The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-12-20 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS

DORCHESTER TUFSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1859.

HuNNSTE AUDA X.

Tar Governments of Rome and Naples have

signified their adhesions to the Congress of Paris,
and all the Powers invited to take part in it

have now accepted the invitation. The
.official

journals he° that the late belligerent Powers
will be represented by their Ministers for Foreign
Affairs, and that each of the remaining Powers
will be represented by a special Plenipotentiary
in addition to the ordinary Ambassador resident
in Paris. In accordance with this arrangement

Lord Cowley sill act as first Plenipotentiary for i
Great Britain, and it is understood that Lord !
Wodehouse will represent Her Majesty's Govern- I '
ment as second Plenipotentiary. I
The Emperor of the French received on Wed-
nesday in great state Prince Metteniich, the new
Austrian Ambassador at the Court of the Tui-
leri s. The Prince, in presenting his credentials,
sail the Emperor of Austria had commanded
him most particularly to assure His Majesty of
the high value he attached to his personal friend-
ship ; adding that nothing would he more agree-
able to His Majesty than to see the completion
and cmisolidati 111 l of the relations of good under-
standing and intimacy with which the general
interests of Europe were so closely connected.
The Emperor of the French. in his reply, said
that he entertained the firm hope that the
relations which had been so happily re-esta-
blished between the Emperor of Austria and
himself could not hut become more friendly by
an attentive examination of the interests of the
two countries, aid that since he had seen the
Emperor he attached a great value to his
friendship.
A despatch from Morocco has reached Madrid
stating that a severe engagement took place on
Friday last before the Spanish camp of Flottro.
The Moors twice attacked the Spanish redoubts
with great impetuosity, but were repulsed on
both occasions with • loss of 300 killed and 1,000
wounded, while the Spaniards are said to have
lost 40 killed, and 30 officers and 280 men
wounded. The Moors afterwards attacked
General Prim on the road to Tetuan, but were
repulsed with great loss. The third corps &armee,
consisting of 4.000 infant!), and 6,000 cavalry,
has since landed at Ceuta, and the Spaniards

were preparing to assume the offensive, and
offer battle to the Moors. The cholera which
had broken out in the Spanish camp hiul begun
to subside, but the disease is said to be raging
fearfully at Tetuan.
Accounts from Sicily state that an attempt
has been made to assassinate Signor Maneacalchi,
the superintendent of police, in the streets of
Palermo. The assassin made his escape, and
though numerous arrests of suspected persons
have been made, all attempts to discover the
culprit hays been ineffectual.
The French Ambassador at Constantinople
has officially demanded from the Porte a firman
for the construction of the Suez Canal, accord-
ing to the project of M. de Lesseps. The Am-
bassadors of Anstria, Prussia, Russia, and Stir_
dinia simultaneously aupported this demand, in
accordance with instructions received from their
respective Governments ; and after a long and
stormy discussion the Turkish Ministers resolved
to request the Powers which had made the
demand to come to an understanding with
England on the matter. The latest news states
I that the Porte was deliberating whether it would
i be convenient to bring the question before all
the great Powers.
From the United States we learn that the
President's forthcoming message, in touching
upon the subject of foreign policy will give the
first place to the San Juan question, which is
described as being at this moment in an "irritat-
ing position." Lord John Russell is said to
have complicated the question materially by •
despatch stating that England held undisputed
right to the island, and "would insist on its
recognition." The President, it is added, can-
not withdraw under this implied threat, and will
' therefore set forth the rights of the United
States to the island in the most distinct manner,
and advise Congress to maintain them. Captain
Brown, the leader of the mint insutrection at
Harper's Ferry, was hung at Charlestown on the
2nd inst.

DoECIITATER PITCHED Colt% MARKET, Saturday.
—There was a fair supply of wheat 44n offer to day,
and iii better condition then of late ; farmers
attempted an advance on last week's rates, which the
trade could not respond to. consequently but a
business was done at the extreme pricisi of
64 week. Willey was in demand and maintained
late values. Oats and beans mialtered.
INCIINDIAHISM. —On Saturday last William Jack.
son. a lad about fourteen years of age, was brought
vp at the County Hall, before Herbert Williams.
Esq., charged with setting fire to the stables. piggery
and out•huddings of the :\ lillsirne Reformatory
School. The whole 44f the premises were consumed
together with eight pigs, and a horse was with
touch difficulty rescue& but not without sustaining
some injury. The boy is an initiate of the Reforma-
tory School, and Mr. Stott. the master, stated that
about six o'clock on Thursday evening, an alarm of
fire was given, when all the boys hastened to the spot
except Jackson who was not to lie ft I. A search
was wade for him in various direct , suit no
one was met with who had seen hun since the fire,
until he was brought back on Friday aftermsin by
Sergeant Barrett 44f the Dorchester police. The ser-
geant stated, on the investigation before the magic-
tate, that ls-ing on duty in South street, Dorehes-
ler at two o'clock on Thursday morning. he met the
vrisoner, and asked him where he came from,
to which question the prisoner first made