The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-04-11 00:00:00

its DAY'S ILARKSTS.

OF THE CORN TRADE.

lINVLEW

The wheat trade has biome rather quieter. The
great improvement in agrkultural preepects brought
about by the weather of the laat few days hes mendesd
a decided infinenos upon the trade, and mond quota-
tions to rule in favour of buyers. The condition of the
ho=wn eemples has improved
to the fine weather during the past
considerable progress was made in field workwuaenla
Wring cowing., Previous'', in • re, backward Ask.
haa been rapidly pushed forward, and the outlook is
now considered to be rather encouraging than other.
wise. The acreage under wheat will prove to be very
short this 111:6000, but that under barley above the
ztq has nded firm and has been quite as dear.
hiaTertas been steady, but quiet; and oats with •
moderate demand, have ruled unaltered in value.
Beam and peas have been quiet and unaltered.
The flour market was dull and quotations were
weak, but without being actually lower.

MARK-LANE, This DAY.
About three thousand, including about nine hundred
foreign, firmer at 4s. 3d. to 54. Bd. ; about 21,000 sheep
steady at 4s. 6d. to 6e. ; lambs sold at fla to 9s. ;calves,
ss. 6d. to 6s. 50.. pigs, 4s. 441 to ss. 6d. per eight
pounds. At Deptford were 100 beasts and 500 sheep.

METROPOLITAN OA'PPLE, This DLY.
Wheat closed heavily at drooping prices. Barley
firm and quite as dear. Oats and maize quiet but
steady ; beans, peas, and flour unaltered.

SATURDAY'S MARKETS.
READDIG CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Tha
w.trade was quiet, the fine weather affecting
Wheat was rather seeks to purchase.
BATH CORN MARKET, fixtuanzr. —There was
about an average supply of English wheat. Trade
was very quiet at ls per qr. decline. All feeding
stuffs a slow trade. Barley and oats for seed good
inquiry at firm pekes.
GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—
There we,. very moderate supply of English wheat
at to-day's market, and except for the best qualities
prices were slightly easier. Foreign quiet, and to sell
Is per qr. lower. Grinding barley firm. Maize fully
Ad cheaper. Oats unaltered.
WARMINSTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.
—At our market to-day there was a large supply of
both wheat and barley, and trade wait very slow, with
a decided downward tendency. Other grain un-
altered. Wheat, 34s to Mu' barley, 281 to 44a ; oats,.
264 to ; beans, 24s to ; pen, 1k to 39.; flour,
380 to 43s per sack ; bireakts.pe_r_Blb.
, DORCHESTER M,•K SATITZDAY.-11111
'suers of the county being bury sowing, the et 19919
Of wheat was very email; the beet (Maui° were sale.
able at late prices, 42s to 46e per imperial quarter.
The season for malting barley being nearly over the
demand was small; the inquiry for weed pt Fees was
Slow at late rates. Ns to 884 per im quarter.
Oats a little more in request, at fully figures. 21.
to 27s per imperial quarter. Last week's official
returns :—Wheat 285 quarters, realiidng 048 15s,
average 455 6}d ; barley, 374 qrs. 4 bushels, realising
ha, average 33s Aft—At the cattle market to
day about 100 head of beasts and 300 sheep were dis-
posed of, the annexed prices prevailing :—Heifers and
calves, £l2 in to £2619. each; barres,,cll to
£I9 ; fat heifers, £l6 as to £so' fat bulls, nx be to
£24 ; fat calves. Ms to £526 Ad; fat ewes, 50e to
69s ; fat withers, 60s to 781.
CORK BUTTER MARKET' BATUIDAY.-oT-
dittary firsts,—s ; seconds, 141 e; thirds, 120 e ; fourths,
112, ; fifths, ; sixths. 51a. Mild cured, ;
141 a ; thirds, 120 s. 921 firldne in market

ACCIDENT.
Sheriff Smith, of Aberdee
_n has requested the
Government to make an official inquiry into the
recent ferry-boat accident at Aberdare.

DREADFUL TRADE OUTRAGE.
A shocking outrage ham occurred at Bolton. It
appears that a turn-out has existed for some time at
Messrs. Slaters' bleach works. On Saturday night, as
three of the workmen named Thompson, I.tcrley,
and Wright. were proceeding homewards from a beer.
house in Slaters'-lane, stones were thrown at them.
McCurley was knocked down and kicked by several
men until he became insensible. Wright succeeded in
escaping. but Thompeon's dead body warn found in the
road, he having apparently been kicked to desth. 16
wen have been arrested on suspicion.

THE 1,014-DON HOSPITAL
The little girl, Katie Ambler, to whom the Queen spoke
on her vint to the London Hospital, left that irustitution
on Sunday with her mother perfectly well and happy.
The special fund raised to commemorate the Queen's visit
to the Hospital now amounts to

ATHLIMCB.
At the University sports at Lillie Bridge. on ?rider.
which were witnessed by 11.060 persons, the high jump
was no 101 l than eft. in.; the mile race was run in 4min.
and 27sec. the throw of the hemmer OM 1, was 19111 t •
the long iumn was filft. • and the throe mile race wai;
• 10min. and lbws .Chdoed won most events.