The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-10-28 00:00:00

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How .210 STOLEN WERE RECOVERED AND 110tv THE
" NORTIIERN ARS" COT A SOLDIER.—In July last,
Caristopher, Wagner, a Gorman, who occupied apart-
ments at 40, Sin-street, robbed a fellow-lodger, named
Alexander Miller, of £lO, and absconded. Application
was made to the Detentivo Pollee Station, and the case
was placed in the hands of Colleens, an ingenious
officer of the force. Couzens obtailied information that
the man " wanted" bad taken a steerage passage for
New York, in the name of Carl Ghtht, on the ship
Constantine on the 26th July. Under these circum-
stancea the elea of recovering the thief was abandoned,
as under the Extradition Act the amount involved
would not pay expenses. How to recover the money,
therefore, next became the question, and the ingenuity
of Couzens, aided by one of the detectives on the other
side of the Atlantic proved instrumental in doing so,
Colleens wrote a letter to a New York detective, die-
tingaishol f r his shrewdness, named Farally, inform-
ing him of the ship in which Wagner would arrive,
and instructing him when he got possession of his man
to "bounce" the money out of him. Couzens' letter
went by the mail boat, and of course arrived before the
Constantino reached port, On the arrival of the latter
vessel at New York Family was in waiting to receive
1101 T Wagner, whom lie charged with having stolen 210,
for which, he said, if he did not refund, ho would be
sent back to Liverpool for trial. The latter was a con-
tingency the accused was glad to avoid at all sacrifice,
but El Is. 01 was tho whole of the money he was
possessed of, The ingenuity of Mr. Family assisted
him to avoid the penalty of a criminal prosecution in I
England. The Northerners" wanted soldiers ; the '
bounty was good ; the £lO could thus he raised, with a
balance in favour of the recruit. Wagner enlisted,
receiving a bounty of eighty dollars, out of which be
paid the amount demanded, which was at once trans-
mitted to Couzons and by hiss handed over to Miller,
Liverpool Post.
EASIIIONS FOR #OVEINBER.—(From the London and
Paris Ladies' Magazine of Pashion.)—Ornaments of
gimp will be very fashionable this season, on the front
of dresses, both of skirts and bodies and also put round
the skirts. It will be equally used on confections or
outdoor toilettes. The Zouave jackets will be replaced
by the vcstes militaires, some a Is Hussar, others with
plastrons, the same as worn by the French Guards, and
with the came kind of sleeve. The back of these vostes
is loose ; that of the Hussar is made of light cloth, with
bradonhourgs and aiguillettes no the front; those of the
I Guards of tine cloth, in dark blue, or black piped with
red. But none are prettier than the Figaro vest] of
velvet, With waistcoat of taffetas, moire, or satin or,
in very cold weather, of ermine. Dresses of taffetas of
two colours will be fashionable, also of two shades of
the same colour. Flounces will bo but little worn. All
the trimmings are fiat, mostly composed of mends,
rosaces of point d'Espagne, or fringes, with grelote,
which will have a good effect. Swiss bretellos (braces)
are being made with tassels on tho shoulders, and coin-
ture bernoise, with long ends. Dresses of tulle or tar-
Wien° are worn over satin skirts, either of the same
colour or with white tulle over coloured satin. &and
bodies are still worn, but for full dress they are pointed
before and behind: sonic also have point on the hips.
There is little now in sleeves. The most fashionable
are tight on the lower part of the arm, and wide at the
top, with jockey and smell cuffs, Those of the elbow
forF ate much used. They are rather wide and open,
*lt every kind of trimming at the sides. The saute-
en- argue has changed its name, if not its fens, In don-
pliment to the English taste for yaeliting ; it now bears
that name. Too yachting is made of velvet, plush, or
cloth, generally the same na the dress,which also applies
to the large collet Henri 111. A trimming formed of
black feathers is used on these. Blue cloth palatots ate
also fashionable, on which gimp or routed:to may be
%mod; but the most elegant will have fur, as will also
the polonaise of cloth, which is a small pelisse resemb-
ling the loose casaque. Bonnets are not quite so much
raised as they were last year, and are less trimmed.
Many of the antuum dipoles have only a veil on them;
others have a Hat rtiohe on the front, in two shades of
the colour or the bonnet. The entire toilette of one
colour, will be Much adopted, dress, pardessus, and
bonnet of violet, Ste. The Wending of a light and dark
shade in the trimmings will greatly telieve the effect,
Carriage or dress bonnets are generally with feathers,
and there is a new kind called locophore, which is
rather a bird than a feather, and will be worn on velvet
bonnets; the plumage is of great beauty, and will rival
the bird of paradise. Many of the flowers used on
bonnets will be of the SIMS colour as the bonnet.
VISITORS To LoNbon are respectfully invited to in-
spect J. W. Benson's magnificent show of watches and
clocks of every description, and at all prices, from 3 to
50 guineas in silver, and sto 100 in gold. His display
of watches round his great clock, iu the middle avenue
of the Exhibition, is acknowledged to be the finest in
the building. The Times, speaking of horological in-
struments, class XV., International Exhibition, says,
"Undoubtedly, however, the finest show is mado by
Benson." See Times of May 7th, 1862. The Daily
Ntws gays, "The public pronounce Mr. Benson's show,
including the wonderful clock, to be one of the most
attractive of its class in the whole Exhibition."—Daily
News, 18th Juin 1862. Benson's "Illustrated Pam-
phlet" contains an interesting account of this rise and
progress of the science of horology, with descriptions of
the various escapements in use at the present time. It
also includes a number of specimens of engraving, and a
copious price list, from which persons in distant parts
can select the watch suited to their wear, without the
necessity of a visit to London. Full instructions are
given for the ease of a watch, and the pamphlet will be
gent post-free for two stamps, or gratis on application
at the inanufactory; 33 and 34, Ludgate IEII, E.C.
Established 1749.

AN ITALIAN DEPUTY XPELL.E`) FROM PARIN.—The
Sack says :—" M. Petruoelli della Glattina, Deputy of
the Italian Parliament, and a distinguished writer,
arrived at Paris a few days ago from London. Orders
were instantly given him to leave France forthwith.
M. Potrucelli was ill, and it was only through the efforts
of M. Migra, the Italian Minister, that he obtained
leave to stay twenty-four hours in ParisP
AN ELECTOR'S AEGUMENT.—Tho following is a literal
fact, and occurred not a hundred miles from this good
town of Reading. A member of parliament was called
on by a tradesman from a distant part of the country,
for an order for work in a pirticular department. The
tradesman having no personal knowledge of his desired
customer, nor any recommendatory introduction, sent
his business cru.d, writing at the foot the following
significant hint —" Too (two) vdtes for coutity."—Berks
thronick.

ESCAPft OF AN IMPRISONED BISHOP.—A letter from
Naples, in the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, states
that as soon as Mgr. Cenatiempo's escape from the
prison of Santa Maria in that city became known, the
head turnkey, Matte° Tanfoni, was arrested, and at
once confessed Oat the escape of the prisoner was
effected through his agency, but comPlaitied In a most
affecting tone that he had only received 2,0001. I The
manner in which Mgr. Cenatiempo effected his exit
bears some resemblance to a scene in the "Merry Wives
of Windsor," since it is stated that be was carried out
of the prison in a basket full of foul linen sent to wash.
EXTRAORDINARY EsCAPPI.—On Sunday morning, as
the ton O'clock fest train on the North Kent line was
nearing Erith station on the way to Stfood, the engine-
driver saw a boy, of about twelve or thirteen years of
ago, being pursued by a bull from the adjoining marshes.
The boy got on the line, calculating that the animal
would not venture on the metal lie judged wrongly,
however, for the animal dashed over the fence, and had
just reached the down metals, when the noise,of the
Whistle eauSed it td hesitate for n moment and incline its
bead towards the engine, and, at the indent, it *as
struck on tho right shoulder by the near buffer' and the
guard-iron in front having entered the body, tore it up
in such a manner that death must have been instan-
taneous. The engine passed on uninjured, and the boy
had been fortunately delivered from his danger.
ARCHINTINIL—The presentation of is testimonial of
, affection to any popular or Lard-working clergyman is
alike praiseworthy on the part of the donors as it is
acceptable to the recipient; but, unfortunately, in Mali/
parts of the country these pleasing instances of public
acknowledgment of the usefulness of clerical labours
have been very limited for the want of an article obtain-
able at a moderate cost, and possessing all those endur-
ing qualities requisite to make the gift worthy of accep-
tance. Mn, Benson's Argentine—appropriately named
from its reseniblance to, silver—possesses these advan-
tages, and can be manufactured in every description, of
service or ornament suitable for presentation as well as
the more unpretending articles ordinarily to be found
on every dinner and tea-table.—Clerical Journal, April
23rd, 1.861. J. W. Benson, Prize Medallist, No. 6605,
International Exhibition, 1862, has just published a
most elaborate and complete catalogue of his tuanufac-
tures, both in Argentine and silver plate. It consists
of 180 pp. imperial See, and includes rt 11111 and care-
fully arranged price list, and upwards of 300 engravings
of articles of various kinds. It will be sent post-free by
enclosing six stamps to J. W, Benson, 46 and 47, Corn-
hill, London, .
IleteswAY's PIMA—HIM and Ateniash ffoMplajnts..--(in
change of weather, excessive exertion, mental trouble, a
distressing pain often rises in the side, shoulder, or else-
where. Its known cause is congestion of the liver. Its
Infallible remedy is Holloway's Pills. Mr. Roberta, of St.
George's Square, Liverpool, states that, after trying counties
mama for relieving these oppressive pains, without receiving
the slightest benefit, he edumienced a fourse of Holloway's
Pills, which terthwithamellorated his sufferings, and in Is short
time freed him frcitri theni altogether, All disorders of the
stomach are as readily dispelled. Occasional doses of these
purifying Pills will prevent tile liver becoining enlarged, and
consequently
colywii,lilpsietaxvioonoffirobniihioun
unhealthy sallowness. a n mad d
iarriwea, and
THE GREAT EAS'TERN.—We are informed that the
repairs of the Great Eastern were commenced about a
fortnight ago. The PCOW was alongside her on the GO
iusti, and was expected to be fixed on the 11th inst.
When it is fixed the repairs will soon be completed, and
we shall have her hero most likely about the middle, of
next inontli.—Liverpool Mcrcuru.
CATHERINE WILSON.—The following is • verbatim
copy of is letter written by this extraordinary woman
since her condemnation. It is addressed to a relative
residing at Moulton, near Spalding. The handwriting
is neat and good, but common-place, possessing no pecu-
liarity; it would appear to be a very difficult hand to
swear to. There are only three words spelt incorrectly,
and three or four slight grammatical errors. With those ,
exceptions it might be taken for the letter of an edu-
c.,ted person :—" Gaol at Newgato, Oct. 6, 1862.
"Dear Uncle and Aunt,—With great pain I received
your letter, and with greater pain I sit down to
answer it; for it recalls to my mind past scenes too
painful to dwell upon. My dear Friendsz—All of you
—I must decline your very kind offer of visiting me. I
could not bear an interview ; it would be too painful for
us all. You must think of no as you last saw inc; that
is best for you to do. Twelve months ago, who could
have thought of me being hero? Six months to-day I
leave been in prison. How much better it was for use
when I feared God and thought of pleasing Him more
than man. Although innocent of the dreadful crime
with which I ani charged, I am a great sinner, and I
have lived in wickedness and sin. Though I could
deceive the world, I could not deceive the Almighty.
May He be more merciful to me than man has been is
my earnest prayer. During my imprisonment I have
received many letters and seen many friends; one lady
fr3m Boston has visited ins, and written to me since my
condemnation, hut I got a lady to answer it for me. I
felt that I would answer this to you myself, and I dare
say it is the last letter I shall write ; at least, I think
so. I am in ill health, and cannot bear much. I do
not receive visits from any one now, I have this
morning seen my solicitor ; he la a very kind gentleman ;
I Ipso rewired great kindness from him and his wife.
I felt the interview very painfully this morning. I

have received a letter from a gentleman at Lincoln
wishing for an interview, which I declined. I cannot
see any one excepting the religious ladies who visit the
prison. My thee upon earth is very short. I shall be
executed on the morning of the 20th inst:, at eight
o'clock in the morning, I suppose. May God in his
mercy receive my soul. Jesus is a present help in time
of trouble; on Him I cast my burden, It matters little
bow the body dies; may I he found right before the
judgment seat of God. I care not what man thinks of
Ilie; it avails nothing now to me. My dear Relations
—all of you—l take it as a great kindness you sending
me this letter. You once thought much of me. This
letter has Goat me many t,nre. 1 have often thought of
you all. And new, dear friends, I give you my dying
love. Farew,ll. From your unfortunate relative,
CATMINTS& WILSON." _

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DEATH FROM JOY. —A melancholy instance of the
effects of excessive joy, which Mmo. do Girardin so
vividly pourtrayed in her drama La Joie fait Pear,
has just occurred at Giinbri'do (Gera). M. Troy°, our 6
of Giaotirkle, was last week visited by his mother,
with other relations, to attend public worship at his
church. Mine. Trnye, was almost beside herself with
joy at the thought of hearing her son celebrate mass
and preach a sermon, but she had scarcely heard the
first words of his discourse when she fell from her seat
and was carried insensible into the sacristy. Her son,
seeing what had happened, hastily descended the pul-
pit stairs, but from excessive agitation fell into a
fainting fit. M. Troye soon recovered, but it was
found that his mother was beyond all human aid.
SINGULAR lIPIIEAVINO OF PART OF A MEADOW.
The heavy embankment _which, in carrying on the
works of the Mid Sussex Railway, is forming at the foot
of the Arundel causeway hill, for the turnpike traffic
over the lino, has been attended by the singular oocur-
ream of its weight raising up some six or eight feet, part
of a meadow near, and five large elm trees. The trees,
which, as :night be supposed,have lost their equilibrium
arc standing at all sorts of angles, and will doubtless
soon be uprooted altogether.

THE CLOSE OF THE .E.THISITION.—The tide of 11110Cess
seems to have fairly set in at South Kensington. The
last dela of the International Exhibition give good
promise of being as brilliantly suocesdul as those of the
Crystal Palace in 1851 ; and there is little doubt that
the total number of visitors to the 1862 Exhibition will
prove to be even greater than that of eleven years ago.
The last week of the Crystal Palace drew upwards of
half a million of visitors; if twelve slays in 1862 are
only as successful as six in 1851, the Exhibition will,
in spite of • hundred &diem circumstances, for which
fair allowance has not always been made, have actually
received a greater number of persons within Its walls
than entered those of its precursor. We dwell upon
the fact, as being in itself a strong argaticent in favour
of such decennial Exhibitions. That the world may
"tats stock" from time to time is undeniably desirable;
and it is only by such collections as the present that this
object can be achieved. The six millions of visitors upon
whom it is now quite fair to calculate, should be amply
sufficient to make such an enterprise perfectly safe in a
merely commercial point of view. What the Exhibition
is worth in other respects, and when looked at in a
higher ppirit, it would be difficult to estimate. liard
indeed would be the task of the writer who should
attempt an exact appreciation of its influencesifor good.
He would have to point, not merely to the fact that
millions have received information and amusement, but
also to the probability—a probability so ntrong as almost
to amount to a ocrtainty—that fresh inventions will
prove to have originated by suggestions and ideas
received in the Exhibition. The thoughtfal and obser-
vant visitor, who has marked with what intensity of
depression, With what closely-knitted brows, and with
what keen and eager eyes, many. artisans have been
gazing at tho machinery in the Western Annexe, will
hardly Qapabt that many an ingenious brain boa already
coneeivda ideas after such an inspection, which will yet
lead to results practically benefloial to us all. We find
that during the last eight shilling-days of the 1861 Exhi-
bition the attendance amounted to 679,560, andthat the
four half-crown days brought in 162,665 visitors ; the
largest number on one of these high-priced days being
53,061, and the greatest on shilling days being 109,915.
Aluch of the success which has attended the Crystal
Palace must undoubtedly be attributed to the fact that
it has two railways running into it under cover, and
that the intending visitor had therefore no trouble
beyond that of paying his fare. Even this is found
not to suffice, and a third line of railway communica-
tion to Hydenham will, in less than two years from
tho present time, give direst SWAB to the Palace from
all central parts of London. 'That five millions and a
half persons should, even with such imperfect means of
conveyance as have existed, have visited the building
at South Kensington, is a marvellous testimony to the
interest of its contents; and we can only repeat that all
who have not as yet done so, should, whilst there is yet
time, go at once.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND LEE AND EMI ASSURANCE
literirustos.,—.This well-known Institution, established
in 1040, in Lothbury, hits reeently taken possession
of its new and elegantly constructed offices in King.
street, Cheapsido ; the rapidly-increasing business in
both branches of the Society rendering it necessary
that further accommodation should be provided. The
directors, in their lately-issued report, congratulate I
their shareholders and insurers on the prosperous and
progressive condition of the Society, whist, although
well marked in every department, is more particularly I
so in that of new ?Aaiun. The Society adopts both
the mutual and proprietary systems in the Life depart-
ment; and in the Fire branch, notivitlittandlng that ,
every Insurance is effected at the current rates, there
is a special reduction of 10 per cent, on all insurances
effected on the rasidenoes and furniture of clergymen,
and the buildings and contents of churches, schools,
and other edifices of a similar character.

As a gentleman named Lenioroux was wild-duck
shooting in the neighPourhood of St. Arnard, (Nord),
he saw an /eagle al o engaged in looking after
ducks, and managed to bring it down br 61-asking its
wing with a well-directed shot. Hs and his servant,
after a long chase, succeeded in catching the eagle and
taking it home alive, nothwithstanding a stout resis-
tance.
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RADD/T-HUNTING. "The rabbit-warrens of St.
Quentin," says the Sport, which lie along the coast
between the Sornrrie and the Bay of Anthie, in the
neighbourhood of (,'rotoy (Somme), and extend over
3,000 hectares, are rented by • company of amateur
sportsmen, whose president is M. do Tartigny, well
known as a first rate shot. The number of rabbits on
these sandy downs is estimated at not less than 80,000.
The members of the company had a grand bathe in
the beginning of the present month during the first two
days
..of which 8,000 shots were fired, and 2,300 rabbits
killed.

A PATRONISING BOHE.—Sydney Smith once said,
that "the most tremendous of all things is a magnani-
mous dunce !" And certainly it is highly aggravating
to be forced to respect and endure our perfectly sensible
friends when they are so very tiresome! "Sans Souci,"
though he could scarcely procure the situation of that
"smart, active lad," always "wanted" in the news-
papers, and whe, if a slave at auction, would not bring
a very high price, yet fulfil his "mission," I fancy,
better than most of us—if this mission is to be hand-
some and amiable, there is not a doubt of it! He is
always good-looking, he is always agreeable, he %rill
sing you a love-ditty, a Scotch ballad, or a German
drinking sang, at the shortest notice—and not very
badly either He has always a good appetite! A noble
trait in than, Woman, of dhdd ; it speaks of a clear con-
science, and a virtuous life! Therefore, he is not one of
those provoking people, who, when one is particularly
hungry, "can take nothing." Oh no ; "Sans" is
always reedy for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper;
and does not object to any episode of that nature
which may occur between those epochs of daily history.
He dri,nks our claret and smokes our cigars so calmly and
genially that ate , feel he confers an honour on both!
Knickerbocker Magazine.
AN UNFORTUNATE AOTHESS.—drhe NORM/tied ad
ROW'S announces that Madame llefreysoles, well known
as a clever actress, and who was performing at the
principal theatre in that place, was on Fri ay sud-
denly seised with madness. She had played he night
before in the Tcetaineat de Cesar Girodat, and was
greatly appLayded, Seine time after her return home
at about 2 o'clock hi the morning, she went downstairs,
and, proceeding to the poet of the suspension-bridge,
asked for medical aid, saying that she felt ill. The
officier de sante on service perceived at once that her
mind was wavering, and had her taken home. The un-
fortunate lady then barricaded herself in her apartment,
and opening the window epent her time in alternately
approaching it and drawing back, so that several
persons of the neighbourhood, who had collected on the
news of her madness, were afraid she would precipi-
tate herself on the pavement from the third story. At
last, the police being informed of what was going on,
ordered a carriage to be brought, and succeeded in
carrying her off to a lunatic asylum. Her fixed idea,
it appears, was that she was to be poisoned by the smell
of florae., and all her efforts were made to guard
against sects a death, bet what determined her sudden
attack of madness Is not knowti.
"ANOTHER OF THE BRITISH LIONS Which was
always surrounded was Benson's mysterious clock, of
which the wheels are at one end of the building and
the hands end dial at another. The magnificent
arrangement of wheelsi springs, cylinders, and levers
are there to speak for themselves, and all the foreign
watchmakers have acknowledged them to be muter-
pieces in their way; but the puzzle was to understand
bow the momentum they created could, almost like
the electric fluid, be conveyed and regulated along
slender iron rods 300 feet in length, and made to move
with the exact precision the gigantic hands of a dial on
a fur away tower.—Daily Neta, June 28, 1802. The
above extract from the artiele on the International
Exhibition is deecriptive of the great turret clock ,
which J. W. Benson exhibits as a sample of his work-
manship, By the aid of steam machinery and every
facility for their production, he is able to manufacture
not only the large and elaborate quarter clock at 2,000
guineas, but also the simple but accurately performing
timepiece fat the village church or school at 15 guineas.
The same rmehinery is also applied to the manufacture
of all kinds of house clocks, suitable for the hall, stair-
case, warehouse, office, or counting bowie, which, by
this means, are produced at very much lower prices
than those usually charged. Benson's illustrated cata-
logues of clocks contains numerous patterns suitable for
the drawing and dining rooms, the library, Sm., fto.,
and a short and interesting account of the rise and
progress of the art of clockmaking. It also includes a
description of the various clocks and timepieces mann-
lectured by J. W. Benson, with a carefully prepared
price list of the same, and can be obtained gratis on
application, or will be sent post free by enclosing two
stamps to the manufactory, 33 and 34, Ludgate ILll,
London, E.C. Established 1749.