The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-23 00:00:00

Miscellaneous.

Iron safes are no protection against the predatory
geniuses of our day. A machine haa been found in the
possession of • returned convict in Manchester which,
in an hour or two, will cut out of the door of the safe,
made of iron half an inch thick, a piece sufficiently large
to allow the thief's hand to be thrust into the safe.
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A young woman employed at Button Glassworks, St.
Helens, was cut to pieces lest week by getting entangled
with the machinery.
Mr. Horde) Palmer has not long survived his with.
drawn! from businese : he died on the 7th instant, at the
ripe age of 78. He was for many years a Director of the
Bank of England, thrice its Governor, and was for 50
years engaged in commerce.
An unsuccessful attempt was made last week to stop
and rob the mail-cart between Barnsley and the Cud-
worth Station of the Midland Railway.
A Birmingham pawnbroker has been fined £lO by
the magistrates for receiving pledges from children.
The Mayor of Haverfordwest having refused to
pay church-rate, "three black pip" were seised on the
premises by the Church and sold.
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Account; from Asia Minor describe snow storms,
in one of which • Greek monastery was buried, and five
monks had to be excavated by the Turks, At Malta,
snow, which had not fallen there since the Russian cam-
paign of 1812, was some feet high.
A new and strong measure is about to be established
in the surveillance of people in France who let and in-
habit furnished lodgings and keep apartments to let :
such houses are to be placed under the special surveil-
lance of the police.
Eighteen thousand pounds, it is said, have been placed
at the disposal of a Tradarian clergyman in London to
enable him to carry out the objects which the pirty
have in view.

Miss Anne Walker, • member of • respectable family,
residing at Wakefield, has been committed for trial
for shoplifting; she confessed her guilt.
Gambling is greatly on the increase in the fashionable
world of Paris.

Numerous oorps of Russian troops from Boletus have
occupied Yarkand. Thu is a place on the route be,
tween Bokhara and Cahoot. . _

The mission of the Neapolitan Diplomatist, Primo
Ottajano to Paris has failed. A reconciliation between
France and Naples has not been achieved.
A Ministerial decree forbids the circulation in Saxony
of any of the publications of the Russian writer Alex-
ander Hersen, which are printed in and circulated from
London.

The Dutch Ministry hex laid before the Chamber of
Deputies • Bill for the emancipation of the slaves in the
Ducal colonies.

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Lord Canning has subscribed a thousand rupees to a
fund now being raised at Madras to do honour to Gegeral
Neill, who belonged to that Presidency.
The Convocation of the Prelates and Clem, of Canter-
bury met last week. The Archbishop presided in the
upper house, and the Dean of Bristol in the lower.
Petitions were presented on various topics of interest to
the church. The missionary question appears to have
been the leading topic of discussion in both assemblies,
but no result was arrived at. There were some sharp
discussions on the Divorce Act in the lower house, but
these also led to nothing.
The Society of Arts offer a special prise of 220 (placed
at the disposal of the council for this purpose by the Rev.
F. Trench and J. Macgregor, Fag.), and the Society's
silver medal, for • writing-ease suited for the use of
soldiers, sailors, emigrants, &O.
Madame Goldsohmidt is expected to arrive in England
early in June, it is said, with the intention of taking up
her permanent residence here, and possibly, of singing
in public.
The King of Greece is suffering from a severe odd
caught while exerting himself to extinguish a fire *lash
broke out at Chakis recently.
Although the Royal Commissioners have decided
against the removal of the National Gallery from
Trafalgar-square, and although the Comrnialionen of
Works, having been instructed by the Treasury, have
prepared an estimate of the expense of enlarging the
present building, amounting to 000,000, certain pro-
ceedings in Parliament during the week lead to the be-
lief that the Prince Consort has determined not to suc-
cumb without a further struggle, and that the question
will be again re-opened. Meanwhile, what has become
of poor Mr. Sheepshank's baronetcy, which it was
stated, was to be given him for his avowed leaning to-
wards the Kensington site?
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Private letters Cave been received from Mr. W. H.
Rua%ll, dated Sues. His first official oommunication to
the Times is expected at the end of March.
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At the anmial meeting of the shareholders of the
Liverpool United Gaslight Company, it was resolved to
reduce the price of gas 3d. per cubic foot, making the
price supplied to the inhabitants of Liverpool proper
3s. 9d. per cubic foot, and to the out-townships 4s. 3d.
per cubic foot. A dividend at the rate of 10 per cent.
per annum was declared.
On Monday the convention of the Chartist body as-
sembled in St. Martin's Hall to devise means of forming
a cordial junction with the middle classes for the fur-
therance of Reform. Mr. Ernest Jones moved a reso-
lution to the effect that the proposed basis of union
should be Manhood Suffrage and the No Property
Qualilleaton. A long debate took place on this motion,
which was ultimately carried by an almost unanimous
vote.

Letters from Berlin state that M. Metzner, of the
post-office, has left for London to negotiate a new postal
convention with England. He will subsequently visit
Paris, and terminate the negotiations with Pinnce,
which are in a fair way of settlement.
The Emperor of Magi& having ordered an investiga-
tion to be made into the situation of schoolmaster'
throughout the other parts of the empire, and having
ascertained that they were very badly off, has just
ordered that their salaries should be increased, and that
otter measures for improving their condition shall be
adopted.. . . . . . .

Arnumber of French police agents have been already
sent to London, to hunt out, and keep up a aurreillance
on the refugees. Surely French authorities ought to
feel grateful to our government, who, it is reported, was
kind enough to send a person to Paris under whose
guidance and care they arrived at their destination.—
Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition,
Thursday.)
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The benevolent assistanoe of the public is not recjuired
or asked for by the younger children of Sir H. Bishop,
who are in all respects supported and maintained by
their mother, the present Lady Bishop. The member
of the family recently deceased was Sir H. R. Bishop's
eldest son by his first marriage. He died at the age of
forty-eight, leaving a widow and five young children, it
is feared totally unprovided for. He had never been at
all connected with the musical profession, but for nearly
fifteen years had been a confidential clerk in the office
of Sir Hobert Carden.

THE COLONIES AND THE PATRIOTIC POND-Up to
the 31st of December last the amount contributed by
the colonies of Great Britain towards the Patriotic Fund
was £315,389 Australia figures for £148,118, Canada
for £28,078, the Cape for 350,520, Ceylon for £4,584,
Guiana for £4,564, Hongkong for £2,239, India for
£81,156, New Brunswick for £7,294, New Zealand for
£8,706, and Nova Scotia for £5,472. 22 Russian guns
have been sent as trophies (20 to Canada, and 2 to Vic-
toria).