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

DORCHESTER TOWN COUNCIL.

A quarterly meeting was bald yeeanday. Preeent
ma Mem (G. Osumi., lipq.), Aldermen Oalpin and
Coombe; Councillors Loeb, Steele, Gragory, Bmnett,
Blade, and Bishop.

TRI MANZI? TOLL!.

The MAYOR esiiibt7i had- L.:con-cider a hitter from
Mr. Weston in reference to the claim of Mr. Pc atm,
for eemponaction on eatoent of the miu-ket toile, doe to
him from Mr. r. agar.

The letter read by the Clerk was to this elect;
During the time the question of Roaor's liability to pay
tolls to the Council or their lessee weal.. agitation,
Rumor refused to pay any tolls, and during such time,
as appeared by advertisements in the newspapers, Sneer
offered for sale 2,108 scion of sheep, whisk it Is. 64. a
score would amount to £l5O 155.; 1,457 hems'
at 6.1. 41•11114 £36 Is. ed.; and MO implements at
6d., its.; total, £215 14.84. There we-re besides
aermeroes other artistes of which in silent is unable to
give an 11630110 L lam even to nsdefltand that on the
19th of January last, a reeolatioe was passed to the
offset that on Ewer's 'Decanting in the ordinary way
for the accustomed tolls oo all Aoak and other articles
he should be allowed to continue his Wee at the Re-
pository without further question On tIl• part of the
°ottani, and that an allowance should be made to him out
ofkuch tolls. LI any such arrangement was entered into
, with &nor, it was done without the sanction of the lessee
, of the tolls, who, I submit is in no way bound thereby,
I and that the Council are bound to make good to him
any lows or damage he has sustained, which liability by
their subsequent sots they have virtually if not
actually admitted.
Mr. Lot% said he was quite wrists. that when the
arrangement warn made with Mr. Rneor, the lamas was
present, and mositioned it, so that parted the letter was
not exactly correct. The Council did not come to an
arrangement without *referring with Mr. Penney, who
said, if he mistook not, that he should boiled to arrange
1 with Mr. Eason on the terms thee agreed upon, if be
would pay the back toils.
Mr. Bunter suggested the subject should be deferred
till they saw what dividend JILL Savor'. estate would
give.
The Marne thought the Connell should not admit
any claim.
Mr. Bleartr did net think II ought to be entertained
for a moment.

--Aidrr-oTar -Dat,Tur mid the letter seemed to miss
lepi question, but he did not wish to speak on that
point He thought, under all the eireumetances, the
question had better be postponed neither admitting
arlYtiling. nor twowtiud surthing, and mod* a motion to
that effect.
_ _ . . .

-Bist-JITT suoaded tbe propositdo.
dldermaa Montle mid, 66 dupla dealt. the *bole
question of their liability. if Toting eoaid show be
made • prodi as the 10d, he might, In fainmes, be
entitled to some compensation , an to his not
guti e .0007 flow Ennis that was simply a
me,tlthe
not being prepared with his demand, and be
(Mr. Coombs) denied the adman liability to compen-
sate him for any lam ha bad in uses sustained.
The Immo ought to have Prepared 61. demaad, and
have sued Kew, sad this to have maid
on the Connell for say loas the Oonnairs
agreement with Mr. Baser bad ommehmed. Bat to
my they we hound to beep the sosounts, and the
1a.... simply lays himself on big beak, and leave the
vrhole thing to Uwe. Wad sot to be admitted. Mie
not being prepared to make Me demand trims the
unagemesi was is... to was, be thought, simply the
Immo'. lads" for which die Ccomdl amid not be
mag:gibi.moilom was this *greed to. Several minor
madden were disposed of.

BRITISH SCHOOL EXAMINATION.
•
"The annual palate examination of the hop attending
Wm Mast took plans leet Thursday 'ming. The
, yew. we. Aseommd In honour of thizomavent. A round
• the mulls were plaoid alternately of ever.
L greens intempermel with Sowers and Illuminated
motto..; • large floral OfeWll depended from the centre
of the roof, which was lighted with • veritable °time
lantern • while the front of the plies was festooned
• with atr'inp of armory intermixed with flowers, with
, • device, in the middle and mottoes upon the bleak
pasek, aged the pillars were wreathed with Ilue
prevailing evergreen and lend edmixturs. m.
, &dammed gave a festive appearance to the otherwise
white and bleak Mlle of the school-room. A lea meet-
ins prefaced the mooing's promedMp, which, we un.
dergand, waa muneroisely attended; ladies of the lowa
who feel as interest in the school provided the nesse-
, series for thee social meal, and to them thanks at. dm,
am the. a sum of mosey is retied toward. the school
funds. At seven In the evening the boys were meal-
bled on the raised platform as the upper sod of the
wheal-room, and the other spade was enimpleldy Ailed
le) the pmente of the &Mires and thous friendly to the
owes of British School education. Matthew Deyeekb,
Bee., presided In • genial happy manner, and the other
principal persons present wore G. J. Wood, Eq., of
Atbelhampton Hall, the Bev. J. Fox, of the Congrega-
tional Church, the Rev. F.. Merriman, Baptist minister,
Mr. Vernon, he.
7114 CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, bristly
gemmed the interest he felt in the mai of edoestice,
and in the proper of that school, and hie regret at the,
death of Kr. Ties, who bad for many yeses attended
their annual uzamilnatione. . . .

The examinagon oontinesseed try the boys ringing
Mail we meet beyond the river r which they gave
with taste and &limey, very rani to be dimovered In
the ordinary run of bore echool singing, which I.
generally dintagniabed by ones and nothing else. It is
evident the mister (Yr. Bunting) is • manna.
sad id= spinal delight in teaching this part
of his 0011110. Mr. Bode then condusted an
examination in Scripture. The prominence give,
to this subject is mantling. end it ht
to sewn the minds of parents who may have hem
1.4 to think that relitiou *awl"( I. 11CM'd Mi.
British School system ; the fait is the is read
daily in British Schools and the &Wren are trained to
an intelligen:zrziation of its truth., determiner
tiocalism is y avoided. The manifessal
ready knowledge of the leading h hadah,
of the Old and New Testament, • vivid a
of the antra tenth of Christianity—that CbZad=ar
sinners, asid se intimate acquaimitawe with the moral
laws inonkstot by Holy Writ. This was followed by •
eau& "Love at home," after which two boys recited
pies@ celled "Napoleon and the saßes.' flennrel caw
reeilations were given in the mares of the evening, but,
bees, Wad, they were the best gratifyt.Tity of the
prosesdiega They were by no Ima m
sod, It moo 6o vs, oath &ploy is loAloor booldreite