The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-02-16 00:00:00

been a fail ore ofiustice, and will regret that Messrs.
Williams and Wit,on have not been deprived of
their gow us. But putting out of sight the merits
of this pat ticular case, it sill be, on reflection, a
tuatterot congratulation that a tribunal, of which
such men as Lord " estbury are members, has
declined to expiate any opinion as to what
should be the creed of the Church; and lies con-
fined itself to simply stating what the creed is,
and whether the accused perilous have contro-
verted that law. It wel the most powerful
argument, that what Dr. Newman urged in his
letters addressed to the Anglican patty after his
perversion, that the doctrine of the Church of
England was dependent upon laymen and secular
courts. It will now be seen that the highest
eourt, which is partly secular and partly religions,
declines to say what the church ought to believe,
and simply deduces from its creeds, articles, and
formulas what it does believe. It does, Hi fact,
no more make creeds than any of the law aunts
make laws.
The letters from Denmark show that the late
battles were unusually bloody. Pew wars have
been commenced with so much fierceness. It is not
generally,until after somifleeeks of campaigning,
that we hear of the loss of thousands of men Li
oueengagement. But theliamburgooreespondent
of the Daily News says that at the battle of
Oversee, on the oth, the Austrians were taken
in an ambuscade, and left from 1000 to 1,200
men dead in the field, besides having a large
number of wounded. One regiment lost two-
thirds of its officers. The guns which the Danes
abandoned when they retreated from the
Daunewerke were spiked by them, and so
rendered useless to the enemy. The same
correspondent says it was absolutely necessary
for General de Mesa to retreat, when the Slew
wu crossed, as he would otherwise have been
taken in the rear. In Sleevig provisions have
become very scarce. Marshal %Vrangel/a repott
of the battle of Oberselk, fought on the 3rd,
claims the victory for the Germane, on the ground
that they carried by assault the hill Kfinigsbers,
behind the villages of the Salk and Jagel, In
which the Danes were at first posted. It is said
that the next movement of the armies will be
exceedingly interesting. The allied German
troops are preparing vessels to cross the strait
which separates the island of Alien from the
mainland, with the view of attacking the Danes
in their place of retreat. More Austrian troops
have purred thtaugh Hamburg, on their way
into Slung. The Danish war-ships are actively
at work capturing Prussian vessels and cargoes.
The Danish Government has strictly forbidden
the publication of all war news, and this will
amount for the meagre intelligence we have re-
ceived from Copenhagen. Wo learn, however,
that the greatest excitement prevailed there on
the views of the retreat of the Danish army, and
that the attack on the Dannewerke was made
much sooner than was expected. Troops were
being despatched to the Continent with all pos-
sible haste. A correspondent writee to the
Times that "The Danes have been fearfully cut
up in their retreat. They fought most stub-
bornly, but were fearfully outnumbered. The
Prussians are still pouring in troops. The state
of anarchy in Blesvig is fearful. Every Dane,
and almost every German who is n.rt known to
, be anti-Danish, are being driven out of the
southern part of the Duchy, and the generals re-
, fuse to allow of interference. Hundreds of
, Danish clergymen and others are wandering
about the country without shelter. The peasants
are afraid to take them into their houses."

The Tryncs of Thursday had a leading article
on the diplomatic correxpondence in reference
to the depredations of the Alabama. which has
taken place between the Cabiue.a of Wa.hington
and London. The "leading journal" seems to
be preparing us for seriously entertaining the
proposal to p-y for all the damage done by that
daring Confederate vessel. Should our surmises
prove correct, we may expect a stiff "swinging
bill" being some day presented to the British
nation, and perhaps presented at the mouth of
American cannon. Our Government, as a re-
ward for their "neutrality," have had the par-
ticulars of claims from several of the New York
Insurance Companies. The language of the
Tines is very significant. Our contemporary
says :—"The fact remains that in the opinion
of the highest legal authorities our laws have
been shamefully infringed, and that a friendly
Power has suffered by it. Though we believe
that culpable lathes can be brought home to our
government, and deny that there is even a prima
facie cue for arbitration, we are far from
being disposed to treat the matter lightly. So
loug ago as the 26th of last March, as we learn
from • very instructive dispatch (No. 3) from
Lord Russell to Lord Lyons, the former admitted
in an interview with Mr. Adams, that the cases
of the Alabama and the Orate were a scandal,
and in some degree *reproach to our laws.' We
have no wish to retract that admisa:on. We
sincerely lament this gross abuse of our neutrality;
and while we cannot blame for the impunity
which the Alabama enjoys, we give the best
evidence of our good faith by anticipating
similar evasions of the Foreign Enlistment Act
with • vigilance which some denounce as in-
quisitorial."
From Japan we hive particulars of the pay-
ment of the indemnity by Prince Satsuma, the
money being brought in wagons to the British
legation. Great jay wu expressed by the
Japanese at the settlement of this affair. A large
number of merchant junks, with about 5,000
bates of cotton, entered the port, and gave
reason to hope that the Japanese Government is
about to pursue a more liberal trade policy.
There are still, however, fears of a revolution on
account of the conflict of interests between the
Tycoon's party and the tdikado'•
The yield of gold at Melbourne still continues
plentiful. On old ground fresh discoveries have
been made and profitably worked, while new
fields are being
_opened with every promise of
success. The Minister of Mines is so convinced
of the riches oontainel in the country around a
reef known by the name of Gipps Land, that he
is about to have roads constructed to facilitate
the transit of machinery and goods. The absence
of such roads at the present time constitute one
of the most serious difficulties of the miners. An
immense quantity of rain has inundated the
colony, in consequence of which railways have
been stopped, and the discharge of cargoes in
the port delayed. Notwithstanding however,
this and other disadvantages, the year 1863 is
alleged to have been one of steady progress and
of consolation to the clinmercial classes.

DORCHEBTEK.—hattourietoc or a. Mei Sgraga,
Bp. -We regret to state that in 5 n.ecitenee of indis-
position, our ester.ned coanty member, H. Her &viler,
Bis(.. has intimated to his oonatituenta his intention of
resigning his meat in Parliament.
THE Dolell PILOTINT AGEISM? THN APPOINTMENT Or
Da. lITAILIT TO Tat DRANKUT OF WENTMINPTEN. —A
meant, was held at Northampton last week, for the
pampas of establishing • free grammar school, with.
ree foundation, unencumbered with relations denomina-
tion tests, qualifications. or disqualifications From
the report given of tbe proceedings by the Northampton
Mercury we find that in the course of the debate which
ensued on the subject, that one of the speakers, Mr.
Blackwell, gave ottomans to the following remarks
relative to the appoirtment of Dr. Stealer to the
Deanery of Westmin ter:— "The speaker alluded
at some length to a petition which hart been presented
to Lord Palmerston by some ef clergy and magi.-
trate* of the twenty of Detest, • nerimil appoint-
mesh which had been made ny tbe I rmier, in sonar
queues of the penal appointed haling opinions upon
the Scriptures which were not entertained by clergymen
generally, after which he went on to may that so long
SS there was as much in the establialiment, so long as
there were so many chances of preferment in it, the
farniers of Dorset might as well petition his lordship to
prevent any other than white butterflies from ,flying
over the holiess to seek the honey from tbe clover, as
to endeavour to prevent persona of various opinions
on religious matters from going into the Church. (Hear,
bear, and laughter.) So long as there were sweets to
be had they woald get at them somehow or other.
(Laughter.")

THR Wromak.—The reading of the thermixoetcz at
Dorchester for the past week is as follows o