The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-08-16 00:00:00

DESPATCH OF FIZENCH_..TIIOOP9 TO THE

-FitiINTIE IL:

EXPULSION OF GERMANS FROM FRANCE.
PARIS. Friday.—ln ,itting of the Cons
Legi-Istif, Count de Palikao nada devatch from Metz,
announcing that the Emperor had accept 41 the resigna-
tion of Gent /al LON:ea as Major-General.
M. Garnbetta read a petition front the electoni of the
Third Circumscription, eceinmling the immediate arma-
ment of the population, and the de inch of all troops
in Paris to the frontier. C. unt de P.rhkao repli, .1 that
tw.. corps of 35,000 nun will be s..nt to tho frontier
within four days.
M. Che•reau. replying to ftf. Verdre, at3toti that
since the day bt fore yesterday measures hail he. n taken
to expel the subjects of Prussia and her allied from
French territory.
M. ?erliegen opposed the no asure.
Chevrean rtplitat that Lire rxpulsion would be
applied with oomideratinn.
cougiag, Sunday. —Four hundred German families,
who up to the present tittle base been domiciled In
Parte, arrived here to-day, having been ordered to
leave the French capital in consequence of the state of
Singe.
GifSEEAL LEVY TO INCREASE TIRE
FRENCH ARMY.

On Wednesda-y: the Legislative Rod, declared
urgent • resolution to postpone all payments for
one month, dating from the 11th instant. It was
revolved to call out the soldiers no longer liable of
the classes horn P'S to 1,43. This will furnish
300,000 men. Also to make a levy on all citizens
who have been under arms. All betwern 25 and 35
years of age,who are unmarried and have no children
are required to inin the
.army. The grant of four
million francs for the assistance of the families of the
National Guard is to be rained to twenty millions.

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DE ‘TFI OF MAUR L FARRAGET.
The Tines Phihmlelphia eurresponden, telegraphs that
Farragst aUd yesterday. aged 70.

£1

THR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
'The Attorney-General was re-elected at Plymouth to-
day (mood.y) without opposition. He steed he should
rrsign the Reoordeisblp ‘,t Bristol, as he would newer
hold ant appointment which was not approved by Ws
townsmen.

A NE-7—yr a itsoli It PROTECTOR.
Captain lloncrieff, of gun.carriage reputation, brings
forward a design of his own for a vessel to be employed
in harbour ddeuce, and partially vuhin, reed when
required. Seising the idea which is embodied in the
propellent of the Water Witch, our inventor has
designed a curiosity. Captain Moncrieff's gun.yeasel is
stated by him to be a good seagoing craft, with fine linea
„low water, and plenty of freeboard for comfort. She
j, fitted with tanks, and the meters of the propelling
pump can be made to draw water either from the sea or
from the tanks. If an intruder enter,. the harbour •he
would dealt out of her approntod place, open her tanks
water's edge. and open fire from he;
sink almost to the
one heavy gun. If idle
.wtsheii to rim again to pass
swiftly to another destination
.the tanks, which are now
closed, have the suckers applied to them, and can be
emptied in four or five minutes. As the place of the
water in the tanks is taken be air the boat floats
gradually clear that a good in iny shot.
higher and higner. With such means for
. emptying her, it is pretty
holes woeld be required to sink her, and it is always
alight vessel above the water than
mueb ruder to keep
a heavy one.
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London. .
as Provincial D..an of Canter.
The MsPßhoAplrjdited I)tiolmitittleal:ll:aisohTgoiptis:oof
ttlhVheeACluLiesnt.t.,frbuthry.
bury! has forwar
province, a letter roe°
following prayer as a help to the private devotions of
tinuanota of the present un-
the people during
happy w•r : - Kin Of all king•, whose power
.0 Almi n
the oon
n
ght i ,
y God, 0 ..,
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ist to whom at oi;eoh:etelucly to puni.h
cltetem I. ehle t° r"
-..a: Ito them that trul
1,, and to be me""Ko'rrn° ta ad this war, whicrehre'fh.etoU erasieeepeer!
in Europor;., rosir..sUi the pamiono of the
per-
we beseech Thee, the
united to I•reak forth we r. with mercy and the van-
colobstonts ; inapire the eeMl- • •• • •
h are cal'ed to
giusloal with autuniedon to
tol emiit,owit‘alltito.teipee.t.i.e, Swim to all
eh" edfee i Peeler' f''r tab.° mods which it was ii t
die..„,l„„t to this wadere....mii tr., lea CU to the natio! an. We
Pr" Th°4 0 °°d' ..ti---oro-tiarenc'et, the courw•dt all eve. iu d"
evereele• in Thy ge'- - - a nd in the .1,,,,,d of right n ' that
our prewila anxieties may e _ .
__, inns,Thy kiiiimout usmanesa,
fiati uti the
enlightenment, and Mac libert),... f St
o And this we pray through
laid le eidaid.hed 00 min- elitist, our Lord and
trnrit, ant mediation of 7mo,
the e,
Prirnu of Peace All'a
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. W EiThliN HAI LWA Y.
I,4iNiyoN AND 801Tri",no
held on Thursday at the ,ting of this cumintny was
Ile half-yearly genera. -V7sterloo station ; Captain
Mont:lca. tie chairman presided, _ .
The nisi, man, in moving the adoption of the report,
said, 'lame the dof the mat half-year, the traffic had
en
. roa ut
1 iA i
.o_ ,t tousidenibly increased. l'e°Ning to the ifature, "e
tourivt traffic weal not lik.ly to go woe
t,
0.01.14, be nongisng to Places in the United
Kingdom giving the railirate et home the advantage of
that tr. flit. There were heentAlui places on the cow.
teht'e railway. to the With and west of England. If
the South-Western was a slow line it was • •,tre one.
nod the result was satiafao.
The eztenaion hue from Chriet,htleeh M Bkonemouth
had been opened dl for trae.
teer• The latter place was celled the Hampshire
Torquvi and was rising in istimation as a rival to
Torquay ; and he trusted that the new line would well
ay them for the outlay.
..ttaolutions were pared adopting the report and
.i„ . Tent of accounts, declaring a dividend at the rate
!la .r sent, per annum on the ordinary stock of tin
'""ta Potable on the lot of Septuuber A•st.

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