The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-03-15 00:00:00

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About 21,000 refugees are assembled in Piedmont;
including 4,000 deserters from the armies of Austria and
Neatens.
The pew for wedding parties, in waiting at St.
George's, Hanover Square, has been named this" match-
box.
The first snort of the iron horse in Seinde was heard
on the lit of February. The line between the Bander
and the Gime Junction has been completed.
The treaty of co reo and navigation conclided
between Russia and England, which was ratified by the
Emperor on the 10th of January last, has been pub-
lished.
The total number of paupers relieved in England and
Wales in the fifth week of January, lse4, was 070,773.
The number relieved in the fifth week of January last
was $7lOl, or a decrease of 105,0tr2.
Lord John Russell it said to have had • long interview
with Mr. Bright, and that the " Hon. Member for
flirt ii iii gliam gave I to understand that it was not his
intention to thwart him in his policy."
SOILIC twenty buys being required for H.M.S. Hogue
an inspection was made of the pupils in the ragged
school, to ascertain if any of these would be suitable, but
none were found to come up to the standard required
by the Admiralty.
At • dinner given by the Princess Mathilde, on
Saturday, it was observed that most of the guests were
Hungarian, and that after the dinner they were pre-
sented by the princess to the Prince Napoleon.
At Sheerness and Chatham dockyards several hum
dred additional workmen have been enterml, and the
men are to commence working overtime. New siege
gun* from the Lowinoor and other foundries are
delivered at Woolwich pier almost daily.
Sir William Armstrong, the recently-appointed
Government engineer for riled ordnance, is now en-
gaged at the Royal Arsenal directing the necessary
arrangements, to enable him to carry out the duties of
he office.
The laying down • submarine telegraph cable between
Rangoon and Singapore is advocated by the Indian press.
in order to facilitate telegraphic communic.it ion between
India and China, The expense ies4ini,.ted at/350,000.
Japan is now attracting attention aiming our inerchante
in China as an opening for foreign trade. Late sulviees
fries Shanghai say that eight or ten ships had cleared
for Nagaski since the treaties were made ; the Japanese
Government admitting thein under the Dutch treaty
with ratifications were exchanged.
Signor Farini, the Italian statesman, has written •
letter to Lord John Russell, which sets forth in strong
but teitiperate language, tlw violations of the treaty of
N'ienna persisted in by Austria, shows grounds for the
policy a:f Piedmont, and the alliance with Franee, and
laments the change of opinion in England which has
shown itself in a leaning towards Austria and a jealousy
of France.
It has been intimated, that am, by ti's. Fraudulent
Trustees Act lately passed. the offence for which Mr.
Stratum and Sir John Paul were sentenced to fourteen
years' imprisonment would now be visited by a punish-
ment limited to three year*, the infliction in their cave
will be commuted to a period of four years. Their
liberation will consequently take place in October
next.