The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-07-17 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULT_URAL GAZETTE. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1877.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.
°rod 4lonnt4 tExpresl3.
MARK LAN B. —Txts-nsy.
The supply of English wheat here this morning was ,
again eery limited, with, however, g.ael arrivals , e-
a foreign. Trade was firm, at an advance since
Monday last of 2s, per coarter for both English and
foreign. All kinds of spring corn fully supported last
weeks quotation&
METROPOLITAN CATTLE.— TIM-PAY.
About lAD beasts, including 11211 foreign. Trade dull.
at os. to 64. 21. About 11,120 cheep and lambs. Shore
demand, at 5, 64. to 64. el Lambe 7s. to to.
made 5s to 61. 2.1. Piss, 4, to 54. per eight pound, At
Deptford there were about PS boasts end 9,006 sheep.

TIMMY. JULY 17. 187.

DORCHESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.
Our corn market to-day woe fairly attomde& There sins
• healthy tone in the wheat trade, and a fair amount of
business was transacted at shout Sts more money than lost
week. There was nothing paseino jo barley' multhY
of
remark ; the trAde in mato was healther ; the supply of
samples was limited, and rates were on the advance.

SATURDAY'S MARKETS.
cow.
CAMBRIDGE.—Wheat was from ls to 24 dearer on the
week.
GLOCCIDITER —The market to-day was firm, and good
white wheat was fetching le per qr. more money.
NORWICH.—The supply of wheat in our market to-
igu.ras very limited, and with a tolerable demand the
advanced bout iii, to Is. per qr. for fresh good
quOr-fiSGHAM.—The Corn Exchange was moderately
• tended, and a small supply of wheat came to hand, the
trade in which was firm and prices were Is to 24 per qr.
higher than heretofore, whites making fkl, to its and reds
Um to OM per 30 stone.
OXFIIRII—The Corn Exchange was very thinly
attended, and there was a dull trade, though prices were
yore firm with an upward tendency.
READING —The C. en Exchange was thinly attended,
hut the supply of wheat was quite op to the average.
Dulness pervaded the trade. Ant priees advanced fully
Is per qr. on late rates, white wheat selling at Pic toas.
and red at la'. to 63n. ; per qr. Miley was in nyinest, hut
moved off qiiietly at unchanged rates-32s to 3fis per qr.
Otte made a fair show, and met a steady inquiry at
former currencies-21s to :Hs per qr.
CARLISLE —Trade was exceedinely slow in all depart-
ments. Mitch rows made Lll to £2; shorthorns, CS to
CIS; Gain•MVA. £7 to .1.14 ; and Irish, .fri to ilt,
DONCASTER. —Transactions were only limited at last
Saturday's quntatiass.
DORCHESTER —Moderate supply of stock and good '
attendance of buyers. Fat beef from Id.. 0.1. to 15., tid.
per score ; mutton, bid. to Uid. ; lamb, 10d. to llil. Little,
if any, alteration lee following quotations of last week—
barreners, £lO to 4:17 per head heifers and calves,
£lO 10s. to 11l its.; fat calves, .C 5 10s. : down ewes, 16s.
to 61..; lambs, 925. to 43s Improved Hampshire Down
rams have been let during the week at from 5 guineas to
30 guineas each for the season.
NORWICH—There was a large supply of sheep and
cattle at our market to-day, hut in consequence of the had
reports respecting the turnip crop, which threatens to be
• failure, scarcely any business was doing, even at the
reduced prices of last week.
NOTTINGHAN.—There wae only a moderate supply of
horned stock at to-day's market, and buyers did not
operate
in
very freely. Sellers, however, were not disposed
to give way n price, and late rates were maintained.

BASINGSTOKE SHEEP FAIR.
This important fair was held Friday. The number of
sheep penned was scarcely up to the average. The business
opened slightly flat, but an the morning advanced it
decidely improved, and at the close a good clearance was
collected at prices from Is. to 2a. in advance of those
obtained at Stockbridge. he attendance of doyleys was
large, and the prices ranged for wether sheep from :ink
to 725. rd.: for ewes from tia 70s. ; and for lambs from
3Cis. to ae.

HEAVY FLOODS.

Tart of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway
between Wigan and Southport has been washed
away by flood,; several mills and manufacturies
in
Wigan have been filled, and w..rk is stopped. Miles
of country around Lm submerged, and many cattle
washed away.

AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
CUTTING DOWN TREE&
An oak, the specific name of which I forget, was
planted more than forty yearn ago, and when an !
ornamental shrub about seven feet in height, my
coachman, after putting his horses in the carriage, left
them while going to his room for his emit, during his
absence, from some alarm, they rushed out of the
stable-yard with the carriage, and broke off my pretty
oak close to the ground. This was carried away, and
the earth put in order. In the r nurse ~If the following
year I observed three or four young shoots spring up
from the spot on which the ak had stoisl, and honing
• dected the strongest I cut away the other,. This
grew rapidly, and when I nulled Mr. Forsyth's atten-
tion to it, and gave its history. it Wael probably eight
or ten feet in height. Thin must have been more than
thirty years ago. This tree is an evergreen iak of
large foliage, and greatly admired. It has grown up
with a straight stem, now seven feet in circumference
at three feet from the ground, about go feet in height,
with extended branches covering a spwe of 40 feet.
About fifty years ago! owned a plantation at a distance
chiefly id larch and ash, amongst which several common
oaks had been planted. After some twenty year. of
age they had become stag-headed, and in very
unpromising condition, and SS soon as I saw the result
of my home accident I had all the oaks I have referred
tn cut down to their baaes, MO treated sulweimently
in the same manner, and they grew away freely with
straight upward stems, with every promise of their
ultimately becoming fine timber and superior to any
oaks in the neighbourhissi.—C. Larcrolo, Tint Qffmnr,
Cirencester.

THE 0,1011%1,0 11F.ETI,P.

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The story of the appearance of the CAorado beetle in
Public, which obtained large circulation through the
credulity of a newspaper correspondent, has no faun..
dation whatever. It is an enturly false alarm. The
insect which gave rise to the rumour is an entirely
harmless specimen of the stone beetle. It hears no
resemblance to the Colorado beetle, and Mr. Finigan
who discovered it parsing along the cable of &Liverpool
Steamer, much two hastily spread his erroneous
conclusions.

HOP PROSPECp!.

The recent rains accompanied by cold winds, have
had an injurious effect upon the hop plantations in
East Kent. in the numerous backward grounds the
plant looks stinted, bad in colour, and in some places
the blue is not half way up the the poles. The present
weather is favourable to an increase of vermin, fresh
fly being apparent in many plantations. The late
rains have had a very beneficial effect upon the hop
plant in Sussex, but the prospects notwithstanding
are far from favourable. In many gardens the lower
part of the blue is mourning a yellow appearance; the
plant, too, is very backward, and fresh fly have
appeared.

THE BATH ACCIDENT.

tons in the coarse of a single sewn, and spends
£12,000 a year on bottles, and another grower in the
name neighbourhood sends 180 tons. They cone by
fast goods train, which leaves Tart itock about 3i' in,
reaches Waterloo 12 hourn later, are met by carts and
are quickly conveyed to C iventl: Arden, where they are
, for pale about 4 a.m.

THE quarterly meeting of the Working Men's
Institute was held last week. The accounts had not
been made out go it was adjourned. Complaints were
made of papers having mysteriously sfisappeared from
time to time. and Pasch robbed of a carton'.
IT is a Aiu...ollnr fact that the man who don't believe
in advertising, does believe met profoundly in getting
himself end business mentioned in the local paperevery
time be gets a chance without costing him anything.—
Britlfispot f Standard.
ONE OT THOSE delightful assemblies, a garden party,
was given by Mr. Williams, of Bridehead House, on
Wednesday. Beautiful weather, pretty grounds. A
fashionable attendance, and thorough hospitality
rendered it a most pleasant gathering.
BANIIMASTER WELLSTRINO brought out his Rifle
Band in the Walks on Wednesday night, and delighted
a large nnmber of auditors. The program of the men
is something wonderful, and the public were high in
their praise. Quartermaster and Mrs. Newman kindly
furnished them with refreshments.
A Puorrist3 party of the B Battery C Brigade.
R.H.A., consisting of four men anti four horses,
arrived yesterday (Monday) to billet five officers, six
officer's horse, 98 non-commissioned officers and men,
and 95 troop horses who will arrive to-day (Tuesday).
The Antelope Hotel is the head-quarters, an I the
battery is on its road to Okehampton.
Tee WORKMEN employed at the Foundry were on
Wednesday evening entertained at supper, to the
number of Go, by Mr. George l'rocker, at his residence
in High West-street. There was an abundance of
good things which were heartily enjoyed. There was
the usual speechifying, the health of Mr. and Mrs.
Crocker being warmly received, and a very jolly even-
ing was passed.
COMMrrTED TO THE DORSET COUNTY PRISON.-
A Mkt. : Albert If art, unnatural offence at Shilling
okeford; Hard Labour Richard Courteney, aggra-
vated assault at Weymouth, two calendar months;
William Harvey, Thomas Jones, misbehaviour in
Britlport Union, Walter Hanlyman, vagrancy at
Weymouth, Ellen Garrett, leaving family chargeable
at Sherborne, and Richard Inthey, assault at Maiden
Newton, one c tlendar month each; Robert Scott,
vagrancy at Broadwinsor, 14 days. Farther trami na-
tint, r William Porter, stealing leather at Dorchester.
DossEr COUNTY HOSPITAL. —DurinK the week
ending July 14th there hays been admitted :—ln-
patients, 2; discharged, 7; outpatients admitted. 13;
discharged, 8 • emergencies, 1; deaths, 0; in-patients
in the hospital. 40; out-patients on the books, 191 :
casualties, 14. Physician for the week, Dr. W. V.
Lush ; surgeon, Mr. Tudor ; house surgeon, Mr. H.
Capon. The house surgeon begs to express his ac-
knowledgements and appreciation of the kindness of
Mrs. Colonel Bingham and Mies Ashley in presenting
a small bunch of flowers with suitable Scripture texts
to each of the patients in the wards of the hospital.
Also to acknowledge the receipt of a bundle of old
linen presented by Mrs. H. B. Middleton, of Bradford
Peverell.
THE WEATHER.—The following is ourmeteorological
report :
I Lowest

!Noon.

. Point

...ot at %Vim,. ! State of Weather.
Night. I

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nreanttyhl with Ilt
highway in the
pulling him down by the whisker& The Bench said it
MODEL SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHING.— On Thursday
was a very unprovoked assault, and he would have to tw
evening the teachers awl friends of the Sunday School
to gaol for a montles hard labonr.
kit rik'a hile in charge of a horse Irving in order to
Smith give a specimen of tracking.
yinannan and Jetta Niehala. his ereom, UMan assembled at Olencesterstreet chapel. to hear Mr.
parish of Ointington. illustrate what Mr. Smith considers an effectivenmod
standing by a home and cart in the middle of the road, prayer, the Rev. W. Lambs who Poen .
P C Syrnes (tilt on the ffith of June found Nichols The Rev. J. tiley 'teeing opened the.,PkrndirokogViie.twh
roadside, ant corny women were hashing his (nee. Spray a class of about boys and ra) girlie, the subject being
which was strewn with parent'. sproy wee tilting by the words of Introduetion, and Mr. Irving Smith then taught
smelt very 'sirenu of drink, and Nichols atazgered from 'The Divinity of Christ," to which Mr. Smith brought
ined
nothtetnnsannirein.mnflibteyn:ah.eranYbiteh hhemennarrwiriitthSnnprtasypetenka.
the children,
s.whollenianf,etenrreter
t!,iinhg,stohne
laaaifitana terclo cal"ugshont the
janngis—ateep:LTloM' inhgefl!evtii nalq' euyensit,iiounMmmeatrikheeta efThenely. qv ke
lof eendp*i nn rt. e' est h".:lrsyr A"; ell
attentionUr 8;
hn trhothry edralnitvehe,
• sre cePsiael. of the scripture eel iction, verse by verse.—A collection
with a ent and we gather that he objects to a regular readtng
to
ecalar:rtL'erborsetTihn.eeyaniprlar'mutetin!".tginilistsheaaterthei: one
rhheethysZiller one had defray the expenses Was at the close.
Thhiseayrni.rearnediwlez
pet tell I /ferret/, firemen from the Channel Islands potato steam'
SDUGGLING Tonacco. —Ott Friday, John Grern and Jots
was drunk.—Witne&s: Why the other man had to hold ' -bout Rosebud, were brought up for smuggling
,321 a of
tlendderrunthke. —caSrprt, arid HS!: Spray wait
YOU • the cart It wan a mercy loth of you weren't tobacco—Mr. 11. Price, Her Majesty'acralectoref tsustome,
k'lied—Fined 10e. and cots, LI 13s. 6.1. each; total, appeared fur the prosecution, and Mr. W. R. Godfrey grad
SI that the Rosebud arrived yesterday afternoon, and in the
Jews peapad was summoned for &flossing his horse course of rummaging her last night, Robert Plunkett out-
to stray on the highway, in the parish of Puneknowle.— door officer, called his attention to the forepeak of the
Defendant, • travelling hawker, pleaded that the h
Ile. 6d. and COSH., 41 IS. the defendant having been pound meckages.—The packages were produced; they were
was tethered to his van, hut it hail got loom. —Fined , near the chain locker, and found 121 b. of tobacco in half-
apprehended on a warrant, refusing to appear to a flat, and apparently such as could he conveniently con.
summons.l reeled. —Mr. Godfrey said the prisoners had owned that
show cause, &e.—Mr. Wooten war. for the complainant, 1 remand till Tuesday, which was granted.—About 201 b. of
Taman,. Watts was sumninned by Mary Jane Elliott, to i the tobacco wan theirs—Mr. Hamilton Price applied for a
who resides at Stratton. On the 7th of January last she tobacco has also been found in the water.
was confined of • child, and which she alleged the
defendant to be the father. She first made his aequaint-
ance in Christman, Pr7s, and they kept company an
sweethearts, he visiting her at her father's nearly every
Sumlay. Int proprietiee took place in April, and continued
until la-totter. When she hemme aware of her c onslition
she trail him of it, and he said she need not trouble. On
the tab of October he promised to have the haunts
published, but he del not do so. Up to that time he had
never &Mel being father of the chill—Stephen
the father, spoke to the tennis upon which the defendant
and his daughter were, and their keeping ennipany. On
the 4th of November he called him into hie house and
askeil him what he was pane to do, and he saiit be didn't
know, and refused to say anything further. He did not
deny it. Mr. Weston then put the defendent himself,
who linked very sheepish, into the box.—lle knew the
complainant, and teed to go to see her "every Sunday."
She never told hint she was in the fatuilyaray, tmr did he
ever talk about publishing the henna He denied there
had ever been any intimate relations between them. He
would swear he did not know nf her condition until the
father &allot him in.--Eliza Elliott, the mother of the
girl, rorroborated her husband's statement. —This was the
ease for complotinant —Defendant called a female witness,
but her evidence was not relevant, —Richard Dark bore
out the complainant's statement that lie knew the
defendant did not keep her company after last October.—
Charier Watts, the father of the brilliant youth woo else
called, bait threw no light upon the affaie—Deferelant
said he was " innereent mm' it" The Bench made rm onler
for ea. 61. per week, arid the usual note.
BOROUGH POLICE. Yesterday (Menday).—llefore Mr.
Alderman Lock (Slayer), and Mr. G.. 1. G. Gregery.
A man named William P,ter, by ne mean, "Stout" and
• typical specimen of the doe nomit lammet laleitirer, who
was describol by the sergeant of police a, jobbing about
anywhere, anti having no place of residence, was charged
on remand with having stolen two flaps of a mildle, the
property of Mr. Frost, proprietor of the King's Arms
Hotel, Porchester.—The prisoner, according to the
evidence of a witness, William Searle, had been emeloyed
by the horee.keeper at the hotel to cut chaff, which work
he did in a room where an old saddle WAS hung up. On
the name day he went to the shop of a shoemaker named
Orchard, of Fardington, and there offered for sale a flap of
a saddle, which he ultimately parted with for GI. He
further soil he had another hit of leather of the some
kind, but Orchard refused to have anything to do with it
—Sergeant Mitchell, on Thursday, the 12th, WM passing
the Swan bridge in the afternoon, and he same the prisoner
sitting upon it He noticed lie had something tinder his
arm rolled up in a slop, and when he KM the sergeant he
walked away towards Mill-street Upon the officer over-
taking him and asking him what. he hail under his arm he
said "nothing, only a slop." The constable, however,
was incredulous, and on examining his Minato he found
it to contain the flap produced, which the prisoner sail he
had f ton a dung-heap. lie after wards t ok it to the
King's Anna and there Was shown a saddle front which
the flap in question hail leen cut, the other wag also
gone. Ile then went to Mr. Orchard's and received the
&r-mod flap. Ile afterwards took the prisoner into
custody, and he then said "you ran charge me with what
you like."—Prisoner pleaded guilty and had nothing more
to say.—This was not the ti rst or second time he had been
before the magistrates the Bench bill hits, awl he wonld
he sentenced to three months' hard laleina—Calling tip
the sergeant of police, the Mayor ommplimenteil hint mein
the very efficient manner in which he discharged his
duties, remarking that if all constables were like him
they would have mere efficient men and less crime. Mr.
Orehard wa, also talker] to, and got it hot from both the
Mayor and the Town Clerk. He admitted that as a shoe-
maker the leather was no nee to him, and the Mayor t mid
him he altuost thought lie ought to lie charged with
receiving property, knowing it to he stolen. It was a
very disgraceful affair, and lie hoped it would not happen
again.
TIIE LETTING OF THE WATEKI •OMIIE FLOCK.
The year 76 saw the *llth anniversary of thin now world-
renown.' agricultural event, and on 'lbursility last the
wiemel half of the century opened under atisideex which,
if noble animals, spirited biddings, and gond nuctioneering
reckon for anythine, auguraugurwell for a eentinuanee Red an
ini•reasol rine of that wide-sprout eeleleity which these
annual letting& sinee the days of their inauguration by
the good old English gentleruan" Of Waterconthe, have
enjoyol. A worthy son of a noble sire. Mr. Chapman
Saunders since the flock has passed into his hanas has not
allowed its prestige to be tarnished. More than IMPprizes
awarded at the best and the largest of shows testify to
the undoubted excellence of the flock, the care and the
pains taken in its 'selection and Mooting. Attiring others
prizes have been awarded to specimens from this Awn at
the Royal. Roth and West of England, Hants and Berks.
Taunton, Yeovil, Dorchester, Slierhorne, and other agri-
cultural AM,. ; it may, however, be mentioned' that in
P 476, amongst numerous prizes won, Mr. Chapman
Saunders was awarded at the Bath and West of England
first pore for shearling ewes and first prize for rani of
any age ; at the Royal Catintice' show at Abingdon, with
other prize., the champion cup Tor the heat ram in the
show yard ; anil at the Royal at Birmingham first and
second prizes for rain of any age ane first mine for shear-
ling ewes. Further comment, as Mr. Fuser, the auc-
tioneer, tersely just, it, it unrolled for.
Thursday, as regards weather, wa.s a brilliant day, and
the attendance including dealers from all parts of the
country was equal to the average, a great many ON.tr 200
sitting down in the Waterconthe Barn and doing justiee
I, the recherche luncheon thoughtfully provided by Mr.
tam:mien Saunders, and ttily hid open the btlaes by
Mr. Frost, of the King's Arms Hotel. Gaily decorated
WAS the place, and hearty were the cheers that greeted th e
toasts that were the more intimately connected with the
Proceedings of the the. They were as brief as necessary.
for. as the chairman (Mr. llornerlohserved, they were met
for business and not b a the passing of compliments.
Amongst those present were Mr. J. G. Homer
(chairman), and supported by the Revs. E. p.
Cambrelge and J. R. Coe, Captain A. B. Fester, Mr.
J. G. Hopkins, Mr. H. J. Garland, Mr. .1. Symes (Came).
Mr. If. Johnson, Mr. J. Mayo (Poxwell), Mr. Mayo(Broad-
wey), Mr. C. Wilson, Mr. G. A. Ingram, Messrs. Duke and
Sons, Mr. J. F. Roper, Mr. W. Roper, Mr. Williams
(Amesbury), Mr. G. W. Horner, Mr. C. Kent, Mr. N.
Roper, jun. Mr. IL Mayo, Mr. Millen, ND. r. Friend, M
Bowdon (otorfnlk). Mr. W. Lo man ng, Mr. Wadsworth,
Mr. Randall, Mr. It Genge. Mr. J. Saunders. Mr. Dowilen,
Hull, Mel. Halt Mr. J. Sly, file T. II -titer, Mr.
C. Mayo, Mr. G. Symonds, Mr. T. W. Shettle, Mr. Resent,
My. Porter, Mr. J. M. Best. Mr. J. Lovelace Mr.
Pope, Mr. Stone Mantis), Mr. Cortia lfir. , thalian, Mr.
It. Sheppard, Mr. W. Bnliy, Mr. 11. Y./4(A Mr (7
Bartlett, Mr. J. They, Mr. E. Bannton, Mr. J. S., Tett.; ND:
J. Homer, Mr. Brine, Mr. 11. Pone, Mr. r Popo, Mr T.
Newman Worchestert Mr. S. time*, Mr. .f. NI. Lush
(Dorchester). Mr. Ellis, Mr. J. 11. :4 Infidel-a
Maunder& NIL W. Gelpin (Dorcheeter), Mr. T. F. Legg,
Mr. J. Boon, Mr. Spraeklina Mantel, Mr. .f Bryant, Mr.
11. Dunning, and many others, including gentlemeu from
distant as well as the adjoining counties.
The health of /ler Majedy of course was drunk, and also
that of the Prince of Wales, as a euccessful exhibitor at
our large shows, and then followed the toast of the day
received with full-lunged cheering—the health of Mr.
Chapman Maunder& coupled with many kind wishes for
the future. lf, said the Chairman, there were any 'men
in the county who had contributed to the soccessful
breeding of sheep he was sure they were Mr. Chapmen
Seunders and his father. Ile had been looking over the
sheer. and it gave him great pleasure to see se many
strangers and others present to testify their appreciation
of the trouble and expense to which Mr. Saunders had
gone, and he was quite sure they would give him fair
returns for his effort& Briefly referring to the honnurs
Mr. Saunders had won, Mr. Homer expreased his belief
they would have presented to their notice a Clam of sheep,
whether for equa!ity or size, such as no other man in Eng-
land could show.
The toast was he.artily received, additional cheers were
given for Mr& Saunders and " the young-on"
In response, Mr. elf SAUNDERS expreseed the very
great pleasure he felt in seeing around hint so good a
company, and especially thankful was he to his friend
Mr. Homer for taking the chair. It was quite possible
Mr. Homer had flatteringly said of him more than was
true, but he could only say that he had had some years'
experience, and under a pretty good master—(hear, hear),
—and during that time he had endeavoured to obtain, as
far as in his power lay, animals, the best bred, and
ones that he believed would give them satisfaction. No
further wools were required from him, for the sheep
would be in their hand& and he believed would speak for
themselves. (Applause.)
The CHAMEAN then gave in feeling terms the health of
Mr. T. If. Saunders, the originator of the Watercombe
flock, expressing a hope that he would live for many years
to come to see his sou as well supported upon similar
occasions se he was that day.
Mr. T. H. SAUNDERS who, of course met a cordial
greeting, knew that what Mr. limner had said with
regard to the 'leek was not more than was true and he
only hoped their biddings would bear out his words He
was extremely pleased to see rumba respectable, large, and
influential company at bin son's sale, and he fully believed
the aheep they had men that day would compeenate them
for their trouble in craning there. He could only assure
them that when there he himeelf, for own part,
did the best he could to estalilish the flockhis, and he was
very happy to eee that his 81.11 kept it up no well. It had
cost a good deal of money and trouble to get them to the
pitch they were. It had cost him mme hundreds and he
might say thousands to establish that flock, and he had
had a long turn of it for he had lived there seven and
ferty years. ((.heers.) He wished to propose "The
Health of
was not able t rapo
taM Foster," and was very sorry his father
he present.
Captain FOSTER responded in genial terms, returning
thanks in behalf of hie father who had been round the
sale ground and inspected the arrangements, and who he
was sure would have liked to have been prompt in the
place be waa then eccupying ; but when he told them be
was on the 16th of April last 90 years of age, he hardly
thought they could expect him to be there.
Ma It. Tomas then gave the health of one whose face
they missed—Mr. John Smith. He did not believe there
would he one more lamented or regretted should anything
happen to him, than Mr. Smith. He trusted it might
please God to spare him, and that he would be amongst
them again next year.
Mr. CH•1•11AN SAUNDERS acknowledged the kind way in
which the health of his respected fattier-in-law had been
remivol, and had much pleasure in stating that from the
latest intelligence the doctor, were mom himeful of him.
The health of the (,hairman, Mr. John Homer, having
been con Mlly drank, the company adjourned to the home
plot, where Mr. Komar briefly introduced the splendid
animals that hat to come under his hammer. Having
dilated upon them in glowing and appropriate terms, the
bidding& which the worthy auctioneer made short sharp,
and decisive, on account of time, commenced. and the
following were the chief lots let and sold.
Rams (2 tooth) to be let,ltln,. Mr. Wordsworth, for
Mr. Weld ; 154 p., Mr. Harris, Skiringtou ; 164g5., Mr.
Roper • Irtin7r. Breant lap, Mr. Caines • 14fra . Mr.
Bement, s-hill ; Ings., Mr. Porter ; .160 Mr.
Whittle, imberne: 120., Mr. Snracklin 26pr. Mr.
Beasant, lige, Mr. Caine.; Vika,
and 134ga. Mr. pudding. Piddletrenthide 300., Mr.
Porter 17g., Mr. John Homer ; a.age., Mr. Taylor ;
, Mr. Curtis
Dewlish, Alton : ffitga, Mr. Chambers ; 17ga, Mr.
' Wordswortb_,• 210., Mr. Friend ; 210., Mr. C. Kent,
; Met and Ilga, Mr. Caine.' 124tp, Mr
MiPortion : (4 tooth)lsgs.. Mr. Shby ; Frampton;
Bartlett ;14P, Mr. Gilpin ; 2ffirs., Mr. Boma,
I ; 15gs.. Mr. Wordsworth ; Mayo,
: 124g5., Mr. Besant hum ; 15p, MMr.r. Galpin
150.„ Mr. Millen.
F. be sokl (mostly 6 tooth) 114 p., Mr. Sampson ;
Kingston Rusaell ; I.2ge, Mr. H. Bye, Sutton ; 13ga, Mr.
Berets Milborne ; 14p, Mr. Cffilcott nee. eer.
Hopkins.
To be let (6 tooth) 30(st. Mr. Harris : Ilp., Mr. Bresant,
jun. Mr. H. Ford ; INCL. Mr. Mayo, Poxwell.
The itellsod about .C 1,300.

COUNTY COURT.
This court was held on Saturday. before Mr. T. E. e.
Lefroy. judge ; but there were few cases of anv interest
belonging to the town. Amine them were the following :
S. Br Olen v. N. —Plaintiff is a builder and the
defendant a clothief and outfitter—Mr. Phillips said he
had served Mr. Brown with a SUMILOIIIB for £1 Ilk, and
Mr. Brown had served him with • eross.summons, but he
happened to be at Bath, and did not yet:sive the summons,
so that he was not prepared with his defence. -It
transpired that Mr. Phillips's claim was for a snit of
clothes, Anil Mr. Brown hail paid. instead of resisting the
claim.—Mr. Phillips was told he must at least pay costae(
the ADE, to which he agreed, and rat was allowed to
plaintiff, and ss. to his brother, • witness, the Judge
stating that he could not allow beyond a certain scale.
CHRISTIAN NAHA: WA:ATM.-111 a C9Se War, Coatpaoy
v. Holloway, the Christian name of defendant was not
given, and the ,Indgo objectsal to this.—Mr. l'age said the
I water was laid on to the house, an.l there were so many
changen that he mull not really tell what the name was;
I he knew there Han a woman there—The Juice: You do
not know whether you served a man or a woman; I will
not give you judgment.
DISTRESS PLEADF.D.—Carter v. Farwell. Claim for Its.
sd. and costs. —Defentant said he was a journeyman
watch and clock maker, but now out of work; he did a
little on his own account. He had six children, and his
wife had just leer confined with twins ; hut he would try
to pay by two monthly instalments ; he could do no more.
—So it was left..