The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-10-22 00:00:00

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PRANCE. —There are to be no more anenymons
pamphlets from Paris ; at all events, ;o:e .cling
to the Atunirretr. Government is about to take into con-
sideration tbe adoption of measures against the publica-
tion of this epodes of ireitstit litcratore. The reports
lately current respecting the publimition of the pseudo-
Imperial letter to the Kum of Prussia have diiected
the attention of Gererunient to the necessity of putting
atop. if peasdhle. to the circulation of opi ll ions havista
ecu seknowledged tereutage. According to private
letters from Paris, the Emperor is about to effect a
radical change in the system of the naval reserve.
The whole of this department, according to the proposed
change, it is asserted, is to be msintained in a comfit
for action MI the shortest notice. A number of ulti,eral
and crews are to ho constsntly kept on hoard, and their
number is to be so considerable that • large Omit Coll
he sent to Pea in an incredibly short time.—The Paris
correspondent of the Moreiwg Herald, who :an a
specially fine ear for catching rumours, states that it is
rumoured the Emperor Napoleon will visit the great
exhibition next year.
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ROM E.—The Pope seems to hare got into difficulties
with a number of lois ecclesiastical Jo well as his secular
subj.:etc A schion in the Church seems imminent, in
consequence, it is said, of the obstin ocy of his Holinees.
The Alto Simonelli, who is or was Assistant4kerotary
to the A osost,olic Office of Church Penitents, and Pro-
fessor of Inilosoploy in Hoe College of the Propo ,optntia,
was ar:esoc.l On Sunday as he was gOOI2 to sly mass.
Abbe Parfetti, a learned priest, had lled from Rome ;
and Canon Pedemente, a riolemontese, arrested ,ono
time since, has been released only on cohdition of
giving up his canonry and leaving the Papal city. The
crimes of these ecclesiastics are not stated, hot
liberal ideas and sympathies are no doubt the worst of
them.

MEXICO.—The French journal Les Alen* details
the proceedings which are to take place on land in
Mexico, by the joint Powers, from which the Times
Paris correaponilent extracts certain particulars. First
of all in the naval expedition, all the Powers engaged
are to co-operate ; secondly, • force of six thousand men,
compelled of French and Spaniards, is to penetrate into
the country ; and thirdly, the maratime eustoin-houses
are to be regulated, and their proceeds divided among
the claimants whose claims have not been liquidated ;
fourthly, an appeal is to be made to the people to govern
the country under • joint protectorate; and, last of all,
S joint cominienion in to be establodimi in Mealim
to regulate the indemnity due to Europeans.
ITALY.—Mr. Cobden, it seenis, liu put himself to
the trouble, in consequence of Mr. Roebuck's famous
statement relating to the proposed cession of the Island
of Sardinia by the Government of Italy to France, of
asking M. Miughetti, who at the time was Minister of
the Interior of this Italian kingdom, whether there was
any truth in Mr. Roebuck's seemingly authoritative
announcement. Minghetti assures his correspondent
that the Italian Government never had any agreement
. and never entered into any nexotintions having the
cession of that island for their object.
RUSSIA.—A regular crusade is apparently being
made by the Russian authorities egainst the Universities.
We hear that the University of St Petersburg is closed
for an indefinite period. This was announced on the
Bth, and on the same evening twenty-five students were
arrested, rumour speaking of a far larger number.
Intelligence had arrived at the capital. announcing the
cloning of the Universities of Mosmw and Kliorkoff,
Southern Russia, and it was supposed, if this were
correct, that the University of Kieff wonli not be long
open. The studenta don't seem to relish this inter-
ference with their studies. They hail been holding
meetingii,"and narrowly escaped coming into sanguinary
oollison with the military. Can these proceedings on
the part of the Government have any reference to the
recently awakened interest in political studies among
the youth of Ruasia ? We read that in consequence of
the taste for politics that has sprung up, the book-
sellers are selling the Rtl/41,111 translation of
"Political Economy" for two roubles; that Buckle's
second volume was circulating in St. Petersburg the
week after its publication in London ; that his first
volume had been criticised, defended. and lauded in
every possible tone by the reviews, in which tran +lotions
of entire chapters had appeared. A complete Russian
version of the " Introduction to the History of Civili-
sation," it is reported, was in the press. Where is
this to en-I?
INDIA.—By the Indian mail which arrived on
Wednesday we learn with plesaure that the ravages of
cholera were becoming less serious in the North-West
provinces. Still the reports from the infected districts
continue to be very painful. The commercial news
from Calcutta ia more utisfactory than it has been of
'late. .

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CHINA—The intelligence from China is unimport-
ant, the death of the Emperor not being known at
Hong Kong when the steamer sailed. A great deal of
alarm is still felt among the foreign residents of Jetdo.
It is curious that Mr. Harris, the Americus Minister,

remains unmolested.
NEW ZEALAND.—From New Zealand we have
the cheering intelligence that the appointment of Sir
G. rimy, as the successor of Colonel Browne, had exer-
cieed, as we always believed it would, a most pacific
influence. The natives, who bad long regarded him as
a just and humane governor, are reassured by the pros-
pect of his early arrival. Gold has been discovered in
considerable quantities in the province of Otago. This
has produced the usual effect upon the population.
Multitudes were flpcking to the new El Doterlo ; sailors
were deserting their ships ; the value of labour had
increased, and all public works were likely to be
stopped.