The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1858-06-01 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

FRANCE.  The Emperor huoo-m-m—tt-I-Ul-u; sentence of death on M. de Marty, • lieutenant, who murdered his subaltern some months since, to imprisonment for life. An enmity of long !standing existed between INs Mercy and his victim, Sub-Lieutenant Rosier. Letters from Algien announce that, In eonierinence of the adoption of the project appointing Prince Napoleon Governor-General of the colony, the entire body of the high military administrators propose to return to Franc* with Marshal Randon. General Dentine, Senator, and director of the Ministry of War of the division of Algeria, which is to be suppressed in consequent* of Prince Napoleon's appointment, is named aide-de-camp to the Emperor. The prefect of the department in which Alenpon Ii situated ham, it is said, announced that the Government will not deeiguate any oandidate, but will leave the oleoton free to vote according to their personal sympathies.  The Minister of War wishing to stop the oonsequences of the duel between M. de Pine and Lieutenant Hyenne, has addreued • cannier to the oolonels commanding reginienta to forbid the writing of letters by officers to the directors of newspapers, adding that the "honour" of the army stands too high in the estimation of the French people and of the whole world to be affected by the ill-timed pleasantry of an obscure Journal. There was nothing against the " honour" of the army in the .Figaro ; the paragraph had merely reference to their demeanour in society. M. de Pens is said to be still in • dangerous state. The Commission dee Hospieu is preparing • very strong protest against the measure for the sale, either voluntary or forced, of the property belonging to charitable foundations ; and as the members are not the salaried officers of the Government and do not depend on it, but perform their duties gratuitously, it is expected they will resign, and that their example will be followed by many others in the provineea. The arrival of the RUBSiall fleet from the Baltic on the °out of Prance, as announced in some foreign journals, is incorrect. The ItlllsilLD fleet will not quit the Baltic this summer. It is announced that Prince Mirko, the brother of Prince Daniel, of Montenegro, is expected in Paris on • mission. The Moniteur du Puy de Dome states that some oftoars of high rank who had occupied confidential positions in the houaehold of the late King, Louis Philippe asked permission to go to England to attend the funeral of th• Duchess of Orleans; the Kixperor gave orders that their request should be granted.  Toll PA/1141'0R? SrsrlM, The following amusing letter signed "J. B." appeared in Thursday's Times .-Let me give your readers a practical illustration of the now system of passports. I came to London on the 18th Inst., reaching my hotel at 11.30 p.m., to meet an old and valued friend who was on his way to Paris. He prevailed on roe to aooompany him, and as the train left London•bridge on the 19th, at 11.50 a.m., no time was to be lost in procuring my passport. I applied to the Commerolal Bank, and procured the neoessary roommendations to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Passport-office, Downinpstreet, but found that the passport could not be issued until the fol. lowing day. It wee now past 11 o'olook, and not wish. lag to part company with my friend no soon, I bit on this expedient :—I went to kgentleman who frequently visits Paris on business ; I borrowed his passport, assumed hie name, got the necessary vice in Bing. Williamditreet, for which I paid 4s. 3d., and reached the station just one minute before the closing of the doors. I went to Paris, enjoyed myself, and returned under a borrowed passport. Now, Sir, lam 50 years of age, six feet high, stout, and dark complexioned, with a fair amount of black whiskers. The gentleman whose peas. port I used is 35 years of age, five feat two inches high, thin, light oomplexioned, no whiskers, and only what may be :called an incipient moustache. Can anything exemplify ths absurdity of the passport system more fully than the above? I think not. _