The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-31 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE.

The leading country markets held on Saturday were
very moderately supplied with wheat. The demand, how-
ever, was heavy, and prices were rather in favour of
buyers. All spring corn was dull and drooping.
The latest advice® from New York state that over
900,000 quarters of grain and flour.4ave been shipped
from the American ports since the Ist September. The
continental markets are dull and drooping.

Very moderate supplies of English grain were received
up to our market last week. The imports of foreign were
20,683 quarters of wheat, 1,511 barley, 7,131 beans, 7
peas, 13,526 linseed, 14,730 rapeseed, 33 mustard seed, 109
sundry seeds, 7,394 sacks, and 33,518 barrels of flour.
We had a full average supply of English wheat on sale
to-day, in very middling condition. All kinds were exces-
sively dull in sale, and factors generally were willing to
submit to a reduction of from ls. to 2s. per quarter, but,
at that decline, there were very few buyers. A few picked
samples were taken at frilly ls, per quarter less money,
but the remainder of the supply was unsold at the close of
business. Foreiga wheat was much depressed—indeed, we
have no transactions to report in it, and the quotations
were nominal.

Floating cargoes of grain were dull and drooping.
Barley met a moat inactive sale, at 25 per quarter less
money.

Malt was dull, and lower to purchase.
We had a very slow sale for oats, at 6d.to is per quarter
less money.
Beans were very dull, and fully 2s per quarter lower
than on Monday last. _

The sale for peas was heavy, and prices gave way quite
2s per quarter.

Country flour was 2s per sack cheaper. American gave
way is per barrel, and the top price of English fell 3e, or
to 72s per sack.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASUEE.

Wheat—Essen ID Kent.
Rod .... new 61s to 79s
Ditto.. •• .... old 72s 84s
Ditto, White new 59s Sts
Ditt0........ old 77s 88s
Pi co rfo 1 k and Lin-
coln, Red, old 78s 843
Ditto new .••••• 62s 805
Rye—Old .......... —5 —s
New ............ 50s 52s
Barley—Grinding.•• 305 46s
Malting ......... 40s 425
Chevalier.• •• . • 445 4.5 s
Ist tlt--Suffolk and Nor-
folk•• •• .• 74s 82s
Brown.•••• •• ........ 64s 70s
CingstonandWare 781 80s

Halt—Chevaller 80s to 825
Oats Yorkshire and
Lincolnsk..Feed 25s 308
Potato . . 27s 349
Youghal and Cork
81ack....... 258 288
Cork. White ..... 26s 30s
Beotch.Feed.•• .. 278 348
Bsans—Tick ......... 408 448
Pige0n5.......... 413 518
Peas—Grey.......••• 38s 448
51ap1e........... 408 438
White........... 488 528
Boilers 508 535
Telonr—Town-made... 703 72s
Suffolk . ........ 563 588
Btooktn & Norfolk 569 585

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

Very limited supplies of foreign stock arrived in the
port of London last week—the total arrival being only
347 head. In the corresponding week in 1854 we received
1,410 ; in 1853, 1,802 ; in 1852, 2,568 ; and in 1851, 2,408
head. •

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WINK.
From Beasts. Snoop. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
Harlingen
Rotterdam. 9O ...

100 ... - ...

••• '"''''

T0ta1.... 247 100
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1854 621 693 ... ... 96
1853 405 1,678 298 27
1852 3ll ... 1,867 319 5
1851 451 1,196 155
A very limited supply of foreign stock was on sale here
to-day, and the show of Irish was confined to only 70
beasts, and the same number of sheep.
The arrivals of home-fed beasts were very moderate, and
in but middling condition. As the butchers generally
have disposed of their late extensive purchases, the beef
trade ruled brisk, at an advance in the quotations realised
on Monday last of quite 2d per bibs. The primost Scots
readily produced 5s per Blbs.
From the Northern districts, we received 1,200 short
horns ; from other parts of England, 800 of various breeds;
and from Scotland, 250 horned and polled Scots.

Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep was very
limited, the mutton trade was heavy. In prices, how-
ever, no change took place. The hest old Downs realised
54 per 8115 s.
Very few calves were in the market, and they sold
briskly, at high quotations. The best calves produced Gs
per Sibs.
We had a moderate demand for pigs, at full quotations.
The supply was limited.
Per Bibs to sink the offals.

s. d. s. d.l s. d. s d.
Inferior Beasta....3 6to 3 qrimeSouthdown 4 8 5 0
Second quality.... 3 10 4 2i Large crse. calves 410 5 6
Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8/Prime small do 5 8 6 0
Prime Scots, dic. 410 5 o;Largo hogs
Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6 Small porkers 4 6 5 0
Second quality ...3 8 4 2 Suckling calves 21 0 30 0
Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 6,Quarter old pigs 22 0 28 0

Beasts ..••••........•••• •• ..••••.. • 233
Sheep ••••• .••••••••• •.18,000 I Sheep.-- •••• •• .••• •••••• 860
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TOTAL lIITPLT.

1011101 f SUPPLY.

Calves .••••••••••• ••••••

"57 Calves"•• •• •• •• •• •• eeeee
36) --
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Pigs ......... ...... ....•
k statement and comparison of tho supplies and prices of fat
stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, ou
Monday, Jan. 1, 1855, and in the Metropolitan Market
this day, Monday, Dec. 31, 1855.
Per 81bs, to sick the offal!.
Jan. 1, 1855.1Dec.31,1855.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d
Coarse and inferior boasts 3 4 to 3 6;3 6to 3 8
Second quality ditto 3 8 4 43 10 4 2
Prime largo oxen 4 6 4 8 4 4 4 8
Prime Scots, &c 410 5 04 10 5 0
Coarse and inferior sheep 3 8 3 103 4 3 6
Second quality ditto ... 4 0 4 4 3 8 4 2
Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 6 4 1014 4 4 6
Primo Southdown ditto 5 0 5 2,4 8 5 0
Lambs 0 0 0 0,0 0 0 0
Large coarse calves 410 5 64 10 5 6
Prime small ditto ... 5 8 6 o's 8 6 0
Large hogs 3 0 4 03 10 4 4
Neat small porkers 4 9 4 6 4 6 5 0
Boasts 4,202 2,992
Sheep 25,600 18,000
Calves... ... 113 57
Pigs..29o 360
SUPPLIES ON SALE, Jan. 2, 1854.—Beasts, 4,052 ; sheep,
22,430; calves, 110; pigs, 310.
January 3, 1853.—Beasts, 4,621; sheep, 21,690; calves,
181 ; pigs, 205.