Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1875-09-10 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

THE CORN AND CATTLE TRADE. At the markets on Saturday the grain trade was variable; in some rates slackened, in others a slight advance was secured.-At Dorchester new wheat was more freely offered, at Is. per imperial quarter reduction on the prices of last week; the quotations were from 50s. to 52s Old wheat at late prices. Grinding barley a tendency upwards. New malting barley, 455. ; oats from 30s. to 325.; beans, 28s. to 365. per sack; flour, 3Rs. per sack. At Mr. Ensor's fortnightly cattle sale there was a moderate supply of stock, which was disposed of at the annexed figures :Fat beef, 145. to 15s. per score; barreners, £24 to £36 per pair; cows and calves, £l2 to £l6 each; ewe mutton, Bd. to 9d. per lb.; wether ditto, 9d. to 10d. ; lambs, 28s. to 40s. per head.-At Reading a shore supply of grain. Trade very firm. Holders were asking about the same prices as last week.-At Norwich wheat was in fair supply, and the market opened quietly with rather a downward tendency in prices.-At Bath a larger supply of new wheat, and it was generally in good condition. Sellers asked an advance of Is. per .I:tarter, which only needy buyers would give. Red wheat, 621 b. the bushel, 2.35. to 245. ; white, 245. to 278. per sack; new peas, Ils. per sack.-At Gloucester a moderate supply of English wheat, and best samples of new were readily taken at about last week's prices, while inferior were neglected ; foreign held for last week's rates,„ but business limited. Barley unaltered. Maize and oats 6d. to Is. per quarter lower.-At Warminster a very short supply and attendance, owing to harvest operations. The wheat trade was very dull, but buyers had to give is. per or more money. Mr. Wallis, of Chitterne, had a good lot of new wheat, weighing 12 score 12lb. Barley, oats. &c., a dull trade. Wheat, 40s. to 51s. per qr. ; barley, 365. to 4Th.; oat, 28s. to 305.; beans, 475. to 575.; peas, 465. to 555.; flour, 31s. to 3-Is. pct. sack.-At Taunton there was but a small attendance. Owing to the bad reports which have been circulated respecting the wheat harvest, farmers held back end only a few samples were on offer; prices were constantly against buyers, and new wheat must be quoted is. higher. Malting barley a slow sale; grinding 9d. dearer. Maize 26 cheaper on the week. New beans, ss. 3d. to is. 6d. per bushel. Flour, 37m. per sack.  , It is reported that the Russian Government have ordered the mobilisation of their entire horse artillery. It is said that Mr. Charles Godfrey, with the hand of the Horse Guards, will shortly go over to Paris. Mr. E. Mann, wine merchant, of Leamington, was accidentally shot while partridge shooting on Thursday. A number of shots entered his face and body, and it is feared he will lose his sight. It is understood in art circles that Sir Francis Grant will resign the Presidentship of the Royal Academy at the end of the current year. Colonel G. P. Colley, of the 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment, will suceed Colonel Valentine Baker as Assistant Quartermaster General at Aldershot, When the Spanish fleet were shelling the Carlist port last week Admiral Polo PM wounded on the head and several officers on the flag ship struck. Mrs. Bias, of Ealing, has been fined .£5 by the Brentford magistrates for having given a false written character to a woman, saying that .she had lived with her as cook and housekeeper, when such was not the case. We understand that Mr. John Bright recently received a deputation of the leaders of the Liberal party in Lancashire, and addressed them on the future prospects and programme of the Liberal party. A marriage was solemnised in Gainsborough parish church on Wednesday morning, between W. Hodgkitison, aged eighty-one, and Jane Booth Rawson, aged seventytwo. The bridegroom is A great grandfather. A journeyman carpenter of Cambridge, named Chapman, committed suicide on Wednesday night in his own house. He stood before a looking-glass and nearly severed his head from his body with a razor. A Paris correspondent says the bathing season has been cut short by an unpleasant incident an enormous shark has been caught in a fisherman's net close to Harve. The monster's presenop has spread a panic along the entire coast. Trouville, Deauville, and Dieppe are in dismay. The Greek Government has offered to supply Fontana marble for the Byron statue, and to defray the cost of its transmission to England. It is stated that a site on the Thames Embankment will be offered to the committee by the Government. A wild boy has been captured near Austin, Texas. He was covered with hair about four inches long, and from size and appearance, he is supposed to be about twelve years old. He is unable to talk, hut possesses reasoning power, and now follows his captor about like t, dog.  A great seizure has been made, says the "jail?, News, near Dunkirk, of Bonapartist photlgraphs and brochures. They were being passed in as Australian mutton and kangaroo tail soup, when an ern/40r,, observing the discrepancy between the weight and the bulk, opened one of the tins and discovered the contraband. A copy of Messrs. Sutton and Son's Autumn Catalogue has been forwarded to us. The high position held by the authors is a sufficient guarantee for the value and reliability of the book, which will be found most useful for all who have gardens. The catalogue is very carefully and comprehensively compiled. The insurgents of the Herzegovinia are reported to have been guilty of gross cruelties. One band is reported to have set fire to a Turkish house; put the children which it contained on "spite." and roasted them alive; and then to have slain their parents. A match between 50 men of the Queen's Westminster Rifles and an equal number of the let Hants Administrative Battalion of Volunteers took place at Winchester on Saturday. The former won by 120 points, having made the highest score on record in any match of anything like equal proportions. The respective numbers of points made were 2,981 and 2,855. A large and value herd of shorthorn cattle, which belonged to the late Mr. William Torr, has b•3en sold by auction at Aylesby Manor. near Grimsby. There were 84 lots-71 cows and heifers and 13 bulls—and these produced. a total of nearly .£43,000, or an average of more than 8.510, several of the animals fetching prices as high as from 1,000 to 2,100 guineas. Some time ago a shoemaker was tined by the Skipton magistrates for refusing to have his child vaccinated. Rather than pay the fine he went to prison for 28 days. On his release from gaol he was met by several hundred antivaecinationists, who greeted him very enthusiastically, formed a procession of carriages with banners and a brass band, marched to a place were a meeting wits held, and wound up by burning the committing magistrate in ettigy.  - Mt, ST.