The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-04-05 00:00:00

DORCHESTER TOWN COUNCIL

A meeting of this body took place yesterday (Mon-
(lay), when there were present H. Lock, Esq.,
(Mayor), Moors. George Andrews, Hodgim, Eusor,
Devenish, Bennett, awl Bishop.
The MAYOII said, the first business was to eon.
Bider the propriety of at once making an agreement
with Mr. Nltuidey for the piece of land adjoining the
house occupied by Mr. J. J. Bawd, and which had
become surplus land in the Wollaston Field Estate,
according to the amended plan prepared by Mr.
. . .

Along conversation ensued, principally with re-
ference to Mr. Idundey's &airing to have back-doors
to his premises, which it was thought would be pre.
judicial to the opposite property. He offered some
pecuniary consideration for this accommodation.
The subject was ultimately referred to the General
Purposes Committee, with instructions to inquire
into the matter and report to the Council. In the
course of the conversation Mr. Andrews suggested-
the necessity of widening the road at one point
intersecting the property, for the purpose of allow-
ing vehicles to pass each other without running
three or four feet on the curb. Mr. ANPREWS also
pointed out the desirableness of the amended plan
bearing some distinct date, sign, or mark, corres-
ponding with the specifications referring to the same
—in order to avoid the possibility of confusion, since
there were two plans, the original and the amended
plan, and sundry specificat referring to each.
The next subject oil the paper was to consider the
covenants and conditions of the leases of the Wollas-
ton Field Estate, and (Intim ll illa on any alterations
or tuodificatiomi which may be deemed necessary
therein. _ . .

This matter gave rise, first to a desultory conver-
sation, and afterwards to a somewhat ammatisl de-
bate on the question, whether the clause in the leases,
requiring license and enrollment in the event of the
lame under the Council desiring to sell or mortgage
his property, should be expunged or retained.
Mr. (Waist objected to the clause, and said that
the question had better be referred to a committee
if it was not intended to go into the matter now and
dispose of it at once.
Mr. A %maws objected to going into committee.
He read the notice on the paper, and said that if
any gentleman intended to propose any alteration in
the leases, let it be proposed and considered.
Mr. tt AWN then moved—" That in any fut ire
leases of the Woollaston Field Estate the conditions
required of the lessee to conic before the Council on
every occasion of sale or mortgage for a license to
assign and fin the enrollment of any assignment
under that lease be omitted." It appeared to him to
be a case of unnecessary hardship to impose such a
condition, oxas g expense to parties, and it
might be annoyance, without ailviuitage to any one.
The Council hail the power to enter Mall times and
ascertain whether the house was or Was not kept in a
proper state of repair, and, if not, to call upon the
lessee to do what WAS necessary.
Mr. ENSOIt seconded the motion.
. .

Mr: 6. A NI,HKWS declared that he was by no
means prepared to hear such a proposition as that
submitted to the meeting by Mr. Oalpin. He (Mr.
Andrews) found that on the 27th of October, INSS,
at a meeting of the property committee, not only Mr.
Galpin but Mr. Knsor, who now sailed in his
wake, went very carefully through the conditions of
those leases, and proposed them in solemn conclave,
after having had ample time to consider the whole
thing mod fully. And not only that, he saw that so
late as the 7th of March, Mr. (Winn had taken
a lease with these objectionable clauses in them, and
now Mr. t:alpin would wish them to be expunged.
(Mr. Oalpin : In any future lease.) Welt when
they had taken a walk through a lierson's house to
see whether it was in order, would they succeed in
what they wanted to do? Ile wied to think they
could go in and take possession of the place, but
before they could go in and take possoision of the
house they mud have that which he had no doubt
Mr. Symonds would be much pleased in bringing
forward, that waxen action of ejectment; and persons
must be employed to show that thew premises are
out of repair. Then the original lessee may have
gone to America, or elsewhere, and if they succeeded
in the ejectment they would have to pay a large
sum of money for costs, and have a broken down,
dilapidrted house to repair into the bargain, lie
did not think they had any right whatever to deal
with the corporate property in any other way than
they would deal with their own ; and he would ask
whether any person present would like to let his
house to a man of whom they knew nothing without
inserting this clause? No; he would undoubtedly
wish to have some chance of controlling in some
measure the person who was to have the property.
lie would therefore move --'• That theme clauses he
not expunged, considering that we ought not to do
; and in the next place that we should be very
wrong towards those gentlemeu who bad already
entered into these covenants." Ile would only add
that he could not possibly see any valid reason why
the ot leliberately come to and confirmed in
October last should now be called into question.
Mr. Honors seconded the amendment, observing
that the lions' and enrollment were in his opinion a
valuable condition of the lease and ought not to be
omitted. - .

The amendment was then put to the meeting,
when three hands were held up for it, and four for
the original motion, which was carried by the cast-
ing vote of the Mayor.
Mr. A minims then stated that he did not think
the Council had power to do what they had done
that day. Of these leases some had already been
granted to individuals ; and if alterations were to be
made to suit the convenience and wishes of each per-
son who mime afterwards to take a lease it would not
be easy to see a satisfactory termination of this sort
of business. He begged to hand in a formal protest
to the following effect.:--" That it is not competent
for the present meeting to alter the covenants and
conditions of the leases of the Woollastou Field
property."
wo or three of the members of the Council here
rase and loft the room, and a sufficient number not
remaining for the transact of the busimms set
down as connected with the Board of Health, "the
House was counted out" and the further business
deferred.

THE DIVISION ON THE REFORM BILL
The following is a list of the members for places
in this and the neighbouring couiitics who voted in
the Division on the Reform Bill, in the House of
Commons, on Thursday night :

Donner.
For the Seemed Reading. Against.
(7. W. Franklyn J. 11. Caleraft
H. K. Kepner R. J. It. Campbell
11. G. Start Colonel Freestuu
C. N. Start G. 0. Glyn
K. D. Hodpon
W. Pinney
Hon. W. H. B. Portman
R. B. Sheridan
Abeent—T. A Mitchell and H. D. Seymour.
Somalian.
Sir A. H. Elton Hon. F. H. Berkeley
Captain Jolliffe W. G. Hayter
W. F. Knatchbull A. W. Kinglake
W. H. P. G. Langton /11. Labouchere
W. Miles W. H. G. Langton
A. Mills D. Nicoll
C. A. Moody W. Tits
C. IL Tynte
Wars.
H. G. Bolden) E. Antrobus
T. H. S. Esteem* H. B. Baridg
A. L. Goddard Lord E. Brace
C. D. Grth Lieut.-Gen. Buckley
Walter Long Hon. S. Herbert
Sir M. Lopm T. Luce
J. Weald M. H. Marsh
It. P. Nisbet S. W. Taylor
Sir W. F. Williams
Abeent—W. %craw".
HAIM
NV. W. B. Beach Sir F. T. Baring
Sir J. R. Cornea Hon. D. F. Forteteue
W. Cubit! Sir J. C. Jervoias
Hon. K. H. Dutton W. A. Mackinnon
Sir J. B. Bart T. M. Weguelin
Sir J. D. Elphinstone B. KG. Wilcox
Sir W. G. H. Jolliffe
0. Selater-Booth
Admiral Walcott
Absent—J. B. Carter.