The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-11-21 00:00:00

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T ARIES and their-I/IF:K-BE4T ii—nest— French Merinos and
1J Cachmeres, Veivotoens; all the New Pewits for els
Season's wear fmin Gd. to Is. Si. per yanl. RUCKS and
CRISP, Ins, Regentereet, London, N. SILKS of every
description feat is &I. per yard. Costumes and Mantle In
groat variety.

I ALGER' BINDERS for 'nun.hate use Attu, A000E4311-
,11 mums. operwritic BINDER Is •thibstlthu for the
towel irencrally used Immediately after labour. It is made a
strong linen, and disperues with the usual pinning Thu other
advantsges aro utility of application, cousbinol with cothfort
and greater efficiency. Price Ts. GLI., by port 4d. extra.
IV ANDKiON, AllrOTTt and ANDERSON, IXDIA RUMS
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fflhtE MERCANTILE MORTGAGE BAN
OF ENGLAND
Is prepared to receive DEuOSITS n demand, and subject 10
notice, from Te uxtenduix to lei pr Cent. biteresL

TuE MERCANTILE MORTGAGE BANK
OF' ENGLAND.
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on Mercantile Securities, and mad the Opinions of the Pram

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TT Manama). Cattle and Poultry Food, Nitrate, Soda, ite:
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TIIE AGRICULTURAL HALL, LONDON,
Is now permanently Opened for the

SALK of 110118E8,

PEDIOREE C.ATTLE,

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THIS DAY'S II Aluarre. • ,
-.llA)orgct enunt4 (t-i-vxpreos.
MARK-LANE.—Twm DAY.
Wheat was held for is. advance, but improvement TUESDAY. NOVEMBER E. IVE
only occasionally obtained. Fine barley steady.
Other kinds duff. Oats and Maize, firm. Beans,
rear and Flour, unaltered. NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Her Majesty's compassion has gone out
METROPOLITAN CATTLE.—Tuni DAY. toward, the families of officers in her service
5.100 including shout 1,700 Foreign. quiet "le who have not served her faithfully. The Queen
to rm. 10d. About 17,000. Quiet 4.. 6.1. tc is. Calves
es are not atth
ey
made that as the families fault
made re. to 6e. 44. Pigs b. 6.1. to lie. 4d. per eight
lbs. At Deptford there were 109 French Beasts. should be considered. It is acc mlisigly ordered
that naval officers . who have resigned their

THE MONEY MARKET. commissions to avoid a court-martial, or have
owing to the more favourable political 1101111 the been actually dismissed for misconduct, shall
Stock Exchange is firmer. Coned'', a quarter better ; have a chance of aid, or the grant of a small
Prussian, half to one better; railways and foreign
ities, generally higher. pension, in cases whore the Admiralty regards
secur
them as deserving. This is being very kindly
SATURDAY'S MARKETS. at the expense of the nation.
CORN.
CAMBRIDGE.—Wheat in moderate supply, and Mr. Smollett, xr. P., intends next Session to
Prices in favour of sellers: red, 455. to 48n.; white up propose the reduction of the expenditure of
to rests. Indus by five millions, and believes that he can
od samples ..1 wheat met a quick
show the House of Commons how that reduction
sale at some increase of prices.
CHF.STER.—LittIe business done In wheat ! can be effected.
DORCHESTER. -Supply of wheat smaller than ; --
for some weeks past, samples gelling at from 48e. to I The religious newspapers this week have been
80a. per imperial qr., an advance of from Is. to 2a. on I almost as various in their attractions as the
the prices of last week, when 4M qrs. 4 bushelayielded shop windows, especially the windows of the
CHM fia. 61., or an average of 484. 7d. per qr. Barley
agre,
wonder-begetting skins bought at dealers in furs, where may be seen strange
was to-day in larger supply than last week, all qualities
r from the
being Is. per imperial qr. cheaper; they ranged from
:re. to 124., against 35s OIL, the official average of last Arctic regions. What an uncommon state of
week, when 1,918 qrs. 4 bushels yielded E. 3,742 De. of things, for example, is suggested by the
Oats to-day were in improved demand, and made announcement in column 2, page 1,507, of tho
more money. where an elderly lady says, "she is
GRANT} AM.—The wheat trade was improved. wof sample'. desirous filling the vacancy of footman,
and with about an average s
found buyers at fully last weeks terma, height not under five feet six inches. Church
HEICI FoRO. Wheat firm. views moderato." What are our women coming
ORW n lit. -price'. ruled is. per Ir. over last t Again, on page 1,506 a lady " wants a
week's rates, thorough second housemaid where three are
Ntrrl'lNGToN. !liminess was quiet, but finu at kept. She must be a Churchwoman, active,
the full rates of last week.
oXFORO. —Rest quality wheat sold at last week's tall, neat-looking, about 22 years of age, a good
viteeme prices, and good barley also commanded high needlewornan, and accustomed to the charge of
figure,. steel grates ;" and on another page we find
READING.—A brisk feeling pervaded the trade, "X. Y. Z." holds out such attractions to the
'lnd all tine descriptions realised an ad
clergy of Is. ,
and others as that "she understands
ter qr. on last week's rate'. •, secondary sorts sold more ! ergy
freely at ',melons currencies, dressmaking, hair-dressing, works Wheeler and
WARMINSTER. Wheat met • quick sale, at an Wilson and other machines, and has a good
I
advance of fully Is. per qr. Barley and other grain character." In short, it is impossible to look
uneltered. I down these instructive columns without being
amused, and also, let us say not a little per-
plexed. But all this is mere tarts and ginger-
bread to another piece of religious intelligence
supplied by another pious paper, in which it is
stated that the Rev. Nehemiah Goreh, a native
clergyman of Bombay, said at a missionary
conference held last Wednesday at Grantham,
the Bishop of Lincoln presiding, "that he
himself had heard a native missionary declare
that he scouted the doctrine of baptismal
regeneration," and further "that he believed
that the native Christians of India knew no
difference whatever between the church and
dissenting bodies." Comment on any of these
awful items of religious intelligence would be
not only superfluous—it would be wicked.

CAITLL
DORCHESTER..—Imrge supply of cattle, about
160 head of be_aat being on offer, but trade was slow
and prices receded if anything. The best barreners
made £22 per head. Fat beef sold at 12a. to 14s. per
aoore ; cows and calves', £l5 to £l9 each; mutton,
to 91d. per lb.
bIORWICI-I.—Stooe cattle were in fair supply t0...1ay.
...lay. Trade was heavy, at a decline of ss. to 10s. per
head. and a complete clearance was not effected.
Shorthorns were quoted at £lO to L'2l, and Irish at
L 7 to 1../I_per head.
NOTTDIGHAII.—The show of horned stock to-
day we. pretty good, and there was not much life in
the trade, the tendency of prime being in buyers'
flavour. There were but few calves shown, and they
slid not meet with much inquiry; prices were about
the Wane WI heretofore. There was also a small show
of lambs, the tinkle in which we. quiet.

The state of Mr. Delane's health is such that
it ia understood that it will be impossible for
him to resume the active duties of the editor-
ship of the Times. It has been offered to Dr.
Descent, a frequent contributor, and also the
author of one of the ablest volumes of criticism
in the language—" The Gay Science." But
Dr. Dasent is one of the Civil Service Com-
missioners, and wisely prefers the security of
that position to the anxious and responsible
post of piloting the Times through the shoals
and shallows of Liberal-Conservatism and
Conservatism-Liberalism. It will not be an
easy task to find a man who has a mind of his
own on time questions of the day, and yet will
sink his individuality in that great organ of the
money market and of moderatism th
At present Mr. Stabbing is doing the practical
work of editing; but, to judge by the sleepiness
of the leaders, a new whip on the box-seat
would be desirable.

The Nory for November 4 is very bitter
with respect to the Polar failure. It begins
thus

- - The Arctic Expedition has raturned—The Expedition
which but little over a year ago left our shores has
returned—The Expedition which more than any of its
many predecesmrs was abundantly equipped, without
stint and regardless of cost, with everything that
experience and science could supply, has returned—The
Expedition, the safety of which, humanly speaking, was
insured by every conceivable precaution, even to the
rending out a deptit ship in 1077 ; after one winter in the
polar Ragtutp has returned.
The Arctic Espedition has returned with results
infinitesimally small, to pat the matter in the mildest
form. Results, so far as discovesy is concerned, leas, far
leas, than those accomplished by any one angle officer of
the Expedition under Captain Maclure. Nevertheless,
;mon this very euiteienr data and meeting with "Old
Pack,"—described as something new and worthy to he
, put into Greek garments as follows, "it Aas nem been
termed 'the Sea If A tseirose (Ac Paltrerya ac
pokey, v .S.a."—Captain Mares eravely telegraphs "Foil
iIIPIACIICAULS" . .

The article thus concludes—
Never before in the history oi England has the sun of
her Influence &immured so far below the horizon;
never before has that bright particular star, the Navy,
fallen so low, so low u even to become the joke of the
period ; and, never before has Re prestige received so
rude a shock as just administered to it by the untimely
and, we may venture to think, entirely uncalled-for
return of the Polar Expedition of Pl 5-6.

It is astonishing how many discoveries a man
makes while standing with his back to the fire
and thinking of nothing. A man in that pos-
ture is not, indeed, likely to discover the
quadratitro of the circle or pertetual motion,
but he will often discover that the room has
been very negligently swept by observing a heap
af dust under the table, that the windows are
not so clean as once they were, or that the
brooms and brushes are not in the place
assigned them by dap eternal fitness of things.
It WU while one of the librarians of thc National
Library in l'aris was standing in that I,osition,
' gazing at the official notice, " Please wipe your
1 feet,' that he perceived some one had been
I scribbling with pencil on the official placard. On
Ilooking nearer he deciphered this sentence : " I
have just stolen 1,200 engravings by Callot."
1 " What a hoax I" he exclaimed ; but on exam-
I ining the case he found, sure enough, that there
were 1,200 of Oallot's exquisite drawings min-
ing ; nor was the thief ever discovered That
happened thirty years ago; but a similar theft
has Just occurred at the same library, and this
time the thief, a yowlp mau named Auguste
Arnoud, has been caught, though quite by
accident. A dealer in engraving's having asked
for the case in which Fragonard's drawings are
kept, .et iooLini; ,through it he discovered that a
great number were missing. He told the
librarians ~1 his disc...rooky, .f.nd then went to a
brother dealer to see if be had ani of the engra-
vings he wanted. His rival at 011413 brought out ,
some of the drawings stolen from the library,
and front which the stamp had been very
..ieverly erased. The very same day he had
soid clic of the stolen drawings, the well-known
"Swing,' f.,;.• SOO francs, to M. Christophle, the
Minister Iml Public Works. Tho police were
soon on the track id Irnoud, the thief; they
arrested him at his lodgings, and while they
were starching one room, Arnoud's ik.ittreas,
who was in the other, rolled the remainder of
the drawings in a petticoat and threw the bundle
out of the window into the arms of a detective,
who was standing below in the sagacious expec-
ts( of rech lu eventuality. The artistic
ao"Plu are now aWai4Pg their trial for the
audacious theft.

There is a proverb which -says "When bouost toes
fall out, rogues get their due '—perhaps that is noi
exactly the correct rendering. but the reader is doubt-
lowly acquainted with it. Kenealey. the leonine, and
I„ic pet taturer, Bailey the rev., are atioggerheads ; in
feet have been ever since a glorious congress of ?align*
Chart& voted !de, latter efi per week for his services
while on the stump, They are now wing it hammer and
tongues —a real mixt, "f p. nd kettle, and as dirty an
affair as a couple of mind.laric. i:ould desire, is the
r..sult. Recently Keuealy has had, unetsdiaorieallv, oil
will wine poured into his wounds by the Wier olotoke.
These hubes have written a letter of condolence to the
!ranter .4 the people, in which, in referring to Bailey
tLey wake onkina allusions to his appetite. "He was
a fillilollJl Win, they say, for rating /IA Olp " (a perfect
ghoul) "nut brto.,,iit ..1110 or two children with him."
But their concluding ...Loco is still tore crushing.
"In addition we had a notion %bat he smelt of spirits.
I knows best." One of Bailey'' teas, according to
Uoem Stoke representatives of lovely woman
even rt proached the I tocts.r's name for having pxreAaitd
his sow; a 041,07, Now this surely cannot have been a
t,,y yacht fOO' ww; a good many years since
Master ,1 whipping compelled the Doctor's
retirement from public life for a time. If then it is
what a SCh,o)iboy would call "the real thing," it ought
to open the eyes of fools and fanatics suthcientlyto see
what in the worth f the assertions of a utan who
pleads for public charity on the grounds that he has
been ruined and the bread taken from his mouth.

DOZOMISTTIL
IT Ii stated Ord Prince Christian will shortly pay
visit to Dorset.
Conran. 'oft THE CoNt.IiC..*TIONAL CHAPEL.—We
are compelled to hold over our rsporl of this Concert,
until the Telefrrasi.
C.,IMITTED Ti THE DOIRAET COUNT'
Lahorr , Geo, liatchard, poaching at Leweston,
2 calendar months John Cook, .Irunk and disorderly
at Wimborne, I calendar month; John Pearson,
Aliimaging a public lai & Dorchester. and Robert,
Winzar, druuk sod ri..tius 4 Wcynwulb. 11 days
each.

ri;NCILKT h 1 .11111 C VIAND. - Ifl our ativcesueug
°°lain as will be seen .044ce a a convert .4 ery interest
tng character tu be given at dig Town Hail on Friday.
The singers are blind, haring been edneasal at the
Wilberforce School for the Blind, York. The
critiques we have seen speak in the highest terms of
the talents of the performers.

TOWN COUNCfL MEETING—To-nay.
A meeting of the Council Walt held on Monday,
when there were present :—The Mayor (Alderman H.
Lock), Aldermen Davis, Galpin, and Cunne ; and
Councillore Devenieb, T. Bennett. Burnett, Hazel, A.
Pope, W. Blade, F. Lock, J. Fudge, Gregory, Dr.
Hinson, awl Hodges