The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-11-11 00:00:00

ILI =CMOS 01 TIM MAIO&

Mr. &triennia Mitutocis, addresstag the Mayor,
.eld: Another year bax expired elan I had the privilege
and pleasure of proposing you to re-1111 the Aloe shish
you had so ably filled the year bedero—that of Mayor
of this town. y feat then that I was dots( sot only •
public duty towards the rthopayen ; bat • daty
towards the members of this Bond, In sawmills'
you again. You ban now Ailed the for
two years, sod you ban fulllhd the dutka
In snob • manner as to he • great credit to y. urea*
and of great alvanago to the tows, and I have now
the pleasure of proposing strain that you be ideated to
refill the olloo.—(Applause). It mty appear strange
that we should las knots( bonus on en individual ;
but we have • pandoot In the late Mr. Tiourd.—(ilear,
hear). Bo astWaotortly did hs perform his delis; so&
as Alderman and Mayor, that we thought we weld mot do
otherwise tbaar. sleet him —( A opines ). Of Mr. Reboot.
ion I mast my that we as members of the Ormacil
have secs his seal and &cavity ea • insesber of tide
Board. Hs hae not allowed as to drift into idle talk ;
but be has by his not and ability seenred the rapid and
*Melted despatch of banns. it large and impodeak
work ha. been already begat In this town seder the
smokes of our present Mayor, and I think be should
have the honour sad pleasure, If planer* it be, of
seeing that work sompleted, and although it may
wean • teeing not very palatable In the naiads
of some, yet I think that • greater ashes*
and • more oroßlehla *thane fee the tows °add
never have ben siopied. I speak sot ally from
szposienee in the ton, but I am vary *flea In the habit
of visiting the sity of Ithlishary, and than I Inn that
before the drainage sante for Salisbury was carried
out, the mortality was eons is the 1,000, but doss the
oompistion of the plan of draisage, the mortality has
been redwood to An in the 1,000. Thai speaks
volumes, and I hope we shall feel that, if our tows
I. to be as Improved in health is that, the deaths.*
seams will he on of the most profitable things over
attempted. I understood that dartsg the last
weak or ton days, sword of our large houses have been
taken for the whiter, botases Weymouth has sow
trep.a that width It ossht to have bean long spa—
the &sloth, of the town. Than Sr. fasts that mann
be gainsaid, end I lave great pleasure In peeped,'
that the Mayor be re-elootod.
Mr. J. ft Direnuth senadied briefly.
Mr. Wsx.turolth rose to • point of order, asd he
thought it • pant of same importane. He wished to
sok tin Town Clark whether the Mayor had the power
I. sit there and isolate himself Mayor. Hs thocalth
that previous to his befog &eland, he should noon
the chair, and allow some on sin to declare It.
The Towu Ctuaz said perhaps it would be as well
broom. one sloe to take the Asir.

The Meyer dun vacated the ehelx.

Mr. Briao.u. add if the Mayor were retards(
Miser, be *odd return hiseeelf, but he weld not new
dealers ttlautelt.

- Mr. Alder teas Aruro was them sailed to the auk.
Mr. Alderman iliniscom mid In order to be atrietly
legal, h• again proposed that Mr. Robertson be sleeted
Mayor for the missing year.
Mr. J. H. Dimmest said he had very greet element
in seconding that propositioo.
Mr. ATLINO baked if there me any smadment, and,
their being none, declared the proposition carried
unanimously.
The Mayor wee then deetored broadly, and took the
costba, and wm re-Invested with the chain of odioe by
Mr. Alderman Milledge.
Mr. G. R. ELIOT rose; but
The MATOI-ELZOT said he wished to make a few
remarks. In the ant plam he thanked Mr. Aldermen
Milled(' and Mr. Comaillor Devanlsh moot heartily
ond most sincerely for the very greet bosom they had
dose him is cawing him for the third time mayor of
this borough. If he bad ociasulted his own private feel.
Inge, private Wriest', sad he thought be might edd,
his own phydoel strength, he should hem declined
the hoeour ; but In as much ea the anaemia, works had
teen oommetmed daring the lizos he mg to dam and
as his Meads wished him to remit! in lASI till
they were completed, he most nattily templed the '
hawse of re-election. He had mid before sad he
said go again—that be believed the draineige works
would askance the prosperity of Weymouth very sou-
adorably. The day has (0041 by when people were not
anxious to same heelthy watering places Foe the Ital
ter years Me pat& attesdos has bees drawn to Me
sanitary stele of towns, sad this town eas oily keep up
pMtioa by doing what In fest. WY 'sly what had
bees dooe in Tocquey, Dover,the Isle of Wight, sod all
other watering places There was another madders-
Noe ; w• might not always to be smoldering the OMITS
money side, the mere pecieniary effete, and herald that
not only those peso's engaged in business like himself,
but OTOr7 Inhabitant of the town, will resolve tomb
from Its Leoreased seluhrity—(spplauce). Ns doubt
the rate required to pay off Me capital and fairest of
the loan would fall heavily on the smaller rolmayere,
but he verily believed they would have no CUM to
ooseplein is future year; because of the malyinermeed
prosperity of Weymouth. He would like elm to
mike a ew remarks rospeetlog the kat *lntim
In the first place he bad no wish to say •
Mee nakied word respecting the opposition&
Ley bargees has • cosisLitutiosal right to novel.
sate any eandidate be pleases, Wag a bargees,
and say burgeon eiseled, hes as ouch right to sit to
that Commit and be eluded to the °Mee of Mayor by
his brother oorporatern, as he (Mt. Roberts..) has
himself, therefore he wished no one to ispp.ss he
thought otherwise. But he maintained g
three csonnaillors and himeell who mot out of ales
were suited by the some polley,sed be maintained that
the candidate who was pitted spinet them rose
nominated as a vete of wont of 'madame in their
policy. For they all repudiated the idea of going to
the tows from as; political motive, and the otheri did
the BM& Therefore it must be the question of the
policy of the Connell will& was eholleaged. What was
Me result? Though they had vory 11111. nodes of the
amteet, yet be thought the town prononneed is a very
empbetle manner In favour of the mooing conselliore
—(bear, hoar, and spplasse)—end that vote !meld
not bare been given had there been no contest.
Now he must thank those around hiss for the
way In which he had been supportad la the Comma
Chamber daring the pan year ; be had met with
nothing but coeurtesy and Nudger, and he thought
they would rim him eredit that he had strives to
prevent anything like the display of political twilit',
for Ise thought polities should be altogether excluded
from Me 0011000 Ctazober. Another thing he must
idlade to, be had had the honour of reerivieg from the
Right Hoomrable the Lord Mayor, Sir Sidney Water-
loo., an invitatios to be present *I Om Lori Mayer'.
Magnet, and there wan emeiderebly mom then
political interset atteeshed to that bouquet. It wee wed
known that liir Slimy Waterloo thought the municipal
privileges of our boroughs oeght to be more highly
prized than they Um been lately, and lifter the
banquet, be celled a meeting at Mayors and Tem
Clerks and thee formed thee Municipal Oorporstions
Protection Society, which had for lie object the esetain-
log end upholding of our municipal privileges. Of late
municipal institutions have bees very much threatened
and he believed the time le not far distant when the
small boroughs will have to tight very herd for these
old end molest privileges which Lad been bonded down
to them from their forefathers. air Minty Waterlow
had given great dignity to our mankind InatitnUons;
time was when such institutions were the great rah-
guard of political liberty but this had now fallen to
the tare of Parliament, still they moot not be est &aide
or neg'ected. He maintained that those who live in •
town must be the beet judge, of what Is best for that
town, and U any eat of Councillors act Improperly,
they spend too much money, for instance, lb. burgesses
eats turn them out of ofiles. Thai their duties are not
only repreesotatlee, but administrative; the Mayor of
the town represents Her Majesty in the borough, and
nothing shows so much the dignity of the people es
that the Mayor of the town is elected by the people—
(applause), This morales he me proud to say, he was
elected be his fellow-townsman, and he would very
much prefer being there as elected by hie townamme
than, as In home, being nominated Moire by the
Government; he would tether be thus than be nomi.
maid by Mr. Oladetone—(applanseh He was glad to
Ind that the state of the borough se to offences was
Improving; he predated • return which he had got Mr.
Sooerintendeut Vishay to oompile, and which be reed.
, —lt stated that there had been a considerable decrees*
is .rims, especially I. indictable offences, of which In
1872 there were 16, bet thielesr ooly 25 ; Mom
summarily death with in 1872, 100. this Year 391 ;
time had bolo • alight &menet aneresse in drunken-
ness and In disorderly modest arising therefrom, for le
1872 there were 61, but this yea: 93 ; hahn spits of
Ibis apparent hammy the fluperintaudest did 11,4
believe drunkenneee had femme& aid he attributed
it to the large number of szoursioakte to the town In
the summer months, and of menthes{ sailors from
windboand vessels, the 'omelettes, against these
sailors amounting LO 30, OS sgals.t 0 lad year.
Vietnam Mows a oonsidamble degrease—of ys per
sest.—in 1870 there were 918 tramps relieved at the
slatloo. Ii Dm, 680, to an, pss, sad in 1873 oily 203.
The pollee often had, 'Who or three sumptleas

eoedueted themselves to the Boperinteeleol's betides.
Moo.
The MAYOR sonthined that as to drunkenness, by
the Act of 1872 the masistrates bad great pour., and
, his lootruetions to the police had been that every person
found drank should certainly be looked sp. and tint
amounted for the slight apparent Moreau. This town
and the anon of Dorset owes a groat deSt of grati-
t•lde to the Chief Constable, Capt. Annan Brows, for
reducing vagreney—(applanne)—for there is now 01117
one veinal where they used to have four, sad this
result is mainly owing to the form atico of the Moodionty
sSolely. Ho Pin Mayor) hoped that no person In
future would relieve regrsete. for there is really DO
DoOrnity to do so if a man to this °noir, mown
take one of blenself, the law steps la and taboos:. of
hins—(b,er, hem). He would cot detain thern
soy further tine to
brother Magiatrates for the way Is which they
hisd supported him on the Beach • during the
pest two years, they had had nothing liko a
division of opinion on any one nine. Ho alio returned
thsoks to tie efSoors of the borough—to Mr. 8
the Town Clerk, to Dr. Tistrd, seediest oilloor, trio
Mr. Vickery, Inspector of nutsanom fameeting
pungens within tbos borough, he did hope that every
welt-disposed bargees will ambit the °dicers in their
eedeavoeis to p t onismosee. Although they might
have the beet of allows, yea wevertimiese nuleanoes
will stint, without every pennon lends hie waist/moo to
putting them down. Bat the Load W.sard are deter-
mined that every burgess and ratepayer in the borough
thoU ement bin premises' with the general system of
Orating*, and not a osispool will be permitted to
remain, for they are determined to hero tire town In a
pease% sanitary state. H. thanked there very much
tor the haws: does, him la re-electing him mein,
and for having listened to blos no attentively--(np-
planes).
Mr. O. ZLIOT moved a vote of thinks to to the out-
going Mayor. After the subetesinl proof of (hair
approval of the Mayor's modest, nod the remarks of
Mr Alderman Milledge, he felt It unseossary to denim
them by any lengthened smash. Mr. Robertson was
so well-known to all; his public actions are before all,
and with his whole life nod oonversatioa they were so
ttoroughly soquainteed—tint he would only mom the
thanks if Use Connell to Mr. Robertson for his very
valosb'e service, as Mayor daring the pent yew.
Mr. Rossini; seeooded, sad the vote was wind
suanimoualy.
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The quarterly meetings were Gard for the woad
Wednesday la February, Mai, and August, at half•pest
ten, and the 9dt Neverab r, at twelve.

Local. LUDO uy -11BALTIL—Tall

Mr. W.ii the-7-;—notin-e- e. 7 sppoirod
=Bon so application of the the Ooropeny for
pooese,aad Mb. did sot kaow that there would
be • wieetiag Ware the gate susetiesed le the sotioe
aspired, and as there were amity Gee directors prossat
who could explain whet their intratioas so• be tkeeght
they should d• so. sad If their appliesties was for wore
the. they are 'stilled to. be thought the Board west
instreet the Tows Clerk to oppose the applisstass—
(appleusv) Had the Tows (Berk neolved ally nails.?
The Town Cum replied la the segative.
Mr. WEIS tlimight • meeting should be held before
lb. 27th.
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_
Mr. Roans sled to be permitted to explain the
bannous of the Gas Onsany, for he thought whirs
Us truth le knows, then would he no essitemest
siod esarsely • thought about the natter. as
,ii. ot the Gas Direst'., as eao was mon sax:loaf
shea Urea( to pineal soy estraardinan sharp bolas
made kr the pa The only writ the Gas Compaq
scald obtaia, nee if they trirW weald be to give
them 5 per sat., aid If they had Sand les thee that
during the last two years, they wield only ries the
pass se mash.. week give them the mesa at Uwe last
iso yes& 80, the earnings of ow year barks been 4
pee sat., and of Us other year 6 pee oast., they maid
only, if they obtained Us Provlskaal Order, pda 44
par mak, the men o/ the two presediag pars, an
before they Gould ever dlnie • larger clinked, they
most lows the pries to the original sura. The (Snit
ot the area was simply to get such • rise es
weeld vs them 44 per sat, sad he
i=itt
(U. per t ousted wain be wellionet, bet It was
if nal ware not noariti, they might mek for • ries of
Pd. The order weeld sod Gould say sant foe two
years. The Board of Trade had been empowered to
grant to aortal. gas ocoopsolos who sight require It,
sash powers. and when be said that the Gas Meador,
hind La Urn beads the lalorwia tied sea the livelihood
of Ilan who doped somewhat for Unit mantes** on
then pa shares, that the sacks= pelt they could
gala would be eels 44 per mat, he did not klak there
would be say objeettoo. No sorepay is allowed to
get above 10 per sat , and there is a.vMi. hero Is
got above 6 per .sat, sad wimps the pries of Goal
soy fall, aid thee doped upon it, that, will be nose
mere denon ihn the pe grantee to lower tie pries
et pa— (Cris of Oh I ohl mod "If tho pries Is rime,
will any, go down nab.") Yr. Robots did ass know
that a Gas Compaay en go hoped the power of an
Act of IParliessak and any gendemaa who believed
that an Lot of Parliament is aot sullloient to keep a
Gas Cowpony In ceder mut have aa ontraerdlaary
°apathy fee belle( indeed.
Mr. Arum muscled that Us Gas Committee should
meet to. natcler lb. subj,et.
TaoNso thought the Nays should call • ana-
log, sad the tows be pet la possession of the whole

Tbe 11•701 said Mr. Webb WU pathway in ardor in
putting the queetioo. He thought the 11/1•1101 of Mr.
Bohm perf telly sotiefactory, bat be WM Willis( to
have • sestating. as be liked nothing so amok as beiag
open and above-board.
Mit woolings were fixed, sad the Board thin went
to the Mayor's to take wine.
A Nrw Pann.—The Host. Alwiral Howard. of Cottle
Howard, Kano°, has beat raised to taw peerage., by
the title of Boron leuuterton, takes from the N•11/01116
estates, belonging to the Rewards. in the north of
Esglaad.