The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1864.

MARKETS—This Day.

MARK-LANE.

Very little change took place in the value of wheat in the
country markets held on Saturday. There was no activity
in the demand, however, either for red or white qualities.
Spring corn, of all descriptions, as well as flour, moved off
slowly, at late rates.
Letters from New York report no improvement in the
demand for breadstuffs for shipment to Great Britain. At
Alexandria the export of cereal produce has been prohibited,
till the new crop arrives at market.
Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English pro-
duce were small. The imports from abroad amounted to
4,768 quarters of wheat; 2,145 barley ; 29,836 oats ; 223
beans ; 234 peas ; 545 tares ; 2,389 linseed ; 1,242 oil seeds ;
352 sundry seeds ; 275 sacks and 20 barrels of flour.
A small supply of home grown wheat was received fresh
up to this morning's market, both from Essex and Kent.
The condition of the produce was on the whole tolerably
good, yet the trade was in a sluggish state for all qualities
at last Monday's currency.
With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup-
plied. Importers and holders showed no disposition to
make any concession in prices, and the amount of business
transacted was small, at late rates.
Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, yet previous
quotations w ere supported.
The demand for malt ruled heavy, and prices had a
downward tendency.
There was a full average supply of barley on the stands.
Peas, although the demand for them was by no means
active, were steady in price.
In flour, both English and foreign, only a moderate
business was transacted on former terms.
The supply of oats on sale was somewhat extensive. Both
home. grown and foreign parcels rest a slow sale, at fully
the recent decline in prices.
Beans—the supply of which was very moderate—ruled
firm, and rather more money was in some instances obtainod.

CURRENCY FEB. IMPERIAL MEASURE,
Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 39a to 42s
Ditto, old —s —s
Ditto, white, 1863 42s 483
Ditto, old —s —s
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —iii
Ditto, 1863
Talavera,
Rye—
Barley—Grinding , 23s 25s
Malting 2ss 38s
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk • 60s 665
Brown
Kingstown and Ware 6os 66s
Chevalier 668 68s
Oats —Yorkshire and Linoolnsh., Feeding lBs 23s
21s 25s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black lss 23s
Cork, white l6s 233
Scotch, Feeding l9s 233
Beans—Tick
Pigeons,
Peas—Grey . .
Maple 3ls 33s
White 33s 368
Boilers 33s 36s
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk 2Bs 30s
Stockton and Norfolk 27s 29s
American, per barrel l9s 25s

advance. Down wools move off slowly, nevertheless the
quotations rule firm. Last week's import was 1,135 bales
from Algoa Bay. The following prices were realised at
the recent public sales : —.Sydney—Ordinary to superior
flocks, is 413 to 2s 4d ; scoured, is 10d to 2s 51d; lambs,
Is 6d to 2s Id; do. scoured, 2s to 2s 73; in the grease, 9d
to is ld. Port Philip—Ordinary to superior flocks, is 8d
to 2s 7d; scoured, 3s to 3s 51d; lambs, is 7d to 2s; grease,
Is to is 41d. Van Diemen's Land—Ordinary to good
flocks, is 4d to is Ild ; scoured, is 9d to 2s 71d; lambs,
is 7d to 2d ; grease, 9d to is Id. Adelaide—Ordinary to
good flocks, is 3d to le 9d ; grease, 91d to is 31d. New
Zealand—Ordinary to superior flocks, is 3d to 2s 21d ;
scoured, is 8d to 2s 61d ; lambs, is 4d to is 11d; grease, 93
to is 53. Caps—Ordinary to superior flocks, Is 21d to
2s 8d ; lambs, is ld to is 7-12 d ; grease, Sd to 1113 per lb.

The Volunteer Review at Guildford,

SUNDAY EVENING.
Of the many thousands who have lived within
sound of Bow Bells the number must have been

exceedingly small who had even the remotest idea
that there was any other Blackheath in England
save that particular one near to Greenwich-park.
Thanks, however, to the discoveries which certain

exploring parties connected with the volunteers
have made, and to the necessity which exists for
finding suitable spots for rifle ranges, a second
Blackheath has been found in many respects admi-

rab!y suited as a Champ de Mars for the evolutions

of the volunteers.
In the town of Gaildford nine houses out of ten
have been converted into boarding and lodging

establishments, and the hotels are full to overflow-

.ng. On all hands on Saturday the inquiry was,

" Where cln I get A bed P'' And this morning, es
each train brought to the town a large number of

volunteers, the difficulty of finding accommodation
increased with every hour. Not a few on Saturday

night were glad to get a " shake down" on the
floors of private or publichouses, and to-night (Sun-

day) numbers must either walk the streets or go to
the villages up or down the line a few miles from
Guildford. In this state of things it is not altogether

surprising that the prices demanded for beds are con-
siderable; ten shillings per night is by no means an
uncommon figure, and is gladly paid by those who

have walked the town for hours in search of a place to

rest in. Five shillings a night, however, is the ruling
price in inns or private houses, the former of which
would have been glad a week back, and will be

equally glad a week hence, to let their rooms at a
shilling per night. Expostulation is useless, for the
universal answer is, " Oh, the mayor told us we
should get five shillings a bed ;" and if this is really
so, this is one of the services for which the volun-

,eers will doubtless be grateful to the mayor and
.he committee Who have been acting with him for

the purpose of securing for the volunteers "good
accommodation at moderate charges." At the White
Horse a very large number of volunteers occupy the
drill-shed of the let Surrey Volunteers, and theihonse
is crammed, the charges being moderate, though the
quarters in the drill-shed are far from pleasant, as
may be judged from the reply of one volunteer
artilleryman, who, in answer to the inquiry, " How
did you sleep last night ?'' looked savagely, and
said more savagely still, " This is my first essay at
soldiering, and I'll be -- if it shall not be my
last." Others, who took their discomforts more
good-humouredly, informed us, "I couldn't stand
the draft, it nearly cut my ear off, so I got up and
,at by the fire, or went out and had a smoke," &c.
The plan of battle has undergone some important
modifications. The original intention, or rather
that which was formed partly in accordance with
the design of Lord Truro, but with considerable al-
terations at the hands of the military authorities,
was to array the opposing forces so that the attack
should be from behind a wood at the southeastern
extremity of the heath, the enemy's four brigades
being drawn up in a double line, with its guns in
the centre; while the defending army, disposed
in a somewhat similar way, but in more scattered
order, and with its outposts in front, should
occupy the opposite side of the heath. The enemy
was to disclose himself suddenly, and deliver a

feigned attack on the right of the defending army,
which would strengthen the point assailed at the
expense of its left wing. Perceiving the oppor-
tunity thus afforded, the enemy would then de-
liver its real attack on the left, by which the de-
fending army, having first been compelled to show
an entirely new front, would be gradually pressed
back to the vicinity of the Grand Stand. It now
appears, however, that this programme has been
carefully discussed, at the instance of Major-
General Russell, who pointed out certain disad-
vantages calling for revision. A meeting of the
generals was held yesterday afternoon, at the
War Office, when Sir John Pennefatber and
Colonel l‘l'Murdo refused, it is said, to fall in
with Gen. Russell's amended plan, the chief feature