The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-08-18 00:00:00

Ell ilt obire.

Till Bishop of Salisbury loft the Palace on Thursday
laot for Devonshire. His lordship does not puroe
returning to Salisbury until the first week in September.

A ROYAL Puisserr.-11r. H. G. G. Ludlow, cd
Heywood-house. Will., sent last week as • preaeot to
the Princess of Walesa bunch of black Hambro' grapes,
weighing no less than seven pounds and • half. The
Prineess graciously accepted the fruit, and in return
sent • handsome present to Kr. Squires, the grower of
the grapes.

THE DIOCIELI CHURCH UNION SOCIETE ANSIVKMAftT
withheld oo Tueeday. The following grants were mad., I
Towards assisting to provide aerates where the
incumbents were unequal to the discharge of thole
respective duties, £l6O • enlarglng vicarial hotter,
i:60; grants to nine with clerks, £29 10s.
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Ma. E. 0u:olio's RAM Sax. —The annual sale of
Mr. Edmund Olding's celebrated ram lambs and rams
took pleas at Raffia Farm, on Monday, the auctioneer
being Mr. John Waters, of Halisbury, but from various
causes the attendance was but smalL This told con-
siderably upon the prices realised, the highest being
1,54ga, lOgs., 95., Blga., 70.. down to three, the
average for the lots disposed of being £6 Ga 9J. A
number of lots were passed unaold,but these were taken
to liritford fair on Wednesday, and Mr. Waters disposed
of them ail at prices ranging from 2kgs. to Hp,.

IBM/TART SHUT SALE BY MIL WAYERIS.—To.
morrow (Wedzesdey) Mr. John Waters will offer for
sale by unction at Elston Hill, Shreeton, the entire
brooding flock of Mr. W. B. Canning, oomprisieg 1860
ewe. and &aver lambs, together with 40 young ram
lambs. The high character and quality of the Elaton
flock are so well known that it is seemly neeessary for
us to ally& to the uniform success which has attended
Mr. Canning's exhibitions at the great agricultural shows
of the kingdom ; we would, however, direct attention
to an observation made at the recent ram sale at Elston
by Mr. James Rawlenee. That gentleman, whole one
of the most distinfuiehed lad sneeessfel breeders of
sheep in this part of England, said that as to the ewes„
which would be offered for sale in a few days, it was of
course almost superfluous for him to say anything after
what hol been said by that excellent judge, Mr. Brown,
their chairman; but he could not refrain from saying
that taking Mr. Canning's stock through from beginning
to end, be believed it to be the best lot of Hampshire
Downs in England. Conveyances !for the sale ground
will (as at the recent ram sale) leave Salisbury, Wilton,
Wishford, and Devizes Stations, and will return in limo
for the evening trains.
SISTERS Or CIIARITT Ig SALISBURY.—Lady Herbert
has obtained possession of • house in De Vaux-plaer,
Salisbury, which she has prepared as • residence far
Vireo [sisters of mercy belonging to a Roman Catholic
order, who have just taken up their residence in
Salisbury, with the view of giving their assistance in
visitng the sick and educating the poor Roman Catholic
children. The building has been very neatly and com-
fortably fitted up at the expense of Lady Herbert, and
was opened last Friday, in the presence of her ladyship,
by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Clifton and the Rev.
Mr. Culinbier, of Bristol, the 1t.,. P. Seddon, of St.
Osmuud's Roman Catholic *burgh, being at present
absent from Salisbury on • charitable mission. The
sisters, who arrived at Salisbury on Thursday, were
inducted into their new quarters, and will at once
enter upon their religious duties amongst the Roman
Catholics resident in this city. Under the same roof a
small priwate chapel has been very neatly fitted up for
the worship of the sisters and other inmates of the
building.
BRITTORD Gager SHEEP FAlL—This fair took place
on Wednesday. There were about 10,000 fewer penned
than at the same fair last year. At the opening of the
fair trade was very dull at • small advance upon late
'sirs, but in the course of the day several Into changed
hands more than once at an advance of from Is. to 2s.
per head, though there was, of course, • reduction as
compared with last year's fair. Wethers realised from
245. to 34c, as against 345. to 445. last year; ewes were
sold at from 18s. to 373., as compared with 35i. to 435.
last year; and lambs were sold at from 12s. to 225. of
against 3Gs. to 3.35. a head last year. Prime lots J.,
eacb,jof course, made considerably more. Mr J., as
Farquharson, of Langton, Blandford, obtained 50s. for
a choice lot of wethors ; Mr. E. Waters, of Stratford,
545. lA. for an extraordinary good lot of ewes, and Mr.
M. Rook, of Amesbury, 435. ; and Mr. Rawlenet,
of Bulbridge, Wilton, got 355. for lanibe fed
without core, and Mr. TV. H. Woodcock, 345. for
lambs fed without corn. In the course of the day
Mr. John Waters sold by auction a fine lot of
lamb rams, belonging to Mr. E. Obling, of Rada-faros.
Amesbury, 'Web realised from 21 guesses., to 5j guineas
• bead, the sale at his farm on Monday having realised
an average of 4:0 Gs. 9d. a bead. Messrs. Downs slid
Awberry sold souse rams and ram lambs, belonging
to Mr. Rumboldt, Mr. E. H. Easton ( who took
the first prize last year for .ether lambs), and Mr.
John Palmer, the prices ranging about the same as
those obtained by Mr. Olding. Through the
liberality of a number of 'noblemen and gentle-
men connected with the district, the fair committee
were enabled to offer no fewer than 13 prises for com-
petition by exhibitors.