The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-12-16 00:00:00

BRIDPORT.

FORM!TaT. —lt is statol that • juvenile lodge is
about to be (Grown in commotion with the A.0.F., of
this towel.

TEE DIAIXACII QUESTIOI. —This Importsat subject,
which haa Dropped up &fully say Unto sine. the year
1863, when " The Board Ulser" was displayed in warn-
ing, Gams betfors ths Local Board for eouidderatioo last
Thursday eveniag, Kr. Montagu moved the appoint-
ment of a oommittes to *Ain to the sours* of • month
one of the four soltemoe that have already bees leil
before the board by Messrs. Trosoott and Co., Mown
Whittaker sod Parrett, kir. Shapland, and Mr.
Humber. Ho said the Incas, Gould be borrowed from
Governmeat at 4 pfte sent, and spread over 33 or 60
years, and he anggeeted the sewage might rotors £360
• year by utilisation. The improversteut, he also pointed
out, wes oalsubsitid to do away with a low speakes of
fever obi& frevently threw working peopits on tito
rates. Oa this bead• rola( of pubic] mousy woald be
effeeted.—Kr. Wihhtse secooded.—Kr. H. N. Oox
thought it desirable to settle tho drainag• quota= ;
and, while they wars desisliag, be advocated this
adoption of • asap method of doing away with
blai•LOOSII. Kr. Legg estoonded. Attie • isagthy dla-
auesioo, the 'notice of Kr. Montagu ma Girded by e largo
majority. Th• econmittes appointed wers—Ths
Mayor Mr. Beare, Mr. O. B. Swims, Mr. H. B.
Houns'ell, Mr. J. Houneell, Mr. D. B. Biddlesombo,
Mr. Swain, sad Mr. T. H. Irimunda

iiatitoti. Kis AT INQUEST& —The West Demi
Medirial Aotoolotion have oosferred together reopeoting
inquests held in Brii port, at which the Boldest, to the
ose owe of Kr. Eiessllco ie the other of Mr. avows was
unfavourably eornmenteri upon by the Burt; and tiny
have publehed a deelarstiou In which they By :
" °Brier of Inhumanity sod neglect on the pert of each of
thane geotiomen were wade ; and bald to be eubstontisted on
es.porte and betray evklanoe, awl lo thou Waitrons
' Moreover, In each care, although the court did not proceed
loth. extent of formally aocolog our coalrerta 4 ram.
slaughter, no impartial reader of the woos. WI to see that
such s charge irse very broadly hinted at ; the fact beim that
In each cow, medical evldenoe—had any been rolled—could it
awe hive .hewn the Impossibility ol upholding It for one
moment

lirr-ifiering these oirounastanose, teal it our duty to plain
on ricord our strong opinion, that if medical nten ire thug
liable to be placed on their utal bei..si public tribunal, tiny
lure • right to expect what tit* ordinary principles it joshes
aoeord to everyone else ao dtuated. via., an opportunity of ex-
plaining and &binding thoir actioax • and we, therefore,
soupdadcally protest against the unfair treataisot of tho
two peLISIINIO in question, to whom this privilege was
denied.

Wu rather from the reeling dieplayed upon mach ol the
ocamal.ins cited, that the public teem to think that they have a
special 1111.1111 upon the time and eersipos of medical men, under
any and all circumstances. W. take thin opportunity a sr:i-
temise whim% Ws doctrine.
A medical man se as much the master of hls own time ae
aay other member of the community ; and It Is (or him alone
to Judge how far be may be able, or bow in, It may he expedi-
ent for him to est aside hie immediate and precut occupations
to allOn.i to any special or nutlike call.
W li. Hey, Francis Scott, Bride ; Thos. Jas. II duxes, K, F.
Hay, Wm. limreston, D. S. Shunter, Lyme ; If J.
Oleg, Axminster; H. A. Fattiessu, Corns Abbas; H. W.
Denser, Wm. JAS Daniel, John Staines Webb, T. F. Daniel,
Ileamineter,
Brtdport, November 13th, 1173."