The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-02-06 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULT k RAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, FEBRUAR i 6,

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.
sflorset
11(ARK LANKA-Tina D.ty.
The wheat Bade dared heavlß, tine semphte were about
lc per quartawlewer on theinferior were altogether TUESDAY, FEBRUARY A If4/7.
Irregular. Bailey dull, and ctlynping in value,. ita,
about sixpence lower on the Weok. Maize, Isom& and
pearl, showed a derreaar about la. Flour dull, and
SaßleT.
METROPOLITAN CArLE.-Trii, DAY.
There were 3,1:10 beer,* nueuding about /40 foreign.
Trade unsettle I, owing toorilers forbidding the
removal of stock out of the itilloarl of AV, Au, Jurift-
diction. Prices 4c. to ris. Od. There w•-re alsoit
9,4:0 cheep ; trade flull, at ist. 1, I. to 7A. O. Calve,
made front in. to 7c. per ;iliac.'
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DORCHWTF.It CORN B 4 RKET.—Skreansr.
The following are the ; —Wheat c.fam,,,
a rule, tome to hand dcmr ant notch out of condifion
dry le. per sat up; barley, oa beanc, pea.. vetches, and
rye same ea lent neck; . to 34,. per or. ; flour,
same as lest
SATURDAY'S ARKETS.

COM, 1
Caisaat nog.— Large supply Israin on offer, hut in most
eases the condition wan had. wheat very slow to sell, at
fts, per qr. reduction; red made 50s. to 5:11. ; and white, up
to M. per 501
CHICATTAFIRLD. —Show of wheat n. 4 large, and a languid
tone in the trade. Quotations were 44. per qr. in faesir
of purchasers. Whites nude do. to .. ; and reds, 50s. to
555. per sli stone.
GRANTIIAII.—A fair quantity:if wheat came to hand, and
the tone of the trade was Hat,'
.olderA having to suloilit to
a reduction of Is. per qr. to effect sales.
NOTTINGFIAM.—ModeraIe supply of wheat, much /if
which was out of conditsm, :odi the demand was Alipie,
prices receding :whicit IS. per ur. ; red, :Ai. to st.. ; white,
555. to Om. per :1; st.
SHREWatitlitr.—W hi at reced..l in valor about ni. lice
bushel, and the fincyt barley oniy realiatial
former rates.
WINCIIMITCII.—TIieni wax 4, g.,al attendance at our
market to-lay. F.nglish wheat supply almost nil, and
must he written Is. per or. them,: foreign alao Is. per
qr. lower than thi • day week. It atm, mid ma+ ndiir ale
at former rates. Mailed.. fa'r .Ir. lower.

CATTLE
I)ONCASTP.II.—OnIy a very Antall Anpply of hrtske„ and
few buyer.. prices were not quotahly different, the tone
of the trade ltein7, merely throughout. ?Aileh cow, anti
inralvers, 136 to 1:22: heifer... Cid to .05: barren Atoek,
£7 to .tlO ;smelting ealvee, tit. to ra.. a brad. An equally
entail supttlit if ,Itettp, and trade alnirnt nil. Prtres
unaltered. rattgiug fr int :Pk to 50s a kiwi.
Noawteir.— Vitt- ',how of -tore ratlitt. lhotine, dull,
and a clearaare culltl not lw mule, although prima were
reduced in many cages 10s, a head.
THE POLARIS PAPEDMON.
Captain Adams, of the Ihunlee whaler Art-tie, has
been preeente.l with 300 dollars by the American
Government for savitm the menibers nf the Polaris
expedition. The Arctic leates t'-11'y (Tuesday) for
lc, Newfound! d rAlti tithing. Alrielt. the Eskimo chief,
pee home 'th it. He han been presentel with a
Bil tie prin in the Eskimo language.

STRIKE OF NAIL MAKERS.
About one thoustand nail nuticesu have atnirk w.srk
a Bronssgrove in conssessuence of the molten+ having
given notice of(a re+lnction of 10 per cent, in wages+.

Here is our idea of a newspaper. Itds the preface
to an intereating little volume of some seventy pages,
printwl at era, which one of the paivenger-contributors
sent home fr.,in slelborne to a relative in England
It is entitled " The Nobraoh oeensi.ptl, published on
hoard the Sobraon during her outward voyage to
klelb woe. from October 7th to December 25th, 1875."
" A. a newspaper, it recognises no law hut that of its
nwn spasmodic existence, which is that it should appear
in pahlic whenever it feels Rn disposed. it has no great
cause a, heart. It does not care what Party is in. It
deals impartially with T, .ry, Liberal, and Re Heal. It
i means no offence, mil takes none. Fatuities who mad
Ihave their joke can apply within. Having no principles,
and thin appealing ti the majority of mankind, it
expricts to be liberally supported. All coneribotions
. thankfully received. N., questions asked. No explens-
Itions given. It has one principle, however. iust .01,. for
which it craves for-ivenew—good ruder.t. It never treads
1 on corns, except it finds them iiprawling allover the deck.
Its criticisms are friendly. It gives advice gratis, but
leaves the patient to apply it as he wilL"

With regard to the subject of perpetual perils' ms, we I
beg leave to ask, if anybody can tell no, who Sir
Thomas Chtrges was, that his heirs have, and still
enjoy, a pension of i. 1400 a year, granted by that
profligate and wicked King Charles if. We have
searched the voltune Macanly, treating f his
unworthy reign, index, text, and notes, but cannot
find the name of Clarges co much AA mentioned. Put
cw.sidering what a bad payma4er that king was, and
the art of services he was most ready to recompense.
"ne is tempted to ask "cm any villany be so dear,"
and to wink what special iniquity this worthy
knight may have committed to merit such prepostenms
payment. Ever since Priti, two hundred years and
three, has this pension been paid. 'nil why or
wherefore no one lersCand.. Who on earth are
the present re,civers? We hope that some inde.
pendent member of Parliament will have this matter
dug up ainl brought to light. We are sick of I liarler4
the Act-owl's grants and t.ensions to hi illegitimates
and others; away with them !

The Turks at Constantiteople seem to have recovered
from the ilionny with which, in spite of their affected
exultation, the departure of the Amba,sulors at first
filled them. A correspondent at Bern, write. :
" Midhat loudly and openly expremes his conviction
that Lord Salisbury will be ,list owed and will have
to withdraw from the Cabinet, onsted by the ascen-
dency of Isinl Beaconsfield, and that Russia, unea-y
at the attitude if Austri • and Germany and hopeless
of England's comperation or cordial support, will have
to retreat with disgrace frion the position in which the
hasty declarations of her Emperor and the ill,, .letnon
stratums of her mohilised armies have placed her. It
is this belief, traditional among the Turk., that the
secret of their strength lies in the discordant Councils
of Europe, confirmed in this instance by the disloyal
suirestions of European and especially of English
Tualophiles, that has baffled Mt the effort.s of the
P:euipotentiaries and miserably &lea' ed the purposeii
of the Conference."

DoRSET COUNTY liospyr sr- --The followin,. is the
report for the week ending February 14: In-patients
admitted, 4 ; dischargetl, 7 ; •er -patents admitte 1, 7 ;
discharged, 4 nevi !cuts. 2; • o•o. r _:etocies, 1; 1 :
in-p otients rod lug in the ''•••s, ital, 47 : • .11•1.•" i ;• s
remai ii i i •et the issoks, tS ; f..e
11r. W. V. 1. silt. woo •; ontrze •• the sys.dc.
Ems on. 4.%Z ...• t• • rf as.i lents .....c I,
received : John Hawkins, a onan Pease-loon., was
adnoitte.l Jason... v 31st Ilivin4 fr:vsured several ril's
by being kno-dced know,* by p ut+illg train whilst on
duty on the Great W. stern flahvay at Portlen.l. There
was also found, on a 'Mission, to e a perforation of
"nA long. He is iv w, ,nevert!lele4.. likely to recover.
—Samuel Bowen.% agesl It, P..rteshan, wool
admitted on Felortiory 2, loa. jug fallen from Ids cat
into Some ochin.•ri- whilst in charge sf hors. s keep-
ing it in !notion. On allicaission both legs were found
fractured below the knees besi le's several very severe
lacerated wounds. So far he is doing well, lout is in a
; very precarimrs stste. •
CoXIIITTED TO 'THE DoRRET CoUNTY Pingo
Assizra Thomas I/avis, stealing rabbit traps at
Wynford Eagle.--Harol but i.e: George Parker,
escaping from Milborne Reformatory and Henry
Turner, stealing boots at Briolport, 3 calendar months ;
Frederick Parsons, assault at Sherborne, 2 calendar
months; james Beale, Tom Pe:lemon Genr.:e
Hoddinott, John Gunnstrom, John Sprankling, John
Dennis, and James Meikelson, disobeying eomman.ls
on board ship at Weymouth, i; weeks ; Robert Hall,
drunkenness at Wimborne, Christian Ridout, leaving
child chargeable at Stn. minster Newton, Charles
Brown, assault at Sherliorne, William stealing
pork at Bridport, and Thomas Davis, poaching at
Maiden Newton, 1 ealendoir month ; George Lock,
stealing a carpenter's rule at Bea...hater, 1 calendar
month, and 5 years in a Reformatory School ;
Matthew Collins, stealing a screw wrench. at Chard-
stock, John Upshall, assaulting constable at Dor-
chester, Esau 1/unent, [smelting at Bucklanol Newton,
Joseph Hughes, misbehaviour in Blanolford Uni on, and
Adelaide Jeffery, drunkenness at Weymomth, 11 day:,;
John Bish.op. James Berry, Frederick Miles, and.hohn
Gilbert (!tork, smuggling at Weymouth, tined f 109
with: costs.

THE WE %THE R. —The following L tnr mete. rlial
report _

io.VCO
Date. 'b.... 'bent Ai
--
Jape.
2..11 fl I 4?. W Fine
45 31 • W Kan
31 42 49 %V SW Fine, rain
Feb. I 48 45 W Drizzling, rain, e1..u.1y
2 45 33 8W F..eiry, inlet
3 411 3i W Erie, Munn,
4 42 31 W NW Fine

W 40. State of

COUNTY PETTY SINSIONA, Saturday.—llefore Mr. B.
Williams, Mr. E. Pearce, Mr. A. flanks, Mr. G. O.
Churchill, :di. G. Warrey. and Mr. E. L. Kitelerdey.
Themax Dards wax summoned for trespassing in pursuit
St game, at Maiden Newton, on 1ar..1 the property ef Mr.
R. It Sherillan.—Savituel Trevett, a keeper ter Mr.
Sheridan, sail that on the 21st January, he was sent to
Maiden Newton copse to watch sonic traps. Between
seven and eiv.tht defendant Caine to them, and took a
rabbit out, put the traps on a hag. lie was gait* away
when witness went out to him. He viii "What's want,
I haven't retried away nothing," fuel witness said "No, I
am come to watch and see you don't carry away nothing."
Defendant it.,,, vrent away.—CrosA-examilied by Mr.
Howard : The trap woo set in the bounden' hedge.
Portlier cross-examined " Witnees said I spoke the truth,
I got nothing to ray to you." (Laughter.) Ile was sure
ilefenitint killed the tablet. He was about PiX
away from the first trap when witness spoke to and
about 15 yards (rem the stencil. Had not seen defendant
sincedill that ifinniing.—George Mayhew, another keeper,
sail that on the 20th January, he was Kent to watch in the
Maiden Newton reuse, and raw Davis rid como traps there.
He went home and mentioned it to Mr. Barrows ; and
witness with Trevett was afterward., sent to the corm,
tha the 21st about eizlit defendant came and took iii. n
rabbit and laid it on a log.—Cioss-exatninid : Defendant
asked him on the Sunday evening followinz if he sawhim
take away anything, mull witness replied "No, we were
there to as you did not take an ything."--lineil 20s, and
lis. costa . . .

It is announced that Mv—. Disraeli intends to make
a pageant of his elevation to the peerage as Earl of
Beaconsfield. Again manifesting that love cere-
nmnial which is one of the peculiar marks of his
character, he will on the evening of Febnutry Bth,
t,m-se down to the house of Loris to go through the
ordinary rites and ceremonies which are dear to
vanity, lie will be clad in the rites of an earl, and
will be escorted to the woolsack hy Barter King-ate
Arms and 'Black Rod. Before him n will march the
Earl of Shrewsbury. and Lord Derby, the two: oldest
earls in the peerage. The I hike of Norfolk, though a
Caths die, will staissl at his right hand, the Martinis of
Hertford on his left; and thus introduced to the
House by men f great families, he will on no knee
present his letters-patent to the Isortl Chancellor.
Then he in the earl's seat; and make tour 44
the House : after which he will assume the funetimus
of leader. At that in intent he will have reached the
hiAsest height of his ambition—will have taken Isis
place 311reer:, and been welcomed by, that aristoeracy
. which he had consistently sneered at and consistently
reverenced as the posses ors of wealth, till castles, and
, wide-stretching domains.

(kor, Wl4 intruinoned on remand for
threatening language to hi, master, Mr. IL 'antlers, of
loratin, and to show came why he should not be bound
over hi Lek:D.llm peace.—Mr. Howard prosecuted. and Mr.
Pope defenilM. —The evidence given on the last !marble,
and reported in them columns, was rea I over.—Mr.
8 Limiters 1100 soil he was still in bodily fear of the 11.1.11-
,lant.—Leteu.l.tut was hound over to loam the wsco for
three months in nee .nrety of £5. .

Mr. Tooth, who, it appears, began life and made
maney alt a sheep fanner in Australia, hag evidently
done wane strange thing.: in hit day. He has been
notorions in Ilia time, if not famous. According' to
the (llooecfitix Jooroal, he .e attended a high
elittreli in that city, and then heaile.l a procession
thren.;it the back streets, violently ringing a hell ache
went along. 'Phis was Frani-is Xin lees way of preach-
ing in South hells by 1.111111: a bell and preaching
itt Portinese to the Goa fishermen, who only under-
stool 'anarrse. Mr. Tooth, at leagt, hal. repeated
Xavier's Miracle et omverting people who did not
und, esjand a word of what he sail. It :I pity Mr.
T.s.th :lees mat join his brother, who b aetang as
Anglican chaplain at Stetena. and whose Ritual there
is so like the Homan that those wit:: attend his offices
say they cot see the difference.
Considerable pieparittions are being made at St.
Stephen's for Her Majesty's visit next Thlinslay.
The r w 0 of Stlte are to be laid nisei the throne to
save Her Majesty the trouble id. !icing 'equipped in
the Peers' pitting-room. We trust that the la Iy-111-
w:tiling or offi Cr of State, whoever it may he whose
dotty it 10t,.. put the cr.arn on her aueust head-cap,
will fasten it seciindv. Last time it w.aa within an
ace of tumbling off. We cannot afford any had
"MOM. Tue old State coach—par tie. State
co:telt—hi being re-furbished for the 'CL-aol in, UPI kV'.
1.), drawn, a iumal, by eight eream-coleure.l heroes.
The lumbering elil machine, almost the :lima:miens of
a :inn boat, is ite.re titan a hundrel years ..1.11, hut it
deesn't often eeme out of iloorrl, NO it May last several
I/Mildred Tear* more ; yet, until at last, like I taendell
Illelmes' Helicon's Shay,- which was c..n.tri keted if
equal durability in every part, it suddenly crumbles
into dust TWo dniwing-tooins next month in Buck-
ingham Palace and two levees at St Jame's' will
kee:: the aristocracy ii, go el Itiumiutu un.l fill London
pretty early In the seasott

Georg,' fotl, Ve:01 bleu summoned he Mr. Sinfiler.s
under the Masters' and Workmen.' Art for 211, eeelpeo,3-
tioll.—Mr. II owanl pros... Mot, :in.l Mr. Pope .I..felnied -
Mr Pope little roil a counter claim ..f nt. for wages:
and 3, 31. for mg.:N.—Mr. !Winders postured the e .n.
tract lietween himself find defendant and his arm. I.s.t
Thursda y neek defendant went to Dorchester, net
retunwil about three iichiek, telling witness lw ba.t taken
his horses out, witness olijeeted to his having done no, andi
defendant then threatened him, for which be was •
owned. lie Isad I into 113 work since, and witness hail to
put another 111311 on in his pin-u. Defendant was in ono
of his gotta,: s.—Cros--exannueil : Dgfenotant liad offered
hinibelf for work every morning up to the present
Witmoee ha.l lit .:iveti him :Anything to its, Ile hi.), not-
withstanding this, put niwther naimn on. —lt :-exantined :
The son diseharged himself on the Thursday night, and
be having :lone so it was no use to keep his
father on., Ile .lil not know the son came in hi hail his
father out on the Friillay.—J.6ll But, the bailiff for Mr.
Saunders, detailed the instructions given by liii,, 10
defendant on the .lay in question, and his retort. ahnit
three o'clock. Mr. Sammiero had had to put a loin 1.11 it
the place of defendant and hi: on:, WIPP Arlll Ih'ellitie I 3
CALL3e.—CrOWeN3ll.lillea: it., Iti,likot give Del man any
instructions st ben let ieturtnal. Defendant has pi e onto!
I rwlf every elOr ll itt g mitten. -Ito-sr trained: The 110(01.
dant John hail no liherty from kiln to stay away.
Pearce prov.l apprehen.ling prisoner mot bringing him to
Dorchester. On the way ha sant he would nee, .1..
illiUthOr stroke of work for Mr. Saunders. At the bottom
of Solith-street, iii the pro:once of re. Dealing, the son,
who had 3130 c..rie hi, said ho would not ito any other
wok for Mr. S tlawkra.—Mr. Pope . for the defence,
argued that the ca, iiiust fall through as tho defendant
was chsrged with having been drunk, whilst there WIVI not
a tittle nf evidence to prove that ho was so.—Mr.
Santole., re-called, said defendant, George G1...W.., was
drunk on the Thursday evening in questi in.—Mr. Pope
said he thought they 'gonad be able to arrange the matter,
and, Mr. Howard oini•urring, the contract visa dissolved,
and the cottage was ti he given up by next Saturday.
Both parties pahl their own costs, and the magistrates
waived the surety for keeping the peace, binding defen-
dant over in his own reeogniosnee.

There have Item two eases very lately of servant
girls meeting their deaths by falling from a window-
ledge when engaged in the dangerous practice of
window ..leaning from the outside. 'Me late Sir
Charles Burrell Meal it after scssi.si intosluewl A bill
to prohibit this practice, awl his protssatl V/AA always
laughed out of the House. lint really the prols,sition
was far from aleoird. More ridienlou. bills than this
would Le, are pcssed. owed hx, we
lare tol.l, ,in.l this, we suppose, is one of the little
things that are beneath the notice of our legislatoni.
A still less thug is orange peel on the pavement,
though death occasionally and severe bodily injury
often accrue from it. Legislation is not required to
remedy the latter evil, which is within the range of
hwal authorities; but it would certainly be well if Sir
charle.s Burrell had a Sllcce,..,r. In this respect
Dorchester may certainly set an exainple.

Thwarts Rendaft, l'elatilletown? was 14 ',Amu meLl for
not haring the hersei he war driving typler proper eel,
tral.-I'.C. W. l'earce prevol the ease. Re was driving to
DewliAla

VIiWM Ise met tip:

lone,' and

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brewery waggon, coming without • driver, there not
being rooni tor ham to pass. Ile 511.• defendant running
after them, :old :14..1 him hi., 1M14113, Whiell at fir.t he
refused to give, but afterwards he gave it al Itondall.—
Def.lll.lllt woo line.l6l. and ci!-S4, Itt. .

James Roper wee summoned fur being drunk at Ever.
shot of the 22nd of July.—lie admitted the offence, and
had to ti iy ss. ant costs.
Featherstone. who not put in an appearance,
was similarly sutummied.-11.S. Freeman provel the ewe,
and defendant MIS fuel ss. and cost,
nooses Richards and John Jamas were M 101111,4.4 for
connisittine a firtmeh of the pc., at richliehinton.—The
defendants admitted the offence. —Fined 61. each and the
costs. ha 6-1.-64. each.

Mr. Irving's impersonation of " Richard the Third"
is a success, anoPto be successful in that part is to
show oneself capable oof any histrionic greatness. Nor
is Mr. Irving by any means an "uhf stager," to use a
" Howkneyed" exp.-es...ion. He is a man who has
made himself known to the London world within a
very few years. He is now under 40 years of age.
From the age of ls to 24 he ondined himself entirely
to the Province", with the exceetion of a three months'
engagenc,nt at the Princess's, which sloes not appear
to have tonmeol out very well. After coming to town
he made no great hit until in 1070 he took the part of
" Digloy Grant" in the " Twelve Roses," which had a
run of 300 nights; and he can hardly be sail to have
occupied a ,first.class position in the dramatic world
until his appearance a+ "Hamlet" three years ago.
His rendering of the character of the " Prince of
Denmark" oliol not, however, meet with universal
acceptance. During some months it formed the
subject oof a somewhat acrimonious controversy among
play,ot rs. Dramatic criticism is much more inlaid+
mous in its commenolation oof Nlr. Irving's " Richard
the 'f hint." An excellent actor is boost by the death
oof Mr. SOHN an, who. by the way, was a musician
anol an artist as well ne an actor. The late Mrs.
Nloontagno. Williams (nt: Miss Keeley) hail a consider-
able reputalon on the stage. too, in her olay. her
husband was in the Caine line before he became a
barrister but never, we believe, played in London.
Charles Matthews Imo, a son at the criminal bar,
as well well at the Clerkenw ell Session,, and
the Bailey as Mr. Williams; and a son of Mr.
Tosole has jest entered as a student at the Temple.
Here is an..ther Lenningeh affair

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Joseph Stone Wai suturnoned to show cause why he
should not contribute to the support of his mti, Albert
Louis Stoll% an introve Millerne St. Andrew
Reformatory School. Ile woo convicted in Septeintrer
lost.—Mr. Sept. B itty supported the application. --
D•denditnt was a lisherrinn, aryl in the summer carried
plenty of money, and was now in the employ of Mr.
Keeping at 15e. a week.—Defenriant WWI toll he fermi
plenty of molmY to got drunk with. When this boy coms
mined the robbery for which he was now in the
reformatory he was drunk in one public-house and hit
wife in another. —The Bench mode an order for Is. a
week, to begin from the 15th of January I et.
Thomas Davis, defendant in a previous ease, WIN
charged with stealing two rabbit traps the property of
Mr. Sprake.—Mr. it. Lock prosecuted, and Mr. Howard
defereled,—Williare Churchill, in the employ of Mr.
John Smoke, rid a part of his duty was to trap rabbits.
The tram prod:reel were Mr. Sproke's, and he saw tip=
about it fortnight before the 211,11 December. They were
net on Mr. Sprake's ground. Ile missed them on the 28th
I/member. Ile saw nothing imam of them until Mr.
Sheridan's keepers brought thou to his house. They
missed 21 in all. He nee:nixed the three produced as
part of these lost —P.S. Freeman produced tti,, three
traps whieh hat been given Id,, by George Mayhew.
George Mayhew, a keeper for Mr. Sh-ridan, said on the
Rltli January, he sow defendant Pet the three traps
produced in Maiden Newton repo., and on the
Sunday morning he saw him take them up
Cross examined : Oa the Senday rimming he new him
take a rabbit out of one of the trop, but he did not touch
the other two. Ile went to the traps after defendant had
vet them hut did not examine or touch them. He was
not near the spot from about four to holfspant ten at
oi4hl.—Mr. Howard then addressed the Bench for the
defence. Defendant woo charged with stealing the traps,
but there was not a tittle rri evidence to show that the
traps the witness sow him set on the Saturday were the
three traps im tl mod. 1.1, net three traps, but the Witne,Li
never exammel these traps, awl knew not that they were
the three that the man set. Ile argued then it would ho
impoosible to prove a M., if lore mv, AIM no jury would
conviet mr suell evirlenoe.--11,fenrlant was then returnitted
fir trial.

"A Traveller" writeii to the Timr4:—"On Sun.lay I
pay:sen,r on board the Prince Comfort to Pty.le,
who we ol.erverl the Fire Queen, tender to the
Admiralty. approaelling MI our port side. 'She WM
Iliito.; for l'ortonontli harleinr, and as we were going
1.. Hyde,. apt., belittle it mull have
happened it tot, vewsels lcul kept their omen.: but, to
nor d ionav, we 1..11.4 lii,.' Fire Oueeti ativriug utraleht
tin, yiith the evideut intention of eroa..im: °or 1,,,wa A
~,!ii•ion WM' ',willed inevital.k. The mader of the
Pritive %Moot. wi., iwv, Iw:it bib pre.pwc of tuitpl,
sureee.l,l, It revewliiii.r the preVellting a
rataetr•lpict all danger was, "Vet' he
ohterved to me, with mottle Nairn..., that our
war, when together. sank each other, and that, therefore,
the email fry moult not complain if the cone fate betel
them."

QUARTERLY RETITIV.I or PARTIN,
DEATirm Am, MARRIAGES, IN
ENGLAND AND WAIE4.,

I Mrine the last I rerember ,marter there were 2 tr.,451
births tegistered, equal to an annual rate of 3.5 3 per
LOW. The ,fex proportion wan 103 boys to 100 girls.
The natural increase to the population in the last three
months of 1871 i, by excess of births over deaths, was
93,533. The actual increase was, however, affe,tei Iy
20,266 emigrants .4. British orhln. These included
14,376 Englilh, Sc tch, and 731 Irish.
Compared with the ws crags of 1/17345, the proportion
luring the last outer showed a decline of 36 per
cent. in England, 21 per cent. In Scotland, and 4.1 per
cent. in Ireland. DI these :91,2r1S emigrants 43 per
cent left for the United States, 39 per cent, for the
Australian colonies, 5 per cent. for British North
America, awl di per 'cut. for all other places. There
were 121,91r1 deaths in the last December quarter, and
equal to au annual rate of 20.0 pu. 1.000. Excepting
1845, the death rate was lower than that which
prevailed in the c wrest) niing perio 1 since 1517. The
deaths inclndsl 12,901 males and 52,0114 females. The
average number of paupers relieved on the laat Ity of
the week in the quarter was 1i.17,916.

We ahall hanlly regret hearing a one day td an occur-
rence that will catt,e the nation to aak itself why it hi
taxed f.w the sopport 1 aneh incompetent nolicaliea
it now AiipPl.rte•

DOROBRIITIR.

Tut: l'trrt. Pt lI:VE.—We are informed that the
Velerina7 Department of the Privy ('well has
issued a orcniar letter to all local with, through.
out the country, stating that there is reason to fear
that iiifs civil animals may have hecn !novel out of thl
metropolis liefore the recent stringent regnlations
canie int. force, and urging the importance of strict
inimiry ii.. tii the sanitary condition of the stock in
their respi,the districts. It kaleo reolminended tha
esinij,etant veterinary surgeons lie deputed to act in
this emergency, with full Ismer to order the immediate
slaughter id any animal affected with cattle plague.
1111..31.0fA11Y WWI/I IN ell IN.L —Oa Frislay,
e‘cuin meeting was held lu Nordington Schoolroom,
onnection with the mission of the Church
Missionary Society at Hawsehow, in China. ton.
'mete 1 by the Rev. G. E. Mosaic. A special local fund
in support of the mission was started in the year ISO,
and has been well attended since. The meeting on
Fria.), WWI largely attended. The Rev. G. E. 11Ioule
gave an interesting account of the work at liangehow,
if which a fuller report will appear in our next.
4:4 4s. was collected after the meeting.
Wrsigras MWTHODIATS —D,reAtster Circuit. We here
just closed our foreign mission account for the year 1576,
awl the following amounts hsve been raised (ris):—
Ibwehester. £l6 71. 54. ; Whitechureh. £l7 li. 3d. ;
Kingston. £l6 I Is. 61 : Here Regis, £4 ss. ; Martins.
town. et 3s. ; Maiden Newton, £2 16...80re
Heath, lie. 54. Tolpuddle,lll%. 61. ; Abbey Milton,
£2 17s. liroadmayne. gi Ise. ; Milborne, (L. um.
D„..1.),. ; ruddletrenthule, £2 7t. ; Stratton,
gi llt. loi ; Sydliug, £l. 12s. 104; Corns Abbas, XI 16.7.1;
Tineleton, ; Quirminster, 15s. 111. • Christmas
off„j„,s, £166.. 7J.; juvenile association, .i.ll On, ;
total, £ll2 Pk. ; being so inerease on the previous
ye-sr of £2 lib. SI. The missionary meetings have been
well attended. The friends in this circuit, notwithatend-
ine local effort& have not lost their love and sympathy for
foreign mission.

3nl (i)orehester). —Tuesday, 15th February, Lsth March,
12th April, 17th May, 14th June, 12th Judy, 9th August.
• 4'l; (Poole). —Friday, 2nd February, lard March, 13th
A; 14th May, 15th June, 13th July, Pith Anaust.
• 2 --The felloAhig aldition ii nadle 1,1
N 69, after "at tiu,s "insert "loay lie w.,rat open
wii!, 7. white wtintc,it fastenet with hint,
"

N. :I MI claimc ter armoureri' allowance and allow-
tor ce ancent are to be sent to the Ibljetaut by
the 15th ef March, 1q77.

By or.le ,r M
J. OCNT.ISATTEN.
in Pilli (the kituer) fteginient. Mint int Dur.ut Rine
Vuhluteer.,.
r, -23rd January, 1147.