The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-01-15 00:00:00

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Ygovit..-We are happy to announce the return of
the Right Hun. Lady Georgians Fans, with her
steward (Mr. Ilawkes), to their native country
from a tour to Canada, New York, &c. By none
will her hultship be more welconie at this very in-
clement seaein than by the poor of the parishes of
'try ovum, o,le.ane. Houndstone, and Preston, who
are the annual reciiiimita of her bounty.
nil': Poo& or Y 'myth. -A subscription has been
set on foot to relieve the poor of Yeovil during this
inclement weather. Several donations of .C 5 t Lit)
mid under have liven given, 1111111 a meeting has been
held for the purpose a considering the beat way of
:Tidy ing the mon v so collected. It was agreed.
at thu unggv.stion of Mr. Vickery, to form a tuap
kitchen at the Townliall, which the Mayor lent,
where soup could be t‘ild at Id. per quart, and a dld.
loaf for 2.a.
TOWN Couset...-The gaunt monthly meeting was
hehl on M0n.1..y week. The attention of the Oinneil
WAS again call" i to the necess ty of building a room
adjoining the Townhall for a Court house, the Towe-
lled being considered enamel stung both by the
County Court Jmigit ant the MAgistrates. The subject
we* revived again, %lel it certainly appeared to him (the
Clerk) that something ought to he done, because the
affair., of the Cormirstion are in • healthy state, and the
:a.m.: would (heu. exceed the present, and it would
yield more than the intense. ofthe money laid out for
such purpiew.- TI: Mayor said the matter 11.1 only
been mead lto the Council by way of information.
:did they woul.l tint im expected to come to any decision
1,11 it.- Mr. tbssle said that it had Men intimated that
it would cost E.-,,t) or Etloo. If they lull out money as
they bail done before, they would not get mods of a
room for that .ey. The Mayor remarked that
some time n. the County Magi Arates talked
.4 removing their sessions to Mattock ; sod
it WAS ottly by priiviting better ace 110•110 tat ion
in every way I.lld they were induced to COAtiStle At
Yecovil.-The Town Clerk said it WILA perfectly clear to
lim tlmt the 0 ty Court would mist continuo tai be
held in the Tow:omb long whether they carried out the
pournition or not The treasurer of the vent in many
places had purchased • house sorl formed • propel'
Re hail no doubt that this would be the case
here : and therefore. in considering the matter, it would
be well to bear that it, I. 11 was eittimateil that
acti..its were diepesed of in the Yeovil County
Court yearly.- After a few more remarks the subject
dropped. The Post (Mice: Mr. Rawlins hroaglit before
the Council the very early hour the inhabitants of
Yemil are compelled to post their letters. It appeared
ridiculous. with the railway accommodation we have
that we should e otipclled to post our letters before
half-past bee it% the evening. Was it not the duty of
the corporation to memorialise the post-office authori-
ties. in order to obtain au ellen m i ~,, of thee, the woe
out they had in %di er towns? Ile knew scarcely a single
town to re trised in this respect. The Town Clerk
was requested to draw up • memorial on the subject.
Mr. Jeans next called the attention of the Unwed to ,
the fact that the tille corps had hail the use ef the
Corti
.Exchange at 2s. a night, being reproentent to have
burnt only four liglita, whereas they burnt Mee. Tb,,j
Mayor said he lia.l known when nine lights were burn- TUE SECKIrrARY AT WAIL -The Rihht Hon.
mg, and when only (oar riflemen were present. The StdoeV Herbert, M.P., has been summoned to
hill, which amount...lto LII 811., was thought high by the the Upper HOttis by the name, style, and title of
corps. hut it sc.s tinier'si that no abatement lie made.- Lord Herbert of Lea, in the county of Wilts, in the
Mr. Mar,len sie„;.!,,ted that the dealers should be charged peerage of the United Kingdom.
101. • year for their standrOP in the Corn Exchange. REPHESENTATIon or Sol-rll Wit:es. -A candi•
was agreed to. It was then considered whether the
whole amount of Mr. Wellspring's bill of 2655 24. for date for the representation of South Witte, in the
building m the cemetery sh h ould e paid him. or whether room of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, barn ap-
Paired in the l'iniPutt of Mr Thomas Fraser Gne iv,
1.:$8 sh. wild he iledw•ted from the amount
for the
of Ferichonse, Wilt& Mr. Grove is a magistrate
exben-e, ariint iii c.eilieiuenre of the contract not
being fulfilled at the proper time. It was ultonatelv for the county aud a deputy-lieutrnant. lu his ad.
agreed to can in Mr. Wellspring and pay him the whole dress Mr. Grove says :-" Altlioni,h I 110 not
amount, - The Cemetery KAM: The balance sympathize with the ultra,Tory party, I am, never-
due to Hr. Shout, the architect, on his account for thelees, far removed from the so•caUed Manchester