The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-10-07 00:00:00

IJORC g ESTE It POLICE.
To Me Zdaor.

Sir,—An outrage as diabolicd as can well be
imagined occurred in our midst a few days ago. I
allude to the brutal (I hope the nijectir• in no way
libels the brutes) treatment of the little girl, an
account of which duly appeared in your oolumna.
Within a very short time after the offenoe the police
were familiar with the circummances. Now anyone
would naturally Imagine that an event of this nature
would develope the ability of the force to the utmost
that every effort would be made to secure the criminal
by scouring the district for miles round about. Even
had the police been insufficient for the purpose, many
other persons would readily have aided them in their
endeavouring to bring the miscreant to Justin), and
thus remove the stigma from amongst us of Mowing
so horrible • wretch to be at large. What lid our
policemen do! That they did anything beyond
lookin‘ into • public-house or two (the last
place in the world, of course, where any intelligent
person might expect to find the man) and mac ciously
staring out of oountenanos an occasional tramp or two,
I have yet to learn.
The police have an easy time of it in Dorchester, I
cannot imagine • town in England where they could
have an easier. I believe we keep them more for
ornament than use, like (lug and Magog at Us Guild-
hall. Their experience seems to be confieed to a
deserting seamen, • drunk and disorderly care, and an
unlicensed hawker and the usual list of village
delinquencies. Consequently, when anything halve=
out of the usual groove our experienced police are as
! much at sea as a man in the middle of the Atlantic.
In support of which I instance the above mslan:holy
1 case. A long protest against the borough polo' is
u for my purpose, d, therefore, I oostent
myself and,
expression of rry surprirt thst—l
suppose it is a fict—Supt. Cewsrd has actually talked
for an hustatat of *Wary // I like a cool thing now
and then, in the summer, of worm ; but then, hiving
had none this year, the warm weather cannot cow
'latently be blamed for causing even a euperinteideat
of police to consider himself an unsulficientlT re-
munerated martyr. I have been told that the stper•
intending principally bases his application upot the
fact that the fifth of November is approacning.
This I Ida will be explained to the Council aid I
look to your report of the proceedings for full Woe-
=Won lam • rate-payer and if I were sebd to
comply with the request I should say
FATKAIICALLY 10.

SUPT. COWARD'S SALARY.
To su
Bfr.—Whan I Ant beard of Mr. Supt. Coward's
Intention of aalthag for an imam* of salary inj ha.
prsastoo was that my informant was eithar labutriag
under the &Wake that lb. ratepayers of Doralistar
. . . .

.._ _.4 iliwres Killer (Tordlartent .4 tia-aor Others. had not already bordello onotillh.'a, that NOM Met a
..a• frost of the eirmo platform sae donned with some unionism existed amongst the police for iltereesiad,
= d
tapictures from New Teemment subjects by • hh. other dome of the community. their pecuniary
°41"1.4 s°4 all the "ba. stood . "r 7 ft" moaner, the first development of which
mi a the
•heraprohuiro %titian, toy mountains.- w " strike" manifestation of the superintendenZ This
Rev. IL Route offend Foram nod Ms Rey.suluudh,y-j' the idea certainly sun* me; and even now lan not
Ronk read • few roma entirely beyond its influence. We live in Izmir.
p... 131011.21 MOULS. for the eseretary of the Juvenile those, and stranger Impessslosts consequent& in-
stegag hascrisulora thanked them far kelpies the Gomm many of us; and tudortunately iourlf,
.urehaaaesion work, but remarked they had contributed being bag. to be a...beg by socte of ..b..iy. ...7
IN Wee on account of the failure of one mbecription nuooun which oxesionally prevail, I have mote than
from • person, not a juvenile. The Yordingtou children
hod bona lees liberal than in the previous year; once found myself in • coalition better imagined
htit
h.
sobootimootly ...Aid that the ..b.. Mae deectibed ; or, S/ the learned. pions, and philan-
hod bosun to recover its character, for during Q. thropk Dr. Talmage says, "nether here no any-
oro goo
am n.. Ik. ..b.mbn... b. 4 boss ...eh where." It took me mon time to believe the tuthen-
boreseed. lie also mimosa...lod the very considerable ticity of the report. My surprise, however., is
meistance the anociation Imd conned from Mimi Lick's undiminished, with, my ignorance of the grated for
the applies:dm lam unable to di, oig,.r by
school
The matancot sitcorol- Receipt. Lc.r the year ending personal investigation or common °Anion. That
Ilet gar* ISM. LA Its 3d-; since that date to lack Mr. Sept. Coward has nein of his own to rernottably
Vbit mat. As 3• 8 ad-
,L Koala, late missionary in Chian aiW support his appeal Ido not for a moment douk ; ad
gewerwal of the children sow in the school were are bore Vdaly hope, "'both*, he succeed, or net, be.... _
„may be
ems be tro.. $,:. Dam. yam ago, while others were very need to give the public Me beeelitof them. samilks
pawn& While he was about to tell them of taissiseary in the way at cheep excitement are always baa' i
meek, he iild not want them t• loin from althoolaaa cals, and this one to the Fatima/fro of Dorcheker
but would have them remember kw lesson taught In tbill will b. particularly.. (Jun it. b. does
this
Ings—v When thou Menet the oo"*I at. I li'inj hi th° mystery will perplex us. I Inlet I should be
meg of Me nedterry trees then let the diadem Israel ~,_ loot to
obstruct . _
the advamentinit, either
,40r tbeemalvee Since he bad last been here, es ninny •••
or otherwise, of any deserving publie ofiloefl"beatill
b...! mod in (Ana as Me shale Pooolatiou of Luisa& .
Th. soorkoma Jane on is other lands as well as in China, this case—and I say It without the least Antismog is
boatb African kineximi. slangy had been the onsrintendmit of police—l fail to me the .liglitact
kr t• •
....k.,4 aiolistod. wad mails • Capital Clian. Referring occasion for complying with his request. With Att I
••• el 7172/. and his mother gunke and presumlog to diatete or even to suggest to the Coupon ba **wow
L0i.... b. tb., bag .0 three of the names how they Mould receive the application, I thalt. as •
°Man aow einplo7ol4.tho4_ ,__,__rabotoa___,___,_°t°,,,L.B=k- ratepayer and property innur of the borough, that I
ag the geed dose la a- .....1... st R.u......7w. 7."*"..usksarya ir am not unreasonable in thinking that they ;bawd not
la
sossoaxAme.st• bie
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• tom", wawa. who coutmeneo_ Kr own; I iun
-.sac so tba Lard , foonylt for vault to cinal " A. tlionjobat atingi"
fki, me pis I am still loving and pr,..
•bk with all to thelo queries, which lam SIM tbie
thc.....wer.• gatasehboy•di
lotioniay
shiponotanwi would.r,..iii..te ."- 71,1 ira. x beam will result In what lam °tattooed °this octet."'
&is In Moths& countries, scot •• Ciia—TA. Mau,. 116.1 F , Catobr Ain.trni" out of Weir hoadad of th,
o =wow, wbo WM favoared 1:!1 UM .111.141111 W II Away 1.1,1174eL
sone tato tat Wok' tompa. MD e= Illack 1 • hp Voossin I
dome/ the vigty idol ; bet the Oda, 4*, 111%phias, ma Wahl Oda t• ,s 1 Won I Dorobsttit,
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SUPT. COWARD'S SALARY.
To Me mato,.

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Sir,—The old saying that those who do least are
generally the best paid for their services Is about to
receive another veritication—at least, if the rumour be
true respecting the contemplated increase in Supt. '
Coward a salary. The public are naturally anxious to
know the grounds upon which the application is
based—whether any additional work bus lately been
Imposed on he superintendent, and if so, in what
respect? The general opinion of the ratepayers—who, I
by the bye, strongly object to the proposed increase—
is that the superintendent is amply remunerated for I
what he does at present by the salary be is now recent-
tog, the pet bring little hitter than a sinecure. If I
the superintendent fee's dissatisfied with his present
remuneration, why not resign the appointment? The
borough, we fancy, would not be losers to any gnat
, extent if such • step were decided upon; nor would it
be looked upon in the light of any great calamity by
the major portion of tbs inhabitants. There are
hundreds of equally good men —aye, and men of
undoubted intelligence, too, who would prove • credit
to the town—who would only be too glad to secure
such an easy !appointment, and the duties of which
require such little ability to discharge. Perhaps
the Council, in their wisdom nay consir the euper-
intendant overworked, and, for what we know, may
think it desirable that he should keep a carriage to
enable him to perform his duties in • manner less
fatiguing to his energies than at present. However
this may be, the Council would do well to extend the
same ooluddention to the poor over-worked and
paid scavengers, who it appears to be the rule to grind
down. Not long since one of these D,or fellows (one
of the oldest servants of the Council) applied for an
extra shilling a week, and, after • long and very
▪ as consideration, the Council actually refued
Use request / / on the gr mud, we suppose, that when
retrenchment is necessary the salaries of these men
afford ample scope for the use of the pruning knife.
But when the question involved becomes one of
pound', the Council become inconsistently extrava-
gant, and seem ti pride themselves upon the amount
they can squander In granting additional salaries to
those who have the least possible claim upon the con-
sideration of the public purse. The proposal has
given rims to a widespread feeling of dissadefaction
throughout the town, as the inhabitants feel they axe
already called upon to pay quite sufficient on account
of the polies (to say nothing of the burthensom• tau-
don in other respects), and not unreasonably object
to the impositi in of further (and as in this cue
unneceesay) burdens on their account; bustles, in
common justice, if one is paid extra, an tureen must
n.usssarlly be extended to the workers. Therefore
we enter our most emphatic protest against the sane.
doping of any such proposal. It is to be hoped this
expression of opinion—which Is shared in by • large
proportion of the ratepayers—will not be lost sight of
when the matter come on for final consideration at the
next meeting of the Council.
Youn truly,
Voi P0r171.1.
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October 4th, 1879.
(We have had to =lvrea some of the moat salient
eseteocee of our correepoudenta.—Krol