The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-06-20 00:00:00

THE REVOCATION OT THE EXTRADITION

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TREATY.
An apsuulicatrZiwas made for the discharge of Chu.
Brent, with forgery under the extradition
treaty with can's at the court of Queen's Bench
to-day, and the application was granted. [What a
day the rogues are having!)

THE EASTERN QUESTION.
ASSASSINATION OF TWO TURKISH WINISTZIL
CONSTANTINOPLI, FRlDAT.—Hussein Avni Pubs.
Minister of War. and Rachid Pubs. Fareliml inister„
have hien &originated. The Minister of Marine was
attacked. but welted- They were attacked and shotby SS
allow who had been &mired. The Alert is said to be
Yuen's.
The Ministers were assembled in Council lost night at
the residence of litidhag Puha, when an officer recently
dismissed. entered the Council-chamber. He was
with a revolver, with which he shot dead Hussein Anni
Pacho, Minister of War, and Raiitid Pasha, Minister of
=Affairs, and seriously wounded Ergot Paths.
of Marine. The sissigin has alio shot dead an
sidegle-camp of the Grand Vizier, and one of the servants
of Midhat Pubs. The arearn hai been arrested. His
crime is attributed to motives of revenge. The assassin-
ated Ministers were buried to day. Trustworthy !intern -
genes received states that the assassin Human, on
advancing to Are upon Hussein Avni Pubs, uttered some
words which apparently signified he wished the deed he
was committing to be considered an act of revenge for the
deposition of the late Sultan Abdul Ails.

DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.
A very destructive fire, attended with fatal results,
occurred Friday in Ayr at the carpet ntanufactory and
wool works of Mr. James Templeton. The premises
comprised four blocks of buildings, and the fire originated
in one of the blocks situated at the back of the worka A
number of women ran screaming out of this buildiag and
exclaiming that others were inside unable to serape. Boon
afterwards the roof fell In, and the flames shot up above
It. Owing to the scarcity of water, little could be done
by the fire brigades to check the conflagration, and the
works were almost entirely ftestroiod- Olrolpiin who
lend from a top story, was taken to the in •
state. The stock of wool and of finished
In a separate building were med. The totalcirrors
I, estimated at not lass than .000. Twenty-one females
and one man are missing, and no doubt is en-
tertained that they bay. ;wished in the flames. The girl
who jumped from one of the windows died three hours
alter her admission to the hospital. During the
el the fire • report was - that eind James 1= circulated Te
an
overseer had locked the door of the room where the iirls
who perished were at work shortly after the fire broke
out. As Barr himself was burned to death, the truth of
this report may never be known; but the fact of so many
lives Wog lost when there was ample time to escape
appears. otherwise inexplicable. The fire is supposed to
have originated with • machine called the wool teaser,
which was at work on the second floor of the building. A
third telegram adds that three more females are
as having been burned to death. The remains of reported
or
ulna of the bodies are visible among the &brig.

Mr. Chamberlain has resigned the Mayoralty of Flir-
rai=mt* becomes candidate for the seat about to be
by Mr. Diwn.
Mr. BlopkinsoPP, Proprietor of Vaeity Pair, was on
Saturday committed for trial, his own bail being taken.
Oar a libel on the Native Guano Company.
The Durham Miners' Association on Saturday resolvod,
by a min majority, to resist arbitration in the matter of
the proposed redaction of wages A strike is feared.
A deputation welted on the Home Secretary, on War-
ta ask that the Devon sedans might not be removed
to Plymouth. The Home Secretary said the question was
one of public convenience, and would be waiddmed in that
light.
no Rev. W. S. Rainsford, curate .ISt. Giles, N
haying been inhibited from preaching in consign=
his having taken part in some Dissenting SerViCal. lute
seceded from the Church of England. itrlsindord has
left England for the United States