The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-08-22 00:00:00

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Gentral Nem.

LANGE quantities of bad meat continue to be seised 's
London.
THE Emperor Napoleon's fête day was celebrated at
Alexandria with considerable enthusiasm.
A NUMBER of excavators and labourers, employed by
Cubitts the builders, have struck, demanding sd. am
hour instead of 4d. 1000 of them will probably Masi
out.
MIL CLAUDE; the well-known photogrsphor, is
among Mime who have been nominated •' Chevaliers de
la Legion d'Honneur" on the occasion of the Emperor's
fête.

THZ Lord-Lieutenant of Devonahire has nominated
Sir Lawrence Palk, M.P., to be Lientenant-Colonel
the Firat Administrative Brigade of Devon Volunteer
Artillery, in the room of Lieutenant-Colonel Mansfield.
who has received the appointineat of Consul-General at
Warsaw.

G LTHEBI NG of the Highland clans has been arranged
by the Duke of Argyll to take place about the end of
September. Along with it will be a general review of
the volunteers of the oounty. This will form the Arok
day's proceedings, the gathering and Highland games
the second.

NARROW ESCAPE OP A GREAT WESTERN EXPRESS
TRAIN.—On Monday evening some one placed a metal
across the line near Wootton-Basaett, which placed ia
immediate danger the lives of the passengers by the
4.60 p.m. express train from Paddington. Fortunately,
the wheels °lithe engines severed teh metal, and thus a
frightful accident was averted.

PRINOII .41,11 ED'S COOK.—L'AirOpe reports a tragic
story from ldonn. A cook in the service of Prince Alfred
got into a dispute in a wine shop with Count Eulenberg.
nephew of the Prussian Minister of the Interior, and a
volunteer in the Royal Hussars. In the oourse of the
altercation the Count drew his sabre and wouncbd the
poor cook so severely that he died soon after.
A SPECIFICATION has recently been tiled at the Patent
Offioe for improvements in boiling eggs. This waa
shortly afterwards followed by a patent for a machine
for removing the tops from eggs previous to eating
them. We hope next week to be able to announce that
a patent has been secured by somebody's grandmother
for sucking the above delicacies. Mechanics'
Magazine.

CAPTURE OP A SHOAL or WHALER—Daring the night
of Wednesday thirty-six whales were killed in the
Cromarty Firth, some of the fish as large as 20ft.,
and one, we are assured, no leas than 281 t. long, but by
far the greater number being from 15ft. to iftft. The
total number captured, including those on the other
parts of the Firth and on the coast, is estimated at
between fifty and sixty.
MRS. LINCOLN (says the Chicago Republican) is
living in perfect seclusion at the Hyde-park Hotel, on
the shore of the lake, seven or eight miles from that
city. Both her sons reside with her. Captain Robert
Lincoln is studying law in the office of Messrs. Scaminon,
McCsgs, and Fuller, in Chicago, and goes there daily
by the Illinois Central Railroad, to attend to his duties.
THE Richmond Bulletin publishes a atilpid hoax about
a human body found in a liquid state in a barrel mettle
a druggist in that city, the corpse being that of "Linn
C. Doyle, of Philadelphia.* Our exchanges far and
wide are copying the revolting story, without being
acute enough to see that the whole is a very silly joke,
and the name linseed oil.—Gonadian Paper.
ON Wednesday afternoon another exhibition of arta
and manufactures in the metropolis, intended for one
district of the metropolis alone—North-Eastern London
—was opened by the Lord Chanceller assisted by the
Lord Mayor; and several lesser notabilities were also in
attendance on the platform. Lord Oranworth delivered
• most sensible and eloquent speech on the occasion.
the Wednesday a medical man, named Pitt, was
brought before the county magistrates at Ashton for an
assault committed under peculiar circumstances. He
vaccinated a girl seven years of sire without the content
of the parents. A surgeon named Slater had been called
in to assist Mr. Pitt in this branch of his practice, and
was summoned in company with his colleague. The
magistrates fined the defendants 40s. each and costs.
Tas late Mr. Thornton would not put any of his
millions in joint-stook undertakings. He had made it
all by running blockades in the old wars, and it was said
that the only gambling he ever indulged in was to bet
every new married couple be could catch hold of £lO,OOO
to £'lo that they would not be parents of twins the
first year. He had thousands of bete, it is said, of this
kind, and made money of his venture.
MARRYING BETIMES.—There were grand doings at
Indere at the end of May in honour of the marriage of
one of the Holkar's sons. Colonel Meade and other
officers were present. The bridegroom is only six years
old, and the bride three years old. The head ornaments
of one of the elephants were made of pure gold, 2,400
toles, each tole ocatieg 17re. The Holler exhibited all
his treasures. A salute of 210 guns announced to the
people the union of the happy Pair. At night there were
grand neetches.—Cestral India Times.
DEVOURED BY A SHARK.—Five days after the ship
Ariadne, Capt. M`Dorusld, left Prince Edward's Island
for Greenook, s young man engaged as steward jumped
overboard while under the influenoeof liquor. Directly
after he was seen to be making great efforts to reach the
vessel, and was heard to utter several dreadful cries,
then to raise his arms wildly, sad disappear, As a shark
was observed following the ship for several days, it ia
supposed the monster had seized the unfortunate man and
dragged him down. The boat was at once pulled to the
spot, but no trace of him could be seen.
Foamier:se' Fees. This annual meeting of the
Foresters of the London district took place on Tuesday
at the Crystal Palace. Notwithstanding the inclemency
of the weather, there were 46,000 Foresters present.
In 1862 and 1863, under more favourable circumstances,
there were respectively 83,000 and 77,000 members of
the body present. The Foresters have ramified into
Australia and the West Indies. The London united
district hat 50,000 members, and this is their annual
fete, in aid of the widow and orphan fund for that dies
tricts The increase of numbers he the whole body foe
the year has been 27,000, to the London district 5,000.
This is a large increase. Last year their receipts were
about £13,000, and their disbursements—through two
channels-29,000, some £5,000 going for funeral claims,
and £4,600 to widows and Orpheus. In addition assts.
tame is afforded to members who are in distress and to
such as are travelling in search of employments
PRESUMPTUOUS FEAT.—On the 18th tilts Leslie, the
American Bloadin, crossed the Niagara at the Falls on a
rope 961 feet in length. He started from the American
side, wearing about his waist a broad band of thin iron,
and from this chains led to his wrists and two bands
encircling his legs about the kuees. The irons were bona
Me, not of the description provided for a previous per.
torment,e of the kind, and weighed about 281 b., which,
with the balancing pole, made a load of nearly 801 b.,
which was carried over the rope. A high wind WY
blowing at the time. When he arrived at the Canadian
shore, his appearance indicated that the feat had been a
trying one. He speedily recovered his composure, and
in Ave minutes started on his return, on this occasion
relieved of his shackles, and performing several ventures
on the way, such as hanging from the rope by his feet,
the violent gusts of wind sometimes rendering his
'Position one of extreme peril. His success was vested
with In eheera--Hasauton (Canada) Times.
- LEGALITY OF CHARLOTTE WINSOR'S CONVICTION.
—The Times arrives at the conclusion that the
wicked murderess has no loophole to escape
through. The respite appears to be due to the inter-
vention of Lord Wensleydale, whose most conspicuous
merit has always been a knowledge of the technicalities
,of pleading. The question new raised we. fully argued
in the case of Mercy Newton at Shrewsbury in 1849,
and we have the authority of Chief Justice Tenterden,
Best, Denman, and Erie, of Justices Coltman, Patteion,
Coleridge, Wile., and Keating, of Mr. Baron Channell,
and of the Lord Chancellor. in favour of the legality of
discharging a jury in class of necessity, and of remanding
the prisoner for a new trial. Even if it were right, the
approach of the Commission Day at Bod win would have
justified Baron Chtnnell, and have established the pro-
priety of the second trial.
, PRINCE BLUCHER'S Pine AT JENA.—Dr. Geist of
:Dresden, says:—" I have in my possession the pipe
which Prince Blucher smoked at the disastrous battle
of lens., having received it from my late father, to
whom it was given by my uncle, a trumpeter in
Blucher's Hussars. When the Prussians were retreat-
ing to Auerstadt, my uncle saw the pipe fall from
Blachees sabretache, as the general was leaping over a
ditch. My uncle immediately alighted, picked up the
pipe, and carried it to the general, who refused to take
it, testily replying. 'Blase the battle is lost the pipe
may go to the devil. You may keep it, Geist.' The
pipe is a small meerechanm, well browned, with • very
short stem. A silver ohaia which attached the bowl to
the tube has been lost."
THE CAST OF DR. PRITCHARD IN MILD Ma Tessalsrils.
—The London correspondent of the Litterpoo/ Albion
says:—l believe it is a feet that Pritchard's relatives are
about to institute legal proceedings with • Tatar of pre-
venting Messrs. Tneand from continuing to exhibit the
portrait model of that assassin in their "Chamber of
Horrors.* but I doubt that they will succeed. They mat
only proceed as his legal representatives, and it is the
received opinion that felons have no legal rights. •
ruling in favour of the Pritchard family would be • great
blow at the Chamber, which is one of the chief atom-
dons at Baker-street. Constance Kent, in wax, is there
also; and she and a numerous band of murderers, males
and females, would have to make their exit with
Pritoh•rd.
, A STRANGE STORY.—At the time the notorious
Tippoo Sahib fell at the siege of tieringapatem, in 1799,
there was., in one of the English regiments engaged on
the occasion, a native of Bury St. Edmund's who was
supposed by his comrades to have been killed. It
appears, however, that be was mainly instrumental in
saving the life of one of the ladies attached to the court
of Tippoo Sahib, and she induced him to fly with her
into the interior, where her father consented to their
marriage on condition that he embraced the religion of
the country. Our hero, it appears, thought he could
not do better than embrace the new religion together
I with the young heiress, and it is said "they lived and
loved together through many happy years" But
death first out down the father and afterwards the
daughter, heaving the onoe poor soldier enriched with
the wealth of India. At length he was called upon to
depart this world, and bevies no heirs, direct or
indirect, he made s will in favour of his eldest sister
and her heirs male. The next of kin being advertised
for the heir has turned up in • person who has been
travelling in the counties of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
for IMMO years as a book-hawker. The value of the
estates in question is said to be enormous. 0
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. —Diarrhom. Dysentery.—The
medicines commonly used for the subjugation of these
di.eases so frequently fail of effecting that object that
it should be known to all sufferers from these melodies
that Holloway's Ointment, well rubbed upon& the abdo-
men two or three times a day, with the application of
I warm bran poultices in the intervals, gives immediate
relief. s-4ually sootbesithelirritsble bowels, and assauges
1 theft cot distressing pains. This treatment is appli.
, cable hs all forme of diarrhosa,dysentery and cholera and
I with attention, will always be successful. Farinassous
diet, milk, and barley water should give subeistenoe
during the continuance of the disease to the utter exalt.
eon of all solid foodl. which the deranged bowels are in-
competent to asslmaate.