The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-04-16 00:00:00

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CRYSTAL PALACIL—The new season will open on
Wednesday, the let of May, with a gigantic festival
performance of Ilaydn's oratorio the "Creation," by a
band and chorus of above 2,000 performers, carefully
selected by the Sacred Harmonic Society from all the
leading musical societies and choirs of the country. The
oratorio will be conducted by M. Costa. Apart from
the interest excited by the extent of the orchestra and
chorus at this great gathering, the cast of the solo
vocalists (an importout matter in this oratorio) is tin-
precedentedly strong. This will be at once conceded
when we state that the soprano parts are supported by
Mademoiselle Titiens (her find appearance in sacred
music in this country), and Madame Ituddersdurff (to
whom the part of Eve is allotted) ; the tenor and bass
by Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Bentley, and last, not least,
Herr Formes, who has just returned to London, and
who will take the bass solos in the first and second
parts of the oratorio. The directors have also concluded
an engagement with Mr. Lumley, by which the im-
portant assistance of Mademoiselle Titiens and Signor
Giuglini is secured for a series of 12 opera concerts on
Fridays in May, June, and July. The flower shows
will be on the same splendid scale as last season, and,
when to these are added the miscellaneous concerts
and fetes which from time to time will be given as occa-
sion may arise, it will.be evident that the attractions of
the Crystal Palace are not on the Mane, but that, on
the contrary, the ensuing season will hold out more
advantages to the season-ticket holders and the casual
visitors than its most attractive prcdcoeszors have done.
One Shilling Day, Thursday, April 10.—Admissions on
payment, I,$M, ditto, by season tickets, 789 ; total
visitors, 2,643.

AN IMPERIAL CHILDREN'S PARTY.— The France
Hippique gives the following account of a juvenile party
given last week to the Prince Imperial by General
Fleury :—" The youthful guests who danced and
frollicked in the General's great saloon were about lOU
in number. In another room was Guignol's theatre
performing Punch and Judy to a numerous and deeply
interested audience, while in the dining-room was a
table of :10 covers, supplied with a rapid succession of
dainties, which seemed to afford the utmost gratification
to the guests. Madame Fleury hod organized most
admirably this fete, over which she presided with •
charm peculiarly her own. The Empress CAM° to enjoy
the pleasure of the Prince Imperial, and remained till
the end, taking great interest in the proceedings of the
youthful guests, whom she spoke to in turns. The
Princess Lucien Murat also accompanied her son. The
Prince Imperial wore the contunie of a Pierrot, of white
satin, and was estrimelj gay during the whole evening.
Prince Murat appeared aa a deGardenr. The two sons
of the Princess Julio were Pierruta in white and blue ;
and her daughter a alieplierikna, in white and pink.
1 The most admired costumes where those of
Mademoiselle Eugenio Waltwska, as a butterfly ; of
I Mademoiselle Marie de Verdillre, as a grisettc of the
time of Louis XV., her coiffure being quite a master-
piece. There were many Scotch costumes, two well get-
up Albanians, and several Neapolitan fisheruien, in
Mario style, which is the favourite this year. Strauss's
orchestra played for the dancers. Thojigh broad day,
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A complete arsenal of toys. The fete terminated at
7 o'clock, and will, no doubt, be long remembered by
all who shared ite pleasures."
THE PRINCIt OF WALLS AND THIL ABBEY OF PAISLEY.
—A memorial ham been forwarded to his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales, soliciting his patronage in restoring
the Abbey of Paisley, one of the most beautiful remains
of niediseval architecture in Scotland. The memorialists
state that the abbey was founded by Walter. first
Steward of Scotland, and lint Baron of Renfrew, in the
year IMO, and was richly endowed and protected by
his successors. The Barons of Renfrew, for many
generations, were buried within its precincts, and the
tomb of Marjory Bruce, the profeojkiz of his Roy.'
Highness the Prince of Wales, still remains an object of
great interest to all visitors in the ancient chapel of
Be. Ifuin,now calledthe Sounding Auk,

GUNPOWDER Exreentioe AND LOSE OF THREE
—A fatal and most disastrous accident took place on
Wednesday, at Pool, nem Cranborne, in consequence
of a violent gunpowder explosion on the promises of the
safety fuse manufactory, which is situated near the
railway station. About 0110 o'clock—al which hour,
very fertunately, the workmen were at dinner, or other-
wide the lost of human life would probably haviebeen
ninch greater—perrine in the neighbourhood of the
building were startled by hearing • loud, b iomin
report, and in a few seconds the air was darkened with
etones, wood work, Ike. Upon an examination of the
&Leis, it was found that the explosion had most un-
happily caused the instantaneous death of two girls
and one boy; two other girls being badly injured.
The bodies presorted a shocking sight, the injuries
being of • severe character. The roof and walls of the
buildiug were quite demolished, and the machinery
rendered useless. The eel event has occasioned con-
siderable gloom, especially among the emploNs. The
cause of the explosion is at preeent unknown.
Srertere or GAVELOGIC.—The statute of the late Sir
Henry Havelock, erected in Tnifalguesquare, was un-
covered on 'Wednesday. The artist is Mr. Helloes. Ilia
representation of Havelock is one of those uninteresting
statue., with which London is crowded. In connexion
with this statue Mr. Ilehnes had given um, not indeed,
the usual broken column of the burying-grounds, but
the next thing to it—a tree cut down.
GARIBALDL—A Turin letter of the 7th says :
"General Klapka has been here for some days past, and
lies lied several conferences with Garibaldi. General
Dixie is the only one of Garibaldi's licutenauta now
absent ; lie is in l'aris, but has been requested to return
as nOllll as possible. General Rixio is the only person
whose iufiuence is still relied upon for effecting a
reconcilia-tion between the ex-dictator and the Ministry,
or at !emit inducting him to abopt more reasonable
projects. Garibaldi has this day removed from the
Strada Peacatori te the residence of Count Aunoni, in
the Stradi della Lucca. The former street is a dull
one, but the knirt of the latter in which the mansion of
the count is situated is near the fields, and commands
on one shic a view of the hills of the Po, and on the
othee the splendid panorama of the Alps. I had to-day
the honour of being received by General Garibaldi : he
was in bed, seated, wearing his red shirt, and the lower
part ef his face was wrapped up in a red cotton pocket
handkerchief. He presented a strange appearance, so
much so that if it hail not been for his eyes, which are
ediserably mild, he might, in the semi-obscurity of the
chamber, have been almost taken for • phantom. His
rheumatism is somewhat better, and lie will take his
seat in the Parliament as soon as he can walk."
THE ANSHICAN MINISTER AND HIS PISTOLS.— On
Tuesday night, in the Piazza del Popolo a vast throng
assembled to witness the grand annual display of fire-
works. The only extraordinary incident of the evening
was one in which the United States' Minister, Mr.
Stockton, played the moat important part. Without
the least fault on his part, that gentleman came into
collision with the Papal dragoons, who got by no means
the best of it. Mr. Stockton, it appears, drove down
the Corso from his residence in that street to the Piazza
del Pope°, where a stand been erected for the accom-
modation of the Neapolitan royal family, the diplo-
matic corps, and other persons of distinction. On
reaching eke entrance to the piazza be was informed
he could not pas that way. He presented the ticket
with which foreign ininieters are furnished to ',curs
them free passage on all occasions, but it did not
produce the desired effect, and lie was requested to go
round by the Babuiuo street. This he did, but with
no better result ' • again his coachman was checked, and
told lie could not pass that way. I mu not sure whether
lie del not try the only remaining avenue to the piazza.
the Via Itipetta ; but at last his patience was not
unnaturally exhausted, and lie insisted on his right to
pass, amid ordered his servants to drive on. Thereupon
there was much excitement among the pipal gendarmes
suit troops on duty, and three pontifical dragoons
pranced about his carriage, or as it has been described,
charged down upon it—brandishing naked swords and
displaying, u the Portuguese say, "ferocious faces to
to the enemy." The misguided cavalry of the Tiara
and Keys were unprepared for the extent of
Yankee resources. The undaunted representative
of the model republic drew from his pocket
a repeater (a pistol, not a watch), and, levelling
it at the dragroons, pledged himself to give them
its contents if they further opposed him. The sight
of the six-shooter was tee touch for the nerves of
the Pope's cavalary, who rode rapidly from the
spot, leaving the star stripes triumphant along
the whole line.—Letter from Rome, April 6.
L..E.TRAORDINART GAPTURE.—By means of the Wake-
field police, the perpetrator of a most daring burglary,
which took place in London in December, has been
captured, with the greater part of the proceeds in his
possession. On Wednesday evening week a person
named John Adams attempted to change • £5 note for
beer at the Wakefield Anna Hotel Mr. /dacdonnold
obtained possession of the note, and lie was of opinion
that it wa-s a forged one, but on further examination
at the Police-office it was found, however, to be good.
Adams said he hail found the note at Hull. This state
merit (the character of the fellow not beirg of the best)
tlo police gave no credit to, and Mr. Macdonnold,
Inspector Frost, and Constable Perkin visited the house
of his mother, in Cain's-yard, Westgate. Search was
music, but at first with so result, except the finding of a
large quantity of clothing, blankets, quilting, and other
articles—all new, and of the best quality—which,
though found in their presence, the mother and family
denied all knowledge of. The finding of these articles
stimulated the police to renew their search, and
eventually Inspector Frost found in an old box • gold
watch, and on a more careful examination, from a
bole which he unripped, out fell a roll of notes—four
ES and five £lO bank notes. Mrs. Adams wu at once
taken up on the charge of receiving stolen goods. From
imaniriem mad, hy the i,,,1,,,, at wa• th.t ...nr
, notes had been clienged both at Wakefield and Leeds,
' and information was given to the London police. On
,1 Friday the mother and son were brought before the
magistrates and remanded. In the meantime word
was received from the Loudon police that the Pates and
gold watch had Iseen taken [rain the house of a gentle-
-1111111 in Harrow-on-the-Hill, near London, in December
last. The amount known to have been taken WAS £125
and a gold watch, but the arnount the Wakefield police
have traced leads to time belief that more was taken.
The circumstances connected with the robbery are very
strange. The gentlemen is named St. Leger, and on the
day of the robbery he went out to dine, leaving his
serve/rte.—of whom there were several—in the house,
as also • very fierce watchdog, which is let loose during
the evenine in the house. On his return home he
found the notes and gold watch had disappeared, and
he immediatley charged the servantswith the theft. They
each and all declared their innocence, and also persisted
in saying that they had never left the house during his
absence. A detective, however, wiur employed, and he
succeeded in elucidating that the servants, with one
exception, a housemaid, who was left with the dog to
take ears of the house, had been always during the
night. The detective was still of opinion that would
be impossible for any person to enter the house with
the dog in it, and ultimately the housemaid „confessed
that die had been to a publichouse and had taken the
dog with her, and it was during that time that the
robbery must have committed. Mr. St. Leger, on
this, dismissed the whole of his servants, and up to
the capture of Adams by our police not the slightest
trace has been found as to the robbery or the notes
which were stolen. Of these singular to relate, only
one has passed to the Bank oiEngland, where payment
had been stopped, and that was traced to • Mr. Brady,
clothier of Leeds. On Sunday last Detective Smith
arrived, and on Monday conveyed the prisoner, John
Adams, to London. The prisoner had also one or
two almost romantic escapes froni being taken into
custody. He is to be brought up on Wednesday
nest at one of the London police courts.
CATCHING A TARTAR.—WHAT CANE Or LIFTING A
TERNlP.—Several Sappers and Miners were passing a
certain gentleman's 'pension not far from Aim-sire, when
one of them stepped off the road and took imps tnrnip
from the field. The " laird"—" an angry man was he"
--having observed the act, hurried from the house and
cointuanded the soldier to relinquish his booty, sharply
rebuking him for his trespass. The moldier cirlly
asked the irate gentleman if ho would pot a price upon
the turnip and lie would pay it. Tle other asked a
shilling. The soldier gave blur, in her Majesty's name,
the sum asked, threw down the turnip, and walked
away. Next morning the owner of the turnip was
considerably surprised to see the name soldiers, accom-
panied by two rural policemen, enter his house and
still more when they told him they had come to escort
him to Airdrie to be enrolled in her Slajestys' service.
The laird had caught a Tartar. There was no escape
from the difficulty but to pay the smart, which lie did
before he could be released from hie enlistment on the
previous day.
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT FROM CRINOLINE.—
Elpmet Bruce, aged 14, daughter of William Bruce,
tailor, employed at Port Elphinstoue Paper Mill, was
at work at a windlass used for taking up rags and
driven by steam, when she was caught by the clothes
and whirled round the shaft. Before the machinery
could be stopped the poor girl had teethed to live. The
accident is attributed to her crinoline.