The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-01-13 00:00:00

POOLE.

Tat WCWP-STILITT Moor KITOHII.—We are glad
to hear t' at C tunrillor A. Balaton opened his soup
kit•-hen on Friday la t, and that it will be open on
Tu ',days and Fridays till the end of February.
Tickets for a quart of soup and a small loaf of bread
ire obtainable from the minieters of the various
denombAtions and their district visitors only.
Toe CHARMIURT BM/WM.—At the meeting of the
Town Council on Wednesday last, the Town Clerk
read a Icter asking for such Erwli-h Acts an author.
tee their ace ptalce of the legacy. and an answer to
enggirteo al the proper method to f trward the remelt s
of Air. Charmg.tiry.—The Town Cerk said the power
01 attorrey asib.ri.ino Mr. 11Wilon to act for the
Cout.cil had been prepared, hot it bad not been
forwarded to New Orleans. The C 'outraged
the town Clerk to write to Mr. Raker continuing
his former power of attorney, and it wa. decided to
Is tee the latter portion of Mr. Benedict's letter
unar steered.

Sutpyiaa IsTrwarneit.-Arrie,lt :-Jan. 1- Ann
and Elia th •th, Young, Soethampt lie, chalk. 2nd-
Acorn, Brett, Southatopten, wheat. 3rd-Boadicea,
Francis, Newcastle. cuals • Florence Vivian, Dennis,
Cardiff, emais ; Unicorn, Afilloughlty, B %logos, bat
kat. 4th-Jenny Lind, Booth, Lywington, nit;
Queen, Hicks, Newmedle, coal.; Wood Park, Hay.
whri-J.tmes and Blistbeth, Alberton, South.mpton,
wheat. lith-es'iarah Ann, Brown. Cowes, nil; Diver,
Pao, Yarmouth, nil; Emma, Conway. Cowes, nil.
6th-Little Dove, Kellam'', Cowes, nil; Alliance.
Bloomfield, London, geueral •, I 'eree,_Summers, South-
ampton, wheat ; Slary and Julia, Ke p, Newcastle,
coals. -Jan. 3rd - Commodore, Mant-
Martin Luth-r, Kent-Promise. %serum-Sunk Light
I ender, %Vol, - Express, Flect-Eliza, Filmer -
Georgina. Pilaw. London-A lelheid, Akkerman-
Anna iiebeccs, Meember, Brennen, clay ; Ann,
Beachem, Yarmouth, deals; Perseverance. Gaavery,
ilenemn, hog 're; Emerald, Ellis, Plymouth, ballast.
sth -Vesper, Hate, Glaerow •la ; Nut**, Haulm],
Hutment, el.. y. 6th Cortflow r, Kent. Truro, flour.
riCITT Thu inlay.- 'tame the Mayor, the
ex- Mayor, and A. Balaton, r. J. St ine, and W. D.
Dopiale, ['sum
R4ert White was summoned for being drunk and
disorderly on Tuesday night, at PArkaton..-p i.
Brush. Uproved the ease, and !efendant, who had
been previously convicted, wet fined Bk. and pm.,
TIIE LADIES' WALKING FIELD MUD POND.
A me, ting of the Corp-ration was held In the Council
Chamber on Wednesday lad, "to consider a letter
addressed to the Meyer by Sir Ivor Guest, Summit, pro-
p...me In level awl fill up the plot of ground known all the
L Walk jut Field at hi. own oxpense, and also con-
taining several other propo•iiions.“ The Mayor presid,
and there were al.e oritsent-'he us-Ho-or, Aldermen F.
Styring and .1. C emeillora L Bah.tom_, H. T.
Tru J nnion, .8 H 'dent,,D P. Philnete, W. D. udek,
C Hill, K J. Conway, T. Buckley, J. Gifford, W. Mae,
J. Andrews, J. Hayman, and W. Waterman.-The
, Town Clerk teed Sir Ivor 13-rtie Guest's letter.
S,verel member. cheleneeri the stet/m.IA in tie Ifet, r
that the Council proposed to expend £1.690 in filling up
the mud pond, and it was found on reference to the hooks
that aniiiieetion had been mete for a loan of .C 2 000, of
which .C6OO was the Borough Surveyor's estimate for filling
no t' e mud pond, • iurther sum of LNG wa. his estimate
for the erection of pliblie baths, sod the remaining .CBOO was
the estimated rOtt of cenverting the hornush gaol into
public officee-The ex-Mayor said If Sir Ivor tilled in this
land now, there wu no guarantee that the Geld
would be secured to the town, as it we, • valuable ti re
or land and two or three rroets might he erected on I%
The letter did not meet the requirement' of the Council,
awl he hoped Sir Iv o r could re-consider the mat ter and
al ow sufficient space for the erretien of loathe and aho
sir mt th,M • lessee of the lield.-The Mayor said the
C mnril wished to abate the nuunee and erect swimm-
ing bah., and also ti get the field for u lone a tern as
pos.ible. The depiitation-Mr. Biplane, Mr. Dmplel.,
and himself-laid all this before Sir Ivor, mid the oity
thing he bed unde-taken to do 1•111 to level the land.-
Couneilor 11., tun said the primary object of the Council
was 0) get rid of the nub' 'cc Tiley wore told thot
Sir Ivor ceul.l only let on a building levee (or 99
years or en uricultural lease for 21 rear., and therefore
it was thot they prop. s id to erect baths and applied lore
building le me. 8 far as tbe abatement of the
nitieance was concerned Sir Ivor had mutinied to do ,
what was necessary, and as regarded the other things they ,
stood adjourned. The baths and people's park were not •
the wintery censiderations, hut simply a leverage to obt in'
the rest-eCetincillor Mete aireed with the remarks
Mr. Motion as to the abatement of the nuisence twine I
the primary object, but be amid the Council tel too
intention to throw the £llOO on the rates. Ile con-
sider-d that the baths would return good interest on
/1,0110. and they would thus have had eight act's
o land for the small additional outlay, and, as everyfo-oly
knew, land in that part of L inglieftt WU worth £/00 tier
aerrh-The ex-Mayor said he understood that the gaining
of additional recreation "roiled wis on. Of the consi re-
tions the Council had in view.-C inocillor B photon paid e
loa I n at,ninu. to 010 all he could to farther the old. et"
in • ey. Moist be sivo away ft so P old, speniline his I
Christmas loolotive, he received • 1.1.-grim from Mr.
Mere n asking him if he would consent to giv, up the I
Walking tdlel,l, He replie I that be should be
quits halloy to arrange with him, so that be did not
▪ rt .n his rope-walks. He afterwards wrote to Me I
Pat•reon and • 2-1 tined that if he shortened his walk+ it I
would stop his boatmen., and that if he to ,It
away his pasture be must then sell his cows. ,
• did not "hi ct, hut merely stated this a. a I
matt-, of fart lie made no oblecti on whatever, lint
en "quinine to Poole en Tridar he found that the father
of li.. bad eireulated 01t CO 'linable report through the
tow. 11 r ro It Sir Ivor (blest h ovu
' the ft oli tor the ro•p ee for which he reqopreol it, T at
abatement was ai•eiledils 11. did not know what
• ~lot et there emu in rorcolallot It; boot st bad not • word
o. tropoh. It was net eels a Ile, but a wilful lie -Celin-
e II r Trevaidon eard it woe • question to whom the mud-
! r„th. a., when the railway Was wide, 3
prt', of 01011.-11 pill for 1111.1 lathe zing to the p jab
of Jame". lithe lam, did lathing to S r Ivor Guest. be
we'll I Aleph' hi doing what any reasonable man ...old
s., I 4 e • nuneince on hie own land.-Ald•v•
S•yli propomed th it the Town Clerk ackedow•
ledge the riceipot of Sr leer's letter, and Inform
him that C iuncil ere , bilged to him. - C 'en-
gines. r ihoota said if the Connell had oteaMod the
lease and earri.-d eut their scheme it would hove proved
remuners'ive. By spending li. Sir Ivor would cat 61.
Mirk. and his setion deprived th, town of public I 'the
' and a wool.," nark. Ile foil- 4t, pee the' Sir Ivor had
.1.11.1 myth:rig Iv•yot.d sto.oplng • nietatme ron hi, on
rep, , imd that wig all they had to thank I,IWI
(or. - Sty ring slid he felt obliged to Sir
I or oor anyone , I e find work for unemployed
.ot 11.1,44 o time as .11,., ant therefore lee Prole:eel
' ph.pt the To-in C•ork arkros ledge the receipt it Sir
lee's Vet', and C emelt were glad h • had
uml seine work for uiromp'ovel men. - Cooinellicor
Philp. ao enn•leol the prove- merillor Bds'on
said /oho. Cm. alril tle C lt.l at, appliestloon
I Mr. II obco ol 'or a site for ' Atha, He was of opinion
ph it et+ 3 thing as twin, a could not le rent.neent on
the a hl of any mail, snot if, (Private c eta, start, d
for their erec ion he woul I take slooret.-Ceitncillor
C nwer .1113.-ired ho ProPmilein, and said the Giuttill
hal all .1 ey eskod f ; I,n• Councillor Itabiton denied this,
and said Si- [coy eiuld shut no the fleli at any time.-
After !o:ue further ennorersotion the proposition was put
to the evicting and carried,

THE L %DIES' WALK!' G FIELD.
"hike. yer, Bill." said one oureerm mger to another
at Billingsgate. " COS why?" rej 'hied his compeni in,
" Because Ter tells such awful lies," was the prompt
reply. Thls little tedlorpty i. ledeg rehearsed every
rl iy ie the Tory lump in Poole, where truth is a
etr miter, and where ignoraece is taken alvantaee ot.
ity deducing feleities firm ph 'room facts, and pa-
ra,lieg them before the while ,I the ignorant onr
npponente seek t gain petition fee themselves. They
do net c .me fore .rul with a elain, etraightforwlt4
story in "pen deylieht, where their statements can ha
challenged uut the spot; but they ar.. te he found in t le
dark alleys al,er eon et, lac- to Lice w.th the len. net,
tutoring them in o the belief th .t Meek is white, and
with no one at heml rea ly to dieprove their state-
ments. ()cc Rion:ally, however, when th-re is a little
solidity ti base their statements neon, which they can
argue with the more enlightened .4 the constituency,
they hare the tffrontery to try t moire the litter cla=a
listen to their illogical ',reverie .ti',,,, and se they
permute them in print. They are astute enough, as a
rule, to abhor printers' buk, but when they ever thus
deviate from their natural course they always leave
themselves open to be "sat upon" and called to enter
by the truth ef their adversariee. In a local paper ,4
last week are to be found statements innumerable,
nearly all of abbe% are calculated to mislead the
public. and we feel it our duty to revert to one or two
of them, so that the constituency .4 this berongh my
not be misled by the ex-parie etatements which fit
from a p.n evidently aide to treat with the eubj.ct in
qnestion, though, unhappily not with that veracity
which should never be abeent fries m Ater whiela It I.
open for everyone to scan. Finn, we fail to see arty
generoalty whatever in Sir Ivor Guest's promised
undertaking, except generosity to himself. Ifete w
a piece of putrid, stinking mud in our midst, which Ii
not only worthless in Its present state, but absolut ly
a fever manteactory. He ha, had his attention
frequently called to this nuts inns ; nothing has been
done for yearn, en the Corporation of Poole offer to
abate it, .atherthen compel him to do en. When he
has covered in this mud, lie will have some ten acres
of valuable land to call hi, own, worth far
more men what it coda him to fill it in,
and this Is celled "ti sly generosity, " reel
I we read that "it will save the ratepayers £1,600,"
—Rubbish ! The Council wanted to borrow £2,000
foe three ptirpreee—First, to build public lusehs ;
pecetelly, to fill in the mud-laml ; and thirdly, to con-
vert the old jail into public offices. The result of these
1 three actions win I h. to produce more than sufficient
in .ney to ply • if the VIM in due time, thereby
adding to the Borough (mid. rather than diminishing
it! We next read that by tilling du this mud, &rive.
will secure Cur "us all thes3 benefits we prep.. .1 to
()Man." How then alaent the beths, the peerde's
, park, and the public "tile..? Surely someone's wits
went "wool-gathering" when ouch • statement PS this
MSS penned. The Town Council, inaterel of ha • inc an
they rented, have only one item in the list—the el ate-
meat •4 n nuloorce wheel west have abate I be'ore
long. Therefere they may "Thank you for nothine."
Where is now the 'spontaneous generosity" and the
"obligation of gratitude" we read so much about? It
" brag " and mis-stete•
Is enveloped in the ewer,' of
moat, which has now become an essential point of
Toryism in Poole. We want to be under no "oblige.
(ion of g,satitnrits" to anyene, the le.c d Government
el eurd am do for us all we want, and with .ut any
rietentation or parade. We have reasons to look upon
everything connected with Toryism in Poole with
suspicion, and we have reason also to value our
privilegesuke a
odthirnkEnasglwise likhmeen., which allow us to vote as we
We have generous men
our midst, men who will not see our righta trampled
upon, and if any individual tries coercive mean, to
influence mar rights, let him gain that popularity he so
non.h ovi•vo Cr himself awl his rei trims as he beat
en onul dineoveme no doubt he will before leng, that
Poole people ere net to be patronised.—Porge /elegem&