The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-03-04 00:00:00

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actually afloat were 525 in number, 414 of these
being screws, and 111 paddle vessels, Theis ressele
were of the following rates t Ships of the line, screw,
! 57; frigates, screw, 37; paddle, ; block ships, screw,
9; irou-aued aliipi, screw, 4, corvettes, screw, 20;
sloope) ether, 41; peddle, 33' small vessels, paddle, 19;
gun vessels, screw, 31; poi boats, screw, 185; tenders,
screw, 5; paddle, 44; mortar ships, *crew, 4; floating
batteries', screw, 7; troop and store Odle, screw, 13;
paddle, 2: yacht'', screw, 1' peddle, 4. Besides these
there were 55 steam vessels building, 11 of which
were iron.eased ships, an 3 110 effective sailing 'hips
afloat, 9of which were line-of-battle ships and 14
frigates.
Incalase or Paoreeisw 115 TRS NOSTR.—The sow
parchive statement of pauperism issued on Monday
shows a steady increase in the north-western district,
inrluding Cheehire and Lammehire. now so seriously
affected by the American war. Taking the See Satur-
days of the month we fiud the saelanchnly progression
reprownte I by the .following series of figures, which
stand for the excess,of the pauperism of January, 1862,
over that of January_ 1861, namely, 19,144; 17,743 ;
10,111 I 284110 133,208.
From • return issued by the Inspectors of Factories
for the half-year ending Ootober hut we learn that the
number of accidents from machinery during the six
menthe amounted to 1,910, Of these 27 were fatal, the
remainder consisting of lacerations, contusions) and
other minor injuries.
A return was made on Wednesday of the somber+ of
of men flogged in the navy in the year 1860. The
numbor of each ship is given alphabetically, and against
its name Is set the number of men Bogged, the number
of lashes inflicted, the number of men in the ship liable
to corporal punishment amid the offence for which
the punishment was inflicted. The total number
of men flogged in the year was 761, the total number
of lashes inflicted being 96,20 L The total number
liable to eorporal puraishinent was 55,379. Of the
whole number of lashes 1,514 were inflicted by orders
of cowls martial. The highest number of lashes
inflicted at one tints was fifty, the lowest number sic.
The year's returns of the Customs and Excise duties
show that the Customs dirties in 1861 produced • gross
(without deducting charges of 'reflection) of
£23,446,546, an increase of £594,143 over the receipts of '
1660. Tea prodmod £5,521,320; coffee £442,253; cocoa
£14,903 and sugar, £6,414,425. Corn brought no less
than 037,633. Tobacco had to pay £5,604,032; wine,
£1,219,53fi, an inerease of £45,428 over 1860; and
foreign and colonial spirits, £2,641,257, an inereowe of
£109,000 over 1860. But this is sot the whole of the
taxation on stimulants; the eacisenien in 1861 taxed
19,498,792 gallons of home-made spirits retained for
berme consumption (a alling off, however, of 1,705,296
gallons from 1860, . and 4,179,869 from 1860) I to
which may be added 46,650,800 taxable, bushels of malt
(4.896,050 more than in 1860, but 1,096,189 fewer than
la 1869); and, lastly, 23,430,170 lbe of hops—a crop so
variable that tins quantity is more than double that of
1880, but really not very greatly more than • third of
that of 1859.

THA WASTI LANDS Or CANADA.— The following is
an official return of the waits lauds of Canada :--Un•
surveyed lands in Lower Canada, 111,916,848 acres;
surveyed but unsold in Lower Canada, 5,397,191 aim;
unsurveyed, Upper Canada, 56,161,202 acres; surveyed
and unsold, Upper Canada, 1,853,121 acres ;--total
Crown lands, 173,388,362 wires. Of these, 130,041,272
are oonsidered at value.

I Tee IMPOUTATION or War.nr.—From a Parliamentary
paper just issued it appear, that in eleven months,
ended November last, the value of wheat imported into
the United Kingdom wee £16,793,475. The largest
amount, £6,664,061, came from the United States.
PZOSZCUTORB' EITZUSISI.-011 Thursday the Govern-
ment bill for the amendment of the Acts relating to the
payment of the expenses of prosecution was printed. It
is proposed be one section to prevent a recurrence of the
complaints on the subject by giving power to Ivcal
autho-
rities to increase, or otherwise alter, subject to the
approval of the Secretary of State, such wets, charges,
and expense, so that no greater sum be thereby
required to be paid out of the moneys provided by Par-
liament than would have been payable under any
iegulations mule by the Secretary of State. Theresa
only' one clause in the bill.
lux Coin 01 THZ WalitlOZ.—The total cost of the
Warrior is shown by • return issued on Friday. Her
hull goat £261,646, her engines, £71,875, her masts and
rigging, £18,536, her fittings, £12,828; or, in all,
Z 364,886.