The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-11-22 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.—It Is asserted by the Prase that on
Wrdni aday M. Fould signed the French %apt for
1866, and that it shows • surplus of 1,000,000 f. The
Palrie of Than& r evening Lints at • mod,ficafion of
the Italian Ministry, sod at the probable resignation of
General La Marmon& The proclamation of martial
law in Friuli is looked upon in Paris rather as a pre.
cautionary me, sure than one really required by the
exigency of affiirs. It is thought little need be appre-
hended from the rash and impulsive youths who alone
are active in this imprudent enterprise. The Federal'
in Paris are apprehensive, as they have too much reason
to be, that the declaration of a majority for Abraham
Lincoln in the presidential election may lead to a civil
war in the North. Hoch a shadow seems to loom in the
vie• of the Government at Washington, judging from
the presence of General Rutter in New York. M. Leon
Say Flu an able article in the columns of the Journal
des Debate, on the subject of the public works bank,
which is receiving melt ample discussion in France at
present. Although the Government hove repudiated
the contemplation of the project, the impression still
generally prevails that there is good ground for believing
that such a *chime has been entertained, and may
indeed inske to appearance in official form in due time.
The following epitaph may be seen in the ceuseterj of
a parish in the environs of Paris—" Here lies Madame
N—, wife of M. N—, master blacksmith. The
railing around this tomb was manufactured by her
husband."

ROME.--The Roman Government has put Ma& into
communication with the King of Italy on a rather
strange subject of negotietion. Soma 800 convicts from
the Rom mp and other boat provinces had been hitherto
kept in the Papal prism" from the date of their coo-
victiou, several year" back, and their maintenance has
been found ezpeneive. Not disposed to recognise the
Royal authority, but desirous of getting :id of the
charge, Cardinal Antoneffi threatened to let them loose
on the kingdom, if not taken into the enatorly of the
r.le facto Government. The King hes consented to
remove them, and they are now en mire by ea to (Moon.
AITSTRI A . -The insurrectionists in Venetia are not
enbAued after all. The Vienna correspondent of The
Taws write% on the 12th Inst., that the insurgent., are
a very troublesome that hardly • day puma without
an enennoter between Austrian patrols and persons who
endeavour to monk sena and ammunition acmes the
po and the Mina°, and who the Northern Tyrol.
ne•rral chest full of °mini bombe have recently fallen
intn the hands of the Austrian authorities, but it hardly
•dinita of a deub. that others have reached Ho ir
destination in safety. The Onset to di Vellf Zi6 agates
that there are still guerille ba, de in the mountain. of
Friuli, and • telegram received auto:mead that
that district has been proclaimed in a state asiege.
INDIA. -The overland mail ham brought Calcutta
p reds to the 15th ult., by wt irh it appears that the
diaas.roue effect/ of the late cyclone were little if at ell
othr.reted hi the ...rot et.t. mote we hay. hitherto
'wired. In one Adtrict al n. ( Diamoed Harbour ),
and the o untry bet•een it Ind Calcutta, it was
°imputed that not km than 5000 /oda perithal.
drowned by the land tad of Vol stormy wave. Ori at
cm/lions were being made by the Calentts community
to organise a system of relief for the survivors of this
dreadfu titivation. The following statement of he
d.struction to life and land. cl property in the town and
mborbar4 Calcutta is gleaned from report& of the nut sr.
intendeute of the different dmieions :-Casualties-
Native. killed. 41; ditto wounded, 12; puelieb house,
by native., .lamaget 1,383; ditto de.leyed.
18 ; lecke ditto destroy/A. 89,412. Europeans killed,
2 ; .1 it to wounded, 5 ; ditto houses damaged, 2,296 ;
ditto ileetroyed, 92. In the harbour, however, • great
improvement was visible. On the 12th ult., many
versels which but • few days before mat/ate-I a most
dietreuing picture of damge end destruction were
riding on even keels, with their damages repaired, and
it hough there were a great many still lying stranded
on both banks, hopes were entertained of their being
gotoff again to ride the waters once more.
AUSTRALIA.-Austrelian advice* are to the 26th
September. The ma I left Victoria in the midst of •
general election. The main trunk line of railway from
Melhourne to the River Murray had been oompleted.
The colony of Victoria can now be traversed from north
to south by means of the railway in something like six
hour,. Coincident with the sooomplirliment of this ini•
portent work • &mute has arisen with the sister colony,
with refer,-nee to the commerce between Melbourne and
the western section of New South Wales, The Govern-
ment of the latter had artabliebed a cordon of custom-
houses along the River Murray, Ito that no dutiable
rads should enter New South Wales from Victoria
without being subject to such impute as the Sydney
Government thought fit to levy. Nor was this all
New South Wale. claims the Murray no part of her
territory, and therefore proposed to seise all goods
whah she might find on the river, unless customs
duties were pad upon them. This arrangement the
offfioer. of the Sydney Government endeavoured to en.
fume a few days before the snail left, when the Victoria
police resisted the neighbouring authorities, and • very
pretty quarrel was likely to arise. The Council of the
Anti-Transportation League continual to hold periodical
meetings, and public feelings on this .abject was
strongly excited. The mining prospects of the colon,
are reported as encouraging, and this improvet condi.
tion of things bad mused considerable influx of capital
from all parts of the country, From New South
Wales we hear that a gnats reef of " extreordinary
richners" had been dimovered near Dunol'y, end the
Tumania papers announce that a valuable gold mine
had at length been found in that eolony idea Queens-
land has nothing to give us beyon I aateniente of bee
wonderful prosperity. Since the establishment of the
colony five years ago, the population ha, trebled, and
pastoral occupation bite spread over an additional area
at hat three times larger then that of the United
Kingdom. Private letters received at Sydney on the
Bird September, from missionaries at the Lnyelty
'deeds, report extraordinary mete dings by the French
at Lifton. The French Dollars had prevented the
natives attending Divine a-Tyree, and put in irons some
of the natives and mimioneries who refused to obey
the prohibition. The unfortunate islander' are, it is
said, treated with the greateet cruelty, and mane of
their leading men Miss been carried ewe, captor.. to
New Caledonia. It is /unposed the Roman
Catholic priests have instigated these proceed.
tugs, of which • fall report will be sent to the
Louie ;determent by the outgoing mail steamer.
AMERICA-HOD MID SHitalrair at ATLANTA.- -
Big Confederate soldiers have been shot at St. Louis,
in retaliation for killing Major White and his comrades..
-It is report. d thet Hood', army crowd the
Tetineare et Gunnenville on 23rd ult. Forrest has
been ordered to attack Bridgeport. Macon telegrams
report that Hood's leaking operation. More been thus fer
crowned with theous,and that in ooe month the Federals
will lioll no point in Georgia rout,. of Chattanooga.
Hood, in addreasing his army, inform, d them that they
were shoot to start on • " lifta en days' march, but did
not sista where tea-regard i..-The Federal garrison
at Atlanta is ruorted only 6,000 strong. It is maid
th.t Sherman haa opened railway eoatrounioatioo
with that point. Hi, friend, report him" all right."
On oar 1111holll itienacten.-The Richmond Sesillise/,
October 31, aai• -" We are not able to state with
accuracy the 1....5e• of the enemy in the hostilities of
Thor-day but enough i. known to show that they
were very conaderahle. On our right, where Mahon
fonglit, :nom tlmo two hundred and fifty dead remained
on the field afar the retreat of the enemy. On our
left we are informed that mom than one hundred and
fifty were counted on one part of the area. of Nitta
General Hampton, too, • ith his awn' ry, on our extreme
right, is understood to have routed the enemy's cavalry,
driving it to shelter behind the infantry. Meking •
moderate allowance for the deed who were buried or
carried away by the enemy, and the usual estimate for
the wounded, we suppose the killed, wounded and cap-
tured of Grant's orrery will amount teat lesst five thoo•
sand men. It is probably greater. Five thonaand
men, at the current price, are a Ices to Mr. Lincoln
of five millions of dollars, and will tend to excite the
market (?)-The lore on our aide, es has already been
stated, wee wonderfully small. Grant, with his usual
tactics, pushed at us simultaneously with his right and
1- ft, but was soundly chastised, and gained no ground
anywhere. We are curious to see bis official report of
the 'victory.' We suppose P. will he represented as a
most • tueeeedni reconnaissance in force," which
accomplished all that was desired, and gained mush
valuable information. Sheridan will be a very ungrateful
man if he doe* not fire ' • "hotted salute' in honour of
the achievement, in retort for similar compliment, to
himself. -Grant is so severely punished that we doubt
whether he will again bring his resolution up to the
fighting point this campaign. His men fought very in-
differeetly, breaking under our first volley, as we are
told, on the north side, end at a distance of 200 yards
from the works they were ordered to smolt. They
have got winter quarter% in their heads, and have no
stomach for hard fighting so near the close of the
campaign."
KIDNAFPIIIIO.-I.ate on Tuesday night, the
15th inst., Mr. Kehoe, the superintendent of the Liver-
pool detective pollee, received a letter from Mr. George
Underwood, the proprietor of the Sefton Foundry, in
Liverpool, stating that upwards of 180 men and lads
had been inveigled from Ashton-under-Lyne, and about
30 more front London, by • Federal recruiting agent,
who bad intended to get them on board the Great
Western, then lying in the Canada Dock, and bound
for New York- Mr. Underwood added that, suspect-
ing the reel object of the expedition, he had warned
she men, and that the greater number of those from
Ashton bad thereapon refused to proceed, and had
accepted his (Mr. Underwood's) offer of temporary
shelter. Mr. Kehoe sent an officer to make inquiries,
and the information collected was placed in the hands
of the deputy town clerk, Mr. Curwood, who purseed
the investigation with a view to legal proeeedinp. It
appears that placards have been published at Ashton
and elsewhere, inviting young MOO to go out to Ne•
York, the inducement -being permanent employment in
a large glass manufutory, at lbs, per week, with food
and clothing. The bait was too tempting to be refused
by the young men of Ashton. who have been so long
without work, and it in said that shoal 300 of them
accepted the offer. When the first batch, numbering
about 180, from 16 to 30 years of age, arrived at the
Sefton-street station, at Liverpool, it was dark, and
earls were in waiting to carry them to the Canada Dock.
Seine dispute occurred between the men, who were
hungry, and the agent, whn promised that they would
find plenty to eat on humid the Great Western, and the
altereatioa attracted the attention of Mr. Underwood,
and led to his ieterfereme. The inquiries mack
disclosed only such facts as warrant the
belief that the men were intended reareits, and it I.
doubtful present whether the agents have brought
themselves legally within the mugs of the Foreqgn
Belistment tot, There were, however, about 400 or
IWO men, °plashed from London, Ashtoo, Liverpool, end
some from abroad, aboard the Great Western,
and the vessel left the dock for the flyer preparatory to
nailing for New York.-Tbe Ashton men mention the
name of a Mr. Shaw, whole. been naive in inducing
them to j. in this glass-making expedition. This
gentleman% brother, who is aid to have been in °ono
muoiratica with mum of the London men, has been
out to the United States sad reeentiy retuned; and it
is further elated that they are both on board
kite ()Mai Western. NIP of them mentioned.. the
person who paid the fare of the &Alen men by rail to
Liverpool.
I=loo. -01teial navies, remised tress Marioo.
slats the needitios of slain to be most estislasiery
The &sperm. Maximiba• continued his iseuney amid
Us. enthusiasm of the populations. The JUarea troops
bad revolted and been disbanded, and sines the fight of
the 21.4 of September Junes had with him not more
than 100 cavalry.