The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-11-15 00:00:00

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The Empress Eugenie has assisted lately at the Coun-
cil of Ministers presided over by the Emperor.
A correspondent of the Builder suggests a plan by which
the Westminster Palace clock may be wound up by the
action of the tide.
A young man named Bell, of Alloa, (Ell dead last week
in the midst of the festivities consequent on the imirriage
of his sister-in-law.
A llussian squadron, composed of one inan-of-war, and
five frigates, will remain during the winter at Villa-
franca.
Mrs. Keeley is, it is said, engaged by madame Celeste
for the company she is no organizing for the Lyceum
Theatre at Christmas.
M. Tizzoni, an Austrian captain of gendarmes, who
went over to the Sardinians, shot himself a few days ago
at Turin.
Two stacks of wheat were, last week, destroyed
by fire in the yard of Castle Howard Reformatory ;
it is suspected that they were purposely set on
fire.
A Madrid paper says that a British vessel, loaded with
arms for Tangiers, has been captured off Tarifa by the
Spaniards.
A monument to Sir H. IL Bishop, erected by the
exertions of the leading members of the Sacred Bar-
n ~,,, ic Society, has just been placed in the cemetery at
Finchley.
The members of the Waterford Club Hunt have re-
solved to erect to the memory of the late Mar.mis of
Waterford a 111111 l unient on the spot where his Lordship's
death occurred. _ . . . .

A fanner at itarrhead, in Scotland, went to the police-
station to charge a 111“11 with atLAIIIII4e lii. potctoes ; the
farmer's " guide proor 1,1 the theft being that Ilk ser-
vant girl had dreamed it.
The exact amount .if force to be contributed by India
to the Chinese expedition is 6,0U0 European and 4,b00
native tnmps.
Mslio,,,uied Said, Pacha of Egypt, on hearing of the
serious illness of ti e late Mr. Robert Stephenson,
addressed a most sympathizing letter to that paittainan,
to whom lie wet much attached. .

Au unusually large waterNpout was seen travelling
down channel on Wilda), week, in a south-we,terly
direction, the wind at the time blowing from the north-
ea,t.

The proposkd Hotel near the London-bridge terniinus
is said to be abaadontsl, the Brighten Railway 'ompany
having bought up the property which WWI intended to be
devoted to this purpose.
'rho co 'Res: of the Liverpool Society of fine arts
has awarded the 'society's prise of £lOO to Mr. Hart,
It. A., for his picture of "the captivity of Eccelino,
Tyrant of Padua.'
The cholera has broken out among the French troops
on the Murrocco frontier. Several officers have fallen
victims th it, and the total luta in every rank is stated
to be over woo.
The "new interests" of France in the Red Sea (say some
of the French journal), have decided the Empenw
to accredit • permanent Charge-d'Affaires to the King
of Abyssinia ; be is to reside at Gonda.
The General toiumnenling-iivrhief !tax called upon
co 1111 l landing officers to discourage king in the mew
rooms, but hia Royal Highness does not object to the
practice in the ante-room.
The Emperor of the French went to Paris from Com.
pKgue on Monday, alighting at the th',tel du Louvre,
where he paid a visit to the Grand Duchess Maria of

Colonel Clifford, son of Rear Admiral Sir Augustus
Clifford, has been appointed Yeoman Usher of the Black
Rod at the House of Lords, in the room of the late
Mr. James Pulman, KR.i, Clarenceux King of
Arms. .

A gun-boat has been taken by way of experiment
from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic by inland navi-
gation, arriving at Roclifort from Bordeaux, thus show-
ing that vessels of a moderate draught of water need not
pass through the Strait of Gibraltar.
Professor Forbes, who at present fills the chair of ,
Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh,
has been appointed Principal of the United College of St.
Salvador and St. Leonard in the University of St.
Andrews.
Sir Charles Wood, the Indian Secretary of State, has
divided his council into six permanent committees, and
has made other important changss in the business of
his office, with a view to a Mors effective administra-
tion.
The Empress Eugenie has proclaimed, it seems, that
crinoline is to be definitively abandoned, and woollen
stuffs are to be adopted for walking dresses, not wore
lung in the skirt as of late, but so as to show the
ankle .
There are still seventy gnntlemen at tlythe undergoing
rifle instruction. They are assenibled from all parts of
the country, and several have even come from Scotland.
The 'arty have been formed into squads of eight to ten
each, and apply themselves heartily to the work in
hand.
King Victor Emmanuel has conferred decorations ,
upon several members I,f the French press. The news.
papers thus honoured I?) are the Siiuse, the l'alrir, the
()pinnate Nationale, the !loos, the Defsits and the
Illustration (now deceased). 'Three writers mm, the Sack'
have been decorated.
The Tiber overflowed its banks lately, and the Ghetto
and all the streets near the stream were dogsled. The
shops were shut up and the inhabitants took refuge in
the upper stories of their houses, where provisions hail to
be taken to them by boats. The Pantheon was confide.
tely surrounded by water.
The jewels of the Queen of Jhansi have been sold, re-
alising nearly C 19,000 sterling 1,57,914 rs. Two neck-
laces ornamented with emeralds, and two wristlets set
with diamonds were purchased by Lord Elphinstune can
present to Iler Majesty the Queen. They were by far
the t valuable of all, and were rated at the sum of
34,000 rs.
The artilleryman, Davis, who was recently dogge I at
Chatlmin, under circumstances which evoked a large
amount of public sentiment, deserted fro.ll Iris
reginitut immediately aft-Ir his release from haspical.
It is said that no steps will be taken tor 116 apprehen-
sion. . . . . .

Much attention is directed to the very important total
eclipse of the sun whieli will occur in July next year,
Alla Will b vjsil,k ri *till awl Algeria. At I. ast forty
astronomers, front lraiii, England, tkrinany, Russia,
and Italy, are expected to asseuible in Spain or Africa
to witness Mi. eclipae.
Several Russian artists re,iding in Parisi have coin-
plained to Count de Kisseleff, of the extraordinary con-
duct of a Russian nainc.l Wasailitchikutf. It appears
that this penion, on his own authority only. had gone to
the residence of these gentlemen in their absence, ex-
amined their papers, and interrogated the servants as to
their habits and means of exiatence.

The ball of the Doges at Venicu threatens to fall. A
fresco on the ceiling is cracked across, and a portion of
it has fallen. This hall is the largest in any European
pahiLay, and contains the nowt extensive painting in ex-
istence. It is by Tintoretto, and the subject is the Hap-
piness of the Blessed.
The Emperor of Russia has approved and confirmed
the statutes of a society lately organized in Russia to
afford pecuniary assistance to poor scientific and literary
men and their families. The society, which is saiil to be
numerous, is maintained by annual subscriptions, dos-
tions, and the profits arising front concerts and theatrical
perform sums.
The Rev. Dr. Hills, the first Bishop of Columbia, is
completing his arrangements for leaving England for
that colony, and will sail in about three weeks or a
motith. Thy Bishop will preach • farewell sermon in
St. James's, Piccadilly, on the tali inst.