The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-08-07 00:00:00

Varliammtaru papers.

MATRIMONIAL STATISTICs.—The diagrams prettified
by the Itegiztrar and his assistants for the year 1&51;
diselose, a• u.mal, some curious facts. For instance, it
appear,. that, in the year 1858, three girls of 1.. were
married to youths of 18 ; one of 16 was married to • hoy
of IT; a youir• woman was wedded to a lad of 16 •
FonEic.N INTERVENTIf IN SYRIA. twelve girls of tric age of 15 were married to nun of
Th. pe.pseatory sitting (on NI eidsy) of tile Andets- 21; in all, twenty-six of the wives were only 15 years
rod of the great NW.* before the Heeling of the of ; ltii were 16 years; 1,016 were 17. The age at
which the greatest slumber of women marry is 20. A
I• siference Wok place on at, oUlit of an invitat.on front I
greater number marry at 20 than at 19; indeed. more
tile Tin kid. olor. The re:ire-entativc the
marry at than at 25 or 21 or lA. Five venerable old
wi .lied to .•4•ll'it beforehand that if the kiidran •
•r
authorized him to ...6i••-• to the convention, smart. dam." of 7". all of them widows, found husbands, one
c.atcoing an active bachelor of 5. A girl of 17 was
resei•vati it was on th
ly in order not to be e
niairt The ' ..acritived" to • man .4 .i 2 ; and another young crea-
, ture .4 20 to • felhcw of Thrce luen at the age of
o rt serve who •Ii the P.Tte Avi•hril ieski• was
e
7•—•. iwfore adopting alto conventien for reguldingis,) were married (0 WOlllOl A spinster a7O was
ntion in P.. ria. locmion 4..14 le wed,led to a IMClielor a large but the rge majority of
rsep
the women rain marry at that periml of life of course
. .4 •he s./WM*4M of the Sttitan arr e.:t
• et' 1.1.0..1 i, •)ci... awl 1., a ••. ti: • ce. at,.*W.•".
. r of his alle•ii to th.it end. 31. Thow.en, 1
Lat red to tl.is demand, the liferenee, in its
• '4;141 en entir. ly eit.eiged toe original plan
C.,11,•Ii(1011 11.1VOly agreed t. I.e the. girt
Articles have is.o:n carefully revised in
rush a inroincr t .11111,01, all t:rat exeite the
.4 the rerte, or that might PVVII
atta••!: th, w.vereign indepetel. oto. of the
rsitveitt on having lreeti .0 greatly nitalifietl,
the tviire.entstist s Of the Urelt roWer.. will refer to
their reo etive Courts before dednitively nigning it.
The I sitferesce lots. therefore, been adjourned
4.c, in or.kr that Pil the Ailibortailers may be able,
I, the int ant iiee, t iicee:ve full pow: is fir the signature
the convention, which must necessarily precede the
.pitch if troop&

11Atiz4ACRES IN SYVIA.

The e xrieec .'f,renufile publishes an authentic tie- '
.at ..f the ma :sacre. at Ibuiriscus tip to the date of the
hill of July Three thousand Christians had
taken rsfugc in the citadel, which WWI occupied hy the
Al:Trines tenter .tbd•el-kailer. The town was still in
the ;s:e.-Tr of the murderers i.n.l itiaindiaries to the num-
-I.i• ..400. the greati r part of whom WNW Druses and
thibmiloi. The Turkish garrison consisted of 5,000 men,
inactive or hodile. The Fobliers had driven the Chris-
t am, into the flames of the burning houses. The same
e, mit commite. the filmier of victims at from 3,000
to &teak but seat, thid this may be an exaggerated
Ftrit es Ptate of terror which prevailed would
:mow f i.ei being verified. Advice.s have been re-
ceived f Damascus to the 12th of July. confirming
the reivort. tisat C.,11,111 house' belonging to the _Christi:ins
lee' b. en destroyed. The Jew isla iemeter had been burnt.
The Turkish houses in which the W. ttttt -1/ had found
n-lug: had also been burnt. As the massacres lasted for
ho ars it was difficult to ascertain the number of vic-
tims. 2,11U0 Christi..., ...re still under A bd.el•Kisder's
iirTtection. Keveral . were at AlTbehliader's refd-
d. ~•. Wll., gave refe_o, ahe t,. several En,dislitneti. Tim
new ttoverwir of u tail arrived with 1,-'OO
w &list,. It was not certain whether the
.:.Tturt...nws could he considered as terminated.
The I,llotrtvil Sosyree, in confirming the above.
vi r, whether the 114,:ian Convul
leel he is kith I. Alliougla peace signed by
the trilna of the I.el.stion seyerel rliristian sheiks re-
fiseol to give th. ir adherence to the treaty, sui dies eon-
it illu: vry. Suite wretehed and starviug i;hris•
(jam het enileavolreil tu retorts to the mountains.
!Tr* from t to dantirople aute that .11 the 13th of
duly smirch! still ...ivied at lbons.cus. The Mai
li.„1 net been stopped. Tile Nembutal:id Jr...lnstil de
the umber of victims at ItaillaS-
ext4 2,01i0. and adds that ea the la"
all Le wassams The moo jetulial eves

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