The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-12-13 00:00:00

DERRY ELECTION.

Spite of the combination of the Conservatives • :th
the Land Leaguers and of Sir S. Wilson, great
wealth and Church influence, the Iriah Solicitor-
General has achieVed • tignal Liberal victory. The
number' were :
Mr. Porter, Q.C. (Libera1)......2.701
Sir S. Wilson (Conservative) ... 2,054
Mr. C. J. Dempsey (Leaguer.)... ... 56! I

RUSSIA AND CHINA.
ST. PETIIISBURG, ThUtiday.
The Governor of Ea-tern Siberia Ina asked for
rmbei lies to encourage colonisation in order tl arrest
Chinese immigration. lie refuses to take p teaol4l/11 of
ICaldpa owinsr to the general exodus .f the nopulatien.
I t is proposed to increase the Russian fleet in the
Rack :ea.

RESCUE Ur THE IMPRISONED LIGHT-
HOUSE KEEPERS.

The hightboeee keepers on the Calf Rock were rescued
at balimast 11 &click on Friday morning. A heavy sea
prevailed when the men were taken off the rock. A rope
was thrown with a life.hu•iy atrached and made or.curo
The r clothed in cork jacket and litcebelts. jump ii
inm the ta, and were hauled on hoard three shore boats
and transferred to the gunlmat 8 ao rm& wh rre they .ere
provided wl.h atimulante and warm clothing. All were
weak. tmr Bryn., the While =eon, seemed to be the
worst lie mu in • fainting c.mtlitian when brought on
board the gunboat.

Extraordinary or..rautione far the persooal safety of the
Ca.r are bArts taken it. St. Petersburg, whets a panic is
gd to prevail as to Nihilist pots.
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In Germany Prince Biemazvk show. no signs of yield•
ing. In one of his lettere be expresses himself as
follows I firmly believe in the ultimate victory of the
plasm I have pu forward. I treat more to the con-
vincing power of their innate troth than to the effect of
ruy personal elf via. A yet longer struggle is necessary,
/ bays little hope.. ofninytlf ming the success of the
preposed
before himrly4rhiiiron herewilelaprr"oetilllmy:if*onrttbse
notice, succeed again.
Toe double anniversary of the death of the late Prince
Calvert and Princess Alice will, it is understood, be kept
he the tjueen with the usual solemn observances on the
14th inst., at Windsor Cutle, when • service, which will
lee attended by her Maj sty. Princ.ss ll•erice, and other
member, of the Hovel Family, will be held at the =two.
team in the er 'owls of Froginme Ileum, once the residence
of the Duch es of Keot Queen's mother) and the
Prince and Princ,sa of Wales. No one grudge. her
Majesty this r,lociessislaci and commemoration of the
departed. but for Awls!. illegalities M the vicar of Miles
P i
latting s in Lancaster Gaol. —Church Review.
AN EXCITING CAPTUAS OF • SHARK.—A shark
riseasuring 13 feet 8 inches in length, and 11 feet 6
inches in girth, was caught by some Geelong fishermen
in C Bay. The eont-nts of the stomach were " dorm
cats, and sacks." His capture, as described by one of the
fishermen, was as follews:—"Tbe hook was baited with
• small shark, and when the monitor came up to this
beet be turned on his aide. and • harpoon was sent into
him, well back from the bead; the harpoon was &patent
one, with a toggle, and opens when there is any strain on
the line. It held well. D•reetly he was wounded he
struck the boat with his rose and sounded, taking out
about 50 lath ,ms fl tie. We then tried to take in the
slack, when he Dud& nip appeared on the surface and
made straight at the I.w of the host, which be seised by
the cutwater and shook like 'dog shaking a cat, tearing
splinters off. Meanwhile, G. hart drove the lance into
him hallludoz •n and I rut • paddle in his mouth
to lever it o:un. U., let 11, the boat, Ent held on to the
Paddle. which he waved shout like • f. ether, hut even.
tuallY dr"PPed. He then started off just below the surface,
Cawing the boat rapidly through the water, arid we had
to pay out feet to keep her bow from going under, He
got tired of that, and again sounded. I began to take in
the stack line, and be came again for the boat, when
Colbert managed to rend the lance well into him two or
three times. It took us • good hour to make him quiet
enough to tow int., port, which, after two hours' hard
p riling, with the 'mistimee of more men and another
boat, ors soasogod to 60.--arlooko Zeroing Heald.
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ANOTHER CASE OF SUSPECTED POISONING.
A suspici tts case is being investi,goted by the
, SM,theld police. Mr. Thomas Skinner, a gentleman
of independent means, living in Glover-road, Sheffield,
became suddenly ill on Tuesday after taking dillllor
with his housekeeper. The latter also was affected
with the r symptoms—those of poisoning —but
subsequently ecovered somewhat. Mr. Skinner,
however, succumbed. Kate Dover, the housekeeper.
WON taken home, and is in a critical state. Mr.
Skinner, before dying, declared that be had been
poisoied. The fowl eaten at dinner was bought from
a poulta rrs, who, at the housekeeper's request,
removed the neck and inside. The poulterer says he
and his family ate there parts for dinner themselves,
and suttained no ill effect, so that the fowl could
scarcely have been the cause of death.