The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-01-12 00:00:00

COLIITT

The CLERK of the Paul:
the county of the SkirehalL
MIME VISITORS. REPORT.
Mr. K W. WILLIAMS produced this report, which stated
that the total in custody were RI, for trial at the Sessions,
11; at the Assizes, 9; c.oinuitted this juarter, 149 ; same
quarter last year, 11/1; aecrease, IL There were no com-
mitments of naval prisoner., though in the sante quarter
last year 37 naval prisoners were committed. He-commit,
meets showed an increase of l. being 51, Disbursements
decreased .C 1 lls. tid. The price of wheat last quarter was
xiu kis. per load, and last year at the same time it was
£1534. 91 per lost; ant bread had fallen from IW. per
11. to one penny and an eighth per lk Del Ir., had been
received for maintenance of naval prisoners, £59 having
been received in the quarter last year.
The report was received and adopted.
Mr. E. Wim.isus gave notice that he should apply for
the sum of £lOl.l. for re-ksding the prison kitchen, at the
nest sessions.
The committee were re-appointed, Mr. E. Williams,
chairman.

riNANCL
Mr. Famell4ll4o6 read thes report. which showed that
the expenses had been .01117 I. Pd. and the receipts am
follows:
Balance in hand .. .. 614 7 6
County rate at
.. 2624 16 3
}lnce and . .. 137 4 5
Tresaury order for the pnweention a prisoners, Ate. est 2 1
By the High Shedd, for Judges' lodgings .. 100 0 0

Total .. 4230 10
Leaving C 1,21• I the expenses, aml the
committee recommended • halfpenny rate, amounting to
£1,947
The report well received and adopted, and the Finance
11111 l Attire were re-appointed. with Mr. Farquharson
chairman.

LUNATIC ANVIL' 11%

Mr. FLOTRR presented the quarterly report of the
Asylum vistoro, ohowing that there w. £1,024 in hand.
The maintenance rate had been ordered at 1.. 2.1. per day,
The -following tenders were ameptod : Matthew Bent,
bread, per 4lb loaf, W. Abbott. barley Mud, per sack
tai; Style and Janata, gnwery ; Faolge, e.a.s
unscrewed, ZI Is. al.; ditto entail, 11., ed.; Mary Wood,
brushes; Greening, leather; Thos. Com+, .ints, per sack,
lid; ditto straw. artton, 12 te.; Hurdle, thecae, per cwt.;
I:2l. .gt 3s , am' CI Its."
The report w. received and adopted.
Mr. next read the annual report, which stated
that the nuinher of temper patients had increased,
there being now VS, instead of 312 as at the beginning of
the year. Though rather a large number of the patients
had been ailing, there bad lesce no serious Hines. in either
of the aoyleins. Of the out county patients there was a
differ...tare of one only, there being 131 at the close of the
year, and if non-paupero there were 27, the admissions
being equal to the dischargys anal deaths. The total
lwr in the two asylums is now PG. The manage-
latent of the soy I by Dr. Synies continued to give every
satiofaction, and the conduct of the officers, with one or
two exception.% had been good. A female attendant had
Leen discharge.] for having procured the gift, as she said,
of a pair of boot.' to her, and a male attendant had been
fined LI for negligence in connection with the escape of a
patient. Miss Arkwright, a Imly of great experience in
hospitals anal asylums, had been appointed matron. The
morturary chapel was now finished at a coot of 1:479,
which would ire defrayed from the out-county surplus fund,
and the chapel would be consecrated on Tuesday. the 12th.
A further cult, had been paid from the out-county anal non-
pauper account,in aid of the county rates. making +AGM
received from this source. The :flyleaf had been inspected
by two of the I ...mmiosnmer. in Lunacy, who remarked
on the absence ef eiciten,ent anal physical restraint; but
they called attention to the advantage of frequent walks
beyond the proaiseii, which hail been somewhat interfered
with lay the ohjections :4 some residents in the 10-alitY.
Wooilon or tiled floors, and sash windows were also
rec.. 'oiled instead of the present floors and the
circular opening'o. Thew struetural improvement+ would
proceeded with ; but the builder's attention had lately
been entirely occupied with the mortuary chapel.
Lonl Artesia:ay suggested that in the report should
be the wordo ' they reniarked, with exprocal, the absence
of excitement and phydeal restraint
Mr. Funeit amended the report in accordance with
the suggo.tion. He continued that the small number of
deaths quite accounted for the increase in the number of
patients. The number of dynths last year was 42; bet
this year they hail only been a little re than half, being
only 13 in the county patients. Thus the decrease in the
number of deaths accounted for the large number in the
asyl . The runs: were satisfactory, hiring about 31/ per
cent., or one-half, of the relitaisstons. The health of the
inmates had leen ; they had 110 complaint of any
serious disorder. And he was happy to say that for one or
two years they had had little trouble in the matter of
attendants, not more trouble than in other matablishnients,
be believed, for he must say the attembeats had been
remarkable for their efficiency and general good conduct.
The 11111 l issioners had personally e1...cry...1 to hull in
former times that they were& remarkably well conducted
and a very nice set of peroons. lie therefore haul great
pleasure in remarking very favourably on the necessarily
Large staff attending the patients in the different wards.
ThOre had been a small rioe in the salary of Mr. ffillespie,
one of the medical °therm ; he hail been with
them two years, and bad proved a remarkable
=abets and efficient man in his duty. lie canie to
them at a salary .if Dim a year, and they hail mimed the
:wary to .4,312.1. As the report stated, the nen-wary chapel
was now just completes!, an.l would he ronserrate.l on the
12th of this th. If any magistrate would like to attend
on that ocraoion, of iiiroe it woold li, the duty and
pleasure of the visitors to prepcire little refreshment,
which would be ready at lute o eh. k.
Lord FORTY 0: suggested that was bribery —fiaughteri.
Mr. FLOY KR hoped he should have the sanction of the
Court —(laughter). In .u.se a large number of inuristratcs
attendysl, he suggested they should -soul their names to
the medical superintendent The Ili-hop would be down,
and lie should have the pleanure of taking him to the
asylion -(a laugh).
The reports were received an:l mlopted.
111711.1,1NT4.
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Mr. Diann prvsented this report. Mesabi the amount
he should ask for was IVA
The ell‘IRIIAN: The Chairman of the Bridge and build-
ing two ask fur .r.no: umt is in fact the whole of
his report
The committee were re-appointed, with the exception
of Mr. Goodell, in whowe pinee Mr. J. It. P. Goodden, his
soh. was His lordship suggested that in the
Dorchester divisiim it was very important they should
have the benefit of the services of the late chairman, Mr.
Herbert Williams—(hew, hear, and applause). In the
Wareham livisiou, they would restore Mr. Fyler, wluee
shrievalty was alsmt to expire, with thanks to Lord
Eldon for having taken Mr. Fyler's place during the year
—Oft°. Thu Chairman waa to be Mr. flambe..
efONTANV I. tRT.

Mr. FRAMITON rend this report, which stated among
other thing., that the Superannuation Fund amounted to
.Cfeelills. 7d., which was invested on mortgage at le per
rent., with a balance of £P Is. bid, in the treasurer's
hands, and CC, re, 6.1. would be added, which had
been received from the men during the past year. A rate
of one farthing in the J.: wasrecommended.Superintimilent
Thomas Eeles, of Wareham, who had served the county
in this force, ever since it WM binned, was now unfit for
service, and the ittee rec 1111 l mended that a pension
of LK/ per annum be granted him. P.C. John Climb who
teintiorarily had an allowance of HA, a week, was still
medically unfit for fresh service, anil, he having leen in
the force upwards id sixteen year., the committee recoil'.
mend that the allowance of 9s. a week Le made
p•nnanent.
The report was then adopted.
regar.ttsutbo superatui uations the C LIM AN re t narked
that as LII• force grew older there would be increased
charges Ilinn the fund, and unlem some aseistance was
given to it, the time was not far distant when the Super.
anuation Fund would be all appropriatiNL It was a
matter that required ,erimis consideration. There would
probably lie something heard of the subject in Plelianient
by and bye, Jut the fund must be supplemented before
many years base elakisol.
The f”lice committee were re-appointed, with Mr.
Frampton as chairman.
Mr. WILLIAMS called attention to the delay in the pay.
rnent of the police allowance, whereby they were always
one and a half years behind, and suggested that the
Chairman awl Mr. !lover should bear it in mind if the
siihieet ans... in Parliament,
The CHAIRMAN said unfortunately the blouse of Lords
was not allowed to touch finance. But am Mr. eloyer
knew the money could not he distributed till it had been
voted ty the blouse, and hence the delay.
THE LICENSING COMMITTIS
were re-appcinted.
ANTED.

poI-I'-I.

The Rae. J. H. ACtTICSI said he had peen asked by a
neighbour to apply for a isdieenian to Is located at
'Tarrant Keynestone or Tarr:nit Rushton.
The Cii timeles saiii the Applieatiou must ho made to
Capt. Atnyatt Ilneen.
Mr. RUSTS"; mid that shoithi be dons.
C 14161, ensstattl.lol REPOUT.
The CURRIE of the Paul: read this report—
The returns of crime for the last quarter stoup. that 301
persons hate hoen apprchetslod by thoommilatmlarb. and were
thalt with Rs (Alm*: Duchuged, 47; eunundarly dispuerd
of, 131; rolunilltt4 for trial, '24 total, at!. Thom., returns
'how a Plight inortrase—t It., It, in the numb, of persons
mipreliended, Oscowl/end nuts tho icirruerondieg loaner of
Ise yew. During the le,* tnctsc months there have been YIS
outbreaks of foot and mouth disease. Mal three of pleuro-
pneetuosits. 7,.73 animals bat e affected ; of then. DO have
awl Gee hate been eLtughterod by order sf the load
authority.
COURT.

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Mr. Williams and Mr. F..,.; were were appoint., to
take the secouil court on Woks:nil:o.

iFT OF WOOD*, &C.

The Chairman said he desired to call attention ta a
matter affecting the whole country. Between this and the
Faster staid ~,, the tater Ambeatnient Act would come into
siperation, and thsawhY PrwPertr would I+, brought under
muiessinent which hail hitherto beim exempted. Looking
carefully into the Act it apt eared to him impossible to
hmse, except by common consent in each l' abet, that there
couki Ise any neeeesteent MAC that would not be liable
to impeal. and which would not really require the judg-
ment Of the Court of Queen's Bench. The Art was so
framed and so contradictory in parts that It would I+, ex-
tremely slidleult to forecast the interpretation the Judges
would put upon it; therefore, he would strongly advise
that the greatest 11011Sibila rail ohoul.l be taken in forming
the first assessment. It was Impossible to lay down any
rule so far as he could sae because in the three parts of
thia count -wet. heath, and down, the easewments must
he of a different kind altogether, and no rule could be
applied to the entire county which could be of the least
avail- If the assessment committees think proper to
raise any quostions, they can to a not expensive way
obtain the judgment of the Queen's Bench taeon • hut.
if it was of the least use to hare the opinjen
ni Mr.
Floyer and himself before proceeding to any
litigation. they would endeavour to do their best
as Chairman and Vice-Chalrman of the Court, giving
what they idtould rule as • preliminary to a judicial
enquiry in the Court of Queen s Bench. The digiemti,
of the Act were soyeat tint). it would be impossible to
vta any rule .or the guidance of usessment cm-
:A U. thought those who framed the Act lisiked
„ohm to Norfolk and Suffolk than to such rotantie• as
Dorset. Peron, and Somerset. where the woodlands were
topiny different from those in the former shires. The
safest course would Ise to go very gently, to h., very ear..
ful ; rather to let other people find out the m..,w than our-
schwa But if it were desired. he was itiiite sure that Mr.
Floyer and himself would do anything they (mad to mist
any couunittee with their opinion m to any mat the.
might like to submit. Ile knerw that many atiate:
were anxious on the subject, and therefore he had
the question forward.