The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-02-24 00:00:00

NEWSPAPER STATISTICS.

From The Newspaper Presto Directory for 1880 we extract
the followins on the prrs:nt position of the Newspaper
Press:—
" There are now polished in the United Kingdom, 1.835
Newspapers, distributed u follows :
England—
ProviWsl.ssos* 1,086-1,465
89
Of these there are—

113 Daily Papers published in England
4 Ditto Wales
20 Ditto Scotland
17 Ditto Ireland
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2 DAM iiritTah— Isles
On reference to the c lition of this useful Direct vry for the
year 1851 we find the following interestineacts—via. that
in that year there were published in the United Kingdom
563 Journals; of these 18 were issued 13 in
England, 2 in Elootland. and 3 in Ireland; but in 1880 there
are now established and circulated 1.835 papers, cif which
no lam than red are issued daily, showing that the Press
of the country has more than trebled during the last 30
years. The increase in daily papers bas heels still more
remarkable ; the daily issues standing 156 agahtst 18 in
'S&L The magazines now in course of publication. in.
duffing the quarterly reviews, number 1.033. of which 282
are of • decidedly religious character, representing the
Church of England. Wesleyan', Methodists, Stodge,
Independents, Eternal' Catholics, and other Christian
mmrnnnitima ••

THE BOUNTIFUL HARVEST IN SOUTH
AUSTRALIA.

It is • pleasant duty. our Adelaide oorrespondent writes,
to be able to reciprocate tie good news', which haa come
tout from your side of the world, of revived trade and im-
proved prospects. Although there has not been with us
the great dearth of employment which you have had to
suffer, still most panel.: during the last twel. e months
have been made to had the pinch of bard timing, owing to
the causes which have been explained in previous letter,.
In toy last I spoke pretty confidently of glorious antic; patient;
of • bountiful harvest heavier than we have ever had before
—being realised. It is no common thing fir such hopes
to be largely disappointed at the eleventh hour, but on
this occasion I am happy to say that the final teat of the
reaping-machine is turning out very satisfactorily. I am
not saying that there are no camel of disappointment,
because there are sure to some; but it is much more
common to bear of the farmers finding their crow yield
more than they had calculated than the reverse. This is
naturally the CALM) of jubilation, and gives a healthy con-
fidence in business 1041 rd. The estimate I gave you-
-400,000 tons of breadstuff* available for export—is likely
to be iully realised, and freights which were thought to
be high at fifty shillinga per ton, have now gone up to
sixty for good iron ships to deliver at any pill in the
British Isles. Probably that rate will prove such an
attraction as to bring vessels enough to take away all our
surplus crop as it comes to the seaboard. The first full
ship, Cedric the Saxon, has just cleared from Port Pine
with 54.000 bags of prime wheat, all the Northern ports
. and railway stations are now busy With unloading and
shipping wheat. It is a somewhat remarkable and no leas
gratifying fact that even in the Southern part of the
Colony, where the land was supposed to have been worn
• out for wheat-growing, first-class crops have this year
been obtained. There will no doubt be a large extension
, of agricultural mettleutents during the ensuing twelve
months, owing to the comparative abundance of money
which there will be in the hands of the farming community.
Many of those who have lately gone North have had hard
times during the last year or two years when the crops
have been short, but a real good season like the present
will afford them ample compensation. There is many a
man who (room being in diffictuties will be able to pay off
hie debte and purchase the freehold of hi, farm; others
who have had little or no capital to start with and have
been making their way aufslost, great odds will have a
welcome lilt forward, and in many cases, as so many have
done in the pact, soon become well farcners.—The .
Coioniss and lama.

GENERAL ITEMS.

A feeling of discontent prevails among nearly all classes
of ltussian eocietv. _

At Larnaca the Austrian steamer which was being
detailed there by the authorities has been allowed to
leave without surrendering the engineer.

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Floods iind gales have occurred in Spain, causing
damage to property and losa of life.
The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Connaught, and the
Duke of Cambridge are determined to have • thorough
Investigation made into the charges brought by Dr.
Russell against certain British detachments serving in
South Africa.

--
At the Court of Common Council, Mr. H. A. Isaacs
moved that as address be presented to the Emperor of
RUSSIA expressing the horror and indignation felt by the
Court at the recent attempt upon the lives of his
Majesty and the Imperial family, and congratulating
them upon their providential escape. Objections were
taken to the resolution and ultimately the previous
question was carried by 72 to 15.
General Mouravieff has arrived at Tchlkislar to replace
General Tergukasoff in command of the Russian expedi-
tion in Central Asia. There are 32,00) Tekkes at Gook
Tepe, and it has been decided to offer • desperate
resistance Two chiefs favourable to Russia have been
executed by Noor Berth Khan. .

"The—ittir'inese— ETniZay has failed to produce its
powers to conclude a treaty, and the Government
therefore will not treat with it. Lord Lytton is strongly
against war unless it be forced upon us.
THE FLOODS.—The floods in Somersetshire are extend-
ing, and in the town of Langport houses were on Friday
two feet deep in water.
THE DISEASE Is SHILEP.—A Trowbri4e correspondent
states that the disease in sheep is spreading with dread-
ful rapidity in that district, and that hundreds of ewes
and lambs are perishing daily in Wiltshire.
The Russian's arrest at Paris has Izscome an embarrassing
political event. It is alleged that he was the owner Of
the house nets Moscow from which the mine was laid
to blow up the Imperial train. Should there be
reasonable proof of this, the French Government will
not hesitate to give him up as a common murderer.
The Prinidents of the three groups of the Left have
meanwhile waited upon the Minister of Justice to
express the hope that the hessian will not be
surrendered on a mere political accusation.
A telegram from our Correspondent at Lahore states
that Gholam Hider Khan has given money and supplies
to Abdul Rahman, and that men are being enlisted in
the Wardak district for him. There are also recruiting
emissaries in the same place from Slahomed Jan.
It is reported that the alliance between Peru and
Bolivia has been broken off, also that disturbances have
occurred at Lima, and that another revolution has been
attempted, the leaders of which were shot. The Peruvian
Government has an army of 20,000 men, and is said to
be preparing for continued resistance to the Milian'
I An explosion has occurred in the military arsenal at
Valparaiso by which twenty persons were killed, and half.
the building was destroyed.
The Army Estimates show a slight decreaee of
expenditure as compared with those of the previous
year. The total sum required is £11,541,300, being
£304,000 less than last year. There is total of
effectives of all ranks of 560,733. The total establish.
merits of all ranks for 1880-81 is 621,649.
The donations received by the Dublin Mansion
House Conunittee in aid of the distress in Ireland
now amount to over £66,600. The Duchess of
Marlborough's Committee has received about 258,000.
An action for breach of promise, brought by a
gentleman against a lady, was heard at Warwick
Maize on Thursday. The plaintiff, Mr. Fowke,
brother of a baronet, 56 years of are, sued M.
Hornby, a widow of large fortune, and claimed £5,000
tld=. No proof WWI forthcoming, however, that
lusd ever made a promise, while it was shown
that the plaintiff had obtained considerable gifts of
money from her. The jury gave a verdict in the
lady's favour without leaving the box.
The obstinate turnpike toll collector who compelled
bicycle riders to pay toll, has at lad come to grief.
In the Queen's Bench division, on Thursday, the
judaes decided that a bicycle is not a carriage within
the Turnpike Act, and the conviction of the appellant
by the justices was affirmed, with costa.
General Grant in reference to Lord Beaconsfield's
Eastern policy, says :—" As I was travelling through
the East, I tried hard to find something In the policy
of the English Government to approve, but I could
not. I was fresh from England, and wanted to be in
accord with men who had shown me as much kindinees
as Lord Beaconsfield and his colleagues, but it was
Impossible, England's policy in the brat is hard,
reactionacy and selfish. No one can visit those
wonderful lands on the Mediterranean without seejt3
under
what they might be a good government."
again :—" As I understand the Eastern Question, the
great obstacle to the good government of these
countries in England."
The Daily News oorresaLhderdeiaziing,fusedatanlydopposedttohattreatthutoe
telegraphs that the Burmese kkobassy ha. flarto
Pwlwn"aidiantrh.uicet. Government has

"-ills Great Western Railway dividend for the past
half-year is announced at a rate of 41 per annu_ the
mmof £28,000 being oarried forward. The dividend
for the last half of 1878 was 4th. rate of 4 percent.
with g 10,500 carried forward. As 5} per cent, had
been confidently Impeded, there was a fall of from 4 to
41 per cont. in the ocespeafe stool Friday.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
( Wenger Permitting.)
Blackniaor Val. Rwanda—Tuesday (Ws day) 11411.1
Pound; Tburadyly. Nether Compton ; Saturday, Barber
Bridas—at it.
Cattiatock Hotuads—W•dnarday. Natant Oarna thidar.
Barwick —at U.
Lord Portrnan's Hounda—WednamMay, Uddrea rage'.
Monet Inn, Mandan—at U.
Mr. Rudely flea Houtada—Tneedny Obis Aso, Lyudiatt
Hich.wood Friday. Lim:vane-hill—at U.