The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-07-05 00:00:00

FINANCE.

The Report of the Committee was read, from which
it appeared that there was a balance in hand of
1:5,648 lie. lid. ; the rate to be collected amounted to
£2,022 Os. 3e1.; total £7,677 12s. 20.. Probable ex.
ponies of Midsummer Quarter, 1:5,550 ; ditto of Michael'
mu Quarter, F. 5,790, which, with a floating capital of
4.1,000, would make 1:12,340. A rate of id. in the
pound was ordered ; and Sir A. A. Hood was elected a
member of the Finance Committee, in the room of J.
Roy Allen, Esq., who retires.
Mr. DICKINSON thought he should not be out of place
if he alluded to the recent death of Mr. Hoskins, clerk,
who bad so ably assisted Mr. Messiter in the matter of
finance. He thought it would be a just tribute to his
memory that some magistrate should formally say that
they as • body regretted his Ices after 40 years' efficient
service; and the great regularity with which the
business of the county had been conducted was, in a
great measure, owing to the deceased gentleman.
(Hear, hear.)
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LUNATIC ASYLUM.

Mr. DICKINSON said he had no report to make. The
number in the asylum was :399; and the number of
males exceeded the females by 29.
The CHAIRMAN WM sorry to say there was a report
from the Commissioners in Lunacy relative to the
treatment of those poor creatures in workhouses,
which he feared would form a subject to be laid before
Parliament. . . .

Mr. Diewieon : Do you allude to this county?
The CHAIRMAY : I ain tiorry to say I allude to Bath.
Mr. MUSCII: SO= of those strictures are entirely
uncalled for.
Mr. Dicalason had heard that the inmates had been
deprived of a portion of their food.
Mr. Mono/ thought that was a subject over which the
Government had no control.

COUNTY POLICS.
This report stated that the police stations throughout
the county were fast approaching completion. The re-
port of the Chief Constable stated that there had been
103 indictable offences committed; and 101 persons ap-
prehended; 76 committed for trial. There had been
1,297 cases disposed of summarily, and 906 persons con-
victed, out of which number 92 were for defalcations in
weights and measures. The cods of the force had been
£IASB 17s. 4d., which included 1:26 10s. 10d, for pro-
secutions, and £l9 13s. for law charges.
Captain Sather!, said great inconvenience was now
experienced in carrying prisoners to gaol, in consequence
of having no " traps" to do so. It appeared that the
hems and traps belonged to the superintendents theni-
selves, and he believed the county paid £4O a year for
the keep of each horse. He suggested that the county
should provide • trap for the purpose of conveying to
gaol such prisoners as were nut able to walk, and those
who proved refractory.
After some further conversation the report was agreed
to.
Captain SCOBIILL wanted to see the estimates for build-
ing the new ShirehaU, in order that he might discover
what money had been estimated, and what had actually
been laid out.
Mr. it. K. M. KING said that in round numbers the
cost of the Shireliall and judges' lodgings, inclusive of
laud, was L-27,500; and the met of the gaol alterations,
exclusive of prison labour, was about 1:15,000.

WESTON-81:TER-MARY--Feacful Affair.—A ter-
rible calamity has taken place at Fahnouth—a scene
took place there between Captain Caddy and Mr.
Bell, the medical othisr of the Weston-super-Mare
Dispensary, in which Captain Caddy has lost his life.
A coroner's inquest was immediately held, and a ver-
dict of "Wilful Murder" was brou4ht against Mr.
Bell, of Weston-super-Mare. lie is in Eksbuin gaol,
and will take his trial at the Summer Assize& The
town is in a state of extraordinary excitement. Mr.
Bell is said to be a most irascible person. His poor
wife, who lives here, is in a state of terrible appre-
hension, as it is possible that his life may be in
danger. .1. committee meeting of the governors of
the Dispensary, presided over by B. ii.inglake, Esq.,
chairman and president of the Dispensary, was held
on Tuesday, to appoint a temporary °dicer. The
neighbouring parishes are all in an uproar about this
sad and unexpected limn& Captain Caddy was
stabbed with a spear two or three times by Mr. Bell,
and then died.