The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-12-08 00:00:00

RAM AND WEST or lON:LAND AND
SOUTHERN COUNTIR4 AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

At the usual monthly meeting of the Council held at
the Grand Hotel, Bristol, under the presidency of It.
!tenpin, M.P., the Council. acting on tho recoru-
menilation of the Finance Committee, irranted an increase
of 1:100 per annum to the salary uf the Secretary, who
hex been directed to undertake the duties of the Arta
Department, hitherto performed by Mr. R. K. M. Daw, as
Hon Secretary.
The resolution to appoint district agents was recon-
sidered and for tho present abandoned.
UROTDON MERTIND, 145. For this noieting, which will
commence on Monday, May 31st, the prise list was finally
settled and confirmed. Prizes to the amount of CAtiAi are
offered by the Society in the several department* of stock,
poultry, de., and the list will be augmented by the offer
of .0..35 IT the Croydon Local Committee and the Com-
mittee of the East Surrey Agricultural Society, in
champion prises for superior excellence, irrespective of
class. Mr. Miles, of Exeter, again renews his primes foe
horse shoeing.
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A lontuottee, consisting of AleserA. Warwick Meade-
King, W. A. Hulce, and Jonathan (:ray. was APP.duted
to consan a suitable plows for the iujs uta:tine, in
1876.

DECREASING EMIGRATIoN FROM LIVERPOOL
The returns of the euti,7ati.ol from Liverpool,
compiled by the Goverment show that during the
past month there sailed under the Emieratlon Art faun
Liverpool 2i4 ships for the United States. with 5,113
emigrants awl two to Nova Scotia, with 75 pswiervers.
Besides these there sailed not " under the Act lax
ships to the United States. with OS Palienger.
one to Victoria, with 3a; two to China, with 20 ; two
to the Spat Indies, with 33 ; live to the West Indies,
with 31; and are to South America, with III; nuskine
a total of &fel, or 5,143 " under the Act" and ?(u o 1
"under the Act." There is a decrease of Ltitlilln Oulu-
parlson with Nnvenilser. lan, and there is a decrease
of 66,000 on the II months of this year compared with the
same period of last year.— Times of Saturday.

AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE
BISCAY. IN TIIE BAY OF
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The steamer La Plata has been lost in the Ray of Biscay.
She was S. vessel of lASI tons burden, Her total freight,
did not, however, exceed 1,200 tons. She had been
chartered by Hours. Siemens to take lA4 miles of tele-
graphic cable to South America, and left London on
Nov. 2A for Rio Janeiro. (hi Saturday week she encountered
very had weather, at midnight shipped a heavy sea and •
man washed overboard, On the following day, as the gale
still continued, she mid out Donna the cable in order to
lighten her. At half-past twelve, however she went of
Hshant,stern first, sixty perms being on board at the time
Fifteen persons escaped in one cif the boat& They were
picked up by the Gareloch, a Scotch emigrants vessel, after
deing twenty-three hours at sea with only a small piece of
cheese and a bottle of gin. Shortly afterwards they were
transhipped to the homeward bound steamer Antenor,
and brought to Gravesend.

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Foot and mouth disease has broken out in Cornwall.
The throne business has not been good for late years.
The ex-Queen of Spain can't pay her debts, and she has an
expensive husband and several other parties on her
hands.
Lord Coventry, writing in the Times, drawn attention
to the great deteroriation in our stock of horses, ;out recommods government help to breeders,
Lord Aden has drawn upon himself the bitterest
denunciation of the Jesuits, who COIIMAre him inchlentanY
Intl. Luther mid Dr. Donn:tor, and threaten him with
the pains of exoommunicatfon,
Ynsee EXPRRIVICIS OF Dn. Locales PULMONIC
Wsrifeck—Mr, 11...V1-AND, Melilla, 20 nigh Otmegate.
YORK, writes—l" I have sold the Wafers far more than
26 years and my own relatives and rustomers inv,f testi-
mony to the geed they here derived from them. They
give instant relief to Coughs, C 0!.!,., Throat Affections,
and all Bronchial Disorders. Bold by all Druggists at la
per box..
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HoLLOwAT's IIiNTSIENT AND PILUL— Shortness of Breath,
Coughs, and Colds. -Thosteseds of testimonials can be
produced to prove the power possessed by these corrective
remedies in cases of asthma. incipient ronsumeti.m. and All
disorders of the cheat and lungs. The Ointment well
rubbed upon the cheat and back, penetrating the skin,
is aboorbed and carried directly to the lunio,, where, in
firiealendout:,
Immediate contact with the whole masa of eirculating
blood. it neutralises or expels thuee impurities which are
the foundation of . consumption, astluna, bronchitis,
pneumonia, and sinelar complaints, On the appearance
Of the consumptive symptoms the I'ark and chest of the
patient should be fomented with warn, brine, dried with
a coo cloth, and liolloway's Ointment, then well rubbed
in. Its absorption will subdue advancing symptoms, and
Baffle this formidable foe
in the young colony of Quiwnsland to know how she is
interest
thteths°liit'alitewshto:gansve:
spoken of by W. Henry Parkes, the oldest politician and premier of the oldest colony in Australia ; in his recent speech at Amnion in, lie is reported to have said :-" I am
QuEroitt.it-It may
our country. 1 admire tier Public apint, I dory in her
inifokVi'elsratra eorno'fyw4h'alit:l:re'll, as done in tapping this part of
~at,n,rise, and I wish her every imaginal& ma.,,,,,,,
While I may this, I believe it my duty as a Minister
entrusted with the destinimi of this country to keep an eye
upon what sho is doing, and to vindicate the character,
justify the resources, and maintain the position of the
colony of which I am the guardian-(hear, hear), And
while I rejoice in the race of emulation which has heen
begun, yen may rest assured I shall de iny utmost to ~,,ivi
New South Wales aliessl of her -(c)iwirid. I ant not
ignorant of the resources of Victoria or of any of the
Australian colonies, and I believe that New Routh Walvis
is not inferior to any, unless it be heid to be second to
queensland."-Ilstroard from Queenalander. Seywoitier 12,
1117 I.
SPARKLING WINRS MOIR Stsilltß.—.tn interesting
article has just appeared in the litadieal Tim,. and Paget.
on Sparkling Wines. In consequence of the recent rise
in the Price ,d. Champagnes It appears that attention has
been directod to the district of Saunter, in the north-
western portion of France. Dr. Driiitt, the anther of the
artlric in question, remarks : -" Both in society .ind in
is so exhilarating with so:mall a
tilu;o, lii,;:„..ed lllK.lticA,Nottirdinimg! of Sparkling Wine is Lar •ely 4in
4mantity of alcohol In it," Oil adds that the Millthi of
Wlnitir. " although perfectly familiar in London, have
hitherto boon doeorrted with other names then their own,"
and that " every year 1,1111,65 i bettion 44 wine from
San 1111 l r are nut to this country, whom i t ha.. twee ticketed
with any name the intrehaser chiesies to give it." lie
concludes his article with the following advirr l-" It
surely is foolish to give hi. or r's. for a second-rate
Champagne, when a wino which ist either the Lune
identically, or rather one better than the second-rate
brands of 011,uPagne, mai: lie ttad for less money.- One
firm, the Miami. W & A Oilhey, of London. are introduc-
ing these wines through the niedium of their Agents in
every town, titular what Dr. Druitt, calls "the modest and
true aapellation of
Peer,toes of flauroor."-
terafag Deeemberlll4W

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Tuesday. December 8, VP&