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London, England, 1844-10-17 00:00:00

BOROUGH OF FINSBURY REGIS

TRATION.

PARISH OF ST. LUKE'S—FINE OF ARREARS.
(Before D. 0. MOYLAN, Esq.)

SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS
KINGSTON, OCT. 15.—The General Quarter Sessions
for the county of Surrey were held this day at the Court-
house, Kingston-on-Thames ; Mr. E. Penrhyn, Chair-
man.

The CILAIRMAY, in addressing the grand jury, drew
attention to two or three new Acts of Parliament. The
Night Poaching Act made it an equal offence if persons
committed the act of shooting game at night from the
paths or highways, as though it was done in an inclosed
place. An alteration had also been made in the law of
arson, doubts having formerly been entertained whether
sheds or out-houses came within the provisions of the
Act ; but now, by special enactment of the Legislature,
they were declared to be so ; and a provision was also
made empowering the Court, in cases where such offences
were committed by boys under eighteen years of age, to
order them to be once or twice privately whipped. To
prevent such offences all should endeavour, by every
means in their power, to disseminate information, and
also exert themselves to give full employment to the
labouring classes. He felt satisfied that very great in-
jury was occasioned by farmers discharging their labour-
ers in winter, and that it was always in their power pro-
fitably to employ labour. He thought it was a matter
for their grave consideration whether it was 'Sot better
for them to employ their capital in this manner than to
throw the labourers on the poor-rate, or run the risk of
losing their property by driving them to desperation.
The surgeons of the different county gaols reported
their several establishments to be generally healthy. Mr.
Nleymott, the surgeon of the county gaol, Horsenioeger-
lane, in the curse of his report, expressed an opinion
that the practice of confining the prisoners closely to
their room, except during the hours of divine service,
and meals, on Sundays, was calculated to be injurious to
their health.
The surgeon of Brixton House of Correction in his
report stated, that there had been agreat many cases of
itch in the gaol, and the great majority of them were
persons who had come from the union workhouses.
Mr. HA.WES, M.P., expressed an opinion that the
names of the unions whence such persons came ought to
be reported, for he considered it disgraceful that such
establishments were not kept in a cleanly state.
The report was received.
The Rev. Mr. Rowe, the chaplain of the county gaol,
made an annual report, and. after detailing the number
of prisoners that had passed tnreugh the gaol during that
period, he stated, that the extent of ignorance that pre-
vailed among them was almost surpassing belief—not
one-third of the whole number being able to read, and
out of 1,258 prisoners, male and female, only 304 were
able to repeat the Lord's Prayer and the Commandments.
The prisoners from the rural districts appeared to be
the most ignorant. They all, however, appeared anxious
to learn, and paid great attention to those who endea-
voured to give them instruction. The Rev. Gentleman,
in his report, went into a variety of statistical details
relative to the prisoners and the causes of crime, which
were listened to with considerable attention by the
Court.
Mr. HA.WI4B moved that this report be printed, with a
view to its being circulated among the magistrates of the
county.
The motion was carried unanimously.
Mr. SMALLPIECE, the county treasurer, made a report
of the state of the finances of the county. It appeared
that, from the last quarter, he had a balance of 9,0591.
ss. Ild., which was increased by other receipts to 10,0991.
is. I Id. He had since expended 14,5141., which sum
included a payment of 5,000/. on account of the lunatic
asylum. There were accounts outstanding to the amount
of 12,9721. 3s. I ld., which would be chargeable upon
the rate now in collection. The rate would produce
about 18,0001., so that he should have a balance of about
5,0001.

Colonel CHALLENOR observed that, on repairing the
gaols of the county, 1,800/. had been expended ; but the
accounts did not show that this was the amount sanc-
tioned by the Court. His impression was that 1,4001.
was the sum granted, but he had no means of ascer-
taining whether it was so or not. If it were the case,
4001. had been expended over the amount agreed to by
the Court.
Mr. Pucxxx assured the Hon. Magistrate that the
estimates of the repairs had never been exceeded, and
in many cases they were below the amount granted by
the Court.
Colonel CIIALLENOR said he had no doubt that what
Mr. Puckle said was quite borrect ; but still he thought
they ought to have some means of seeing in the accounts
that, where a certain sum of money was allowed by the
Court for a specific purpose, no more was expended ;
and, as the guardians of the county purse, it was their
duty to do it.
Some routine business having been disposed of, the
Court Shen adjourned.

(Before E.PENHRYN,
.KINGSTOIV, Oct. 16.
Esq , Chairman ; J. TROTTER,
Esq., M.P., B. HAWES, Esq., M.P., Colonel CHAL-
LONER, T. PUCKLE, Esq., &c.)
The Court this day proceeded to hear applications
for licenses for music and dancing.
Mr. WALLINGER made an application on behalf of
Mr. Joseph Key, of the Southampton Railway Ta-
vern, at the Kingston station, for a license to have
music and dancing at that establishment. The ap-
plication was signed by the churchwardens and parish
officers, and there was no opposition to it by any
party. The license was accordingly granted.
Mr. LOCKE applied for a renewal of the license for
Vauxhall Gardens in the name of William Fowler.—

Granted.
The licenses for the Bower Saloon, the St. Helena
Gardens, Rotherhithe, and the Castle Hotel, Rich-
mond, were also renewed without any observation.
An application was then made by Mr. Richard
Preece, of the Grapes, Great Suffolk-street, for a
license to have music and dancing.
Mr. Knapp and Mr. Corner supported the applica-
tion, and it was opposed by Mr. Scriven.
Mr. KNAPP, in support of the application, put in a
memorial, signed by the churchwardens, overseers,
and guardians of the poor of Southwark, testifying to
the respectability of the applicant, and the excellent
manner in which his house had been conducted.
There were also the signatures of 286 persons of
respectability residing in the immediate 'neighbour-
hood, all of whom expressed their opinion that if the
license was granted, it would be the means of afford-
ing innocent recreation to the poorer inhabitants of
the neighbourhood. The Learned Counsel, in the
course of his address, said that the application had

Considerable discussion ensued yesterday respect-
ing the omission of the name, of two persons, named
Buckle and Clements, from the lists of voters for the
borough, through the neglect of one of the collectors of
the assessed taxes. It appeared that they personally
applied to one of the overseers to have their names re-
instated in the list ; this the overseer promised to do,
but he did not fulfil his promise.
Mr. Sinclair being called on by the Revising Barrister
to explain the cause of such omissions, expressed his
regret at the occurrence, and said he had done all in his
power to rectify the mistake when it was pointed out to
him. The name of another person, residing in the same
street as Mr. Buckle, who had not paid his taxes, had
been mistaken for him, conseqesently Mr. Buckle, who
had duly paid his taxes, was returned as not having
paid his taxes.
Mr. MOYLAN said that, by the 12th section of the Re-
form Act, he (the collector) was bound to give the over-
seers, on the 21st or 22d of July, a list of all persons in
their district who had not paid their taxes.
Mr. Sinclair said he had never been required to do so,
otherwise he should have supplied such list.
Mr. MorLAN then gave judgment in the case, and im-
posed a fine of 60s. upon the overseers of the parish of
St. Luke's.