The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-18 00:00:00

MARKETS--This Day.

MARK-LANE.
The supply of English wheat received fresh up to Mark-
lane to-day was very moderate. The demand, however.
ruled inactive at Monday's decline of is. per qr. The show
of foreign wheat on the stands was large. For all descrip-
tions the trade was in a sluggish state, yet no quotable
change took place in the rates current at the commence-
ment of the week. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow
request at late rates. The supply of barlq was very mode-
rate. Malting qualities realised fully previous quotations.
Grinding and distillery sorts were steady. A fair average
business was transacted in malt at late rates. The supply
of oats on sale was very large. The trade for all qualities
ruled heavy, and prices were barely supported. Beane and
peas were in steady request, and prices ruled firm. No
change took place either in the value of English or foreign
flour; but the amount of business transacted was very
moderate.

ARRIVALS THIS 'WEEK.
Wheat. IsarleY. Malt Oats. Flout.
English.— 850 1 420 I 1,690 I 1 810
Irish — I 700 •
N'oreign 10,380 4,840 I 56,580 20 sks.
22u brls.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
The supply of meat on sale is moderate; on the whole,
the demand rules steady at full quotations.
Per Sib. by the carcase.
sd s d
Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 0
Middling do. .. 3 2 3 6
Frime large do. 3 8 3 10
Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2
Large pork .... 3 6 4 0
Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8

odsd
Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2
Prime do . 4 4 4 6
Veal
Small pork ~
Lamb

BOROUGH HOP.
New English hops are in steady request, and fine samples
command rather more money. For yearling and old hops
the demand is by no means active, yet prices are sup-
ported.

New Mid and East Kents • . 90s to 120 s per cwt.
Weald of Kents
Sussex . Bss to 1108

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The public sales have proceeded with rather less
animation, and prices have gone rather irregularly.
bUGAlt.—There has been a moderate
inquiry for West
India, which has continued at fully previous prices. Other
descriptions were inactive. In the refined market there has
been more animation, and good titlers have been dealt in at
44s 6d to 45s per cwt.
COFFEE.—Ftz colonial descriptions there has been a fair
inquiry, and full rates have been realised at public sale for
both plantation and native Ceylon.
RICE —A moderate amount of business has been entered
into, bur prices have not varied to any important extent.
A.LLOW.—There has been a more active demand, and
prices have slightly improved. P. Y.C. on the spot is quoted
425, and last three months 43s per cwt.

Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur-
°basins', Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4cl. and
4s. " High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 45. Bd.), is the
strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every
town supply it in packets.
A DUEL BETWEEN LADIES.—On Monday several
ladies, while on a visit to a friend's house, a short
distance from Gray's Ferry, were amusing themselves by
Singing and dancing, when one of them, a resident of Bal-
timore, sang a verse of " The Bonny Blue Hag;'' one of
the other ladies jestingly said, " You're a rebel," at which
another commenced the " Southern Ilarseillaise;" when
it was finished, the lady who had been called a rebel said,
" I wish we had pistols, I'd fight a duel with you for call-
ing me a rebel." At this a daughter of the gentleman at
whose house they were, said, " We have pistols in the
house, but they are not loaded." They were brought, and
in order to give it the form of a duel, distances were mea-
sured in the room, the ladies took their places, word was
given—one, two, three, when the lady who had called the
other " rebel," said, " I will sit in this chair, as I wish to
die easy." Word was again given,
and the Baltimore
lady, who had a self-cocking pistol, pulled the trigger, and
bang went the pistol—a piercing scream was heard, and in
an instant the room was filled with the members of the
family, when it was discovered that two of the ladies had
swooned : the Baltimore lady was ntanding motionless, and
the one who wished to " die easy," sitting pale with
terror in her chair; one ball had passed through her dress
on the left side, grazing the skin, while in the leaf of a
table on which she rested her arm were eight distinct shot-
holes, and one bullet imbedded in the wood. The pistol
had been loaded by a boy en the 4th of July, but the
charge bad not been fired. The ladies were soon restored
to consciousness, and commenced to r ealise the danger of
meddling with firearms--a warning, it, is needless to say,
they will not disregard for the future: —Arco York Tribune:
of Coninzerce.

AN ARAB BEATEN BY AN• ENGLISH RACE-
itoRsE!—A. race has taken place a t Cairo, between a fine
Arab, from the stud of Ali Pach• 1, and the English horse
Companion, the property of He Jena Paella, the distance
being four miles. The English I,2nrra won in a canter by
more than half-a•