The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-01-30 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL ARTICLE.

The English funds opened at a slight recovery, the
fi at %ranee:airier in Console being it 87, bet there was
poon a islaper, and the Anal quotations were the Mali
as before, 801 to j for delivery, and 87 for the ammo&
Bank !Stock left off at 215 to 217; Reduced and New
Three per Cents., 801 to j; India Stock, XS to 212;
India Five Per Cento., 861 to j ; Rupee Paper, 100 to
10, and 107 to 10; India Bonds, 10e. to Ms. psi.; sod
Acchryier-bills, ba. to 1.. di,.

The r tore franc the Bank of England for the week
er.,beg the 24th of Scenery eves the following result.,
when °marred with the previous week:—

Publl4 dermas
Other deposits

r 3,509.714 _lncrease £7.018
3,439 945 lacrosse . 189,450
14,130,091 Dooreal• 255,118

ibe tire other side of the aoeonet :
laoverement securities t 9 865 982 .Deerease... £4,994
ttltter securities . 19,411 203. Da:rt.» 576,396
Notes unemployed .. 5,9.44.83.5 _lncrease 507,085

Ti. .mount of notes in circulation is £20,872,380,
hi•ina decrease of £133,40, and the stock of bullion
In both departorents is C 1070,780, showing an In.
cre.iie of ra,926 •Itra compared with the preceding
rt turn.

I. tle stare market there wee no recovery of anima-
thrn and tie g,nrr.t tendency of the vitiations from
lo.vere anal quotations eras again adverse. In Englieh
ealersys, Great Northern (A stook) relapsed ; and
ditto (original) and North Fosters (York) declined
'each, Great Eastern 1, Lancashire and Yorkshire 4,
Midland (Et shares) 4, ditto (stock) and Mnuebester,
Sheffield, ea, • further 4 each, North• Western and
Sonthonstern • farther 4 each, and Metropolitan
fanlike 11. In oolonial, Grand Trunk of Conwls
saestened 1, Great Western of Canada (new shares)
relapeed 4. and ditto (paid up) receded 4. In foreign,
Lemberg Curnowits improved 1, Loninedo-Venetian
relapsed 4, and Great Lutemhostes end Bunke and
Meuse declined 4 nun. In Amadeus, Atlantie sod
Great Western (Poonsylvaein Lit Mortgage) deolined 1.
end Erie shares (paid up) and Illinois Central
shares • further each. In mines, the may
alteration wasp an improvement of 1 in St. John del
Roy. Of the busks, Alliance (of both descriptioes)
reeuvered 1 each, Consolklated improved 4, flooodord of
British South Africa (E 10 declined 1, Euglish
Stock 4. nod European 4. In miscollimeoes, General
Credit recovered ; Joint-Stook Discount improved 4.
and International Financial ; Humber Ironwork* and
Penineular and Orientiel (nee) declined 1 each, Nein
Marine 4. Hudson's litny and Overearl, Gurney and Co.
n further 4 each, London Financial further, 4, and
Cie& Fenner • further ; and Atlantic and Omni
Wiratern Debentures were without alteration at 84 to
lilt (Smal)) 86 to 88, and ditto oew Consolidated Bands
to Ipso, (paid up) 714 to 794 en coupon.
The acetic receipts of railways in the United King.
410th connoted for the week ending the SSA of January,
12N7 miles, to £617,665, and for the acerespoeding
meet of loot year, on 11,897 miles, to 083,120, showing
an increase of 410 miles and of 04.566. The gross

'receipts on tho following 14 mil ways \ Mounted, ht the
aggregate, to 8,808 miles, to £.521,345, and for to;
eormsponding esek of 1865, on 8,489 miles, to £493,281,
sowing an increase of 319 miles, and an Maros. of
£28,064. The increase on the Caledonian amounted
to £1,121; on lb. Great Northern to £2.327 ;ou the Great
Souther end Western to ELSA ;on the Greet Weenies
a.. £2,611; on the L-trees.hire and Yorkshire to £4,118;
Loodon and North- Western to £5,527;
on the London and Brighton to £1,119; on the
London end South•Weatere to £1,402 on the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire to £2,308; en
saw idoland to £2,612; no the North British to ELM?:
on the Northilestern to £2,766; on the South.
Eastern to £l5B total, £30,042. But from this
must be deluded fl 978. the decrease on the
Great ffieetern ; leering the increase is above,
as (egg The goods and mineral traffic on those lines
amounted to 1£311,016, and for the eorrespooding week of
1865 to £297,445, shoeing an increase of £13,840. The
receipts for peassegere, mires* Inc., ernoented
to
£216,280, seines £195,838, showing an increase of
£14,421. The traffic receipts on 62 other limo amounted,
on 3,is• miles, to £96,320, and for tbe corresponding
week of lot year, on 3,408 miles, to £89,832, showing
an inc.-ease of 89 miles and of £6,481 in the receipts
The total receipts of the past week show a lecreem of
£21,617 ad oimpared with thoo of the preceding week
ending the 13th January.

The esioniel peados. markets ham been steady,
although the mistimed high rate of discount renders
buyers indisposed to manta extensively. In a few
•ries prices bare sheen a slight &drum es times of Mit
ovish. Sugar is denser, the redeem, sham eappliso • f
geode ham become moderate, taking West lndia more
f reely, while there is elm an improved demand from
the trade. Grasery kinds us still difficult to sell.
The coffee-market fully mintadas the recent advance.
A few par.-els of der bare eissee-d hoods by privet.
contrset at previous now Tbe tee.meskst has Hem
unsettled, and prime have been irregular, owing to the
eery lugs, quaatity offering from the resent imports.
Medium to good blaskish leaf congoes ham Mee
realised st lower rates. At the public males of Isaias
growth Mid this week the good to Its. qualities were
taken with fair spirit, at full terms, for the ASS•B4
Company's teas. InferMr of ell grease went at &beeline.
Illsek and while popper bare supported their former
value, bet the demand ham slackened. Orsees has brought
rather higher rates.