The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-10-25 00:00:00

Bridges
Gaol
Hall
House

70 0. 1-1-
141 5 7
73 6 11
03 5

£264 16 10
This aura, topether with £166 3s. 2d. for sundr7 works
ordered end or propels—total I:4so—the committee re-
commend should be allowed the Court of Quarter
liestious.

A long discussion ensued as to the parties with whom
the liabilities rested to repair certein bridges re-
ferred to in the Report just read. No decision was
come to on the question, and the county surveyor was
recommended to obtain anne further information on the
subject.
FINANCII 00E(117111.
This Report, which. warn presented by Mr. FLOTER, in
the absence of J. J. Farquharson, Req., stated that the
es penaes foe the last year had been £2,998 ls. 41. re-
ceipts, Mg:sliding a balance of £1,718 Ida. 9d. • in hand
at the last sonions, £6,502 tis. &1., leaving a balance ja
hand of 0408 lls. 2d. This with a rate of ld. in the
pound, payable this day—being id. for the general pur-
poses of the county, and gcl. as • Snit inetalmsot of the
debt dne for polies purposes—will leave a Warm of
£5,919 19e. 10d. available for tbe expenses of the cow
lag quarter. An extraordinary charge of 11•9 121. for
travelling by Um coroner to London, end the
jury, to Ai scene of the accident on board the
Great lestera sesarnah* was found in the accounts of
tate rosorier for tbe ttorebrmAer district. The commit-
tee retionmended the allowance of the obarge, though an
unseal osa. A rats of td. in the pound was resewmendsd. The report was adopted.

00011TT LUNATIC AITLUIL
KT. FLOTZI brought up this Report which stated—
The Visitant have examined and pamod the amount. for
Pee_t gamier, mad they Ind the expenditure to hare
Lisie nal SL, and 4e amount lie be received from
174,1.6.4 the rale for mainbearmee of le. per day,
, kw* a balance, to be elided to the

next quarter's swank of £lO 6.. The rate wu ordered
at la. per day, Or Ti. per week. The balance in the
contingent Fund is £575 Si.; Fenn Account, £l3 sa.
6d. ; and Charity Account, r. 332 16a. Ild.
The following contracts were taken :—Look, meat, at
mi. per OWL ; A. Cbileott, bread, 4g4. per loaf; S.
&uncap, cheese, 36.. per cat.
The following county bills were ordered to be paid :
Edward Howley, 45 10a. 2d. ; Advertisemente—Couuty
Exprees, 151.; County Chronicle, El 14i.; Itherborne
Journal, 1:1 4*.; Southern Times, el 12..; Poole
Herald, it 6..; Edward Lester. XI Gs. ; Superintend-
ent, taxes, LI 2s. 5d.; Dr. Finch, extra charge for
patients at Irialierion, £2SI Oa. 6d.; H. B. Sheridan,
Esq., half-year's rent less property-tax, 15e. 104.

II . P. TOT.
Tbe number of patients, let July, 1869.
was 76 93 169
Admitted Mime 3 4 7

N. P. T. 79 97 176
Diacharged sines 1 9 10
Died since 0 1 1— 1 10 11
Remaing in the House September 30... 78 87 165
At Fieherton 3O 40 70

Total on the books
And 1 criminal patient.

108 127 235

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The Chaplain has tendered his resignation, which was
laid before the Visitors, and accepted by them on the sth
inst. He has been requested to discharge the duties of
the office till his successor is appointed.
The asylum has been inspected by the Visitori during
the pest quieter in conformity with the requirements of
the Act, and on all occasions found to be in a most satis-
factory state. The proposed purchase of land of Mr.
Devenish having been abandoned in consequence of the
objections made by Counsel to the title, as reported at
the last adjourned Sessions, the Visitors again caused ad-
vertisements to be inserted in the county lepers inviting
offers of land suitable for • new site. Communications
in answer were received from five or six landowners, or
their agents • and the several sites, with the exception
of one, which WM WI 11110.11). aCCOIIntA undesirable, having
been inspected, the Visitors met at Dorchester, on the
:filth of last month, to take these offers into considers-
tion. There were present on that occasion—The Chair-
man, H. Williams, Esq., Joseph Oundry, Eeq., W. P.
Okeden, Esq., .1. C. Hansel, Esq., W. Eliot, Esq., J. E.
Bridge, Esq., Rev. C. W. Bingham, Rev. G. P. Cain.
bridge. A piece of land belonging to Mr. Michael
Miller, about one mile distant from Forston (near Dor-
chester), was selected, and the Visitors have since
ascertained that Mr. Miller is willing to sell any quan-
tity to the county, not being lees than 50 acres, at the
price of £lOO per acre. The land is freehold, tithe free,
of general good quality; a-portion of It meadow, partly
watered, and offering good sites for the erection of an
asylum, with • southern or south-western aspect. There
can be no doubt but that an abundant supply of water
can be obtained by sinking wells in the chalk to a
moderate depth. The site may be approached con-
veniently froth the lower and upper turnpike roads to
Sherborne from Dorchester.

Mr. FLOUR having concluded the official report,
*poke at much length upon the general subject. He
said he had in this report confined himself strictly to
those parts to which it was most important to allude.
As to the new site he had simply contented himself with
stating what the committee had done in the matter.
He wished, however, to lay before the magistrates, as
fully as be could, the prospect that we had of obtaining
a site and of purchasing the requisite quantity of land
for erecting • new asylum. The motion of which be
hoped to give notice at • future day in • more regular
manner would be something similar to the notice
which he laid upon the table at the Easter f3essions in
April. The first of these motions was that all those
resolutions proposed previous to the April Sessions in
1859, relating to the purchase of land, &a, should be
rescinded. It was in conformity with that suggestion
that he did so; but he should now like to see the origi-
nal motion again restored. The second motion was that
the Court do approve of the contract to purchase lands
of Mr. Devenish. As Mr. Miller would not sell less
than 50 sores, he (Mr. Floyer) would propose that they
took • larger luantity—say about 55 acres, as proposed
by the committee, at £lOO per acre. He thought he
might, without hesitation, say that the land of Mr.
Miller was very superior—part of it being pasture land
—and it was partly watered by the Forston stream; and
the whole of the land was admirably adapted for the
purposes for which it was required. It was healthy,
whilst there could be no doubt as to the supply of water,
as it was watered by a stream on one side ; and the
valley throughout abounded with springs of excellent
and wholesome water. Taking all these circumstances
into consideration, he should propose that an asylum be
built on the plan produced by Mr. Kendall. The third
motion would be similar to the one on the notice paper
—that a sum not exceeding £34,000 be raised by mort-
gage for the purchase of land. He thought that per-
haps be should have to ask for rather • larger sum.
Those 20 patients for whom it was proposed to provide
in the old asylum, must be provided for in the new one;
therefore it would make an addition to the estimated
amount. Against this 3:35,000 the?' had the buildings at
Forston to offer for sale; and without being sanguine
he might sit.), it would be at least worth £2,000.
Several MsoleruArts : And a great deal more.
Mr. FLOTER continued : Well, then, if lie came for
£l,OOO more he thought it would then be a less, and not
• more expensive plan, if it were carried out, as he had ,
just suggested. Before he gave notice of his 'notion he
thought it would be well if the court of magistrates and
the county at large should be in possession of the views
of the Visitors ; and that the molt tion should not be
&dinned without due deliberation on the part of the
magistrates and the county at large.
Mr. GORDON suggested that the asylum should not be
removed from Forston, in the praise of which establish-
ment he spoke very warmly. He also suggested that a
subsidiary asylum should be established ; and that the
Cern', Union should be converted into such a branch ;
also that the Cerne district should be divided amongst
three other di•tricts, amongst which he named Sher-
borne and Beamir.ster, the former union having accom-
modation for '270 inmates, and containing only 76. At
Beaminster, also, there was • most admirable union
house. They could with the greatest ease convert the
Cerise union house into a supplemental Forston estab-
lishment ; and it might be rendered available for that
class of lunatics who would not require such • vigilant
superintendence.
The Bev. J. P. CAMBRIDGE did not altogether agree
with the scheme projosed by Mr. Gordon, but he
thought it undesirable to remove Forston or to have •
branch establishment.

Mr. Punta, in reply to Mr. Gordon's suggestions,
argued that they were to • great extent impracticable,
as an extra establishment would involve the engagement
of extra officials ; and this in • pecuniary point of view
would be attended with • large outlay of money. Be.
sides, if they had • supplemental asylum for the 15 or
30 lunatics which were now crowded inconveniently into
Yorston Asylum, they would in the course of a few
years incur • great expense in finding a larger place,
thus realizing the old saying that "if you are going to
alter your house very much, you had better pull it all
down."

the Rev. J. TinaLza having espressed his concur-
rence with Mr. Floyer's views,
The CHAIIIIAK remarked that he hoped the conver-
sation to-day on this subject would not prove diaadvan-
tageous ; but that at the Easter meeting he might see a
full determination to do something practical in this im-
portant matter.
lb. Report was received and adopted.
SLANDFORD PETIT SESSION&

The Hon. W. B. Powrgrair, M.P., applisd in behalf of
the Justioes of the Woodford divisions, that the expenses
of hiring or otherwise providing • fit and proper place
for holding of petty sessions of that division not ex-
ceeding £l2 per annum, be paid out of the *minty rate.
The motion was seconded by Mr. J. C. Hansel and
unanimously adopted.

TUR CHII7 CONITABLeII IMPORT
Was read by the Clerk of the Peace as follows :
Chief Constable's Office, Dorchester,
October 17, 1859.
Sir,—ln obedience to the regulations of the Secretary
of State, I have the honour to lay before you the usual
returns, showing the number of perm= apprehended by
the constabulary during the past quarter, together with
the offences with which they have been charged, and the
manner in which the cues have been disposed of. It
appears from these returns, that the number of persons
taken into custody has been 189, out of which 18 have
been committed for trial, 102 summarily convicted, and
69 discharged. I have likewise to lay before you a
return, showing the number of persons summoned by
the police during the past quarter, amounting to 157.
There have been 27 informations laid against persons
having deficient weights and measures, out of which 24
have been maintained. A proposal hu been made to
me by the Town Council of the borough of Lyme, to
consolidete their police force with that of the county,
such force to consist of one sergeant and two constables,
abs total cost of £lBO, with the understanding, how-
ever, that the borough should only be called upon to
contribute £135 of that amount, leaving the remaining
portion to be ran/eared by the county, from the one-
fourth of the expenses allowed by the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Treasury. Should the Court accept these
terms, I beg to suggest that the Clerk of the Peace be
instructed to prepare a memorandum of agreement, to
be delivered to the council of the borough, in compliance
with the 14th sea, 3 and 4 Vic., cap 88, and that you
will allow we to enlist one sergeant, one first, and one
second class constable to carry out this arrangement,. 1
have to report to you that the clothing issued to the
force in the year 1857, with the exception of the greet
coats, has been sold to the police, and that the amount
of £l6 2s. 6d., arising therefrom, has been paid over to
the credit of the Superannuation Fund.
Saueex S. Cox.

Mr. HERBERT WILLIAMS complained that the report
could not be heard on the other side of the table, in
consequence of the conversation which was going on.
The report was then adopted.
RIPORT OF THR CONSTABULARY COMMITTER.

Mr. FRAMPTON brought forward this report. It
stated that—

Your committee have to report that of the £12,924 9.
Exchequer Bills purchased there have been sold
£6,121 2s. 6d., and there is now in the Treasurer's hands,
after payments for saes and advances made to contractors
an available cash balance of £l,Bll Is. lid. Your com-
mittee, in conjunction with the Bridge and Building
Committee, have also to report as follows :—As to the
Beasninster site, the title to the site selected having been
approved, an 1 the conveyance being ready for execution,
and the plans of the proposed new buildings having been
returned approved by the Secretary of State, the Clerk of
the Peace has been directed to advertise for tenders for
their erection. The buildings of the Wisuborne, Shaftes-
bury, and Sherbome stations are completed and occupied,
as also the Wimborne Justice-room, which is stated to
be much approved of. The Justice-room for Sherborne
is also complete, except as to the littinp, • hich are not
(mite finished. The buildinp of the Stiarminster station
are also completed and ready for occupation. The
wadies, of the Dorchester, Blandford, Cern*, and
Wareham stations ars__proceading satisfactorily, and
will, as regards Cern", Wareham, and a portion of Dor-
chester, be fit for occupation at Christmiss. As to the
0-suborns station, the Plans of the proposed new bead.
inspi have been returned approved by the Secretary of
State, and the Clerk of the Peace has been directed to
advertise for tenders for their erection. The Treasurer's
amount for the quarter ending at Michaelmas, 1850, has
been examined and found correct. The following is a
etalicoeut of his receipts and expeaditure for the
quarter :
RiCIUPTI. S a. d.
To balsam in the Trsetarer's buds at Mid-

A Police Eats at three farthinp in the
pound, received at Michaelmas Bftaiona . 2272 8 9
Cash of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway
Company for two constables employed by
them
Cash deducted from the pay of the Superin-
intendents and Men for lodgings, casual
payments, Au.
... 78 19 1

12745 9 0

IX PKNDITTI R/1. s. d.
By pay of Chief Constable and force ... 2010 9 8
Horse allowance, one quarter .. ... 112 10 0
Contingent expenses, examined and allowed
by the committee 289 4 10
Treasurer's salary, one quarter to Michael-
Clerk's ditto, ditto .. ... 6 5 0
Mr. Ffooks for preparing Bridport agreement 216 6
Cash paid to the Chief Constable and Super-
intendents, being the purchase money for
their home, by the comity ... 292 10 0
Dolan's bill for clothing ..., 614 8 1
Balance in Treaxurer's hands 404 14 11

0745 9 0

The following estimate was made of the expenditure
for the ensuing quarter :-
2 s. d.
By the Chief Constable and Force 1629 7 4
Contingent sheet as produced and now
Treasurer's and Clerk's salaries 18 15 0
Br. Ffooks' bill for contract with Messrs.

E2OOl 8 8

The Superannuation Fund amounts to £l,lOl Ba. 9d.
stock, to which will be added £96 12s. 10d. received
from the men in the last quarter, and £l6 2s. 6d. paid
by the Chief Constable, being the proceeds of the aale of
old clothing.
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Your Committee recommend that a rate of two far-
things in the pound, amounting to £1,614 194. 24. be
granted at these sessions, to be paid one week before the
next sessions.

Your linsimittce have taken into consideration the
Act of last scraions (22 and 33 Vict. cap 32) relating to
the Police serving as javelin men at tle assizes, report
that the cost to the county of doing so is estimated at
not more than i:l5 at each assizes; and that the Chief
Constable states that their employment will be attended
with no inconvenience to his force.

As to Wcogkis and Measara.—The owl of inspection
of weights and measures in the pest quarter has been
£l9 18s. lid. ; and the amount of fees for stamping
paid to the Treasurer, £lB 16a bd.; actual cost,
El 12s. 6d.
Tbe amount of penalties paid by penons convicted be-
fore justices, is £1713a., • moiety of which has been paid
over to the Superannuation Fund, and the other moiety
to the Clerks of Divisions, to be paid by them to the
County Treasurer.
Mr. Gosnox asked for some explanation with regard
to the superannuation fund. He wished to know if he
gave lialf•a-crown to a constable for any private service
rendered, such as finding his watch for instance, whether
the policeman was bound to pay over Is. 9d. out of it
towards the fund. Or whether in the ease of awarding
• gratuity of £5 for instant* to a constable for his exer-
tions in bringing a prisoner to ionic*, as was sometimes
done, he would have to pay £2 10s. out of it.
The CHAIRMAN said the Act specified from what
sources the fund was to be sustained. Among others
there was • portion of the fines for drunkenness to be
so appropriated. It happened, however, that by an Act
passed mo far back as the 21st James 1., that these fines
were the property of the churchwardens, whereas the
modern statute provided that they should go to the
superannuation fund. Which were they to obey
(Laughter.)
With regard to the proposed amalgamation of the
Lyme police with that of the county,
Mr. Feaurrou stated that although it had not been
recommended in the report of the committee, in conse-
quence of not having heard of the application in time to
embody it therein, yet they were perfectly willing to
append it, and recommend that it be adopted at the
ARRAS time. —Adopted accordingly.
fOTION.

NOTICE

The CHAIRMAN complained of the injustice of the Act
in charging those divisions of the county where gas was
not burnt, with the support of inspectors for those divi•
&ions where it was
_consumed.

Mr. MENIIKIIT WILLIAMS gave notice that in January
next, he should move that the oourt should appoint a
sufficient number of Inspectors of gas meters, for the
county of Dorset, and also make an order for the trial of
prisoners.
The oourt then adjourned.