The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-01-07 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

The Cronstadf Goethe states that • few days ago a pair
of boots, still eontainmg the mangled legs of the owner,
were found near Hason-llifalon. It is supposed that
the victim must have been devoured by wolves, which
infest the neighbourhood of the villages, and most fre-
quently carry off dogs.
Tan MINIS CARL—The Court of Cessation, in its
sitting of Satesday.quashed the decision of the Imperial
Court of Paris against M. Mire*, and referred the cause
to the Imperial Court of Douai for a fresh trial. The
ground on which the eourt has given that judgment is
that the Imperial Court omitted to take cognizant* of
the special demand made by M. Mires for • further
examination of the accounts and other papers by
experts.
Letters from Rome state that the Pope on receiving
the congratulations of the prelates on the occasion of
Christmas-day, said that he did not see • glimmer of
hope for the restoration of the dethroned sovereigns.
The urns letters state that the pollee has gone so far se
to prohibit the representation of an opera, among the
decorations of which is St. Mark's-square at Venice,
Fears were entertained of an anti-Austrian manifesta-
tion.

Jotr. BULL AND Corron.—The Ckarirari publishes
• caricature in which old Father Time is depicted es
presenting an infant in swaddling clothes, ticketed 1862,
to John Bell, represented with the traditional broad-
brimmed hat, immense corporation, and top boots.
" Here, Mr. Bull," says he of the myths, " here is the
little 1862 for your "Oh! yes," is the reply, "he
must have • good strong oonstitntion,for I am no longer
able to bring him up in cotton I"
POPULATION OF ITALT.—The Italian Minister of the
Interior, has just published, under the title of "Static-
tics Administrative del Ilegno d'ltalia," a document
whioh present. the first complete account of the new
kingdom, with administrative organisation, population,
dtc. rho whole kingdom comprises seven principal
divisions :-1. Piedmont, Sardinia, and Lombardy, with
a population of 7,106.696 souls; 2. Emilia' 2,127,106;
3. The Marches, 909,972; 4. Umbria, 492,827 ; 5.
Tuscany, 1,816.243; 6. Neapolitan provinoes, 7,061,952;
7, Sicily, 2,221,734—making • total of 21,728,529
souls. The moat populous city is Naples, which has
417,446 inhabitants ; then comes Palermo, 186,000;
Turin, 179,635; Milan 177,693 Genoa, 119,610 ;
Florence, 111,500; Leghorn, 80,006; Bologna', 75,000.
None of the other towns, except Messina, reach 30,080
Inhabitants.

MURDER 111 PARIS.—The neighbourhood of the Rue
de Is Fidelite was thrown isito eonsternation on Satur-
day evening by • dreadful tragedy, which occurred in
the porter's lodge in that street, The porter, who is •
ohonwsinger at the Opera, and father of a numinous
family, returned home about five °Nola*, and found in
the lodge two of his married daughters, and the husband
of one of them. He bad naively entered when he drew
• sharp long knife from his pocket and stabbed his two
daughters to the heart The husband who attempted
to defend them, was severely wounded, and has sinee
died, it is said, at the Hospital St. Louis. The mur-
derer, who is supposed to have been seised with • fit of
insanity, immediately blew out his own brains with •
revolver. His wife was absent at the time, having
ac,30,,,,,,aieg her youngest daughter to the Censer
vatioire, of which she is a pupil: