The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-07-28 00:00:00

REVIEW OF TELE 0111 N TRADE.

LATE3T NEWS.

the face of marl favourable harvest prospects, it is
not to be wondered at that the wheat trade should con-
tinue &alb At Mark-Lane to day English wheat has only
been saleable on easier terms. whilst foreign has declined
fully One thillinZ. The tendency is still downwards, and
sis soon as the new wheat shall have come to market we
may expect a further important reduction. Notwith-
standing that the oil stocks are nearly exhausted, the
quantity of wheat now on passage to the United Kingdom
fi estimated at nearly POW) kl quarters At present the
trade is in a transition state, but it is very eviden• that
should the weather keep favourable the market will he
characterised by extreme dullness. Flour has been dull
country markes have fallen a shilling, and American
buTels sixpow

MARK LANE, THIn DAY.
Wheat closed heavily, andboth English and foreign sold
It la decline. Earley quiet. Oats arm and the turn
dearer on the week. Main, beans and peas quiet, but
lir= Flour dull and 11.1. to Is. lower.

METROPOLITAN OATTLE.—THIR DAY.
About 4,500 besata, including 1,250 foreign. Trade more
active. Inferior, 4a. to Si, ; prime, 54 tid. to Si. 10.1.
About aim sheep. Demand quieC Inferior. 4a. 6.1. to
4a. 10d. ; Prime. sa. to st. 2d. Lamb+, 56. to sa. dd. Calves,
4.toSi. Pia. 4e. iod. per BPm

MONEY MARKET, THIS DAY.
Consols unaltered. Discount demand quiet. Three
months' bills charged 21.
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THE ARTHUR ORTON NUISANCE.
The Lords J,lOth4 thi morning refused to hear Mr.
Eobbett's appeal for a writ of Aaben• corpat on behalf of
the Claimant.

SOUND GOMIIERCIAII, EDUCATION.
Earl IV...berry. ilistributimi the prizes to-day at the
City Nti.l.lle-class School, enLsr,:c•l upon the value of
sound commercial education, attributing the rellid Oxides
reeentilV maile by German commerce to the practical
instruction given the youths of that country.

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WEST OF ENGLAND STUD COMPANY.
The high price of horses of all descriptions has
directed considerable attention to the breeding of those
animals, and in our columns this week Mr. Blundell,
of Southampton, an authority of high repute, mentions
that the matter is receiving much notice from the
Hampshire farmers, and he recommends breeding
horses as more profitable than horned stock. At any
rate horses command great prices, and their breeding
under the best conditions must be very remunerative.
A company has been formed called the West of
England Stud Company, for carrying on the breeding
of horses, and the foundation of the concern is some
valuable horses and mares, part of the celebrated
Alvediston stud, the property of Mr. W. Day. The
shares are,42o each, and the profit estimated is £l7
or Zia per cent, per annum. The directors include
the names of several well-known noblemen and
gentlemen, amongst whom Viscount Folkstone, Mr.
V. F. Benet•Stanfonl, M.P. for Shaftesbury, and
Captain H. C. Glyn, R.A., are a sufficient guarantee
of the undertaking. For particulars we beg to
direct our readers to the advertisement in another
column.

THE CORM AND CATTLE TRADE
Harvesting makes the markets small, and the good
promise of wheat slackens prices. At Dorchester a short
supply of wheat, which sold at from Is, to la per imperial
quarter cheaper than bxst week, both English and foreign ;
the quotations ranged from 51s. to 565. Grinding barley
In better demand at late rates, from 32. e. to Ss. per
Imperial quarter. Oats Is. to Is. cheaper. Corn cutting
has become general in this district, wheat and early barley
l very fine, while osta are under the average
ogiLlenou. A small supply of stock at the cattle market,
trade being very brisk. Fat beef may be still quoted at
from 13s. te Ils. per score, and mutton at from 714 to 8111
per lb.—At Reading the market WU but thinly attended,
and trade was slow, with little alteration in price for
wheat and barley. Oats maintain former quotationa— At
Gleacester the supply of English wheat was very moderate,
and sold at Is. to Is. per quarter decline ; foreign slow, at
a similar reduction. Barley firm. Maize weaker. Oats
very firm. ---At Taunton the corn exchange continued
relaxed in tone. -At Warminster about the smallest
market of the year, owing to harvest operations. The
few lots of wheat iold showed a decrease of la. to Is. per
quarter.