The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-08-16 00:00:00

LATIBT NEWS.
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MA-RIC-LANK THIS DAY.
Narks! very —keorY, with a downward tendeney.
English wheat eaa be purabased it 4. to 5. less money,
It'd ft.rottlz, of which the aupP ly la abundant, at a
reduction of 3e to 4s o n the Week. Flour—town and
000nteY marka 34 per meek and American 2. per
barrel lower. Oat., with a oul arrival, are folly
2.4 cheaper ;
_export, 28,000 I:itiorte,„. bortey,nisme, arid
pea. very dull. British
wheat, 5.420: barley. 542; Olt's*
1.472; tour, 14.728 quarters, and foreign—wheat,
69,494 • barley. 17,292 ; oat. 20.055 ; maize, 23,762 ;
flour, 1,140 sacks and 25,07 i barrels.
82°,.11:.sRawr—i wheat, old, 2e. to 3L* end
mew ---. '''' ''''• °°olPer ; some eamplee corning on hand
In bud condition. Foreign 3a. lower,
Without alteration Town tlour ; country Lanka, 3'• per sacks
lower ; Ainerioan barrels one
to two shilling'
Barley grinding, 110 2c, lower; malting nothing doing.
Oata, are 26. cheaper. liaise dull at 2s. decline. Beans
no change: Warn lt. to Is. loner.
bIETROPOLITAN cA.---------Pri,-----(AIaCET, THIS DAY.
Very little really ehoice beef in market, and for such
there is a demand at full quotations ; second quality
and inferior descriptions, whether British or Foreign.
are the turn lower. A fair steady trade doing and a
clearance will be made. No alteration in the sheen
market, but business heavy. Choice lamb in demand,
and realises extreme rates • course breeds dull of sale;
Veal trade rather more lively, especially
descriptions. Pork unaltered. Beef 4s. to
'TT.
for the bette.
Total supply—beasts, 4,310 ; .heep and labs.
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calves, .0_; pigs. 135; of which foreign—beast,
'beep and lambs, 9.410 ; cal Te., 250 ; Or. IA
good,
SICOND RIPOBT. Supplies English aml Foreie
any.
beast trade not $o brisk, Si, 4d. torpric- 1'''.:,%,, rm.
thing over exceptional. Foreign bee, 'rin'
rsng.aennine
to 64. 2d. 000•1 supply of sheep and loggb,!• 6,
,b,..t
mutton steady at late rates, prices ranged
*ether ewes doll, quotations hardy .untain,eda, ~_ited
extreme. Few calves and no demand.
demand. Pork slow enquiry at late rates• I.; veal, 4s. I:s. ~ , ,"_
to 58. 4d. ; mutton, 4s. 2d. to 5 °
~ 7:
rte. 41 :Dock, 4s. 4d. to 4a &I. ; lamb, 5,. 4il. to 6 . 1
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THIS DAY'S WAR NEWS.

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(MSS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.)

BATTLE BEFORE 3IETZ.
' PRUSSIAN VICTORY.
The Prussians have won a victory before Metz. No
details have yet baa,r, received.
ADV

'ANCE OF THE PRUSSIANS UPON METZ.
REPORTED RETREAT OF THE FRENCII
OCCUPATION OF NANCY BY THE GERMAN
TROOPS.

(O,F ICI A L.)
Mina Saturday, 10.41 a.m.—The enemy's scouts
showed themselves yesterday in the valley of the
Moselle. and • body of Prusoana occupied for a time
Pont.A.lllousson, whence the Marguerite cavalry brigade
dislodged them after • short fight. Thirty prisoners
mere captured.
Arrests of spies continue to be effected.
Two 'P.N.—The reinforcements which were expected
have arrived, wad volunteers are coming in in great
numbers.

Sunday.—A French official despatch an-
nounces that Nancy has bten occupied by • detachment
of Prussian cavalry.
forricrar ozottaN ACCOUNT).
COTT, Pannatax HIAD-QUARTRAD, HOMY, SATUR-
DAY, 10.30 PAC —A battalion of the enemy's troops who
bed been moved by rail from Metz to Pont•ii-llousson
hastily withdrew, with the loss of their baggage. en Our
infantry taking possession of that town this morning.
Nancy ha+ been evacuated by the enemy. Our cavalry
has destroyed the railway line to the north of Nancy,
leading to Fronard. Other bodies of our cavalry have
seised • provision transport within the advanced lines
of those French troops who are still in possession of the
glacis of Meta.
FRASILIMIT, SATURDAY. 6 P.M.—The retreat of the
Emperor and army upon Chalons is reporte,L
THE SITUATION AT METZ.
-,ch Official Ater,-

Ittrenet —..csat Account.) -
Mrrs, Sunday, 1.40 p.m.-11mterday several strong
columns of the enemy approached within a short
distanoe of our encampments, but withdrew again to.
day. Rsilway communication between Metz and Frouard
h interrupted.

Nmn.rous companies of volunteer sharpshooters
(Frame Tireera) have taken the field.
Considerable quantities of provisions have reached
here.

Some skirmishes betwe.n scouts are reported.
Rumeurs that Mulhouse had been evacuated by the
eivil and military authoritins is without foundation.
TUE SITUATION ON THE UPPER lifilNE.
(nrriciat..)
PARIS. Saturday, 930 p.m.—The Ministry of the
Interior has received the following telegram, dated
Colmar, r.aturday, 3 p.m., from the Prefect of the
Upper Rhine:—" Every thing is .01 quiet on the right
bank of the Rhine. 'Elie investineut of Strasbourg
appears to be generally a feint."

ODICTINUED ADVANCE tiE TIIE PRUSSIAN ARMY.
(German account.)
ST. AVMS% Friday, Noon. --The town and the passes
of Pbalsoourg, across the Vosges mountains, are In our
possession.
The fortress of Bitsche, which is merely held by a
garrison of 300 men of the Mobile Guard, i lxing kept
under observation by a company of our troops.
The Prussian cavalry has advanoLd to the vicinity of
Luneville.