The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-07-10 00:00:00

BLANDFORD.

IT was recall, stated by • Bristol paper tbst the
Somerset and Dorset Railway Company hays intl.
mated to their debenture bolder, that they were
unable to pay off the debmitaree amnia" due. Tb•
wesion Graeae add, "W. hays winos heard that the
whole line and 'traps' of the company hare been
seized by a sheriff's oileer."

LlillOW &CASE. —On Saturday stennight a narrow
wipe from destruction by fire oniarred at the New
I lan, East-street. On going to his bedroom, shortly
before 12 o'clock, the younger son of the landlord,
Mr. Jay, discovered the room to be fall of smoke. He
immediately called out to his elder brother, who
hastened up stairs, and on entering found the bed,
bolster, and pillows on fire, the &non in several
places. Foninnately the fire was only smouldering,
but on partially niuoviag the clothes Imes bunt
forth. Fortimakely maistaan was at head, and the
fire was subdued, but not before the greater part of
the bed clothes were much destroyed. Ou further
exanneation it was found that the fire bad bunt
teeth is three semen piens, is the door* at the
Wawa al the bedstead by the side of the bed,

and at the heed ef the bed. The figin is a mystery,
for so far as is known no one bad lone into the room
after eight o'olock in the esening,when no light was
used. It was a providential oirconstanoe that the fire
was discovered before breaking .41 into flames, one
of the adjoining rooms being awl as • store room
for spirits. One mysterious part d the affair is that
a shirt which the elder brother .iiok off the pre•
ceding day, and which be put in mother part of the
fOJIII 11•11 found on the bed berntalmost to a cinder.

COtririeg PUTTY Sane!WlN Ssterday, June 30th.
Magistrates present : The Bight Hon. Lord Poitinan
(chairmen), Rev. J. Watts. C. J. Henibro, Eel., end
E. A IL astleutan, Eng —lllr. T. [tunas w.s SUIIIIIIOIIPti
for removing a coif from the push of Whatcombe to
Kingston without • permit. It •ppeated that • boy
came for the cell during Ur. leynee's Arienes from
home. A pus wee prepared, but the boy went off with-
out it.—Tbe Clriirman expressed• hope that the time
twroouubiale"'ofnge°- ttmineg'pebermn itteh.ey
ever, they had no other alternatve than to convict.-
Avnutlhdebel‘wrel.ietle,,di:Jbothwit
Fined la, and lk eolia—Bnanuel Wedmore. of
Stouruims, was summoned for annulling Tenet' Burgeon,
if the same village. Mr. Atkinon appeared for the
complainant. —The parties are mar neighb •tirs, and the
charge arose out of a disputern to the complainant
having the right to draw water 'tom a erell on the de-
fondant's premises. Complainut statel that when tie
went to draw water after having had some words with
defendant's wife, Wedmore caw out, threw her bucket
into the road and broke it. Hi then struck her in the
face. She had permission to line the water from Mr.
Warren, by leave of Mr. Kelley. lb fondant denied
the assault, ad in justificationof throwing the bucket
into the street, stated that tie complainant had no
right to the welL Mr. Kerley ionfirined complainant's
statement ; as to her having leave to use the well.
The charge .of assault ern disminsed, and for
breaking the bucket, Welwyn was fined Is., damage
In.. and costs 24. 64.1. -Tlomas Fiander pleaded ,
guilty to trunk's on land. frlonging to the Baron
Hambro, on the 13th June, wed was fined la. and
Costs lls. ficl.—Etunuel Legg, of Abbey Milton,
was charged, on the informatios of Sergeant Hill, with
cruelty to a horse on 29th 11•3.--The Sergeant stated
that there wu • number of tad sores on the animal
which the defendant was work ng, after he had given
him • caution not to dose, Tie horse was very weak,
sad one of the sores appeared in have been covered over
with pipe-clay, and from this Mood was oozing.- P.C.
, Bishop confirmed the gergeant's statement —Defendant
said that be had kept the home up for about a month,
, and when it was fit he worked it. The statement of
' the rolioeman aa to the condition of the horse was in-
correct, sad be had summoned a person named Chinn who
saw the horse directly afterwards, to give evidence in
his favour. The Bench adjourned the cue to next
court day, July 14, and • warrant was granted to com-
pel the attendant* of Chinn.—Williain Coward and
John Smith were charge,' with bring drunk and riotous
between 12 and one o'clock on the night of June 2.
P.C. Hun stated that herring • disturbance he went
to Bryanston-street. The defendants Isere fighting.
A. soon as Smith saw him he went off, and Coward he
took out of his seconds arms. They were both the
worse for liqnor.—Mr. Atkinson, who appeared for the
defendants, submitted, that as Smith went off as soon as
he new the constable coning toward. him, the charge fell
to the ground.—The Bench fined them each 10a., in-
cluding wets, in distill seven day? imprisonment.—
Samuel Barnes, beer-hued keeper, Damory Fie d., was
summoned by solt. Watts for snowing beer to be sold
on bin premises during the hours of divine service on
Sunday, Jane 19.—Mr. Atkinson appeared for the de-
fendant, and Anted that though it could not be denied
there were ;tenon, in the house when the constable
went there, yet there were circurostanoes in the ease
which he coneidered did not bring it unier the penalty
of the aw. The facts were that a person who was
about to sail on the nest day for America, came from
Sherborne to bid fitrewel to his Blandford friends. They
went to the defendant's house, and he called for some
beer, but none was called for diet a quarter to three.
While there • neighbour came in with • map
to shew the Sherberne friend the part of
America he was about to visit, and whilst they were
looking over it time passed on and the police came in.
Ile could not deny but that there was beer in a clip on
the table, but none had been called for after a quarter
to three. A neighbour WISISS and asked to be served
with some but the defendant refused. The Bench, alter
cautioning defendant, dismissed the eau. —John
Smith, Daniell Allen, Jesse Easter, and Louisa Martin,
were summoned for non-payment of poor rates, and
were each allowed • fortnight to pay, or distress war-
rants to be issued.—Owen Gollop, of Bludford, who
did Rot appear, was summoned at the instance of Catha-
rine Bargees, big mister, for • violent assault. Com-
plainant stated that Gollop came into her bruise, and
best her moat unmercifully. He was tiptry at the time.
The Bench ordered • conviction to be entered, and a
warrant maned for Oollop's apprehension.—Oeorge
Allen was charged with assaulting Charlotte Legg.
Complainant stated that she wee in a neighbour's'bouse,
and hearing a noise went out. Allen, who WRS very
!thane.., came up to her and struck her in the face and
side.—Fined Is., and costs os., or 7 days' imprisonment.

BI ANPFORD WOOL Feta. —This annual fair for the
ode of wool was held on &tansy, the 7th instant.
Samples were pitched in the Corn• Exchange, but they
were very few compered to former years. No bunnies
came to our knowledge before dinner. On proceeding to
the Crown about half-past one, we toned the worthy
heat Eyrcs had provided amply for the wants of his
numerous customers, • ticket for dinner and wine being
bonded to rash person to save time. Justice having been
done to the ample spread of selmtantial Englleh fare,
the Chairman, Mr. H. Fooks, mid that he should not
occupy more of their valuable time than he mould help.
He had to propose the usual loyal toasts, and
he was sure there was no need for him to do
more than name them in on assembly of
British yeomen to buena a loyal re-poree.
He gave them the health of the Queen, which was
remind with cheers. The health, of the Prince and
Princess of Wale and rest of the Royal Family, making
some allusions to the marriage so recent in their midst,
and believing that although the present husband of our
prince= was old enough perhaps to be her father, yet
that her Majesty had by her former selectiono proved
hermit worthy of their confidence, and he hop, d that
all would turn out well. After the touts to royalty had
been drunk, the Chairman again rose, and said he had
now come to the buninems of the meeting. He should
propose the health' of his friends, the wool buyers ; some
of them !mid come Idnit disienoes to buy their wool, and
although little or no burners had been done up to this
time, partly perhaps owing to the high value of money,
yet he hoped before very long they would find out the
beat price that could he got for it. and sell at this fair
as in former years. He had • word to my to hi, friends
in the neighbourhood with eaten to the short supply of
sarnrin- He been' they *mid continue to bring them
forward as formed.' or their fair would go down. He,
with some othsra. had pledged themmlees to sell their
wool at tbe best pride they could obtain at tltat !Air for
the first seven years. They had kept their word, but
that period had expired some years sine., yet he had
continued to sell because be found that Blandford fair
day was about the beat time to do so. It had been so of
late years, and he meld see no reason why this should
be an exemption. It was true there were rumours of
pence on the continent, bat how that would alter the
price of wool, it was not for him to decide. He meant
to take the best pries he could get. He should couple
with the toast the names of tome gentlemen who bad
nem, trel the fair for many years. He gave them the
"Wool buyers at Blandford fair," peopling it with the
names of his friends Mr. Milnes, Mr. Bonn and Mr.
Wilkinson.— Mr. Mines thanked the Cheirman and
gentlemen present for the kind way the toast had been
put and drank. He could sey he bad found • friend, a
staunch friend in their Chairman. If they expected he
was going to make a speech they would be disappointed,
as however he might be so disposed it waa out of his
power to do so, bat he begged to tell them that the war
was not river yes—Nisi of "1 es it is"), and that ac-
cording to latest intelligence it was not likely to be just
directly—(oh yes it is). He agreed with the °balmier%
that Blandford fair day was a good time to sell wool—
it must have been soot late years, at it had been bought so
high there that it had left no profit to the buyen—and
In fact they had generally been able to ho beer., ate.
the (vie. ehni arm a: usual loudly called for,
remand said : He thought he could not do better than
read to them • statement in the Times of that day to
support the remark his friend, who had just mat down,
had made relative to the wee, especially as those re-
marks had been impugned by mine. Mr. Boon then
read the portion referred to, and said this quite justified
his friend in saying what he did as to tbe sear, but he
could not agree with him as to his inability to make
a speech flu he had proved to the contrary by making a
good speed', and to the point which was more. Event,
were following eaeh other in rapid succession abroad
and at home, a Prussian victory one day, peue pro-
claimed in the fair field at Dorchester the next, and the
dry after • telegram in the paper before him in effect to
lay it was no snob thing, for the Italians would not
cement to have Venetia through the Emperor of the
French, but were determined to emlit it net with Prussia
oo her side. Dorchester fair Friday, and Blandlord
wed l far Saturday, so that really it was difficult to
follow all these !things in thought even ; as to finding
time to concoct • speech for this occasion, that was
quite out of the question. But as they had generally
tmoed at this fair the past and present of the wool
trade, and speculated a little as to the future, be would
do his best off-handed, to follow the usual 000116 It
had been said by some that day in his hearing, that the
war in Germany had all to do with the present low
pries of wool; and that, as soon u that ram over, wool
would go up to last year'. prices, He was not at all
mire of that, for if they looked back to Blaudford
fair, 1864, they then got 2s. 2d. to 2.. 3d.
per lb. for their wool. At that time he
remembered telling some friends of his In the trade
that he thought wool world gradually go back to some-
where about old prices as cotton mine more plentifully
to hand. This had turned out substantially correct, for
we find that at Blandford fair 1865 211, was shout the
best price, making a difference of about M. per lb. on
that year. We bad no German war then to stop our
trade, but the American war had mased,and cotton was
cooing forward more freely. They must bear in mind
that cotton was in part • competitive raw material, and
he believed the continued Influx of cotton and addition
to Um stook would still tend to keep pries of wool in
at least for some time. Well, we had another
61!).:k1 Lit before us and 16 to 16i was offering to dray.
What the real value of wool was then, yet remained to
be esen,for as their chairman had told them no beauss
bad been done so as to settle prior from that day—
bed he had no doubt this was near the mark, and he
yet failed to see that the differenes in pries between
1865 and 1866, say 44. par lb., at the least,was to be
attributed wholly to the present fragrtcidal war in
Germain. He believed the same action had been going
on as in 1864 to 1865, and that the Liverpool cotton
reports had relatively as "snob to do with the pan year
as the year previously. No doubt war had the effect of
retain the value of mosey, and 10 per cent, at the
Bank of England meant a state of things usually
bordering on panic; but as there had been no
undue epesulation in wools, the monetary prewar*
we. not felt so !severely sate times gone by. He should
not pretend to di.ine the futon or pry into its secret.,
that book wail sealed, but be was open to take his old
deelere lots of wool at the best price of the day, se-
cording to their minim' •/111411. Beiagthe largest brayer
of wool at their fair generally, he desired to make •
reirterk or two as to eland bill, and an •Inrinat fen° as
am of Parliament, which bad been eireolaesd in the fair
that day. He thought the Muth" cam&nna ci
would be deprecated by ell the growen in neigh.

bourhood, and to chew that there nem honest
straightforward men, and men who liked fair play, be
would real to them • statement mot kiln by the wtiter,
Mr. Robert Bpiller, of Branacombe, in which he nets
forth his different kinds ao follows :-1861, wool. 684
Mimes ; 456 lamb. 1865, 808 deem., 307 lambs. 21 lb.
of clean wool, shorn when the el.eep had worma, and
nuke 1 at toirwards ; 30 toil wool, clean ; 2ry cord and lamb
wool, weihed clean; 27 yolk wool, 3 deems. Now you
will bee there is no wrapriing up the tailings' in the
Seem here, or deceitful locl.s. or uilwas!,ed, oddment..
but all brought nut !early on the miaow. You will, 1
•tri Jure, agree with ion that my frirnd is not Bk, ly
to
hove to pay the lb, f 2. per fie. ce as Cal the atonCt
in Bririrs, Maliony'll cat, redt reporf. Orntlemen,
yen will And meet my post on the liachanao in • ir••
minute, and if yon an. • Piirs to day at market prima,
we shill be as Whaled to do bunioeu together 50 00
fortniv oertudono I clan't doubt. Prince 100611 from 161.
to IlOrL 'The lots all Togs being t sought after.
We believe 111 r. Boon was again the largest buyer by
long odds.