"
the memorialist. believing " it would be for the benefit of
the pirisli generally, and that the non-granting of such
applhatiou would lie • hanlship." Bere roams contained
• norml.dion of over I.IIUU. The memorial was signed by
Mr. c, J. Itielely do. *elm. Me..rs. T. F. Dowden (guardiani.
Cluirle. Re.ent and T. H. Scutt (overseers), Mr. Ch.
lis whip ; and '23 other,
. . . _

"7:17e-el.F.;;;:orti;;;Icz also read *letter from the Rev.
F. Warre in support of the memorial, and expressing •
fear lest the refusal of the applicatiou might lead to •
"sv.tatm of pria ate drinking."
11r. Howard said acre Regis from its earlie:t days had
been • town, and the Oak len had always been respectably
conducted.
Lord PORTMAN said in this ca.' it turned upon the
&why of population.
Capt. GLVN abseiled that if they decided aggnat Cr,....
borne how ,ssuld they &side in favour nf Bere Re4is
Ann MIMI conversation the committee declared Bare
Sigia a " town " for the purposes of the Act.