The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-12-20 00:00:00

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WESTERN CIRCUIT.
EXETER, Diw. 12.

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A letter from Corfu of the Bth says ;—" Yesterday'
Wednesiday, the Ilttle lonian 'teenier, accompanied by
Her Mejesty's deepatch Wet Assurance, might be seen
early steaming over to Albania, with Prince Alfred.
Mir H. Storks, the Aoriiiral, end a numerous party of
naval and military ollinwrs, all bent on the deetructi 111 l
of woodcocks, which are suppoeed to have conic in with
the cold weather, although it is rather early in the
FCA*IIII. 1 have not ascertained what bag Ilea been
made ; but no doubt a good run in the hills of Albania
has been much to the taste and goo. for the health of ,
Prince Alfred, who would, perhaps have enjoyed him- !
eelf the more if unattended by AO 1111.11CrUl1, • fork* of
distinguished penamages. A grand dinner at the
Presi-
,k-mit of the Senate'a and a ball tonight, at the Palace,
I will clone the feetisitiee diet ere being given in honour
of his youthful royal highness, who leaver Memorrow in
the Eiarylaus for Malta."
The Duchess of Isiveinesa gave a grand cntertai 1111 l cat
on Thursday evening, at Keneington Palace, to their
Royal Highness...a the Dueness of Cambridge end the
Princes. Mary and his Royal Uighur.. the Untie of
Canilor'dge. The following were invited to meet their
royal higlineesee : His Excellency the Auetrian
%ringer and the Isnnteai Appotiyi and the (Amite**
Paunigarten, the C 11111 l tem of Lichfield, Count Bra-
ilenburg, Count Paunigerten, Count Winiplen, Captain
Falbe, Mr. George Ituanell, &c.

The commission for holding the special gaol delivery
for the county of Devon Was opelicil in this city on
Saturday afternoon by Mr. Its Channell. His Lord-
ship attended divine service yesterday at the Cathedral.
This ttttt rning the husiiiess cal. In the county
there are the names of 20 primmer* for trial in the
calendar ; the offences are of cern • character that the
doors of the court must be closed during the Biel of
lime prisoners. In the city there are two pris ners.
Mr. Baron Channell, in charging the grand pity, slid
he hail a serious ground of complaint against some
person ; at present, without inquiry, he del not know
against whom. The grand jury were aware that it WWI
now considered neeesaery in several inatancea to hold
what was called a winter &axis.. Time Secretary of State
decided on the c ttttt ties in which thew special ceases
should he held, and in order to guide loin he had re-
turns incle to hill, from the different gaol.' in the king-
thou of the number of primmers in eustudv. That re-
turn [eel been made ups to the Sth of Novi:usher, and it
would then appear that there were bat seven prisoners
for trial in this county. There was nit complaint against
the respectable governor of the gaol of this county.
Time returns having helm received by time Secretary of
tit., te, SIM the Counties iii o Well itsailVii were to be held
hong determined upon, the Plage, then fixed time cid-
ferm.iit days fur holding the &emcee ; it was, therefore, of
the littioult importance that the number of poisoners
ahould be accurately given. There was, however, no
' return made of a muse of • loan named Kai/Wish, in
which there were no less than tt witnesses in the de-
positions. Hill gli it would Stein that the man was
committed in July or August. The inconvenirnee to
LAUNCH OF A SHIP fie WAR.—The launch took which this might lead might be the unavoidable adjourn-
CHINA. lace at Portainou% 01l Wednewlay lest, of the Duncan, 1 ment of this "WOWS until after Christmas. The charge
The news from China is that Mr. Bruce remained at VOI guns on two decks. 'fllle Veadel was laid down co against the prisoner was of a very grave character—
time 27th of April. 181m7, and Itas been built from designs namely, seuttliog a vessel with intent to defraud the
Shanghai and Admiral Hui* at Hong-Kong. Time
Chinese were taking energetic measures with the view furnished from the office of the Surveyor of the Navy. underwriters : it would he a case requiring their great
Admiral Sir B. W. Walker, K.('. If., under the superin- consideration.
of defence, Saiskolinsin. the Tartar Chief, Swing at time
head of affairs. Contributions were sought for by teiimience of Mr. Aliethell, the master-builder of Ports- Emily Ann Osmond was indicted for feloniously
Government front the trailing Conlinnnities, which mouth yard, and, like the Victoria three-sleeker launched marrying John Vosper Blacklime, of the parish of Charles,
respecilfst but feebly to this sell on their patriotism. from the shed adjoining on the 12th ult., has twee on the 13th of November last, her foriuer lowband being
Ae canton the reorganisation of the Cuatoin House. Ludt from her original designs as • steam line of-battle spa,
under the direction of foreign inTectura, had created ship. The gates of the dockyard were thrown o M pen to r. Holdsworth prosecuted, and Mr. Cox defended
much excitem m ent, ei was likely to affect trade. The the general public at noon, but all those ill pieiStaSion time prisoner.
American Consul had refused his assent to the new cf tickets for the gallery erected un,kr the bows of the It appeared that the prisoner, who was only 20 years
ship, were aduiitted at II Lin., and all the preferential , of no, was married to Osmond on time 23c1 of February
system until he communicated with Mr. Ward, who was
ezpected (ruin Japau. places were soon lilled tipi ; sufficient space, however. m last, at the office of the Registrar of Marriages, and
,
Another steamer has been lost between Shanghai and remained on the platforms oil either side of the vessel . she was married to Blacklee on the 13th of November
Hosig-Kong—viz., the Jitilies Hartley. Officers and for zume thousands re than were really present. On ' Lot by banr,,,,
mew saved. Fler Majesty's gun-boat Bustard was dis- the platform from which the ceremony of christening Ihe defence was an address to the Court in mitigation
I patched to the wreck, and by the praiseworthy exertions the allip Weim performed were the Surveyor of the Navy, of punishment. The first hualiand had told the girl to
of Lieutenant Hallowes aud thomie under his command Sir B. W. Walker, ha. 11. ; Admiral W. Bowles. C. 8., go home, and the second went to sea soon after the
m Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Captain the Hon. JUSCIfh marriage.
I all the treasure on board the steamer was got up. and Denman, Messrs. It. Harriet C. F. Hillyar, G. Han-
! brought safely to Hong-Kong. When Lieutenant Hal- The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and she was
cock, &c., with the officer of the Prussian men-of-war in
lows reached her the vessel had been in t'ae hands ol sentenced to two months' imprisoinuens without hard
the harbour. Metz. Farquhar, the wile of Use gallant I,,bowr.
' the Chinees for some days.

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The Aaiun Tea Company has just escaped a danger
with a hick we in England are only too familiar. On
the 17th of October their labourtra, thousands in num-
ber, lIA all tacharees. struck work for an increase of
pay. Nut reeeivirg it, they threatened the managing
director, Mr. De Mornay, and the superintendent of
the factory. Mr. Mintonll, with death, and marched
on the residence of the latter to execute their threat.
Fortunately for the company. the Assiatant COMMlS-
sioner, Captain Holroyil, Mar CUZlliKslit of the affair,
and aware that the labourers refills meant murder. He
marched down fifty sepoys fr..un Debrisogbur, disarmed
the rioters. arrested twenty-siz ringleaders, sentenced
twenty-ime to hopriao 1111 l rut for short periods, and
offered the temailsier their lischarge. They refused to
accept it, and, joining their hawk declared themselves'
in the wrong, soil went back to work. just as elirk,ltSi
children might have done. The company is remarkable
in In-tic for its imietneiis and obedience to the law ;
but it Maintain.. it is thought, rather too strict a con-
trol over its rate of wage's. While it was struggling
upwards they were kept low of nece.ity, and they
have, perhaps, not been sufficiently increased. Still the
workmen were free to go if they liked.