The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-11-19 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

DRAT ST • SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—A singular
accident occurred on Satnrday evening about sir o'clock
In the Faubourg Saint-Jacques. A sculpbor named
Leberle had occasion to send to the suction rooms in
the Rue Drouot • large statue executed by him. and
which had been returned to him after being for • time
in planation of • noblemen; and though the statue
was of great weight, he refused to let any one except
his wife amid him in placing it in • cart which he had
hired. AA he was with great difficulty pushing it up
an inclined plane formed of woodwork, • light which
be had provided went out. The carter begged him to
wait until • lamp could be procured, but he being of an
Impatient character pushed at the statue with all his
force. In no doing the heavy masa lost its equilibrium
and fell right on him, crushing him ao dreadfully that
he died in • f-iw seconds.

POLAND.— From the latest returns it appears that the
kingdom of Poland contains 5,850.000 inhabitants. Of
that number, 600,000 are Jews, of whom cu.ono live
In towns, and 89.000 in the country districts. Warsaw
has 165.000 inhabitants, 45,000 of whom are Jews. At
the census of 1546, Poland contained only 213.000 Jews,
of whom 144,000 were in large towns. and 69.000 in
villages. As regards the Jewish population, Poland is
divided into four categories :-1. Towns in which the
Jews may reside without any restriction. 2. Privileged
towns interdicted to Jews. 3. Those in which they can
only reside in certain quarters, as at Warsaw. 4. What
is called the frontier district, that is to say, twenty-one
verstee (shout thirteen milee) from the frontier, near
which residence is severely interdicted to them, from
the fear that they would engage in smuggling.
VAGARIES 01 • MELBOURNR Ib:FOIL—The Melbourne
Ape says:—" The Police Court, judging, by the
following, will soon offer • counterattraction
to the theatre burlesques. Yesterday a case
was heard before the Mayor, Mr. John Thoniu
Smith, in which • man named George Mackfield
was brought up on remand, charged with assaulting and
deserting his wile, Mary Ann Msckfleld. On the
proutnitrix coming before the Court the following
eccentric dialogue took place : The Mayor : • Oh,
that's my Mary Ann, is it? Prisoner: ' That's my
wife, air.' The Mayor: Oh, then, that's your Mary
Ann, not mine. Well, what have you got to say P
Prisoner: ' Well, sir, 1 am very sorry,' The Mayor:
'Oh. yes, you look it, very. Why don't yon come to
some arrangement, then P Proeecutriz : 'Well, an, if
he wishes to leave me lam quite willing. I can earn
my own livelihood, u I have done before.' The
Mayor: 'Eat do you gain an honest livelihood: or do
you live, as they Gall it in the Upper House, by " tidilly-
winking r Prosecintris : 'I should g-sin an honest
livelihood, sir.' The Mayor (pointing to the prisoner):
'Now, just lookat that man, he's as sour em" Old Nick."
Now, come, "screw on," "square up:" can't you come
to some arrangements?' Prisoner: Well, an, Pm very
sorry for what his happened, and it shan't occur *phi.'
The Mayor: Well, then, cut along with you.' The
Prisoner tied promoter thee left the court."

Seamus UMW' AO•ISOT TWO F•IIIITIR AT COIL-
oi the moat serious riots that have
occurred in Cheltenham for some years past WY the
"bleat of eaveral hours' investigation at the Chelten-
ham Police Court on Monday. A Mr. Dance, farmer,
of Painswick, had supplied Mr. Ballinger, butcher,
Bath Road, for many years peat with meat, and in Sep-
tember last Mr. Ballinger took the benellt of the
Insolvency Act at Lewis, and scheduled Mr. Danes in
the scut of £ll6. On Saturday night week Dance went
to Mr. SaUinger's, an altereatios ensued, and • mob
was speedily collected. Mr. Dam*, it appease. addressed
the crowd, treated them with beer, and incited them to
create • disturbance. The polies were sent for and
remonstrated with Dance, who refused te leave Mr.
Rallinger's shop, and had to be removed by force. A
crowd of several hundred "rough?' remained outside,
and fee several hours the road was almost impassable.
Dance subsequently retuned to tb• shop, more demon-
strative than ever, sad a strong force of police had to
ite sent for to remove him aad eonvey him to the
statioe. As las was being removed Danes galled upon
the crowd to " Give it to the b—," and the crowd
amaikul them with dowse and brickbats. One or two
of the °Moen were severely injured. Dance's son, •
Yining man of eighteen, interfered with the polies, sad
swore that they should not take his father to the
station. Both, however, were safely lodged in the
poi_iie-sisiioo. and en Monday they were brought up
Wore the magistrates, charged with resisting and
assaulti= polies and inciting the arowd to riot.
Mr. W. appeared to prosecute, and Mr. F. Mar-
shall defended the accused. The evidence of the police
°Soars eineeraed in the affray, and of Mr. Ballinger,
having been takes, Kr. Marshall addressed the jury in
pities ef pnaishrarset, and lb* iz=ntaa, after a
brieWalialoNOW, fined each of the ta, in de
fault isaprikeziest. noway was Wl-
atedialsly paid.

THE WAR IN AMERICA.

ATTIMPT TO F.Scare Taos Foil? LArAritYnt.—
&Awe. n 1 ola.l 2 o'clock in the niornim: one of the
setittnela on the dock sip rounding Fen Lafayette hart
li. at•eution •ttrecto.; to Ono I,f Iho purthobm in the
fit by an 1111n/1114 ...if... Ile at once regulated his
moveliti sits with ri.tretice to I.at M...t. ci,, 11 110 11..11
discovered that tow ef the SC4 ~io Iflipt I 1110. wes
workii.g to make his wirape. Mr. ',veer was the ad'
venturous individtril, the gentle.. ti who was swotted
some weeks ago sit Ciestlitte, flhiu, hearing derpatehea
to the rebel confedereey. 'Flair wOl thu man who wart
four,' in flat act of offering stealthy defiance to the wells
of the fort. lAwler Appears to 1011Ve I DrOnnnlKl a kn.
which 'Hied the padlock which fastened the grating.
He had ale° been provided witla a hew weal' tub and a
rope and aket a life preserver. Ile hail 47 dollars CO
soils in golihanil hi. go!! watch pricked in a bladder and
festentel in one of hie ;masts. Having peeked his Mist
he placerl it in the tub; io then fasteued a rope to the
tab, let the tub out of the porthole, and, after securing
the rope. bade good•toye to Fort Lafayette, and entered
the tub liimeelf. He then breast ailing for the ground,
all the while closely watched by the sentinel, who
permitted the bold Lawler, his tub and cargo, to land on
the dock in safety. Hut no sooner had he landed than
he was commanded to surrender or be shut. Mr. Lawler
certainly diil hot fancy the shooting part, 110 he surren-
dered. •nd suggested to tilt sehtinel that be should take
the bladder chntaining the gold watch tool 47d. 50e. in
""cry, alhiiv hint to go hack into the fort through
the pot-hole, and have nothing said shout it. But the
sentinel was not to be co bribed by Mr. Lacier. He
alarmed tin, garrison, awl Lieutenant Wood, the officer
of the fort, hail the prisoners' roll called to are if all Ids
prisoners were in the fort. He then had Lawler secured
in double and placed in the guarld se. Lisseler
suit that he lied not succeeded, but if he hail, be that
time (aftertiohn) lie would have been iu Laud.
lie thid time officers it. charge that they might 'march
for a better Hecemionist. hut they would have to go
further South than Fort Lafayette to find • truer one.
It appears that Mr. Lawler has lately received some
•isits from ladies, with skirts of An extrivonlinary size.
Hereafter visitors will doubtless be subjected to close
scrutiny.—Nno Yurt Mites.