The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-07-12 00:00:00

erntral Nrths.

/Crain anb COMMtrCt.

LONDON SPIRIT MARKEI.—Mo6t kinds of rum have
moved off slowly, at about stationary prices. Proof
Leeward, is selling at 2s. 2d. to 2s. 44. ; FAst Indi...
2.5. to 2s. Id. per gallon. Brandies are in i-lightly
increased demand on former terms. English gin,
proof, for export, is selling at 2s. 'AI. to adi. per gallon.
TI: A.—The supplies on offer are only moderate. yet
the demand for most kinds is very inactive, at late
rates. Common sound cougou is selling at Is. 3.1. per
lb. The shipments from China are 12,5411,u0u lbs.
short of average seasons.
SUGAR.—Both at public sale and by private con-
tract, the transactions in must descriptions of ~ugar
have been rather limited. In pnces, however,
scarcely any change has taken place. Refined good,.
move off slowly, at 51,. to 525. per cwt. for brown
lumps.
The commercial advice, from New York this week
are not of much importance. The i.tock-market was
dull, and the rate for money remained at about 6 or
7 per cent. Intelligence had been received of the lower-
ing of the rate in Loudon to 3 per cent., and the export
demand for gold had proportionably diminished. 'no:
bids for the new issue of ti,ookooo bonds by the Wash-
ington Government were r.lthooo at 5 per cent. prr
annum, 4:160,000 at 54, L. 360,000 at 51, and the remain-
der at 6 per cent.

FDREIGN I;RAIN AND FLOUR.-Durilig the past we,k
the following sum i have been paid as duty for foreign
grain and flour imported into Hull —r2o2 165., on
qr.e. of wheat; 1.733 17s. on 677 qrs. of barley
kl 2s. on 22 qrs. of oats; £l5 ss. on 305 qrs. of
beans;
.£9 thk, on 189 qrs. of peas; £57 thi. on 3.072
cwt. of wheat flour; and 1.26 9s. HMd., on 1,113 cwt. of
potatoo dour ; total r 346, loc log

The imports of bullion have been on a full average
seale—viz., L".100,1X10, chielli from the ISnite I States
and the Brazils. .1 poriion of this ,ule,ily has 11.01:
sent into the Bank of Englsiol.

There has been less activity in the demand for
money for Cotpmercial purposes : nevertheless, the
rates of discondt are supported. The lowest quotation
for short lira-class paper in Isimbanl Street is 24 per
cent. The supply of money in the hands of tht private
and joint-stock bankers is still very I
The demand for silver on Eastern.aecounishroi not,
improved, and the quotation for bar qualities is 6id. per
oz.

TILIJFIC RECRIPTB.—The traffic returns of railways
in the United Kingdom for the week ending July 2
amounted to £614,190, aid for the corresponding week
of 1858 to £479,500, showing an increase of £34.630.
The rose receipts of the eight railwnys having their
termini in the metropolis amounted to 1:222,130, end for
the corresponding period of last year to £211,418,
showing an increase of £10,712. The increase on the
Eastern Counties Railway amounted to £92; on the
Great Northern to £2,368; on the Great Western to
42,984 ; on the London and North-Western to £3,501;
on the London and Blackwell to £7B ; on the London,
Brighton, and South Coati to £10; on the London and
South-Western to £491 ; and on the South-Eastern to
; total, £10,712. The receipts on the other lines in
the United Kingdom amounted to 1:292,060, and for the
corresponding week of last year to £168,142, showing
an increase of r 23,918, which, added to the increase on
the metropolitan lines, makes the total increase £34,630
as compared with the corresponding week of 1858.