The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-05-30 00:00:00

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DELIVERANCE OF PARIS FROM TH---C .
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The P.G.IL then delivered • ahott address, exprem-
lug the pleasure it bad afforded him to take part in I COMMUNISTS.
the ceremony, and wishing every blessing might i
DittabruL BCZNEIS.
attend that institution.
assisting_ in the ceremonial. ! penetrated to the Arc de lriomphe by tl.o ro
heEVigehr,sai.oll,leesceetreedo
suSimorir fibers,. j°lu:hB•l7kgregd. othnebehPa.Glf .ald.thane dmtmhemictrtea;tafnot I 21T.
lations on the suspicions beginning of this good work, ' buildings in Paris were destroyed by fires biod-ij'ek
The MLYOI (J. Milledge, Esq.) offered his congests- ' May 22. On Wednos lay, May 24, rushy of t'L'`..l4 s,
I traced ,its past history, and expressed hopes for its I the insurgents with petroleum. Among th-.`",,,.
, Increased usefulness in the faturei fired are the Tuileries (reduced to Relies), the 67,41
procession re-formed. and on arriving at the top of pertly consumed), the Luxembourg, the
1 The band having played the National Anthem, the I the Hotel de Ville, and the Sainte Chapeih,
thsb,,,
'Hull, and the rest of the procession accompanied the of Honour, the line de Ricoh, the Rio Ito '
&is ' 1 boot-street, the Freemasons turned to the Weenie Finance, the Pelee. d'Or•sy, the p.a., of --•-1 s
I ",.:
' Mayor to the Guildhall, whore they dispersed. Rue Fautsu'rg St. llonor,
At 4.30 a dejtioser was given by His Worship at the PARIS ON MILE,
IRoyal HoteL Among those who accepted the layor'e
Ab ! this Wednesd.iy ni 'ming ! Ps tab, ft y
aurora-bloom was dark, at, most sombre bbrit f:.-,,1.
Gushy, Esq., P.G.M.. Dorset, J. M. P. Montagu,
ihactlosuawaslifie:utallotha6
I gag., D.p.o.ag„ Dorset, Res P. U. Nowehme. p.o. once proud, now 'trick- n sod humiliatt.l city
'invitation were: —Sr Frederick Johnstone, Bert., Joe.
I Chaplain Dorset; C. J. T. Hembro. Esq. within the lest year Sol has looked down 445 fi,..--.
rose from the Paladium of Franco. Great God i
Reiggett, J.Pi,lllr 0. F. Arden, hon. Nee. G.P.J..W., Mr
1 Reti.yrords,"‘j.pß4ll. &linei:Td.P.
.iiriesWa.Tystbonnti.jj....PALp". Pliii"r;"1104: tohneoes.,4l6Bri:eblesew
J. Ayling,.7.P. Mr J. Tisard, Esq., W.K. 170; Mr W. man should be so mad as to strive to make
ruin bemuse their puny race of [senr:m oe:le
Thompson, Mr' R. N. Howard, Mr R. Thomas, Mr J.
The flames from the Pekoe of the Tuileries, ide4l4ll
Robertson, Kr J. A. Talbot, Kr ifr. B. Eliot, J.P., Mr
G. B. Welsford, Mr R. Commin‘ Kr T. D. Luse, Mr damnable petroleum. insulted the soft lifht a:4
"
J. Drew J.P. Mt W. Dyer, Mr 3. H. Devenish Kr H. morning, and oast lurid rays on the grimy rtal
coceemh, Mr W. Roberts, Kr R. A. Ayisa, lir fl. j. Frenchmen who skulked from their da-tardly
&wimp to pot at countrymen from behind s bunc
Vecto Mr S. Webb, Mr F. C. Stagged, Town
rs,omit, committee
of
the iehrutery, _ Dr. meorbeLd, How the place burned! The flames revelled it.t.
historical palace, whipped up the rich furniture
Dr. Lithgew, Dr. Grillo, Mr R. Gashed, Rev J. D.
out the plate-glass windows, brought down the bate:
Addison Rev J. Stephenson, Rev R. Headland (Broad' roof. It was in the Princo Imperial's wing, fteez-7.
wey), fir R. if. Eliot. 3.1'., Colonel Swaffield, Re, 8..
S. Ashton Rev W. Lewis, Mr G. R. Crickmay, archi-
Tuileries Gardens, where the demon of fire his:
tact,
and
keen..
„T„ lime
end zoglond, befidoro. Kr dismal away. By eight o'clock the whole of the
was nearly burnt cut. As I reached the eta i ::'
Gi Andrews, Pier., Mr W. Hi Barrett, Mr R. Hare,
Roe Dauphine, the red belches of tames • ."'
Kr P. Hooper, Mr H. T. George, lir J. IlLeunders, were ber
out from the corner of the Tuileries ionise the pe,2
director of ceremonies, P.M., 170, Captain Drummond,
R.N., Mr J. Grieve, _neat., H.M. customs. Kr w.
tom
and the Rue de Ricoh; the rooms eocupoa
3.
Reynolds, O.W.
station
meter Rev 3. Ewa. mi. 3. e Sing of Prussia and his suite on the vied to
Jacob, Kr R. 0. Hallett, Mr J. etyle (Salisbury), Mr the year of the Exhibition. There is a furious ji i
J. Sparsheitt (Bristol), Mr 0. Giulia (Salisbury), Capt, flame pouring out of the window where &smoke.;
Harris, R.N. Dr Lash, Dr Nathan, Mr G. Frampton, to sit and smoke. Crash I Is it an exploaion re tfi
of flooring that causes this burst of black note ef
Kr T. Coombs, P.G.B. Dorset, Rev B. Janour knows what be
(Port-
red sparks i
land), Dr Simpson Kr F. Hallett, Mr; Ellwood n our faces? Gal ildtee--
wawa..
Kr
3.
3. "mace, Mr. Sauey 8. Rinedito, may be within that burning pile; it were well spsi
tea There was no imitable provision made for the re- to give it • wide berth. And so eastward to the phi
du Peals Royal, which is still unsafe by reason of es
porters, so we are unable to give an iseaciant of the
and shell from the neighbourhood of the H ' • o.el de V 4
proceedlnp. And there is the great archway by which t r es
wont to enter into the Place d Carrousel—is"Q-' -
it the it
there yet? Just there, and no more' could the set
way be cut, the Louvre, with its artistio riche:redo
still be spared. But there are none to help. Tj
troops are lounging supine in the rue.; intent-4
who shall blame weary, parder.grimed men? nbre
and wine. And so the devastator leaps from chi .z,
-n:.
to chimney, from window to window. lie is One, 4
archway now, and I would not give two hours' por-
for all the riches of the Louvre. In the nose f
modern Vandalism, what meal's that burst of ne
and jet of fire? Alm for art; the LTavre is oci
independently. And so is the Pallas Royal lisl2-,
Hotel de Ville, where the Rump of the C.iromakii
cowering amidst their incindiansm ; and the In."
of Finance, and many another public Carl pas
building bisidea, of which more anon. NO wee
that Courbet, soi dime! Minister of Fire iru,d4
have sent far and wide, among friends foreigt,g
native, to find • place wherein to hide his 1,4
Minister of Fine Arts I Fine arts, truly, to brute
Louvre and its treasures. Are the dark ape disco
upon us again—the Kee of the Goths and Visigotal
the Vandals and the Runs?

OSMINGTON.
Sagas Kamm BY Idairnrcra.—Dartag tha thunder
Maim on Saturday evening, Kr B.iabard Andrews had
six sheep killed by the lightning. They were lying
ender • waillf or shelter from the storm ; and. it appears
the lightniag streak the wail, made • bole through it,
and killed the sheep. The wool upon thtut was quite
I bunt.

commusin HIINTI laG.

I tarn from the speotaele sad and sick, to be Cebu
yet further by another spotlit°. The Vra
troops oolleoted aroand the foot of the rate St. But
were enjoying the fine game of Communal lints
The Pariaiaos of civil life are cattail to the led Inc,
their thin, soar, white blood. But yesterdey Meru
cried "Vice Ii Commune !" &WI saboOttd. t:
governed by the said Commune. To•lay they ness
their bands with livid currish joy to have it iu
power to denouncie a Com:Imola and revel! ho L.L„,
place. Very eager at this work are the dear ner.A
of women. They knew the rat boles into whit::
poor devils have got, and they guide to there La
fiendish glee which is • phase of the manpsided ig
Veil(' 1 the braves of Frames returnel to a %ling
after • shameful captivity I They have founi Hat
miserable? Yes ; they drag him out from one d
purlieus which itaaumann had not time to see
away, and a guard of six of them hem him Total
they march him into the Rue St. Honore.
pale, hatless MID, with something not noble
carriage. His lower lip is trembling, but his bro.
firm, and the eye of him has some prilo and debt
in it. They yell—the crowd—" Shoot him; it
hint l"—the demon-women moot clamorous, of c
An arra goes Into the air ; there are on it the,
of a noneeommissioned officer, and there is ar
the flit. The stick falls on the head of the pale - •
blank. Ha I the infection has caught; men clas
rifles, and bring them down on that bead, or clash !
into splinters in their last for murder. He is •
he is up again; he la down again; the thude if
gunstocks on him sounding past as the sound
man beats a cushion with a stick. A certain n
impulse, stronger than consideration for self,
me to run forward. But iii. uselese. They see'
into the flaccid carcase now ; thronging about it
blowflies on • piece of meat. His brains; spurtx
boot and plash into the gutter, whither the carn.:
bodily chucked, presently to be trodden on end
on by the wheels of gun carriages. Womanhood::
Ii not quite dead in that band of Beillawites
clsmoured "Shoot him." Here is one in l.p.
another, with wan, scared face, draws out if tf4
an embryo Bedlamite, her ofhpring, and, lot hi :-
goes home. But surely all manhood is &au 1
soldiery of France to do • deed like this. Au .i.te
one with • ball throat and the eyes of Algict-s
by and looked on at the sport, smoking • Or V
while. Partiecps cristinth surely was be if dowses
a word as diaaipline in the French ranks; If U.lO
not, and I question whether there be, he nti
been pitied if he had not smiled his smug
proval. The merry game goes on. Denountuat,-11
fasilonable, and denouncing is followed in the Fl 2
natural sequenoe by braining. Faugh I. :01
away from the truculent cowards, and tli
gutters, and the yelling women, and the
officers.

DINPFLATZ FIGHTING.

Here is the Place Veudtime, hell. as I 110,2
credible authority, by twenty-five Communist, sul
woman against all that Versailles found it Is as n$
to do, for hours. In the shattered Cool
Versaillist sentries are stalking about the runts $
column. They have accumulated, too, some fool
the rat-trap. Then is one corpse in the giittertairsi
and besmirched—the corpse, as I learn, of tts
menial captain of a barricade, who held it for ha'
bora single-handed ageism t the braves of France,
shot himself- The braves have, seemingly, made w.
him by shooting him and the slay, whine was once
over and over again. And in the Place is another a. 6
that of the Hecate who fought on the Roe de 114
barricade with such persistence end fury. They
have shot her; yes, when a woman takes to erg'
forgets her immunities : but they might at lead
pulled her scanty rags over the bare limbs that sc-#
decency, if the word be not an exotio in Paris.

COMMITS'S? PAISJNISS.
As I ride up the broad slope of the avenue bete
Viroflay and Versailles. I pass a very sorrowful•
dejected company. In Ale after file of sir each, up:
the prisoners of the Commune—there ere over 2,0!
them together—pstiently, and it seems to me'
some oonsciousness of pride they march, linked
arm in arm. Among them are many women, ow
them the fierce barricade Berates, others were
soft end timid, who are here seemingly because a
is here too. AU are bareheaded and foul with
many powder-stained too, and the burning ma
down on bald foreheads. Not the sun alone beats
but the flats of sabres wielded by the dashing C
d'Afrique, who are the escort of these unto
Their experiences might have taught them deeig
the captives. No sabre-blades bad desothded es
Pates in that long dreary march from Sadao w
German captivity they were the prisoners of 0
Bat they are prisoners now no longer, aa they GO
' their wiry Arab stallion" and in their pride of
victory, they belabour unmercifelly the mieersh,
the Commtine. In front are three or four ho:1
prisoners, lashed together with ropes, and among ,d
are not • few men in red breeches, deserters talre.'4
handed. I marvel that they are here at all. as;
dead in the streets of Paris.

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toloc4ro
The inhabitants are being disarmed.
district, the arrondisument. Nationsl
be seen meekly passing along the streets finre.
to deposit their rifles and bayonets. wh'ejl
extinguish the Paris UN, However, their
were not required:
There are many reports of sump iry coGlu so
Puts. The troops give no quarter to men local
urns in their hands. Eight insurgents GA.6" Pis'
petroleum on the floors of the Ministry of
brought out Into the Rue Royal and shot Tlins_.4.l
found throwing petroleum bombs in the
St Honore were shot sal other woman
quarters.
Sev
Ms4el
been °swabseoon::
4rry:ock:wn hundred
doeet women,
efni7ii l'1:67:81/7t oie:sl°P leave:rdl4;bdo&tlibutln:clfinit insurgents
alive.
irlendiwte.evghrlhes op: tri 2cti
eneule:i if
wom
gash
,tJ for
ing
, _fsait
uprisotetagehr:tasincesbentimmonht:::....p7iirfr:tiobteuh:"Tiur
:0
dtijhi of dead boatie,asuwail;
Versailles. Eleven wiggos
y Cemetery
dead bodies of insurgent+, token ;,-0 So'
cover of Fort Morttrooge "a l'A"--
ulOit Versa
1 ib°416066. bY roll se well as road. la the 177,.
." Wimpy, I saw in • drug out one dead Es °;,,
; and tire wounded. The crowd eras MisesPl *ro
' was en acclamation, "There's one st
; won't trouble a °outwear l"
avrOwndthoWatedneediretheilmmbiahowelHpticlhem.pteg.: weTreenshnout.o
Lute on flandsysturnoon Mackinnon
; am absolutely muter of Paw."
" Cremation is seriously spoken at se an
1 sanitary measure. b• 81
t. Th.
troops
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by h e
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Printed mad Babbitts& 1%8 8, Hifirsiteet
Dorobssr ol_ ,by maim Arias, of lha Ps".-
Bar Tdisil7, Ifor and sovrepaiiBor.
TlBlBlBl. May 31). 1871.