The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-31 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

MARIK-LANE.—MONDAY. R 54
With finer weather and the belief that if it continues season. pail
able the damage to the crops will not be so great as was at
first apprehended, there has been greater quietness in the
grain trade at Mark-lane. The attendance has been good. •
English wheat has been in very short supply. The demand
has not been brisk, and the business effected has been at the
rates current on Friday, or is. to 23 per qr. above last 7'
Mondays prices. Foreign wheat h'as,been in fair supply anti-.; 'Su
moderate request, at Friday's rates, or an advance on the 1...,
week ot Is. to 25 per qr. As regards barley, a moderate.
business has been doing, on former terms. Malt has been tin
disposed of at previous quotations. English oats scarce, but
an abundance of foreign has been on offer. A fair inquiry 4,
has prevailed, at about late rates. For maize the market
was firm, at quite late rates. Beans and peas firm and tinite
as dear. Flour steady, and the late advance has been main-
tained.

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were hardly so firm as on Monday. In the barley trade there
was no feature. A moderate supply was on offer, and with a -
less active demand prices were unaltered. Malt has sold at
late rates. With oats the market has been fairly supplied, *.
chiefly foreign produce. Sales were less extensive, and
inferior corn was less steady in value. Maize in moderate
request, at about late rates. Beans and peas quiet, but steady.
For flour the demand was en a moderate scale at former
terms. Arrivals of Grain: English and Scotch-Wheat, 500; s
malt, 900. Foreign : Wheat, 52.740 ; barley, 7,850 • oats,
31,700 ; maize, 7,330; flour, 4,430 sacks and 14,360 barrels. s'
METROPOLITAN CATTLE ILARKET.-MONDAY. eit's
With more favourable weather .the cattle trade has been in .it
a steady state. Supplies offering have been tolerably good
as regards number, but there has been a great dearth of
choice breeds. From our own grazing districts the receipts .r)4l
of beasts have been only moderate, but owing to the generally s
indifferent quality of the stock, and the greater proportion
of second-rate animals the actual weight of meat on offer has
been rather small. There have, however, been some few .
very choice specimens, notably those from Scotland, for
which about Os. Bd. per 81b. has been realised. In other re-
apects the trade, whilst fairly active, has been steady, the
general top quotation being 6s. 6d. per 81b. From Lincoln. •:,
shire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire we have re-
ceived about 1,760 ; from other parts of England, about 350
; -
from Scotland 21 ; and from Ireland, 140 head. On the foreign .;
side of the market a large supply of beasts has been on offer. .6.
From Tonning about 1,600 head had arrived, from Spain
about 320, from Holland about 500, and from Denmark about 411'-
150 head. A fair demand has prevailed at full prices. s
The sheep Dens have been rather thinly supplied, and prime ss
English breeds have been scarce. For the best English
stocks a healthy inquiry has prevailed at steady currencies, fas'is
top price for the best Downs and half -breds being 7s. per 81b. „„si a
Foreign breeds have been in request, and rather dearer than
on Monday last. For lambs there has been a moderate in. "t" '
quiry, at from Os. to Is. Cd. per 81b. Calves were in demand,
on former terms. Pigs quiet. At Deptford there have been
about 300 French and German beasts. Coarse and inferior ,
beasts, 4s. to ss. ; second quality ditto, Si. to ss. 6d. ; prime .:1
large oxen, 63. 2d. to 6s. 4d. ; prime Scots, cto., 63. 4d. to
Os. 6c1.; coarse and inferior sheep, 4s. 6d. to ss. ; second ,
quality ditto, ss. to Os. ; prime coarse woolled, 6s. Bd.
to
6s. 10d. •, prime Southdowns, 6s. 10d. to 78,; large coarse .
calves, 4s. 6d. to is. ; prime small ditto, ss. to ss. 6d.; largo
hogs, 4s. 6d. to 55.; small porkers, 55. to 55. 4d.; and lambs,
6s. to 7s. 6d. per 81b, to sink the offaL sstr;
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.-MoNDAss.
There was a fair supply of meat, for which the demand was
rather quiet at the following prices :-Inferior beef, 35. to
3s. Bd. ; middling ditto, as. to 4s. Bd. ; prime large, Sc. 2d. to
6. Bd.; prime small, ss. 4d. to ss, Bd. ; veal, 4t to Sc. 4d. ,• in. ' •
ferior mutton, 33. ad. to 4s. ; middling ditto, is. Gd. to 55. 64. ;
prime ditto, Sc. 10d. to Os 84. ; large pork, 3s. 10d. to 41. 4d. ; si ss,
small ditto, 52. to Sc. Sd.. ; lambs, Os. to 6s. Sd. per Sib: by
the carcase. ts
POTATOES. -.st
Trade to-day was slow, owing to the bad state of the altsi
weather and the dirty condition of the potatoes on offer, and
some reduction occurred in prices. The imports into London ..
last week consisted of 319 tons and 2,708 packages from
Jersey, 73 tons and 245 boxes from Llonfleur, 14 tons fromaSs.
Ouast, 270 boxes from Cherbourg, 310 baskets from Rater- .1:
dam, and 5 packages from Liaison. English Shaws, 653. to
70s. ; regents, 60s. to 855.; kidney, 905. to 120 s. ; Jersey
kidneys, 1003. to 120 s. per ton. . is. - 'at if
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HOPS.
In consequence of some apprehension arising from the se.
unsettled state of the weather, the market has become flrm,„ss sj
and though there is no appreciable increase in the dethand,
holders evince little inclination to close sales, even at a , s
slight advance. On the Continent also a firmer trade is ex- ~. -
perienCed ; the imports of foreign hops into Lsndon last
week consisted of 16 bales from Havre and 73 from Ham-
burg.

FISH. • •
Pickled herrings, herrings, Eos. to 3Gs. •, red ditto, 12$. to 20$. ;
roused ditto, 30s. to 455. ; fresh ditto. 20s. to 30s. per barrel;
bloater ditto, 3s. to 4s. 9d. ; kipper ditto, 3s. to 45. 6d. per
box; smoked haddock, 20s. to 355. •, trawl ditto, 17s. to 20s. ;
ditto plaice, 18s to 21s. ; ditto whiting, 10s. to 135 Gd. per
barrel; soles, Is. to 4s. per pair ; mackerel, is. 9d. to 2s. 3d;
mullet, 2s. Gcl. to 4s. ; lobsters, 10s. to 30s. ; crabs, Bs. to 281.
per dozen; salmon, 9,1. to Is. ld. ; trout Bid. to Is. ; eels,
10d. to 11d, per lb. ; oysters 128. to £l2 per bushel.

SEED.
LONDON, Monday, July 26.—Very little Cloverseed of any
sort yet offers. There are buyers of old stocks of foreign, 4$
enhanced lates. Trefoil was held at a further advance, with
a good demand. New Trifolium met a good inquiry, and the
best qualities brought 445. per cwt. Discoloured samples
made 335. per cwt. Canary seed was dull and cheaper to sell.
Few buyers, until New English comes to market. White
Mustard sold in small lots at very full rates. Dutch Hemp-
seed realised quite as high rates, with a steady sale. Eng-
lish Rapeseed was quite as dear, with a fair demand.

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LONDON, PROVISION.
Monday, July 26.—The arrivals last week from
Ireland were 776 firkins Butter, and 2,873 bales Bacon: and
from foreign ports, 27,956 packsges Butter, and 4,565 bales
Baoon. In foreign Butter there is no chalice of moment;
prices keep about the same. In Irish very little doing. In
Bacon there is a good trade doing, at Lite rates, With a
prospect of fine weather, we look for more activity in our
markets.
Butter, per cal. : s. s. I Cheese, per cwt. : s.s.
Dorset ..........130 to 1 Cheshire ..
Friesland ........116 1211 Dble. Glouc., new 53 72
Jersey ..... ..... 93 104 Cheddar ~ ~ ~., 74 so
Eng. Fresh, per doz. 14 16 American nevi,
Bacon, per cwt : Rams: York lO4 _
Wiltshire ...... 80 84 I Cumberland ~ lO4 _
Irish green, f.o.b. 74 86 I Wall ..
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...• 90 100
TALLOW.
LONDON, Monday, July 26.—The market is steatl
inactive. Y. C. on the spot is worth 445. peerrcwtcwY.tit,:W:hilugi he
Town Tallow realises 40s. 3d. net cash. Rough
per Sibs.
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Town Tallow, per cwt.. 42 9 Rough Stuff, p S. d.
Rough Fat, per 81b5 .. 111 Greaves
Melted Stuff, per cwt.. 29 0 Good Dregs
Yellow Russian, new ...... 445. 41. pecvrt. 6 0
Ditto Ditto old ...... 005. Od. ,
Australian Mutton Tallow 425. Od. '
Ditto Beef Ditto.. 40s. Od. ',',
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WHITECIIAPEL, Saturday, July 24.—A rather better supply
of hay and straw has been on offer; the demand was good,
and the prices were firm as follows : Prime clover lC Os. to 160 s. ;
inferior, 85s. to 953. Prime meadow hay, 00s. to 160 s. ; infe-
rior, I. to 765, ; ana straw, Ks. W Os. per load.

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