The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-01-31 00:00:00

RY EXPRESS & ELECTRIC TELEGRAPB.

(FROM OUR OWN

-2ff ARK•LANE, MONDAY, January 30.
fresh op to our merket to day the arriyals of home-
.7o ' larestn vateeiirtrom Vase: were sma`l, but there was an
tatereasel iilOW of Kent produce on male. The total
*te warmly of prodsee on the stands, however, was very
moderate ; nevertheless, the trade, generally speaking,
3. is an inactive state, but without leading to any
lalewhenge in prime from Monday last—
isles& Use market, as far as the quotations are
• eislmierweil, may be considered Arm The cone
0 *ties of the produce was tolerably good. '
The eimpiy of foreign wheat on sale was but
) moderate. The amount of business transacted was
mow ' yet no alteration can be notieed in the prices
werient osi Monday last. Floating cargoes of grain were
ditw . is bat moderate request, at late rates.
.afy With English barley the market was very moderately
ail' sapplisd, and Me trade for all good and fine malting
qalitin rued Iris
alas fully previous quotations.
sale, at late rates. There
wan a geed supply of foreign descriptions on the stands.
sworn liaikeeimaged hands to a very moderate estent, at
late/prices.
Owing to the large importation there was rather less
amp.. weelSSty Is the oat trade. All good and fine samples,
*di however, were is lair average request, at full currencies;
.4a . hut infSor produce was rather lower in price than on
gats., Meads last. The 'apply of horne.grown oats on sale
.1.2. was wiry seders*.
smv Beats were leen freely offered, and the trade for
odi • . them was firm, but without leading to any Improvement
10 3r.^
le,•
I"' =B.wase is slow regnent, although the supply on
offer was very moderate. The qtrotWons, however,
slit& asticsary: . . _ _

In Loss sa overage business was transacted at late
rates.

at dIETEOPOLITAN CATTLE MAREBT, January 30.
or - • For the time a the year the supply of foreign stook
rd. 00 sale to-day was somewhat extensive. Both for
Ai beasts mid sheep the demand ruled inactive, at barely
he • previous
Sic Presk up from our own griming districts the arrivals ,
.exi et lot beasts were moderate as to number, and the quality
.iii tixas .4 tie stock wee prime. The supply from Scotland
comprised 336 head, in excellent condition. The
Jtalbriaaad for nearly all breeds of beasts was in • OMB-
insellee state. The general top figure for beef
- was 4d., but some very superior stock realised ss. 6d.
nx' per Sib..
The supply of sheep on isle was mall The general
14. quality of the stook being very middling, good and prime
a.. Downs and half-breds moved off steadily, at fully
a late rate.; but inferior breeds were in slow se-
a,' quest, on former terms. The general top figure
raleaeautton was 61. 2d, per (ilb. Half-bred togs and
,ilimg-woolled sheep, carrying valuable skins, changed
. brads at high prices. There were a few clipped sheep in
•Sibe layers; but—owing to the severity of the weather—
, airy ware not exhibited for sale in the market.
Calves were in moderate supply and steady request,
at /ate rates. The top price was 5a 6d. per Blbs.
Pigs were ía fair average request, at previous quota-

CORN KAPJLINIS.
.W000310T114 Saturdser-esiffhti all the other Wilt.
Aire iierkets during the week the business doing in the
morn trade here to-driy was very limited indeed. The
'imply was email and the attendawes average. In the
'Sales effected last week's rates nominally ruled, and the
'following Is a return of the prices.—Beet wheat. 40s.
to 425., inferior, 345. to Me. Malting barley, 28e. to
345., grinding, 24's. to 285., Oats, 19/. to 284. Beans,
ne. to Mls. Peas, 36e. to 46e. Flour, 26e. to 311.
liour ILUIPTON, Friday.—Oving to the inclement state
ei tire weather our market was quite of • holiday
character, and prices for all articles must be quoted the
esture as this day week. Wheat, old, £lO to £lOlO.. ;
new. £9 to PlO per load. Barley, grinding, 25a. to 275.;
malting, 30s. to 31a, per qr. tOlate, 20s. to 26.. per qr.
Bears, Us. to 41e. per qr. • Peas, 35e. to 40s. per qr.
Item:and, Seturday.—Owing to the heavy fall of
snow which took place in this district, rendering loco-
motion both by horse and foot diffioult, especially along
the country roads, the quantity of wheat on offer at to-
day's market WAS small and the attendance thin. The
trade done was slow at the previous week', currencies,
the mimest sampler' realising 445. per qr. We were but
shortly min:died with barley, which was in better
demand, and a rise of Is. per qr. on the ream of last
week was ebteleed. The oat trade was quiet, at an.
altered eartencies. Beans and peas were a limited sale,
at unaltered prices. Flour is selling in Reading at 36e.
per Sink households; cad 315., seconds.

The kis, from New Yoik, with dates to the 19th
January, Ise arrived. The emend expedition against
Wilmington had proved more successful than the first,
aissitappeare that FOr4 Maher has been assaulted and
captured, together with its garrison of 2,500 men. Prior
to the awault,the place underwent a bombardment lost-
fag fif.y.four hours. The loge to the Federals engaged in
the assault is set down at 1,000. Richmond papers
continue to assert that sot Davis has con-
commissioners ; and
view with President
I, little or no confi-
ning to any practical
of activity in Grant's
anticipated.
is from New York to
,iii very unimportant.
- both Charleston
sisal torus was
Georgia. Hood was
a damage done to the
_— 4 was moving towards Rest-
. was threatened on every aide. At
north Carolina, the government warehouses
and other public property were destroyed by Are.
Peace rumours still continue, but nothing reliable
regarding their foundation was known. Slavery had
been abolished in Missouri by an ordinance of the State
Convention. The trial of the Canada raiders bad been
postponed for evidence from Richmond. The debate
en the Reciprocity Treaty had resulted in the adoption et
a resolotion by both hoses at Washington to give
twelve month's notice for it. termination. General
Butter's official report on the Wilmington expedition
attributes its failure to a want of promptness on the
part of the fleet and the refusal of Admiral Porter to
run vessels into Cape Rear River. He expresses his
• sonviction which is shared by General Weritscil, that
' nothing but butchery would follow an assault. Butler ~..
says he was relieved because be .çsid net
al" maa an awful sacrifice of life knowing the fort to be
Impregnable. Gold was quoted 219; exchange on
.c. Landon, 241.
Connisaross filo= By THr Lou) LrucrenArr Or
' MI COUNTY or WILTS.-4th Wilts Rifle Volunteer
--r Ceepa—Henry Brown, gentleman, to be Invign, vise
Colson resigned; dated 10th January, 186& 11th
' Wilts Eine Volunteer Corps.—William George Bradley,
- , tube Lieutenant, vice William Davit Gooch
—Neil John ens, gentleman, to be Ensign,
91911 resilued. Comounsioas dated 1011 January,
firiti.iii* ago a man named David Gray, an
' loan New at Derby, was eharged before the 1
there with setting Am to his orembea, ,
Ito.
were insured for a considerable sweet. He
Sas brought up again on Saturday, when evidence was
esti of Ares having occurred ander suspicious circus
,Allinaoris on former ocoankaaa on his premises in the
, bonrhood of London. There was also • charge of
against his He was committed for trial on
a sad bail was refused.
. SHOT IN THB BRITISH ARMY. —On
morning,Wsple at the parade at the Wiochester
bi Colonel Macdonald, on behalf of the Sneers
et theeffle brigade, presented Colour-Sergeant Paroombe,
who in the course of instruction, ending April, 1881,
has proved himself the best shot in the British army,
with a handsome silver tankard, bearing a suitable
inscription.
A man named Ificigley was brought before the magis-
trates at Todniorden, on a charge of cutting his wife's
throat, There had been a quarrel on the previous night,
and the murder appeared to have been committed with
• peeled -knife. Her dress was torn and her hands were
'AI es if in the act of attempting to wrest the knife
fires her lanibitod's hand. The °sae stands over for
I tether evidence.
LONDON BANHROPTCT COURT, January EL —lx Km
BIATTIEWS.—THR BULLIR TIBIAL.—A communication
Ems been received by Mr. Beard, the solicitor to the
aseignees In the above bankruptcy, stating that Sir
taeorge Grey has directed the solicitor to the Treasury
aka nay to ift. F. W. Edwards, the official assignee, the
itesird offered by Her Majesty's Government on the
teensietiOn of Frans Malls. The amount (e 300 will
Ofterrtnently become divisible among Matthews'.
illegrinsi —A serious instenes of the de.
rowing under peculiar
use of the botanical
meanly on mormoes
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history connected
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1 a stone weighing taw
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growth of burrs
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many years past inure
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