The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-11-12 00:00:00

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WOOL MARKETS.

LONDON, Friday.—The piddle sales of colonial wool
commenced on Thursday. The attendance ofbuyers was
moderately good, but mostly from our own manu-
facturing districts, and the beldinp, generally, ruled
tnactive, though without leading to any quotable
alteration in prices, ooinpared with the elms of last
auctions. A few lots, however, have *hanged Lands at
rather lower rates.

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LivaarooL, Fridty.—Tber• is still • fdr inquiry for
low descriptions of foreign, suitable for exports to the
States, hut 44 the market is pretty well cleared of such
kinds, the transactions are of • limited extent only.
BILDFOILD. —nil cry is still for lustre wools, and
Idatders consider themedves fortunate who have • stook.
The comeumption jut now seems to be limited to this
dam of wools, and good lets are bought up with mach
avidity. The stocks in staplers' hands, however, are
very light. Other wools are generally speaking,
nected. There is • good ImMiness doing in piece
pods, in twig sorts, for home, and especially for
France. Many large Arms have orders in hand which
will eoeupy them for months.
Itoottriatg.--Bkin I•4ois ar• • little easier to buy, but
In ether kinds there is no alteration.

COLONIAL PRODUCE MARILETB.—FitiIuv.
Socitn.—The market has been plentifully supplied
with British plantation and foreign sugar, but, with a
better demised for some consumption and exports, it
has not been found too heavy, and prices equal to those
of last Friday have been realised. In the relined,
market basemen has been slow, common to stoved goods
bringing 49s to Ns per cwt. Pieces range from 40s to
465, and the lowest price for rellnen' treacle 1. 17..
Tex.—There have been some larp arrivals, but the
new season's teat continue to be taken off readily by
the trade at extreme rates, and the market generally is
very Arm.

itos.—Some paresis have changed hand' privately
this week, of which the exitet particulate Jo not
transpire. A floating eargo also sold, of which the
pries is kepi 11•Cret.
Sago is rather dearer. middling small grain having
said at 23. per cwt.
sq. Float continues in demand. Present value 16.4 64
to 17s per out. .

SALTrrrai.—A few enamels have been made in
Bengal at 34e fld to 34e 9d per cwt for fit to 4i per
cent , which swords with the advance eatebliehed tact
week.

Fautv—Tbe supply of most 'iliac' Mu far 0re...4.41
or sne ;rade, and prices have had • down-
ward tendency, particularly for curranta and raisins.
OTh.—Linseed 00111•1•011 scarce, and parcels available
command £35 per ton, and for the month lie to 10s less
ao te period. The demand for rape oils has beonme
inactive, and purchases may be mad* at • reduction of
104 per ton. We now quote brown £43 10e per ton;
and reined £47 to EC 10s per ton. Owing to the re-
duced stooks of olive bars and at different outporta,
bolder. generally require an advent* of 304 to 406,
£62 is now demanded for Gallipoli ; Gioia, C6l • Sicily,
£6O, down to £67 per tun for Mogadore. iricea of
cocoa-nut offs are well supported. Cochin brings £5O
106 to Ebl, and Ceylon £49 10e to £6O on the spot;
business ha. been done in Cochin to arrive, at £5O per
ton. Fine qualities of palm continue scares, and Lagos
is saleable at £46 10. per too, that pries demanded for
wools on passage. Fish oils are neglected=
offers at £9O per ton for Coloaisl, and £69 for A
pale seal £4l per ton.
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Tuarzsmis continues to &drama rapidly in value,
with an 'Roiled market; 500 barrels rough in store
have been mold at 211 s. American spirits in quantity at
70a ; and French at 67s to 67a &I per cwt.

TALLOW. —The markets has been mom steady within
the past few days. Thin morning, lot sort Petersburg
Y.C. is quoted 62s on the spot ; 521 to 52. 3d to the
end of the year; for lelivery in January to March, 63e
per OWt.
LINIUD—Ther• are no sellers of Bombay on the spot
under 67s per quarter, and Calcutta 62, to 64s as to
quality; Taganrog, 60. 6d to 61a. Several cargoes of
the latter deecription on passage have been sold at
60s 6d delivered United Kingdom, with customary
option of Continent.

IRON.

WocvnEwirrros.—Current prices of pig iron :
Staffordahire cold blast, £4 fte ; Old Windmill End
Mine, Nos. 1,2, and 3 welters, warm air, £4 ; Old
Windmill End, second quality, Nos. 1 and 2, melting
pig iron, £3; Old Windmill End Mine forge pig iron,
fie to £3 7s ad ; best native hydrate pigs, £3 7s 6d to
Et, according to lb. brand; AM-class All Mine grey
forge pigs, £35. to £37. 6d ; Snead Grey Forge Mine
pig iron, £3 to £32. 6d ; eend Mine melting pigs,
INS 10. to £3 15.: good mine pigs, with a modicum of
Sue cinder, £2 10s to £2 15.; mine pigs, deteriorated
by cinder, £2 104 to £2 12. Cal ; Cleator Moor hema-
tites, £3 Se; Borrow hematites, t 3 ; Workington
hematites, £3 5.; grey forge cinder pig iron, £2 lOs to
£2 15.; white forge cinder pigs, £2 le to E 2 10.;
ordinary rushers, Nos. 1,2, and 3, el 12s 6d to
El 17s 6d ; superior makes of mine melting iron,
£37. 6d to 1.3 176 6d, according to make and quality.
The above prices are all delivered on to the wharfs at
the South Staffordshire manufactories. Godly.
(Aberdare, South Wide.), No, 1 foundry pig, cold blast,
104 f.o.b. Favourite Shropshire and Forest of DMA
brands, hot blast, £3l2s ad to £3lsedelivered ; Northern
hematites, E 3 5., according to brand or qnality.