The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-07-12 00:00:00

illistellantotus.

Mr. Thoinas Carlylo is at present rusticating at Aber-
dour, on the Forth.

A great number of English militia regiments have been
called out for their annual training.
A swarm of locusts has created some devastation in
the neighbourhood of Nottingham.
The sums remitted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
as "comnienee money," during the year ended March last,
anionnted to tiOls

Two men were engaged on • tall chimney at Edinburgh
when • portion of it ,"awe way, and they were precipitated
to the ground and

During morning service in Marylebono Church, on
Sunday, a Mr. Jaoombe fell down in his pew at the close
of the sermon, and died almost immediately.
A grand national fete, under the immediate patronage
of Her Majesty the tlin.-en, will be given at the Crystal
Palace, in aid of the funds of the Webat Charity School,
on Monday, the 25th inst.

Toe cigar-shaped steam-ship of Messrs. Wynans, of
Baltimore, from which great thinp are predicted, lies
sunk at her wharf, owing to • supply-pipe having been
kit open.
Lord Lyveden and Lord Llanover, the new peers,
took their seats in the House of Lords on Monday even-
ing. Mr. Gladstone took the oaths and his seat in the
House of Commons the same evening.
Lord Palntend...in has appointed Mr. Fleming, for
many years Assistant-Secretary of the Poor-law Board,
to the office of permanent Secretary, in the room of Lord
Devon, resigned.
The Grand Duchess Maria Nioolaerna, sister of the
Emperor of Ramie, will par the autumn and winter with
her family in England. Her Royal Highness's arrival
is shortly expected.
"If there is one subject more than another which
ought not to be publicly discussed at the present mo-
ment," says the Palmerstonian Morning Port, "it is the
line of action which the Government has marked out
for itself in relation to Continental politics."
The vacant cake of President of the Board of Trade
has been filled by the appointment of Mr. Milner Gib-
son. Mr. Charles Villiers succeeds Mr. Milner Gibson
as President of the Poor Law Board, with a seat in the
Cabinet.

Milton's receipt to his publisher for the purchase
money of "Paradise Lost" was knocked down at a late
sale for £45, to a gentleman who bought it on commis-
lion for the United States. Why did not the authorities
of the British Museum secure this interesting relic
Severe thunderstorms have prevailed in many parts
of the country, and serious injury has been done to
life and property. In the neighbourhood of London
on Saturday evening week the storm was very violent,
with a deluge of rain, which did almost as much dam-
age as the likhtaing.
Mr. Disraeli was offered a baronetcy on retiring from
office, and declined it. says the Court Journal. The
Leeds Mercury says that Mr. Disraeli "has not accepted
his retiring pension, objecting to make the necessary
declaration that he needs it in order to maintain his
political position."
The Lord Mayor's dinner last year cost £1,575; the
total cost of the festivities was £2,sfil. To this sum Lord
Mayor Wire contributed £I,IBO, the Sheriffs each E.V..10,
and the City Lands Committee MO. The last sum is
regularly voted for Lord Mayor's Day, and is the only
expense incurred by the Corporation.
The Marquis of Hertford is having large and careful
photographs made of his noble collection of pictures.
Those already done are an improvement on the Art-
Treasures photographs made by the same skilful hands,
Messrs. Caldesi and Monteochi, from the Manchester Ex-
hibition. Lord Hertford's example will, we trust, be fol-
lowed by other collectors.
M. Meyerbeer is in London, and his "Pardon" will be
shortly granted to opera-goers. The " east," we hear,
will include Madame Miolan Carvalho, Signori Gardoni
sad Graziani, in the principal parts ; and in the
secondary quartettee, Madlle Marai, Madame Nantier-
Didiee, Signor Neri-I3araldi, and M. Tagliafico, or M.
Zelger.
The pocket-book, containing .C 1,300 in notes, bilk,
Lc., stolen from a Mr. Taylor, on the Manchester Ex-
change, has been found under the arches of the viaduct
which craws the Irk. The book still contained the bill
for £lOO, the cheques for £1.7 and £5; but the two
notes of £5OO each, the kW note, and two for .020 each,
had been secured by the thief.
The Polytechnic Institution is in danger of being
closed. It had been doing well up to the occurrence of
the accident in January last, sines when the lasses in-
curred in the way of compensating the sufferers, about
fifty in number, and in litigating oases of extravagant
demand, have swallowed up its available resources, and
popular philosophy has become insolvent.
Mr. Cobden, in a letter to Mr. Charles Walker, of
Rochdale, communicates the fact that be has refused
the seat in the Cabinet which Lord Palmerston had
offered to him, and adds that he would prefer to lay
his reasons for so doing before his constituents at a
public meeting rather than by letter. He concludes by
asking Mr. Walker to consult with mi.. G. Wilson as
to the holding of such meeting.