The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-23 00:00:00

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

Thesuly of meat on sale is moderate. Good and prime
qualities move off steadily at full prices ; otherwise the trade
is quiet.
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Per Slb. by the carcase.

sd s d
odsd
Inferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 Middling mutton 3 6 4 2
Middling do. .. 3 0 3 4 Prime do ....... 4 4 4 6
Prime large do. 3 6 3 8 Veal ......... 3 6 4 4
Do. small do. 310 4 0 Small p0rk..,,.. 4 0 4 4
Inferi
Large
or por
mutton. 3 0 k .... 3 4 3 3 410 Lamb ........ 0 0 0 0

BOROUGH HOP.
Our market is well supplied with English and foreign
hops. For good and fine samples there is a steady demand,
and prices rule firm. Inferior parcels, however, are a dull
inquiry, yet their value is steadily supported.
New Mid and East Kents £5 128 to £8 Os per cwt.
Weald of Keats ...... sos to 6 12s I. Sussex . ............. sOs to 6; Os ~

COLONIAL.
TEA.—The market has been rather quiet. Prices, how..
ever, are well maintained, good common congou being
quoted 120. to 13d. per lb.
SUGAR.—The dealings, which have been extensive, were
principally of a speculative character, and prices exhibited
a further improved tendency for good and fine descriptions
of West India. In the refined market higher rates are also
current, common testers being quoted 47 per cwt.
COFFEE.—OnIy a moderate business has been done, and
both Plantation and Native Ceylon continue at about Pr'
vious rates.

RICE.-- The market has been very dull, without avY
material change to record on values.
TALLow,—Business has been rather inactive, clo.f3'
tions however, continue steady, P.Y.C. on the Vet being
445. 6d., December 445., and spring delivery 455, per c'w

The Agonies of Competitive Exalliii2a

,tion.

The clock strikes, and a shudder runs through
Giv our
the crowd, and we slowly and mournfully enter
the hall prepared for our reception.
numbers, we are directed to our places, ing
and sit
down, all in a flutter. Presently the examiner
enters, and the printed questions are distributed.
at a later
Some of us are rather surprised and disgusted to
find that the subject is the Ilistory of the Laws and
Constitution of a certain Country. Many of us had
trusted that this subject would come on
stage, and had not properly crammed for it ; but
there's no help for it, so we go to I work and make the
best of it. Some of the questionsl found I could do,e
and did. Others I found. cuilld not do, but did
princip all
the same: actingon the le, useful in all exams,
of " making shots" at everything on
ing. And here I the chance of
hitting sornete .regret to ,
be guilty of a l• .av, I was
compelled to . 8 lght hvo„ ;- ' -,,,
were required to w rito tine lite 04, a - i -cr,sy. ,i, e
whom I detest • 1 1 certain historical
personage . . )
4 wrote,
satire,
but a fervid eui,,i,‘ (-) not a withering
b Oil on • • .
competitive system is Char, him : 1%, ell, the
1 know. Looking round Chargeable With it, that's all
irom
able to see how the other time to time, I was
and became well or ill . r, wallahs were getting on,
it I
a•Nsr a Lliected towards them accord-
ingly.steadily and cont. 'wallah writing rapidly, but
up," and could InUallYi I knew tie was " well
wallah have crushed him. If I saw a
burying
use of his
pen g his fingers in his hair, and making
him as if it were something to eat, I bore
no
did th
malice,and
N ......1
"Liu then would have done him no harm.
ow
bis stock of a wallah would arrive at the end of
and Walk out of the room knowledge,
ro would deliver up his papers,
jog 'Wallahs increased, so;
alsoas the nuemberof depart 7
those satisfaction
hhow
the
who remained. Curious to see
niggers fared, I watched them whenever I had
nothing, else to do. They wrote away like madmen'
He in the European costume appearedto be in Afterpetual state of delight and bright idea.
musing awhile, he would suddenly grin from ear to
ear (a considerable distance), and dash down oa
paper the sentiments that had occurred to him.—
Dickens' s " All the Year Round.".