The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-11-19 00:00:00

Scot!ant.

ARRIVAL OF TIIF FtnEmots AT STIRLING CANTLI.
—About 7,000 ~tanil of urnis have been lodged at Stir.
ling Castle u ithin the holt few days. They consist of
the new yiattern of short butts kofield rifles. They
will, by all account., be a much superior gun for men
of moderate height, being more readily handled. We
learn also that about 100 tents have lately arrived ic
the castle, suitable for encumping. The armoury, as
mar be supposed, is now will atiuked with flue anus of
vorious descriptiona.—Cakdoniais Mercury,

Sift Di LACY EVANS, M.P.— Sir De Lacy Evans has
published a letter to his constituents upon the political
events of the day. This he considers the more incum-
bent upon him, as in Westi ii itt ister, daring the recess,
there are none of those convenient corporation or agri-
cultural meetings whereat so very many menders of (hr
Legislature are wont to address their constituents It
first expresses his satisfaction with the foreign policy
of Lonl Roskell, and the repeal of the paper duties.
He differs from the Secretary of the Home Department
when lie says that " he and his colleagues had com-
pletely redeemed their pledges in regard to the
Parliaineutary Electoral Laws," thinking. on the other
hand, that • tame of tranquillity was well adapted for
• safe and moderate extension of popular privileges.
He voted for the Free Trade treaty with France. but
criticises our political missions to armibarbarmis curt john,
which in the Cll/11 of China has led to the squandering
of at least a dozen millions in as many years. lie
hopes that the inteniecine war in An.erica may
, accelerate, if not immediately rescue from bondage,
' four millions of human beings ; expresses sympathy
with Italian unity, tool hopes that amicable relations
will he cultivated with Spain. Ile strongly condemns
the traffic in •rnie enumussions, and comments upon the
working of the system at great length, and congratulates
himfelf upon having been the chairman of the first
metropolitan meeting held to promote the formstion of
• volunteer force. He ohjeuts to Englund being heavily
taxed by the colonies in the shape of military charges.
The amount in which we are thus unfairly mulct may
be estimated at considerably above • million per annum ;
besides, from time to time, many millions in little
colonial wars—for instance, the Cape, which has coat at
in this way some six or seven millions sterling. He
expreases distrust of the policy of "tire most powerful
of autocrata," and considers "that to be prepared for
the contingency of war, there ought to be one hundred
thousand effective regular troops available, exclusively
for the protection of the greatest and wealthiest capital
in the world. With this force, aided by irregulars.
battles may be fought—auch as decide the fate of
, empires. But, slaw! party or parliamentary exigencies
—rivalry of lonlnttcal leaders—preclude the hope, it may
be conjectured, as such needful precaution. After
dwelling upon the militsry resource. of France, he
argues that, under present circumstances, the beet
guarantee for peace must be its being known that we are
adequately prepared for war, and that (Inc present
distribution of both army and navy over the world
ought to be modified.