The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-03-15 00:00:00

grate ant, Commerce.

31.11%01E+47ER, March 11.—The contradictory account
from the continent as to the probable solution of the
Italian difficulty have not disturbed the growing con •
&knee among buyers, and there is more business for
Germany and other European markets than at the com-
mencement of the week, with very full prices. For
' India the market is 'ouch quieter in both cloth and yarns,
last adviees froni Calcutta reporting tl,e market dull,
and those trio Bombay being discouraging. There is a
fair demand for printing cloths and wine sorts are scarce.
Some of the producers of India shirting, coming out of
orders du not stand out for such extreme prices, but
! still the market is generally firm, at the quotations of
I Tuesday.
The Northfleet Docks and 'London Quays Company
have issued their prospectuses, the proposed capital be-
ing £1,500,1X*, in 1:21.) 'hares. One feature of the scheme
is that it will comprise the formation of extensive dry
docks, the want of which has lung been felt. The entire
area of the works will be lbi acres, with a river wall
of three-quarters of a mile, and railway and telegraphic
communication will be secured by the 'North Kent line,
to which a short branch is to be constructed, while on
the opposite side of the Thames there is the London,
Tilbury, and Southend line. It is proposed to incorpo-
rate with the undertaking certain waterside warehouses
in London, known as Brewer's, Chester's, and Galley
Quays, in Lower Thames-street, as well as those of
Barber and Co., abutting on the Blackwell Railway.
With regard to the economical completion of the un-
dertaking, the promoters ley great stress upon the fad-
titles afforded by the chalk formation of the locality. The
, distance of Northdeet from London is about 3) miles,
, and it immediately adjoins Gravesend.
Thc monthly return of the Bank of France on Friday
shows an increase of 4:1,320.0100 in the stock of btl•
lion, which is thus raised to 1:22,3U0,000. The notes in
circulat' have experienced another decrease of
P E 700,000, and the contraction of trade is also evidenced
by a decline of 1:1,470,11XJ in the discounts. In the tree-
) sury balance there is an augmentation of £940,000 while
e the deposits of the public show a decrease of Z 264,0011.
The advances on Bente* have decreased £4o.tlooh but
- in thaw on shares there is an increase of £lBO,OOO.

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RAILWAY REt:EIPTN.—The traffic returns of railways
in the United Kingdom publiahed for the week ending
March 5 einouuteil to 1:431.866, and for the corres-
ponding week in 18:10. to 1383,466, showing an increase
of 1:48,400. The Fruiwi receipts of the eight railways
having their termini in the metropolis fur the week
ending as above amounted to £1711,065, and for the cur-
l' responding 'writs' of 1858 to £lbti,l76, showing an
itieewoie r,t I:2.3,i;rei. The increase in the receipts of the
Eastern Counties Railway amounted to £1,e10; on the
Crest Western to £4,27;0il tire London and North-
Western to 1:7,1t19 ; en, the London and Blackwell to
1:301 ; on the London, Brighton, and South Coast to
1:4,1/1 ; on the London and SoutloWestern to g 3,817;
end on the South-Eastern to £3,571 ; total, £2s,ffilit.
But from this intuit be deducted £1,444t, the decrease on
the Crest Northern, leaving the increase as above,
1:23,6*J. The receipts on the other lines in the United
Kingdom amounted to 1:251,001, and for the corres.
ponding week of last year to 1:226,2110, showing an in•
crease on those lints of £14,711, which added to the
increase on the metropolitan aidies the total
increase £444,401.1 as compared with the corresponding
week of 18513.