The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-02-05 00:00:00

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St:Frantic:a or A SHIPWRVUKED CHEM.—Captain
Nelson, of the fillip Sardinia, writes from Rangoon that
...bile on his pass ige from Akyab to that place he fall
in with the ii reek of the Queen of klartaban, which
hoi lost all licr sails, the maininast cut away. and it
signaled that when uti her beam ends the cabin was
stove in, and she fillol from the deck. When Captain
Nelson cattle up to the wreck lie found those of the
srew and psso ugers cho lied remained I y the ship OS'
in number) in A 11411 t v retched state. They were suf-
fering frightfully from hunger and thirst, not having
...tor any food for 13 dap, the sea having swept
everything away, and no ut ois existing of counnuni•
eating with the stores. The poor fellow's when taken
ou board the Ssr.linia were in a state of great exhaure
lion, and more dead than alive, from the exposure to
which they wire subjected and the time during which
they hail been without food. They were tauten on to
Rangoon and provided with fresh clothes and otter
ilecesnarien. Captain Nelson fulther reports that
luring Itis pAPIAA., lie stoke the ship Inkerinann, by
filch he learnt that the liikerinann hal picked up four
.4 the men belonging to the Queen of Manahan who
had abandoned the ship oil • raft. In all it appeared
that six of the crew took to the raft, two of whom
perished. The body of one of these had been kept on
the raft, in reserve for food, until they saw deliverance
nt hand.

F sTAL Fl.:111' IN ESSEX.—On Wednesday, Mr.
Humphreys, coroner, opened an inquiry at the Cock
inil Castle, King,land, on the holy of Alfred Faver-
,lllllll. aged 19, who died frolu the mortal effects of
injuries received in a pu.olistic encounter with a young
man, 11/1111e.1 W•iik a greengrocer. From the evidence
4 several witnesses, it appeared that deceased boil
quarrelled with Wiillis, and that they hasl agreed to
On Sunday morning they repaired to the
" Marshes" at Hackney, where a great many persons
&i assembled, and after aceeral rounds deceased and
Wadi. fell heavily together, the foriner undermost. A
. art was procured, and dccc acod, who was quit,. insen.
dble, re .ed to a house in the vicinity, where he
hortly after warls expired. The inquiry w. adjourned.
'rite op L. Tuilat i/AUVIRGNI,..—Thet swuril
if La Tour d'Auvergne,the celebrated French grenadier,
oaring teen preeelitell to o.rib:deli liy its possessor, the
latter received MI% following letter of thanks
" C iprera, January 2, 180 .—1 have received the sword
if La Tour d'Aueergue, that swonl which the Consuls
4 the Republic decreed to the bravest man of the
French army- ti the bravest wan of an army that
rumpled under its gigantic steps and buried it the dust
lie tlinin. &WI tyrants of Europe. This honour Intr-
o/MAW all that the aapirations a a iltitoy men, of any
Ilan, can dream. 1 ac,:spt it, not only with all the
.iratitude I an capahle of feeling, but in addition as a
•igii of the sympathy of humanitarian Fralice for
oppressed nationalities. The initiative of the great
reforms that are to coosecrate the fraternity of peoples
a•rtains .4111 to France."

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DANOZI SIGYAIAI Vt/a RAILWAY TRAIN/4.-14 very
omple, bat ingeniuue plan for coiniuutueating between
*away carriagee and the guard of the train, in case of
accident or danger, lies just been patented by Mr. W.
.1. Mentz, if Milll.rook Lodge, seer Southatopten. Ti,.
ipparatua consista of a rope, covered with la .ther, imag-
ing through metal tubes attached to each marriage, and
supportgpl to the roof by brackets, the tube being cut
into iv iii, no as to leave a :quaff space over the centre
of each cos:apartment, to allow the hand of the pitmen.
ger to grasp the rope. A metal liimk, with steel apringa,
attached to the end of the rope of one carnage, links on
to a metal ring arcured to the rope of another carriage,
juts! oil the genie pi iticiple as the ordinary coupling
chains connect the different carriages of a train with
e 4Ch el'. At each end of the rope a abort distance
from the hook or ring is a stop to prevent the rope paas•
ng into tire tube when loose. lii each goard's van •
-lock 15cllis placed iii a mieveuient oosition, near to which
iv atteche.l a spring hammer. The end if the rope in
then mole fast to the lever of the in tnlooer. Pio tliot, 011
the rope bring 'Wiled in sire compartment ore carriage
I aid let igo sgaiii. it epriega the ha tttttt er against the bell,
;king the re:Lain:a signal. The rope itray also he made
Li, ring a bell of a similar description on the locomotive.
:law, warning the eugiuter at the :mute moment that it
warne the guards at bulb mole of the train. Mr. slunts
has ale° patented • plan of steam-break:s for locomotives,
calculated to he of great service in case of danger. At.
Melted to the side of the boiler is the ateam chest, sup.
plied by a pipe Irina, the boiler, atel inamealiately angler
the stuffing-I.:04 is an trim fr one, to whwli is fastened
the wooden pat t of the !mak to fit the bap of wheel. 111
the piatotrboxem over the etuffing-leaes, an, eprioga tin
raise the iiitonia and break., off the wheds when nut in
u.e • them) can 15e worked either by springs, balance-
weiglits, or ateam premium. By Om plata the engineer
has frill control ot the engine in cam, of danger. lie lila
only tr, turn nlt the engine. and by tinning • handle Ire
1111111ediately irots the steam pressure oil the breake,
either gradually by slightly drawing the handle, or the
full power hy drawing it irut further. When lot in use
the 1144114110 of the valve is pualied iii, sinl the eteim let
out of the chest liy • eta ill cock or blow•off pipe. By
thew two eteanarcliests, one on each side of the engine,
they are ho.tatitly put in force, one break over each
wheel, anil also in heavy enginee, if required breaks
con i.e worked on the track between the wheels, thus
oi ring no lee. than 10 breaks on uhe engine, ithlautly mu
Lb. power of the engineer.
Ada inn mn Flue: AT IiIIIXTON.—On Wenlataky morn-
•t an e“rly hour, • fire of a very alarming character
happened in the premise• occupied hi Mrs. Clark, •
general dealer anil cliandler'i. shop keeper, situate in
Itu--ell-street, Bristow:o id. Attire tone of the outs
le eak there was an 4old lady sleeping in the !lowa,, and
it was only by breakino open the froat door, and the in•
habitants calling bead; up the +tales, that she could
he made seusible of Iser impending danger. She then
made all aiTelni.t to, deseewl by the s(airs, bat in 'WU,
ing through the shop she was lunch bunted about the
face end head. The engines of the Londor Bnga e has,
irug arrived, the firemen. under the direction of lir.
lien ',orison, the foremau of the I) district, succeeded in
gett'og the flainea extinguished, but uot until the ware-
house on the ground floor, together w itla the mantenta,
were serioudy damaged by fire. Me origin of the fire
Cold" not Le rt444Certoint.d.
IdOng MAAR ‘citr:s IN Si RI A.—A letter from Alee•
andris' dated the 1211, of January, cony, ya important
uews from Syria. It etatase that A fresh massacre of
Chei4isn* by Bruses has 'Peen perpetrated. The
number of victims is not gives, nor the twat, of this
village in which the alleged ina,s,,,Te took 11,ee,
ore merely told tlmt rvlrilc t.e inhabstants of • village
on Mount Lebanon were attending service in • church •
hand of Drum, bur.t into the sacred edifies and horridly
us m-acred Veen. On the receipt of the neWO Food
Pasha, the letter adila immediately despatched • baely
of troops to the place, who turroun.ls-1 the voltage and
took sonic 950 of the Deus,ri priaoners, and they are
'mid to be now tinier trial at Beyrout.
Halt 111AJEISTT AND TIICCOVICATRY DIATIMaa.—Her
11..jesty. beaides giving a 'Wend donation to the at:al:mug
Coventry weavers and also melectiug various vet:amen*
of the r skill, has just coin ttttt Ideated the pattern of •
ribbon of Chinese taste and manufacture found iu the
Summer Palace at Pekin. and ordered POMO pieces to be
woven is the dieterssed thetrict fur her town especial

RI/BRIAN VIVVIN or THE CIIINFAIR WAIL—An artiele
in the Norther* Bee contains the following observations
on the result of the late Chinese war :—"lt is astonish-
ing that the Allies made much moderate demands when
treating for peace a ith the brother of the Emperor. The
Chinese did not expect such generoaity fruits their
enemies, whose prisoners they treated in such a
harbvrous manner, and have therefore good reason to
chuckle at being let off so cheaply, for there have been
times when the capital has fallen into the halide of
enemies who plundered both the Governin cut and the
inhabitants without compunction. China has now only
a comparatively small indemnity to pay for the war
expenses, as compared, with what they had to pay to
England hi 1842, when the contribution amounted to
45,000.000 of roubles. The imalerat Mu of the victors this
time remain* a mystery, Anil the question naturally pre-
sents itself, would the Chinese have been let off cii
cheaply had they bad to do with the English alone?
In this affair we can lint admire the farmighted
imlicy of Franoe. When England c 1111 l meuced hostili-
ties with China, under a very thin pretext, end the
• Emperor Na•eleon might easily Ii see shown his
sympathy for the rebellion 14 the natives in In lis, which
required the withdrawal of Vie troops destined for China
and their iininedi*te eiliployineot in quelling tlie
dangerous mutiny . of the. &Toys, France offered
England her assistance and comovration in punishing
the Chinese. At that time it was freqnently sail that
En....land was employing France to get the cliesnuta out
of the fire, bat it is now clear that those persona took a
very short sighted view of the affairs of the East, for
Eogland would still have been in time to chaatim China
alter haring first put down the rebellion in India, and
in making war on China with their own resources
thdy would have dictated the taunt of peace acceirding to
their own interest*. After the capture of Pekin they
wanted to go to work in their own fashion, and place
the head of the insurgent* on the throne of 121111111 ;
but the French Were of a different mspiiiion. an I their
English allies did not further insist no it, but yielded
the point. It emonut be denied that Frauce has
obtained a great moral preponderance in the East, and
the eyes of all the countries situatcd on the Pacific
and Southern Oman* are now turned tow rds that
generous nation which declined to take part in the
demands of their avaricious awl interested silica. If the
Chinese empire be preserved to the reigning dement,
they will not forget the important service that Prance
rendered them in the moment of danger. This manoeuvre
of the Einp,mor Napoleon was worthy of his superior
genius, for by it lie has outwitted the calciil MMus of
routine which have hitherto govereed the relations
between Europe and the Evat. France will now enjoy
all the advantages that England and India obtain by
the treaty, with, moreover, the great moral
iduenee of being considered the protector of the
Catholic* in the Ea_t. 'the superior aptitude of the
Catholic iniasionarics for proselytism is well known.
The protestant religion does not ingratiate itself so
much to C.e tastes &nil characters of the Orientabi, . and
therefore England cannot eat ect to compete iricarowsfully
with the Church of Roine in this field. This is the
reason why Franc.. has already °brained a moch firmer
footing in Chloe thaa England has or ever will Lave in
. . _ .

TRADE WITH TURZET.—A ilespstch from Bar Msjes-
ty's Consul at to the Lords of the Committee
of the Boil iif Thule. of which a copy ha. liven rall,
Mil tod to Lloyd's, amnion..a that a weekly lim• of 'deism
communication, undvr She Bug is), flak has been com-
mented betw. en Constantino -le and Trlied.)., cilliiig at
Itelosti, Gallipoli. and the interisimliste villages on the
coast of the Dirdmielles. returning to Constantinople by
the Chine route, completing the whole voysfe in a week
Independently of the facilities given by this new enter.
pose to 10.41 ranioneree, it has operated in Rug ~ toting
the suip qt trade trim Rounirlia to the United Kingdom.
In the ibsence of gosvl rus.ts in the interior the develop-
meat of tie .oasting trade by MOMS if steamers, it is
olisi reel, is greatly conilueii e to the interests of British
commerce ; to importers of produce, by enabling them to
lay down the article' in which they Irate at a cheaper
rate in Englan4 ;to exporters of manufactured, by
'militating the distribution, and thus augmenting the
dem art for their goods ; to shippers• by facilitating both
the export and import trade of Great Britain, and thus
creating a greater demand for freight.* to and frow the
Turkish coast.

_ .
Lord Leigh has offered, through the Coventry School
Art, to giVo two 11111441,1-.- a gold one fur the heat
fancy ribbon, in atyle, wake, and liannouy of colour and
a salver one for the 1,04 six &Acne for ribbons. Lady
Leigh is about logic.. prime forth. bob plain ribbso,
hi* yodel id. lo 46800 • wdll as

Vottrp.

THOUGHTS ON DEATH.

A. gentle mothers lay their sleeping babes to me
Wl:en dewy eve stiesiceds the turmoil of the day.
(Soft I.reathlng fort h the solemn prayer to heaven),
So death on icy L0.,111 bears array the and.
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lior cslin and NM Ls death I •

the SUPPII,NA ,Ichs and teary for one belor'd
%lc calmly, sadly wait,— though the bursting heart
(Like uoollen strwun confloal by narrow pass)
Would fain burst forth—and breathe •Ith bated breatis,
Watching the appraisals of death.
No .nl.l I. heyrd, ore the slow beating of that guide
Vi high daily •arns of hour. s•ift loinjlst,n I
E.en the favourite dog •ho watch'd his master's safe retain
Crouches near the chamber door, and wlylnee moat piteouaky.
How sad the strain of death

And w hen the frail tenement of dust an borne away
To that Imt "home Irmo hence no traveller rttunm,"
Ao4 M avplng friends look up to heaven for help.
Their grief 6 only Immo to the Eternal One.
Thin le the drat of death !

Oh. lay we when my contest with the world Is
In sow soluestered spot, • here holy shrine
(*preen its *woe, end the sweet souods of chimes ere heist
Dail) luesimbling feithful soul. thoir Cod to preise.
Thus sleep lin sloop ol titath !
C. W. M.

Dorchester, February, 1861.

GARIBALDI AND THE CITY OF LONDON.

The following correspondence hen taken pipee le
reference: to the iiitended motion about to be brought
forooril in the Cutlet of Common Cooped, on Thursday
heat. Febt awry 7, to present the freedom of the City el
LA.n.:ou to Geaitral Garibslui. All lovers a liberty will
desire its success,
" 30,

Cony.)
rest Without, London, E.C.,
T, 1860.
"To Goutral Garibaldi.

"Sir,—You will doubtless have heard ere this of nay
intended motion, as a member of the Court of COIIIIOOII
Council of tie City of London, that the freedom of oar
aneiont City be presented to you. at • mark of &ppm'.
&Lion of you in the came of Italian liberty, &c. lam
desirous of knowing whether you would accept the
honour if voted to you, and if you could pay an early
visit to Engl.nd. Your favourable reply would, I doubt
Out, obtain a unanimous vote of the council.
" You will excuse the liberty I take of writing to you,
feeling the immense good to b• derived to the cause of
Italian freedom, if the motion could be carried, and if
so, your early visit to England arranged.
" With feelings of admiration for your past life, I
humbly hope you will be protected by the Almighty
hand, to be instrumental in carrying out and realising
• amsummation devoutly to be wished, era.: • The
entire freedom of the sunuy land of Italy.'
" With fervent hopes and best wiabes for your health,
I sin, sir, your obedient servant.
"Jon,' Iticnatruson.
To General Garibaldi, Caprera,
(Copy.)
'Capron, Jan. 21. 1861.
Sir,—lt is my wish to make a journey to England, so
that I may perannally thank that generous nation for
the moral unit material sympathy and support which
they le.ve given to the Itahiun MIMIC bet for the
moment I cannot indicate to you when I shall be able
to give effect tio my heart's dtaire.

In the meantime, allow me to thank you for the
int.:mica civic motion, which I approve of with all tui
bran.

14 h catrein and affection, your deroted,
(Signed), "0. UAaulauu.
"Mr. John Richardson, in London."