The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-07-27 00:00:00

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TUE.'4DAY. JULY 27. 1'45.

NOTES GloTs:li
noE isWarnEetsg.tat an end.
Thu Parliamentary m:
The Lord Mayors dinner to her Majesty's
Ministers is fixed for the 4th of August, and
Mr. Disraeli hopes to be in a position to con-
clude the business of the 'lenses on the 10th or
lath
hopu of
hAruiggust.hßLut order to realise this
gentleman has been com-
pelled, "with unfeigned and unaffected regret,"
to abandon one of the principal measures of the
session—the Merchant Shipping Bill, although
that Bill was set in the forefront of the Royal
Speech at the opening of the session. The Bill
has been kept on the orders of the day as long
as there was the slightest hope of Fussing it,
without, of course, keeping the Houses sitting
till September; but with the notice-paper
crowded with amendments to the Agricultural
Holdings Bill, with Supply all in arrear, and
with the Judicature Bills still to pass, there was
apparently no help for it but to give up the
Duke of Richmond's Bill after it had passed the
House of Lords, or else to give up Sir Charles
Adderley's, and in their dil ta the Govern-
ment have given up the Shipping Bill.
The extraordinary scene in the House of
Commons, in which Mr. Plimsoll was the chief
actor, and his statements with regard to the
alleged manslaughter of seamen by neglect, have
excited general attention. Mr. Plimsoll's devo-
tion to one idea had evidently unsettled his
mind when he spoke and acted as he did in the
House of C 111111 l ions ; but, strange as his conduct
was, his statements remain, and many of them
cannot be disproved. `• Ilundreds and h 'reds
of brave men," he said. " are continnally being
sent to death, their wives are made widows and
their children orphans, so that a few speculative
scoundrels may make unhallowed gains." Such
indictments as this are rooting themselves firmly
in the public mind, and will produce good
effects long after Mr. Plimsoll's personal diffi-
culty with Mr. Speaker and the House of
C 1111 l mons is settled. That difficulty is, perhaps,
unparalleled in Parliamentary history. His
allusion to some of the members as • villains
who send to death and destruction ;" his shaking
his clenched fist first at one side of the House
and then at the other; his repeated refusal to
THE YEARN HARVEST. withdraw the expression ; his throwing a protest
Mr. H. Kains-isekson, writing to the Times of the on the table ; his rushing out of the House,
forthcoming harvest says if the May prospects of a fine waving his hands and shouting "You know that
wheat harvest do not now appear likely to be realised, the
pis far enough matured to be out of danger from most thousands of men are dying for this"—all this
of the attacks to which it is exposed in earlier stages, constituted an unpturafieled episode in Paella-
that nothing but calamitously abnormal weather can make
inentary history. The protest published is a
this harvest a bad, while sunshine may yet make it a fair
one. That the barley crop would be large and moil, that breach of privilege, but it is read with all the
beans and peas were the most promising they hail teen for inure interest on that account. It is a splendid
years, the general opinion of correspondents in various
districts and personal observation gave full wssurance ; denunciation of the ill doings of the ship-
bet recent weather lias considerably modified these owners, and a glori ~,, s protest against the
auti,ieuti"wc A month ago a eorrespindent observed wrongs of our seamen. Well worded and well
that he found the task of seeking a gond at field as difficult ,
pined, it will produce a powerful effect. Mr.
:ter eec a Nei wheat ; but at present there are ,
oat aims, tha n
nks to the rains. 'The general oat 'Hinson may have been carried away by his
yield, however. is likely to be very light, awl, as the miss feelings jut" unparliamentary conduct, for which
baryest has n 150rbeesir and often badly got together, (lsoulie
fan lave been without compensation lint far an apology is necessary ; but the public honour
tr;',e,gr the pr. ~,, of one of the largest root crops, incluils him for his benevolent efforts. There can be no
ritatee.i. ever grown- 111(nn wir cultivate aelia have doubt but that the withdrawal of the Merchant
also Mei prospect of an a 'militant yield. Thus the produce
in IsTrii still promises to be, in the aggregate, • Snipping m i Bill s one of the gravest mistakesthat
ldarrami fairly ~.sisel one to nonunerate the farmer. As Mr. Disraeli's Govennuent has yet committed,
to PA.'" Mr. inrh*'ii "r"heir am no rimier of their for it is one of those mistakes which create a
becoming Mineslerate, mil that 50.. would hung ns
n ahroad. lie concludes that tu the present want of confidence in circles extending far and
iliuttn, 'rt
n ef en.Apeetw. supply and demand,
n this kingdom wide beyond the House of Commons. Directly
.„,1 'Europe may well expect
_the .ear's harvest will yield
the people see that the administration has
moderate identV b. mna ant beast• become too weak to pass such laws as these in
TIIE WEATHER AND THE coiHN. anything like reasonable time, the country will
The rtport4 respecting the 11. 'to throughout the country
f cheterter het the stew eti alt.,. reflect upon what its lition is likely to be in
ans
iTta„::.l,„,„ meet, concern prevails as to the eilftsts of circumstances of even greater emergency in the
the inundoti..a pin the growing mien. Marln't, I"' same hands.
meta in Dorset see improving. Amine The Merchant Shipping Bill, which yearly affects
Matunlay there u.as
.ffia.milii.ent tttttt ert Dwe'reatrr.,eran"nd
ho thst most iif the grain the life of thousands, has been allowed to lapse
farmer, ire beginning •
duutageil by Ow late hem anis willis,
.sated. Marley is in order that the Government may paaa the
• • • v heavy in Ale ear, wail,. wheat is far •
Agricultural Holdings Bill —a measure which
Yinns:"."inA'rre' ‘;tr. %though ib SLOW Monding
by tt,S Ilicea.ant d 'ants% our county mentber, Mr. Gerard Sturt, has been
ja the weather has nottsrially altered uetni;nets ; ,
I_, A as the personal monist of
thela
•,t ',11"" Mr. Diane. li to assist in making law, anti which
much as ten acre., In value alsiut 1:1110. In die the member for Dorchester has been glad to have
Inaelonisw Val,. in 0" bniw"n" ikwh's*.ter "4 any excuse to escape from supportitio. lloth are
%side, sr.ston, thr .1..0ut, was rarl great. Oats have e
- rot io soo-il parts of ths county the hay thorough-going Disraelites, but we radieve that
feu swinz, and it is expected tlost, if the sons Mr. Brymer ni his distrust of this particular
shine cinitinues, wheat and Ludev will be ready for the my,, 11 more representative of the views of
sirkle is about three meek'. Front Slierbottrne it ta "was"—
Defect Biwa Mr. Sturt, who
refs tea that the fall id min from July 14P.M was the farmers n•
Lir:inches compared with .12 mein, during the correspond. adva.' sill
them
jug period of seemsfrin ittio expect
hte a1•464,Zit0l t
arrangement between the landlortei
H.LNEss THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.
Lord I 'hie( Justice Cockburn was prevented, liv „, -4 Wit
from opening the Carmarthen this (Monday) Stitt-a anti it every landowner would attei.
morning. tenants in the frank way which Mr. Brymer has
_ . offered to agree with the occupiers of his farms,
in the matter of compensation for unexhinteted
improvements, there would be no need for the
elaborate provisions of such a measure as the
Agricultural Holdings Bill. Farmers generally
regard the measure witlt suspicion. it settles
nothing, while it throws old arrangements out of
gear, and may tempt some landowner to resort
to revaluations. But Mr. Disraeli seems to have
determined to let what will go by the board this
measure shall not iniscarry ; and while, no doubt,
Mr. Plimsoll's vehement denunciation of Govern-
ment and shipow • g Members of Parliament
when he heard the Shipping Bill was to be
sacrificed was contrary to etiquette, we cordially
sympathise with his righteous indignation.
The chief interest of the Dorset assizes centred
in the gin, War/With), Calling on Mr. B. Collins
to show by what authority he exercised the
office of it member of the Portland Local Board.
It is an ttttt natal kind of action, and is not likely
to become common, we should imagine, if the
result is so unsatisfactory as in the present
instance. The chairman of the Board is the
returning officer, and at the election last May
declared Mr. Collius to have a majority of three
votes over both Mr. J. E. Andrews and Mr. B.
Coombs. The election had excited great interest.
Church and Dissent were arranged against each
other—a state of things contemptible enough—
and the contest was carried on with • se
vioinir by both parties, although, personally,
M 7-. Collins was quiescent and indifferent to the
result. The issue of the election bitterly dis-
appointed the so-called "Vigilance " party, who
hail opposed Mr. Collins ; all kinds of wrong-
doing were charged against his friends, and the
present action resulted. A scrutiny of the
challenged votes took pliwe before Mr. Justice
Blackburn, both parties doing their best to
reduce the good v..tes of the opposite side, but
the result was to leave Mr. Collins still in a
majority, and the only chance for the " Vigil-
ance " party now is in the Court of Appeal decid-
ing certain points of law in their favour. But
Mr. Justice Blackburn held out no hope of such
a result, nor is it reasonable to expect it. The
question is —whether the certificate of the
returning officer is final as to the validity of the
votes tendered. His duties are partly minis-
terial and lardy judicial; and -Mr. Justice
Blackburn maintained, and reasonably, that
unless facts were submitted to his judgment which
might affect certain votes, his admission or
rejection of them could not be a judicial act, and
was therefore, subject to review. On the finality
of the Chairman's certificate the hopes of the
Vigilance" party rest. We believe there is no
likelihood if a decision in their favour, and
abando 1111 l ent of the Odittlat is their wisest
course. They have fought the quistion
thoroughly and n ith ability, but law and equity
are against them. Thu result must be satisfac-
tory to the general hotly of the ratepayers of
Portland, as it has proved that the elections are
conducted with fairness and honesty, and that
there is nib ;To 1 ter the imputations of corrupt
dealing which have been alleged.

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MARK LANE. —Tim; DAY.
Wheat closed quietly at Friday.'s priees or one to two
shillings dearer. 'Beans Ire a shilling higher; other kinds
of produce unaltered.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE. —Tills DAY.
Alsiut 5051 beasta including about voo foreign. Trade
steady. Inferior 44. to .14., priinn to tie. lid. About
4.n551 sheep 'winding a large sunray of foreign. Trade
firm. inferior 5.. rid. to lie.; prime fk. to 7s. lid. Cave.
4a. (II to 5.. 1.1. Pigs 4s. nil. to ss. 4d.

THE CORN AND CATTLE TRADE.
On Saturday the fine weather ooicted the corn trade at
most of the markets, althonzh nriceo mimed la to 2s. per
quarter more money. At Dorchester eorn exchange More
wheat than last week was on offer. Farmer. were asking
• great advance in consequence of the ....coeval state of the
weather, but the mires given were only 2s. per Miner:al
quarter over last Wl`e.U..i rate.. Ti;.'. accepted qmitationq
to-day were .7.10. to 7.44. tom miarter, the official
average of last week ham:: lo:en Barter la. to
2s. dearer; peas and heans. lA. to 2s. ▪
dearer oat. 1.1. to
Is. dearer.—At the fortnightly cattle tude of Mr Ensor
there was a moderate supply of stock, and the attendance
being large the annexed figure. W. 1.- readily realioed :
Fat beef, tin, to per wore harm:ter, tin to 1:20 per
head; cows and calves £l2 to IN each; toin,., Cli each
ewe.. 9,1. per lb.; wetlier,„ Md. per lb., the he 4 making
as high ea fels. to /UK each : Down wetliers Kohl at -N..
each; lambs, :pm, to Ph. per head. A good hip.iness was
done.- At Reading a moderate slum of wheat, with
lather higher prices; for a very tine parcel of white wlmat
WA. WM hit awl refuse I. 4 lther corn at hot week's
prices.—At ;Imo-ester English wheat again 34, to .1•
higher; foreign, qniet, sit .1., per quarter more owner.
tiding barley awl maize 1.. fit., oats Is. dearer. —At
Warminster wheat advanced &lout 2... tier quarter, hut
trade was of a most re'otrictoolcharacter.—At Bath where
business was done wheat inuot • quotol t. ii e.• per
quarter dearer on the week. At Taunton wheat was wit
in such demand as at the laot market, although on the
week an advance of 3, to to. n foreign, an,l on
English was estaldished. Grinding barley ls. to 25.. and
maize dearer. Flour, 12s. per each.

m I•IDE:ir T. MIL S. OLAN.
Illr. Schamtian olan, roth,,,f Captain Nolan, ILE.
wall allot through the heal at Woodlawn, County Galway.
(Son.lty) afterno•n. Ilk life is Ikupaired of.

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TIIE CASE OF SARAH CHANDLER.
The following memorial is in coursel signature, awl
ha+ alreaily been numeniusly signeil by the principal
gentlemen, farmers, anii tradesmen in the town awl neigh.
liourhood :—" To the Reverend Edward Moore,--We, the
undersigned, resident in Spalding awl the neighbourhood,
juicing o
erred your cniluet as eh airman of the Much of
Magistrates acting for Holland. Elloe, in the county of
Lincoln, for a number of vars. desire to express our
*nion that your ili.eliarge of the duties connected with
the oltiee brot been ildditignished by consiileralde legal
knowledge and ability. by strict impartiality. and by an
earnest di-ire for the due administration of in-tier. We
present this memorial in consequence of the expression of
opinion which has been maile with reference to the case of
Sarah Chandler, in whieh it m. our belief that you acted
not only to the lust of your Manumit. lint with a view to
her future welfare. We further desire to intimate that
our confidence in you is still unaliatml, and we trust you
will ...Alum, to diseharge the lotus of your office with the
attic ability mid impartiality which has hitherto charac-
wised your Judicial

WEVICOUTII. I
Ilom 17%1. SPNHAT.— Senuon4 were preached on Sunday
but at Al the churches in Weymouth on behalf of the
Weynomth Royal Ilmmital, and coll.:clime were made on
behalf of the satue .thject. The amounts of the collections
have not yet been returned.
11. M. I 'OANTiit AMP SHIP PENF:I.OrE eanie into the Roads
of Portland on Saturday, with the coastguard from
Harwich district The other coastguard ships were
eipected to arrive u,iuie time yesterday (Monday).
Tne ALTER %MN IN THE WEATHER.— The splendid
weather which has favoured or *luring the last day or two
has causs,•l a great itiereaae in the number of visitor.. The
',gamily morning eceuntion from Bristol was unusually
large, and the Saida and tawn are quite lively. May
the tine weather loot" is the desire of all.

MEMORIAL CARDS.—
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inspect • variety of NI I.: MOICIA '.‘ltDS, embossed,
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25 Einlse,sed Cards, with name, dates, ages, and a
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FORTHCOMING SALES BY AUCTION.
Wta.nvssntl, it mr
Dorchenter Market -Ssle hy Mr. T. S. Morgan.
Tlit-nnont, itn.r l.
Wunhortie Rev... Dory Sale, by Mr. T. Ennor.
FRIDAV, .11:L1 :D.
Castle II estate, hy Mena. Norton, Trint, Watney
and Co.

Titußswo, August 5.
Freehobt Property, at King'. Arms Hotel. Dorchester,
by Mr. I'. Fau.or.
FRIDAY Av..L%T 6.
Dorchester lair -110 rams awl ram lamb% the property
of Mr. t:eo. Homer. by Mr. T. En.or.
SRI Soutiolown Sheep an.) Lamb... at Ilorche.ter (air,
the property of the late Mr. Peach. of Steepletou, by Mr.
T. I..nmrt.
Variou, Sheep, Limb'', te., at I Yorchester Fair, by Mr.
T. Ens.,r.
I)orehebter How Repository, by Mr. T. ERSof.
MONDAY, .ttIIVET 9.
nor., cow., Wa;zeoe, Spring Cart, llooweliold Fermi-
tare, ae., at Poiehlawl Neirtuo, by Mr. T. S. Morgan.
79 superior hoproveol Ilamiobin• Down Raoul, alba Ifaiu
11., at Blaiplionl Four. Mr. T. go-or.

liS.
July IC. at Atltiu.l.lle, the it ife .4 Mr. O. of a .laughter.
Jnly Is, at OW Vr lire ao4 tJ..rat Ltatik, Ev.t..r, Mrs H. J.
Gabs-M.l a .laught.r.
July IS, at Cattisito.k, (h... if. of Mr William Svracblisig. ,A
5,, at IS, Terrace, Wty mouth, the wife .4
Mr R. .1. Phisildt..4 a eon.
j,,i 3, at Fonllo:ton. IN.relic4,T, the nib. Mr. A. Wooltiet,
111 a
July 21,,5t Shirley rotbr.s.. Meet Wail.,, leoreliesitr, the wife
of Mr S. Wilma, .4
MARRIAGES.
July IL at Si. Mars e church. Mete nula• Regis, by the Rey.
Talbot Greai,:a, reetor. Hem) Itaker..4 hIM. Inland
Reirosue,i.. Elira Ansi. only daught.a of William Cox, muter
mariner, Weymouth.
July at Marehflel.l duffels, by the ltet. J. Lents, M.A.,
uncle of the lank, avaist,sl to the Ret .1. J. Gardiner. curate.
Mr
Iknry Hitchcock. of Itrinknortle. Wilts, to Ekutior, eldest
daughter of the late Mr William O•bont Meg Littleton
June 111. at Serampore, Calcutta, Bury, of Oteliar,
ion s 4 the Rev. William !Wry, .4 rimperne, Ikerset, t. Augusta
Charlotte, slaughter of the late John Matthews, of (ho
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;lace.
July 19, at the Wesleyan Chapel. Lyleheti ‘latraverd, by the
Rev. D. Hann, Mr Seth Orchard, ..1 alaisifonl, to Miss Fanny
.Consay, I.) When Mum,
by the Rev. - - Cam, Mr William
July 0), at K I .....
• .1 Poole, to Miss Lucy Wile, of Melts. Somerset.
4"*.ri "I t St. Jolllll.‘ Paddington, by the Rev. Clarks L.
*id"
-N. at
Ed 'ard third outliving son of the late gay.
B. Y 1152„ Lent'•ri I 'II li hells
moos nog. itector atc , °met, to ,
7 .est af.ughter of the late Ilonry 11951 Nichol', D.C.L.
DEATHS.
July 13, in I..aydol, suddenly, Jamie Henry Lln•on of West
beige. Itorchestm and Ileminglord
house. tlwti,id.ii,hire,
late Captain 4411 i Itt-ximent. a..;el 37.
July ta, at IllandforJ, Francis .Irchilial.l Stuart. hlest and
hat sun Icing eon of tlie late Ihni. Anliikahl Stuart.
July 15, at Okeford ritzpaine, Mr. George Lambert. aged 62.
Joir 15. at Knighton, Wiidrith, Sarah, the wife of Mr.
win... Burt. superintendent of the Wintrith Sunday School,
aged 50 years.
July in. at Mayon:an:et, Shaftesbury , Mina, rebel of the
late Sir I'. Maekelt Moteombe, deeply rcgretted.
July 16, at Tmlor Mouse. Lyme Regis, Mort.. ui,lou of Sir
Thomas Orcuces, Woodbine kill. lloniton, aged it
July 11. at her residence. 91, Seymour Tenmu. &LWOW.
•Jetylih,t side of the 11.9.151eard Merriman, late pastor of the
Church at Dorcloeter, aged 49.
11100. Vista. West liourtannoutli, Mr.
Junto larmilley. age' io years.
JulY U. at West Cliff Cottage. Bournemouth, soddenly.
Annie, the sr ile of Thomas Rash., solicitor, Wimborne.
JulY 20. at .4. Iligh East -..treet. Itorehmter, after a long Ind
painful Mises. Mr Samuel SIMI, tons'
July at Wynford Eagle, Seismal, fifth sun of John and Anti
Alluidrv, wed 24.
JulyWinthorne, Mr Charlet Thomas Clarke, aged St.
July 21, at Cons Mullen, Sandi Jane Falls, aged 21.
July 21. at Illamlfont. Mr Prank Gray, aged WS.
July 22, at Beech-hUilly Poole, Nary, ink of Mr. U. D.
Olio, mod St yam