The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-07-28 00:00:00

FROM OUR OWN RUORTML

MfiEK-LANE Jocr 27.
The supply of both old and new English wheat on sale
Was only moderate ; yet the demand for all kinds was
in • most inactive Mate ; indeed, many of the miller'
refused to operate at any pries. An compared with
Monday last prices were FOUR TO SIX SHILLINGS
PER QUARTER LOWER. Very little sold. The Mow
of fos,ign wheat was liirge,and the quotations nominally
4.. to 6s. per qr. lower than on this day se'nnight.
Floating cargoes of grain were freely offered at reduced
currencies. The iransactions in barley were only
limited, at late rates. New English, in fine condition,
aold at 33e.t044a per qc. Malt quite as dear salmi week.
Although Misapply of foreign was estensi re, oats moved
off freely, and fine samples were rather dearer. Beans
supported late rota; but the demand for them was in.
active. Peas were stenaly in price. Flour was very
dull, and all kinds were offered on lower term,. Indian
ours, seeds, and cakes were quite sa dear as last week.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, JULY 27.
Prime stock moved off freely, and in some instances
Prices bad an upward tendency, the top figure being
4. 10d. per 81b. Sheep 4s. 10.1. per Sib. Lambs at late
rates. Calves dull at late prime.
MONEY MARKET, JULY 27.
Consols stand ate reduction oil. at 941 to 90 for
the &meant.

DEATH OF LORD CRANWORTH.
On Sunday Lord Crenworth died at hie seat at
Holwood, after three day: illness, at the age of 7&

THU EXPENMUI or ELscroxo. -- In 'Thursday's
division, in the House of Commons, by which Mr.
Fee cett's clause for throwing the returning ofiloer's
sores," on the local rates was expunged from the
Corrupt Practices Rill, Mr. T. A. Mitchell (Bridport),
and Mr. H. laiwards (Weymouth), were two of twelve
Liberal members who supported the Government by
voting against it.
Sneer SALcit.—Mr. T. Ewer, auctioneer, Dor-
chester, announces two important ram sales at the 6th
of August fair, rims, twelve rams of the Sussex Down
breed, belonging to Mr. IL Fooks, whose sheep took
all the honours at the Dorchester Agricultural
Society's show lad Saturday; and 60 ram lambs and
three rams, of the Down breed, from the celebrated
flock of Mr. J. C. Fooks, of Cerise Abbas.
MOBBING MOILIION PIMACIEZIA—On Sunday alert
noon two Mormon missionaries commenced • mission
In Shed-perk, and one of them held forth on toe merits
of their sect to the assembled crowd. For some tiros
this darine attempt of proselytism was borne patiently,
end the Mormons were subject only to occasional
witticisms, and small practicsl jokes. At length •
well-dressed man came and spoke to one of the brethren,
but seemingly without effect, for having wailed • few
minutes, and finding that the barsngue still went on, he
fated about, and crying " Friends, we'll have no
Mormons here," commenced to hustle the preachers.
The flame had evidently sniouldered, for in an instant
the unhappy pair were surrounded by a hooting crowd,
who bustled, bonnetted, and pelted them without moray.
It was with the greatest diffloulty that they escaped,
and only after having had a most severe handling.
Mormonism is evidentlyluot in the ascendant in Livers
pool.—Literpoot
ATTEMPTED MURDER TX HAIRIS.—On Friday last
great excitement was created in Harris by • crime of an
unusual character in the Highlands and Intends—that
of an attempt to murder. A young woman on the
island is in a state of pregnancy, accusing a Donald
Morrison, • neighbour, with being the father. On the
day in question Morrison is said to have met the girl
and endeavoured to strangle her with a rope, which,
after getting her down, he tied round her neck. The
cries of the woman attracted attention, and the fellow
ran for it, leaving the woman unable to remove the rope
from her neck. She was, however, speedily relieved,
and, medical attendance being obtained, she was found
to be seriously injured. Morrison ran off towards the
shore, and got on board one of the boats then leaving for
Wick fishing. The police as once set off in pursuit, and
Morrison was captured in Wick, and he is now lying
in Stornoway gaol. It is believed his intention was to
strand!, the woman, and to leave her in such • position
as to produce the impression that she had committed
suicide from remorse occasioned by her shameful
condition.—Northern Romp,.
CAUTION TO RAICITRa.—A WM WU heard before the
West Hiding mogisirate. at Leeds on Tuesday, which
will inform for the first time a great number of the
breadinakers and retailers in the county that any other
bread than that male entirely of the flour of wheat
cannot be sold unless it has a large Roman letter "M"
visibly inapt eased on some part of it. Charles E. Symons,
sasht.nt to Mr. Boynton, shopkeeper of ilosforth, near
Leeds, on the 13th inst. gold at Bowden two loaves of
Tycbread on which the letter "H" was not di-tinctly
111A1 kol, as reqiiind by the 17th section of the 6th and
7th i William IV.;cap. 37. By that section any person
milling bread, or exposing it for sale, made wholly or
partially of pees, beans, potato, s, or any °Otte wet of
corn or grain other than wheat, shall forfeit any sum
not exceeding 104. for every pound weight of such bread,
and so on in proportion for any less quantity. In con-
sideration that, though the Act of Parliament was
in Is3tl, this was the first ease under it whicrahsael
occurred in Leeds or the neighbourhond, the magistrate
Imposed a penalty of 2s. 6d. only without costs.

Six BOTH DROWSED WHILE BATHIIIO.—OH Friday,
BIZ boys net with their deaths by being drowned whilst
bathing at Prestatyn, • village a few miles distant from
Rhyl. Eight boys went to bathe as they came from
school in the afternoon, and were surrounded by the
tide and caught in a gutter about a hundred yards wide.
The shallowest place at which they could get out was
three or four yards deep. Two of the number named,
Robert Evans and David Wells, of the respective ages
of 14 and 11, were able to swim, and as soon as they
got out they run for assistance, but it was of no avail,
the six boys on their return being out of sight. Their
names arid age. were Walter Douglas Williams, 10;
Thomas Ellis, 11; William Ellis, 9 ; Samuel Gilderov,
11; George Gilderoy. 9; and Martin M'Slaboa, 10.
Three bodies Wore found about an hour ate r the accident,
the other three were discovered at one o'clock on Settle.
day morning. The two Gilderoya were the sons of Mr.
Gilderoy. colliery manager at 3reenfleld,Holywell. and
were at Preatatyn spenaing their holidays. The Elba@
were the sons of Mr. Ellis, a farmer of that name, living
Dear the scene of the catastrophe ; the other two
boys were the sons of humble parents residing in
the village. An inquest was held on Saturday at Mr.
John Hunt's Railway inn, before Mr. Robert Parry,
deputy.coroner for the county of Flint, when a verdict
of" Accidentally drowned" wss returned. Five out of
the six were choristers in the village c umb, and had,
las they thought, hurt time enough to batho bdore going
to the usual weekly singing practice.

ACCIDUTALLY Poisositp.—" A Physician" sends the
following letter to the Daily News: —" A very melan-
choly death (roman accidental overdose of strychnine is
given in your journal this week—the ease of • lady in
liensingt.m-palsee-gardens ; • very similar ease was
recently taken at once to one of the London hospitals—
a similar case in every point as to the demo taken, and
terrible spasms and agony which caused death; but the
hospital patient was restored to perfect health by the
Influence of chloroform inhalation, as it is highly pro-
bable this poor young lady would have been were not
chloroform surrounded by • host of most absurd pre-
judicem, parliamentary and other alarms, and general
misapprehensions of its value in this and other affections.
We are evidently coming to • deadlock about poisons,
and parliament will only make confusion more con.
founded if it yields to this half regulated clamour. We
have square men in round holes, and round men in
square holes, prescribing and selling poisons, all testily
set right, if our engineers and sanitary boards were not
bent on doing doctors work, and doctors sermonising as
to contagious diseases acts, and doing engineers' work;
thew amateur engineers, responsible to Parliament for
a pathology of the cattle plague, could give no opinion
about it except what proved a wrong one, and they are
mow arrangiag the Sale of Poisons Bill; on the dire old
plan of "How not to'do it." Formerly Lord Bacon said
every man in sunsets endemism, h:c., was to be believed
In ho own art; bat now we have a set of Pyrrhonists,
or amateur douleb en, hence the confusion. P.B,—We
might almost as well try with success to milk cows by
act of Parliament, as to arrange what is, or is not, a
poison."

PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS.
Wednesday. 29 - -Chumleigh (Devon) Fair.
Thursday, 30, Chilinark ( imWaltharn, Air..-
ford, and Bishops Waltham (Banta) Fairs.
Saturday, A ugu.t I.—Mr. Eames Itepositoty Sale,
borcheatcr.
3.--An•lov. r County Court.
Ramsey (Hants) Fair.
Ttles'l•Y. 'l.—Wl:awn° County Court.
Wedneaday, 5. Strstford.sub-Castle, near. Salisbury.
/Ir. Edward Waters. Annual Sale of Bums
and Nam Lambs.
Ludemball and Trowbridge (Wilt.); Chard and
w"move (Somerset); and Oakbampton
(Devon) Fairs.