The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-07-05 00:00:00

POOLE.

lizouEsr.—On Monday an inquest was held at the
Board Room of the Union House, before the coroner
it M. Aldridge, Esq., on the body of an elderly'
aged 71 years, who.
:males found dead Ann har
eadAin her murY'
rbed on the Saturday previous.
From the evidence of her granddaughter, a girl
about 13 years of age, it appeared that damaged re-
tired to th-n 1 with her about 10 o'clock on Friday
night in good health, and when she awoke the follow-
ing morning she found her grandmother dead.
_She
immediately calle‘l ina neighbour, and W. mitt,
I Eel., surgeon, was ,4ent for; but life was found to
hays been extinct for tome hours.. The jury returned
a verdict of "Died :1` the Visitation
Another inquest was held on the mune day, at the
Townball, on the body of Thomas Noway, aged
56 of the Old St. Clements Inn, Thames Street.
From the evidence adduced it appeared the deceased
had been unwell for six movtlis. He retired to rest
on the Sunday night, and slept alone.
.About three
o'clock on the -Monday morntinl &she Coffin,
ostler of the inn, went down stairs, and on passing
the deceased's bed-room door be spike to. bna, but
nothing was said to lead to the supPoention that
Domony was worse than usuaL About. Ex o'clock
Mrs. Domony went into her husband's room and
found him dead. The jury returned a verdict of
"Died by the Visitation of God."
RAlLWAY.—Application is to be made to Parlia-
ment for power to make a line from the Dorset Cell-
teal, at Oakley, to the north end of Poole, and hence
under Parkstone, to within a mile-and-half of Bonnie-
mouth. The Poole Quays can easily be cennecied
by a tnunway with the terminus in Longfieek
CI:no:4.'11os DAY.—The anniversary of Her
Majesty's Coronation Day was observed here on
Tuesday last as a holiday. Great preparations had
been made for a grand festival at Bournemouth, a
delightful watering place about four miles from
Poole, but the weather was most unpropitious,,
rain falling the whole day. It was calculated that
thousands of persons would have been present but
for the unfavourable state of the weather. Not-
withstanding this, however, two or three thomand
persons did ausemble to enjoy themselves in the
best way they could. A public banquet was held
by the Oddfellows, under a marquee erected in a
field, and about 250 sat down, provision having
been made for 700. The chair was onspied by
Richard Stevens, Esq., ant several speeches were
delivered. Great preparations had been made for
the requirements ors general holiday, but they were
unfortunately but little needed, and great lose Was
sustained by the caterer" on this occasion.
A I'PEA L AGAINST I'OOR RATIOS. —On Thursday
Last an adjourned appeal— The Poole Gas Company
T. the °MONTI'S Of St. Join's—was beard before
the magistrates in petty session. Mr. M. Parr ap-
peared for the appellants, and Mr. Dickinson for the
respondents. The case of the appellants was that
they were rated unequally, and under an unfair
valuation. The previous rating of the company had
been £75 per annum, but it had been recently raised
to .£lOO. The appellants called Mr. GoLlop, builder,
of Poole, and Mr. E. Pearce, surveyor and architect,
of Cauford, who expressed an opinion that the com-
pany was unfairly rated in comparison with other
premises in the town. Mr. (lollop considered the
rating should be fixed at a:SO, and Mr. Pearce at
.CB7 10s. The respondents contended that the basis
of rating should be the balance sheet of the company,
for, while admitting that they should estimate the
rating by what a tenant would give for the pre-
mises as rent, yet unites the balance sheet was pro-
duced it would be impossible to arrive at what a
tenant would give. At the first bearing Mr. G. Led-
g.ard, the chairman of the directors, acting under
legal advice, declined to produce the balance sheet,
on the ground that the company was not incorpo-
rated, and was therefore Wall intents and purposes a
private firm. An adjournment was applied for, and
a Crown office subpwna obtained, and on Thursday
last the balance sheet was produced. Mr. C. C.
Creeke, an architect and surveyor, entered into an
elaborate calculation, from which he deduced figures
to prove that the company was fairly rated at
£lOO, while he admitted the actual premises of the
company were inferior to some of those referred to;
yet he was of opinion that the mains of the has
company which ran through the streets rendered
their premises far more valuable than any other et
the same dimensions. The Bench confirmed the rating
of .flOO. The statistic' made during the bearing
elicited a recommendation from the Ben& that a
new assessment of the town should be made.

Poucr., Thursday. (Before the Mayor, J. W.
Martin, Esq., and a full Bench.) Tkonias Baker was
charged by -P.C. Groves with being drunk and ince-
pable.—Reprimanded and discharged.
Henry kaile and George Dine were summoned on
the information of P.C. &riven, with being drunk,
and fighting at Parkstone on Sundsy.—Fined Ea . and
oats.