The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-01-12 00:00:00

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The Princes Royal has sat to Mrs. Thorneycroft for
her bust.

Lord Stratford de Redoßife left Vienna on the 28th ult.
for London; but he was obliged to stop at Dresden on
account of the illness of one of his daughters.
The Neufchatel affair, a hobby of the King of
Prussia's, cost Switzerland two million francs in pre-
paring to resist his Majesty's claims.
The Duke of Portland is reported to be alarmingly ill
from the shock caused in consequence of the fire which
occurred in his bedroom lately.
Mr. Vernon Smith met with an accident lately, whilst
hunting with the Fitzwilliam hounds. His collar-bone
was broken.
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The total number of emigrants who sailed from Liver.
pool for the American, Canadian, and Australian porta
(including New Zealand) daring the year just ended, was
upwards of 154,000.
Some interesting ancient relics have been discovered
at Ostia, in the Papal dominions ; among them, la
,ro?su
built of alabaster, and other stones, and exqtrAtely
adorned.

—iliee-iock of bullion in the fortress of St. Petersburg
and at Moscow is reported to be upwards
.of £20,000.000.
but the paper circulation of Russia is estimated at
£120,000,000.
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The north-western postal district of the metropolis is
now furnished with its central office, with a separate
staff. Letters therefore posted in this district, and be-
longing to it, will be sorted and delivered without any
communication with the chief office in Bt. Martin's-le-
Grand.

li-csScupation cannot be found for French workmen in
other directions, the improvements of Paris are to
continue, notwithstanding the progress made already,
and the difficulty of finding the money.
A severe shock of earthquake was experienced at
Agram, in Croatia, on the Wth ult. The undulating
motion continued at intervals for • considerable time,
and the noise (which lasted after the motion ceased) was
of a rolling, metallic character, as of • heavy carriage
passing quickly over a rough pavement.
The whole of the troops encamped at Alderebott will
be reviewed on the 26th instant, in honour of the marriage
of the Princess Royal.
Le Nord says that a serious difference will probably
arise in the Paris Congress as to whether the treaty
refers only to that portion of the river Danube which
runs through Turkey, or the river entirely,

The Town Council of Manchester Was presented vote
of thanks to the Executive Committee of the late Art
Treasures' Exhibition. The ceremony took place in the
Townhall, with the usual accompaninienta of substantial
viand e and good Wines..
The nention for distinguished serviee; rendered vacant
by the appoin'.inent of Sir Henry Havelock to. the
colonelcy of t me 3rd Buffs, has been conferred by the
General Commanding-in-Chief on Colonel Inglis, of the
32nd Regiment, which so gallantly prolonmd the defence
of the Residency of Lucknow till relieved by Sir Henry.
A man imprisoned in St. Andrea, (Janos, drove a natl,
three inehea tong, into, his body near , the heart, but
failed to do more than inflict a very serious injury.
The Rev, Joseph RoaleY, the chaplain of Lancaster
Castle Gaol, has resigned his poet, after discharging its
-ditties for 180 yeari, during Which pertod he has accom-
panied 200 criminals to the scaffold.
Mr. Serjeant Ryles will be the new judge, in the
room of Mr. Justice Crewmen, appointed to the Court of
Divorce and Matrimonial Causes.
Amongst the wounded at Lucknow is Lord A. P.
Clinton, midshipman, son of the Duke of Newcastle.
A French savant has discovered that. immediately
after death, a znurinering sound is heard in the body,
lasting five, ten, scot even fifteen hours. It diminishes
gradually, and ceases first in the parts of the body
which are farthest from the heart. In an amputated
member the same sonnd is heard for several minutes.
The non-existence of this sound may be considered a
sum sign of the total cessation of life.
The shipbuilders of the Wear 1,400 in number, are
"on strike." They turned out when the masters pro-
posed 4s. instead of his, per day. The employers now
offer 4s. 61. ; the men refuse it.
The strike of colliers in the Aberdare district is more
determined than ever. Some who had returned to work
have been (impelled by threats to turn out again.
Madlle. Rachel, the celebrated tragedian, embraced
the Catholic faith and received the sacrament of bap-
tism on the 18th of November last. On Tuesday morn-
ing she died. She had been a Jewess.
There me some hope in military circles of a brevet on
the occasion of the Royal nuptials.
A military institute for the recreation of private
soldiers is to be established by private subscription at
Woolwich. Similar institutions exist at Dover and
other places, and have been attended with beneficial
effects.
An old wall, with several arcades of stone, which had
been left standing after the late destructive fire at
Galata, fell down a few days ago. Several shopkeepers
bad established themselves in the arches, and fifteen
persons were buried in the ruins. Of these, only three
were got out alive.
Villet, Bourse, and Lemaire, three leaders of a band of
hereditary assassins and robbers, which has been for years
the terror of a great part of Picardy, and whose numer-
ous and cold-blooded murders are far more extraordinary
than anything related by Eugene Sue, were executed at
, Almeria last week. Fifty thousand people attended the
execution.