The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-11-20 00:00:00

SATURDAY'S MARKETS.

CORN.
CAMBRIDGE.—Wheat for the most part was in
bad condition; .lry samples made last week's prices,
while inferior sorts were necl.cted : rwl made 491. to
530.. end white up to 545. per 50Ilb. Barley undo last

week's price.
LORCHESTER.—The eupply of wheat RDA smaller
than on any occaebm since the harvest, samples Ileum
more saleable at late prices. Barley in good demand
at fully late rates. Wheat ranged from its, to 58s.
per imperial quarter, and barley Ito. to 50.. leant
week the official average of wheat was PO., while 76')
quarters of barley made 1:1,491 P 1.., or an average of
40..
GLOITESTER.—The market is firmer, and wheat
Is worth Is. per qr. more money.
GRANTII AM.—A short sepply of wheat and a
tolerable trade at prices similar to those of last
Saturday. Barley a moderate show and the rates of
this day se'nnight were not male by Is. per qr. Prices
et nats were aa high as heretofore.
NORWICH—Last week's prices were supported
for dry qualities.
READlNG.—Buoiness ruled slow, and prices for
all descriptions had a downward tendency, white
wheat moving off at 61s. to 74.., and red at 435. to
645. per .Ir. Of malting barley there Woe a good
supply, but with slow inquiry late prices were
barely maintained, 38s. to 504. per qr.
CATTLE.
CARLlSLE.—Oenerally ,peaking, there was a fair
supply of cattle, shorthorns being exceptionally good,
while Irish were again below the mark- The atten-
dance of buyers was scarcely an large as usual, but
there was more anxiety manifested to do luedness awl
Galloways and aborthorns were in c msidemble
demand, while much cows and Irish were slow.
DONCASTER—seII; a rule late values were oh- Somewhat late in the day we are able to do
tabled, though prices were very irregular, honour to a national hero. It is a trifle over six
NORWICH.—The show of store cattle was pretty centuries since Robert Bruce was born, and on
good here. Trade ruled quiet at about late rates,
ss eaD a , , estia y (693 years and eight months after
complete clearance not being by any means effected.
NOTTINGHAM.—There was about an average his birth) we are going to unveil the statue at
supply of horned stock at the store market, and a Stirling. It is announced that "deputations
pretty good demand WWI again experienced for newly- from all parts of the kingdom are expected to be
calved cows, which sold at high prices. present," for we southerners can afford to forget
MISCELLANEOUS. all about Bannockburn, even as our northern
WHITECK APR!. HAY AND STR kW.— k fair fellow subjects can forgive much later Colloden.
supply of hay and straw was offered. The trade waa Will the time every come when the battle of the
brisk. and pricee wee firm unaltered. Prune
clover, 100.. to 127. r ;
inferiandor, Xis. to 105.1. ; prime Boyne and the seige of Derry will be celebrated
meadow hay, 90s. to 105. ; inferior, 738. to lUhi ; and by Irishmen in the same purely dispassionate
straw, 445. to Ms. per load. historical style.
CORK BUTTER. Ordinary: Firsts, 119 s. ;
seconds, 104. •, third, 87.. Mild Cured Superfine, The rumour that the Duke of Connaught
142,.; firsts. 1235. ; seconds, 109. ; third, 91., Firkins (Prince Arthur) was to have been seized by a
in market, tom
Saturday The number of sheep body of Fenian desperadoes when he Attended
ANDOVER FAIR, .
Dea
ned was about MAO less than last year. There a banquet to be given him by the Mayor of
was a brisk trade, and the proms realised were from Is. to Cork, and detained in custody until the Fenian
3. above those obtained at Appleshaw Fair.
attend. of prisoners had been unconditionally released,
YE:0,11 FAIR, ,
farmers and dealers. hut trade was not lurid:. There turns out to have been, if not a hoax, at all
was an unusual number of rough beasts on off.r. hut not events something very much like it— a drunken
more than half were sold, there dieinz a slizht reductiod
on recent rates. Gun I beef was readily disposed of at 13, boast on the part of a pot-valiant pat-riot. It
6d. tolls. Cl. per score, the supply beinz veer seems a wonder the Irish authorities sh, odd
A splendid show of sheep. Prime ewes sold at 7.4.. tnok. have taken such stringent precautionary
per heal, and lambs at :nu. ta Mut•on I.r men 44.
to Mi. per In The hare fair was well ,upttne.l. there measures, and the London papers have made
being more colts on off, th‘n f En-tur naat. the sueh an important item of news of it. Irishmen
prices ranging from 201. to 51.: gosl cart hories brought have their wits about them, and they must
501. to Mi. know that the retirement of Prince Arthur into
private lodgings—even if he hail been accom-
panied by other members of the royal
fiinily-
-- would not greatly impede the progress of the
CAPTURE OF KARS IW TIIE RUSiIANS. Ship of State. Na, if thaso rash Irishmen
had talked of seizing Mr. Gladstone when he
TWELVE HOI•Rs'
was over there, some method in their madness
sv KALEFI, Nov. IS. there would certainly have been. We can do
Kars was carried by et .rin toolxy
The haul sweedin by
mmence the d
at eight Russians.
without the one, but by no means without the
s, ig cauu ture co
o'clock yesterday evening and terminated at eight this other.
morning.
Our trophies and Irene, are not yet known.
REPULSE OF THE RI:I.IANS NEAR oRIONIE.
GENERAL RIVIIIELEFF WOUNDED.
Sorts. Sunday.
The Russians reenulted the Turkish positions moor
Orkanie on Friday, and were, it is teported, repulsed,
losing heavily.
Mehemet Ali, with the Bosnian troop., has just
arrived at Sofia.
Important news is expected shortly.
IS,CHARENT. Nov. 17.
General Skobeleff was slightly wounded in the en-
gagement fought before Plevna on the morning of the
15th inst. Ile still, however, retains his command.
THE CAPTURE OF EAR;I
The capture of Kars ler the Russians hi withont
question the greatest w-hievement .1 the war. Tie
summons t•• surrender Adresse.' by General .11..likoff
to the acting eommandant of the fortress a fortnight
ago was not after all so prepoAterons a demand as it
appeared to some able military critio, in thiu country.
It may lune been the duty of the Turkish offirer to
reject it, but it wae one which. as the event shows. the
Russian general was entitle I to niake. The assault,
originally app.intel on Tuesday 11-1. as our Special
Correq.on.lent with General 3felikoff announced on
Friday. . was actually leeein on Saturday evening at
eight n clock ; the stniggle lasted thronghont the
night, and the rapture a. pears to lu.ve been completed
yesterday (Sunday) morning. The garrison of Kars,
It is well known, consisted of twelve battalions. The
loss of the fortress and its armament to the Turks is
incalculable. It affects the whole of Armenia and
every operation of the war in Asia. It releases many
thotnands of tr.s.ps for service againet either Ilatseim
or Erzeroum, and gives the RuAKians an ails anent base
against each of th.rse places. —Dada Newt.
THE PEACE Still KS.
The Mandag krieir, in the face of various denials,
maintains its last week's statements respet-ting the
Russian conditione..f peace. It adds that it is true
beyond all lout. that Runde would insist upon diss
mantling the Bulgarian fortresses AA one of the chief
conditions. In the same paper a semisifficial telegram
from Constantinople states that Midhat Pacha has
forwarded to the Sultan a memorial, wherein it is
explained that the conclusion of a separate peace with
Russia might be fraught with serious perils for the
Ottoman Empire. The only means of securing future
welfare would be to strictly observe existing treaties,
and to act in concert with the si,mataries of the Paris
Treaty. The Sultan handed the memorial to the
Grand Vizier.
Reviewing the present state of feeling and opinion
at Constantinople the Telegraph correspondent, tele-
graphing on Sunday from Pera, reports the r„eneral
view of the situation to he that the war will be ern-
tinueti with energy by Turkey, in the hope that by
the aid of winter and of large levies, she will be able
to compel the Russians to retire. No idea of surrender
has ever for a moment been entertained.
According to intelligence received at Constantinople
the Bulgarians massacred the Museulman inhabitants
of Wratza.

I A Parliamentary ;turn shows how greatly
, the School Board rates vary in different locali-
ties. Of those given in the paper, the highest
rate is at Leeds, where it reaches 83& in the £.
At Llanelly it is 7.5, and at Pembroke 71. In
iLondon, despite the alleged extravagance of the
Board, the rate is only 4.33 d. In Liverpool it
is not half so much, viz, 2.02 d. Manchester
and Birmingham have a rating of 115 d. and
1.441. respectively. Sheffield is a little higher
than London. 2.06. Cardiff cost. By far the
lowest on the list is Newcastle-on-Tyne, where
the rate is only about a third of a penny in the
I 2*

Every ai ailable space in the Cambridge Senate.
house ou Saturday afternoon NVIA occupied by those
interested in witnessing the c niferring of the degree .4
Ibutor .4 I.Aws upon Mr. Charles Darwin. The
undsmraduates had an limitation monkey dressed up in
re•elonneols suspended insui a string and swung across
the building. Surely the Nlonk."y in academicals was
arrant e...;oti•nu ; while the " sin,rin; was lii4hly
...uzzestive. The wit of the lads 14 the nitiver-Py of
Cambridge seems to I.e of the boomerang style. It
recoils upon its authors.

Gale, the walkingjljot, a few minutes before eleven
o'clock on Satunlay night, completel him ta k of walk-
in .; 4.009 quarters of a mile in as many conaecotive 10
minutes. Upon the muleahlenes of the excitement,
which woe great, Sir John Amtley prementel him with
a handsomely .lee•ratel belt. HiA next walk altoul.l be
to rolnev Hatch in company. with Cirms-Astley. Two
other Wirt% 3 11,xica awl an wh were
backel to ride against cos+ other for 50 consecutive
horire, hl their little „, • at ,ppe 1 by the society for
the prevention if cruelty to animals. 'The objects of
the s ar.ety's s,.licitule were the h.rseA, not the &sees.

(So n(rra ph.)
TIFLIS, Sunday night.
The attack on Rare was conducted by Generals
Roofs and Lazareff ; an illumination is being prepared
here in celebration of the victory.
VARNA, Sunday.
Russians have evacuated Manglis.
Sourn OF DOBRABLR *, SERVAG LIS, Sunday.
Eight battalions of Redifs have marched through
here on their way to Sophia.
VIZ:CR A. Monday.
Fourteen or fifteen skirmishes have taken place on
the Shumla Road, the result usually being that both
sides have retreated. . .

The Daily New correspondent telegraphs the
rticulans of the capture of Kara The assault was
by 15,000 Russians, who stormed the steep rocks,
ramparts, and walLs with irresistible courage. The
redoubts and forts were stormed one after another, the
last forta, Tikmet and Arall, yielding on Sunday
morning. Forty Turkish hattalious fled toward
Erzeroum, but were made prisoners.
The Turks lost 5,000 killed and wounded, and 10,000
prisoners. The Russians lost 2,700.