The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-20 00:00:00

MARKETS—This Day.

A very moderate supply of English wheat was received
fresh up to this morning's market. The attendance of
buyers was small, and the demand both for red and white
qualities ruled inactive. Nevertheless, good and fine par-
cel. steadily supported previous rates.
The show of s,mples of foreign wheat was moderately
large. All descriptions were in limited request, yet no
change took place in prices compared with Monday.
Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate demand
on former terms.

The supply of barley was very moderate. All descrip-
tions, however, met a slow sale, yet prices were supported.
Malt changed hands to a fair average extent, at late rate..
The supply of oats was moderately large. Good and fine
corn moved off slowly, at previous quotations; otherwise,
the trade was dull, at drooping prices.

Both beans and peas were very firm, and the currency
had an upward tendency.

Barrel flour, the supply of which was moderate, met a
slow sale, on former terms. 0 her descr,ptiona ruled in-
active, but no alteration took place in their value.

ARRIVALS THIB WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout.
English-- 170 — 320 100 ; 330
_
omen ...... 9,400 1,190 14,810 ; 7,230 brls,

The Elephant and Castle, as usual, was "all
alive," at a very early hour looking more like a
heleagured fortress or the halt of a caravan, so
great at one time was then umber of vehicles
clustered round to tempt the unwary to try the
perils of the road. The appearance of a great many
of the vehicles might have induced a belief in the
mind of a stranger that, instead of the Londoners
taking their annual holiday, they were in fact occu-
pied in an extensive movement of furni-
ture, as the great majority of the vans
were entirely covered with a tarpauling upon which
was painted in conspicuous colours the following
announcement :—" Goods carefully removed." At
a few minutes before ten, the rain ceased and a dif-
ference in the scene was soon observable. The
heavy coverings were clewed up, and then instead
of chairs and tables, &c., &c., men, women, and
children were discovered as the occupants, and from
the good humourtd look that prevailed the
assemblage all seemed bent on making
the best of the day. To say that every
kind of vehicle, in or out of repair, had its
representative in the motley gathering, is only to
express what has been said of every:Derby day since
the origin of sport. The aristocratic four-in-hand,
the humbler brougham, the fast dog-cart, the pon-
derous omnibus, and plebeian barrow of the genuine
costermonger, abounded everywhere; hansom cabs
transformed themselves into perfect bowers, and
hurried along the line; whilst amongst the inde-
cribable ruck of vehicles there was something that
looked very like a mourning coach, that had either
banished dull care for the day, or become reckless
through excess of grief.
_ . .

To the great majority of visitors to Epsom the
railway, with its admirably organised arrangements,
has now so completely established its superiority,
That to go by the road would be something like the
Civic procession taking water in the venerable and
inv-honourd City b,rg(s, when the whole of the
municipal wisdom cau be conveyed from Blacktriare

to We,tminiter so much more rapidly in a penny
sicarub ,at. The secret of "doing" the Derby com-
fortably is to go late and come away early, when
the whole of the bustling, the pickpockets, the
confusion, y nd nearly every thing of an unpleasant
nature, may be avoided. The arrivals at
the South• Western, and at the London bridge
,:nd Victoria Station of the London, Brighton, and
South Coast Railway were immense, and yet owing
to the capital arrangements of the officials, the
trains left with the greatest regularity, the travel.
lers taking their seats (considering the occasion)
with but little, if any, fighting and crowding.

EPSOM, 10 A.M.

The rain, which has fallen all night, continues
his morning. The course is very soft. Wind N.W.

EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

EPSOM TOWN PLATE.

Selection
Merry Maid
Libellous
Twelve ran.