The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-08-24 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.
REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE.
The grain trade has become much quieter owing to the
fine weather and the more satisfactory harvest prospects.
Mae crops in the northern districts thresh out more satis-
factorily than these further south ; the quality of tie wheat
Is, howeve•, generally second rate. At Mark Lane to-day
samples of wheat have further given way to tee extent of
two to three I.liillinits per quarter, the general top price
now being fifty shillings, and the market is weak at the
reduction.
It is evident we must be prepared for a wide difference
between the highest and lowest prices asked ; still no
adequate reason can be offered why prices should rule
much above the level now prevalent ; certainly there
Is nothing in the present aspect of affairs to Justify such
an expectation. It is but fair to assume thsa a
moderate advance from current rates would greatly
stimulate shipments to us, in addition to which large
supplies of old produce remain both here and elsewhere to
counterbalance this years' deficiency. The spring corn
trade has been quiet. Oats and maize have fallen six-
pence Der quarter. Beans and peas quiet Flour one to
two ihjlllnp lower.

MARK LANE. —Tina DAY.
Old wheat drooping. New wheat 2s. to 3a lower.
Genmi top prim, new 50a Sample weighing 62}
pounds per bushel held for 525. Barley dull. Oats and
maim 6d. easier. Flour Is. to 2a lower.

31ETROPOLITAN CATTLE. —MONDAY.
Nearly 6,000 beasts of which about half are foreign.
Trade firm Si 4s. to 6e. 24. About 21,000 sheep. Market
rather dearer at k. 64 to?. 2.1. Lambs firm at 61. to Ba.
Caiyeiie.6dtAfls.Sh Piga 4s. 6.1 to 55. 6d. At Deptford
there are 180 Spanish sheep.

THE CORN AND CATTLE TRADE.
The grain trade on Saturday wee quiet and drooping.
The fine harvest weather thinned the attendance at
markets, and prices were Is. to 3s. lower for wheat At
Dorchast_er, farmers being busy, the grain on offer was
small. Wheat was Is. cheaper than last week, when the
prevailing quotations were 50a. to Gs. per Imperial qr.,
the official average then being 521 i. Spring corn at late
prices,
_grinding barley being quoted at %is. to 325. per
imperial quarter. At Yr. Ensor's fortnightly sale the
supply of stock was but moderate, Fat beef may be
riolotvl at from 13s. to 15s. 6.1. pser score: mutton from Pd.
to 10.1. per lb. ; lamb, from 10.1. to Is. At Taunton, wheat
sold at a decline of 3.. to 4s. on the week, barley and
males Is lower. Flour 375. per sack. At Reading, both
old and new wheat a downward tendency. 58e. per qr.
was given for a fine lot of new wheat. A better average
crop will be realised than was anticipated. At Warmin-
ster, trade very flat, and a reduction of fully 2.1. Per Or.
had to be acceded to. Wheat, 40s. to 50a. per qr.: barley,
lea to 47..; rata, 2Ps. to 30s. ; beans, 475. to 575. pea&
418.. to 55..: flour, 31a to 345. per sack. At ilath, old
English wheat was in good supply. Only one sample of
red on offer; this lot 121 b. Trade coni-
pletely at a standatilLwateper uarter decline. The
quality of the new crop is better than was anticipated.
Wheat. red, 48a. to 545. per quarter: ditto, white 52m. to
80.; flour, seconds, 38s. per sack: bread, Cod per 41b. loaf.
At Gloucester, there was • small supply of English
wheat, and where sales were made Is. to lla.
per quarter lass money was accepted. There were a few
samples of the new crop shown, principally of whito wheat
the quality being variable, and the value about hes. to &is.
per Oft lb.. Red also variable, at about 1041. to 50s. Foreign
neglected, at Sts. reduction. Grinding barley ill, lower.
liaise rather easier. Oats of fine quality firm. At
Southampton very little business was passing. Old wheat
sold at from 54a to Mk per qr., while several parcels of
new made Ins. to:Es., and the prices of other descriptions
of grain were nominally as last week.

•
TII E II ARV EST.
In both Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire the corn
mops are being rapidly garnered. The reports as to the
yield ere very varied. An Essex report states that the
thrashing machine succeeds in knocking only about three
tracks of corn out of • good waggon load of sheaves; where-
as in • good yielding year four to five sacks are obtained.
In the Vale of Aylesbury a scarcity of labour has been
found, and an much as 21s. per acre is being paid to men
for cutting wheat Taken altogether the crops are better
than WU anticipated.
Mr. .1.1. Hecht writes :—Four weeks of brilliant har-
vest weather, scarcely interrupted by a single shower,
have vastly improved harvest prospects and removed many
of our fears. The sodden ground, the soaked, laid, and
watery crops, unripened and sadlookftig, have been
thoroughly dried and ripened, and although the kernels
in the heads id' wheat are less numerous and smaller than
in an abundant etiouron, they will prove of fair dour-
making quality. The barley crop, laid early and matted
with clover and weeds, hu been saved by the dry
weather, but will, in too many rues, be unfit for pale ale.
If this fine weather continues • large crop of it will be
harvested. The season has especially suited the oat crops,
which, previous to the wet time, were unpromising.
There will be a second crop of clover, more perfect and
abundant than the first. It is in full flower ready for the
sithe, and with • suitable time for making will give us
valuable stacks. Winter beans are good. Spring beans
middling : peas not very good. Potatoes are greatly saved
by the drying up of the fungus and preventing its exten-
sion. There will be a good yield. Let us hope that our
general crop of 1 ...... au and animal food will prove to be
an average one. Root crops are very promising, but are
ready for more rain.

TUE FORETON WHEAT AND FOUR TRADES.
The Antwerp wheat market has exhibited rather •
firmer tendency. liispuble wheat has remained without
much business at Amsterdam. hut an advance has teen
established in transacti .ns for future delivery. Quota-
tions for flour have been a little firmer at Paris. but tran-
sactions are very shiagish. Offers f both old and new
wheat have increased at Paris luring the last few days ;
the milling trade has shown itself very reserved in its
purchases. Upon the whole there has been little activity
In wheat at Paris. At Hamburg disposable wheat has
been finis ; transactions for future delivery have also exhib-
ited rather more firmness. Wheat hu been rather
drooping at thintric and Konigsberg, but the Math wheat
market Wu been rather animated.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN EAST SUSSEX.
The return of animals affected with the foot anil mouth
disease In East Sussex shows an iucrease of several
hundreds over last week.

MISS KATE DICKINSON.
The Qneen as written to Mi. s Kate Dickinson exprena-
ing her greatest sympathy awl requ,sting her photograph.

t • A PTA I N F.llll.
Captain Weld, intend,' renewing hie attempt to swim
acmes the Channel to-nierrow morning. The *ea le now
calm and warm.

A RUSSIAN WELCOME TO THE DUKE OF
El /I ROll
The "hike of Edinburgh is meeting with an enthusiastic
reception in Russia. On his arrival at Nijni•Novgoroil rn
Friday evening a deputation from the mercantile com-
munity of that important rcial centre waited upon
lilts Royal Highness at the railway station, and. in accord-
ance apparently with the custom of the country, pre.
Rental him with bread sivi salt as a token of hospitality
and a pledge of welcon‘o. The modesty of the Miring
WS/ set off by the worth of the silver dish on which it was
presents's!, the Yalu° of the piece of platc being IMO
roubles.

DEATH OF A WEALTHY FARMER'S DAUGHTER I
FROM STARVATION.
Dr. Hardwicke, coroner, held an inquest on Saturday at
Holborn, on the I.ly of a female namol Burnett, found
in a dying state in the streets by the police.
Ann Maria Smith said she worked in Covent-garden
Market. About 24 years ago she first became acquainted
with the deceased. lier name was Burnett, and she was
the daughter of a wealthy fanner. When quite young she
was led astray ruol brought to London, where she was
abandoned. She was afraid to go home or to communicate
with her relatives, and having sold or pawned all that she
, she became so greatly reduced that she sold
rxesseesoefdlights in the streets. During the season she went
Into the market shelling peas. Although she was paralysed
she hail net been inside a bed for the last six weeks, but
slept in passages or on stairs. On Sunday, the 15th Inst.
witness saw her in a dying state leaning against. wall in
Drury-lane, when she begged in God's name for the loan
of some lialfpenee. Witness gave her lid.. which was all
she had. She believed that the cause of her death was
want of sleep.
P.C. Phelps at I sm. on Wednesday saw decesaed
crawling along at the corner of Drury-lane. She fell on
the pavement. She was in a most deplorable condition.
He assisted to take her to the werkhouse.
Dr. William Bennett New deeeased on her admission to
St. Giles's Workhouse. She was suffering from pneumonia.
She told him that she hail slept on stairs, in cellars, closets,
ite., and the state of her body and its wretched covering
fully bore out har statement. Everythina possible was
done for her, hut she was put all human aid, and expired
within half-an-hour of her admittance. The poet-morteni
examination showed that the body was emaciated, and
the internal organs diseased, the result of a life of hard-
ship, coupled with the excessive use of stimulants. She
waivery reticent about her early history, but he had known
bey about the streets for years.
The Coroner said these cases were a disgrace to the
nation. This woman alive with vermin and filth, assisted
in preparing food which was contaminated daily by what
fell from her person and garments. Persons pawing her
in the streets were also liable to be infected. He had
himself seen Inserts in water-eres.os and other goods sold
in vegetable markets. Surely some remedy could be
found. One way would be the gradual demolishing of the
London rookeries, and the ens-tion of healthy dwellings.
The history of this poor unfortunate woman, sad as it
was, might be the means of pointing more than one moral
and effecting a large amount of good.
Verdict, "Died from starvation and exposure."