The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-08-03 00:00:00

Erabe ant, Commerce.

LONDON SPIRTS MARK RT.—Rum moves off slowly, at
ls. 74. to Is. 84. for proof East India, and IA. 84. to
is. 94. for proof Lanyards. Brandy supports previous
rates, but the demand for it is by no means active.
Grain spirit is heavy.
Tilt—We continue to have a slow solo for all kinds
of tea, on rather easier terms. Common sound oongou
Ni selling at Nei per lb.
SUNAR.—Moot raw qualities are in improved request,
and the turn d . The total stook in London is
58,000 tons, against 51,000 tons in 1057. Helloed goods
sell steadily, at from Is2l. to 525. Od. for brown lumps.
English crushed, 38e. 3d. to 38e. Od. per cwt.
The ease of Messrs. Fox and Henderson and the
Napoleon Docks Company, who sought to claim upon
their estate for £lBO,OOO, was brought on Wednesday
before the Lords Jarboe', when it was announced an
arrangement has been made which 16 satisfactory to all
psrties—nainely, that the amount to be proved against
the estate shall be fluid at £41,445. At the same time,
the first-class certificate granted by the Birmingham
Bsiikruptay Court to Messrs. Fox and Henderson was
confirmed.

RAILWAY TR6FPIO RIOTOBNIL—The trim. returna on
railways in the United Kingdom published for the week
ending July 24 amounted to 2507,590, and for the
oorresponding week of last year to 414,710, %bowing
decrease of £7,190. The rose reeeipti of the eight
railways having their tsrinini in the pietropolie apsounted
for the week ending as above to £214,473, and fur the
ourresponding period of 1857 to £231,671, showing a
decrease of £7,190. The deorease on the Greet
Western Reilwey connoted to £2,/60 ; on the London
end North• Western to £9 904 k on the London end
Bleokwall to £32 • on the London and South-Western
to £1,982 ; end on the Bouth-Baidern to 81,379 total,
£8,458. But Irvin this must be deducted £855,
the increase on the Eastern Counties, LW., an the
Great Northern, and £76 on the London, Brighton,
, end South Ooast, together £1,958, leaving the de.
' creme as above, £7,190. The Emilio receipt-4 on the
other lines in the United Kingdom mounted to
2903,117, and for the oorresponding period of hot year
to 2283,039, ahowing an increase of Ca in the reolpts
of those lines, which., deducted from the deereahe on the
metropolitan lines, leaves the total dearness 27,190,
compared with the oorreeponding period of 1157.

IMACIINARY CONVERSATION,
(Trim Puieed,)
Queen Victoria —Euiperor Napolson—The Prin.@
(Joann,
The Emperer,—l venture to hope that your Mateity
I. plumed with soy little improvemente here in Übe,a
bourg t
Tile Queen.—Wondera, I 114011/0 your Majtety—mir•
vile, to use your Uncle', word on that pedenel. Ime e
grinner weeder, however, than any you have pointed
011
The Emperor.—And the{ is—
' he Queen Ismiling),—Thel yes an the showman,
'ie nometur (mMling),—lt I. au. Ain I too eistle
in 11111 g—bin NW s may blast Of 'POMP, valet
't lie Ilturen,—On the mintrary, I heartily eats. Om
WI. I, eapevially when 1 111 your Mandy ourrounded
willi teniplatiune be plan that MIAMI among the things
of the peat,
The Riuperor,—May I elk bow?
The Queen, --by bringing any ef them Improvemeni
I/Manuel WIC Of worm you will nut be angry with
Tse Plineerur,--Were It ponible or sue pa a man, the
foully of litho knower no nub whiked and plelden pee-
pillow anger,
' e Noma (nide, and with 6 ihrug),--Ile of the
1611,1 y, MOO Milli
The gunii.—l)l4l yen speak, Albert I
110 Pr111011,...1 WU thillislllg...l shook' rather fey
.I
wise trying la reechoed whit that espy yonder is mind,
en, he r vf the hey,
be iiipsrur.—lt bean the nime of Levi.
he ?Ines.— Of mine, so it Is, I forgot,
Tie minor Ileuglia.)—Evt en any name for mine
(elks to forget, I sun tell you, Prins.. And your
WOO/ hay deigned to unlit our humble breakwater
there f
Tile Queen,—A noble work, We ham) nothing 1110
it, I mull In point Of 11100, Our Plirt one Is only
1,/100 metre* rung—th Mlle el 1111101 twin biasgth
len,
The Prinee.-110 It ought to be. You have been at It
,altiee lien i our And atone WM dropped into tile Ni In
lint
The Emperor (amide with a abrug).—He title of Our
first stone, Mon bkii 1
TI ii Queen,— I repeat Cast It Is. noble work, and a
dein elisped by iii enemy amid uertainly get behind it,
and "are Iles% unless the enemy "ailed very well, as
Captain Prosily did In the Agamemnon, for instance.
, Tile EllligrUr.--t trust that is not the use to whieh a
Frenolt fleet will put the bay In my Ohne,
The Queeti.—l 'inanely truet nut, It nearly broke
Lord Nelson's bean to be kept wattling the fiset in
Toulon for two years, and then Adiniral Villeneuve
"lipped out, and ran away to the West Indies, after all.
'llls Emperor.—How good your Majesty's memory is.
The Queen.—A King owee It to his good subject. to
have • good memory.
The Etuperor.—True, Madam, and to make his bad
ones have a good memory about haul.
The Queen (laughing).—Perhaps, but I have no bad
subjects in my den of 1111SABlill. yonder.
Ti,, Einperor.—Ah I pardon a rude soldier's sell. It
was but a complaint from the Hospital of Invalids.
The Prince.—A complaint we declined to oure at the
Hoapital of St. Bernard. Ha I ha I
The Emperor. —Excellent, Prinoe I perfect. Shall I
behead the editor of the Charivari, and give you his
place?
The Prince.—Many thanks, but I should never be
able to correct any proofeheets by the light of a gaol
lamp. Your Majesty has dune 80, I believe, in your
time, and therefore thinks little of the hardship.
The Emperor (gravely).—The press is an institution
vhich I have not yet put " on ita trial."
The 9ueen (laughing).—One for a Trinity Brother.
The Emperor—This is a fine gun your Majesty, very'
?owerful, and capitally oast.
The Queen (examines it).-0 yes. Beautiful I I know
it must be • good one, for it is exactly like • number WO
were looking over at Woolwich the other day. Don't
you remember, Albert?
The Prince.—Perfectly, and they were making some
more from the same pattern. But I MII a lover of eco-
nomy, and I wish we did not go to the expense of cast-
ing guns, but imitated our dramatic author'.
The Queen.—What iiii you mean, deer?
The Prince.—Took all our pieces from the French.
The Emperor.—Ha 1 ha I You must, positively, edit
the Charivari for me, Prince.
The Queen—He is very rude, your Majearty. I sup-
pose the voyage has doing-reed with him and made him
crosa. Else he would have complimented you upon
these fortifications, which are certainly magnificent, and
worthy of France and of her Emperor.
The Emperor.—Perhaps, Madam' the same celestial
atmosphere that preserves Us from feeling anger at re-
preach should equally secure us from feeling pleasure at
praise : but I am a parvenu, and I own to being de-
lighted with your approbation.
The Queen.—It is sincere, I ensure you. Nay, lam
selfish in being charmed with what you have done. For
we are Allies, you know, and if the fleet of our poor
dear Isabella, or one from Naples, or from China,
should be too menacing, ,what s comfort to have such
vlaia.ottas this to run to, only 75 miles from the Isle of
Title Emperor.—l could hardly quarrel with any cause
that made your Majesty any guest. Another Louis of
France has welcomed a Sovereign of England.
The Queen.—Yes . but that was a Sovereign the
English were only WO happy to get rid of. I am told
that they like me too well for that ; and that they
would try to shake every throne in Europe rather then
that I should be humiliated. Anil what the English
folk in earnest try to du is generally done.
The Emperor.—Your Majesty's remark" are unsnap-
tionably Just, however unable I may be to regard
them as apropus of anything on which we are waver"-
ing, .
The Queen.— You do your wits injustice, your
Majesty.
The Emperor (cerelesailuy).—So they say—especiall
the wit" of the press. May I have the honour of at-
tending your Pfajeaty to lunch ? I am BO enchanted
that you like my fortifications.
Thu Queen.—And I that you Ilk, Wilt
TI,. Einperor.—Your Majesty?
The Qusen,--Which have the additional advantage of
being portable, There lie a few of them, (Pointe at
mhipu, I And when your Uncle, there, talks about
renewing the marvels of Egypt, remind him that it was
with scone portable fortifications like them (only not so
strong) that one marvel of Egypt WU worked.
The Einparor.-1 ins devout—and yet my scriptural
knowledge fail, me, Will your MaJlalty—
Tllll Queen (lauging).—Fur alianie I I said a marvel,
not a plague. I mein the battle of the Nile, • '
The Prince.—And, mein 0411, that °island Egypt of
the Owe of Prop, fur une Cite I lie, ha I Ho, ho I
[Keeps on laughing all the way to the pavilion,
which le easesdingly rude in HAM.

powerful

LHOMA —Moving for a new trlal—woutling for a
second wife,
A eurgeon waited on an sooentrlis old gentleman with
tile bill for medicine and visits, The patient agreed to
pay
_for the pills, and return the visite,
Why Id if that Lord Derby cannot incurs his life 1-
110011,Uve he gannet And any one to make out hie
whey.
NThy are ladles like hails? Beodue• you can never
Ind out their instal until you have given them a ring,
If you have trouble Imp it to retiree% A jolly fellow
son raise a guinea at any time, A dismal individual, on
the contrary, would not negotiate a loan of ninepin'', if
his life depended on It.
A TOUONINO PLAN.—A fellow In Albany le going to
have his life insured, mo that when he dies he can bare
ootnOlllll4 to live on, and not be dependent on the sold
ellaritlee of the world as lie ono& was,
No Moll. ON THAT HIAD.—A fop in oompanY,
wanting Ids servant, sailed out, " Wiisre's that blosk.
head of miner' A lady present anewered, 'on your
shoulders, air."

" Ti. ,WI all gad IMO pletioe,"—lt Is misebevoul to hold
out, premium for extreme slghtllnem, ammially when
and elemorienem An Imilipensable. Truism with the gil wA ts
have proved thlm, by offering higher prime for the " Pond.
IMIMIr Tea ; forth. Wrings ending how much no appearesioe
enhanoed the prim, now east oar with powdered *our most
of the Tea prepared for England : the trUflotal brtghlitess or
darknue thus giveleaeling them townr rev ell pritflitilby
ra algtwdir.477APlX .tod lays.. do. IT. 11
w lee:....appeaninee were dhatiliad with powdered Dolour.
IC'.? Oaf Tao, 'oiliest' uniusively of the set=
Fiter'Wp
feore Noy ,ii no we'd le Aare Mot
....!u:i chair and .ml, arapplled InsoW :
, IIVI in WI Lk, - aintartlnumant In
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