The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-12-04 00:00:00

WKYMOU'Tg.

OOMPRIMATION FOR CONNOR itiawra.

Hoz Majesty's Governmest requiring some seventeen
acres of Portland land, over which the inhabitants have
commosabie rights, for the pompom of eonstreeding
farther fertilisations, some time beck sought to
with the 000111100 S the amount of compeosatiort=
given for the extinguishment of their rights in regard
to that portion of the pariah lands, but failed to arrive
at any entielbeeory emeludon. A claim was mad' of
IMMO by a committee appointed by the emanate to
watch over the general interests, and we understand
ofilially that the War 011ie authorities were only
willing to give somethin like a sixth of that sun. In
tessemminee of this dlssrenes, a 84orri1,? Court was
bald at the Bordon hotel Lel Fsidaii:d Watt-
day, before Thomas Coombs, Req., trgnerjg
"ía meordanee with the provisions the Lama
Clauses Consolidatioa Ai, 1845, for the purpose
of settling and determining the amount of sompenation
as be paid by her Majesty's Principal Secretary of RtMe
for the War Department, to the person' entitled to pay-
able{ for the eximeion of all connuomble end other
rights over or in serialn lands in the parish of Portland,
In the mid otresty of Dorset, purshased mid takes cm
behalf if her Majesty, and for the defense of the realm."
Mr. A. Collins, instructed by Yr. li. Nitnewardt
appeared for the commenen ; and Mr. • .r
strut:led by Mr. Clods, oakitoc to theor-odke,
appeared tor the Government.
FRIDAY.
The Deputpeberiff opened the Prentediap by reading
the warrant, which was under the hand and seal of the
Right Hon. J. Pod, Soorotiory of State for War. The
nemes of the special jennies who answered to their
eon Ames' Biker, of Bridport, merchant ;
Robert C. Tooker, of Bridpon, merchant; John M. In
Montego, of Bradpols, Require; Charles Burt, og
Swamis, merobsist ; Thomas North, of Loden,
Require; Daniel Hardy, of East Stoke, Require;
William Naylor Hussy, of Lyme Regis, Ropers ;
Charles Iluimas Hall, of Oimingtou, Esquire; Thomas
Bins, of Hawkshursh, Require • John Lowdham Brett,
of Code Mullen, Esquire: 00040 Nathaniel Shore, of
Lyme Regis,Require ; Lesmince Willett Ayde, of
Cmford !Gam, Require.
The Oren then proceeded to view the land in que•tion.
The party returned at half-past two, and the inquiry
recommenced shortly before four o'clock.
Mgt. Collins opened the inquiry, observing that the
chief thiag for the jury to madder was the right the
commoner, or the inhabitants of Portland had to work
none in certain of the quarries belonging to the island of
Portland, by merely paying • Milling per too royalty,
threepence of which west to the QUIIOII, the lady of the
manor, and the remaining anemias, to the inhabitants,
red would amount to • considerable sum in the immense
quantities oilstone quarries. The rights had hems in the
emission of the inleakitianta for more than 200 years,
under certain old charters and Instruments. The white
amount of land for which compensation was claimed
was 17a. lr. 29p., of which about five mem were q=
land. He said the nett quantity of stem for
comprestion was sought was estimated at 41,078 tons
of Meek and 21,014 tons of mash dose, on whist the
Royalty would he £1,879. The sett question was what
they would get if they quarried the glom themselves.
Ifs man was oat of work, or had amid his master,
be had the privilege of working on the wish lands,
and could raise Mom for himself on miss the royalty.
Thenfere, some comemmation aboaM be made for the
oil of privilege,
Mr. Bidder, the counsel for the metre,
_ohiseled to
this, saying it woe the same as a 'maenad should
claim for a trade serried on by Ms tesent.
The Sheriff thought the pressen ems was • very
different one horn that esepmed by Mr. Bidder.
Mr. Char proceeded with his oldie.. He said that,
taking the thee for getting out the Mese at tea yeses,
there would be 37,502 to.. The vales of the Week
ions world be, in the Maiklik MOM mod the rosa