The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-08-06 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

The debate in the Howe of Commons on the English
and French navies Ins afforded fibs Faris leurnals
Inaterial for another eerie, of those irritating articles
which are far more prejudicial to the existence of the
twelve conlials than downright hostility. The Dibats,
however, contains a very sensible article on the subject.
It laments that England and France cannot come to
some understanding about the reciprocal state of their
naval forces, imtead of ruining each other by jealous
preparations. ft is only right, it says, that France and
England should both proclaim the right of arming as
many weasels as they think proper; but what preventa
them, having thus established their right, to exchanm
some testimonies of mutual confidence, which would be
more satisfactory than incessantly counting, with
suspicions eye, the number of rifled cannon on each
side the Channel.

The Parhi papers of Tuesday evening say that it is
now believed 1,1,at the King of Prussia will visit the
French capital, and that the King of Sweden is expected
to arrive there on the 7th of August. The rumour of
the recall of General Goon from Rome is said to be
unfounded. _

The disturbances that have broken out in Portugal
occasioned by the new law of taxation appear to be
increasing. A telegram from Lisbon states that a
corvette had been dispatched with troop. to Tarim in
order to repress the disturbances in Algarve. Viana
is also reported to have shown symptoms of dis-
aff ctinn.
A MODEL SOLTAII.—A letter from Constantinop's iii
the Journal de Franc/ere says :--'"The new Sultan ap-
pears determined to never have but one wife. A few
days since the Vella Sultana, agmeably to old
trsditiou, purchseed • young slave, the most beautifel
that could be found in the capital. She dressed her
out in jewels and the richest clothing, and offered her
to her son. 'Who is that woman r demanded Abdul
AWL 'The slave whom according to custom, I offer
eiiu on your accession to the throne,' was the reply.
'I bare nothing to say to her,' replied the Sultan;
'have mote wife whom I love? Litt ine hear no more
of each customs end such presents.' This fact I have
from such • source that I can guarantee the eon
reetnso of it."
Tim DEVIL AT COvrti.—Abost a fortnight ago the
quiet town of Corfu wee startled one night by the ap-
pearance of his Satanie Majesty. Men fled in all direc-
tions, women fainted, and children cried, but there the
devil was, and nobody dared go near Lim. Tb• super-
stitions Greeks attributed his animal either as a cones-
imams for their *oat, or else • peeishinent of the late
conduct toesels England, or else ea the beginning of
the end of the world; but, as to Ai being • hoax, that
was out of the question. But it was a boss, and carried
too far, for some women beams dangerously ill, and
it is said one died of fright. The police, who are re-
markable iii COTfg for their atupieflty and cowardioe,
were ordered to take him and sueeeedsd in surrounding
him, ma which he blew fire from his mouth, and the
Pollee vanedsed in every elineetion. The °Moses of the
garrison watched in the streets for hint, but he did not
eare to come sexes them and liolot out of the way tin
they had retired. This went on for throe or font
nights, when he suddenly Map , and at the same
time an °Hoer of the navy lent been turned out
of the service for misconduct, and who was waiting at
(*min for • passage home left the island in • steamer.
There is now very little doubt that he pa:Donated the
devil ; at lewd lie is suspected of it 'Me "get up"
was capital.- the usual horse mad tail, and an ap-
paratus ea his feet by which he was able to increase his
height to amen feat, and diminish it again to his
onlinary stature.
UltssitAL SIDTV MID VHS REPOSTZ/UA—Cleseval
Scott is reported to have said that he would have cap
tared the rebels at Harper's Fern', and all their oiu°l"
tions of war, bad it not been for the newspaper press—
Is their anxiety to give early news—keeping the rebels
folly mated up in every movement of the United
Mates troops. He said that "lie would rather have
100 rebel spies in his mop than one newspaper re-
Porter.
The Emperor Napoleon returned to Fontainblitau
ow
Weisser*s'es'a from Vishy. UM Ms way he
the branch line railway from Never§ to Yon=
The celebration of any more famed serdesein honour
of the late Prime Adam Cliartorril has boo+ 14u-
Intoned at Weastaw.
The Spaniard* have now ahmilA 910°° s°l". Bs.
horning°. The Royal Hailfeaket mad 10utrau!Y°""
"kb with troopei

Ti, ARM OF ST. JOHN THE BATIIMT. —The coin.
million charged to carry beck to Barcelona the right
arm of Bt. John the B.ptiat left this city yesterday.
The remarkable relict out been taken from Barcelona,
to which place it Iw:enva, to the orstory of the Queer,
end the happy acoouchentent of her Majesty is 'owl-Hied
to Its influence. This holy relic ace the object of great
veueration on the part of the pious persons of Illadrid
all the time it was capowsd in the church of San Fran-
cis.. el (hand*. The nuns were not deprivetl of the
privilege of adoring it, the Venerable Pi-ior Commis.
shiner, accompanied by throe members of hi order,
having presented the precious treasure ilk earls of the
twenty-61:1A chapels of the couvtuts of this capital.—
tylrel Gozefte,

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A PoLITI: Tintr.—A esse of unusual politeness inc
thief is reoorded in one of the journals. A pour
fierman woman, named Hermann, of No. 11, Hue du
Pont, at Reality, on returning home found, to her sur-
prise, a well-dressed stranger in her room, the door of
winch she had locked on leaving. Before she could
speak the man asked, You do not, madame, I hope,
take in. for • thief ?" and not /Mowing her to answer he
mild that she must go down stain, with him, as he had
something to tell her. lie took her into • grocer's
shop, which is in the house, Rave her • small glass of
brandy, tiok one himself, tegether with a cigar, paid
for the whole, and saying ho would soon return, went
away. The whole was dune so rapidly and in such
an off-hand manner, that the woman, who speaks
French but indifferently, scarcely knew how to sot.
When. however, 'lie went up to her room, she found that
two gold watches, one helonglim to her litistmiol, the
other to herself, which hail It.-ee hatizhig on the wall,
had disappeared, am' ro one, dept the polite gentle-
man, could have poso3ly taken theut.—Guiiipilmi.
The Homan correspondent of the Pererreraind con-
firms the irtelligemse of the serious illness of the Pope.
He states that his Holiness, besides the swelling in his
legs, it suffenug from disease of the heart, and that his
physician Dr. Carpi, says he cannot last 3 months.
DenTRUCTIVIS THUNDIRISTOIOI.—In • thunderstorm,
• few days back, at auntchsaups (Cantal) • singular
Incident occurred. The lightning penetrated into a
stable in which were 47 oxen, and killed every one of
them, also a dog, a colt, and • number of fowls which
were near the door.. Above the stable was a loft filled
with hay, and in it were two little girls and • labourer.
Theae persons say that Cie whole Boor seemed to be
lifted up, and that the contents of the loft were cast
into frightful confusion. They rushed from the place,
and, in • few seconds, the electric fiuid having set
Are to the may, flames broke forth, and were not extin-
guished until damage to the amount of about 8000 f. was
dune. Al the moment at which the lightning entered
the et.able, • man who was mowing grass in a meadow
at a distance of 200 yards, was knocked down bet not
injured.
A SeDITIO/M PARROT.-11. Clement Caraguel tells
the following curious story mu the Chariniri :—" A
French gentlemen, M. —, wet travelling in Italy two
years since, accompanied by his wife, who carriel with
her a pet parrot. On coining to the frontier of the
Roman States au official demanded their passports, and,
after asking what they were going to do at Rome, Ac.,
he espied the parrot, ' Aim, you have • parrot, I see.
Does it talk ?" Of couree it does." What dues it
say?" What does that signify !" Sir,' said the
official sterniy, 'this is tui joking matter. PArrots
sometimes the very improper language—mditions words
even.' Inteirogate the bird, their,' was the answer.
The official accordingly endeavoured to make it speak,
but not • wont would it utter, perhaps because it was
fatigued, or did not understand Italian. At last the
head official said, ' Well, there i only one way of
arranging this business ; you must write down the
phrases your parrot eau say, and declare on your own
responsibility that it CRP say nothing else. That done :
I will give you • pass for it ' There was no alterna-
tive, so the gentleman made the declaration recluircsl,
and went his way. M. -- related this story to a
numerous auditory, and at the saute time he showed
the psrret's pass to those that wished to bee that
singular document, which cost him escudo (4s. GI)"