The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-11-09 00:00:00

Tug CORN AND cArrix TRNDE.

The markets on Saturday wire quiet and price, en.
altered. At D...rdiester ecm ex,hatige there was a very
small supply of wheat, dry samples being mlealde at late
rats*. Ilest barley fully a: dear: weeiindiary rather easier.
The official returns for last week give the sale of larley as
7111 impenal quartert, realising £1.447 It., or an evens:zed I
41a. 54.—At Nlr. Symontis's cattle vale there WIl4 a short
supply of sheep, about the average number of beasts being
on offer. Fat beasts realised from tie to tea It per
head the beet averaging 1.,'.1.,'.re1. per score, and secondary
Its. il.l. ; fat bens. CI3 to £l7 per heal . • learretters, Ele to
£l7 ; fat ewes, tles. GI. to 511.. Per howl • at wethers,
51s. 6d. to ; fat lainlet, tild. Ail. to Us. At Readline
short supply of grain, in consequent* of the weather, with
a dull trate. Prices about the same as hat week. At
Gloucester supply of English wheat fair, and thodtgh the
trade ruled dull, the best qualities were not cheaper ;
foreign very slow, at nominally previous rates. Grinding
barley, maim, anil dhlt# without change in value. At path
trade was quiet, at about last week's prices. Beans in
request, at la. per qr. dearer. Fleur firm. Dry reit wheat,
49e to 50s. per tualh.: white. fies. to 565• . old red,s2v.to
Sas ,• flour, accents, 3e. ; ditto fine, ll's. At Taunton
trade was very quiet. English wheat addil dull, at Late
rates. Foreign wheat rel. cheaper. Prime samples or
malting barley meintained last week's price, led inferior
samples were 41i1ito unsaleable, even at lower rate,' ;
grinding barley 51. lewer on the week. Mello; beans,
and peas remaineil unchanged. Flour, Vex per sack.—
The Essex markets have been dull during the week. At
Chelmsford, wheat wet rsther weak, lint pricey exhibited
no very material chant*. ilarlcy, which i, new freely
offered, made about former rates. The large imports of
foreign wheat effectually cheek any upward l nievement '
which might otherwise occur in wheat. At Exeter little
leeriness done. Good new white wheat met ready sale at
es. red ss. 61; olil white, At. IL to es. Al. ; red, sa. SM.
to fle. ; malting barley. Is. id. tim im: grinding, 3e. 111. to
3. 94. ; bast old oats, as. Al. te 3s. Pci.; new, 3s. Id to
3s. fld. In Kent the wheat trade has been firm for dry
samples, but damp knit mit of condition parcels have been
difficult to dispose of. 'At eanterbury on Saturday the
stands were by no means heavily lituslenal with samples,
and only a few of these represented wheats of line
quality. Fir these there wa-s • steady but quiet demand
at late rates, other sorts negleetedi. Reit barley firm ;
incendiary run+ hot enquired after. New white wheat,
SW. to Sib: new reit ditto. Pk to Teat barley, 345. to Pk;
cats, white, 25e. to Si)..: ditto, black, 21s. to Me. At
Oxford, there was a very limited attenda°t*. gametal of
wheat were very plentiful, but, owing to their damp and
unsaleable eonilitien, a modicum changed harels hardly
reallng late quotations. otil red, 44:5. to 'des.; white. Ma
to • now red, 425. to lit..; white. 51a. to Ills. The
barley 'trade ruled elow in pr malting. at 41i. and
grinding parcel. declined ls. to 9.a At Southanipton the
market was well attended, with but little offering tor sale.
Good heavy dry wheat brought full prices, say (ram Fda.
to Ws. per qr., while damp out of condition parcels found
ready buyers at fr l2. to lbs. Oats tirm at late rates.
At Warminster a small supply corn, and the trade in
wheat was very dull at shout last week's rates. There
were no line lots of barley on offer, and trade was nal+,
quently and dad Other grain maintained last
week's prices. Wheat, Plc to 57^. tier qr. ; barley, Ws. to
4th.; rata, 275. to 3ffis.

THE FOREIGN WHEAT AND FLOUR TR ADE. 4.
Quotation, bar wheat have been well s'mtalunl at
Antwerp, anal a remit w denim.] haa been experienceal.
There has been etallaarativqlv little passing in rlimosable
wheat at Amsterdam, hot In transactions for balm
aelivery nricea have exhibits's] an upwant leniency.
Business In *tour has lawn !doggish in Nail, awl price,
have shown a rather .lownwaral tAhleney. Qthltationg for
wheat have exhibits:al no awn:rill:le change at Park : the
milling tratiO Lai shown, ho voter, couraiderslalo reserve.
Dispomble wheat ha, bem rather weak at limalear.:, bit
transactions for fotare .lelivery have exhibited firoor,v.
Dispowable wheat Itatl been bather feeble at antsie.
There has been a little enquiry bar wheat on English
account at (Mean, lint the liii ant from Fran ay has hen
Inactive ; the harm inaporta whiela have alremly been male
this year at Marwalllet ant the low rote* curreut upon the
great labslitteranean centre have checked further ship-
manta in that direction.

THE MURDER OF MR. BIRIH
AT PPRAK.
ARRIVAL OF BRITISH TROOPS.
SUSPECTED CWIFLICITY OF TIIE ItAS
1111 ST I I,E DENIHN STR AT I (1N g.
Reuters Penang telmmatn stater that the Malays are
hoselichnt the IlritLh rerhheley at Perak
Troops ,lestutelest I've.. Penang blve arri
An the natisc Nolteo are ge.pectml of complicity in Mr.
Birch's murder.
Sultan Ismail Isrepertml to be cellectitm Limos to oxPel
the IhitiAh.

THE INsUItRECTIoN IN TURKEY.
sxrEcTiu) ARMED INTERVENTION.
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The nerd. trans Vienna grow .....r.. solo°, and
aliartninz. :not the ti worr• 11.1 e agree that thin are tt ,eling
towards an arteis.l intersetitim. In the Ilerze,,irina. The
VassisoAr Zeitgair p.yA tl: it if the Nu ere wader Itassia to
act alone the etiIISC.ItIcI3.....A will LC d1:3.4,as for Pimp.)