The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-06-14 00:00:00

Sudan anb Colonial intelligrncr.

FRANCE.

The Neapolitan Envoy, the blargnis of Antonini, has
delivered to the Empress the notification of the death
of King Ferdinand and of the accession to the throne of
King Francesco 11. The Maetuio also presented letters
accrediting him as Envoy Extraordinaly. The Empress
Placed the Court in mourning, to dist for twenty-ono
days.

Placable announcing the battle of Magenta were
1104ted up Sunday evening throughout Paris, and natu-
rally excited a good deal id enthusiasm among the
is epic. The lnvalides fired salutes in honour of the ,
event, and at night the public offices, the theatres, the
Court tradesmen, the cafe's, and some private houses :
diiplayed illnminations. The Empress and the Princess
cliitilde came in from St. Chisel, and at 10 o'clock
passed along the Boulevards awl the Rue de Riveli in an
pu carriage, without escort. They were received
with criesof" V,c rliapiratrice f' " rirerEmpereur
by the people as thy passed, and numerous groups fol-
lowed Um carriage from the moment of its •ppealance,
end continued all through ~houtiog moat vigorously.
The weather was beautiful; every one was out to take
the air, and no moment could be more propitious. The
working classes are very favourably disposed, but the
sprit of the shopkeepers, aho of course suffer by the
war, is, perhaps, not so heated a is desired.

Three batteries of artillery were embarked at Mar-
seilles IVedriesday. The pieces wr•ce the old 8-pounilt•rs.
bearing the dates of 1811 and 1816, barred up to the
calibre of the Narsilerin gun, 12-pouniler. On Wednes-
day evening the Calvados Canine in from Algeria, with
the two depot squadron:lot the 7th Chasaeuni, with their
Arab horses, and • detachment of Pontonniers, The
Chasseurs have been only a twelvemonth ill Africa, and
they have every appearance of being admirable light
cavalry. Their fighting coat •, with the exception of
their peaklesa cap, is just what it should la•—loosc grey
linen tronsers, whirl> can be tucked into half-boots,
and a loose blouse of the rime material, whieli can be
gathered round the waist by a belt, and which hail two
pockets in front, one nnvr each breast, The arms are A
short carbine and a sabre. The neck and arms are left
free, and ino pastraint in 1111110sed by limns ujoan the
movement of any of tlii• limbs. .1 battalion of infantry
passed through the town at 6 Wednesday morning for
embarcation, and a detaelutii-nt of engineers in heavy
marching order went along the quays at half-past 5 in
tine evening. They go out in the Cacique, I believe. The
shipment of stores still continues, and among them may
be seen weighty iteal mica, together with a large
number of small anktra branded absiarhe. Whether
they really do contain this si•irit or not it in inioossible
to any ; but if tinny do the French army roust consume
huge quantitiea of it, seeing that a table spoonful of
absinthe is enough for a tumbler of water. Remember•
ing the vase of the " Fragile" boxes, it is not impossible
that the aGainthe ankers laity contain pillprlien for what
wino sent away in the boxes. Flour, oats, hay, and
bales of camp Materials arc being shipped on board
sailing ships Anil merchant steamers. One little sailing
craft it quietly loading at a corner of the coal pier, con-
veniently out of eight, barrels frimi Metz, addressed to
the Park of Artillery, which have a suspicious resem-
blance to the oforiiiihc ankers; and deal Mien marked on
the outside "Garde Imperialc, bullies eridics." The
number which each is marked to contain, on the average
is 2,190. There were 60 of these CaSta lying at one time
on the wharf.
lADASES AT THE BATTLER Or MARENGO, AUSTERLITZ,
AND WATERLOO.—At Marengo, of which M. niers
says, "General Bonaparte staked his whole fortune on
that day," the Austrian loin was 8,000 killed and
wounded. and 4,000 prisoners ; the French 6,000, and
1,000 prisoner.; according to other accounts, 7,000
killed and wounded on each side. But eight standards
and 20 pieces of cannon were taken by the French ;
while the other results were, the complete re-conquest
of Piedmont and of the Milanese, the cession of 19
fortresses with I,llm pieces of cannon, and the advance
rif the French to the 31iricio. At the great battle iif
Austerlitz. the battle if the Emperor,. when three were
in the field, the Austrians lost Iri.ooo killed, wounded,
and drowned, 2(l,000 prisoners, ISO guns ; the Fri rich,
according to 31. Tillers, " alrout 7.000." The conditions
imposed by Napoleon were--the Venetian States to
complete the kingdom of Italy. the Tyrol and Austrian
Mitabia to aggrandize Bavaria, the duchies of Baden and
Wurtenilxrg ; family alliances with the German houses,
100,000,000 in money, in addition to the loss of terri-
tory ; and the rupture of the third condition was the
immediate ConSeqUellec. 31oreover, there were captured
in the field 40 Austrian standarils, those of the Imperial
Guard of Russia, and among the prisoners were al
general officers. Tho total loss of tine whole allied troops
engaged at Waterloo WU '-^2,378 killed, wounded, and
missing.