The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-08-07 00:00:00

enutal Nth's.

. CIItIICIT RATES.—There has le,en a spirited contest
at W•eelbridge. Suffolk, in reference to a propi.ed
church rate of :WI 111 the round. The ride was stejtj
oppesed by the 'Uwe:Were of the town, but as, ieuieci
by a considerable majority, the number; being--fir it
211 ; agaiest it, 103. The rate, it will be observed, un'e
ca:ried by a majority of more than two to oue.
A SNOW STOUR IN TIIL DotaLtls.—Dil hAtnrday the
trsith ult., a very sevele thunder storm pawed over 114.
ton and distrii•t, ceding in a shower of etow snit hail .4
fully a quarter of an hour's duration. The groeud
the Derwent valley and to the coast Was gun, ',hite
airl on the Welds it is acid the snwiv was fully two niche;
duel) in :4 tile plaee,.
3101tALA ANI) 31ANNER0 IN NEW YOUR. —A hue
from Bandon, dated the 11th of July. says :—" The iity
of New York and its neighbourhood are 'suffering from
an epidemic eli'dml murder. Within the last three vette
I something like twenty-five persons have been killed
thee. Every age and condition of life has contributed
i its share to the names on the ',loony roll. old sun
young, rich and poor, men, women, and childreii—per,
~ons whiee names figure loftily in the tax-book, aud
person. who ecarcely have a elaite to a final place in the
it potter's field-- have helped to form the dark procession.
i Another 'minter ii nursing, and was so far advaeced
that it mule • very fair effort to go alone on dm 12th
I of July, giving touch promise of future sunless. The
eireumst ie..... el lids i•ttle all.dr ore u•orth telling, on
the 4t. i.. iNora- V.. It aldermen, named Genet, Jed
• aie•ther iiivi!ed a young Wolnan named Rein-
-1., lake n sail %ill. them. Site accepted the wet
tat on, and we, ies_..liipanied by a female friend. Ths
sail v. as lake ii ma the harlmur. Being on a tune; Ye
Genet tied his friend lie.;an to take certain liberties anti,
Nis." Kerrigan and her friend, proceeding, finally, k,
attempt to ravish them. Though it Was ' Indepenlleact,
Pay,' :Ind therefore, sacred to liberty, if not to liberties,
the ladies resisted, and so effectually and with to nintl.
noise, that there wouid-he r.irishers were .elad to lend
m the unharmed.
Mr. Kerrigan, brother of one of the
insulted daniseb , towel veep:aloe, end that is a sort
of row that is iie•-tly kept in New York. Ile armed
himself, and meet img Genet at teem on the 12th, in the
'mot frequented part .1 the city, drew a pistol, and IR
anothri• minute the alderman would have slept with
posh .•.,ssors hail there nut been a tree hard by him,
behind n Lich he .beige-. 1. thus deranging Kerrigan's
h'rr is sten•iing by interfer.l, vial held the angry
br.•teer until th-liet. got away. Genet then went to cite
of ti's- jedges of a erhuinal court, and asked to have
Kerrigan ;wrested end put under Londe to keep the
roet., bit (Wed, because, lie 1414, judge said. he shoat(
remonstrate with Kerrigan, and meek to make up U.
matter privately ! Denet Its uiiicc Made the most
abject apologies to oils of the women lie sought to
wrong, and yet asserts lus innocence."
II All. STOUR !NM: RANCE.- --The reports freer tl e seem
rat country papers of the past week contain accounts of
eevere atoms all over the kingdom—in many ca., et.
euinpanie..l by heavy fella of lead stones. The deitrac.
tire storms of last year should not be (mg...teen by oar
agrieultural friends, many of whom suffered most
severely from them. The present harvest will not be fit
for the reaper for several weeks, and the storms which
occur in the month of August are proverbially the writ
which this island is subject to. In Pitt and R 145 the
August storms were fearful, and visited Bede, Berke,
Cembridge, Derby, Fames, Gloucester, Berta, Kent,
Maldives, Norfolk, Nottingham, Oxford, Suffolk, tusk
Yorkshire. We think it necessary thus to call the at-
tention of those farmers who are at present uninsused
to the advertieenieut of the Royal Farmer's Offiee,whielt
will be found in another column. By the payment of
sixpence per acre they can be fully protected. Surely
no person will be so foolhardy as to be uninsured whet
the cost is so trifling. We hope not!
The chief analyst of the "Simi/step Commission,'
DR. ARTIIUR HiLl. lIAMALL, ill a Report recently.
published on " The General reU4 if Contarree," writes
—" When at the London Docks I inspected the present
" season's import* belonging to Mears. linrnimun d
" the well known introducer. of 'Pare Tea' ; I sow
" chests from differenteargoes opened, aud took samples,
" which I subjected to both roicrusoupcial and chemical
" analysis. I found both Blacks and Greens enr.rely
"free front all powders 'I eofouriey—the Green a natural
° dull chic hue, with none of the artificial blueish
" 'fleeing' as found on the Tea in general use. From
" these investigations I am induced to assume, that
" consumers now having the choice of Horuinum's Pure
" Tca will not be slow in deciding between it mid that
" made up to realize higher prices, through the brown
" appearance of worthless leaves being hidden with
" powdered colour."
EARLY CLONING ON SATURDAT.—A large number a
city and west-end tradesmen having agreed to close their
shops at an earlier hour on Saturdays from and after the
lit of September next, a public meeting of buinlrowers,
prifumers, and trades connected therewith, was held
on Wednesday ei ening at St. James's Hell, Regent
strret, to take the above subject into consideration ;
Mr. H. P. Truefitt was in the chair. The cheirtnan, in
opening the proceedings, said, the object was pretty well
known. For some years past efforts had been made to
elute the *hope at an earlier hour on Saturdays. An
ass••eiation had been started for that purpose with great
SULCCSS, but it became evident that the trades themselves
should take up the subject separately. The movement
had heel' carried on with great success by • large number
of the trade in the city. In the West-end the drapers
I were the first to COUIMCIICC. The object of the meeting
was, therefore, to oldain perfect unanimity among the
trade. Ile wished to state on the part of the committee
that they had not the slightest intention to coerce, or
use any pressure ti make unwilling members of the trade
join in the movement. After tddreases from several
speeki•ri, a resolution to the effect " that the trade should
close at ti o'clock in the eumater, and 5 o'clock in the
winter on SAturilite,, on and after the lit of fieladmher.
was agreed to." The meeting then separated.