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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

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DOROHISTER.
LORD SHAFTESBURY.

It has been arranged that the presentation of the
freedom of Edinburgh to the Earl of Shaftesbury shalt
take place in the Free Church Amembly Hall on
Saturday, the 13th inst.

OVERSEERS.

At the Borough Court to-day (Monday) before the
Mayor (Dr. Aldridge) and Mr.,G. J. G. Gregory, the
following appointments of overseen for the various
parishes for the ensuing year were made :—Foao-
lams : Mr. Robert Hunt and Mr. S. A. Mania;
ST. Persa's : Mr. W. K. Loader and Mr. W. C.
Rains; Tenure : Mr. T. C. W Saunders and Mr.
J. Dibben ; Au 8•131111 : Mr. William Bartlett and
Mr. James RuamlL
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

CORK BUT.TEIL.

Ordinary : meenn4.7141.. : fourths, ;
fifth.. 53.. ;sith., Mk Mild eared : awanda,
Ibla. ; thirds, Is.. Faking in the market 287.

LATEST TE LEGA A MS.
THE EURYDICE.
The weather having moderated the operations at
the Eurydice wreck have been resumed, and the work
will continue thr mghout the night, if the weather
remains favourable,

MR. RUSKIN.
Mr. Raskin's condition still c,nitinuas such as to
cause consideraMe anzietY.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

PIIDDLETOWN.

A TIW days ago • rearvable trwirman in this village
was walking along the street, when a horse, that OMB being
driven in • dour:art just ahead. suddenly shied backyrarde,
knocking the man doom. The wheels passed neer both
Fortunately no hones were be,kett end beyond
LTA shock there doss not seem to have been much hurt
duos.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

THIS Ders MiLIFLIESTS.

MkRIC LAN-E.—Tau DAY.
Wheat closed firmly. Prime rani from lc to 28.
Per qr. dearer en the week. Barley, arm; Molting
shade higher, grinding, Is. better oo the week. Oat.:
rose Is, to 2s. Maim, lc per qr. Beans, pen, ma

ag7w."

MICTROPOLITAN CATTLE.—Tme DAY.
About 2.600 beasts were penned, inc'udiag 700
foreign, trade was quiet from 4a. 61. to 6e. IL About
10000 Awe. trade quiet at 54. IL to 7.. 4d Limb.,
di cakes. eL ed. ta es ed. Piga, 44. to
6.. pi gm- At Depdard taws was 160 beasts and
about 7.000 'beep.

DORCHESTER CATTLE MARKET.
Dia. T. KXIIOI.II FORTIUGHTLY BALL]
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•
At the Repository there wee again a largr supply of
borgad collie, but eh en were scarce. Milers .ind
el 'lac beet quality, £221 to £29 10e. ; second, £l4 10s.
to £I9 154- Barmen, a good supply and quiet
wide, made (min—first quality, £37 10r. to £42 per
pair ; second, 1:24 to £35 per pair, Vat beef. 14.. t
lle per soon. A very prime shorthorn bull, the
property of Mr. F. Pope, was sold to Mr. Chimed, for
£45 10e. A prime Devon bull the property of Mr
Rymer, Came, was purchased by Mr Short at £4l 10e.
Stock Bulls from £l6 6a. to En Mutton, short
supply, from 10d. to 11d. Fat Lentils, 38.1. 6d. to
41a. Very large attendance, considering the
weather. Brisk trade throughout, and meat all sold.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

LOST IN 1116..EII.RYDICIL

Arno.' tkr7-'y;;lje ;1;1041;;:i ; tel,. of the
Eiiry,lice were Mir following from this district:—
Charles Menial, ol Fulton or Charlestown, who is
nn0n,.,,,,d not out, by his (nerds hat by Mr. A. DBl2oill,
the Superintenient, and the teachers of the valuable
Sunday school carried on in that village. Mellish was a
premising scholar in Mr. Simon .1. Fowler's class for a
lone time.
woo= amyl Richard Coombe, of Weymouth. The
deceased WU formerly in the employ of Kt. Hutchings,
baiiketinaker, of St. Marywtreet, and we believe his
friends lived in St. Malilen-stt•et, He is also mourned
by • Sunday echool—St. Mary Melcombe Regis. He
was an ordinary seaman of the Ind clue.
R. Ws,t.. of Weymouth, whose sister lives near
Chvprlry S reet. He wee ordinary suawn.
ward Horns, of Melcomhe Regis. This young tuao's
mother and brothers live at Derby Wrest, the Park, and
the eon had attended St. John Suoday school. He
hail hero about three years in the Novy and was only in
his Mith year; he was in the starboard watch, which is
believed to have been below at the time of the accident,
the port watch being on deck. Although the mother has
other son, (one of whom Is with Mr. Hawley, grocer), she
looked forward to Edward's return with such expectation
u wakes her almost feel al if he were almost her only
stay. . . .

Eugene A. Horiwell, of Portland, wee ordinary let
clus seaman. His father is well known under-bill.
There is a little dould in this young man's case, as it Is
said he wAll sent for M days to Barbados* military prison
on DAceniber end, and it is not known whether he bad
rejoined the frigate.
George Symonds, of Weymouth. This has since been
made perhaps the saddest cue of aIL His parents live at
the Bidwell Tavern, Weymouth, and he area 521 years old.
He was • remarkably stout swimmer, and about Christ-
mas way nverbairil wito • rifle along from his neck and •
compere In bin band, and contrived to keep himself afloat
four boor*; but of course the water of the southern
latitudes whence the chip came was warm, and not to be
compared with the chilling waves that were struck by
to. enotronosll off the Worbt. Sere his bereaved
mother—he was • most dutiful eon and beloved by every.
body, and now 1 hare lost another son. Frank, 15 years
old, who was drowned about 10 o'clock the next day
(Monday) by being upset in a barge coming from Ports-
mouth to Portland.
Charles D.lOll, of Wyke, was about 19 or 20. His
' father, two brothers, awl two sister+, reside at Wylie-
Many other young men from this district were in
training or other ships, and there have been rumours of
several others being list from the town or villages round.
Requiries in some cases have proved that lads named
were in other ship*. We shall, however, give the friends
the melancholy satisfaction of publishing the names of
any others lost, if they will commtinicate them early
next week.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

Cuttings from die Counts.

Music AT Floms.H" To such base usages do we
come at las.."—Hutess (whispering to distinguished
amateur) : "I want por to sing next!" Distinguished
Amateur (whose voice is not quite what it used to be) :
"I thought I wasn't to sing till quite at the end!"
Hostess: "Yes—hut there are sot lea growls—and I
want some of the people to go!"
IrOcLAR 1101ZUULARITT. —Passenger (in burry):
"I. this train punc.ual r Porter : " Yessir, generally
a quarter lan hour late to a mioute r
" Lova WILL WIND OUT THZ WAT."—Mistress (who
does not allow "follower," in the house) : "Who is
that you were talking to in the kitchen, Mary ?—Oh,
but certainly did hear you talking to someone, —and
and I thought I heard, indstinct y, I admit, • man's
—" Mary (making a clean breast of it) "Well,
you see. Mum, me and my young man 'ave started •
tallyphone, .M'um—but he never comes nearer than
round the corner of the ext strut. Mum! I"

110116 THING LIB CH MNONS
Or, Ldjcllefilk bien garder..
hotnered enee Brlttatne.
W.lO with wte due mini,. •words,
White Wnifinuarded In the Commons,
And Str Olurleori 1. 1, Lwd.r

ENOUGH H4--.11- 4;;;I; -Fslsr...--:Studiows old
Didn't you ever read all about that great
plague in L ndon, dearie r Afectionate flusband:—
" No, nor I dotal want tow; baiut it enough to 'aye a
plague in my own hone.?"
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

THE LOSS OF THE EURYDICE.

larit Der. a etdimipati

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The Eirydice in safety had MN
With her llSiltS freight, Bermuda's fair land.
Atlanta's broad back right bravely she deft,
And gaily neared the longed for English strand.
Now "land ahead" from the topmast Is cried.
If.glend's bright garden In sunshine they see.
Three hundred Warta with clad t irobbings are loud
A. they think of their homes with rapturous glee
" Watch, in lower stividiug eel the cape shouts,
The sailors to their duty Ay when told;
For he and they have men those treadirous clouds
That darkly quickly, rise o'er Dunnage bold,
March's blinding snow sweep. in wilding mares
With thin, and sleet, and wind, in eddying rieffa
'Datum the open brows of thom frank sailor faces
And round our coast its chilly breath it dings.
" Come down, come down," the gallant captain cries
To those fine lads who try to reef the royal..
The wind grows fiercer, every halyard dies,
Bt still the cruel storm each effort foils.
She staggers, reels, bends before the bleat,
Then rights, and mourning that she cannot save—
That nature', stronger force prevails at last—
Proudly dives beneath the ocean wave.
All sudden came death's messenger, no warning
Told of his stealthy footsteps at their door,
Nu summons-cry was heard at early morning—
The 1.00 was past—at evening all 1/111.11 o'er.
The snow fell on, and 1111 a pure white pall
Drooped sadly o'er that awful watery grave,
Mourning, to atone for the loes of all
Thom sailor, drowned beneath the salt sea wave.
While underneath, like Elaine, barge, there lay,
Palltli all its length in blackest modem shade.
That human on the last great day
Those potent words "Aries ye dead' are said.
A bitter pang of grief and sorrow ki-en
Pierced every English home most piterimal
Lad toadied the brier heart of England', Queen—
And every heart—and this ere 'plaintiha
Polymnia. Melpomene
Musa, of Thought and Tragedy
0 now insets. poetic fire
To England'. sympathy.
Toll ye the bell, strike ye the koala.
Ring out our sorrow's cry
vtice magic spell, bravely they fell
Let not an eye be dry.
Friendly meetings, ktiPpy greetings,
Song hoped for, have become
Tearful weeping', great hesrt-siakings
In many, many a home.
The tale of woe, set hearts aglow
With deepest sympathy,
Why it was so. we cannot know,
'Ms hid in secrecy.
God only knows, when the wind blows
To work His groat design.
Let's not suppose, as do His low
That He is e'er unkind.
He greats His aid in the dark shads.
To save from hopelergrief,
The Joy may fade, sr* re not afraid
In Him to And relief.
Ye friend, of love, of sweetest charity
Remember now the broken heartailiziy ;
Let USSIIIM boarded treasure lie out
"Who eolith to the 9.0, lencleth to the Lord."
Of each poor little triAe that is given
Clod takes the record in the court of Heaven.
rank. Auz.v.
ft. Illexandra-terrace. Dwelmster.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

DORCEIEsTER sATURDAYB CORN
JIARICET.

The attendance at our market wu small, but trade
was active owing to the effirta of political excitement.
English wheat sold at about late rates and foreign
was plentiful. Malting barley was freely enquired
after; oats sobl at about &I. per qr. lest money ; beans
the same ea last week.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

SATURDAY'S MARKETS.
_

CAMBRIDGE.- There wm • Mira attendanoe at
market, but farmers were Ant noxious aellera. Wheat
waa in small aupply, aud realised 24. to 34. per qr. over
. laat vreyle. once,
cakucri rue. -The increasingly warlike wwet, a
Whirl haa hsi • del led effect upon the market, awl
prices rare from la. to 24. per qr. for wheat, while other
er. AMU.
GICA.NTHU I. -The demand for wheat was healthy.
and the .upply wet, veer wualL Holders very reluctant
Meal. even at • riot of 3e. per or.
NORWICH.-The present aspect of political affairs
melted much attention here. and wheat advanced 34. to
4a. par qr. Buyers, however, were not desirous of doing
much.
NOTTINGHAM -The supply of wheat wee moderato.
and the trade ruled firm at on advance of of 2t. to 34. per
qr. 'Whites made 544. to OW., and. reds 413.. tont. per 38
. .

—READING —There was a large attendance, but the
supply of wheat wa• aCanty. An active enquiry prevailed
for all cleamiptiona, but owing to the diaturhed state of
political alainc holders refused to esII, except at an
advance of fully 1.. per qr.
WARMlNSTER—Notwithstanding very unfavourable
weather (the anoestorm of th,• previous day having
blocked a good many country roads) there was • good
irrimlyt of corn and a large attendance at our market.
met an advance of 2.. per qr., and barley war la.
dearer. Other grain firm. Wheat, gs. to Mt pia qr. ;
barley 25. I. 50.. • oat*, el.. to 32,
WIN:HESTER:—A moderate supply of wheat at our
Dorn Exchange : the trade was excited. and from It to
3.. per qr. mire money was made. Barley Is. to ft. per
qr. dearer. Gate is. Flour. lf.a. to 4U per sera of MIN.
CATTLZ. .

DONCASTER. —Prices remained firm oa the whole.
and eamparativelr little business waa done in consequence,
NOR WICIi. —Trade ruled quiet at about last week's
. . . . .

.-145TTINGHA11.—Tbe trade was slow at about the
prices of last week. Calves were a smaller show. and
found buyers at about late rates,

ViHITECHAPEL
.HAY AND STRAW..

In consequence of the bad e-rets.therTy;siZr-tiai.there is
scarcely mottling at market The trade being
Quotstions are nrhoinallr unaltered. Prime clover, 100 a
to ling ; inferior. t .96a ; prime meadow hay, 196.. to
100 a ; inferior, 70s, to 00..; and straw, 445. to 50e. per
load.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL

Daring the week ending-March 28th, there have
been admitted :—ln.patients, 7; diecharged, 7; out-
patient" admitted,ll ; discharged, 4; emergencies, 0;
deaths, 0 :—ln.patient", in the hospital, 41; Out.
pents on the book., 216 ; casualties, 28; physician
for the week, DT. W. V. Lash ; surgeon for the wreak,
Mr. J. Good; house surgeon, Mr. Herbert J.
Capon.
The pati.nts in the hospital desire to thank Mrs.
and the Misses Urquhart, of Broadmayne, for their
kind present of a bouquet of primroses to each daring
the week.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

PIIDDL KTOWN.

thiThurkhy, 28!ii March, Mr. Egna.li Homer it.. a
lecture in the Congresatiimal Cmpel on "Pompeii,"
illuatratal with col wed diagrams, atio photographs, and
epecinsens of the lays and other troiight from
the ruin. by Mr. Homer. The R..y. W. k Kid, who
occupied the chair, moved a vote of thank. to Me. Homer
for his very interesting lecture, which was cordially
responded to by the audience.

ON MondeY. h March. Mr. J. D. Alford, of the
Western Temperance League, delivered an egoellent
lecture in the Schoolroom, the Rev. Myles in the chair.
The subject of the lecture wee " Home, bow It le mate
and how destroyed." Mr. Alford gave some very wive
counsels to the young men and women n the interesting
pinta o f courtship and marriage, shelving the Divine
ideal of what • wife and • husband aught ti be, and con.
eluding with some earnest warninsta against the nos of
intozieating liquor—that fiery serpent, to the charming
of which so many have list nod to their own ruin and the
ruin of their households. The above lecture was given in
connexion with the formation of • Rand of Hope for the
distrirt Thi. haa got • very lair start, 31 names baying
been given in before the eloee of the meeting. Tbe altg.
hag was eMeiently conducted by Mr. Holm. and • choir of
boys, with violin and harmonium arconteeoiment. After
• few remarks by the Rev. W. A. Kid, Puddietown, the
meeting separated.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

saquouce of the wooer ilvlair bin a sem days.
imprisonment The whams' entered the Ay, &Da
cut and 'lmbed the pig• whose dead bodies wars
found the next morning in • state defying deseoriPti'D•
The prisoners were found nat.,' and sentenced to are
years' penal servitude each. The Recorder spoke in
strong tiring of the dastardly act.
THE L&BOUICERS 1/I§riON.
The National Agricultural Labouren' Union have
reeolved to take • farm of 140 acres at Castle Wythani,
Lincolnshire, for co-operative farming. The capital
£l5OO is to be raised in El shared, wlikh will be
allotted only to members of the Union. Two hundred
and fifty shares will be purchased by the Union.

NON-FOLFILLMENT OF AN AGREEMENT.
At the Somerset Assizes on Friday. an acdon was
brim. ht by Elizabeth Sampson aasinst the "tomereet
and I korset Railway Company to recover MO daniagee
from the defendants, &Hegel to have been "1"ln" in
consequence of the non-fulfilment of an agreement
entered inio in 1857. when the lefenUnta laid d iwii a
line of railway through the plaintiff's land near Bath,
when they undertook to make • level crowing over the
line for the use of the plaintiff, as Well nil a cattle
creep under the line. The cattle creep had been made.
but it wee so small that two animals could not peas
there abreast, anil a. it was only els feet high it wow
imimetible for carte or waggon to pre dm nigh. Gon-
sequently the plalutire farm wart severed, and there
was no communication between the two p inmate of
the farm with the exception of the cattle creep. On
one dile of the railway there wee • good supply of
weter, but on the other side of the line there wait no
water, and the meadows on that aide suffered in icon.
sequence FneJu Its said there was &difficulty about
appropriating the damage, as the action was hr maid
by the reversion, and it was shown that the rent was
c intinued to be paid. He thought the plaintiff should
show that the selling value iif the id,rtl wan
detanioraied by the action of the iladeruta. He
suggeetel that the jury should re urn a vereict for a
'meted sum, reducib e to • nominal amount if the c qt.
tract was subs quaintly fulfilled rho jury ~turned •
verdict in favour of the plaintiff for £450, to be reduced
to £65 provided the agreement was carried out in
three months.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

LANGTON.

-
Mr. Thomas Stevens has neen nominatial MI a guardian
'or the poor for this parish, in the room of Mr. Bellamy.
On Wednesday M irch 20th a meeting was hell in the
Wesleyan chap.l to w,lcolue the R.v. .1. &muter, • well
known lecturer in that denon3ination. There was a good
attendance, Hr. Crocker, of Wareh.m, took the chair and
briefly introduced the rev. gentlemen. The subject was
"Roth" and for on, hour and • half the audience were
in at closely attentive. Hr. a...meter, said that the three
hillis IlocelmarY to thn student of the boost of Such were
the spirit of prayer, the knowledge of Eastern customb
especially those which pertained to marriage, and a purity
•if wind. There were two designs also evident in ita
structure. The first showed the genealogical lice and
tiow the Gentiles were linked on to the faintly of promise.
the second the influence of Memoir or the power
domestic piety. Upon this last the lecture ems based.
the speaker showed very interestingly and, at certain
pamages, eloquently, hew keine was the grand standard of
measurement. "Go to the kitchen when you want • wife."
lie believed a woinan's righta were to be toaster of home
and he didn't believe in a man's right to come drunk home
auti kick her out. The lecture then clove, ly deduced front
the language of Roth, the character of Naomi. Ile
a.lected N own' •4 • very fine specimen of God's people.
Fie then from the live great fact. recorded —two marriages
.nd three deaths—explained by a knewl-dge of the
n dines' customs, ho Naansi could affect Ruth with •
love for her nnither-in•la.v and her religion, by her aohriety
sod resignation. In B also we had a floe epecimen of
. gentleman. Mr. Bremter concluded his lecture with a
flowing peroration en krod word..—" DAVi•CoI harp still
ainaing, the devil out of the heart of Saul and all
sinner Hearty vows of thanks were accorded to the
lecturer and chairman. There was a large collection.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

CAN&

--
FTSOCiI Richard Hugh 11 .ur Suttee. gentleman, has
been appointed aecond Licut..n•nt of the Q.O.D.Y.C.

TOLPUODLI.
CR( )8S- KU IN LOV

At the Dorchester county petty sewdons, on Saw,
day, Mies %lazy Elizabeth Crone summoned Mr.
Dried% Way to show soine rea nfl. il he could, why he
ihouhi not bed. support a little Way cif whom he w .s
the father When the Cada waa called on, it en,.
announced that ltrish and Mary had made it up and
Were about to he married, c .ns-quently the &town
were not called upon to adjudicate. May their Ways
be happy and marked by hut few Crosses
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

WOLVES
_AND LAMBS.

TD the Chancery Dietaion on Nton,lay. Vice-
Chancellor Sir R hail before him the action of
Bherid 111 V. I &ker.

Thti was an action be the legal personal representa-
tive of a you..g min named J. II heridan, who, on
the security of a life estate to which he was heir,
obtairel !tali.. as advance: of In .ney. &mountaill
altogether to I:5.500, from the defendant, a money-
lender. In one instance tin: interest charged was 600
per cent.
111. Lordship said that if persona would charge
exorbitant inten.t the traneaction was liable to be
ripped up. There must be an account of the
advance.; and receipts of the defendant, and on the
money advanced he would be entitle to only 5 per
cent.
htr. Glasse, Q.(., Mr. Ifigzini, Q.C., Nfr. C.
Brown.. xed Me. Sturges appeared for the parties.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

'THE OLD SURREY Rust

The members of the Old Surrey Hunt dined
toucher on 1 hursday evening at the Greyhound
Hotel, Croyden. and entertained the farmers over
whose lands they ride. Alter dinner the farmers bore
testimony to the cars obeerysd by the bunt in " keep.
log furrow" when riding over growing crops, and
fully recognised the fact that if a byld sae a trifle cut
up occasionally, the fox waa primarily responsible.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

Yesterday (Monday) the Mayas and Mr. Gregory
had before them the adjourned case of Job Seek, of
Fordingtou, who at the last meeting was summoned
by Mr. T. A. Faeroe, the School A.ttendano• Officer,
for neglecting to obey an Of%let made upon him to
compel him to mend his son to schooL He then
' pleaded that he could not get the boy to attend, and
the case warn adjourned to see if he could be got into
an industrial school. During the last week Mr.
Syminds has communicate 1 with two or three
Moment schools, but it was found the terms in one
case were ton high, in another that the boy was not
old ..nough (10). Accordingly the magistrates said the
father seemed to try his beet to get him to school, and
although they did not like to punish him, yet if he
did not by some means or other comply with the
order they would be obliged to enforce the penalty.
The boy was also admoni,duel by the Mayor, and was
told that if he wa. found wandering about, instead of
being at school, the police would lock him up.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

Nara V. IS&

LONGBAZDY.

TexriaAncit Socirrr. —on Tuv.lay eveninit • capitol
Iseturs wee deilrered by Yr. J. Drewitt Alford of the
Weitern Temporal., Iracus. nid subject less, hone,
nos it le wade, and how destroyed In the coo:Lupines
oent of Ma lecture he gave a vivid description of the
inguence of bolus and it. earn:landings u on the yautir
sad it, elect in stamping their future course and
&exacter. Your pledges were taken.
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Fian.—About seven on Monday morning, a
coadtouse bdonging to Kr. Thomas dumpier, beker, of
this parish. was diacovered to be on dre. Several cotes
were somewhat burnt before they could be g.it out of tit
building. and the cowrbouee and a stable both of which
acre thauMed, were destroyed. The dwelling•house was
caved br stripping the tales from the roof and severing the
connecuon with the burning building. and a liberal use of
water of which there was • plentiful supply. The fire wall
caused by the depositing of some burning ashes near the
eowhousa
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

THZ WAR.

DEMANDED EXVITAION OF THE BRrr,su
FLEE I%

Cp::IITAKTINOPLIC, Wedne•44V.

M. N6lidoff ham addressed • note to the P-rte
demandinz the dismissal from Constantinople a the
English fleet. The Minister for Foreizn Affairs ham
immunicated this letter to Mr. Lai ani, sho, after
receiving the in.ttuctinns of the British Government,
replied that the English fleet would not kin! its
Dree.nt .nchnmge uotil after the ilepsrture of the
Russians from Constantinoide and its environs. The
reply f Mr. Layard was forwarded without remark
It k!. Nlidnt. . . .

......
The inhabitants of Constantinop'e dread the cones.
quence is war between 111/Mill and Eualand, they
think In such an event the ci'y is sure to stiffer very
greatly. They talk now ...sin of an offensive and
defensive allianc • between Turkey Anil ttus•ia, and it
is likely that in a few days we may hese in oillos a
Ministry altogether f .v..urwhie t Ruseia.
General Linatief h.s failed in hi. tnission t Vienna
and left here .tun-lay m,etlin. fir Ats Peterthur.:
whither he goes direc., and without calling at Berlin
He was sent to Vienna with -at powers to conclude
any arrangement, and could not accept tit.. Aust. ith
declarsti .ne d remise:mai He found t ',runt
Andrassy firm in declaring thet the provia on. of the
Treaty of ,an Stefano would not be reengnbe I by
Austria before they had received the mancti
Europe, and on his asking for further instructions
from home he was re-culled, as Prim, G trtsch ikoff
preferred to m .ke direct tile .raphic e.wurna,,k.tin.„
ti the Austrian Foreign Minister. He has learned
that England on I Anatria are of •-ne mind on
Eastern matters, but he sill ennaey t„ the
Russian Governintent the expression of Austria's
desire la a renewal .1 the negoti itiiins for
the assembling of a Congress to disunite the
Treaty. Irclior I. it I. already rumoured at Batlin that
Prince Gortschakoff hits told our representative at the
lineelan Court that he is quite ready to yield tir ths
demand of England that the whole of the Treaty
shall he aubmi•tea to the Congreas for discussion. In
Paris the result of mi -don is reaartleil as a hope-
ful Awn, and the Republiqut Francais( congratulate.
Austria on having at last taken an attitude which is
suitable to her interests 111111 her di.rnity. In the
Hungarian Parliament on Saturday there was a
debate on the situation, when much sympathy was
expressed for the position of England We do not
pet know the opinion of the Turkish Government on
the turn which events have taken, hot up to the close
of last week the official claws in Turkey seem to
have been daily growing 112.fe in favour of the closest
alliance with Russia, that beinz their only chance of
existence.
LATEST TELEGRAMS.

ALS' 4WD R lA, Monday.
Tbe Egyptian Minister .4 %V., is &ismt to set out
for Malta in order to confer with Lord Napier. who is
expected then.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

EAST KIIIIGET9S.

TIM little dam boast* of a whoal th,“ reqdres neither
certited master or mistress, t n blessed alth •
mint grant, grant, nor bored srith aoy of than borrible
examination day. Here might ba men Infanta from 9to
18 mouths' old as heti:my as the days are lone. &noels; no
care of trouble, only p rbsp.wishing that A B ,frei at the
bottom of the C. On mired ty lad, these little ones
through their mistress, Mrs. Orchard, after enisyia, a
gist march round the rusts, were regale,' silt! gilt.,
*.., and spent a happy afternoon in their cottage
whoa
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

THE NEW PRISONS' ACT.

I This Act came into operittloo—in—this— town and
throughout England to-day (Monday) when the whole
of the prisons, except those, 31 in number, which are
r to be discontinued under the order in Council, trill be
I vested in the Government, and be subjected to the
rules for management and discipline, as settled and
wroved by the Home Becretarv, under date of the
nth February last The only gaol to be "discontinued"
In Horde in the Portsmouth borough prison The
Portsmouth prisms's will henceforth be telteu to the
present conuty gaol at Winchester. It is rumoured
that Kr. Astrlige, the governor of the Portsmouth
gaol. who has held tills Delos for upwards of thirty
years, will pi, ibebly be transferred to the goventorahlp
of the borough gaol at floutharepton, obi, Mr. John
Brewer, whom renigeatiee, as is well known, has
been accepted for noses weeks, sad who holds office
only till the appointment of his suocemer. The only
other prison in this district which will be closed is
that at Poole, the prisosers front which borough
be provided for at the county gaol at
Altisowb no definite arrangements have been made,
It le Wieved that the majority of offenders In the
southern division of the county will be confined in the
Southampton prison to Um full stint at its scam.
=dation.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

CALLING OUT THE RESERVE.

_
When the Reserve veterans came up to-day (Mon-
day) to draw their pay the expression of each
countenance was more reserve-ed than before, upon
Quartermaster-Sergeant Lydon telling them the
Government h 4 sent iustructions they were not to
receive their money until they were called out,
which would probably be within the night—
withfor three days notice The line, we understand,
will muster at Weymouth, and the Artillery will
have to go to Woolwich. The news in to-day's papers,
that Rel•LII had caved in and would swede to the
demands of England. when it became known, induced
a livelier spirit, and a oonaiderable change in the
previous fashion of wearing mouths.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

SOUTH SHROPHRE RoUNDS.

Mr. fib-tton—HarrOp has agree! to continue to hunt
the South Shropeliire country, provided kennels and
stabling are found for him.
SONG-BIRD POACHERS.
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_
The London birdcatchers are busy in their pre-
feardonal vocation nettimr and trapping e mg-birds in
the subu,ban districts of Middlesex and Surrey wi h
Impunity. The Wild Birds Protection Ant of 1872
does not include linnets, blackbirds. and thrushes In
the schedule of birds which have immunity during the
close 14A1.11. The Act comes into operation on the
15th of March, and taws small bird poachers evade
the Act under the pretence of catching birds not
enumerated in the Act, but catch all song and other
birds they can pt into their nets.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

THE SNOW STORMS.

The snow atoms of Thursday night and Friday, of
which wit had a unxiersta sample in these parts, Deem
to haws been very severe further up the oountry.
_ .

In Dorchester the only inconveniences felt were
those generally atteodaot upon such weather.
Trays Hug was bad both for man and boast, and in
seme parts the drifts had made it worse. On Ridg-
wey-hM it had drifted to the depth of several feet,
and • brewers waggon from Weymon -h. which essayed
to rooks the plumage to D echester, had to be dug out.
The Bridpurt amfl cart was also unable to run.

One of the packet boata of the Loudon, Chatham,
rad Dover Railway was lost daring it. passage across
the ChaaiseL All ttrads.were.saved.

Snow commenced to fall in London early on Friday
morning No more mi.erable and trying weather has
been experience' in the nistrypolis during the wintm
j at closing.
Much snow fell In the extensive district embracing
West Middlesex, West Hens, and South Bucks, and
communication was interfered with.
MIS • heavy fall of snow at Windsor. By
10 o'clock the roof . of the Castle towers and house.
lathe Royal borough, as well as the streets and rustle,
wore covered with snow to the depth of several

A beavy4 prevailed at Dover daring the whole of
Thursday t with unabated fury. Wind blew about
east end sou and set in with great violence against
the Inner elde of the Admiralty Pier. About eleven
o'aloek the Schrabster, a screw steamer, Captain
Olden Power, bound from Calais to London, unladen,
was making for Dover Harbour shelter wises she
became unmanageable and drifted against the
Admisp4.l Pier. Through the bravery of some men
on the pier ropes were thrown to the crew,
nine in number,
_who were able to reach them, and
Wen speedily hauled ashore and removed to the
Bailors %MN, three of them being slightly injtued.
The vessel drifted on to the stone groyne directly, and
In lese than eve minutes after the crew were saved she
had gone to the bottom. 13verything was done to
owe the vowel It is mated that about R:100 in mosey
has gone down with her.
During a strew gale from the &NA, and in a
heavy ma, the harp Star of Pesos, of Loudon, Cusick
waiter t 88 toss, bound to London with a cargo of
mineral waters, drove ashore in Palms!' Bay. The
Bradford lifeboat proceeded to the wreck, and saved
Lb ree rasa.
_ . .

-6;rlod t; tits snowstorm and driving wind Ms roads
in the vichtity of rariboroock wen blocked up by
hums' drift 6a tea ft Mb. Ma deoP. 1O
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

agricultural firms.

AN EPIDEMIC A MONG4T FISH.
A remarkable fatality ham befallen the salaam in
the rivers of Cumberlead and Westmoreland. A
week or two coo large numbses of salmon were found
dead on the banks or timing on the surfea of the - --
river Kent, end thotbdt p Imning was suspected, the The Judicial Committee have dissalased the avail of
riser watchers have been unable to find any trace of the Rm. J. Marriner against the detisioa of the Dean of
pollution, either wilful or ami.kntal. Tits bead and Arches in his suit whist the Bishop of Bath and Wells,
and tall first, and gradually the whole body is attacked The Committee held that charged of drankennees had beim
by a dirndls which appears to eat away the flesh, establi.hal against Kr. Merriam% and that the Bishop
turning it white, and giving the fiesh the apriaranse wax Justified in refusing to admit him to a living white
of being affected with Wray. Such fbh ars entirely he had purchased in Somerset
unfit f or food. Correspondent, describe
Fin- tritarric Firs on PAWS° 81CILlicse
them 44 ewteie teethed of cure haa been discerned for this dile
leaping out of the water, as 11 10 pain sad in frantic yearn, romp/aim by a physician, who is desirous that
efforts to escape • some return to the sea, but many au sufferers may Inman from this providential discovery ;
perish la their atthcapta to reach the salt water. The it is them known to fail, and will care the most bonder
salaam caught in the mtuary are not diseased in this caes after all other means More been tried. Full particulars
way, and, as the epidemic is said ti be spreading to will Moment bypost to any pence frse of theme—Address
the trout, it woubi appear that pm pecull eon. r. Wituarelfi. Oxford Terrace. Hyde Park. Loudon.
&ion lath, limb wai.r Is dee cue. of the ire:whew, HOLLOWAT'S PILLS LXD OISTIIIINT. —During piercing
phenomena. winds and exceseivis variations of temperature ever,' one
ia more or km liable to internal and external dimes
A BRUTAL REVENGE. Threat, Ussr, bowels, kidiwys, sad skins all suffer in borne
A most horrible mat of barbarity was heard at the degree, and may he relieved be rubbing In this Oatmeett
hotiarte.: seethes Shrewsbury. Daniel Corbett and sided by proper dame of the Pills, for administering which
Pr". were iadicted, at the instaans f,rU diem-toes accompany oath box- in truth, "7 on.
01 I" hk.CiitY far the Prevention of enmity to who thee mighlcgsrierarders Holloway's "instructions will.
Animals, for mutilatiag, in a Maud manase, three in remedying exchaufs tbs /6631" la him far
valuable limp pigs, worth CIO, by cuttiag out auee the the profit of • • too. Al bronchial. palsionall_ _and
swede a ene 'cabbie( aathes ptwies with throat disoeders require that the Oddment Should be
ammo kid., awl of the fees et wed. therteekly wsil rubbed epos the skin twice ledth with
of a• rims.' 'Wed tin &ea 4••• I. re; gr." milis2/IF' c", 11." 6.4 lwaie Pr.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

THE Ii&ILITIA.

The recroita muttered to-day (?doaday), 181 being
the number to put In an appearance. They answered
well to the call.

AT 71111 Borough Polioe-ootart this (Monday) morn-
ing, before Mr. Gregory, Aiwa Leap, of Win(rith,
was charged on his own confession with being a
deserter. He joined in 72, and had served no training
whatever. He gave himself up this morning to the
If ilitia authorities at the Barracks, alleging he had
been away in the North and had not been able to
muster sufflaient money towing him down. He was
remanded till to-morrow gpseday.)
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-02

WASTE.

Whether we look chiefly at cattle-feeding, or at !
arable husbandry, every thou.htful man must agree
that in the saving of waste now lies the whole future
of farming. The time which has long gone by with
manufacturers now fame the farmer —the point, that
is, at which be finds practically, whether or not he
sees as yet clearly, that hie old, rough, wasteful
methodic an no longer yield • profit to him. Stich
figures as our correspondent brings forward. after all
that may be said smiled them prove in the main to
demonstration that very much valuable matter pro-
duces no result whatever. That will appear still
more clearly in proportion as science shall teach us the
actual value as distinct from the merely chemical
composition of various substances; but such knovriedge
is fan accumulating every day. The misfortune,
however, is that it is even yet generally despised, and
the figures our best chemists give us are sneered at as
"mere theory" by men who falsely call themselves
" practical;" whereas they form the very foundations
of the new and better practice which has yet to come.
The farmers will not Where that certam quantities,
properly utilised, are capable od producing certain
results, say more than a Cornish miner so many years
ago would have believed that an engine of • given
power could be worked at the present expenditure of
coal, as is now done every day. While a farmer feels
this, he will, of course, make no effort to obtain
results which he does not believe in. Hence it is that
such analyses of actual practice as we publish to-dAy
are of value. Slow as he is to learn such truths, it
may arouse even a farmer's attention to be shown that
a•' practical" man has been giving his catie—if we
are to accept his figures as real—considerably more
than twice as much food as they can possibly consume-
-Prom the" Lire Stock Jeto-tetti."
LONGSVI I Y OF THE CANARY.
How long does the canary of our cages live? One
in the writer's possession has sung cheerily to him at
intervals for over ten years, and is now once more in
full gong. He has been • bachelor all hi. life, and
time after time has drooped. had fits, and his singing
days have seemed to be over ; bet—here is a hint for
canary keep..,, old though the prescription is—be has
always been held lightly in the hand, and immersed,
all WI hit heed, in warm water, apparently enjoying
,It, and afterwards placed upon a perch near • fire. l'he
result has isormiably been the rams; Richard or
Dicker has been himself again, and, saving for the
loss of title toe, caused by obstreperous behaviour while
having his nails trimmed he might he taken for a two-
year-old.—G. lii. F.—Penis as "Lees Stock 1001.114 i."