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London, England, 1822-01-16 00:00:00

TM COUNTY JAIL.

The Report of the Visitors of the County Jail was
presented to the Court by the Clerk of the Peace.
Mr. TROTTER rose, and Roved that the Court
should adjourn from the public Court !louse in which
they then sat, to the room above, to hear the Report
bef4ye them.

Mr. F. Youxo said he seconded the motion with
great pleasure. There were many things in this Re.
' port with which the Public had nothing to do.
Mr. 11. SVNINER opposed the motion. They lived
in an age when they were more peculiarly subject to
public opinion, and acted more under public suspi-
don, than at any period ; and they ought not to fur-
ni-.11 any matter for distrust, by doing that privately
which the Public conceived they had a right to ex-
pect should be done openly. Although he certainly
thought that there were many matters in that Report
which in tenderness or from delicacy towards the in-
dividual, he could have wished to have discussed
privately; yet he thought that so much public incon-
venience would be occasioned by the precedent—
(Hear, hear!
.from several of the Magistrates on the
Llench!—which he considered highly- impolitic--
that he felt it hic duty to oppose the motion.
Mr. YOUNG declared, that his only motives for se-
conding it were those of delicacy towards the indivi-
dual; but he thought that tire public part of the Re-
port might, undoubtedly, be dissected from the pri-
vate, and be publicly read.
Mr. TROTTER conceived that the Magistrates for
Surrey never could do anything that rendered them
liable to suspicion. Ile was actuated solely by mo-
tives of delicacy towards the individual ; but as the
word " suspicion" had been associated with the mo-
tion, he could not for a moment persevere in it.
The motion was accordingly discharged.
The Report of the visiting Magistrates was then
read: it was signed by the Chairman, Mr. HARRISON,
Mr. ff. SUMNER, Mr. TROTTER, Mr. YOUNG, and the
remainder of the visiting Magistrates.
The first part of the Report, relative to an increase
of the alaties of the Surgeon and the Chaplain, was
agreed to. That part, relative to the Keeper of the
Jail, gave rise to discussion.
Mr. II SomNErt, in moving that the Keeper of the
County Jail should be dismmed from his office, was
anxious that it should be understood that it was not
for any fraud on his part that this course was taken.
There was not the slightest impeachment of his mo-
ral character; but that it was on account of his not
having sufficient capacity of mind that the visiting
Magistrates thought his removal necessary.
Mr. If..IACKSON argued with much force, that the
character of no man should be committed upon the
bare report of a General Committee: it shohld have
the benefit of a greater ordeal. He concluded by
suggesting that a Special Committee should be ap-
?ointed .to inquire into the character and conduct of
Mr. Spradbury, the present Governor of the Jail.
Mr. SWAN conceived that the opposition of the
worthy Magistrate paid but an ill compliment to the
Committee who had so laboriously investigated the
case. He opposed the proposition.
Two other Magistrates also spoke against it.
The original motion, that the Jailor should be dis-
missed, was then put and carried without opposition.
The baker was also dismissed, for furnishing bad
bread, and under weight.

COUNTY POLICE.
The Report of the Committee appointed to inquire
into the state of the Police of the County, and to con-
sider of the most efficient measures to be adopted for
the security of the persons and property of the inha-
bitants of the county, was laid before the Court, and
read by the Clerk of the Peace.
It stated in substance, that the Committee, aft&
lengthened investigation, agreed upon a system to
submit to the wisdom of Parliament; but they had
discovered that a Bill for the establishment of a new
System of Police for the County of Surrey could not
be taken into the House of Commons but as a private
Bill, and they had no funds to enable them to defray
the necessary expenses. The Committee bad been
stopped by this difficulty, which they were obliged
to submit to the Court without proceeding further
in their labours.

After some discussion amongst the Magistrate',
the Report was referred back to the Committee, and
it was also resolved, that intimation should be given
to the Clerks of the Peace for the several adjoining
counties, of the measures in the contemplation of the
Magistrates for Surrey, with a view of obtaining the
co-operation of the otber County Alagistrideb•