The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-10-23 00:00:00

poRSET 11ICHARL ante 'QUARTER
BESSE. I.
'fir busioits of t ins* nossion. held
WO
or.g.lay..at the sbiredaallt deo. lard 'Portamti (chair-
John Floyer (deputy -
mad 'raiding ; •y chairman).
„a t•. re were ah"' Free": As 'Earl Shafteebery
lord Ashley. Most fie. H. 'B. Portman, e.
▪ a sews, Fem.. . LI. Sheridan, Bee at's":
u. pawn, J. K Bridget I. E. Browne, 11. 8. *Bo or.'
J, B. Calmat, 11. P. Caleb ridge. SA. H. Castle:at'
W. Eliot. K. if. Eliot. J. J. Farquharsoe, H. Framptim.
A. Footer. A. IL resiews .IV.•ltherer, J. W. T Fyler.
1.. Fetheiretenhaniths J. C.' Goeddsn, H. fl flooadee`
einedry,.lb oat-haleett. B. P. thindry, H. J.
Outid.o 3. V. Ilatebro, Kiaderaley,
‘l.
t.. ',upbeat, B. LIM lehaiws. G. I'. Hansel, Fs E.
%Ask In. Marker, G. e.
1.0. Pallet, IL 1.. linrath, R. 0. F. Stewart
;,. K eseaders. Trerite.ldellock, R. Thornton'
u. Williams, Fe W. wit limas a, llatwood S. Yeatmani:
F•renhaiww. is.' Reeds. J. H. Austen
N. Wed. IL Bower, J.
01Yui 3. I. Watts.
ea Othrursetn.
The following gent°. era qualified mad took their slat.
, magistrate. : F dd
ne Pagel, H.q., of Horner
ar Winthe're 0; (how arryat, Req., /dep.
FortOn 1100te, Waled" aloe; Marker, Req. U
lions"; Huber ; Butler Batten, EMI.. of Hollanct
• ; Montague ° oast, Fifeheed Meg(lalen ;J.
Merthyr Cunt. Me'l• poeee,e,sh mnipm.
dAOL ANIb Moues or CORRECTION.
esplain h mina I end the report, which showed that
prion bed beer . inspected and found in good order.
me, perry, the 'eel meter of prisons, vieited this prison on
the 27th August, mit pointed out the necessity for an
eptiar'a preeenee Ia the trial ward of the females prison
when more than r fee prisoner wee present. A gratuile
it was grante to Jams Pitman for good conduct is
prison awing be last IS months, also to James
I•Sleanis for eta' ilar conduct during 18 months, Click.
A rot rate bad hes demanded under the new deem-
Visiting Justices have refused payment
...pang the de' Ames of the Court of Quarter Sessions
Freese are at O' meet 89 males and 20 females in custody;
oi dee. three males are in the infirmary. la custody
f trial at ti see sessions, seven males and one female.
ttu k.,il for ti (el at these samions, four males and one
Tot alter trial at these sessions, 13. In custody
for trial at the next assizes, two males. There have
• ISt pr loners committed this quarter, same quark r
let Year 1 & 'bowies -a decceese of 12. Of this number
teere were 12 naval prisoners against 21 last year.
Dsay axe, age 75 male,, 21 females. Last Yeas 95 males.
17 females. Decreer., of daily average this quarter, 16.
Yiere have been 51 recommitments during the quarter
a: omit 61 hot year, showing a decrease of 13. Punish..
=rote on .taily em rage this quarter, 11 out of 96 ; last
year. 16 out 0111 2; deftness of punishment, five. No
err end Punish, aunts thie quarter. Disbursements,
e 7.11 Is. 611., kr year £89311.. 11d., or an increase of
• ois Ti. ...verses price of wheat per load this
eutrter, £l2 If last year £lO It.. 84., Increase £2.
men of breed per lb. this quarter I id., last quarter lid.,
increase this r inarter jd. Maintenanoe, including salaries,
W arming, washing and cooking, bedding,
e'othing, ir 0., ya. per week ; tact year Os. od, The
•reritor reports favourably of the newly appointed
et
Mon N rs. Barnes, and also of all the officers of the
prem.
The(' it AIRMAN reminded the visiting committee that
at the present time there were no legal rules for the
101,1. • nd that they should lose no time in revising them
and .ying them before the Court, and he suggested that
n should be an adjourned sessions for that purpose.
BATUMI OF THE (MONTT GAOL.
Ilia LORDaHIF then referred to the assessment of the
esenty gaol to the poors'gate. mentioned in the report
lie had lien directed to ascertain the opinion of the
'secretary of MIA.— as to whether they should &ppm'
caiust the assessment or submit to the payment. The
See story of State declined to give an opinion. his
.v(8, in femora.. "y..,, must try it at the Court of
'
eoeh " It appearo4 to him (the Chairman)
ieen .
a...gable that they should ascertain whetaer tLe
Cain Assessment Committee would be prepared
to umm.aintain the rate, and he ventured to Rugged
thee should direct their Clerk to ascertain from
the Poor Lae Board whether it was their inter.
too to nes •iid the maintenance of the rate for
the pulp an of trying the question. lie understood that
the (irk of the Assessment Committee had
Tee, isid a tioninsuideation from the Poor Law Board.
but till lie was enabled to meet his aominitthe he was
not justified in letting it, Court know the "Import of
that decision. Ile (the Chairman) thought, therefore,
the ...feat wares would he to direct the Clerk of the
I'.lloo to appeal to the Union Awn'nient Committee by
whom the county WAS chord on that public property
which had not hitherto been rated. They all knew the
appeal must first be to the Amessuont Committee, and
if they Miduteined the rote, then it was open to appeal
to Quarter seoions, and from th. nee they might have
to take the caw to the Court of Queen's Bench to get it
settled, sowetiete., however. little whispers got about,
and it dal stem out impossible that the Assetsomnt
Committee igglit not maintain the charge. But
lie thought the Court had better make themselves
went by authorising the Clerk of the Peace to
appeal if the charge were mrietained, but, of course,
the lick would take care be .6.1 not proceed beyond
the Uniun Amessinent Comelier, before Obtaining
further directions from the Caen at the next Quarter
&selves. II• he..l brought dose the whole of the argu•
mote and am judgments upon tha great question. If
shooldto end to dad thee county Was not chargeable on
the tie...a of M. pri being P perti.
wnetlil my to the court Wore %Leyte:wall. question
hc..und the Amswiment Committee, it would he an. expedient that the Clerk of the Peace should
'holy that judgment, and espedelly the opinion of Loyd
Chelmsford, the present Lord Chancellor, because I. cage
of an appeal it inight at last Come to him. Lord
Chelmsford gave a most explicit judgment. It was
rather curious that the judges were all of one mind except
Mr. Justice Bylea, who differed from his fellows in the
report made to the House of Lords, saying, "You can-
not maintain the rate upon the docks; if you do, you
most admit a rate upon gaols, lunatic asylums, Ate."
Lord Chelmsford took that view of the ease, and inclined
to the opinion that public property is not crown pro.
potty, And that, therefore, it might be rated ; •bet
there was abundance of room for di/cession on the eib-
j. et. and he repeated that their safest course was 'that
h.
previously suggested—(boar, hear).
NSW ACTS Or PARLIAMENT.
The CHAIRMAN referred to two Ads of Parliament
peted in the last session. table& might come into
action with the visiting justice of the gaol and
hon,o of correction, en, called the Reformatory
sal Industrial Acts. Now there was power given to
lie visiting justices to co otract for the receplicm of
prime, rs either in a Reforr aatory, of which we bad one
In this county, or in an In au.t44 School established in
any .thee county, as they might think desirable. The
power to make such col .tracts was placed °stir''y in
time hands of the visitit mg la/titles, called "the prhion
authority," which was the new technical term. Ho
thought it was woe thy the consideration of the
visiting Pude*s wh ether it might not be news-
nary to make te advents with the Milkmen.
Reformatory. It. would not eay it was abso-
lutely neemwarY, be A it was worthy of consideration.
IBA lordship also so fled the attention of the justices to
the alteration se in the minimum of the imprison-
ment to be inflict, el on offenders before their admission
In • reformatory. The expenses incurred by meth eon.
trate of "the P risen authority" were to be paid out of
the county rat a. Then there was another act some-
what germane to the subject—one affecting the ex-
Penne of Pr' secutions. Hitherto if partite had been
brought het, ere magistrates, and the cam was &mimed,
there had PAM no power whatever to pay the coats in
such caner,, though the parties had been pat to consider-
able COI, Awe. New, it was competent for the :magis-
trates sloes whom the cam was heard, if dismissed, to
order t,lie emits to be paid; but he could only allots the
char-,e4, whereupon they most be nest to the Clerk of
the Pestle to be taxed, and after that they mem to be
hi'ael before the Court of Quarter Sessions to be granted
'or sot; so that a cheek was placed upon the good-nature
of the magistrate, of some divisions who might possibly
seamed what the Court thought ought to be allowed.
:Perhaps the matter would have been eimplified if the
Court had been directed to prepare a table of fees, but
An there was not such • provision it was left to be
• worked in the way he had described.
Mr. IPLOTaII suggested that the expenses incurred
under tbe new regulation should be submitted to the
Chairman early in the sessions, no that he might have
the "pinion of some of the other magistrates on the
Miliject When the matter was before the Honso of
Commons it was felt that the working of the Act would
Require • rod deal of checking, and on that ground
Government refuse I to take upon themselves half the
expenses, which in the ease of prosecutions under
old Acta was charged upon the Consolidated Fund.
Ceder the present Act the whole expenses came from
the county, because it was felt desirable to sett what
sort of expenses would be incurred.
In answer to Mr. noes& the Clerk of the Peace
said there were ail or seven claims for expenses ueder
the new Act already mot In.
The CIiAIKWAN suggested that these should be lai.l
before the Chairman en Wedneaday, immediately after
the charge was deli-erect, and that for the future they
should go to the Flamm Committee for them to report
to the Court upon.
Mr. 0. W. Fa Ma aallad if there was any objection
to • table Icing made for the direction of magistrates.
The rHAIIII AN suggelted a 0.1103 or motion on tbe
J▪ ct for the next semitone
r FLUTER thrioght the old table would almost do
Its. report Ina then adopted, and also the Chairman's
• gion as to the expenses,of prosecutions under the
nev regulation.

'MIMI AND BUILDING 00IIBI1TEL.
Mr. IL I'. GUNCIBT. in the absence of Mr. °bedew,
read the report The &mounts were examined and
found correct. The surveyor report. to the committee
that he hoe received noeice front the authorities of the
Duchy 4e !ore of the intention to build • county
bridge at Fordingtom The plan was laid on the table.
Tho following ament were required to pay bills due :
liMhdea, 1:128 3.. 104. ; Gaol, ow it.. ael. : HQ.
3d.; House, £28.. ; total, £347 19..21. ; fez
0.1. hap ; total, E5OO. For this
6 66 h. committee asked the sanetioa of the wart
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Lessaic A 5 LC 1114.0111%
rend this report. Tin Wane,
tho Indult of the trea d
eurer for the uelleoner e
.1.34 Ifie. $4.; Pee** front Unions C 1,421 12s. for noniwutetrs end rest-county psti.mte. rr.94 14.4
24•; l expenditure. 1-3519 I Iv. 41. ewriog a in hand of Cod 11 rh. 1. Th
£377 Bn. , e heltwor 1"r
„n^s- Loegeol and odants intinoto
telen.m
a in bawl nuking
WWI of cm. ; 2a. 41, 1,35 d chici, has Irma 0.13114 to he paid 'over to the building
,th
account; there was • Wanes of czrt 101. i ibe
srity account; in the building n
sieenent a
county, .C5O 7a 74. Bills were ordered gainst the to be µLid to
the amount of .C5O 194. lid. The seedier of county
patients in the seylems et the elate el the last
i warn 146 mules, mnd 153 fealties, total 298;
'admitted since, 5 male., 10 females, tow 15 ;
total, 151 melee, 163 females. Diseharged
.41, 4, 2 females; died einee, I male, had I feetele,
Total a 1.0 unty patients now in the 'xylem, 147 make,
Ind remelt+, total 307; out-0"0017 Po"Pors to the
aerlein on Jane 24th. 84 males, 31) hn°4.l', 144 114 ;
9 ',ma, non-paupers in asylum Jae.
7 maw, 7 frianiae ; etlesitied agia, I otals.