The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-11-13 00:00:00

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THE Hew TREATY OF COMMERCE WITH FRANCE.--
We learn that some ningapprehenston exists AA to the
work.ng of the treaty of commerce with Frame,.... far
as it has mine into operation, with reapect to inni goods
and cutlery. Some extensive shipmem s have bee it
made froth the inallufwetut Dig districta of Lanceshhe
machinery for cocoa sotiming and ateam en;,glies,
have been sent principally to Alsace and Rucen.
goods have been stopped, we me informed. et lige
French ports to which they were shipped, titrough non•
compliant* with a form required by eke treaty. This
form requires that the shipper id gum'. shogial forward
with them • certificate of origin from toe I Pitch
Consul residing nearest to the whence tilt"'
tnenufactureel. The certificate of origin is a deglaration
that the goods are either the produce of It. t.di out or
'lrina!' industry, awl is obtainable a Dud gd ;or
the skipper has the option of obtaining a loge: .n.tion to
the mine effect, attested before • Dialysing... I.D. alter-
wards nip." by the French Consul, site fee for se 'Deli to
the French Consul is only 2i. Of bourse tha applaation
to the French Ceigu.ul in the first Medan.e attended
with the leas; trouble, and is the.. ingrd generally
adepts& and it may be mentioned tha: .ne instruction
, of the French Government to their Cogisals is to otter-
, pret the rules laid down for their guidance in such
matters in the moot liberal spirit, so as 'Mow the
least • ((((( mit of obstacle in the way of commerce;
between the two countries. We mentioned agoins tim,,
ago that Dr. 111ValalliZ Vf IS appointed French I oosul at
I Mulch. ate:, and the fact that. several ins of
man:doe:girt rs have bad to b.• lit tallied as ports
while he could be applied to for the tertiii. c.., s gee glicit
el hl have beon obtained in the fir t instadeet, c..usdig
a delay of eight or ten days. renders it elestiable that
shippers should be put on their guard taut lolleit,l.t Digs
necessary prelimiucy.
THE LATK FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.--Pad-
duck, the defeated 4i...bateau. in die 014i:is:lc cont.;
which took place on Teesgiay. the all :a IlloW ill
11./011atIll, And considerable api.reigeosems are e..:e. Gained
an to his tecovery front till21:111.C1.4 of lor use me blow
he received in the laid round with his I.:me:till oppo-
nent, the "Staleybridge talk," It 11.4 bectil asee r•
Wiled that Paddock's rd.., are fracture:et, and lie Is
suffering greatly front igiternal injuries ; tool as W. con-
stitution is much unpaired by previous illness. be hev-
ing been • short tingle *ince under medic,' tre....inest 111
Middlesex Hospital for paraly:as of ;be lawer ex-
tremities, his conditim, is rendered more pie-wrious.
Under the moat favourable circumstances, tee rlsult of
the fight will bring ill Is close Palduck'a cateer in the
prize ring.
llooTT IN A THIEF'S IIOCRE.-011 Saturday an old
man 'lamed Vhhhia.ti Thornton was takes before a bend.
of West Forkehire magistrates at Skipton, charged
with stealing some knives and forks from all lon. Tim
!diming r Wia3 Colllllet. He ca. sell-
tellCtd to four years' penal servitude tan yrav ago, but
his good conduct in 1/1".S0.1 had procured tilliet•a•
leave. The maggstrates cuig ~,, lewd him to pro.oi I°F
three months fur stealing the koives and forks. On his
house being searched by the police the folloa tog w..,,,,
it, found secreted in it t—ck Bank of i:ngtagid now for
1:50, a Northaniptemshire Union Dank note for £lO,
13 Craveu Bank WASS for 1:5 each, fur needful-it Com-
mercial Bank notes for LS each, a Halifax Bank note
fur £5, 1.12 10s. in gold, and £lO Si. lid. ill ulcer.
Besides this money, NOW., logives. ferl... coat .1,-cl,,
vuttltuga so ha..: is i,• ..••••..
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A WILD GIIIL.—The k'clio of the A rdeche says that
soine years since • young girl we, found living alone and
Di A Perfectly surge state, in a ravine in the mountains
of the biinue ; else fed on loins, climbed trees like an
are, and amused herself wita the deer snit other animals.
Nothiliz could ever be discovered relating to her early
history. When first reclaimed Irons the woods she was
placed iii an hospital at Marseilles ; here she was seen by
N countess, who undertook the onerous task of edu:a•
tiug the isior child. The effort hits been successful ;
and we are told that the once ivage creature is now a
young lady, perleetly educated and hsigily accomplished.
tier taste is said to be very beautiful, but to retain a
ciniuut air of originality in its expression.
ItiftEsse or Mt. SllErnillar. This person, con-
victed at the sittings of the Central Criminal Court, in
tictober, 18111, of murder by pule, g, and selitenced
to be hanged at lionewonger•lane Gaol, but whose case
at the time created much eszitenieut, and caused con-
siderable discussion and controversy In the public jonr-
nab., which resulted in his I...rilues for the murder, and
his being 1.01 on his trial a second time fur will
be released (ruin Wandsaortli house of Correction dur-
ing the presto month, the sentence of 12 1111 l im-
prisonment, 'anised upon him fur the last-naisied offence,
having expirctL Dr. Siu,thurst is considerably reduced
an bulk, but his bodily health does nut sppear to be law
paired by the ordeal through which he passed and his
, lengthened incarceration.
I Tile Liri.nrool. ucosutu4TEsn FLEIT.—In addition

to the large paddkwheel steamer Scotia, cud aaveral
acrew steamers now building, the Cunard Cont,r-.F
have contraaa.,:d fc: •fi hax: screw c.uc. of
lola, and of conaideralile power, for their line between
Liverpool and New York, to replace the i:tua screw
steamer, sold by Beni to the Liverpool, New York,
and Philadelphia Steam Company.
AMENDED ItcueLarioNti von THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
—At the weekly meetii,g of the Mersey Ducks and
Harbour Board held on Thursday, it WLW resolved in
their Parliamentary application for different purposes,
to include in the notice an application for pohcrs to
make new regulations to define the duties of master
porterv, to appoint a traffic manager for the ouch io
alter the present mode of levying hue, foe goods bring
allowed to lie beyond the preser•lied iietioda, and other.
wise to improve the working arraugements of the dock
traffic. _ .

TCRRIBLE SCENE AT A LAINCH.—The steam-frign'e
Duca di Genoa was tiuuched at Genoa on the 3rd.
Count Cavour and the Royal Princes and Princess w. re
present. The festive solemnity, however, was saddened
at the end by an unforeseen ectaslroplie. 1"..e noble
vinniel glided down the inclincil plane into the water,
when a ems,' and a shriek turned every eye to the left-
hand well bardering upon a breech made in the Meno.
sure of she dock for an outlet to the frigate. That lent
was for oise moment enveloped in a cloud of dust ; wbra
this cleared off it disclosed part of the fencing wall
levelled with the gnimel, and under its frnments weic
/Wee, here and there, the scattered Ws to the lit-
ters who were crushed under it. The di may of the
assembled multitude may he conceiver!. Tau Prince.,
who Wee seated with lier brothers in [tout of the Loyal
staud, just °placate hi. the Crllltehlillg wall, was moused
in is swoon. The people, after rushing in crowds to the
place of the disaster' which wax soon invaded by an
impenetrable tlirome, broke off its silence, with bur..ly
eneer fur the Royal (snails, who were bring rowed to
the frigate in a boat. Three ilea.' bodies were seen
cerried away on atretchers • soon as the ruins coshl.. lie
partly cleared. Ten persons. more or l's veriously
wounded, were conveyed an the town A iiiii "
them were several of the youi.j; pupils of the Collegio di
Marina, or naval *Omni, •sue of wl tttttt , "nog F. rine,
the sell of the senator of the realm, Paolo Perim., was
not expected to recover. His mother, nloi witnessed
his fall, 'shrilled ale cr.lw.l with lice senates as she
rushed to the spot where the mangled body was being
exhumed. . . .

11A,44ACIZE OF AN EMI:RANT TRAIN. Overland ad-
vice' from lintish Columbia to the I.d of September
;tate that rho Sigel, Indians hail massacred all entire
emigrant trust, consisting forty-six persons. nineteen
of whom were men. the rest women and children. The
party were first attacked about 50 miles ou the west
silk of 851 Falls on the 9th of September. This
attack lasted about one hour. The Indians then with-
drew, and allowed the train to proceed five utiles. Then
they 11;.;ell1 attaexed them. The fight lasted two days
and one night. tlu the aftronouti of the llnit the
Indiana had possession of the whole train wita the ex-
ception of six men, who, being in tol, eseaped. Ater
travelling through the woods for nine days, these *ix
were &pill attacked, and five of the party killed. A
person named Scheiber alone emosped by hiding in the
bushes. After travelling seven days without broil he
we, found in an exhaust: condition. Of the nineteen
males in the party ix were di .tbarged soldiers trout
Fort Ilan. The six men who kit on horsolstek did

not leave until the Indians had complete possession
the train ; and. frolin the sereamt of the women sod
children, Mr. Scheiber wax led to believe that the whole
party were butchered.
LILLIKTIAN iioltsV.S.-011 Wednesday four of the
stuallest hones in the world were bronglit to Windsor
by the Mouth-Western train for 'lie purpow of being
shoWli to Her Majesty and the Prince Con.oirt, which
the propriel.or, a Mr. Williams, bud brought (ruin
Africa. These diminutive animals were Out placed in
regular horse-holes, but were t:anding in a compart-
ment side 17 side with the grooms to whose charge they
were committed. They are entire horses, of perfect
symmetry, well matched, being all Of a colour, dark
brown, and the highest of them was barely 31 inches.