The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-03-23 00:00:00

LATEST PROVINCIAL MARKETS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—Old wheat, £l2 O. to
£l3 Os.; new, £lO 108. to £l3 Os. per bad. Malting bar-
ley, 38s. to 425.; grinding ditto, 265. to 338. Oats, 225.
to 308. Beans, 425. to 48s. Malt, 665. to 728. per qr.
Flour, 335. to 348. per sack.—No change in the value
of flour. There was a steady demand for wheat at our
market to-day, which sold at about late quotations.
Barley, no change in value. Beans and oats sold at the
curriencies of this day week.

WARMINSTER, Saturday, March 20.-Wheat, 445. to
UM. (last week, 448. to 508.); new wheat, -8. to -s.
last week, -a. to --s.) Barley, 328. to 428. (last week,
328. to 425.); Oats, 235. to 265. (last week, 238. to 268.,
Beans, 41s. to 525. (last week, 41s. to 528.) Peas, -s.
to -a. (last week, -a. to -s.) -81 h. loaf, lid.-
There was a small supply. Wheat sold more readily,
and in Rome instance.; at fid. per sack advance. Susi-
TOM in barley was brisk, at former rates. Other grain
more in request.
Bitiarot, Thursday.-Wheat, old white, 58. 6d. to 66.
od.' old red, 58. 3d. to ss. 94. per bushel; new white,
Od. to ss. 6d. ' • new red, ss. 04. to 68. Od. ; barley,
milting, 355. Od. to 398. Oil. per qr. ; grinding, 28s. Od.
to 30s. Od. ; oats, white feed. 218. Od. to 22e. Od. per
qr. ; black, 21s. Od. to 225. Od. ; oats, Irish, white.
25.. to 28.,; black, 208. 64. to 218. Od. ; beans,
English, old, 58. 3d. to 51. 64. per bush.; ditto new, ss.
to 6d.; flour, English, best seconds, 325. to 358. per
saok.-Rather • thin attendance but a fair show of /111171-
ples of English wheat, which sold at last week's rates.
A better inquiry for oats, and rather firmer feeling.
Barley, beans, and peas unaltered in value.

The arrivals of wheat at the principal markets on
Saturday laat fell below those of last week. The genial
change in the weather has done much towards improv-
ing the condition of parcels. During the continuance of
the frost thrashing of wheat wag carried on with vigour
on many farms, and the stocks on hand have been ascer-
tained to be vastly larger than anticipated. This cir-
cumstance, combined with expected arrivals from
abroad of very extensive character, has induced caution
among mailmen as to their purchases, the opinion gain
lag ground that the existing prices must undergo reduc-
tion. Trade, therefore, upon the whole, was in a dtul
state, and the transactions were more limited than usual,
most holders being disinclined to accept anything below
the rates previously current. In the sales effected a de-
cline of lc and in some instances 2s. per quarter took
place. At the close of many of the markets a great
number of parcels were returned to the granaries with-
out buyers. Taking a general view of the trade
throughout the country, it may be said that at the seve-
ral country markets prices have ruled very unsteady,
with a downward tendency, and a dull trade.

LIVERPOOL WOOL-MARKET, MARCH 20.

The sales of foreign wool have been very limited, most
of the buyers having been engaged during the week at
the public sales in London. Scotch continues quiet; but
prima are without change.