The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-21 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males ...
Femal©s ...

Total ...

... 782
... 825

-.1,607

COUNTRY MARKETS.

EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, OCT. 19,'"
Oat straw, from 6s Od to 8s Od per kemple of 16 stones trw'
wheat ditto, 5s Od to Cs Od; barley ditto, 4s Od to bs Odi
Hay, from 7d to 9d per stone.
EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, OCT. 19.—There were il
the meal market to-day 5 sacks oatmeal, each weigh°
280Ibs. imperial, whereof 4 sold at 298 ; 1 at 88s 6d.
DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, OCT. 18.—There were 11
the market to-day 86 bags of oatmeal, 16 bags of barleym .01
and 3 bags pot-barley ; sales dull. Oatmeal on the top as
second prices down I s per bag, and 2s per bag down on the
lowest quality ; top price of barleymeal tie same as last mark
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Thl,l'
imperial .. 28s Od 26s 6d 258 170
Barleymeal, per ditto ••• 20s Od —s 6d —3
Peasemeal —s Od —s Od --3
Flour ... —s Od —a Od
Potbarley
„,,. 24s Od s —8 Od

COAL MAMIE'
Prices of Coal per ton at
Bate's West Hartley 15s 9d
Holywell
Howard's W.H. Neth lss 9d'
Pelton Main
Ravensworth'sW. Hart 15s 9d
Redheugh Main
l'anfielci Moor Butes l4s Od
Wylam
Wall's End, &c.
Northumberland
Northumberland, E lss 6d
Johnson
Cookson's Hartley
Edon Main .. •
Braddyll
iietton
Ships at market, 55 . .

7. -YESTERDAY.

:he close of the market :-..• ,I 4
Haswell lBs v.-A
Lambton
Russell's iletton
Richmond 175 v„,..1
Scarborough ll g ''';
21
Stewart's
Cassop
Pease's West... l4s 9
South Durham l6s 9l
... 1
Tees - 9
i
Richardson's Tees l6s g 4
Derwentwater Hartley 15s o
Nixon's Merthyr and n.
Cardiff
Powell'sDuffryn

—Sold. 51 ...... Unsold, 4.

RAIL WAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, OCT. 20.
STOCK. EXCHAN4FE.—The market was firm, but not actiV6
Great Westerns were done at 961/4.

LIVERPOOL, OcT. 20.
STOCK ExcirAwar.—The market to-day has been firol:
at one time was higher than yesterday, but at the closet',
given way a little. The following are the day's transac
tions :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 5 dis; (11,1t,11
(late Chester and Birkenhead), 22k ; Caledonian, 251 N;
Eastern Counties, 11 13-16; East Laneashire, 19; Eq!,
burgh and Glasgow, 38i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, SI
7/8 ; ditto, Fifths, 33/8 dis. ; Leeds Northern (late Lee
and Thirk), 183/4 ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southpo.,
,
19%; London and North Western, 120 ; Manchest';
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 333/4 ; ditto, Preference S/10,1
12%; Midland 77% 81/2 ; North British 9 3-16; St. 11Sn,
Railway and Canal, Preference 4% per cent. lA p.;
Devon, 21%; South Eastern and Dover, 25%; York "•
North Midland, 26% ; Dutch Rhenish, 9-16 p.

MANCHESTER, OCT. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The business to-day has been riit.liotat
large, with some fluctuations of price, but not to any ele
1
worthy of notice. The closing sales were :—Dovers. Eastern Counties, 113/4 ; East Lancashire, 191/s ; ;
Leeds,
Sheflields, 32; ditto, New Preference, 11-16 p. •
Itooto
British, 91/8 ; Cheshire Junction, 55/s dis. ; Oxford, ~1.
cester, and Wolverhampton (pref. 2nd issue), 2% p.;. C
donian, ; Midland, 77%), Chester and Birkenhead "
shares), *4.2 d.; London and North-Western stock, 119,4•

LEEDS, OCT. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a less active marl d
this morning, but prices show no decline. Sellers are fir
and hold for higher terms. East Lancashire was done at
South Eastern and Dovers at 23%; and Leeds Norther"'
at 18%.

BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Railway Share Market Ic„,
more active here, and a fair amount of business was tram,
acted. London and North-Westerns were done at , 0
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Stock (London and Nor,
,
Western guaranteed), 701 A ; and Worcester and Birmingo"o.
Canals at 46.