The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-12-22 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS

IY/tiCIIESTER. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1863.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

There are rumour' in some of the London
clubs of Ministerial modifications, but so far as
these rumours can be traced, they would seem
to be founded on nothing more than the illness,
which it is to be regretted will cause the resig-
nation of one of the chief Secretaries of State—
the Duke of Newcastle. His grace has been
ailing for some time past, and it ui now said that
his illness is such as to incapacitate him from
taking that active,personal Interest in the affairs
of his department that he has till recently done.
The Crawley Court Martial has virtually come
to an end, for the Court has agreed on the
verdict, and it is now under the consideration of
the Horse Guards. It would be an idle boast
to profess to know the result of the trial; but
on the other hand, it would be sheer affectation
to pretend not to know-90 far as the laws of
deduction enable one to judge—that the colonel
is acquitted, if not exculpated. It would be
useless to comment on a possibility or probability
when the certainty will be Boon known; but
meanwhile it is worth remarking that there is
something more than sympathy ready for the
colonel in some quarters. A number of officers,
, headed by the Earl of Cardigan, are subscribing
to reimburse the Colonel the expenses he has
been put to. Whatever may be the opinion of
the other brother officers of Colonel Crawley,
we can well imagine the Earl of Cardigan's irate
denunciation of "popular clamour," as he puts
down his name for £lOO.

The French Government has sustained a
serious defeat in the new elections at Ptris and
Dijon. In Paris Pelletan has been returned the
second time by • majority of 5000 votes over the
Government candidate, although the a hole in-
fluence of Government was brought to bear
against him; while at Dijon the opposition can-
didate defeated the Government nominee by a
majority of nearly 4000 votes. M. Peltetan
was an author by profession, whom the Govern-
ment of Napoleon reviled, persecuted, and im-
prisoned, and actually forbad him being attached
to any French journal. To take from him the
liberty of using his pen for his livelihood was to
breuk his power by making him poor, and there-
fore for the Parisians to bring him into the field
as a candidate against the Government nominee
was bad enough, but to return him as their re-
presentative was an insult to Imperialism, and
its creatures could do nothing less than to declare
his election invalid, and trusting, by blackening
his character,to prevent his re-election. But all
the State machinery proved of no avail. Once
again is M. Pelletan returned to represent the
French capital, and the Government, in their
zeal to ruin him, have raised him to adoration in
the eyes of the Parisians, and to all who, like
Johnson prefer • good hater, he is just the man,
by his earnestness, though he may not be the
most cautious of politicians, to oppose the
Napoleonic ideas. His re-election may therefore
be considered one of the greatest blows Louis
Napoleon's Government have yet received.

DORCHESTER. —Pircalo Coax Yam ar, Saturday,
December 19.—At to-day's market there was only •
moderate supply of wheat, bet farmers being unwilling
to submit to aoy reduction very little business was
transacted. The show of barley was again very
plentiful, and choice samples 'relived late rates. Infe-
rior, however, was very unsalable, except at a con-
siderable reduction in the quotations, which farmer.
were not willing to yield to. Oats and beans about the
same as lasthreek.

Clammiest; Msnerr.—On Saturday, the butchers'
Christmas market took place, when • beautiful ex.
hibitein of beef, mutton, veal, and pork was displaped
in the most advantageous style from the butchers'
shops. and from stalls in the Market House. Ample
provision. we should imagine has been provided to meet
the requirements of the inhabitants of the town for
the approaching festive season : but seeing that the
market is a week in advance of Christmas-day, it is
probable that • very speedy sale was not effected at
to-day's market. Should such be the ease, and the late
close sultry weather set in, the butchers may have
reason to regret killing so much meat. The keen frosty
atmosphere of the last day or two made the meat look
in beautiful condition, but in our opinion the majority
of the beef exhibited was too fat.. We do not re-
member having seen such fat meat in the market before,
and certainly it will be far from profitable to house-
keepers, who no doubt would have preferred it a little
more lean. As we have said there was • large exhibition
of all kinds of meat, most of which. however, was
furnished by the town butchers, the country ones
having scarcely brought any into the market. Taking
• view of the shops, we noticed that Mr. Hayward hail
a apital collection of animal flesh. amongst which were
four prime Devon oxen, grated by Mr. Mayo,
of Poxwell ; • very fine Hereford ox, beautifully
fed by Mr. Groves, of Bowood ; and • prime
heifer, from the stook of Mr. W. Gunning, Few.
Wadden:. A ehoice collection of 20 Down sheep, of good
quality, was also displayed, whilst there was out extra-
ordinary pure South-down sheep, remarkable for those
two eseentials —size and quality. Mr. Chanien's large
mg'' which won the pnze at Mr. Ensor's exhibition of
fat stock on Saturday week, was also exhibited outside
this chop, and attracted much attention, its weight
being about 34 wore. At Mr. Yawata's two very prime
Hereford heifers, and one short-horn, rued by that
stioceedul breeder, Mr. James, of Mappowder, were dis-
played, as also some beautiful looking South-down sheep,
from the flock of Mr. Cox, of Crouton. Mrs. Groves had
• very prune lot of piss, small but remarkably well
fatted, from the farm of W. IllanfieldiEeq., of Potashes&
n
Mr. Lock bad a beautiful display, t whole of his meat
being admirably trued, not being encumbered with a
auperabeindiusee of fat, butts very prime condition.
Amongst his exhibition was a very choice ox, of the
Devoe breed, grimed by Mr. Rogers, of Chit.

bard, together with some Devon heifers fed by '
Mr. Coulee, of Barton. Mutton was well ripe:mated
at this einblidirnent, tome very choice South-down
sheep from the flock of Mr. Ingram of P":1?Ir,
being exposed. Mr. Fudiri bad • splendid show Of
meat, amongst which we noticed three very line beasts,
a short horn and two Devout, bred and graced by Mr.
Taylor, of Bereley Farm ; a very superior heifer,
weighing about 00 more, from the stalls of Mr. W.
Heine, of Ilehester ; • quantity of extraordinary Down
sheep from the flock of Mr. J. Homer, of Martinston,
and also souse excellent Down sheep grazed by KB.
Sheridan, Req., M.P. Mr. Kellaway was not behind
bead, having his stall crowded with every description of
prime meat. Some beautiful Devon ox beef was here
displayed, splendidly eased by Mr. Groves, of Rowood,
and there was also some very prime Devon heifer beef,
bred and fed by Mr. Duke, of Broadmayne. A number
of fine DOl/111 withers, graced by R. B. Sheridan Esq..
M.P. was much admired ; and there were likewise
some fine Portland mutton at this stall. With
the country butchers' there *as but little competition,
the only two stalls worth mentioning being Mr. Tren-
chard, of Evershot, and Mr. Warnn. of Marminster.
The former exhinited the fattest beef in the market,
which consisted of • short horn heifer grazed by the
Right lion. Lord Ilchester. The fat was about four or
five Inches in depth, and the meat looked of excellent
quality. A prime horned wether, fed by Mr. Hurley,
of Ilchester, was also displayed on this stall. Mr.
Warren, of Charminster, had a fine Devon heifer, bred
and fed by Mr. Paul, of Piddletown, and some fine
DOWD wethen grazed by himself and by Mr. Slade,
of Charminster. Mr. Hibbs's shop was filled
with with very fine geese, turkeys, ho., whilst there
were • great many on male at stalls in the market-house.

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