The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-07-27 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS

DORCHESTER, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1858.

HONESTE ACID AX.

IN the House of Lords on Monday the remain-
ing clauses of the Government of India Bill were
agreed to, after a division, in which clause 34,
providing that the appointments to the scientific
branches of the Indian army should be given by
competition, was carried by 41 to 34. On the
motion for the second reading of the School
Trusteu Bill, the LORD CHANCELLOR moved, as
an amendment, that the Bill be read a seoond
time that day three months. The amendment
was agreed to without a division, and the Bill
was therefore lost. On Tuesday the Sale and
Treater of Land (Ireland) Bill passed through
committee, and on Thursday the Universities
(Sootl,nd) Bill was read a third time and
passed. On Friday the second reading of the
Marriage Law Amendment Bill was moved by,
Lord Gaon, and powerfully supported by Lord
LYNDHURST. The Bill was vehemently opposed
by all the right reverend prelates present, except
the Bishop of Rios, who cordially supported
the second reading, Lord OVIRETUNE ohm-
terised the strong language of the Bishop of
Imes, MI 'lnjudicious, unwise, and to a cer-
tain degree unchristian," On a division, the
Bill was lost by a mAjority of 94, in a house of
MI members, 99 being tar the second reading,
end 46 spinet it,

In the Houle of COMMARA on Monday on the
motion for the mond reading of the Metropoli.
tan Local Managenient Act Amendment Dill,
Mr, ?MARA moved, as an amendment, OW the
Dill he read A MOW time that day three mouths.
The mnendnient not having been seconded Mite
the ground, and the Dill WM read a second thee.
The motion for going Into oommlistee on the
Jew,' Dill was tarried on a division by 144 to 40,
and the Dill palmed through sommittee. The
oovernment of New Caledonia Dill also pulled
through committee, On Tuesday Mr.eeoue
moved e series of resolutions on the suWeet of
the Hudson's Day Company and the eolonisation
of their territory but withdrew them on revelv.
log an I{IIIIMHOO from Sir H. LYTTON thAi it wee
the intention of Ooverntnent to take from the
Priedietion of the Company all that portion of
their territory whin!' is capable of being nolo.
nised, and place it under the Chow*, On Wed.
Holiday the third reading of the Jews' Hill WAI
earried on a division by IVO to 00, and Lord 11,
Itttmont'm resolution declaring that the Howie did
nut deem it necessary to examine the Lords' res-
eons for Insisting on their amendments to the
Oaths Dill, because their Lordships had already
provided mane for the admission of Jews to
Aosta in the Legislature, was earned without
a division, On Thursday, in answer to questions
by Sir G. C. Lewis, the CIIANOILLOR Of the
ICIOIISQUIR stated that the revenue for the pre-
sent year had exceeded his estimate, In the first
quarter's revenue there was a surplus of income
over expenditure of £223,904; and in the first
18 days of the second quarter (up to the 19th of
July), the surplus had exoeeded by no less than
£384,000 the revenue of the corresponding
period of last year. On the motion that the
House go into committee on the Metropolis
Local Management Act Amendment Bill, Mr.
BUTLOR moved that the committee be deferred
for three months. On a division the amendment
was negatived by 199 to 11. The House then
went into committee, and all the clauses, with
amendments, were agreed to. On Friday the
Probate of Administration Act Amendment Bill
was read a second time. The Divorce and
Matrimonial Causes Amendment Bill, sent down
from the Lords, was also read a second time.
The Militia Pay Bill was read a third time and
passed.

TILBORAPRIO despatches were received at
the Foreign Oft* on Thursday in anticipa-
tion of the Calcutta and China Mails,
with news from Hong-Kong to the 7th, from
Calcutta to the 19th, and from Madras to the
25th of June. From Madras we learn that the
recent defeat of tho Maharajah SCINDIA WU
retrieved on the 20th of June by the recapture
of Gwalior, one of the strongest fortresses in
India, by the foroe under Sie Him, Roes, after
a severe light of four hours, in which the Rena
of Jhansi is said to have been killed. After the
fall of their stronghold the rebels fled, but our
cavalry and artillery were in pursuit. From
China we have the important news that the forta
at the mouth of the Peiho, mounting 198 guns
and backed by a large number of troops, were
taken by the English and French gunboats on
the 20th of May, and that the allied force had
oommenoed advancing up the river. The forts
were taken with trifling loss on our side, but
the French suffered severely from the explosion
of a mine. At Canton, on the 2nd of June an
attempt was made to rout the "braves," who
were encamped on the mountains in the vicinity,
but without slime's. Ningpo is in possession ofil
the rebels, and the English inerchauta are on
board Her Majesty's ship Surprise.
The above is a brief summary of facts, very
important in themselves, and tend to inspire the
public with fresh hopes as to the ultimate settle-
ment of India. The occupation of Gwalior by
the rebels, and the defeat of our ally, Soternis,
rendered the aspect of affairs extremely critical
on the dovetail of the last mail. The defection
among the troops of the Maharajah was amply
sufficient to occasion a precipitate retreat from
the field, and it we. with considerable difficulty
that he escaped to Agra. The fort of Gwalior
is of vast strength, and the poesession of the
city opens the way to Central India. It was
very reasonably apprehended, therefore, that
this temporary suoceu of the enemy would have
revived the insurrection over a great extent of
the adjoining country. The triumph of Sir
Huon Ross will, therefore, be readily appre-
ciated; and the effect it is calculated to exercise
over the rebels cannot be otherwise than highly
advantageous to our cause. It is satisfactory
also to know that if the rebels could have main-
tained their position in any part of India it must
have been in the stupendous fortress of Gwalior.

The enemy must be now fully aware that their
total and final defeat is only a quntion of time,
and that the immense disadvantages, even,
under which Europeans labour in the hot
weather, will no longer serve the rebellious
natives, The heat, we are told, which last year
wee mercifully mitigated in our favour, has this
year been beyond the emporium of 90 years,
and the rains, which at lent give a variety to
the heat, have been proportionately long in
wining, The Europeans have, nevertheless,
proved themselves superior to their most terrible
enemy on Indian soil—the Indian summer and
having taken the 'lawn impregnable rock of
Gwalior, the next thing we hear is, that their
cavalry and artillery were in pursuit of the rebels.
No doubt these achievements, which are so highly
creditable to Sir livom Ross and the brave
troops under his command, are, as we have said,
In a great degree satisfactory and reassuring
but the precise value and extent of the victory
depend upon circumstances of which we ars yet
lo be informed The possession of the
stronghold is undoubtedly of great con-
sequence, but the destruction of its former
rebellious occupants is a matter of still greater
urgency. We earnestly hope that the " cavalry
and artillery in pursuit of the rebels" will have
it in their power to do execution upon the flying
rebels, in so far as to render them for ever power-
less as • compact hostile body. The best amounts
represent the numbers of the retreating army as
somewhat more than 20,000 men, and as the
most formidable force still in arms against our
power. But the junction of &INDIA'S deserters
does not appear to have been taken into account,
which numbered 7,000, the whole of whom, to a
man, went over to the enemy. In this favourable
view of affairs, however, it must not be for-
gotten that Oude is still in open rebellion, and
that matters are in an uneasy state in Rohilound.
Then, we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that
the Sikh levies—which have heretofore shown so
much sympathy for our cause, and behaved so
well as an auxiliary for our troops—appear to be
getting tired of these prolonged struggles ; and
it is said to have been recently ascertained that
the Sikh populations in the North-west provinces
are not so well affected towards us as they were.
It is hoped that these representations are untrue;
and the statement, that "their disoontsnt and
"murmuring, have occasioned the most serious
"uneasiness to British officers," is especially
without foundation. Had the various turns in
the fortune of war given the semblance of truth
to any such disaffection, the recent triumph—
which we hope will prove to be one of substan-
tial and lasting benefit—will re-animate the
spirits of these native auxiliaries, and strengthen
their well-known admiration of British gallantry
and success.

DOROMISTIR PlTCliari CORN MARMOT, flatardeY,
July tit —There wss again a considerable quantity
of wheat on offer to•dcy, and, notwithstanding the
weather was showery itud unsettled, millers were
not disposed to purchase it last week's prices, The
trade Wei doggish at lc to Is, per quarter radio.
lion, We have to report that, should the weather
be favourable nest week, harvest operations will
he general in this district

PORONNATNN AfiNIPUITUNAt, ANNODIATION,==The
ANNUM eihibition of Monk in ionnemion with this
*amity ionise ulf on iliturday iii the Voir Field, A
groat many pilau will he dributod, The
dinnir cn4 mooting are livid to Milo pliii in the
iftirniion M the Antilop@ Hole!, Ndwird Weld,
H.q., of !Awing& priaident,
TUNNIP Upetess MANN. = We underetinii that
the mount turnip hoeing niitoh in ionniotion with
the Doriliietor Agriouituril Stonily onsisos ff sin
Yriiiiy, in a fold bilunging to Mr. Chopin., Ai Whit,
nimbi farm,
Ntsse MALD AND LITTIND.—On Thoriday weik
Mr, Jamie Hartling's animal chimp sale mid rani
letting I. to take Min at Higher WMoronn, No
douhl from the wide popularity of Mr, Harding'.
mooting., end his inoillout arrangimente for the
uouvinliiiii of vulture, there will hi a Intim ittow
Minn! andplinly of Williiinitidlitithott liindint of
tresteib thither—will be pnivitlitt by W. Yeereley,
of the Antelope Hotel, The clink Is &glared to be
to prime eofitilbilie,

611NNT1411 Mtui, AWA lib Itnq
CATT It —dm V, --To AN ()Whet' of the hest heifer
in milk or in calf, not esseedlog three years
uht-
I(r prise if W
Mr. 14, Pope, of Greet Toiler,
Maiden Newto ‘lB.ln, Dorset saund prise of 410 to
Mr. M, Pope.
floonwoon Hansa —An Ontlinlitlll trfiltt Will
leave this town for Uhlehester, oaths South Western
tisilwa,y, on Thuraday next, being the oup day at
Goodwood,

In about a oouple of months the Mouth Western
Railway will he able to take pessengere (Don below
Brookenhurst to London without going into Mouth.
empton, the passengers proceeding to Blechynien
and hence direct to Bishopetoks,

An excursion train arrived yesterday at the Great
Western Railway station from Bridport, oh its way
to Weymouth, where the visitors spent the day, and
returned in the evening. There was an excursion
from Yeovil also.

MARMON IN HtOH Ltee.—We understand that
this (Tumidity) morning the inarriaqe between the
'laughter of it. B. Sheridan, Esq., M.P., of Framp-
ton, and the Hon. A. F. Batnf)lde, son of Lord Pol.
timoor, will he celebrated at St. George's, Hanover.
square, London. The school children and labourers
at Frampton are to have a treat in honour of the aus-
pielous event. There is some talk i'f bringing Mr.
Bainfylde forward for South Devun should Sir J.
Y. Buller be raised to the peerage.

DORSET MILITIA. —lt is expected that this regi.
rnent, under the commend of Colonel Bingham, will
he called out for the usual yearly training in the first
week of September.
Tux ARTILLERY.—The order for the transfer to
our barracks from Christchurob of a field battery of
artillery, comprising 150 men, has been counter.
mended for the present, in consequence of the
Dorchester barracks not being in a condition to re.
naive them. Our barracks are undergoing the an.
nun" repair.

Tut BIBLE SOCIETY. —Two meetings of the county
auxiliary to this society are announced to be held at
the Townhall on Friday.

Tun ANIZES. —A full report of the cases tried a
the Assizes last week will -be found in our second
and third pages. Owing to the length to which
that intelligence extends we have been compelled to
curtail several other matters of news.

TUE CONVICT SEAL.—We understand that the
execution of the unhappy youth who stands convicted
of the murder of Sarah Ann Guppy at Stoke Abbott,
is fixed to take place on Wednesday, the
11th of August, should no commutation of the Gen.
time arrive meanwhile. He is said to continue in
the 'June quiet, unaffected manner as before his
trial, a full report of which will be found in our
third page.

A paragraph containing some silly scandals eon.
earning Sir Fitzroy Kelly and a member of his family
having found its way into a country newspaper, that
gentleman has addressed the following letter to the
editor—

"Sir Fiteroy Kelly requests that the editor of the--
will oontrallat a statement concerning himself and a member
of his family which his appeared to that paper, purporting to
be copied from some other publication, and which is little else
than a Wens of falsehoods. Sir F. Kelly can but express his
astonishment that the editor of any newspaper, claiming
character for reepect-Mility and veracity, should have admitted
such •paragraph into its columns."

On the 22nd instant, the Rev. John Robert Legh,
8.A., was instituted by the Lord Bishop of Salis-
bury to the vicarage of Tarrant Mookton with
Launoseton, near Blandford, Dorset, void by the
resignation of the Rev. William Standen, clerk, on
the presentation of James John Farquharson, Esq.,
of Langton Long, Blaudford, Dorset.

Rim Lordship also licensed at the slime time the
Rev. John Wade Shelton, B. A,, to the curacy of
Westbury, Wilts, and the Rev. John Dawson Peake,
8.A., to the curacy of Bryanston•oum•Durweston,
Dorset.

"THE WONDERS OF The Nsw Palas."—
& lecture was delivered by the Rev. (J. Kirtland, of
Canterbury, under the above title, at the Townhall,
on Friday evening. The.roona was tolerably full,
but the lecturer proceeded without the aid uf a chair-
man. The chief portion of his address consisted of
an account of Me Times establishment, including
statistical statements of the material used in the
production of that daily paper and the extent of its
issues. At the close of the lecture. Mr. Gill, • depu•
tation from the directors of • proposed new daily
paper to be called The Dia!, made a business statement
of the directors' intention& The Journal was to be
established by £lO shares, and the leading design of
its promoters is, that, while oominercial matters shall
be detailed as usual, the paper shall contain articles
embodying those religious principles in which all
denominations of Christians agree. At the close of
his address • resolution, approving of the movement
and the establishment of The Duel, was moved by
the Rev. Mr. Purkis, seconded by Mr. Howe, and
unanimously adopted. We did not hear of any
shares having been taken; and this novel mode of
"raising the wind" does not appear to answer in any
quarter the expectations entertained of it.

COO OTT POTTY 81111110Xli, farsiall, Saturday, July
114,—(Before H. Williams, W. L. HollniNg, H. Frampton
and H. N. Middleton, Iletri.)—TAomee PPON9IOI4,
labourer, was sudnuoned fur dainagtit a door at Toiler
Poroorum the property of Barnard g. was
fold at Se.' Fined 15d., ordered to pay he (binomial', 36,.
and wide, Bs. Od /A tm .—Prols nsa, labourer of
Woudaford, mot guinttionad for laultln& William
Greening, of Woodsford, on the 17th Inst. r. H. U.
Wootton defenthal, It appeared that oomplalnant hod
beim hartitaking, and al the *low of the alto defendant
mono to oomplainatit In a euaoh bongo and afterward' In
o atable, and-Inquired what he had to say to him, Cuiu.
plainant replied by the 6 mark that he would not go
about with a lung paper bilging for RIO to go to Au,.
India, and than went to &Romp' to rannove defendant.
Upon 11110 difendant struak nom) lalnant sevoral tittle'.
The byltanderi separated lb. belliterente. Casa dia.
missed.
COMNITTID TO Dimon:ergot GAOL. —Nord Labour,
—John Whlttnure, William Workman, and Ephraim
Simplon, samtultlng eonatable at Wyk._J 1 month
Thou,.
Orlithle, robbing garden at Weymouth, 2
months, and live yeara to a Reformatory bobtail i Chas.
Bragg, Waving family chargeable at Bradford Abbas, 3
inoidim I George Rummy, stealing timber at Thorn.
oombe, 14 days I nary Ann Newberry, stealing prayer
book at Lyme Regli, 3 months.