The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-06-23 00:00:00

L AnST NEWS.
REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE.
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The grain trade _
to day • rather firmer tone was , For the next
week or two the weather will exercise • most marked
effect upon the trade.
The quantity of wheat now on passage to the United
Kingdom is estimated at 1,01,1100 qrs.
In addition to the ...imply now on ptssage it is expected
that we shall require • further importation of about
inuTrii qrs. prior to the close of August. For this supply
we a I have to rely principally upon the United States.
'The shipments (coin the Continent owing to the deple-
tion f stocks are not likely to be large before the new
crop has been securorL
parley has been very sparingly offered, and there 11:11,
bee= scarcely any demand for the MOW. Malt has been
soiree, but there has been • fair supply of foreign. The
trade has been trio and sound corn has been (hi. dearer on
the week.
Maim has been inactive, and without change.
Bouts and Peas quiet, but firm.
Flour market without feature.

MARK LANE.—TRIS DAY.
Wheat eloN4l quietly, hut firmly. Barley unaltered.
•lt,l6ixpence dearer on the week. liaise quiet. Beans
sua Naa firm. but inactive. Flour unchanged.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.—Tuts DAY.
About :1,5110 beasts, including IMO foreign. Trade dull,
at twopeniai decline. Inferior, 44. ILL to 55.; printe,
to. tid. to Tat. 104. About 2.1,Un0 sheep. Market dull, at a
reduction of fourpeoce per ,tone. Inferior, In 61. to
Sd. • prime. Is, 161 to ss. Lambs, 6d. to 6s. ltd.
Calves, 4. to ss. -Id.

MONEY MARKET.—Tuts DAY.
unalttml.

Col:tools

COLLIERY ON FIRS. —Tula Dar.
A Are he. broken out in Kilbunt colliery, near Helper,
nermaltating the worku being clowed by means of brick
walk

TIIE MORDAUNT DIVORCE CASE.
Tins D.
Lords Chelmsford and Hatherley to.slay declared that
in their opinion Lady Kordaunt's insanity was no bar to
the hearing of the case. The Lords. therefore, decided
that the ease should he beard in the Insure° Court.

THE HANDEL FINTIV D.
Over 16.090 1101160 W visited the I'm:tat Patera to.lay to
hear the Memiall, by the Handel le,tival Choir, and it
was most effectively performed.

TRAFFIC RETURNS.—TM s DAT.
DMA Western of Canada, £5,517 decrease: Erie,
£i2.t-2 decrease; Brighton, a Increase; South Eastern.
detwease.

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ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—Twie DAT.
At the annual meeting to-deY an addrew was read from
Sir Bartle Fret..., and the society's medals presented.
Major-General Sir Henry Heidi neon was elected
President.

LAUNCESTON ELECTION PETITION.—Tnis DAT.
Lord ('oleridge, kliveiiiig judgment in the Launceston
election petition special ease, declared Mr. Drinkwater
not entitled to the vacant seat.
The Conservatives intend soliciting Colonel Deskins's
son to offer httruseU as a candidata.

TITE—FAC— APED—OO-113-11.1N-IST.
IL Rochefort has declined attending a Communistic
banquet to-night, anal refuses to lecture in London, dating
that he wishes to remain in privacy.

ItEPRFSENTATION OF AGWAY.
Mr. John Monahan. on of (Thief Justice Monahan, has
issued his address to the Liberal electors.

NORTH bUItIIANL ELECTION.

The declaration of the poll on Saturday gave the
followitac result :
Mr.i. M. Palmer (1.) 1,258
Sir Gomm Elliot 01 •• • •• 1.251
Mr. 1. L. Bell (L) . . 1.104
After the declaration of the poll there waa math good
humour. and the candidates, both successful and otlo.r-
wise, cordially shook haada.

THE 1,0(.K.0UT IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES
On the advire of Lord Walsingliain and Mr. Clare Read
the Norte k Labour Defence Association has
agreed to modify ita rules with respect to lockine out
nen and fixing a maximum wage. Mr. Read, declared
that the farmers wete not fighting against legitimate
limos among labourer., but against • semi-political
iwganisatioti, which, if allowed to carry out its principles,
would herniae tyrannical.
0,000 Trade Unionists at Manchester held a demonstra-
tiim lad Saturday in behalf of the locked-out labouren.
Joseph Arch and (Akers delivered speacbes.