The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-12-02 00:00:00

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FRANCE.—A I,rilliant and general demonstration in
favour of Prince Alfred has taken 131 ace at Athens.
The Presse remarks that the moral triumph of England
in Oreeoe' which disconcerts Oa previsions of n,re
than one European Government, is easily egplainod.
"Does England," it says, "owe it to the influence of
her diplioutatista or to her material force f ?Po. Other
States bsve.equally able men at then. service; others
have aim, like her, i numerous Ceet, and mcre than her
formidable armies. Tim tnglish nation to plead its
Cause has a power More triumphant than that which
force or intriglic can give—namely, liberty ! That which
others obtain by the sword, by blood, and by money
England obtains by the thousand echoing V0t638 of its
tribune and its free press. Other Poeveis say to the
people, 'Be great England elk ye to them, 'Be free!'
It is to this moral intinence, more than to any other,
that we must attribute the rapid, or rather time
eleetricAl, enemas of the candidateship of an English
Prince," The Independance also attributes the popu-
larity of the English Prince " greatly to the moral
Influence which England exercises to its own profit
upon other nations by its liberal and constitutional in-
stitutions." "Now, upon this ground," it gays,
"neither Russia nor France can contend against her,
and the success which she obtains at this moment in
Greece is but the corollary of the sympathies which she
receives in Italy, without ever having done anything to
deserve them."

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PAM, Not. to.—Lu France Af this evening says:
—"Russia will not support the Duke of Leuchtenberg,
M such an attitude would afford a pretext for the candi-
dacy of Prince Alfred."

It in asserted ii;i'-a.deputation of Greek notables has
left the Piraeus for England, to present an address to
Prince Alfred bearing nureerous signatures.
AMERICA.—In referring to the dismissal of General
M'Clellan, arid to the presumed aspirations of that per-
sonage to the Presidency, Br. Mackay, in his last
letter from New York, says "It is this eternal
intriguing and controversy for the Presidency which
threatens to ruin the Federal cause, and Which is the
innate source of all the weakness end embarrassment of
the Administration, both in Its civil and military de-
partment. The President is nnwitie enough to desire
his own re-election, and among the competitors for the
office are almost all the prominent politicians and
generals who surround him and endeavour to lessen his
popularity lest it should conflict with their own. Mr.
Seward, it is believed, has finally renounced the idea
which has been the ignia fatuna of the later years of his
life; but his colleagues are more ambitions and less
sagacious. Mr. Chase, dreaming of no collapse of his
paper currency, empires to the Presidency. Mr. Stanton
makes no secret of bin belief that he worild fill the
place much better than the present occupant. General
Banks cannot procure the important command to which
his military genius and high character entitle him, lest
he should be too successful, and Cu datnage the chances
of others who consider themselves better than he.
General M'Clellan was thwarted and vilified, and baa
now been dismissed, for the same reasons, in conjunc-
tion with the hostility of the Abolitionists. With re-
spect to M'Clellan's successor to the command of the
army of the Potomac the same writer says :—General
Burnside is in his fortieth year, a soldier by education,
sad one of the most popular oonituanders whom the war
has produced. He is not prominent as a politician. Lie
has twice before declined the appointment, besinr his I
refusal mainly on the far superior fitness of M'Clellan, ,
and partially on personal inotivea of private friendship
for that general. Unless he shall gain a speedy victory,
which is so unlikely as to be all but impossible, he too,
will have to go into winter quarters, and suffer, week
by week, and day by day, a dripping of the little rein I
drops of detraction on the rock of his popularity,
which will wear it away before the spring. But if, '
contrary to expectation, he should attack and conquer
—or should he, by force of uncontrollable circum-
stances, of which the early winter is not the least, be
prevented from striking a blow -the result or non.
result will be equally conducive to the aggrandisement
of M'Clellan, who is the real hero of the hour.
WCiellan's dismissal has made him a hero. Large
I numbers of persons have gone to Trenton to pay their
respects to him; he has been serenaded; and, of
course, he bee made a speech. These demonstrations
must make the President rather uncomfortable, inas-
much as they show that the policy with which
M'Clellan's name is now identified, and which is oer-
, tainly not the policy of the President, is becoming
more and more popular. Two of the dismissed general's 11
staff have been arrested, but the charges against them I
have not besu made known. The respective armies
have not yet gone into winter quarters. Burnside is at
Fayetteville near the Rappahannock Station, and
Stonewall Jackson is "reported" to be moving along
the turnpike towards Cumberland, Maryland, while
Floyd and Bragg are concentrating at Gordonsville.
France and Spain are said to have made demands on the
Federal Government for redress for Butler's treatment
of their subjects, and it is supposed their demands will
be complied with.
ARREST OF FENALZ9 CARRYING QUININE TO TRIC
CONFEDERATES.—A letter dated Fairfax Court House,
October 30, says :—" A lady, calling herself Mrs.
Turner, with her daughter, Miss Buckner, and a young
man named Bailey. were arrested near Chantilly, in
pursuance of an order from Washington. They had I
two waggons, and on examination of these a large quan-
tity of quinine was discovered. The ladies were then
searched, and on the person of the younger, tied about
her waist in a bag of oiled silk constructed like a bustle,
was found about five pounds of thin drug. In all one
hundred ounces of quinine were discovered, which they
declare is worth eighty dollars per ounce in Richmond.
Letters were found with these persons, some of them
written in cypher. They had letters purporting to be
from Postmaster-General Blair, whom Mrs. Turner
claims to be a relative, vouching for their loyalty. They
are from Vs The parties were brought to Fair-t
fax last night by Captain Brower, Assistant Provos
Marshal, and Vila morning were taken in charge by the
Government detective and conveyed to Washington.
The younger lady appeared collected, and somewhat of
the Belle Boyd stamp. Mrs. Turner expressed igno-
rance of the presence of the quinine.
JAPAN.—Our intelligence from Japan, WI is too fre-
quently the CAW, is of a decidedly homicidal character.
There had been a fresh outbreak against foreigners, and
a Mr. Richardson, an Englishman, bad been murdered
outright, and two other gentlemen, Messrs. Marshall
and Clarke, seriously injured. A boy hai also suffered
from the outrage. All was quiet at Shanghai. It is
stated that the rebellion is not confined to the valley of
the Zangtu or Kwatung, as eleven out of fourteen of
the principal cities were held by the rebels, and two
others were on the eve of surrendering.