The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-08-02 00:00:00

intim anb Colonial Inttlluinue.

FRANCK
ME PEACE OF VILLAFRANCA.

AU time Paris papers of Tuesday published the text of
the preliminaries of pesos signed at Villafrancs, quoting
the Jaime! de Haynie* as authority. They, however,
gave it with due ressres. It is as follows .
Between His Majesty the Emperor of Austria and
His Majesty the Emperor of the French it has been
agreed as follows:
Th. two Sovereigns will favour the creation of an
Italian Confederation.

i..lo;l.iler-at-co-ii. shall be under the honorary presi-
dency of the Holy Father.
The Emperor of Anetria oedea to the Emperor of the
French his rights over Lombardy, with the exception
of the fortresses of Mantua and Pesobiera, so that the I
frontier of the Austrian powessions shall start from the
extreme range of the fortress of Pesehiera, and shall
extend in • direct line along the Mina° as far as Grazio,
thence to licorsarolo and Loans to the Po, whence the.
actual frontiers shall continue to form the limits of
Austria. The Emperor of the French will hand over
(meteors) the ceded territory to the King of Sardinia.
Venetia shall form part of the Italian Coefederstion,
though remaining under the crown of the Emperor or
Austria. _ .

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The Grand Duke of Tuscany and the Duke of Modena
return to their Metes, 'ranting a general amnesty.
The two Emperors will ask the Holy Father to intro-
duce indispensable reforms into his States.
A fall and complete amnesty is granted on both sides
to persons compromised in the late events in the terri-
tories of the belligerent parties.
Done at Villafranoa, the Ilth of July, ISA

REDUCTION OF THE FRENCH ARMY AND
NAVY.
The Afoniiesr of Thursday contains the following
The Emperor has decided that the Army and Navy
shall be restored to a peace footing with the least Pos-
sible delay. L'Empereur • decide qua lee armies de
terra et de mar seraient, dans to plus brat Mai, remises
cur le pied de *l.l
Yesterday the Emperor presided at • combined sitting
of the Privy Council and the Council of Mmisten.

l'aina July 25, I'sB P.M.
The Bourse opens better. Rentes have again risen,
and are now quoted W. 15e.
A rumour is current that the Emperor will go to Lon.
don.
PARIS, Thursday, July 28, Noon.
Thu announcement of the Mono:tear of this morning
has caused great excitement. Rentes open at a riac of
nearly 1 per cent.
12 37 P.M.
Ratites continue firm at 681. 80c.

3 50 r.w.

A slight reaction hu taken place.
Bente* close 64. Mo., being higher than yesterday.
The Patric publishes an article on the note of the
Mondavi. of Tuesday morning respecting the armaments
.4 France and England, which concludes thus :—' France
has done everything to free England from the night-
mare of invasion in order to restore her to odiuness and
repose.' If we do not mowed, England can only lay the
blame on herself for the fears which agitate her, and
which, if prolonged, would become an affront to our
sincerity, feelings, and actions.
Marshal Pelissier's nomination to the peaceful post of
Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour, after so
long a delay in filling it up, is variously interpreted.
Is it to keep the veteran in hand, or to lay him on the
shelf? In case of anything on the Rhine, the Emperor,
who has "fleshed his maiden sword" in Italy, may
think that • sufficient qualification to take the com-
mand himself. It may be exaggeration, but it strikes
a few persona that there is some analogy between the
article in the Moniker about the armaments and one
on the same subject in answer to Austria a little before
the war, and between the proposed Congress, which was
probably never meant to take place, and the present one
on the Italian ConTederation. The foruier bad been
previously arranged with Russia •' can it be that the
prelont is an affair already settled between Austria and
France?
The Emperor will make his public entry into Paris on
Sunday, the 14th of August, at the head of a part of the
army of Italy. The troops will halt on the following
day, the 15th, for the Fete Napoleon. The Emperor is
expected to remain at St. Cloud on the 16th and 17th,
when he will proceed with the Empress to St. Saucer, in
the Pyrenees.
Preparations for the fetes of August 15 are already
begun. The municipal commission has voted an un-
limited credit for them. The Emperor will ride along
the Boulevards on horseback at the bead of the army of
Italy, or that part of it which will make a triumphal
entry into Paris on that day. One of the features of the
programme will be the Bscomade des Blesses, who, car-
ried in litters or borne upon their ooiurailes' shoulders,
will form a most important part of the procession : we
may imagine the enthusiasm which the sight will create.
Wounded men and onkel% are alike to share in this ex-
hibition, at which everybody will be delighted, except-
ing, perhaps, the wounded themselves.