Blandford Weekly News. — 1886-06-26 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE.  Whitsuntide to Trinity. 1-886, has been one of the dulliest periods which the-corn trade has ever known, and the close of the week was marked by almost utter inertion in every branch of business. The position of prices shews very little variation. Foreign barley, with a very small quantity on passage, is rather steadier, but beans are about the only other cereal at all well held. Linseed is firm, and rapeseed, at a slight decline, is in improved request. All other articles are quotably unchanged, but in reality against the seller. All sorts of wheat and maize are weak, and there it but a small .ncpiiry for oats, even at the lowest rates—Farmer, June 21. As a result of the extremely low temperature ce the past week, the crops continue to lorry colour and habit; the bad and iudifferent get rapidly worse, whilst the best look smaller day by day. The =genial weather prevents that increase in bulk which is usual at this time of the year, and all the grata and pulse crops have received one more unfortunate check to add to the p,rils of their extremely backward condition. Here and there a few wheat ears are to be found, but it would seem that they cannot be general until the month is out, which would make the present position of the crop fully three weeks late. The week has been very prejudicial to the barley and oat crops, wane of the latter having come into ear on a plant not more than a foot high. Peas are getting to look very small in the halm, and altogether the weather of the week has t dren a very appreciable disoount off harvest prospects,because it has done something more than thrhw the period of ingathering presumably later. With regard to the trade, the most striking feature is the falling off in the deliveries of native wheat, but this circumstance has not had the effect of hardening values, excepting in a very few provincial markets, where there has been practically nothing offering. As a rule, values have continued to favour buyers, who are still able to keep up an appearance of extreme apathy. The sales of English wheat noted last week were 43,176 qr. at 31s. 4d., against 38,184 qr. at 335. 2d. in the corresponding week in last year. Flour has been more difficult to sell, and weaker. Old oats and old beans of tine quality are now, as usual at this time of year, in fair request, but values are very low.—Mark Law Express,June 21. OUNINNI PiLIONN of IDLICISIi (MAIN AND FLocia IN MARK LANii.  shillings per Quarter. Wheat red. .9 to 94 white 31 to 95 old de. .111te7r. per"ssok of 511301 b, towo.niallta nouttual top. price - 31 Townduade whites l2 26 Seconds — Households l5 26 Country households Best makes II WI Norfolk and other secondary country makes fiarley—Griniling,new... 20 26 -malting now 5)3 49 Malt, Rughsli new 93 40 Old Oats, Irish Scotch - — Rye ...... —39 Tares, new ... Spring .... ...... Beans licit old .20 tit Harrow .. —.Winter new ... 32 31, Eng. klaintran Pea.. white 33 36 Maple  The case of Crawford v. Dilice, in which the Qieen's Proctor intervenes, will be heard on its merits, before Sir James Hannen, in about a fortnight. The points on which the case is now before the Appeal Court ars merely technical.  Eleven men and women have been tried at the Rodez sevize court for the murder of M. Watrin, Decaz.tville. Seven of the prisoners, among whom were four women, were acquitted, and the four others were senteneed to terms of imprisonment, varying front eight to five years. Soon after the sentences were pronounced a fire, believed to be of an incendiary obaraoter, broke out at Deeazeirille and five women were burned to &att..  'A