The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-06-09 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS

DURCHESTER, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, MD.

hnt Pekes have mostly been dull. lifetime
stock has declined on account of the unfavourable
' news to hand concerning the French expedition,
and the delays ex_perieued in acquiring pones-
vion of Puebla. The news of the ace es of
the Greek throne by Prises Wuhan, of Deemerh
has bad a beneficial effect on Greek °toe, al-
tboush it still remains to be wen whether Mee-
emu cue bø taken to itnorove the position of the
bondholders, so far ss to justify lii.encniZou
advance that has takens
piece in the prim of the
stock since the departure of Sing Otho from
Greece. Railway shares partake, in some dere.'
of the quiet and dulness of the other marmite
The accident on the London and Brighton line
has occasioned • deeline of about 1 per cent. in
the price of Its stock,
but London, Chatham, and
Dover has avidly advanced 8 per cent, daring
the week- The Limit Eastern is 1 per dent, and
the Great Northern per cent, higher than last
week. The liondqn asd North-Western is I per
cunt lower, and tht Great Western and South-
Western stock have declined I Per *lint The
Metropolitan Railway shares have fallen ss.
The latest news from America is of a very
exciting character. New York inteligenee,
dated May 36th, positively muerte that Vicks
burg ham been taken by General Grant, and
that its garrison, some 20,000 'front(' has "pro-
bably" been captured. Al Washington, it is
said, the joy was very great at the receipt of
this intelligence. Two days' later accounts,
however, state that Vicksburg still holds out,
and that the Federala had been frequently
repulsed with immense slaughter. The corre-
spondent of the BicAisiond ;nig estimates the
Federal dead, strewn before Vicksburg, at
10,000, and the Confederates spoke confidently
of being able to maintain their position till
reinforcement* arrived. Banks, it seem, is
hastening to aid Grant, and Oenerki Joe
JOhuou is pushing forward with a large fonts
to attack Grant in the rear. But the telegraphic
details of the edge are very contradictory, and
require a considerable amount of weeding and
comparison to enable ona to. form a pees as to
the correct position of affairs. One thing,
however, appeals pretty evident : Grant occu-
pies a position before Viekabupi, from which
them is ho drawback. He must conquer or
me—either capture Vicksburg, or be annihilated
should he refuse to surrender. The neat mail
will be looked for with intense anxiety, as we
shall then no doubt, twelve the momentous
Intelligence as to the fate of the contending
armlet on the banks of the hilasiesippi Lee,
It is reported, wee about to cross the
RePiteitannoek tad had eciwittiewed moie-
tient for that purpose, probably to Inter-
cept General Hooker on his road to Washington.
As for the Alabama, she was still carrying on her
work of destruction. In company with the
Florida she had recently destroyed no less than
nine vessels.

The French expedition in Mexico is assuming
quite a serious aspect, and it jives asserted that
the general turn of the •ar is against the idvaders.
Puebla, if we may Inhere the New York papers,
II nut only not taken, but reinforcements are
sent from iturope. The beeeiging force has been
compelled to retreat many miles—some acoonnta
say nine, others eighteen. The Mexicans are
said to be devising an attack in the French rear,
and a movement is on foot for reinforcing Puebla
with 16,000 men.

DORCHEEITEIL—Prtamo Com" limmer, &tar-
day. —There was but • thin attendsece, and very lit,k
business transacted, at the curriencies of the previous
wok. _

- jilt Wearies& —The reading of the thermometer
at Dumbed.v for the peat week [.O follows: