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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-06-01

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Sendod to blows, and ended In bloody noses."

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
Sines the sailing of the last mail steauner the aloud
whia had long been gathering over the Basuto ccountry
has buret into a furious war between the Boers of the
Orange Free State and the Chief Moshesh. Sir
Greyy-has issued a proclamation declaring intllnTart
maintain a strict neutrality, and forbidding any Ceps
colonists to go beyond the colonial boundary for the per.
pose of engaging in thane hostilities several of the in.
hsbitants of the frontier districts' having, it appears,
asked his excellency's permission to cross over to the
Free States auistanoe. War was formally declared by
President Boshoff on the 19th of March, and the first
oollision book place on the 23rd, when a mounted fonts
of about 200 Boers, before sunrise, attacked the Basuto
town of Zevenfontein, and, although they met at first
with a spirited resistance, considering the suddenness of
the assault, drove the Baeutos out, pursuing them from
hill to bill for some distance, and capturing 3,000 head
of cattle, about the same number of sheep, and several
hundred horses. The sooounte which have reached the
colony are extremely vague, and, of course, one-sided,
being only the statements published in the Free State
paper. The number of Basutos engaged ii not stated,
bui 30 are said to have been killed, and the remainder
fled towards the main station of Mosesh. On the side
of the Boers, the loas was two men killed and several
wounded. Preparations were being made for • further
advanoe, and the whole Boer force when assembled
would amount to 1,600 men. Assistanos was also es.
pasted from the Boer Republic on the other side of the
Vaal River. On his side, Mosliesh, with the various
petty chiefs who make common causal with him, eau
muster, it is said, about 20,030 fighting men, of whom
more than half are mounted. His position at Thaba
Bogey) is one of great natural strength, and the contest
is thus likely to be a long and sanguinary one.
On Friday evening week a cask was washed ashore
near the lighthouse, which, on being opened, was found
to contain two dead bodies. On examination it appeared
that they were adult males, Chinese; one of them very
decently dressed, and both free from any marks of
injury or violenoe. The cask in which they were en.
closed WU seemingly of foreign make, it is thought
American; and it seems probable that the deoessed
were among the coolies on board a Yankee vessel which
was in Table Bay some short while ago, that they had
died at sea, that the captain had thrown them overboard
In this way to save the expense of burying them on
land, aooording to Apr port rardliions, and that Sr
had been washed ashbre by the late northerly gales. A
considerable quantity of salt was found in the cask. It
I, thought that from the manner in which one wcul
dressed that he was a person of some consequence. Both
the bodies were enclosed in matting, and were nearly
fresh. Cape Paper.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-06-01

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

THURSDAY, MAY, 27.—0n1y • limited supply of
beasts was on sale here, to-day, and all breeds moved off
steadily, et fully Mondsy's quotations. The show of
sheep was moderate, end the mutton trade ruled firm,
at very full prices. We had • good trade for lambs, at
full quotations, via., ss. gi. to 6s. Bd. per Sibs. There
was an improved demand for calves the supply of
which was limited—at 2d. per 81be. more money. The
top price was ss. 2d. per Blbs. Both pigs and milch
cows were unaltered in value.

Per 81h.. to sink the offal.
ern &Intr. bowels 3 otnB Pr. South Downs 4 4t04 6
Kee. quality, dn. 8 4 9 Largo Core...sive. 4 2 4 8
Prime large Ot 3 8 4 Prime small ditto 410 5 2
Ditto flouts, ko. 4 2 4 Large hogs 3 2 4 0
& Intr. sheop 3 2 3 Neat mml. porkers 4 6 4 4
Soo. quality do 3 8 4 Hook. °ales. (each) 18.. 23..
Pr. ors. wooll , 0 • Or. old ature pigs 1911. 224.
led eheep

NEWDATE AND LE,
The oupnliee of tneat
steady at full prieee.
Per 81112. by
a .1. 4. 4. d. .
Inferior bear— 210 1.4 2 latarlar mutton 9 Oh, 2
1111111 Ind 11111.1., 8 4 3 11 111.1.111nadItto 8 4 10
Primula...m.lllW ri 0 3 10 Prima ditto 4 0 4
Prlowoliall.lltdo 310 4 0 Veal
largo pork 3 0 3 3 Small pork

DENRA.LL MARKETS.
and trade generally

moderate,

tile carcase.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-06-01

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

TRZ GANZ LAWS nr IRZLAND.—A. GAMS Law Bill
for Ireland has been brought in by Mr. Btearne Ball
Miller, M.P., and Mr. Hans Hamilton, M.P. It pro-
fesses to consolidate and amend the game laws applicable
to the sister kingdom. Certain portions of absolete ate-
total are repealed, including one of the reign of Richard
11., one of .Edward IV., and one of William IfI„ of
"glorious, pious, and immortal memory." " Game" is
to be deemed to include hares, grouse, pheasants,
partridges, black game, quail, and the season for shoot-
ing the birds is defined. Possession of game is declared
illegal after ten days (in the ease of dealers), and after
40 days (in the case of other persons), from the close of
the season. The right of killing game, when reserved,
will appertain to the landlord exclusively, and these may
authonse others to kill it. The oolier in this ease

will be liable to a fine of £2, and also; -14 for every head
of game by him killed; se. per egg is the penalty for
destroying the eggs of game. From el to £5 is the
penalty for killing game without a certificate. Trespas-
sers in search of game may be fined, and if they refuse to
leave the premises arrested.
EXPORTS Or COAL. the year 1857 there were OR -
portefl from England to foreign countries and to the
oolonies, 8,737,718 tons of coals, cinders, and calm, be-
sides 84,092 tons of' patent fuel." 4,368,708 tons of
coal were brought into the port of London lade year,
coastwise and by inland navigation and land carriage.
The declared value of the coals exported last year was
0,210,861, and that of the patent fuel £53,437.
Ex PP N 66 Or PRINTING BLU 1-1100ICS. —The total oost
of printing the four volumes of the report of the evi-
dence taken by the Commissioners of Inquiry into En-
dowed Schools in Ireland amounting to £8,201, and the
weight of paper used in printing them was actually 34
SOUL 2,500 copies were delivered to the oomminonets
for gratuitous distribution by the late Lord Lieutenant.
A Treasury minute of the 10th of May ult., lays down
certain rules figr a more effectual check on this brrumb
of the public expenditure, the necessity for doing so
being rendered more apparent than over by the above
ad of act/sot/mom
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

THE WEST INDIAN MAUS

The Magdalena arrived at Southampton Friday morn-
ing with the West India, Pacific, and Mexican mails.
Her dates are :—Vera Cruz, Jan. 4; Havannah, 9th;
Jamaica, 12th; Demerara, 11th; Trinidad, 11th; St.
Thomas, 18th.
From Mexico we learn that the &ate of affairs was
deplorable. Vera Cruz and other parts were opposed to
the dictatorship of Cononfort, and a civil war appeared
inevitable. No ministry was formed. The British
chargé d'affaires did not join his colleagues in congratu-
lating the president, on account of the outrage on her
Majesty's legation in July last.
Five saloon servants belonging to the mail steamer
Thames were drowned by the upsetting of a boat at
Greytown.
The island of St. Vincent is healthy and the cane fields
give promise of a large crop, but the scarcity of labour is
severely felt at Trinidad, Barbadoes, and Demerara.
The weather is fine, and the condition of the crops most
satisfactory.
At Jamaica there has been & serious falling off in
staple exports, but there is a prospect of increased pro-
duction and remunerating prices.
From California we learn that the season Las been
wet, and the miners are expecting a rich harvest. The
large drain of gold for Eastern shipment has not been
felt at Francisco. Business has been dull. Gambling
is being put down. Walker, the filibuster, is not
thought of in California, and fighting men are looking
towards Utah for employment.
From Valparaiso we learn that trade had not suffered
through the European monetary panic. The silver and
copper mining interest is flourishing.
The diplomatic questions between the Chilian govern-
ment, and America and France, are not yet settled.
The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer
Vaddivis was lost, passengers and crew saved.
At Bolivia all was quiet. At Peru the government
and revolutioliary parties are remaining inactive wait-
ing for each other's attack
A grand ball was given at Aspinwall to Commo-
dore Poulding, who captured Walker the filebuster
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

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of her very intemperate and dissipated habits. A sh2l:.!
tune since, owing to her having squawked away "!*
furniture money, lie had an
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at:eaxye.cutiHonispwutife intols
promised
better for the future, and lie again made sip the home,
but she still continued her had habits, and on Tuesday
house,
took away some valuable articles and got drunk. As
she had not returned home he wished to know whether
he could not obtain protection under the new Act. Mr.
Tyrwhitt said the applicant had no occasion to live with
his wife unless he pleased, provided he allowed her
sufficient for her maintenance. He could sell or pawn
the things if he pleased, and if lie did he would be sure
to
that his wife could not take his property.—Mrs.
anbedba his
ve
Newdick, a schoolmistress, residing at 19, Gifford-street,
Caledonian-road, applied for an order under the 21st
clause of the new Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act,
to protect her property from her ht sband and his credi-
tors. The applicant stated that her husband left her
about four years and four mouths ago, and since then
she had neither seen nor heard anything of him. Pre-
vious to that period he had before deserted her for four
months. She did not know of any reason for his deser-
tion, except that he was a very unsettled young man.
Her husband, since he went away, bad not allowed her
anything, and all she had acquired was by her own in-
dustry in keeping a school. Mr. Tyrwhitt granted the
order as asked for, but said that it was proper to tell
the applicant that the husband might apply to have the
order upset, as he might say that fraud had been used
before the Court.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

IMXTRAORDINARY display of SECOND-
JLA HAND FURNITURE, covering a space of more
than 60,000 square feet.—J. DEN'F and Co., proprietors
of the Great Western Furniture Bazaar, 30, 31, 32, and
99, Crawford-street, Baker-street, beg most respectfully
to invite the attention of purchasers of any description
of FURNITURE, to their at present unrivalled stock'
consisting of entire suites of drawing, dining, and bed
room furniture, manufactured by the best houses in
London, which they have just purchased from several
noblemen and gentlemen leaving England, under such
circumstances as enable them to offer any portion at
less than one-third of its original cost. Every article
warranted, and the money returned if not approved of.
Principal entrant*, 99, Crawford-street, Baker-street.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

TO SOLICITOREI, AITCTIONEERS, AND
OTHERS.

ADVERTISERS will find the scale of charges
for public announcements in the Dorset County
Express extremely moderate, and under that of any
other Paper in this immediate district; while the circu•
lation is of that extensive character which renders this
Paper a medium for advertising inferior to none in the
oounty of Dorset. In cases of repeated insertions of the
same advertisement, contracts may be entered into at a
very reduced rate.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

iiii 51 1080! idi

(c) Met and mond class paavengers ran leave London at 8.0
lam, eo ea to proceed onwartbi by the 10.30 train from South-

utopian.
Thts train rune from Dorcheeter to Weymouth on
Thursday. and Sundays only.

SUNDAYS.
UP TRAINS. DOWN TRAINS.
Dorchester to London. London to Dorchester.
Clam. 1,2,3 Ik2 Mall Clam. 1,2,3 1,2,3 Nat
P.M. P.M.
WITMOUIT 6 0 120 950 Loudon .. 91)16 880
Dorchester 625 146 10 16 Southampton 7 0 145 12 6
Wareham 668 29610 46 PooleJunet. 656 540 2 5
Poole June 710 868 10 57 Wareham 10 0 55! 2 19
Southampt 930 6 0 130 Doacwurnis 11 0 426 9 5
London '1 36 910 430 Wormoure .. 11 26 6 0 325
• First - "mond clan passengers sill in London
at 12.60. ,t and second clam - • Waterloo
Bridge at

second

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Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH, Saturday.
The Union Steam Navigation Company's mail packet
Celt, Captain Brown, from Table Bay December 30, St.
Helena January 8, and Ascension January 12, arrived
this morning.
She brings in all 20 passengers, including, from Cape
Town, Lady Grey, wife of the Governor of the colony;
Mrs. Gray and family, Captain Noble, R. A., Captain
LIICB.B, 45th Regiment, and Captain Saxon; and from
St Helena, Dr. Gray, Bishop of Cape Town.
Maoomo, Vadanna, and Queslia, three noted Caffre
chiefs, are at present confined in the Cape Town Gaol.
Several others have been convicted and sentenced to
various terms of imprisonment. It appears that the
orders for the destruction of their cattle and for ab-
staining from the cultivation of the land were issued
with the expectation that it would spur the Caffres on
to make a desperate and successful asasult on the colony.
The orders were, however, not universally observed;
some were starving, while others were not. The tribes
were thus unexpectedly broken up, and the destitute
were scattered among the English and Fingoes in search
of food.

It is understood in the colony that the Cape squadron
is about to be reinforced, in consequence of the increase
of the slave trade, especially on the eastern coast.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

To the Editor of the Times.

Sir,—The high sense of honour which distinguishes
Lord Shaftesbury will, doubtless, induoe him to take
notice of the letter signed by "A. Lover of Truth," pub-
lished this day in the Times.
It is confidently denied by persons supposed to be
well-informed that Lady Canning ever wrote the state-
ment imputed to "the highest lady now in India."
It will therefore complete Lord Shaftesbury's answer
to "The Lover of Truth" if he will state by whom the
letter he read at Wintborne was written, to whom it
was addressed, and by whose authority it was quoted by
him.
I am, Sir, your obedient and humble servant,
A. LOVER OF ACCURACY.
Travellers', Feb. 2.

To ate Editor of the Times.
Sir,—Am appeal has hoes wade to me in the Times of
to-day that r should explain a statement in • speech I
delivered at Wimborne in October last.
Some time before I made the speech I had heard,
from a person in whom I had entire confidence, that
there was a letter, "from the highest lady now in India
describint that day by day ladies were coming into Cie
cutta, theft ears and their noses cut off and their eyes
put out."
In the heat of speaking I made reference to that
statement • and the report from which your first cor-
respondent', "A Lover of Truth," has quoted was, no
doubt, that which appeared in most papers. But in the
report printed in • separate form the words are not "g
saw,' but "I heard a letter"; and the history of the
change is this :—The editor of • °mart" paper, being
desirous to circulate the speech, sent me the slipe imme-
diately, with a request that I would make such altera-
tions as were necessary. The words! "I saw" I instantly
struck out and substituted 'heard" (it ought to have
been "heard of "), making the passage run thus, "I
heard of a letter from, dtc."
This was done, and the copy so corrected in
cdroulalation within • few days of the delivery of the
speech.
The disclaimer published by your correspondent "A
Lover of Accuracy" (which I now hear for the fint
time) is sufficient to prove that my informant was in
error, and, considering the delicacy of the evideme,
should, I confess, have acted more wisely had I uoa
Used it..
The remainder of the corrected passage rune—
" When I tell you that children of tender years were
put to death in cold blood." This statement is distinct
from the other, and was founded on evidence open to
every one and, so far as I know, never contradicted,
I have one,
me many letters revealing cases of still
greater atrocity ' • but the sufferers or their relatives
shrink from any disclosure of their wanes and circuin.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

LATEST PROVINCIAL MARKETS.

SounwErrow, Friday—Old wheat, £l2 Os. to
£l3 10s. ; new, £ll Os. to £130.. per load. Malting bar.
Icy, 38.. to 42..; grinding ditto, 28s. to 33e. Oats, 225.
to 30e. Beams, 425. to 525. Malt, 681. to 725. per qr.
Flour, 335. to 364. per sack.—We had • quiet market
to-day. Wheat sold at Is. per qr. decline. Barley a
slow sale, at barely late quotations. Oats without
change. Flower la. per sack lower.
WARMINSTER, Saturday, Feb. 6.—Wheat, 44,a. to
50e. (last week, 445. to 505.); new wheat, —s. to —s.
(last week, —a. to —s.) Barley, 325. to 41s. (last week.
324. to 425.); °Ate, 245. to 275. (last week, 255. to 28e.)
Beans, 445. to 52e. (last week, 444. to 525.) Peas,
to —s. Out week, to s.) 811.. loaf, ls. Od.—
There was a good supply. Wheat sold rather more
readily, and former rates were fully sustained. Business
in Lesley was dull, and prima from is. to 2s. per qr.
lower.

BRISTOL, Thuraday.-Wheat, old white, se. 3d. to 15e.
9d., old red, ss. OJ. to 15e. 93. per bushel; new white,
ss. Od. to ss. 64.; new red, ss. Od. to 6s. ; barley,
melting, 35e. Od. to 41e. Od. per qr. ; grinding, 265. Od.
to 295. Od.; oats, white feed, 225. Od. to 735. Od. per
qr.; black, 225. Od. to 23e. (Id.; oats, Irish, white,
24a. to 265. ; blank, 21a. to 00s. Od. ; beans,
English, old, 2.. Od. to 6s. per bush.; ditto new, se. Od.
to 65.; flour, English, best seconds, 325. to 355. per
sack-There was a moderate supply of English wheat
at to•day's market, which must be noted at a decline of
3.,. per. qr. since last Thursday. Barley, both malting
and grinding, fully is. lower. Oats 64. cheaper. Flour
a very dragging sale, at a decline of is. to 2s. per sack ;
best moon& ranging from 325. to 36e. per sack.

At the principal provincial corn markets on Saturday
lad there was • tolerably liberal supply of wheat, which
was mostly better in quality and condition. To effect
sales, a reduction had to be very genera fly imbmitted to
of from is. to 25. per quarter Barley mostly main-
tained its value, and oda and beans were in good de-
mand, both for seed and feeding purposes, and were
generally as dear u last week.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

AUSTRIA.

Shocks of earthquake are still felt in Hungary, and,
to judge by their effects, they are of some violence. A
handsome church, at a place called Vischnyove, is so
much injured that it hiui been closed, and will probably
be pulled down and rebuilt. The walls of several other
large buildings have been split from top to bottom; and
in one case • nobleman was obliged to quit his castle in
all haste, as it gave signs of an intention to tumble about
his ears. At Sillein, on the river Wasg, no fewer than
31 shocks were felt between the 15th and 24th of De-
cember. The people in Northern Hungary are of opinion
that a devil—not the Devil—comes down the chimneys,
and splits the walls and breaks the ceilings by kicks with
his hoof.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

FIIID&Ir, FEB. s.—To-day's market was very mode-
rately supplied with all breeds of beasts; nevertheless,
the beef trade ruled very inactive, at Monday's improve.
went in value. The show of sheep was limited. Most
breeds moved off slowly, but no actual change took
place in prioes. Calves were in short supply and mode.
rate request, on former terms. In pigs and milch cows
very little doing.
Per Bibs. to sink the offal.

Cm & intr. beasta 3 4t03 8 Pr. South Downs 4 10to5 2
See. quality, do. 3 8 4 0 Large core. mires 4 2 4 8
Prime large ozeo 4 2 4 4 Prime small ditto 4 10 5 2
Ditto Soots, &c. 4 8 4 8 Large hogs 8 2 4 0
Cr.. & intr. sheep 3 4 8 8 Nest smi. porkers 4 2 4
See. quality do. 310 4 0 Suck. calve. (each) 19s. 28s.
Pr. or.. w°°ll. 4 2 4 8 Qr. old store pigs 19s. 255.
led sheep ..
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

Armg nub Nag.

The following memorandum has been issued from the
Recruiting Department, Horse Guards, dated February
3 :—" With a view to further encourage recruiting Her
Majesty's Government has decided on raising the
bounty for all recruits enlisted on and after the sth
instant to £l3 and a free kit of necessaries on joining
their respective regiments or depots, which is to be ap-
propriated in the following manner until further orders

To THE RECRUIT.

£. s. d.
On being attested, in cash . . 0 2 6
On final approval by the inspecting field-
officer, in cash ... . ... 0 7 6
On joining his corps, in cash, without
deduction 2 10 0
3 0 0

Amount of bounty
and s free kit of necessaries.

" The other portions of the levy money to remain as
provided by the General Order No. 697, dated the 23rd
ult.

By command of his Royal Highness the General
Commanding-in-Chief.
"Cl. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General."

The Blenheim, 60, screw blockship, was taken into
dock at Portsmouth Friday to have her defects repaired.
Captain Francis Scot, C. 8., and his officers and crew are
berthed in the Meander while these repairs are in pro-
gress. .

THE H.lvEcocit MONUMENT.—A depution from the
Committee of the Havelock Memorial Fund had an
interview with Viscount Pahnerston last week, headed
by the Earl of Shaftesbury. The deputation requested
permission to have a site in Trafalgar-square set awl
for the purpose of the committe, with a view to the
erection of a monument to the gallant hero, Sir Henry
Havelock, the monument to be supported by a base
broad enough to record the names of the officers who
accompanied the deceased General along that 'path of
fire" which ended in the relief of Ca wnpore and Luck-
now, together with a full reference to the regiments so
honourably alissociated with those events. Lord
Palmerston replied to the deputation by expressing his
warm sympathy with the object of the committee, and
said that, although there were certain conventionalities
that prevented a definite reply to the request of the
committee at once, still he would confer with the pro-
per persons and communicate with the deputation in
two or three days. The deputation having acknow-
edged the satisfactory reception given to them by the
noble lord, retired.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

(LOCAL NEWS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4)

BLANDFORD.

PETTY SESSIONS, Saturday.—Present Lord Portman,
Sir J. J. Smith, Bart., J. J. Farquharson, W. P.
Okeden, Edward Castleman, Esqrs., and the Rev.
John Watts.

_
Wm. Denman, of Houghton, was brought up on a
charge of stealing a small loaf from Mr. Thomas New-
man, of that parish. The prisoner went to the prose-
cutor's shop and asked for 6 large loaves and the loan of
a basket to carry them home in. On receiving them he
put down some silver, and the prosecutor went into the
adjoining room to get change, when the prisoner imme-
diately took a 21b. loaf off the counter and put it into his
pocket. The prosecutor happened to miss it and com-
pelled the pnsouer to give it up. Sentenced to 2
months' hard labour.
George Vince and Frederick Wells (boys) both notori-
ous characters, were summoned for stealing wood, the
property of Lord Portman, and assaulting Robert
Wheeler, the Park-keeper. Fined Si. 3d. each, and
costs. In default committed for one month's hard la-
bour.

John Smith, landlord of the King's Arms, White-
church, was summoned by his wife, Susan Smith, for
an assault on the 28th of January. It appeared that
Smith came home the worse for liquor on that evening,
drew a glass of beer, drank it off, and then broke
the glass to pieces. He did the same with • second and
a third, and then drank off • glass of brandy and water
and served this glass the same. He then ordered his wife
to draw him • glass of beer, and on her declining he
knocked her down. The next day he turned her out of
the house and threatened to stab her. Fined £5 and
costs, and bound over to keep the peace for 6 months.
William White, of Hilton, was summoned by Priscilla
Heine for the support of her illegitimate child. The
silly fellow might as well have stayed at home and
saved the expenses, se to the surprise of the magistrates
he acknowledged the paternity, on which their worships
ordered him to pay is. 6d. per week.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

CONVICTS AND CONVICTED MISDEVEANANTS.—A re-
turn, moved for by Mr. Macartne7, M.P.. shows that
on the Ist of November (All Samts'-day), 1856, there
were 1,453 convicts and other prisoners in confinement
in the various criminal prisons of Ireland—viz., 860
males and 593 females. Of these 249 only were con-
victs. The entire cost of maintaining all convicts in
Ireland sentenced to transportation beyond the seas,
amounted in 1856 to £5,643, against £6,669 in 1855,
£6,850 in 1854, 25,369 in 1853, and £7,651 in 1852.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

London, yid
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Basingstoke
Salisbury.
Portsmouth
Southampton
Ringwood ..
Wimbonm
Poole
Wareham

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88611 8
810 11 0
80 10 80
827 11 44
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9801235
910 12 10
946 1235
1040 115
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Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

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A NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE

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Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

BRISTOL AND MMRIt.

The half-yearly accounts of this company to the 31st
of December last were submitted to the board Friday,
and the directors have decided on recommending to the
proprietors a dividend at the rate of per cent. per
annum.

RAILWAY THAFFIC RICILIPTEL —The traffic, returns of
railways in the United Kingdom published for the week
ending January 30 amounted to £392,410, and for the
corresponding week of 1857 to £397,290, showing •
decrease of £4,880. The Foos receipts of the eight rail-
ways having their termini in the metropolis amounted
to £182,218, and for the corresponding week of last year
to £164,614, showing a decrease of £2,398. The demeans
on the Eastern Counties Railway amounted to £1,187;
on the London and North-Western, to £3,911; and on
the London and South-Western, to £BOO ; total, £5,878.
But from this must be deducted £1,028, the increase
on the Great Northern; £1,448 on the Great Western;
£ll3 on the London and Blackwell; £1578 on the Lon-
don, Brighton, and South-Coast; and £ll3 on the
South-Esetern ; together, £3,280, leaving the decrees
as above, £2,398. The receipts on the other lines in
the United Kingdom amounted to £239,794, and forth.
corresponding period of 1857 to £232,878, showing a de-
crease of £2,482 in the receipts of those lines, which,
added to the decrease on the metropolitan lines, makes
the total decrease 24,880, as compared with the coma-
ponding week of 1857.

giro THII HON. EMIT INDIA COMPANT.II Clonimerelal Charter
rued, the supplies of Tea hare not NM of 0 reliable quality,
the Odors producers on the withdrawal cub. Tee Inspectors
from Canton, having mods up the low priced aorta to appear
like the beet. The most prevalent, sod ortarly the moat ob-
jeatlomble method adopted to sooomplig it, is the re of
powdered colour to the surface of the leaves, to hide the
withered sporran°e of the Aroma enthering, thus passing
Into the hands of the purthaesT 114•0131{0111 Tea,- brand of the
valuable spring kiode • all [MS rode to the profit of the
Chinese aad other built...Tilton. the Interese of the British
oonsumer. Roraima.. I 00. London, In order to avoid having
the withered Kra, find it needful to import Tea without the
usual powdered dolour on the Burger Their pure teas an sold
In packer by authorised Aganta in this loosUty, es 'dreamed
in our column.,

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LONDON MARKETS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

MARK-LANE, MONDAY, FEB. 8.

There was a good supply of wheat at market
to-clay, but prices were not lower.
Barley unaltered.
Oata sixpence cheaper.

Most of the cargoes off the coast are now
cleared off.

MET ROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

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MR. H. EDWARDS, Straxmos Damn,
SOUTHSTREET, DORCHESTER,
(Mudded by Kr. J. 7/00113,) at home daily from Ten
till Five o'clock.

Mr. H. E. attends personally at Weymouth every
Tuesday and Friday, by appointment, at the residences
of his patients, without extra charge. A notice per
post ensures an interview.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS

FRIDAY, FEB. s.—The supplies of meat were sesonably
good, and most kinds sold slowly, as follows
Per Sibs, by he carcase.
Inferior beet.. 2 10 to 3 2
3liddllng dltto.. 3 4 3 8
Prime large Otto 3 10 4 0
Prime small ditto 4 2 1 4
Largo pork ....3 2 310

Inferior mutton 3 to 3 6
Middling ditto 3 4 2
Prime ditto 4 4 8
Veal
Small pork
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

WOOL MARKET.

Fine qualities of home-grown wool have been in im-
proved request, at full quotations. In all other kinds,
notwithstanding the Liverpool wool sales have gone off
briskly on higher terms, scarcely any business is doing.
The supply on offer is still seasonably large.
Per pock of 2401b0.

lerres--Sotithdowo Hop EIS 0 to £l4 10
Do. lislicbred Hop
Do. Kent
Do. itouthdown Ewes and Wither IS 0 18 10
Do. Leicester ditto
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

LORD SHAFTESBURY'S FAMOUS SPEECH
AT WIMBORNE,
ON THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

The following correspondence has appeared within
the last few days in the Times newspaper, relative
to certain passages in his Lordship's eloquent Speech
touching upon the Indian atrocities. The "County
Paper" to which Lord Shaftesbury refers, and whose
report of the Speech his Lordship was good enough
to revise, was the Dorset County Express ; and we
may add that a great many copies of the Speech so
revised, and printed from the columns of the Express
in the form of a small pamphlet, have been eagerly
pun:land by the public, especially in the metropolis,
where oopies may still be had at the publishers,
Messrs. Nisbett and Co., Berncrestreet, London :
To the Editor of the Times.
Sir,—ln common, no doubt, with thousands of your
readers, I rose from the perusual of the letter of " Judex,"
in your paper of Friday last, with mingled feelings of
astonishment and thankfulnesaat finding • contradiction
so decided, and apparently so authoritative, to the
dreadful stories of Indian cruelty and outrage which
have for the lest five months filled the hearts and the
mouths of England.
Enough, it is true, remains to call forth compassion,
benevolence, indignation, each in due proportion, yet if
the statements of "Judea" be correct we are spared the
worst.

But now the question arises, "How is it that we have
been thus deluded ?" Every one, perhaps, is more or
less responsible in having handed to and fro stories for
which he had no sufficient authority. One instance,
however, occurs to me so signal of its kind that I
cannot but mill the public attention to the remembrance
of it.

—Ili" November last Lord Shaftesbury is reported to
have made the following statement in a speech at Willi-
borne :

.1 myself saw the other day a letter from the higheet lady
now In India, describing that, day by day, ladies were coming
Into Calcutta, their ears and their nosee cut off and their eyes
put out; that children of the tendereet years have been
reserved to be put to death under circumstances of the most
exquielte torture, &c."

We are now told by " Judex" that no such ease of
mutilation is to be found.
_ _

Is Lord Shaftesbury prepared still to maintain his
statement! If he is, he is bound to accept the challenge
of "Judea" and reiterate the frightful narrative. If he
is not, he is bound to withdraw an assertion which has
harrowed the feelings and excited the revengeful passions
of thousands, coming, as it does, avowedly with all the
authority of one who by his high connexions claims to
be near the source of correct information, and who by
his position as the head of a great religious party ought
to be especially careful not to deviate from accurate
truth nor needlessly to inflame uncharitableness, hatred,
and violence even against heathens.
I am your obedient servant,
A LOVER OF TRUTH.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

THE QUEEN AND HER PARLIAMENT.

Her Majesty the Queen received Addresses on the
Throne on Saturday from the House of Peers and the
House of Commons congratulating Her Majesty on the
nuptials of the Princess Royal with Prince Frederick
William of Prussia.

The Lord Chancellor arrived in state about 3 o'clock
from the House of Lords. His Lordship wore his gold
robe and was attended by his Principal Secretary, the
Hon. W. Spring Rice, the Pursebearer, Deputy-Sergeant-
at-Arms and Train-bearer.
. . . .

The feers accompanying the Address were the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, the Marquises of Winchester,
Exeter, and Westminster, Earls of Derby, Stanhope,
and Cawdor, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, Bishops of
Oxford, Bath and Wells, Carbide, London, St. Asaph,
Chichester, and St. David's, Lords Monteagle, Dungan.
non, Cremorne, Wensleydale, and Ebury, together with
several others.

ii;Thilieeiy. the Queen was conducted by the Marquis
of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain, to the Throne. His
Royal Highness the Prince Consort and his Royal High-
ness the Prinoe of Wales were on the Queen's left.
The Queen being seated the Peers were introduced,
and the Lord Chancellor, followed by the other Lord,
advanced until near the Sovereign, when the noble and
learned lord read the address of congratulation from the
House of Peers.

_
Her Majesty returned a most gracious answer, and
the deputation withdrew.
The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Com-
mons arrived in his state coach shortly before 3 o'clock.
Mr. Denison wore his gold robe, and was attended by
Lord Charles Russell, Sergeant-at-Arms; his Secretary,
the Hon. George Waldegrave ; and his Train-bearer.

. . - The right hon. gentleman wias followed by &numerous
body of members of the House of Commons, and the
deputation was conducted up the Grand Staircase into
the Promenade Gallery.
After the reception of the Peers, the House of Com-
mons was ushered to the presence of the Queen on the
Throne.

The Speaker advanced, supported on one aide by the
Right lion. B. Disraeli, and on the other by Lord
John Russell.
The Speaker read the Address of Congratulation from
the House of Commons.

The Queen returned a most gracious answer.
The members then withdrew from the Royal Presence.
The Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, and Viscount
Pahnerston had audiences of Her Majesty.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

Erabe anb eannntrce.

Pt/HOLZER' STEHLE IN BOOTH YOILILIOLTII.—AbOOt
300 of the workmen at the Hoyland and &sew iron-
works, near Barnsley, are on strike. &MO time sines
Measr• Dawes, the propnetors, notified to their mei
that, in consequence of the depressed otete of the iron
trade, a reduction of wages to the exteat of 10 per cent.
had become imperative. On the expiration of the
notice to the effect the puddlers refused to work at the
reduced terms. A few days since, however, they went
back to their employment, when they found • ',once
posted that a further reduction of 6d. per ton would
have to be aubmitted to. Thu they refused, and they
turned out again in • body. The effecta of the strike
are felt by the ironstone getters, and the colliers in the
district are only partially employed. The families of
the men out of work have suffered conaiderable priva-
tions, but there has not been any attempt at dinar.
bance.

Only two of the London joint stock banks have yet
announced any alteration in the rates of allowance for
deposits, viz., the London and County and Commercial.
The former, who previously allowed 3 per cent, for old
and 2 per cent, for new depoeits, have now adopted an
uniform rate of 2 per cent. The Commercial Bank allow
2i for old and 2 per cent, for new deposits.
The leading discount establishments continue to allow
per cent, on stuns previously lodged with.them, but
decline to take in froth loans at cell at • higher rate then
2 per cent.
The Bank of Prated& has reduced the rate of discount
to 4 per cent.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

4.; iltsbire.

Taovnuimax.—About twenty of the principal
farmers in this neighbourhood met at the George
Hotel, on the 25th ult., to inaugurate the New
Cattle Association, they have formed for protection
against pleuro-pneumonia, and also to celebrate the
marriage of the Princess Royal. Mr. John Steeds,
of Steeple Ashton Farm, presided, and Mr. J. G.
Foley, auctioneer, the secretary, filled the vice chair.
The usual loyal toasts were enthusiastically received,
but more especially that of the Princess Royal and
Prince Frederick, which elicited much cheering, and
many kindly feelings and expressions were manifested
for their future happiness. The committee and
officers of the society were toasted, and ably responded
and it was stated that, fortunately, not one case of
pleuro had broken out among the stock ot the
association, although the disease was close to many
of their farms. The vice chairman gave the toasts of
the great agricultural and manufacturing interests of
this country, and spoke at some length on the im-
possibility of either of these interests flourishing long
at the expense of the other, and showed that the
welfare and prosperity of both were identical. The
dinner was excellent, consisting of seven courses,
and was served by host Mandry, in his usual liberal
style.
CHIPPENHAM. —The marriage of the Princess
Royal was celebrated in this town by a ball, held at
the New Hall. on Monday, the 25th ult. There
were about 150 present, among whom were John
Neeld, Eati., M.P., and Colonel Boldero, M.P.
Dancing was kept up with spirit till past 4 o'clock
in the morning, when all separated highly gratified
with the evening's amusement. Great credit is due
to the Mayor' Jacob Phillips, Fag., for the excellent
arrangements that were made under his superin-
tendence. The band was supplied by Mr. Milsome,
of Bath. The union jack was hoisted on the church
tower, and the bells rang merry peals during the
day. The shops and places of business were closed
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
MALMESBORY. —The Russian gun was placed near
the Old Market-Cross on the 25th ult. A speech
was delivered on the occasion by T. Luce, Fsg.,
M.P., and the parties then adjourned to the George
Inn, where an excellent dinner was provided. In
the evening, a public ball was held at the King's
Arms Inn, in celebration of the marriage of the Pnn-
cess Royal, which was numerously attended.
MARLBOROUGH.—Ereetion of new Toll Bare.—
The various toll-bars which were decided upon at
the recent meeting of the Beckhatnpton Turnpike
Trust, were erected and used for the first time on
Monday the Tat inst. The one near Marlborough is
close by the Quaker's burial ground; two at Beck•
hampton on the Caine and Avebury roads; another
at Shepherd's Shore, on the Devizes road, and a fifth
on the Wronghton road.
WINTERBOURNE BASSETT. The Rev. Henry
Harris, 8.D., has been presented to the living of
this parish, by the President and Fellows of Mag-
dalen College, Oxford. The rectory is of the value
of .£634 per annum.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

SOUTHAMPTON.

TEE Mana—On Friday last the Magdalena
steamer, Captain Abbott, arrived with the West
India, Mexican, and Pacific mails. Her dates aro—
Vera Cruz, Jan. 4; Havannah, 9th; Greytown,
sth; Colon, 10th; Jamaica, 12th; Demerara, 1 lth ;
Trinidad, 11 th ; Barbadoes, 14th; and St. Thomas,
19th. The Magdalena brings the most valuable
freight sent home by any ship from the West Indies
for many years. Specie amounts to $2,223,893;
jewellery, &c., value 8,456 dols., 2,520 serous indigo,
631 serons cocoa, besides quantities of sarsaparilla,
cochineal, cigars, nuts, &c.

THE AUSTRALIAN MAIM—The Royal Mail Com-
pany's steamship Tamar, Captain Jellicoe, arrived
at Southampton on Saturday, with the heavy por-
tion of the mails from Australia, which, under the
new regulations adopted on this line, were all
sorted on board during the - from Alexandria.
_ _ . . _ - _ .
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

stances.
I

your obedient 'errant,

SHAFTE:I6BITRY.

Feb, 3.
Tote Editor of the Timts.
Sir.— I believe that whet Lord Shaftesbury listed at
Wimborne is truth. I kriow two ladies and one child
now in England—one lady Ws /oat kir nose and ears,
the other nose, ears, and lower lip;. the child is minus
feet and hands. Can it be that these ate the only suf-
ferers? It must be evident to every one why the above
and all others having been thus brutally used should
wish to live in privacy.
London, Feb. 4, AN EYE-Par:MS.

To the Editor of the Times.
Sir,—Lord Shaftesbury's prompt acknowledgment of*
his informant's error and of his own indiscretion in the
Times of yesterday will, I am ore, be gratefully hailed,
not only by all " lovers of truth" and of "accuracy,"
but by all who have a pleasure in believing that the
crimes or the sufferings of their fellow-creatures L.
, less than in "the hest" of speaking or hearing we had
believed them to be.
Isolated instances, like those mentioned by "
An
Eye-witness" in the Times of to-day may still be found,
and wherever they are found are deserving of our deep-
est commiseration. But we may now thankfully dismiss
from our imaginations the statement which produced
so profound an impression on the public that "the
highest lady now in India described that day by day
ladies were coming into Calcutta," in a state of mutila-
tion. We find, also, that the catalogue of atrocities
following upon this statement—which I will not now
shock your readers by repeating—rested Dot (as origi-
nally appeared) on her authority, but on Lord Shaftes-
bury's. We find, too, that in the place of "children putto
death under circumstances of the most c.rquisite torture,"
we are to read "children put to death in cold blood."
And we shall all do well, for the future, both in making
and on receiving statements on this painful subject, to
remember that there is a vast difference between "I
saw" and "I heard," and a still vaster difference
botwesin "I heard" and "1 heard of."
A LOVER OF MUTH.
Feb. 5.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

DEATH.

February 6, at Wiml;rn—e-,—ifiss Elizabeth Abbott,
aged 27, much respected.
February 6, at Blandford, Mr. James Soper.
February 4, at Dorchester, Emma, youngest daughter
of Mr. Edward Cross, of the Weymouth and Dorchester
Bank. _ _

February 4, at Warminster, Thomas Dredge, aged 84.
The deceased was one of the latest survivors of the
heroes who fought under Lord Howe at the memorable
naval engagement of the let of June, 1794.
February 4, at Warminster, Mr. John Hoyle, tailor.
February 4, after a protracted illness, Anne, the be-
loved wife of Mr. J. Ward, of Devizes, aged 53.
February 3, at Warminster, Sarah Welch, daughter
of the late Charles Welch, Esq., Evercreech, Somerset.
February 2, at Melbury Manor Farm, after a long and
painful illness, Mr. William Young, aged 62 years.
January 29, after a lingering illness at his residence,
Tower Cottage, Parkstone, James Bobbins, Esq., aged
75.

Theoember 2, 1857, Henry fl. Payne, Lieut. R.N., of
H.M.S. Hecate, Coast of Africa, the youngest son of the
late Admiral Charles Payne, of Weymouth.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

A N ACT OF GRATITUDE. —6, 000 Copies
.L 1 of a Medical Book for Gratuitous Cirimlation.—
GEORGE THOMAS, Esq., having been effectually
cured of a nervous debility, lou of memory, and dimness
sight, resulting from the early errors of youth, by
&lowing the instructions given in • Medical Work by
Physician, he considers it his duty, in gratitude to the
tither, and for the benefit of nervous sufferers, to pub-
' h the means used. He will therefore send free, to any
iofsi
dress, ins sealed envelope, on receipt of a directed
velope enclosing two stamps, to pre-pay portage, •
py of the medical work containing every information
iiired.—Address, G. THOMAS, Esq., Craven Ilona
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA.

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Berlin

1.
" Yesterday the Prince and Princess Frederick Wil-
liam of Prussia arrived safely M Potsdam, and were
enthusiastically received.
" All has gone off well."

the M itto. Lm.ou
the 29th, sailed from Malta at 7 p.m. the same day,
and stopped for health visit in Southampton Water
at 11.45 a.m. on the 6th instant. Her voyage from
Alexandria was thus completed in 10 days 23i hours
(including a stoppage at Malta of 8 hours 20 minutes),
and from Malta in 7 days 16f hours, being, we be-
lieve, the fastest passage on record. She experienced
fine weather throughout.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-09

BIRTHS.

February 4, at Salisbury Terrace, Dorchester, the
wife of Mr. Janson, of a daughter.
February 2, at Sutton Waldron Parsonage, the wife of
the Rev. S. Penrose Downing, of a son.
February 2, at Ideford Rectory, Chudleigh, the wife
of the Rev. J. Manley Hawker, of • daughter.
February 2, the wife of Mr. Luke Groves, High-East-
street, Dorchester, of • son.
January 31, the wife of the Rev. J. Hunt, vicar of
Fifehead Magdalen, of • son.

MARRIAGES.
February 4, at Ryde, by the Rev. Henry Morris,
Humphrey, fourth eon of W. B. Blackmore, Esq., of
Salisbury, to Harriet Isabella, youngest daughter of the
late Mr. James Webb, formerly of Rushmore-lodge,
Dorset.

-Fei;rua. ry 3, at St. Peter's Church, Shaftesbury, by the
Rev. J. P. Davidson, Edward, son of Mr. Charles
Bowren, postmaster of Shaftesbury, to Ellen Louisa,
second daughter of the late Mr. It. Buokland, of the
same place.
February 2, at Osmington Church, by the Rev. J.
Erasmus Phillips, curate of Wilton, assisted by the Rev.
W. Forbes Capel, the Rev. W. Francis Tregarthen, only
child of the late Hugh Tregarthen, Esq. of St. Agnes,
Scilly, to Harriet Fonblanque youngest daughter of the
Rev. Sir James E. Phillips, Bart., vioar of Osmington.
February 2, at Ashmore, by the Rev. T. E. Adams,
rector, Mr. H. Fancy, of Wareham, to Anne, eldest
daughter of Mr. Joseph Stainer of the above plaoe.
At Clifton Church, by licence, by the Rev. E. Streeten
Capt. J. M. Brewer, of Swansea, to Sarah, only surviv•
lug daughter of the late Mr. Trew, of Yeovil.