The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-03-15 00:00:00

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TORTURE IN YERSlA.—Letters from Tehran, dated
New Year's-day. me.ition that his Majesty the Shah had
applied torture of the most revolting barbarity to ex-
tort moneys out of the brother and nephew of the late
disgraced Minister, the Seder Azaiu, which had had the
effect of making them diverge about £.10,000, but that
his Majesty would not rust content until this sum was
doubled. • • •

SniinlNG Dv Buva.—fly the way, there ought to be l
a sumptuary edict Against smoking by brats under age.
I conic into town frequeutly on the top of an omnibus
about the time the clerks come in, and to behold on the
roof of the vehicles the long rows of whiskerless, sallow,
sulky boys, sucking at clay pipes, is nauseous to behold.
'rhsy ke awsr app .t 1t... And what little brains
they have, and grew up, or rather don't grow up,
miiwralile little snobs, despised by men and conteimesod
by wouten.—Liferurg Gazelle.
Reu t IMK AIME Iterni IWTlOX..—ltecently the Treasurer
of the town of Erin, Washington County, whose name
we believe, WWI W. hilillg. WM shot dead while attempt-
ing to rob his own house. It appears that be had col-
lected some $12,000 or 515,000 of the town taxes, and
left I •in the forenoon, telling his wife he should be
gone all mi4ht. 'rewards night a travelling pedlar applied
a the house for a night's lodging. The wife at first
ri fused to admit Ilium, but finally yielded, with much
reluctance, to his raspiest. Some time in the night the
pedlar was awakened by the noise of men breaking into
his room. Taking them for robbers, he drew • ristol
and fired at them. (Inc fell and two fled. Lights being
procured, the dead b.sly of a moan, with blackened face
awl otherwise disguised, was found upon the flour.
Upon further examination_ it proved to be the proprietor
of the house 1 4, who had retorted to this stratagem
to steal the tax-money collected, and had met with this
terrible retribution.—Miltromikie Sentinel.
WRECK or A FRENCH BRIG.--GALLANT RERCEE.—
FmistoW, Martlt B.—This morning, during a heavy gale
I the NW., the brig Gonsalve. of Nantes, got em-
hayed near tliis place in running for Maslow harbour.
She was caught while running over Stepper Point, awl
carried by the ebb tide and heavy sea over Doom Bar
Sand. The lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Insti-
tution, stationed h ere, was immediately got afloat and
proceeded to the ship. Before reaching the wreak the
heavy seas rolled eeveral times into the lifeboat, and
when alongside the wreck she was repeatedly filled by
time surf, but no sooner was it in her than it was in-
stantly self-ejected. Ifer gallant and experienced crew
were however, dete eat with God's help, to accom-
plish their humane object, or perish in the attempt.
Fortunately their perseverance was crowned with sue-
OCRs. One by one the foreign shipwrecked crew, con-
sisting of seven men, were taken into the lifeboat, and
, afterwards safely brought on shore, amidst the =clams-
, tient of the people. When the lifeboat was got out
a double crew immediately offered to man her, notwith-
standing the heavy gale and the high sea that prevailed
at the time.
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THE MINISTERM or Sot tArquE.—After the Emperor I
himself had escaped a mob surrounded the Consulate,
wtere mune of the ex-Ministers had taken refuge. For
three days and nights the mob guarded in all directions
every door and posisible means of escape. At length, on
the night of the 17th, a fire broke out in the city, and
the idea was suggeated to the multitude to net fire to the
Consulate. and thus compel the refugees to come forth.
Hearing this, the French Charmi tr Allures, utterly ex-
Laniard mei worn out, with the full consent of the Itri-
tish Consul, wnt or a boat to the Melbourne, ro.mesting
Captain M't ,rea to come to his immediate assistance.
Within half an hour 110 men of the Royal Artillery,
tttttt landed by Captain M'Crea, landed, mid, marching
in perfect order and *deuce up two different streets,
closed round the Consulate and separated the crowd
I the building. In an instant the savage yells which
bed predominated gave way to doubt and wonder. The
Ministers of the new Government, having been informed
of the landing of Cie British troop'', galloped down from
the Palace in full uniform, escorted by troops, when, on
questioning the officer commanding the Royal Artillery,
and receiving his explanation, the Minister replied that,
under the extraordinary circumstances of the country
the British officer had acted perfectly right, and he war
thanked in the name of the President. A conference
was at once held at the Consulate, and the Republic ac-
cepted the responsibility of guarding the building, and a
proclamation MAY issued warning the people not to sur-
round it. Captain )(Tree, as the result of this arrange-
ment, re-embarkeil his troops, and the Consulate war
ausnled by the troops of the Republic. On the two
following nights the Ministers of the ex-Emperor escaped
iu disguise.