The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-10-27 00:00:00

THE CORN AND CATTLE TRADE.

At the lesding markets no Saturday trade was quiet at
late prices.---At I terebes•er, the supply of wheat at the
corn exchange was small, the condition being improved,
and fully lat rates, rsnging from *Ai. to 41s. per imperial
quarter, were eI:WW was the official
average of the previous week. Barley not so freely offered,
realising fully late prines—:Ce. to 4ds. per imperial
quarter, the preceding week's official average being
41s. pitartrs 4 bushels making £Lfs.:l 74. At
the fortaightly cattle market there was but a small
supply of stock. The best fat beef made its, lid, per
score, info, ior selling at from Lk ltd. to is.. lid.
Barreners per pair. Fat calves very dear, ranging
from 401. to Wis. per head. Sheep sold very well, fat
wethers realising from 475. to lid.. per head, and fat ewes
th to 53.5. A poor trade in lainlis.—At Taunton, the
grain trade was altogether dull, with a thin attendance
and an equally small show of samples. The few exchanges
which took place were at the previous week's quotations.
—At Bath, the display of wheat was small but quite
suilicieut for the demand, and prices were about the rams
as last week. Beans and peas- scarce and dear. Barley
rather lower. -At Reading the trade doing was small.
Prices were firm, at List week's rates; in some cases
rather more was made. The supply of cram generally
was gook—At Gloucester, there sag a good supply if
English wheat, which sold at last week's prices. The
best old American was tire at previous mtes, but secondary
qualities were neglected. liaise CA, to la per quarter
lower. Grinding barley Is. cheaper, Oats without change.
—At Warminster, trade in both wheat and barley was
ve7 Ragging, and though former rates were generally
maintained the tendency was evidently downwards.
Wheat rs. to 4Ss per quarter; barley :Pis. to Us. ; oats,
Sia. toys,; leans, nie. to 645. ; peas, 341. to 4115,; no,
3, to 335. ; dour, 401. tolls. per sack.

Kr and Kra Scottibiddone hare left En%Land for New York.
The town of Coburg has oingratulated the Duke of Minim:o
ea the birth of • am.
It Is add that hr. Grant Duff will leave for India very early
in the ensuing month.
Some disturbances among Use Tureomans are reported from
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Roods and Audit& have concluded a trimly for a divon of
Übe property of the former Moodie of (-Y.:ow.

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The subecriptions for the relief of the sufferers by the recent
Wtln London now summit to £4,000.
.d liot
sts of Her Majesty's ship Killen= captured a large
dive dhow off Zmuibar, on he 14. h boptinnber.
Ex-Marshal Basaine, a correspondent state s, who le now in
London, te looking the picture of health, end Is In very good
spirits.
A monument is to be erected in honour of the Khedive, to
cominienorato his exertions iu preventing an intuadatiou of the
1411 e. . . .

coosequence or what he muskier' Illegal Images on the
recedes, the Mallow of tit Asap!) refuses to cooperete the new
church
_st Denbleh.
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Yr. Osborne Morgan, In an address to his constituents, ham
expressed the ophilon that the Public Worship Itegulation Act
wag the firet real legislative step towards dieesteiblishment.
The final bulletin about the Duchess of Zdinburgh gates
that she is steadily adviuicing to outivaleeence, sad that the
blhiat Prince is doing well
The Admiralty ham resolved that the Devastation, respecting
whine sea-guing qualities gnat discuesion Cr. se, shall go to sea
with other vessels belonging to the Channel squadron on their
winter awse to Lisbon.
A man named Thompson haa been sentenced to twelve
months imprieunment, at Hull, for stabbing Phmbe Ward, his
paramour. lie bad on a former oissaion tried to drown the
woman.

0711-For tie new Lord Mayor's banquet on the ninth of November,
several Ministers have acixpted invitationa Mr. Disraeli will, of
course be present, also the Earl of If alinesbury, the Chancillor
of the Exchequer, the Earl of th6III.STVOII, the Marquis of
Bellebury, Mr. Uathorne Hardy, and L. Want Hunt.
The Bishop of Gloucester and b rtitol mumblers the mates!
dancers In the Church at the present time are, the Increasing
dillerenos of sentiment between the clergy and the lalty, the
serioue differences of opinion prevalent with respect to the
Rubrics, and the antagonisms likely to arias out of the operation
of the Public Worship Act