The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-01-03 00:00:00

INDON MARKETS.

Y .11%P.RBSS BLIICTRIO TELEGIWiI
(PROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
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MARK-L/INR, MotroAy, January &
- bully ann, st full prices. Kentish who'd,
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4111.1.

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gni METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET,Va
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CORN MAktIEETS.

• Rip,fils-t4-4-sy..-7This market, which is
cessiderrid the dullest of the year, was fairly suppiied
ie., with wbest, for which tare was a slow inquiry, and a
steady Moines at the previous week's prices, the
ri."-prienast qualities realising from 425. to Mk per qr. The
best sorts of barley eommanded the full terms of last
week; while other dsseriptions were little sought Afton
• Oats of good quality were rather some. Beans and
/ .0 peas changed hands at unaltered currencies.
Se/ Waxwings, Saturdsy.—Tbere waa • large amply
as, of all binds of grain at our market to-day, and • full
attendance. The trade in wheat was active, and a good
• elearanos was effected at prim* • little in advance of
• those Of the proctors, market, the general figures bong
-0,.•10. to 425. The yearly average at this market is about
«;tllll. For all good samples et barley there was a brisk
• asmand, and quotations advanced quite la the qr.
a. • inferior grain, as tonal, was In but little request;
hr prises of leaning qualities were Se, to bis. Spring corn
o,
quick at ton ressot prices
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e. Corrirr-Mairrtati or Bosrim ViarOßT. —On f3atur•
e‘ • day morning the trial by court-martial of Georgia
• Welker, private marine on board her Majesty's ship
- fidget, who was charged with breaking into the gen.
room berth and stealing • quantity of spirits, was re-
reseed. Prisoner having made his defence, the Court
• Was cleared, and on re-opening found the charges partly
•'' proved. Prisoner was sentenced to twelve months'
‘" imprisonment, with bud labour, and at the expiration '
a' of that berm to be dismissed from her Majesty's service.
•'' GOOD SW/mom —Captain linratio Roes has made •
• mote on the Catenham range of 54 with 15 shots from
▪ '• match Whitworth—range 1,000 yards. He scored ten
asihittit, four threes., and a two. The weather was bright,
• lffein and frost, and the wind ems moderate •ba steady.
11, • 90b,the Harrow range, Captain *deiced Ross has made
1" tiertore of Of with emefth Whitworth, at 1,000 yard&
.6 more eonsisted of ten fours and four threes. Ins-
110'imidialrety afterwards, 'with five shots from the shoulder,
•e•dtLetding, at the same distance, Captain Ross made 19,
epee bull's-eyes and one centre.
"Ti Rrtettria.—The revenue 'returns for the lot
'"gaarter of the year were published on Saturday. There
• •-•were Issued at the same time the return,' for the last
Mires quarters of the current financial year—=beginning
en the let of April—and for the four quarters of the
"" ordinary year all tempered with the ertrespondieg :
• periods foe the year preceditig. The teturns are Bathe
factory, as showing the prosperity of the country. The
greatest reduction is in the property U.:, which shows
• reduction of baff • million on the quarter, and bids
fair to be • Million and • half on the financial year. This
Is rather a greater loot than might have been expected
frem the remission of a penny in the pound lest
year, through perhaps the ineuence of the previcets year's
reduction of 2d. may not yet be *hotly exhausted.
'The Customs, owing to the reduction in the sugar
duties, show a decrease in the our., of the lace nine
months of nearly £7,0,000 ; but tbe loss on the last
router is only £36,000. All the other items show an
Increase; the Braise is newly a quarter of • million
better en the ttarter, and £1,136,000 on the nine
months. The Post Office goes steadily up at the rate of
out neomoo • quarter, and the taxes. Crown lands,
and miscellaneous, each show • emallinereare. We
have not classed the damps in the items of decrease, for
though there is • nominal deficit on the quarter we
believe that is owing to a transfer of some items of its
levy to another department The net deorecee on the
quarter is shout a quarter of • million, on the nine
menthe 983,589.
TSB &Muff or SetnetsePros IN • Fa.—The
icestpahire indeperviece states that Mr. Sheriff Emanuel,
of Southampton, had determined this year to go beyond
the generosity usual on the occasion among the holders
of that dike in Southampton—the provision of abundant
good sheer for the debtors in the prison. He had de-
10111'1am/tea to pay the debts for which they were in-
thus setting them free. Unfortunately, his
Clenutei!'m too soon tor came known, and an amusing
testi: was the consequence. The custom prevails in the
eounty *mut, where the greater proportion of the
busietess transacted consistto of planits preferred by
s' tallymen," of granting warrente of commitment of
defendente for limited periods on the hearing of sum-
teceses after jaderment, but to suspend their execution
during the pleasure of the plaintiffs, in. order to give
the poor debtors an opportouity of meeting the demands
upon them. Mr. Emanuers generces offer at once
presented to this large class of plaintiffs a *wind oppor-
tunity for the collection of hitherto considered bed
debts, whilst to those who did not feel disposed, from
their own resources, to discharge their liabilities, an easy
method was thus provided by which they may be re-
lieved from nitrite claims. The county court bailiffs
found that they were all at once called upon to do a
thriving and unezpected trade, and on Friday the
%thesis in the debtors' ward of the prison were
so numerous as to call the attention of the officials
to the circumstance, and Mr. Emanuel was
et once communicated with, in order to prevent his
being victimised in the wag which was intended by the
abuse of his good intentions in such a cunning but
scandalous manner. The worthy sheriff proceeded he
the gaol, and there a numerous group of countyeeourt
debtoce met his view. "And who put you here?" he
said to cue. The answer was, "4 tallymen." "And
who your he asked • second. The same reply, "A
tallynaget." To • third he addressed hinvielf in • similar
Manner, and was ones more told, "A tallymen." The
hick was now rally expected, but Wr. Emanuel never-
theless determined that, though his original intentions
mace be abandoned, they should have a good dinner,
and inquired for how many he should provide. Oh,”
said the "the county-court bailiff told us there
would he at least another dozen to-morrow," and •
lama e could not help venting her wrath at the de-
teedou of the trick by exclaiming, "Why, I shouldn't
have come here but that I thought you were going_to
pay the debt for me, and I should get out free." We
need hardly add thce the sheriff departed with his mind
a little enlightened as to the frailties of human nature,
but, notwithstanding the imposition attempted to be
practiced um a him, he does not forget that it is Christmas
time, and he charitably ordered a bountiful dinner for
as many whe, under such extraordinary circumstances,
happened to be in the debtors' ward to partake of it.
A Ilearene CLEARILD Ur.—During the whole of
hest week censidereble interest was felt at Melton
owing to the discovery of • orceplete suit of clothing in :
ere of the railway station waterelosete, for which no
owner could be found. It was at first supposed that
the clothes were those of some thief who had nnenged
his habiliment?, in haste, but afterwar is from the fact
of the under clothing being there, it lina, supposed that
some suicide bad been onomitted in th r. The
disappearance of • men named Charles Trundl- >are
whew to this; but its wen eubeequentl. stated that be
had been drowned at York. Mr, Superintendent
Walmeley, however, has tab- n up the matter, anti he
has ascertained from the police authorities at Sheffield
that • men named Williamson left Sheffield for Malton
early sulast week, and before lee.ing he was presented
with aa entire suit of new garment& It seems he had
worn his old clothes till reaching M.alton, and had there
then the singular means of changing his dress which
has caused so much wonderment for leveret dare, •
81:18P6Orim MMIDIII AT Aeneasetocer.—The dead
body of • man was found at Ardershott on Sunday
morning, December 25, under inch circumstances as to
leave no doubt that the unfortunate deceived was the
wistim of violence. On the north-west border of the
South Camp there is • dreary tract of common, the site
of the military cemetery, the cemetery of the civilian
populatiea of Aldershott, the Commissariat buildings,
amid the Government gasworks. A narrow road leading
from Aldershott New-town to Aldershott Proper mines
throegh this district, skirting the town cemetery. The
spot on • winter's night is about as desolate and cheer-
tem as can well be conceived. About a quarter pest
seven o'clock on Sendai morning a person named Hardy,
a milkseller' and his wife were coming along the
abovcementionediane, when they observed • dark object
/yin on one side of the roadway, and on procuring •
Sght red aeristanee they found it to be the dead body of
• man, covered with blood. There were marks surround-
ing the spot where the body was lying which showed
that • desperate atonale must have taken place. They
aroused • man named Finch, a Goverroatent warder
nod parish constable, whose eoteces was not more than
ten yards distant, and this person atones communicated
with the police. Mr. Superiatendent Howard, of the
Haute Constabulary, was promptly in attendance, and
on examining the body, he found it to be that of a pen-
sioner. named James kaynsford, who had fmmerly
belonged to the 84th Regiment, and was about 66 years
of age. The deceased's goat was off, his shirt slimes.
were turned -41), his fits clinched, and his arms bent in
the ettitude el fighting. His tam was covered with
blood. There was &severe out over his right eye, whioh
eras blackened, and his lips wete swollen as if from
bruises. Tbe cloth, s were very dirty. The body was eon.
weyed to a building in the cemetary adjacent, to await
an inquest. From subsequent inquiries made by the
police it appears that the deceased was la,t seen
alive at half-past nine o'clock on the night previous
et the Royal Exchange music-ball lii Aldershott.
He was supposed to have been then under the
inference of drink. The spot where his body was
dineovesed was about three-quarters of • mile from
this place, and at first there seemed little hope of un-
ravelling the mystery which surrounded his death. The
police, however, ascertained that a man named Samuel
Wetmore, a labourer, had been out late on Saturday
night in that neighbourhood, and was known to have
entered a beerhouce not far distant. The police proceeded
to Watuiore's lodgings in Denmark-street, and found
the man they were in search of. His clothes had just
been washed by the landlady, who was ironing his shirt
when the pollee entered, and she admitted that she
washed the shirt because it had had blood upon it, and
that Wetmore had been out in the course of the night.
He was wearing the clothes of • lodger while his own
were drying, and on the police inspecting the waistcoat
which he had worn they found marks of bLiod upon it.
He was then taken into custody, charged with having
caused the death of the deceased. He was brought
before Captain Newcombe and Captain Elliott, the
Local magistrates on Monday morning, and, on the
application of Superintendent Howard, was remanded
for three days.
IPSZNCH Coirvtore.—The number of transported
offenders now in French Guayana amounts to 6.225
convicts, 4,248; teen who have been condemned •
siesolid hi *, 1,116. liberated prisoners with • final
aid to titer 613 ; colonial
wveheat residence 37
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women,