The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-10-13 00:00:00

THE CORN TRADE.

MARK LANZ, Friday.—The arrival; of English wheat
fresh up to-day were only moderate, but the general
quality °, the samples was fine. Both red and white
parcels changed hands slowly, but at prices quite equal
to Monday. The show of foreign wheat wan again ex-
tensive. Emily fine samples commanded full currencies,
but the inquiry for them was confined tosmall quantities
for immediate use. Low and damp qualities met • doll
inquiry, and the quotationa were almost nominal.
Floating cargoes of grain off comfit were a slow sale, but
not cheaper. English barley came somewhat freely to
hand, and the supply of foreign was on the increase.
bales progressed slowly, at full currencies. The inquire
for malt was tolerably healthy, and late rates were well
sum.rted. The sum ply was • full average one. There
wan a steady nab ° for good and fine oats, at previous
rates- Heated samples were much neglected. The in-
quiry for bean• wan limited. Prices, however, were
*toady. Most kind. of peas were ;cry inaetive, but we
have no change to notice in their value. Both English
and foreign flour sold at full currencies. The trade,
however, wan by DO
.means active.
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LIVEILINX)L.—Market inoderatel7 attended, and the
general tone of the trade retnaint unchanged since
Tuesday. Wheat and flour quiet. Indian corn and
Egyptian beans have undergone no change. Other
articles dell.

DERBY.—large show of wheat, which sold slowly at
last week's rates. Barley Is. lower. Oats dull. Old
beaus firm.

CATTLE MARKETS.
141TROPOLITAX, Thursday.—The number of beasta ii
not quite b 0 large as on Thursday last; trade is, bows
ever, very dull, and they cannot all be sold. A few
choicest qualities maintain Monday', quotations. The
supply of sheep is also rather small. The demand is
troy limited, and many remain unsold. Good valves,
being bearer, are sold rather dearer. Our foreign
steeply consist of 390 head., 2,020 bhp'', and 291 cellos;
milch cows, 90.—Reusta at market, 1,270 ; sheep and
lambs, li(an) ; calves, 44;3 pigs, 210,
NEMGATE ANI) LLADRNHALL, Friday.—The markets
are soy dull, and the aupplies, though only moderate,
are more than adequate for the demand. Reef, 2s. W.
to 4, ; mutton, is. to 401. 4.1. ; veal, 3.1. 4.1 to 4s. 4d. ;
pork, 3s. teL to 44. 4.1. per atone.
11111,1'01, Thurailay.—There was • good supply of beef
awl mutton at the market. and of beef there was •
large variety of oxen and heifers. The oxen were prin.
eipally Western Itome.hreda, but there were a con- !
aidershle number of trial byway of superior description,
!The heifer,, mere also of excellent quality, and a large
spirsidity of beef wan aold during the day ; aod,
altl.ougli, nu the whole, there was an upward tendency
in the serious rates, yet tin re was but little difference
in the price as compared with previous weeks. The
dement for mutton sem unaually brisk, mid almost
a Gioreingli clearance was effected at decidedly higher
soot:dim., than hot week's. The higher rates luny be
mounded for now in cone...pence of Ow increased
value of the akius. The quality of the mutton, both ewe
ant wether, was exeellent, awl the present wet weather
will cause • large 'lumber of them to be driven to the
market. The windier 'items, awl eidves bad preceydibly '
increased aince last week, but the demand wax notbiiiik,
and the dcacriptions riot so good—there was, canoe-
quently, Ito. Wens. effected than at come of the
previous markets. There were Koine excellent grazing
meets from Ireland, for home of which MO was asked.
'ohm edit, however, at a eonahlerably lower figure, and
the borreners, of which there was a great number present
and bold, averaged I:12 each. There was, as usual, •
full minket of pip of sins; the sale was slow, and
the uric., leinained unaltered. There were a number
of dealers iii lint its prestot. hnt, not many buyers, few
vsl.l. and those at very moderate prices. The iiame
might be said it the //01,s, market for smile time patat.
60s. to 635. ; mutton, thl. to 7,1 d. ; fat pip,
Ps.

WEVIIILL FA IR.—On Saturday last this great
annual fair c..ninieticed, for sheep only; the second and
third days an. for the wile of fat and lean calk and
hors.* ; Ito loot three days for rattle, horses, hops
cheese, and al, infinite number of articles used by agri-
cultiw.t., including steam and other machines for
threshing corn, phoi4long lend, .ke. Every yard of
land, including the road. and lanes leading to the fair
field,w..a Crowded tin pain) - Hampshire, Sasses,
'Wiltshire, and other tiouilidown she. p, number
exceeding MO MO, exclusive of many (kilts of
honied sheep front Dorwet slid Somerset, the grand
total approaching 2110,000, their estimated v..lne
being more than £400,000. Ity nix o'clock ram.
nninher of idirehloera were on the rround, busily
selecting the 'beep they required, their preference
being decidedly for the far.famed Hampshire Down
Ames, although the pliers were rather lower than at
this fair in ISGI!, or 2.. per head cheaper than those
sehl At the late Wilton fair. Fin • IrCre also
quickly bought, last 'ear'o lAnilso making extraordinary
prices, particularly those from the eminent breeders
residing in Anti mound Andover, Stoekbri•lge. Long.
parish. Winchester. Itimisey, Whitchurell, and other ills.
soviets. Young anti three-year Did rani* sold also at
high figums. Fat sheep eis2re in good deinand. By
twelve o'clock at noon acarly every pen of sheep hail
been cleared. Priers as follows :—llampallise Lsown
ewes sold at from to each; Wiltshire ditto,
1.. 40..; other breed., 40A. to GOA.; Hampshire ewe
tugs, to 511.. ; Wiltshire ditto, 30s. to 40s. ; Dorset
ewes, 40.. to 50.1. ; ditto togs, :15s. to 4.10. ; ram lambs,
Ell to EG ; two year olds oil upward., kri to EIO ; fat
down wether sheep made from ss. to ss. 44. the stone of
filh. ; large ditto sheep, 4.. bd. to sa. ; ditto fat ewes,
4.. 41; to 4.. fish

—A R lIINT BY A LIVIMPOOL DX-
TacTl VIL —On Wednesday afternoon Thomas Smith,
one of the Liverpool ileetivcs, apprehended, near tho
Red Lion Hotel. a man named Samuel Parker, who
was charged with having absconded from Liverpool
on the preceding IVedueeday, carying with him
42,.100 belonging to Messrs.. Chambers, Holder, and
Co., cotton brokers. When taken into custmly,
Smith found in the prisoner's possession .£320 in
bank note*, 1:15 Ins, in gold, and a considerable
amount in valuables, which had been purchased out
of the money with which Parker absconded. When
placed in the dock on Thursday, before the Liver-
pool magistrate, Ileum Chambers, Holder, and Co.
declined to prosecute, and the prisoner was diacharged
out of custody. It appears that Parker sent back
three bank notes for £5OO each, enclosed in letters
of a bantering tone, and it is understood that nearly
all the money a hick he carriedsway with him has now
been recuvere d.

DORCHESTER FARMERS' CLUB.
icHIC FIRST MEETING will be held at
A half-part 5 o'clock in the Evening or SATITIC
DAY, the 24th OCTOBER, 1863, at the Kiso's eame
sum., pommel's.
G. J. ANDREWS, Hoe. Sec.
Dorchester, 12th October, 1863.