The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-12-25 00:00:00

ADJOURNED QUARTER SESSIONS.

The adjourned eating of the magistrates of the
entity of Dorset, in quarter sessions, was held on
Thursday, at the Police Court, Bhertiorne, with
respect to the proposal to re-open the cattle marketa
of the county, which have been closed for • long
time in adisequeooe of the cattle plague. There
were present—John °aside°, Esq. (in the chair). 0.
D. W. Digby, Esq., H. C. Goodden, Esq., J. F. Fel.
wailer, Esq., Rev. W. F. Goodden, Col. Cox (chief
constable), and W. Rooks, Esq.. (clerk of the peace).
The meeting was merely pro forma, and the subject of
opening the markets was deferred for further con.
sideration at the general quarter serdons of the
pekoe, lobe held at Dorchester on Tuesday, the let
of January. —The Clerk of the Pesos stated that he
Lad received • letter from Lord Portman (chairman
of quarter sessions), who was under the impressiJo
that, in consequence of what was decided at
the adjourned esesions at Blandfierd on the 24:6
ult., application had been made to the Privy
Council by the local authority for re-opening all the
cattle markets in the county. He (the Clerk of the
Peen) explained that, in the forms prescribed by
the Privy Council, blanks were left in which might
be inserted information se to when the marketa
were estebliabed, and also the names of those
persona appointed by the market authorities to
receive the necenary licences, and to grant pares,
&a, with such other information as was required.
It was therefore necessary to ascertain whom they
should appoint to make such applications for the
respective towns. The magistrates at the Blandford
meeting had sweated that the police superin-
tendents and sergeants, who had been acting as
cattle inspectors tip to the present time, should be
appointed, so that all should be under the supervision
of the vunty officers. Oply two towns—Wimborne
and Shafteebory—had made the °scenery returns,
and the superintendents of police who had
acted as cattle inspeotors, had been appointed.
With 'aspect to the other towns which had applied
for the markets to be re-opened, they had nut made
the necessary returns or app-toted the persons to
receive the liminess, and therfore no formal applica-
tion to the Pnvy Cancel could be MAO for those
towns. Now, on the suggestion of the Privy Council
with regard to the opening of markets within the
county, if this Court thought it deeei.eble to do so,
Lord Portman had written to say it would be advi-
sable for the local authority to postpone it until the
20th of February, or the Ist of March, because in
the town of Chippenham, in the neighbouring county
of Wiltshire, the disease had again made its
appearance, and it had been declared to be an
"infected piece," and airmails= was brought into
contact with this county by rail. His lordship also
thought they should withhold all ordensfor opening the
marketa in the county of Dorset, "until the ...mitt.,
met on the 20th inst." (that day). But his lordship
seemed to be under • wrong impression in lima
matter, for as yet no steps had been taken for apply-
ing for any linnets As far as Wimborne and
Shaftesbury were concerned, the Court was merely
in a position to make the necessary applications to
the Privy Council; but after what Lord Portman
had said, it would be for the Coast to consider
whether or not it was desirable to proceed further
in the matter.—Mr. H. C. Goodden thought that in
many of the boroughs private cattle Wee were
advertised to take place, and therefore they did not
absolutely require the markets re-opened. —lt was
ultimately decided that the Clerk of the Pesos be
requested not to send up the applications fain
Wimborne sod Shaftesbury, and to take no further
steps with regard to the opening of the markets
until after the General Quarter Sessions at Dor.
chaster, on the Ilist of January.