The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-08-06 00:00:00

enteral Neb3s.

Cm' or LosooN ELEcnos. —The polling took
place on Tuesday. From the first Mr. Wood (the
Liberal candidate) obtained a majority over his
opponent, able!' he maintained throughout the day.
and at the close el the poll WU more than 472 ahead
of him—the "numbers being Wood 3640, Cuhitt,
5168.

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Tee Ranlsrltaß•GENVltAL'a QuAIITICRLY HETI:RS.-
1111 e return comprises the births and deaths registered
in all the disttiete of England during the xpring quarter
that endel on June 39, 1861 ,• and the nierriages for
the quarter ending March 31st, lil. The number of
children born in the quarter that ended June 30 as
184.718, which i• higher than the number born in ally
quarter of any previous year. The birth-rate was very
nearly 37 per 1,000 id the population, while the average
ii len than 36. The increase of population. as disclosed
by the registers of births and deaths, ens 76,997. fur to
that extent the former exceeded the latter. The rate
of icemen was equal to 846 daily. The her i 4
persens married in the winter quarter was 66,802. Of
10,0110 of the population 135 ITCTO married, but if the
11 marriage-rate had been oral to the average for that
smarter the number would nye been 142. Tahiti that
run through • aerie, of years chow that the leople are
lens Irene to enter iwo wedlock in the tent than in
, .ny of tine succeeding quarters, told in the present year
that reason W.. neniiiiitlntly unpropitious iii conseluence
if the revere frost and dearness of provisions. The
avenge weekly number of recipiento of in-door and out-
door relief exceeded by 34.136 that relieved in th-
e inter of 1860. From a comparison of corresponding
goal ten of 11139.01$ appeara that tlie decline in mar-
-1 riages was general over the country. In laindon they
fell from 5,751 and 5,668 to 3,346. The population
r nident in England as enumerated at the census of
April 8, 1861, may be etated to be 20,061,725. nth,
' entemeee iS derived from the reports of the loeal
officers, aud though it is probably very near the truth,
' may undergo mime modification when the numbers have
been more accurately examined at the central office.
1 The rate of increase in the last decennium was 12 per
tent. According to the emigration return about 8,415
persona of English origin left ports in the United
Kingdom, of whom 5,341 were bound for the United
. States, 776 for the North Anierican colonies' 2,155 fur
the Australian adonies, 333 for other places. The
total number of emigrentie including about 1,700
foreigners, was 37,987. of wham 23,562 weut to the
United States. The Irish element formed nearly two•
third• of the whole emigration. The Scottish pail of it
showed a clear preference for Australia. The price of
wheat was 545. Oil. • quarter, and was higher by 2a. Id.
than in the presiona June quarter, and by 7s. tid. than
in tient of 1859. The mean price of beef in Leadenhall
ad Newgate markets ens ii both highest and
lowest pricea were less than in the Saute quarter of 1860,
which also held in reepect of mutton, the mean price of
which was GIL Best potaton averaged 130.. per ton ;
they were dearer than in the same quarter of 1839,
cheaper than in that of 1866.
THIC GREAT EASTICRN AT QUFBEC.—The arrival of the
Great Eastern at Quebec eseiMil great interest. No
sooner was her approach telegraphed from Father Point
than every available craft preeeed into tiervice to
welcome the leviathan—the Mayor, the City Corporation,
the members of the Board of Trade, the Chief Corn •
minioner of Public Works, and other official personagen
of the city taking the, lead, on ho .rd the Napoleon.
The excursionists in all the steamers had nearly reached
the further end of the Islend of °dein', when a dense
cloud of smoke in the distance told that something
unusual was at hand. All the telescopes awl opera
glasses on board were at once directed to the horizon,
and very soon the Great Eaetern wan distinctly made
out. Her greyt breadths, as she CllllO all stem un, was
the first thing remarked. As she none nearer, her six
greet main, destitute of yards—her five huge funnels
her paddle-hoxeie themaielvea bigger than many a
river steamer, her numerous boats, all became visible,
when, putting on full speed for the 'moment, she moved
inajestzeally poet, cud her full grandeur became
apparent, as without the slightest "swell" she rut
through the calm waters of the St. Lawrence. The
feelings of delight, of national pride, burst forth ill
hearty cheers front ell, which were no less heartily
retinue.' by the ...Miens and pee/cozen who crowded
the decks, and filled even the boats as they bang from
their 11111Mi•e davit*. The bands thee played national
.ir. ; the Creat Eastern acknowledged the compliment
by • allele ; she slowed her engines to accommodate her
'peed to that of the steamers that had come out to meet
lier, and, accompanied by them, she proceeded to
Quebec. There every wharf was crowded; the b atones,
the glactie, even the citadel. menned by numeroue
hosts of people. admiring tfflesight an the big ship moved
up, dwarfing into nothingness by comparison not only
the timber elope in port, hnt even the magnificent
colden Fleece liemelf. She glided up to her berth
wit:lout the *tightknit accident, though the harbour
was pretty full and the water alive with steno], tail,
and row Isiats, and dropped her anchors somewhat
above the Queen's-wharf at about 7 o'clock, notkine
the plumage from Liverpool in about Mee dep.—Cana-
dian News.

THe ItrzmuY OF ST. PHILIP'S, STEP:ft:T.—Her
Majesty has confirmed the decision of the Judicial Coin.
inittee of Privy Council, depriving the Rev. James Row
well of his benefice, and the rectory of St. Pinlip's,
Stepney, has been declared vacant. 'the outmost ,on
an incumbent reverts to the prindial and (attics .4
Brascnooc Collet*, Oxford, who are the pci ~,,,o. It is
worth about 1.-.108 a }ear. The hying wil!, c, lc to:ktter
of worse, he offered in succeesion to the 1.11 no of
Bruenose College, but it is not thought likely, under
the circumstances, titat any of them will accept it. lii
all probability it will be conferred upon the Rev, John
(;00ege Henry Hill, M.. 4., of Emmanuel College, Cain-
brilge,the gentleman wit, \WM 1101 ~ 1,, Med Icy the Bishop
of Loudon to take &large of the parish during Mr. Bum
well's sus elision. Mr. Bowedl was not a meinlwr of
the University of Odonl at the time of his institution
to the benefit*, nor indeed of any university flu was
presented in 1845, having been curate of Chil(l,6ll,
Lancashire.
NKWBPAPRIts YOR POSTYRITY. —At the laying Of the
foundation stone recently of a new dispel in the
city of Birutingliam • bottle, which viab placed inside
the stone, contained in addition to a copy of the Rely
Scriptures, and a parchnitnt bearing a descripC of the
building, • copy uf the Bi;n4inyhana Amnia!, the Mitf-
toad Coarffier Herold, the Palrical, and tb,, Nomcon-
/consist:

CoNSCNIPTION or FOIMIGN WINE:I.—On Wednesday,
in obedience to the order of the House of Commons, •
return was ii.ued froin the office of the Inspector-
General of Inipssrts awl Exports, of the quantity of
foreign wine cleared for unisumption, und the number
of tests inside for ascertainment of the duty, in the
quarter ended the 30th day of June, 1861. The total
quantity of wine entered for consumption within the
quarter was 2,141,855 gallant, of which France supplied
061,141 gallons ; 81ain, 1E1,152 ; Portugal, 621,015;
Germany, 50,196; hlolauuu, 121,492; and other coon.
tries (including wine vatted in bond), 218,836. The
total number of tests of wine made in the seine period
was 29,873. At London (hire were 456; Bristol, 430 ;
Folkextone, 1,152; Gloucester, 1,346; and Liverpool,
2,566