The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-12-31 00:00:00

FOREIGN M ISCELLAN Y.

II is affirmed that Francis it. declines to quit Rome,
or seen to change Ilia residence there in defxrence to
tke suggestions of the French thiverunient ; and it is
further added that the Spanish Minister has urged open
the dethroned monarch this opposition to the advice of
France. According to statements in some of the Con-
tinental papers, Francis 11. was endeavouring to induce
another Spanish soldier of fortune to undertake the
toik of exciting on insurrection in the Nespolitan pro-
vinces, for attempting which the unfortunate Borges
paid the penalty of his life.

AN AUSTRIAN BRIDE'S OCTFIT.—The A msfr fax
Gaze fe states that Mama de Sins, whose daughter is to
1,. married in January next to Prince Ypsilanti, has
entered that the wedding outfit of the bride shall only
consist uf articles either manufactured or purchased in
the Austrian empire. In order to give an idea of this
outfit, it will utak° to say that fifty women have been
exclusively miiirluyeal during the lust three mouths is
making the body linen of the bride elect.
Cuitiote tioRT or IU:it:AL LalloCß.—A cllrions
incident in•rked the opening of the Alaino of the Seine.
U. [hoist.. set down no the hat of jurymen ae"rentier"
or • person living ou lii, irroperty, prayed to he excused
serving, on the Emu/hi that lie was leader of the claque
(paid applauder.) at the Ainhigii-Comiqu, and could
not attend, The Advocate General obaervel thst. the
applicant WAS reqiiired wily in the evening at the
theatre, and couid, therefore, serve perfectly well dur-
ing the diiy. Lama&'cry gravely replied that lie had
his repetitions iii the day time, in order to point out to
his men at what parts of etch piere thi y atilt to •p.
plaed, aryl that, then-hire, he could not serve as a jury.
'nen. The court, applying article 5, of the law of Jim°
4, 1853, which diapemea all (lemma living be their
manual labour front serving, ac• mini to the application.
Grifegwani bays ;—'' The glove nianofaetruem at
Greimble liv,, just received large orders Irmo England,
on the occbsion of the 00000 ennui( iii that country. One
holm had received ordert to the amount of 20.1.•10fr.
The ?worsen of Palermo states that in unfortunate
man, eighty years i 4 age, was found by the carbinven
in a auhterranean vault, where lie had been confined in
iron. for i.e,en yearo by a relation.
When the last mail left Anaralia the Great Exhibi-
tion of apeeiment of the productions and manufactures
of Victoria had been opened at Melbourne. ln order to
give an idea of this quantity of gold which hail been ex-
tracted from the colony, and which amounted et twit
, time to upwunla of twenty-six million ounces, or 1.49-2
cubic feet, • pyramid of light metal, with gilt facing.
, was about to be put in the exhibition. The base hi 9
1 feet square, •Ird 21 feet high, and from this will .prinz
I a pyramid 48 feet in height. The above-mentione I
I quantity o( gold would fonts • solid pyramid of such
dimensions.

Mr. Marcy has arrived at Madrid. A letter from the I
Spanish capital lays ,—'Mr. Raley, strange to say,
does not appear to have roused the curiosity of the
Calmilleros, who jeosihly (weenier their knowledge of
hoc's flesh already auperior to that of all others.
However, he did perform before her Majesty Imbella
and her royal consort, if report speaks truly, in white
kid gloves and a dress coat, and, liavMg successfully
eiluied the fiery temperaments of two half wild
Andalusian colts, received • ibastion of 1.100, which
most have sent him on his way with • full purse •n.l •
light lie.irt. Moreover 'tie said he has challenged the
hivers of the bull ring to subdue, without the aid of
inatailor weapon, or Toledo blade, the wiliest hull they
can produce. Truly, I should like to behold his prowess
in the ring. If lie succeeds, lioacver, I fear that
jealously will prevent his attempt at • second. Any-
thing. however, which would be the means of putting
an end to • brutality disgraceful to a civilised nation,
such as are the Sunday bull lights at Madriil—soine-
times attended by royalty-and would assiet in stein-
in.ng the love of blood and cruelty, would, I should
imagine, be • source of gratification to all right thinking
people."
1 THE &SHUSH Is PAElB.—The Eoaeztion on Sunday
at the English Church, rue d'Aguesseau, on behalf of
the British Charitable Fund, amounted to I3oof. The
Rev. E. Forbes, in the coarse of his sermon, touchingly
alluded to the national loss sustained by the death of
the Prince Consort. He trulv stated that there is
scaacely • wife or mother in England whose tribute of
tears has not fallen on the occasion, for never was
Royalty more enshrined in the affections of the
people. ,
THZ AUSTRI•II PRESS Os THE DEATH or TIIB
PalaCi Contionr.—The aid news of the decease of His
Royal Highness the Prince Consort is thus recorded in
the official Vienna Gu:etit : —"The startling message
has produced a deep impression in this capital, but the
exciknient created by it in Englaad is necessarily more
immediate and painful in its character. It is well-
known that in all Greet Britain, and more especially in
London, the •semplary family life of the deceased was
a pattern for the imitation of the people. The domestic
happiness enjoyed by the Royal Family and the excel-
lent education of the Royal children were reflected in
all the houmholds of the capital, sod thus a mutual
loci betels elite Om Queen and her people. By his
vivid sympathies with everything beautiful and good,
and the dignity and tact with which he filled hie posi-
tion, the PrillOS woo for himself the loss and admire.
tion of all claims. In all Greet Britain there was
hardly • philanthropic institutwe, • great industrial
enterprise, or any artistic or scientific society, in whom
!Amore lie did not co-operate, or which he had not
&misted with his active support. When death closed
his eyes it was not only Ilia royal relstions aml the
1 leege circle of his personal acquaintances, bat England
in general, that limit a man who ever worked for her
welfare."

GALLANT FIGHT or A WIPMAN WITH A WILD
Bthilt.—A woman named Braquetuart, the we of
vine divider, at Pansy Grigny. (Memel. was, • fcw days
Milne, engaged in cutting grau for cettle near the edge
of the email river Semorgne, when •he saw, will boar
coming towards the stream from a wood on the oppo.
wile side. The animal, when it reached the water,
juiniecd in and began to swim across. Seeing inert on
the oppinite side of the river. the 1/003.11 called to him
for assistance. hot the water was too deep for hint to
ems*. Finding herself tulip% unsupported. she laid hold
of • stout branch of a tree which was king near, and
quietly awaited the approach of the animal, and. when
it came near enough, endeavou :ad to prevent its land.
jog by heating it over the head. The struggle lasted
for some time, hut victory at length declared in favour
of the woman, whove blowa at h ngth smashed in the
heed of her antagonist. The aerosol goon reached the
neighbouring village, and all the inhabitants ram* to
the spot. The boar, which weighed about 75 kilo-
grammes, was palled oak ftola:::. In a on. &NI earned
la 184=0 to tbe woesea's