The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-09-03 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

ToWN eCI L.—A me tin of the Town Council
was held on Wednesday, 2146 August. The members
piesent were—the Mayor ; Aldermen Eliot. Ayling,
&mar •, Counillors Thomas, Haggett,
Luce, Howard, H. herewith. Titan', tlilledge,
their, Hhl,lis, Thompo.n, Here. Roberts, and
Harting—The He Volt read the fol:ow.ng letter
from Mr. Willisine—" Sire, I regr‘t iii rind the
wrion *hose WWI& was bizhest for having on Wass
tile pier noes anti toile is Doi a substantial poison,
and his ontract is *4 isrried out. I have been
given to tuslershind that • westing 01 the Council
of your Innmagh ie sionesonel i take into ormeideon-
Sion the noires to be tanned with refereooll 10 sock
Woe and toils, mid alio to adix the seals of the
Conned to three mortgagee therenn of £3OO each.
1 foul soared if the nutter wee properly represented,
pot would rind no &Meshy in obtaining parties at
°ion) to invest therein, and thus place you in foods
se pay off the am.unt, now clue to the watraolol;
is with this feeling, and an anxiety
et 4 to deprive the Council of so valuthle a property,
twit! bays ei lOng waited. The amount dna tom%
as the representative of the Contractor is large • sag
although loot wishing to dictate to the Cooncil;yet I
must protest to new bonds being ineesd, wino the
am ',int thereby received no their being so nosed, be
at once handed over We Avila the licraidatioe
• debt. This, the Council will see, lam 0111111011
10. not only in We, hut also in equiti. After the
Can that has elapsed the Council can Imre no dill-
• in deciding either to let the pier rates and
1.41*, or to keep heu in hand, and I sliaU baptised
to coincide in ehich course you may consider mist
adv4rdageons. 1 woubl, however, wish the
Council to eintiiistand that unless the stanent now
paye'te. iS reek, is at Wed lig inciat•d. I maid
not have my kepi .61.6.. aas (ern=
poosisios, or be

utiles the terms of Nook letting or all
lbs arresgeneeste necestary for keeping is hand be
submitted to me for my approval, which I feel
asenred every mensber of the Council will consider
both fair mod reasonable. I would therefore sagged
as the priciest sesame is so rapidly passing in order
to avoid the delay of semsnoning meetings, &a, it
world be, primps, ties most expeditious course for
the Council to appoint Goo or more of their number,
with every power to confer with me, and at 000 e
carry out sue a course in referee's to the pier as
will he Wider:tory to all psrties concerned and the
public at large. ' 11. Williams."—The
.gaz said that be bed writtes to his spot in
London to make inquiries respecting Mr. Gill and
Mr. Proem, who were represented se having tendered
fur the Pier tolls. lie had sees them both and
they had both decilancd that they knew nothing
about the matter, that they bad Dever
tendered for the Pier tolls. and that the letters
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received by the Weymouth Town Council purporting
to have bees sent by them were not in their hood
writing, nor written by their authority. The avast
too bad also sooertained that the parties given in
the Whirs as being willing to become guarantee
for the due pinforgoanoe of the contract were, either
not to be band, or were parlous without
means.—The • leans were evidently written to
rolled and frustrate the object of the Council, and
the letters and tipster's were a forgery.— The
Camel amasimosely &meats& the Gradual ef the
ocmcootors of thews lettere, and said they ought to
be prosecuted. Boos of the Council stated they
would voluntary contribute towards the prosecution
of the mieersmita —Mr. 'LW? stated the regent
Ilemeal position of the pier fend, from which it
armored that during the lint 14 months after the
spewing, the tolls mocented to AIM. During the
lest three weeks £ll7 bad bees takeo, and the
=
es were rapidlyWiwrio&—lt was unsa-
y resolved that the par tulle should, for the
remain in the bands at the Corporation.—
Aldermen Ayling and Devenish were
appointed • oommittes to scaler with Mr. H.
Williams" gad ISM worth of pew bonds, per-teased
by Mr. Wallace, were ordered to be paid towards
liquidating the debt of 4400 owing to the cos-
teselor.—The Marra said be had received a cow
munisaties from Mr. Criekmay for penaiinige to
alter the Corporation pew, bet when be went there
that gentleman told him it bad been slreadLioitt
down.—Mr. ATLDIO was in favour of the •
bang takes away and the pew grained like the
of the pews in the thereh. [Several voices "Re,
no.l—• of the membees remarked thst the mie
who was someed in the week of the pew Gazetiz,a
immense niniber of living animals on his
thereby showing that the lining of the pews was •
refuge toe those Yerniin.—After some remarks, it
was resolved, "Tat the Coopeention pew be rein-
saW, se for asp.', 5O is former date, with
the Witham of new ambit liniap, higneebt. ser-
pats. kn., and that, the Mayer be remissied to cam-
manaste with the Osmagittes.---*Homad el Health.
—The learsorma of Notessans reported the mist-
imes of smopen dean eatemding from the Royal
Oak, Redipele, to St. Mies Church; and also a
stagnant pool width% at the bask of Waterloo-
pleas. —The Scravcron set in a loess report, re-
tiree& amens oilier Wogs, to the railway culvert.
On the maim of Mr. Him, it was aniseed ter pre-
pare a plan and specification for daring the rail-
way culvert, sod providing a new hatch for the
some, sad that Waders be invited Is the priors
awe of the work. —The Clam reed a
o, from from the Governesses Ad Mom load"
to the offset that begin mosetiori Gadd be gives tar
ragtag a sem of mouey OS loge fur the improvement
of the town a plea of the tows, and coloured sketch
of the streets, showing the paved and unpaid pa-
tios', should be prepared—The Board, in considera-
tion of this, decided for the present, to purchase
only the Foes tavern for pulling down, the expense
of which t.oe levied by. rate.
ADDITIDS•L AID SOCUTT.-011 Sun-
day, A ova 26th, sermons were pr *ached at Trinity
Church in aid of the hada for eaplo) lag oddities's'
curates is populooe parishes, when £l6 wae col-
lected. On the following seams' a public
in aid also el the fonds of the acciety was °all
the Assembly Remo of the Bandon Hotel. The
Bev. J. J. Bbeshengoa, imeembent of St. John's,
occupied the chair, and the Rev. C. Paean 'tended
m a deputntios from thisiat=st society.
There were also on the the Rev.
W. Bart, Blindfold, Rev. .7.T. Yearley", Rev. W.
Wall, Rev. Dr. Cottle, Rev. J. Fisher, and the
Rev.—Bandoliih. The chairman read the report
of last yow from which it appeased that the Wey-
mouth Breach Got year seat £27 la. 24. to the
parent society. The obi= of the society were ably
advocated by the rev. gentlernso who addressed the
meeting. acid at its close, 410 Its. 8/1. was collected.
Tie RACIOL —The tolls and sueolements derived
from the admission of carries", booth!, Ac., on the
I nice mune during the enstung meeting, were on
Fridaltrett as let by Mr. Potheary,by public survey.
The bidder w Mr. Cow toe. wbooffered
£3O. ereare ten entries fur the IdelOombe Stakes,
rig. Fitsaroa, Leveling, colt by Chanticleer, Scent,
Gullade, Don Jos, Gay Lad, Foretop.
aid Bey Shirley. The sport thii year is /raked for-
ward to as superior to gassy former mestsags.
WILTS A.ND DOUR JUIJIT-STOCA BAJIIG—Tbe
Wilt/ and Dorset Bask* Cemasay beealtduiti a
page of land in St. Mary almost. on *kWh new
premiees are to be erected. WI,. are hippy
to hero that genes the sidebbsionent of the. Way,
smash laurels, the cowpony s beldame in this town
his irscremed far beyond all expestation, a circles-
steam that goes very ha to prove that the
Weymouth people are beginning
.to ratline the greet
advantages of joint-stook over private banks.
•• Tug fiassos."—At the present time Weymouth
is all activity and beetle. For the last few weeks
the esouniun trains have brought into town several
thomends of visitors, and altbragh their st,iy, in
many instances, is of vary Indited duration, the
lodging houses in peaty nearly always full.
Taarascnoes. —The votaria in our Vivo. Gni
neighbourhood of this famed goddess, may
late themselves upon the appearance
of Mn. Lao, a lady teacher of the "?.5.
graceful at of dancing, acquired at Pariv
tuition of Monsieur 14Atil D'lgviUs twl6o so •
tends the studies cube art at Buskinghani shoe)
and other eminent protonic& Calisthenic atflreillak
with the most approved appliance, and &pommel
aim, form a portion of the " corrioalunin of study.
The daming taught is not of the "hop, skip, end
jump" school, but the true bell-room style, a bet
evidenced by Una Lis receiving the patrosage of
the leading families in the county. Miss Las fro-
ciessitly visits the French capital to obtain the
latest new figure.—Mr. Hooke, of the Musical Re.
• , Johnetonecrow, will readily furnish turthir
RUMS VOLUNTILZMA. —TWO Weymouth Volunteers
having challenged the Marra to a contest
at target shooting, the first match came off at Reid.
port on Monday week, the team being tea members
on either side, live roulade mai at the seamisl dishier*,
of 200. 300, 500 and 600 yards. At two hundred
yards Bridport scored 7 points more than Weymouth.
At 300 yards, the points were even. At 500 yards
Weymouth headed their opponents by 10 points,
but at 600 yards the shooting on both sides was
very bed —Btidport obtaining only 24 points, while
Weymouth obtained only 16. Itridport was there-
for* declared the winners by 7 points. One of the
bested the Weymouth shots scored only 7 points
the whole of his 20 rounds, and his comrades state
that "whether he abut so bad purposely or not,
they are not in a position to my."