The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-04-19 00:00:00

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Oraini's eldest daughter has just died in Piedmont el
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Sir John Lawrence has arrived in London front
Calcutta.
Recent frosts at night appear to have done some
injury to the viceyardo in some departments in France.
Mr. Bonamy Dobbee has been elected Governor of
the Bank of England. and Mr. Alfred Lathain, of the
firm of Arbuthnot, Latham. and Co., Deputy-Governor.
A large number of the Neapolitan Exiles have left
England for Piedmont. They avoid noisy derronstra-
tions, and go straight to the field.
Some apprehensions appear to have existed in America
for the safety of Lord Lyons, the new Britioh monster;
the vessel in which be sailed wee overdue some days.
A banquet took place in Marylebone on Monday night,
in honour of Mr. Edwin Jaines's return to Parliament.
The reception accorded to Mr. James and to Sir Benja-
min Hall was of a most enthusiastic character.
Mr. Dickens has received two or three substantial
offers from American publishers —one securing to him
for his new tale as large a sum as he could have ex-
pected under the working of an international copyright.
We regret to announce the death of M. de T
whose great work on Alperin, and other literary
replete with sound political philosophy, have won for
their author world-wide fame.
Three French ships of war are under slang orders
for the cod banks off Newfoundland: about which, or
the conduct of the French fishermen there, we have a
little difficulty with the Emperor's Government.
The Bishop of Bangor was suddenly seized with para-
lysis last week, and was found by his niece, Miss Hubei,
on the floor of the study in a perfectly helpless state;
his condition is still very alarming.
The newly-instituted examinenhip in English Muir
tare and history in the University of London has been
filled up by the appointment og the Rev. Dr. Angus, al
the College, Regent's Park.
Several of the "Churches" in New York are engage&
in making arrangements for • Christian Civilisation,
Mission to Japan. The matter has been undertaken bm
the foreign board of the Reformed Dutch Church.
The Bishop of London held a confirmation on Friday •
(the Bth) at the district church, Christ Church, St.
Georges-in-the-East. Amongst the candidates was his
Majesty Pepple, the ex-King of Bonny River territory.
The tower of Old Buford Church (Notta) fell in last
week, causing damage to the extent of about £2,000.
The church is • very old one, and was in course of being
restored. The damage sustained is principally
to the new portion of the edifice.
The Builder says a monument is about to be erected
in Seville to the memory of Murillo, the prince of
Andalusian painters, and a oubscription has been opened
in Seville and in Madrid for the purpose. Senor
Medina is to be the sculptor.
During the celebration of the marriage of the daughter
of Mr. Jones, general manager of the Chester station,
last week, • man named James Hayes, foreman of the
smiths' shops, had his head blown off by the bursting of
a cannon, which he had overcharged.
The late winter in Rilll6ll has been the mildest on
record. The gulfsof Finland and Bothniahave hardly been
frozen over, and in February • ship from Copenhagen
arrived at Helsingfors with • cargo. The customary
sledge-drives on the Neva have bean almost entirely sus-
pended.
The success of Mr. Phelps, in his Shakspearian
meters. at Berlin, has been immense; the German
audiences were quite taken by surprise. and the Fried-
rich-Wilhelm Theatre has been nightly filled with the
I Elite of Berlin society, whether by birth or attainment.

it Lwav Rao:Here.—The traffic returns of railways
in the United Kingdom published for the week ending
April 9 amounted to £442,610. and for the corres-
ponding week of 1858 to £408,460, showing an inereme
of 4,34,150. The gram receipts of the eight railways
having their teriuini in the metropolis amounted to
£182.139. and for the corresponding period of last year
to £172.566, showing an increase of £9,573. The in-
crease on the Eastern Counties Railway amounted to
£36; on the Great Northern to £1,666; on the Great
Western to £1,693; on the Loudon and North-Western
to £5,649 ; on the London and Blackwell to 1:97 ; on
the London and South-Western to P 1.178 ; and on the
South-Eastern to £9B; total, £10.347 But from this
must be deducted £774. the decrease on the London,
Brighton. and Smith Coast, leasing the increase as
shove, £9.573. The receipts on the other lines in the
United Kingdom amounted to £260.471. and for the cor-
responding week .4 last year to £25.4, showing an
increase of £24.577 ; which, added to the increase on
the metropolitan lines, makes the total increase £34,150
as compared with the corresponding week of 1868.