The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-11-18 00:00:00

Ctntral Netus.

totsmo.—Mr. C O. dolioton itennie Is in the Held
for this borough in the Conservative interest. Mr.
Hawkins, Q.C., has been invited to stand in the Liberal
interest.

There is, according to the census, an excess of
738,528 males over females in the United States.
This fact is noteworthy, and ought to quiet the appre-
hensions of those who feared the war would cause an
undue preponderance of women after peace was de-
clared.

RATE= —Castor oil, which is extracted from the
seeds of the Riciitui cornmuniss or Palma Christi, is
extensively used for culinary mirposes in China, where
habit neutralises its medicinal energy. lint kffitopean
alms, when invited to dinner by mandarins, have fre-
quently been inootrienienced by the peculiarity of the
Chinese cuisine:
The Tuscans, says an Italian letter; are the gentlest,
the most loveable, the most refined condlation iniEurope.
" At Florence," observed an English friend to me,
"you will find every inan, high or low, rich or poor, a
gentleman in manner and heating." And this is scarcely
an exaggeration.
We read, in a letter front Sceisis :—" The friends of
Garibaldi will learn with satisfaction that the situation
of the ball is no longer doubtful. It has been touched
by a probe 'armed' in a manner suggested by Mr.
Partridge. It is in a position which will render extrac-
tion not difficult,when a favourable moment admits of the
operation."

The London correspondent of a Dublin paper write,:
—lrishmen aro proverhialflor coining over to our side of
the wateri and carrying a our wealthiest heiresses, and
yout talented Meniber fat the County Loath, Mr.
Chichester Fortescue, seems inclined to keep up the
system. The able Under-Secretary for the Colonies will,
in a few days, lead to the altar, Frances, Countesa
Dowager of Waldegrave, who, in addition to unbounded
popularity in society, enjoys the large estates of her
second husband, the late earl, amounting, it is be-
lieved, to something like five-and-twenty thousand a
year.

A Live GORILLA IN LIVERPOOL —The only live
specimen of the male gorilla has just reached Liver-
pool by thiS Arderican (rats.) from the West Coast of
Africa. The gorilla is young !At eery stotit and strong,
and in height about three and half feet. The skin is of
a light olive colour, and covered with dark brown hair.
The features of this gorilla are not so repulsive as is
generally believed.
WAR MATERIALS FOR AMERICA. —ln consequence of
the refusal of the Liverpool steamers to take munitions
of war as a portion of their cargoes to New York, the
North German Lloyd have raised their freight for war
materials to LI per ton and 10 per cent. priinage, the
&dinar* fate hating been £i per too. During the
war which has been waging between the torthern and
Southern States immense quantities of war materials
have oonstantly been conveyed by the Hamburg and
Bremen steamers, touching at Southampton on their
way to New York, and as these steamers have now the
monopoly of the traffic they will doubtless make their
harvest.

_
A QUARREL IN Tarroinite.—Sounds of strife bad for
some time been beard to proceed from one of the
cornett of the Iti where a Moorish servant of the
immure and d Jew were engaged in very animated
dismission. No sooner had we enleiged ffoni the
house than from words they came to blows, and before
long a regdlar "set-to" commenced between the Jews
and Moots,
,adiong *hem little love is at any time lost.
ForttimitelY mine of the combatants were armed, and as
neither side had eViddhily stiided boxing, it was by no
means leo scientific an exhibition is *Mild Wive pleased
"the fancy." The war soon became general. The
mode of warfare consisted, so far as I conkl see, in two
principal manceuvres—the Moors endeavouring to seize
the Jews by their long beards, which, when effected,
appeared to place them completely hors de combat, as
they then gave up all attempts at fighting, and roared
it the highest fitelf of ,their ~Voice, calling on the
prophets for aid; while their Mcidrigh agsailantai with
evident pleasure, hauled them about, singing bass to
the high notes of the pool Jews. The tactics of the
Jews, on the other hand, appeared to be to expose the
Moors' well-oiled heads by uncoiling their turbans,
which, if one might guess from the enraged exclamations
when such a feat was accomplished, implied • most
'triode instilt. Ai SOOR as a Moor MIS seen having an
aufortutiate jew "goated,'' another of ilia tribe was
sure to °Ong up behind,, and getting hold of the loose
raid of, the °Slim s turflike begirt to unreel It with the
titatost. ask tilt . This proceeding scented, in most
cases odmplete yto Paralyse the Mohlinfinedaii, as he
stood stock still with spreadont handl% cmitering timbal
and flashing eyeballs, roaring in one prolonged yell till
the final expose, when he turned with his head all
shining in the moonlight to charge his triumphant
antagonist. The whole scene was one of the most
ludicrous it was possible to form an idea of..

STATtelteil op He Jffieres.—From a book lately
pii,blishld in /Watt* it it appoint that there are at present
7,2g1 estiiibi,„Of ilpafie therosp349 in Austria, 265
it Eng rid, 542 it Belgiiini, 2, in Fgancte, 150 in
Galina. 551 in Germany, 126 in ieland, 742 in Rpaini
246 in Maryland, US, 19 in Mexico, 403 in Missouri,
206 in the kingdom of Naples,, 201 in Holland, 277 in
the province of Turin and 226. in that of Venice.
Tweie,not otia in Raii4a.---.lrtipero.
14-o Moite Sitthen ,t, W. Benson
the well-known silversmith, of Cornhill, has intt'odticed
•to public notice a first class specimen of Argentine, as
applied to spoons, forks, and other articles of domestic
use. Their appearanoes is certainly such that, but for
the absent* of the customary credentials of silver.
detection would be impossible. They are warranted
mot to tarnish, and *sth proper hoe they Weald stand a
very, lung corkse o hard wear —fit'itisli dtanciard,
Moirchlsth.; 1861. , J. W. Heniee, priie Medellist, No.
WO, Intefnritional Bxhiblition 1862„hsts Ilt ptiblished
a most elaborate and coMplete eataloguc of MO nienti:
factures, both in argentine and silver plate. It consists
of 130 pp. Imperial Bvo., and includes a full arid
carefully arranged price list, and upwards of 300 en-
gravings of articles of various kinds. It will be sent
post-free by enclosing six stamps to J. W. Benson, 46
and 47, Hornbill, London, KC,

EXTriaonititraftV dada P oiterliigtimgst.—A case
of somnambulism, very extraordinary in its phantetef,
occurred at ,Flalifix on Priday night. Mr. Whittaker,
tailor; St. Jardea's Road; hai • little boy about eleven
yitais old. On Priday night sot time after the little
to
fellow heti retired rest-, the a ntion if Mrs, Whit-
taker wan arrested by a cry of " other." On pickie-
ding upstairs to the attic, where the lad had slept, she
was alarmed at finding he had disappeared; and, by the
time she got down again, he was being brought into the
house by some of the neighbours. It appears that the
boy got op in his sleep, opened the skylight, and
ascended the roof, from which be fell into the yard
below: ,Thdugh by fell ,frottl an elevation of three
stories, he atiataitied no injufy beydnd S ssttr alloctq
the system, not a single bone being broken, Re had
been in a delicate state of health for some time
previously.
RATHER TOO CiREFUL.—The indepenclatice says :
" The loss sustained by hoarding up money has just
been exeniplified at Ostend. A. respectable woman,
sged 8, feeling her end approach, palled her son to her,
ndtold him th look in d eertain place; whers be would
find a bag containing a atm of rtidney, Which belOngtai
to him, and which she advised him to make good Use of.
Sho had, she said, laid it by for him in 1820, on the day
of his first communion. The son found in the bag 671
Dutch 10-florin pieces (about 14,000 f.) Had the old
lady placed the sum out at compound interest, her son
would now have had a fortune of more than 100,000 f."
A inernoral has bent presented to Lord Palmerston by
a large ntimber of the respeetable inhabitants of
Olaagov, who are dissatisfied with the verdict of the
Horde Secretary on the secqnd and secret trial of Jessie
Sl'Lachlan. That the result is satisfactory cannot, we
think, be affirmed, for if the woman Was guilty of the
murder of her friend, as the evidence adduced at the
trial seemed to demonstrate that she was, upon what
principle has the capital sentence, which was excuted
in the case of Catherine Wilson, been commuted? And
if she was innocent of the crime, except in so far as she
was an involuntary witness of it, why shortid she be
sepneed to tratispottation for life? The result of this
t ope AO extraordinary lig to puzzle everybody,
oWs the neeesaity that exists for the establishment of
some competent tribunal of a"peal in criminal cases, for
had such &court existed, whatever might have been the
final decision, the public would at least have had the
satisfaction of knowing the grounds on which the
decision was reached.

THR FIRST CANARY BIRDS—Even the favourite
cage songster of our home—the canary finch—did not
visit England until the sixteenth century, and its first
introduction into Europe WAS remarkable. A vessel,
with a few of the birds on board, was wrecked on the
Italian ooast, opposite the island of Elba, where some
of them having escaped found a refuge, and, the climate
proving favourable, their number increased. From
that parent stock it is believed that all our domestic
warblers have sprung, and they have been long con-
sidered members of our families.

A COGENT REASON POE DECLINING VIZ MAYORALTY.
—The Kendal Mercury gives the following curious
extract from the records of the Corporation of
that town: Sr,—When the Burgesses of this Corpora-
tion did me the honour to nominate me Mayor for the
ensuing Year I was in hopes to have served the Town
in my Capacity But I now find my ffamily affairs are such
as will not admit of it without great inconveniency for
at the very time I should be Sworn Mayor My wife will
I apprehend by lying Inn. I must therefore be oblidged
to pay my fine for resigning the place of Alderman And
have accordingly sent you twenty pounds to be paid
into the Court for that purpose. I am with my best
respects to Mr. Recorder and the Aldermen Your
humble Servant JOHN MILLER, Kendall, 7 hr. 3- 1746
To Mr. Alderman Symson, with 201b.—Mr. Alderman
Miller's excuse MO held to be valid (as how indeed
could it be otherwise and consequently his resigna-
tion—together with the £2o.—was accepted by the
Corporation, and he was let off accordingly.

THE OFFICIAL CATALOGUE OF THZ INTIRNATIONAL
EXHIBITION in its explanation of the diagrams
of the trophies in the middle avenue, describes
Benson's great clock as follows :—" 43. A clock.
by Benson; striking the hours and quarters on
five bells, the largest weighing 22 cwt. The works
are 300 feet from the dial, which ie situated in the
great centre tower, the connexions being carried under-
ground, the weights exceed a ton, and are 200 feet
from the works. A new remontoir escapement slows
the use of the great weights required to drive a clock of
such size, so distant from the dial, and moving hands
of such magnitude, sometimes in opposition to the
wind. A two-seconds compensation pendulum i em-
ployed." See the official catalogue, page 15. T. W.
Benson begs to inform the public that he has every
facility for the manufacture, on a large scale, of all
kinds of cloaks and timepieces. With the aid of steam
machinery he is able to produce turret cloaks at prices
varying from 2,000 guineas to the small accurate time-
piece suitable for a village church or school at 15
'guineas ; and to supply at much lower prices than are
' usually charged all kinds of carriage, railway-station,
musical, and chime clocks, regulators. &c., &a.
Benson's illustrated pamphlet on clocks contains
numerous patterns suitable for the drawing and
dining rooms, the library, the ball, shop, warehouse-
office, or counting-house, with an historical account of
the rise and progress of clookmaking, and a carefully
prepared price list of every description of clock; post,
free for two stamps, from the mauntastory, 33 and 34,
Lndtift Hilt, London, 3.0. ratiblialied 1749.