The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-09-17 00:00:00

Oompainant Ravi hint tle. for the first week, and he
then told him be could not stay eith him
more than a week longer. On Saturday night
be Bent hic sister for his money. Complainant would not
pay her, and he went him.elf. The week's wages was
still owing to him. —The Bench ilimmiased the case, a.,
there was r.o written agreement. The probability was
that the hieing was by the d.v.
Henry Kama, was charged with carving -nd awearieg
lon ftiturdav afternoon. P.C. Bowring 'mid &boot
4 o'clock on the day in ouention he was on duly on the
imay. and caution. d Hilson about todug bad langosgv.
--(Defendant was here very violent, and was pet out of
the room]—Defendant then went into the lab- I
market and swore at everyone. and about everything.
He was drunk at the time. and his conduct NW met
dikeraceful.— Defendant was then oiled into the room,
sad the evidence re.d over to him. He denied being
drunk, and said it MO a pity the police had nothing
nothing toner to do than look after peoide on the quay.
He considered the fish market was his house, awl it
was away hard he could not speak to his wife without
being hunted up by the police—The Mayor said
&resident's eonduct in the inarket-houae was at all
tuner disgreoehd. and as he had been previously con-
victed fora similar offence, he wool.' be fined in tile full
penalty of M.—Defendant said he would pay the
money, but nest week he would send hie children to
the onion workhouse. He would have the money out
of them agnin.—The Mayor told him his conduct in the
Ismart wee diagram:W.

PORTLAND.
DCA!! AND Rt-rerruste or A CONVICT.—On
Monday nwirning a convict, a native of Liverpool.
who had been pre iously sentenced to 4 ears. and
who had also served 8 months for • second «Bence
on semitones of fi years. made his escape. He was
placed tinder Warder Vine, who was of course sus-
,end for having allotted the escape to take place.
Immediately on the circumataxice becoming known.
the whole of the officers that meld he spared, were
sent off lit all directions in pursuit of the runaway.
lint no tiding@ 'meld he heard of him. He had left
his clothes near where he bad been working, and it
was therefore evident to everybodv that some one
had wasted him in his escape. o tidings were
beard of him at aWe boar on Monday night. and
Tuesday was feet waning, but there was no tidings of
the delinquent. At length, just before they were
leaving work, one of the convicts, fearing for
aho lao of hie oompamon, revealed where he was
=c
oded. Between the beds of swam are inflame-
tleetree, • called galleys, some of them of im-
mense extent. In one of those guile's the convict
had bid himself, hut as the rubbish from the quarry
had been during the day shot into it. for
the purpose of getting rid of it. after he had con-
cealed himself, he was completely blocked aby
large Mopes, end but for his timely rescue mast
have perished. When it wait known where he hail
secreted himself. one of the warders was let down
Into the galley by ropes. It took pearly two loonre
to liberate him, but he was at length got mit and
marched off to !Minim. He had with him three small
homes, still anconentned, which he had concealed,
and while is his hiding place, being a tailor by
trade, he had converted a sheet, which he took from
tbe prison, into'a suit of clothes. We understand
that Vine, the warder, Ira be misstated in his
former pntihiou. OA it is considered no blame was
Mteoh.d to him, the cooviet having hid himself but
a few
_yards from where he had been working.
A Ocitimme 81111/114)1 eIOLDINItit AND CIVILIANS.
On Tuesday night a tremendous affray took plaoe
Wessel° or 30soldiers belonging to the 49th Help
meat, stationed on the Verne, and some civilians.
From what wa can gather of the circumstance, it
appears that on Monday night a lance
corporal au I some privates were drinking
at the New len, when some words
ensued between them and some Portlandore. The
corporal bested greatly of his ex,ibitta. and one of
Portland men challenged him to light. The
reser mid he wookl not 'see him" then but would
moot Wu on this hallowing night. On Tuesday
evening a body of soldiers came from the Verne,
armed with sticks with spikes driven through them.
Iron Aega, flail other weapons of a formidable
oltaracter. On waxing down to Chiswell they saw a
Than named Bishop, Thanes Galvin. aud another man
talking together. It is eeppeeed they took them to
he the moo some of them had the night previously
I met at the New Inn, soil they immediately drew
their missiles and struck them down without speak-
ing a Word. Oalpin was so greatly injured by
tha Wows he received on the hest from an iron (104.
that he is not expected to survive. A man, named
Thomas Honeyhun. hearing • row in the mad. loot, 01
out of his door, end bad a stone thrown at him by a
soldier, which broke his jaw. Of course other Port.
lenders were won on the spot, and they drove
tive odds s acres the common into the
Verne, A quarrYman, it is said, knocked four
soldiers down one after another as they came up to
him with bludgeons. The whole village was in a
complete uproar, as such a tight has not taken place
in Portland for many years past.. We understand
:the circumstances connected with the case will le
investigated.
POOTLAINIS FonTIVICATIONS •ND VMS CONVICT
'UMW—A correepundent of the Daily New says:—A
law years ago I visited Portland for the purpme of
seeing the works serried on by convict 1 ibone. mere
,Isesisslerly time fortifications then eimineaced. Bo•
wee* my interest was again revived by resting the
ppm on the convict system in the "Curnbill," and
"Temple Bar." and I paid • second visit, crooking to
404 the convict labour greatly eatended. and ',mincing
eremilerful results. In this I was thoroughly d sap.
pointed. I found that the easemated barracks ereetiux
bar years ago by the °auricle lawl to he dilialied by
free Inhaler, end that for the last eighteen months there
have been as WM, caormates enacted by free Men is
weeld employ the same number of couvick twelve
years, estimating aseordiee to the progress nwiiie by
theta for the previeus four years. On inquiry I
fogad that in the wait' the employment of convicts
(particularly upon skilled work) was more expena ve
.than free , labour, although it is semorted in the Conc-
hal that the officer in charge of the prisoners saves at
gibe rate of twenty thousand pounds • year in
'ling, the great ditch alone. Now. it should be known
that. this ditch was commenced by free labour. and all
'the heavy pleat. rilbvsys, travellers, cruses, hr.. were
laid old and worked for some time by free men under •
enetteastor. Ileheeneestly, all this aka was purchased
by Goverenteet, atone innewees cost. mad convicts were
broeght in to replace the free workmen. The work
they now perform is unfairly valued at the price paid
to the original contractor, without ellowing for the
thotteands of pomade impended on plant, the dim.-atty.
reepooribility, and risk attending the commenoement of
so important a work, or the eiplllne atihl incurred in
repairing and working the locomotive engine., the
latter bring executed by free labour. In Temple Bar
Use convict seta credit not only for repairing the engines
bet also for laying the many mile. of railway bid deers
from tins* to time by the contractor, constrictive eAst.
reservoirs, and many other works that are carried out
solely he free labour. Indeed, the whole knor of both
papers is to laud the prison eat .blishm ut and its pro.
ductive labour, at the same tioie condemning the other
departments charged with the carrying out of our public
works, whenever they think proper to samtitute free
labour (with the well-known advantages of the contract
system) for omen* labour. cramped in its efficiency by
the inmate of prima diaciplice.

, GUSSAGS ALL SAINTS.
Commis. or A KIPP. —On Friday last. Jana Adana,
labourer, was 'barged Wens C. J Parke. Esq., at
Wouborne, with utting lire to a straw rick, the pro-
perty of the Res Charles IL W. Wieldy, on the 24th
August last. Mr. Johns, who appeared for the prose-
cution, staled the caw, swi mid he should connect the
prisoner with the Cr, in the following ways—Flu-o.as to
his lately... He had failed in getting certain statements
which it bad brim alleged prisoner had in de. and there•
fore ha had no right to mention them. But there was
this fut. In conmionence of its having been reported
to Mr. Wady that beer was sold at prisoner's house,
be mode arrangements with the landlord to rent it.
with .vie* of putting in a tenant whom he approved
of, and this circumstance being wall known to the pri-
soner. was sepposed to be his motive for setting fire to
the rick. That prisoner was in the neighbourhood of
the fire a very few mingles Previon• to the slam of the
being raised. He was in the erst instance seen by two
weeping in the direction from his bowie towards the rick -
yard. He was thea seen no ler the wall at the rick
yes& sad afterwards emu going hook again but • vary
few minute+ before the alarm of lire broke out. Then
be bad made tyre differmit otateuients as to where he
wee at die time of the are breaking out, one of which
statements meat be false, and the evidence would show
guilt/As i.t dements were Mourreet. Hiked a witneu.
who had declined to Milieu and give evidence, and •
•111.11110011 s had been taken nut to compel Isis attendance,
but the officer had not been able to serve it. Therefore,
if his Worship abroad think the evidence adduced is.
selleiens to warrant s committal. he (Mr. Johns) would
sok fur soother remand. —The key. C. W, R. Wald,
said—l am the vicar of Oussage All Saints, and leases of
the rectory. I have a barn and risk-yaril jut oppo-
site say hones. On the 24th of Atags4 there was a
Awl rick ri ishoot Bor 10 tons. an oat rick, and an
bey tick. Oast half past eight o'clock on the evening
ist cuseetion, I went to the yard and tempi the straw rick
all In. There was a huge number of pool le
endeavouring to put the Cr, out. Aker awAirer."4l:
mat roin ht. Odee's arrived, but the fire was not put
cm% ' 1 . greater portion of the rick was burnt. Dar-
e tuie
log I saw the primmer, working with other
E, tick. I thought he was doing more twee
e II se Ordered Wm to muse down. I aftermwde
abs Illselnid, to thank skein, wile., prisoner
same gong aiwi add' " worreandy sive 'ter•re I clone is!.
I tideoldit • serious remark. On lb. 30th of August
primmer wee to my how. I refused to see Lim, but
be etteroards ears oohs with his father. and I treat
out to Ids. Bodoni In saki anything to me I told hi.
to he weal what he said, as I should take
II down in writing. He began by asking
me " Do you suspect use of setting lire to your @trawl"
1 1 said" I do." He asked my reuses, which I declined'
to tell him. Burn father then said," Jain,. was at gni
, Imam whon the cart returned—l mean down at George
Dowlin's cottage." Prisoner than added, "I was then
whim, asp alarm of Cr. was gi.se" He then asked me
, "if I set it on lire do you think I souk,
I assist in putting it eel? to which I answered.
.. Yes." He then asked we why I thought he
' he' p 4 ill Will arinq tu.i. and I sail 'Because I re-
,l fused to Owe rod • diameter whin you was tart in
I tioutilo.' I lad previussly agreed with tbe landlord
Si take the cottage occupied by the prisoner, and
Notice to omit had been seered.—lease Framptonsaid-
-1 I line ni osouge All riatets. and ow the 24th August
, I was seeking for Mr. Wality. On that day I
Sheathed the oat rick ia the rickyard and finished
.. abed halUpest 7 o'clock. The straw left from the
gistglniag I pissed together about 4 or IS yards from
the see,wriek. I maw no sigma of Ire there at that
Mae; 'I was She *let parson ow the premium, and
Abel him *ewe bite the genie., where I assisted
Charier Ltionwswid,ltittrDi ha g
riggis afkiitMegis-,
males. We had biked aboutB u!doek. Il I tip
all the prosier and outs out of the yard pie odi