The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-09-25 00:00:00

DORCHESTER.

Tar Poundbury sheep fair is fired for Saturday

best.

A Tows COUNCILLOR is to be elected on the god
October, in the room of Mr. J. T. Ensor, who was
chosen in 1864.

A Poetic Marylyn is called for next Trader
evening, at a quarter to seven precisely, °our:en:ling
the establishment of a School of Art in Dorchester.
Hurts Coars.—There wee a full dress parade of
the Dorchester rifle corps last evening for drill,
preparatory to the review at Sherborne on Wednes-
day, The offioers present were Captain Coombs and
Lieutenant Dodges.

Tux annual meeting of the Dorchester end Ford.
ington Juvenile Church Mimicnary Association will
he held in the East Fordington mbool•room on
Thursday, the 27th instant, at 10.30 a.m. The yen.
Areldeacen Hunter, • miasionary from the North
West America, will attend as the deputation.

CORN MARKET, Saturday. —The supply of wheat
at this day's market was rather larger, all good dry
old or new paroels made Is. more mercy, but damp
wheat was a dull trade. Malting barley, was again
offered freely and sold at an advance of k per yr.
Old oats in better demand at fully late rate,.

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TH•NILOGIVING SIRVICCS Intl DO DOM
George's Church, Fordington, next Sunday, for the
sale in-gathering of the greater part of the harvest in
this neighbourhood, for our merciful deliverance thus
far from the pestilence of cholera, and for that' the
cattle plague hu not, except in one came, visited the
parish. There will be an offertory at the close of
each servioe.

We are glad to learn that the recently formed
Burial Board for the parish of Fordington, have
determined upon levelling the old churchyard, and
it is to be hoped that when so necessary a work bas
been effected, measures will be taken for keeping
" flod'sacre " decently and in order for the future.
We feel sure tbst the parishioners would gladly pro-
vide the extra funds necessary for this being done.
COMMITTED TO THE DORSET COVETT GAOL.
Seesion : Robert Barnes, stealing lead pipe at
Organford. Assize: William Bauman highway
robbery at klonckton. hard Labour Joseph
Hawke, poaching at Bare Regis, 1 month; Robert
Hayward, misbehaviour at Dorchester Union, 21
day.; Abraham Watts, stealing coals at Blandford,
1 month. finprieonniera : Jeremiah Hayter, idle
apprentice at Woodyates, 14 day.; William Fudge,
drunk, An., at Winiborne, 7 days.

LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH RAVEL —The only
business at the borough petty sessions yesterday was
the adjudication of two summonses for Local hoard
of Health Ratee, and payment was ordered, as usual,
forthwith. One of the defendants was • laundress,
occupying • house in Grove-buildings at £2O rental.
who is a widow with several children. She lets the
greater portion of the house to lodgers, and has
relief from the parish. The Collector said the widow
expressed her willingness to pay when she could, but
he judged from what he saw nod knew of her
circumstances that she was unable to do so. What
is theme of pressing for payment a poor woman in her
unfortunate position, or where is the humanity of such
• course? If • distraint be levied on her goods she
and her children would be sent to the Union, and
the rate-payers would have to furnish their entire
subsistence. Sorely it is • case where expediency,
to put it on no higher ground, marks this as one for
being excused payment.
Tan reading of the thermometer, at Dorchester for
the past week, wages follows :

al- Direction I State of
Dates. Noon of Wind. l Weather.
z
Sept.
17 60 42 WkNW I Stormy
18 58 52 NW Fog, rain
19 64 50 W Cloudy
20 62 52 Wk SW tioudy
21 8/ 49 W Fine, slight showers
22 57 43 N.N.WkN I Rain, cloudy
23 50 17 NW,SEkNEI Fine, rain
001111SPOIDUIG WM, 1865.
17 70 54 N Foggy, line
18 70 48 NB Foggy, fine
19 66 47 I HULSE Foggy, fine
20 67 50 Bk 8W Very foggy, flu
21 63 46 Nk NE Fine, cloudy
a so 45 NE FIDO
23 60 51 NE Huy, Soo

AnronnunD LtOunetteet Marron. —The adjourned
mesons for the granting of publicans' licenses were
held yesterday, before the Mayor (Dr. Aldridge), J.
F. Hodges, J. Giilpin, and J. Bishop, &gra —Mr.
Tigard, of Weymouth, appeared on behalf of Mews.
Eldridge, Mason, and Co., to apply for the renewal
of • license for the Duke of Wellington inn, High
West-street, the consideration of which was
adjourned from the annual meeting, on account of
report& by the police that the house was misoonducted
on the 17th, 18th, and 19th July last. Mr. Tixard
mid he was not there to attempt to justify in the
least degree the disorderly keeping of • public house,
but he held that if Mr. Buller, the landlord, had
been wrong, the police authorities ought to have
summoned him for it. The Bench could not either
legally or with justios refuse the license without the
occupier of the house having been first eummoned
and convicted of conducting it in an irregular manner
contrary to the terms of the license. He had no
doubt but that the police report was correct,
but it seemed that those three occasions were
the only times when prostitutes were found
there, and he appealed to the magistrates
as men of the world whether if they were to
track public-house in the town and take away
licensee butanes women of that clams were occa-
sionally found there, the authorities of this town
and of almost every other would not in a eery short
tiro, get rid of half the spirit licenses granted. The
firm on whose behalf he appeared were always ready
and willing to assist the magistrates in maintaining
proper order in any of their houses, and to this end
they made a point of inserting • clause in agreements
for the letting of their houses, that they should have
the right of turning the tenants out of them if they
were conducted improperly. Had Mr. Buller been
summoned and convicted for the dream stated in
the polioe report, his clients would have been em-
powered to eject him from the premises, and doubt-
tene have dooe so. As no motion had been
taken by the authorities, he contended that it would
be unjust to the owners of the property to refuse the
renewal of the license non. Mr. Buller was the
tenant only till another could be found, and would
be away in a month's time, and be hoped that the
landlord who would follow would not subject himself
to snob • charge. The Town Clink said
it was quite legal for the police reports to be pro.
dooed at the licensing meeting, though the parties
affected had not been summoned, in houses ef this
class the principle seemed to be "Sell beer; to res-
pectable people if you can: but sell beer."—After
the magistrates had consulted together, the Mayor

every