The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-02-08 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

REVIEW Oir----"--THE CORN TRADE.
In the wheat trade little has been done beyond
supplying current requirements. Quotations are
snanered, but rather firmer prices have been obtained
foe the best samples, owing to their scarcity. The
damp weather has more or less affected the condition
of the produce, and in consequence inferior samples
have predominated, thereby increasing the difficulty of
sales • The condition of the markets are unaltered.
Nothing has occurred to bring influence to bear
In either direction. Foreign receipts have been about
the average, and the consumption ha.s not abated. We
have now an excess of nearly 10,000,000 cwts. in our
fixer importations this season, over the corres•
pon ing period of 1874-5, and although the supplies
afloat have diminished, they are still large, and those
near at hand will probably arrive in time to fill up any
void created by a current demand.
We can hardly expect that the same liberality will
for a long time characterise our foreign assistance ; but,
as we at present offer the best market, an immediate
decline need not be apprehended. Spring corn has
ruled quiet and occasionally weaker.

MARK LANE, Tins Thy.
Wheat quiet. Demands for more money check
beiness. Barley 'dull. Oats quiet and unaltered.
Maize rather lower. Beans, peas and flour dull.

METROPOLITAN C.ATTLE.—Tnis DAY.
About 3,c00 beasts, including about 1,000 foreign.
Trade quieter at 4, 63 to 6s. About 21,000 sheep,
firmer at ss 6d to 7s 2d. Calves make ss 6d to
es sd. Pigs as sd to ss 44 per,Blbs,i

LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARKETS.

TIIE FOREIGN WHEAT AND FLOUR
TRADES.--Wheat has been in some little demand
E Antwerp to meet the requirement; of consumption,
be t prices have remained without material change.
Business in flour has been sluggish at Park; but prices
have, nevertheless, been pretty well maintained. The
Offers of wheat which have been made at l'aris have
bcen of no great importance ; price; have been main-
tained, but the malting has been purchased with
much hesitation.

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SIIEPTON M.ki.LET CORN MARKET,
FlitlDAY.—Wheat, 44, to 50c; Iciricy, 33% to 4is ;
Otts, 24.5 to 30s; beans, 45s to Os ; peas, 44s to sos
Leiffqr ; flour, 341 to 36s per sack; bread 6d per 411)

READING CORN MARKET, SATVRDAY.—
There was a moderate supply of grain to-day, with a
lair attendance of buyers.—The transactions were at
about late rates. .

BATII CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Wheat
Em, at last week's prices. Wheat, dry red, 44.1 to
48s Per 4961 b; white, 48; to 56s ; flour, seconds, 365
to 375 fine, ; bread, 61d per 4lh loaf.
GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.
—At to-day's market there was a fair supply of
English wheat, which sold at last week's prices.
Foreign in better demand than of late, :Ind secured a
fair sale, at fully previous rates. G:incling barley
very slow. Maize Ixl to is per qr lower. Oats
unaltered.

WARMINSTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.
—At our market to-day we had a full supply and
large attendance. Trade in wheat and barley was
still flat, but there was a slight improvement in the
general tone of the market. Wheat, aas to 545 ;
barley, 285 too ; oats, 26s to 35s ; beans, 24s to 275;
peas, 205 to 305 ; flour, 36s to 43s per sack; bread, is
per 81b.
DORCHESTER MARKETS, SATURDAY.—At
the corn exchange to-day there was a moderate supply
of wheat, the best dry samples being more saleable,
while damp parcels were neglected. Last week's
returns give the official average at 415 per imperial
quarter, the best barley was Is per imperial
sp. cheaper than last week, and low qualities 25
cheaper ; last week's returns show that 462 quarters 4
bushels realised £789 145, or an average of 34s Ted
per imperial qr. Oats in moderate demand, at late
prices. The late official returns of the Blandford
market give wheat at 425, and barley at 34% per
imperial,qr. At the fortnightly cattle sales to-day, fat
beef sold at front 14s to iss per score, cows and calves
making from 415 to £23 each—very dear. Barreners
may be quoted at from ,68 to 422 per head; fat
heifers, £l6 to £26; fat bulls, £l2 to £2B • fat
calves, £3 to ; fat ewes, 406 to 56s : and fat
%tethers, 366 to ors—mutton ranging from 7id to mid
per lb. There was a good supply.
CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY.—
Ordinary firsts, —s; seconds, 1425; thirds, 1281;
fourths, gas ; fifths, 5.5; sixths, --s. Mild cured,
firsts, —s; seconds. —; thirds, —s. DA firkins in
market. _ _

METROPOLITAN MEAT, SATURDAY.—There
Was a moderate supply of meat on sale here to-day.
Trade was fair, and prices ruled as follows :—lnferiur
beef, 3s to js &I ; middling ditto, 41 to 4s 4d; prime
ditto, 4s 6d to ss ; Scotch ditto, 5s to ss 6d; iaferior
button. 3% to 3s 3d; middling ditto, 4s to 43 8d ;
prime ditto, 54 241 to 55 3d ; Scotch ditto, 5s sod to
6s 4d ; large pork, 46 to 4s 6d; small ditto, ss 3d to
6s 4d; veal, 55 toil to 6s 4d, per Sib by the carcass.
COVENT GARDEN, SATURDAY,—Vegetables:
Cornish broccoli, 3d to 6d; asparagus,as to 5s ;
seakale, is 6d to 3s per bunch; rhubarb, 9d to is 6d;
celery, 2s to 3; per bundle; new potatoes, is per
basket; green peas, 3% per Ihelled pint; mushrooms,
is 6d to 2s per basket; English hothouse grapes, 55
to S. .

GAME AND POULTRY, SATURDAY.—Turkeys,
ss 6d to 21%; geese, 3s 9d to 12% 6.1; capons, Ss 10
lOs ; fowls, 2% 6.1 to 45 6d ; chickens, 33 to 55 3d ;
ducks, 2% 6.1 to 4s; pheasants, 3t; 34 to iss 3d ;
partridges. 2, to 3s.
BILLINGSGATE, SATURDAY.—Cod, ss to 7s 64
each; crimped ditto, 8s 6.1 to 14s ; turbot, 6s to
225 Dtl; salmon, 25 6.1 to 3% 6.1; eels, &I to is per
lb ; native oysters, Liz t2s per bushel.
lITECH APEL HAY AND STRAW, SATUR.
AY.—There was a full supply of hay and straw on
sale here to-day. Trade was dull for inferior sorts,
but for better qualities trade was steady, and prices
remained unaltered. Prime clover, Kos to 1445 ;
Inferior, 85s to 955; prime meadow hay, 90s to 132 s ;
inferior, 555 to 75c; and straw, 35s to it per load.

DEATH OF LORD OLLWAY.
Lord Galway, M.P. fr Hattori, died at Ravrtry on
Saturday night.

TIE OPENING OF PARLIA.IIRIT.

Her M•ieitv tho Qaeen accomosnied by Princess
Beatrice arrived ot Victoria Station at two o'clock Monday
teruoon. A small crowd cheered the Queen on bet
arrival.