The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-10-07 00:00:00

fforcign nub Colonial intilligcnce.

FRANCE.—MM. Mason and Slidell have cominnni-
rated to the French press that they have no ram,'
knowledge whatever of their recall to Richmond, which
has been rumonred. The Paine hears from a" very
good source" that nothing is more likely than that the
jecognition of the South, on tho " basis of accomplished
facts,' will very soon be on the kepis, England aod
France acting in concert. The "good sources" of
intelligence of tho Patric are frequently the reverse of
reliable, but we shall see.
The Paris correspondent of the Times says :—Once
snore American affairs are in the ascendant, and the
publics looks impatiently for tlis next news, which it is
expected will be four or five days later than the List,
The Confederates and their friends here are by no means
downcast at the complexion of the intelligence brought
by the last arrivals. They admit it to be quite possible
the Confederates may have bad the disadvantage on the
14th, but they point to the great uncertainty which
seems to exist as to what was the result of the fighting
on the following days. It is certain that news has been
received here from very authentic sources, according to
which the situation of M'Clellan's army two or three
days after the 14th was held to be one of considerable
danger. It is remembered that the fir-t accounts of
the series of battles which terminated in the retreat of
the Federals to Washington were equally unfavoureble
to the Confederates. Eight thousand men are said to
be the number taken at Harper's Ferry. The surrender
caused surprise, because it was lately stated that the
position was extremely well fortified. It is reported
that the troops had an inefficient commander. Various
French papers have announced, on the strength of a
private telegram, the recall of Messrs. Slidell and
Mason, but the news is entirely destitute of foundation.
It could not be considered strange, however, if the
Richmond Government were soon to instruct its envoys
to discontinue those efforts to obtain the recognition of
the Confederacy by England and France which have
hitherto been no unsuccessful It is still reported, on
the other hand, in certain French political circles, that
the British government is no longer no entirely averse
to the idea of recognition as it has hitherto been under-
stood to be, and that there is • probability of the ques-
tion shortly becoming the subject of deliberation in
Ministe.lial councils.

The Independance says the Emperor Napoleon, who
Is the sttpreme arbiter of the situation in Italy, has in-
'dictated that his views are as to the final solution, but
lie leaves the world in utter darkness as to the time
Exed in his mind for the accomplishment of his designs.
We are assured that M. Fould, during his recent visit
to Biarritz, made an attempt lo sound the sovereign on
this point, but without the least success. The Emperor
confined his answer to the simple statement that all
the noise which was made about the Roman question
would not advance by a single hour the decision which
be had resolved on. In political circles where this
statement finds credit the probable conclusion is drawn
that the Emperor is desirous of allowing the question
to arrive at such a point that any solution will be
accepted as a relief, but the conviction is strong that
the evacuation of Rome is in principle decided on. M.
de Lavalette has arrived in Paris, and letters from
Rome state that he will not return as ambassador to
the Holy See. It is said by others that he is charged
with • mission from the Pope to the Emperor.
iIIPERIAL LIFE AT BIAREITE.—A letter from Biar-
ritz gives an account of the last ball at the Imperial
villa;—" The toilets of the Ladies," it says, " were
richer than ever. Hair•powder seems to be coming
into vogue again, for many of the ladies used it on this
occasion. The Empress, being slightly indisposed, re-
tired early. Every morning her Majesty takes • bath,
with the Prince Imperial and the Countess de Is Poese.
Afterwards, accompanied by Mules. de la Poeze and de
Rayneval, the Marquis de Is Grange, the Duke Tascher
de la Pagerie, and .Dr. Darthez, the Empress goes for
a long walk and returns in a carriage sent forward for
the purpose, so as to reach the villa about noon. Every
afternoon, the Prince Imperial plays on the beach with
other children, who are also frequently invited to join
him in the court of the villa.

ITALY.—The recent article in the Constitulional,
recommending, in somewhat circumlocutory language,
the evacuation of Rome by the French, has caused
some speculation in Paris. La France, as in duty
bound, having nailed its colours so completely to the
occupation, must condemn the article, but the Tempt
accepts the qualification of the rights to the Italians,
namely, that they should confine themselves to sympa-
thy with the Romans, claiming for them the right to
dispose of their own fate and share in the benefit of the
pnntiple of non-intervention. France has no right to
make over Rome to the King of Italy. Her duty is
simply to let the ROMILIIII alone. The Pattie also speaks
out plainer than it has done of late in favour of evacua-
tion. These journals speak the sentiments of M.
Thouvenel, be Persigny, and Fould, but it remains to
be seen, when the Emperor comes to Paris, whether
the counsels of the Empress, Walewski, &troche,
Cardinal Morlot, &c, will not prevail, and whether the
Liberal Ministers insist not either become illiberal or
resign. The Prase says that it is assured an amnesty,
in connection with the late Garibaldian movement, will
be proclaimed on the 15th instant.

'Orem many quarters come rumours of an amnesty
for political offences having been decided upon at
Turin. The marriage of the Princess Pia was to be
the occassion, but no authentic announcement has yet
appeared. As everybody wko sympathises with Gari-
baldi, and who nevertheless cannot deny that hie recent
act WAS a violation of law, ardently desires to see him
and his adherents relieved from the indignity of a trial,
these rumours may be taken to be the expression of a
general desire. Undoubtedly an amnesty would prove
the easiest way out of a perplexing difficulty for the
Italian Government. Garibaldi is getting on well.
Dr. Partridge's apparatus, applied to the wounded man's
foot, has done it good, and there is every prospect of a
-perfect cure..

Garibaldi has issued an address to the English nation
expressive of his gratitude for the sympathy which his
recent misfortunes have evoked here, and urging es to
call upon sister peoples to move in the same path of
human progress which has given us Inch an exalted
position among the nations.
With respect to the Garibaldian amnesty the
Opinione Nationale says that, "The amnesty is de-
cided in principle, but that, the King meets with cer-
tain opposition which mity ;give rise to certain modifi-
cations in the Cabinet ; Miereatheless, although the
amnesty has not yet received thelroyal assent, the fast
that it will be decreed is certain." The Presse, who
the other day announced that pie amnesty was fixed,
now says :—" Our Turin correspondent reveals new
Ministerial embarrassments and sudden changes,
describing the situation in this paragraph: 'I wrote to
you on Friday last that the Liberal party was trium-
phant, and I told you the truth. I now write that the
military party has got the upper hand, and that is
true. Who knows what will happen to-morrow!'"
SWITZERLAND.—The Grand Council of Arpin, in
•Switzerland, having voted almost unanimously (there
being only one dissentient) that the Jews should, to
some extent, be admitted to political rights the oppo-
nents of the measure immediately issued a petition
demanding the revocation of the Grand Council.
According to the terms of the Constitution as soon as
this revocation is demanded by 6,000 citizens an appeal
to the people becomes a matter of course. The petition
'having reeeived more than 9,000 signatures the people
-were convoked in their comitia, and decided by 25,000
to 9,000 that the members of the Grand Council should
have their mandate revoked. "It is," says the lnde-
mdance Beige, "a strange thing, and one deeply to
dm deplored, that such an example of intolerance, and
such a flagrant infraction of the principle of religious
liberty and of civil and political equality, should be
given in a country essentially detnocratic, which Europe
has been wont to regard as the most impregnable
• citadel of freedom."

AMERICA.—ANOTFIER CLYDE STEAMER SOLD TO
THE CONFEDERATES.—The fast-sailing steamer Ruby
was sold on Tuesday to the Confederate Government.
One of the conditions of the sale was that the vessel
should mike sixteen miles an hour with 120 tons of
dead weight on board, on a draught of water of five
fact. On Tuesday, with that amount of tonnage in
railway chairs on board, the Ruby, on the measured
distance, on the Garidoch, made eighteen miles in the
boor. The average speed which the Ruby maintained,
while on the Rothesay station, was, we are informed,
twenty-one miles per hour.
CONCLUSION OF THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN. —The
Norwegian arrived at Londonderry on Tuesday, bringing
New York intelligence up to the 22nd September. We
now learn that the great battle on the 17th, which the
North claimed as a decided victory, was without any
decisive results; subsequently, however, the Confede-
rates retreated and recrossed the Potomac, bearing
their wounded with them, with the exception of three
hundred, and without loss of men or materials. Their
retreat WAS harrassed by the Federate, but it was
stiocessfolly accomplished under the direction of Jack-
aeon. By the latest accounts the Confederates
were retreating upon Winchester, Virginia. The
Federate estimate their own logs at from
8,000 to 10,000, and that of the Confederates
at 18,000 to 20.Nt but this is unquestionably an
exaggeration. Federal General Manse! was killed, and
13 Federal Generals were wounded. The number of
Federal officers killed is immense—so large in propor-
tion to the men that the Federate are nimble to account
for it. The reported capture of Confederate General
Longstreet is not confirmed. In Kentucky the Con-
federates tinder General Bragg had compelled the
garrison of Mainsford Ville to surrender. The garrison
numbered from 4,000 to 5,000 men and 10
Ficee? of Artillery. Bragg's for:e numbered
it is said, 30,000 men. Conflicting reports
were current respecting the occupation of Harper's
Ferry, the latest of which is that it was not occupied
by General Burnside. The Confederates evacuated it
on thelOth, after destroying all the Government stores,
Fontecri bridge, and partly destroying the bridge of
Baltimore and Ohio railway.