The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-10-27 00:00:00

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K.
FRANCE.—The vacancies created by the'death of
EilJana are filled up. K. Radler, President of the
Council of State, becomes Minister of State in the room
of K. Biflsult. Y. Roulend Okas the place of M.
Rodin. MM. de Foreade la Roquette and Choi:
d'Eet.Anite become Vioe-Presidents of the Council of
State. The talking duty which If Billet& used to per-
form so admirably will probably fall chiefly to the lot
of his ancient colleague. U. Berache. K. Rouher, who
is called directly to mewed K. Baileelt, is a man of
high character and solid ability, and a clear and seneible
speaker; but he does not pretend to the singular—
indeed, almost unequalled —fi stoney, readiness, and
dexterity in debate which distinguished his pedeceesor.
The Empress of the French arrived in Madrid at eight
o'clock on Sunday evening, and was weloomed by an
Unmans) crowd at the termieu and in the streets
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and ascribes the
act to the work of incendiaries. To meet these and
other violent acts on the part of the insurgents the
Russian Government is resorting to very extreme
measures. Amongst the most recent is an order for all
civilians to give up their arms, and the dismissal of all
functionaries of Polish nationality. It ie even asserts
that the Russian language is in future to be used id
administrative proceedings in Poland—a statemena
however, that we think is open to great doubt.
GREECE.--The lonian Parliament has resolved, by
a vote of 33 to 3, that the protectorate of England over
the Seven Islands shall odd immediately—that the
Senate shall be dissolved, and that the islands dull be
annexed to the kingdom of Greece. While on this
subject, we may remark that some Vienna papers now
discern great danger menacing the Austrian empire if
England does not either destroy or retain is her own
ion the fortifications of Corfu. All alliance be-
-I:meintaly and Greece—the fortifications of Ancona
and those of Corfu—constitute the sources of the danger
which these journals profess to apprehend.
DENM A RE.—The Temps. which is peculiarly well
Informed on all German affairs, deliberately award
that "it can no longer doubt that the Federal execu-
tion in the Danish Duchies will soon be carried into
Med" It adds :—"The question remains, whether the
Federal execution will be confined to Holstein, in which
ease serious complications are not to be apprehended
eit whether it is to he extended to Schleswig, which
would entail the intervention of Sweden, and would be
fraught with the gravest consequences." A heavy
responsibility will attach to the Power that begins the
fray. In the present state of Europe, a single musket
shot dim:shamed in anger is more than sufficient to light
up a general conflagration.
JAPAN—From the aesounts lately received from
Japan it will be observed that our fleet in thod seas
would be none the worm for reinforeementa. Those
ship* that were sent out have, however, been singularly
unfortunate. The Scylla returned to Plymouth a few
days ego, having been in eollision with a merchantman;
and on Tuesday the Valorous also returned, having
caught fire from overheating of the boilers. These are
vexatious mishap, and the lad especially will no doubt
be strictly investigeted.
Foreign-Office. October 20.—The following telegram,
dated Cairo, October 19. at 3.40 p.m., has been received
from Her Majesty's Axon t and Consul General in Egypt:
Saturday, August 15.—A1l hope of negotiations being
at an end, the fleet took up its position opposite
Kagoxima, and prepared for action. Two shore batteries
opened fire on the fleet, which returned it. By dusk
the town was in flames in several places. Three forts
were silenced. Our loss consisted of 11 killed and 39
wounded. Captains Jailing (of the Beryalos) and Wil-
mot were killed by the same shot. 9 p.m.—The whole
town is in flames.
Sunday, 16th.—The fleet stood out, engaging the
whole of the batteries. The city is one mess of rein,—
palace, factories, amend, Ac. Three steamers of &tonna
are destroyed completely. The shore batteries are re-
ported to have been well nerved.
AUSTRALI k.—lmportant gold dbeoveries are dill
going on in Gipp's Land. Our silver mines at St.
Arnaud are terming out surprisingly rich, and are ex-
citing much speculation. We have had heavy fioods up
the country, sweeping away bridges and otherwise doing
damage. Pleuro-pneetnonia is causing great mortality
in cattle: inoculation is as yet the best preventive
known. Vire Jo Ba9uislkl however' say the Victorians;
for all the tailors, dressmakers, and theatrical wardrobe
manufacturers have been at work for weeks past for a
grand fancy ball to be given by the mayor to about
2,500 guests in the Exhibition building. Every draper's
and mercer's shop window is a blame with costumes and
theatrical finery ; and grave people not generally
reputed fools, ars plunging into debanoberies_of, silks
and velvets.
INDIA —The Reecho Patriot gives an aceountof &sut-
tee in se long settled a provisos as Behar. A man of the
Kyust caste died childless, and his wife insisted on being
burnt with his body. She broke open the door of the room
in which she was confined to poseent her self•immolation,
and insisted on secompaaying the corpse to the river,
which the carriers, three men and a boy, allowed her to
do. The men prepared the funeral pile, made the
woman sit on one end of it. and placed the corpse on the
pile, putting the bead on the lap of the woman. They
then set fire to that part of the pile towards which the
legs of the deceased were hanging. The fire gradually
reeched the body of the woman, but ehe remained firm ;
neither did she scream nor ercen, nor espied say
symptoms of agony. She only murmured in a low tale.
"Rain, ho r In this manner the poor victim of SUOIN.
Stitioll lingered for • few hours and then expired. The
police discovered the half-burnt body of the settee, sad
the men have been °palmated for trial.
AMERICA.—The Hon. H. Winter Dods, of
Baltimore, 'dirtied a Union mass meeting in
Philadelphia lately. The North American rives
▪ skalds of his speeds, froat which we quote as
follows :—" The attitude we held in the eyes of
Europe when the war broke out was shown by the
speaker. He drew a picture of the attitude we doll
bold when the rebellion is crushed out. When this is
settled, there is • long account to settle with two great
nations of Europe. (Wild and prolonged applaud, the
audience rising and waving their hats.) The speaker
said he never said a word on that subject to anybody iu
this house before ; but he knew what be thought, and he
guessed what the audios°, thought. He depicted in
dephie terlllll the perfidy of England and Fr&DOI.
These acts will fester and rankle till the day of amount.
He used to be opposed to foreign war. He bad learnt
something in two years. Tb• sin of the Aldose mil
the invasion of Mexico have awakened this enuntgy.
Napoleon will be expelled from this continent, end the
Bahamas are not allowed to remain a nest of pirates.
And he glorified in-the day whenblack regiments should
march to the balls of Montesano+, where the Den of
New York and Pennsylvania marched in days gone by.
(Wild and deafening applause.) And if Admiral Dupont
should live. he hoped yet to see his bombshells bursting
over the dome of fit. Pears, sad tba rains of London-
bridge tumbling into the stream below."
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upon the Confederates at Booboo City. The
accounts add that the Federal, were sating fly
reinforced and had defeated the Confederates. No
authentic intalligeeses hoe° Chattanooga.
New Foie., Celebes 10.--Johedou was reported at
Santee. Missouri, with 15,000 men, to interlope Rosen-
coin? reinfoesements.

CledlecTo-s; 'ado; of the 64, state that Gilmore's
=erore seedy soutpleted.
rata' are opsuting against Ports Smith and
Scott Biont's daft has been captured to Sansea.
Confederate eavalry hu bees overtaken inky Shelby-
alba. and anopintely routed, with lone of 100 killed.
Tbe Federalism in royal
Tirmrn Mi Bon= ALMU.—Tbe Bolide °airier
of September 284, say.—"On Saturday afternoon,
about three o'clock, occurred the most l'orrible eater
tropbe widish has ever shocked sod saddened this eity.
The steam boiler ineriLUe building known as the
'Swart' Ironworks,' making, he en indent ol
time, nearly see half the strainers • shermlsom
of ruins, in which at lust 90 workmen were buried dive.
About WI of the boiler was torn lido shreds ;the Ober
half was Wows against the north will, ths6 as
don was essetly nrrened-4nnesd end fee end. •
asended the bwildlo was &mew in two. The rear put
of it, about 40 test lsg. ter with the Man4o, still

farther to the rear, became a chaos of brick, wood, and
rubbish. The rear wall fell out; the side walls mashed
in. The conausaion was tremendous, It shook build-
ings violently for • long distance round, and in the fresit
part of the structure itself not • pane of glass— IMllree4
• window sash—was left intact. The glass was
out like • shower of small sleet. in all direetiona A
man coming down the front outside stairs was knocked
down, aod would bare been thrown on the side walk but
for the railing, which he caught. All through the frost
portion of the building the machinery was thrown oat
c 4 position, and men were knocked down. Thom in the
lower floora generally rushel to the doors and window.
and all who were not under forcible obligations to re:
main found themselves outside the fated edifice in much
le, time than it takes to mention the fact. It is sup.
Poised about 25 men and boys were at work in the de-
molished part of the building at the moment of the ex-
plosion. lialf.a-dosen denths instantly took pin.
amongst them poor victims, nod the thief wonder to be
felt in viewing the catastrophe must be that • single one
of them escaped. Fourteen men and boys were exhumed
from the ruins, two of whom wets dead when taken out,
and four or five others fatally injured. Report has it
that some of there have since died. So far as is pm.
tively known, the engineer's lathe only body now is th.
rains. Ills not unlikely, however, that one or two
others, who had no friends in the city to inquire after
them, may be still among the debris.
lummox, OF ANISIC•X FRZEDO3I.—Fi.o pinions
named Carr, Berry, Jordan. Kelly, and Bewhadger,
were on Woodsy, the 28th, brought before Colonel
Fish, the Provost Kariba, upon the charge of drinking
the following toast :—'• INIMO&Li^.II to the PON that
grew the quill that made the pea that wrote Lincoln's
Proclamation of Emancipation." This was alleged to
be nothing less than high treason. In vain the culprita
protested that it was a good Union sentiment. Colonel
Fish was inexorable, and ordered them to be transported
woes the Federal line into Virginia. to drink the tout
if they pleased among their friends the "rebels." As
it appeared. however, tljtat tbe Moiness of the men
would be wholly ruined and their families left destitute
it the decree were enforced, the offended majesty of
Colonel Fish consented to reconsider the matter. After
a day's deliberation, the interval baying bseivosil em-
ployed by the friends of the offenders in liringief
testimonials to their prosiness .gocal behaviour,
Intimated to them that their grievous crime sheedd be
overlook this once, provided they would take the oath
of allegiance to that gracious President of whose game.
quill they had spoken with mai) irreverence. Each andi
11 of them took the oath without hesitation.
The Rev. Frederick Gibson. • clergyman of the
Episcopal Church—a man Meld," esteemed in Baltimore
in every relation has, it appears, been in the habit of
receiving into his family, for the purposes of educe-
tine, from ten to twelve young gentleman, and as
his reputation as a teacher stood high the
applications for admissions to his school Isere
more numerous than he could accommodate. CM
the 21s1 of September a General G. C. Thomas wrote
to him from Washington to know whether be had • vs-
coley for his son. As General Thomas was an calker
in the Federal service Kr. Gibson replied that be should
be most happy to receive the young gentleman, but
thought it only proper to inform the General, "to the
unhappy (decimations which now distend the country.
that all his pupils this year without exception advocated
the Southern aide, and that such being the ease, he did
not think General Thomas's son would find it pleasant
to be among them." This WILI a privileged communica-
tion, and ought to have hose so considered by • centig-
ram. General Thomas, however, was of • different
opinion, and forwarded the document to Mr. Stanton.
Mr. Stanton forwarded it to General Sobenek, and
General Sabena instructed his Adjutant-general, one
Colonel DOI: Platt, like himself a Western attorney, ele-
vated into military Importance by the war, to do what
was needful in the ciromastames. Mr. Gibson was
forthwith summoned into the awful presence of Coked
toP4thi'is"polituicalnderowpieriema "arr.i"Clibcralirelpiriedi"tkethat as
his public character of • elergyman and • teacher he ex-
pressed no political opinions whatever, and neither
preached polities from his pulpit nog taught them in his
school, Being premed to tall what his private opinions
were. he healthy admitted that he had always thought
the war against the South to be isdriessibia, and that
he heartily sympathised with its people. This was
more than enough for Don Pint; wile angrily illf"no"d
Mr. Gibson that with such opinions be bad no right to
hemn Baltimore, or any right at sic mem* the right to
be shot and buried. He forthwith' eassigned this
clergyman without rights to a common 011_1." the rear,
of the Provost Marshal's office, where be 11", l remained
on Monday last. pending General Bobenek". decision as
to what shall be done with him.