The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-08-17 00:00:00

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A very neat and °baste model of the improvements
about to be made to the Marine Parade at this place,
suggested and executed by our reepected townsman
Mr. Win. Mansfield, cabinet•maker, Silveratreet, is
now exhibited in ooe of the shop windows of Mr.
Mansfield's establishinent The working of the
model fountain is very pretty. We are given to on.
derstand, however, that another plan from other
partite', of a plainer description, is about to be
adopted.

BLANDFORD.
Donn? CENTRAL Ban.WaY. —Th. adjourned
meeting of the shareholders of the Dorset Central
Railway Company was held at the Crown Hotel, on
Tuesday last. J. C. Memel, Esq., the only directorpresent, having taken the chair, bristly referred to
the proceedings at the previous meeting held at
Withborne, and regretted that any circiunstanoe
should have delayed the auditing the amounts, and
prevented their being placed in the hands of the
shareholders for examination, as promised by the
chairman, Mr. Denby Seymour. He would tall on the
secretary to read the auditor's report, and then ad-
journ the meeting, that a printed copy of the report;
and statement of the accounte should be sent to each
shareholder previous to the time apiminted for the
next meeting. The report read by the secretary
detailed the simple manner in which the accounts
had been kept, and the satisfactory nature of the
result arrived at by the auditors in their examine-
tun. It drew attention to the smalinese of the
amount due from those subscribers who had taken
shame and not met any part of their pecuniary obli-
gations, and also to the small sum lopt to the com-
pany by subscribers who bad become defaulters,
owing to bankruptoy. The Chairman, in moving
the adjournment of the meeting, main repeated the
offer made by the contractors at Wimhome to take
additional shares to the amount of £lO,OOO, on con-
dition that £21,000 be immediately subscribed for
by the public. The Chairman emphatically impressed
upon the meeting the iniportauce of makuigg the
necessary exertions to meet the proposed condition,
and intimated that the company had arrived at •
great crisis, and if failure in realising the amount
required should be the result of future efforts, then
there was too great a probability that Blandford
would remain without that railway acootniglation
Worded to other towns of lees importance. Mr. T.
H. Bastard, in rising to second the motion for an
adjournment, thought that more of the directors
Ghoul* have been present at the meeting, and ex.
pressed much dissatisfaction at the balance sheet laid
before the shareholders at Wimbome. He reviewed
the history of the ciongany from its first formation
up to the present time, censuring( the directors for
not having published to the shareholders a statement
of financial matters king previous to the balance
sheet issued at Winiborne, and spoke strongly on
tlie loose manlier in which the etatcment published
had been drawn up. He complained of the secre-
tary's delay in not liming laid the accounts before
the auditors in time to allow if their being properly
audited, and sent to the shareholders three days pre.
vine to the meeting as promised. The chairman
read letters from 1... rd Rivers and Sir E. B. Baker,
Bart., two of the directors, the former excusing his
absence on the ground of the unexpected demo..e of
a relation ; and the latter, a long made engagement
to be i.resent at the marriage of Sir W. Medlycott's
daughter. Mr. Gregory, the engineer, briefly ad-
dressed the meeting, and it was adjourned to Friday
next the 20th instant, at one o'clock, at the Crown
Hotel, Bhuidford.
Tint Pima CHEESE FROM CHESTER—Lord Port-
man, having had presented to him the Chester cheese
prize, to which was awardel a tirst prize of £3O at
the late meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society
at Chester, his lordship sent it to Mr. Ejres, at the
Crown Hotel, requesting that it might be placed before
the farmers at their ordinary on Saturday last. The
Meese a remarkably large one, weighing 96th.., was
not alone to be appreciated on account of its size or
weight, but as possessing likewise, to an extraordi-
nary degree, that richness of quality and peculiarly
tine flavour characteristic of dairy produce in the
farifamed county of Cheshire. It is needless@ to add
that the farmers repeatedly partook of relishing
"hits" of the tempting cheese, and as it followed
some relishing "bits" of venison supplied by the
same liberal nobleman, it would be needless to
add that his Lordship was gratefully thanked for
the treat he bad afforded.

VIBITATION.—The Bishop of the diocese held his
annual visitation here lin Saturday last. There was
a large gathering of the clergy living in the neigh.
hourhootl. Portions of the service were read by the
Bishop and the Rev. C. Tenet, of Stourpaine,
delivered the sermon from a passage taken hum
Acts xii. 6.

PICTTY BlCSlllollll.—William Coward Mee summoned
by Henry Fisher for having knocked down a wall which
chili:Want lied bullt up fur the purpose of blocking ups
pathway leading through his fields. It appeemd that
the right of way had been enjoyed by the public from
time hinnetnorial and thst the defendant had acted
from a desire of vindicating apublic olaun. The !Aegis.
Mates, Lord Portman and W. P. Okeden, Eaq,, die-
iniamd the suininons on the ground that the ems was
the jurisdiction of the court,—Hrery Dollop
and Gems) Dean, who bed been previously token before
Lord Fortnum on a champ of stealing a package front
Syne wagon, parrying goods in connection with the
lioutipWeetern Railway Company, were again brought
up that the adjourned case might be inure fully gone
into. After hearing the 'Odom, adduced against the
parties , the magistrates deolded that proof of klouteue
tent was not established.

SALI or BURST AT NORTU 11011011 TON. —TR OA.
°ordain(' with indices which have appeared in our
advertising columns, the sale by auetien of the
breeding Book belonging to John Pain, En., took
place on Tuesday the lOtli inst. Owing doubtless to
harveet operstions being very general throughout the
district, the assemblage of minim was not so large le
might otherwise have been the case. This, bow.
ever, did not in th.i least idiot the ale, as the prices
quoted below will vouch fur, in feet it soon appeared
evident that the majority of those who were present
had onus with the intention of purchasing. The
sale oommenmd with IWO ewe lambs, line lot of
which was purehased by Mr. Parker, of Whim, at
701. per head, another at 68s. and Mr. Olding of
iatllu Farm, wee a purchreur at 605., the whole
avenging 441. per head. The two•touth ewt I wide
Ail es 22.. 711., and 70e. Mr. Parker, of Lasham,
Mr. -Davis, of North Waltham, Hants, and Mr.
Hitchcock, of Chitteme, Wilts, being purohasers rib
those prima, the average being upwards of ills. The
four•tuuths, which were nut In high condition,
averaged 605., the prinuipal buyer, berng Mr.
Mr. U. Huddle , Mr. Cum, Mr. Wier, Mr. T.
Courtney, and Mr. Davis. For six.toothe sa high..
76. 6d. per head wasgiven, at which pries Mr. King,
near Farehain, was the purchaser, the average being
884 The Atilmouthed ewes avenged 55 shilling..
It will be men by theee prioes that this excellent
stook was most eagerly sought after, the biddings
throughout were spirited, and the result must have
been equally eatisfaotory to the Auctioneer, (Mr. F.
Ellen, of Andover), and to Mr. Fain. Among the
purchasers not before mentioned we notimd, W. W.
Beach, Esq., M.P., Mown Kimsey, Pearce, Arnold,
Aubrey, Coles, Flower, Porn, Pain, Fowls, &a.
We may mention that before the sale, a splendid Inn.
Olson was provided in • barn fitted up fur the pun.
pose, the chair being occupied by O. Brown, EK., of
Avebury, H. Pain, FN., of Wallop, being vioe-aair.
man. Some excellent and approprMte wenches were
made by the Chairman, W. W. eaoh, Eaq., M.P.,
T. Waters, Em., and other gentlemen, in which ex•
pressions of regret that the 6z.famed Houghton goo(
was about to be mattered, were mingle( uith the
heartiest wishes that Mr. and Mrs. Pain might live
long to enjoy the well deserved fruits of his long and
summed exertion... one of the Ant dockmeetere in
the kingdom.

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/foreign ant) Colonial Intrillgrncr.

FRANCE.

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The !taperer left Brett on Thursday morning for
Qultarter. Adoilrel Hamelin went ifireet to L'Orlent to
malts preporatluna fur the reeeptlon of their Majeetlee In
that port where 11117 were expected to arrive on Sunday.

The DO. of Malakoff left Paris for London on dant,
day, ho IlfriVe in time for the dinner that he gars al the
French &Away, on the 10th, in honour of the Ein•
psi or'•
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The Parte bonterenoe eat on Thunday for the 16th
time, and It was announced that It would hold further
sittings on Saturday and Monday. The confident en•
putatlon thatthe great arab of the Prineipalities would
be settled, and the revolt made public before August 16,
hi now therefore at an end. It la given out that Monday
will really be the lut day, but after so many dhow•
pointmente no great oonfidence oan be felt In this news.
Whenever the question of the navigation of the Danube
:nay Gone upon the Pipit, It Is anderelood that there
will be an adjournment to enable the Austrian plenl•
potentlary to refer to his Government, tituiploions are
entertained of Austria, and it la auueakd that oh.
ought to be tied down to send an answer within a certain
time.
• • • •

The French Government has resolved, in conjunction
with that of Great Britain, that the prosecution of the
melamine of Jeddah shall be cowried on in presence of a
British and French Commissioner, awl that If. Bonnet,
who was present at the murder of the French Consul,
shall assist the Commissioners. M. Emeriti and the two
Commissioners are to embark at Sues on board the
French corvette Duehayls, which is to oonvey them to
Jwldah.

Vice-Admiral Laplace, Maritime Prefect at Brest, ia
appointed Senator ; be,, to he succeeded in him com-
mand at Brest by Admiral Pellion.
The Eimwror has definitely decided on the construe-
tion of a commercial port at Brest, as well as on the
improvement of the port of L'Orient.

Boym. VISITS TO CHllllloolll3.—Among the visitors
within the last eight centuries to this old town of La
Belle Normandie there have been no less than six
English crowded heads.—vis., William of Hastings,
Henry Beauclerk, Henry H., Edward of Cressy, and
Harry of Agincourt, who strode thither to trample
down the French flag, and Her Majesty Queen Victoria,
who has just returned from her peaceful visit to what
the (Luis call " La Heine de Is Manche."

The Emperor *dallies so mach importance to the
visit of Queen Victoria to Cherbourg that be has
ordered a pyramid of granite to be erected at the head
of the new dock, to perpetuate the remembrance of that
remarkable event.

AirecDOTIC ABOUT CHIBBOURG.—The attention of
peoide is jot at present exclusively directed to Cher-
bourg. I may tell you an anecdote apropos of the sub-
jeot generally, which I heard the other day on pretty
good authority, and which illustrates, in • remarkable
manner, the skill and patience of one of our offieere. It
seems, according to a paragraph that has duly gone the
round of the foreign correspondence of the daily
jenrnele. that Louis Napoleon is mightily afraid leet
the public should obtain a knowledge of the plan of
this French Sebastopol. There is always • taint of
absurdity about the measures which arbitrary sovereigns
take to secure secrecy. But the present is • more than
'average instance of this. The general public might be
safely trusted with Roy number of inspu of a 000mpli-
eated system of fortifiestion. They would not be minim
wiser for their possesision. The only people in whose
hands such knowledge is dangerous are foreign Govern-
melts. The persons from which it would be most de-
sirable to keep this are, in the case of Cherbourg, un•
douhtedly the English Government. Now, no doubt
the Emperor Napoleon Is perfectly • mare of the fact
Tham'. in our Orduanoe-offiee there are plans of the works
at Clierboorg quite as mounts and complete as will be
that model which It Is said he is to present to our
Queen. No thanks for tile to the French authorities,
for they' were obtained by the skill, the patience, and
the teal of one of our engineer °Moore. Two or three
yeers age you might have met at one of the hotels of
that town an Inglieh gentlemen who seemed one of the
idlest of n mortals, and at the mono Sine one of the
most soon trio In Ids tastes. It waa difiloult to under-
stand why a men who really seemed to have nothing In
do, whose tins wee passed In strolling in eel and in
lounging, should hare selected so dull a pleat as Cher.
boorg for the very protracted why he made, No pro•
fuoionel object could, It would wont, have taken him
there, for no one ever ow anything in his hands but a
wellingodiek i and although It le true that lie did cm
euelenelly smoke a edger now on thio Mellon and now on
that ravelln, no one ever sate hint take the trouble to
maks Anything like a tour of the onoolt#o, and moons
the yahoo to the port none were so insurloue as to the
all,te going on, And yet all the Ripe thick men Well
11111 illj a plen of the worke, Hie hertnieee looking
wet inspeliele Wee a yard Ineeenre, Ac he trailed it
llatlvoly up and down, II WM doing It. work, A onkel
Mammon{ mammal every mole when no one'. eye
WM WWI him, And Ilene, by Milting in snewolon
during many months every portion of the fortillaaliona,
and eninhinlng hie imam our foulltrYllittl bed Ilit lea
of s
the mallefeetleit plating th g lii hatpin or the in tory
liitlitelliel that enuiplete awl eeelireW purvey 0 the
atilleellone of Cherbourg, which they now plogegi
it impneellile I. II lo Imp a nythlng MOTO wken Men of
energy,ekil , and palletise sew dahlrillillt4 to find It out.
MA, W. N. Li:Moe, M.P. 00 eliflNSOgile.=Al A
ptiMill4 Mil* lotil 64 the 14 mitt Alseinlily %tine,
rmtemoutlk onwiiptedny @amp 4. NFL Altle,ripen tory
preeldiog, Mr, husk lipil Mr, LI,IIIIII. litll'fflT efl:
ireittee, Mr, Lim eey eam, I beer snow' that I alio
Omit do better then give ye.. 4110.4A44011111 of nit I it
to Cherhinotr. I, se a flllllllher of the, Sono of Coop
WWI, hail ell opportunity of Helm 1 illlflr ifelll which
the pato in Mishap' wonfil not beet Ite„ ell espludml hut
front whieh I elll amid, the prelim of 111111111114 in Fran*
were molted. My Aral li:oaten ell eitierlus that
00 he? Be Wee Very di OM feu imm, whet It was
when I left it, Conaidering thick ?MeV Hall Made very
peril emotions lat undo a grand need! die May I WM die.
'appointed with the number of elillie whitil II ow in the
bey of Cherbourg. There wits °tie line's!- beetle elilit—
the Bretagne—end there were eight two ANY altipe.
The thins, as a whole, eleuek toe AN very int crier to our
own, In Mllllll,r they were nothing to those width
were moored at ?Bighead at our mold rem pw. The
tortonir when we entered it web o,llllPereiNe IY monk-
Mg, emote, But Ai the holmr begun to fill with chill,
on which 1 wee proud to see waving the English fly, this
Pamela harboor of (ilmerbomirf begun to hare a i Ilmerent
appearetme, When Her MA esiy entered Asti I, ,erbour
lit the beeutiful Victoria roe It, followed by that 1111/101.
Adent vessel the Royal Albert, that eplendld two-. tuber
the Renown, and tom' of the handsomest frigates i ever
set iny eyes upon, and when the forts on every side .
began to fire their whose and thunder forth their
salutes, the sight wee a very !Jointing one, Thr ;web
the courtesy of the Admiral of the Preneli fleet we were '
allowed to inspect thoroughly all the great naval di oh-
yards and arsenals. He wee good enough to plus at our
disposal an officer who accompanied no In our pawn ho. ,
letiona. It was when we entered Viet arsenal and th ose ,
dockyards that I was impressed with the Inimei is
strength of the place. As I don't find that the it
have called attention to the foot, I wish to call attend on ,
to the harbour of Cherbourg so compared with our ,
tersest harbour. The largest herbour we have is th at ,
of Keyham —I mean the new harbour and dockyard ne. tr
Devonport. When onmpleted thet harbour will oecup 7 ,
an area of 72 sores. It has two basins, with an area t.f
six acres each. IS has three large dry docks, and It he s
the usual number of storehouses and workshops 0 f
variotia kinds Now, mark the contrast with Cher • ,
bourg. Cherbotirg occupies an area of no leas than 2at I
acres—an area three Sines larger than our largest dock- i
yard will be when completed. It hiss three twins. one .
containing 15 acres of water, another containing
10 acres, and the third containing 90 sores of water •
—five times the water space of Keyhain. Each of 1
these has 30 feet of water at low tiles. Along time ;
quay walls of these basins 25 of the largest line- I
of-battle ships oind.i be moored head and stern. Run- ,
fling in oonnexion with the dockyanl Is the railway to
Paris and the whole of time interior of France. Down
that line of railroad, the opening of which formed part
of the sight, to be seen at time groat fete—down that rail.
wey could be whirled in a day the army of Prance ; 1
100,000 men could be minketl from the interior to the 1
railway station, and from the railway station right on .
board the ehipa of war, at any time of the tide, and ,
these aisles could sail at any time of time tide. Now,
there I. something very atriking In all Ellie, and I said tu 1
anyaelf, " What can all this mean?' Docks, forts, and ,
a railway which could bring 100,000 men down to Cher. ,
bollfll. soul AS a moinetit's notice so It were carry them to
time shores of Englend. But when I looked over the ,
ships and compared them with our own shine I said to .
myself, " YOll may bring your soldier' down to your
dookyards, but before you can get them to England ,you
must oominand the Channel, and you must have a differ.' ,
ant 011144 of ships to what you now have." I thotight It
my mlikty to examine the ship*. I seeorilingly went on I
board the Bretagne, and slentined her with dlr Charlem .
Napier, Ohs 'drub ma ass very magnifloent ship in.
deed. I afterwara went an board nor owit Royal Albert,
• Alp not so large be the Bretagne, but of a &huller
ohms. My feeling after the inspection of both vessels
WM this—the Bretagne and the other veuele there Mel
be vary fine ships, but if both of them were manned Ity
Frenchmen I would 'wafer to be on board the Royal
Albert, for I believe site would soon sink the others
When I looked at the eellors—thoes who got up to the
Woke of the mute Wills the Vrensinnen amid get no
higher then tits yards), and there waved the fief of Eng.
lend with one bend, standing on one log and swlnglio
this other to and fro--I litenght the Royal Albert would
not he long in inching short work of the Bolero.
When, bother, I looked at between iNA end 101) bona.
fill realite, the. property of English nohleinem manned
by 3,901/ or 4,0 M of time iltleel eillinfil In Englend, the
inapileeent ships belonging to Cot antimony who were
good etionelt Is give RI a free poor lo Cherbourg—
when [ titoueht that they were not move titen onalialf
of the eldpi owned by the ISMS vintositY—whon I looked
to the merltlnte MOON of our people—when I looked at
the lite slue of fellow. who innuendo% throe ramie,
the elolwart fume el the nolo men and bollenten of
England al the helm, end oleo looted that iksas pole,
mon oath Melt lit time hone of need as well 1/1 tele
sullen- w on I looked et 1104111 64.1 knowleilp o the
Wide 1 old it) myself, " Well, well, we have Ret log
1,1 fear pupa yrenee, even Illelit elle lieell her at 111
ookyerde and stilionlime eosin e onieweg to Imo
eel% the entoirustion.of that mighty %reseal miet
have h same ulterior ohittel lit view,. Mmonee wham
time Brit 11 veeeele left tlhertentrKlll mighty 4mhpard
mw h oeat ho mst otto deamism, Ili II 111101111..
" What 'keel Ma Millie hare it in Ott: in eesi
etemietipg mien n willty ancod Ist one lininenee
lest.? Wily, depend upon I \,, sr dii lot 114 them
inlets Out hal seine idea of ui ding ell is to pet late
them. It Is a very melmtehr yilirt, ae I fee elm re,
gest, Amply terrol, that a Ire In tteebt op the part.!
toe Hallett towards anulltee 0 Hia hme art:fs: let we
mane Mel Cm ya te thle veld feel We five Km
that I Is emeAsalia wlthe we ere tte I. We
tore 114.11411 11,..Mt are a 111p11111 lir
Ila heir emeepiner we bate a 4
II • Is 111 01111102 le MAN MP f II a isp
.o teirlimi ihte analog—lee I jhitlicill itiallic II;
amity wake,, sow le etteleml w I —1 IRe •
maul me aim malumly 44147 them/4lva
qtietlimb They haw) appoin a Neyelb;loo6l.4 ,
of whloh j have the ensile tt) a inert .
hope, as the malt our labours, that a wi
prepared 'Milt will remove the only Ihlsit wit wit
have to tem—the menalas of sir Nape is the how of
med.

Cann t RANOL—TIN Court of Amen of the
Rhow has reesully tried a married °olio named Lee'
sum of Lyons, for eatorting a signature. The use
culled greet interest, hut the fasts were very shawl*
and lihe what generally ocur in such nutters. The
prisoners were In a mush way of hulas's'', and °worrier,
who Is also a trader, IVY m acquainted with the and lent
them 000 f. In ltai hut the WOlnall, who Is la years of
an. and very pretty, malls edvanose to Ourrler, but he
did not respond to them. Ohs neverthelees continued
them, and at length formally offered to rewire him In
her house In the eheinoe of her husband, who she said
wu going to Charlie"' but she stipuletiel that he should
give her a silk gown or 1501. the value of it. He di.
dined. On the 9011 a of a she wrote to fey that on
the nth her husband warn going on a journey, and that
she would wait for him ( uerrier) between V and 10
o'clock. He went to her hone', and found her alone in
her chamber. Ms begged him to undress, and an he
hesitated taunted him with being afraid, He Fuld that
he wee nos so, and bonen, on her repeating her request,
So remove his garments. Blue seemed rather agitated,
and went in and out of the room while he was undrow
Ing. All at ones her husband, armed with two !details
and a sword, rushed in, end crying out that Ouerrier
had diehonoured him, declared he would murder 11i411.
A wale ensued, and one of the pistols went off; Goer-
Her was besides slightly out in the chin with the sword.
At length Ledlialli MK that if a pecuniary indeninity
were given he would carry the matter no further, and
he produced several bill stamps. °currier, who we. in
great fear, signed bills to the amount of 33,000 f., and
wu then allowed to leave. He went at once to a own-
misaary of polio°, and had the couple arrested. The
bills, which were spotted with blood from the out In
°worrier's chin, were Reined in their pouesaion. After
the preceding (Rote had been stated Ouerrier swore posi-
tively that he had never had any improper connection
with the woman awl that the hills bed been eatoated
from him. He was, however, rather confused when the
president askod if, in going to the house, be did not in-
tend to ootninit adultery. The women, on her part,
affirmed that undoubtedly an improper connection had
existed between them, and that on the evening in
question he had visited her because they had both Sup-
posed her husband would be absent; she maintained,
therefore, that she had not enticed him to tl.e house in
order to practise extort/on. The husband declared that
he had long auspeLted Guarrier of having an intrigue
with his wife, and that to satisfy himself he had pre-
tended an ahernoe; that on finding them together he
become distracted and had intended to kill Guerrier, but
on the man's earnest prayer, consented to receive bills
instead. The jnry declared both the prisoners guilty,
and the court condemned the can to three yearn' hu-
prisonuaent, and the woman to two.

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