The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-09-13 00:00:00

I ant. &e.,
(Siguod) WV. FAWAN.
fur Burveyor-lb:m*4

The Hon. A. F. 0. Lit Well.

Copy report of the inspector of Prisons for the Southern
district,

26 August, Vile.
Sir,- I beg to acknowledge the receipt of plan. for protiosed
alterations in the county prison, liorehester (herewith re-
ttinw,l), and ale, to state that I can add nothing to iny
previous report MI this subject 0111 the 1711, June, further than
that I li.of • conference with the Surveyouttetioril relative to
tho pr..posed alteration., and as he I. of opinion that there
would he to, difficulty in ,uhtrititur thy cell• it, qat-dlutt, it
appiars to be • loss of titue lit subuittting plans that du not
carry out Ids stiggtstions.
113VC, kc.,
(s;gneil) Hexer Mimeo&
The Under Secretary of State, Houle °Moe.
The CHAIRMAN oberrvcd that they were eallei on to
do abut &bait Survayur said was iniimaible.
Mr. WILLIAMtI aaid the officials had been bullying
thin all •loetg.

Mr. HINDI' Kw= eugeest...l Oat the be.t thin; they
o 'tad do would Do to got the Surveyor-General's plan
lor enl.rgingl e

The VTIAI-lIMAN .4;1 it was now so late in the year
that no alters, ion (weld be proceeded with, and he
thought the to ii ter bad better stand over to the nest
Sessions. At the j u,tiees' meeting preceding the 110eMolis
they would be able to go into the subject.
Mr. WILLIAMS considered this • good suggestion: he
didn't see how on earth, ehen their Surveyor said the
enlargement could not be made, they could do it.
Ti ey, of cour,e, trusted to their Surveyor.
Mr. STLWAKI, said he thought that at the Sessions
they should be prepared to tell to n expense of the
alterations. The authorities were di icing them into a
corner—no doubt they would b • obliged to mutely with
their wishes, but it was a monstrous hardship. Their
us wire ',early as large again sa those at Portland,
yet went not bu fficie y good I
In reply to the rIiAIKMAN, Mr. Lawrence said Ur.
Bri-coy. the district iuspector, had visited the 14-lion.
Mr. l'estice said he (Mr. Briscoe) was very well
satisfied with the state of the prison. As the Surveyor.
General sal the sells could be enlarged, he suggested
they should submit the matter to the County Surveyor,
awl put hint on his mettle to show how it aright be
done,

The CHAIRMAN NM Mr. Eying Inuit be present at
thew next outetine.

Str. Seswaan inquired if three cells could be made
into two, and so make each larger.
Mr. LAWRAMCI said no. aa the cells wore on arches
Mr. WILLIAIII4 said it Remit:el tho Surveyor•Gener.al
bal.marle a statement and wished to stick to it.

Ur. KINDIERBLZY said it they could get him down
they might prove to Min it was impraeueable as had
ben done to Mr. Bri,noe.

. The CHAIKII•N thought it • Milt pity the Visiting
Jupt ices were not informed when the District Surveyor
would he prevent, u they might then hear and see what
be objected to, viad how any faults cmld b. remolied.
Fortuerly intimation of their vieita was withheld, so
that the Inspectors might "catch them napping,' but
it was now uscleu, for at all times thty would And the
prison the panic.
Mr. IVILLIAIIe said the County Surveyor had said
enlingemeot of the cells was impmeible, and they could
not eilfot him to eat his own words.

Mr. 'KIS Dat.Bl.ll- lf--aas- 7d— Ti;"ni-u.4"e7ther do that or eat
the Surv.-yor.G.neral, and he thought he would find
the latter the tougher of the two.
The CHAIRMAN said if they failed to satisfy the
flurveyor•Genersl, the Government might stop their
allowanee, but the lees of that would be preferable to
haying to build • new prison.
Finally it was arranged that Mr. Evans should be
ask. d to report to the Visiting Ju.tices in the Survey..r-
General's letter, before the Justices' meeting on the
Lith October, and the meeting was adjutu med.