The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-01-19 00:00:00

REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE. AND LATEST
SLATE OF THE ICARKET.
(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER)
BY EXPRESS & ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

ILLHII•LAIII, Monday—The quantified of home-grown
wheat received apt. our market, during the peat week.
have been very moderate. The general quality of the
munplee, however, has been good. Both red and white
qualities have met • heavy inquiry, and, to have forced
astiplower rates man have been submitted to.
wbeat—the imports of which have been on •
fair average asale—hse moved of batten,; but we have
no change to notiee in Its value. The receipts of bulb
English and fugal= bertsy have Wan of. lacally In*
parcels have sold to • fair extent. cm heiD" terms'
Grinding and diatillini sorts have *banged hands
slowly, at late rated ere has been • steady sale for
most descriptions of malt, on former tense. The sup-
plies of warn have been ess•onably large. Good mound
corn has maintained its previous raw, otherwise the
oat trade has been very inactive, at barely late rates.
Both beans and peas have ruled about stationary; bat
the inquiry for them has been far from active. The
NI. for most descriptions of flour has continued mode-
rately active, at full quotations, The imports from
abroad have bees ea the increase.
Most of the eoatiasetel markets have been tolerably
firm for wheat—both on um spot and for spring. duo-
meat. The supplies cm offer continue tolY ex-
tensive: In Bring corn about an enrage business
has been transacted, but at low currecusee. New
York advises are to the effect that • moderate basi-
n...le wee doing in breadstuff', at ready currencies.
The Irish markets have been somewhat scantily
supplied with wheat, which has changed hands slowly
on former terms. Indian corn hag realised extreme
rates, with an improved demand. Fine barley and
mita have commanded extreme oarrencies,
In Scotland very moderate supplies have been on
allow. Prices, generally, have been well supported;
but the transactions have not locoweed to any extent.
LATIST VATS OP THI WARIEST.
Cons.—The supplies of wheat fresh up to-day were
moderate. Business waa, however, inactive, except
for foreign, which was sold freely at last week's prices.
There was no change in prices, but for sample' in
fine condition rather better prices were obtained.
Barley and oats Bahl steadily at late quotations.
CATTLL—There was • limivtrszply of stock at thin
day's market. Priced were lower, except for
Nome very aboies quality, e best Scots were Is.;
South-downa, Is. 104. to 6s, Veal wits eomewbei dearer,
fine quality fetching Lie. 84. ; pigs were 4a. 84.

A 8111ITZILILANSAN HITIT.—An extraordinary Mau
took place in the sewers of Paris recently. Taking
advantage of the frost, which drives this particular
game into covert, the owner invited • Christmas party
to partake of the sport of rat killing. All the great
sewers were driven in one direction till millions of rats,
which fought among themselves like tigers as they were
hunted along, were collected in the large drain by the
bridge of Asnieres. Forty dogs were then let down
into the sewers, and alters fight, lasting 45 boors and
in which four dogs were killed and some blinded, no
leas than 110,000 rats were despatched.
Daarii or TIM Dims or ATHOLZ, KT.—After an
illness of the most painful character, extending over
several months, his Grace the Duke of Atbole, Knight
of the Thistle, and Grand Master Mason of Scotland,
?rte.' at Blair Athol on Saturday, the 16th instant,
in
It is is satiearsetOrr to be able to state that from further
inquiries it is now almost certain that Mr. Foreman,
who we. found dead in the reed near Hitehin, was not
murdered. The unfortunate man, it appears, had been
drinking freely, and drove his horse very fast, and was
upset in a narrow part of the road and killed. It is
certain, however, that while lying insensible he was
basely robbed, and two persons are in custody for the
unfeeling &Ma
The news brought by the Asia, although of no
military, (so( considerable general and political interest.
More frauds against the Federal muse had been dis-
covered in New York, and more arrests made. New
Hampshire has nominated President Lincoln for re-
election as President. The policy of that personage
had been denounced by the Governor of New York.
A return to the bounty system ham been forced upon
the Federal Government, in order to keep up the
recruitment.

The tr., men charged with the murder of the captain
and officers of the ship klowery Land wiare again
brought up before the magistrate at Bow•street on
Saturday, when several witnesses were examined, and
the ease for the prosecution was completed. At the
°occlusion of the cue the counsel for the prosecution
said that he did not think there was evidence to prove
that the prisoner. Paul arid Williams were consenting
parties to the murders, and he, therefore proposed that
they should be at once discharged. The magistrate
assenting to this course, the two men were discharged
from the dock, and the other eight were committed to
take their trial for the murder..

At the Mansion House on Saturday, the Lord Moyer
mentioned the circumstance that be bad received a
letter from John Bigelow, United Stales Consul at
Marseilles, stating that Mateo Lopes, • naturalised
citizen of the Unitei States, who died at Marseilles on
the 11th ult., had left by will a sum of £3,867 to the
Lord Mayor of London, to be distributed by him among
such English families as had suffered in their fortunes
by the bankruptcy of the Spanish Government.
The first "great sensation of 1864 has COMO and
gone, its scene having been Liverpool. On Friday
there was an explosion of upwards of 174 tons of powder
on board a vessel in the Mersey, mod the effects were
appalling, and, so far as property is concerned,
disastrous. Such an explosion has not occurred
at Liverpool in the memory of any living being,
and fortunately such events have been exceedingly
rare in England. The first effects produced by the
event on the inhabitants of the towns in its
immediate vicinity was otter bewilderment. Not only
was there the awfully stunning report, but the houses
shook and vibrated as if they were about to tumble
down ; and when their inhabitants fled to the streets,
to me what was the matter, the streets were in
total darkness. The shock of the explosion seems
to have extinguished miles of lamps., and =my,
in the utter bewilderment of the moment, supposed
that the day of doom had come There his
rertainly not been such an explosion in England
since October, 1834, when a fire and a aeries of copier.
sions occurred in flatesheol. which set fire to a portion
of Newcastle, on the opposite side of the river Tyne,
and which resulted in • destruction, not only of pro.
perty. but of human life unparalleled from each a
catastrophe. A very large portion of the lower and
most densely-peopled portion of Newcastle wee des-
troyed, between forty .ml fifty people were killed, and
the loss of property amounted to £OO.OOO or £BOO.OOO.
In the Liverpool explosion there has been no loss of
life, and the destruction of property is confined chiefly
to the breakage of glass.
John Gilliam of "trim Lincolnshire, has now ob-
tained the great age of 103 years. Ile still enjoys
excellent health, and retains sll his faculties better
than could be expected. His mem ,ry et times is rather
clouded in trying to remember episo his military
career. The Ids of one eye was caused by the hot
sand in Egypt.
The Pandas of Wales continues to make 1111illitT-
ropted progress towards recovery. The Royal infant
also is growing in health and strength. No bulletin
was issued on Sunday, but a menage was received at
Marlborough House reporting most favourably of the
progress of the Prior:ems and the infant Prince. It is
said the christening of the infant will take plus at
Windsor, and that the Queen will return in a short
time to be present at the ceremony. There is little
doubt that of the several names whilh the Royal infant
may have, that of Albert will take precedence.
THB CH A WAIT COU IT-HAITI AL. —We understand
that the °Mous and non-commissioned officers of the
Inniskilling Dragoons, who were ordered to snood at
Aldedhot, upon the occasion of the recent court- '
martial, ham been directed to remain in England,
pending the action at the snit of Sergeant-Major
Wakefield in the Court :of Queen's /3each.—United
Service Gazelle.
AITIII PTILD MURDER AID BMW! AT BTOIIIIOVIII,
PLY MOUTH. —Abour seven o'clock on Saturday morning
the landlord of the Navy and Army Ina, in Edgcumbe-
street, Stoneliouite, named William Stone, made an
attempt on the life of his wife by cutting her throat,
and subsequently by inflicting • deep wound in his own. '
About the time mentioned, Isaac Grove, a private of the
Royal Marines, who was sleeping under the room
occupied by Stone and his wife, was aroused by loud
, cries of Murder," in a woman's vol.*, from the
landlord's room. He at once ran to her adistaou,
and bursting open the door of the room, discovered the
wife, Elizabeth Stone, banging over the aide of the bed
with her throat cut, from which the blood was running
profusely. The husband was standing over her with a
large clasp knife, from which the blood was dripping, In
his band. His throat was also cut more deeply even than
that of the wife. 'The only other person in the room
wee the child of the unhappy oauple, d about
six years, who was crying, 'Father is tiring to kill
mother." As soon as Stone caught sight Groves he
dropped his knife, upon which the latter immediately
rushed on Stone and dragged him from his wife.
Medical aid was at once sought, and Messrs. Perry and
Einbling, surgeons, soon arrived and dressed the wounds.
Stone openly confessed baring made the attempt on the
life of his wife and his own, expressing at the same
time his regret that "be had only made half sick
of it." and asked the marine Groves if be wadi
eomplete the work. Jealousy on the part of the
husband appears to have been the sense of the
attempted murder of his wife. They had been married
about twelve years, end have only the one child, who
witnessed the dreadful some, living. The man Stone,
about six weeks since only, was discharged from the
Great Yarmouth Lunatic Asylum, where he had been
confined some time as a lunatic. He was discharged as
cured. He is about 38 years of age, and his wife some.
what older. After the wounds were dressed the woman
w•• removed to another room. Both are in • very pre.
serious nat., but hopes are entertained of their
recovery.
Stodixo a LIMN{ floe.—At Longton police-cond
on Wednesday John Turner, aged 21, and Henry
Sheppard, aged 12, were charged with setting fire to a
pillar letter box, the property of the Postmaster
General, and destroying the letters it contained. It
appears that about half-past twelve o'clock on Friday
night the prisoners and • companion named Bryan left
a public-boom at 'hoodoo, • suburb of Longton,havind
to pass the pillar letter-boo in question, winch is about
20 yards frorn the public house, on their way home to
Longtoo. While waiting for Bryac. who had oft.
'ion to stop for • minute near the place the
prisoners set on fire several rosoeiaesaad .
them in the box, apparently for a lark.anC4
afterwards met a companion and told him that the
letter-box was on fire, and returned with him to examine
it. They smelt fire through the opening, and after that
they separated and went home. The next morning a
letter-carrier, whose duty it is to collect the letters
posted in this box, went to it for that purpose, and
found the bottom of the bag placed there to hold the
letters burnt away, and on the floor or box • heap of
ashes of burnt letters, several pieces of partially burnt
and but two letters uninjured. l'he mischief
•,•• Loud to the prisoners through Bryan, who gave
Information to the police, and who was the principal
"14•1.0,, against the prisoners. The ease was remanded
•O•eek, to enable the prosecutors to obtain the
instructions of the solicited to the General Post-office
as to the form of the
will have to be charge woo which the primary
triads