The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-08-09 00:00:00

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LATIST NEwS.

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.4.-LANI, THIS DAY.
'Market steady, English whcat held et en advance of
b. 93, on lean Monday's quotations, wish bet little
dotes. Foreign A
•"1017 held. Flour quite as dear as
hoit Monday. Barley stead,. 04. v 57firm, at in
advenoa of la. on tile weal, export. 24.0013 qrs.
Maize, dull; British wheet. 3,734• barley, 287; "t.,
2.829 ; Aft; 14 589, Foreign—wheat, 36,431 • barley,
8,996; oats, 68,36
end 3,389 5 ; made., 16,300; fiOVT, 6,271 sacks,
barrels.
etoar.—Buyere allow little disposition to Porch's°.
English wheat is dull et last Sionday'sprioes. Foreign,
however,
40" shilling dearer on the week. Town
flower shows no change; country, is. deerer ; American,
6d. per barrel more money. Berie4 dull, but steady,
°eta, 6d. to ls, dearer hie ui and 6d, cheaper.
Rutile end peas witnou't h
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METROPOLITAN cATTIA MARKET, Ting DAY.
English beast. are extremely aceree ; but there is a
hit supply of foreign. A rise of from fourpenee to 811.
pence per stone is obtained on all choice English; what'
dasnriPtions. as well se goeeign, it. al,o dearer. English
mutton steady. with en upward b•ndeney ; foreign firm.
Lamb firm, at
I one barely rtud....:
---"'"ed• Pork stationary. Beef, 41 lo
InhiMried . Veal heavy, and (mont-
h% 8d ; mutton, 411 to 5s fld ; veal, 3a 43 to 5e 2.1; pork,
3' to 54 ; 18m138. 44 44 to 6s 4d. Total supply
Beasts,. 3.586; sheen and um* 2.5040; ()elves,
315 ;, PIP. 220_!ol wbrirh foreign—beaels, 2,140; 'hemp
and Lambe, 8.550 • salves, 295 km 65.
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STORMING OF WEISSEMBERG.
NIED
t`ut belti ood-Ayett, TIIIIRNDAY EVENING.
A brilliantby the a victory hu been achieved
nay of the Crown Prince of Prussia,
under the eyes of his Royal Highness. The
occasion wee the storming of Weissemberg and
of GeisBullint, in the rear of that town.
The troop. engaged on the German side were
regiment° of the fifth and eleventh Prussian
arnlY 00°1311 and the second corps of Bavarians;
and on the French aide the division of General
Douay, Won
Sins to the corps of Marshal
McMahon.
The French were repulsed and dispersed,
leaving behind their encampments.
Generld Douay was killed, and over 600 un-
wounded prisoners, including many Turco*, fell
Into the bands of the Prussians. One piece of
artillery was also captured.
On the German side, General Kirchbach was
• shot.
The2lllfig's Grenadier Guards and the 50th
liegiment suffered severely.
FRENCH RETREAT FROM SAARBRUCK.
The first cheek suffered by the French arms, at
Wimmobaurz, on Tbunday probably impressed on the
Emperor the peril of his &descend position, and he began
a enteral retrograde movement by abandoning the
wrosad be bad taken up • few days before on the hills
to the wan of Saarbruck. Previous to their withdrawal
the French inflicted a very cruel bombardment upon the
defeneeime town, firing, if the report is true, explosive
shells at its few remaining edifices. This was done on
the Friday morning, but early in the afternoon several
Divisions of the Central German army. under General
Von Steinmetz. advanoid from Neuenkirchen, and on
the following day stormed the plateau before Spicheren,
where General Froward had been posted since Tuesday,
and determined the retreat of the French. General
Goshen reports :—"Several hundred men of General
Frosaard's corps were reads prisoners. According to
their statement, we were opposed by four Divnions of
the French army. The fighting did not terminate notil
dark. The enemy covered his retreat by • heavy
artillery fire from Spiehern. General Steiwenetz arrived
toward& evening and assumed the command. General
Francois fell. Our lose is
,great, estwcially in officers.
m The eney left many dead.' The Colugne Gazette says:
—"Friday's success at Saarbruck was greater than was
expected. The baggage and encampments of two Freon
divisions remain in our hands, lutbach is occupied by
Mr troops." General Skinmota is between Sulzbach
sail Esarbruck.
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