The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-05-31 00:00:00

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Tax Pope AND THE WAR.—The Pope pmented •
cameo to a Catholic bazaar lately held at heeds ; and
Cardinal Wiseman, in presenting the gift, on Monday,
took occasion to snake some remarks on the Italian
question. and the Pope's feeling in relation thereto.
The Cardinal represented his Holiness as being resigned
to all that might happen, and as having said that, whe-
ther lie was in Home or in exile, whether free or in
prison, lie would still be the Vicar of Christ, and the
head of his Church.

A NEw W.ty or ENFORCING CHURCH-RATRIL—A
corretpondent of the Morning &or says that "at Lord
Poinfret's rent audit at Toweester, last week, his Lord-
shiii's agent brought with him a 114 of all thaw, tenants
who hail objected to pay their church-rate on the ground
01 it, illegality. and &mantled payment of the amount
of their rates in addition to the rent, fie also tobl them
that he was onlered to say that a refivuil would be the
wore: for them, a, their re 1.14 wool.' be raked to an
t covering the rate. As the greater part of the
too 0 belongs to Lord Pomfret, the tenants had no alter-
native but subusiNsion."

AIS CHICO; TRAY V1.1.r.115. —There lii s been no general
war upon the Continent for nearly al year+, and during
that time American emigration to Pari.i. Germany, and
Italy, lima increased many fold. NIIIIICTOU% Amerietta
families nedile in Rome. Florence, and other
cities. Many have children at German schools end
colleges ; others live in the South of France, in Switzer-
land, or ticatle in cosy nooks along the Rhine. The
cff-ct of the war will be, first, to send all these residents
to Paris or London (for who knows that tie city of Paris

may not again be occupied by foreign tromc, AS in
lfils by the allies?) and secondly. to arrest the usual
summer travel to Europe. So much the worse for the
European shop Leepers, tavern landlords, ke., and so
much the better for the same elms of people here. Out
fashionable birds of plumage will be obliged to seek their
pleasure and speml their money at Lowe, it may be, for
several yearn; fur when the war commences it will nor
be easy to fix the date of its conclusion. —New York

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'FDIC PROPOSED EXHIBITION OF 1881.—It WAS an-
nounced a short time since that arrangements were in
progress for holding a Great Exhibition of the Fine and
Industrial Arts in 1861. The feeling among those who
were the principal exhibitors in 1851 was generally
against the proposal, and in other caves great apathy
NAM SBUlifS*Xed. The reminiscences of the display of
1851 are by no MASS agreeable to many exhibitors, and
they evinced • very natural dread of embarking in an
undertaking of a similar character. Several eminent
firms MAAW that if the Exhibition were to be held they
would consent to contribute specimens of their MAIM.
facture, though upon the whole, they would rather not
be called upon to do so. Added to this want of
sympathy with the objects of the promoters of the
undertaking there is now the difficulty interposed by
the state of affair* on the Continent. Under these cir-
cumstances it has been decided that no further steps
be taken towards carrying out the proposed Exhibition

of 1861.
THE LEDHURY ItERDER.—Jones, the clerk who first
discovered the burning body of Mrs. Baker, Mr. Muse-
field's housekeeper, hag been arrested. On the evening
before the discovery a female friend of the deceased
called on her. The appearance of Mrs. Baker's sitting-
room is altogether favourable to the conclusion that,
after her friend left, some other acquaintance of Mrs.
Baker called upon her ; that they both sat conversing
together, one at least of Mein drinking gin-and-water,
that had either been brought by the visitor or else pro-
dated by Mrs. Baker (the evidence of the medical men
shows that the deceased did not drink gin-and-water on
that occasion); and ti at whilst they were SO engaged
lIIC received • blow on the forehead which felled her to

the ground. Jones bought sonic gin on the night of the
murder; he takes spirits often to deaden the pain of an
amputated limb, On searching his boxes about £lO in
gold was found. This sum he said he had laid by to
secure himself decent burial. A packet containing Ss.
in silver. small coins, was found in a public walk near
to Jones's lodging on the morning that the murder was
discovered, that could not have been there many
minutes before it was picked up.
WROILTLR EXCAVATIONII.—The last few days have
throwu considerable light on the character of the build-
ings which are at present the site of the excavations in
the Roman city of Uriconium. A continuous outer
wall has been traced, bordering what was evidently the
Roman street (now the Watling-street road), and facing
the west, to a distance of about eighty feet southward*,
where another wall was found runniug eastward, at
right angles from it. Within these walls is a large in-
terior court, with • fine brick herring-bone pavement,
like that in the building first laid open to the north of
the old wall. The sides of this awn, towards the street,
appear to have been occupied by rooms of small dimeie
aeons, which perhaps *creed for Amps or offices. In one of
them, the door of which is about ten feet from the present
level of the ground was found •quantity of unused char-
coal, as though it had been a charcoal depot, either for
sale or for the use of the inure important buildings to
the east. (Inc or two weight's with numbers upon them,
and various other objects, have been found in these
small rooms. Among other things found in this part of
the excavations are one or two nice finger rings, and
human remains hare again been met with. At the
north•weitern corner of the court there i a wide open-
ing in the western wall, approached from the street by
an inclined pl me formed of several large dagstones. as
though. to allow carriages to enter the court. the level
of which is higher than th it of the street. A little
, further south t'iere is another but smaller entrance
through the same wall, approached by stone steps.
The atones of both are considerably worn by use. The
back, or eastern side, of the court appears to have
been occupied by the better apartments of a very iin•
portant mansion, running southward from the hyjsxausta
already opened, and these will now be immediately
uneoverefi, and we may hope for interesting results.
It may be remarked that traces of the use of mineral
coal in the houses of Uriconium have already been met
with.
A New Risen ix MANUFACTURE/I.—We regret to
have occasion to point out to the notice of the public a
manufacturing fraud that is getting very common. The
practice we refer to is that of making articles, which
should be square, some inches narrower one way than
the other. The remedy for this evil lies with the public
itself, which should make • practice, when buying hand-
kerchiefs, shawls, or g,eisis of any kiwi sold in squares,
to institute an examination on this point before comple-
ting the purchaae. The defect is invariably the case
with the low-priced cambric handkerchiefs that are sold,
which ere generally longer than they are wide. We
have lately seen some iner.'s black silk neckerchiefs,
manufactured at Macclesfield, that ought to be 34-inch
squarea, but which are two inches narrower one Way
than they should be. The fair-dealing manufacturer,
who is willing to tell at • small profit, in cases like
these, when an article is laid before him, which he mea-
sures One way only, and finds to all appearance correct
in size, often cannot understand bow he is beaten in
price when he knows be buys his silk as cheap and pays
the same wages as his neighbours. If lie were to mew
sure across the article as well he would find a solution of
the puszle. If the public will take care, when buying.
to have none but square goods where square goods are
needed, it will soon put a atop to this dishonest practice.
—Spernifor.
AY ATROXPIIIIRIC PRINTING TELRGRAPH. The
above, with various modifications for general use, has
been invented and patented by a Mr. James lilactiab,
and evidently seems destined to be of great public utility.
A simple modification of this telegraph, for steam or other
ships, was seen working a few days ago in Messrs. W.
and J. H. Johnson's patent office, Edinburgh ;land we
now beg to direct the serious attention of shipowners,
shipbuilders, and others to the merits and applications
of this moot useful and unusually simple invention. tiiin•
',fixity is not only a recommendation, but the working
expel se is literally nothing ; and we understand it can
be depended upon in all sorts of weather. When we
mention that the agent employed is simply atmospheric
air, our remarks will be obvious. Other fluids or liquids
can also be adopted, we believe. In this instance atmos-
pheric sir is preferred, and two most simple instruments,
which can scarcely get out of order, for conveying in-
stantaneous signals for the safe navigation of steam-
ships' or other vessels, are intended to be placed, one in-
strument by the aisle of the helmsman, and the other on
the hurricane deck, by the side of the captain or pilot.
I The two instruments are connected below the deck, out
of the way, by a very small bore atmospheric tube. A
bell of small size is attached to the lichnsinaia's instru-
ment, amid 011 certain giv, n signals froin the captain or
pilot, or officer, the helmsman is enabled to navigate the
whip in safety. In large eteamsliips an instrument is in•
tended to be placed also at the prow, or bow, for the
lookout officer ; and in the largest steamers not more
than two officers are necessary to give instantaneous
signal* of danger or a" ship-a-bead," thus reducing the
liability to collision and danger from icebergs, shoals,
mists, 14e., and navigating the steamahips or sailing ves-
sels in perfect ,afety.
NoN• I XTEKVEXTIOX.—A deputation, comprising the
lord Mayor of London and several gentlemen of the
city of London. waited upon the Earl of Derby, by ape
'ointment an Tnesslay, at the Treasury, for the purpose
a presenting to his Lordship *memorial, uneenutoualy
adopted at • public meeting which was held at the
London Tavern on Fri.'sy week in favour of an English
policy of strict min-inlet vention during the war now
raging on the Continent. The memorial was
.to the
following effect:—" To the Right Gun. the Earl of
Derby and other members"( Iler Majesty's Governme ,t,
—This memorial. 1110111 h ..... tidy adopted at a public meet-
hg held at the t'ily of 1.010,011 Tavern, on Friday, May
20th, the Right Memorable the Lord Mayor in the
chair, respectfully showeili,—That, in the opinion of
your memorialists, it is of the highest importance to the
hiniour awl interests of England diet she should insist-
Lain a strict and impartial neutrality in the war now
waging on the Continent of EUTOPe. Your inetuoralista
have rejoiced to oinierve that by Royal Proclamation
Her Majesty has declarol her desire to inaisitain a peal.
tion of dignified neutrality ; and they earnestly trust
that neither by overt acts nor by the supposed claims of
entangling treaties or alliances will that position of
neutrality be abandoned." Mr. Gilpin, M.P., in pre-
senting the msmemu,mnal, stated that the brief notice
given for waiting upon his Lordship bad somewhat
'ted the attendance, but the gentlemen present came
simply all the representatives of the public meeting by
which the memorial hal been Unanimously adopted.
Lord Leroy assured the Lord Mayor and gentlemen
present that lie was glad to find that the views of Her
Majesty's Government on this important aubject were
such as to command the approval expressed in time
memorial. lie had stated the views of the Gover ttttt ent
fully and frankly in his place in Parliament, at your
Lordship's table (addressing the Lord Mayor), and on
other occasions, and those statements he should he pre-
parril to repeat when opportunity would shortly be
afforded by the re-simenililing of the legislature. Mr.
Samuel Morley begged to call the attention of the Go.
vernment to the very important influence which this
question exercised upon the interest of the attendee.
turing clamed, with which lie was largely connected.
The recent panic crested by the rumour of • secret
treaty between France and Russia had the effect of
stopping order in various branches of inanufsetnre to
snob an extent as to throw thousands of persons out of
employment. Lord Derby said that with reference to
the rumour of a treaty between France and Russia the
Government had received repeated and positive tot,'
rances from Prince Gortachakoll that no such treaty
existed, and that the written memorandum which had
been exchanged betwesql the Russian atel Freuch Go-
vernments in no way affected the interests of this
country. He could assure the deputation that Her
Majesty's Dovernuient. having fully declared their views
with respect to English non-intervention, had no inten-
tion or desire in any way to alter that policy.
The deputation, having expressed their obligation
to his Lordship, for the courteous reception afforded to
them, then withdrew.