The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-01-13 00:00:00

111 r. R. )1. Wcraft

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Mi. 0. D. Wing&ld bily.

Gaol Report —Capt Foster
that the follow log tenders had
necks and legs, Std., hatch rano
£2: Door sod Co. uatattal, 1
barley, lb. Le. The Gov, noir
72 males and 14 'Malt
for trial at the liessions: 7
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males, and 1 female. Total Lw trial at aeasions 17 .
at the
imudsea 4, .4n hail, I. ler prisoner,' ha% e been 0. Rt.' duril.lt
the quarter, a do:comae of 14 iolow the 22.7 last year, 37 Wets
naval prieonera. Di4ily average, 71 nude:, awl 11 fentalo4 Loot
yiar, 04, 114crealie 12. Ihulialmaenta le, last year 10. No
odla,ral punialuoent. 11e-lommitments, 17, hurt year.6s.
IrursetnenM 6715 Os. 741., same dliarlor last year .6776 124. Id.,
decrease 6111 1t... Cal. Price of bread was the ,tme. Total coat
per 15424 per week, tla. 14.; last year, ss. rI,I. c.9112' iwen
received for the maintenance 1,. na4 al prisoners against 611 144.
laet year. A boy hos been whipped aet,olhvg to Ilia geatenee,
• pawner removed to the I.unatie A11)111111, Illtl lotie. primmer
14.141,114,1, the 4., nliti of the Jury beim; death f 70111
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'the reitort a.rerliVt.l ailli adopted.
The cotimilttec was re-elected, with the exception of Mr. J. IL
Bridge, and (lute. Mietwi,who w ished to Min:, and Ar.
W. Brltnier tea, added instead
1....114. Foaling bagged the tistience of the win! while he
titaik a feu rtnial hi reenacting what tamed at the isst *anions
with refertnee to the iininoscal increase of the salary of the
Governor of the Goal. . . .

The CILIAIRAAN asked if Cant Finite,' w.inlitir in order.
Capt. FOnTltn ad not •mtetly ko..w what eV. in order. Ile
wished to call attention to the facts of the now, e ith which he
tlkl not tnink half the utagiatratee were acquainted.
Mr. yLOT6R asked If Capt.. Foster had any notion.
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Capt. Voirrza replied tlutt he had not, and
The en AIRMAK ruled that he nu not in order

•iota gave nothv a • motion to re.conshler the rote
of the Court as to the illefeellt of the valary of the Om ernor of
the Gaul.

Bridge. and Ihtihinma.- Mr. H. Williams read this report
which stated that the hills were for Bridges, altei Is. lid., Gaol,
.4:541 t. &I. halt. £l4 3s. 10d.: County House, £4O 111. 7d.;
Sturminster mid Windrow furtive rooms, £6 4.1. 441 In core
sequence of the death of the Surveyor, several billn have been
before the conimittee without his usual certificate, sod the
Court is requested to allow the bills to be paid on the certificate
of his tanner. The committee called the attention of the
Court to the 24th sod 25th Victoria cap. 70, sec. 6, respecting
ksa,motives which may be driven over bridge-1 insultiiient to
carry weights beyond the onlinary traffic. It has been
decided In the rfueen r. Kitchener (C.O R.) that the Act does
not apply to County ilridges Your committee nevertheless
think it desirable with the sanction of the court to place a
moths: en county bridges, where required, in case of an sod-
dent, the County would not in that cunt he liable for the
repairs of such bridge. The committee relied for instructions
relative to the Barracks, and whether the lighting,
Ineospailf, rates. Ofc • are In he paid for by the county in future.
—Wareham Brda..- The conlinittee reeonunended that the
motion relative to this bridge be referred to the Easter sessions,
so that they may have the opinion of the new sun eyor, who
of course would prefer carrying out his own plans, if
7111Laini'e",e'eth‘re4:e/fuhill'lni,•rneilir7llB"o beCsoCUtalllrllartel,awirigltllrfre'reisrartt
the committee referred to the boss sustained by the death of
Mr. Evans, their surveyor. his kindness of disposition had
won thc respect and talcum of all with whom he became con-
nected, alma the committee hoped they might fiml in his
suenseor one equally easeful of the interest of the County.
The Clisismss asked If Mr. Williams had any knowledge of
the. contracts made by Mr. Evans.
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Mr. WILLIAMS replo4 )1:11 but he had not the lishhere ; they
had all barn completed but two.
In SUlrirer to the CUAILYAM, Mr. WILLIAMS SIIM It had been
thought desirable to place notices upon such of the county
bridges as might require it, to prevent the county being liable
in case of one acchkmt to the bridge. When the Act came out,
they pit notkes on all the bridges, and in the Western division
• curious thing happened. A locomotive went over • bridge
before it was " noticed," and rout] not return bemuse the
bridge lett hy the time it was to return been " so
that it was considered unsafe. Over another Midge • locomo-
tive went, and did £lO worth of damage In answer to •
magistrate, Mr. WIIMAMS said this was the bridge at Erershot.
He also referred to a hill which had MMUS in through Colonel
Hall, the new Colonel of the Militia for t.:56 Os., and he was
not aware that any instructions had been lamed for the work,
and suggested that the bill he sent direct to the War (Moe.
Mr. Williams stated that they had given no Instructions, and
declined to pay, lie then captained the other matters in the
report
The Cu tIRMAN LA to the Militia stores, thought it would he
beet not to pay the bills. Looking at the precedent of the county
of Middlesex, he thought it necinsary to ask the Secretary of
State what use the Court could make of the Militia atoms+, the
Hovernment did not want them, and if the Court are at liberty
to sell, it was well to know it lie had written to ask the
question ; but fm.b were the working; of the ins and outs of
the War (Mice, that though thim was the N 1 e, he ago, he ha.l no
reply yet. The best course would Is. o,ay to pay the bills
incurred prior to the passing of the Aet.
The CLEkK or ME PLACR said that some of the hills were
incurred subsequently to the Act: hut before the Colonel of
the Militia was aware of their power.
The report was received and adopted.

Ilr. W;Littus remarked there wvre SO bridges in the county
to be " notievd," and they cost 10e each on an average, so
this would cost £4O.

,aa to Tborneonme bridge, Mr WM1.14311111 motion was that
£lOO should lie contribute,' ly the Court, toward* the revair
of the bridge, aubJect to the liability of the county of
bonberset, and also of any other party to rrhuild the brhhre.

Mr. Vi..ovitit iimitiod Mist thr it more
nommtainitni to Ow public," al l hi be iiiiiertad, Mbe did not
think the Curt would be right in onitributing to the
r,builllinit .4 a bridge het-auise it read ; but they might glee
totranit it being ihiprovod, u when a horse bridge was made
lit for tare:luta. da% .

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Mr WiLwors i.id thl4 bridge would lw num Improved
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MR. Faormi then wanted itlosaid w., hat any man who
had an old lirklacto rebuild might come to the court for help;
quoting thie as a precedent.
The&Wino!. desired h Mr. Flyer "as made, and the
motion carried.
VTR COVITT

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lii, WILLIAMS maid it might not be generally known, that the
building in which they were met was not frediel.l ; hut was
held on a lease from the Council of Dorelieeter, to tiot koio
18 years are unexpired • but the Coundl, he undovnesi, ere
willing to sell the freelko‘d, and a kind of underhand negotiation
had losseel between Lord Portman and himself on me hand
without any authority from the Court, and the Council on the
other. He now moved that a committee be -appointed to
confer with the Couneil of Doreheeter relative to sale of the fee
of this buildhug. And he named Mr. Portman, Ur. Caleraf,t
himself, Mr. °Unary, and Lord Portman and Mr. floyer would
be ex-Ngen member, cif the committee.
The CHAIRMAN maid it wae euggesded he aim, the eider
magietrate• IloUr., pars ago, that the Court should look about,
and get the premises more fully their own, either by renewal
of the lease, or by purchase "f the freehold, tun] it seemed to.
him more do'lr,bl to puntase the freehold than to renew
the leave. Mr. synionds communicated with h m relative to
the renewal of the lease by !apnea of a line, and Immo
documents had been made woeful, so that they arrived at mine
idea of abet would be the maximum price. True, they had
18 pars lease, and teeny men ml4hl mv "Let us be content with
our 18 >yam' lease." But when they had the freeholder willing
to sell, then he thought it was desirable that the leaseholder
should endeavour P. sexptire the fee. An 18 years' lease is a
valuable property, and the value would be a deduction from
the price, and ought bring hack the purchase money to a small
amount. 'the question 'if the value had been disenated with
the Income Tax Commissioners, and the Clerk of the Peace
hawing appealed on behalf of the county, they had a fixed
charge of e2OO, therefore they hail a hods to work mon, then
18 years' haute, and on the other hand the quit rent paid to the
Council of Dorchester. The question of rates, asecesnieuta, and
other matters would have to be carefully gone into, and as he
believe., it seeuSl be convenient to the Council of Dorcheeti r
to realise the value of their preperty, they only have to
agree upon the number of youse purchase which should be
=IL wages° remarked the Countv had already offered for
sale a noble pile of building*, the Militia Mons, and it might
be advisable to consider whether they could mg utilise them.
The CHAIRMAN was afraid the inionvenienee of removing the
prisoners, ete., would prevent that.
it, Rev. C. W. LIINWIAL spoke of the militia storm, as •
place that melody would buy, or which there wax I ery little
probability that anybody would buy.
The CIIAIRMAM said they did net yet know win ther they
could sell.
Mr. Furrea thought this was very fair matter for emisider-
spot,. At the sum time he winthi remind the Court of what
had been told by a gentleman, one ..f this Court. Mr. Stutt
bald depend upon it there is a gnat dial in having the
administration of hiffitice carried em in thc full slew of the
public., in the centre of the town, when' kc• '71,04 ean ace
what is going on. Of mune if they could not get regincishk
terms it was a great a.lvantwge 1.. have an alternative Oct?., to
adopt. They mot retuember that the building woe theirs,
under the lease, although they had built it mon the fuel
belonging to the town, awl of course it depended urn much
upon the Curt *bother they kept it up or net. For linmsell
Tie preferred s ery strongly the present site, if they could get it
upon reasonable WM.
Till COUNTT LUNATIC ASTLTMA—TIII raorossa NNW kIORTVART
CHAPEL.
Mr. from FLOTKR, V P as Clucirman .4 the Visiting Jaurtices
of the County Lunatic Amylume, reed the annexed reports :
" The accounts of the last and the vouchers of the previous
quarter were examined and Lamed. The balance in heed from
October quarter was a 1,1e27 a PI. ; the &mould. clue from unions
at ls al. per day, £1,77.1 Lek 1.1., on account of out-county
anel nocepauper "patients, Goss is;one quarter's rent of
cottage, el - total, 0,665 175. tel. Aniount expenditure
thi* quarter, eX,781 itcs. 11.1 ; leaving a holance In hand of
.es7o 17e. rot, TM...maintenance rate war ordered at la gcl. per
day. The following contracts were taken : John Bush,
Spiting, bread per 411.. lost 614.; ditto, barley per nark, ;
William Penile, itemise pet rat, 22 2s and CI Derenish,
alo.lNT_gall..n, 7,1 ; Greening, leather ; Samuel sic— oats

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rack, lba ; steamier ton, 42-is Elitaireth Wood, brushes, &c:
Style and Bunn., groceries and " The nport the Selection committee, read Mr Falleit-IlAlt-
. The decree. in the n u mber pauper patinae fruit' the boa, snlil " Mr. II the chairman the Bridge and
emote, to which attention w. deswo in the bet annual report Con 111 l haring stated tint it was the opinion of
.4 they
ersitor., has continued during the liast ysate. Ginl Pi irtsnan and iiinisell that it would be desirable to consider
number he.in. fallen from 22.5 Int the first day 01 •lanitarT, whether it would not for the benefit of the county that two
1473, to 119 at the clear of the
.stur, showing a reduction of sur,eyoes should he appointed Instead of one, and for the
sin, so against bee the year preceding The number of rowdy to be divided into two districts, the committee
ciut.enity pauper pstiente in tile Iwo its)husa la 135 "n the determined belore taking other steps to obtain the opinion of
1. Ternary, lie1:1, there were 140 of tion•panier patients the Court upon
int emmtion."
27, la. year '2l- the Kress total in Ilse two asylums Mr WILL .
I-Ill..l'r':l'"fitnt that two annl4°N tb 'nit he
being now 101 ; At the isgioniog of laat year, 10. The appointed for ti
c ileittzi. id one erto, mid the
number of adnibaki. in 0...1a5t year lee, been re --;r2 from original salary tmid the Surveyor was L'2,o a year, arid when
the county, 11 out-outinty. and 15 iluillaUtrer patlenut The the late WI.. Evans look the (Mice it ass rniueed 1:.:N.10.
disehargni 51 - "-h.,..50 had re-covered and 12 Were relieved. Since that time the work had been much Increased, for they
'The deaths wen. 45. Omitting the "n-pauper patients front hail milltia Mona, lunatic as) 1nn,.., all the police
U.e calculation. the moven. were 37 esactly .n.'half .4 the stations, and a genet number .4 bridgee, ircsicics which the con•
admissions lo the pauper clarets, a la;ye and tiatidaetory I'll)' Bowel dropping in lir the turnpike PARIS would put on the
ingthsr. The number of chaff., am greater than usual ; enmity
accounted for iii gnat measure by the ilibilitaUsl state In a .tuestion whether they strottit not divide the enmity into two
many more bridges. .Cuiler theme circumstances it was
which many ore sent to the asy I , one rtti.,,t Mitiittod iii for tine super. nt.,.. As to finance lie ilia not think they could
trust state haring dint the day after lieradn kinsi The general get a thoniughly good malt to di. the wi'rk f"r 111" ewhw' wihw3"
health of the inmates throughout the year lies good. 'The as Mr. Evans hut, and he thought it would be moonily to pay
%lift°. fare %Mill I. report their entire 'n•listartion With twin,, proviilal they multi get two meal Hum- The ProPertY at
the state anti condition of the two eetaleish; ll mita at clennithister et... in the county was eery-great. 'The buildings were a
anl Vona., under the able management th, .aid he hd be no more of them
Intendent. 'lto has been 0116i:fitly Kirland it, the 'ii. bury.: .4 hear): The llUMerolis bridges required that their
hI. duties by. th.. two atilionlinate oh. ~...I.llllng should be every year an.l they Wailtad
hi. 114 tracing the. more it iiiiii dint.- .4 e,eet.,„ pontinis to attend to it : or the county might be nm
Ary Iwo. woe i'l:relseentle J.o.lisry Imo. altos Men.. lII' those grounds aniongst o
Id
thers he thought
hatilaf Wt.!' I‘ll.3"arY it ail.lnsl.l.. the noUrt sho id tild conser bother the work cou
with morn sc. al traniesteirm, to labour lirr the $(09.1 '4 toy, 1,, ,b„'n eun.eyory. l'cr,nnally he wce in
th•ae 000/mitted to Iris mre. Keay In the immissur ri ry tat iihr .4 .I.l,,anting two.
IlerioUl "NI was the death of a valiant and Mr. It mahout two would nal Fre) a year more than one.
treat faithfui wrrarit. IWww," lie 1.1 been in the Mr Mkt hi* °pillion Will that really two woukl cost
i.eniee of the county lor neatly years, awl during the last us. limn °lily IWO
it he hal acted as b.. 1 attendant io Um wants on the smile I ylr It. If Knot Saint Mr. Williams If it We/ his eaperience
guy., besides aularrintsmdbig
,tbs. fan,ri wed oubl.s.r work soil tint the a mi. ass much forime ; and
fer the tw .1...1010-ada The L Whin Mr. 11AMIlitio it the late Kurt evor did not ilev.ote •
the We.t
hate tensed • tonlbsti,ne withaasll,l.l4V2,l,inecriptiisi tohe idanst irn7.l deal .4 tint., to lin. ariii suggtwkd wiother
i„,,„ry of so truly the, thertinani .4 she .6,1.1 104 enitiin• the soreeyor to e.ide at Inn:-
Rucklsiod Newton, ahem ire arr,-1
,Ihl,lf 1411,r Oki and elostir as the central lowl., and wiehi have an Mike
faithful servant mi the female sal , I thosigls in for „„.„,, „,.,1 p„rth.
Iss111) healtbi 0,051.1°-w "f her wa, ara• Mr. Wit.Liyets said We I.lalss tnuM be s ith the Clerk of the
laiuiiuil leer the assi-tancs of tin: /Wind • tri
'The Visitors hate - 7.1 e• • • 0 Va., h. Law.
„,,ry . . notori. are sorry
siliodailte a A sumo mat—, Cots eyes .n 1 ally two tillrlryoll I. loch the Work
(h,ty bare bum tae could be done by One and they 1.1 a superabundance of tam
rekt'l..::truPll2.l for `erY 1111.1 st Drente of the . Year woostildstes ready to eurdenake It at the rause 11111.1 r). •AN Mr. Ellett
i„ orjv, .°lh 011!knt, the Why should they have two t
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Mr.
cllA„emirow..r:
truiwTo batethilet I.erso.ouirwiiirst.4.ll.2t
tonwoe: both
elferskr ~t 4.1 —1 the Init.,. puidelml warding • job