The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-07-21 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE.
Influenced by the brilliant weather. and by the esti/.
factory .pecta, both here and on the Continent,
an well ashArvinwAimTricia. the grain trade has been In • very
quiet state.
At Mark-Lene to-day English wheat has ruled two
&tilling. per quarter lower than on Monday last, and the
market has closed week.
Any reversal of activity need not be apprehended so
long as the weather keeps favourable. The future course
of the trade will doubtless be characterised by extreme
quietness, and not improbably prices may further recede_
The quantity of wheat now on passage to the United
Kingdom is estimated at one hundred and fifty-one
thousand quarters, agaiwit one million awl eighty-seven
thousand quarters this tinie last year.
Barley has been in moderate request, and supplies short.
Pricesn have been a shade firmer.
Malt has been dull, and unaltered.
English Oats have been scarce, awl foreign have not
twin over plentiful. The trade has been rather firmer,
an sound corn is slightly dearer.
mtiso quietly dwelt in, and without alteration in value.
Beans and Pens unaltered.
Flour one shilling lower on the week.

MARK LANE, Tuts DAY.
The market closed heavily. English wheat was la. vi
and foreign k per or. lower than on Monday last.
Oat 4 and Matte rather steadier. Beans and peas
unaltered. Flour dull.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE, TRIM DAY.
About 4,500 beasts, including 1.200 foreign. Demand
7,1,,re active. Prices unaltered. Inferior 5. to ss. 44.
prime ss. 44. to ss. 104. About 21,500 sheen._ ,Deman.'l
dull. Inferior, 4. 4.1. to 4s. 8.1. I prime. 4a. 100- to
hand% 4s. 44. to tis. 44. Calves, 41. to rt 4. 24. Pig to 4s. to
11.104.

THE ENDOWED SCHOOLS BILL.
At a conference of Liberal Members of Parliament and
others in London to-day resolution was adopted
denouncing the Endowed Schools Bills, as retrogressive
and unprecedented, and urging opposition of the measure
at every stage.

THE CORN AND CATTLE TRADE.
At the leading markets on Saturday the corn trade was
and prices generally declined Is. At Dorchester
there was • short supply of English wheat, which sold at
IA. per imperial quarter reduction, while romPlet of f°roign
were 2a. per quarter lower than last week. Vine oats tkl.
dearer. The cutting of wheat has commenced in thin
neighbourhood, and the crop is regarded as film At the
fortnightly wile of stock there was a large supply of fat
Is.asts Heifers and calves realised from to LllO ;
beef, 134. 901, per score; fat bulls, .Cl 4 to Ell 10e. A. large
supply of sheep, priori not being very high, but a clear.
once was effected. Fat ewes made from 37.. to 454. each;
fat wethers Ms dd. to SAI. ; lambi sold well, at from
214. to Us. each. At Taunton very little grain offered or
inquired for, and the small transactions effected were at •
reduction of fully la. At Reading millers being 'lndianowsl
to purchase to any extent, business nags. Barley is scarce
and dear, and oats still maintain their high price. At
Bath English wheat was In small amply ; fine qualities
about maintained last week's prices, but inferior was fully
IA. per sack cheaper. Foreign • slow sale, at Is. to Is.
decline. At Gloucester market there was rather more
Euzlish wheat offering, and prices were Is. to 2a. lower;
foreiga extremely dull, though offered at 2a. per quarter
les, money. Maize and barley without change in value.
Oats in better demand, at extreme prima At Warminster
o small aupply of wheat, which met a dull trade at •
decline of Is. to 24. per qr. Prices :—Wheat, Oa. to Ms
per quarter ; barley, Ma. to tile. ; eats 22a. to Th.; beans,
31k. to ea ; peas, 311 toils; rye, 30s to Ma. ; vetches,
4t. to ss. par bushel ; flour, 40s. to 47a per seek.

FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT: FIFTEEN
LIVES LOST.
A terrible explosion of tire-damp occurred on Saturday
night, in the Wigan six-feet-nine seam, by which fifteen
men lost their lives. Owing to the frequent accidents in
this seam. gunpowder Is only used at night, and under the
direction of thoroughly competent firemen. There were,
therefore, only twelve men in the pit, when a fearful
explosion was heard at the surface. Fortunately, the
shaft and cages were not much injured, and in a couple of
hours it was possible for an exploring party to descend.
It was soon apparent that no persons could be found alive
111 that seam. In an upper seam, known as the Wigan
four-feet, there were thirteen men who escaped, bit three
were as near the entrance that they were killed, one being
:shockingly mutilated. At yet only five bodies have been
brought to the surface, the operations of the explorers
being checked by the probability that the explosion has
left • smouldering fire behind it. Mr. Gilroy, the
manager' has the assistance of the manngen of adjacent
collierina, and of the Government inspector. Mr. Bill. It
is. unfortunately, certain that fifteen lives have been loot.
Mnat of the victims are married men. Nothing ii yet
known as to the cause.
[Br TILMILAPH.—MONDAVI
Two mere bodies have been recovered, being those of the
fireman and an assistant-