The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-06-24 00:00:00

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LONDON CORN MARKET.
',MONDAY, JUNE 23.
(14Dic OUR OWN REPORTER—)

N` LI 4

BY SPECIAL EXPRESS.

There was a short supply of grain at to-day's
market. ,
The attendant* was good.
Wisest changed hands at late prices.
Barley sold rather slowly at former rates.
' Oats met with a steady sale, at old quotations.
!The following wore the prices :—Wheat
(white) 52e. to 58s. ; Red, 525. to 56e.—Barley
(molting) 28a. to 845.; Oats, 200. to 245.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
CLOSE OF MONDAY'S MART.

Good supply of bouts on offer.
• • Beef of an inferior quality sold at an occasional
were disposed of at late prices.
Lambs dull, at a decline of 2d. per lb.

• 'Veal was cheaper.
Prices: Beef, (Inferior) 2i. 10d. to 4& 4d. •
Prime, 41. 10d. ; Mutton, 3s. Bd. to be.
Lamb, be. 44. to 6s. &L; Pork, 4s. 4d. to
-44. Bd.; Veal, 3a. 10d. to 4a Bd.

THE CORN TRADE.

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. MARI Lae& Friday.—Yery little English wheat has
made its appearance this week, ooastwise or by land.
einiass. The demand for both red and white quelitea
soled moody. and the quotations have ad veneer la.
tolla per quarter. Fine foreign wheats have realised
le. to 9a. per quarter more money ; but inferior kinds
have commanded very little attention. Importer.,
qwever. have been firm in their demands. The little
Mokiish barley on offer bas changed hands at quite
grevieha rates, but foreign parcels have sold slowly at
• lete earreacies. There has been a fair sale for .11 kinds
•••teasiit oa farmer terms. Good sound oat,' have moved
'off sikevitly—other descriptions heavily, at late quota.
Mem Scarcely any change has taken place in the value
ei either beans or peas. The flour trade may be eon-
- Maraud follerahly firm.
ifflie Continental markets have been somewhat firmer
ells -wheat, and the currencies have had an upward
etenidettcy. In spring corn, hnwever, very little business
lass tete visaing. New York &deices state that no
-shams of importance had taken place in the value of
either wheat or flour; hut that the shipments to Eng-
land were on an extensive scale
• Wheatland, wheat has produced rather more money;
but the transactions in other kind*. of produce have
bra ow *limited scale, at about stationary prices.
* ?he Irish markets have been somewhat firmer for
wheat, at very fall priees. Fine barley and oats have
realised extreme rates; otherwise, the trade has been
in • sluggish state.
- .The wheat crop—now in bloom in some districte—
d's Raffered but little from the prevailing wet weather;
hat the progress of haymaking is very slow. As yet,
very little hay has been carried.
e: Faro it Ntenv.—The supply of English wheat on
sale at Mirk Lane, to-day, was very small, and tin, trade
ruled firm, troth for red and white qualities, on rather
Nigher terms. All descriptions of foreign wheat were
held at the extreme rated of Monday, and, in some
inktainces, slightly enhanced prices were realised.
Battler, as well as good and line oats, moved off
tly, at fall quotations; whilst beans and peas—
Ai -to the limited supplies on offer—changed heeds
n' Ite previous rates. For Ai nr, the was a good
i re 1
iftweand, 'nil the currencies had an upward tendency.
Tlfideteelt's imports amount to 14,340 quarters of wheat;
1,411 irley ; 34,690 oats ; 190 sacks and 9,630 barrels
driliaiir.
4-At Liverpool, this morning, the wheat trade was
'leery firm, and prices advanced 2d. to 31. per cental.
Flour was rider dearer, end an improvement of 6d,
per learter took place in the value of maize.
, YltuTIL biARKST, Friday. The Corn Exehange wan
;elf attended, and farmers were asking higher prices,
inft the millers and factors, not being dieposed to accede,
finsintiss wan dull. There were 200 beasts, upwards of
409 sheep, and 280 pigs on offer; trade blow. Bacon,
II.; Am.rican ditto, 41. to 51d. per lb. Best chee,e,
hOs. to 65.4. • household ditto, 265. to 325. per cwt.
sk Fla t 4 Mg: to £5 Fe. per pack.

. .
e ARMINSTER., Saturday, June 21.—Wheat 40a. to
r .—Barley, 28e. to 38.. Od.-04., 20* to 25i. Od.—
atr.4114. to 488.-81 b. Loaf, 13,1. —The 11 re was
amply, and very thin attendance of dealers.
Wheat may be quoted as very firm, at former rates. In
other grain nothing doing.