The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-07-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

A "French steamer fro4ll Beyrout," says the Petrie,
"brings the account that robberies have of late become
frequent in the Lebanon, and, in certain pert., fields
of barley had be set tire to. On learning these facts the
Sultan dispatched • corps of 6000 men, for the purpose
of protecting the harvest and maintaining tranquility in
the country."
A ire broke out on Friday night in the property
rooms of the Grand Opera, Paris, and destroyed
property the value of which is estimated at one million
of trance. Several persons remised injuries more or
less serious. The performances of the season will not,
however, be interrupted„ as all the scenery required
for the pieces to be performed for the prevent is in the
Opera Flows itself.
A great Are took place on Wednesday at the railway
station in Madrid, by which two warehouses, • great
number of carriages, and much other property were
destroyed.
The former Minister of Spain at the Neapolitan
Court is to return to Rome as Minister to the King of
Naples us partibais, the Spanish official journal
declaring, with 'deterministic.° thoroughly characteristic,
t.ligii:stiain will be the last Power to cease to recognise
11. as the Sovereign of the Two Skilies.
M. Mires has given notice of appealing against the
sestense lately passed upon him for fraud. It is said
the appall will be heard on the 12th August.
A telegram from Naples states that Chiavone has
been defeated by the Italian troops Defeat, however,
Is of little avail where the Roman frontiers, which the
Italian troops may not cross, afford so easy and safe a
shelter to fall back upon.
The King of Greece, passing through Welleberg, in
Austria, arrived on the 20th at Gastric, • valley re-
bowed for its thermal springs. His Majesty will, it is
said, pass a month there for the recovery of his
health.
The Queen of Sweden and the primese her daughter
arrived three days back at Frankfort, and were to leave
the next day for the baths of Sudan.
The Pape states that the Ministers of War ana Marine
have decided that, after the execution by China of the
terms of the last treaty, a body of 1,200 French troops
shall remain at Thu-lain, and 800 at Shanghai.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam
packet Pere, conveyed to Malta on the 12th July a
splendid sword for the conqueror of Sicily, subscribed for
in Malheur's'.
Tut fiuttan's Hazen —lt is probable (saps the
Unice) not known that the Imperial harem is com-
pletely renewed at each change of reign. In sending
away the odalisques of Abdul MeAlid, Abdul Ash; has
strictly adhered to ancient wage. The organisation
of the Imperial Court at Stamboul implies the multi.
plicity of women, and they must not belong to any
family of the. Empire, because the Sultan, as "the
shadow of God on earth," must not have any relatives.
This is a fundamental law of the State. His women
must be brought from • distanee, and be purchased,
that is to say, be sieves, in order that between them
and the Padiscba there may be no family ties. That is
so true that the Sultan ii often called by Turks "the
son of the slave." The pest of polygamy will, in truth,
exist as long as Turkey herself, or whist is still more,
as long as the Turks.
Dears IN TUN JUNOLII.—A Cannanore corns-
poudent of the Bombay Telegraph writes :—" A young
officer, Lieutenant Hughes, of the 66th Regiment, was
lately killed in the Wysad Junes in • encounter with an
elephant. He was a steady shot, with plenty of nerve,
and, having rolled the animal over with the first shot,
be went ep to him, thinking him dead, when the beast
rose up sad charged. Lieutenant Hughes put up the
ride to fire, but the cap missed, and the animal &boo-
lately crushed him to death with hiss eight." He was
found in the mire dreadfully mangled. Lieutenant
Hughes was a very skilful instructor in musketry.
General Hay, Commandant and Inspector-Genend of
the &hoot of Musketry, in announcing this calamity
to the Rev. T. C. Hughes, late of Briu, father of the
dimmed, writes:—" He is • great loss to my staff, as
he was the best instructor in India, and had sent in
more Ant-class men than any other."
INUNDATION OF IRS RUINS. —The Gazelle de La Is-
mese states that the Rhine has overflowed and inun-
dated the Rheinthal. The districts of Belot, and Senn-
weld have suffered by the giving way of • dyke, but
most dunes, bas been dons in the Resets district. On
the sawn* of the 7th inst. the Rhine had risen higher
than at any period since 1834—some say since 1817.

81116131A1l ACCIDNJIT.—On Monday, at Briddington-
quay, a boy about eight yaws of age wan attempting to
drown • oat in the sea, and to accomplish his purpose
had a stone fastened to one end of • string and the
other end tied round the eat's neck. He threw the
stone into the sea, expecting the cat would go with ii;
but instead of doing so, pussy clutched hold of the boy's
breast, and dragged him after her into the sea. The
tide being well up, and the water deep, the boy would
, inevitably have perished bad it not been from the
exertions of two men, who, seeing his condition, with
some difficulty rescued him from an untimely death,
for he was nearly dead when taken out of the
water. . . . .

."11--Z.OTAT'II PULS •1111 OINTIIIIIT up ICILDOWISdriId to be
the beet lartelne tor the direr of the twain and derma-
orlon of blood to tbe bad. They entirely supersede the old
treatment of loredlag, cupping, and antimony ; for while
curing the direr, they do not enfeeble the cortitution of
the patient ; nee do they mama the brd orepahlt by
traneterrlog the direr to some other orgsui, when, ihuulth
not so pefeeptlble, It is no lON p.tnlelouu. Hollows'''e
medicines cercurfalr cure the had through the digestion and
Me blood, and their errellous riles oa the kldneyi.
almost ad head allectfolm depend epos the dome& ; Put
that tato order and bead Mierkase owe, while everf.priatwon
of the body partake' to as espial extent of the
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