The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-11-23 00:00:00

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SIMON the departure of Mr, MADITONNfor Corti*
the daily papers have published two despatches
addressed by Sir Jolts' Torino, the Lord High
Commissioner of the lonian Islands, to the
Colonial Office, recommending the Home Govern-
ment to surrender to the kingdom of Greece the
protectorate over five of the islands, in which
the constitution will not work, and to convert
Corfu and Pax°, which are less hostile to British
domination, into Crown colonies. The publica-
tion of these despatches was obviously calculated
to embarrass Mr. GLADITONI in dealing with
the important questions to which they relate ;
and It now appears that it took place without
the knowledge or sanction of the Government,
and that a strict inquiry is in propose at the
Colonial Office into the menu in which the
domitnents, which were strictly of a oontidentinl
character, were made public.
The French Minister of Agriculture and Com-
merce) hae just issued a circular to the Prefects
of Departments, drawing their attention to a
decree of the ENPIROIt, by which all bakers in
all towns of the Empire, where the trifle of
baker is regulated by decrees or ordinances, shall
keep by them a reserved supply of corn or dour
equal to the quantity required by the oonsnmp.
tion of their trade for three months, Within
one month the Prefects, after consulting the
municipal authorities, shall decide how much of
the reserve shall be in corn and haw much in
dour, how much shall be left in the bakers' own
hands, and how much shall be kept in public
storehouses. The system is enforced in 150
towns of France, hut In many places the reserve
of the bakers hu been flied at a very insufficient
quantity, This is forthwith to be amended,
Government offers to such bakers as may not
have sufficient "Wage at their command the use
of public storehouses, on whet terms we Are not
told i and, adverting to the possibility that the
bakers, though possessing capital enough to
carry on their business, buying flour is they
want it, may not have funds at command to
purchase a three months' stook, paternally re-
minds them that corn is cheap, that the interest
of money Is low, that the transaction offers good
security to lenders, and that it may be pre-
sinned that capitalists would be willing to ad-
vance the money If the bakers do not p it,
Telegraphic despatches have been received at
the India House this week in anticipation of
the Bombay mail of the 25th October, The
Gwallor rebels under TANTIA Torn on the 2nd
of that month attacked and took &anew with
so little opposition that the troops of Soma
are supposed to have fraternised with the rebels.
A subsequent attack on Thundegree in the
Jhatill district was less sumessfid. After a seige
of three days' duration the forces of TANTIA
were beaten off by the garrison, composed as in
the former case of HOINDIA'I] troops, and were
compelled to fall back on Seel, 10 miles distant.
On the 9th of October, the day of their departure
from Thimilogroo, they wore surprised by the
Mhow field force under General MITCHNLI, and
utterly defeated,. with the loss of six guns. On
the 10th General MITCHeLL, having been joined
by the force under Brigadier Burn, again
attacked the enemy, 10,000 strong, at Seine,
and completely routed them with a loss of 600
killed and all their guns, nothing but the want
of cavalry preventing the total destruction of
this formidable body. The rebels fought fiercely
in this engagement, but the lou on our side was
very slight. The fugitives fled to the banks of
the Betwa, on the bonlers of the Sullutpore dis-
trict, pursued by some levies of the Southern
Maliratte horse, and there was reason to believe
that TANTIA TOPER would thence move in the
direetion of Jhansi. Three stiooeseful actions
were fought near Imoknow in the first week of
October, in which the rebels, described as utterly
purposeless and disorganised, were destroyed in
great numbers. The rebels afterwards advanced
on Simian& with 12,000 men and 12 guns, but
were driven back by Captain DAWSON and 1,400
police infantry, with the loss of one gun
and 100 men killed. On the Bth a column sent
from Luoknow attacked the rebels at Zliainuo,
near Sundells, and routed them with the loss of
three guns. The mirsiiit was kept up for 10
miles, during which 1,000 rebels were killed
with trifling loss on our side. While those opera-
tions were in progress, the Kapoorthalla Con-
tingent, which includes a European force, de-
stroyed 400 rebels at Bundooree, on the Gogra
river, without loss on our side. On the 90th
; October a column from Siiltaupoor defeated the
Nusseerabod brigade at Daodpoor, taking three
guns, three elephants, and all the enemy's
materials I and on the 21st the seine force cap-
tured the fort of Blirrah. The British lON on
these mansion' amounted to about 40 wounded
and a few killed. In the Bemires district
Colonel TUNIIIIIOI column, supported by Sir
HINNY HAVITANOI6I cavalry, has routed A large
body of rebels at the village of Baja, with a loss
of 500 killed on the part of the enemy, and a
loss of one Aker killed and two wounded on
our side. All the amounts show that the enemy
are booming crippled by the low of their
artillery, and that the approaching campaign, if
unable at ono to put down the raving lauds
which infest Audi, will at least destroy all that
oau be called a hostile army.

TH. famous pamphlet by /4. DI MUNTALIVIIIT,
and the approaching state proseoution of the
distinguished author ire naturally attract.
Ing a vast amount of Interest throughout
Europe, partioulary in Frani* and England,
The preliminary inquiry into the chirp. against
him has resulted in a determination to proceed
with the trial, which is ordered to be ootniuenoed
to-morrow, the Seth lust, We learn frotn the
Ftwinch papers that M. DI MONTALINIIIIT re-
ceives numerous visits from all the notabilities of
the Opposition, and from all parts of France
letters expriwalve of the wirmest sympathy,
The President of the blzth Chamber, beton

whom the MN is to be tried, is overwhelmed
With demands for admittance on the day of
but the number to be admitted will be very
small. Not only hu the publication of the ease
been forbidden, but the pollee have reeelved
orders to limit the 11111111/0 of persons to be ad-
ulated to the court as much as they can, iii
Order to prevent applause or other matilfeeta.
Bone of sympathy, The 'lllustrious orator is
quits determined to meet ell the consetpiciou
of his position I for, as he said himself, "it is
not at the moment when the honour is conferred
upon him of placing him in the position of being
the sole representative of the protests of all in-
telligent and honest men against the Napoleonio
rlgitive, that he could think of deserting his post,
and expatriating himself." The Timm of
Thursday hit publishes a most discreet and
nobly-sympathialitg article, comprehending an
admirable epitome of the Main volute of the
pamphlet, most of which, however, the writer
says, fail to carry conviction to his mind.
Nevertheless, the Times declines to enter into
any controversy on the subject, mid states, with
equal force and outdoor, "if we know our own
affairs better than be doea, he most likely
I knows the adze of our neighbours better than
we do and, as tho whole question is one of
comparison, he perhaps gentle in the more
1 favourable condition of the two for arriving at a
just and impartial judgment," Then, with the
same franknese and good sense, our contempo-
rary adds, "having once got a foreign witness
whose evidence is above suspicion, we shall do
wisely not to neglect his warning, and to re•
double every precaution spinet the possibility
of losing in a few disastrous months the
glorious work. of centuries of labour, self.
denial, and valour." Now it will be
generally acceptable to our readers, we think,
to place the substance of M. de MONTALintimitios
remarkable production—particularly that part of
it which alludes to the possible bean*, without
great oars and circumspection, of the power,
liberty and resources of Great Britain—in a
concise form and clear point of view ; and for
this purpose we cannot do better than invite at-
tention to the following summary of arguments,
propounded by one of whom the Titus says,
" We are not in the habit of giving much atten-
tion to the very disparaging estimate. of our
position and pioepeota which are constantly put
forward by foreign writer.; the animus is too
hostile and the ignorant), too groas. But of M.
DIII MONTALIIIMBIIRT neither of these two things
can with truth be said, Unlike M. Le MAIITKIN
who loved the institutions but hated the nation,
M. DI MONTALIMIIIIKT MAMMA 11i11111131f &I much
attached to the hitter as to the former, and, u
for knowledge, he is as well acquainted with our
institutions as most Englishinen, with this addi-
tional advantage,—that he is better able to coin-
pare them with those of other countries, and can
regard them from without as well as from
within." Thus the moat patient attention u
well as the most impartial judgment are with
great propriety invoked and truly the cause of
Liberty seems never in modern times to have
presented itself in a more engaging and attrac-
tive form than in the ardent love and aspirations
of M. ni MONTALRISSIIRT, and the respect.
ful horniness and generous syinpathy ac-
corded to his transcendent talent and ability.
"Every feeling, every wish of such a writer, is
favourable to a country which he not only re.
garde with great, perhaps even too partial admi-
ration, but also looks upon ISS the only hope
for the advancement of real liberty and pro-
gressive civilisation, And yet our critic views
our present situation with great disquietude. It
is not that we are hopelessly committed to the
Protestant heresy, for he edinits that our
liberality and toleration are exceedingly favours
able to the mission of Catholic teachers, Noe
does he apprehend danger to us from internal
discord, He oonsiders that power in this country
is substantially in the !iambi of the middle classes,
that there is no real conflict between aristocracy
and donmeraey, and that the nobility are only
ton ready to serve a power the resolutions of
which, when once arrived at, they never dream
of disputing, Bo far from regretting the decline
of party spirit, he views in its extinction the best
, proof of substantial progress, anti sees no mown
why matters should not go on In a course of
steady improvement without this turbulent and
exciting agency. The danger which he appre-
hends for us is not internal, and is not Asiatic ;
it is to be found, he believes, in the present con-
dition of Europe. In 18115 England possessed
the sympathy and good wishes of every nation
on the Continent except France. Now it is no
longer so. We have become more liberal and
the Powers of Europe more retrograde, so that
the gulf between us is wide, and widens every
day. Our army has, lie says, most unjustly but
incontestably lost its prestige, and besides all
these causes there is a " moral repulsion" be-
tween us and the great Powers of Europe. There
is, besides, envy at our prosperity and liberty.
He thinks we trust too much to our past glory,
to our bravery, our liberty, and our naval
superiority. More physical strength and cou-
rage, he believes, are gradually losing their
advantage by the progress of science as applied
to war. Our naval superiority may be rivalled,
u it has often been rivalled before, and the
result of that rivalry may not always be as pros-
perous to us as in the days of La Hogue and
Trafalgar. Ancient glory is a source of miseal-
emulation rattier than strength, and liberty, like
beauty or riches, is a good which requires to be
defended, and cannot always defend itself. On
the whole, M. DIA MONTALIMBERT thinks that
we overestimate our resources, and that we niay
easily be drawn by our pride and confidence in
ourselves into some war from which we may
come forth conquered, or at leiist greatly
humbled."

DORCHENTIR PITCH= CORN MARICIT, 848 Ur•
ilay.—Thure was a thin attendance at market tmday,
aml a short supply of all kinds of grain. The trade
was dull at last week's quotations.
MARTISATOWN Sumer FAIR, held yesterday (Mom
day), was niumermely attended. The weather was
flue but cold. There wee not so large a quantity of
sheep penned ale. have seen in former years, but
many of them appeared to be of a superior quality
compared with those usually offered at this late fair,
Trade was dull, but before the and of the fair many
lots were disposed of at prices averaging about the
Name as throe obtained at the late fairs, while many
large pens wore returned home unsold.—Wom,
seemed r to be much inquired after, 48 the lots
remaining unsold in this locality have now got into
few hands, and offers of higher prima were, in molly
instances, declined, There were several droves of
forest ponies, the best•looking of whioh were
readily picked out, and sold wall,
UNIVIIRRITY HONOUR/I,—We MI glad to learn that
in a congregation held at Oxford on the 11th inst.,
the degree of &A. was conferred upon William H.
Wilhite, Esq., of Christchurch College, son of W.
H. Wilhite, Esq., of Wolveton House, near this
town.

Lsinunt —A lecture sou delivered at the Town.
hall on Monday evening, the lilth Met. by Mr.
Horace M. Motile, in connection with the 'Working
Men's Mutual Improvement Noinuty—duldeet, " Ox.
ford and the Middle Ohm Examinations.' The Bev,
W. Barnes occupied the chair. The sudienee was
tolerably numerous and respectably. The lecturer
treatod hie subject in a painstaking, elaborate man•
our, dividing it into !bur parts. He urged the
maiessity of extending University examination to the
yam middle clam of this country, and he saw with
pleasure that the University of 01110n1 wee now unm.
log forward to do so. The great oilleat of thew exam'.
mainne, he added, woo twofold first, to give monitors
a definite altu to guide their work sooondly, to
give parents a trustworthy Wet to distinguish good
from WA schools. Thlo was done in the ease of
National Nohow's! and middle eolionle must be no
longer oeslootod. The usual vote of thanks to the
lecturer, and a 'Miller compliment to the chairman,
closed the proceedings.
. .

NATIONAL TIOAPINANCII LIAOUIL —A "grim of
lecture" have reuently been deliveroil in the neigh.
'glaring village" by Mr. Spriggs, a 'limitation from
thls menclation. 'The atWildmioe M each lecture was
very good, the aggregate number of persons asl.
dressed on these occasions having exemnied 1,000.
The clergymen in the rupeutive village, grniitod the
nee of their sehool.roorns for these leotores, and re.
mired and entertained thy lecturer in A very kind

Tito (Mowry TRANUItimil. —A Parliamentary n•
turn, Just homed, gives tome importatit inforuiatiou
relative 441 the
_probable hearing lif a £lO franulilee
for counties. 10 Appears that the total nuoilier Sit
Wants rattail Rims £5O (sliolUdlV• if boroligha) is
England Mitt Widuil Ii 194,1t13 whereas the itmleur
betworit £5ll Is 418,317 Withir s £lO suf.
therOwe the owtotituuliay Wulll4l 1.0 ilioN lISSII
rtrrikef Ted. The folkwhig are the reopololVii titllll.
'mini In thlo find sdj iiiiti mitititirt 1—
I'vrHolio rite I 141 Pomona Mod HI
EAU k tiwri. CIO 44 liTlyy.llso,

it ow ,tr, now w ....
Do -sot tam)„, 11,1aU
Somerset, Nast liv, 4,413 ,„ „•fl 411)
„ West do, 3,410 o to 6.4"
Wilts, North „, 1,40 g „ ,„ „, 11111
„ Smith „, 1,1140 „, „, „, 1,11114
Devon, North ,„ Low ,„ „, „. 15,1110
„ Month .„ 4T4 ' g'IN"
,„ ,„ 9,904 •4,040
tllutiossWr, East ~, 11,32.1 •
„ Weil ... 9,8711 4447
Tile Tinwoaxii Honanc—The meet on lltiirs•
day Wm lied Moe, the Goat of T. Bust, IN. It
wise fixed for the purpose of ivlit i hearty u
wine to the good old Horeotaltire 'quire, J. J. Far.
foliation, Kai., who WA4 the lONA a Mr. Best.
The ground, from want Of ratii woo hard, and AM'.
thing hut In hunting miler, On mulling thu Mom
the grrateet hospitality woo dieplayell by the worthy
ownrr, and hie klintiteas was highly approolatoil by
all, After drawing some small ooverta blank, the
hounds went to Olatford oakotita, where mayoral
foam wero NOM on foot, and the hoitittle living Nettled
on an old one, he ran the romitl of the wood, and
then took the 011011 tanintry ti Onnebury Hill. The
aeent ionise to the Mil was giant, and the pule first.
rate. He went through the covert at the top of the
hill. and down to tho-Dansbury PALLIOOkI, MAI thUll
right away to the village of Waldip, Hero ho WAN
heeded, or his point %mild have boon aurosa the
water to Norman Court Honig heailoil, he turnout
to the right to Knock Wood-, and thou away to
Kent'. Barrow, and &those the Salisbury turnpike
road to Monittott Haltouts, where he stopped u but
finding his portlier. alum to his brush lie again
ac broke awayrss tho Salisbury road, anti ran down
the It.il Moo Plantations to Chalfont Oakouts. The
time oramplett to this point was 82 minutes—after
running him ten minuted more In the wind l he was
killed. The went woo bettor than amid have been
expected. It was gratifying to see how well the
Dortutehire squire WAS looking, and with what seat
li. still followed the noble sport. To see him still
sport the scarlet with white collar recalled to one's
mind the tine 'port he showed for years gone past
with hie noble pack in Dorset. Well may the
slim union of Dorset be proud of such a man. It
must have been gratifying to Mr. Rest (as it Wee to
the members of the hunt) to see so many fusee found,
al lie had done everything to have them preserved.
Amongst others in the Held wore 141 r J, Pollen,
Batt, Sir E. Antrobus. Bart., the Hon. A. Arun.
dell, J. .1. Farquharson, Req., the Baron Langan,
Masers. H. Antrobtio, M.P., M. H. Marsh, M.P.,
W. Knatolibull, W. Etwall, G. Moore, G. Everett,
R. Ilowth, H. Powle, L. Lynwood, T. Lomb, W.
Oollyer, and Captain Walker.

FOROICD NOTE& —lt may bee. well to caution the
public against the receipt of forged ,C 5 Pink of Eng-
land not" of which several have been in circulation
during the past week. They are dr ted Jan. l&
1858, and purport to be issued from London. The
cograving is a tolerably good few 'irate of the
genuine note, the lithographed signature, 'J. Far.
rally,' being capitally done. The prima jack MAU
of detection are these the paper is darker in colour
and coarser in textme than is usually seen in a new
note ; the throe rough ediess are scarcely ragged
eiumgh and the water mark, instead f Wing, as it
were, woven into the paper during the proms of
manufacture, hue been impressed upon the back of
the note by mechanical means,
The Rectory of Honk, Dorset, is fhllen vacant by
the death of the Rev. W. F. Cornish, ulerk, who
hut held the Inanmbeney flw a period of thirty years,
The living is if euiuli Wiwi and the population of
the parish something under WO persona .

OtOlUnAl.lilleT QV RINTII. —An inquest well held
it !bidden, in the parish of Abbe Wintry, eel Wed.
Donley, before Henry Look, Heq,, deputy °armor, on
the body of a newly horn male child, of which
POIIIII4I Millar, s servant in the employment of Mr,
Jame. Mynas, yeoman of that plaen, was alleged to
he the mother, The hotly of the AIM in question
was found noteealed between the hod anti the mat.
tree., quite dead, the umbilical aonl appearing ite
though it had been Ittruibly tort minder, Mr.
Theopilus Parker, ourgeon of Abhotelmry, gave en.
donee to the ell4wl that the hotly woe that of a full.
grown child, He had examined it on the 111.1411n1e
evening, Ind tumid not see any external mark of
violonoe, though it had all the aluminum. of lotting
hunt alive,—thole appearatude being the colour and
feel of Ow skin, and the right lung on perimealmi
*lowed that respiration lied -taken Katie, though the
left was dull, On the morning of the inquest he had
made a further examination, Ind there were no mark.
of atonal violenee, !from lilt exeminetimmus there
way no tbstlit Peninah Miller had boom@ a mother.
He believed the child died from hemorrhage by
breaking the umbilinal emit and from inattention.
A verdict was retitrned to this nitwit, The coroner
then instruded the pollee to have the girl under cur.
'gaieties, and it was thought she would Int
brought befure the inagletratel charged with amp
coaling tits birth.

Hit 0011 NAV!! COUNT, Motirlity.—rfOrN ttenry
Look, Esq,, Meyer, and John Oaipin, sul.)—TAtoeitte
Mfietifiu# wee brought up, under remand, by Superiiiten•
dent Pommy, chanted with Meiling two ferret*, the
property of Foot. It appeared that the superb'.
tionlent, having searelied the premises of the prisoner,
there fonnil me of the ferrite, and onoceeded In obtnin•
ing the other twain a person named John Orate, of Fur.
dingtuin, to whoa; Stanley haul disposed of it. Both of
the ferrets were sworn to by the ',tormentor, and Stanley
was connoted in the penalty of RIO, inoluding mete (he
having been previotioly conviutotl), or four months' lin•
prisonment, In default lie wee committed to gaol,
Marla Norse and Joists Nape were oharged with
stealing a basket containing a quantity of bloaters from
Mr. Henry (hones ; a ham from Mr. Tulloch ; and a
town,* 11111100111111, Illft drainer, from Mr. Hobert
Haul. litiperuntendent Youney searched Noyes's house
and found the basket of bloaters, together with the ham,
tea•mot, muomein, and strainer ; also i ooffee•poli, a
Mem of fruit pork, shovel, end spade, none of whieli
article, Imul been previouily mimed except the basket of
bloaters, but sll of whioli were now sworn to 101 belong-
ing respectively to Mews. H. Grove', Tulluoli, Hanel,
Luke Groves, and Ilarfoot. The prisoners were ann.
mitted fur trial at the Sessions upon the oharges now
perforred, leaving it to the discretion of the Court to
Indict them fur Mending the other artiales found in their
possession.
Mr. baps, of Chlokerell, was iminmoned by Mr.
Laver, butcher of Weymouth, under the Bye•lawe
the borough, for using %husk's language toward' him
tending to provoke a bra nth of the poem. Neither of
the parties appearing the 01184 wee MCMINN&
COUNTY POTTY FiRNNIONI4, SitturdAy.—(Bofore 11.
Williamsand W. L. Henning, Esqrs.)—Dhoinas 1./tomer,
a labourer, was brought up In custody charged with
feloitionaly stealing half a peek of barley, from a barn
whore lie tel been thrashing at Tollor Porauruin, the
property of Ills muter, Mr. John Walbridge. The pri•
donor pleaded guilty, and was committed for six weeks'
hard lchour.
Peninah Miller, a servant In the employ of Mr. J.
Spines, a ulairylipin residing at thelden, In the parish of
Abisitshury, was brunglit up in custody of Supt. Everitt
oharged with concealing the birth of an illegitimate node
child, by placing the hotly between the mattreu and
the bed.—ltemanded till Saturday, the 27th.

CONIMITTICD TO Doom Wotan G yot,.—Te hard latour :
WIIIIRM Limas, robbing garden at Wareham, 14 dire 1
John Mitchell, ',grimy at Bridport, 1 colendar month ;
John Pitman, poaching it Portinham, 9 calendar
month,' ; Hobert Anthony, atealing two wood fugute at
Mintern Msgtia, 14 days ; Thaws" Timmer, 'tooling
barley at 'roller Porourunt, 0 weeks. Imprisonment :
!Stephen tevens, bowtordy at 011111hiptone, 3 oalontlar
mouths ; Froderlek Hunt, smuggling at Weymouth,
oalenilar month'. Further acumination : Timms*
rtitouoley, 'Gosling • boo ond two ferrets at Dorchester ;
Marla Noyoe, stooling a halibut and quantity of Monter
herrings at Dorchester ; Poninith Miller, oonoealing
birth at Abbotsbury,