The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-10-09 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.
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TUESDAY. °Meng E, 17.

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MARK LANE—Tnts DAY.
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The very moderate snpply of English wheat here
this morning, being in improved condition, was taken -
off more readily than of late, at fully last Momlay's NOTES OF THE WEEK.
purea. Foreign met a fair enquiry. and in some ~.
is there any very great difference from the
instances was the turn deirer. IMalting barley
declined fully 14. per qr. Beans and oats remained point— if not of morality, at all events of true
without change in value. womanly delicacy, between the unfortunate Mrs.
---- Staunton and the poor girl Alice Rhodes, who
METROPOLITAN CATTLE—Tnia DAY. had been condemned to death for watching
About 2,700 beasts, including about 550 foreign without a seeming remorsef ill feeling the
dull at 4s. Gil. to fn. 10iL About 5.300 sheep. Ini.ictiixe! gradual death of a fellow creature, and those
at 5,,t. 61. toffs. 101 t
- ; ' creatures who, dressed out in the gaudiest of
eaer* ade
101. per 81b.m
At Deptford, 2,
and 8 000 cheep.
attires, drank champagne, eat sandwiches, and
'____----_ made a little pic-nic of one of the saddest trials
SATURDAY'S MARKETS. : of modern days, who, with gold-rimmed eye-
MEL glasses and lorgnettes to be used, perhaps, the
CHESTERFIELD -There was • good supply of wheat, same evening to witness the Pink Dominoes at
the demand for which was inactive, rind fine samples
changed hands. the Criterion, stared and o4led at four human
ORCHESTER.—SoppIy ef both wheat and Farley beings, gradually, but surely, day-by-day,
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larger than for some weeks past. The best wheat watt in getting nearer their doom—a doom more
consequence of the large supply, Is. per imperial qr.
cheaper. secondary samples being from 2s. to 3+, cheaper terrible and infamous far than that experienced
than late rate, Qaotations ranged from .lilis. to Ms. per by the victim whom they had sent to her rest I
imperial qr. Superior barley sold at late rateP, secondary What can we think of these creatures—we
',dime at a reduction of from Is. to 3P. per imperial qr. .
The price. obtained varied from 39... t 1 50,a repeat the term—the papers call them well-
GRANTHAM.—The market was well attended, and dressed ladies ! struggling to gain the front
there was a plentiful supply of wheat. Business '.lllll [
languid, beat lots maintained their value. 1 seats in this theatre, where the piece is one of
NORTHANIPTON.-A good attendance at our exchange 1 blood and death.
to-day. Not so much wheat offering, and demand slow; i
prices, declined Is per qr.
NORWICIL-There was rather less wheat offered at
this market. trade was still dull, and to effect Pales •
reducti,n of la. per qr. was sulrnitted to. The supply of
barley was largely increased, and some dulness pervading
the trade.
NOTTINGHAM.-The show of wheat was large, and
there was not much life in the trade, less money being
offered than holders would take.
OXFORD. -The attendance in the tarn Exchange was
not no large as last week, but a fair amount of buUnem
was transacted. Good samples brdh of wheat and barley
were very firm, and soli well at last week's quotations.
but trade for inferior parcels was very an“ 11, and they
seldom chang.si bands, even at a reduction; other grain
unaltered.
WINCHESTER. -Good attendance at our market:
large supple of wheat, It Ivr qr. cheaper.
WORCESTER.-We had an average attendance at our
market, and prices were firnier than last week. English
white wheat was worth a guinea per bac, and red lks. to
Sits. Malting barley in request, and good qualities dearer.
CA171.6.

bets,

Here is a chance for any lonely individual in
search of an agreeable companion :
MUMMIES.—EOYPIIAN Mr3IMIE9, in
Corriv, in good condition, FOR SALE.—
Address L., 28 London Road, Clapton, N.
You see, the only 'falling out" one need fear
may be an accidental exodus from the coffin;
and being in "good condition" any Penged
reflections could not possibly be cast; while all
temporary irritations could be harmlessly
relieved by "giving a bit of one's mind" in a
quarter whence no aggravating retorts would
, emanate.

CARLISLE.—Irish were only a small supply, and as
they form the staple of the market, it bad a bare appear-
ance. Home trails, however, were more n 1111 l entre% than
usual. There was not a large attendance of buyers, who
mainly confined their attention to the home-Timis. Many
of the Irish were of indifferent quality, and trade among
them was slow at £5 Its, to £l3. Mitch cows a good
supply, and in demand at .£l6 to ,C= each. Shorthorns
seta readily at „Ca to £l5; and Galloways were a slow sale
at £8 to £ll. Some Highlanders were also shown; but
there WM no demand for them, and the same was the ease
with respect to a few lots of Cheviot and half-bred I
lambs.
There was a large supply of pigs, which wild slowly at late I
price.; shots, 35.". to 44K; Lest pigs,23e. to 30s. ; secondary, '
its, to 20, each.
DONCASTER.—We shad an exceptionally poor show of
beasts. Mitch rows and iwealvers, £l6 to AV ; heifers,
£ll to £l6; barren steers, £9 to £ll ; calves, 35s to 4.5 s • '
head. Sheep in great supply, between 2000, to 3,000 Leing
penned, many lots of excellent promise and the quality
generally excellent. A brisk demand and business
animated, prices being fully equal to those of last Satur-
day, and in Tonle instances slightly higher.
DORCHESTER.—A fair supply of stork and • brisk
trade, especially in fat beef, which made from 13e Al to
14-1 6.1 per score. Heifers and cows sold at from £l5 to
£2O each; fat bulls, £8 to Lid; fat heifers, £ll to 191 ;
Down ewes, 53s to flu; "Tethers, Sb to ti).; horn ewes,
56s to e,; horn "rethers. Me to 56e. A good clearance at
these rates.
NORWICH. —The show of store rattle was large here
to-day; sales proceeded slowly, and former rates were
handy maintained, although no material change was noted
in prices. Shorthorn» made £lO to £27 per beau; and
Irish rto £2O per head. A complete clearance wee by
no means effeetrel. The sheep pens were well fitted; trade
in this department was stagnant, and prices gave way 14.
to 24. per head, while a fall clearance was not made. Fat
beast. 94. 61. to 10, and 10s. 61 ; fat sheep, 105. to 10s. 6.1.
awl If.. Per l
WORCESTER. —Our fortnightly fair this week was well
supplied with stwk lyth in mutton and beef, awl there
was a brisk mule awn,. Fat cows fetched Al. to 91.:
wether ',rotten, lir 1., and ewes Skii. to 041. Calves were
worth 1/.1. per lb. !het in better request, and porkers were
Ittr. ti. t Its. WI. per Seoeo. !Anita; 10.1. per Its. Store
sheep vccre -war, end store cattle were al.) in
request. A go.' deal of the hest isort of the supply was
di:lva., of by auction, one firm of auctioneers realising
over £2,01) by sales.

Mr. Gladstone is, for the first time, it is said,
about to visit Ireland. English Ministers or
ex-Ministers of high rank have been as rare in
that country as Royal personages. But if the
Irish people retain any honourable recollections
of the past, they must recognise and receive Mr.
Gladstone with a hearty welcome never so well
deserved by an English statesman.
That very, very naughty place—Cremorne
Gardens, will soon be like the. Vauxhall
Gardens, a thing of the past. Mrs. Simpson,
of West-house, Clapham Common, who owns
the property, writes to her "dear sirs," the
vestry of Cremorne, to say she has decided to
sell the gardens for building purposes. Like
London milk this is evidently London morality
Simpson-ified.
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The Midland Railway Company continue to
be pioneers in the cause of progress. It was
1 they that first ran third-class carriages with all
trains, and compelled other companies, one by
one, to follow their example. Then they
abolished second-class carriages, and gave their
first-class passengers the luxury of saloon cars—
, Pullman's care, as they were then called. But
' even these comfortable carriages are to be super
Boded by the general introduction of still more
luxurious vehicles, spacious and open down the
; middle, with quiet corners partitioned off for
I persons of a retiring disposition, while the
1 newest improvements in the way of springs is
Ito reduce the oscillation to a minimum. Corres-
ponding improvements are to be made in the
; third-class carriages, and on this railway
I travelling will be made a rather enjoyable,
instead of a comfortless, wearisome thing. osi
sic (mines ! When will all the other railway
coinpauies learn that by promoting the con
venience and comfort of their passengers they
may largely develops their traffic at small cost
to themselves

Dr. Kenealy whatever his faults, cannot be
accused of cowardice. Through his organ the
Englishiarm,he certainly speaks out plainly; and
perhaps, afterall, there is more than one grain
of truth in the following '

The Ti we commenting on the naseralile break-down
of the Russian Army, upon its wretched tactics, its
absence of generalship, the poor commissariat, and
wanton sacrifice of min, attributes it all to the patron-
age and jobbery which prevails universally; and to
the absurdity of giving o,mtnand to men who are in
no way fitted for the lead. but who are simply Grand
Dukes. And it declares that given all such premises,
the same disastrous and deadly minks may always be
anticipated. But why does not the naCS look at
home, where the same corruption and favouritism are
daily witnessed ; with the same certain fruits, if we
should ever be involved in war, with any Grew Power.
We have at the head the Duke of Cambridge, the
greatest coward that ever wore scarlet; the most
ignorant officer that Mr3A ever net to command brave
men. We have under him a staff of generals hoplestily
unfit ; men unable to net a squadron in the field; or
if it wax there, incompetent to lest them out id it.
The Cardwell system of pretended roxipdition has
girth us a mob of subaltems and field officers such as
no nation ever before possessed ; and our Rulers are
RO conscious of this, that they must endure anything.
awl dare not fight, no matter what happens. This
was demonstrated in the Alabama surrender. As to
our Navy—but we are sick.

The Wort,/ stands up in defence of the officers
of.H.M.S. Defence when it says :
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"They received but scant justice' at the hands of the
press in the comments made upon the removal of the
wreck of the Forest. It was a long and complicated
job; but the most was made f the appliancul placed
at the disposal of the officers, and their task was
effectually performed. The newspaper reporters seem
to have been disappointed in the display ; but, as the
officers themselves may, 'they were sent to remove a
wreck, and not to bring about a grand scenic effect.'"
ably they carried out their instructions
every one knows.

The only theory, says the fLea,ar, no', that will serve
to exculpate the Staunton, from the charge of
murder is that their confinement of Mrs. Staunton,
and their ill-treatment of her, were due to nothing
in re than carelessness, and that a few days before her
rein cal to Penge she had a sudden attack of tubercular
miningitis. But if they conspired to injure her, they
were legally, as well as morally, guilty of murder,
whether her death in the end was caused by
tuberculosis or not. And that they did *. conspire,
was proved by an irresistible accumulation of evidence.
There is no theory that will explain away all the
incriminating circumstances. If Clara Brown's
evidence is rejected as that of a tainted witness, in
spite fd its corroboration at every point, and in spite
of the obvious explanation of her previous perjury
before the coroner, it may be possible to put a
plausible face on each suspicious circumstance singly.
' But the accumulation of evidence is morally cmvincing
and legally complete.

We hear the Lord Mayor has received a letter from
the Duke of Edinburgh, enclosing a cheque for
£259 2s. NI, the amount of a ,übscrtption set on foot
by his Royal Highness on board the fleet in I3esika
Bay, in aid of the Indian Famine Relief Fund. How
much out of the MO odd ha the very liberal Duke—
who w•cepted the present of a team of homes at one
end ..f Australia and sold them at the other —con-
tributed, is not stated. Perhaps the odd 5.1.

It is expected that the Prince and Princess of Wales
will visit Dartmouth the week after next, for the
purpose of seeing the two young Princes Albert Victor
and George contfortat, 1 y quartered on board the
Britannia, the training chip for naval cadets. Some-
thing like £3,000 or £4,000 have been spent to rig-out
the cabin acommoda• ion of theselJack Tars ine.mbrpo.
They will, probably, prove themselves in the future as
much " Nelsons "am their uncle is a Wellington.

What they do, says the Alhoo6 um, with the old
rhinoceroses has often been a subject of thought by
those visitors to the 13ritish Museum who know that
the staff of the establishment invariably obey the Act
of Parliament which renders it impossible to remove
anything from Great Ilussell-street. Everyone knows
that a stuffed rhinoceros will, in the course of time,
become unpresentable, nor can the toughe4 elephant.
hide always k.ep the straw lining from appearing in a
very objectionable way. All who remember the old
staircase of Montagu House have felt that there is a
limit to the exhibition of a giraffe which had been
received at a period so remote that it was described as
a camel-leopard." The difficulty is got over in a way
creditable to the ingenuity of the scientific staff of the
Museum and honourable to their sense of obedtence.
They stuff the old rhinoceroses into the new ones;
they line new elephants with the unpreseutable
remains of their forerunners ; in the bowels of the last
giraffe lie the relics of his predecessors. This beats the
selling of Pharaoh for balsams.