The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-22 00:00:00

DORCHESTER SATURDAY'S CATTLE
MAW=

Bestfst beef were its largesieneso...- and 14s. 6d. per score
sem be quoted. Inferior oak Ing'?von teL 61. to 12e
Heifers sad calves. .Cl 4 to PS ; barreners, 1:11 to £l6
melt ; calves, t LSI26. 64.; D Are ewes, 366. tom;
boss ewes. 334. to 61..

SATURDAY'S MARKETS.
come.
BATll.—The grain trade at our market was dull, owing
to the inferior quality and tuft condition of much of the
gaillah wheat on vier. Only the bort samples realised
the extreme rates of last week. Barley unchanged.
Wheat, white, do to W. • red,'. to 424. per qr. Flour,
lanefiuie 30, per rack' stieesde, 31e.
liErtON BALLO, Friday.—Wheat. VA. to 4'.;
barley 404 t4.s. ;,,ats.2la to ats. beaus. 411. to Mr. ; Peas
40a. to 04s per qr. ; Sour, WI. to Ms. per owls Beef,
Ile. 91. to lir, per score; mutton, 44. to bid. per ;
mail. pet Fat mar, 104. to 10a. 3d per wore. Bilk butter,
Its. to 164.51. per dozen. ESP. 154. Mr dosen. Potstoes
td. ru ie. ft. per peek.
TAUNTON.—There was an average attendance at the
earn market. The supply of grails wee large, but trade
tem rather dull There was nu alteration in the price of
best quality Englidt %hint, but inferior samples sold at
Is. tots, per qr. Ima than last weak. Best barley unaltered;
no sale for Inferior qual.t.es. Maize firm.
WARMINSI Ell —At our market there was a good
attendance. Wheat oas in very good eupply. For old and
good samples of new there wes a rvady isle at about late
rates but rough lota w, r' neglected. In barley no altera-
tion in pricy. but the be..t samples were eagerly bought;
inferior lots neglected. In other corn no change. Vetches
plentiful. Current unmet:one :—Wheat 424. to 62.
pee
qr. ; barley, Dis. to Ler, ; oat,. 124. to 304. ; peas. 36a. to
48..; beans. :Zs to Ws ; rye, 30.. to Me. ; vetches, As. dd.
to te. Bd. per bladed.

CORK BUTTER MARKET.
Ordinary_; Firsts, 1144. ; Second., Wt. ; Thirds, 74e. ;
Fourths, We. ; Fifths, 44. ; --a Mild cured:
Superfine 131 s. : Firsts, II?.; Seconds, ; Third; Moe
The number of virkins in the market, 2.ES.
A Governin.nt tobacco monopoly is spoken of as the
latest method of raising the wind in Rus4a.
New public defalcations are reported from Russia. A
considerable deficiency has just been discovered in the
war chest.
From Berlin comes the statement that the Emperor
William will resume the I ;OVCrlllnClit in the beginning of
December.
The committee id the Releseed Irish Political Prisoners'
Fund in Dublin have voted IgOrisieea 0,,e1,,e and
Meliely, and have rev. 14.1 to ap for subecriptiotus, in
view .4 the release of the remaining convicts.
A layman in the West .4 England has offered 0.000 to
erect a church dedicated to St Simon. at Shepherd's Bush,
as a thank.offering for the preservation of the peace of
Europe, provided 1:2,OUll more is raised before the end of
the year.
The King of the Belgians has granted • week's leave to
the bend .1 the Belgian Brenadicrs to go to London for
the purpme .4 giving concerts for the benefit of the
seafarers by the Princess Alice catastrophe. They started
for London Friday.
At the Ince-hall Colliery, neer Wigan, on Saturday
morning, the boiler of a locomotive exploded.. killing •
brakesinan named Brownlow and severely iniannzanOther
man. The engine, which was nearly a quarter of a
century all, w. destroyed.
Pseis x iiirrioN.--The delay in giving the notice of
awards has caused much dissatisfaction, and hes led to the
on from the unofficial list."( prim-takers, published
I.y some new4papeN, of the name, of leading English
4uch a. I rte and Blackwell, whose goods are
appreciated in ea cry howwliold, anal who
,have added to
their great reputat by the plendol display f their
manufactory, at the Exhibition. The Jurors have re•
cognimyl the excellence and purity of Beam,. Crosse and
Blackwell'. exhibito by three award% including Two Gold
Dlealals.—Murnirej Post.