The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-02-07 00:00:00

Niscttiantour.

The Gland Duchess Stephanie of Baden died on the
29th ult. at Nice.
Maclaine Schrceder Devrieut, the celebrated singer,
died on the 26th ult. at Coburg. She wan born in 1806,
and retired from the stage in 1848.
M. Alexandre Dumas la said to be busy with a 'Life
of Garibaldi."
Mr. Hardwick's comic drama, "A Bachelor ol Arts,*
and Mr. Taylor's ooniedietta, "Nine Points of the Law,"
were performed at Windsor Castle on Wednesday. In
the former piece Mr. and Mrs. Charles Matthews, Yr.
F. Matthews. Mr. Horace Wigan, and Miss MarMea
appeared. "Nine points of the Law" was performed by
the leading members of the Olympic company.
His Excellency Admiral von Docknm, Danish Minister
at this Court, has returned to London from Cogenhapn.
Time Duke of Rillitnond has granted permission for the
, exhibition in London this summer of four pieces of
tapestry purchased by the third Duke of Richmond in
Paris in 1765. when he was Ambassador. The subject
of the tapestry is the adventures of Don Quixote.
The Government, we hear, has given up the idea of
fortifying Weedon and waking it the central depot foe
our vast accumulation of military stores and materials.
The Commissioners appointed to inquire into it, advan-
tages for such • stat.Mn report—no natural defences.
M. Lescarbault, the discoverer of • new planet,
has been made • Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
Seventy uxembers of Parliament claim this 1111111iOn to
be wholly excused front serving on election committees,
on account of their being more than sixty years old.
A medal is about to be struck at the Paris Mint to
commemorate Um signature of the treaty of commerce
between England and France.
Mr. Thiakeray has consented to preside at the
anniversary of the General Dramatic Eger:stria& Sick
Fund Association, which is tired to take place on Ash-
Wednesday.
Pauperism is still happily below the mark. In the
fourth week of December last the decrease in Ragland and
Wales was 31,130, or 3.63 per cent, being the difference
between 857,903 and 826,773. The decrease was without
exception in ell the eleven districts. The same may be
said of the remaining weeks of the month.
Madame Gamier is among the new engagements for
the Royal Italian Opera.
The directors of the Crystal Palace, Elydeahaut, have
arranged for a musical celebration of several
duration by between 3,000 and 4,000 cambers el the
choral societies of Francs, in Jane next.
The paper duty for the year eliding the 31st of Marsh
last amounted to £1,153,657, and in the preceding year
to £4130,653.
The American ship Eagle Speed has jest put back
into Liverpool, after being tossed about in the Atlantis
for 56 days. The damage both to vessel and cargo is
very considerable.
The mechanics employed at Chatham dockyard are
now working daring the dinner hour, so vigorously are
the works pushed on.
A calculating machine, invented b Y. Meats, is
now in full work in the ollice of the
for the benefit of the statistical department.
Of twelve or thirteen witnesses who went from
Pudsey to attend time Bradford West Riding Court last
week not one could read or write or tell what season of
I the year Easter or Christmas occurred in. One woman
said she knew nothing either of week, month, or year,
because she had no clock!
The Russian censorship has prohibited the perfor-
mance at the French Theatre at St. Petersburg of the
, "Piers Prodigue," by Alexander Dumas, junior.
The Bank of England has raised its rate of diaconal;
to 4 per cent., with a view to arrest the extraordi-
nary drain of bullion which has been going on during
I the last mouth.
A fire broke out in Skinner-street on Tueedritz4ligasb
destroying property of the vales of several
pounds. The sufferers &re Mr. Leader, of the Bible
warehouse, and Meters. Fraser and Co.' paseern-eard
makers. On the same evening • Are made terrible
havoc in • pile of warehouses b.loemging to Alderman
Hurupbery at the foot of London bridge.
The Supreme Court ot Ohio has &bolded • saes in
which the question of right of children of agrees to be
admitted into the common schools of the State was
decided. The decision of the Court was that the chil-
dren of aurae have not that right.
The movement in favour of erecting • tomeoeial of
Sir John Franklin, at Spilsby, his native pises, is ad-
vancing. Several gentlemen who had propiieed eabearip-
taupe for • proposed " Franklin Museum ' at Lineola—a
scheume now abandoned—have transferred their dona-
tions.
One hundred and twelve summonses were raised

ags.i.7st persona for -pa;ii;eni or the ana-U-iii iiaTi in
Edinburgh between the 10th of August, 1867, sad the
10th of August, 1869, and fin were arrested and seat
to prison during that period.
A Mr. James Murphy, who died recently in Dahlia.
has, it is said. bequeathed F. 60,000 to the various chari-
ties in that city. He was the last surviving son of •
saleswastor of Smithfield, who, from small hogian*
died in the poeseseion of enormous wealth
like £4oo,ooo—besides landed property.
The Castor, 36, and the Brilliant, 20, aro ordered to
, be fitted at Chatham as training-skips for the Navel
Coast Volunteers. A 60-gun ship, probably the Ifiso-
helm, is about to be placed on the Milford Meths for
coastguard and coast volunteer service.
A severe earthquake did • met deal of damage to the
State el Salvador on the Bth of December. -No lives
were lost.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean othinseneed as engage-
ment at the Queen's Theatre, Edinburgh, on Monday
night week.
li. Grower de Osengthe, in the Pays, has • bog
article on the Papal question. He coselodes with tho
following characteristic bit :—" Speaking absolutely,
God has no need of anybody; but for the Let 14 as
-
turns He has always thought it useful to employ Frames
for the socouiplialiment of His designa."
Some workmen engaged at Si. Nthaire in new sheath-
ing the ship leareoco, recently returned from
found the fragment of a born of a sword-lab which Sea
penetrated to the depth of live 444 into the keel.
alter passing through • sheet of copper as thick as •
two-sous piece.
General Sir Thomas Measkagall Brisbane, Bert. Pre
admit of the Royal Society el Edinburgh, gig 6$ his
seat near Large on Friday week. Sir Themes wet
born in 1773, la the mos loses in which he ilia
The Gnat &OM is now in therms of Mr. 11.44 the
mood eater; kb. home, SW 441 ollosr, loving WS
Use ship siass the was laid spat fisulimples.