The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-01-11 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

llorset Conntti Exprego..
...yr.., OF THE CORN TRADE.
Nothing fresh has transpired in the grain trade. TUMIDLY, JANUARY 11, 1876.
Business -has been of the general hand to-month
character, without in anyway influencing prices, either; NOTES OF THE WEEK.
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for an advance or falL Soe deliveries of wheat we
t
The " note " of the week is of course the
again limited, and being mostly of second-rate quai
and in indifferent condition, the difficulties of sale were forthcoming fight for parliamentary honours in
Dorsetshire. Three candidates, from all appear-
enLanced.
The Imports of foreign wheat also fell off; but this ances, to use a sporting phrase—determined to
circumstance had no effect owing to the large supplies
"run it out" seek the favours of the "free and
in g f late been independent." Their professions are in each , searmiount on passage to us have
setting Tedneed, a further felling off may now be looked cue Conservative, and there is at the present
for, as the Port of Odessa is now finally cloned for the not the least sign of any representative of
wagon, and internal communication in America has Liberal views quietly stepping in. Consequently
become quite hindered. There is, however, no proba-
our Tory friends suffer from an einbarras de
bility of quotations undergoing any permanent improve-
rwhesse, while back-bone Liberals look on almost
rtrundtenociyimispol
ik rtanel yce jut yet, notwithstanding firmer
to result from the severe weather. indifferent to the result. As will be seen from
Stocks in warehouse are unusually heavy. The a perusal of our columns the three gentlemen
for She
_Principal Posts in the r United have, during the past week, received "more or rurejte is 2,334,562 gra against 778,951 ; less" encouragement. Mr. Digby has secured a
good staff, and has been quietly making his
Spring corn was quiet and without alteration.
way ; Mr. Hambro has been hard at work, and,
where known, has been received with the favour
ho deserves ; but we are afraid his advisers have
lost him the Portland votes, which number
something near 500. People will not be
dictated to, especially by a rival town. But
matters may yet be put to rights. Mr. Fowler
on the other hand has been singularly successful.
Declaring himself a Liberal-Conservative at
Dorchester he won the cheers of his supporters;
styling himself a Conservative-Liberal at Bland.
ford he was equally happy. Whether this
policy answers remains to be seen. There
cannot, however, be a doubt the farmers,
as naturally any class would be, are
desirous to send a direct representative to
Parliament. Mr. Fowler possibly in his imme-
diate neighbourhood is "a prince in his own
, land," but it is not the return of Mr. Fowler
his supporters look at, as it is the onsurance of
a class representation. In the meanwhile, as WO
have said, the groat Liberal party of the county
—expectant of a turn in affairs, there can be no
doubt—quietly watch the contest. For our-
selves we follow suit, our columns will be open
to each of the candidates, and believing in the
discretion of our reporters, we shall give reports
of meetings, at which the candidates may be
from time to time present, in a style which we
are satisfied, will be fair and honest. With that
course in view we abstain from attempting to
influence in the slightest degree the opinions of
our many readers, and simply express a hope
"may the best man win."
Relative to
,the approaching change in the
representation of the County, the Sherburne
Journal says :
" Nothing, probably, but his youth held back the
retiring gentleman; for Mr. Bankes. in his conntry,
li,. we believe, as much esteemed MI Mr. Hambro is in
his; and doubtless is as well known in the country as
Captain Digby, Mr, Hambro comes into the field
with all the advantages of a year's start. He has been
an M.P. before, and his father is a large landowner,
a man of great wealth, and with a high reputation for
benevolence. On the other hand, Captain Digby
comes forward with very powerful support, not only
from Conservatives, but from Liberals. He is pro-
posed by Mr. Digby. of Sherbome Castle, whose
influence mainly helped to return the lion. W. H. B.
Fortnum, many years ago, and he is supported (at
least, so it is sail) by his kinsman. Lord Ilchester,
whose Liberalism is pmnouncel.. But against this is
to be set the fact that Captain Digby himself is. in all
but name, • stranger to the county. As to the politics
of these gentlemen, there does not seem to be a pin to
choose between them. In this condition of things the
hest speaker may be expected to "have the Pull ; "
but, ' the wed oratory is only to be applied to
either as a joke. Now Mr. Robert Fowler is an orator
—at least. in his own estimation. He can talk with-
out hesitation, and has a remarkaLly good opinion of
his own abilities. The farmers of Dorset number
nearly 3,000 out ,bf a constituency of 7167, and if they
agreed upon a candidate they could carry him. The
landowners appear to have forgotten the fact that,
since they were last asked for their "influence " in a
county election, the Boref has come into operation.
The Dorchester rhronirle is particularly plain-
tive in its appeals to the Conservative party. It
sage :—appearance of two candidates in the same
interest is much to be deplored. It is a circumstance
of such unusual occurrence in the.history of the party
and is likely to produce such disastrous results that we
hope some means will he found to avert the danger.
We need not enter into the causes of this unhappy
misunderstanding; we can only beseech the gentle-
men concerned to reflect before they take any step
which will compromise the well-earned reputation of
the Conservative party for unity of action and
cohesion.
It al., kindly a Ids "we know his (Mr. Fowler'sl
iieramial character is all that could I* desired,
hut it trust+ he will see the wisdom of the motto
(pingo non morere.
We think, says RterLorow Journal, we may
say with certainty that neither of the gentlemen
whose names have been mentioned as probable
Liberal candidates will come forward. Sir
Richard Glyn, we believe, considers senatorial
duties too great an encroachment on the duties
of a M.F. H., and Mr. Joseph Gundry—whose
candidature would be most popular throughout
West Dorset—is not, we fear, quite so robust in
health as to face the incessant night work of
Parliament.

MARK LANE, THIS DAY.
Wheat quiet and unalterwL Barley without chawe.
Oats firm and held for more money. Maize quiet.
Beans and peas steady and quiet. Flour inactive.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE. —THIS DAY.
About 4,000 beasts, including some 1,500 foreign.
Trade dull at 4s. 6.1 to la. 74. Calves made se. gd, to
7s. 2d., and pigs, per eight lbs. 4s. Cul. to 6s.
LATE4T PROVINCIAL MARRET3.
NORWICH C.lR:f MARKET, Saturday. —Wheat trade
dull at a reduction of Is. per qr. Barley quiet, at late
rates.
RIADING (lORIt MARKET, Eatuxds .—Better rupply
of grain with fair attendance. Tranaactiona were
about last week's prices.
BRUTON MALLET CoRK MARKET, Friday.—Wheat,
444 to 51s ; barley, 35s to 42e; oats, 24s to 30s; beans,
45. to 55. ; peas, 41s to 506 per qr. ; flour, 35s to 36s
per sack; bread. na per 41b. loaf.
GLOVCIRTIR (19RN MARKET, Saturday—Fair supply
of English wheat, and trade ruled quirt at barely last
week's prices. Foreign neglected. Grinding barley
rather lower. Maize steady. Oats of secondary
quality the turn dearer.
WARKIMATER C.IRI MARKET, Stathrtlity. —Trade
dull. To effect s.tleft lower prima had to be accepted.
Best barleys maintained their value, but inferior lota
were .lightly cheaper. Wheat. 475 to 5,95; barley, Ve
to 45ft ; °ate, 27ft to ; beam, 24. to 30.; peas, 235 to
275; rye, 16ft to 20ft ; vetches, 11ft 6.1 to 13ft . • 11 'or, fine,
40. to 42.; best seconds, 32a to 36s per sack; bread, Is
per 81b.
DORCHERTER, Saturday.—At our corn exchange the
*apply of wheat waft short and the condition poor.
Trade was slow, but late rates were realised. Best
barley quite m dear, low qualities being unsaleable.
There was • moderate supply of stock on male. The
competition for heifer' and calves was. very brisk, the
best being much in demmuL Heifers and calves
realised from En £2O 5s ; barreners, £0 ffti to £l7
per head ' • fat heifers. £l6 154 to ; fat calveft. El 15.
to £4 108; fat bulls, £l3 15n to £lB 10.; fat wethers,
454. to Ma ; fat ewes, 464 to 555.

Not a pleasant subjcet of contemplation is
the Board of Trade returns for December. Our
exports have declined 3 per cent, as compared
with the same month in 1874, and 9 per cent.
as compared with December 1873; and our
imports havo fallen off to the extent of 3 per
cent, as contrasted with the last month of 1873,
though they happily show an increase of 10 per
cent, as compared with December 1874. On
the whole this is far from satisfactory. Adding
this to other facts, we are afraid Sir Stafford
Northcote will have rather a sorry tale to toll
when he brings forward his next Budget.
Fair readers will probably do well to note the
words of caution which have been given by a
London physician. Ile says :—" There is no
recognised reason why of late years neuralgia of
the face and scalp should have increased so
much in the female sex, as compared with our
own. There is no doubt that it is one of the
most common of female maladies—one of the
most painful and difficult of treatment. It is
also a cause of much mental depression, and
leads more often to habits of intemperance than
any other. The reason why men are less sub-
ject to it than women may to a great extent, I
think, be explained by the much greater pro-
tection afforded by the mode in which the
former cover their heads when they are in the
open air. It may be observed that the surface
of the head which is actually covered in man is
at least three times that which fashion allows to
a woman; indeed, the points of contact between
the hat or bonnet and the head in the latter are
so irregular as practically to destroy any protec-
tion which might otherwise be afforded."
"They manage these things better in France"
—at least we English are very fond of saying
so. A few days before the shooting season a
pastryeook at Chartres, named Voisin, sold a
pie to a lady, who was just leaving the shop,
when a police agent saw her, seized the pie,
opened it, espied a partridge, impounded the
corpus dtlicti, and dragged M. Voisin before the
Correctional Tribunal of Chartres. The ac-
cused then maintained, and the experts sum-
moned to sit on the body of the partridge
supported his assertion, that the taatridge was
an oid preserved ono which might have been
lawfully killed at a proper time, but the tribunal
at Chartres sentenced him to six days' imprison-
ment and a fine, and the court of Paris, to
which he appealed, confirmed the seetence.