The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-02-22 00:00:00

Erne anb Comma.

TA.—Our market is steady, and common sound
°onion' is worth Is. Id. per lb.
tiva,An.— There is an average business doing in good
and fine raw sugars, at full quotations ; but low and
damp parcels move Idl slowly, on former terms. Float-
ing cargoes are held at estreme rates. Itefined goods
rule inactive, at 52.. to tid. fur brown lumps.

Fit tt'IDA.LNT TRADE M A Ulta.— At the monthly
inevting of the council of the Bir 000 ill gliam Chamber of
Conimer, on WrIinCIMIAY, the (.4h...zing letter from the
Foreignorfice was read .—" Foreigivotfice, February 14,
194.19.—5ir, —I MO directed by the Earl of Malmesbury
li. acknowledge the receipt ofthe menusial signed by
ymi on behalf of the It gliam Cluouber of Col 1111 l erco
culling his Lordship's attention b.:their:minima imitation
of the trade marks of British manufacturers in foreign
countries ; and I Rill to request that you will inform
the Chamber of Commerce that this aubject is under
the consideration id Ikr Mujesty's government, with a
view to stela being taken for the protection of British
trade marks in all countries. —I Mil, sir, your meat
obedient humble servantl-6. Spooner,
Esq., Ml'. "
Tut sit AND ORIENTAL roMPANT.—Mr.
Anderson, ,lie of the Director: of the Peninsular and
Oriental Company, is at Snez, inspecting the u•tralian
inail packet Columbian, uith a view to purchasing it for
his company. The chief engineer of the Orissa, at
Alexandria, lias been telegraphed fur from that plat, to
look at the machinery of the :team. r. The pany
are accumulating an enormous thet. In a few years
they a ill possess nearly lOU steamers. Such a fleet will
no doubt be necessary to carry out the load packet and
trading operations with l'hnia, Japan, and the Eastern
Archipelago. Ultimately tin hunt of the company's
operations in the north-east will probably be Britiah
'olunibia. They hace already C01111(1:4,1 Mauritius slid
Bourbon with India and Australia, and their mail
scheme could be easily extended from the African sale
of the Eastern ocean to the tape it (lid Hope, and
thus South Africa would be connected with our Lists rn
possemiona, and have a double mail cun,.uuuiicatiuuu With
India. 'rhe Salsette will bring the first Atistralian
snail to Suez under the new contract. The Northam
will arrive there at the same time with the Bombay
mail, and will take the first IWaWaril Australian mail,
while the Salsette will take on the outward Bombay
and it will be the invariable practice hr the
steamer arriving at Suez, from Australia to proceed to
Bo obay and be decked and overhauled. Such is the
enormous strain on the inachinery ,d a /dill, that haa
made the long stretch front AnAtralia to Suez that die
ought not to make the return voyage without docking ;
instead, therefore, if continually running to and from
Sydney to Suez, and to and ft King Gverge's Sound
and Ceylon, without even a break, the Oriental
VaDY'S boats will only run from Melbourne to Suez, and
from them.* to Bombay, and the stretch acrosu the
Indian Ikean without stopping will only be from King
I:corge's Sound to the Mauritiu.s. The dates of departure
of the first steamer under the new contr..st are—Sydney,
Feb. 14; Melbourne, 17t1i ; Kangaroo Island (Adelaide).
19th ; King George's Sound, 24th ; Mauritius, March
sthu; and Aden, 19th. She will arrive at Suez on the
2:itl,, and the inail will leave Alexandria on the 2111 i ;
Malta, 29th • Gibraltar, April 3rd ; and reach South-
ampton on the Bth. The Northam inadc a capital run
out to Bombay from Southampton in sixty days.

iiDAND DE TRADE RETERNA. —I.IDDAE.—ThRi MOM•
in were tamed the Ikutril of Traile returns for the
le,,ntt and the year entlim• the lllst ..1 Ihcouber,
We subjoin a statement ;:f the declared value of the
export..of Britiah and Irish produce filla manufactures
during the th and eleven months, including only
the " enumerated" articles :
I Wel
114:17
1 ?cat

For the month. For the year.
. £i07,450.195
, 6,615,979
, 9,475,Zi1

•
Including the "uneninnerated articles," the aggregate
reports atands thus :
I S:pi;
I rC.7
18:03

For the month. For the year.
. F. 10,045,226
. 7,14+4,011
• 10,0511,71311

The chief Analyet of the "sanitary Commiation," Dr.
ARTIIIII HILL tram., ILL a recenti) publehed report of
" The General Tea. qf Cow:acme," eriteo When at the
London lbw*, I iiiµveted the prertit imeaSoll.o imports belong-
ing to Mesero. 11 "'Wilma awl Co.. the well known originee
introducer. of • Pore t'neulournl Tea. :I saw numerous chei4l
front different carve,. opened, and took sample. therefrom,
which I afterwards; lubjeeted to both mireiwoonal and chemical
analy-b. I found both Black, and Greeno entirely free from
all leartlered culauriag—tbe Greve a natural dull ober Mr,
with IioRC o.f the imparted bluebb facing found on the meta in
common It. That Investigation. enahle tue ainfidently
WWII!. that coneumore one having the elwice of per, tea will
not be shier in deckling between It and that !nit up to realize
higher Prier, through the worthier brown Weft being hidden
or glared OVer with the powdered colours employed.

LONDON MARKETS.

(Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

MARK-LANE, MONDAY, FEB. 21.

The supplies of English and foreign wheat at
our market to-day were moderate.
Trade dull at last Monday's quotation&
Barley without alteration.
Oats maintained their value.
Beans cheaper.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21.

Our market was supplied to-day with three
thousand and three hundred beasts, and seven-
teen thousand five hundred sheep.
Trade about the same.

Beef, best quality 4 10
Mutton, ditto