The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-18 00:00:00

Local 11005.

To Me ldi‘or.

It iviu-t be gratifying for all the supporters of the
Bon. Ashley, th-t late M.P. for Poole, to know
th it th it gentleman has been appointed to the office
o ret, ry t, the B ,ard of Trade, and whilst upon
f Sec
this jc: I cannot forbear to allude SI the
rthy manner in which the candidates at the Isle of
Wiht election con !acted their campaign against
6Sch oth. r. There was an absence of vulgar person-
alities reflecting upon each other in all their speechee,
and Mr. Cotton's lett-r at the termination of the
battle was a letter of • gentleman to • gentleman.
I stayed in Poole on purpose to see the political
dem, n.tration last Tuesday, and judging from the
enamel ism insni•este,l by three who took part in the
procession, Conservatism mu.t be In the &mordant
here. I could not help but hear some very bitter
remarks which escap-..1 fr rn Or. mouths of some of
Mr. Schreiber's enemies. and when I oome to consider
how evenly political tarty are balanced, I think it
but reasoned., that I shout,' have expect"' to have
bear even m.re aissent th fl I ail On the whole I
admire M-.Schr-iber's apeecli ; hi. remarks relative to
the late election arc moat I .gical and pertinent, and I
should hardly expect that tie. enemies coal I challenge
the trutb of his sesertimis. The uew member seenaltd
to be fully aware upon what fulcrum his power rested,
and lauded up, perhaps none too much, his stepson,
the newly created peer. I understand that it is the
intention of the Conservative Association to keep the
pt boiling by having a series of demonstra-
tion., the next one to be held on bank holiday in
Autftl4.

I don't hest much of Liberalism in Poole just now ;
in fact, if I heard the pity was defunct, L con d
hardly he anrprivd. I have tried in vain to get at the
truth of what are the intentions of the Liberal party,
hot n , one eta inform me. A thousand and one
ohm,' rumours, howe, er, are afloat, hut thows who
is, hest inr-rmeri cell me that in view of the Re-distri-
bation of Seats Bill being speedily parsed, by which
Bill elections in Poole will let co..ducted more upon
pnliVe .1 and Ins ujon beery principles, the Liberals
Poole al far as I have been able to find out, int.iad
to not on their oars, and after a while, when a c and!.
diatis pr-cored for the combined district to reorganise
ilwm.elrea and commence work anew.

Th- Town Conseil met last Tuesday, and the vexed
of public baths was again brought forwsrd.
A. sm particularly fond of bathing myself. I sin-
cerely trivit that Mr. Trevani in will be erne to his
penmiw. and c nitinually keep the matter before the
eyes of the Council. Some one waggishly sitorsited
ti me tile her day th it surely a *est in the House .4
lord, and a Feat for Poole ought to he the means of
bringing es a Peoples' Park. and Public Baths as a
thank offering. But time will show. "Happy is he
who 'toilets. h n thing for he obeli not be dis-
appointed.

le,oking a the bark fie, of the refegran I find it I.
e ,teery long go that my re leossonr " rho WAnderer,"
calle I attention to the i.convenient arrangement.
in ci'ho the L ndin and Aotrh-Weitern Rail ...ay
Company in the conduct of their trains whereby the
people of Poole sr o excluded from booking to London
he one f the boot train., namely, the four o'clock
tr in from Wimb.irn lAm pba.ed to find the com-
p in) has ,emedted thin defect, and I would respectively
mizoivt that the eo ,ner the lee train from Bourne-
mouth to P ale in put ,m the better will the Poole
people he please&

It anpears to me to be raher early in the year to
twn if the lister Company's water for 12 hours out
of the 24. Feeling very ill the other night I went to
my medical man, who informed me that he could give
me no medicine II he had no water to mix it up with,
which prov ,ked the suzgeation that the Water Com-
ploy were •acriticing to the Nfolnch of economy the coo-
enierc..4 the inhabitants of this town. I doubt very
notch if it does not o me within the province of the
Mlic d Officer of lfealth to call the attention of the
to, the PCII ty supply of water we now
have, as it lintel surely be ,kt.lmental to health.

Talking of ec nonay it w mld appe tr that the extras
supplied In i aupw• in the Poole Union are hrought
to such a delightfully low minimum that Mr. Mild win
Fleming refers to our fragility as worthy of noto. and
the Clerk of the Guardians of the Wimborne Union
writes to know low we do it. lam not in a pnnitton to
answer that question myself, but during the next
Pw weeks I intend to inquire of some in and out-
I. r poupers, when !probably I can satisfactorily solve
the matter.

Whilst speaking of Whoborne I may u well cill
attention to the fact that the Highway Board and the
l'etty Sessions are held upon the same day the
consequence is that the Sessions Court is kept waiting
for mieral hours bef••re the Highway Board has
concluded its business. 1 his ie a state cf things
which ought not to exist, and the magistrates should
Kali the convenience of tit • public an well as their own.
Last Thursday the Court, which was timed to
commence business at twelve o'clock, did not sit till
nearly thee.. o'clock, during which time those who
were summoned to be present were kept lounging
about waiting valuable time, which they could ill
eftiril to spore. It was a pity there were ni prides..
Pion.] gentlemen enraged in any if the rases last
Thor' far, when perhaps a memorial to the Lord
ehancell •r would have had the effect of wakening up the
Bench to the injustice inflicted upon those who have
to di bit.iness at this division. A somewhat sitnihr
state f things s count in Poole whenever any import-
ant whip.up et the cc-officio guardians is required at
the Union, as wa lately the case a few meeting, ago,
when the qmoviou of appdtc• hag an assietant overseer
was bong discuaml at the Union. By the way. I
hear a good deal of grumbling about that functionary ;
a,* th it the e are other psople in Poole well able to
in the whole of the work for • considerably less salary
than is now paid to the present rate collector. Talking
shoat rate c .11.ctoes, I hear that the gentleman who
occupied that office at Parkstone has reaizned. I
bare esignirol why, but I am urahle to find out.
Should I get a a itisfactory reason from the condoms=
hintoll I shall have much pleasure in placing it before
your reAderP.

Lord Se%woe in not a Lord Chancellor proverbial
fi r rankinz new magistrates. still,. I hear his loi iinhip
'dl nbirtly be requisitioned It 3 add a few More tX-411cao
Cumin the Pool.. Union. It can scarcely be
cmlicith,t whilnt the late Government MAN breathing
ita I.t typiring efforta Lord Cairns reoeived •
Iwiificnti.itt (non some members dour local aristocracy
r9leEine him to heroes • our magisterial Bench. I
Ivlieve alit thin fact in not trenerally knowr, but GA I
"a_ h‘."4", 14 vouch for It. truth I do not lissitata to
osre d Delors y

--
I thud e nclode my letter this week by alluding to
the adre-d f the yachting gin u. Although Ido not
lee.. "inch activily in yacht building as there used t
he is days gone by, when Mr. Wanhill's yard was in
full owing, still I am I leased to *es that there Is a
VhdlY sprinkling of the short navy to be seen in
ronle. I have not had time to obtain the names of
thr of the *meta, hut I must admire in 11, particularly
Mr. Warton's schooner, Myra, *Melt may vi hoot
flattery be called one of the most perfect specimeos of
ischt'huildituraftt tt. I regret that the town continues
So dull, and thlt the re-ac ion which has net in after
the reiteral elertion produces a dearth of that kind of
betr. too.' palatable to your reader', otherwise you
'mold have had a longer letter from your old friend.
Yours faithfully
PABISTONIAL

May 101.1,, 1880.