The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-08-11 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE.
The wheat trade is in a verY uncertain date. The
',bowery weather and the prospect of some hindrance to
harvest work, at one time produced symptoms of steadi-
nem and wheat was held with increased firmness, but
should the weather be favourable for a few days the
downward movement will set in with renewed force. A
[air suing), of new wheat has been received at Mark.
Lane, but the condition has been rather various. Trans-
actions in Red wheat have taken place, at fifty-two to
fifty-five shillings, and white, at fifty-three to fifty-eight
shillings per quarter. The quantity of wheat now on
passage to the United Kingdom is seven hundred and
eighty-one thousand quarters.
The flour market has been dull, and the top price of
town made has been reduced four shilling, or to fifty
shillings per sack.
Barley has been quiet, but firm.
Malt has been unaltered.
In Oats • moderate business has been doing, at full
pricea
Maize has been inactive, but full rates have been paid.
Beam and peas have been quiet and unaltered.

MARK LANE, Tins DAY.
The grain trade domed quietly. Old Englieh wheat
unaltered, new red made from Al. to Sk. white, 63a to
6sa per qr. The top price of town-made flour wee
reduced 4a, or to 50e. per sack. Spring corn quiet, and
unaltered.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE. —Tint DAY.
About 3,000 beast& including 2.730 foreigm Trade
quiet at late rates. Inferior. ia to 11. ; prime,
to 6s. M. About 113,000 sheep. Market ~uiet Infenor,
4s. to 5..; prime, ss. to 5a 6d. Cllv.csddat ts. to 5a
10d.

LONDON -WOOL:DnitfiDAY..

Business in Colonial wool is not extensive. The tone
is steady, at firm rates. Down wools command more
attention at late rates. The imports into London last
week amounted to almut 3,111 i Was.
MONEY MARNET.—Tnin DAY.
Discount demand moderate. Three months hills charged
31. Consols l-lgth higher.
EXE,CDTpiM AT EXETER. —Tins DAY.
John MacDonald, a discharged marine, was hung at
Exeter this (Monday) morning for the murder of his
paramour, at Elymoutleceks ago-
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DURHAM ELECTION PETITIVN.—Tnte
Mr. Russell, Q.l', in opening the case for the petitioners
against Sir George Elliot, at Durham to-day, named
persona whom he altered had been bribed. Evidence in
support was then taken.

TIIE FINANCIAL AND INVESTORS'
PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.

The myriad financial schemes that arc submitted to
those in this country who have money to invest
naturally suggest the usefulness of an organization,
suitably qualified, and wholly devoted to investigating
the various schemes put forward, with a view to
securing to them participation in sound projects
only. And the Financial and Investors'
Protection Association has marked out for
itself this work. By a company with a
capital of Z 1,000,000 in Li shares, it proposes
to negotiate new investments that are worthy of con.
fidcnce, and seem likely, after full investigation by the
Association's committee of management, to give good
results, and to introduce bona-fide undertakings to its
shareholders and members. Persons may qualify as
members by a registration fee of five shillings. The
scheme is well worthy the consideration of all who
participate in joint stock enterprises, and we commend
to them the particulars of the association given in our
advertising column,.

CHILD MURDER BY A SERVANT GIRL
A servant girl, of Bedminster, aged iln, named Grant,
who after systematically starving and ill-treating her
Illegitimate infant, killed It and threw it away, tea. found
guilty of wilful iniirderat Somerset assizes, and sentenced
to be hung. On the following day it transpired that the
condemned woman, who manifested the most stolid
Indifference while Chief Justice lolorulge sentenced her
to death, fell down insensible On leaving the dock, nnd on
recovering, after a lapse of join. hours, she was found to
he in estate of undoubted madness. The intelligence that
she had become insane created quite a sensation in court.
Assistants from the Onanty Lunatic Asylum remained
with her all night. and idle remains under their care.