The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-03-06 00:00:00

Erne anb Conuncrce.

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Mies Burdett Coutta has presented wren boxes al
b a.ks to the itinerating library of the Association of
M Institutes of Lancashire and Cheshire. The
Leeks have been selected by Mies Casette with special
reference to the instructlon of female operatives.
The land covered by Forests in Algeria is nearly I
4,700 *mere miles in extent. without including a great
tract of country overrun by brushwood, which the
Arabs set on fire occasionally, not only to drive away
witl beast*, but also for the good browsing it affords
their cattle when the young Arts make their appear'
mice.
I The Art-Union offers a premium of 70 guineas for a
I group or statuette from English history; guineas te
I the second best model; also • premium of 100 guineas
fur a rizsidoliateijaltusfoisri
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LEILDS, Feb. 28.—The unfavourable state of the
weather this morning tended to limit the attendance at
compeeitiou and expression, severe beauty of form, sad
the cloth halls and the market was rather quiet. The
general position of the woollen trade The people of Birmingham have adopted • resolutice
of the district re. ,
mains much as last reported. In the inanufecturing pure, correct drawing.
to found a Free Library iu that town, to be supported
localities there is nu lack of eniplasyniedt ; the tone of
beaker is satisfactory, and prices are brut ; but there
is nut much animation in the warehouses. The prolun• The vote which will be required in the year ending
, by a local rate.
the lilst of March, Is6o, to defray the expenses which ,
will be incurred for navy and military operations in
gation of winterly weather checks the full develop lit
of the spring trade, and it is unlikely that any activity
China. beyond the urdinary grants for navy and army
will be manifested until • snore genial seeson sets
ser.he librarian of the British Museum exhibits certain
for the year 1859-60, asuounta to 1:830,000.
The importance of adopting seine measures to obtain . r
• larger supply of Bea to Great !Sedate is again rather
mutdated books in the reading-room, with • note direct.
prominently occupying the attention of gentlemen
ing attention to the circumstance that portions have
engaged in the fias trade of Leeds. It was generally
been torn out by asnie person or persons who have
acknowledged by the meeting that the flax trade bad
visited the room. The librarian hopes that the readers
of late years, if not actually declined, made ne progress.
hwas will endeavour to discover and put a stop to such pro
ansl that ling in future.
tisheartatrwibuuta.Litcleriaini. a. ghreicubt. measuree lotteldit
high price The Prussian Commercial Conference at Berlin
ot;
had been dearer last year than it hail been for the pre-
adopted, without discussion. propositions recoulmendini
Timm 40 years. end was now selling at considerably
the abolition of the transit duties and usury laws, and
above the average price* of some years past. This arose
another in favour of applying the decimal system in all
chiefly from the inadequate supply ; and the discussion
at the meeting turned principally upon the desirableness I
The Bey of Tunis has given permission for the
of supporting • company which has been started at
establishment of a newspaper in Tunis. It will appear
Belfast. to be called the "Indian Flax Company
on the tint of May under the title of Official Gazette if
Moulted)." the capital of which is intended to be
The success of the late Burns festival in England and
the Schiller anniversary in Germany has determined&
number of Italian gentlemen to prepare a jubilee in
view of ascertaining what amount of shake were likely
auL;s42lott.eiCklitilillaeikurti:i glwoftu'hit:oalfir'ellsr aoi
t.j:Tth: leoi efinseuebt whichnt
subject, B,r 'to
withpen
ho.tiuur of Dante for the year 11465.
t volume of "Remain, of the late Douglas Jerrold,'
to be subscribed fur by the flax trade at Leeds and at
Dundee, it king stated that a large number of shares
consisting of tries written in early life, some of dual
had already been taken in Belfast.
new, anal some reprints, is announced for publicatiox
MANCHESTER. 24th.—In the yarn market considerable The Viceroy of Egypt has visited the Himalaya it
Alexendria, anal has been permitted to witness tla
activity is reported. There has beta a fair business for
India and Germany. The Mediterranean houses have I working of an Armstrong gun. He has himself had
also been purchasers, and there has been • very general . number of guns rifled under the supervision of Colt"
dematel for all markets. There has leer iii. change in • Masse. The Himalaya, with men and guns for Chet.
, arrived at Alexandria on the 21111 of January.
prices, but they are finis ; and the mai .t has been
stronger than was atiticipated. In cloth there been I Mr. Fairliolt is preparing to publish, with notes, flu
much less animation. The litters by the overland snail I curious collect.
of ballads left by Pepys, the diinst
aIA still preserved at Cambridge. It is stated that the tothe 24th of January, and ad'. ices by telegraph to the
eth nut. (coin Calcutta, report a decline in prices, and regulation imposed by Pepys, that his papers dealt
never be examined save in the presence of a fellow of be
much stagnation in trade. The mail also brings advice.
front Shanghai of a decided stoppage of trade. college. has hitherto alone prevented such • publiacia.•
Rocunahe, 27th. —Only a moderate business was The French Government has granted a sum of li.o°,
transacted to-day, both in wkil and manufactured goods, ! francs to the municipality of Orleans for the purchase,'
but, nevertheless, trade ne.intaine a satisfactory upect. I the house of Diana de Poitiers in that city.
oy wools, especielly of the lower descriptions, prices The Royal Volunteer Ball takes place on Wedneed4
leave rather an upward tendency. In 11.,nnela there is evening in the Floral Hall, Conventegarden. The tto.i;
not much business aloing—purchuere being prim:4.lly patromsee it ; elumet every Wellibar of the Royal fond
in small quantities. The Vurkdaire trek is moderately ; patrunieuit, with a long list of Dasher's and Countesses
eepiee; on the whole the tone of business is very firm, It sill be a splendid affair, no doubt.
but operations are conducted with ceutiasi. and there I A discovery of gold has been made in Glengaberbatt
smear, to be a diepusition to wait the hue! eettisauent Peebleekre. The gold is in mall nuggets, some of tk.'.
of the budget and the cutuuiercial treaty. resetuhling flattened peas. The quantity already ISO
up is in weight equal to half • sovereign. Whether
it
' gold will be found to an extent worth working reek,'
to be wen.
Mr. Hadfield, in the Hour of Commons, called atter
Don to a prize•fight fur the chanipiun's belt about to'
cur, anal asked if the Houle Secretary intended to prio
it ? Sir George Lewis gravely described how Sir itichaN
Maybe would *top it if he could ; but as be dui T.l
know when or where it was to take place, it might o°'
place without hie knowledge.
Property valued at k:30,000 was destroyed by fire
Wood.strcet, t'llevaide, in Monday morning.
sufferers are Messrs. Motley and Co., watehousse,
but many of their neighbours also suffer d considerW.
Piceolutuini is marred. She sang on Satunlel
at the Crystal Palace, and then left for Dublin.
the knot was tied. Her husband is an Italian }tin
such a relative of one of the Cardinals. He is a non
rum fortune—for Italy.
There are 21.7110 benefit chubs in England end 11/1
the aggregate number of members, being 2,500 000.
The rilnell baa been suppressed throughunt the t_,
trims empire. eoi
Mrs. Hudson, widow of Captain Hodson, „
hawser of presenting to Her 31ajesty, in pols 0!
sword+, one taken by her late husband from the dig:,
Delhi, and the other surrendered by the King on ti.,
of September, 1857, the former of which foriact)
longed to Jeliangbier, A.D. 1603, and the latter to
Shah
Algeria
hu already begun sending to Poi',
French beaus, new potatoes. strawbeiries, ann
vegetables and fruits, which in Europe only attain 0'
city in the summer.
The town of Cognac is better known in the
world than by its being the birthislate of the
letters in France, Francis I. A atatue to that lin'
is about being set up by the citizens.
A correspondent of the Bombay Times describni,,,.
killing of a tiger by strychnine. The tiger infenestwi
low undergrowth at the bottom of his genlvo.
resolved to destroy it. He therefore took •
recently killed by the tiger and at] ewed
strychnine in the bitten flesh. The tiger caw, nu'
died immediately.
An aged couple, living at Easton, near Roll's
applied to the guardians for out-door rebel,
retuned and told to go into the union. Tbis
upon their minds that they rid their turban
their debts, and were afterwards found 110'70
Pond' they committed the deed while
night dreams.

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