The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-01-04 00:00:00

Crab( ant) Continua.

MANCHESTER, December .11.—The full prices of Mon-
day are maintained, and there is a good general demand
for India and China. with Wine difficulty among buyers
in placing orders owing to the absence of stocks. Tile
cloths moot in request are shirtings, inadapollame,
jaconets, and printers. Other fabrics, though in less
request, are Ann in price. There is a good business
al., in yarns, which are in demand for all markets,
especially for the home trade and for India and China.
Buyers for Germany anti the Mediteraneau continue in
the market, ant the advance of 4ml. obtained on Tuesday
is fully maintained.
In the colonial produce-markets during the week
business has been materially contracted on account of
the Christmas holydays : but prices show scarcely any
alteration. The public sales already advertised are
.t fair inquiry has prevailed, and there appear
signs of increased animation. A few pr.rcels of sugar
have changed hands at time previous value. The con-
sumption for the United Kingdom this tear will
probably exceed th it of the preceding by 45,000 to
77,000 tous. Coffee remains steady and in better
demand, particularly Ceylon of native growth. The
crop this 'Callen Will, it is stated, prove rather under
the recent esainates. Tea has been very Arm since the
receipt of the China letters; but the dealers are engag4
its stuck Cabin usual at the close of the year, and
make only moderate purchases. There have also been
a few speculative in ioiries. New teas by the Ballarat
have realized fair prises. Low kinds of East India rice
still attract attention. Saltpetre is dull, and slightly
cheaper, rime refiners :ippear to have large orders on
hand. Ordinary descriptions of Madras and Bengal
have adv stitard 2.1. to 3.1. per It. upon the latom
depiessed quotations. Several important gales of spice
have been declared. _ .

RAILWAY LIU% FOB VICTORI A.—The first parcel of
debentures of the Railway Loin for the colony of Vic-
toria is announced to b • offered to public tender at the
London awl West 11l ill ster llsok on Friday next, the 7th
of January. The altiollllt Will be £1,0110,0110, and •
further sumo( like magnitude is expo ded to be brought
forward during the year. A deposit of :i per cent, will
be required upon e•tell tender, the remainder to he paid
on the lit of February. The debentures are for amounts
of LIlt), E.:AX), and EI,OtIO, redeemable in 25 years with
interest accruing front the let of October last. The
London committee representing the six banks by whom
the negotiat: has leen undertaken, point out that the
revenue of the colony for 1657 was .C 3,3117,467 and that
it is estimated to realise • similar total this year, and
that nearly tine-half is expended annually on internal
impn,venients. Looking at these facts, the prepondera-
ting British element in the population of the colony.
and the increased value likely to be conferred on its
lands by the system of railways fur which the loan is
raised, there is enough to create • very favourable
isupre.ion as to the value 14 the security; but it must
be reinembered that the total to be obtained in the short
spate of four years is E 5,1100,0110, of which LT.000,090 is
, to be drawn Irmo the Loudon market. Moreover, that
colonies, after having once tasted the sweets of borrow-
, ing, seldom know when to leave off, that popular legit'.
Ilatures are almost always more ready to contract loans
than to provide for them, that there are a number of
tither colonies in Australia snd elsewhere which have
equal donna And are not likely to forget us. and, filially,
and Above all, that whatever may be the worth of the
various securities pressed upon WI from all aides, there
really are lto to our capacity for taking them. The
existing Victoria 6 per cent. Bonds were quoted on Fri-
day in the Stock-Exchange 111 to 112, or 108 to 109 ex
interest due on the lit of January. The new ones pro-
posed lip be issued will have four mouths' interest
accrued.

It !MAT RICCEIPT/L—The traffic returns of railway'
in the United Kingdom published for the week ending
December 25 amounted to £451,1i70, and for the corres-
ponding week in 1857 to £422,620, showing an increase
£32,010. The gross receipts of the eight railways
having their he • in the metropolis for the week
ending as above eiiiounte4jio £197.426, And for the cor-
responding period of hod year to showing en
increase of £7,017. The increase in the Eastern l'oun-
ties Railway amounted to £iO4; on the Great Western
to £1,605; on the London and North-Western to
£6,054; on the London, Brighton, and South Coast to
CAB ; on the London and Smith-Weetern to MK ; and
on the South-Esetern to £si; total, £10,072. But
from this must be deducted E 3,001, the decrease on the
Gre“t Northern, and £3l on the London and Blackwell,
leaving the increase as above, £7,037. The receipts on
the other r.iilvrays in the United Kingdom =molted to
r 258,844, and for the corresponding period of 1857 to
,V 511,101 showing au increase of £15,013, which, added
to the increase on the metroplitan lines, ruskeis the total
increeasi £82.050 as compared with the corresponding
week of 1857.

Mao Wary multiplies production : Chemistry often pinnies
oar food; but aptdiances-in-ald are not always ttnytmeentenne
for instance when gemj teeoa readily obtainable—arm
eekedessem Ms—Dr. Samuel Johnson liked suck the fre-
quenter. of " Gamey.", in the days of Charlesll. obtained
mirth ; and wise people seek such now. John Chinaman iald
" Malkin merchant like need kaki" and, he mode all his tee
rod bw he was. not 14.1 W in finding out that it would
aid Idm to ai.grUke his brown flavourless autumn leaves for
by colouring all qualities alike, he doubler AM ors sod as
Preiffe. flornieian and Cs., Leaden. Pinder
quality before appearance and therefore import out/ She
dm'''. Wring ext., that bane no need to be disclaim' with
Powdered colour :—thie every English Ms drinker sihreas ft ty
nisi Myra/nesef. as this tes is amps peed alke. It le sup-
plied only In peekata, through Hornbeam's ars Amara. Pia
list of &genie in this LocaLsee me advertisement to this Mier
MIMI%

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LATEST PROVINCIAL MARKETS.

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Waitutuurn, Saturday, Jan. I. Wheat Mk to
Mu. find week, Mk to 435.); new wheat, —a. to —a.
(lag week. --s.to—s.) Marley, Mts. to 425. Oast week,
235. to 425.); Osta, 225. to 204. (last week. VA. to 21k.
Beans, MA. to 411 s. (last week, 425. to 103.) Pella, —a.
to a. (last week, .a. to a.) 1111). loaf. 10,1
SOCTHAIIPTOX. Friday. 011 wheat, CIO Os. to
CIO 10s. ; new, £lllss. to Ell Os. per load. Malting bar-
ley. 365. to 425. ; grinding ditto. 275. to 330. Oats, 21.
to 2its. Beans, 404. to 414 i. Malt. 61s. to BBs. per qr.
—There was a steady demand for wheat at this day's
market, wiles being effected at fully late unGlati""L
Choice samples in some CR*l."l realised an advance of In.
per or. Barley, both malting and grinding, was In
Measly demand, at about Iste rates. Oats and beans
were without change. Flour remained as I.t quoted.

ANDOVISR, Friday.—Wheat, 38s. 04. to 445. 04. per
qr. ; barley, 254. to 37a. per qr.; (Mt*, 206. to 255.;
Itimmi, 445. to 411*..; pea*. 42.. to 41k.; Tares. to
to —s. per bushel—Rye, 4.. 6.4. to Gs. per bushel.-
Itread, 11J. per MM.—Floor. fo 31., per
There yea IFNI a moderate supply, prices being firm, at last
week's quotatious. . . _

!lament., Thuraday.—Wheat, white, To. Od. to Ts'.
; red, 4..9d. to 5.. 3d. per bushel ; new white
0,1. to tis. 6.1. ; new r,.1 4.. 6.1. to Tic 3d. ; 11.irley, malt-
ing. 36e. Oil. to 42*. 0.1. per qr. ; grinding, 27.. to 30.. ;
Oats, white feed, 225. Od. to 2.14. Od. per gr. ; Mack,
224. to Zia. Od. ; Oats, Irish, white, 235. 6.1. to 211.. ;
black, 211 s. 64. to 21s. lid. ;Ik,ans, English, 4 To. Od.
t 611. 0,1. per bushel ; new 5.. 6.1. to 6.. ; Peas, boil.
Etia. 0.1. to 60.. 0.1. • for pigs, 4.;*. Od. to 50s. lat. per
qr. ; Flour, F.nglialt, best :10.t. MI. to 31*. Od.
pOr sack—The supply of English wheat was short, and
sold, if anything, rather better than last week. Malt•
bug barley fully as deer; grinding the torn easier. Oat.
maintain their values, but with a slow sale. Beans
very firm. Peas neglected.

At the principal provincial corn markets on Saturday
last wheat was mostly • moderate supply, and an ad-
VlllOO alrolll ii. to 24. was in WIC) cease effected
Fine barley in soine places brought Is. more; while as
to oats, beans, and peas, prices were mostly about the
same as on the previous Saturday.

LIVERPOOL WOOL-MARKET, JAN. 1.
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This hi' been almost • blank week in business, .
saw it this period of the yaw, but the market or both
foreign sad Scotch wools bolds out the prospect of con.
eider•ble activity.

BIRTHS.
December 27, M Horton, the wife of Mr. Joseph
Atkins, of • son.