EXPENSES OF HIGH SHERIFFS.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " srecrvres..1 Sut,—In reference to this subject, although all colleagues sympathize with the High Sheriff in the expenses he has to bear on their behalf, yet it seems a misfortune that the custom of the .Grand Jurors luncheoning with their High Sheriff should be done away with or abrogated pro tem. Why should not the process be reversed, and instead of the Sheriff being at the expense of providing the lunch, the Grand Jurors should provide the hnIch between them and entertain their High Sheriff ? In doing this they would pay him a double compliment, and it need not be an expensive lunch. The difficulty of getting over the organization of the lunch might be surmounted by the retiring Sheriffs undertaking the duty of organizing the arrange-- ments for the succeeding year, each in turn. This procedure would-form a double. compliment to the Sheriff ,of the year, as the county Magistracy always like to have the opportunity of congratulating the High ,Sheriff, and thanking him for his services.' By the Grand Jurors entertaining him, instead of the Sheriff • them, the traditions of the past would be maintained.—I am,-
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