The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-07 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE.

The transactions in wheat in the leading country mar-
kets held on Saturday were limited, and inferior samples
were again somewhat lower in price. Spring wheat and
flour moved off slowly, and the quotations were with diffi-
culty supported.
Throughout the Continent the corn trade generally rules
heavy, but no change has taken place in the currencies.
At the date of our last advices very little business was
doing in breadstuffs at New York on English account.
Very small supplies of English grain were received up to
our market last week. From abroad we received 27,733
qrs wheat, 17,308 qrs barley, 12,493 qrs oats, 5,000 qrs
beans, 1,210 qrs tares, 17,749 qrs linseed, 2,010 qrs rape-
seed, 5,251 qrs maze, and 720 sacks and 68,238 brls flour.
To this morning's market the arrivals of English wheat,
fresh up, were exceedingly small ; consequently the total
supply on offer was much• restricted, and the condition of
the samples, owing to the continuance of damp weather,
was very inferior. The few dry parcels on sale were dis-
posed of at last Monday's currency ; otherwise, the trade
was in a sluggish state, yet, compared with this day se'en•
night no quotable change took place in prices. The whole
of the supply was net disposed of at the close of business.
We were well supplied with foreign wheat. In good
and fine qualities a fair consumptive business was trans-
acted, and on the whole the quotations wore steadily main-
tained. Inferior descriptions moved off slowly at the late
decline in prices.

Floasffig cargoes of grain were in moderate demand, at
late curriences,

The supply of English barley was small ; of foreign,
somewhat extensive. Malting qualities were scarce, and
they sold readily at extreme rates ; but other descriptions
were a dull inquiry, on former terms. _

compared with Monday last.
T
Malt changed hand, slowly, yet no change took place in
show of oats, both English and foreign, was mode-
rately extensive. Good and fine corn mot a steady sale, at
full prices; otherwise the oat trade was dull, and the quo-
tations were barely supported,

'Beans were in limited supply, but slow request, at last
Monday's currency.
The inquiries for peas were without improvement, yet
prices ruled firm, in consequence of the small supply on
sale.

Barrel flour, owing to the largo import last week, moved
off heavily, at fully the late reduction in its value.

Town-made qualities, as well as country marks, com-
manded very little attention, and in some instances prices
ruled in favour of buyers.

CURRENCY PER IMPERJAL MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex and Rent, red, new
Ditto, old —s —s
Ditto, white, new file 668
Ditto, old —s —s
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old
Ditto, new
Talavera,
Rye— ................................ 38s 142 s
Barley—Grinding
Malting
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 5OB 66s
Brown.
Kingstown and Ware s6s 708
Chevalier
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding. 218 2 s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black l9s 288
Cork, white........ l9s 24s
Scotch, Feeding 23s 268
Beans—Tick ................... .
Pkreons, .............. .
Pea5—Grey............
Maple ...................... 388 40s
White .............................. 37s 40s
Boilers ...........
Flour—Town-made ...................... 468 558
Suffolk ............................ 398 438
Stockton and Norfolk. ...... 398 401
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEI.
For the time of year there was a fair supply of foreign
stock on. offer to-day as to number, but its general quality
was very middling,- when compared with several previous
weeks. : Sales progressed slowly, at barely stationary
prices. • .
Notwithstanding that there was a falling off in the supply
of beasts from our own graving districts, the demand for all
7Terhtheelbeessst, Scots and crosses were
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disposed of at from 4s 2d to 15 4d per 81bs; although there
were some remarkable prime stock on offer, the general
quality of the beasts was rather inferior.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we
received 1,900 Scots, short horns, and crosses ; from
other parts of England, 750 various breeds ; from Scotland,
600 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 100 oxen and
heifers.
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prime Downs having sold at 5s 6d per 81bs. Clipped
sheep, however, were a dull inquiry, at a decline in the
quotations, compared with Monday last, of 2d per 'Blb.
Prime Downs, out of the wool, realised 4s 10d per Sibs'.
Lambs—the show of which was seasonably extensive—
met a dull sale at from 6s to 7s per 81bs, being a decline in
the value of inferior breeds of from 2d to 4d per 81bs. From
the Isle of Wight 210 head came to hand.
Calves were in moderate request at Thursday's currency.
The top price was 5s 3d per Blbs.
We have to report a dull sale for pigs at barely sta-
tionary prices.

ink the offal.

Per 81b. to s
s. d. s. d.
Crse. &inf. beasts 2 10 0
Second quality do. 3 2 3 6
Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0
Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4
Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10
Second quality do. 4 0 4 4
Lambs, 6s 0

s. d. ES d
Pritnecrs-wool d 0.4 6 5 2
Pule. S' thdown d 0.5 4 5 6
Large crse. calves 4 4 4 10
Prime small do 5 0 5 4
Largo hogs 3 8 4 0
Small porkers ..., 4 2 4 8
Id to 7s Od.

Suckling calves, 12s to 265; and quarter-old store pigs,
[9s to 295.

TOTAL SUPPLY.

FOREIGN SUPPLY.

____
Beasts --
_ 3,630 Beasts
Sheep and lambs— 23,830 Sheep ....
Calves lOl Calves
Pigs. . 320 , Pigs
The total imports of foreign stocx into London, last week,
amounted to 2,252 head. In the corresponding week in
1861, we received 3,258—in 1860, 2,114—in 1859, 2,425
—in 1858, 806—in 1857, 1,033—in 1856, 705 head.