The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-24 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE.

The country markets held on Saturday were tolerably.
well supplied with wheat ; nevertheless, the demand ruled
steady, at full prices. Fine malting barley realised ls. per
quarter more money, and the value of grinding and dis-
tilling sorts was well supported. Malt and oats were quite
as dear ; but all other articles commanded very little at-
tention.
In the near continental markets, holders of wheat and
other grain have been firm in their demands ; but the
amount of business doing on English account has been com-
paratively small. The sale for wheat and flour in the
-United States has been less active.
Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English
grain were tolerably good. From abroad we received
10,659 quarters of wheat ; 2,350 barley • 12,605 oats ; 1,850
rye; 1,519 beans ; 500 peas ; 5,343 linseed ; 848 rapeseed ;
106 sundry seeds ; 1,594 sacks and 10,469 barrels of flour.
The quantity of wheat received fresh up to-day coast-
wise from Essex and Kent was very moderate, and much
1 out of condition. From the east coast the receipts were
small. By land carriage the supply was by no means lafge;
yet the show of samples of both red and white was on I'le
increase. The attendance of both town and country mil-
lers was tolerably good. All fine qualities moved oil
freely at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday
last, whilst there was a slight improvement in the inquiry
for most other kinds at late rates. The dealers generally
aro very short of stock, but the steady imports of American
flour operate against the wheat trade.
For forward delivery a fair average business was doing
at full currencies.
The supply of fresh foreign wheat was again moderate,
and the show of samples, ex-granary, was small. Medium
qualities of red sold to a fair extent, at full curi:sncies.
Most other kinds were in moderato request, /If lite
figures:

-The inquiry for floating cargoes was by no means actiNve ;
nevertheless, holders were firm in their demands, and suc-
ceeded in obtaining full prices in every instance.
With English barley we were much better supplied than
for several weeks past ; but the quantity of foreign on
offer was limited. The demand was less active, yet the
late advance in the value of malting parcels was sup-
ported.

Rather a large quantity of malt was brought forward ;
yet the inquiry for that article was steady, at full cur-
rencies.

The supply of oats was on the increase. On the whole
the oat trade ruled firm, and prices were well maintained.
Beans, the show of which was tolerably good, moved off
slowly, at late figures.
There was a very inactive demand for peas, at fill
quotations.

The flour trade was in a sluggish state. In prices no
change took place.

CITENENCY PEE IItPEBIAL MEASURE.

Whsat—Essex & Kent.
Red • • .. new 40a to 488
Dias old 46s 59s
Ditto, White new 45s 53s
Ditt0........ old 50s 60s
Norfolk and Lin-
coln, Red, old 48s 539-
Ditto, new ...• .. 37s 475
Rye—Old ............ 31s 82s
New 3ls 33.
uarley—Grinding..... 26s 28s
Malting ......... 314 33.
Chevalier.... • •• 31s 36s
Malt—Suffolk and Nor-
folk • • •• 54s 53s
Brown • • • • i6s 528
Kingston and Ware 53s 603

Malt—Chevalier .. • • 61s to GSS
Oats Yorkshire and
Lincolnsh.,lreed 16$ 225
Potato •• .. 215 24s
Youghal and Cork
81ack....... 16s 243
Cork, White ..... 16s 25s
Scotch, Feed..... 21s 25s
Beans—Tick ......... 32s 345
Pigeons •• • . 359 40s

Peas—Grey .......... 31s
Maple... •• •• •• •• 332
White........... 33,
Boilers 3G9
Flour—Town-made... 4 I s
Suffolk .. •• •• •• .. 32s
Stookta &Norfolk 32s

SMITHFIELD.

The imports of foreign stock into London, last week,
were seasonably good—the total supply amounting to 3,954
head. During the same period in 1852 they amounted to
1,508 ; in 1851, 2,668 ; in 1850, 1,077 ; in 1849, 854 ; and
in 1848, 407 head.

From

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs.

Calves. Pigs.

Hamburgh
Ostend

Harlingen

Rotterdam..
Amsterdam

368 " 1,368

46 ... -
421 ... 5

Total .

537 ... 2,873

The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
[852 289 ... 1,031 ... 288 ...
1851 4lO ... 1,918 ... ... 297 ... 50
.840 231 ... 676
... 170 ...
1849 159 ... 616 79 ...
.848 l2O ... 211 ... 76 ...

For the time of year to-day's market was well supplied
with foreign stock, the general quality of which was good.
The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing
districts, as well as from Scotland, were tolerably exten-
sive, and in fair average contlitiOn. Owing to the favour-
able change in the weather,"and the large numbev of buyers
in attendance, the beef trade ruled steady, and nearly the
whole of the beasts changed hands, at fully last Monday's
currency. The primest Scots realized 4s to 4s 2d per fllbs.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we
received 1,500 Scots, short horns, &c. ; from other parts of
Englaxd, 500 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; and from
Scotland, 800 horned and polled Scots.
With sheep, we were very scantily supplied. For all
breeds the demand was decidedly active, at prices fully equal
to those paid on Monday last. The primest Downs sold
readily at 5s per 81bs. There were a few shearlings on,
offer.

Calves—the supply of which was very moderate—moved
off readily, at full currencies. The primest veal was worth
4s 8d per Blbs. _

There was a fair average business doing in pigs, at pre-
vious rates.

Per Blbs by the carcase,

s. d. s. d.
Inferior Beasts ...2 10 to 3 0
Second quality ...3 2 3 4.
Prime largo oxen 3 6 3 8
Prime Scots, &c. 3 10 4 2
Inferior sheep ...3 8 3 10
Second quality ...4 0 4 4
Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 8

s. d. s. d.
I Prime Southdown 4 10 5 0
Large crse. calves 3 4 4 0
Prime small do 4 2 4 S
Large hogs 210 3 6
Small porkers 3 8 4 0
Sucking calves 20 0 24 0
Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 0

TOTAL SUPPLY.

FOREIGN SUPPLY.

Beasts
Sheep .
Calves ..
Pigs

385
1,280
119