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; C. W. David, Es 
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Fisher, Esq» Engineer to 
rdif nd from |! 
Lp uc" Deputy Mayor; Mr. Alderman Pride, | him to the county treasurer, and thence to hem magis- | P. Miss 
Ж. Leonem "Alexander, ар Srt б з Esq., | trate's clerk who has issued the precept, even up to the Бата with you from Leicestershire to Bedfordshire, from 
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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 437 
mble equipage. But I should only weary you with a multi- 
sq., Ма, ayar of Ca: 
plioation of such cases of gross extravagance and miserable 
f Bute; Geo. | magistrates themselves who m ordered it, without | Bedfordshire to Buckinghamshire, from Bucks to Berks, and 
Vale Railway | learning peo very definit * Ther e is no manner ilts, а i ike 
hi: 
; R. Matthews, Town Cler of doubt but that the greatest difference of opinion | insupportable, and a eount ^з яе 
pot Ene Worshipful the Mayor, М Mr. Alder- exists as to the way in which this expenditure is [ оғ balne organised. Bedf Vadis is "dp petition тз 
„ Alderman Ja hile Berks still “grins an d bears it," tho h the H er- 
man Жең n, Lor d Lleutenani of of the Coun On the one hand you will find the rate-payers petitioning [Ll des enc whioh хер nere aliko а z 
Lr rer 1: агт жт Ärkwright, Esq., the ИЧ ee d popu tho. present system, passing онан at their local | оза] Boards T же A это тиюи In Svo 
of Hereford; the Rev. Archer Clive; a ubs to the same effect, or, as їп the eater majority of Löt ms. а Боск 
of the County o live, M.P.. G Cli e E es, y^ ndulging in that private й crumbling which orrow а word here from one of the speakers 
the Hon. Captain W. Clive, -3 George Clive, Esq., | has hitherto done so mush to carry the claims of the English | at that n аа Mr. Wilks, of Bayden: * Не felt that 
р.; Н. M. Clifford, Esq., M.P.; Sir John Walsh, 5 апа dd Ec fondly relies on to do so much more | the ratepayers had a right to дета fair control 
M.P.; М 0 dnorshire; L Watkins, | for him ЭБ. ide, we have the v agnates of p Lg 
Lord-Li ieutenant of Breconshire; Sir Н magistrates y just. тайда. us vd one abo presume er the outl y of their own money. ist leaf 
Esg» d-Lieutenan : H . to doubt their being the b ess in the world, or | of the report to which he had referred were the names 
he Marquis of C. en; г Бе | that the bus ss in dion could t dns possibility better the com of v isitors of the e Asylum; and in 
is, Bart., M.P.; Lor lanover, Lord- ethan it now is. Sir John Pakington declared with looking over those names 
fof порве нед ; Н. Mildmay, Esq. Я proper modesty, and in Hansard stands the record, that h g 4 : mA that 
Ish, Bart, M.P. ; the Lord Bishop *' we all in our consciences know there is nothing to complain | he could point Б many individual ipn in this 
X sr DA Wals. ar ‚; the Lor shop | of oe nternal management of the affairs of our counties; unty who paid more to the County Rate 
ere is no ех! К anagement, but merely 2 Н 
Беу, the Lord Bishop of Wor cmest dischazge by the gentlemen of Koglan d of the func, | Committee femper whilst as to tho Mim gentlemen 
Ü tions which the law 1 28 Mr. orming the finance committee, there were scor 
cester ; The е М.Р. (Chairman of the another chairman of his benc : * (hoy had Шер, me 
—Тһе Rt. 
Hon. F. Lygon is bench, maintains “ће К 
Committee of the Worcestershir e Agricultural ociety); managed their affairs very smoothly ;" and Sir Matthew Ridley 
Sir J. S. Pakington, Bart., M.P., G. ; | has ir John às to ransaction of financia 
rs whose respective payment of rates to the 
at of t 
Ra „ 
Е pe he whole eight. 
the Rt. Hon. .8. п, .Р., G.C.B; echoed Sir as “the t ction о ncial s the management of the poor under the elective system 
Sir Т. E. Winningto Я .; Sir ә bu T eii ed - d ES pr. : zu of nen, had | © aA 80 advantageous to both paupers and rate-payers, 
mere, Bart. (High Sheriff of the County); H. F. and satisfaction public.” These three honourable | 0шрагей to what it was when entirely in the hands of the 
: O. Ri P.; R. Pad E , considered that it would be only a fair - 
,; О. Ri 1L; D Ladmore, Esq., | gentlemen, be it remembered, are not only themselves promi- Бсү di milar result if the electi bo 
J q. (Mayor of Worcester) ; G. W, | nently engaged in the disbursement of (Зе county funds, but pasa- A AMURE TOU „зе 0/900v90 Ayo е 
^" 3 are as directly identified in the House as representatives of | 180104 to in the matter then under discussion.” The heaviest 
Hastings, 2 => шаты :: ы E. Evans, Esq. the Аас Тава AB ep Eds Tuo ds fte misa С Чаш X et the prisoners and сы 
i ester Chamber o ommerce); J. W. thing to complain of, but everything is done to tho satisfac- че ere is the keep of the culprit, generally enormously 
ric President of iium ester Chamber of] tion advantage of the public] It might perhaps have been | 28h, everything being done by the visiting committee to make 
La, р 4 comfortable. Then thereisth ft 
боле); Esq.; Henry Lakin and W, H, | better, if not more decent, had this opinion been suffered to | him to dore t Xr lm jas Ode тео сч 
jA t Aa k, S i at ees como а others, instead of as the self. ешору of а man on his | П to trial, о! d ther Я эў. утат лж P | E 
Bentley, Join onorary ecretari But how answer the rural rate-payers to th is? Let ais us ше . рогцара more or Joss 
I" dable. The charge for th t is 
gentlemen having communicated to the Council КАН ps little below the surface, and we shall soon see there are jarri cm a Е ай trii Жа E t P Tw y d Hos 
ihe fullest local eig Tam ected with their very few counties in England but where there is something to чук uM p dtu n 2.08 d em 24 
ive districts, an = complain of, and нй ere everything is by no means done to the | ®8 >: чеш s Y : че IO n. 
7988 ; the ex: ary duties in which, of t been pro 
respecti А satisfaction of the public. The system so conveniently described r ^ 
theiuquiries made of rei the Council the Pre- doing things smoothly enough—perhaps the very worst way | t° employ the ы, опе might imagine that time hung he 
by as 
sident expressed to them the be thanks of WEGE elf and | in the world of doing business—has been broken through, and - е " » оша 
the Сой. for th for their kindness in having attended the tho people Fha sod eT aro at оа bogioning to think орой constable aur "what he ls doing, - MÀ е 
mesing tint day, апа for tho deep interest they had some." "Bul does the County Ех nditure inertes: Still aro | aceoráingly by means of an oficial paper ho Caris with Bim, 
evinced in promoting the objects of the Socie ety. here lavish orders for larger gaols, more pidum new police | There are bench x nm— that luckl Шаг = 
The Deputations then withdrew ; when the Council bon Aq and so on, until one begins to fear that any addition жы od o nido D nk ege s Mp: 
010 con ide tion of the to the population can demonstrate itself only in thieves апа хаце h 
p e consi М n of the particular locality idiots. In every direction are th murmurs, while some | Who have qm in concert that the new pe me old bo 
suited under n с шеш for the holdi ling o Of | districts have already proceeded to petition against the evils | i'nbued with more especial b rs as supplementary game- 
the Country Meet: ет: and injustice they are suffering vnder. keepers, and to, "above all things, look after the poachers ! 
sion of the тима Д Тауар ез 
which their r attention. had been E 
Th 
—Agr reeably with 
mm 
Wit 
" each position m The following, from the Midlands, is so well drawn, | of » 
called, it was decided, | and so much to the point, that I may not only read i = ^ сч did, adjoining Arg vily pre x 
.P., seconded by Mr. | here with advantage, but it may stand fora model t of ЖЫ ved coverte, Í would send. to the chief I нче е-е E 
is men to watch night and day for 
2 . others who may in duty bound ever pra 
to 
ef co е | То тнк HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE | cop Kıya- 
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mended by them for pone at 
on the 22d inst. 
id ms moved to 
erent Em or xu fers in 
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1862 prior to 
Lek en spuma to Wednesday next the 
after my young 
1 n list | to ко, DOM, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.—The humble Petition of the | their way as the poachers who come after them. 
pe ensuing gene ED. 
uch i ri urden ; 
еШ а the order of aufi that. the сому Justices, i in whom the power to levy and | “ watchers ” for gentlemen tho deal in game? Petition for 
Cou y Meeting at | expend the rates is vested, are totally irresponsible to the rate- | this! Why, rather than he should be turned to such uses and 
row e Council resolv tth A 5M. Б. payers. Your det canna consider this power of taxation | abuses, the farmer should petition that the men should come 
eh hat the oun ry vius d without representation to be entirely at variance with the |crow-keeping, or e ge in or anything to keep them 
this year be held at м хее Surrey, at 12 noon, оп | principles of а free constitution. Further, your petitioners | respectable. Itis only since putting this paper together that 
CN ; the 5th consider that the present system of collection, by which the | I have seen that capital letter of Mr. б. Lane Fox to the 
error havin LM red in the condi iti f | county rates are merged in the poor rates, is highly objection- | pheasant-coddling, fox-killing landowners of Yorkshire, and let 
А eem OF | able, as it tends to conceal from the general bodyofrate-payers | us learn from a magistrate to what uses he would put the 
e fr An М А , g pay . 
har t 2 Coil Кай it is expe- | the leva amount they are called on to contribute to the county | polies to кырч them out of mischief. “If,” he says, “а duty 
escribed condit; 80 ür rates. Wherefore, your petitioners humbly pray that your | was put ш fox-traps, I will not enter into statistics, 
as 
К эт ме for pris ае Miel have served | Honourable House will be pleased to enact a measure for. the ps say Du Am every trap, to be collected at once 
i i i i ty |by 
rom j № 
any of the months of justices, and to appoint county finance boards, in which the | raise а sum that would extricate Mr. Gladstone from 
Ee о рауета. аута fairly рие for the management of | his coming difüculües, and enable him to allow the 
D And your petitioners as in duty bound will | inoffensive beer barrel to be ‘kept dark.'" Further, let us 
at half-past 12 o'Clock, cà рк bear iu mind that these same over-preserving Кола 
ednesday the 21st inst., Mr. Caird, M.P., will he backbone of this prayer is, that the rate-payer poea селем m. pe pro Фара cari - the 
re account, of the present state of agriculture e pee represented m a properly constituted County | County Rates, which they are doing so much to in 
in ай Беа d. As it is апу опе to whom Ње Lord Lessen. the incentives to crime, and w di have propor- 
сее Lien t chooses to pay the compliment of putting | tionately less call for ** original ” gaols at 40,0001. apiece. 
F Й — табл сен is аб once qualified to deal with, or| There is по doubt ће publication, with full particulars, 
Lospow; М, armers' Clubs. e direct, the o a of the most serious sums. of county expenses must do some |, as pointing out 
Bates —A ay 5.— Cou. vpenditure and Cou Any young gentleman just of ago, а second son without a | how the money goes. z But it would be A e ie here, 
С px xn this subject, of which the follow. shilling in the S cep C a retired citizen with scarcely a higher simply satisfied that if it takes 42,0007. for a gaol, and 
"Ж san abri stake, or a country parson with no pert of these have 20,0007. for a hall, a grand total of 62, 0007 should be 
Now 
гадас d есті rate, 
the aba конь p ? Cli in i Pod HOA before nee right, and many r do. take а very active part in the expendi- | ^^». = 
heir | ture of the county funds. They are often comparatively idle | arrived at. 
inr. xm en, with no personal interest in the matter to act as a check daas accoun well so far as they but they are 
would years since, the selection of this subject men, them; Жз hence the fanciful absurdities we so often see verything, or mires s ea no higher than the conscientious 
haye e received with а kin d of biar nk in the way of costly ornament -— рсө! m ment in insolvent w who prepa —— es чау узагы € 
s. ere is no ropy so 
кү and even now its consideration ui - [свв pas Ql yon pee erm in ао пона perso n's expetise, ee mentors Accordir dr by the Commissioners who passed 
геч certain quarters as до or less of а! bier. and a reverend iw man who — call in a real man of him. Then, as to the plea of only carrying out a ana 
In the es, the ex end ^ re of | business to aid in buil greenhouse or planning а | given. Of course an inspector of prisons or asylums вче 1-44 
publie money poniditure ot disok room wil tl ары: ШҮН алей о enis а | раа. something to suggest or to order ; or, if he finds nothing 
lave onis, WaS clearly nobody» busin nes. But w of Ege ortar the Government may toon do without him. But don't 
outlived that 1 WE | for 30,0001. ог 40,0001. worth of bricks а when he has | to do, the Govern ay LM рне ons 
t hotter golden a d now few men aet nothing to pay for = eru ро; варі saving, | let the county be so over-eager T ne 
ші time of it than Am public's own officors, but any actual ec. inistration, perhaps the most|the first duties of a properly constituted Financial Board 
100016 them to the mosi inati celebrated case of. the "odes is that mentioned in the memoirs 9 be and right f the parci and to see whether there be 
Puzzle them with th SERET ions—we 9f the late Mr. Miller, where it is stated that tho magistrates Е for the outlay he orders. A little 
erer we think 200 onderíul questions, before | in rtain county toon of Ш io build а gaol out of taito im Qus way would do a deal of 
tren w of admitting the a ; and the" materials of the old опе, and to keep the|good, and materially os lessen the labours of the worthy 
SUD When we o реб them there, it is no lon. ^ ЇЇ € iu the old gaol till the new one was finished! Та |gentlemen who а, ia the tens till they rem to the 
pamit and į Босо from *10 HL 4» ger АП | Worcestershire, where the County Rate i is s feartully phigh, 4 the | thousands, and then complacently testity that * it's all right. 
Prime Mini to rom “10 till 4^ From the e n pulled down, again, | The xke of the "present administra tors of the county 
) the parish clerk— the nationai soro or four times in the experienos ^j Ra ei “ The | rateis simply that they evince more sns to show how 
to the 
№ a new water-ra ere is notan executive debt,” as it is called in the balan of the county | they can spend money than ^h they can save it. It is 
— gs trust but that has been 1 Н ке, ^ pue debt or thàt pet plaything of a prison at Reading | here that а well-ap Board: posed 
qut of might vios of 9 10 | was 42,0007. ; and now, to back this, the migistrates haè built | one-half of magis the other half х 
BE is, Coun! by the I blic, Always excepting, | a new county-hall in eka same [town at timate of 13,000L, | would tell. No doubt, on the first 
ОЮ Would b, ;. ty Expenditure and C .|but with an actual expenditure of m te an s epresentation, the rural ratepayer has а to sit at such a 
) instance be idle searc! new police-stations in om = happy county are as h | council. But there is one fatal objection to any such a con- 
б of nobody $ е any other such an ia она as ind maf in many tent In | stitution being carried out. The ег, we are 
- Uy соев seeming to know how the Cornwall, for example, rd "buildings will cost the county | assured, would not attend to the duties of the office, as of 
5 the count, orto wi carefully | 40,000.— that at Wadebridge is over 11,0007; while they | course he does not attend to his duties as Guardian. gny 
that it zate no mixed h t e to another OL for а new gaol, pulling down | sam offered for not him on direc. 
itis up with the poor rat : d: aee, uo беоб 
4 after much study t t ive | 2 УСУ that cost 20,000/., which, with an additional | tion of the Royal pex s po 
а} clusion as to 2425.8 man сап arri lay of another 10,0007., would have answered every purpose. | this Club shows further, that he will not рч шве 
much {ог 18 рау! he one, | So that in the matter of this опе building the ratepayers | th. look after his own Е 
others were the other. Formerly, th gaol rates | consider апа maini i that about 30,0007. h antonly | or so rate will 
i vecine fi thrown awa; course the Cornish men Һа , аз p > 
certain > їп a specific form and weli the; ht. The Wiltshire Lunatic Asylum was built at | to attend a meeting in town, can it be argued that they will 
name—; y 
was aliowed E ate—by every oce rst cost of somewhere about 52,0007. ; but there is still a | refuse to go a few miles occasionally to look after their own im- 
year's re, то deduci the amount from his | new wing now to ше үзен d кш Stores of His sine mediate me ge " in y атта - yA рее; 
01., but wit he idenci et to be built ; | a ver; есезві е 
and t (E гайды ав the tenant still does the while stabling for policemen's hoa. nA acd ч rriage-houses fd years since the — Ra paratively l to what, 
; h М to, even with the best manage- 
owever, i6 is all | noiicemen's coaches, are worked up in a style "ай few of the | ава ү x. has 
and you may go on Каны fatepdyéra. would evet ndo оп for their. own о чей of new items of expenditure have from 
