The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-07-05 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPR]

__ _ UNION& of the Ohermeath politest" who bad se large a &frit,* from time to time there do war llthreeke of morel
st Has
-... of Uwe modille wee trenellhed e
to the Lyme watching expenses, W theft meat of them bad never seen him I and that they di..... a. well as of physical and bodily diem's, sad
well present J. might mothball' es, and the reasons for that deplorable state of thine, sit
...' linalaket nod other steosecshea. R. hall their polio% The whole matter is to be considered beyond our ken and inre al'able by soy rowers of I'M"'
quailed at these imelliam: next sessiees. tigation or reasoning at our command.lf we limited ollr
wit
P": 1111• _ Loft Postkes. now anemias% most. view somewhat narrowly in point of time or locality we
0011111 th*
Me
Lrd dieg id oPerham is reemissuded by his . been apprehended; be d .1.. let summarily disposed of, what has been done both by the legislatareand by philan-
"Mee* ; bits th... 144 bo esseeetee the /Apes of them • &ad scommltted for that. • &hew of el taken into custody
ehe hi
every
mows
to
be
lauded
„Fhb et oetre With .I...ding qt.rttiztr...... witb.. thrirompcia psyorso. :ins fooorl
lie lleakissig I Butt, less served lemurs, he reams would have a
ett...Pirfeet towards whet we trust may Fatuity of Ala out et the amity Fund. Wita mew to meet, especoaly thaw, imposing more heavy punishment
--, it le ge„l.l2,_•Bliahmont of hit. health. In hie vagrancy tbe number of arnaadone to the areal wards In the Oro° old offenders—the
ltahwearer"treshat'i°Man"ydetmotietigotatParnlied-
dllit ef hbs '' '"7 rie Deputy.Chilymen to take two amid workhouses Mow a diminution of about me-third as others—have been paned Hfoarbittuhalat
eosin. with the comaponding quaher.,_ 01 lot IVAr.,I last few years ; ant you also know that much has been
Criminals
iA‘beito and
La tles aheee.. itllfitT 1.111101. one, especially y the es 1.• Wen oni 0
toed the ree.4 ai onot Foster. camel Bunnum Meemmt.tylbgedeth iny;a "'et Dees". t° "'" ofen"1"". d'b tab!' h tf 1 rmatori,s
and it bits been most sueciesefully done in this *panty I
is to sek 4. se ibe lirkstie4 Juitit.e. The Governer 'MI Pool BOSUN : °oilman" AGLINsT nra ?owl. am happy to say, as well as in othem—witlt a view of
min Ise The Rey. J. B. hostas aid he wished to take the mating a that supply of the criminal population which
meow :bet if eh.
anaftedia._ of Htboesilth_riaowohaist
want!
opinion of the wart on the conduct of the Chief Coo- in former years has been largely recruited from the
The -""- tows emu h;g: seat under th. river. stable. He mast make his compliant sgainat the Chief clam of youthful offenders. But I think if instead
'wash' met .0.0,6. under the. Constable because the coostables acted by the orders of of limiting our view to a smell extent of time or
hum pariQns• bag e. reporto.4—Loth& tioeotet their superintendents, and they had written inetruc- space, we take a lareer view of thebitate of crime we
hoe boo. aessoad of uneedering • warder, lions from Captain Brown. ,Bityl2l ,_WI4aI .be had to shall And that what ha' been done in these reaped.,
of the ...... We would sell the attention wmP''''' o' was ....' '''''''''ile't. and cruel wa7 is not without the fruits we may reasonably expect
the eilia—zr ib hisdniipo
on the county, ee well as in whieb gimbal were bounded shout by the from such endeavours and that the state of crime has
llVilibseestelleetalialit..„._ Involved in this management. Not
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__;". Pita
_La ano_ther, and were tomer been operated upon, and that advantageously, by
emsllragoalliderahllio ofollotlamsen "L'oe"' '''' r''''' s 'L..° wilt" 60 my that the those steps which have been taken; and that if it had
hordes,' el savior emitteeed warden, bet a somplallts Mallet &Mee were not true. All bis not been fur such measures, we should, probably,
teens •-•- Wee •"' —' '- --- Ws_ be had giv•ll riveks permission to lodge . - - " -ii ,of miry
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no

st&-ZZ-- -sts Oita tbas semmitted -le our
him and imgal or official distinction between
ousted, untried prisomer. Prisosers is
5 male& to,rnen. elad 23 females. In the infirmaries
deputreso'=!. R. Bawler entered upoa his ditties ss
eta the sth April, and his services have
The Caul,* rendered.
Poll dgoise—e7en_, said that se to IMO for unnecting the
`n
to be gieeir ib ths town sewer notice would have
lb.
ajir next sissians.
the otiXee ;Tasks said the gaol committee thought
Iliesnemed the:ironer from Portland should be
Itn OutZar;it
Mr. t On what point?
casco said the prisoner, although a convict.
kr.ss an innocent man before trial.
: Is not that the seas in al counties?
: Yes, where thereare waviest prisons.
eetnnuao„,w.,_ WILLIAMS did not quite agree with the
In ihje—"iamant there was any hardship on the °musty
there. p They must take things as they found
of a ?sem oonviet prison occasioned the spending
deal
of
IMined by it in the county. and be thought
this. Bo ~.thorm:Man we suffered by such *saes as
hese to ir.7.17 MI this _ it—the convict sent
1 or murder required
41.11 at yet be fins ant f . cool
7,r_s!" *el had *very means of looking attic him to
7_"'" where we were obliged to incur extra
iprtrWe her his sae sustady. If the men weld be kept
Senrstary of Stan at Portland till the Atlialts it
urosM mitigate the evil eomplathed of.
TI4 Rens 0. W. llningmx : That is just what we
want.
Mr. WH.l..thwe continued: He committed the man to
/lel " the tharr, but his committal would not be
al4" Van without an order from the Secretary of
ate* aid h. &emelt if they asked the Secretary of
Seats to withhold his issaMon till the arises it would
neat the ere.
Mr. fl. Wixtrasia Ijiif the Secretary of hot.was not Wend to gm d
ceder for handing a °envie*
eves to the Idyll power on his committal.
The OMAWASIAS said no doubt it was i the aseretary
of Shmee's distention to refuse to Janie an order.
The Moe. C., W. Ihrencr said the point Hr. R.
Williams had raised was the main point after all.
Camelot. from Portland were ariminale of • very
demosioes character, but, by the presumption of the
lees, each one on eommitting /some additional crime
which led to his bisintimonsat to the musty gaol, was an
antrisd man, and woe nothing in their role'
and regulations under the Prisons Act, whereby
they could distinguish him from any other untried man
In the prison. Unless they broke their ordinary rides
he weald he mat in the trial ward with men aroused
Perhaps of steeling halterdosse potatoes, or some other
Mince 'rims for which men were constantly oommitted.
He would then have free messes to thou persons, be
able to balk with them, and mix with them completely. They were bound to depart from their ordinary rules to •
keep such a man apart from others committed for trial,
bet he should hope the court would uphold them in
doing so. Thus men were entrusted to them as untried
www. whereas in fact they are hardened criminals.
Mr. PLOT'S salditeartainly did not seem desirable that
they should have to miter their prison rules to meet •
ease which could be provided for by the Government
authorities themselves. He suggested that the Visiting
Justices should 'memorialise the Secretary of Slats, and
said if they thought fit he would present it and lay the
fact, before Mr. Brum •
Mr. CALM' re thought there was no real difficulty in
Use matter. It only necessitated two extra warden
and gave the officials a little more responsibility.
Mr. R. ff. ELIOT thought it hardly likely that the
Secretary of State would deviate from the usual counts
ia this instance, as all counties having convict prisons
wens similarly situated.
The CMAIMMAS salt that some years ago when be
was a visiting magistrate with Mr. Frampton, they
proposed to enforce the silent system amongst all the
prisoner.; that, of coarse was not going so far as en-
forcing solitary confinement. As far as he knew the
rules of the gaol would hardly admit of the solitary
confinement of a prisoner unless tbers were good and
sufficient grounds within the knowledge of the ramie-
erstes for separating him from the rest.
Mr. R. if. ELIOT suggested it wu not exactly
"solitary confinement" as there were two warden with
him.
The CHAIRMAN : Well, separate confinement.
The Rev. C. W. BINGHAM said it was solitary con-
Anemone in the eye of the law.
The CMAIIIMAX said the fasts justified an application
to the Secretary of Stet..
Mr. BIWORAII remarked that the remedy was so
simple—all they wanted was that Government should
take ears of their prisoners therntelvea They were •
strong gaol, and we were comperatively a weak gaol.
Mr FALLER moved that the matter be referred to
the Vieiting Justine, for diem to memorialise the
Secretary of State. He proposed this because it was so
simple • thing for the Government to take sue of
toonvicts till their trial—not on account of expense, it
was below them to pat it on that ground.
General Morn seconded, anti was tarried:
•PID BUILDINGS.
This report was brought up by Mr. H. WILLIAM, The can.
mittee recommended that the state of Wareham Southbridge
should be referred to Hews. ',wirer and ryler, with • request
that they will report at the nest nen-ions thereon; and that
the Clerk of the Peace do Write to the agents of Mrs. Burton
(Mews. Downes and Co.), requesting theist. have the shoals
accumulated immediately above Wool bridge removed, so se to
restore the river to Pk proper width. Bills for present quarter
—bridges, CIO Its. 24.; gaol, £lO.l fir. 44 ; hall. £2 12.. ;
county house, Od,; Wirnhorne Justice room, ss. ; works in
land, £l2 19s. 24.--total •203.
As to Wareham:Southbridge. the Surveyor reported that some
of the *vino and bnicks of stone forming the parapets on
wither side of the roadway of this bridge. hase ban forced •
little out of their original positions by heavy WllOlOlll having
been run against them, which frequently happens, by nelson
of the steepness and narrowness of the way over the bridge.
7224 4:mem of this bridge could be lowered, and its roadway
widened, by taking down and re-building the superstructure GO
I
present foundations.
Mr. Wthuans said the cost of what was proposed for
Warelmun Southbridge would be £7OO.
Mr. CALOSAFT said be drove over that bridge at
least four Metes every week, and had never met with
any accident. He had frequently met wegsons there,
and had sever heard any complaint.
Mr. WrIJAAMS said it was reported by the Surveyor
o be very narrow and fneonvenieet.
Mr. CALOSAPT ; Two vobioles have no difficulty in
ref_ and r should certainly recommend the county
hesitate before laying out E7OO.
11. r. WILLIAMS; Oh I yes • you may be sure of that.
That wee the reason be pro;osed to refer the master
to Megan. Ferrer and Pyles..
At the suggestion of the Obsiresam, Kr- Williams
consented to inspect the bridge with times magistrates,
and the report wasadoped.
MIMOSIAJA A1101:11 SMOGS&
A petition was read from Hawke/berth and Chards.:
itock, peering' the eosin to ergot • extenty bridge
two
the Axe where it crosses • blebresa &Tiding lb.
parishes. BridPorn Righwel Bc"" mesi a memorial
supporting ens Pethk°6 th 7the the
• memorial was read, from Marmon pre
court to adopt as • scenty bridge abridge in that perish
in the highway whisk is miry mash out of repair and
dangerous.
Mr. U. Wretreses moved that them petitions be
rec'Ted and be breught forward m 11et •11110/12. He
goii;lostod that the Bridport Highway Board should
erect the stew bridge by borrowing mousey repayable in
30 years and thee ash the eonnty to adopt it. He hinted
that would be the likeliest nurse to take for getting
the bridge-
OCIUSTY ASYLUMS-
Mr. H. WILLIAMS read the. report; The "mew.s
expeaditare amoanted to £2.117 Is. 94., heavies a
Wargo of £1,106 7s. 7d. The maintenance rate wee
11d. a Say, Id. ins than hat quarter. The out-count,
petientre surplus fund amounts to £1,619 is. sd. The
Chuity Fond is 2270 fle. 64. County peepers in house
—145 males and 159 female; out-county peepers, 80
melee and 79 females; non-pauper patients. 15 melee
and 10 females. The committee resolved that £l.OOO,
part of the balance on the non-peeper and out-eounty
patients' aceonnt, shall be paid over to the County
Ore( in aid of the county rates.
The °summits remarked on the paying of £l,OOO in
aid of the eoenty rate, end said it was also satisfactory
that the sasintenanos rete bad been reined from
7s. Id. to Se. dd.
In reply to a question, Mr. H. Wtm.rs said this
was a second £l,OOO.
Mr. FBAMPIWO thought the £l,OOO would have been
better applied payisg off the debt,
towards
The Rev. 0. W. BIP4MIAM : It is already volied.
Mr. FILAIITTOM Wad he should hue made a motion to
that effect, only he thought it was the £l,OOO spoken of
at • previous nations.
Mr. WILLIAMS said nett time they would give lb.
FrIM 0011 full Dottie - (laughter).
oeuirrr OON WriBULAIRT.
Major ntoirrron read this noon. Portland elation
wie ordered to be pspered. The Chief Constable applied
an aliditional room for the superintendents' quarters
atrDorchssaer station. They neounmemded • gratuity of
£3l to P.C. W. Bete incapacitated from duty; also that
the superintendents who have acted as inspectors under
the coatagious Diseases ( animals) Acts should have
some pecuniary allowance. The borough of Lime
applied ta
_ • rens veld by the tithing of Colwor
(1)0.. ld.)*witleh Is witched by the polies eppoinsed
to Lyme should be paid to that borough instead of to
the county. If any shanties were made the committee
thought would be better to reduce the patio,oot of
Li. from eldb icr.gd. per
2.2750 mlto9..£2d.lls,lamd&s.
61.
Thers bauses Is basa a the
expenditure for the sassing quarter was estimated at
ti4o6 Oa gel. They rwasomestled a rate of one loony
in the pound. Also. that Dr. Rhodes, of Weyinoutb,
be aepsinted by tito mart as the medical officer to the
Werwooth district of the Dorthester division. in the
plan of Dr. Lawrence. resigned. P.S. PWlleld. of
Rriopo,a,
wee appointed inspector of weights and
imeteenres.
At the suggestion of the Chairman the subject of
remunerating the Cattle Immolators was referred to the
exeeutiee muumuu* sod we believe they decide lto
allow eso satooest the lospecters, excepting the Cerne
spectar.for in that division there has been no outbreak
of disease.
h q sestion miser' by the borough of Lyme was
deferred till next erosions.
lit: rutin presented • Pegged h."), Gel way saltine
that thch tythied might be withdrawn from the care

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under his hedges. Two or throe months ago, on acing
round his farm with his bailiff, he missed the 'irides,
and asked bow it was. "Oh," mid his bailiff," they tell
me it is by your direstion that they have been ordered
off by the polio. for, long time past." He made it
his badness to inquire of the gluier themselves, and he
learnt what had happened generally in the comity, aid
especial) in his parish (the Wimburie division). One
family he asked told him that last Christmas they were
encamped in a dry din& belonging to him—the man
bed • wife and family, one of the (+Wren sick. There
were other mope with young ohildren there at the
same time. At two o'clock in the morning they were
disturbed by three policemen and ordered on like dogs
(that WM his expreasioe). They pleaded that they had
permission from him (the it.,. J. H. Austen); and
the polieemen answered, "If he wishes to have you, let
him ,have you inside his bedges."—(hear, bear).
Now, he believed it bad been ruled that the pasturage
half way across even the highway belonged to the
owner of the adjoining fence; and, in this case the road
was not • hisb way, but simply an ocupstion road, and
the land ou both sides of it belonged to him. It was in
his own &mit they were encamped. At another
part where the Anise encamped, the boundary on one
aide was hlik and as the ether aid. was a strip of
summon. Another soaping plus vu ground he had
the power of enelosing and was flanked by heath
common on which be Maimed the right to turn
out his settle. He was coasidernbly the largest
owner sad occupier in the district and there-
fore bad (the first right to complain. He did
mreoplain of trespass—not from the gipeies, but from •
near aeighboar —(? The Hon. Grustley Elerkeley)—who
had shiefly agitated this ejection. He complained that
the police had drives these poor gipsies away in the
middle of a Christmas night—
The C11•11Yeal suggested that a question of ill-usage
W the polies should be goes into more formally, and
when they had an opportunity of justifying or explain-
ing their eirodiset—(bear, bear). As to the matter of
police interfering to remove people encamped on private
property that could be gone into at ones.
Me. AUSTIN said all these people had hawkers' licences,
and therefore were entitled to the protection of the
law. It was said Opens committed depredetiods, but
that had to be proved, and he was ante thee did not. I
The Clients's/I said that ICY another gas:filo°. lie
thought • charge should not be made &gains' the police'
which they would have no means of meeting for three
months.
Mr. WILLIAMS suggested it should be referred to the
police committee.
Mr. Aorres : I complain of their general severity,
end hounding gipsies from places where I give them
1.....
Mr. C• 141•17: Has the Chief Constable received
notice that you were going to prefer this complaint?
Mr. Auer= : No. If the court wish the matter to
drop—
The CHAISMAN : Oh, no; exercise your own discre-
tion, but if you have any complaint against the police
you shauld give notice that they may have an oppor-
tunity of answering it.
The Rev. C. W. BINGHAM : These are all uncorrob-
orated statements of Posies.
Mr. AUSTIN : I would ask if the polies can turn
them out of the °occupation of roads where I give
them leave to encamp.
Mr. WlLLisite: Can you turn anybody off those
roads?
Mr. AUSTIII : No.
Mr. WIILIAXS• Then they ere public rouleand you
can't give them liberty to go there. You will do •
great service to the county if you'll take all the
giesies—flughter).
Mr. Acute (exeitedly) : If I Gaol give them leave
there, I'll enclose two acres, and put up • board telling
them they may encamp there !—(laughter).
Mr. F said he was not prepared to express •
decided opinion as to the questioa of right, but his
Impression was that tbe police were right—(hear, hear).
Mr. Calends would remember that the other day they
bad • owe where the right to pasture cattle on the side
of the highway was claimed by occupiers of the adjoin•
leg and ; but it was found they had no right to do it
unless they bad • person watching them.
The Calaitmau spin urged that Mr. Austen should
give notice of this matter.
Mr. Fautrrog thought it was rather to the credit
of the police that they had obeyed orders to well.
°Juice did an immense deal of mischief.
The Rev. C. W. BINGHAM said be lived near a bead•
quarters of the gipeies--Ceekoo-lane, and he rarely saw
the policeman but he told him of romp tree thers.aod to
mo.. on oh. glpaase ma fast as possible. They were the
greatest pilferers in the muntry—(beer, hem).
Ur. Armrest : He lied kept • farm for 17 years, and
great deal of poultry, but he had only twice lost docks—
once some were taken by a person living 1111.6 r and an-
other time by a policeman I Let them look in the
calendar, and they would not fled a stogie gipsy, unless
Jumbo Cooper —(laughter)—were one; at any rate it
was • very rare thing to find one for trial. The
Superintendents said, 'Oh ! they are too cunning to
be caught," but if that were so the pollee force required
re-modelling.
Mr. Pasts (chairman of the Wimborne bench) said
this was the first time be bad heard of the matter. He
attended the Wimborne Bench as much as anybody, and
why did not Yr. Austen bring it before the district
magistrates? The Deputy Chief Constable who had
lately come to Wimboree had done an immense deal
to pet down vegrancy ; and the Chief ("constable would
bear him out that Wimbonse being near Hants was •
division where there had been a great deal
of it. He was surprised to hear a reverend
gentleman and • magistrate say he would Net apart two
acres fer • set of wanderers, and be hoped the court
would not assist him. When Mr. Austen said gipsies
did not pilfer, perhaps he was under the delusion
people bad years ago, that by giving gismos shelter
they would not rob him but only everybody Mee in
the district—(bear bear).
Mr. AUSTIN said he thought Mr. Parke bad a hint
of what he intended doing, for one day he asked him if
b. WU not fond of vagrants.
The matter then dropped.
1111SJICIi.
Mr. J. J. Famiosikanos, jun., read this report.
There was • balance available for the present qua-tor
of £1776 12s. 7d. They recommended a fertilise rate.
In cionsequesme of the Treasury refusing to allow the
charges brought in by the Judges for servants and
attendance on them in the county lodgings on the
ground that the £lOO paid to the Sheriff for the judge's
lodgiop and by him paid over so the comity, ought to
weer sharpie for servants, the committee recommended
thet the charges be allowed by the *aunty. The
Treasury having disallowed the expenses of emoting •
gallows on the occasion of the last execution which
took plans in this aunty, the committee consider sash
espouses should fail span the Sheriff for the time being,
on the same mooed as that those of the approaches are
payable by the Sheriff.
DMISIDIMIG Tag POLTOW
On the motion of Mr. Fuurron, rule 289 was altered
to enable the Chief Constable in ease of emergency to
employ an attorney to defend any of the polies.
THI LASS DIMITY GOVINAIOIL
. The Rev. C. W. BINGHAM moved that a moonstone,-
' thin allowance of £1 35 13s. 4d. per annum be granted to
Mr. W. C. Reynold. The Visiting Justices made no
deduction from the extreme sum they amid grant in
consideration that Mr. Reynold had served the county
seas peer st saws martens for neerly fifty years.
Mr. FLOYIS added that, baying been a visiting
magistrate something like 35 years he had known Mr.
Reynold as one of the principal oflisers of the orison;
and during that time he soold bear full testimony to
what had been said by hit excellent friend Mr. Bingham,
that Mr. Raynold's services had been very vaUable to
the county, and the only regret was that infirmity and
advanced see had made it neireservy he should retire ;
but be (Mr. Moyer) was sure that he retired with the
respect and esteem of all those with whom he had been
brought into unmet in the discharge of his duties to
the county—(bear, hear.)
Carried.

inaresee

ALTERATIONS AT TIM PIMPS.
The Rev. C. W. flisoing moved *et a sum not
exceeding £lOO (inakin. E4BO with the mooned
sancakmed last sessions) be granted for carrying out the
amended piano for the alterations in the prison calk and
enclosing the galleries larding thereto. He added that
miter • long eorreepoodence with the Cireamlosution
Ofllee—he meant the Rome °Moe—they began to see
light. Rs remarked that letters instead of being sent
direst to the Visitu *Justices were first despatehed to
the Clerk of the Peace, forwarded by him to the
Quarter Stesions, sod by the Court banded to me
vasiung Jukio.._-asughter)—and in answering they
bad to reverse the promo. He thought there should
not be this circumlocution in so smell • matter. At
length Mr. Brissoe, in consideration of the good disci-
pline carried oe in the Don't prisoa. consents, to
the alterations they proposed with the simple addition
of another shaft.
CarriecL
The Court then adjourned.

FIRST Wind F. WSDNINDAY.
(Before J"nx fl.oeaa. gap. DeOug7-(irsilloun.)
The enUrt °Vaned at tee o'clock with the Wittel
form•lities. The following gentlemen were sworn on
the Grand Jury :—Mr. Henry Fookes, Whitechureh,
foreman; Mr. Joseph G. Applin, Compton Abbe.. Mr.
H. 8. Mount, Wimborae ; Mr. chard Crocker.
Items* Minster; Mr. H. 0. Obialett, Witaboras ; Mr.
Jobe Coale, Ilsiateooo ; Mr. William Oake, Bineombe ;
Mr. Thomas Elliott., Radipole ; Mr. George E lwards,
Itadipole; Mr. John Beckett, Farewell Mug..; Mr.
John Joyce, Witcboro• ; Mr. Charles Lower, Canford
Mama; Mr. J. W. Let, Osaford Magna; John
Miter. Sherboree ; Mr. William Miller. Sherborne ;
Mr. Thomas Muter,, Owermoipoi ; Mr. John B.
Norton, Shafteebury; Mr. T. W. Sh-ttle, Wisibonte ;
Mr. John samirsys, Broarlmayne ; Mr. Joseph fleeM,
Dort:teeter ; Mr. Job Short°, Dorchester; Mr. Henry
Upson. Bberborne•
Mr. nom gad : Gentlemen of the Grand Jury—l
am .orry that I missot address you is the emus terms
of congrataletioe or even of reasonable satisfaction with
which I have been able to open the &mister of the
erosions now for, I think I may my, some years past.
The caleadrr contains the names of a larger number of
prisoners thee utast, and many of them are charged
with Mien& a of a mush more serious dasoriptioa than
you have been milled on to imusidsr for some time past.
It is diffieult be amount for this. All we imoir is that

have bed longest a moth er
than that we have at the present moment. In other
respects, I shall have to invite your attention to this
'Weeder for a moment. You know that those who
ON competent to speak upon the causes of crime
In this country often advert to the connection
whisk crime has with the state of educatios,
and this calendar bears out the view of those peruse
to whom I have alluded. If you look at one of the
columns—that which relates to the degree of instrue
tioa of the prisoners, you will find that of all this 1311111•
her of prisoners who are here committed for trial, only
one is reported to have had • tool education. Against'
the names of many the word "Imperfect" is placed, and
several are reported, as appears on this °slender,
as having Wad virtually no education at all. You
are aware, no dealt, that at the preterit moment
there is •• meuure under the consideration of
the Legislature, the first object of which is to bring
home to every ebild thtoughout the kingdom, the
advantages of a rod education; and I believe you will
' all agree with Inc without now venturing to express
any opinions, which would be out of plus here,
as to the mode end time in which that portion
of education should be imparted—l say you will
agree with me that, if the benevolent intention
of the legislature is Lobe aosompliined, that education
must rest upon the basis of religion, and that we ciao-
not look for the good results which we hope may be
derived from it. unless the children are taught under
the sanction of the Divine law. Mr. Moyer then
Wined to several oases in the calendar. He invited
their attention to • serious charge against one of
the superintandente of the polies of the county
fer embezzling money received by him as a member of
the polies toren That offense was the subject of special
enaotinent—it under the 70th section of the 24th
and 25th YieUM chapter 96. The clause read—Who-
ever. being a cougtable or other person employed in the
polies, of any county, and entrusuel by virtue of such
employmentwiththe reeeldtornatody,muagementoreon-
trol of any money,shall embezzle any chattel or money
received or taken into possession by him by virtue of his
employmeneor shall in any manner fraudulently employ
or dispose of the saute for his own use or benefit.
shill be guilty of the said offence. It appeared, as
far as be gathered from the depositions, that it had
been the practice for the Suparintendento in their
different districts to hire houses for the o-capation of
the constables. These were bitten year by year, and
the rental were payable half-yearly or quarterly. But
it was thought advisable that the constables should pay
their real to the Superintendent' every month on
receiving their pay, and that the Superintendents
should keep it until the close of the quarter or half.year,
when it became due to the owners of the cottage..
From some Untie, into which they need not enter,
Superintendent Lewis was discharged before the end
of any quarter or half-year, and he had to amount for
the money then in his possession that he had received
on the port of the county. If no account was given by
himself, it was done by some some person authorised by
him, and in that account no mention was ma& of any
rentpt of money on the part of the county for the
constables' oottages. When he was asked for that money
he made excuses of different kinds, and at last said be
had no money to pay, and that it was out of his power
to refund the money be had receive These were the
circumstances of the cue—they were rather different
front what usually came before them, and they would
have to consider first, whether, prisoner was a superin-
tendent in the employment of the county; whether the
money was taken by him by virtue of his employment,
and then whether he did embeule the money, and of
course one of the modes of showing be did so, would
be proving that be failed to !account for it, when he
ought so to have done, after hearing the clause in
the Act they mould probably Sad no difficulty in dealing
with the 01•111. The grand jury were than dismissed to
their duties.