The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-03-05 00:00:00

ecntral Neths.

NIGHT Scboolo.-11r. Baker, one of the Impeders
of factories, in his report, just laid before Parliament,
mentions with satisfaction the increasing number of
sight soliciels in the manufacturing districts, and Were
es; ecially to schools at Coventry, Birmingham, abd
Stockport. The school at Coventry, with an average ell
100 female pupils, was taught throughout (what wae at
the time of his reporting)" last winter" by ladies, who
went in all weathers, perseveringly and earnestly, to
their self-imposed task. The night school at Stockport,
held three tunes a-week, is attended by 900 puyilaNall
factory wurkent, engaged during the day in cotton
The great majonty arc females, and, in addition to the
usual school instruction, they are occupied on one
evening in the week in learning plate obis* and
dorne.tic management. Thyboys school :inten-
ded by a oertillattkl" :baiter' wlthll to. The
object of these schools is Use iestruction of "s very
large class," say. Mr. Baker ;young inee.who 01111104
read, and females •lso who cannot read and who noires
put in • stitch, too old for ordinary schools and too
ignorant for mined DCIIOOIII.

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▪ of Mr.
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Leary, of the B Division
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edineteuir
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of Tue.diiy, wee sitting
the roadway eating his supper, when he f he
heard some sawing going on. He crept cautiously a few
paces to a small gate which opened on to • lawn in
front of Mr. Turner's house, and, peeping through, he
saw a man on his knees working away with some lustre-
anent at the shutter, while two other men stood by leek-
ing on. The constable immediately sprang over
wall and attacked the burglars ; one of them Ise knocked
down, but the others came to the rescue of their
"brother," and between the three the officer received
• good beating, his clothes were torn, and the fellows
escaped. This invideat, together with the numerals
attempts at burglary lately, induced the domiciliary
visit of the constables. The seizure was mad* about
three o'clock. As soon as the constables made their
appearance in the neighbourhood of " thiefdom," the
innumerable scouts hanging about the corners of the
streeta carried the information of their approach to the
well-known haunts, and the capture was therefore sow
paratively &walk The henhouses is Charter-street east
Spier-street mobile the runs in rabbit warreos, easy to
euter buedlflleult to thread. There are all sorts of odd.
looking doom, rickety staircases, and projections outside
e indwell; enabling thieves to "bolt" on intelligence of
the enemy', approach. The men who bad not been
st arpenotigh to get off submitted very readily to the
wishes of their captors, and walked away with them,
chatting and laughing merrily until their arrival at the
polioe-station. They were then searched. One man,
who was very respectably attired, had in his possessitto
three valuable diamonds wrapped up in • bit of dirty
leper, •gold watch bearing the name of one of the beet
London makers, and £4O in gold and note.. This
" gentleman" was one of that very important clam
known as thieves' dealers, and Ind net arrived from
London Many boors before he was arrested. The pro-
perty found upon the others consisted in the majority
of cases of a law *uppers, the indispensable "beaky-
box" and pipe, and • good strong clasp knife. News et
the apprehension was sent to the detective office sad
to the various polies divisions. All the men were
known. Seventeen of them were returned convicts, and
were "ungainly" looking fellows, and all of them were
known to be either pickpockets, burglars, or prates".
After having been looked over severa times, so as I.
enable the officers to reeognise thew on future coaudoss,
the men were brought from the cells into the Aloe,
where the property of each was returned to him, and be
was then dismissed.
THZ MERSIN Situ HYDL—The further proceedings
in this cage were resumed at Ryde, on Wednesday,tebye
27th ult. before a full bench of magistrates. John
the husband of the deceased women, and who b.s bee;
in the custody of the police since the murder of his
ife. Jane Lacey, at Old-house Farm, on the 16th inst.,
and daring that time has been suffering so severely front
an attack of delirium freezes as to render it impossible
to bring hiss up • whir, was arraigned, together with
Susan Wilder, the niece of the deceased woman, who
resided with them at Obt-Imuse Farm at the time of
the murder—ibis first named on • chap of having
murdered Jane Lacey, and the woman Wilder with
being an accessory after the fact. Some other witnesses
were examined, but their evidence amounted merely to
• recapitulation of the statements already published.
When the evidence was concluded, the prisoners haring
been duly cautioned, the man Lamy mid "I'm innoomt
of the murder." The woman Wilder said, " tames
my defence." Both prisoners were then formally com-
mitted to take their trial at Winchester—Lefty OR the
capital charge, and the woman Wilder on the minor
one. The accused Lacey is • powerful built man, about
fifty years of age, with strongly noirked features, and
can under greet nervous excitement during some pre-
tions of the evident.. The woman Wilder, the niece
of the deceased, is apparently upwards of 40 years et
age. The deceased was stated by the family surgeoo,
Dr. 011ard, to be quite 70 years of age.
THE CASK or Tar FUGITIVS A NDIRSON. —AI
Toronto, on the 9th inst. the fugitive slave, John
Andemon, claimed by the United States Government on
the charge of murdering one Seneca P. Digites, in the
State of Missouri, in the year 1853, while making his
escape from slavery, was brought before the Court of
Co 1111 l ion Pleas on a writ ,f Aiibeas corpus issued by
Chief Justice Draper. The Toronto Globe says :
Titer. were scarcely any manifestations of excitement
in or 'beat Omoode-hall. The feeling seems to have
become general tibit in some way or other Anderson
will be awed from 'ming sent back to Missouri to be
burnt alive : and, as there was not the smallest
probability of any attempt at a rescue being made, the
formidable peer of police who were on duty on the
occasion of his being brought before the Court of
Queen's Bench were absent. There was no crowd
whatever outside the building. Inside the Common
Pleas Court was filled but not inconveniently crowded,
the admicion having been by tickets issued by the
sheriff. The prisoner Anderson arrived in charge of
Mr. John Smith, the Sheriff of Brant. Ilia features
did not wear lunch trace of anxiety, sad his loos
imprisonment does not seem to have operated very
iniuriuusly on his apprarance." After bearing the
evidence. Chief Justice Draper said that the Court
desired to dispose of this cam as quickly as poesible, so
that Andereon might not be kept in custody any lower
than sae necessary, if the decision w-nt in his favour;
but it was questionable whether, if judgment was to be
given on all the points involved, the case could bo
decided during the present term. At all event., they
would giv. the prisoner the benefit of a 'piety discharge
if they came to an opinion in his favour on the technical
point as to the insufficiency of the commitment. On
this question they would probably be able to give •
deciiion this day week—the last day of term. An
ord, r would be made for the prisoner lobe brought op
ou the 16th
ytoi
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the
meantime,.b
rotheU
counties of
the united
Tits WINE TR %DE or 1080.—The wine trade of 1860,
although at times mouth unsettled by the great duty
changes, may is i soled on the whole as very satis-
factory, the imports having increased largely, and being
fully equal to the anticipated requirements ; our exports
increased about 5 mr cent.. and the duty deliveries for
home consumption about 2 per cent. The total limper-
tetions of all kinds of wine in 1860 was 12,483.362
gallons against 8,199.01:1 gallons in 1859; the total ex-
ports in 1860 were 2,275.307 gallons against 2,132.736
gallons in 1830; and the home consumption 7,358,192
gallons against. 7,263.016 gallons in 1859. The nem
system of paying duties from the Ist January, 1861,
UllOll the Chancellor of the Exchequer's alcholic scale,
is in full force and working admirably, showiag some-
thing like double the avers:igik,eneaeregiwiol'adinnilnments. The vintages
last year in nearly all the else-growing countries were
&Rectal more or less with too much rain and too little
sun, as in England ; and ',crimp. the only exception
worth noticing was in Spain. where • good average vin-
tage was made ; but all egret that the vine disease
" oidium" is fast disappearing. The new duties are Is.
per gallon on all wine. imported in casks, and containing
leis thou 18 per cent. of spirit • la. 91. for less than
26 per cent. • 2s. sa. for less than 40 pet cent.; and
2s. Dd. per gallon if oontsining lees than 45 per cent. of
proof si irit, all wines imported in bottles payirg 2s. sd.
per gallon. The result of experiments recently male upoo
of the different wine, imported shows that Port Wines
omitain on the averoge 38 per cent, of spirit ; Sherries
38 per rent.; 11.,ralas, M per cent.; Cape Wines 32 per
cent.; Hoek Wines 17 per cent. ; French Wines, Claret,
shout 14 per cent. The stock in Bond in the United
Kihrlom, of all kinds of wines, was 13,179.490
gallons &laid to a year's expected consumption at the
reduced duties, and it is supposed that a similar, or even
• larger quantity exists in this country upon which the
duty lout been pail. France alone can in ordinary years
eena us as much wine as beer we consume, having about
5,700.000 acres under vine cultivation, producing in an
average year as much as 1,000,000,000 gallons.
Arguments are used to show the wholesomeness of
light wines as compared with strong, and that if the
latter are diluted with water at the time of use the
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gallons of .Co 144.750 gahlu'uis of .wiinanee.:Wujity..kpaGAyabertinogiibe,fiaryinAsloo. of wins 70:41
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MURDER OF All AR KOREAN CAIPT•IN.—At Limited on
Thursday the inquest on the body of Captain Py who
Was murdered on board the American ship General
Perkhill, when off Point Lyons, on Monday evening
teat. Vai opened before the borough coroner, Mr F. P.
Curry. Mr. Heighten, solicitor, appeared to watch the
ease on behalf of the American Coneul. The cermet',
in epening the proceedings, explained the difficulties
which lie laboured under on account of international
law, and stated that he had consulted WILIO Of the
most reliable authorities on that question, and they
were of opinion that it was his duty to hold an inquest.
amt lie had accordingly determined to do so. He
should, however, only ask the jury to view the body
that day, and then adjourn the cam until 10 o'clock as
Saturday morning. The case was then adjourned._
severely,
rawyate.
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a vote fore a " Saperioteadaat of Oponestios" at
Ahlershott.
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of o,L that • member of West-end gang of barglere
whom be caught atusmrtiolf to ,oatof .o home Ix that
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