The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-12 00:00:00

THE SON. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, ocroBER 12, 1833,

MARKETS--This Day.

MARK-LANE.

In the country markets held on Saturday good and fine
wheats sold steadily at late rates, but inferior qualities
ruled heavy on rather easier terms. The demand for barley,
oats, beans, and peas ruled inactive, at about stationary
prices. The flour trade was dull.
On the Continent tho corn trade is generally dull. From
the United States we learn that the demand for wheat and
flour had improved, and that an
.advance had taken place

in prices.
There was a fair arrival of English grain up to our
market last week. The imports from abroad amounted to
36,998 quarters of wheat, 9,557 barley, 78,877 oats, 3,142
beans, 3,967 linseed, 1,957 oilseeds, and 547 sacks and
26,332 barrels flour.
Fresh up to Mark-lane to-day the arrivals of home-
grown wheat were very moderate, but most samples were
received in good condition. Tne trade, however, for all
qualities ruled inactive, yet no change took place in prices
compared with Monday last. There were a few buyers
from the North in attendance, but their operations were on
a very limited scale, the prices offered by them being too
low to admit of transactions of importance.
The show of samples of foreign wheat, both ex ship and
ex granary, was large. In the former sales progressed
heavily, and where sales were pressed, rather lower prices
were taken by holders. For the latter, the trade was in a
sluggish state, yet the currency was unaltered from this
day se'nnight.
Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request at about
stationary prices.

The supply of English and foreign barley was moderate.
The demand for all qualities ruled inactive at the recent fall
in the quotations.
The supply of old malt was moderate, and the show of
new qualities was seasonably large. The trade was dull,
and prices had a downward tendency.
With oats the market was extensively supplied. All
qualities sold heavily, and prices were 6d, per quarter lower
than on Monday last.
Beans were in fair supply, and heavy request, at a de-
cline in prices of is per quarter.
Peas were unaltered in value from Monday last. The
inquiry was far from active, notwithstanding the short
supply.

The supply of American flour on offer was large, and
prices slightly declined. Country marks sold heavily, at
barely late rates.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 39s to 44s
Ditto, old 39s 43s
Ditto, white, 1863 43s 48s
Ditto, old 403 488
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 403 44s
Ditto, 1863
Talavera,
Rye—
Barley—Grinding
Malting 348 403
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6OB 688
Brown
Kingstown and Ware 6os 68s
Chevalier 66s 68s
Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding. 108 23s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black —B —s
Cork, white
Scotch, Feeding —B —8
Beans—Tick, old 36s 41s
Pigeons,
Peas—Grey .., 33s 35s
Maple
White 368 38s
Boilers •_... 36s 38s
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b .... ...... 39s 438
Suffolk 2BB 308
Stockton and Norfolk . 27s 29s
American, per barrel l7s 24s

be transacted, and the late advance in prices is well sup-
ported,

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.

The arrival of potatoes to these markets coastwise and
by rail are moderately large. Most descriptions, however,
are in steady request, and fine samples have been disposed
of at rather higher prices. The supply is entirely confined
to home-grown produce.
Regents
Flukes ..
Shaws .. Ms to 60s ~
Rocks
Seedlings . 70s to 80s „

TALLOW.
The tallow trade is firmer to-day, and prices have slightly
improved. The quotation for new P. Y.C. is 458 per cwt on
the spot. Town tallow is selling at 44s per cwt. Rough
fat commands 2s 3d per Blbs.

Particulars.

1861. 1862. 1863.
--,
36.600 45.081 35.568 S 46.612 48.533
60561 to tBs 6d. to 51sod to 47831. to 15s Od to
—s Od sOd --s Od I 47s 6d —s Od
1,605 2,179 3,617 1,589 2,41'6
27,231 3 ,265 53,817 27,754 23,15.4
1 ,250 2,84 i 2,061 8,386 6,7c4
51,771 55,194 32,624 16,054 33,44!
1 62s Od 61s Od 52s 9d 48s 6d 46s 63

1859.

1860,

Stock this aay....
Price of Y.C.
Delivery last weeki
Ditto from June
Arrivals last week)
Ditto from June 1
Price of Town

LITERATURE.

Our Old Home. By Nathaniel Hawthorne, author
of " Transformation," " The Scarlet Letter," &c.

Two volumes. Smith and Elder.

Nathaniel Hawthorne has before now furnished
us with " Twice-told-Tales," many of ,which were
worth twice telling. We cannot affirm the same of
the recollections he has now favoured us with, some
of which—not a few of which—had better have been
left unsaid. In his introductory confidences "to a
friend" Mr. Hawthorne tells us that he had at first
intended to write a larger work upon the same sub-
ject, "but," he adds, " the Present, the Immediate,
the Actual has proved too potent for me. It takes
away from me not only my scanty faculty, but even
my desire for imaginative composition." He goes on
to say, however, " I shall easily find room for the
abortive work on a certain ideal shelf where are
reposited many other shadowy volumes of mine,
more in number, and very much super for in quality,
to those which I have succeeded in rendering
actual." How many of 11Ir. Hawthorne's readers,
and how many of his admirers (for his quaint style
and shrewd observation have gained him, in this
country, many admirers) will, like ourselves, wish
for his own fame's sake that these two " actual"
volumes also reposed upon that sam e "sh ado wy" shelf!
fe himself acknowledges that some of his friends
have told him, that these sketches evince an asperity
of sentiment towards the English people which he
ought not to feei. He affects surprise at this asser-
tion, and claims an " hereditary sympathy" for the
English people; and yet, in the very next breath,
he exclaims, and the exclamation coming from a
Yankee almost takes sways our breath :—" These
people (the English) think so loftily of themselves,
and so contemptuously of everybody else, that it re •
quires more generosity than I possess to keep
always • in perfectly good humour with them !''
Equally marvellous, in the utter unconsciousness of
its application nearer home, is another remark of
gr. Hawthorne's, which occurs •in the second
volume :