The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-10-04 00:00:00

THE LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN.

At the Court :tfartial respecting the loss ol the
Captain to-ilsy. Mr• L‘in.l cid he h. iieved the
bee of the ClioAn was very siauilar to that of
the Motiatch, ut:der sitotler sail.

THE INVESTNIKST oft'

VERSA I LLI gx, Sept. 30. It So a in.

Captain Johnston, Queen's Messenger, arrived
at ersaiuts to, the 29111, h.tviu4 :4 qt out of
Paris on the 25th wth drapatch..s. lie
permitted to proem d, affer refer, ore to the
Ktug's De.ol-Qoarters, tins tuor ii iii for l'alais
by Reignite. but to future aio ‘lessiu.ger will be
allowed to pass the Prussia.. lines.

A sortie by the garrivnt across tie, river was
repulsed hated•unnely thri morning eariy,
Tho Queen's birthday was celebrated at
Ferrieres; beauthil weather.
REPULSE OF A FRENCH siquip:.
(OFFICIAL (.IiK)AAN DIDIPATeII )

FIgRIItKLM Fri .ay.—Farly •liis morning o
staving fora. of 1, reach troops of the line made a
amnia frons Paris against our 6tli Army
Simultaneously the a issues:Ll jr.. qpi of oar sth
Army Corps were attacked ly three hat,al s,
and a hi jade made a deininistratiou ays.iist our
11th Corps. Af:er Iwo hur ligituiw. in which
our rei.erves were not engaged, the Cneilly ir4ll
driven back, %kit reat loss, to the shel,er of the
guns of the forts. I ur loss is not yet known,
but It is not considerable Several I dred
prisone, a we: e takcii The Crown Prince was
present during tile whole engagement.

RETURN I G THANE.', Al STiii.4lll7lCa.
STR,V4HUItIi, Friday afterimon.

flu i morning the army assembled in the
Orangerie at Ruprechtsan. the Protestant regi-,
meets on one side of the gardens and the Catholic
regiments on the ether, to oiler siluultaiseousiy
thanks for he r,e-iit alicme The Pro.estaiit ,
chaplain of the 3111 Regiment i his sermon
thanked God that sirasburg had at hut returned
into German hands. There was afterwards a
service in the Protestant Church of st.
where the clergy receiveJ General Werder at
the entrance, assuring hnu of the devotion of an
immense majority of Strasburgers to Germany.
General Werder replied that his first visit was
to the Church. lie would do his utmost to hal
the wounds of the city, guaranteed perfect order
from the troops, and expected the Lane from the
citizens
mr.isliurg is Ii rom rejilia ills. I,LIL 101131
IWO e,uvo rd.
nirt, of Gei.eral Werder's artny m irches to-
morrow for Paris and part for Lyons.
of the library nothing but ruined walls and a
few pieces of charred paper remain. Thu picture
ellen and theativ are entirely destroyed Iwo
large districts—the haubourg de Pierre. and the
Faubourg Nalional—are in ruins.
The deaths caused by bombardment among the
cavil population were at the rate last week of 10

FRANCE TO INDEMNIFY EXFELLED
GESMANB.

DISCOVERY OF A sEcitEr POiT OFFICE.
Asi, Till 16:6 TREA i Y.

luaus. Oct. I, I
Each deparnuebt ~1` France weepied by tha 41. r nen
troops moat lay 11.10,taaff. to indemnify 111 fitt 1111
st. (41. x LA* been discover. ,1 at Nowt,.
"1411.darcr-itr"."
krp, up ttttt „g
the letters seised mai 4,1 a t rwmla ot KS, tll • alls by a
skis bow and supposed to be effectual in
Lfeatins 0e,111,01.
Ts onto. g4nlaul crammed at Si. Pet...r4burr that
vi.i 111 01 111, Treaty
of Ina
kN rEwr tINIIENT hllt VIE I'V:I,IIN4-
PERLIN, October 2, 10.2.1 a•tit•

During tki, .kolo a VIP 111114 'WPC k t l'arie fortv
fired I.lllloit MUSH, f...t0 heavy go en rung!"
ia,
tia.
and On the 2lth
Wy yr fite•f• This C•Uitolutile he tr.; ill. • i • sup•
inded to be intenl...l t, enter...gin r 1... 4,t.
higiatti illuminate the sp..er 1.. I 4.. thv forte.
Than is no Was of Frono,ta... aro
KING WILLIAM sENITEVILI RELIEF Ti) riTltAultllitti.
MeoLie, Saturday, (L3O p.m.
The ring of Prune's has meat 5,000 thnlere to the ha-
takitant, ot Strnneurg who hive suffsned fitaa the
et!, is fib. Ileac.
RSPORCNLI FMENCII siII:GESS/CS tr MET%
Turn's, Seturday Afternoon.— Guve.ouinut has
riceired •••/* .41 • tausou +he arr.v...l iron
Mott Aerroroins l.tn.. Ilig..nct, 3..ine
gyavied a 811 MM aueeese over the Prussians on the 314
of August. Other engn,eloents folrourable to th.
h k 10.0.• .43 the T3..1 and 27th or S.pt. tuber.
o 0 ii, 29,„ o.ap•rel H in,
splendid -rove the Po e .11 tar As Bru.y.
611.. ts i.e U•lr In, nit h.l Villa ploymions seld
ona Marsh e.o
.' B..he *la, ham a,.of
M a
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thoo- .od wet, in yerftot ho.lth. The N.t al
do,t k ..1 to de'e t ,
Oun.d ha*
S .110• -sceerii• ,uttiii,/ bin w. 7
5it....81, Ilan PI 12,1•1 •••

AN EVENITUL WEEK.
Ur. Walter. M.la. poceent at the dinner a the
w
it ova, 14cet Here •hirc AC.
toffee the ev• at. of t e moat.. he : Within
ill memory ano ono here priweiit • week he tiauicil
wiaini which bree events occurred ad the caot,ir..
of the litriper4 of the French with an army of 140 000
men, the • owasil of the temporal pow-r the t.
to
(which at it.elf a4:.07 other time 1..104 furnieh +mph
'mama foe cenvere•tioa), and the unprecedented aiio
aster to the Kinn', Soot .n the lo•• of the Captain.
I do not tbiLk it woold be powible l. iniveh • week
in whleit•teuto so important were rec,,rdt,d.