The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-02-05 00:00:00

th. T.rkia £d.zl.

Owe of Um reforms in Treace whist' are to "crown"
the poldekel 'dittos is lite treating of the right of
menciation—in other woZati.ibe right of pablie emoting,
whieh at pewit bas no existeocei in France.
Wow far the new privilege extend, and bow valuable
er valueless it may be made by vexation+ reetrietions,
will not he known until the Bill opines before the ,
Legislative Chamber. it is., however, willed to mind he
some public writers that when the present Fosperce was
mily a Prince his views on the subject were very wide
and liberaL Entreats from his writings are hung
eireelated peaking the freedom enjoyed in Greet Britain.
and resommoodiag lb. Goweremest of Louts Philippe to
follow the English example. We fear the Eusperne's
theories are • great deal better than his practice is ever
likely to be.
The Cretan refugees In Athens anale!the On° k
islands, whither they hove led, are in • deplorabl,
state of destitution. Twelve tboussind women awl
children and helpless men ars suddenly redumil to •
state of the most utter misery, and anises some speedy
aid shall mob them many of them most wrieb of
absolute starvation, or of the disclaims that too rarely
vial the batwings end starving. Them painful facts
are set forth in • letter froas the Archbishop of York,
who says it is thought that £14,000 would be salliclent
to maintain these unhappy sufferers instil they shall
Id knew homes and Dew employment " Alma&
(mys his lordship) the British public" end the Greek
community in Britain have contributed, almost unsettled,
one-haN of Mk sum, and that, too, at. time when
there have been 'mussel dells en ear compassion. This
I. no question of polities. While the mac are fighting
sad perishing for • pobtioal sonvidlee, we may join,
whatever may be our opinions, is pitying the wives and
widows and helpless Ailing, harried off to another
lead. huddled by tens and twelves Into mall rooms p-
otables, Limon naked, without Are by day or light by
night, with so other food tban • morsel of breed, and
this likely to emu.*

Mao the Emperor of the Preach adopted the Aunties
policy of eonquest Ilist and missiesery effort allot wardo,
he might have been spared the reptiles in Coven whisk
I. detailed in a letter from the Timm' correspondent
at Shanghai. no writer says that in two days Admiral
Rose lost 40 Ines out of a disposable landing force
of 901110 400, tad, es matters were evidently Otitis
hotter. he adopted the wipe reeolutios of abandoeins
the ea peditioc for the winter and retreads( southward.
after dis very unnecessary preliminary of berates the
oily. TIN destructions of the munitioes of war was •
pettish Mild On the Goverenteut hat to burn Sb. oil, was
to iniliet a casket iajary on • number of poor wretches.
who erne, probably. *Dorset of the very existence
of tbs priests whom mammon it was 4.4.54 5. avenge.
The same correspondent notion how the history of
India it slowly and gradually beisgreproduoed in china.
He rays "An ZedisAmen has aarge clan ansoal at
Nankin, and other Ilegbahmes are Mashing the viceroy's
troops the rudiments of drill. An aseisbnaan earn-
mend. • small disciplined corps at Ningpo, earl new
Frew:holes ars about to establish an animal and sew
boat. at Foochow, osielar the magpies@ of a orialiden
prompted by jealousy of the power of Li-linag-ettaag
and Tern-kwo-fan. Officers ne the same two runtime.
discipliner' the troops and elbowed the Inn. of rival
Wraps in India. 1.. the result to be Ole isms r

A PLOT con A ligtonart• A alladrid letter, in
the bidepeeidaeee Beige, quote! • curious reel from an
Albert. journal : " A short time sines, it rys,
" two soldiers on forlungh obtained shelter at a respect.
able house in • village near Abort. although the master
was from home, and only the mistress and a female
servant in OW. In the evening the soldiers retired to
the barn to sleep. The night was not far advanced.
when a knock came to the door, and the lady of the
house, not doubting but that it was her husband, opened
it. Two men in masles rushed in, and, with degree at.
played, demanded • large mon of money. The soldiers
were awakened by the noise, and eante aridly to the
house. They were atreiced by the robbers, bet the
soldier being armed, the robbers bed the wore of it, and
were both arm stretched deed by pistol shots. A few
minutes after the Ineater of the hare returned, but the
soldiers. reasonably ruppoeing that be might be an
accomplios of the malefactor refused to *dealt him,
tinier he brought the authorities with him. He wan
therefore obliged to go for the mayor, but the latter
was from home; the mayor's substitute was also short;
but two gendarmes went bask with the gentleman, and
the soldiers at ones let the. in. The facts were
speedily related, and what was net re surprise felt
when, on uneovering the fare of the rohbers, they
were recognised as these of the mayor and his
substitute."

A &Ms at ern PAOLUNO THILLeaa.--eta the night
of the 210 rd bit., & handsome young man was observed
sitting in • stall at the Pagliane, dressed in • Prussian
lisetesant's uniform, UM wearing sus& swish and
crosses on his breast. While the opera was rang on a
person entered the pit, approached the akar, and
addremed him fa German, his tone and =mow WM-
akotly iodisation that his words were abusive and
Mu akar remained motionless, u Hough it
were not to hire that the new comer addressed bins elf,
when sedidealy a voice sailed out in German from one of
the boxes to. Prussian soldier, who was in atteadasees
on the officer, 'shorting him to punch the aggressor's
head, and adding that he (the speaker) was going down
to do so himself. By this time there was a great move-
ment in the theatre, the whoia pit rase to ass what was
going as, and the perfumes'se was interrupted. Two
pollinate arrested the penes who mused the die-
Whams, and reenored him in spite of his violent me s-
tance. The row over, the remainder of the evening
pseud quietly, bet when the curtain fell the audience
was no little sarprised to see the seedier hostile to tis
muter end take him up I. hi. ems. It was then yields
thet be bad Iced both his legs, which are said to have
been abet off at Wows; Thereupon the sOwilatln
broke out into reiterated Grim of "Vies Ls PrliNill r
and loudly sheered the officer. whose assonant turned
out to be a native of Franhfort-on-the-Itaims, lately
Prossianhed against its will. - &rises Papa.
itereattlau MAIM& —The Indeed otheeves that
It bee never Indulged he, or approved the prude* of,
aggressive criticism aeon the runners and butitations
of 1.14 great Armories* ReenVic. We have die
countenanced on every oserion and In every possible
way the pernicious habit, so much affected In other
quarters, of making periodical onslaughts upon the
forms and systems of government prevailing in other
lands, no matter how much they may differ from oar
own; and ire bare nen no reason why the United
States should be excepted from the beneildal rule which
forbids us to set ap the laws of ffargead a. the measure
of the wisdom of foreign somnatteithe, or the Constitu-
tive of lingland, highly as we prise it, as a mere
pattern and exemplar for their slavish imitation. But
if them principles might to restrain as from modem.-
ing or rashly commenting en the inetitutioas of the
United Sates, ea Ims ought they to Amok the
impetuous mune& at those who melee, themselves
dissatlaged with what they Sad at home, sad met their
eyes abroad in the hope of discovering a happier state
of things which they may commend to Oaf regard and
imitation. No pub moderiMem however, hie ever
been displayed by time ditho;di sod discontented
politician.; but with aupatilotis ardour and indulged
baste they have exaggerated or wholly Imagined the
ailments of our body poliris, and oneemened up their
therapeutic surestion with the noire and reiterated
cry of " Look ist America f" Bo invited, and with snob
insistency, we sunset refuse to tarn oar oar in the
indicated direction. Firstly, than, let us have a map
at Mu interior of one of its common sonnolls—is body
not wholly unknown te our domestic experience. Let
us take the common council of the largest and most
influential city in the States—New York- At the last
recorded meeting of that distinguishes' corporation, Its
president, who was sappesed S. have ratted from the
Beanie te the Demeerate, end by that means to have
attained the mend& of his ambition, was greeted upot
taking his seat of honour with mire of " perjurer,
" soottsdrel," "willies," " OWL" and a few other
epithets not quite as easily pat ea paper. An inkatend
was hurled at his bead, Whisk be fertataaboly
but hie lase and shirt-front were plentifully
with its unbent& Hereupon be drew a pi=sard Next
let us melee the Maine Legislature. The Hon. Lewis
Barker is ea his lop. Lot os sot only look at, lwat let
us listen to him. " Treason bad 'aired itself," be is
myth& "U the White House, and steadies behind its
battlements savagely at lise, is haunting itsbannere on
the outward will? The weird wizards that have
bubbled into being, trill their glees, and tiepin their
denies, and wintassieg their lasentatitme, Yid *tiring
with the seem at the Philadelphia cauldron sense,
have vanished tato .IrP Is that sough? We *let ,
• though there le plenty more V the reader Mall to
:NI it. Ha "looked se the ereakipal learitittions
ma the Brats MlatuZe. lei •• •PPe•••11 Centime
Half. Mr. Thaddeus illewswa the foremost man in lb.t
WRoom is on his logo What is he v
eft be credited? He is beadylag illthy and oboosso;
pekes with a Mr. Beeeldiall a • estate 10 (Toes that WS:
ta,spot day in the hooey to listen to than. We are i
positively drives out ci Congress by the feed luggage;
of two of its enenthess, and es we retire Is obotorj
disgust we eta irk bear the ilreskor—ao the
nipar, among& doeorilood Ida—" borgnooriog teas
Masao* bttt table' to drown sod topples tbothoola

of lamilmor witb Ada the Oesgrom hailed the duel a
Amenity, Mimi Dot may before them but Mien tbeir
daughters la the gamy I What mid this WOO lender
of the majority Ii lb. Rome of Representatives. emir
1.4 May, wino Embed if he w.otod SO build • Pm&
tretie.y for the Sogthern penile? "The Pratentitry
of hell, sir I" he replied, "is she only penitentiary tiny
deserve." Why, asterget na even hr. Bright bee sem
gotta further the" to 'beluga,' slat lanorde deserve
ezterininsting. Sven his passionate has and bowie
vituperation stop this side of the grave. Hr. Stevens
pennies the Soak heyeed It. He ooeld, be desiared.
Ifrep Omni in that penitentiary down below, and Moot
this if titer mime trek 1 Fumy such Isisomme se this
from Mr. Disraeli or We. Otmistons ? Is it to witness
scab seems. he horrified by seek language, that ea hare
ken asked to 'look at Asset.. r