The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-02-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.—THIs Day.
Diacouht demand quiet. Three mann' Ulla charged
II per cent Console unaltered.

BLANDFORD CORN =CHANGE, Sant
oat.
Wo had a large market to-day. The supply of both
wheat and barley was good. Millers were cautious buyers
and much remained unsold, although offered at la per qr.
lower. Barley at somewhat lower prices found a ready
sale ; other grain must be quoted la per. qr. lower. Wheat
sold at from 38a to 445. Barley from 411 e. to 48s. per qr.

THE CORN AND CATTLE TRADE,
DUIIIIOIII prevailed at Saturdays' cern markets some
noting • further decline. At Dorchester Mr. Ensor had
• large supply of stock at his fortnightly sale of cattle and
sheep, and • brisk trade was done at the atioesed lips..:
—Heifers and calvee.2lll to 421; larceners £l2 to 1.19 per
heed; fat beef, 14s to 15a per score; ewe mutton, 24 to lid
per lb.—At the warn exchange the supply of wheat was
rather Urger than last week ; the beet conditioned samples
sold at late prices, while inferor aamples were from Is to
2. • per imperial quarter cheaper. Quotations to-day ranged
from Ms 41s, last weeks official average being 41,1 tld
472 quarter. realising .026 4a. A moderate supply of
barley, all qualities being from Is V) 2s per imperal quarter
cheaper:_ parcels of the best malting ranged from 43. to
475. Last week's official average for barley was Its ad,
422 quarters retiring INN 9e. Oats for seed saleable at full
prices. At Reading the supply of all kinds of corn was in
exc... of the demand, which ruled dull in all case., and
prices had a downward tendency. At Taunton market
dull. White wheat, 5. 9d to 5.44 per bushel, red wheat
of which there was vare little offering, about Is; barley,
both malting and grinding, dull ; beans lower, tie to tis 3d ;
no peas offering; oats unaltered. At Gloucester there
was a large supply of English wheat. and the Wee made
were at Is per quarter reduction ; foreign slow, and 64 10
Is lower. liaise 6.1 to Is per quarter cheaper. Grinding
6.1 10•. Oats Arm. At Warminster en average
supply of of wheat, much out of condition, and Is per qr.
reduction had to be submitted to. Best barleys in request;
Inferior lota hard to sell, and a trifle cheaper. Wheat, Ns
to 47s per quarter; barley, 34, to 45.; oats 11l to ne ;
beans, ida to Us ; peas Ms to 18.; rye, 301 to Bit ; tiour, 38.
to 37s per lack. At Bath small supply of wheat ; trade
dull for all but the best 'emote', which sokl at fully late
rates. Beano quiet and lower. Barley dull. Wheat, red,
die to 44s per qr. ; ditto white, 421 to 45e.

REPORTED FURTHER SURVIVORS OF THE
COSPATRICR
PLTMOUTIC 81011 DAT KTLNIVO.
• Brizhanz se/A, named Salisbury. who bee landed tbi
afternoon at itrixhaw, reports having on Saturday even.
In& o Torboy_. spoken a fulbrigged ship, the Coldstream,
belonging to Hewers Teigh and Smith, Fenchurch-street,
London. Tbe captain of the Coldstream informed
Salisbury that he had come from St. Helena, and hat on
board two of the crew of tho Cospatrick, who had been
taken to St. Helena by an outwaribbomail vessel. The
Coldstream is belived to be bound for Loudon. and is
report _4 as having passed there this evening at five.
MONDAT As-ransom/.
The Cords:ream has just passed Gravesend. No survivors
of the Cospa:rick were on board.

MINERS WAGES.
The madam in Wa.t Cumberland have given notice of
another reduction of live per cent in milieu' wage,.

THE SOUTH WALES LOCK-OUT.
Instalseeuts of Union money have been received by the
men in one or two district.. It is probably that a ballot
on the propriety of returning to work will shortly be put
in operation.