The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-08-15 00:00:00

soura AidBRICA.

A curious affair,- involving an important point o
'international Ism, book plane at Ottaysquil on the 25th
June. It Deems that there had been an attempt at
revolution in Ecuador' and that the revolutionists had
'seised the fleet of the Republic. In this desperate state
lof affairs, the President took possession of an English
mail steamer, belonging to the Panama Steam Nivigar
I con Company, ran her into the captured fleet, dartro,
log and recapturing the greater portion of the vessels.
The steamer which had achieved these surprising sac.
canoes was then returned to the captain, together with
£20,000 for three days' service. Altogether it ieesna to
have been a cool, impudent proceeding, but the Pre&
dent justifies it under some old law spoken of by Tette! ;
and what is more, the British Consul bee note word to
say against him. The matter ont to be looked into.
What, may we ask, would have been the result if the
steamer bad been captored by the revolutionist,? The
captain might have widdled for twenty thousand pence
as compensation. If those quarrelsome South American
Republins make the act .4 the Ecuador Government •
precedent, and use the steamers of neutral nations for
their own purposes in this fashion, the consequences
must become serious.

Freneh inileenee is reported to I* making way in
Cochin China, and feveiral native abide have submitted
to it. The French •Cimeetoor's report arms this is-
Buenos to be purely mord.
MINA.

AN ENCOUNTER WITH CORM PI/ATM—The stem.
mender of the ship Formby seys :—"Tbe ship Formby, of
Liverpool, on her late passage to Singapore, was
furiously attacked by fourteen piratisal junks,- heavily
i armed, and each manned with *beet fifty men, fifteen
miles south of Cape Linhose, wed of Hainsn., on the
31st of May. Some fifty shots were fired at tbe skip,
I some cutting through the plating at the waterline,
I fortunately on the weather side. With great difficulty
, we succeeded in stopping the holes, the ship being of
steel Their guns ware loaded with all kindi•of con-
ceivable missiles, cutting and damaging the sails and
rigging badly. Fortunately, the bream wringing up,
we managed, by outselling them, to make our escape
without any of the crew or officers being wounded."
Tin PRINCE KONG. —The following is • copy of the
decree by which Prince Kong is partially restored to
favour :—" We (the Emperor) have been honoured by
the command of their Majesties the EmpremeeDowiger
to issue the subjoined decree :—The Prince of rang
having this day been sammotted to an audience said
directed to return thanks for the favours heaped aeon
him, bowed to the ground and cried bitterly, as though
'he were utterly disgusted with himself. We ad-
monished and advised him, yet even while so doing we
were deep'y moved by the sorrow and remorse he showed.
, When the regency was first established the Frince waa
selected as adviser upon all matters of importance. Sines
that time he has held the appointment, and has un-
ceasingly been visited by our Imperial favour. His
authority was so great that he was above all others im-
portant to the Stets, and therefore that in his ease a
notable example might be made, he was most severely
. punished when he fell into error. Wherefore, in pro-
. Portion both. confidence which we placed In him, we
visited his transgressions without mercy. Nor has the
Prince of Bung failed to understand oar desiga. He
has repented of his conduct, and given proof of his con-
trition. The Emperor in this ease acted in a purely
disinterested manner, for how was it possible to permit
an official of such high consideration, so nearly related
to the throne, and 80 implicitly trusted, to remake in
sloth and self.indulgenee ? Wherefore the Prinee will
again become a member of the Council ; bat in whit to
mark our desire to correct his errors, he out ups ha as.
titled to amuses the destination of Chief Minister. Let
him ever remember the sorrow And humiliation of this
' day, and never again fail in sobriety and neva*. Gra-
titude for our clemency must be proved by devotion to
our interests, and by carefully abstaining from delegat-
ing to others the important defies with which be was
Respect this."

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CANADA.
Katy Coot.—We beg the people of Csnada not to
get unduly excited about the subject of annexation, or
rather about our desire to annex their territory to the
Union. We do not know anybody on this side of the
lines who gives a thought to thin matter, and we are
sure there is not an American who under any cirettm-
, stances, desire, to force them to become a part of the
United States. It seems that Mr. Porter's speech at
the Detreit Commercial Convention hits given them an
undue idea of their importanoe to us, and an undue
e4timar of our anxiety to woo and win them.
They T. through their papers and others,
that' ire annexation • that they wont be
are loyal to the Queen and satisfied
'is; that they dread democratic
, our national debt; that they
the present condition of things,
be wretched as roasting clams under any
, other condition. All we have to say is, "AI right.
Be not excited. We will not, and would not annex
you." We should not, in fact, know that such a thing
was ever thought of by anybody if we did not,from time
to tine, learn of it frog the Canadian PaPerso°464o
Yea Tina

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