The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-10-15 00:00:00

Era bt anb Commerce.

ML CONDRN ON CO-OPIRAIIOC—WC (Co•OrtortgOr),
have been favoured with toe following letter ruin Mr.
Cobden, whose good °pillion of co-operation was con-
tinual by an inspixtion of the stores and manufactories
at Rochdale i--" Dear Sir —I look with great interest
on the efforts of the working clean to zaise themselves
by co-operation. Possibly there will be many mistakes
and failures. Perhaps much gi what we attribute to
the operatives in this swivel:int is (as in the case of
Mechanics' lustitutes) attributable to the class imnio-
distal; above them. But the movement ii • good one,
and the object aimed at must commend itself to the
sympathy of every person who wishes to see the mend
the people elevated in the social scale. Yours truly,
R. COBDEN."

It is stated that an important arrangement is in pro-
E, if not actually completed, between the Banks of
land and France, which will have the efftet of miti-
gating the severity of the financial crisis in Paris. The
Bank of England, according to the rumour current in
commercial circles, has engaged to advance that of
France 50,000,000 franca, or I:2,000,000, by the discount
of bills to that amount. So far as regards the trans-
n.inion of bullion, the result will be to turn the ex-
change against England, but it will also, it is reasonably
enough expected, raise the price of money in this coun-
try._ . . . . .

'The tragic receipts on the principal railways during
the past week exhibit several important alterations
when compared with the corresponding period last
year. On the North-Western there is a decrease of
£1,001; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £3,055;
on the North-Eastern, of £1,554; and on the Brighton,
of £5BB. Bat on the Great Northern there is an in.
• of 25,456; on the South• Western, of 21,690 • on
the Great Western, of £715; on the Midland, of ;
and on the South-Eastern, of =3O. . _

THII LCATHU TRADlLL•liedirs. Hassell and Corn
re port that during the past month there has been • air
average business doing in leather. At the oommence-
went a the month large sales were effected of moat
descriptions of goods, and prices of good heavy leather
made a slight advance; towards the end of the month,
however, dealers have not come forward so cheerfully,
and the sales have been only on a moderate scale; still
the late advance on heavy leather has been fully sus-
tained. Although trade must be expected to be very
quiet in the northern counties during the coming
season, on account of the disturbance in America, still
the general feeling prevails that the shortness in the
supply of leather, together with the low rate of
money, will enable tanners to realise full prices on all
they can at present produce.—Dressiag Leathe
There has been a moderate inquiry for good harness
and best saddlers' hides ; common hides and shaved
hides have been taken more freely, at about late
prizes. There has been • fair business doing in skins.
Our market is now bare of prime pattern skins, and
any fresh supplies would readily find buyers. Prime
kips sell freely, and all those of secondary quality are
becoming more inquired for. English horse hides
come forward rather sparingly, and most find buyers
on arrival; Spanish have not been much in demand.
Our stock of basils is very low, and fresh supplies
would meet with a ready sale at our quotations.—le
Leatker.—There has been a good demand for heavy
foreign butts, and full prices have been obtained ; those
of lighter weights have not been very saleable. Offal
is in short supply, and most parcels of heavy substance
meet with • ready sale on arrival at fully late rates.
Curried Leatker.—There has been • fair busineu
doing in this description of goods ; kip butts of low
prices are much inquired for, sod as our market is now
very bare of this article, any fresh consignments may
be expected to find buyers on arrival—Raw Goods.—
We have had three arrivals of hides into this port
since our last, vis., Use Hinds, from Monte Video,
with 6,010 salted hides; the Henrietta. from Rio
Grande, with 7,508 salted bides; and the Selina, from
Buenos Ayres, with 8,000 salted hides. The statement
made in our last of the iteirmous quantity of hides to
be received from South America has wince been fully
confirmed, and the stocks now in the different English
markets are so excessive that it is ahem& impossible
present prices can be muds longer sustained. On the
arrival of the South American mail there was again an
attempt made to create an excitement in the trade,
and some quantity of hides were reported to have
been sold at advanced prices; but if such sales were
actually made they will probably leave • great loss to
the buyers, as tanners are not disposed to come forward
and support such operations; consequently the markets
have since being very fiat, and by tanners still con-
tinuing to pursue their present cautious mode of buying,
the prices will probably soon be placed on • basis to
allow a fair profit to every manufacturer of leather.—
Bart and Voloaia.—There has been but little doing
here in bark. Prime valonia in scarce, and saleable at
fully late rates, but that of secondary quality does not
readily find buyers.