The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-07-29 00:00:00

fforeign an Colonial Intelligente.

MEXlCO.—Advices from Vera Cetus to the 2nd inst.
state that the French had surprised and routed • large
b:dy of Mexicana, near Orizaba, on the 14th ultimo.
011 the following day the FrePeh were attacked by the
Mexicans, but with no result. French supply trains,
with their escorts, for Chisels had been captured by
Mexican guerilla bands, and in the melee two Vivan-
dieres had been shot. The French were reported as
having been short of provisions at Orixaba, and it is
said that three bearers of French despatdies bad been
captured, and official documents for Generals Lorene;
Saligny, and Heal published in Mexico. French and
Mexican steamers had ;one to various Mexican ports,
demanding that the inhabitants should declare for
Alaionte, but in all eases the people had refused. Other
accounts received in Havannah state that the road was
open front Vera Cruz to Orizaba.
ROME.—The accounts from Rome are very alarming.
The greatest agitation is said to prevail in the city, and
the party of action was gaining ground. A. strong
demonstration VMS in preparation with the view of
lighting the Pontifical troopaand atithorities„ while re-
tiring before the French. The early landing of
Garibaldi at Cornet° was firmly believed in, and
General Montebello had dispatched two battalions there
to oppose him. As stated yesterday, two frigates and
two gun boats have sailed from Toulon to watch the
Papal coast. There are many who disbelieve that
Garibaldi can be so mad as to think of invading the
Papal States at the present time, and thus bringing on
• war with France, the issue of which cannot be
doubted. It is more probable that the rumour of an
attack on Rome is a blind, and that the real destination
of the expedition is the Adriatic coasts of Turkey or
Austria. Hazardous and foolhardy as such a proceeding
would be, it woull not be quite so desperate and insure
as the project against Horne.
SPAIN.—Our Paris correspondent says he has re-
liable information that the report of the recognition of
Italy by Spain is at least premature, and also that the
coolness between France and Spain is not removed,
General Prim having influenced the Queen to espouse
his anti-French views on the Mexican intervention.

FRANCE.—The Prussian Chamber of Deputies
yesterday adopted the three treaties of commerce with
Fiance by a large majority-264 votes against 12—the
minority consisting entirely of Roman Catholic mem-
bers. The Minister of Finance thanked the Chamber
for their all by unanitnons respect to the wishes of the
government, and expressed his hope that great benefit
would arise from this important measure of peace.
C ED NA.—We have reason to believe that trustworthy
a lvices have been received, corroborating in the main
a private telegram from Hong Kong which announces
that the English and French forces had met with a
check from the Chinese rebels, and had been compelled
to retire on Shanghai. It will be recollected that the
allies had been employed in dislodging the rebels from
various positions around that city, which they occupied
to the interruption of trade. Up to the 18th of May,
The latest date from which we have official despatches
from the scene of operations, the allied forces had been
uniformly successful, We now learn, however, that
they met with a disaster, and were obliged to give up
those positions from which they had driven the rebels,
and fall back on Shanghai. There are rumours about
to the effect that this has been accompanied by serious
loss, but of this there is no authentic information.
Beyond the fact of a reverse, and a retreat to Shanghai,
we have no information; and until the arrival of
detailed selionnts it is idle to speculate upon the cir-
cumatances or manner in which these untoward inci-
dents occurred.—Olobe.