The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-05-15 00:00:00

ENGLISH PREPARATIoNS.

Thursday the men belonging to the Army Service
Corps at Woolwich were ordered to be medically in-
spected, which is taken as a sign that the corps is to
be in readiness for special service.
The Siondo r,l states that the commanding officers of
some Militia regiment* now under training have been
directed to call for volunteers from their regiment* to
join the hospital and transport services.
SAILING OF THE ENGLISH FLEET FOR PORT SAID.
Canes (Crete), Friday Night.
The English squadron sails from Soda Bay for Port
Said to-morrow. The Christian population is much
excited.
BLOCKADE RUNKM. . .

lillockade running nimble, to form an exciting_ele-
ment in the naval incidents in the Black Sea. New,
MO reached tlreenock that the screw steamer Slob°,
Wilt on the Clyde, and owned by Messrs. Pyle and
Cs., London, has succeeded in running the blockade
of the Turkish fleet at NU. She was chased by
Turkish vessels, lait got clear off unharmed. It will
lent have been forgotton how profitable blockade
running was in the earlier stages f the American war.

TURKEY ANI) Ti-”UMANIA.
The Roumanian Chamber of Deputies have adopted
a resolution by 5A against 29 votes declaring that
Turkey has severed all ties between herself and
Roumania, and authorising the Government to take
all necessary measures to secure the existence of
Homnania and place that country at the conclusion of
peace in a well-defined political position rendering it
possible for Roumania to accomplish her mission in
the Haat unfettered by dependence.
The Roumanian Government is understood to have
decided to follow up the declaration of war agaiwit
Turkey and of the independence of Roumania by
wending a memorandum to the Powers protesting
against the barbarities committed by the Turks on
Roumanian soil.
The Czar has made a present to Prince Charles of
liteumania of 2,000 horses and 341,000 rifles.

MISCELLANcous.
A Bucharest telegram says it is no wonder the
Turkish shells do not explode. Some brought from
"Calafat the correspondent saw opened, and they were ,
found empty.
On Tuesday the Russian batteries at Ibraila shelled
the opposite little Turkish town Genet which was
burned. At daybreak on Wednesday the Turks
shelled Ibraila again. Some large granaries were
burned down. The shops in Ibraila are closed. The
town is deserted. Much scandal has been caused by
the drunken habits of the Russians.
Five hundred thousand muskets have thus far been
shipped to Turkey from New York, and 100,000 more
are to be furnished. The Turkish officer in charge of
the shipment states that he expects to make contracts
In Liege and Birmingham for another lot.
The Sultan has requested Musurus Pacha to convey
his personal thanks to Lord Derby for his answer to
Prince Got tschakoff 's circular.
The Turkish Ambassador at Rome has expressed the
Sultan's acknowledgments to the Pope for his late
speech.
The Fidancier says—lncredible as it may seem,
there is reason to anticipate that the forthcoming visit
to London by a Turkish financial agent involves an
attempt to raise "By hook or by crook," a few
millions here. It is an attempt which will quickly
succumb before the present prices of Turkish
securities, and the utter discredit that the Turks have
brought their affairs into in this capital.

MR. ROEBUCK,' ON THE WAR.

On Thursday Mr. Roebuck. M.P., addressed a
meeting at Sheffield of over 2000, members of the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway
Company's provident fund, the men being brought by
special trains from Liverpool, Hull, and other towns.
Mr. Roebuck said :—Depend upon it, England's glory
cannot continue if things r on as they are now doing.
We are surrounded by a violent and growing competi-
tion, and at this moment there is going on a most
terrible struggle in the east of Europe. which I think,
in spite of all vaticinations to the contrary, must end
in the glory of the really sober man, that sober man
being the much vilified Turk. The hordes which are
going against him are like too many of our country-
men, given too much to drink. These hordes are
going to overrun a gentle, prudent, and sober people,
whose very sobriety will, I think, bring them out of
their difficulty. If, as he felt, this were his last
Epeech, he should be proud of having thus spoken to
nglish workmen.
A statement is current that Thomas Carlyle's
remarkable letter about Lord Beaconsfield's ambitious
policy was indirectly inspired by Lord Carnarvon. It
is unquestionable that Carlyle would never have cast
such a thunderbolt without good material.

Err-sn COCOA. --01LATEFIIL ONO COMPORTING.—" By a
thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the
operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap-
plication of the fine properies of well-selected cocoa, Mr.
Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately
flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy
doctors bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of
diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until
strong enough to resist every tendency to disease.
Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready
to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape
many a fatal shaft by keeping nunielves well fortified with
pure blood and a properly nourished frame."—Cird Service
geEttte.
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this Laundry Blue over all others, and the quick appreci
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the usual results, viz., a flood of imitations: the
merit of the latter mainly consists in the ingenuity
exerted, not simply in imitating the square shape but
making the general appearance of the wrappers resemble
that of the rnuine article. The Manufacturers beg there-
fore to caution all buyers to see " Reckitt's Paris Blue" on
each wick.
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