The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-09 00:00:00

SATURDAY'S MARKETS.

DORCHESTER B•TUIDAT. - Short supply of
wheat at Dorchester to-day, the condition being much
Improved and samples saleable at fully late rates-
from 4. ta 48s. per imperial qr. Beans and oats in
better demand, the former being Is. to 2s. dearer or
445. to 46.. Oats may be quoted at £3s. to 28a, and
barley at 28s. to 34a. Lost week's official returns give
wheat at 455. bid. per imperial qr. average and barley
at 31s. Rd. (415 qrs. 4 bushels yielding £655 18::.1
There was an abundant supply of stack, about 17
head of beast and 500 sheep and lambs finding a ready
sale at the annexed figures :-Heifers and calves, £l4.
10e. to 114 18e. each ,• barresers, Ll 6 to E 39 per pair ;
fat heifers, kl 7 to Pa per head; fat calves, 40e. to 95•
each ; bulls, £l4 tote £195.. sash; fat ewes, 51a. to
70e. each; fat wethers, 56e. to 635. each; fat lambs,
27a. to 445. each.
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. -The market to-day is
very quiet. Wheat dull, and with the exception of a
small Continental inquiry, nothing doing. Flour dull
and barley steady man quiet and unchanged. Beans
and peaa slow. Clan and bang idle.
NORWICH, SATTINDAT. -Supply of wheat only
The trade still remains dull, and the prices
are about the same aa on this day senhilt. In barley
and oats little doing on late terms. White wheat, 46..
to 485.; red ditto. 48.. to 44a. per qr. Averages.-
Wheat, 1,254 qrs., 445.; barley, 102 qn., Kb. 4d.
SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. -With • poor atten-
dance of dealers and very little offering from growers
prime must be quoted nominally the same as last
week ; and trade was slow.
WARMINSTER., SATUIDA T.-A good supply of
corn. Trade in all descriptions of grain was very
dull, and to effect sales in wheat Is. per quarter lees
money bad to be accepted. Wheat, 36i. to 54a. per
qr. ; harie_n_2Bs. to 44e.; oats, 26e. to 35e.
OXFCIRD, SATURDAY. -To-day', market was •
repetition of that of last Saturday's. vsry few being
present and little baldness transacted. There was a
alight decline in wheat, but barley and oats did not
lead to sales of any moment at last week's quotations.
Prices ruled :-Old wheat, 48s to 56.; new ditto, 444
to 53. ; barley, nominally, 33s to 38.; oats, 21s to

--READING, Saruanar.—A fair show of wheat.
Trade less buoyant than of late, and fine parcels could
scarcely make so much money as last week, while the
secondary and lower qualities fell in %slue quite Is to
2a. Fine lots, 46e to 53.; others. 44. to 4Th; new,
host, 46. to 49.; inferior. 43. to 45e. Barley trade
heavy, best making only 36s to 38s, and grinding, 32e
to W. Good oats sold well ; fine Polands, 28e to 32s ;
Waterloo. 22. to 29.; and Tartary, 20e to 265.
NORWICH, SATURDAY -A fair supply of store
beasts. Trade dull, and, to effect sales, a reduction
of Ss to 10s per head had to be submitted to in some
instances. Shorthorns. to £l5 lOs per head; fat
beasts, 9. to 5. 6d per 141 b. Store sheep were in fair
supply, and sales proceeded slowly at a decline of la
to 3s per head. Fat sheep made from 10a to 10s 6d
and Da per 141 b.
READING. SATURDAY.—Trade ruled good. COWS
In full milk were soon taken up at from E 27 to E3O ;
secondary, £22 to £25. Good fresh young stock was
In request, and the best of the steers and heifers, two.
garolds, fetched from .C 9 to £lO. Yearlings, £6 to
per head. For barreners, prices ranged from ES to
£l2. Calves rather slow in sale at 35e to 40. per
head

penalty 4ving , or
having pecuniary greatness thrust upon them.
But to take busy professional men, tradesmen,
or artisans from their employment, without pay
or reward, is a scandal and a shame. We ought
at least to have either payment, or, if the pre-
sent system is retained, "the survival of the
fitted" in the persons of men who can afford
to devote their time to other people's affairs.
The law of marriage in Ws Kingdom is simply
disgraceful. Nothing can be worse; nothing
can be more mischievous. A marriag, which is
valid in Scotland is nothing better than corm-
binage in this country; a ceremony which would
have been perfectly binding if performed in this
country would be ndmarriage at all if solemnized
in Ireland. Children who would be legitimate
in Scotland would be bastards in this country,
and, while they would be allowed to inherit their
parents' property in Scotland, would be deprived
of it if it was this side of Berwick-on-Tweed.
The preliminary requirements, also, are so
various and so different in the three countries,
and in each country so complicated, that there
is always a great risk that a marriage intended
to be binding often turns out to be no marriage
at all, simply because some unnecessary tech-
nicality has net been observed' This is monstrous
simply. And the Legislature, instead of wuting
time upon discussing the foolish and nonsensical
question of Royal titles, which concerns only
flunkeys and frequenters of back-stain at Court,
would do well if it endeavoured to effect the
reform of the Marriage Laws. Lord Chelmsford
should not content himself with a mere question
to the Chancellor as to his intention on the
subject. He ought to move a resolution. Every
day only adds fresh mischief.
One of the most remarkable instances on re-
cord of health and longevity, notwithstanding a
departure from those rules of temperance and
exercise which are supposed to exercise such
an important influence on health, is that
of the Rev. William Davies, vicar of All
Rebate, Hereford, who died in 1790, aged 106.
This rev, old gentleman, during the 35 years of
his life, never took any exercise than that of
shuffling his feet from one room to another, where
he would sit till bedtime. He always ate hot
buttered rolls for breakfast, an enormous dinner,
consisting of a variety of dishes, and a supper of
hot roast meat, besides drinking a liberal allow-
ance of wine. He never suffered from gout,
rheumatism, or indeed from any other disease or
infirmity. His temper was jovial to the last,
and he passed away with a chuckle, without
apparent suffering, universally beloved and re-
spected. Sir Wilfred Lawson, would cut a very
poor figure beside this happy parson.

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one which it took-to the defendant wrapped it in u,„
handkerchiet—ile muld not deny the offence, end wee
fined 90e. and Ss. costs.

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ngtshe • husband.-
The Res. Mr. Genie, husband of the last witness carob-
orated his wife in the material points if her evidence. On
the occasion of petitioner putting his wife out of the house
witness heard Mrs. Stratton utter a wish that she had a
gun to shoot her husband. He also heard her say, "Oh.
that he had struck me, the coward.' He understood her
to refer to her previous life, so that she could make •
charge of cruelty against him.
Cross-examined—On the occasion of the moult peti-
tioner called his wife • prostitute. Thee were marks of
bruises upon respondent's arm, whi:h was bleeding.
Mr. Bennett, who was on a visit to the Rev. Mr. Genie
at the time Mrs. Stratton called, remembered the respon-
dent and the co-respondent retiring together to the study.
He thought he heard them lock the door. They were in
the room for about a quarter of an hour.
Dr. Spinks, Q.C.—that will be the case, my lord.
Dr. Deane, Q.C., then proceeded to open the came on
behalf of the respondent. He said that throughout the
evidence the jury could come to no other conclusion than
that Mrs. Stratton and Mr. Ross had always acted fairly
In what they had done, and that their actions was no
secret. Though it had been stated that their conduct
was the talk of the country, be contended that it had not
been shown that there was any evidence of undue
familiarity existing between them. It had been urged
that the frequent visits of the respondent to Puiglestons
were for the purpose of committing adultery, but Dr.
Deane maintained that the visits were always made known
to her husband and others, and however strong this inti-
macy was it was not of an improper character. He
admitted that everything was done to irritate Mr Stratton
and that respondent was in several matters much to
blame, but he had been given to groundbas suspicions,
which had retuned in the present suit. The affection of
Mrs. Stratton for her sister was excessive, and Mr. Ross
elso had a strong love for Mrs. Roos. The respondent,
with the full permission of her husband, on the anniver-
saufher sister's death, was in the habit of going over
tto lestone to stay for a certain number of days, when,
with r. Stratton's permission, she would be almost
mistress of the house, and he would be in a position to
hay evidence before them to negative the charge of
adult. ,ry although they had acted iadiscreetly. lie
admitted that Mrs. Stratton acted wrongly in not giving
up the co-respondent after her husband's remonstrance,
and that however blameable her conduct might have been
there was nothing inconsistent in her duty towards her
husband.
The pee was then adjourned till Wednesday next. when
Mr. Talfourd Salter, Q.C., will open the case on behalf of
the co-respondent.
Evattr which has not occurred within the last M
years, a poll of the perish, took place on Monday, under
peculiar circumstances, the candidates standing te each
other in the relation of master and clerk. The late Mr.
Melmoth, held a great many public appointments, and
there was a prevalent feeling that the accumulation of so
many offices, in one pair of hands was inconvenient.
Accordingly, when the scramble came, four pair of halide
were held up, and each grasped something. It ws
thought Mr. Jell, Mr. Melmoth's clerk, had the Lion's
share,he getting the clerkship of the Union, the Amassment
Committee, the Rural Sanitary Committee, the High-
way., and the taxes. Mr. Melmoth's partner, Mr.
Bartlett, secured only the small clerkships of the Turn-
pike and Burial Board. Mr. T. Davies, was appointed
magistrates clerk, and all three went in for the probably
most honourable poet of all, that of vestry clerk, but at a
vestry on Thursday last, Mr. Davies retired, and master,
and clerk, were left to fight it out. 'I he former got a
considerable majority in a show of hands, but the latter
went to poll which was taken in the Townhall on Monday'
by Mr. Ruegg, churchwarden, who in the absence of the
vlcar, had occupied the chair at the Thursday meetings,
Several ladies voted, and altogether about 170 inhabitants
went to the poll. The numbers were for Mr. W. Bartlett,
MO; for Kr. Up, 36.

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High est-str Hig est on the no one in claT in Middleton were for the respondent; and Mr. Talfoluki virtually &verdict for the defendant
TGISDAY, MAY V, WI of May.—Kr. H. de- Salter, Q.C., for the co-respondent.
fends& and said for an adJournment, to enable him to Mrs. Sarah Campbell, who was formerly Rove at the HAIJIITOGX.
--- .._ ---call a witness who could speak to the Ume but who was Strattou', spoke to seeing the respondent lying on a sofa. BANKRUPTCY OF THR Ray. R. P. )1121111111.—At the
NOTES OF THE WEEK. now attending a funeraL —The Town Clerk asked.what She WU playing with ROVI.A hair. Witness after seeing Yeovil County Court on Thursday, Mr. Jolliffe applied
would be the nature of the evidence the witness would this (other matters were 11001:811 to), left the window she that the result of • bill of sale might be paid over to the
After all the opposition to the jury system giv e
e.—Mr. Leek said he would prove that whores* the was looking through. When she went to bed 51.5. trust.,, for the benefit of the creditors. At the time the
and all the promises of reform, it remains what defendant had been summoned for leaving his horse and Stratton and Mr. Ross were still in the dim.; room. In bankrupt gave the hill of sale he had already bun •
it vras. It may be "the palladium of our British trap 50 minutia he was not absent more than 31 November, 1875, witness hod a note from Mr, S:rattoa bankrupt twice, and the second bankruptcy had not been
The Town Clerk reminded Kr. Lock that this was • saying that she wanted to see her. The rip mdent ralloi closed. In February, MI, there were. Mr. Marsh stated,
liberties" in one sense, but it oertainly is in virtual admission of the offence—W. Lock then appealed and asked if witness had seen Mr. Bowker. ond *vanes' binariess transactions between the bankrupt and his fine
many respects a nuisance. Grand Juries con_ elyeeiwiTiloorshew . 'f:rt, ottorthe ground that the defendant was I. replied ill the affirmative, and thatrthZehl:ri..f.l ti.vrenwlm Messrs. Slade, Mayo, and Marsh, and on the 30th of May
thine to make presentments to the judges, a servant— tuperintendent ofhadt*Pelico take t°
trilria7 tf.l:er ! sheevi
had liutKviTtneSsotrasr liirsstrefured. After some lArwfiaarritnbrilertf
rszethwe resultii, oftrtisz.z...ti",:., £llO
et
g:ortdenhs
iting against the practical inutility and leaving of horses and traps in the streets unattended was little vOnVellation the did tell the respondent sortie of brother, on the 30th fitly. sh A loan was arranged on
p of the eyatem, but it goes on, like '
, a aca
common practice. -The Bench swept.' Mr. Locke the things she had seen. Mrs. Stratton ~aid that was that day for £4OO, out of which the sum of an 64. 6d.
the defendant to pay the costa, nothing, and she would not be contradicted. She then was paid over to the bankrupt. Other bills of sale were
Tennyson's brook, for ever. At the sitting of COUNTY Pim follilOrrk_Beturdeg.—Before Mx. Herbert further interrogated witness as to the time of going te given, the last one on the ffith July, which was the one
the Queen's Bench division • day or two ago, Williams, Mr. G. Wan'', Mr. H. R. Middleton and Mr. E. bed, and if she had seen kiming, and other matters in question. Mr. Jolliffe said the bill of sale was not
L. Kindersley.
a number of working men earning weekly wages
retiotterlvaswiethiustithtede on thuiret Uthm ruif andadloaftterex.".
Clerks Fut. , and R' Weßwidgs, Were Strattonsßy Dr.
BeasarlaPin"Jul July, 1873. e Shewent
intlthlde nierotirocemettiter
appealed to Mr. Justice Field to relieve them summoned for killing trout —Mr. Weston prosecuted.— the exact date. She went to Pinglestone and saw what until the 14th of August—Kr. Marsh 'said he bed registered
taken
from their duties as common jurymen, on the Th° mm Wan Hon bi_ Gore Whttokdotrintan, on she had related, but she believed that it was in August. eounettra opinion on the subject, and he held that it was
the farm et Kr. Henry Ka in time—Mr. Jolliffe said be had so many
ground that this compulsory loss of time was a ei. Tuesday, 18, YO. 177z—on:L. about BtrethttethwantrhePtesjr there was Saw Bmga got res"dhst ein"
near Zittndat he should not confine himself to one The
great hardship to their WiTell and families. His WM in the water the other two being on the hank, and Intimacy between them. They were often together in affidavit was also defective, as the attesting witness had
lordship exprevned his sympathy with them, and White accordingly charged charged them with tresPanfal. thav=touse ; but that was open to anybody. ,
.... , described the beohropt of Egetoiir. is Ihe menu a
said that if there had been only two or three saw a thx,Another rrnamr ZerttAr also inahtirB Kayo
tovsy 1pe:414°4
eh that heater deposed e was In arili.w.:. tiomersarsh ht when 1 whr iii„th* county of Dorset,
ead of
who had asked to be discharged, he would have up with his hat, while one of the others caught another Petersdeld market, and he had frequentlY WwW the re- solicitor, and Mr. Maymo"wasue-ti—b., . . esquire
withth: Wire.—lt was further stated that time was found spondent and co-respondent together. On one OWDIWWW instead of farmer and landowner. The act respired that
acceded to the demand, but being so many he
could not do so. This wee reasonable enough t 7„,„ iebateka.tt,...Pro:r at.beg:: .thatithehld been the parties should be described by their proper
surface, which was • lonely place, he saw Yu Roes UN names and occupation. The bankrupt's 04 acts were
at the rabbit warren. about three miles from Chilcombe,
on his part, but still this was only another way —W. Weston stated that if some preventive =mums Stratton. They were out driving at the time.
taken the river would be depopulated. He asked Ifra O•offe. wife of the Rey. Mr. Gen"' of Croydon mild on the 13th and 14th October, and realised
of saying that the greater the hardship the less were not ti d £5OO sa. 7.l.—His Honour said it was suliosnt for Mr.
penalty—The defents could only say stated that the respondent was her first cousin, and Jolliffe to establish one of his objections. —Mr.
the chsaoa of remedy. It is high time that our finartltraTeferaZe they were there but they did not use any frequently visited her. In witness's opinion Mr. Stratton Toni& contended that the OD WAS
jury system should be reformed. We believe lizne or poach any fish.—The Beach told them they con- was one of the best husbands • woman could have. In Mr. Marsh said he could showm=rwaa. and =gitTs
the grand jury system might very safely and eidered the offence proud. They not only injured the September, 1874, respondent called upon her, and was Honour's attention to a eau where the attesting witness
fish, but they destroyed the sports of other people It subsequently joined by Mr. Ross. After tea the n- WSI descritmi in terms judiciously be abolished altogether. As to w a bed offence, and they would have to par • hato7 dent and Mrs. Stratton adjourned to the study for • aof by him. —Hie Honourexscii7sald tbesimditereritcptitrinmadtheecaseuae
COllllllOll Jll63ll—fOT ordinary trials, inquests, hardtonasaltr• They would he fined 40s. each, or one months and enhesquently rejoined witness in the drawing-room which came before Baron Pollock and another judge was
&c.—there are plenty of men out of business b trur-1 no defendants asked for time to pay in ; Kr. Rom and Mrs. Stratton returned to Winchester to- hew sufficient—Alter further ategiiigoit the case was ed.
Chairman mimed, stating they neverallowed tether that evening. Witness was in the house on the journad, and his Honour recommended the parties he
who could serve on them, without any injury time. occiatoo of the disturbance at Chilcombe, but no violence settle if possible. The rectory of Halstock is worth £3OO
or loss to themselves beyond a little temp= &torts Riding* WIPA summoned for killing CAMS without was used by Mr. Stratton, a year.
inconvenience which would merely be a i a license—Francis Lim of Abbotabury, saw the Wen- Cron-examined- She had observed an endue fondue', -- ' dant with a dog which e • couple of Imam osnAt on the part of Mrs. Stratton towards Mr. Hoe& consider-
for inconvenience,
made their fortunes, , .. . ... . . .. . _ .
1/110 it in