The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-01-24 00:00:00

HONEST'? AUDAX

THI Moniteur of Saturday contained a moss
important letter addressed by the Emperor of
the French to M. Fould, the Minister of State,
announcing that the time has come for applying
themselves to the means of giving a greater
development to national wealth, and extending
foreign commerce by the exchange of products.
His Majesty then communicates the bases of a
programme of commercial reforms with the view
of exempting from all duties primary articles
indispensable for industry. These reforms in-
clude the suppression of the duties on wool and
cotton, the progressive diminution of the duties
'on sugar and coffee, the improvement of the
means of internal communication, the reduction
of the canal dues, the grant of loans to agricul-
ture and industry, the execution of considerable
works of public utility, the suppression of the
prohibitions of the tariff, and the negotiation of
commercial treaties with foreign Powers. In
carrying out this programme the Emperor
announces that there still remains, of the war
loan, the sum of a hundred and sixty millions of
francs, nearly sit millions sterling, which he
purposes, with the sanction of the Legislative
Body, to apply in three yearly credits to the
execution of great public works; while the
sinking fund will compensate the Treasury for
the loss which it will temporarily sustain by the
reduction of duties. The Emperor concludes
with the expression of his opinion that the
present difficulties in foreign affairs will obtain a
peaceful solution, and he therefore hopes that
the Legislature will assist him in giving effect to
these views, and thereby inaugurate with him a
new era of peace, and insure its blessings to
France.

This important document has been received
with great satisfaction on both sides of the
Channel. In this country it is regarded as the
very best security which the Emperor could have
given to Europe for the continuance of peace,
and Lord Cowley has already returned to Paris
with the draft of a commercial treaty which will,
it is hoped, place the relations of the two
countries on a basis more durable than the good-
will of Governments. In France the proposition
has also been received with general gratification,
the only party which has openly expressed
dissatisfaction being that of the Legitimists. In
the large commercial towns and in the principal
ports, such as Bordeaux, Havre, and Marseilles,
deputations have been appointed to convey to
the Emperor the gratitude felt by the merchants
for the proposed reforms; while the manufactur-
ing towns, which have hitherto been the strong-
holds of a monopoly which considered itself a
match for any Government, have been pro-
pitiated by the announcement that His Majesty

will take into consideration the claims of exist-
ing interests, and provide for them accordingly.
The official organ of the Papal Government
published an article on Tuesday declaring to
all Catholics interested in the preservation of the
States of the Church, that the Pope, obeying
the dictates of his conscience, has refused to
accept the counsel given to him by the Emperor
Na?oleon in regard to the cession of the
Romagna. The Abbe Complete had previously
been sent to Paris with a diplomatic note, which
is said to have contained a formal and official
protest against the recent pamphlet. It has
been reported during the week that the Pope has
also demanded the evacuation of Rome by the
French troops, but there is reason for believing
that the rumour is without foundation. The
resignation of the Sardinian Ministry has been
accepted by the King, and Count Cavour has
been charged with tho formation of a new
Cabinet. Count Cavour on Wednesday pre-
sented to His Majesty a list of the new Admi-
nistration which is said to contain the well-
known names of Signor Farini, the Governor of
Parma, Modena, and the Romagna; General
Fanti, the Tuscan statesman; Count Maiuiani,
the last constitutional Minister of the Pope ;
Signor Cassini, the eminent jurist; Signor
Elena, the representative of Genoa ; and Cheva-
lier Desambrois—all of whom are devoted to
the cause of the national independence of Italy.
Accounts from Morocco inform us that the
Spaniards have occupied the forts on the banks
of the Tetuan river, and have made themselves
=sten of all the heights commanding the
valley in which the city of Tetuan is situated.
The Moors subsequently showed a disposition to
attack them, but were thrown into disorder by
the fire of the Spanish artillery. The invading
army was only four miles distant from Tetuan
on Tuesday last, and every preparation had then
been made for advancing upon it.
Letters from Constantinople of the 12th inst.
state that Kuprisli Pasha was about to return
to office, Sir Henry Bulwer having expressed to
the Sultan the displeasure of the English Govern-
ment at his dismissal. M. Thouvenel, the
French Ambassador, had left for Paris to assume
the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs, but
before his departure he insisted upon receiving a
more precise declaration concerning the Sues
Canal.

Tits EMPEROR'S famous letter is one of the ablest
and most important state papers that has perhaps
ever been produced. That the substitution of
protection for prohibition in some cases, and the
total suppression of duties in others, must neces-
sarily promote the prosperity of France and
England and other countries, no one attempts
to deny The removal of the duties on wool sad

cotton will, as a necessary consequence, increase
the demand for those valuable articles, and stimu-
late the production of comfortable clothing,
which, while it will be cheapened, will find a
ready market and sale to an extent altogether
unprecedented, and perhaps scarcely conceived
by the most ardent free-trade imagination. There
is plenty of room for better and cheaper clothing,
as the mass of the hard-working operatives of
of this country fully attests; while the demand
for the finer sorts of silks and linens is without
limit. The same rule which applies to increased
comforts in the way of clothing, holds good as
respects coffee and sugar, which are to be gra-
dually reduced. This change cannot come into
operation immediately, owing to large private
interests at stake in the manufacture of beet-
root sugar in France, and for other consi-
derations; and in the interval of time be-
tween a largely increased production of the
raw material and the remission of dues, no
great reduction in prices is to be looked for; but
it is certain that the measures which permit the
increase of manufactures, cheaper clothing, and
reduce the duties just alluded to, will stimulate
production to an extent every way commensurate
with augmented consumption. This is the picture
of general prospet ity thus afforded to the gratified
eyes of Europe—at the hands of a potentate
whose dispositions have been hitherto thought to
accord but little with the peaceful progress of the
world, which is infinitely better secured by coin-
mercial treaties like these than by the most ela-
borate and successful efforts of diplomacy, or the
interchange of polite expressions and national
confidence. "Our own colonies," says an elo-
quent contemporary, "the plains of Hungary,
and of the Rio Plata, will all experience an in-
creased demand for wool. Our possessions in
India, the Southern States of America, Egypt,
the Brazils, &c., will find a larger market for
their cotton. More trade will arise, more ships
will be wanted, and very soon shipyards will be
again alive with exertion, and the shipowners,
acquiring a brighter prospect and a better temper,
will think only how they can most cheaply supply
the increased demand for carriage. More goods,
too, will be sent by rail, better dividends will be
paid, and an extension of railways will be pro-
moted." This cheering prospect is by no
means overdrawn ; and our well-confirmed
experience of the working of free-trade
in England no longer leaves a doubt upon
the wind of any man as to the immen-
sity and value of the Imperial programme
which has just been given to the world by
NAPOLEON 111., while it tends far more strongly
than any other act of the EMPEROR, or all other
acts of his Majesty combined, to show his ad-
hesion to the CALM of peace awl the beneficial
progress of nations, as the wish nearest to the
hearts of all mankind. We learn by the latest
intelligence from Paris that as soon as the Treaty
of Commerce between France and England has
been signed, negotiations with other Powers for
the conclusion of similar treaties will be com-
menced.

DORCHESTER PITCHED CORN MARKET, Saturday.
—Our market waa thinly attended to-day and but a
moderate supply of wheat on offer; dry samples were
readily taken at extreme rates of last week; others
could not be placed except at a reduction of 2s. per
quarter; the demand for barley was steady at last
week's prices. Oats and beans the same.
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REVIVAL MEETING IS DORCHESTER. —A revival
prayer meeting took place in the Townhall, on
uesday evening last, at seven o'clock. The room
was not large enough to hold all who pressed for
admittance, and the council chamber and the top of
the staircase were crowded with anxious listeners.
The Mayor, M. Deveniab, Esq., occupied the chair,
and there were also on the platform the Rev.
Reginald Smith, Rev. H. Monte, lice. E. Ludlow,
Rev. E. M. Hall, Rev. W. Burt, Rev. E.
Rev. Josiah Miller, and the Rev. Mr. Nicholson.
There were many influential persons in the body of
the hall. During the preliminary proceedings,
prayer was offered up and portions of scripture read
respectively by the Rev. L. M. Hall, incumbent of
Christchurch, the Rev. R. Smith. rector of Stafford,
and the Rev. Mr. Nicholson. Wesleyan minister,
hymns being also sung at intervals. Shortly after
eight o'clock the Mayor introduced the lecturer to
the meeting. The Rev. A. Roliertson, curate of
Lymington, Hants, said he appeared before them
to tell of the most marvellous work of God's grace in
these days. And this work, as they had already
been apprised through other channels, had not been
done in a coiner. It had not been hid under a
bushel. It had not been done in a corner of the
world, neither in a corner of God's own vine-
yard. The rev, gentleman then dwelt at consider-
able length on the subject of the ev g; after which
the Mayor took the sense of the meeting, whether
their future assemblages should take place at seven
or eight o'clock, and there was a very general show
of hands in favour of the latter hour, at which it was
accordingly announced they would in future coin-
mence.—The Rev. H. Moule next offered a few
observations on the thankfulness they should all feel
for this great work, and the lucid manner in which it
had been placed before them by the Rev. Mr.
Robertson. The meeting then sung the doxology.
and the large assemblage dispersed. A second
meeting took place on Wednesday morning, when
there was again a very large and respectable attend-
ance. The Mayor presider', and there were also
present C. Porcher, Esq., and Mrs. Porcher. Rev.
Reginald Smith and Mrs. Reginald Smith, Rev. C.
W. Bingham, Rev. H. Moule, Rev. T. Burt, lice.
W. Lamer, Rev. E. M. Hall and Mrs. Hall, Rev.
I'. W. Knipe, Rev. J. Evans, Rev. A. Handley,
Rev. E. Ludlow. Rev. -- Nicholson. Rev. .1. Miles,
G. J. Wood, Esq., Mrs. Devenish, Dr. Cowden,
Mr. Ensor, Mr. hbindey, Mr. J. Davis, itc. The
Rev. E. Ludlow gave out a hymn, which was gene-
rally joined in by the assemblage, after w hich he read a
portion of Scripture and engaged in prayer. The
Rev. H. hloule followed with prayer and the Word
of God. Another hymn was sung, and the Mayor
then introduced Mr. Robertson, who again dis.
courses' on the great importance of these revival
meetings.
FOIMINGTON REVIVAL—The Rey. H. Motile,
vicar of Fordington, lately issued an address to his
parishioners inviting them to prsy for the outpour-
ing of the Holy Spirit. The handbill announced
daily prayer meetings at his school-room during last
week. The hour between I and 2 was divided,
and singing, scripture-reading, and prayer occupied
(nearly' each half-an-hour.
Miss Urn- STI'ART.—It will be seen by our
advertising colunms that this talented young lady
gives her Drawing-room Entertai tttt lent in our Town-
hall on Friday evening next, and we have no doubt
such an attractive and elegant performance will
secure a full room. From among the many high
encomiums bestowed on Miss Stuart by the public
press, both London and provincial, we select the
following highly favourable notice from the" Lincoln
Times.' " Possessing a personnel which must
attract, singing songs that draw us back to the days
of Waverley, and introducing all her vocalization
with such piquant, happy, and womanlike remarks,
she could not fail to draw with her the interest of
her audience. She managed to includh in her
entertainments those two great features—interest and
admiration. Personally We never listened to an
entertainment possessing more intrinsic value, and
we may say that Miss Stuart is capable of preventing
to a general audience a more classical and attractive
entertainment than any young lady individually
with whom we have yet been brought into contact."
Such praise needs no further remark front us than to
say we hope Mies Lizzy Stuart will be as highly
appreciated in Dorchester as she has been in other
places where she hiss given her " l'eep at Scotland."

The Marquis of Westminster has contributed .e3OOO
to the fund for the restoration of St. John's Church,
Chester.

The Rev. J. W. Hallwarcl, son-in-law of W.
Henning, Esq., of Froome House, has just been ap-
pointed Chaplain of the House of Correction at
Wandsworth, Surrey.

The Rev. J. G. Davis. son-in-law of John Davis,
Eaq„ of High West-street, in this town, has been
appointed Chaplain to the Dorset County Hospital.

GIMAT WESTRitN. —The officers and workmen of
this company's carriage department, on the 11th
inst., presented to Mr. John Gibson, the superinten-
dent of that department, an elaborate silver tea aml
coffee service, value £llO, as a mark of their high
esteem and appreciation of his unremitting atten-
tion to the welfare of all persons serving under him.
CONIIITTISD TO DORCHTATER GAOL. - Asskes.—
Charles Critchell, night poaching and beating keeper at
Wartimell.—Hord Laboar.—Thoutuut Hounhell, assault-
and beating at Brailpole, 3 calendar months ; 11eorge Par
tee, night poaching at Wool, 1 calendar month and to
find sureties; George Major, misbehaviour at Bea-
'inflater union, 21 days ; John Welsh, drunk, Ac., on
board H.M.S. Mars, lii days ; John Kelly. rescue,
on board H./A.S. Mars, 28 days; James Lane, leaving
family chargeable at Piddletrenthide, 2 calendar
months; Albert Eves, assault and beating at Bradixile, 6
calendar months; James &marring and Charles Hooper,
poaching at Milton Abbas, 3 calendar months; James
Russell, poaching at Broadmayne, 2 calendar months ;
Charles Skivington, Henry Seward, and Daniel Stokes,
stealing timber at Shroton, 14 days; Henry Shiner,
stealing waistcoat at Caine. 3 calendar smooths; I. Corbyn,
stealing hay at Wynford Eagle, 7 days.—linprisoneiest.
—Oliver Kerby, breach of the peace at Lytehet Min-
star, 2 calendar months.