The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-02-22 00:00:00

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GovEavnitsv EntunAvtos.•—The Government emi-
grant vltirSh.ooting-Stai . 1,1410 tenon, I 'a ntain E. J. Allen,
which sailed from Li verinol on the liith of Ileptember,
in charge of sitirgeomduperinktelent George .tiolersen,
with 21 married couples, 31.1 single women. 21 single
111.14 33 children between the age. of 1 awl 12, and 7
intuits, making • total of 43/ soula, equal to 3964
at ,tote aluhti, arrived at Melbourne, Victoria, on the
I Ith of December. Three births occurred during the
voyage.

REWARD IW BRAVERI.-11Asrr. Fob. 14.—A meet•
in of merchants awl +shipowners wio; held this day in
the Long-nson of the Custom-Inoue, for the purpose of
having presented by Mr. Charles Ihirridge, acting col-
lector, to Captain Cleorge Watson, of the schooner
Banffshire, of this port, a gold Weilat. awarded him by
Isis Royal Highness the Prinoe Regent of Sweden and
Norway, its approbat of the services rendered by him
in saving the lives of the crew of a Swedish brig, on the
Lith of September last, in the Caltvgat.

REPHCSIENTAtIioX or MARTLUMNK.—Considevable
interest prevails throughout this borough on the subject
of its representation. During Thursday Mr. Wyld,
M.P., and other friends of Mr. Elwin James, were
feeling their way with a view to ascertain the chances of
that gentleman, but with very indifferent success. Col
Komilly appears to have enlisted the sympathies of the
large 111111416 of the leading members of Lonl Ebrington's
and Mr. Jacob Bell's committees in his favour, and
although it has been statc4l that there wa.4 a probability
of Mr. Frederick Peel offering himself, up to Thursday
evening no pimitive intimation to that effect had been
announced.

SINGCLAR E%IIJiIITiOX. —A Mr. Lees Wilson, a
native of New York, is travelling through France at
present with an exhibition of a mod extraordinary
kind. lie has collected, throughout the four corners of
the globe, all the instruments of torture and death
which it was possible for him to purchase ; and has
therehy formed a museum, uninue in ita kind, illustra-
tive of the history of ern ee itt al punishments. A g the
objects is a complete guillotine, said to be the identical
one which was built by the learned doctor who gave his
name to the instrument, and whirl, was erected —and
had hard work—in MKS, on the Place Maupert, in
Paris. The chandlers of the Inquisition, and the secret
prisons of the Velongericht, are likewise repreaented by
a large number of hideous contrivances. The Courrier
de &von says that Mr. L. Wilson arrived in that town a
few days ago with tin exhibition packed up in two
wagons of most gigantic dimensions.

SEWAGE AT THE HIKA SIDE. PAKMAHHIII.II lii Sur-
priAell that his children have come back from their old
esteemed bathing quarters paler and more sickly than
when they went, especially ax he hears that the place
has undergone an entire sanitary overhauling, and ken
suptilied with all the modern requisites of comfort and
health. Ile goes dnwn, and finds the old village,
indeed, swept and garnished. The streets, which had a
thrtyisla gutter on either Mile, and were in all parts to
bs: tr.lden with caution. are as clean as the pavement
of Amsterdam. Certain objects which he uaed to
denounce as remnants of barbarism have disappeared,
having been supentetlal by hydraulic mechanists, else.
where. So much for the land ; but now for the water.
Ile finds that between half amid full tide—the most con-
venient condition for bathing—it is impregnated with •
heavy percentage of that abominable fluid which bears
the newly•invented name of sewage. He discovers that
the mouth of the main trunk sewer, lying at low tide
like a long cannnn on the rand, was the pilaw which his
children generally selected for theirsporta. Ile wonders
1... more at their condition, but returns, meditating on
the sad fate of all efforta at human amelioration to
encounter reaction, and agreeing with Byron, that
" Han ix an unfortunate devil, and ever will be."—
Blackaxast s Magazine for February.

HINGCLAR 1.0811 AND RICCOTHRT OF A WATCH.—
A most extraordinary circumstance occurred at
the Court of Common Pleu. In the *nurse of tie
afternoon Mr. Alilett, • gentleman residing in Stain-
fend-road, Fulinan, was going into one of the law courts,
when he noticed something dangling in front of him,
and on looking down perceived a silver watch hanging
from a gold Albert chain and key. The key hail caught
in one of the button holes of his coat and had evidently
broken the hook that formerly held it. As soon as lie
diacoverol it be placed it in the hands of Mr. Roe, an
officer, in order that lie might find the owner. The
latter according commenced inquiries, which resulted
in his obtaining the information that a juryman had
lost his watch and chain. The ushers of the court im-
mediately communicated with the gentleman, and
shortly afterwards Mr. Carter, an architect and surveyor
of Phdpotalane, called on Mr. Roe and claimed the
property. Ile then said that when he wan coming out
of the court in a crowd he felt a tug at his watch-chain,
but took no notice of it until some time afterwards,
when he mimed it, and then oincluded that his pocket
had been picked, and that lie should never ace his watch
and chain again.

DISCoVERY or GOTHIC CROWN& —The Minister of
State, says the Paris Mundell.% has just purclia.sed fur
the Museum of the Hotel de Cluny eight crowns or coro-
nets in gold of the 7th century, which were found at a
place called La Feunte de Guarrazar, near Toledo, the
capital of the Kings of the thitlis. These crowns are
richly ornamented with sapphires and pearls set with
great art. The largest of them, the circlet of which
round the forenead is not less than 3i inches in height,
bears the name of King Iteccesvinthus, who reigned over
Spain from t"49 to 672. The next in use, and which
probably belonged to the wife of Reccesvintlins, hear* a
striking re•emblance to the crown of queen Theodelinde,
preserved at Monza. The six other*, WhiCh are of ilif-
ferent fen'', and smaller dimensions, appear to have be-
longed to the children of the above king. All these
crowns are suspended to handsome gold chains, and •
smaller chain. passing through the centre of each crown,
supports a large cross enriched with precious stones.
According to an inscription on "tie of the erowns, these
jewels hail been dedicated to the Virgin of Sorbaces, and
bear a striking analogy to the Merovinginian jewels.
This magnificent collection, purchased by the Minister
of State, will furnish an ample subject of study Cu!
artists and autioptaries, and the crowns of Guarrazar
will take their place in the history of the arts of the
middle ages, by the side of the celebrated crown. of
Monza, which have been a subject of admiration for
centuries past, and which they surpass in riches and
number.

M.tents• Eon MAKING HoKsKsituiEs.—An ingenious
machine for this purpose has been erected at Chilling-
ton Ironworks.Wolverliampton,by the inventor and pro-
prietor. Mr. Henry Burden, of Troy, in the State of
New York, and a proprietor of an ironworks in that
town. Mr. Burden is a native ssf Dumblane, in Scot-
land, and from his early youth showed considerable apti-
tude for mechanical pursuits. Front an account pub-
lished of his career in the New American eyelaprelia it
appears that he is the author of numerous valuable in-
ventions, including • machine for snaking the double-
headed spike, used extensively on the American rail-
ways; and • self-acting moans.: for reducing ',tiddlers'
balls into blooms, which is being largely used in that
country. As early WI Ittts he took out a patent for a
machine for making horseshoes, which he iiiirroved
upon in 1543, mid tiliJ woo turned to rrAC•
tiCA ACCOUIat by the production of • con-
siderable windier of horseshoes. The present machine,
however, which was patentesl in 1857, is entirely dif-
ferent from the former ones, and is a very remarkable
piece of mechanism. In the previous machines the piece
of iron bar sit which the shoe was to he made was rolled
into shape before being bent, and the pressure of the
rollers being in the direction of its length, the bar,
when it was pressed, was naturally rather extended in
length than width, and the widening which is required
at the crown of the shoe was not property effected. By
the present plan the bar, after being heated, enters the
machine by a feeding apparatus, a piece of the required
length is cutoff, and by a stroke ftolll a piece of steel,
shaped like the inside of a horseshoe, is bent, and falls
upon a die 011 • wheel beneath, corresponding to one sin
a cylinder above, and thus acquires by prostitute the de-
sired shape, two lateral strikers at the same moment
hitting the extremities, or heels of the shoe, and driving
them inwards into the required shape. Thence it passes
between another pair of dies, where it is stamped, and
by an ingenious arrangement is flattened from the curled
shape which the wheel gives it as it falls at the mouth
of the machine. The shoes thus made are remarkable
for their exactness in shape and in tho position of the
holes—a 11104 iiniortant point with regard to the safety
of horses' feet ; and they casi Ise produced, when the
machine is in ropes onler, at the rate of 60 per minute,
which is more than two men ran forge in a day, Anil the
superiority over shoes forged by haul is very striking.
As the bar is bent before being pressesl in the die, the
pressure at the crown is in the direction of the width,
and hence the widening is readily effected. 'Hie machine
is secured by patent in this and mod of the countries of
Europe. It has been erected at Wolverhampton ass •
central and suitable place of inspection both for this
country and for any perisons sin the continent who may
desire to purchase it, the inventor desiring to !tell his
patent rights in Europe. The United States' Govern-
ment purchase the Aloe.s'. than made for the supply of
the cavalry of the States.

THE HURRICANE or WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—SHIELDpe
Thursday. Noon.—The hurricane of yesterday night ha'
done a serious amount of injury throughout this dis-
trict. It swept over the counties of Durham and
Northumberland, from the N.N.W., and lashed the
rivers until they appeared like arms of the sea. The
reaches of the Tyne had • very will appearance, mid
small craft had great difficulty in getting a clear course,
especially near the bridge, where numerous instances of
keels running foul of each other occurred. A Melan-
choly aexident took place opposite St. Lawrence, about
two o'clock in the afternoon. The ship Marys, of
Teignmouth. Captain Mitchell, was lying off the guano
works, and four of the Own went in the small boat,
carrying away an anchor from the vessel. When they
were in the middle of the river the boat capsized, and I
the whole of them were thrown into the water, and two '
of them, we regret to add, were drowned. The alarm
WWI given by wine person who saw the accident. and Mr.
John Laws, scullennan, who lilies between the Ouse-
burn and the oprisite side of the river, immediately
pulled off to the assistance of the unfortunate men. One
of them he never saw at all, another was just sinking
for the last time when Laws came alongside. A third
man was struggling desperately to reach the shore, but
the wind was so strong that he was able to make little •
progress, and laws picked him ut. in a very exhausted
state. The forth man had managed to catch boll of the
boat, and was seated on its bottom when lie was rescued
by laws. The DRUMM of the two men who are drowned
are Joseph Ponsford (married), mate of the vessel, and
William Chapman, of Yarmouth. Their bodies have
not yet been recovered. The gale was very severe at
Sunderland, and many houses lost slates, tiles, and
chimney tops. As a conipanyof children were return-
ing from school, and while pulling the old walls known
as the "Magpie," opposite Sunderland Church, in
Church-street, the whole front wall fell with • tre-
mendous crash, burying • boy and a girl in the ruins.
After the rubbish, itc., had been removed, it was found
that the boy was killed, his head being almost flat-
tened ; but the girl was only slightly injured. The body
of the boy was instantly removed to the dead-house near
b 7, where it was discovered to be that of John Burn,
eight years of age, son of a sailor of the same name,
residing at No. 10, Stamp's-lane. A vessel was also
nearly capsized ilk the river, and • good deal of other
damage was done. Three houses were nearly demolishes'
by the gale at Blyth ; aid other damage is reported in
various parts of the country. The telegraph wires were
partly carried away by the storm. We have now mild
I weather. Wind about west.

AN ENGLIANNAN CoNDIIIINED TO DRATH IN SPAIN.
—A Mr. Duncombe JOIICII Parry is condemned to death
for having assaulted a ripanish sentinel in the vicinity of
Gibraltar. He belotir„ii to good family of Waiea, and is
only twentymne years of age. In addition, to aessidt-
ing the sentinel, it is said that be knocked down •
goolsrme who went to the soldier's defence. At the
moment of Ilie assault he wee in tie company of several
English ottieers and of a young lady named Pemberton.
The cause of the assault was that the sentinel, in oliedi•
mice to orders, tried to prevent him from riding on a
certain site. The Correspondanciq A utogra fa intimates
that the queen" will probably spare his life."

TKAOK 01.711,AGLS AT SkIErVIRLD.—A nu nber of
iihocking outrages were committed at Sheffield on Thurs-
day noir ee itt g last, as is believed, to enforce the regu-
lations of the Fork-grinders' Trades Union. The principal
victims are three fork-grinders, named William Mason,
Samuel Gunson, and Charles Royston. The w„ are
employed at g t ling wheels in different parts of the
town, and it appears that during Wednesday night their
workplaces were entered in • way not to attract notice,
and powder was placed in the troughs or hollows beneath
the grinding stoues at which they worked. When they
commenced work between 7 and 8 o'clock Thursday
morning the sparks produced in grinding ignited the
lemiler, and violeut explosions followed. Mason who
was brutally illtreated only a few weeks ago by a party
of unionists, was severely burnt about the face, hands,
and arms, his shirt and necktie being set on fire. Fortu-
uately he wore • pair of large spectacles, which pro-
tected his eyes. Royston received similar injuries.
(Jenson is still more seriously hurt, his face being
dreadfully burnt, and his eyes, it is feared, so much in-
jured as tu render it doub:ful whether lie will regain the
tllle of them. At other wheels powder was deposited in
the troughs of non-union men, but was fortunately
detected before ignition took plaoe. The circum-
stances under which the outrages have been committed
forcibly illustrate the oppressive operation of trades
unions. It appears that in November last the fork
grinders appointed • committee of 10 to unsnap the
business of their union, and passed regulations requiring
all the grinders to work only under this committee, the
committee receiving all orders from the employers, and
charging a percentage uptin the work. The injured men
and others finding that the regulation had the effect of
g their earnings, have persisted in taking orders
direct front employers, awl have thereby incurred the
displeasure of the trades uni tttt and brought upon them-
selves the outrages described.

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OLD BUILDINUS Is THE iNNEII TEXPLE.—it will be
in the recollection of our readers (says the Times) that last
year some old houses in Inner Temple-lane were con-
demned to be pulled down, one of which was famed for
being occupied by the celebrated Dr. Johnson, the row
of houses now newly built on the same site, consequently
has been named Dr. Johnson's-buildings. There iP,
however, another block of old houses condemned, which
are said to be upwards of 200 years old. They form
what is called Crown-office-row, looking southwards over
the Temple gardens, across the Thames. Two or three
of the bowies have been shored up for bottle time past,
being considered very dangerous; but as the number of
legal gentlemen occupying chambers in the row was
large, although they received notice to quit, they cool a
not readily find others, so the pulling down was delayed;
but having now all left, a boarding is being put up, and
the destruction of the houses will be commenced forth-
with.

MAHON ALDERSON DISPLEASED WITH A VERDICE.—
Take for example the following scene, after a verdia
returned in the criminal court which ran counter to the
judge's opinion :—(Jiele.r " Good God, Mr.
—(the officer at the simile), can't I have another
jury, and let thou, twelve persons go into the other
court, where they can't do so much mischief r Then
addressing the 'twelve persons," the judge continued—
Gentlemen, you will find in the other court, perhaps,
in the course of the day, something you can try." Nest
turning to the bar, but appearing to soliloquise—" No
doubt there are some I amen who never can comprehend
what ' evidence' is; but that twelve should come to-
gether to-day, and let that slum off !" Aloud to pri,oner
in the dock—" Prisoner, the jury have acquitted you!
Heaven knows why ! No one else in the whole court
have the slightest doubt of your guilt, which is of the
grossest kind; but you are acquitted, and I can't help it.

3lAJon Firzu NEw Litair.—On Tuesday I
night the Bois. Major Fitzmaurice visited the Peurhyn
Slate Quarry, near Bangor, North WACA, fur the per.
1.612 of exhibiting his newly-discovered light. The first
experiment was conducted in a deep and long tunnel.
The apparatus, which is quite portable, was placed at I
one end of the tunnel. The light produced from this I
was steady, pure, and so surprisingly brilliant that it
completely illuminated the whole length of the tunnel,
asol rendered a written paper distinctly legible at a dis-
tance of 300 yards. The apparatus was next brought
into the open quarry. Here also the results were most I
extraordinary. The numerous steps of the quarry, wine
even at • distance of tkX/ or 91.10 yards, were as clearly
seen as in daylight. Mr. Francis, the superintendent of
the quarry, and a party of friends took the most atten-
tive interest in this wonderful discovery, and all ex-
pressed their gratification and surprise. A young Irish !
lady, who was present exclaimed, " Why, the sun is • ,
fool to it." Thig light ims applicable to • variety of pur
poses. The colours of furniture, dresses, kc' . are ren-
dered unusually vivid, and photographs can be taken in
10 seconds. It is free from injurious fumes, and conse-
quently does not affect paint, gilding, or articles of deli- I
sate emour. It is easily manufactured and very cheap.
A light equal to that of 30 candles can be produced at •
cost of one halfpenny an hour.
Exotxonuitsaitx CAl4l:.—FrOlll ti-c Dutch journals I
note the aiming trial at the liague of the venerable Gene-
ral Gunkel, who last month sent • poisoned sausage to
his mixtress, but the comestible was not eaten by her,
killing her brother and servant maid, the mother of
four children. His object was that of the notorious
returned convict Tawell, to be rid of the expense of her
maintenance, and to obliterate a debt of 1,500 gueldres
she hul lent I . The apothecary whim sold him the
arsenic hail taken care to get his receipt for its delivery,
which is forthcoming. This is • sad finale to • long ,
career of military ecploite beginning in 1794, when be
was artillery lieutenant ar,anist the French, under
Jourdan, at Fleurus, afterwards fighting under Picliegrn
I against the English in the Scheldt, distinguished at the
seige of Dantsic, where he won the Cross of the Legion
of Honour, mainly instrumental in the taking of Breda,
and finally, on the downfall of Napoleon, 'us reappear-
I secs. at Waterloo in co 11111 l and of the 1/utch and Belgian
Artillery on that great day. Singular enough, in a
pliamplilet lie published last February, ISM, he recounts
all his achievements apropos of a slight recently put on
him by the Breda garrison, and then winilm up with
the following passage :—" Men have cast a stain on mny
uniform, and thin stain must Out go with sue down into
the grave."—Glote.
FItII:IITYCL DCATH AT A DISTILLERT.—Thorsday
evening a long inquiry tamk place at St. George's Work-
house, Mumit-street, Grosvenor-square, before Mr.
Bedford, coroner for Westminster, touching the death
of WilliAln Veuor, aged 37, an engineer, employed at
'situ's distillery, Thames Bank, who was killed upon
Ike premises on Tuesday morning, under circumstances
of a most appaling and lamentable nature. It appeared
from the evidence given by a number of witnesses that
time deceased was an engine driver. On the day in
question, about 5 a.m., the bell was rung by Lawford,
the foreman to stop the engine. No &SUMO' was given,
and the ring of the bill was repeated, but without any
reply. Suspicion ass then raised that something was
wrung, and on entering the engine room, a sight of a
must horrible detwription presented itself. The inuti•
latest remains of the unfortunate deceased were ilia-
covered under the fly-wheel of the engine—the 11001
was quite severed, the brains and pieces of the eke!l
lying about. No direct cause for the calamity could he
assigned, as none of the engine work had given away or
been disorganized. The deceased was seen about ten
minutes before the frightful occurrence, when he was
quite sober. Ile had full control over the engine room.
Mr. Smith, the proprietor mit the distillery, in answer to
questions from the coroner and jury, said that every
precaution was used to prevent accidents. The present
was the first that had occurred in the establishment.
A verdict of Accidental Death was returned. The
deceased has left a widow and family.
"

SALE inc HERTZ Coingtcriox —Ninth and tenth
Days' Sale.—The extraordinary number of fine intaglios
and cameos collected by Mr. Hertz is only to be fully
estimated by those who hare witness.l their sale du r•
ing ten days, and have examined those yet reserved
for the next six. Among the intagliiw of the last two
days were some of extra merit, much as a Victory 11cm a
globe, 8 guinec4, and Bonus Eventus, 1:10, both bought
by Mr. Ili:diem Many others fetched similar RUIIIB.
while others, such as the Isureated head of the beanies!
Hercules, bought by Mr. Curt for I:3, brought oniipara-
lively low A g the CailleUd wan • small statu•
Cite, ill plasma, between t WI, soil three inches in height,
which was bought for Lord Isitidesborough for CH. In
the section of ancient bronzes a statuette of TheSOUS
brought L'.Bl 10s., and one of Venus, V. 17 Is., both pur•
chased by Mr. Forman ; a Hercules, 13 inches in height,
was secure.) for the Duke of Manchester at £2l Ilk.
and a young Bacchus of the sante siz was bought for i.:25
by Mr. Taylor. Three lots of Mexican antiquities, a
inc•k, a sacrificial knife, and A human skull, all inlaid
with turquoise and olasidian, were knocked down to Mr.
Christie for £ll3. Among the marbles were a tragic
mask between two feinales.lif a very high class, bought
by Mr. Chaffen4 for £l4; and tlie bust of a boy, pur-
chased for 1:31 by Mr. Farman. Thursday's sale Wad
closed by /141111 e extraordinary fietile vases, discovered at
which formed the last four lots. They are elabo-
rately ornamented, not only with figures in high relief,
but with statuettes of deities and animals of fine work'
manship. After • sharp contest they were knocked
down to the British Museum, or to Mr. Fonnan, for a
fraction under MO. The pniceedii of the ninth day
were ; those of Thuntilay E:11411.

THE A GII*X.— At a short distance from
Newcastle to the westward, the attention of petasins
travelling by the Sootswood road, on the Newcastle and
Carlisle Railway, is struck by the large mass of buildings
partly erected and partly in progress of erection, adjoin-
ing the Eltwick engine works, and thence extending
eastwards towards Newcastle. The new buildings,
which seem to have risen "asif by the magic of the
enchanter's wand, so rapid has been their progress, have
their north side running parallel with, and closely
adjoining the railway, and they would seem as if laid
out to occupy the whole space between the railway and
the river Tyne. Although lunch reserve is maintained
on the subject, there is no doubt that these extensive
works are erected for the purpose of manufacturing the
new description of ordinance invented by our distin-
guished townsman. Mr. w. G. Armstrong, and which
has lately occupied no much attention. From the con-
stant allusion to this subject in the London journals, a
conviction seems to prevail that the introduction of these
rifled breeched-loading guns will form anew era in war-
fare. They are said to eclipse all present tonne of
artillery in range, accuracy, strength, lightness, and
durability. We hear of shells having been thrown
nearly rif miles with one of these guns, weighing not
much moors than a common field piece, and a shot is
stated to have been propelled by the same gun through
• solid block of oak timber nine feet thick, at a distance
of SiXt yards. The shell, with the mode of exploding it,
seems, from all accounts, to be at novel as the gun, and
to posselui the most terrible efficiency. In reference to
the question of national defences, naval and military
men unanimously admit that HO invading force could
effect • landing if opposed by such guns, and as regards
the question of manning the navy, it is understoisl that
the adoption of these guns will greatly reduce the
required number of hands. We, therefore, gladly infer
from the rise of the new works at Elswick that the
Government have taken up this subject in the manner
its importance deserves. The Tyne has ever been fore-
most in supplying tars to man our navy, may it prove
equally conspicuous in furnishing guns for them to fight
with.

ACCIDEXT.—As moue bulls belonging to
Mr. Wilkes, of rilirewsbury, which had been purehaaed
at • neighbouring fair, were being driven home the
other day over the bridge at Llangollen, three of them
ran down • narrow defile towards the river and were
precipitated over a rock :10 feet deep into the Dee.
(Inc was killed on the spot and the others very seriously
injoire.l. The besets had to be conveyed half a mile
down the river, and were then landed with the greatest
difficulty.

THE liI,KNOPPIELIi Metinve.—Newcatert.Y., Monday
night. —The follow Mg intelligence has been received
from a SC went le correspondent : —lt is understood that
man, at present 1111 hr sentence of four years penal
servitude in Portland Prison, Isis confessed to having
shot poor Mr. Stirling, the young surgeon, whose dis-
tressing death at Burnopfield, near this town, caused
such • sensation three years ago. The Home Secretary
has sent the statement of the person who dechinel he
committed the deed to the Mayor of this borough. This
is the second time within a very short period that a per-
son has confessed lie was Mr. Stirling's murderer. It is
hoped that every exerti will be used to sift the
present statement to its foundation, no less in the in-
terest of the public than id the two nem Itayne and
Cain, who no nearly died for the crime. It is the con-
viction of • large number who know these men well,
that they are innocent, and certainly their conduct
since the trial strengthens that impression. Rayne
follows his usual trade of &smith at Winlaton, end con-
ducts Meisel with great propriety. Cain has abandoned
the business of smuggling, and has the charge of •
g,,,ileman's garden in Marlon. Ile has lield this
situation ever since his acquittal at the Durham assizes
in 15.56, and by his industry, sobriety, and uniform geed
conduct, lion won the respect of his eeighliours and the
full confidence of his employer. Both these men, it is
said, will willingly lend any assistance in their power in
furthering the investigations of the magistrates and
police.
THE GREAT Emirrnx.—On Tuesday last the first
step towards preparing this vessel for sea was made, by
hoisting in the main shaft of the paddle engines—one of
the largest and finest specimens of forged iron work
which has ever been completed for steam machinery
in this country. The weight of the whole mass was •
few hundredweight* under 40 tons, and after the forging
was aucceadully oompleted,—a work if no ordinary diffi-
culty with • piece of iron of such magnitude,—every
part of it was carefully turned in 'testi' lathes in
Mr. Scott Russell's yard. The latter operation lasted •
considerable time, and since its completion the shaft has
remained at the Russell works until all the legal techni-
calities connected with the transference of the ship and
its fitting* (rein the old to the new company bad been
complied with. All these arrangements have now been
definataly settled, and Tuesday the shaft was removed
and placed on the port side of the upper deck of the
great ship. In order to move such a ponderotm weight
and raise it to the required height it was necessary to
secure the service of one of the new floating derricks
which have recently been employed with such NUM-CM
in raising and transporting 111111.1,11 of the heaviest des-
cription. The wooden derrick was used on this occasion
and performed the task with • facility little short of
marvellous. In one hour from the tone that the great
machine went alongside Mr. S. Russell's yard the whole
operation was completed, and the monstrous awkward
looking piece of iron safe on the deck of the great ship.
Measures hail been taken to ascertain if depositing such
a 11111 AS of dead weight on the extreme edge of the deck
made the least difference in the vessel's trim, but not the
slightest alteration was perceptible. The nest step of
hauling it more aft, lowering it down the engine hatch,
and fitting it into its place, will be undertaken in a few
days. On Wednesslay the rudder, weighing 28 ton*,
will also be removed (ruin Mr. Scott Russell's yard, and
placed in a barge alongside the Great Eastern. The
present main shaft is the fourth that has been made for
the colossal engines of this vessel. The first three were
failures, but the last one, made by the Lancefield Forge
Company, near Glasgow, is, as we have said the finest
specimen of wrought iron work of its kind that has ever
been produced in this or any other country. The re-
gister of the Great Eastern as belonging to the Great
Ship Company was signed on Tuesday at the Custom
House. It is nut probable that the other works
necessary for fitting the vessel fur sea will commence
before the end of the present month, when the contrac-
tors will be I I under penaltiis to have all finished
in five month* from the date of the time of commencing
operations.