The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-27 00:00:00

COUNTRY MARKETS•

HADDINGTON, DEC. 24.—T
of grain at our market to-day

Le following are the Plc

WHEAT. EARLEY..
First sss Od 32s 6d
Second 47s 10d 29s 6d
Third 4ls Od 25s Od
Total quantity of wheat in market,
PP PP barley „
oats .• PP ~

OATS.
24s 6d
21s 4d
19s 6d
791 qrs.,
821 qrs.,
561 qrs,
67 qrs:,

beans

403 a
365 la
33g g
64.1"'a
791"1
'al
4,5 014

ABERDEEN, DEC. 24.—Grain—Old oats, 00s Od t°l;;Pe Per
401bs per bushel ; new oats, 17s 6d to 18s Od, 40100
bushel ; bear, 27s Od. to 28s Od,' 531bs- per bushel ;‘, 00
26s Od to 27.4 Od, 531bs per bashel ; wheat, red, 4-1,03,
495 Od, 621bs per bushel; wheat, white, 50s Od to loll;
621bs per bushel • oatmeal, 14s Od to 15s Od Periierlb,
flour, 00s Od to 40's Od per sack. Provisions—Beefl to id;
5d to 6d ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 6d ; veal, ditto, 5"o-
-pork, per stone, 3s 9d to 4s 3d ; lamb, per lb, Od t,,, 3a;
rabbits, each, Od to 8d ; tallow, per stone 4s Od to 'Jo 9,1;
potatoes, per peck, Od to 8d ; butter, per stone,
Os 8d gt°,
eggs, per doz, is Od to is 4d ; hens, per pair,,'„" (I`'
3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; hod,
to 2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, 2s .0d to 2s 6d
_i;
each, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; geese, ditto, 4s 6d to 5s u° ;68s o 1;
for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 66s , rice'
ditto (summer cured), 00s to 00s Od ; eggs wholesse
per dozen, Od to 9d ; 41b loaf, 7d ; 21b loaf, 33°;.
fine small, Os Od to 5s 6d. ; pork, large, 3s 6d. to 40

CORK-DEC. 24,

Brls. • Ourrenel*toe
3 White wheat 26s 6d to OOs Od Os Od--`2°°
66/11,edwheat 19s Od to 25s - 6:1 ' 20 tip'
Ditto 00s Od to OOs Od 25s Od-
- Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od
92 Barley l4s Od to 14s 6d 16de. Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od}l4s 4d--
Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od
1 Bere l2s 6d to OOs Oct Os Od
550 Oats 9s 8d to 10s 93 do,
181 Ditto lOs 9d to lOs 10d} 108 6d
89 Ditto lOs 10d to lls 3d
~ft•
38 Pigs 3os Od to 37s Oct Ms 6d per '
Quantity sold at the highest prices : to; 19
0 barrels white wheat ; 12 red ; 22 barley ; 0 be
oats ; 3 pigs.
...•
Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last vmelii.77l'
Wheat, 1,367. Barley, 1,865. Bere, 0. Oats, "
Pigs, 955. .

PRICES OF BUTTER.
CANT. CURRENCY. SO
First quality
Second quality
Third quality 7Bs Third quality ........... •••• 630
Fourth quality
Fifth quality 6ss Fifth quality ......... •••••• 450
Sixth quality 548 Sixth qua1ity.......... •••"
Return of cattle sold for week ending Dec. 18
Pigs, 628. Sheep, 146. Cows, 188. aO3
CORR. Flour—First, 165 Od to 17s Od ; extra,l.lblo,
seconds, 14s Od to 15s 6d; households, A
to 13s 93,
8s Od to lls per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, es 3d to °504.
oatmeal, lOs 6d to lls; wheat meal, lls to 12s Od Pero 61
Indian corn, 81 2s 6d to 81 12s 6d per ton. Bran, 6100,
2s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers, 24s Od to 33s Od ; ~
30s ; dealers, 338 Od to 409 Od ; average, Os per ton. 0"-oci to
Farmers, lOs Od to 23s Od; average, 20s ; dealers, 2850 0
OOs Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten
loaf, 1
Od ; household ditto, 6,3 d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, I'o°
'eef,
12d per lb. Eggs, 6s 8d to es 10d per hundred. Meatr'd to
4id to 7d ; mutton, 5d to bid ; veal, 4d to 6d ; porlc, '01•
Od; bacon, 6d to 7d ; sausages, 5d per lb.—Fish, Ne'°f,,,°ooo,
land,-91. lOs to 101 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 265
Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, 8d to 9d ; 149
ald to 12d.—Coals, Newport, 2ls; Lydney, 218;
Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s Od per imperial git.""
Hides, market, 22s to 28s; Salted, 24s to 30s per eot'n.'
skins, 34d per lb.—Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to 31. Per,;l, per
Fleece wool, 15s to 16s per stone.—Hemp, 371. to 4' do.,
ton—Timber, Memel, 3/. lOs ; red pine, 3/, 10s ; Yell°:red,
3/. Os. per ton; deals, 161. to 181. per hundred.—Bark'
71. to 81. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 48s to OOs per cwt. ---or
71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl.—"
Peruvian, 101. 10s to 11/, per ton.

SEABORNE MAILS.

(N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post'
by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.]

Day when made up From what
COUNTRIES. In General Post- Port clue'
Office, London. Div atched.
America (byßrlt.pack.N Dec. 31 ........ .. Liverpool ..• r:0".23
America (by United Sts.
ed•
packet) ..........N Dec. 28 .......... Liverpool ... Art"'
America (by U State. -
packet) Jan 5 . .
Australia (via South
ved
ampton) .......... M 20th of each month Southampton Aril 1
Ditto (via Marseilles N 24th of the month Dover Jan'
*Ditto (via Cape of Good 30
Hope) ..N 2d of February.... Plymouth .. ,
Africa (West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. 25
Alexandria* ........ N 19th&30th of mon. Dover ~.. • • Dec'
Belgium .......... ..N Daily Dover ,• • • Da'l6
Brazil 51 9th of the month.. Southampton lan' 16
Buenos Ayres .... 9th of the month.. ;Southampton Jan.
California .. - M d & 17th of month Southampton Jan:col
tCape of Good Hope..N 14thof the month. couthampton Arri
Cape de Verds I 4thof the month.. Southampton Arrico
Constantinonle.......N 7thl7th27thof mo. Dover .• Dee', ,
Central America ....IV 'nd & 17th of mon. Southampton
Channel Isles ........N Mon.Wed.Meriday Southampton Ta
& 17th ohnonth southampton Jan 'oil
France .. .. M& N Twice daily Dover ,
Greece* ............N 7thl7th27th ofmon. Dover .....• flee; St
Hamburgh .......... N Tuesday & Friday London .....
Holland Al Wednesday & Sat London ..... San' 16 ,
Honduras IC 17th of the month Southampton lan
mi 311.1
Ireland ........M &'N Nvice daily .. Holyhead ... Twi,e;d
Indi a (viaSouthampt.)M Inth of the month.. Southampton ArrlY,
India (via Marseilles) N Bth& 24th of month D0ver....... Jaa• •
India (via Cape of Good
Hope).... Al 14th of the month.. Southampton ArPfeej
Mauritius 14th of the month.. Southampton Arrl/
Mediterranean (via
ea Southampton 20th of the month , Southampton Atli 1
Ditto (via Marseilles).N 4th & 24th ofmonth Dover ...... Jan'
Mexico Ind of the month . Southampton Jan' 16
Madeira ............M 9th&23dofthe mon. Southampton Jan
„N 7th,17th,19th,27th, 28
&30th of the month Dover ......
,Dec'
Naples* ... sthlhth2sthofmon. Dover ...... n
Papal States... ......N ithlsth2sthormon Dover •"6
Peninsula 'thl7th27thormon Southampton JO.
Peru 2d & 17th of month southampton Jan' $
Tuscany* sthlsth2sthof mon, Dover .. Jan'
West Indies AI 2d & 17th of month Southampton Jan'
Van Diemen's Land (see
Australia) . .

* The mails for Australia via the Cape of Good Hope are Made rti
on the 2d of every alternate month. Those made up 011 til:nt bY
and 24th of each month. via Southampton and Marseilles are ',ill°
sailing vessels at present from Singapore, but next year they "
sent in steamers.
nal fat
1' Mails are al'o made up on the 2d of every alternate Ma
the Cape of Good Hope.
ed
* The mails to those countries thus marked (5) are conee-
y
French packet to Marseilles.

De
NAPLES.—A correspondent at Naples writes, - n
ed.
18 :—"After four years of languor, Naples has resol3:o.
its former gaiety. Strangers, however, are not se.
as,
merous as in past times ; and, except among the
ae
sians, there are few of title. During Advent we bat°
but routs and assembles,•which, after Christmas, are is'
be soirees dansantes. M. de Barrot, the. French 3LL-lot
ter, gives a grand ball in honour of the re-establishre,ebe
of the empire, at which the King and Queen, and 011,05
court, are expected to be present. Lady Holland oli'otl
Palazzo Rocealla on Thursdays during the season, ,1414
the balls of the "Real Academia" begin on the
and continue every Monday till the end of the carol
The King's brother, the Count d'Aquila, hunts Witbiop,
fox hounds at Carditollo once a week, and gives a e11,,..010
did dinner afterwards to the party invited, usually .I`4o
twenty-four to thirty guests. Upon the Corso di
are to be seen a hundred equipages; rivalling those.
Hyde-park, and several of them teams of four boallt •
English horses. Their Royal Highnesges Counts es•
Syracuse and Aquila drive each teams of bays and ;
nuts ; Lady Strachan has a barouche and four greol
the Duc de Forli, bays ' • Duc de Paganica, Ws,
chesnuts ; Marquis de Salsa, bays ; and Colin' foi-
Nociglia Treensa, roans. Whilst parties regularly ,re
low the dinners, and 'the Amphytrions whose chefs to.
in most activity are Sir William Temple, Count Cretfof
with, Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Lady Strae4e'
Prince Cimitala, Count de Montesantangelo, and o
valier Meuricoffe ; and though last, not least, Lb
Holland's, a veritable cordon bleu. To this agree °OO,
picture, the only drawback is the arrival, for the selved
of 500 beggars, horrid objects, who distribute theroseo
daily along the several promenades, to annoy streAb tit)
more particularly. This nuisance was bequeathed to
by the soi-disant Liberal Ministry of 1848, and o°s
now to be reformed."—Galignani.
CHESTER CIIP.—The following horses have all:ee O4
been named for the Chester Cup.—Stilton, Little .1360,
colt by Crozier out of Summerhill, colt by Mickey Fr
dam by Rainbow, and Placid.
of
METROPOLITAN HANDIOAP.— Atßell's Life states—,-e„0
Bird, Little Davie, and Lord Fauconberg, are struok,„,"of
of the Metropolitan Handicap, the owner thinking 1".
are most shamefully handicapped.

BIRTHS.
OF A SON.
veatlit
On the 22d inst., at Hampton Manor-house, near -w"
Mrs. Philip Sheppard. tbe
On the 23d inst., at 7, Park-terrace, Cambride,
wife of Salwey Browne, Esq.

OF A DAUGHTER.
On the 23d inst., at Stepney, Mrs, Warton.
On the 24th inst., at St. Mary's, Putney, M•
Hare.

MARRIED.
On the 25th, at Finsbury Chapel, by the Rel.' IL
Warlters, of New Park-street Chapel, Southwark', 00
' James Garside, of Leeds, to Mrs. Elizabeth Hales,
Broad-street, London. 'a the
On the 23d inst., at the parish church of Ruislip j0i.11.;
county of Middlesex, William Rendall, Esq., °' jailor"'
street, London, to Mary Ann second daughter of it
Watts, Esq., of Eastcott, Middlesex.

Suddenly, at his residence, in Brighton, lffr•
.itievens. The deceased joined the staff of officers ;4100„
Brighton and South Coast Railway P 'tt Com any►bY bY Alb
he was deservedly respected, and sincerely regre e
who knew him.
On the 21st inst., Maria, the wife of Mr. Roche, ge,A; 10'
Upper Wellington-street, Covent-garden, in the 15'4'
of her age. Aolie
On the 24th inst., at 31 Upper Harley-streetAAt.
Croft, the eldest daughter of the late Rev. Robert 1""

DIED.

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Middlesex, Monday, December 27, 1852

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DALKEITII, DEC. 23.—The relative weight -,•et la,-,
bushel of the three prices of wheat were 18st 91b, Vl;st 611).
and 17st 01b. Oats, 13st 31b, 12st 51b, and n'd 'beans'
Barley, 16st 81b, 15st 41b, and 14at 71b. Peas A-
19st 41b, 19st 21b, and 18st 111 b. or•
Qrs. Best.
518 Wheat........... £2 14 0 £C2iirreB Current.
12nfleiri
0 15 6
2,112 Qats
991 Barley .l 12 0 1 7 0 116
42 Peas and beans ...1 19 0 1 17 6
Average of wheat, 2/. 8s Odd.
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