The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-04-02 00:00:00

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Bayous FLOODS bays warred in the suly.aim of
Windsor and Eton.

Tag Secretary for War ha A sanctioned t'.i. volunteer
review at Dover on liaster-'llooday.

The Globe of Wedoeo day seen; ni
lesder—" The Ofilill to pUi. The P.eferm queotkos to..
good u settled."

Tex Great Eastern left. Liverpool for New York on
Tuesday. An acciden'. occurred at the capstan daring
the heaving of the ace' fief, by which one ern wan killed,
and several others we
Tel ALABAMA CI Angs,—Lord Painley has contra-
dicted the report If .at commeniediens of an unfriendly
*barer:der had bee a received !rent the Ciovernment of
the United Staten,... gbh,
CeeAr MA" .111011 - During Easter week persons
desirous of heir *married pia have their wish.. gratified
by at ones PU 111141 up the 'banns at the °harsh of fit
Peter and St. Peal, Shepeen *Wet.
AP sunk Aes of Chleese Sr. took place on Wednes-
day creed.' .e Bisb-steeet, Stepeey, The house of the
muleteer AIR wax mach damaged, and six pence. were
8° M." oli burnt that they had to be removed to the
board, A.
Tr A ChetiesAant Examiner hes heard It whispered,
ou very passable authority, that Sir S. Baker, the
.frieen explorer, is likely to be asked to stand for
Glioueeeter to the Conservative Interest, in the event of a
general election.

A Tort.' Btarw.—Her Majesty the Queen has
• wised to be forwarded the um of r 3 to a miner's wife
named Maria Jose, living at Cemborne, Cornwall, am •
donrtion to the poor woman on the 000uion of her con-
ilnement of three children.

Wry Pall Gazelle underetands that applications
arois.hout to be made to Parliament on behalf of the
rerntolo's erew for permission to be heard by counsel at
the b.r is support of their petitions praying for "corn-
Peneation for their losses, wronp, and other Injuries."
LOILD &rutin MONTAGu was on Monday re-elected
without opposition for Huntingdonshire. In the munch
which be made from the hustinp he extolled the
Government Reform Rill, and declared that if the
Liberals threw away this chino, of settling the ooestion
dire confusion woMo
A R
BM-yr.—Left Wednesday the large
African porcupine, at Wintiowell's Mousier* Bristol.
Faye birth to a young one, nhjoh Is very lively end
healthy. it. believed there haw been only three per.
*spines born in this country. two of these being the
small Canadian panto pine.
A COWSOLTATTON of mining engineers took place on
Wednesday at N.,n1.1,10., aa to the stops to be neken in
re-opening the Oaks Pit and rownwrine the 11.,t i•-•
those killed by the sociesesios explosions in December I
last. It was decided that the eafret end most effectual
plea would be to sink • new shaft, which will occupy
ahmil two years.
TIM opposition which has been organised to the Sale
-ulf Land by Auction Bill by auctioneers and others,
whose interests it would materially affect, has led mills
• promoters consenting to Its reconstruction. A deputatioe
front the London auctioneers had an interview with Mr.
fmlwyo, m.y., who ham charge of the Bill, end the I
matter was then satisfactorily arranged.
A LADY BORK! TO DIATEL-11,1. Aleoek, mother of
Major Henry Alan* deputy-lieutenant of Witten,
county of Werford. was burnt to death at Wilton
Castle on Sunday evening. She was alone In the
servente hall, whim her clothes took Sr., end she was
deed Wore help some. The gentlemen of the Wexford
hunt were to have dined there nest day.
Ws near that all metiers of dispute between the
directors of the Great Western Railway Company end
the sorrimodrivers on that line have been amicably
ermined. The former have conceded that ten hours
shall oenatitsto a day's work, and that all over-time
&al be paid fn. The engine.drirers, on their part.
sin" withdrawn their demand for an Worsen of
wages.

A Tonw hes been published whir& show that the
number of male °couplers within those borongbe of
England and Weise where the Small Tenements Rating
Act loin force, who would he excluded by the Orterra•
mrnt Reform Rill from the roll of enters, are 139,377 ;
in Parliarurntary boroughs where Our Small Tenements
Act is partially In operation, and Where local Ante are
also partially In torus, the number excluded would be
24%472: in Parliamentary boroeghs where local reting
Acts am in operation, the number colluded would be
87,714—in a 475,fi93 householders excluded by the
rating qualification.

In his "Treatise on Food,—Page 413—D,. g.og
w7i,„.:—/ gm very partial to tea, and for above thirty
years have taken it withoot milk and sugar ; in anno.
queues of this my palate is the more critical am to it. floe
quality and strength. The best tea I can itai is that
imported by the News. Horniman, London, end sold by
their agent.; its nature/ appsaranee manifests It to he
tea that has not been oovered by the Chimes with the
usual mineral colouring powder—a manifestation which
it. delicious d 'your fully 000llirms."
MALI 1111D1011. STVDllllll.—Thres ladies have
applied for leave to attend lectures, he., at the London
Hospital Medical Eieh,ol, and were refneed. Even
whir* the ladies are willing to suffer the 1110011•110ieDell
of attending medical and anatomical Whirsa with a
.I.as of young men, the diffieulties of the lecturers and

students are not entirely removed ; for there are
objections on both sides, and there man probability that
the latter will be waived. If the ladies wish to study
medicine, they muss start their own hospital school and
medical A.B.—British Medical Jeanie/.
A POLICE OFFICIII Ii TRI WRONG BED.—Tbe
Liverpool police appear to be rapidly falling from
grace. Within the peasant week one tater him been
captured for burglary, another for highway robbery,
and on Theradsy an officer named pools was shined
with being found oonoealed in the house of a Liverpool
solictor. The man, when discovered, wee in bed, and
half droned. When questioned, he said "he came •fter
the girl," meaning • niece of the solicitor's (who resided
in the house), • girl of 17. Poole is • married man, and
his wife gave information to the solicitor that shut
suspected her husband was in tie house. The charge
of burglary wee withdrawn. and the prisoner, who te-
calved •aever• reprimand, wee allowed t I go.
THE —Those who are ft 011012/ WO WO
specimens of the Irish pike, which has now become, to
onus degree, • national weapon, inasmuch as it was
med. the most prominent instrument of war in the In-
surrection of 1798 sod in the risings of 1848 and 1867,
may gratify their cariosity by • visit to the Oryatal
Palace. There are on exhibition two of thew pikes, one
taken In 'BB and the other in '67. There Is little differ-
singe between them in construction, except that the one
made more recently is, as may be anticipated, moce
carefully finished than the other. The top of the
weapon is of steel and resembles that of the lanes used
in the British army. This is fitted on a logic pole, to
which it is fastened, the arrangement altogether being
of the simplest description. The specimen. shown at
the Palace have neither the battle-axe, which some of
the Patio 01 ths last century poseamed, nor the hook,
which was intended, among other puree's's, for cutting
the leather bridle, of the cavalry horses.

Rg-M•aar•oge.—The Registrar Generalhas addremed
• letter to the Rev. J. Came, vicar of Merthyr. Coro-
wall, requesting that its contents be made public) in
or order to remove mischievous and erroneous
impressions concerning the marriage law. It appears
tt,,,t four p.m... who were married at the Register-
°Moe at Truro, in 1862, were persuaded, in order to hotel
all doubt removed as to the legality of their contra:4s,
to be re-married in Merthyr Chant, on Christmas-day
last, by the vicar of the parish. The ceremony was
accordingly gone through, end the matter wee brought
Wore the notice of the Truro Baird of Guardians
recently, when payment for the certified nopice of the
second marisse were objeeted to. The Registrar-
General was in consequence, communicated with, and
be has written to the rider, requesting him to lose no
time in making It distinctly understood that the reading
of the marriage service in the Church on Christmas-day
grail altogether unnecessary, and that the only legal
entries of the marriage In question are in the register of
the reaistrar who married the parties at Truro; the
vicar is referred to the Act 19th end 20th Victoria, esp.
119, which ezeresely declares that the reeding over the
marriage service in one of the churches of the Establish.
meat does not supersede or invalidate prior marriages In
the register-office.

FATAL ACCIDENT.— A fate accident occurred on
Tuesday evening at the platform of the Woolwich
Arsenal station to • private of the Wool wieli division of
Roy al Marine Light Infantry, named William Smith.
MO deceased bad been servant for severe, years past to
reptaln Julius Bunco, instructor of musketry to the
d vision. During the captain's absence on leave he had
absented himself from the nerd...a without permission,
together with • seaman paid off from Her Majesty's ship
Rapid, also named Smith. From the description in the
Her and Cry the delinquent was arrestei at Brentferd,
in Middlesex, and taken bask to Woolwich by *sergeant
of the division of police, to whom on tieing mooted
he had acknowledged having exeeeded his leave. He
was still wearing the esptain's livery. On leaving the
railway aarriage at Woolwich he made a most desperate
attempt to escape from custody, and, making • rush to
regain one of the carriages when the train was again in
motion, be mirsed his footing, and, falling *arose the
rail, he was literally mat in two, two of the carriages
having passed over his thighs. He was taken to the
Royal Marine Infirmary, but all remedies were found of
no avail. He died early the following morning. He
was • man of generally good ebarsater, and is rely much
regretted by his master. to whom he was mush attached.

FSWARM Ig BCOTLAMD.—For some time past agents
have been employed in this &deist collecting subecrip-
Moon in aid of the wive. and children nf the
pnblican troops" in Ireland, and large numbers
of the Irish inhabitants have subscribed handsoir e
sums : in one instance we have heard of as
muck so £27 being given, while many of the p. Atm
clews contributed freely. Notwithstanding the
fatigable exertions of the Catboat' clergy to ree4rii
their people from giving money to seined) their
advice is frequently disregarded, The polies eioreepieg
• sharp look-out f ,or the 'strangers." d. A any
cations of a movement towards distal.; Ati. the
Rumours of an alarming character are rise. the 4'7Z!
teen have been ordered to remove the ,treiee tree, their
respective armouries, and keep User „mien h,
to be called out at a moment's • „mire. 4,,,,,'"reZ;
morning weak • body a ""•^-sed Venison were dis-
covered drilling on the taropit• tea, near the Tiller,
of Moszend, but two P°lid.. Abel under the oonsand of
Sergeant 11'Noughton, of 'et Dehmi pet the o iron_ o
numbering between 25 Sr 38, to jot The
porn,.
nren continued the PP rthit, and suotheded appre-
hending six of the be etheehooLa They
so.
allyoung
men, and were quite
,aieber when they wet, apprehended.
They are r•P'rt.d.. Iwo drilled wit's the regularity of
well-drilled
•d,"...e, sag were cer.omandvd by • tall,
good-looking y.g man, dressed In dark clothes. with
an Al"ric&l'L beret' but the. "headeentre" was the
fir" he his heela, titer calling upon his cam-
pei.t' Nleighlo." The six men who were apprehended
••••• I' Almon. The authorities are taking active
UteasP 'Oa to sMsnthers any disturbence that may occur in
the OgillfOgdistricin, where it is well known there aside
,Ang sympathy for those who have been taken
gtireeorn in 'Multi. A Volunteer eorpe has been
organized during the past week at Motherwell, and
already musters stewards of 100 strong.

WIWI AND LOU. Of 14FL—A Dutch mead,
parrying not leen than 1,500 ions of coffee, auger, vices,
and arrowroot, hes hems totally last on her voyage from
Batavia to Rotterdam, involving a 'acrid°. of £40,000
or £5OOOO. But, much worse than that, 25 persons,
including three ladles, and • child only three days old,
have perished. There is but one survivor, and he said
be could not recollect either the amptain'e IMMO, or
that of the versa, and perhaps there was some excuse
for him. The vessel was the Jonkheer, the captain's
name Van de wall van putterselhook Inannierts I The
vessel wee wrecked on Tuesday morning, but it was not
known till the afternoon, when the ship was ashore
between Malibu and Poljew Coves, in each of which
wreck was washing in, end this being seen by • want-
guard, be got the rocket apparatus down, and found the
sole survivor of the wreck clambering up the side of the
cliffs. His serape was wonderful. As the hapless vessel
drove ashore and began to break up, he and two other.
were forward. The Alp parted. Her bowsprit touched
the rooks, and the three men sprang sabots, two of them
only to be reeked back by the frightful ass and to be
dmwned. The third felt himself being drawn down,
when his arm was seined so violently that it was broken,
but he was saved. In grasping the °lie his own hand
was powerless, bet the arm Itself slid into • movies and
was there jammed tightly. As the ma fall he was able
to relearns himself and was meek Re was fearfully
bruised and bettered, however, by billows and rocks.
Re is a Greek, Georgio Delanio by name. Al well as
can be gathered from him, three ladies have perished.
One of tbora
.Zbooa confined only three days, and bar
little boy is with her. Two ladies wen washed
ashore, the one stripped by the waves of every
of clothing, and apparently a Dutch woman of ST:t the
i.
other with only drawers and stockings on, and believed
to be 21, and English or French. Both would have
very soon have been mother.. The younger lady had a
gold heart-shaped locket of black enamel, with gold
.pecks, containing the photograph of a gentleman, with
alight moustache. On her anger a plain gold ring and
keeper, the keeper serrated at both edges, No marks
of identification on bodies or linen. The whole of the
property has been taken posesesion of by the receiver
of wreck, and great promptitude and mal are being
exercised by him for tbe basalt of all concerned,

The BROWN Darren' Srates.—Tbe strike of the
engine-drivers end firemen on the Brighton ridlway has
been happily abets, duration. Theme. Raked that when
sent away from their own homes on the berries of the
Company they should have a certain daily @Bowan°.
for their expanses; that Sunday work should be clouted
as time soda half, and that as a rule, after going off
duty, they should bare nine hour. clear before being
called up again. All these demands thedireetors freely
conceded. There followed a requisition concerning
the hours of work. The men contended that,
In the interests not only of themselves and their
employers, but of the public also, a limit should be.ptit
4. 444.44 11.4..4 of gigar • nfl 444. lireti 44• y eaves.ely
did not measure unreasonably when they said that ten
hours a day. or • rue of 150 mile., was enough for the
time. The direetors, however, haggled over this point,
and first offered to ooneede 60 hours as the limit for.
week, provide,' the work might be distributed over the
nix days at ailefetiOn. The men replied, with perfect
justice, that it was the dully and not the weekly service
shieh it is so desirable to limit; sad to these terms
the directors consented at length. The last, and, ait it
seemed, inrarmountettle diMitulty, concerned the rate
of sages. The pay for the first-clue engine-driver on
the Brighton line was 7s. thl. a day, and the men did
not allege that an ear/tee-driver deserved more. But
the wages current in the service was not uniform. They
were on a graduated scale and it was only after •
certain time, or on certain evidence of ability, that this
7s. 6d. • day was given to a driver u • sacuieusin of '
pay. in point of feet, out of a staff of 191 einginemen
employed on the Brighton line, only 36, or les. than one-
fifth receive this amount of wage. Of the rest, 74 got 7c,
and the others something lees. From the course of the
dispute we may now infer that the men oonsidered the
promotion too slow, and so, to remedy this, they claimed
to triplet* the advance of wages themselves. An
engine driver on obtaining employment warn to naive
but to this sum &l. a day was to be added ;
e y and absolutely, at the end of every six
months, until the pay became 7.. 6d. • while firemen
were to he adan vced on eimilar terms 'from 3s. 41.1 to
3s. 9d., 4a, and ta 6.1. By these demands the question
was mad* one of principle. It was to this requetioa
that the directors refused angel, and the dispute has
now been oompromised by an agreement which might
sorely have been rushed before. The men have sur-
rendered their claim to regulate obsoletely their own
preferment , and have left the power in the hands of
the directors, subject only to the audition that if any
man should be pared over he should have a right of
appeal to the Board. But although the strike of the
esgine-drivers on the London and Brighton Railway
has happily terminated, the.. is reason to believe that
we have not yet seen the last of this widely organised
movement. On Wednesday DWI, • thousand men of
the North-Eastern Railway resolved to follow the
and cease work on the
example of the Brighton men,
30th of April, and the men of the Stockton and
Darlington lure have intimated their intention of stand
-
lag by tho,e of the Nortb-Eastern. and giving a fc.rt-
night's notice to end at the same time. The Midland
men are also preparing to eat in concert with the North-
Eastern. The drivers and fireman oa the Great Eastern
have also sent a memorial to the directs" requiring an
'screw of wages to the aims wale as that jut agreed
to by the Itrighton Nord. A meeting of the drivers
of the Loodon and South-Western Railway was held on
Thursday, when it was Astrid that the memorial of the
men "'es being satiefeetorily arranged.