The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-11-25 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL ITEM.

The Roeder, Imperial circle are awed to be very much
impressed by Lord Beacynalield'a speech, feeling that kus
aileues is ousinius.
Russia is miming treons and irons in Poland sad
Lithuania, and on the Viatuls hew ordered the cosign uc-
tion of six new forte. 11a11 the Russian army is said to be
en the German frontier.
The Greek boundary querrtion it still delayed .by the
Turks. soul the liollenic iioneuiuionere threaten to refer
the matters to the Great Poweca
Great distress exLits In lhatenezro one-sixth of the
people are starving-
luaders of parties in the Austrian Parliament have
agreed to c insider the military ountion on its merits,
and not as • parte our.
Bosnia is accepted by the Hungarian Reichsrath, who
hove adopted the Administration Bill
Farmers in Victoria are etraving to free themselves
from the protective system.
Two Frenchmen are said, to have discovered the sources
of the river Niger. They went Up the flyer Rokrlle front
Sierra Lsone, penetrated to the King mountains, end
elthoueli the nearode there have previously reftned to
allow white men any farther, they created the rent. end
eieitni the three ntre sun which unite to form the Nigiir.
Disputes he,. arisen between the Peruvians and
Bilivian troops, and the latter are about to retire. The
ceiheee have b.' great rejoicings over the capture of the
Hewer. Anil their troopo are on the advance.
The Premier of Cape Colony Ins bad • parley with
Moirost tlos rebel, ar. his mountain stronghold, but
31 iirosi would not listeo, and firing recommenoriL
Free,e is to be represented at the Melbourne Eichl•
bit' wt.
Indian army rule, for newspaper coereepeede.b. are
published. They 'meek inn nice of retie/ilea :ban henna
and lake, eey. Mr. Archibald Forte cc oar.. on will uei sr
accompany • Britieh army in the field while these regula-
tions are in force
Subacrlpiions have been raised in Llma to parches.
another Hussear, • million and half of money I. pro-
weed, and the Archbl•hop offers all the church Jewels
Baker Pasha is appointed the Sultan'. repreentatiee to
introduce reforuia in Asia Minor. Meanwhile the Austrian
11-at hits left for fidonica or &aka Bay.
All tie 8 ivereigne are to le represented at the coming
raarria.ie between King Alfonso of Stein and the Arch.
duchess Chri .tine oi Austria. The sittings of the Cortes
will be suspended during the festivitlis.
Brandy is betas forced tip In pros by the continued
ravaged of the phylloxera which is C rrying destruction
through the vine-growing diatricta of France, and has
reached to within three miles of Rochelle.
Peril on Saturday moraine wee in danger of wanting
bread, owing to • token " strike.
Atnairapheric telegraphs are worked in the central parts
of Peri. Little tr,ias travel in leather cylinderr, and
can carry shoed 400 massager. E ula odic, can receive IS)
deopetches in en huUr, great lawnirentent on the elect, lc
',ewer, for 33 mcurikus• May Could tot brUtufly lent
through each wire.
Vesusius is getting excited, ant an eruption is feared.
F wty.nine Alabama convict d of loins oonceracci in the
mutter,. of the &lib wry have been hanged. The *Wary
C eumisslon is still sitting.
The gunpowder removed from the Bile MOM is first
wetted, and when partly dry burnt
Yakoob Khan is said to hare received the enemy's
',mural in the British camp the night bet rrie the battle of
haresiab.
At Thyetmvo, the British frontier station
Bonnet,. the Burmese miseion is kept waiting Alining
collates of three minor ofilcials, who bring • letter of
remonstrance to the Vi .
OE Socotra, in the Golf, the Shenandoah,
formerly a privateer during the American Wt,. but lately
belongine to the Sutton of Z inzibar, foundered with
nearly all bends
It is rumoured that Lord Dellerin will he the next
Viceroy of India. Led Letter; the Canaria Nein say',
Intends returning to ifuxband D-It year.
AssistenrC itionimary J. L Dalton has had the Victoria
Cross for gallantry at Rork-'s Drift He defended the
corner of the hospital agionst the tint nigh el Zulu,
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ne gaupoii4r
wetted and when

general.
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H.M.S. Opal haa vted the Pitrairn Ivlandera, and
delivered on I,rza.n. prveent.,l by H. M. the Q leen. They
Dumber 23. an.] nroweli but do not wiiih foreigner. ao
come who will not so) t. their rule.. An Aweriean
lived there taro yeari and bit a wife and tout babies
behind. _ . .

Turkey cif na to give Greece an extension of frontier
tcwarda the Wont; but wisues to keep nearly the whole of
Epirus.
In (Iquinee (Afihaniatin) I cal didurbances have cam•
mcpecd. an.! . Jubsd flaly W. way take place
Armed Bursueee have entered the Aeng pane and
caused alarm.. . . . . .

M. Preps 0-ban, Belgian minister. states that perfect
harmony esi.ts between the Pope and tho Bishop. on the
Education ; but the DIANA have practimily carried
their conelosions to far. and the Pops forbids Um= to
attack the Cmivtitution.
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--Signor Muh.ttiuo bee written that his company never
thought ot eding ita depot in the Bay of Amato to the
State, and only adts protraction for Italians.
There is a minkterial c isia in Italy, the Ceiroli
Ministry huninc resigned. The difficulties aft about the
Oat tax and elertorai reform.
Fires are r..peeterliy oecorrinr at Sarajevo. B-ignia, and
are believed to he c.,nnectegi ml h the tent
M. 11,,,,,t„,,ve election to the Paris Municipal Council
has been annulled on the avound that he hint not resided
there six months torero the poll. 11. apposled.
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—Job e allow iiiiiwiunaries in hie district on
conditions, including the establishment of plain schools,
teaching trade- to satires, one wraging cultivation, aM
ledegufel pursuits; but the stations are not to be used
for trading in cattle for profit.
Turkey i 4 trying to bring about a meeting of all the
feet.. If the British weasels come luta her waters, end
Walla& in, consented. Austria rr plied that when thr
Basilan Iflust appeared In thiiii ophurna In the jot
of pram, Coe A-marina fleet would also I. ..n tip, side of
the P.lMbri d, side.; peace. The Itatiau fli.iet goes to the
E kat. . .

-5-n Monday olgbt, during a gala on eke Ontario, a
number of barges in tow off 0..M1C0 were errinkrd, and
31 Innen*. including I women, w”re drowned.
About :Manes the country I. eery ons.eil 11. A weld
by a beetle irihe • ttimi an the k Bing of 18 natives.
Reforms in Turkey and some :lent l.ot.reeu 1111,1111,1.
Rusoa, and the other powers, are CIPCCUTI by the Time,
In Central Asia, the ltaoniaare. it is acid, are in earliest
about going to Merv. The Turremans are all against
them, but the Itesdans are alweit hi make encoiries dm,
ing the winter, and construct araliway hi thel.kln. oula.
The independent trite, bare pillaged a Rued. village.
Two 0 .ntrollerao.nerei are soeoin, I for E:ret. with
extensive ',wen. no Egyptians and Tlllitt are irritated,
an.l the Italians and (trust.' do not like the prepou,:orance
of England and leant..
German oat awe were well reeelroi at the French
military inanm inveij.n.l the Neel Itnt gave them the
Orders of the I. Aion I anti,,. so that an agmeable
impression in 6-roan mind, ha. bth.n matured.
The friend.), Zulus are biased by the B .napartists off ths
Paris sta.:,
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A vein of petroleum was cut near San Prat:minx, during
the excavation of a rallies tunnel. It ignited, three
explosions occurred, and 2• Chinamen wore killed, and 19
Injured.
Delegates rent to Cumrla by English farmers have
chosen Manitoba as a suitable till fcr agricultnral
enterprise.
Concession of the Heeded Its Away tas been graatiod.it I
said, to the Russian aerator, fehtrosystf.
A captain's daughter &fended hr husband during •
mutiny off the American coast Captain Howard WY
bleeding with twelve wounds, when Mies Howard rushed
it the mutineers with • revolver, and though they tried to
stab her, the gave her father the pistol, and with insist-
ence the rebel. 'rem ',mind.
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trdi Kh.n, It I. rumoured, I. marching &mind
the Russian. In Central Ann. and with Lim 15.000 cavalry,
11,000 infantry, and 18 gnus Ile had bvtter wait and
receive them alter they have etruAgled screed the desert.
Four years hard labour, and peruetual Imnishment ti
Siberia. was the sentence en& political yrimner (Rueglan)
at Kl 4.
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I),aturbances ha vo occurred is Si Petenburg amosg
the dodoes'. . . .. .

In Alexandria • newspaper lias been suppressed for ,
language luau' the 0 ..ernment and Etropean control
Roumania claims that she hes won the judgment, on
the question of the Arab Table (fort) between her wad
Runde; Austria. Germany, &Wien I. and Fran" were for
Roumania; Italy and Turkey fix Rue&
1111.10Ns IN ZULULAND —The Colonial office inform, the
Bishop of Exeter that it has been intimated to Sir Garnet
Wobeley that inteeferenee with missionary operatians
should. if purble, be avoided.
Peruvian .goptt are negotiates in Ragland for purchase
of vessels and arm&
Archduchess Christina, on her journey to mare, the
King of Spain, started in • snow storm, and had dull
weather all the wav—not a glimpes of sunshine.
Baker Packs wall have no executive powers in Asia
Minor, but will communicate direct with the Sultan
respecting reform&
Mr. Mundell., member for Portsmouth, said he did not
wish to see Russia or Austria at Constantinople. Let the
Duke of Elinburgh be placed as G •vernor of Constantino-
ilk% and the Straits be thrown to the whole world.
Prince Alamayu, the young Abyssinian, wee buried in
the Royal vault at Windsor on Friday.
The Russians admit a I es of 453 killed and wounded et
I the battle of Dangbill Tap • with the Tekke T n:mu orte.
Travellers in German railways atinoy,or are annoyed by
the habit of putting the feet on the vireo-me of opposite
gist/, and it is insinuated that lulu ielishmen thus
dirt the cushions there.
The 'Afghan revolted regiments are beginning to
disbud and go home, having no prospect of pay.
Sick and wounded lief the RW.1..1 expeditionary force
are arrivine from Central Asia et Deghestan, south of the
Caucesua. Ina pitiable condition.
Russian cotton manufeetirere want to buy up Egyp-
tian cotton and hire the lirgeet plantations on the busks
of the Nile; but tbe supply isnot enetigh.
A German official omen counters that the visit of the
Cure:itch to Vienna and 11 q lin will confirm the under
standing betweu the three Emperor&
An anonymous +sites ttrealened to kill the Queen of
Sweden if ebe did not send him about 100 auinoaa. He
was found to be • student only IP, who eseteo money to
continue hie studies ; end he has been arrested.
The Ultreneontane German newspaper, previously for.
bidden, I. now admitted to Alsace and Lorraine.
Ketabewayo wu asked at Cipetown by Sir Bartle
Fevre if there waa anything he wished for, end he replied
he should like to have the floor of hie room cleaner. Be
cannot bur to hear the name of John Dunn.
In Berlin the state of elect will be continued for a year.
in consequence of Seta Democracy not being uprooted
sufficiently to please the Government.

Between Prince Bismarck and the Roasitut Ambassarlor
the relations are becoming stralued,aud the latter I. going
to St. Petersburg.
Proeperity has eet in upon Eyypt through the favourable
overdow of the Nile.
Kong. g g. Aeoin, a millionaire deputy, has given
• banquet to 1,2100 L gitionists at Chain; near
Nantes, when they ate r Pied, mutton, end veal,
drank wine end read an address to the Comte de
Chambord, hailing him se the one man to sass France.
Sixty-four inarirs and deputy-in ivory who had been die-
missed by the Itipublicans for Cfl big "Vi.. Ink r had
a 'twist table.
Cardinal Nina, the Feryfiellg says, has been discovered
be Boron d'Annetban, using one language to the Belgian
migi.g7, not can her privately to the burhops, and fresh
difficultles are expected between Belgium and the
tan.
Cftristian peasants in Von, Torkish Aei• Minor, are
threatened by famine, and Sr Henry I. iyard halt dc
mended an apology from the Porte for not having ful-
filled its promises of relief.
Alsko Poch% governor of Eudern Rountelta, refuses to
allow Turkieb refugees to (TO. the frontier.
Harvest prospects in Vietoria„ Australia, are good.

hiectiothean, • Deily Ilam corrimpondent writes, is
annoyed by the Jesuits. The ll.lagasy hare adopted the
Protestant faith, and, under Gus minima@ of a Christian
Qumn and an enlightened msentuent, are rapidly ad.
venting in civilisstion. The Jetnit priests, who am now
under the protection of • " Sprcisl Commissaire" from
France, recently arrived in the e wintry are remmthe to
what look* very ranch like force Th• Commissaire blus-
ter, threatens,..gives sundry hints about' French men-d-
-wsr," and mama.s trumpery charges ssainst the Govern-
ment into matters of gears political importanue. The
Jesuits are laying el dui for religues purposes to a Ism
and vablabis Ifi.ce of grfuffd in the centre of the capital
on doubtful evitlawe. In one yowl non in partii-ular, they
dictate to govmnore find native 0111. r., hind and flog
Protestant teachers, fresh op tie whools interrupt the
worship of the people in their chapela ou the Gthi.ath
officially coffipthin of the preaching, of the hymn.. "a
even the prayer, of the native iniaismrs, and in one rags
at least they have Induced a chief to pull down a Protes-
tant &snob The Government la In • dilemma, mad the
whole tountry is in • stets of excitement and trepidation.
The fear of the French it so great that the G rrethuthet Ie
aired to 'noire in case it mar at into othi r and wens
difficulties The impression of some is that there Is •
definite plan to create difficulties between Cabello and
Protestants. and Wag this Goreenseent Into each o.spll-
caticot ii will
aka • pretext for Preach interference.
1 and ultimateli, it may be, for • Theca protectorate.