The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-12-08 00:00:00

CA pIrAL PUNISHMENT.

Mr. llowanl Vincent, NI. I'., writes to the Ti two
It fell to my duty some two years since, AA Director
of Criminal InttAltigations. after one 14 theme heorible
scenes described AA " lainglingexeoution," to inquire
into the mech.(' of ildlicting capital punishment in
this c eintry. The late Williani Marwood attended
my office for several days. I went almost AA far AA it
is ismaildo for a loan still living to go through the
entire peewees. Mulfice it on this point to say that
Marwood satisfied me, as he had previously done •
Departmental Committee of the Dome ()lice, that
the "long frey ' is both certain and expeditious in
the merciful fulfilment of the nentence of the law. Net
can anything, an a rule, be more terribly impressive
than the ceremony of the erection. Ita solemnityand
earnestness, in the early hours of the morning, in
the presence of only SOMA half.a.demen official
spectators, besides the chaplain reading the
burial service, 1111116111 all deiterilitiesti, and bears the
most favourable cotroparimon with the pulolic scenes
ferineirly witnessed in Begland, and still • disgrace to
civilisation in France. But what struck me as most
serious in our system is that the person undertaking
the moat odious office of carrying out the law of the
laud should he dependent fir his livelihood ton the
number of capital sentences put into execetion ; that
the retniasion of the death penalty should be a per.
sonel and pecuniary boa to him, and that his remuner.
ation should be • matter of bargaining between him
and the sheriff ; and, laatly, that he should, as he
g_raphirall y puts it, " do a Eltulele job at a reduction."
The fee is usually £lO for a single exoteution, and LI in
Addition for every condenmedi man ; the county lay-
ing the joorney expenare, but nothing else. The
I sheriff is at perfect liberty, to, to ongago any man
he thinks proper, experienced or not, skilled "ruttier.
II wise. In what Marv/tem' called " a good year" he
made VW. But he VIM perfectly willing and moot
rieiti.llll4 to have a proporly rmegnised salary of
644.4,1111 M and tron. Tie, elitlieeilties in the way
wen, of n nature. Without ParliatteedwrY
power tin I :over:muted lias no authority to appoint an
I itheliti or tee Treanor) ti psy him. It
is not improbable, tnonsover, that the administration
would lemltate hereon incurring the odium of seeking
atithewit• to appoint A IlatliPTiAn. Bet surely sit bing
as the penalty if cleath remains the law of the land
the public should insist ten its being l' ''lowly carried
it by a competent pereon at fair and decent
remuneration and give credit rather than otherwise
I to a Government abolishing the present discreditable
state of affairs.

I'olland take. the lead in Ow manitraoture of
butterine. Al first comidorable profit wan made,
which oat...swaged the eetablishment of ninny
factorios, niel. in cousequence, the producti.ei
....e.ssle.l Then. aro now &limit I.irty•
fivo fact.,,en.,, in Um VonOtry, the majority of which
are ill North Brabant, whir., tbe farina are email, and
can only maintain one tw.• onvo. Crnaequ.ntlY,
as the.,,., farmer. can only make a email quantity of
butter, which is apt to 'pod before it can be collected
or sent to market, they two the min. willing to make
contracts with the manufacturer of butterine. The
consomption is chiefly in Englasid. Export in Ins 3
amounted to 40,000 tone, valued at 4,330,000 &eine.
In hull, owing to elocknese of trade, prices fell off,
notwithstanding the increase in the price .4
margazine. Ilutterine seems at length to have
obtained a pimition under Ito own name, and if an
inquiry canted it to he sold opt.nly Mewed of being
mixed with butter thia new product could not lilt
gain ler the comparison.— revert Vonsod of Roilerrinxi.
Sin Watkin William.. Wynn, the Cunaervati ye CllOllll.
unto for liast lhoilogliehire, had • narrow temps on
Tuesday night, at Ilryoilei. Ile Otte opted to
whine* the crowd, 1.41, 1,.4ng raised to kill Mir
Welkin, he WA. saved wills great difficulty (rum the
mob, awl hie cArr;aro. we.. wrecked.
The Corporation of Nottingham have intimaktl that
thoy Iwo I'l,l' 11,41 to I reeriVl. elaiins for compeneation
for dam Iges hy tie, recent riot..., and ,in wednesday
the inagietrates considered n large number of claims,
the total amount being 11,100, hut the entire damages
1.. private property id erpected to fall not far 'hurt of
irreopective of a very coneidurable sum for
repairs to be borne by the Corporation.