The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-07-24 00:00:00

Cabe ant) Commercr.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHUTII, July 20.—The yarn market has been
very quiet. There have been some few sales for India,
China, the Mediterranean, Germany, and the hv.iiie
trade, but they have been on a small scalt, and lower
prices have had to be tsken in every atm. In cloths
there has also been but little business. If there has
been any change in prices they have been a Ettle easier,
but hardly to a quotable eateut. There has been a
moderate business in all sorts of cloths suitable to India
anti China on theft terms, but sellers disposed to bold
for full prices have not been able to effect sales. The
letters from India continue disouuraging.
20th.—The cloth-halls have not been visited
by many buyers to-day, and those present purchased but
sparingly. For the season of the year, however, and
looking at the amount of business doingdireetly between
merchants and manufacturers, the aggregate amount of
cloth sold to-day was satisfactory. Manufacturers,
whether small or large, continue in full work, but souse
of the dressers and finishers are ratter slack. .

DIVIDENDS OF JtoINT-SrOCII RENES.—A meeting of
the London Joint. Stock flank was, held on Thurial.iy,
Alderman Sir James Duke, M.P.. in the chair. when
the report, announcing a dividend for the past half.
year at the 'Daum' rate of l 2 per cent, per annum was
carried unanimoutdy. With reference to the losses by
the late failures in the leather trade, it was explained
that they had not arisen from any new connexions, but,
on the contrary that Meadrs. Streatfield and Co. were
the oldest customers of the bank. The directors have
felt it their duty to deal in the most open manner with
the question, and have named the full deficiency that
may be experienced —namely, MAO. According to
the opinion of the late ulanager, it may prove Plo,ooo
less. . .

ROCKDALE, 20th—There have not been many tran-
sactions in wool to-clay, owing chiefly to the lownemi of
stocks in the hands of dealen; and the high prices
aaiced. The flannel trade is active. Not only is there
a fair business doing in actual purchwos of goode for
immediate delivery, but good orders are being given
out for autumn and winter. The advance iii the wages
of the operatives, and also the incrvaae in the !mice of
wool, necessitates an advance in the manufactured
article, which rather cheeks trade, and causes manufac-
turers as well as merchants to act cautiously,

THE WINE AND SPIRIT TRADE. DtlEine the two
months that followed the reduction of the wine duties
very large importations were made, and, although the
consumption u increased, the import has so far ca•
ceeiled it has to leave us with a considershle present
stock ; at the mine time a very huge proportion is
supposed to be of most inferior quality. Another cause
which tends to cramp transactions is the knowledge that
the duty will be further reduced early in the year 184il ;
dealers in the interim will naturally clear as sparingly
Mg possible. Brandy has somewhat declined, but in the
absence of demand it is impossible to give a quotation --
fo- vintage 1859, where sales are pressed, a considerable
concession roust be made in favour of the buyer. Rllllll
neglected, and prices lower. Wines of known and
repnted brands are in steady demand at full rates ; for
inferior and doubtful sorts on demand esists.—iFrom the
monthly circular of Mr. F. W. ('osens.)

BANKRUPTS.
(Prom the London Giceite of Tuesday.)

•
Francis Bennett John Read, Leadesthalbutarket and
Upper North-atreet, Bethnal-green, butcher.
John °deo Sullivan, Blackman-atreet, Southwark,
boot manufacturer.

William Kilby, Church-end, Willesdon, Middlesex,
contractor.
Lewis Levy, late of Grave merchant.
Benjamin James, Brierly-hill, Staffordshire, currier.
Jorse Cowper, Newport, Monmouth',hire, outfitter.
William Henry Edmonds. Wroughton, W iltshire.
horse-dealer.
Charles Le Batt, Exeter, messman.
George Holgate, Halifax, Yorkshire, grocer.
John William Armstrong, Manchester, yarn agent.
George Frederick James, Manchester, elastic web
manufacturer.