The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-01-08 00:00:00

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SOUTHAMPTON, January 4. The 310614.—The
heavy portion of the East India and CIOUA mails
were do patched hence to-day by the Peninsular and
Oriental C pany's screw steamship Pere, Captain
Jamieson, which sailed at 2 p.m. for Gibraltar,
Malta. and Alesandria. She takes out 70 first and
30 second-class pansengers, a fun cargo, .t:100 in
silvfr coin for Malta. and 566 boxes of specie.
jewelry. &AL, value £137,371 4s. ; for the East, viz.,
for Madras, gold coin. £7,102 ; silver coin, 14s. ;
gold thread, jewelry, kc.. £1.370 be.; for Calcutta.
bar silver. £73,490: sovereigns, £G3; prucims
stones, watches, and jewelry, £1,432; for
Singapore. sovereigns, .(1.000 ; jewelry, £34 ; for
Hongkong. bar silver. 1:300 ; dollars, .E 4,235 ;
watches and jewelry, £235; for Shanghai, dollars,
.L 21,615 tor silver, .C4t1,265. The Union Corn-
palsy's screw steamship Dane. Captain Hoffman, also
left here to-day, for the Cape of Good Hope, taking
50iumengers, £3,000 in gold specie ; jewelry, value
£2.000, and a fall and ealuaole cargo. Thu Tagus.
Captain Hall, leaves on Monday, with the mails for
Vigo. Oporto and Lisbon; the Nlag.lalena. Captain
Woulaiml, a ith the lb-sail and River Nate mails ;
and the Arago. Gaptain tholadm, with the
Freiwh and EsOinli mails b.r New York, will leave
on We.hienday ; and :lie Cawaiii Joy, with
the Nleilitcraitemi and It miloy omits will leave on
Satiiidaj. the 12:1, in.t. Tim Alhambra, Captain J.
1). Steward, is due .m the I lilt inst, atilt thin mails
from lAls.iu, Oporto, and Vigo ; the Ripon C plain
Chrint:aii. the 12th. with the Bombay and Alan-
rittis mails ; and the Borussia, Captain Trssitinatiti,
on the same day, with mails of thu Ist frmt New
York.
Accinr.Nra.—Seveml serious accidents have oc-

coma ii, this town auring tho past few days in
c-osequeocc of the bllll* awl ice upon the pavement.
Three or four ptrx.ous have broken their *plied
been iNoieeye.l to their I es.

STI: LET Tsixonaws. -- Messrs. Phillips and CO.
last IA ea introduced an over house telegraph. Its
primary iiltject is to facilitate the business passing
between their two establishments in the 01,h-street
and at the Docks. It is composed of a single wire,
sir-etching from the establishment, No. 12. High-
street, to Mr. Rogers's. florist and horticulturist.
thence to May's Clarn.lon Hotel, at the c..rner of
Bridge-street • from this point it crosses to Messrs.
Collis and 110;on's hotel, and thence across to the
Peninsular slid Oriental Company's premises. typo.
site the docks. Although the distance traversed
mimed's& mile in length yet only three supports are
fitted up as ilag.staffs. formed of wellowlected wood,
and although 5o slight in appearance. are so well
stayed that they are in every way calculated to bear
all the strain the rough winds may bring to Ikar
against them, and on thc whole to have a very bold
and striking appearance. Messrs. Phillips and Co.
iiitesol to open their establishment in the High
Sheet to the piddle for the receipt and transmission
of tiossagai to all parts of the world. The office
will be e.arried .nit upon tire mine principle and
charges, and will also be under the control of one of
the Electric and lutenuttional Telegraph Compruly's
officers.

—Sorel Exuettiesneut.— A singular
engagement took place on Monday week between the
'loyal Artillery stationed in this garrison. At an
early I a large party of the men constructed snow-
works on Soutlisea-cotunion, representing parapets
and myelin'. upon .4m of which the British ensign
was displayed. The defenders took their station
Middle the works at two o'clock, and were attacked
he a large 1..1y of men, headed by their officers. A
desperate tight with snow-balls took place, and the
assailants acre iriven hack, but on returning to
their charge under a different disposition of their
forces, they succeeded iu capturing the fort. Th.,
proeveilings were then repeated, and the fierce
pelting of arrow-halls on each side afford.' much
amusement to the spectators as well as to those
engaged in the tuelle.
of the Wortiwitse.—
The inmates ,d the union workhouse were regaled
with road beef and plum pudding uo Christmas
day.

Sra...4ONABLN BZNEVOLENCL. —Mr. 11011 TV Hayter
gave away upwards of 40 gallons of excellent soup to
the poor of this place on Christmas day, which was
gratefully atweptcd by the recipients.