The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-11-26 00:00:00

TR! ABYSSINIAN SILPICDITION.

The latest news from the Owners is dated Merida,
August 27, a month later than before. They were all
well. Theodoree had met with a repel.* from the
which is thug referred to by the Bombay Gazette:
We learn from reliable sources tint battle has taken
plow doe to Magd.la between King Theodora' and the
rebels of that district of country. Theodore" has long
been hemmed in on all sides by rebellions chief., who
have sh•ken off his imperial rula,
each constitut!ng
hirewlf king in his own territory, or disputing the title
with rival. of his owa. The only province that
re.-ned faithful to hint smiths province of Begemeder
on t'• eastern adore of the Dembea lake, and the secret
of its fidelity wa probably that there, Theodora. being
peromally preeent, be overawed the population into
'Mali'''. At that time his rule extended from • little
beyond Gondar (which had been his capital until he
trandecred hi- o-ntre of pow.r to Debra Tabor) sitar
am Magda's, which stood almo.t on the edge of the
Wollo Gallas country, whose ciii f hod abalp-n off the
aupreniacy of Theodore'. In February last e.a
Regenieder, the eole remaining pnemendon of Thee.tdorns.
broke out into to.urrecti di, and since then it he. gone
from bad to worse. This ioaurrection woe headed by
• Petty rob-1 ehig who eattablehed hinotelf momewhere
along the Arty mile, of road or country that separate"
D.-bra Tahoe from illardel., e•-n at that early date
cutting off all c 'mmunication between the two Mawr.
Communications, however, passed through at the end
of May, but as nothing, so far ma we onterstand, hest
been heard of or from the royal camp at Debra Tabor
since the 24th of that month—it ia certain that nothing '
was heard of Theodora. or the Debra Tabor and Gaffs*
prienners for many weeks thereafter by the Magdala
prisoners or the Kritith govtionment—it I. evident that
the petty rebel chief referred to haa been able to hold
his own against Thoodorus. The idegemeder peasant",
however, have ale,, rpm in iroortectioc. and the lout
spot of 4 bysininian ground that Theod•rna cox call his
own is in anarchy up to the very gates of Debra Tabor.
Th• tran.porta with the •dv.ncerl brigade of the
Ahyodnian wipe litior. arrived at Aden 00 0 ontwr 16,
with sett, boron% and mole., all well. They were
a-Low-le-I to stay Mier shoat a week, to take in water
and Duel, an-I to wait information as to the landing place,
he. from the pioneer party under Colonel Mereerether
end Colonel Wilkins. of the Royal Engineers, who had
preceded them. The landing place that had been
selected is Zola (the andeot Motile.), a pleas attested
on Annetaley Bay, about twenty miles southward from
Massowalx. The landing (place having been selected
the party immediately set about constructing • landing
jetty, and • number of buggalows are eoployed in
twiner); steee from the opposite shore, there being
none in the neighbourhood. The anchorage in
Anneeley Bay 11 considered excellent. There is said
to be assonunodatioo for ahnoet any number of veastela,
in nix and a-half fathoms water, with sandy bottom
the vends being able to anchor within 300 yards of the
shore. The land is described by a correspondent of the
Bombay Gazette, ea • seedy plain, with some brush-
wood but no forget. Drinkable water is not procurable
within 16 miles of the *oast, but at that distal).* •
small stream of running water ham been discovered by
an exploring party, in one of the deep ravine" which
intersect the country at right angle. to the coast line.
The 'tamable Euphrates has been detained at Anneeley
I Bey to condense water for the troops. Colonel
Merewether's presoak instreetione are that the
ships are to Gerry ea mush water as powitti•
and to premed at once. It I. fully eepected
that the cavalry and all the other troops that can •
be spared will be at own marched on disembarkation
to the high I.nd where water is found. Large working
parties will be required to land the stores and organise
the different depots, and there will bare to be "applied
with Inter from the ship.. The account" of the elimate
state It to bare been very hot, but decreasing in
temperature daily. A sea-brews.. mete in about twelve
o'dook each day, and it ie delightfully cool until it
moos during the night. The eountry eines to the enact
aboned, in large and small game. Hares, partridges,
he., wets shot in great members. Deer were easily
'baked, and the papal lines and other large game had
loon observed daily. Colossi 11er...tether is acid to
hive shot an elephaet within 40 yards of tbe plans at
which he landed ' • indeed some report" 'tat, that the
animal opposed his leading. The following letter,
received from the Pioneer fares in Abyseinia by •
rntleman in Bombay, is published by the Times of

Camp, boar Zona, Anneatry Bay, Oot. 9.

My Dear—,—Th. Coromandel leaven to-day for
Aden, so I write you aline to tell you we arrived here
on the 4th, and have just had our first breakfart on
shore. On loaning Bombay we had heavy sess and hoed
winds. and it wee "a toss op" whether we should
r mob Aden. Now we are awfully unsottled, We are
about a mile from the sea, one level plein. Our water
sup.ly is in a few pool., and it is like used. It will
only last two days loaner, and then, Heaven knows
what we are to do I There is no hope Irons wells, for
one ham been sunk end has foiled. At live feet they got
froth seater, at six feet brackish, sari at twelve lees it
was salt—below ria level I think. nem are sheep and
cloth, but the people do not we for selling them; for
milk we cannot pay, as we have DO current sole, and
so we ersbenge rim end grain. But of them, and of
everything else, our supply is scanty. There are no
commtmatiet stores for Europeans, so we cannot even
get rations. Our prospects ere not very encouraging
till we par this dulcet coast line of country. We expect
the 3rd Light Weary and the 10th N. I in about t 0,,,
dope, and I do sot Imo, whore they will Ind weter.
Of forage there is none, so this mast all omit from
Bombay. Nothing can be bought here. It is hot as
b!sses-98 to 98 decrees.

On the voyage to Illawoweh the Sootiest« struck on
• sunken rock, but fortnutely got off, alter • ..bort
oil .y, without injuring herself in the least. The rillitS
0/ 1.4.. say. that great care hoc been inereieed by Sir
Robert Napier to have the transport service as elleent
as peeibla. The um* leper eoroplains that the home
government hoc not left tbe management of the ezpedi.
Yon entirely to the Bombay government, as it professed
to do, end states the result to be that doeble the ex-
pense haa been inclined that would have been required.
on. of the shuttles to the force will be the Bey. C. R.
Blunalardt, who has been allowed by the Church
Iliseionary Society to proceed to Abyssinia. his services
having been asked for by Sir Robert Napier. Mr.
Blumbudt will his. vaimilebb acquieitioa to the foree,
putieularly on esetest of his knoeledge of the country
and his aeriaintanos with the Amharic language. Re
has just compiled, at the request of the government of
India, • bind book to the Arehart@ language, restain.
lag a vnearularly in Ileglish, with Cord.* and Amluvie
mad Eogli.b and Amharic phrases, which will be is.
valuable to °Moses aroompuying the expedittaa.
The Z •yla mete ist, the 'steely, hes been adopted,
not only as as old wane roe/ still exle• between that
little port at the bud of Annuity Bay tied Debra Tabor.
but also it lath. route wh.eh was suesselnily e-ed bi
the Portuguese in 1611. The detainee between the two
plum I. computed at 300 miles, and the latest mot*
Is that the Kroperor will offer no nopmitiosi to the
Memos of the army. bet means to fortify himself at
Debra Tabor, kiwi there to maks his fin.l read. It I'
sonsidersd probable that the up Ives an old of hi-
reo It, as the Gallas ars all up in arms against his.
It is cheerio to And that in high Tureen the erudi-
tion is without sari ty. 8., Job. 161"`" •
the 0 vernor.Geseral of India, In a temmnuioati..l.
addreesed to the Indian sesertarY. B°"inr
in mind the distarlad state .4th. Ist.Tor of Akio.,
dronwhlehi theirompOpollaiOu.e.t.ll P 1.4.4
sad Sb. 460.4...etb. abna"Sumtof an)
authority of Tbeederou is said to have beet great!,
broken, 1 weeder that therm ill everyProspest of Memo
if lb. monde.. be wall om•Ntaltdool. with a gad
pollical stel anhordlute be the salamander, to otitai
information, eciarootkob• with PI Wets sad people
and enamor bums with NMI 01 UM. 1/114Of MSS bobssegot
*NO

OPENING OP THIS FRENCH CHAMBERS
THE EMPEROR'S SPEECH.
Tho Franc* Chambers ears opened on Monday by
the Kane ea in person. Hie Al a)ottr
.wprise that, notwithstanding the deelarotiosa of him
itoeenuneot, whlleh hie never varied in ha lowille
&Wanda," Hie bilief had been .14014 that any wedlieve
Mos in the inttynal tricot of Gertneny must be a eine*
of wing ci. It visa neeenuary (he rid) to nests•
frankly Oa ohmage' that have taboo plane on list other
side of the Rhine." and to proclaim that so long as the
inter, we and dignity of Prance" were not threatened,
Ii would not interfere in the tnutsformation. tffeeted by
. -

of Tlor.popniotion." Is oogratalati.d th;
Choonhers on the result, of the Exhibition, Lod on the
rintoraCon of order in holy, ohutrying that the °en-
-4omb/0 Convention exists so lons as it is not oiliolonsd
by an.. internafirositi sot. The Emperor she retorted
to tho Cretan difileulty in teems somewhat brief and
vague—Rs, indeed, he dhl to foreign questions generolly
—and coneladed Ir iavitio( him Parliamiool to devote
oil their drools to cionwolio iinprov•mmita "For toy
part," he said, you may rest "aosnrad that 1.411 uphold
firmly end strongly tit* power whuth has been woilerred
np.in me, for neither obstael•• nor utj.imt opp oitioo
will sh•he either my enoroas or my faith in the future.

THRE4Ta Or EMI' ALI •TION FOR THE
EXECUTION OF THE FENIAN CoNVD,Ts.

, A circular has been issued from Dublin, detail Nov.
16, subecribed in cypher by • pawn styling biggest( the
Secretary of External Relations, and &disused to the
agents and friends of the Irish Revolutionary Govern-
ment residing abroad. It begins by giving the views of
the body to which the writer is attaaed respecting the
Miele at Kanabester arising out of the rescue of Kelly
and Deasy. The purpose and character of that outrage
'ore than described :—" In September lug two Irish
officers, Zelonel Kelly end Captain Deasy, while cm
secret end special service Is Kanabeetu, bed the mis-
fortune to fall into the heeds of the eiril authorities el
that city. As it was of the utmost importance than,
thou officers should regain their liberty sissy met, •
plan of reuse was decided upon, and a party of mem
details:A for the duty. On the 18th of the semi month
that party attacked • police van which wee conveying
pnsoners 1 the poi, and suoosesfully resemed therefrom
lb* prisoners in question. In forthig vie the van lb
was found necessary to discharge • pieta into the lock,
and It happened that the shot killed a 1301i011 officer who
wee on duty inside the van. This man's death was not
emential to the moues of the ressae. sod Ins therefore
not specially sought In feet, his slaying egg
assiduities"), and primer-11y owing to his own honourable
fidelity, for be bed refuted to pass out she key of the
door, which would have rendered it unnecessary to
resort to the (for him) f•tal expedient of firing into the
lock. This act of rescue and all its ucompanying
circumstances wan of sours, an offence against
the laws of Penland, although one in•sparsble
from political motives and a political object.
, Disregard for the lure by which an ortnrewor
, seeks to protect himself is. however, the first and
, necessary principle in a rebellion against that oppressor.
The insureent breaks the laws at his peril, the oppreseor
eoforess the law on the same condition. Humanity has
, stepped in to mitigate the evils which would mull
from the extreme &pollution of this rule, and in every
civilised country insurgents who refrain from all wanton
rind unnecessary sots of violence are, when captured.
treated differently from summon law breakers, who sot
from no political motive. Hitherto the Irst insurgents&
against England here honourably fulelled their share of
this moral obligation, and neither in Ireland, England, or
Canada have they been guilty of any aids with wblsb
they ean be reproached, although both enemy's If. sma
property hue frequently been, awl Mill are, •t their
-
mercy. Englanc, hag not sated with corresponding
moderation, but she beg hitherto remaied from'
deliberately petting to death any of her Irish political
prisoners. In the use of certain Irishmen condemnedi
to death for the attack upon the van she seems disposed'
to depart from that yractioe, and 11 1, not impossible
that some of them may he executed on Saturday next
' at Sanehester. She beg an undoable 1 right to do so,
but the exercise of that right will leave this government
free to exercise the right ai d power of retaliation,
' which it amply poeseeees. The attack on the patio.
van, the writer alleges. wag see .mkt; "its probeb e
' out woe estimated beforehand, end its actual cost liras
les• than estinuit-d." T ie writer next piseeele teattack,
' in language which we need not repeat, sad whish is
' strangely at variance with the admissions of the
prisolun counsel, the fairness of the trig, sod the
impartidity of the judges. Coming then to what
' seemed the actual basins-se of the drawler, he eon-
Inn.. :—" As yet, however, England hss not resorted
' the open slaughter of Irish inlitteal prisoners huh
' should she do so, I am instructed to say that for every-
judicial assassination she I. guilty of, the life of •
prominent liaglishmsn will be exact d by this peens-
' meet, and you will point out that upon England most
rest the odium of having first inaugurated the polio, of'
aseassinetion in ber present struggle with Irelsroi.
Whether the person. t be put to death by England on•
account of the van incident belong to the Feels&
ingsnisation or net, • fall measure of retslitition shall
' be exulted on their behdf. in recognition of their claims-
' aa Irishmen." Toia last 'street no doubt untains the
dpiethatha the
of Allen.
eeLreolar
tArii.W hl .
and
shell see
Gould,
w td,hhuethi.er thydeetet.mbe
deterrent
! effect on these Fenisn bra:uric

THE TRIAL OF THE LADY SWINDLER.

On Tuesday, at the Central Criminel Conn, before
the Common Serjeant, Geraldine Neuritis, 38, slim the
Hon. Mrs. Winne, slips Lute Ileuriee, ha. ka-, was
placed at the ber to take bee trial upon several awes
of seating and otseining goods by false pretences frees
trad..men at the Wst-end of the town. There sere
also otti-r indictments againat the prisoner, which,
elms( d I•er siih eonspirins with anoi her prPooir
to commit the same offence. Mr. Poland pr seceted,
and the prisoner was defended by Kr. Ribton and Mr.
Houston. At the commencement of the proceedings
Mr. Ribmin made an application to the Court to quash
Sit. indictments for sonspincy, as they bad been pr. pared
sines the priiviner'e ODM 111 I Itai, without the requirement
of the Vexatious Indictosenta Act being complied with..
—The Common fierjeant refuel to comply with the
appliestion.- The nue that wee proaseded with was me-
in which the prisoner was &urged with steeling a.
seal-skin cloak, vales 18 guinea', from Messrs.
Nicholay, furriers, Oxford-street. It appeared that.
In the month of September, 1865, • letter was
rewired by the prosecutors, dated November 17, from
St. Petersburglmterrue, Bayswater, purporting to be
written by a Mn. Somerset, end which requested that
some loose seal-skin jackets might be sent in choice, arid
that Mrs. Somerset wee prevented from driving to the
thop of the prosecutor's to select for herself on assount
of illness. In °outclasses of this letter a young lady
was sent to the address indicated with several jackets of
tits kind mentioned, and a person who represented tw-
ist! to be the servant of Mrs. Somerset stated that her
mistress was ill in bed, and she mutt take the cloaks to
her for her to select one. No suspicion being enter.
tamed, she wee slowed to lake the Property, end she
returned and stated that Mrs. Somerset would keep pm
of the cloaks, valued at 18 (Muss, but she wished a
hood lobe made for it. The cloak was secordingly left.
and when the hood was sent, the booms was found to
be closed, and Sit. parties bad cluemped, and nothing
was heard of the prisoner until she was in custody upon.
several other charges of • similar character. Evils's*,
was adduced to show that the handwriting of this
letter was that of the primmer, that she bad
formerly been known by the name of Neuritis,
or Morris, and that she had never been known.
as Mrs. Somerset. It wee stated in erammexamination
that at one period the prisoner bad lined in great
splendour, and wee supposed to be a person of property.
—Mr. Ribton submitted to the court at the close of the
aase for the prosecution that the charge of leniency
weld not be supported, and that if the prissier was
guilty of any offence at all it was that of obtaining pro-
party by false pretersoss.—The .Commes fierjunt over-
I ruled the objection, and said it wee a quotas" fee the
jury whether the prisoner had not obtained possession
of the property by a mere trick Lod stratagem, and that
her original intention was to Mee! IL—Mr. Mite. ems
tended on behalf of the prisoner that there bed bees •
complete sale sad parting withlthe property, led theft
her only offences, if any, was that of obtaining the pro-
perty by false pretences.—The jury retired to deliberate
upon their verdict. —The jury found the prisoner
—Another indictment against her was then opened for
stealing • trunk, value LI, the property of Mesas..
'Meyers of Wiginorestrest. —The jury found her guilty
on this charge also, and Mr. Poland recounted many
other Lutetium in which the prisoner had swindled
tradesmen of valuable goods. She had gone under this
names of Mrs. Pope, the Hon. Mrs. Menriee, Mrs.
Somerset, Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. Durant, of Cludealey;
ci 5 on, Ors, and her weer for use al years hadi
been one of systematic fraud and duplicity. Mr. Ribton
Maimed sympathy for her, because she bad been unfor-
tunate in her matrimonial arrangemeets. In early life
she wee married to a gentleman named Clung. but the
friends of her boad.nd were opposed to the marriage,
and eventually a separation took pleas The prisoner
was married a *mond time to • gentleman named
Menrice, who was possessed of considerable wealth, and
for • lengthened period she sou pied a position of luxury
and Wet dour. She was a second time sepereted from
her husband, and he alkwed her for • long tints 21,600
a-year to live upon. For some reason or other tale
ellowaties wee reduced to LI per week, and she was is
the receipt of this suns at the time thus offences were
alleged to ban been committed. Upon her eriereb..-
stmt. however, this all-mane' was stopp-d,
prisoner was now comp etely destitute. He also drew
the atts seism of the Court to the feet that gems of the
property had been either returned by or rewired from
the .—The Common-Sedating intimated that he
would take time to consider the genicsse, and the
Prisoner was removed. On Wednesdar Prlwiler wan
brought up and sentenced to 18 menthe bud labour.
She fainted, and was carried out of court.

Tim coat of tho Abyrniabia azorditkni say be pee
down is round misters es • Nifflion 10 Mast with, sad
half million month Willi it Issik Tbia dots nut In-
dud. lb.psy nod .nolssoov al tho troops, whist' will
hil upon as tn..os of
wat,r6l.lrriarilli.l.P.o.nthmord° !Fatirsh."aliscalliurrPruiere.—"tiliaftiel fage"lhr ii4llboo4llll ":".riat
iil47lr.
mai,. Two le lb* MIRO politinn plate a Is. of Cm
stho Malabo 01 Borst skit Kay (whisk *tits Gaily
• ti, boz), sod it wfll he (wand that they y .—.-
for hours Tanta the wood browses literally
ikanid —without Wang fire. Ws look es this its •
intoraating oonerwatka of Ow Safety of lb
orw▪ X•tob. Care mast ha token in both coma to avoid
owe.' ',intact with 11.1 as.

et 0117,1 07 VITHII-t7lO COUGH AND COLDS IT Da.
LoOOCA'S POLS .PlO Waimea—From Hr. lace Gnosis,
Mlt no. W• r•heese, Yeeeit : "As n Mod el the
e Iletne of D. Looook's Pelmets Weiere, I mty
mention the I..nowityr A lady ealled aod
pu,cheeed • 2n. 91. hot, sod observed that the had
, ..eard • rood character of them, Led woe determiaed to
tim them tea, hewing sofferrti for years frose est
es bottle wee, sod vast pounds ea other medicine.,
.od an to *a parrot*. A few meats after the mme lady
called Apia, when I asked her if site had found any
benefit from the hat ; she replied that she had bees
..mpletely cored by them '—imeroly ass 9.. 91. box.
either imamate are l.ese time to time omooritag. which
prom the vela, of the Lowman elmee all other midi-
oilier for palmesary dimes; aftglis, adds,
iMpre awl petals speakers they are istaleable for the
irk*. ead have a pleassol lode. Prim Ix 9L,
rid 46. 011. pee Imm. bat by all Chalob.