The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-03 00:00:00

MARKETS—This Day.

The supply of English wheat on sale here to day was
small. The demand, however, ruled far from active ;
nevertheless, Monday's currency was supported.
The market was moderately supplied with most descrip••
Lions of foreign wheat. The amount of business transacted
was somewhat restricted, yet prices ruled fit in.
Floating cargoes of grain were steady in price, although
the trade for them was in a sluggish state.
Grinding barley sold steadily at full quotations; other-
wise, the barley trade was quiet, on former terms.
In malt about an average business was transacted, at
full prices.
The supply of oats on the stands was but moderate. On
the whole, the trade ruled steady at very full prices.
Berns were in small supply, and steady request, at ex.
treme rates.

Peas moved off steadily, and prices ruled firm.
The flbur trade was steady, and no quotable change took
place in the currency.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat, Barley. Malt. Oats. riour.
450 8) 1,290 3,430 1,180
Irish..
i4orßiffn 5,570 590 7010
Do
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
These markets are but moderately supplied with meat,
and the trade rules firm at fully late rates,
Per bib. by the carcase.
s (.1 o d
Inferior beef .. 3 2 3 6
.Sliddling do. .. 3 8 3 10
Enloe large do. 4 0 4 2
Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4
Large pork .... 3 6 4 4
Inferior mutton. 3 10 4 4
BOROUGH HOP.
We have to report a firm trade both for English and
foreign hops, and all qualities fully support last week's
currencp. The accounts at hand from the plantations this
morning are less satisfactory.
Mid and East Kents.. £5 Os to £9 lOs per cwt.
Weald of Kents 5 Os to 7 7s ~
Sussex
Yearlings .. 3 Os to 5 Os „
Bavarian 6 Ss to 8 8s
Belgian
American

eke,
brls.

tided
Middlingmutton 4 6 4 8
Prime do 4 10 5 0
Veal.
Small pork
Lamb ..... , 5 8 6 8

COLONIAL.
TEA.—A fair amount of business has been transacted in
most kinds, and prices are well supported. A large quantity
is announced for public competition on Tuesday next.
SUGAR.—The demand for West India has not been quite
so active, although prices continue to be well maintained.
In the refined market rather 13wer rates have in some
instances been current.
COFFER —There has been a better inquiry tor Plantation
Ceylon, and lull rates have been realised for superior
qualities.
RlCE.—Only moderate dealings have been reported, and
quotations show no change of importance.
TALLOW—Market dull, with few transactions either for
present or future dealings. _P.Y C. on the spot is quoted
40s to 40s 3d, and last three months 43s 6d per cwt.

ORANGES IN THE AZORES.—Nowhere are oranges
of more importance than in the Azores. These
islands live on them, bath directly as food, and indirectly as
a profitable industry. Just as in other parts of the world
a man's wealth is reckoned by the number of sheep, cattle,
or horses which he can call his own, so here the orange..
tree forms the unit of value. You do not say, such a one
is worth so many thousand pounds, but that he has a
quinta containing so many trees. High and low, rich and
poor alike, derive their incomes from oranges. Whether
it be for good or evil, the population aro certainly not
"divorced from the soil" in the Azores, for while the great
proprietor has his 1,000 or 1,500 stems, the peasant rejoices
in the "orange tints that gild the greenest bough" upon
his own dozen or half-dozen trees. During the years when
the orange-trees aro yielding no fruit, maize or beans are
grown between their ranks, but seldom afterwards, unless
the owner be very poor or very greedy. The islanders de-
vote their whole time, thought, and energies to the cultiva-
tion of the orange, and watch over the trees with great care
and anxiety, to preserve them from the violence of
the elements, or the ravages of that destructive in-
sect, the coccus. The crop is generally bought by
the merchant before it has reached maturity, and
there are professional valuers who have attained great pre-
cision in calculating the produce of each tree. After the
bargain is made, however, the weather or the insect may
play sad havoc with the qulnta, and cause heavy loss to the
purchaser. the well known St. Michael oranges, so much
esteemed in this country, come from the Azores, which,
upon an area of 229 miles, yields annually oranges to the
value of about £90,000, and to the number of nearly
300,000,000 I A seventh of this quantity is usually con-
sumed by the inhabitants ; the rest is exported.—Chambers'
Journal.