The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-25 00:00:00

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CHELMSFORD, MAY 21.—Prices to-day were as follow:
Wheat, white, 428 to 48s ; red, 378 to 425; barley, 278 to 30s;
chevalier 28s to 333; grinding 22. to 288; malt 55g to 565;
chevalier 55s to 583 ; oats 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 28,
to 31s ; white, 293 to 31s ; boiling, 303 to 33s ; dun, new, 288
to 30s; beans, tick, 26s to 30s; harrow ticks, 278 to 31s;
mazagan, 258 to 295.
COLCHESTER, MAT 22.—Wheat, white 44s to 475; red 39s
to 428 ; oats, 18s to 228; beans, mazagan 26s to `273; middle
and small 28s to 31s ; peas, white 34s to 38s, grey, new 283 to
11Js ; barley, 28. to 30. per qr.
KIIUCALDY, MAT 22.—The following are the quotations
for grain :
Wheat. :13arley. I
First 44, On 31s Od
Second 42s Od 29s Od
Third 372 Od 283 Od
Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs
HAonprorrox, MAY 21.—T1
grain at our market to-day:—
Wheat.

Oats.
22s 6cl
21s 6d
19s Od
imperial,
e followis

Beans.
—s Od

Peas.
—s Od
—3
Od
—5
Od
Ps 01
prices cf

—s Od

I—s Od
303 Od to ;
ig are the

First
Second Us I Id 1
Third
Total quantity of Wheat in
Do. Barley
Do. Oats
Do. Beans

Barley.
31s Od
29s Id
25a 6d
market
do.
do.
do.

Oats. Buns.
23s Od 33s Od
21s 6d 31s lld
19s Od 30s 61
517 qrs., 530 sold
98 qrs., 98 sold
233 qrs., 160 sold
123 qrs., 111 sold

COAL MARKE'

7.-YEST.IRDAY.

Bat BP'eriNcireesstoffidaortalleyp
Bundle's W. Hartley 13s 9d
per . tlo3n3 at
6d I
Carr's Hartley ..... l3s 9d
Chester Main l3s 3d
Hasting's Hartley - 13s 6d
Holywell
North Percy Hartley l3s 6d
New Tanfield
Ravensworth'aW. Hart 13s 6d
Ravensworth Pelaw
Tyne Main lls Od
Tanfield Moor
Townley.. ......,,,,w 12s Od .
Walker's Primrose
West Hartley
West Wylam
Wylam .... l4s Od
Wall's End, &a
Acorn Close .......
Gosforth ...
Harton
Lawsqp l3s 6d
Northumberland l3s 3u
Ships at market,

the close of the market
Riddell
Walker l3s 6d
Harvey Wylam (uns.) 12s Od
Belmont ... 14s 9..1
Braddyll
Haswell l6s 3d
Lambton
Lumley .
Russell's Hetton
Scarborough l4s 6d •
Stewart's .. ... ....
,Plummer

I
HearnitleQpi100 l
Kenos
South Hartlepool
Thornley
Cowpen Hartley
Nixon's Merthyr and
Cardiff . 2ls 03
Sidney's Hartley .. ... 13q 9
Ramsay's Garedeld.. 23s Od
373 Sold, 107.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, MAY 24.
STOCK EXCHANGL—The share market was very inactive
to-day. The, only sale reported was—Caledonian, 19 4.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-day was rather li-
mited, but prices had an upward tendency. The sales
were—Caledonian, 1234—Ditto, Preference, B%—Eastern
Counties, 8 15-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 7231,—Leeds
Northern (late L. and T.), 16—London and North-Western,
1223/4,--Midland, 68%—St. Helen's (Railway and Canal), 70.
MANCHESTER, MAY
.24.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted in our share
market to-day was very limited, but prices continue firm.
The sales were—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc-
tion, 1034 dis.—Eastern Counties, 9—Warrington and Al.
trincham, par—Caledonian, 19 11-16—South-Eastern and
Dover, 21 15.16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72—Ditto,
Fifths, 6 1-16 dis.—Midland, 68%—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, Preference, 1314:
BIRMINGHAM, MAY 24.
STOCK EXCTIANGE.—We have no improvement to notice
to-day. The transactions have been very limited, and prices
varied little from those which have been quoted for the last
few days. The sales reported were—Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Stour Valley, 105A—Shrewsbary and Bir-
mingham (A), 7-% —South Staffordshire, 1 dis.

THB LATE FIRE ON BOARD THE BRITISH QUEEN.
—Messrs. Henry, Cleaver, Chapman, and Co.' of Liverpool,
agents to Lloyd's, have addressed a letter to Mr. Court,
secretary of the Liverpool Underwriters' Association, in re-
ference to the recent tire on board the British Queen, steam-
ship, from which the following is an extract :—" On examin-
ing the contents of the goods damaged by fire and water, ex
British Queen, steamer, a very important discovery has been
made, which may account for the origin of the fire. In a
box slightly made and secured, containing a saddle and bridle
and a wooden case, was found a bundle of paper-cases, con-
taining inciters for lighting pipes and cigars. The box is
marked No. 2, P, and is now at oar office : perhaps the
underwriters would like to have it in the rooms for inspection
when Blr Bisset, who examined it on the quay, can explain
the condition in which it was found. The box came out of
the ship in a broken state, and the conclusion we have come
to is, that tilt matches have dropped out, and set fire to
the cargo." A sample of the inciters is exhibited in the
uuderwriters' room, accompanied by a brass instrument, sot
unlike a pencil-case, which was filled with a substance very
Similar in character to that known by pyrotechnists as "slow
match." Under these circumstances, the origin of the late
fire on board the British Queen may, no doubt, be attributed
to the ignition of combustibles.

The Royal Marines are to be greatly augmented
in the number of men from the insufficiency of relieving
those doing duty in ehipti of war upon foreign gations,—
Kentish Mercury. .