The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-11-07 00:00:00

DORCH ESTER.

Mimic( Ssealon.—There was no business at the
Borough Police-court this (Monday) morning.
Muff COUNTY HOSPITAL. Mrs. Griffin, wh
has resigned her office at the H spite% has been
presented with • handsome teapot by the servants and
tradespeople.
DOEcHriamit DEBATING SOcIITT.—A meeting nf the
Society will be held at the Alington Hall, this (Tue.-
day) evening. November 7th, at eight o clock, when
the Rev. T. Nears will move—" That the Egyptian
War is unjustifiable."
DoICIIISTIB 'ACTT'S! SOCIITT.—Tne well-known
lecturer, Mr. Basil Young, will rive an entertainment
at the Town Hall on %Vednesday, entitled "Mrs.
ParrNenu's Evening Dance." The title is certainly
an odd one, but Mr. Young if a great humourie. and
we do not doubt the entertainment will be a most
amusing on..
Lig MTH STATISTICS Mt Tax BOVUGH, OCTOBEB.—
Births 17 (Fordington 13), death. 13 (Fordington 11),
heart diseases, old age, and cancer each caused two
deaths ; to each of the following one was due,
hcsaorrhage, convulsion, debility, blood-poisoning,
brain dime" infiammstion of lungs, and con-
sumption. Four were uoder fire years of age. Two
occurred In the 13a,racks. The annual birth-rate upon
the above data is 271, and the death-rata 201 per
1,000, the latter although higher than usual is by no
means exceseive.—E. J. Dar, Medical Officer of
Health.
WEST FOBDINGTON.-- A meeting was held on
Thursday evening last, at the Infant Schoolroom, for
the purpose of inaugurating • Parochial Branch of the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. The Rev.
Sinai Gibbons, a native Etquimaux missionary, gave
• very lively and interesting account of his worts in
Cape Breton, Nova Sortie. Considering • wet night,
there was • good attendance. At the close of the
meeting a collection wa• made for the Cape Breton
Mission, amounting to El 7.. Twelve collecting
boxes were taken after the meeting.
H. M. Person—From the fifth repos t of the Coen.
Windows of Prisons we see the dilly average of male
prisoners to have been • fraction over 77 during the
year ended March 31st, 1882; tamales, ; and the
total value of prisoners' labour £1,428 la. 91. Of this
sum the assistance In the building speratOns forme the
largest item. viz, for bricklayers, carpenter., paintem
plumbers, smiths, Ito., £1,028 2e. 9d. The genera
report is as follows :—Considerable progress has been
made in the re-building of this prison, and within the
Last 12 months some 69 cells have been completed, and
are now occupied, and 20 more are in a forward state.
The males' prison may now be said to be nearly com-
pteted, 116 cells being now either ter:rapid or fit for
occupation. A chapel wing has also been built, con-
taining, besides the chapel, • debtors' ward, and also
some prison offices and store rooms. A wing for
female prisoners has also been built, together with •
laundry. The tread-wheel and mill homes have also
been built. A great portion of tbe boundary wall has
bean rebuilt and the spaos withhi the prism much
enlarged. No hard labour has been in fora* except
that in connection with the buildings. The con-
duct of the officers has been very good. The
conduct of the prisoners has also been good,
One prisoner (a licensee holder), when awaiting trial,
made his escape by removing some bricks from the wall
of • cell in one of the old wings- He 1,1111, however,
recaptured within 12 hours. The bedding!, ego., is in
good condition. The articles supplied by the con.
tractors have been of good quality. A Discharged
Prisoners' Aid Satiety his recently been established in
connection with this prison from which good results
may be anticipated. The chaplain reports that the
general conduct of the prisoners has been excellent,
and that marked attention has been paid to religious
Instructions. He considers the moral condition of the
Khoisan has been very satirfaeory, and states that
those entitled to school instructions have shown a real,
willingness for work, and have made steady progress.
The medical officer rep Its that the sanitary c rnition
of the prison is satisfactory in all respects; that the
health of the prisoners generally has bees good aeries
the past year land1and that there has been no epidemic or
other serious disease. He also states that the provisions
have been good and the dietary sufficient, though he
has in some caries found it necevary to order extra diet
on account of debility, causal by loss of weight, which
he considers due to the outdoor work in connection
with the building,.