The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-05-17 00:00:00

enteral 'Nero.

Th. Queen's birthday will be celebrated on Tuesday,
U..' '24th Mat.
Th.' Owl underntands that Prince Alfred is about to
proceed on • tour in Turkey and the Crinsen
The Crown Priories. of Prussia remain, at the se.
palace at Potsdam till the return et. the Crown Prams
from bileswig.
The Prince and Prineera Louis of Heise will leave
Germanyl about ten days, on • visit to Mir Majesty
at RelmoraL
FATAL JUMP MIMS A TRAIIL—On Randal evening •
fearful accident, which 'non terminated fatally, otamened
to • Dane earned Knefebeet Jeersen, a native
Dalagud, Flenaburg, while travelling on Po Geese
Western Railway through the Sosening eutting, may
Reading. The unfortunate man took the train an
Cardiff, after baying left the ship (rte. belonging to.
Uremia, and was proceeding to London for the purpose,
of obtaining from the Danish causal • pass to. Denmark,
with the intention of joining the army. Soon lifter
Ironing the Reading Station he looked out of the
carriage window, and hie bat blew off. As there were
In it important papers for the Danieh enamel, he imme-
diately jumped otrt of the train in the hnpe of recover-
ing the document, when he 141 under the train, and
the wheels pawing over both legs they were (aerially
entailed. The poor fellow managed to crawl to the
embankment, where he lay for about half-an-hour. when
be was discovered by • ramekeeper en the Holine-park
I estate, eines by. Mr. Shepherd, surgeon, of Sousing,
was passing at the time, and recommended his reenneal
to the hospital an Reading, where he received 6Tory
attention from the bog.* &nig, on, Mr. Davis, but the
shock to the eyelets was so great that be only survive&
the nceident about flee hones.

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A CH OUCH CLOW:. !GAMS? THII ON DES OF
FOREATUOL- Our Bridgonrth cerreepondent writes a.:
—Ti e members of Court Unity, No. 3,928. of the
Ancient Order of Foresters, were refined ad niiiaion to
Westbury Church on Thursday, the /2111 inst. The
members met at the Half-way Home Inn, to celebrate
their second anniversary, and, after transact:4g mine
preliminary business, sat out in procession, beaded by •
band, for Westbury Church. Arrangements had been
pre vioesly made that they should attend Divine goyim
there according to amnion:. On their arrival, however.,
they found the chard: doors closed against them. and'
were told that the ricer had decided not to allow thew,
the use of the church. Our sorrespondent adds that the.
refusal was based on the opinion held by the vicar, that
friendly societies aro of no on. to the cominunity.—
Binning/tem Daily Past.
CAOTIOI TO 111116119‘21 OF STOClL—Daring the lad
few weeks • gang of swindlers have been at work,
endeavouring to victintiee the breeders of good ebort-
horns, more particularly. ?he fellows would appear to
have got hold of • Battersea eetaiogue, and to hare
grounded their attacks against seem el the chief ex-
hibitors at that meeting. Of coteree, they me no semis-
sity for reference on either side, enernot mere time to
coins doers, but will remit a cheque so mew as the stock
is started, and so forth. London is now the mese of
operation, with such addresses as the Broadway, Weee-
mina*? p High Cram Tottenham; Alexander-pls.,.
Fulham-feed y and Wilson-street, City; the Poet-Miler
In them districts being the receiving homes. Many
the letter, from etillbrent points ace is the stone hand-
writing. and the swindle should be prettL.merlear upon
the fees of such productions.—Mark Lead
A VALOAILIC DUD LETTS!. The Bev. Mx.
Spurgeon has been known tu receive as many as 400
letters in a day. Many of them are anonymwas, and on
many the postage is not prepaid. The rev. gmetleman
now retinae all the latter. One of Ham, • abort lime
ago, after having been in the dead Mast °See geld
opened there, was wit again to Mr. Bpi:mown with
statement that the letter was iumeymoss, and Lltesefone
could not be returned to the venter, and that It sea-
tained • v•lnable enclosure. The rev. gentlensen psi'
the postage, and found • £23 note in the letter.

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Person Ateanit Pegia.—A Penn letter of bloodily
evening says :—There is at present in this metropolis •
fresh, bright looking youth, who, like George Res
(according to his Irish admirer) looks "not only like a
prince, but like • gentlemen.* He is attended by two
older men, and may be seen iivery evening very palpably
enjoying himself at the liaison Gordo—in whin!' I would
suggest that be is right—to the great delight of the pro-
prktor of that hoipitable inssitistion. This gentleman
Is Prises Alfred of England, in strict incognito.
RIWiIIDL —A young man, for returning • purse con-
taining over £lOO. found in the Balton station lase
week, received the magnificent sum of twopence from
the delightful proprietor. A friend of ours was manly
and coarageous enough to fish up from the depths off
Richmond • girl who was upset out of • boat. She
talf-drowned hiss in her struggles, and herself tee, but
her first remark on coming to on the hank, and leskieg
at • crimpled article near her, was, "You wretch, yea
have destroyed my sow basset." This beats Buxton.—
Cowl Journal.

EGTrr AND ITS Paoarters.—A letter from Egyp•
There seams to reign • general ease and cheer-
fulness which was never known before. At Alexandria
and in the interior chimneys are vieible everywhere,
and machinery and engines are in MUM work.
Kaneouish, one of the largest towns in Esswerr Egypk,
and the centre of the cotton districts, looks Nis 111
manufacturing town in Europe. There are may twine
gins in operation there, and locomotives for working
pumps are being placed in all directions on the beaked
the Nile." The cattle murrain, it is added, will wined,
have conferred benefit from the way in which it boo
forced the people to the use of machinery, encouraged
by the Government, who have imported large quantitier
and given them to cultivators. It is for irrigation pur-
poses that the use of pumps driven by locomotives is
found especially advantageous, and erre the Nikita are
now beginning to clamour for their increased applica-
tion. The rate of discount at Alexandria remains at 7
to 9 per cent. Money is employed in advances to
eaten
estrone on cereals and new cotton crops as well as inland
and Government securities.

BRAIN. AND 11,1MAIS. —At a meeting of the
British end Foreign School Society, held on ilisnday,Rart
Granville, in the mom of hie speech, said: He realms-
hared a story of Lord Broban, who, he was happy to
my, was showing all the te4See bit over fall on the
subfect of popular education, sad in the sumer of the
British ad Foreign School Society. • young man
asked klm how it came to pass that • snotwal friead had
bleak hair mid white whiskers. Lord Browbeat said It
We. the simplest thing in the world, for the gentleman
had never given Lis brains any work, but what with
eating and talking hie whiskers never bed any rest.
DIOOONFORTS Or A 1100/* PLOPIIITOIL —At tie
Loudon Auction Mart, the caber day, during the wake
of some property situate in the lib, Of AO new street
leading from Blaekfriers Bridge to the liggigog House
the anatieneer stated that the owner of the propes4
could **Worn get his breakfast in the marainswi
being disturbed by some one or other who knew be nati
city property, and wanted to know if any part of it war"
to he dispmed of. He had alm been applied t, be
upwards of sixty auctioneers and surveyors to negotiate
with the Iniprovermat Commirsiooers the terms of
conipmeation for the property required for the new
stmet,and he (wind his reity property to be such an "in-
tolerable bother" that he was determined to get quit
of it altogether.
Buxom= Itrurrion or rot Port To Coverrrirri
EDINIBURGH AS ARCEIIIBIIOPRIC.—WO have heard it
rumoured that the Pope does not intern' to act upon
: the apostolation by the clergy of the Eastern 'District of
' Scotland, coneequent on the death of Bishop Gillis;
but that, passing over the armee sent up to him, be
Intends to appoint the Right Rev. hloosignore Talbot
(brAlter, we believe, of Lard Talbot de Malabide), to
the room of Bishop Gillia. and to constitute &Unbar&
• primacy for Scotland, by making him Archbishop of
Edinburgh. There is 8011./ talk, too, of the time having
corm for the re-establishment of a Scottish hierarchy,
and so securing the clergy in their beselloes, by taking
from the Rnmish Church in Scotland its missionary
charsoier. If ever the holy see does take emit • step,
we may be sure that a bishop will be appointed is
Dundee, another in Aberdeen. and very likely u third
in Invemem.— Denies A drertimr.

Sorrow* Allen OF MICHAEL HAIM, ruff
liOnnium.—On &today evening, the Bth inst., Con"
stable Edgar, of the Newry polies, arrested, in Seger
Wend, • man giving hie near as Thomas Moore or
Ryan, on suspicion of his being the kr-famed Mame"
Hayes, the murderer of the unfortunate Mr. Jobs
Waller Braddell, agent of Colonel Hare, which murder
took place on the 30th July, 1862, in the town of
Tipperary. Moore Mates he is • native of Thomadown,
county Tipperary, and left it • year ago to go to Eng.
land, whence he has returned about elx weeks. 01
course he stoutly demise his supposed Identity with the
murderer, but hes an ill-favoured look. and his descrip-
tion pretty nearly enswan that given of Mire*" Elver
in the Hue and Cry, only that Moore is cot bald oft
the top of the heed. His appearance is, however,
suspicious enough to warrant his arrest and subesqueat
detention, and Mr J. L Wearies. the resident magis-
trate, has instrasted C3natehla Edger to sommunieste
at ones with the autlioritiee in Dublin, Is order, .11
rentable to elicit further information. Moore, we
Ryan, Lis been remanded for the prapost.—Nefiry
Telegraph.
KnOnalottn CATCH= OF MAOLlllll.—During the
pest week enormous quantities of maekerel have, as
during the peerless week, being transmitted from Corn-
well to the metropolitan and other markets. On
Wednesday alone the quantity of Ash sent off per rail
esmeded tO tone The Mount's Bay boats have beat
again very fortenate. One be* took about 10,000, and
many averaged from 5,000 to 7,000 each. Splendid
mackerel were sold at Newlyn on Wednesday night es
low its 4s. per six More. The old &Lennon do not
remember mob large esti**. of mackerel to have been
taken during the pad fortnight or three weeks in Say
previous similar period. The sea southwest of the
Scilly Wes is said to be almost of • blood colour with
the vast shoals of maokerel under the water. An tart
country boat lost her nets on Tuesday night, sad on
Mental found them with 4,000 fib enclosed.
Bortga's Doon.—Butler is so well sdialed on this
point that no prospect of military glory will ever
induce him to some into close quarters with the Coe-
federates. A week ago, while the °Mom and men last
, returned toms from Point Lookoet were *Fort Ml=
Bathe sent for • young "rebel" colonel. and
that the latter would MN I•lbr with a perked frankness •
few questions which he wished to proposed, remarking
that the colonel's stator as a prisoner of war would not
be affected thereby. The colonel signilled his 'Filling-
s= to onlightto Otormi Butler at to any matters
that lay within his knowledge. "Colonel." mid
Butler, "should the Aeneas of war throw me into
your hands, what would you do with n• r " I should
&emote you upon the spot." "Is this purpose eater
*iced generally by the dams of your array 1" "Yes,
end by the private too" "Sir, I thank you far your
candour." "Mr, you are entirely welcome to it."
Here the interview terminated, sad the colomal retired.
Richateetel correepasedmice of the laelez.°
Tan Hoe. Mae. Yetvanrog LID MR LO/Don
itoorrft—Mrs. Yelverton has addressed the following
letter to the Caledottise Mercury :—• Sir,—Will you
hiodly allow me • small lease in your rebus= to corm*
an error which may lead to blame being allaithed to
the wrong person. You stets, I believe, that the money
ordered by the Hones of Lords to he paid te IN by my
husband limbo* arrested by my eyespots * Lend*.
Mr. Shwa, of Abingdon-street, is my present scent ie
the appeal, and the public may FORPIno that it it he
who is abided to by yen, whereas it is my late ages*
ST- %Aland • Mr. SWth, who lave meshed the money.
hs your tee-- - , has obtalasil in other
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Sontersrtshire.

BATH FLORAL FtTE.

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The Spring Floral Fite was held on Wednesday,
:in the Sydney Gardens am usual, and was once more
a success. The sun did not deign to shed his beams upoo the joyous meeting, but the rain kept no; and
the gaily dressed company that thronged the tents
found compensation for the glooorn of the sky in the
brilliancy and loveliness of the 001Vefa. Thr gardens
themselves, dreamed in their richest spring array,
never looked more fresh and beautiful, and wanted
only the glowing sunshine to complete their sylvan
picturesqueness, and gild their attractiveness. Soon
after the gates were opened the visitors entered in
a continuous stream, and there must bars been
between 9,000 and 10,00 persons admitted ere the
show elated. This is • gratifying token that the
popularity of the floral festival has by no means
diminished. The Wits formed the greater propor-
tion of those present, and we need not as; that
their choice end varied dresses added to the charms
of thee...,
Of tieebew itself, as a whole, we have to report
that, Omagh an excellent one and equal, if not
anperior, to say provincial display, it felt short of the
iqpriag show of last year. Teen wen fewer plants
,exhibited, and in some instances, notably in the
case of azaleas, there was a falling of in quality as
well as nod:thee. The first exhibition of 1883 was
undoubtedly the finest ever held in this city, and
constituted a standard it would be difficult to utilises.
Then incessant showers deprived the inhabitante
of the pleasure of witnessing the magnificent col-
lection of floral treasures, sad we could not help
wishing on Wednesday that the public could have
had last year's superb display for this year's more
auspicious day of meeting.
Perhaps the finest feature of the show, sod OM
in which it has not been eclipsed on any prevlotui
°cession, was tbe glorious array of risen They
were really a delicious sight to look *pen, and they
filled the marquee with • most deliesll*l fragrance.
The plants generally were adminthily grown, and we
congratulate the exhibitors un.ea the manifest im-
provement in cultivation, lite first prise, in the
collections of 12 earieti" as awarded to the Rev.
E. IL Rhode( (ganthse W. Wooten). The second
Rites was awe to James Chaffin, Esq. (gardener
MiLlmieht. The Rev. P. E. George (gardener W.
P.f.rastrdt obtained the first prize for six varieties.
The aspoood prize, in sixes, was secured by J.
Wiltshire, Esq. (Richard Nowell, gardener), whose
Vent" were creditable examples; and the third was
Awarded to Mrs. Pritchett (gardener John Mateo:k)-
ln the adjoining collection, to which no prise was
-given appeared the best yellow noisette we have
seen given,
years. The blooms were small, but perfect.
Gardener" know that this rose is moat difficult to
bloom in perfection, as it will often, in spite of all
car,, show a gram centre. C.aloeolaria• were ex-
hibited in the same tact, and in this dais Mr. John
Nelson, of Bristol, outdistanced all ocrespetitire—hia
plants were admirably cultivated. Mr. Alexander,
of Bath, has often taken the principal prize in Bristol
and Bath, but on this occasion he was less fortunate,
winning only the second premium. Cut roses and
out flowers were shows in goodly numbers, and well
deserved the epprebation they obtained from the
spectators, with the exception of the tulips, which
had "seen their day." There were also in this taut
some tee ereenhoase (tints, of which we could not
obtain a close iaspectioa, in consequence of the email
at wugiters.

In tent No. 2 were ranged the pelargoniums, the
display of which was extensive and beautiful for this
time of year. The Rev. E. D. Rhodes won the first
prize in collections of nine, and his plants were not
•only large in size but were cleanly grown, finely
flowered. J. Orred, Esq. (gardener James
Srickell), took the second prize—his plants were in
fuller bloom, but had been "drawn" in coltivation.
To J. Chaffin, Esq., was adjudged the third prize.
There were several blanks on the stand in this tent,
in cionsequena of exhibitors, who had claimed space,
not having seat their plants. This practice is much
to be canoed, for it gives the committee difficulty
they might not to hays in the arrangement of the
and minas unsightly pp.. The fancy pelar-
gamma wen very superior. Those from the oon-
sanatoria of the Rev. E. D. Rhodes, and J. Orred,
Req., were perfect models of the gardener's art, and
so closely rivalled each other that the judges were
unable to separate them, and awarded the two col-
lections equal first prizes. The French spotted
geraniums were also in fins °audition. Messrs.
Nelson and Parker likewise occupied the chief posi-
tion for single specimens, and a more splendid plant
than their Cyanophyllein Magnificum the entire el-
hibition did not contain. IL was upward of six feet
high, with leaves at least two feet .ong ; the under
side of each leaf was of a deep bronze colour, and
was elegantly ribbed, contrasting pleasingly with
the rich green of the upper side.
The third tent was filled with valuable stove and
greenhouse plants, and offered a most agreeable
spectacle. The palm for twelve varieties was borne
off by W. Simpkins, Esq. (gardener W. H. Mould).
The second prize was awarded to Mr. June, Scott.
The first premium in the varieties of six wait
adjudged to Mr. Brown, whose Azalea Oilmoni and
Vtoca Omahas were specially commendable. Mr.
John Nation took the second prize. In collec-
tions of three, Mr. W. Dobson stood first,
Mr. W. R. Brown ranked second, and showed
a small but beautiful specimen of Erica lotermedia,
with clusters of snow.white and wax•like bloesor,‘
For a angle specimen of greenhouse plan.„, ttr.
Simpkins, Esq., was foremost, and Mr. F., grown
sowed. Mr. W. C. Drummond earri;,g away the
chief distinction for a new or rare pl,„,st in bloom;
his example was a Clerodendroe, Thoingonn,
tharkable for the balloon•lik• shops of it. white
blossom, with a red and oPferently distinct Mower
projecting front the centre. The gwzood prigs in this
4ibra" Was fit" to M:. R. Walker' for as azalea,
Madams ;Arabi."' Nenchaffelt, the bloom of which
Was von ono, 'Atli the upper peals Seely marked.
A,. ibillraibrar.c Enos Cavendishii. by fa the beet in
",° rarara , was for the Rev. E. D. Rhodes the flea
Ml° lee • single specimen of heath.; the blooms
rases et an exquisite yellow hue, and the plant was
a tbsove for praise during the day. The second prize
ens given to W. Simpkins, Req., for a specimes of
the anis species, also magnificent, but inferior in

The Azalea tent is at this first show always an
object of special beauty and attraction. The '
awl terraces which extend along it were well filled
with profxsely bloomed examples of this gorgeous
denizen of thegreenhouse • but, contrasted with the
corresponding show in 1863, the display was on.
satisfactory. There were fewer slants by nearly one
half, and the quality was equally deficient. The
falling off is easily accounted for. Tim grand
collection belonged to the late Mr. Lawrence has
been dispersed; Mr. R. Hooper has given up ex-
hibiting this epodes of plant; and James Chaffin,
Esq., the symmetry of whose plants commended
warmest eulogies twelve months back, did not send
hie principal specimens, keeping them back in the
bops of winning with them the blue ribbon of
Azalea mativation at • London show. We confess
that we felt somewhat jealous that the metropolitan
exhibition should have been preferred, to the de-
terment of our own; but we bone the deprivation
will be stoned for by Mr. Chaffin's bearing off the
distinction be covets, to the credit of himself and
the city of Bath. The first prise in twelve varieties
was given to the Rev. E. D. Rhodes, whose plants
were of good else, finely bloomed.—Mr. Chaffin
received the mooed prise—his plants were
almost faultlessly grown, but of inferior size;
In nines, Mr. Wiltshire ranked first—his plants
were small, yet symmetrical In the second prise
groan, Wowing to Mr. Robert Carpenter, were •
splendid little Iveryana and Apollo. In the third
lot (Mr. W. C. Drumniond's) there wee • pretty
gem. In the sixes, W. Dobson, Esq. (gardener
Robert Ellis), heeded the competition. In fours
B. Pontifer, Eq. (*ardour Henry H•6l wae
first, and we congratulate the moiety on addition
of this gentleman to their list of exhibitors. His
plants where small, but skilfully trained and pro.
risibly bloomed. W. R. Brown, Req. (gardener J.
Matthews), took second prise, and in his collection
was • showy Prestratissims. J. Chaffin, Esq., was
the victor in the six new variety clam. The second
prise was awarded Mr. Robert Carpenter. In an
unnamed collection, the mingle specimen first prise
was allotted to J. Chaffin, Esq. To fill up the marquee,
G. C. Tugwell, Eq., of Crow Hall, courteously lent
a grand series of plants not for competition.
The pavillion, at the top of the Grand Promenade,
was devoted to traits and vegetables. Apples
(French Crab) were shown, two years old, in good
preservation. The grapes were tempting, and the
strawberries made the visitor's mouth water. J.
Orred, Hoh. took the first prise for strawberries in
pots—the ir Charles Napier variety—es many as
twenty quite ripe on each plant. The mooed wee
won by ./. Wiltshire' Eq., with Trollope's Victoria.
The fret prise dish of strawberries was taken by
the Oscar, sent by R. I'. King, Eq. (gardener M.
O'Brien) ; tbe second by Keen's meedliag, sent by
Mr. Gooding. The pears forwarded by Mrs. Colonel
Bailey (gar(ner Tooker) were monsters in aim and
quite fresh, the epodes being the Winter Homebred's.
The ornanseetal &vies@ of flowers, supplied by A.
Stanoonibe, Req., Mr. C. Jones, end Mrs. Colonel
Bailey, were tasteful and graceful. A basket of
wild flowers, carefully arranged. was shown. Of the
vegetables we need only say they were of the finest
character peas, French beans, new potatoes,
nolunthertt asparagus, carrots, mushrooms. (nob-