The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-07-08 00:00:00

foreign anD Colonial Inteltigcnce.

ITALY.—Two highly important fvmetionaries have
arrived at the Court of Turin. The one is • Russian
Ambassador, bearing the official recognition by Russia
of the Kingdom of Italy, mid the other • Portuguese
Envoy, to make an official request for the hand of
Princess Maria Pia of Savoy for the King of Portugal.
Both personages will be welcome at Turin, especially
the first.

PRANCE. —The Paris correspondent of the Globe re-
ports the dawning of so impression in that city that the
warlike measures against Mexico may he superseded by
diplomacy. The expense of the contest, a probable
seduces with Si sin, and a niisunderinanding with
England are given as among the reasons which are
likely to produce a change of policy with respect to the
recorstruation of Mexico by France.

The Paris correspondent of another London journal
states that the Austrian Chamber is anxious to have all
disputes connected with Italy settled by diplomatic
'waits, in order to avoid • greater cmcentretion of
troops in and round Venetia. The bast way to avoid
this and the great expense It will necessarily entail,
would be to give Venetia to the Italians. Since 1848
Austria, it is avid, has spent 2,000.000,000 florins on
soldiers and their welts. Let her be honest and give
Italy her own, and her saving in military expenditure
during the next fourteen years will restore her to
solveary.
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POLAND.r-Warsaw has moeived the Grand Duke
and Duch C matantine most entliniiastically. It is
to be hoped that the expectations of good government
which their presenee seems to have inspired will be
realised.

BRAZIL—The impress of Brazil, it is said, has
struck the royal family of Portugal out of her will, in
consequence of the ineasnres of the Portuguese Govern-
ment respecting the Sisters of Charity.
AMERICA.—We had two fresh American arrivals
on Thersday, one the City of Washington, at Queens-
town, and the other the St. George, in the Clyde. The
intelligence brought by the first-named vessel was
chiefly anticipated by previous arrivals, but thst
brought lay the latter, reaching as it does to the 23rd
ult., although brief, is of considerable interest. If we
are to trust information brought by the City of Wash-
ington Genera/ lllPClellan's army at Richmond had been
reinforced by the arrival of M'Dowell's forme. No
mention is made of this, however, by the St. George,
whose dates are later than those of the other, and we
are inclined to believe that the report requires con-
firmation. We know that lii'Dowell was making great
efforts to join Welellan, sod of osqrse It is possible
that a junction of the two forces has been effected. The
report of the occupation of Camberlaud Gap by the
Federals is confirmed, but the statement which had
been made, with the sanction of the Federal Govern-
ment, via., that Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas,
Lad been occupied by the Federal General Curtis, is
now declared to be unfounded. The Confederates are
stall in possession of the capital of that State, and
Visksburg still hold out agninst the Federal flotilla.
Areording to the latest accounts, however, the Federal
mortar fleet had left New Orleans to assist in the re-
duction of the other city. A bloody battle it is said,
had been fought at Charleston, with great foss on both
sides, and fears are entertained respecting the safety of
the city. Beauregard, it is stated, had reached
ironfffoluorr eta route for Richmond, and the fact of
Jackson having been reinforced is confirmed.
Hormone or rue ANCEICAS WAIL Smith, Esq.,
J.P. of Seediteld Lodge, Wordsley, Storirbridge, has
scat to the Tines the following extracts of a letter he
received a few days sines from a Federal friend in the
South, on whose veracity, Le states, he can most
, thorousiblv depend. The letter is dated from Fortress
Monroe, June 4th, 1862 :—" I now realise war in all its
horrors. I have witnessed such scenes as would make
the blood curdle to read &bout, but to look upon them
is truly horrtide: I hive seen within two days pest
more than 12,000 men torn in all parts of the body with
'bait sad bayonet wounds. • I went on board the
Vassalerbilt this morning, and saw lying all over the
boat Ifir wounded aind dying men. I sickened at the
sight, but was compelled, for the sake of humanity, to
do all I could to aid them. I there maw ColOnel
Brabion, if South varolina, a rebel oolonel, who fell
upon the field, Dot dead, but badly wounded. Some of
the wounded were hit in four or five places. Those
Men are less than one-quarter that fell upon the field
of battle on last Saturday near Richmond. The rebels
there attacked the Union troops and completely routed
them, taking ill theiratores, ammunition, artillery, tre.
On Sunda, *here was some fighting, which the papers
reports' being terrible, sad that they regained all they
lost on thiturday, but this is not ma The .rebels fought
terrible hard, end I very mush fear M'Clellan'e army
will be completely routed if he does not soon receive
heavy reinforcements. Yesterday fluinnar's division
was attacked again by the mbels, hitt we have not
ived any news of the result, as the wires are down
'ire* iseaff-qoarters. We here lost a great many
lacers, nottibbnrof coleneh, lieutenant:colonels, =Ore,
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Moan Cohonel 8— was Wounded, at was his
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