The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-08-08 00:00:00

JOHN VINCENT

QOLICITS the honor of a Tilt to Inspect hie
Stock of .TEWELLERY, WATCHES, CLOCKS,
PLATE, and ELECTRO-PLATE, which is of the first
quality and newest patterns, much larger and lower in
price than any house in the West of England.
SUPERIOR ENGLISH-MADE LEVER WATCHES,
Gold :-10, 12, 15, 20, and 30 Guineas. Silver :—S,
4,5, 7, and 16 Guineas.
ELEGANT HORIZONTAL WATCHES:
Gold :-2, 3,4, 5,7, 10, to 18 Guineas, Silver —l,
2, 8,4, and 5 thli1:18118.
Every Watch Skilfully Examined, and a Two Years'
Guarantee given to Purchasers.
SOLID GOLD NECK AND AL BERT CHAINS'
Gold : 1 to 20 Guineas. Silver ditto, be. to We.—
Quality warranted.
A Magnificent Assortment of first-class JEWELLERY, ,
In Bramlets, Neckleta, Brooshes, Lockets, Earxings. '
Pim, Studs, Links, Am
Diamond, Gem, 'Torquotae, Pearl Signet, Wedding
Keeper, and Mourning RINGS.
New Patterns in Crystal, Onyx, Pebble, Garnet, Jet
sad Hair Jewellery.
ENGLISH AND 'FOREIGN CLOCKS.
A T Stook of SILVER GOODS adapted for

. in Weymouth for Elkington's Eleeiwo-
Plated Goods
Watches, Cloaks, sad Jewellery limpid:a&
Da/raving. km.
Diamonds, Jewellery, Plato, Watch's, ka.,
I Or excbsagba.
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Mae. COBDEN hu presented • bust of her late hulloed
to the Emperor Napoleon.
MR. ROBERT Lows is to be appointed principal
librarian of the British Museum and secretary to
trustees, Mr. Paniul resigned. (.1
Lure now costs in West London from 174. to 184. •
lb., and the best bits of beef from 144. to 104., an
advance of at last 70 per sent.
The Metropolitan Sewage Company have made their
first contrast with • farmer, in the neighbourhood of
Barking, for tite supply of sewage at the rate of 24. pee
ton.
THZ College of Organists is again offering two prianc
of 10 guineas each, one tor the best anthem with organ
aceotupaniment, the other tor the beet organ pleas.
Ds. ParecuLonle figure has been added to Madame
Tuassoct's collection. Collectors of "sensation" relies
have actually chipped away portions at the door-steps at
his residence.
The POTATO Cam. IN IRELAND. We observe in •
few of our oontemporaries in the south and west report*
of the appearance of disease in the potato crop. It IS
not, however, to SE extent to justify any serious =Lung
ness respecting the general condition of the crop, the
instances in which it has appeared being earl few, and
tonfined to lands adjoining the sea Coast. The potato
crop in its best clays hat never been wholly exempt front
taint, and at this period every year we are ariettstomed
to bear nnfeeourable reports circulated, partly owing to
the too nervous anxiety of farmers and partly to the
Interested motives of apeoulatork—bitblis EXPra&
THE GRAIN CROPS IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA.— Lettere
from Odessa of the 29th,of June confirm the sad prose
posts of a bad harvest. A protracted drought slue
March had completely dried up the coming crops. On
the 28th of June there was a heavy all of rain,
which hid not by any means improved matters. Provig
eons throughout Southern Russia are very scarce, and
bid fair to reach up to famine prices. Persons with
limited means and large families find a great difficulty in
maintaining them, especially at Odessa, Nioolaix, and
Kberson.

MEAN "Lam" AHD " WELSH" lIOTTON,—It is
• foot not generally known, that one-half the German
mutton rooming to this country yid Hamburg, in sold in
the metropoln for "lamb," at very remunerative
prices. At cost price, thin meat may be purchaseal
from 3d. to 34d. per lb., and it ia ceiling in the butchers
shop at the advanced prioe of Bd. to 9d. per lb. The
Merino sheep run remarkably small, more especially in
bone, and seldom weigh more than 4i stone, or 361 h.
each. The snperiority of the wool is the cause of their
being bred. A large portion of the above meat is,
moreover, passed off for Welsh mutton at Dome of the
inferior buteliene shop.
THE GREAT YORKSHIRE Autdcrutrusar, SHOW.
The great annual gathering of the county Agrioultural
Assnoiation has tine year been held in the Nether
Hall-park, adjoining the town of Dow:meter. 'Tuesday
was the "Implement day." The entries in thin de-
partment have only once before been exceeded in
numbers—viz., at liork in 1882, and never exeelled in
value and nsefulnese. The chief awards were to Mann.
Fowler, Leeds, first-class medal; Messrs. Bansomes and
Sims, 'patriot:l, second-class medal. The £BO prize for
thrasher was awarded to Marshal and Co., Gains.
borough; and the second prise of £93 to S. Hovey and
Co., Leeds. Mealllll. Ashby and Jeffrey, Lincoln, took
the silver medal; Mr. Allen, 20, Parliament-street,
Westminster, a first-class medal; and Mr. John Plant,
Burley, a eecond.claas eiedaL There were numerous
minor prises given. The general show of cattle, hones,
and cheep took pla.c• on Wednesday, when tlas at.
tendance was very large.

Gaserb on Cl:um—Some of the chalk hills, stub
as those in the neighbourhood of Henley, to Oxfordshire,
have a surface soil of gravel and flints. In b
such lands as these, both the author and sor:naeldY
acquaintance have taken the following course
ordinary horse plough was followed by • land preset;
which forced the grassy edge of the farrow slice to the
bottom of the furrow, and at the same time made c=
channels and • arm bed for the seed corn.
"presser" centrists of two heavy iron wheels, about °DS
yard each in diameter, and a light guide wheel, ari
fixed into a frame connected with shafts. One home
draws the Feuer after two plough teams, and math
heavy wheel weeks between two furrow silos.; the
guide wheel runs on the unploughed ground about one
yard from the farrow. In the oases referred to oats
were sown for the first crop, and they answered well.
After the tate it was invariably found that the turf had
decayed and was reduced to vegetable mould, which
was easily pulverised by ordinary methods. These
gravelly soils on chalk sppear to possess; the prooorte of
ceusiog vegetable matter to decay in • shore
and where such rapid decay takes plans burole:=
would boa wasteful process—Garden/re Chrotti.
A FLY'S Ern —lf we examine the eye of • fly, tor
example, we shall observe that it forms the segment of
• sphere projecting from each side of the head. if we
pursue the examination further with the aid of a micro.
mope we shall find the surface is mapped out, as it were
into countless number of separate lenses arranged side
by side like the cells of • honey-comb. These WSW
somewhat conical in shape, converge towards the cootie
of the spherical segment. It has been computed thee
the eyes of some of the butterfly tribe number front
10,000 to 40,000; of these hexagonal fiesta Hooke
counted 7,000 in the eye of the house ay. What,
therefore, is lost by want of mobility Ii gained by
extension of power—Once a Weed.
A BH.•SIC IN • LAMAS' BATHING Cowl. XT.
Richardson, of Ilfracombe, North Devon, writes to a
contemporary as follows: —" About one p.m. yesterday
• large object was observed floundering among the
rooks near the ladies' bathing cove by the boatmen ow
the quay-heed. With great difficulty and some risk
it was secured by ropes, and triumphantly towed into
Ilfracombe harbour; it was then placed in • cart and
drawn through the 'tweets. For • small amount I
obtained the carcass, and had it placed in the small
garden behind our house. On measurement it was
found to L3ft. Tin, in length, 7fl. 2in. in girth behind
the pectoral fins, 31t. 31n. between the orbits of the
eyes, which were nearly covered by crustacean parasites.
On opening the animal the remains of two thornhacke
and • base were found, together with • number of
intestinal worms of enormous sloe. There is only one
recorded appearance of this remarkable fish on the
British oust, at Caistor, near Yarmouth, sins. the year
NONOUNTOZNINTS AND TEEN New PAILILIDINT.--The
Li7seeotor says the new Parliament will comprise several
member, of the "Liberation Society." The following
are on the Exioutive Committee:—" Mr. Samuel Morley.
Mr. D. hi`Laren, Mr. T. Barnes. The followiag are
subscribe= to the sockar—Sir F. Crossley, Kr. G.
Hadfield, Mr. J. Hidden, Mr. J. Fildes, Mr. B. Whit-
worth, Mr. J. Bright, Mr. E. Baines, Mr. T. B. Potion.
Mr. L Dawn, Mr. J. Harris, Mr. W. E. Baxter, Mr.
C. Gilpin, Mr. J. Palmer*, Kr. J. Cowan Mr. P. A.
Taylor. Other Protestant Nonconformist Members are:
Sir S. H. Pete, Mr. (lesbian, Mr. Crum Ewing, Kr. E. W.
Crawford, lb. R. M. Malice. Mr. W. Price, Mr. B.
Sarsueleo", Mr. K. relief, Mr. T. Stanfield, Mr. J. B.
Smith, Mr. J. Pease, Mr. John Dunlop, Mr. G. Les.
mat, Mr. J. Owe, MI Pim, Yr. P. Melton, Mr.
W. B. Foveler, Mi Mills, Mr. .1. Chestham,
Alderman Lemnos% Alderson Leak. The-Jalli ouzo
her four members, the Beglish Roseau Gatisolise tkroe.
and the Walt
_Liberal Reese Oulbciiis shag' MO
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