The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-09-23 00:00:00

Court 1tf330.

Tag Pluses OF AVALas ni Bar.mulf.—On Sunday
• grand Court dinner was given at the Palace of Laeken,
in honour of the Prince of Wales and the Danish
Princes. In addition to the band of the Guides the
Lyrical Society of Brussels were in attendance, and
sung some of the most beautiful airs in their repertory.
King Leopold, in his own name and in the name of his
illustrious guests, complimented the director on the
excellence of their performance. On Monday a splendid
review of all the troops in the capital took place. The
Prince of Wales, Prince Christian of Ben mark, the
Duke of Brabant, and the Count of Flanders, all in
uniform, surrounded by • brilliant staff, arrived on the
review ground at 11 o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses
the Duchess of Brabant and the Danish Princesses
arrived soon after in a carriage ain Dzumont. The
troops, who were drawn up in three extensive lines,
were under the command of the Minister of War. On
the arrival of the illustrious visitors the bands of the
various regiments played the national airs of England,
Denmark, and Belgium. Having first rode along the
line, the Princes and Princesses took their station on
the elevation of the manceuvring ground, from which
they obtained a fine view of the various movements
of the troops. The Prince of Wales, the Prince of
Denmark, the Duke of Brabant, and the Count of
Flanders took part in a splendid charge of the Guides.
The cavalry charged to within two paces of the carriage
which contained the Princesses, who warmly oomph-
men ted the colonel of the regiment. The weather was
magnificent, and immense crowds, among whom were
several English, surrounded the field of evolution. An
order of the day announced to the troops that all
small punishments for breach of military discipline
were remitted, and that the duties of the next day
would only be the same as on holidays. Their Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales and the Danish Princes
and Princesses left Brussels on Tuesday at 10 o'clock in
the morning, and were accompanied to the Northern
Railway terminus by the Duke and Duchess of Brabant,
the Count of Flanders, the Ministers of England and
Denmark, and a guard of honour. At 6 minutes past
10 the royal express train proceeded towards Germany,
under the guidance of M. Faasiaux. The Prince of
Wales and the Danish Prances and Princesses took
leave of the King the previous evening, after the Court
dinner.

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We understand that the Prince of Wales's marriage 1
to the Princess Alexandra of Denmark has been
privately settled at Brussels ; that itis one based entirely
upon mutual affection and the personal merits of the
young Princess, and that it is in no way connected with
political considerations. The revered Prince Consort,
whose sole object was the welfare and happiness of his
children, had been long convinced that this was • most
desirable marriage. The knowledge of this is itself a
source of deep gratification to the Queen, and will be
most satisfactory to the country. The betrothal of the
Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra of Den-
mark," says a Brussels letter in the Journal de Liege,
"took place on the Sth, at the Palace of Laeken, in
presence of the King of the Belgians. After the
ceremony • grand dinner was given, at which, in
addition to the Royal visitors and their suites, the
Ministers of the Interior and Foreign Affairs, with
1 several members of the English and Danialisdiplomatic
bodies, were present.

THE OFFICIAL CATALOGUE of the International Exhi-
bition, in its explanation of the diagram of the trophies
in the middle avenue, describes Benson's Great Clock
as follows :—" 48. A cloak, by Benson; striking the
hours and quarters on five bells, the largest weighing
22 owt. The works are 300 feet from the dial, which is
situated in the great centre tower, the connexions
being carried underground, the weight exceeding • ton,
and are 200 feet from the works- A new remontoir
escapement allows the use of the great weight required
to drive • clock of such size, so distant from the dial,
and moving hands of such magnitude, sometimes in
opposition to the wind. A two-seconds compensation
pendulum is employed." See the official oatalogue,page
15. J. W. Benson begs to inform the public that lie
has every facility for the manufacture, on a large scale,
of all kinds of olocks and timepieces. With the aid
of steam machinery he is ahle to produce turret clocks
at prices varying from 2,000 guineas to the small but
accurate timepiece suitable for a village church or
school at 15 guineas; and to supply at much lower
prices than are usually charged all kinds of carriage,
railway station, musical and chime clocks, regulators.
Arc., Sco. Benson's Illustrated Phamplet, on clocks,
contains numerous patterne snitablo for the drawing
and dining rooms, the library, the ball, shop, ware-
house, office, or counting house, with an historical
account of the rise and progress of clookmaking. and •
carefully prepared price list of every description of
clock; post-free for two stamps, from the Manufactory,
3.3 and 34, Lltd(Rte gill, London, E,C, fotablished
• 1719.

foreign AHD Colonial Entrittocncr.

ITALY.—The Press of Vienna, of thel3%, contains
the following: "We are indebted to a chance eirculu-
stance for some correct details respecting Garibaldi's
state. A physician of this city received yesterday a
minutely accurate description of Garibaldi's case drawn
up by his wedital attendants, with • request that he
would give his opinion in writing, as personal motives
prevent him from going to La tiper.sia. The rtrgeon
in question says that if the phlebitis formed at the
lower part of the ankle cannot be overcome very
speedily, amputation will be inevitable. He declares
that MA wound is very serious, and in even the most
favourable issue must have unpleasant consequences ;
that, oven suppoaing Garibaldi to escape amputation,
he will be lamed for life, and subject to frequent attacks
of pain. As nothing was said of the other wound the
probability is that it presents no dangerous xymptonia."
It is stated by a Turin correspondent that Victor
Emmanuel, in reply to an address lately presented to
him, said that before the end of the year Italy would be
in possession of Rome. We are afraid that this is too
good news to he true.
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Dr. Partridge, the English physician who hag been
scut out to Garihaldi,hss seen the general. The doctor's
progress has been considerably facilitated by the interest
Lord Pahnerston has taken in his mission. There was
no inflammation from Garibaldi's wonnd, and the
patient was going on favourably. Yesterday morning
a requisition was put in course of signature in the city
of London, requesting the Lord Mayor to call a public
meeting in the Guildhall, "to afford the inhabitants
of the metropolis an opportunity of expressing their
views of Garibaldi's devotion and patriotism, and their
sympathy with him in the hour of his misfortune." The
first of a series of meetings intended to be got ul for a
similar purpose by the United Garibaldian Demonstra-
tion Committee was held last night at the Whittington
Club, Arundel-street, Strand, and all the metropolitan
members of Parliament, as well as other gentlemen,had
been invited to attend.

A crowded and enthusiastic meeting has been held in
Birmingham for the purpose of expressing sympathy
with Garibaldi, and niemoralising Government to use
its ir.fluenoe to bring about the evacuatior of Rome by
France. The speaking was of the right tone, and the
various resolutions were enthusiastically carried.
AMERICA.—PIraCS PROSPECTS IN AIIZEICA.—The
last accounts from America have created a strong im-
pression among ninny of the cotton operators at Liver-
pool that the Federal Government may soon be forced
to accept peace, and sales were effected on Tuesday at
a reduction of 2.1. per lb. from the quotations of Friday
last. In London, however, a majority of the mer-
chants and others most connected with New York still
entertain a belief that the country will have to pass
through many more months of misery before there will
I. any actual approach to negotiations for a termination
of the struggle.
THE SECOND BATTLE AT BULL RUN.—A Washington
dispatch says :—" The Richmond papers of the Ist are
said to have contained complete and reliable accounts
of affairs up to an early hour of the 31st ult., at which
time they acid— "Our forces were pushing towardt
Washington after the retreating foe.' They claim the
result of Saturday's (30th) fighting as their greatest
victory of the war, asserting they captured SO pieces
of artillery, 5000 prisoners, many stand of arms, colours,
flags, In all the fighting since they dashed on
Manassas they alAu Oahu to have captured waggon
trains of supplies and ammunition, arms, and camp
equipages sufficient to supply their whole army now on
Bull Run for many days: They admit all this was not
accomplished without a fearful aacrilloo of life ; and
though the loss in the battle of Saturday is said to
have been more than 400 killed and 2500 wounded,
they acknowledge a total loss in all fighting of 10,000
killed and wounded."
RECOGNITION OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.—It
is said that it is no secret the Emperor of the French
is in favour of recognising the independence of the
South, and that lie is anxious to have the Englich Cabinet
brought to the same way of thinking. According to •
Paris report the subject is to be sericualy discussed
by our Government in the course of neat month...
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'CONFEDERATE MOVEMENTS.—The City Washing-
ton which arrived on Wednesday, received, by telegraph
at Cape Race, intelligence to the evening of the Bth.
The information represents the Confederates as having
withdrawn nearly all their troops from before Wash-
ington, and as directing their attention to the invasion
of Maryland, and even of Pennsylvania. In fact, the
Southerners have now invaded the North. From
Leesburg General Jackson marched his forces up the
left bank of the Upper Potomac, as far as Point of
lirmks, where he creased the river and pushed on to
Frederick, in Maryland, which he occupiedwith 40.000
men. By these movements the reinforcements for the
Federal troops at Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry have
been cut off; and it is reported that the Confederates
purpose to destroy the Western Central Pennsylvania
Railroad and operate in Penneylvania. The governor
of the latter, alarmed at these movement., bad for-
warded troops to the entrance of the Cumberland
Valley to resist the threatened invasi n. In Tennessee
the Confederates were making such progrers that
General Buell had ordered the evacuation of Nashville,
against which General Bragg was marching. The
alarm at the progress of the Southerners had extended
to Indiana, the governor of which bad called on all
citizens, between the ages of 19 and 45, to aid in re-
! *ling invasion. _

" Along the prisoners in Fort WHenry there was,
up to the 28th of June last, a Norfolk lady of fashion,
Miss Susan Archer Tally, who had been arrested in
consequence of &discovery made that a coffin, which she
endeavoured to get passed through the Federal lines
to Richmond, alleging it to contain the corpse of her
brother, was in reality full of percussion caps. The fair
smuggler was forthwith put under lock and key, and
was 'rigorously confined to her cell, with permission,
however, to take the air on a balcony pertaining to her
widow, and also an hour's exercise round the ramparts,
accompanied by the officer on duty. She was in all
respects well treated, and took her captivity pretty
philosophically. On her release she returned to her
family, near Norfolk."