The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-06-14 00:00:00

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Sir Joseph Hawley is said to have wen more than
ESO,OOO "on the Derby."
A new coinage, in bronze, to replace the present
copper currency, is contemphiteil.
Some further evidence having been heard in the Led-
bury murder case, Jones has been committed for
trial.
Mrs. Key, mother of the man whom Sick:es killed,
died at Baltimore on the 18th ult. She IVAA never told
of the death of her sun.
David Cox, the greatest master of English watercolour
landscape art, died a few days since, at Bubonic, near
Birmingham.
An American, Mr. Wright, has purchased foe 40.000
dollars the library of Baron Humboldt, left as• lepcy to
his body servant.
Four men were buried alive by • fall of coal, in a col-
liery at Bearscroft, near Bilston. Two of the men were
extricated alive ; the others perished.
Enoch Enoch has been sentenced to a month's impn.
sonment, says the Rochdale Übserrtr, for having been
found sle,ping in an outhouse at Thisley field.
A small lithographic portrait of the Princess Frede-
rick William, with her infant son bleeping in her lap,
has just been published. It is from A photograph.
The metal tungsten when used as an alloy with steel,
in the proportion sit 20 to SO. has been found to produce
an extraordinary degree of hardness. The metal thus
obtained cuts steel with (ability.
The son of a ishier, at Carnbrse, N. 8., was playing on
the road, when he observed seine dogs coming rapidly
towards him ; lie took fright, and WAS running away,
when he siohlenly dropped down dead.
A reward of a gold cup was promised to the person
wiring the most extravagant costume at A b2ll at tlio
Freres Provsmeaux. Paris. A eight dressed like &
windmill was the successful competitor.
Mr. Cobden is probably by this tune on his way to
England. His return for Rochdale has induced him to
give up his intention to remain on the other aide of
the Atlantic a few months longer.
The London and Nurtli.Western and the Great Wes-
tern Railway Companies have ollen-d to lease the Bir-
kenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway, at
2i to tier Cent, for two or three years, and 4 per cent
,iii perpetuity.
M. Kossuth was to leave England on Wednesday.
It is bald that be has lout an interview with M. de
l'ersigny, the Freneh Ambassador. Seine :300 Bungs-
rime: hove returned from America, and will follow him
to Italy.
Huraee Vernet has gone to spend his honeymoon on
the fill of battle. He has been coinsuissioned to paint
fir the gallery of Versailles the battle of Montebello, as
the first of the sieriea deaigned to illustrate the trinusphs
of the army of Italy.
Sir John kosoring is preparing for the press an
account of his late visit to the Philippine Islands in her
Majesty's steamer Magicimne, with special reference to
the ports uf Lamboanga. Iluilo, and Seal, which have
lately been opened to foreign commerce.
Mr. Iluddlestone the barrister, explained in the
Court of Common Pleas on Saturday, that gelatine is
wade from waste pieces of buffalo-bide, and a spurious
article (!), from sheeps' trotters, old parchment, and
refuse pieces of glue.
l'rince Esterhasy has arrived in London: it WAS
at first said on a mission from the Austrian Government,
and, though it has been explained that the Prince
arrives only on a visit to his English friends, many
people persist in the belief that his objects are diplo-

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matic.
The sale of the late Marquis of Waterford's stud is
announced to take plaoe at Curraghmore on the 24th and
25th inst. The stud, which is divided into 129 lots,
comprises 143 animals- viz., 33 hunters, 13 brood
mares, 17 stallions, 5 carriage horses, 18 two-year-olds,
23 yearlings, 7 colts, snd 7 filly colts.
Among the notices of motion made in the course of
Tuesday evening in the Commons was one by If:.
Horsman, who, on an early day, is to call attention to
the open and wide question of the way in which our
foreign relations are conducted. Mr. Esteourt has a
Bill ready for the reform of the City Corporation, and
such questions as church-rates will again be discussed.
A violent thunderstorm, with a deluge of rain, visited
Bradford on Monday evening. Several houses and some
cattle were struck by lightning, but no loss of human
life is reported. The Bradford Beck, which passed
under the town, overflowed. and the streets became
like rivers. Great damage has been done to property.
A severe storm broke over Chelmsford sod its neigh.
bourhood on Sunday.
At a recent meeting of the Royal Society, a type-com-
posing machine, invented by Mr. Hattersley, of Man-
chester, attracted much attention. The average speed
attained by • person who has practised upon this ma-
chine has been 4.000 letters per hour, composed from
reprint copy. At this rate a calculation has been made
that the advertisement sheet of the Ti eats, consisting of
eight pages of ruby type, And 1,029,848 letters, the com-
position of which costs £43 125., could be composed by
Mr. liattersley's machine for £l4 14s.