The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-05-28 00:00:00

A NEW EXPEDITION TO THB NORTH
POLE.
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Mr. James Gordon Bennett, of the New York
Herald, is fitting up an expedition for the Polar
Region.. The preparations are almost complete.
Mr. Bennett purchased the Pandora, an English
vessel which has already Been service in the Arctic
Seas, and has heron planned specially for that duty.
The Pandora is being thoroughly refitted in Walker's
yard on the name., and may be said to be almost •
new 'encl. Slio will be ready for sea in a sho t time.
The United States Congree. recently permed an Act
giving the Pandora an American Begister, authorising
her to fly the American flag, and directing the
President to ensign to her command officers of the
Federal Navy. Under this Act the Pan.Mra will
take the name of Jeannette, and the officers to
command her will be r elected from thooe who have
seen service in the Arctic Ocean. It is Mr. Bennett's
int.ution to *end a Thor .ughly equipped scientific
staff, composed of gentlemen competent to make
observations in astronomy, botany, zoology,
meteorology, and other objecta. The Pandora will
for leave for Harm as soon as her repairs are
completed. A temporary crew will be shipped, and
she will tail for San Francisco. She will not go into
commis-ion for her Arctic service until after reaching
San Francisco. It is Mr. Bennett's hope that his
expedition will sail for the Ncrth from San Francisco
in June, 1879. It will he own from this that Mr.
Bennett intends his expedi ion to go through &Airing's
Straits and try the Pacific Ocean to the Pole.

A TALK ABOUT BURGLARY.
At the Middlesex seasions on Wednesday, John
Adams, 26. waa indicted for breaking and entering the
dwelling-house of Julie von Klosterlein, and stealing
therein nine gold brooches and gold neck chain, • gold
pin, three gold studs, two cold rings, • black 'ilk
umbrella, a p cture, a gold Maltese cross, and four
silver thimbles, value £BO. her property, This
prosecution was a supplemental one to that which
took place in this court in February last, when Arthur
Bade. Thomas Bailey, Lene Howard, and Mary Ann
Hewlett were jointly tried for a robbery and burglary,
it being at that time stated that there had been no
lees than 31 burglaries committed in the districts of
South hackney, Wood Green. Hornsey, Kentish
Town, °lepton, Holloway, Highbury, and other
places in the northern part of London, extending over
• period of about nine months, from March to
December, 1877. At the trial the whole of the
prisoners were convicted At this time it was well
known that one of the principal actors in these scenes
be I avoided detection, and ever since that time the
officer Otway, with Detective Lucas, had been engaged
almost uninterrnittingly in endeavouring to apprehend
him, which they at length succeeded in doing on the
314 of March, at the Red Bull public-house in Upper.
street, Islington. The case was rendered more
interesting in consequence of one of the prisoner's
companions, tried and convicted on the former occa-
sion. appearing to give evidence against him.—Arthur
Rade, who was dressed in the convict dress, was put
into the witness box. He said I am now • convict,
and have been brought from Pentonville Prison. I
remember on the 18th of December last being at the
Angel, Islington, and Jack Adams (the prisoner) and
William Bailey were in my company. We went from
the Angel to Colney Hatch to RAO what we could steal.
We had housebreaking Implements with us, and we
took turne to carry them. When we got out of the
Caney Hatch Station we went down the road together,
ard knocked at 'sae& doors. We had made an
arrangement if they were answered to ask if some
person lived there. At length we went to a house
and knocked, and there was no answer. We then
tried to get in at the front, but as we were unable to
do so we went to the back. Bailey opened the window
with a jetnmy. Having all got into the house we
went upstairs. We broke open some of the doors, as
two or three of them were locked. There was all kinds
of property there, and each of us packed up mom*.
We came out at the front door, carrying away the
pronerty in our pockets. We went up the road. and
took an omnibus to the Angel at Islington, and Adams
(the prisoner) came with no. From then- we went to
John-street, Clerkenwell, where I was living, and I
think we then parted. The articles we had stolen
were shared the next day. I know where Bailey lived,
down the City-road. Adams (the prisoner) never let
me know where he lived. Having shared it, I
eventually sold the best part of mine. After other
evidence tits jury returned a verdict of guilty. The
Aasi.tant Judge sentenced the prisoner to be kept in
Penal se•vittide for twelve years. .He said the grand
jury had highly commended the conduct of the
officer.., and he must add that be highly approved of
the zeal and discription they had displayed from first
to last ; they had also been commended at the former
trial, and he ordered detectives Lucas and Witham
and Constables Oteray and Osborne to each receive •
reward of £3, and the officer Dalton to be warmly
commended for his eoudnct.