The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-09-07 00:00:00

LONDON MARKETS.

IT EXPRESS ill userßzo TELEGRAPH.

_MARK Wig, MONDAT, firprocua 6.

Supply of English Wheat small;and assisted eltially
of new crop, width mold Jowly at an ADVANCE OF
ONE TO TWO SHILLING& BOSiDIIIIII in forald•
moderato, at barely ea improvement of is. Sprint sera
unaltered. Mains Is. cheaper. Flour 61. per barr4,
and tawdry who Is. per mak, dower.

METROPOLITAN cArnal MARKET, Sere. 6.
Supply of good English beasts abort (or 61"..4 sg4
also for beat foreign beesta, than was • demand, at late
rates. Mattock doll. Veal reabar dearer. Pork
dationary.
Bed; 3.. gg. to 55. 41.; nation, 3a. 41. to 51. 64.;
veal, 3.. 441.t0 5.. 64.; Fork, 3., to 0..
Besets, 4,731 ; sheep sod limbs, 23,660 ; relvea,l67 ;
pigs. 60. Irish beasts, 280 gollith beam., 2,364.
Foreign beasts, 2,106 ; 'hasp sad lam* ;
101; pigs, 10.
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NAT, ItUAT's Coln Maalsril- Dorchester: Wheat, 4ge 561,
/id; Barely. 40. per tparter.—atentered., at
Bath the ath to6nee and mppl) were ansll.lllrsprovod demand
fr Whmt, anal priina Went Up 1, to 0. per qt. The quotation
naa ht. lista sold slowly at from se• to 34*. per
quarto r. Al Taunton, there um a samU ettendance. anti the
so.okai I shildad a firmer tone. hemples of New Omit were
iihriitiful, and In fine condition. The following mere the prices
obtained: Wheat, tla. ta na. ad.; malting barley, re. to to 3d. ;
grinding, 4. 1.. 4. 3.t; oat. 3. 3d. ; pt.!. 7'.—
pit.. At Warminster the market 00r thinly Wedded. etei the
'my tem& The whoa trade 'tweed something
lakc a rvactioll. Fanner. asked advanced price.. mai tam-
nti) trade was Alta This price. obtained were I. per qr.
r than lb..< of imt week. Some nee barley was offered,
et 40.• to 44. per qr. Oats 'Miele hunt 51in, to per
flour l, 1t ok. ui xi, per ark. The report. as to the
a.1..-*t ,rop are vur) tariable, hut /11 the Whole they net
!at uurablv. end the condition of the hTnin

OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

I suppose It may be reckoned that the Marquis of
Hartingtoo has inaugurated the season of extra-Parlbe
minter, oratory, sad his position as a member of the
Caffinet‘oiees importance to his speeth at the Sheffield
Cutlers' feast. Front the noble lord's utterances we
can plainly see, if we did not know before, that the
Irish land question is to be the Pasliamentery piece de
ruisraitec of nest snakes; likewise, that the Govern-
ment do not know how far their majority will follow
them in this tposition. His lordship seethe of the land
titration es almost non-politieal ; hot we may be sure
there will be a great party struggle over it, and the
Liberal majority not being pledged on this question, as
upon that of the Irish Church, the light may possibly
be more even than the one of last session, and will
almost certainly occupy much more time. Ur. Gladstone
will not be able to impose silenee on his followen in a
matter in respect to which they are not pledged to
follow him, and consenting which so essay various
opinions may be hel.d. The subject which the
of Hartington now. !ouches so gingerly,. will there-
fore, in all probability, canes greet excitement next
year.
Prince Napoleon's speeelt in the Freneh Senate has
been read with very considerable interest here, especially
as it is the Ant po4ltiel utterance of his Impala!
Highneeeleines the memorable Corsican speech. The
oration is very chnnieteristic, and shows that the speaker
has not abated • jot of his democratic views. Opinions
are much divided respecting the soundness of his
Imperial Highness's views, and respecting the pokey of
tittering them if they be sound ; but I think the mate
general opinion among moderate men Is, that the son-
nations which the Emperor offer. are sufficient for
the present, and that the French people should use the
modicum of liberty °Needed to them as • fousdation
upon which gradually to rear a substantial political
nlifiee. Of course, people who hold this opinion
look upon the Prinee's utterances as indiscreet au4
tending only to dissatisfy the French people, and
et:therms the Emperor.
Of the three pecoent Parliamentary boroughs that
henbeen lately on the reek, Bridgwater is distinguished
as belts print-cps in corruption, though Norwich and
Beverley aro not far behind. Recollecting that them are
only the towns that have been found out, it in evident
that electoral corruption is wide-spread In England, in
epite of the improved means for its detection. But
the fate which almost certainly awaits Bridgwater. and
very probably Norwich and Beverley, together with the
. number of members that were unseated by election
teens, must surely act as a caution to candidates and
their agents in future. Bribery we can and probably
soon shall put down under a system of open voting,
though not intimidation and under jointure ; sad as
bribery would be quite possible uuder the ballot,
perhaps it woul I be well net to cover up election pro-
ceedings with a veil of mosey before we have exter-
minated this vice.. . . . . .

which has been wide for the In.
tercet. of the policy-holders in the Albert Life insurance
Compemy is the starting of • Mutual insurance &misty
having for its capital all that can be recovered from the
old company ; but to carry this out there must be union
among the policy•holders, and one strong general organi-
sation, whereas they are now divided and representad
by independent committees.
. . . . . . .

Prompted by curiosity, or by • liens, of my duty to
your readers in giving thou my impressions upon all im•
portent matter, occurring here—l hardly know myself
which was the 'troop, motive—l went to gee "For.
mesa" the other night. The sontroversy in the papers
respectiog this drama has been on excellent advertise-
ment, for the great house was crowded, and, despite the
public condemnation of the drama by no many writers,
and the fact that its character must be well-known to
c•verybody, there was a fair proportion of the female sex
among the audience, eseept in the gallery, which may
or may not be a fact creditable to working men. As
for the pier* itself, it Ilse • very strong family likeness
to the "Streets of Lnodon," and "After Dark," by the
name author, especially to the latter, from which a
it toilet rimy be drawn to almost all the principal charm
-
t. la, as well as to many features of the plot. In fact,
tinee is nothing new in the drama—no fresh "
t.......at " at all—except the Introduction of the courtesan
eloinent, and this I put down to poverty of invention or
indolence on the part of Mr. Boucicault, rather than to
.iny public demand for the introduction of this element
on the stage. It pay., however, and that it enough to
encore a run upon such questionable drama, at our
minor theatres, with the objectionable features
magnified.
On Friday I assisted (aa it is now the fashion to say)
at the gran 1 rehe•raal for the monster musioal "jubilee"
on Wednesday next. The eight thousand voiths were
• complete success, which sayo much for the Sol-fa
system of teaching sin‘ing, and for those who carry it
out. Many of the eingers were quite young children,
hut the whole orchestra sang in capital time; and in •
build ng so vast as the Crystal Palma the immense
...Mimi of sound from eight thousand voices is not at all
too powerful, and is really required to give due effect
to such a 131111.111iV0 coomprwition as the "Hallelujah
Chorus," which waa splendidly rendered. The clanging
of the anvils in the " Anvil Chorus" from "It Trove.
tore," and the firing of eannon and chiming of belle with :
per rat pieces of warlike or patriotic character, had •
remarkable, hut by no means disagreeable effeet ; but
the beds (which were roek-erystals, by the way), were
too weak. It is noticeable that at this rehears,' the
paying auditmre waa little more than a fourth of the
performer., and with wiason tiokettholders very little
more awn nine thousancL