The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-04-09 00:00:00

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PROUD, CUISMIRT, High East-tt , Dordie4er not to perceive that there arc dangers ahead.'
ii; AG NU
ENT roa liON.LUili YURI& TAA. r No one eon believe that so cautious a
-. tlinister as Count Cavour would have made
The high tpiae in which it in held "er"be thin bolldeclaration unless there had been
he a been imputed by ita being uniform and excellent n "
Vidlity: it has no artificial 'facing' ',rimier, for cdii. an understanding between the Courts of
tisting wholly of the choice spring gathering, (bore are Turin and the Tuileries. If there had not
no brown flavourless leaves that need be 'liquified by been, it woill hate been a diNet insult to
,
the Chines* with • coat of colour; consequently Atv,:ey
strength it always f°,_und.. in MU Tea. Bold only by France. But every day brings to light
AGZNIII, anoA secured 111 rade& ' events to show that the alliance between the
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French Emperor and Victor Emmanuel is as
BIRTHS.
. March 23, at Weymouth, the wife of Mr. J.Fairey, close ns it was two years ngo. Then we have
jcw(ller, of a daughter. the ominous gatherim, of the Austrian and
March 25, at North Street, Martock, the wife of Mr. Italian troll's on Alter side of the Po,
Joseph Richards, baker, of a son. whilst France is committed to the conflict.
March 29, ist )toadigreen, Colyton, (ho wife of Mr.
Thomas White, veterinary surgeon, aof daughter. or if not committed, she is not unwilling.
March 29, at Burton Bradstock, the wife of Mr. i 13%' a telegram from Berne, we are informed
Wm. Chileott, ifishmonger, vf the seventh daughter, that the hero of Whizz() has ordered his
(all living.)
March 31, West Alliugton, the wife of Mr. Diehard soldiers to hold themselves in readiness for
Major, of a daughter. active service within a fortnight; and the
MA RRI At E. Austrian Government has issued orders for
April 5, at Holy Trinity Church, Dorchester, by the the wives of all married soldiers to be sent
Rev. J. Fisher, Mr Sitncon Ferber Scard, of Conic, to back beyond the mountains, an order, it is
Miss Jane Ohl, thirst daughter of Mr. J. R. E. Curtis, •
of Dorchester. said, whlch is never given but on the out-
April 3, at All Saints, Dorchester, Mr. James break of actual war. Again, what was
Sheppard, of Wilton, Wilts, to Mary Ann Eyers, of Garibaldi's mission to Victor Emmanuel and
1 Dorchester.
March 31, at West Fordingtom by the Rev. C. .1. his Prime Minister? Was it to confer with
Bird, Mr. W. Davis, to Miss M. A. King.late of Manning. them in reference to directing aud controlling
ford limes, Foamy, Wilts. the forrations of his followers ? Or was it
March 21, at All Saints' church Chardstoek, by the
Rev. J. Brine, Mr. Wm. Collins, second sou of Mr. simply to take his seat in the :;ardiuian
Wm. Colliw, of Heal Farm, Honiton, to Elisabeth Chambers ? At all events, we must consider
Ann, daughter of Mr. James noel:at, of lkittleford
fami, Chardstoels. that there is a sign; fieance in these movements
March 25, at St. George's church, Hanover Square, which cannot be lightly regarded. It is true
by the Rov. A. Blobatton, Mr Brake, of Norton, that both the Viennese and Turin Cabinets
Somerset, to Jane, youngest daughter of Mr. W
Whiny, of Chaple Marsh farm, Beaminster. have disclaimed any intention of assuming
April 2, at Nether Cerne, by the Rev. J. Brown, the offensive, an'd this may be true
John, second son of Mr. 4111111 e. Richards, to Caroline, as regards the intentions of Austria.
daughter of the late Mr. Park, of Corscombe. She has nothing to gain, but everything
April 2, at the Parish Church of Wyka Regis by
the Rev. 11. C. Pigott, rector, Mr. Charles Fellows to loose by a fresh war; but can Count
Jeffery, second son of the late Mr. William Jeffery, of Cavour restrain the national cry to
Mt, Mary-street, Meleombo Regis. to Mary Annie,
exrß-
d the Tedeschi from Venetia—which
eldest daughter of the late Mr. William Frampton, of •
Wyke Regts. is ready to take up arms at the first signal
DEATHS. that shall be given—or does he desire to do
April fl, at High West-street, Darchester, at an so 1. Austria is bankrupt as regards her
advanced age, Christopher Arlen, Esq., for many
yews Alderman of the borough, and surgeon of the exehequ. er. and weak front her internal
county gaol, both of which besome time since re- dissensions. The Emperor has given his
signed. SObjeeta a constitution, but it does not
im the 2nd of February, in a gale, off Cape Horn,
from an aceidentall fall off the mizen•topsail yard, please them. The Magyars do not depute
on board the Monarch, of which be was midshipman, any members to the Central Assembly; the
Harry, son ~f Mr W. Manley, of Dorchester, in the
19th year of his age, deeply regretted by all ts ho Croato-Selavoniaus will not; the Lombardo. 1
; OM OS
knew him. Venetians refuse I regards the pro-
March 24, at Weymouth, Susanna Priscilla Barker, vincial assemblies of Bohemia and Gallicia,
widow of the late W. D. Barker, Feu., M.D., aged 49
although induced to comply with the
years.
March 25, at Spring Cottage, Lyme Regis, Agnes, Imperial injunctions, their representatives,
wife of the they. W. Albyn, of Mevagissev, Cornwall, it is said, will be instructed to declare the
and niece of Colonel Benbow, late *of wootton
independence of their respective countries
House.
March 2.5, suddenly, at Corte Castle, Mr. Simon by the votes of a common Parliament. War
Stocklev, shoe-maker. is now raging on the southern confines of
Mardi 27, at Tail Mill, Crewkerne, Sarah, eldest
daughter of Mr. Christopher Cooper, engineer, aged 23 Austria—the entire coast from Istria to
Dalmatia is comparatively undefended, and
years.
March 2A, at Batcombe, Mr. John Saunders, in the should the troops on the opposite side of the
70 year of his age. Po come to hostilities. might not the war be
&arch 29, at Berwick, near Bridnort, after along
and painful illness, June, eldest daughter of J. Bryant, carried by the Iltingarian division, under the
En. banner of Garibaldi, into the heart of the
March V, at Wimborne, Mr. Braise, the esteemed
landlord of the New Inn, in that town, agetl 57 years. enemy's country with the most complete
The deceased was for many years coachman of the success ? These speculatons are not con-
Quidodlver mail, which ho drove from Yeovil to lined to the saloons of statesmen. The
Salisbury and back daily, and was one of the best whips
financial world declares its uneasiness; in
on the road.
every capital of Europe the funds are
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lioueueurrox, I?riday.-01,1 Wheat, CIE Oa. to
£l6 15..; New, £l2 Its. to £36 10s, per load;
Malt*, 'Wkly. 38s. to 445. ; Grinding ditto. :10s. to
; Oate, 254. to ; Beans, 40s. to blia. ; Malt, 6(4m.t0 Is. per gr. ; Flour, 475. to 495. fid. per sick.—
The wheat trade was steady, at the full quotations of
day. Oats, barley, and beans each wet
ir7, a fullly late rates. Flour trade firm,
sued, demand.
TON• haturday.—Wheat (old), 7s. 9.1. to 8..;
01.1 barley, sa, U. to ss. Gd. per bushel;
W 341. ; beans, ss. 3d. to sa, 6d,

gradnally.falling. and thotigh faint gleanui of
hope of a peaceful summer occasionally rise
them, they do not recover their average quo-
tations.
Napoleon I. at St. Helena, said " In the natu-
ral course of things in a few years Turkey must
fall to Russia. The powers it would injure, and
ho will oppose it, are England, France, Prussia,
aii,l Austria. Now, as to Austria, it will be very
easy for Russia to gain her assistance, by giving
Ic r Servia and other provinces upon the Austrian
dominions. The only hypothesis that France
and England may ever be allied with sincerity
it ill be in order to prevent this. But oven this
alliance will not avail. (nice mistress of Constan-
tinople, Russia gets all the commerce of the
Mediterranean, becomes a great naval power,
and God only knows what may happen. Russia
quarrels with England, marches off to India an
army of 70,000 good soldiers, which to Russia is
nothing, and 100,000 canaille, cossacks, and
others, and England loses India. I see into
futurity further than others, and I wanted to
establish a barrier against these barbarians by re-
establishing the kingdom of Poland, but your
i:nbeciles would not consent. A hundred years
hence I shall be praised. and Europe especially
England, will lament I did not succeed." How
often do the thoughts of a great genius touch
the oracles of the inspired prophet! Turkey
may now be said to be dying out of existence.
Bosnia is up in arms—the Montenegrins are in
possession of Herzegovina. The Turks are
fleeing for shelter wherever they can find it, and
to a man refusing to serve as soldiers. The Otto-
man army is demoralized, the Crescent wanes in '
its influence, and the corruption in which its
high functionaries unsernpulously indulge hastens ,
on the catastrophe which Napoleon predicted.
But Napoleon, when ho uttered these words, did
not see that his nephew would find that his
policy, after acting with England in the defence
of Turkey against the invasion of the Northern
~,,itocrat, to renew his relations with that power,
and to arrange for the partition of the goods of
the Sick Man as Won as the breath is out of his
body. Yet this is a literal fact, and France, as if
moire of her share, has taken possession of the
richest and materially most lovely province of
the empire of the Sultan. The partition settled, ,
and soon to be carried out, is in all likelihood
Constantinople for the Czar, Syria for the Em-
peror, and the Danubian provinces for Austria..
A report is in circulation that the French Ambas-
sador in Vienna, has had, by secret instructions,
several interviews lately with Count Rechberg
on the subject of a new plan of arrangement I
proposed for the Venetian question. The scheme
which France is said to favour is the cession of
Venetia to Italy, and rumour points to the Lower
Danube as the beak of the proposed territory
which Austria is to receive in exchange. The
invasion of England we believe was never seri-
ously contemplated by Napoleon. The vast
naval preparations of Franco are made in pros-
veet of the war which will break out over the
tomb of the Sultan. Cherbourg will necessitate
our having a powerful Channel Fleet, but it will
not contain the vast armament, which is designed
for the possession of an empire and not the
revenge of an ancient quarrel. Ambition, not
spite, is the governing principle of Napoleon.
Ile will pardon Waterloo if we only quietly let
bins annex Palestine ; and Russia will forgive
Sebastopol if she may, without opposition, raise
the cross on St. Sophia, and shako out the folds
of her flagon the wateis of the Bosphorus A
Viennesejournal, semi-official in its communies-
tions, concludes an article on this subject in these
words :—" The danger is imminent ; the last hour
is at hand, and the European powers must resolve
whether they will iuterfere to save Europe from
calamities, the ultimate results of which no one
can foresee." These "wars and rumours of
wars" are calls to England to be ready to meet
the exigencies of her position And the obligations
of her mission.
Torn we in whatever direction we may, the
European drama at tho present time seems to
thicken. Prussia is on the eve of war with
Denmark, arising from the old sore at Holstein,
and lasting and bloody wars have originated in
less quarrels. The obstinacy and repeated eva-
sions and falsifications of the Cabinet of Copen-
he.,.:en, which appears to be made up of fanatics,
has forced upon Prussia this course of procedure.
It has been by the led pressure of the Great
Powers that Schleswig-Holstein basso often and
so long been pacified. The Duchies were never
surrendered by Germany to Denmark. They
were merely confided to that power in trust to
terminate the controversies of Europe after a
wearisome epoch of wars, jealousies, and dissen-
shnis. But the p:edges given by Denthark have
been broken, and the Duchies are now simply
following in the wake of Italy in their present
movement.
The Bombay mail has brought us some
important items of intelligence from India.
The accounts respecting the famine still raging
there are truly heartrending. The following
brief, hut pathetic extract from the Molussilitc,
' respecting the operations of the famine relief
, asylums which have been established at Delhi,
will give aume idea of the misery this famine
1 has occasioned Sir Robert Montgomery
paced slowly down tho lines amid almost un-
broken and painful silence, pausing now and
then before some gaunt and wan figure to ask
whence ho came, to lm answered only by mute
I gesture or exhausted effort at articulation.
Gut of more than six thousand not one could be
pointed out as fit for a quarter of an hour's
work." Thu Government had taken up the
question of developing the cotton-growing
resources of India with great promptitude. The
greatest confidence is expressed of India's being
able to supply the looms of Lancashire and
Yorkshire with all the cotton they require.
We don't know whether they do these things
better in France, but in England the public

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leeks upob its Vinnnen Minister as a fatalist 1 new bow windows to his house on the payment of 10s. I horse. He had to clean the knives and forks dnring hia
looks upon destiny—" What is to be will be, Mr. Rogers boul carried out the work but ho lied not. master's ahsenee,
e. "iril aultednathie" I"mm'. °item' 17e'dtii Ml'
mid there IS 00 110p0 for it." Not only the , complied
g*r ",1•11 ttteatutshucall Vrilisirstisionuelst prepare ialrowat7lo 111" anal tAeoftienrphlsiiinsanZawt who hail
lying
public at large, but the mon whom they send orPogrell'ovc:ln for Ilr. Rogers to sigh, anal sn'n't in the event the line for kb s hone, as ho wanted to go to Cerise. lie
to Parliament, helplessly alsmilun the question ; of his refusal, the WiedeSES enehl not be allowed to was stubborn, and would not, and Ids inaskr boxed 164
of l'loanco to whoever ha t be the 1 rensain.
miens o in a dimit.cart, to go op
ears, and put his knee against liie liack.—The Ikncli
Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and the conse- I
(memo is, we am subject to an ever-shifting and A long discuesh.n afore ropecting two aloplicstions dismissed the Can.
made toy Mr. Thomas Bennett owl Mrs. Harvey, fir the nag pimeiii;e6.—./oseph WAitife was charged with
varying policy which a ow iime adopts at coos, I
trc,siewal of reversionary leases on their respective proper.
i.s in Pease-lane awl South Grove cuttages fur two
that promises to arrange everything for alines. additional lives. prosecute. —Robert Pitman said that at Isalf.jsaat three
a lifetime, and at another a hand-to-month Mr. Wins else opposed to granting the applieetion. illio:wigcihina!gtiolf.::li Tinichtenhetebr!lkswirafetrtanatk‘Atbibontbstchinnrhyl be-
ties
treating capital as income, and discount At the time these leases were ori.;inally granted the
log the income of the future for nresent Conasmti wee possessed 11 considerable pro,i,...ernlyinli.::t rather and he went after them. 'The mew') started, annuad.
o'clock on the morning of the 2iith March he saw two
exigencies. The past year has been an eventful 'i'oft.grd'iiii the Fleet. He took n boat, and MI
ODD RS regards our national income and expel- itiln it
it
has airy
tliVeal MtOtruttl;lB. at Plilill" lie caught Lht, 'll:isrel::,l•Tt' neolgorehie„lSama fiwals &Al kl
amouist of ground rent coming in annually than to la month
m n
possess theiuselves of all a once, and thus to lin.
Parliament will in a few days have to deal in poverish Hsu town in the future. weeks, and lie was trying to earn a loaf of bread.—Mr.
eaiigio receipt for a s
nifissi llntar Neleye n.—lielfht.iflelis wdattnhtnst a
a
(Mete, 0101 the circumstances with which said be
connection with the budget, will undoubtedly
he disagreeable, not to say discouraging. There Dr. ALDRIDGE moved that no further losses Cu lives Ilaakett said that ..n the former occasion he asked
rnfoor
al7rld tent rmanntesinlychivi the
aTnownlianent Council.
nen
cannot lout be a deficit in the revenue which no li t that the clues. sflorliflit penanlelLtrno be
ninalitiyctedfib,eutialseenwnhl)Bnerndlatitfa t 2,
prudent reduction of expenditure will im capable rev
tion be referred to the lieneral Purposes Committee to
ort thereon at • future meeting of the Council. said ho had no money, and mat go to gaol.
of meeting. An exceptional high price •is e appeared that there was only one life rent tilling and iniamirleafault coni:nitted him for two month.—HO
PoACTIING.—NeOMC Sliekif,4 14101 charged by Edward
enforced for money, and extensive demands are on either of these properties. Mr. Helmeted ,3i
0 ythe lifei James, keeper to Mr. Augustus Foster, with poaching.
made from abroad for specie payments. Our „.,,,f M. rail,'
"Mddrs.&itrovfeyt::oohoonktlbiautrtelfi'Lli.'doini*iallte7sloure3rwiolo on Sunday. Marcia 21, he saw the defendant and some
exports are decreasing in a very considerable otherl hunt.iiilig.
bold was
ofinsweee tuurn.iptlofie,roliaLers.,irt:i.
6.-00 years of age. Thu Mayor expressed himself to be in
ratio, arising, either from decreased ability on favour of granting leases of corporation property for '.'
the part of our customers to consume or from definite penods on a ground rent payable yearly, furze with As stick in hie hand. They 44W him and ran
increasing power to supply theinseives with Irefe:ence to graistiaa, :eve, ••• ,eix 1,. leases
.tenniisaistile,torne
hi two
went them, and "saw the defendant in a piece of
away, and commenced 11.1tating &join tato. they got off
what they have hitherto been content to ',..
~li;vr" Ocilt."*.i:4l.l"L'l'd ti"' Oir f::•vin''u",, I'.;..A.Pu:wigical his master's lemur. I aefendant and the others
purcha.se from us. The new American Tariff is threatened to ame their sticks over him if he came near
resola;tn'an.l three in fausopur' of the amendaneet. Thu
them —Defendant, who 400 fined for • similar offence
ahuost tantamount to a prohibitory duty on our resolution was consequently declared to be carried.
exports to that country, the Freuch Commercial in November last, pleaded guilty.— Fined £2, including
Treaty hae failed to realize immediately the ADDREAS OF CONDOLENCE to VII: QUEEN. custs, or 2 months' imprisonment. The money wits
g lio fact that the Mayor Phi'
expectations of its authors, and the very anliihl°24rooa'ra"°tltusfr:dal, inuatlnieirtocotrporato ca aziev, inany WOOD STESLING.-2lfartha Mite:ken and Blizabea
unsettled condition of Eastern Europe precludes Has were charged by P.C. Mayman with stealing wood
any hope of additional income from our import Bailor aJdressed Iler Majesty ou publicPucci.sions of
rejoicing, said that it now devolvislCAß them to approach from a plantation at West Knighton, belonging to Mr.
duties. 'rice consequence of these things has the throne on • moat melancholy oecasion-'that of the I Floor, on this let inat.--ntpomphainant said he was on
been and will still be, at least for some time to loss of Her Majesty's demon edly esteemed mother, the ;Ircollk?nn eilleowdnaywol iiimoethieonp.lawnhteantioliaze 111'1.'1rd...so:tab:nu:
coins, a falling off in the large branches of lfarotopncoirselaiatiCifluaterioluies rarlan'oirVethbaetr !beer:teen:al D
revenue, upon the resources of which we had break dgo'ven Loth dead and life wood. The principal
natiolueisil calamity, and he was :um am %wed regarded
say the portion of the wood was dead, but SOWS Of it was very
Leon induced,
_unwisely, to place our main athletics of coi,dolence which he was about to move on large.—Fined be. each, includieg costs, to be paid in a
rcliances • while in addition to this wo have the part of the corporation, was one in which they all fortnight.
impoverished the revenue of the Doming year heartily joined. He concluded by moving the adoption I—
by the anticipatory use made of it to aid in :oil presentation to Her Majesty, the following
stopping the gaps in the one just expiring. We "nro the Queen's most Excellent Majesty.
therefore regard not without considerable "The dispensation of Divine Providence having
misgivings the forthcoming finiunial statement. removed from this Ufa your Majesty'a most illustrious
If we mire to provide for our requirements and august Mother. Her Royal Highuess the late
manfully and straightforwardly as we ought to ic!aucuh7l onif
.tfeuetie—We',thsendtilaoyoarl, nf.AolderlTeont, and
do, the arithmetical mystery in the deficit of -:!_
coca: in Council ancient
tooled, humbly craroveugpenniagion
revenue must be solved by a little twist of the to Sealer to your Majesty our heartfelt and moist
thumb-screw of taxation and an additional sincere cundulenoe upon thus most mournful occasion.
wedge driven into the boot. With an income- "We are deeply sensible of the irreparable loss
tax at tenpence, a rate to which it ought never your Majesty has sustained, and of the great debt of
to be n to resort in ordinary times, and atitude all classes an this country owe toj the dme i
rnous deceased for the high principles and exemplary
consideercaebTea2iflicultiess of position, existent and conduct which have characterised her domestic life; and
prospective, this is certainly not a pleasant state that to her wise counsel and parental case may be
of things, and the only justification consists in attributed the growth of those distinguished virtues,
the fact that money must be had. But wo have which have secured to year Majesty the affectionate
been taxed before, and the nation is so accustomed
to the gradual infliction that it will probably at it may please the Al.
disposelefpervaeynts to grant your Majesty sup.
hear with patience this also ; but, although we port and consolation in this hour of affliction, and to
may somehow or other continue to meet our bless your Majesty with • long and prosperous reign.
present difficulties, caused as it may happen to "Given under the common seal of the Borough of
Dorchester, this fith day of April, 'Mg.."
have been by our misfortunes, by our necessities,
or by our follies; there are other circumstances, The address having been seconded, it was adopted
rmeifi:hrity...,of tulowyt,ll people.
that
unanimously.
not purely monetary in their character, which
make us regard with considerable anxiety the
forthcoming financial statement and discussion.
The two loading ideas of our Financial Minister
are, first—that each year ought to provide for
the expenditure of whatever nature incurred
within it, and secondly—that the fiscal system of
England ought to be symmetrical. 'Thu conse-
quence of his„following out the first has been,
that not leaving himself sufficient margin of
revenue over expenditure to enable him to treat
taxation as something regular, consistent, and
durable he has had recourse to extravagant
financial devices—the consequence of his holding
to the second, resulted en an independent
member of the House of Commons, a month
ago' defeatingehim on the question of referring
the adjustment of the Income Tax to a Select Com-
mittee. Our fiscal system is not symmetrical,
neither can it by any possibility ever be made
so. It is time there should be au end of pro-
visional budgets. We should cease to live
froin hand to inontli. Thc Chancellor of the
Exchequer ought not always to be at war with
the revenue. We don't want to be involved in
apparently inextricable difficulties in order that
we may be saved by some financial miracle. It
should be distinctly declared in and by Parlia-
ment what is to be the general character of our
fiscal system, what are the taxes, if any, whew
abolition is to be an object, mid in what degree
the Income Tax is to be incorporated into that
nystem as a permanent component part. No one
now dreams of its entire abolition, mid we ought
to do away with the absurd farce of compelling the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, year after year, to
designate it as purely temporary and always
expiring, by placiug it upon an intelligible anti
acknowledged footing. That we shall pull
through the difficulties which tho present period
presents, we do not doubt. We shall have to
make up our minds to make some sacrifice and
suffer some loss; but wc have great confidence in
the resources of the country and the energy of its
pupulation.

DORCIIESTER PITCHED CORN MARKET, Saturday,
April 6t11..--There was a large attendance, including
many persons from distant towns. The general tone
of the trade was dull., but not sufficiently so to enable
us to quote prices lower. The fine weather has made
the farmers busy, and shortened the supply. The
sales effected were principally of a retail character,
and every variety of corn and seeds seemed to parts.
eipatc in the general dulness.
NIESSIts. BAKER AND F:NsoR'S FORTNIGHTLY SALE,
Saturday, April flth.—The immense number of stock
which was brought, owing to a month having inter-
vened between this sale and the last, mused con-
siderable excitement and inconveuience ; it was
therefore arranged between the auctioneers,
farmers, butchers, and others, that this sale will in
future be bald fortnightly. The butchers generally
feeling great inconvenience in having to provide keep
for the stock !purchased for a whole month, this
alteration will, we think, be a great boon to all
parties concerned. The general tone of the trade
was good, and prices were well supported. 131)
"head of cow stock," upwards of 1,200 sheep, and
20 horses were offered, beside calves and other 'stock.
Ks fat beast sold at from Its. to 12s. 6.1. per score.
Cows with calves in good demand, at from £l2 to
.CIS each. Mutton sold readily at Sild. to 9d. per
lb. for wetbers, and from Thd. to bd. for ewes.
Trade dull for store hogs and couples. A number
of horses and colts were sold in the afternoon, which
fetched from £lO to £3.5. The largest attendance of
butchers and dealers from all parts, including many
faces new to our market.
CAUTION To P•IIENTs AND CHILDREN.—Mr.
Ensor brought a lad, named Cantle, before the
Mayor on Monday, for killing a pigeon and breaking
windows. Ho did not intend to prosecute the lad
as he had promiaod not to do the like again, and had
assured him that the instrument with which he had
dime the mischief had been destroyed. The instru-
ment was called a toy, and was sold at the toy shops
at 6.1. each. Ile had been told that a large number
of them had been sold in Dorchester. The toy con-
sisted of a piece of Indian rubber, fixed to an iron,
with a wooden handle, and propelled stones, bullets,
&c., with great velocity. The boy in shooting at his
pigeon stood 50 yards off, and the bullet went quite
through the body of the bird. One of his men
picked up a large number of the bullets propelled in
this way, and as they were all flattened, by striking
the wall, it showed how dangerous an instrument
this was. A person who accompanied the lad said
they would kill a man at a few yards distant. Mr.
Symonds •Aid Mr& Watson; was the other day
sitting in her drawing room ',ben a bullet came
through the window, drilling a hole through the
glass without shattering it. This showed with what
velocity the ball went. The next morning the
bullet was found at the other end of the room. The
Mayor said the lad ought to be very thankful Mr.
Eusor ilia not press the charge, but if any more cases
came before him, he should feel it his duty to inflict
the fullest penalty the law allowed against the
ofientler.
DEENINO OF THE WILTS AND DORsET New BANK.
—The Wilts and Dorset Banking Company opened
business at their new bank on Friday morn.
ing last. The weather was very fine, and the sun
shining eu the magnificent building gave it a most
gorgeous appearance, which could not fail to
attract the attentioh and admiration of the passers
by. We could not help thinking that the stability
and lasting principle upon which basis all the trans-
actions of this company are founded, has been fully
carried out in erecting this the most magnificent and
substantial building in Dorchester, and we cordially
other the conipany our best wishes for success in their
enlarged business, and our thanks for the improve-
ment to the general appearance of our good old town.
Sr. Fermi's Cue Rah. —The church warden's
supper was held at the George Inn on Tuesday
last, when a goodly number of the parishioners and
their friends assembled and passed a very pleasant
evening without any the petty squables so common
in tho other parishes. In addition to the usual quasi-
tity of "Bishop" given by the rector, the Rev.
Morton Colson, a guinea was sent for the same pur-
pose by the worshipful the mayor, J. F. Hodges,
Esq., who was unavoidably prevented from at-
tending.