The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-06-07 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS
DORCHESTER, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1859.

HONEST E AUDA X.

THE new Parliament met on Tuesday, when the
Session was opened by Commission with the
usual formalities. in the Lords, after the
Commons had been summoned to the bar, the
Qoasn's Commission was read, and the LORD
CHANCELLOR signified to the HOUlle of Corn
mons HER MaJunir's pleasure that they should
proceed forthwith to the election of a Speaker.
The Commons having returned to their own
House, Colonel Wriaolv PArraw moved that the
Right Hon. JOHN Evatine DswisoN be re-
elected Speaker. Sir F. BARING seconded the
motion, which was unanimously agreed to, and
Mr. DENISON was conducted to his seat in the
usual manner. The CHANCELLOR of the Elena-
QUER congratulated the right hon. gentleman on
his re-election, and expressed his conviction that
he would preside over their debates with the
dignity of a judge and the spirit of an English
gentleman. Lord PALumurrow also congratu-
lated Mr. DENISON, and complimented him on
the able manner in which he had discharged the
duties of his office, and had thus vindicated the
judgment of those who had originally nomi-
nated him. On Wednesday the House was
summoned to the House of Peers, when the
LORD CHANCELLOR signified HER MAJESTY'S
approval of their election of Mr. DENISON as
Speaker, and confirmed in the fullest manner
the privileges heretofore accorded to the mem-
bers of the House. The remainder of the week
has been occupied in both Houses by the swear-
ing in of members. The Qugares Speech will
be delivered by Hui MAJZSTY in person on
Tuesday (this day), and the address of the Com-
mons in reply will be moved by the Hon.
ALGERNON EGERTON, M. P. for South Lanca-
shire, and seconded by Sir Jamas Etrullurroris,
M P. for Portsmouth.
From the seat of war we learn that the KING
of SARDINIA on Monday cruised the Sesia near
Vercelli, drove the Austrians from their en-
trenchment, and occupied Palestro on the east
bank of the river. On Tuesday morning a body
of 25,000 Austrians endeavoured to retake
Palestro. The KING Of SARDINIA, at the head
of General CIALDINI'S Division and a single
regiment of Zouaves, received the attack of this
superior force, and, at length assuming the
offensive, put the Austrians to the rout, and
took above 1,000 prisoners and eight pieces of
cannon. In the evening of the same day the
Austrians made a second attempt to recover the
position, and were again repulsed by the Kiso
in person at the bead of the Piedmontese
cavalry and the Zouavea. In these engagements
KING VICTOR EMMANUEL is said to have shown
the most heroic bravery, and the Zouaves in vain
endeavoured to restrain him from exposing him-
self in the thickest of the fight. On Tuesday
morning General Niel, entered Novaro after
putting the Austrian outposts to flight, and in
the evening of the same day the Emperor Naro-
Laos entered the city amidst the acclamations of
the people. While the allies are thus gradually
driving the Austrians back to the Ticino, and
threatening a speedy advance on Milan, General
GARIBALDI has been following up his successes in
the lake districts. On Friday evening he again de-
feated the Austrians and entered Como the same
evening. On Saturday he followed up this success
by driving the Austrians from Camerlata. On
Monday he attacked Leven°, and on Tuesday
repulsed an attack on his vanguard at Sesto
Calende. On the same day, according to the ac-
counts from Vienna, the Austrian General
D'Ultasx recaptured Varese, and compelled
GARIBALDI to "retire to the mountains," hut the
accounts from Turin assure us that he has since
retaken Varese and re-entered Como. Beyond
the Lake of Como, in the north-east, the Valte-
line is in a state of insurrection, and the town of
Sondrio, which is the centre of the movement,
has proclaimed the KING Of SARDINIA.
From NAPLES we learn that a Palace intrigue
in opposition to the young KING has been set on
foot by the Qvg,sx DOWAGER, who is an Austrian
Princess, in favour of her son, the Count DE
TRANI, and the. latest news states that the Court
was so divided in opinion that a collision was
considered imminent. The news from Germany
continues Warlike. At the last sitting of the
Federal Diet, the minor German States voted
that in certain eventualities military measures
should be ":aken ; and Prussia claimed that in
such cases 'the initiative should be accorded to
her. A lie w Prussian loan of 30,000,000 thalers
at 5 per ceist. has also been announced.

Tin progress of the war, and the temper and
disposition of European nations with reference
to it, necessarily engage a large share of public
attention ; yet the whole subject is one very
limited in scope, as the area is small within
which the contending hosts are, for the present
at all events, pitted against each other. As
affairs now stand they are easily comprehended,
and the favourable aspect of trade and the
buoyancy of the money markets show clearly
enough that little or no apprehension is enter-
tained as to the conflagration of Europe. "Let
France and Austria fight it out." That is at
once the best commentary upon the war, and
the best advice that can be interchanged between
all the other countries which are, and ought to
remain, passive spectators of the struggle.
Franco claims to be fighting for liberty in Italy
—to give Italy to herself; Austria, to maintain
, what she considers to be her just hold upon
that country. The purity of the intentions of
the Emperor of the French is, however, not
without reason, much doubted; therefore it is
that the active sympathy of other countries is
withheld from France; while, with reference to
Austria, she is coolly left to sustain her power in
Italy if she can. Then it comes to this, that we
see two despots fighting for the mastery of a
beautiful country, which is panting for freedom
and which ought to be free, but with respect to
which it is very gravely doubted whether she can
ever govern herself and attain to the dignity of
real national independence. The policy of
"neutrality" may then well be based upon
these plain and obvious considerations; it is the
simple, common-sense view of the matter which

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every one can see for himself at a glance, and
which readily and naturally recommends itself to
the understanding of surrounding nations. It
is a highly favourable circumstance u tending
to confine the war within it. present limits that
Prussia haa bun permitted to put herself at the
head of the German Coufedesation, and that the

Court of Berlin has accepted the responsibility
of taking the initiative in all measures for
securing the safety and honour of Germany.
The proclaimed neutrality, therefore, of Prussia
and England extends the prudent policy of non-
intervention over the whole of Germany ; and
this union of political feeling, again, cannot be
without its effect unon Russia, who, without any
declared policy, is simply lying by awaiting the
turn of events. It is true that in some of the
smaller States of Germany a belligerent spirit
has manifested itself, and one or two of what are
considered the leading journals of those localities
have lately indulged the most violent language
against France, and they have gone so far as to
declare that "the duty of Germany is to go to war
with France, and, with an army of half-a-million
of men, to march on Paris." It is well for these
excitable Germans, and for the peace of the
world, that they have committed the direction
of affairs at this dangerous crisis to cooler heads;
and it is consolatory to know that these vain-
glorious ravings are immeasurably overborne by
the prudence and sober judgment of their
countrymen. It is not so easy a thing as it was
fifty years ago to write up or write down any-
thing ; and the war-journals whether of Ger-
many, England, or France must be content with
a very considerable reduction of the kind of
influence which they once possessed when op-
posing extreme subtilty and the utmost literary
skill to a straightforward and honest policy, sup-
ported by the more matured judgment and the
keener perceptions of the people. The Times
itself has already discovered the truth of this
remark. Though that great journal says enough
to display the warlike spirit with which it is
actuated, it is careful not to commit itaelf too
far; sometimes, indeed, war and peace are so
pleasantly intermixed that it is difficult to say
which of the two ingredients in the same article
has the strongest savor. In truth the good
sense of English readers requires that the Times,
if it roars about war, must, as it does, "roar as
gently as a sucking dove." Newspapers must
now-a-days be what they profess to be—the ex-
ponents and the advocates of public opinion.
Public opinion is not to be led by the nose, nor
to be trifled with with impunity. Therefore it is
that the violence and extravagance of the con-
tinental press, and the less daring but insidious
aims of certain English journals are found to be
equally harmless : and no fear may be enter-
tained for the peace of Europe in consequence of
the injudicious, intemperate, or paid zeal of
certain papers employed in the unenviable work
of kindling unnecessarily a general war.

DORCHESTER PITCHED CORN MARKET, Saturday.
—There was a fair supply of wheat on offer to-day;
to effect sides a further reduction of Is. to 2s. per
quarter had to be submitted to. Barley and oats
realized full rates.
ELECTION OF A TOWN COUNCILLOR. - The
vacancy in the Town Council and Local Board of
Health ocs.asioned by the lamented demise of Mr.
Harland will be filled up on Wednesday. No can.
(Mate has as vet put forth an address, and, as the
deceased gentleman s term of office which has now to
run will end in November. the election, in all pro-
bability, will be uncontested. Mr. Mason, brewer,
has been named as likely to fill the vacancy.

SuIIMER Assizes, —Thursday being the first full
Thursday in Trinity Term, the Judges of the
several Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas,
and Exchequer, assembled in the Judges' private
room of the Court of Queen's Bench, for the purpose
•.f deciding on the circuits for the ensuing Summer
Assize. The following is the official arrangement for
the Western Circuit : —Judges : Mr. Justice Cromp•
ton and Mr. Baron Bramwell. Assizes to be holden
at Winchester, Devizes, Dorchester, Exeter and
City, Bodmin, Wells, and the City of Bristol.

DORCH &ATER TRADLNIKEN'S AND MECHANICS'
FRIINDLY SocmrY.—On Whit-Monday this weiety
intend celebrating their seventeenth anniversary at
the Royal Oak Inn. The Worshipful the Mayor.
Henry Lock, Esq., has consented to preside on the
occasion.

Haymaking has commenced in this neighbourhood,
and the swathe generally is heavy, so that a large
crop is expected.

BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND AGRICVLTDDAL
Socirrv.—At the meeting of members, held during
the week at Barnstaple. at which a most satisfactory
report was read, Lord Pitt Rivers, of Rushmere-hall,
in this county, was elected President for the ensuing
year, the next show being fixed to be held at Dor-
chester. The subscriptions towards the guarantee
required by the society on holding their meeting
here amounts, we learn, to nearly .000.
The Address in answer to Her Majesty's Speech
will, it is stated, be moved in the House of Lords
by the Earl of Powis.
klissioxsgv Wednesday evening
the anniversary of the West Stafford Church Mis-
sionary Society was celebrated in the accustomed
manner in Stafford Church. The sacred edifice was
: adorned with flowers and evergreens, and the porch
was surmounted by a banner bearing the word " Mis-
sionary." A bouquet was also placed on the top of the
flag-staff on the church tower. The attendance was
large, and included many friends from Dorchester
! and more distant places. Addresses were delivered
by several popu6l clergymen, and a collection
towards the funds of the parent society was made.

FUNERAL OF THY. LATE JOHN GARLAND, ESQ. ,
F.L.S.—On Tuesday morning the remains of this
lamented gentleman were borne to their last resting
place at the Cenietery. The mournful procession
was headed by the Faith and Unanimity Lodge, No.
60.5, of Freemasons, comprising about thirty gentle•
men of this town ; and many of the shops in the
principal streets of the town were elosed during the
passing of the cart fge to the Cemetery from the late
residence of Mr. Garland. whither the body had been
brought from London. The deceased gentleman was
Worshipful Master of the Dorchester lodge of Free-
masons, hut he had not assumed the duties of
the office personally in consequence of his protracted
illness. The Hey. H. Moule conducted the burial
service.

FIRE AT MARTINKTOWN.—EarIy OH Tuesday morn-
ing a fire broke out at a house in Nlartinstown belong-
ing to Mrs. Lambert, %blow of J. J. Lambert, Esq.,
of Dorchester, and about three o'clock Me.
Scutt, finding little could be clone to subdue the
conflagration with the means at the disposal of the
villagers, fetched the borough fire engine from Dor.
chester. Superintendent Pouncy proceeded with
the engine immediately to the scene, and after an
unfortunate delay of nearly an hour, owing to the
want of water, a supply was obtained from Steeple-
ton, and the engine playing with great effect upon the
burning mare, speedily extinguished the lire. The
fire is supposed to have originated in some live ashes,
which had been emptied the previous evening near a
pigsty adjoining the dwelling house, and which
ignited the thatched roof. The flames blazed 90
rapidly that only a portion of the furniture of
the occupants could be saved. Two colts and a pig
were saved by Mr. Toms, blacksmith, who liberated
them from an outbuilding adjoining the burning pre-
mises, which were rented by Mr. Groves, of
Steepleton. We understand Mrs. Lambert is insured
in the West of England office to the extent of .C3OO.
The occupiers of the house were a labourer named
Charles Loveless, and 11141 C Newton, maltater ; and
their furniture, we are happy to add, was also
insured in the West of England Office.

From a letter of "8. (.1. 0.," in the Times, it
appears that money has been collected in certain
circles on behalf of one Joseph Liggins. of Attie.
borough, represented as the author of '• Adam Bede."
and as being in straitened circumstances. Mr. Black •
wood (the publisher) declares that Mr. Liggins is not
the author at all. The Time. adds :—" We have no
knowledge of Mr. Liggins, and have no desire to
penetrate a secret which the author of ' Adam Bede'
has • perfect right to preserve; but we have the
best authority for stating that he is entirely satisfied
with the treatment he has received from his pub.
ushers, whose liberality, indeed, seems to have been
almost beyond all literary precedent."

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SAM Cowitid.—As will be seen by an announce•
ment in another column, this highly popular vocalist
intends to suit Dorchester on Whit Thursday, and
give one of his very amusing entertainments.
He is accompanied by a talented corps of singers,
and has Mr. James Hicks as conductor and pianist.
Doubtless from the well known comic powers of the
troupe a large attendance will be secured, and the
lovers of fun will thank Mr. Robinson for having
been instrumental in affording them such a rare
treat.

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DesEarn:R.—The following circular has been sent
from the Home-office to the Chairman of the Dorset
Sessions Whitehall, 24th May, 1859. Sir,
The Secretary of State for War, having called the
attention of Mr. Secretary Sotheron Estcourt to the
evils arising from the loss of the services of Soldiers
committed Si Deserters, by their long detention in
public prisons, I am to request that you will call the
particular attention of the Magistrates acting for the
county to that portion of the 46th section of the Mutiny
Act which enacts that such suspected deserter shall
forthwith 'be conveyed in civil custody to the head-
quarters or depot of the regiment or corps to which
he belongs, if stationed within a convenient and
easily accessible distance from the place of commit-
ment,' and that you will impress upon them the
necessity in every case, when practicable, of comply-
ing with this provision of the Act. I have the
honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, H. WAD-
DINGTOX."

On Tuesday evening the London and South
-
Western mall train, due at Dorchester at 3.42 p.m.,
wax delayed at Basingstoke owing to the metals hay•
log been displaced by a goods train which ran off
the line a short time previously. The mail rtached
Dorchester, however, about half past six.
B,sitOUGH P•,LICE 4.‘itlyr. Townhall, Saturday, Jun.
4. 18i9.—(liefore Henry Lock, 4.-•••,;•, 1440,J—A **l.,
woman, aged about 60, and giving the iiaiy 4 Eliza
beth Smith, was brow.tht, up in the custody of Superin
tandent Pouncy, she having las•n detained on °Berm
for sale a silver tablespimu with battle-handle end urns-
mental shell and bearing a crest of 11 luoi.nrd rampant
from a ducal coronet. On tieing searched a pack o
cards, a few chimney ornaments, and a elothe4 line were
found upon her. hh.o wax eenimided till tlonilsy nest
in order to give the police an opportunity of dizicovering
whence the spoon was obtained.
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• CoUNTT SIAGISTRATIIe OrricP.. Shirehall. Saturday.
June 4, 1859. (Before H. Williams, E.l.,)—Siattow
areas. a little lad 8 years ,id, remanded from Wedneia
day, appeared in the care of Ms father charged with in-
cendiarism at Toiler Poreorum. On Tuesday afternoon
about 4 o'clock the lad set fire to a fuel house belonging
to Mr. Edward Pope, and the building waii totally de-
stroyed, and had it not been for the exertioosrd poi,e
and another person who were near, a stable raljoiniog
would also have fallen a prey to the tunes. The lad
the son of Giles Green, &labourer in Mr. Pope's employ.
As Mr. Pope did not appear the younpter was &dump
lashed and discharged.
COMMITTED TO Tat DoIiCaKSTER GAOL.—SrssioN4
—Mary Ann Barber, stealing wearing apparel at Be..
minder; CI tittles Braue, rogue and vagabond at Bradford
Abbaa.— ImprislMMlC mi.—Samuel Coleman, ill treating
a gelding at Dorchester, 7 days ; Michael Morris, ruis•
behaviour at Cerne Union, 3 calendar months.—Hard
! Labour. —Thomas Albutt, vagrancy at Shaftesbury, 1
calendar month ; John Dodge, rescue at Weytuouth,
14 days ; William Harris, disobedience of orders, Blen-
heim, 28 days ; John Jury, vagrancy at Blandford, 1
calendar month ; William Gillingham, dealing timber
at Beerhackett, 1 calendar month ; Joseph Norman,
stealing whitelead and turpentine at Weysnouth, 1 cal-
endar month.