The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-08-01 00:00:00

CO MMERCIA L ARTICLZ

The fends st the end of the week somewhat rallied,
assumed s. healthier tone, and closed steadily at 901 tel
both for money and account—a rather large amount of
gold having been taken to the Bank.

The return from the Bank of Ragland for the week
ending the 26th of July gives the following romulte whew
compared with the previous week

Rest o,4Bo.Blo...lncrease £20,714
Public deposits ... 4,770,9... Decrease 161,201
Other deposits ... 15,939,80...1nerea5e 1,045,596
On the other side of the aneonnt :
Government securities£lo 398,909 No change
Other securities ... 21,782091.. Increase 1,285,645
Notes unemployed 6,18/,4Bo...Decrease 382,965
The amount of notes in 'cireadation is £22,071,570,
being a decrease of £162,866 ; end the stock of bullion
In both departments is £14003,679, showing a decrease
of £679,688 when compared with the preceding return.

The demand for dimmed& is light and shortkm-ns--ess."
the Stock Exchange are stffl placed at 2 to 2a per sent.
In the share-market on Friday densely any business
was transacted, and at the close there was • general ap-
pearance of steadiness in the prices, the few instances
of lower quotations being chiefly attributable to their
being ex divideld. In English railways, Chatham
(Metropolitan Extension) recovered I, Lancashire and
Yorkshire, and North-Western each, and Midland
(£9) ; Metropolitan farther improved ; Great
Northern (A stock) declined 1. North-Eastern (York)
a, ditto (Berwick) a further a, and South-Eastern •
further j; and Manchester, Sheffield, &c., and Metro.
politan (Extension) are now quoted ex div. In Colonial,
no alteration is recorded. In Foreign, Aetwerp and
Rotterdam further improved a, Great Luxernboarg re•
lap•ed a. and Sambre and Meuse receded a. In American,
Erie shares (paid up) further improved 1, United &stet
(5-20) further declined a, and Illinois Central shares
are now quoted ex all. In British mines, Wheal Salon
advanced 2, Great Wheal Vor a, Drakewalls
a, Wheal Buller further 3, and (hiverton a
further a ; Vigra declined 2, and North Wheal
Crofty a, and Devon Great Consols and East
Caradon are now quoted ex di,. In foreign mines,
Cobre Copper receded la, and Alamillos a, and
General are quoted ex div. Of the banks, Australian
Chartered and Union of London advanced a each, Char-
tered Mercantile of India declined 1, and Alliance, Bank
of Lore.on, Otago, City, East London, Imperial, London
Joint-stock, London and Westminster, and New South
Wales are all quoted ex dividend. In miscellaneous,
Caledonian Marine recovered ; Fairbairn Engineering
improved 1, and International Financial a ; Upper
Assam Tea (paid-up) declined 1, and Scottish Marine ;
London Financial, National Discount, New Zealand
Trust, Rio Improvements, South Australian Lend, and
Thames and Mersey Marine are all quoted ex dividend;
and Atlantic and Great Western Debentures left Al t
85 to NT, Metropolis Sewage at 7* to 8i pm., and Ore-
rend, Gurney, and Co. at 21 to a premium. The sub-
scription lid of the Accidental and Marine Inenrance
Corporation (which has been formed to take over and
extend the large business of the Accidental Death In.
surance Company), and that of the Tamar Lead and
Silver Smelting Company will close on Thursday next
for London, and on Friday for the country, and that of
the Railway Credit Company on Monday, Aar* 7.
The traffic receipts of railways in the United King-
, dom amounted for the week ending the 22nd a
July, on 12,079 miles, to £742,657, and for the corm -
ponding week of last year, on 11,660 miles, to £711,275„
showing an increase of 419 miles, and of £31,382. The
gross receipts on the following 14 railways amounted in
the aggregate, on 8,462 miles, to £601,869, and for the
corresponding week of 1864, on 8,176 miles, to £574,036,,
showing an increase of 286 miles and an increase of
£16,059. The increase on the Caledonian amounted to
£1,344; on the Great Eastern to £1,376; on the Great
Northern to £3,139; on the Great Western to £1,022;
on the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £2,034; on the
London and North-Western to £4,133; on the London
and Brighton to £1,564; on the London and South.
Western to £1,698; on the Mancheeter, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire to £1,582 ; on the Midland to £503 ; on the
North British to £1,372; and on the South-Eastern to
£4B6—total, £20,253. But from this must be deducted
£627, the decrease on the Great Southern and Western;
and £3,587 on the North-Eastern, leaving the increase
as above £16,059. The goods and mineral traffie en
those lines amounted to £279,297, and for the corres-
ponding week of 1864 to £265,593, showing an increase
of £15,704. The receipts for passengers, parcels, &c.,
amounted to £322,572, against £320,217, showing an
increase of £2,355. The traffic receipts on 63 other
lines amounted, on 3,617 miles, to £140,788, and for
the corresponding week of last year, on 3,484 miles to
£125,465, showing an increase of 133 miles and of
£115,353 in the receipts. The total receipts of the past
week show an increase of £23,797 as compared with
those of the preceding week, ending the 15th ult.

There is a further decline of Is. in corn. Fat Beast*
In the County markets are fetching 7a. 6d. to Bs. per
atone; mutton 7d. to Bd. per lb. But the grating trade
is slow owing to the prevalence of the drought.
In the colonial produoe markets this week the busi-
ness has been of moderate extent, and they have closed
with a quiet tone, prices in some few instances favouring
the buyers. Sugar met with a steady demand during
the first two days, but it afterwards subeidel, grocery
qualities ollPorto Rico barely maintained their previous
high value; other descriptions remain unchanged,
and West India has been taken freely by the refiner?.
The coffee-market hat again been largely supplied, with.
out experiencing any material change In prices. Floating
cargoes of foreign are not easily saleable. Good
fine Fast India kinds obtain steady prices, and also
plantation Ceylon. The Dutch Trading Company's
next sale, fixed for the 9th of Ationt, will seen-
prise 85,400 bags, and 340,000 bags are to be
brought forward in the three following months. Na.
sales will then take place until February. Rice is-
firmly maintained. Spices show no alteration of im-
portance. The tea-market has been inactive. Partial
inquiries have prevailed for common leafy oongou by
exporters. Indian growths have gone off by auction at
the reduction lately established to some further decline
for inferior quality. About 22,000 packages of Chins
teas are advertised for sale next week, the bulk "with-
out reserve." The quarterly cinnamon Wee on Monday
will contain about 1,600 bales. Bowl seltpetre is
neglected, farther betimes having been transacted in
the Continental manufacture at verylow prices.
parcels of Trinindad cocoa have been sold,
steady gates.