The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-07-18 00:00:00

THE MARKETS:

MARK LANE, MoNDAT.
There was a very poor show of English wheat here to-tiny;
yet the demand for noth red and white.' uali ties ruled heavy,
at a decline in the quo:nations, compared with Monday last,
of front Is to Is per quarter. A small parcel of new
Talavera. grown In Rosen, was on offer in fair condition.
The show of foreign wheat was extensive. All descriptions
met a heavy sale, and prices gave way Is. to Is. per quarter.
Floating cargoes of grain were a slow sale. and the quotations
were barely supported. Fine barley ruled about stationary,
but inferior kinds nero :very dull, and rather cheaper.
No quotable change took place in the value of malt. On
the whole, a fair business was doing in most kinds: Owing
to the partial failure of the green crops, oata were In good
request, and ed. to Is. per quarter dearer than on Monday
' last. The supply of fort In was large. Beans were quit: as
near as last week. The fresh arrivals were very moderate.
Pea, moved off slawly, but at full quotations. Maize wax
mostly held at full quotations. The supply was tolerably
good. The flour trade was heavy, awl country floor was
rather cheaper. Cakes, linseed, and rapeseed were firm In
price.
MARK LANE, WEDNEsnAT.
The small supply of English wheat on sale here to-day in,t
a very shill inquiry, at barely Mowlay's devil ne of Is. to
pr quarter. Millers ivied with great earthen, preferring to
ac-nit the result of the harvest operations upon the mask
especially as the season promises to he very favourable I.r
getting In the crops. There teas a good show of fuse, ~s.
samples, for which a small retail In -Iness Sr..'. concluded at
the recent reduction. Foreign rri ing 1.:114.1 Wa• drooping
ig price, but In malting qualities there was nothing doing.
The malt trade WAS quiet, at 110101111 gitutations. I:ood
sound oats changed hands freely at very full prices, and
inferior parcels commanded late rates. Beans and Peas were
a dull sale, at last week's currencies. The Darnall seed
market was very quiet. Linseed anil rapeseed ruled steady
in price. Cakes were unaltered. No change took place in
the top price of town-made flour, but foreign and country
snarl's could not be realised except on lower terms.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MONDa 1.
There was a fair average supply of foreign stock on sale
here to-day, In tolerably good condition. The trade ruled
heavy, at barely stationary prices. The scarcity of pasture
food in nearly all parts of the country has compelled Many
graziers to forn ard a portion of their stock in very middling
condition. The timer of beasts here this morning at,
throughout large. The few prime Scots, abort-horns, &c.,
brought forward sold at very full prices, but inferior
animals were a slow inquiry, at the late decline in
the quotations. The general top figure was es. lad.
bet a few printe beasts reached fa per bib. Front
Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire we
received almet 2.100 short-horns ; from other parts of
England, Llua eerie. breeds ; from Srntland, 2.8 Scots and
crossee ; and from Ireland, tle.l oxen, Ac. We were again ex-
tensively supplied with sheep, the general quality of which
WAS by no means lint-role. Prime breeds, from their
scarcity, moved off freely, at extmete rates to a slight
a-Is:owe ; otherwise the trade was very inactive, nr last
wmh.,..piotat ions. A few very superior Dowits awl lialf.bre.ls
sold at 5.5. ; hut the general top wive was 4s. vol. per Oils
Lambs were in full average supply, awl sluggigh rtaluest, at
the quotations of fully 2d. per ellt. Prices ranged
from Cs. ti os. per Oils. Wc were very heavily sapplied with
calves, in which a etetoly business was ,loing at late reteb—
e, , from 3s. 01. to In per bitt In prrs neat to nothing wits
paasieg, on .forrner terms. The quotations raeged front
22. 4.1. to as. 2d. per Mb. The supply was ouly moderate.