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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

SATURDAY'S MARKETS.
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BATH.—At our market to-diy there wee a good atten-
dance. English whose was in fair tupply ; fine qualities
sold readily at last week's peicet, whilot demo and
inferior sold ..lowly at termer quotation.. Flour arm.
SIIEPTON MALLET. FRIDAY.— Wheat, Be. to ;
barley. eqa to ; nate, 24e. to 30a. becni. 42e. to 54..54..
peaa. 100. 1n414.. per qr. ; Boor. 31e. to33e. per sack. Beef.
11. WI. to 14. nor score mutton. 60 to Ili 1. per lb.
GLOUCBSTER. —At our market there was • smaller
supply of &saheb wheat on oetr,and the best samples main-
tained previous valuee. Foreign slow at 61. to to. pig qr.
Mrirr qod grodlng barley 64. per quarter
cheaper. 014 Oflis firm ; new very quiet
TAUNTON. —Mere was a large attendance at the corn
market. Trade was very slow, and there was an almost
general reduct,on in prior. English wheat was down
per qr. on the week. Malting barley unaltered; grinding
Is. per qr. lower. Males 61 and beans Is. per qr. cheaper.
Flour. 31a per rack.
WARMENSTEFL—There wee a plentiful supply of new
wheat, which was easier to purchase. Old wheat Arm at
a trifling advance. Barley firm at last week's price.; a
good sample was sold at 50s. Vetches were hi. per sock
cheaper. In other grain there was no alteration.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

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Whit a funny or fooliali:it matters little which—
petition we had before us just now. It reads se
follows :—" To the Public Benefactor, of Swansea.
We the undersigned, ratepayers and dwellen beyond
your office, are deeply grieved to hear that your lan
chairman will be from home during the greater part of
the next twelvemonths, and that consequently but one
of kis lamps will be needed, therefore If you can find
your way (of an evening) pad Ivy Cottage, you win
wine= our sorrow and state of darkness in which
we constantly abide. May it please you, honourable
benefactors, to borrow from those regions below yam
that disussd lamp for our enlightenment, etc., etc."
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Commend me to things •Ocient. The LB. doth dig
• well. Well, well They do mean well, though
somebody is pure to grumble. Still there seems some
frolic and some °maroon sense in these objections. The
L.B. (fearing if they dug • well so near the schools the
children would fall in and fill it, and trembling at the
thought of the office besieged by angry mothers), in
their extreme caution ordered the erection of • board-
ing, slightly lower than the tower of BabeL Bat, to
save timber or- well, something—the planks have beat
kept asunder, and—who would have thought It, Lo I—
• Jacob's ladder, up which the little angels hourly
ascend to peep oyez the church.tower.

—: 0 :
Stay, is it • well or • oess-pool they are making!
At preeent a Swansea newer—which nobody needs to
be told is one with open or no jointa—loaka just above
the hole. Hadn't the LB. better put a drain -pipe
along before the spring in need?
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When this is finished the inhabitants will no doubt
endeavour to get another policeman, for children will
come "bounding nut of school "so thirsty. It will
hardly be safe to allow the neighbouring shop-keepers
to use the whip, someone with • belt, cane, or at lead*
buttons, will be absolutely neoary. Then a new
bye-law will have to be passed by the Protestant mem-
bers of the L. 8., to the effect that "No water must he
drawn here during the hours of Divine Service." The
other little difficulty of giving up the public right to
the alley, at the back of the blacksmith's, will no doubt
be tided over, if sufficient laid is thrown into the
pablic rood.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

DORCHESTER SATURDAY'S CORN
MARKET.

At the Corn Exchange there was a smaller inWy
of wheat, and the beet qualities *old freely MLA'
rates. The quotations ranged from 40s. to 4k. per
• qr. There was • larger supply of barley, and the
demand was good, the quotations being from 38.. to
48.. per or. Oats sold at Is. per qr. advance.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

DEATH OF LORD CHELMSFORD.

The death of Lord Chelmsford, ex-Lord Chancellor
of England, occurred in London on Saturday. The
late nobleman was only surviving eon of the late
Charles Theodor, Req., collector of customs in the
island of St. Vincent, and nephew of Captain Sir
Frederick Tbesiger (who was A.D.C. to Nelson at
Copenhagen), born in London in 1794, entered the
Royal Navy as a midshipman at an early age, and
served at Copenhagen in 1807. He quitted the eervioa
after the destruction of his father's property in the
West Indies. and having entered as a student in
Gray's Inn, was called to the bar in 1818. For some
years he went the Home circuit, ,d which he became
the leader, lie was made a King's Counsel in 1834,
and having in 1840 been returned to Parliament in the
Conservative interest for Woodstock, was appointed
Solicitor-General by Sir 11 Peel 1. 1844, and
in 1845. to the Attorney-Generalship, whichheld
till the retirement of the Peel administration in 1846.
This post he resumed under Lord Derby's first
administration in 1852. He represented A.bingrion in
the House of Commons from 1844 to 1832, and Stam-
ford from 1852 till his elevation to the Lord Chancellor-
ship, with a Peerage, in Lord Derby's second adminis-
tration in 1858. Lord Chelmsford, who retired with
his colleagues in 1838, was re-appointed Lord
Chancellor in Lord Derby's third administration, July
9th, nee, and held that position till February, 1868.
Him successor is Brigadier General Theriger, now al
the Cape, who woe born in 1897.

Edward Davis. eldest son of Mr. H. Davbuilder and
contractor. of Taunton. was taken to the Taunton and
Somerset Hospital on Friday night, it being =tressed
that he had taken • large quantity of laadaestre. He
was drinking in • public-beans when he produced • bottle
esseteMug a quantity of that drug, and esia that he had
drunkest= of it and intended evrallowir.e the remainder.
He died in • few hours altar be •,ree received ints the
havitaL An bequest will be =Pt.
EMI'S Ociocia.--Giluairr„ &pp CompoßTlllo.—" By
• thorough luto•hte. of ‘...nts natural laws which govern
the operations'estion sun( nutrition, and by •
careful applicati,, of the firm properties of well-
rie;led urrt...., Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast
teotee wit a delicately flavoured beverage which may
ihve ra many heavy doctors' bill. lii. by the Judicious
h..a of such articles of diet that a conststution may be
gradually built up until strong enough to resist every
tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies
are floating around us ready to attack wherever these
is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft
by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and
a properly nourished frame."—Ciel Screce
Gaaefk—
Sold only in Packets labelled —" Jame Errs & Co.,
Homosopathic Chemista, London.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

! adwisirseropossd Oat the *dm should only be an-
Ipowered Gild ii. goventoe, and that the governors
of the %suborns GraWNW 80h001 1111600 id Sint the
other.-11r. Pope esoceidsd.—Mr. Galas proposed
that the clause should remain unaltered, which pro-
' position was duly secandsd and amid by a majority
of 9-11 voting for Mr. Look's Propositlon. and 10 for
Mr. ,Galpin's. —lt was unaafmoualy resolved that
, the war& 'or elsewhere," in the clause which
dhooted that the governors &odd reset in the borough
or elsewhere, should be omitted. It IVY agreed by •
majority of 15 to 11, that the dams relating to the
lama,/ of the school should remain se at present.—
Mr. Alfred Pope moved, and Mr. B. P. Lock
eaccoded, that the minimum of accommodation for
day boP should be 70 instead of 100. nth Ina lost
by a minority oil against 13. Several other denies
we criticised, but on the whole were approved with
but little modification.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

LONGFLKIT.

Strome DUSK —We regret to have to record the pain-
fully eudden death a Ur. W. E. Palmer, grocer and
baker. of Lonittleet He was engaged in kis ordinary
badness on Thursday atomism till about 11 o'clottbi when
he was rased with a fit. He was carried upstairs and
attended by Mr. W. Turner, bat medical skill was no.
availing he died about three hours afterward& The
d who was 17 years of age, was one of the over.
seen of pariah, which ofllce ha had filled on several
previous octagons.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

DARING ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM
PRISON.

An exciting WOW occurred on Friday during the
sitting of the Court at Bow.street, London. Peter
Firman, an Ames:ism Dutch salor, had been brought
up and remanded on a charge of having wilfully
murdered a coloured_ polio. oonstable in South
Carolina. and he wadi duty lodged in • cell awaiting
hie removal to the BOOM of Detection until the
ataceurry papers should arrive from America to
warrant hie extradition. All the usual precautions
were lakim to prevent agrees but the prisoner
Ingeniously succeeded in piddng the lock, or shifting
the latch of his cell door, se he afterwards stated by
means of a pencil. He pared unobserved into the
yard, and climbed to the top of the wall by mean,. of
a Fres or water pipe. lie then crowd the roof of the
Police-court, and while to doing was observed by the
odioe keeper, who at once gave cheat followed by
several other officers. They overtook the prisoner se A new mitrailleuse is being constructed in Switzer-
he made • jump into • warehouse wart, and secured land for the Russian Government. It is the invention
him In spite of considerable resistance. The prisoner of • man named Palmkranx, and is said lobe extremely
was then conveyed back to his celL This was his efficacious. It has been shown by experiments that
third attempt to escape, the first occasion being goon the larger size throw from 100 to 300 proj•MiLs Tor
dt... the ail.ted mui•&r when he secreted himself on minute, and the smeller from 800 te 1,400. The
board vessel and was when
on its arrive) at Lenetration obtained has been three .inch iron plates.
Gravesend' he next succeeded in °deeming bkneelf The Swedish Government hem taken one of thew
from the oeselabie who had him in charger and ran weapons as hid. They are said to have the peat
Mllim=rdesifielfle befell be warn I.ld, hie advantage of being Miran* ffight—the mallet aims
iie Itelleee siesalefi. can be =Tied by MS and the larger by homes
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

DOIIOIIIIIT

THE dooth of rain in Septomber, warn 187 inches, the
same month last year warn 215 inches.
Tits Tows Bump *Ted • csOtal selection of
music opposite the County Hall, on Saturday *sorting.
Tho next porfornannai will be at Cornhill on Thursday
nest.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

IAI LS.

At the BalHaulm hone fair Thursday high pride were
realised for superior animals. Renters varied front £llO
to £150: colts £4O to £75; horses for agricultural par-
pine.. LIS to ; and matched carriage DO to
.ClOO.—Thursday. thetansous Lincolnshire souk of short.
horns, bred by the late Mr. Hutton, Gate Burton, Gains.
borough, wee sold by Hr. Thornton. of London. A very
large and influential useroblaut of breeders from all parts
of the country was present The herd ham been chiefly
bred from two cows—Tragedy, from Earl Spencer, asa
Vesta. from M.. Akroyd. The sale realised nearly kook
A bull calf a fortnight obi sea sold for 21 guineas and •
heifer calf five months old fetched ell guineas. The bulls
averaged £3O each.
Downtown fair was held on Wednesday. The supply of
sheep, which woo decidedly below the average consisted
chiefly of culls from flocks in the neighbourhood. Trade
was very quiet and the prices were about tha same as
those obtained at late fairs. The business opened dull and
late, but eventnally a fair clearance waa effected. Ewes
made from 35e; to his, and iambi V. to Hs. There were
no wether sheep on offer. The supply of horned cattle
was small, and consisted chiefly of Now Forest heifers for
the best of whirl there was a good demand. The supply
of horses which threatens to an.. at this fair altogether,
was very small, and was composed mainly of a few rough
pool.. There was &leo a poor show of pigs, and trade was
extremely dull.
Lamborn' sheep fair wu held on Wednesday, when
thug was • large number of sheep penned. Buyers were
and trade was slow at Is, per head below Daley.
Mr. William Chandler, of Aldbourns woo awarded the
Ruseley cup for • fine lot of lambs, which realised 54e. per
bud.
Lymington fair was held on Tuesday and Wsamwd.l,
and waa well attended, the fair being considerably larger
than uaual. Messrs. Lewis end Bedrock held *cattle sal*
In the fair. The show of horse& cattle, ic., wee good, but
the amount of business was comparatively small Messrs.
Smith and Hidden had • large show of agricultural and
farming implement..
Farnborough Castle Fair was held Friday. The supply
of sheep was rather above the average and the quality
woo good, especially the lamb& which came from the
pariah of Chitterne. Trade opened very quietly and con-
tinued dull throughout the day. The prices obtained
were from la to Is. less than than which ruled at Wilton.
The best sighs., lamb, It for the butchers,
those of Messrs W. and .1. Parry, of Fisherton
suede es high as glia ,• stook tees. 35.. to Cs; ewe lamb&
As. to 51.. ; and culla, St to 30s. There were very few
leather sheep on offer, and those sold made from 50a. to
Ma. There was a good inquiry for ewes, which made
from 40s, to rah The horse fair .was not so largely
sappned as usaal, but those on offer barluded some very .
good cut colts, which made as high as Ft& working •
borne bringing from .C. 30 to CdO. There wee but a small I
snood.ce of buyer; but most of the sheep were disposed I
a by the close of the telt
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL

A meeting was held in as Guildhall on Thursday
for the purpose of considering • draft scheme which
had been forwarded by the Charity Commiaidoners
for the future management of the above school. The
meeting wee well attended, the ol a (J. P.
Aldridge, req.,) occupying the chair.
opeg the proceeding*, err lained the purpose for
which the meeting had been called, and said it was
the opinion of @mead and the Coastal thet the
scheme which had been forwarded by the Charity
Commiasioneni was the best they could possibly have.
He did not, however, like the arbitrary manner in
which the master could be —by, as he
understood it, three-fourt)3e of the governors sasembled,
without maguLany reason for so doing, as some of
the governors ht have a personal feeling against
him. On the whole, however, he thought it the
bort scheme they could have, and be hoped it
would meet with the entire epprobatlon of those
present, as it bad with that of the Coo set—The Rev.
T. Naive was of opinion that the cisme meant three-
fourths of the whole body of foveae=; not of the
quorum of eaven.—Colonel °Wield said he had known
the school for a number of years, and the °Weaku to
the old management had been the_ want of pewee to
dismiss the master. —lt was then determined to pass
over the whole of tike clauses in rotation.—The Chair-
rthought it would be clearable to amalgamate the
endowments for the poor children of the town with
tie Grammar School ; the poor now had sound educa-
tion provided by the State, and what they wanted was
Wschool for the middle-clasa —Mr. Crocker asked
hat compensation would be made to the poor children
of the town, as the charities wins endowed for the
pur
pose of educating and clothing them ?—The Clerk I
eritille ed that the Charity Commi*onews had
amalgamated the charities, and he supposed the
children would be allowed to go to the Grammar
School. A long discussion took place on the
advisability of altering clause 5, which directed that
the countyiustioss should have power to appoint two
governors. --11 k. Lock said he was of opinion that one
governor would be quits esson6 for the oettattras
to appoint, ea tire bad Mlle limo la tint
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

THE THAMES CATASTROPHE.

The preparations for breaking up the remains of the
Princess Alice, now on the shore at Woolwich, was
commenced on Monday, when the Thames Con-
servancy delivered up possession. The wreckage
has been re-purchased by the Steam Boat Company
under the hammer for three hundred and fifty pounds.
The boilers and engines aloe, it is stated, cost
recently about four thousand pounds. The sixpenny
subscription set on foot by the rector of Woolwich far
erecting a memorial in the cemetery is receiving
support from all parts of the kingdom.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

SIR FRANCIS GRANT.

The death of Sir 7110611 Grant president of tba Royal
Academy, is reported as having taken place on Saturday
morning at his residence, The Lodge. Melton Illowbray.
Sir Francis,who was in hie 76th year,tocceededSir Charles
Westlake in the chair 01 the ktoyabAcadamy in 1866.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

SWANAGI.
" Outts anti /Lam"

Swett auk October Ist, 1878.
wber & woeful bangle the fallow made who knocked
down the inoffensive lamp, surely he intended to hare
ao merved two which stand further up-street. Ali l—
and it makes all the difference, you know,—they
belong to • Sheriff of London and Middlesex, standing
on his own private but unfenced property.
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..r.„ boa. thjuldng " that one thing is needed by
the Swenagian Parltsment which sanctioned the
election of those illnminators—taste. Would they
_ .
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iideem their character ? Let them straightway,
the public expense, place an ornamental railing with
marble pillars to guard the pncious posts from
Injury.

Or their owner, for U ;;mistake not we met that
gentleman himself, one very damp, dark evening bear-
ing a broken-ribbed umbrella. A gust might bare
caused the damage. but we ratter think, in fact we
want to believe, that the rain-protector had come
squash against the obstructive lamp-post Provi-
dence I
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

ABBOTIIBURY,

BOOT WASUND 011 half.past three on
Sunday, the routguard found on the @bore at Puneknowie
the body of .I.lin Furter, rarpeater. of Telettmoutb, the
cle,maganees f whom death appear in the following
quotation from • contemporary —"Au: Inquest wee held
on Monday on the body of Sarah 14'eer_c15). who with two
other. was drowned from a boat near Teignmonth on the
17th September. In • moot mysterious ner. D
with her htedund (Thome. Steer), Imanhrt;77.44

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Ranry
hie s A t gether with two boatmei(titad on end Furler),
went out in a boat belonging to Hartnoll from Teigzunoutli
be Dawlish, and on the way back the bast capsized in
ernooth water in • Meat unaccountable Inanner. three of
the occupant& being drowned. The evidence given on
Monday 'naked the accident yet more mysterious. There
wise no esti set, and all in the boat were sober. The
deceased'e bus Land said he knew nothing of what had
occurred until alter he had sunk and risen to the mirfmos,
and he could not scionnt for the boat capsizing in any
way. Other witness.. gave similar evidence. There was
no larking or anything to mak, the boat capeim, and no
one Mt her touched by anything. It wee at god sup-
posed that the accident was caused by a porpoise; but
this was shown to be alsocet impossible; and the prevail-
ing idea is that a large lab—probably. baba
mast have risen directly under the boat and apse& her.
• verdict of ' Accidental Death was returned.'
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

CHARGE OF KILLING AND WOUNDING
SKEEP.

A singular outrage has just occurred near Devizes.
The shepherd of Mr. Samuel Puckeridge, as Friday
morning, found his sheepfold in • most disturbed can-
&lion, one sheep being dead, with It. head battered
In, and another with • little life remaining. Informa-
tion was given to the police in the district, and the
neighbourhood was scoured. Eventually • man,
giving the name of William Porter, was found in a
shed at the village of fieend, about daybreak, washing
mud and blood off hie trousen, and his whole appear-
ance led to the belief that he had been floundering
about in a ditch all night. He wits labouring under
the influence of drink, and had defines' tremens. He
gave moat incoherent replies to questions, said he had
been riesling largely that day, that he had tweed
£l,OOO profit on corn and cattle dealing; admitted
that he had killed the sheep, was going to sell it, and
offered the policeman • joint for 611. He said he had •
brother.in-law in Bristol worth £1,000; that be him.
self had been • traveller all over the kingdom for
Meagre. Applegate, wine merchants, Trowbridge;
admitted he had been drinking, and said he was now
going to be • teetotaller. His whole appearance wee
such that it wee clear be was bordering on inaanitp
from hard drinking. He had been • traveller for the
firm named, but this was some years since. He hi
detained at present in Devizes gaol, under medical
treatment, for inquiries.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

THE EAST.

The Sultan is dated, inn telegram from Constantinople.
to have written to the Queen declaring it to be his in-
tention to inaugurate &QUA institutions ia his
Dominion&
The Emperor e( Austria has tout • letter to Cieneral
Philipportch, congratulating him on the occupation of
Vishegrad, and renewing his thanks not only to the
commander in chief, but oleo to all the officers and soldiers
of his army for their vigorous action. 111. Majesty hopes
that from this day may date an era of peace, reconciliation,
and prosperity for the occupied countries. The Porte has
addremed • circular to the Powers protecting against the
advance of the Austrian troops
The war-cloud on the northwestern frontier of ladle is
ready to burst, and any day may now bring tidings ef
loetilition The Bombay correspondent of the Standerd
telegraphs that the Anieer has ordered the advance of four
regiment', who have arrived within • short distance of
jenarud, where some British troogi.hicnr• already appeared.
The Afghans are being followed larger numbers of the
Apnoea troops ; and threats are it made against the
Zbyberees for having allowed the Mission to pas& A
Reuters telegram from Simla steins that • British force
Ii advancing from Peshawur to attack the (tetras of
Alimesjid. in the Khyber; and that Sham All la menacing
Quettah. The /ay berme are said to have declared for
vs: and great enthusiasm prevelle among the Indian
troops From Berlin comes a statement that the litualan
Government intends to poet a carp of observation.. Its
ow, Afghans frontier. The news from India (aminae.
In importance. The Ammo has called upon the councils
of the tribes to afford him assistance, and it le believed
that all will comply with his demand. The English.
bewerer, have occupied Jusarood with three companies of
flepoys, and the capture of Fort All )(mild is reported
from Bombay as well as from Calcutta. We also here
from Calcutta that the Kbytes's' have declared for the
English-

unit.]
Large drafts have been ordered to be in readiness to
leave Ragland on the 15th and Nth, to reinforce regi•
nasals which will be first to leave for Alreinuaistan.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

FItF.EING BRIDONS.

Two of the toll bridges over the Thasees—Waterloo
and( 'hsring,rops—were on Saturday formerly declared
" free for ever" by a deputation of members of
the Metropolitan Board of Works, in accordance with
Lb. provisions of the Metropolitan Toll Bridges A. 4 of
Isat yaw.

"FOOD AND 1)RINIC."

The Sanitary- Congress concluded its meetings in
Stafford on Saturday. shell Dr. HumeLl, of Edinburgh,
read a paper ou " Food and Drink," in which he
recommended oatmeal boiled in water am a substantial
drink, and mid that a craving for alcoholic liquors
denoted No unsanitary condition of the body to be
remedied by fresh air.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

THE HARVEST.

The Lin Stock Journal, speaking of the actual ex.
perieno. of some 31:18 correspondents regarding the harvest
of the current year. says :—" Generally speaking. wheat
Is slightly under averaga—some 7 or 8 per cent. perhaps—,
taking the old country through. 11, however, we take the
larger whestarowing counties, we shall find that wheat
Ls generally deecribed as an average crop, and that the
majority of underaverage come from, comparatively, nen.
corn growing districts. Barley is decidedly under averag
and much of that which is returned aa average is declared as
be of inferior quality. Oats are very slightly above
average, end decidedly the best corn crop of the year.
Beans and peas are much under average, although we
hear that there has been generally a good quantity at
straw. All kiads of cattle food are most abundant The
root cropa are, perhaps, more promiaing than for many
years, while the crop. of grass—m.. 4 of it, we are happy
to say, well saved—have been enormous.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

said Storktigarcelled her all sorts of names, sad
celled Mn. Thornybea.° sod other
Carshe insulted TOM her window. As to her es/ling
ltacktings children names, she declared (Allard was
the man who told Isar they were hulas de en_
_e their
mother bad told her Iltockting was nothing better tee. so
old navvy. and she !Denied him for shows—hr. Gillard
denied baying stated what Late raid, and him
neroely and garrulously denied it, to fed, em =la
she chatter that Yr. Vickery had to threaten her 'be
should be tweed out before she could be silenced—There
wee another Milll=oll/ for a disgraceful offence, but the
cese WU adjourned till Tuesday morale& and tosenwhile
the four defendants were bound over to keep the Deem
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

rclk

1. •

Prisoner tens then dimmed with atenlinga psir spring
blhoom._ ths property of hams Oliver Tord, on the rue*
dar—rweeem Waded be mut Waked ci the Lord
Nelson Ino. aid on the Mb September he saw the
prisoner in the tap-roem, and drew hint half-a-pint of all :
It wee then about am o'clock. In the evenialle.saw
P.C. Butler, w
oMowed him the pair of spring
produced, and he idertilied them se hie property; be bad
not lent them to wee* latelY, and he bad not given
anyone permission to take them away.—P.C. Butler mid
at. prisoner was brought t, the police-station in Custody
on die Mt September. On searching him be found the
spring balances produced in lila pocket, sad be leaked him
bow he accounted for them. Prisoner mid they were his
own property. Witness made enquiries in the town, and
found they were the property of the last witness. He
treat and charged prisoner with stealing them from the
Lord Nelson lan, when he said " Not me."—Prisoner said
he bed a fall and injured his head, and when be had a
drop of drink it took effect on him—Prisoner was cos-
nalMed for trial at the Quarter Semiotic
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

IFIX3OILII.

Mane= Tilastentvinsi.—On Sunday last a harvest
thanksgiving festival wu held at the Minster, when
special sermons and 'orrice@ were given. The Communion
and choir was very tastefully decorated by several ladies
and gentlemen a the tiwn. The Rev. U. V. Garland
prvachei in the morning, and the Rev. E. F. Trotnian In
the evening. An anthem was •u 4 both in the Limning
sued evening service. The Minster was full at but
services. Collections were male in aid of the various
hospital, in the neighbourhood, which amounted to
70. Bd.
'swear. —On Tuesday afternoon last, an inquesit was
held before Mr Thomas Rawlins, Coroner, at Colehill, on
the body of Rom Eaton, who came to her death under the
following singular circumstances. The deceased was
playing In the front room of its parent's house, at
on Tuesday morning about 10 o'clock, its mother was
cleaning the reom ; after woe few minutes the mother
missed the child from the room and ran out to the wicket
gatc, but could not find it. Upon returning to the house
through the back room, the mother saw the legs of the
child hanging over • pan that woo behind the door, the
head sad at the bottom of the pan, a table-cloth had been
placed over the pan which contained about an inch and •
half of water, the mother immediately took the poor child
up and found it to be quite deal. The jury returned a
verdict of suffocation, and kindly pee their feels to the
parents.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

THE FEVER IN AMERICA.

The IMe:CW.l.gram-- —ree— PeTti;g—the yellow fever in
the Southern States reports that the frier has nearly
abated at Vicksburg, but is increasing to an alarming
extent in the country districts. Lea week there were
360 deaths At New °dean. and 230 at Memphis. The
Government ha. Wined forty thousand rations to Me
destitute in New Urines.

THE GLASGOW SANK FAILURES.
It iö officially notified that upon an examination of
the hooks of the City of Glasgow Sack it has become
evident that business cannot be resunseal, and hence a
general meeting of shareholders ha. bleu called tor
the earliest legal date. One other heavy failure is
reported.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

LATEST.

Yr. Gladstone left the Isle of Man for Uverpool
this morning.
Two more suspensions consequent on the stoppage
of the City of Glasgow Bank are reported—the
tosres.tik firm of Potter, Wilson, an Co,. up.
amount of whose liabilities are not stated, and • ehit,
buildind firm— SI ewers. Simone and Co., Renfrew,
whose indebtednees is get down at I:50.000.
Viscount Cranbroek, has isubscribed LIMO towards the
fund for establishing the Wakefield bishopric.
The United Service auntie learns that typhoid fever ham
rode its appearance amongst the cadets on board Her
Majesty's ship Britannia. at Dartmouth.
gssday was th e anniversary of the execution and
'martyrdom of W ilium Tyndale, the translator of the Bible,
In the year 153 n
The year
Poet announces a fresh Russian loan AS
forthcoming. It is to be raised for the purpose of redeem
ft,, portion of the paper currency Wood during the war.
The latest news from Cape Colony is not encouraging.
The Kaffir. are reported to be ifighune with considerable
determination and courage. to,* the rolunteem are
Annoralimal by the opposition mscountered
amordituf tea telegram the last of Use Indian contingent
.wit malts on Friday night la the Lord of the Isles and
the Scotland. The native Memos seem to have behaved
.dmitsfily, and their departure Manch regretted by all
the inhabitants.
A very handsome monument ha' been placed vim the
*sob of the late Charles Mathews. in Ream' green.
ostsstAly. The work bears the ineeription," fLta.s4
tb. tot of Charles lames Mathew,. Bora The
MU, 1501 ed June Ith, 1378. Aged Bfiso
When all in circle drawn about him. Heart and it were
tea to bear him. Row goad! bow kind! and he is mi.'.
voln Keurwiam.
Tbe infant child of the Duke and Duchess of
idinhare was baptised on Wwlrawlay at the *ace
their Royal highnesses at Berlin, in the pests" of
the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and the Grand
Das Alogy of lIUndL The child was ^mod
Alexandra Louisa Olga Victoria,
taa Coarsmiox. —A Sheffield trade report rimed
"11:& SSW to be ceasing some concern in the •
e f ch The representative of • German
petlert.metropoLia
beenfiniiha tbeed tosaawn
sernmebudlerimg stoiseorali.nd suebind Ira
were front 15 to 40 per oest below the prior
ricrorpreelitedmes.

r."onia 1
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

DORSST COUNTY HOSPITAL.

During the week ending October 3rd, Mere have
been admitted :—lnpatienra, 6; discharged. 5; Out
patients admitted, 9; discharged, 6; emergencies, I;
deaths, 0 :—lnt;ta, in the hospital, 43; out-
patients on the ; cemalties, 30. Physician
foe tie week, Dr. W. V Lush; surgeon for, UN
week, Mr. J. Good; hoom-eurgeon, Mr. Herbert
J. Capon.
One inpatient and pins out-patients have had
renewed tickets for two months further treatment.
The home-surgeon begs to acknowledge the receipt
of bundles of old linen and calk* for surgical demi=
from Mn. Boftbcrasetereunnington, and the Os
Institution
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

ACCIDENT ON THE WILTS, SOMERSET, AND
wEywouni RAILWAY.

An accident occurred on Sunday, on the above branch
to the 1.47 pm. train from Weymouth to Bristol, at the
point where the line brunches off for Bath and BristoL
laftte‘rPPelu' t
leavisigthaTrothe trainwbri w
dge pas '
put on afelwitt7unesuteat late, sadtomake
up for lost time and on coming to the curve which exist'
at that corner did not slacken its pace at all, but, continu-
ing at the same rate, dashed round the bend. The cm-
sequence of this waii that the train left the metals, and,
running, proceeded along the woodwork to which in.
rails are fastened, tearing the timber upon ita way. AbowS
WO yard, from the junction the line crams the river Avow
by • wooden bridge, and fears were entertained that it the
train was not stopped it would da.h itself against the aid.
and topple over. This calamity was happily averted and
the train brought to a standstill, but the carriages were
damaged to mine extent. The pamengera, as • matter of
coarse, were shaken and not a little frightened, and the
line was completely blocked. The fact of it. being
Sunday will explain wby the line waa not quickly elm
The traffic in the meantime will be carried OD upon ghe
main line, Ma Chippeolnins 71se weenier, returned to
Trowbridge, and proceeded by the next train.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

TIPWIY.

-
AMOCIeTION OF GONOILBOATIONAL MINISTFJUL —The
autumnal meetings of the Dorset Association of Congre.
gallows' Ministers were htld at Ulmer' on Wednesday
last. Tber commenced with a business meeting In the
aingregattoisal Chapel, which was attended by ministers,
delegates, and fr;ends, from various parts of the county.
At two o clock Ridgway Wesleyan Schoolroom wee the
stens of the dinner, to which many friends, including
Mrs Samson, had sent a bountiful supply of good things,
so that an excellent repast was arranged, under the
direction of Mr. and Mr. Hallett. The plum was
also boautif ally decorated. About 50 were present, and
though no alcoholie drink. were there, alter dinner, the
usual loyal eentimenta were honoured and speeches made.
In the evening there was • pubbc tea in the Wesleyan
chapel, hollowed by • public meeting. Mr. Pond, of
Blandford, gave an address lima.' on the proposed new
financial scheme. Mr. Simms, of Bore Rees, also
addressed the meeting on the " Duties of church members
to the unronverte I" and the It •• E Holton. on " Con•
ncientiousnem." and the the Rev. Mr. Gray, of IManiford,
gave an etposition of the new state of thingsin connection
with the new filionre movement. The Rev. R. Allen,
Welleyau minister. Weymouth, wax present. and showed
sympathy with the brethren. engaginx in prayer. There
We, a Lug., number present at the public meeting, the
chapel being tolerably well Mind.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08

and nutmeg (a grolia mai ifie b from an *Wily
female)."
The late Lard Huntingtower, who Pro-dooomod his
father was one of the tallest, beet-hearted, and beet.
stomached of men. Never tending towards obesity,
he yet consumed an enormous quantity of food,
Conscious of his =fashionable aeiwaito, he was
accustomed to take the rough edge off it, before
dining out, with the al*ht reflection of an entbe
shoulder of mutton. Handel would not have bees
"in ft" with the genial fellow whose unnatural
parent "outstayed him."
One of the pictures of the year in 1879 will be •
portrait of Mr. Gladstone, now, with two or thole
other portraits equally notable in subject, on the easel
of Mr. Millais. Tb• ex-Premier is taken standing in
three-quarters length, and almost in profile ; there in
a great deal of warm colour in the background; ;be
head is entirely in light, and full of intense character;
, the treatment of the locio of stray hair on the forehead.
I and of the sharply-defined frontal boom, is admirable
as a study of Individuality; en is the rugged yea
refined drawing of the month. In no recent portrait
by Mr. Millais has there been a more striking and
complete harmony between the idiosyncrasy of the
subject and the executive manner of the artist
Every touch Is characteristic of both the men.
On every account, the lees we swum at the bnenning
of a war the better. It was therefore with a testis; Oda
to disgust that I read, in • morning journal attached to
the Ministerial cause, an article =ding with the following
bombastic words: " Zugland, at any rate, doer net fear is
put her pretensions to the teat of war with ear or all
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-01

SATURDAY'S MARKETS.
COILI.

BATH.—At our market there was a good attendance,
and wheat came freely to hand. Good samples realised
the full rate+ of lad week, but damp and inferior hung
on hand. Barley steady. Flour unchanged
TAUNTON.—There we. • large attendees Y at our
market. Engliah wheat, of which there was a fair supply.
sold at from to. to fr. 1.1. per litodiel. There we. a slow
trade for foreign wheat at • redu..tion of la per qr. on the
week. Mott of the English barley on offer for malting
purposes wee of very poor iu.lity: there were, however,
• few eseeptionw, and,, price, for this article varied from
345. to 445. per or. arincling barley unaltered. Main
sold at tho same figure aci lout week_ Oats were Ita per
quarter cheaper. Bean, from 19a 6d. to 21a per sack
Flour, 3k to 32... per Rack
NS/MICH.—The supply of wheat at this market was
pretty good, and prices for the hest qualities may be
quoted about the name as lout week White ',Unit
(weighing htills. to 0311 s), 44a. to Ifia. ; red ditto (weighing
6011 i. to 031b..1, 31. to 40a. ; beet malting barley (weighing
.71. lb. to salt 44e. to ffia. ; extra, ; rune ditto (weighing
621 h. to 5.11 h.). It. to 41.; distilling ditto (weighing 601 b.
to 5111 s), 30. to 34a per qr. ; flour, 30a to 31s. Averages
—U'heat. 5;106 ora 40s. 141. ; barley, 1,440 qrs. 43a. 6d.
NUTTINGIIALL—Buminews in %sheet was by no means
active and buyers offered reduced prices. The supply of
sampleo was fair, and the sales effected in good parcels
were at last week'. prices. New red made 40a to Mk ;
new white, 41.. to Use ; old red, 40.. 44a. ; old white, 4.4,
le, per 34 at •ne. Barley was le moderate .how, and met
with a elsoes, sale at about the rate. of this; day ice'nnight—
namely, 36e. to 445. per :r.2 itone. fiats were not largely
represented, and met with a dull demand at recent term.
—new, 24e. to ; old, 20. to 31a. per 24 stone. The
trade in helms was firm, and late prices were maintained.
WA It MINSTER. —New wheat was in plentiful supply.
and, L. • concrouence, easier to purcha.e, but old wheat
woo firm.. trifling solvency. Barley firm at last weeks'
prices; OW wood sample icold at :Ilk : vetches fid. cheaper.
in other grain no .tone. Flour, 4111.. to 42e. per sock of
%1114.

LUrrESTEIt —At our market there WU a nand guppy
of Kngli.h wheat, and value, were the same as holt week.
leoreion quiet. hut led quota/ay Maiat and grind-
ing lorky the turn in favour of buyers. Oats Without
change. _ _
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-01

BOROUGH POLlCR—llomuy ffurzlDAT.l_

Beton 11. r. Alderman G&p4D. ILT. R. Darla, and Mr. J.
P. Hodges.

- -
Geo/94 Parker, • bricklayer, on. of Wareham, and
employed at the Barrack* woe summoned by his wife for
assaultang bee.
It would appear from the evidence of the woman that
thvbd been liviag at the White Horse until the 14th
of timber when they separated. Sbe went on • visit
Into Somerset and on her return on the Us& she saw the
defendant with another man going into • house kept by
Flora Comm. They had beer and spirits with than and
she took hold of her husband's arm and told him It was
not • fit place for • marriscl man. Upon which he pulled
off We coat and wanted to fight her which of COWSs she
didn't do. He had • stick with a great knob to it and
struck her across the head raising • great bump If A.
had not had her hat on, her head mud had been cut open.
She efterwards fetched the police.
Defendant questioned his wife ea to whether she did
not clam him first. He also reminded the magletrat..
she had some time ago, set • man upon him with whom
she had been lying about and who was sentenced by the
Mayor to a month's hard labour. Since then ass had ban
bring at Fordington, and they (the Bench) knew wises
art of • place that was.
The Magistrate's Clerk reminded hlm if it wee not
respectable for a woman he ought not to had bees there.
Defendant admitted he alma her. bet said he did it in
self-defence.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-01

DORCHESTER SATURDAY'S CATTLE
MARKET.

There was but a small supply of stock, sad a
moderate trade, In cortsequecos of Poundbury fair
falling on Monday. Late prices prerailed, fat beef
making 13s. to Ha. per score, batten and calves £lO to
its, each. fat ewes 495. to 50e., and within, 5.
to 65a
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-01

—The-iieneit said ha had admillaad the saaault sad ha
would be 10s. costs Ce.

Edwin Brows. a respectable looking young man, wag
charged with haring been drunk ad incapable in the
Short Walks on Sunday night
P.C. Bartley roused him, and as he was quite unable to
take care of himself be brought him to the station.
The superintendent said the defendant had been to
India and had a sunstroke, and warn liable to Btu Ha had
ono In the station.
. . . . .

-
--Th. Hooch said they mould leniently look upon lk and
fined him la and come Oa 61)

J(114 DIM, • prostituta, of Yordingtom was charged
with stealing a watch. the property.( John Forcey.
The prosecutor, • eat style of lad, of !Lambkin, area in
Dorchester on Saturday night and met the defendant at
the bottom cf the town. He was standing on the bridge
and she came up and took hold of him and salted him to
go for • walk. He declined, but she basso to pull hint
towards Fordington.. it. found her hand in hie watch.
pocket, and. ricing turn a push. ohs mid Here's some. pouring. He then %Oki his watch and followed
her and ashes, her for it, but she mid the had not got it.
Another you. Pan who was dandies with kor said.
If you're got it, lama Pre it to hisn, and eh* again said
she had not. Then he met the sergeant and gore Infor-
mation to him. The defendant moantood where the was
talking to the young man. They searobegl_for it on the
pound. The watch produced he ideninoo
had
loft Miag chain itt.ch.d
t't3g; hot
it woo
IXtlianer4
£2 10..
By the Prisnoer : He did not tlrst scrod her br this Old
Home at Home and ask her to go for • with. He did not
follow her until site, he had mieeed his watch..

e I raid on • el see:ulna, about
glimmer-m. 4 eleven. he met the prisoner near Mill-bank.
He complained of having loot his watch. He went with
him to the Maze, and there he found the woman and a
man named Marriott standing and talking. He told her
Forney &reined her of stealing his watch, and she
isnewered " Foe no - witch; Maisel me that bo was
with, 'twas ' Watercress' (a girl named Newberry): he was
in the Crown with her, and I know nothing of it." He
then sent her home, and afterwards searched the man to
see if he kad it, but he found nothing on him. He alsonent
to Newberry's house, and found she was an bed before
ten o'clock. Between elx and seven he went to the defen-
dant's loddaira at Fordington. He found her in bed with
a man, and told lee be bad come down to Mite the
Oboe ea the promoter tree senega mho bad lide WM&
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-01

WARRUAK.

Smat November, DM, the several judges of the
Divisional Courts at Westminster have all beets styled.
whether belonging to the Queen'a Beach, Exchequer, or
Common Pleas, Judges of the High Court of Justice,
under the Supreme Court n( Judicature Act A still more
Important change was made by the last Reform Act, vis.,
the duty of trying and deciding on contested election
r•titions wag, by the Legislature, transferred from
Election Committees of the House of Commotui to the
judges of the land. The effect of this change in the law
to to rest in • single judge, selected oat of the rots chosen
amongst themselves for the purpose every year. the some
what invidious duty of deciding whether any candidate is
to retain or lose hie seat on the merits of the cue brought
before him at the time of the proposed change. The Lord
Chief Justice of England. Sir Alexander Cockburn, in the
the name of all the judges, earnestly protested against
this duty being cut on them. However, notwithstanding
this appeal to the House of Commons, made in the usual
eloquent style, in writing, of the Lord Chief Justice, the
change hem.e the law of tb• land, whether for
CtrOir for worse (as people may judge for themselves)
than Use previous system of trying election plaitineli
COMFIT Poucn, Thursday—Before kb. G. H. Bond.
Jima Trillion /Mutes, a labourer, of Langton
Hammy, was charted with committing an abominable
offence. —ree prisoner was committed for trial at the
Winter Ander.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-01

wzyxorra.

A Ramign SieOita —Timm West, a lidle dirty tramp,
in raga started the " Protection" theery again on Friday
last, and thought an " linglishman's singing should he
allowed equally with the Italian band.—P.O. Bartlett had
found him drunk and noisy in George-street. imrll 00
Thursday at ternoon ; be was idnOng and dancing, and
afterwards went round begging. When witame told him
to be quiet he was " cheeky," and add " Stop the Italian
band, then (" Bartlett took him into custody, and found
St 54d. in coppers on him. Hs was brought up en Friday
before Dr. Drew and Kr. Hopkins, and when the constable
told about his wishing the Italian band to be silenced.
interrupted 'Yes rift there are th foreigners
ViZm away tbe money, and an Englishman is not allowed
to sing. (Laughter.) Asked if he wanted to quertion the
constable, or anything in his defence, he reqlied—" I
shan't any more; It le no good to say anything here."—
Dr. Drew glanced critically at prisoner, and remarked—
"You are certainly in a aloe costume for a public singer;
I don't know if the.. are any songs written specially for
ragged jacks, those are the ones that would salt your
I costume. (Laughter.) You will have seven days' hard
labour, and perhaps yon can amuse them at Dorchester
with • comic song."—Prisoner said be would, when be
came out of gaol; but Dr. Drew replied he had better not
come to Weymouth. The chairman also ordered him fare
to Dorchester t, be paid out of the money found on him.—
It was 'taxed in court that prisoner had been singing
Sankey's songs in the street
natio um MI GOVlCiaintla. —Hearn Johnstone, alias
I Loveli, from the 10th Regiment, era. charged on Friday.
before Dr. Drew and Mr. B. Hopkins, with fraudulent
enlistment—H. admitted haring been discharged from
several other regiments, and said he had been out of work
six months, and did not know what to do.—Six weeks'
hard labour.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-01

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THIS DAY'S NARICZTS.

MARX LAkS—kicomAL
Wheat was la to 9a tow% os the week ; fine
malting barley firm; other kinds end irriediri droop-
ing ; oats, 3s. 6d. lower no the week ; maize. fiat ; bean.,
quiet ; waling downwards.

pram,

METROPOLITAN CATTLMMONDAY.
ieclwiiag about 1,500 foreign.
About 3,000 br.ts,
Trade dull, at la fai to 5. 10.1. About 10,000 &esp.
Trade del./weed, at 6e. Cal, to 6t. 8.1. Calves made
4•.. 61. to 6a a ; Pigs. 4.. to 5.1.E11ba. At
there ware about 1,600 beasts and about
40 sheep

POUNDBURY FAIR.
Tins DAT.