The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-12-10 00:00:00

THE GALE oN SUNDAY.

During the hurricane 011 Sunday astemoon at Exeter
three of the pinnacles if the tower of St. Thomas
Church were b'owu t if. One fell or the roof, slates gave
way, and • large quantity of oei;lng fell on the sehool
children and about the organ. This mimed the utmost
alarm, which the soreacus of the ehildern mush Increased,
and every mantel* for the doors, hata sod books being
left behind in the Larry. At one time there was a great
crush m well as frisht and rooofusiou. Eventually coo-
lidenoe am regaled. The evening servioe was put off.
During the storm at Bristol the roof of • small house
in Trenehard-court, was blown off, and four persons,
Mr. and Mrs. Niohelas, their eon, aged 40. and Mrs.
Moody, aged 40, who was nursing young Niaholas, who I
wee in • deeliae, were buried in the &lota All were
ars when the remains of the roof were removed, but
Mrs. Moody end young Nicholas died a few minutes
afterere.rds. The others were not mush injured.
During the night one of the pinnacles waa blown
down at Christ Church, Clifton, breaking the roof. A
chimney pot fell on • young woman. Soe was much
hurt and carried insensible to the Infirmary. Several
windows of • bazaar in mine of erection in Park-street,
for Mr. lIIIIer, were blown to. The house, No. 1, St.
James's-street, was oonsiderab4 damaged. The
chimney steak fell on the roof, the ceiling fell in, aid
the top floor fell in with a tremendous mesh, • met
narrowly escaping. The windows on the north side of
All Sainte church, Cliftoe' were blown In while the
congregation were at the evening service.
The gale sprang up in London loiterers five and els ;
WWI injury was dorm to property. In Fleet-etreet,
Ledgatsrh.W, and the Strand the leer euhetantial dena-
tures have waned mush. The Great Western elation
at Paddington ham suffered much, and some of the
edam statism' are greatly injured. Several diaastms
have occurred to the shipping on the river. In Semple-
eforeert ttur wind unlocked all the shutters of a shop,
and blew them right out into the street In the north-
west serum of Bt. Pattl's churchyard. where, wording
to the old legend, Boras is perpetually waiting for he
Satanic majesty, who has dropped Into the cathedral
for a minute or two, and has not returned, people IMO
blown about In the most ridiculous (tibiae.
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The pinnacles a Oriel-oo—iiege---el;t—pel,"-Oxford, were
blown down on Sunday night.
From Plymouth we learn a Write gale from the
westward wee experienced. The Cambridge, 29 gunnery
Alp, parted from her moorings, at Deveaport, and wee
&free ashore. The Hartierns parted front her m
Ude aftersooe, but wet brought up spin. Threr eationS
snerobanta ships are ashore. but the trews ere laved.
Some telegraph wirer are blown down.

PIOEPIIO-BLLIOOII AND TEI POTATO DIBIABIL—In
the Garrknees Chronicle of November SO, then is •
brief review of Kr. Boale's letters on the Potato Disease.
In this review doubt is expressed Ia to the meaning of
"Phespito-flollooe " as • name for • manure; one of
Mr. Nonles aeurtlons I. 000tralkted on the ground
of Bleckles Cyr:loped!' of Agriculture whleb is •
quarter of • matury old having gives the =lra of
the potato haul..; the fast of the fertility of the watm
meadow, la Wilts, Heals, and Dorset, being mainly
dependest on the slick mild derived from the Mat
particles broaght down from the chalk hills, is by the
reviewer rejected, sad the theory, represeeted by Dm
reviewer to be prouarkillos proaotumed le be aatrust,
worthy. Farther sold mem soluble farm le
mewled to be pisss.t I. all BIM in fee larger guratire
Met PAM er terlig or est. (let slew it. frefahr.plerti)
requires—la the Ctmici. of December 7 the follewlag
replyttligr. Neale is insetted :—Withont the sigh Sees
oom tof your somewhat I•TOTII TOTIOE gay LaMar
ea Perak Dimas Itiv le offer the folk
remeris is reply :—(L) The Mend who
Mg the " Intended to im=Lgt
prevalemee and NU° add out
Ike mann all MOd UR diftlasilve featuree.
lagredlealg, based, are lergely distributed
th▪
rough a gime quell* al smith, but sa to these two
lime le marsollese lorooft of distrlbetke, sad
rest
nyszaeheelle ef properties. P to my
, snide add UM wean. intre=lato say
mbar% sad phosphor's meld sever In this way. (2.)
The foal of the amount of sillime In the heal= of lb.
Potato "having been aseertabseeL kag 'go" In no
merge the doubt expressed by me, to whieh you
tir 'sorption, "whether the analytioel Is ea
even yet thought mush of 11, or st least of the due
proportion In whisk It exists when the plant is in •
thoroughly healthy 000dit4on." Although my reading
en each esbjeeta is very limited, I think that it
was more than • quarter of • eentury ago that the
Baron Llebig :rave elks so • oonstituent of the Potato
harden. (3.) It was Stan equally digit:A period that
ho expressed the opinion that the day would come
whoa soluble glair: would be sold as manure. And to
what did sash an opinion point, but to the (act that
whilst in almost every soil there is Wax suffioleot for
as ordinary crop, there Is rot In general eoffioleht to
subtle that luxuriant growth whiolt fs the resuit of
high farming. Who, that of late years has had Inter.
IMMO with Intelligent egrioniturbse, hal not heard thd
bequest expression of the with for a manure that
should strengthen the stalk of cereals? Who has not
ceded Geld. of the finest growth at cot-taut stage of
that p.wth sadden?i =drilled and 141 d down, and then
attacked by mild..? Now in the manure in question
malatein that there is ouch a combination, and su3h
as equal distribution of various nutritious whiteness
„nuked by tbe plant, as, while promoting Inzatiant
',ova, and esleulated to produce a fall ear, wlll
ognagalien the stalk also. Sine. the last season I
bare been enabled, through • closer investigation of
rabieet, greatly to inereees all power. A$ with
74 feller woad/mos I appeal to experiments (4)
Although I by no means ground my theory oy eapia•
nation of Lb. potato disease on the hot (bat the
fertility of our water meadows depends meanly on the
NUM' sod contained in water deesending from the
Chalk Milo, I think, sir, you will And, thoego nit
ad.darcd by you, it is by some eminent physiolo4ista
(11). I have net asserted, neither do I suppose that
the cogarresse or the absence of the potato
Mat year hinges In the very learnt degree on the
a manure." The saving of the mops of
fterePho•llig°Tmus, u amsorroet le my view, mast be the
malt .1 11. Imp and erten/dee maorifeature, and its
puma ; and such manulardare and ass ow Wee I
only from large expeciaas.