The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-01-19 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS

DORCHESTER, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1858.

HONESTE AUDAX.

The days of infernal machines and diabolical
attempts upon human life have not yet, it would
seem, wholly gone by; nor has France, which
unhappily has become the too familiar scene of
these unmitigated atrocities, waged to prolong
the remembrance of such deeds. An attempt
to assassinate the EMPEROR AND EMPRESS of the
French was made in Paris on Thursday evening.
Three explosive shells were thrown into their
Majesties' carriage as it drew up at the door of
the Opera House. Neither the Emperor nor
the Empress was injured by the explosion, but
his Majesty's hat was pierced by a fragment of a
shell; General Roourr, his aide-de-camp, who
was seated on the front seat of the carriage, was
slightly wounded in the neck; two of the foot-
men were wounded, one of the horses was killed,
and the carriage shattered. Nearly 60 people
who were standing before the theatre, including
some soldiers of the escort, were also wounded,
and three were killed. After the explosion the
EMPEROR showed [himself to the people at the
doors of the Opera House, and was received with
enthusiastic cheers. Their Majesties remained
till the end of the opera, and on their return to
the Tuileries at midnight they were hailed by
the cheers of an immense multitude who were
waiting for them in the streets. Several of the
conspirators have been arrested; among them are
four Italians who had recently come from England.
Such is the brief narrative of this most dastardly
act, which is so gross an outrage upon every
feeling of humanity. The French people testi-
fied on the instant, and by every possible means
that could be momentarily seized, their un-
affected joy at the escape of the EMPEROR and
the EMPRESS from the destructive rage and fury
of this bloody and most cruel attempt at assegai-
nation. Dense crowds thronged around the
' imperial carriage on its return from the opera,
and rent the air with exclamations of loyalty
and attachment, mingled with the most bitter
and unrelenting denunciations of the sanguinary
wretches who could concoct and execute so
dreadful a conspiracy. Illuminations sprang up
in all the most available and conspicuous places,
and the whole of Paris may be said to have been
' alive with the warmest and most unmistakeable
sympathy which such an occurence was calcu-
lated to produce. There seems to be no doubt
that the attempt is due to some of the most
desperate representatives of the Socialist and
'Democratic world, who imagine that by destroy-
ing the present head of the Government they
will plunge the country into such a state of
I anarchy and peril as will favour the pretensions
of these wild and dangerous politicians. But
I out of evil good often arises, and thus it will no
doubt be found in the present case. The com-
mon instincts of justice and humanity will pity
the personal danger of the EMPEROR under such
circumstances, and bring over coldness and re-
serve within the more genial limits of attach-
ment and respect; while existing loyalty and
affection towards the monarch cannot but be
otherwise than strengthened both their intensity
and expression. Just in proportion as all these
influences are found to operate in this direction,
so it is obvious they will act in the way of con-
demnation and repression of those murderous
coteries in which the late atrocity haa had its
rise. Liberty will come to be more rigidly
scrutinized than before, and the genuineness of
her pretensions laid open, no more to doubt,
since deeds like these seek to hide themselves
under so fair a covering.
We gather from accounts of this catastrophe
which reached London yesterday that five
minutes previous to the explosion M. Herbert,
a peace-officer, recognized at the corner of the
Rue Lepelletier an Italian named Pierri, who
had lately returned to Paris, and who had been
expelled from France in the year 1852. Pierri
travelled with a false passport, which he had
obtained in London, and entered France through
Belgium. Although he spoke English, and was
disguised, M. Herbert, who had not seen him
for five years, recognized and arrested him.
Pierri was the bearer of a aix-barrel revolver
and a bomb similar to those exploded, together
with along dagger. After having lodged Pierri
in the guard-house, M. Herbert was in time to
open the door of the Emperor's carriage, when
he received two severe wounds.

The Emperor seems to have had a still
narrower escape than was at first supposed. His
hat was actually torn into two parts; the collar
of the cloak he wore and that part which covered
his shoulder were reut open. The present is the
third attempt by similar means on the person
of a French Sovereign within the last 57 year&
The first 1.711.9 the infernal machine of the Rue
Nicaire, intended to blow up the First Consul
on his way to the opera. The second was that
of FIESCHI and MOREY, in 1835, against Louis
PHILIPPE, on his return by the Boulevard du
Temple, and which wet the lives of 18 persona,
among whom was Marshal Moans., Duke of
Tusvisz ; and the last that of Thursday night,
perhaps still more destructive.

According to the Afonitetir, the number of
wounded at present ascertained is 102, time
divided: 47 civilians, 12 Lancers of the Imperial
Guard, 11 of the Municipal Guard of Paris, 28
police agents of different ranks, and belonging
to the household of tlteit biajestiee. There is
no douht that the conspirators were Italians, and
four of the chiefs are in custody, viz., Count
°Ram, who has confessed that he threw one of
the bombs; Plnar, a Roman colonel well
known to the police as a murderous villain;
Goitzz, and another, who calls himsel Da Suva,
but whose real name is RIIDIO. Several arrests
are being made from day to day. The proceed,
ings before the Jugs d'lnatruction are kept
secret.

WE are enabled this week to give a brief and
connected narrative of recent events in India, of
which only detached messages were available in
our last issue. The full details which have come
to hand, are some of them, indeed, of the most
striking interest. General WINDHAM, it appears
defeated on the 26th November, the troops of
Koour Singh, whom the Gwalior Contingent had
sent on as an advanced guard. On the following
day he was surprised by the whole force of the
Gwalior Contingent, 14,000 strong, with a
numerous cavalry and 40 guns, and was driven
back to his intrenchmenta, leaving his standing
camp, stores, camp equipage, and the entire sta-
tion of Cawnpore in the possession of the enemy.
Her Majesty's 64th, one of General HA vsLocx's
victorious regiments, charged and carried a
battery in the centre of the enemy's line, but
not being supported they were surrounded and
almost cut up. Brigadier WILSON was killed,
and several officers were tali en prisoners, three
of whom are known to have been mutilated and
murdered,—one having been beaten to death,
another broken on a cart-wheel, and another
hanged on the gallows erected by General NalLa
for the punishment of the mutineers. Six Cour(
CAMPBELL, who had succeeded by a night march
in withdrawing the women and children, the
sick and wounded, the garrison and the State
prisoners from Lucknow without loss, arrived at
Cawnpore on the 29th. He had heard the firing I
at a distance, and pressed on his force with such
rapidity that he marched 43 miles in 31 hours.
Leaving all incumbrances on the Oude side of
the river, he crossed, and after a brief but
decisive engagement swept the enemy out of
their position in front of our intrenchments, and
kept them at bay with his heavy guns until he
had sent the women and children to Allahabad.
On the 6th December, his preparations having
been completed, Sir COLIN gave the enemy
battle. He commenced by shelling them out of
the native town and then attacked them with
the rifle. Their loss was fearful, and their whole
army of 14,000 men fled in utter confusion.
They were pursued by General HOPE GRANT,
who caught them as they were beginning to cross
the Ganges, and completely routed them with
the loss of 15 guns, their wagons, stores, grain,
baggage, bullocks, and munitions of war. SIR
COLIN CAMPBELL has left General OUTRAN with
a division at the Alumbagh, and is believed to be
still at Cawnpore, awaiting the arrival of reinforce-
ments. The 34th and 73d Native Infantry have
mutinied at Challigatory and Dacca, and thus
the Bombay army is extinguished with the ex-
ception of a few disarmed corps. In addition to
these details of recent events, the Mail has
brought General INGLis's Report of the Defence
of Lucknow, of which it is sufficient to say, in
the language of the GOVERNOR-GENERAL in
Council, that "never has a tale been told which
will so stir the hearts of Englishmen and English-
women as this simple and earnest narrative."

DORCHESTER PITCHED CORN MARKET, Saturday.
—There was a good supply of wheat at our market
to-day, which met a slow sale at a decline of Is. to
2s. per qr. A clearance was not made at the close of
the market. The best samples of barley were taken
at previous rates, but secondary ones could
not be placed except at a reduction of 2s. or 3s. per
qr., as foreign samples were offering at lower prices.
INDIA.—A lecture on this all-engrossing and deeply
interesting subject is to be delivered at the Townhall
on Thursday evening, by Edmund Fry, Esq. The
particular branch of the subject chosen for the lecture
is "The acquisition of India by the sword."
The monthly sitting of the Dorchester County
Court was held at the Shirehall on Tuesday.
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Bus ACCIDENT.—On Saturday night whilst the
omnibuses belonging to the Antelope and King's
Arms Hotels were at the London and South West-
ern Railway station the pole of the King's Arms
bus accidentally ran into the neck of a valuable
mare in the Antelope bus inflicting a severe wound.
The animal is in a precarious state.
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THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.—The
Great Western Railway Company announce a special
excursion train from Dorchester and Weymouth to
London on Friday, returning on the succeeding
Tuesday. The fares for so long a sojourn in the
metropolis are moderate, and in all probability a
goodly number of persons will avail themselves of
the accommodation.—A ball at the Towuhall
is likewise announced in commemoration of the
auspicious event, under the patronage of the Wor-
shipful the Mayor of this borough.--The South-
Western Railway Company prolong their tickets
from Saturday till Tuesday, and also run a special
train on Saturday, returning on Wednesday, on very
reasonabe terms.

Roma. —Dr. Theodorani, who has been visiting
some neighbouring places during the past few weeks,
is to give a lecture on " Rome and the Papacy " at the
Townludl to-night (Tuesday.)

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DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL. —On Thursday week
the 17th annual meeting of the governors of this insti-
tution was held in the board room of the County
Hospital, Princes-street. The High Sheriff, Hastings
N. Middleton Esq., presided. The committee's re-
port was read and adopted. The treasurer's state-
ment showed the receipts, £1,455 4s. lid.; expen-
diture, £1,584 16s. 5d.; balance from 1857, £6O 6s. ;
overdrawn £69. A feeling tribute was paid to the
memory overdrawn,
late Earl of Ilchester, patron of the
institution, the report, after declaring the loss
irreparable, quoting the words of Arthur Dyke
Troyte, saying that •He helped it still, working its
way step by step, by his kind and always valued,
because real, patronage." Several speakers bore tes-
timony to the boundless generosity of the late Earl,
up to a few days of his decease, towards this institu-
tion. It was resolved that the Right Hon. the Earl
of llchester be requested to accept the office of Patron
of the Dorset County Hospital, in the room of his
late lamented brother, and that the Rev. C. W.
Bingham be commissioned in forwarding the request
to Lord Ilchester, to express the sincere con-
dolence of the meeting with him and his family at
the loss which they, in common with all ranks, have
sustained. Thanks were voted to the chairman and
to the Rev. C. W. Bingham, and the meeting
separated.

The Rev. Frank Hewson Wellington has been
appointed, with the Diocesan's permission, to the
temporary charge of Packstone, vacant by the resig-
nation of the Rev. C. F. Booker.

Tint Nay' COURT—Sir C. Cresswell, the judge of
the new Court of Probate, line appointed Edwin
Augustus Smith and Francis T. Johns, Biqa, joint
registrar of the District Probate Court at Blandford,
comprising the whole of the county of Dorset, includ-
ing the town and county of Poole. Wills of all
persons having a fixed place of residence in the
County of Dorset may be proved at Blandford. The
law of bona notabilia being abolished, all solicitors
are competent to practice in the new court.
DIRECTION OF LETTERS TOR LONDON AND ITS
Envinoss.—ln order to promote rapidity and cor-
rectness in the delivery of letters, London and its
environs have, for purposes, been divided into
ten districts, each to be treated, in many respects.
as a separate town. To render this arrangement
effectual, every means should be taken by the public
for causing letters to be directed according to the
district for which they are intended. The initials of
the name of such district will suffice ; but, if pre-
ferred, any other contraction, or the name in full,
may be used instead. In the direction of a letter,
the initials, or initial, as the case maybe, should be
legibly written in a separate line, and should in all
cases end the address. A careful attention to this
request is the more important because commencing
with the let of February next, the following rule
will be observed with regard to all mails reaching ,
London after the first morning delivery, viz. I
When any of these mails arrive at such an hour that
it is possible to include part, but not the whole of
the letters in the next delivery, a selection for such ,1
delivery will be made of those properly addressed'
to the postal district, the remaining letters being
sent out by the following delivery.
COUNTT MAGISTRATES OFFICE, Shirehall, Tuesday,
Jan. 12.—(Before H. Williams, Esq.)—Charles Norris,
master of the barque Holywood, was brought up in cus-
tody having been apprehended on a warrant charging
him with shooting at John Williams with intent to do
him grievous bodily ham on the 6th on board the
schooner Harriet in Portland Roads. Superintendent
Everitt deposed that on the preceding (Monday) morn-
ing he apprehended the prisoner, who sailed from Port-
land Roads on the 7th, at the Coal Exchange, Thames-
street, London, and brought the prisoner to Dorchester
by the night mail. Remanded till Saturday.

COUNTY PLITT thasiont, Shirehall, fiattirdAY, JAIL
16.—(.13ef01t H. Wuhan', Esq., Captain ,q. A. Manning.
her Majesty's lieutenant of the islinff of Peirtland,
W. L. Heining,Eiq_ „, and D li Drn
aWsoaer,
Bef*aed Pearce was charged with
'keeling a bullock's heart, value Is. 6d., the property of
James Betty, butcher, at Portland. Mr. R. N. How-
ard, of Weymouth, defended the prisoner. Prosecutor
stated that whilst out with his meat cart, on the 11th,
prisoner took a bullock's heart from the cart and went
into the Mermaid public house, during the time that pro-
secutor was a few doors off. Richard Moore, constable
of Portland, produced the bullock's heart, and said that
prosecutor fetched him to apprehend prisoner, who did
not deny having the heart, but readily gave it tip. Wit-
ness had seen prosecutor's cart Mind ni late hours, and
rosecutor Was often the worse for liquor, but usually
tie* how id conduct his business. Mr. Howard, in
defence, said that the prisoner wanting to buy a heart
for dinner took one up from prosecutor's cart, and
asked for the butcher, who was away at the moment.
With the heart in his hand, prisoner walked towards the
Mermaid to learn the price. Prosecutor darted after
him, and tapping him on his shoulder said, "You are
MY Prisoner." Prisoner immediately surrendered. The
Bench, deeming the case proved, committed Pearce to
the House of Correction for 6 weeks' hard labour.