The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-01-12 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

REVIEW OF THIC CORN TRADE.
A quieter tonewhetstcwaded the wheat trade dnoe the i
return of warm • The upward movement has not
only been chocked. but less i money has hew:, r in. English wheat, owing to Me scereity. has chariml
hands at Preview Winn, hut seeondary and inferior
samples have fallen one to two shillings : and foreign is
nio.uy ono shilling per yr. lOirel on the week.
From the present aspect of the trade any permanent
improvement is as remote as ever Millers me still opera-
ting with extreme caution, in.fact the transactions do not
exceed the limit of actual requirements.
At the chise of the year the stock of wheat in the eleven
principal ports in the United Kingdom was HUM um,
spinst 1,680 M qrs. in the Previous year, but this amt.
abbey IA iouch more than counterbalanced by the
Increase in the supplies afloat, and by the large stocks in
first :Lends, farmers deliveries throughout the •CUOII
having been unusually small
Malting barley firm, and fully as dear; Grinding,
drigiping oats were in good supply and aigpimr.
higher. Maise, beans, and pees unaltered.

MARK-LANE.—This DAY.

Flue samples of English wheat were wane and corn-
minted late rate ,• secondary and foreign samples One
Shilling lower on 'fixed sales. Malting Barley firm;
grinding drooping. Osta sixpence dearer on the week.
Maim, and Peas unaltered. Flour quiet.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.—Tms ate.
Beasts, 2.11110. The trade ia slow with a short market.
Inferior, h./111. to ISs. 4d. ; prime, se. 10& to tit 44. Sheep,
12, let Trada. is slow for all qualities. Inferior, 4s. 101
,ss. 104.; mute, 2.1. MSc M. A fair hulas/es pass-
ing in calm, at previous rates. Pig* quiet.

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MONEY MARKET.—Tuis DAY.
Discoimt demand quiet. Three mouths' billa charged I
te L Cone°la one-sixteenth lower.

BLANDFORD CoHN EXCHANGE, iIi.NUAZT 9th.
A very large attendanoe at our market to-day. Wheat
was offered at rather lower prices, but millers were not
disposed to purchase except at • reduction of 2.5. per qr.,
which ws only submitted to in few instances. Barley in
small supply, which well maintained previous quotations.
Ws and beans scarce and dearer.

THE CORN AND CATTLE TRADE.
At the markets on Saturday the wheat trade was dull,
and prices generally declined Is. per quarter. At Dor-
cheater small supply of wheat samples being affected by
the recent damp weather. Price* receded Is. per imperial
quarter, against 4:k SI the official average of last week,
when ISO quarters realised glBO Ws. A small supply or
barley, all qualities sellihe freely at fully late rates, last
week s official average hosing Ms SI& per imperial quarter,
4IM quarters making 13i71 be.—A large supply of stock at
the cattle market. Fat beef ranged from I is. to 15s. per
score; barrenersg IS to glri per head, and cows and calves
£l2 to Lie, Ewe mutton made sd, to 80. per lb., wether
mutton selling at 'AL Fat Dorset horn ewes Os 6.1. to
63a per head; horn wethers, Vas to iffe. At Warminster
wheat trade veri flat, and generally Is leas money.
Barley advanced Is. At Taunton all kind, had a down-
ward tendency. Best white wheat, :is 64. to be. ild ; and
red ditto, ss. Id. per Ifflb. Barley, beans, oats, and peas
easier to purchase, whilst maize, froni scarcity remained
firm. Flour, beat quality, 33 de. and secons 3tis., with but
little business doing. At Glourester there was a decline of
Is. per quarter in wheat At Reading, market quiet, and
not much business doing at previous currencies. At bath,
rather poor show of wheat and trade waa slow, at barely
last week's prices for best lots ; inferior unsaleable. Beans
firm, and bailey at about Ltd week's prices. At Norwich
the tone of business was dull without however, much
quotable change in prices. Barley, which was in large
supply, supported Late rates.

STRIKE OF OPERATIVES.
The operatives of Messrs. Shipley's manufactory, at
Ratio.. have struck work against e reduction of wages.
Others oil probably follow.

CoI.T.ISoN AND IAiS.'S OF LIM
The iiteunoihip Dudley, of Nowcaetle, ran down the
brigantine Klizabetb during the tog off Dudgeon light on
Saturday worming. drowning four of her crew.

CHARGE OF AIOWN.
At Bradfont police court this (Monilay)morning, George
Wilson was charged with setting ftre to the Bradford
Blind Institute on the sth instant. He was remanded
till Wednesday week.

THE TICHRORNE CLAIMANT.
Mr. CoMutt made an ariplicatlon in the Exchequer
Court to-doy (11.00ley) for further healing in tho case of
Colkett e. Norris, in which defondatit, the Governor of
Milbank prison, refused to deliver a copy of the warrant
for the committal of the Tichbiome claimant.—Granted.