The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-07-16 00:00:00

Simian alp Calmat inalligcnce

FRANCE.—The Moniker of Taesday publishes a
letter addressed by (the Emperor to the Minister of
Marine, in reference to the engagement of labourers on
the Atrium coast for the }reach colonies. The
Emperor announces that he has signed a treaty with
England which authorises the French government to
engage labourers in India for the French colonies. Ile
says We shall find in India and in the French
possessions in Africa as many free labourers as we
require." lie consequently orders the minister to take
measures for prohibiting the introelection of negrovi
into the French colonies after July, 1863, the date of
the execution of the treaty with England.
ItOldE.—All the letters from Remo, without excep-
tion, are filled with allusions to the illness of the Pope.
The Italian papers also dwell on the subject, but their
account' are not trustworthy. The Sestimelie Bres-
cisme states that his Holiness suffers from chilliness,
which loads of blankets cannot remove—violent pains
In the epigaitric region, and great drowsiness. The
Afoesrcillia Nazionale describes the illness as "only
dropsy." It quotes the following letter from Rome,
which is worth publishing, as showing the degree of
irreverence of the Italians for the head of their
Chtinh :—" Yesterday, whilst walking with one of his
friends, he (i. e., the Pope) said half in jest, half in
earnest, ' See, ssio care, the difference between me,
who represent the Papacy, and the colossus of Nebu-
chadneasar, which represented worldly empires • the
colossus, robust and gigantic in all other respects, had
feet of clay. I, us the contrary, though growing
thinner in the upper part o/ my body every day, stand
on • very diffeicnt footing,' and with these words, the
poor old luau pointed to his enormously swollen legs."
It is said that the late King of Naples and his court
are living at the expenseicif the Pope whose treasurer
daily disburses 300 scudi (E4O) for the expense of the
Royal table.
POLAND.—The news from Poland still continues
of • disquieting nature. The Breslau Ossetic states
that Warsaw has been on the eve of becoming the
scene of fresh massacres. For some time past (says
that journal) the crowd have sung patriotic songs after
the Divine service performed in front of the churches.
On the 3rd a considerable number of persons had
assembled in one of the streets, and when they had just
commenced their first hymn the troops marched tato
the "treat. The general in command ordered the
drums to' beat, and summoned the crowd to disperse.
No attention being paid to the summons he threatened
to order the &Adler* to fire. Some voices in the midst
of the crowd cried out, "Fire if you choose,"
and many froni a feeling of stoical resignation fell on
their knees. It was a critical moment, and it is im-
possible to calculate the misery that might have been
caused if some citisens, possessed of rather more calm-
ness, and understanding the inutility of such • holo-
caust, had not thrown themselves between the soldiers
and the crowd, and persuaded the hitter to disperse.
SWITZERLAND.—The Federal Council has re-
ceived another note from the French Government, in
which the latter re-asserts the rights of sovereignty of
France over the valley of the Deepen, but declines
to enter into any further discussion of the question.
NAPLES.—The Italian Government are taking
energetic measures to put down the brigandage which
has risen to such • height in the Neapolitan proeinoes.
Only in the two provinces which most immediately
oilmen Naples does the nuisance exist. Even in the
Calabrias it does not appear to be complained of. It
thrives and find its strength only where it has • facile '
means of escape into the Pontifical territory. General
Cinklini has. however, by this time arrived in N..ples,
whither large reinforcements have been despatched,
and we are assured that a very few days will bee the
entire suppression of this latest outbreak of reaction.
At the same time it cannot be questioned that so long
as Rome affords • lurking place and foyer for con-
spiracy, there can be no permanent tranquillity for
Italy.
kUSSI A.—The Journal des Mats comments upon
accounts lately received from the interior of Russia,
which exhibited that a portion of the Empire designated
as Little Russia in • state of disorder not lees formid-
able to the Government than the agitation in Poland
The object of the inbabitanta is the restoration of their
ancient privileges and independence. In several other
governments, especially that of Penis, the peewits are
In open revolt, and have defended themselves vigorously
against the Government forces.
TURKEY.—The Imperial hatt issued by the new
Sultan of Turkey contains the most earnest promises
of • jwit and equal, as well as an energetic and
economi, miminstration of the Ottoman empire. The
reforms I. in the Imperial household have been
even more ,eping than was at first supposed. A very
great scout. was created in Constantinople by the
sadden and igi •ninions manner in which the late Sena.
Risa Pt, was dismissed, and even placed
tinder • species o, decease amounting to virtual arrest.
CAYENNE —Ti., French Government has under
consideration • project for effecting a radical change in
the convict system in its colony of Cayenne; the change
to consist in the supervision of the harsh military rule
which has heretofore been employed, and in allowing
the unhappy convicts, if well conducted, to cultivate
small patches of land on their own account, and
eventually to become proprietors of them. By this
modification it Is believed that many a man would
redeem his character, and that the colony would in
time obtain what it greatly needs, • large addition to
Its fixed population. The colony is large and fertile,
and only requires hands to make it prosperous.
INDIA.—Br the Overland mail we have intelligence
from Bombay to the 12th ult., and from Calcutta to the
3rd ult. No event of any striking interest had occurred
since the dispatch of the last mall. Mr. Laing's etass
of health did not permit him to land at Penang, and
the steamer Australian waa to return with him to Cal-
cutta, from whence, after settling some important
public questions, he would return overland to England.
The volunteering for her Majesty's forces had been so
successful that only 500 of the late company's troop,'
have remained for local service. The famine was dying
out, and future prospects were bright, rain having
fallen throughout the North-west provinces.