The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-04-12 00:00:00

(PROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)

BY EXPRESS A BLEiITRIO TELEGRAPH.

Maas Lae; Monday, -April 11.—The supplies of
grain fresh up to-day have been moderate. &mimes,
exeept for retail lots, has been heastive. There is bet a
moderate supply of foreign, and prices are without
quotable °bangs from last week. Primo maltiag barley
and oats in good condition are Arm.
CATTLI MARKET, Mooday, April 11.
—The supply of stook at to-day's market wee slightly
pi excess of the previous week. Business was 110 W,
prices the turn in favour of buyers. Prime (militias
was* in good demand. The top pries for best sloes
was 40 104- for South-downs, Is Bd. Pork wed 45 8d
go fr &L Veal about the mom as last week.

CORN MARKET&
MARE.LAIIIII. Monday.— The arrivals of Magna wheat
up to our market during the past meek having been
very limited, the shows of samples has motioned small.
Although millers generally bold light stooks, the dr
mend for all deactiptions has ruled heavy; yet em..
paced with the previous week, very little cheap has
taken plane in the quotations. The imports of foreign
wheat have spin beer. moderate, and the show of
samples bee not increased. Really Ins qualities have
supported previous rates ; but all other kinds moved off
heavily, and the currencies have been with didloulty
supported. The sale for malting barley has been far
from active, at late qoutations. Grinding and distilling
aorta have met • dull inquiry, on former terms. The
malt trade has been in a depressed state ; but no further
decline ban taken pleas in valise. There has been •
good demand for oat., at an advance in pries of 6d per
qr. Both beans and peas have oommanded quite as math
money as of late. The transactions, however, have
been only tn a moderate extent. The dour trade has
continued quiet, at late rates.
DiVIZZII. Thursday—Wheat was in very small sup-
ply, and the condition was tolerable; trade, however,
ruled quiet. The limited quantity which changed beads
was sold at folly last week's rates. Barley was rather
more active, the demand for bad sad middling samples
including an advancer of from 6d to Is on last wealea
rates. Other grain quotations nominal.

CATTLE MARKETS.
Yrraoroutim, Tliorodoy.—Altbougii only a limited
supply of bonze-fed baste we. on offer in this market,
the denuind for all breeds was in a sluggish state, at
Monday'. currency. The beet Scots sold at 4. 104 per
Sib. With sheep we were tolerably weU, not to my
heavily, supplied. The mutton trade was in • most
inactive state, end in some Inatomes the quotations
declined Ai per 81b. The general top Apr* for slipped
sheep was 4s Sd yer 81b. Lambe, the supply of which
woe moderate, met a slow sale at from 6. 44 to 7. 44 per
81b. We have to mill • dell inquiry for calved, on
former terms. In and mileh cows very little was
doing. at late Wee. Total supply: bees* 1,040; Atop,
5,160; selves. 177 ;pg., la
Batarol, Thursday.—A shorter supply of beet ot
good quality produced • brisk trade at this market,
and best 'ample' *old at from 66. to 675, in one or two
instances &Ss being obtained. The short supplied of
sheep, and the good prises obtained at our recent
markets induced the desists to buy up • large queditity,
which they sent here to-day, and though .sth. opening
of business it was thought this would produce • re-
action, as in the beef rasaud some few weeks ego, the
whole of the pens were cleared Holder.' expectations,
however, were not fully reedieed,and on the whole picas
showed a downward tendency; best samples, in the
wool, sold at from 84 to Bgd per lb ; and shorn sheep
from 614 to 7.1, there being • large number of the latter
on offer. A larger supply col store cattle, which sold
well at high prices. Very little alteration in witch
cows, and pip were about the same.. last week. A
good show of tweets, and an improved demand.

PROVIBIONB.
LONDON, Friday.—lrish butter: Speculators sell
their recent purcha-es, prime ranging from 74s to 104 a,
eecording to quality. There is none in first hands.
The Cnrk butter market opens on 18.mday, and no
doubt at high prices, as there is no old left over. Dorset
butter is in law request, at 122 e to 194. for the inert.
Fresh butter sells steadily, at 15s for lint, 14e for
seconds and West Country, and 13• for thirds. Ostend,
12. 6.1 to 14s pr dozen. Good 9uallty—supply in.
cressing. Fine Foreign '..utter in brisk demand. Prim-
land quoted at 114. per cwt. Lard dull, but without
alterstmn of price. Irish Bladders, 60s to 641; Hags,
48e to 52s per cwt.

0 ROC ERS' GAZETTE.
Limnos. Friday.—ln the produce markets this week.
the expectation of the duties be. led to s considerable
business in sugar, principelly in Manilla. and Madras
Jewry on the spot, end in Cuba, Brawl and Mauritius
afloat. latterly miffer prices; in most instanoes. Planta.
ties Ceylon coffee has continued dull, and has further
receded Is to 1. 64 per ant. ; native remains ens. Of
tea • heavy quantity hes been brought forward this
week, as usual s tune portion being offered without re-
serve—the prices realised thole no material snorer-km.-
0f rice, arterial floating cargoes of Neersasie, Ike., are
10. 4fd per cwt., but on the spot very little has been
dons.—Of black pepper, some large parcels of Singapore
and Penang changed hands in the early partof the week,
priors showing a rise of Id par lb. within the last month;
latterly there haa been little doing.— A large beelines
bas been done is Pimento st stiff rates ; Bengal ginger is
rather dearer ; Cassia Lige**, ann.
BILINTOL SUGAR NAMUR, Friday—The market Mil
been cleared of everything offering time our last, the
feeling being very @trolls that the duties would be
lowered, ss the CI ancellor's idea., now public, COnalin•
No sheers in pries *an be quoted, as all is ate steed•
still for s few days.