November 12, 1864.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND — GAZETTE. 1093 
1.4411. 14s. 4d. as interest on the debt; 750l. 10s. 8d. as balance | anything about the expenditure. Hereford was the orly | The nty-rates during the same years are as follows :— 
on this account, which will be required for the ede er of | county that was rated higher than pos ers and he "T€ — TAM 1858 . £417 0 
interest amounting to 503l. 6s. 7d. due before the Easter | extremely regretted the decision the Court had come to, in not 1859 se. ph 1310 2% 
sessions.” ag finance commi: x ey c hug themselves " » Ln e P M 5 $ 
2,0007, has been rad: off during the year; but it has very considerable expenditure for the lunatic asylum. P» be 1 ME 315 1} 
They bound in fairness to the ratepayers to have a clear » 1862 oe m 417 0 
been a to borrow 2500/. by the bad ud of examin Mon sn "3 to the position of thelr ee He = a ” 1863 va oe 17 6 6 
the sessions to mce st the vei is on the new build- to believe that some of their loan! ot q 
ings, leaving a prese ebt of me “Then under | in acoordance with — me. nous à ight by by those ed Peer Pay einge siti folioms: £8911 1 
rf " examined the accoun e thoug! ey ought ve a y i= 
pes a rye dm t oy a sa statement ie gd finance commlttee." The Chairman said: ''There was a "E = —À a £8 4114 
Th 
je ou have as o; rson to atte: . : 
peres vr nt of irs as you 1 find. e | Whereupon Major Court made the sensible observation that » » 1860 ek PM 913 94 
report says: ‘ i s i : 
d ley wi 
“ Your SE: are glad to inform the Court that the new He thought, looking at the large indebtedness of 
= uildings are d 2 nish: mr and e y ir e whom aU wand; and the demands for the lunatic ic serene ai 5 peris 
ey were designed, and y answer the expec- th mere pre t shou! 
tations of the medical su; oy ome a RT] accontinn. | Oe rene more VT 
Everybody was rom that: the rates n able i" of the e parish E = wii 
epu Mr. Bouverie rejoined: The is which Mr. íe thin yh y to the e of the of the 
he police, and it as ari ad would, -= ed the have been 
TUR report of the not been received," | salle upon to pay cercin power fo reuse the payment o Ped ami. mnt aed 
- le of our poor-rate and 
n n, after having rr that complaints have bill, if ‘the charges w wrong in sep Pr acie Dos MA d common fand c a. E here e no doubt t that t all those 
been a of the work, we ve the satisfactory strengthened by a finance committee. In Somersetshire the resent who rate in oe paris! ishes may be able to 
H e al 
as been sent in by the 
: der en, | 
+ he +} * to show that the money was laid out properly." And then, 
investigated by the cou Oourt noel h " 4 rat ae the rate- 
not bee cocived.” It that after this sitet en froquentiy made “by the cbe which might be avoided. | payers. An — —€— endeavoured to prove that 
issued an m adjourned auicm vais held in deem | MS The police made the expenses as high as they could, that the | the coun y rates area d item in our expenditure 
and this ex ccm way of doing things, couple amount might appear to their credit. and that in A ion t most, instances they are con- 
another matter, led to the resignation of the bie Ishould not have taken up your time in reading siderably increased by. mismanagement, |I would ask 
surveyor ; but | in looki ing i into the whole affair it has these ee bnt I m "bay: eid sbow better| Who are the parties entrusted with their adminis. 
trucl t tl y reme rks of way in which our money tration? 
as to es tt way ; — Ru nce gps wanted to Ot at dnce "o if ipso read viejo ^^ : ded e er rmm 
The surveyor copied fo for extra remunera- prove the ADM. vae of things, I am conv d i dee sel 
€ an "T it appears that he ve ine ed about 907. T^ Ae m could not do better than by taking e e report o of gentlemen "ho! ^ P litte. or no stake in the Soay |. Others 
her with re rd to Qu 
—as, for example, some of our hial clergy—though 
mistaken. It fa rt appea bat passes at the Quarter Sessions. There is, again, a | excellent men in their proper sphere, are not qualified, either 
tages, ilt with heavy item in payment to coroners ; but the present | 23 large ratepayers or otherwise, to assist in the spending of 
the ree of course being soon required. t thod of paying by a fixed salary is better than fees. y na WES a near p- r, who 
do better cen read the remaks on eae abject of Mr. f holding inquests for the seven | rateable value of whose farms must have been 30001. per 
R. P. Long, the member for Chippenham, to whom à | ve years ending 1862 was about 65,0007. a-year, and the a, and yet he has no voice in our county expenditure. 
ratepayers of Wilts are greatly indebted for the pains | expense of each inquest 37. 3s. Then, again, there is ee - ptr dI Wenger cree og eer ma 
which he has taken to sift i - other matters, | the ure of maintaining the police force—a very | regards t oa yore yet, 
Yhoscp ts with little or no support from his|heavy item in unty expenditure. I think | ratepayers, whose voices are heard through the guardians at 
— er He said :— hat ratepayers general ly have great reason for com- € — Uy ky th 
" t ie 
“I thgreat regret he expressed any opinion of his plaint at the way in which this force is often | any way upon a question which th intimatel: 
oii upon aot Which had already taken pisos ; Red the | — and the recent Act with regard to as either of t of the fo 4 ES Td M out Moni Smo, 
same time he felt bound, as an indepen Li I will not n enter into th 
speak GU plaiuly. With regard to this psi rtioular wee, wh el game has te tended more to take them from what ought mod den d ri e question whether the present 
been most unsatisfactory from beginnin, end. These| ^ fil to th 1 subject 
cottages, eA he understood the figures which had been given to their m pa paymen ts, | there a 
him, had u; henge d last cost the county no ue than ought m ave "id greater share of ir services. : g 1 
e this, I cannot do better re mention the | tieu arly to those which are classed under the head of ‘‘ Costs 
mitted to » lo » « , " ” 
am b whioh bad now joe ED E. ali p s Court, case of Falter the higgler, who was bro pu — the | xa elke, edings before Justices, Vip Clerks' Fees," and 
would find. when they had finished building, repairing, and | Norfolk bench of magistrates, and convicte the de 
e 
Aegre seem to be regulated on no fixed principle, ‘but 
reate 
altering, that the 10 cottages would stand the county in i l aee st at toe oa of the clerk to th 
upwards of 330 ir Thess mero vory aor | gures; evidence of two policemen, which RA miserably are matters a ich could be managed equally well by th board 
ooking A e unsatisfacto! whic 0! icq uet tself, th 
question now stood before the county as the fact that the | which pos of Jo u have, no doubt, read the able article | sessions, We, as ratepayers, fll cue parce pese pet ing he yee 
cottages were first of all most unfortunately placed and that | in the Express. 1 would congratulate the | often put to consid inconvenience and expense by being 
epe il null sane ete grand jun of Devon on ihe way in whioh they spoke [ente apen sud Demos res E den o 
habitable—he honestly thought that the best thing the county | Out on this matter at the las uarter Sessions at | matter might as well be done elsew 
habitable—he honesty ntfs bands of them; tosellthem to | Exeter. These gentlemen having been engaged in| Highway Act. It may prove, for MI Pes leg cem 
anybody who arse Bs "tom back to d oa plan of | de several cases, from which it appeared the — were | trary, a useful measure ; but here, again, any disputed matter 
soppe Um lodging & dete € cheapest and the most continually v or in watching tp en- | kno X d e" M Je — e Ro mr 
satisfactory plan of repairing tho nitako that had been made; to subinit to the stiperi PER icu Ota body who know Hin ue 
and if the Court acquiesced, he would move that that be | th nothing of the expenses attendant upon repairing what 
to” ihono- Who | id the. iiie. Ai Tias ; Beige of their "asc E v» eun rerit to Sir ratepayor re peg oce deep It behoves every 
allowed to come Before the Court, v to - A os npe from £a S. Northcote, the Chairman :— : Be the plausible pretext of A erm e sm s ed 
Lr eiae MM crane, thik there bed [6 a| “The grand jury wish to represent to her Mojesty's justices yd Mitt err msg r^ de t of dni ent 
at want of responsibility and control, first over the site and | of the m for the county of Devon, that the functions of the gove bb. NES DA qustliblcinE ed Fe diem ol LA e 
hen over the bs. no one could gainsay, because no gentle- | police aro much misa; plied by their being called upon to Zileda la anf May. to their ge dps ems E lo 
men. who bul cottages in. these slave would think of o watch and cure M maid draw tÈ v agisrator a qr items under this heading which we are more upon "ey Pu. 
hers doni t zi t e dd e as" | S O ge me woul A raw S ee ention to um EX many instances E ame t. put still ek aoe 
course a 
fied to such reciate 
why Y hecounty, should ave ‘een, atric of f building, a nd = n, take the ROTTE ie egere evene the privilege of having to pay out 
that in a position below the level of the road, M4 à “the 3 
dam of the canal, he could not understand. Nor was this all’; t F velvulatibus | kuverwhat Dolie. To Sa have 
er EI E cepto tc |", Need re exea T eui eris ral ido nT AS 
M p 
pu bid unsocketed ipe, rough which liquid | preservation of game tends ry erely to injure tenant dometiog consideratio. And it E to te to eti - 
matter would necessarily "penetrate. In short, the who | fi me hos js qm but i cause of a two-fold | wish to impress upon u by this paper, namely, to the | fact 
ne e ort ure Leni h m ee Dem de yet S those w d | injeities, in as they h a pay a sgt heavy th A etam not, dither} in their own persons o! 
directed -— p scene te adis be giv g a dr : tation S P those w who, but = r this | their vafe enti ‘exercising a sufficient 
which would completely exone rates, he 8 m eim ation ges ave no incentive to crime, con- ^T dn t 
oppose the extravagant outlay, vost w was now suggested, ai seme x e might hope would never Dodd the | for ett nie cree Tun as to nce question of a remedy 
pose that the paragraph in report whioh recommended | e And n w,h 1 oe th | eg ready to admit that I know 
x3 struck out, and that th = "Court sell the cottages, a ates a a priso E aving gianced at the | of no other than ge pointed out by Mr. Corbet, in 
to the original plan of rece — ing lodging allowance for | mat p I| his paper on this subject, and which has also been 
| the militia statt rom d o Government. will endeavour to show from oug ht before the House of reto viz., the esta- 
| It is hardly necessary "ge say that sucha motion heavily it bear upon individual. debba Living gin petite ade of county financial boards, e aac 
) found "little Cas with the Court; and on its y and paying ng considerably more than pgrsentatir either from the board of 
only one es Mr. r pong s half tk es, I am “atl to speak feelingly in this the 
held up for it, plainly showing a gi regard | matter. I Dod barly fe] 3 nadat t jy-rates 
tes bave PEE Ped oa "Then, again, would not be submitted to so quietly as — win if the | gentlemen, 
there igni emos one ans pien i e | greater eee man tad ae oe t they | su Srl to Plan by : county : ipd an 
different counties, and the staff of officers n mary for paid ; e reason or other t merie -rate has | subjected EN ped it is difficult to 
the work, Take the iy o of Berks for instance, and been ‘ambled — 2 the pori and — a | reform iy ey to amenable to control as our 
then about the expense of| county magistrates, viewing them financially. It may 
prisons, In order to show bow business is t ted rat thought of the subject. To | he ite hat this is a a tenant’s question; but 
there, I place show TE —— — the county-rate is, I surely, from the large amount i 
Easter sessions in that county. After the reer "i tie give y "A the unts paid each year since | farmers in land, any additional increase or burden is so 
Finance Committee had been read by Mi pe tehley, — Jr the Tele t "e poor of my parish, the| much money drawn from their pockets, and equal to 
the Hon HM de ake s Cratebl t oT. he common fund charges, distin- | additional rent, and consequently they have as great an 
«Whether the finances of the county were in such tion | guishi = i oth t 
pee yee preje & a a [Iet me say that T shouid not Rave trespassed upon yont 
em aopn. -W n Mr. ma oa po ag E) pend nmi - year nna es 1858... 21 1 0 |time dis evening € I not LT that A at on 
oer O dee pa CE e ALL yaa of the Court t4 ny 2 h s the of election, is the time for 
aod She E rate Was & balfpenny ee e " i P » 1861 sa s a La | wap ourselves ae And i asak to the 
year" Mr. Bouverie said, “A year or two ago the Court » s "d » 1862 .. 9 15 84 |ratepayers in our rural distr bus, I would impress 
refused to appoint a finance committee, Mr. Crutchley having ” is » » A RU ciat npe ea that this question of county finances 
es one Ho ay discharge tho duy. 1 ae eut tol Total..  ..£77 13 34 isa matter the mismanagement of which causes them 
