The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-25 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAILS

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.

COVENT GARDEN.

Turkeys, 4s eid to Ss Od; Geese, 4s 6d to 6s each ; Ducks,
2s to 2s 6d; tame F'..abbits, is to is 6d ; wild ditto, 10d
to is 2d ; Pigeons, 641 to 8d each; roasting Pigs, 4s to 7s o,i
each; Surrey Fowls, 5s Od to Os Od ; ditto Chickens, Os Od
to Os Od; barn-door Fowls, is 9d to 2s 9d per couple:
Capons, 3s to 4s Od ; Chickens, is 6(1 to 2s Od per couple ;
Pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s Oti; Partridges, is Gd to is 9d; Hares,
2s 6d to 3s Gd; Leverets, Os Od to Os Od; Woodcocks, 2s 6(1
to 3s 6(1; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Snipes, Od to is 6d; Teal
6d to 9d; wild Ducks, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Widgeons, 9d to
is Od; and Plovers, 6d to is each. English Eggs, 8s Od to
Os 6(1; French ditto, fis 9d to 7s 6(1 per 120 ; Ostend fresh
butter lls 6d to 13s Od, and English 12s Od to 16s Od per
dozen lbs.

BILLINGSGATE.
Turbots, 2s' 6d to 15s ; Brills, is 6d to 7s each ; salmon
3s 6d to Os per lb; Cod Fish, 5s Od to lOs Od each ; Soles,
4d to is 6d per pair ; Eels, 8d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to
3s Od ; Crabs, 4d to 2s 9 Whitings, is 6d to 3s per doz.;
Doreys, 2s to 7s ; Mullets, 6d to is 6d each ; Common
Oysters, lOs Od to 16s Od; Natives, 40s Od to 50s Od per
bsh; Mackerel, 25s to 35s per 100; Smelts, is 0(1 to 3s pr doz.;
Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is Gd to 2s 6d per gallo n-
Bloaters, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 8s Od'
to Os Od per 100 ; Haddocks, Gs to 12s per doz. ; Plaice,
4d to is Od each ; Carp, 2s Od per brace; Tench, 2s Od
to Os Od per brace ; Gurnets, 4d to is Od each ; Halibut,
6d per lb.; Salt Fish, 2d to 5d per lb. ; Prawns, 2s Od to
4s 0,1 per lb. ; Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen ; Sturgeon,
6d per lb.; Pike 6d per lb. ; sprats, 3s Od per bushel.
BREAD.
The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are front
lid to 114 d; of household ditto, 9d to 114 d per 41b loaf.

NEWPORT. -
Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d'; mutton, 35 Gd to 43 8d ;
veal, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; pork, 3s 10(1 to 5s Od per Blbs.

WHITECHAPEL. -
Beef, from 3a 2d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d;
Veal, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs. by
the carcase.

HIDES AND SKINS.
Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2d to 3d; 641 b to 721 b, 3d
to Od; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 34d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 34d ;
881 b to 961 b, 3id to 34d; 961 b to 1041 b, 3id to 4d; 1641 h
to 1121 b Od to Od. Horse hides, 68 6d to Os Od; calf skins,
light, 28 Od to 3a 6d; ditto, full, 5s 6d to Os 04 polled
sheep, 8s Od to lOs Od; Kent; 78 Od to 8s Gd; Half-bred;
68 9d to 85 Od ; Downs, 5s 4d to 6s 4d.

HAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 18s to 51 Os ; clover
ditto, 41 Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1116 s to 21 3s per load.
A moderate supply, and a fair demand.
CUMBERLAND.--Meadolv hay, 31 N to Si 5s ; clover
ditto, 41 Os to 6/ Os; and straw, 1/ 18s to 21 4s per load.
Supply tolerably good, and trade firm.
WIIITECJIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to Si Os; clover
ditto, 3115 s to 61 6s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 21 2s per load.
Trade steady, and prices about stationary.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.

LONDON, Feb. 25.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W. ;
moderate breeze, and fine, clear weather.
RAMSGATE, Feb. 24.—The Albert, from Hartlepool to
Fecamp, has been brought in here a derelict, having been
found on the Goodwin Sands leaky ; crew landed at Dover.
PLYMOUTH, Feb. 24.—Wind, W. Arrived—Trafalgar,
from London, for Adelaide, S.A. Sailed—Forerunner (s),
for Africa.

PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 24.—Wind, W. by N. Arrived—
Agnes, from London, for Jamaica. Off Port—Hudson,from Charlesten, for Hamburgh.
SOIITITAMPTON, Feb. 21.—The Livorno (a a), the Medi-
terranean to Liverpool, put into Gibraltar, 17th inst.,
with screw damaged, and had partly to discharge.
GRIMSBY, Feb. 24.—Arrived—Thor, from Havannah.
RIVER TAY, Feb. 23.—Arrived—Junior, from Callao,
with damage to bulwarks, d:c.; the master had died since
the vessel left Queenstown.
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 23.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—
Eastern Belle, from Matanzas. Sailed—Bussorah Men
chant, for Melbourne.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVPOOL,
Wind, N.W. ; fresh breeze, aER
nd fine Saturday, 10 a.m..
Arrived—Bride of the Sea, from St. John's, N.B. ; Lan.
cashire, Calcutta; Susan, Cuba ; Gauntlet, Mobile.
Off Port—Hartley, from Valparaiso.

(BY SUBUARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAM)
GRAVESEND, Sa
Wind, W. ; tide, four hour's flood; fineturday, 10 a.m.
Arrived, 24th—Cashmere, from Calcutta ; Don Colino,
Guernsey ; Nestor, Amsterdam ; Rangoon, Ceylon ; Mohi,
Penang ; Swine (s), Boulogne ; Bride, Madras ; Providence,
Antwerp ; Freiendschapt, Minden ; Ernte, Oporto ; Har-
riet Irving, Baltimore ; Torrent, Shanghai ; Prince Albert,
Leghorn ; Belgium, Ostend.
Sailed—Moselle, for Antwerp.

DEAL, Saturday, 9.30 a.m.

Wind, N.W. ; very fine.
At Anchor—Schooner No. 72, second pendant; Rebecca
and Elizabeth, from North.
Passed—Attwood, from Newcastle, for Portsmouth ;
Delphin, London, for Pernambuco.
Salle I—lron Gem, Premier, and Marquis of Chandos.

Commissary-General Filder, C. 8., an officer of great
experience, who, after going through the whole of the
operations of the Peninsular war, was intrusted with
the charge of the department at Gibraltar, Malta, the
West Indies, and Canada, has been appointed, with an
efficient staff of assistants, to conduct the commissariat
arrangements of the expedition now proceeding to the
Mediterranean.
THE CITY MONUMENT TO WELLINGTON.—The com-
mittee appointed to carry out the design for a monument
to be erected to the memory of the late Duke of Wel-
lington in the City Guildhall have appointed to receive
the models of the competing artists in starch, those sent
in last Year baying be all rejected.

By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
Tagus we have dates from Gibraltar of the 17th ; Cadiz,
the 18th ; Lisbon, the 19th ; and Vigo, the 21st inst.
The Tagus brings Lisbon news of the 19th inst.
The French steam-sloop Le Newton was the only foreign
vessel of war in port. Admiral Corry left on the 15th
with his squadron, composed of the Prince Regent, the
Duke of Wellington, the St. Jean d'Acre, the Imperieuse.
the Arrogant, the Amphion, the Tribune, the Odin, and
the Valorous, but, unless under steam, these vessels are
likely to make a long voyage home, against the heavy
northerly gales in the Bay of Biscay and upon the coast
of Portugal.

The Lisbon exchanges for bills of three months are
quoted 544 on London, with money over at the close
of 'Change, when something was done at 54i ; Paris,
529 ; Amsterdam, 421 ; Hamburg, 47k ; and Genoa,
523. Portuguese New Three per Cent, stock, 371 to
384 ; Bank of Portugal Shares, 133 to 130 milries dis-
count per share ; Oporto Bank Shares, 51 to 6 per cent.
premium. All the above rates are in metal, and the
discount of Lisbon Bank notes was 21 per cent. There
is no political news of importance from Lisbon this mail:
Business continued at a standstill in the Cortes, in con-
sequence of the protracted debate upon the reply to the
speech from the Throne in the House of Peers.
A report had been prevalent that the Portuguese Go-
vernment had passod a bill for stopping the shipment of
grain ; our correspondent states, however, that no such
dectsion had been come to, although it appeared proba-
ble that the exportation of wheat might be prohibited,
for a time, in case it should continue much longer to any
great extent ; as respects Indian corn, the stocks in'
Portugal are ample, and its shipment was not likely to
be checked.
The new Brazilian Minister at Lisbon, M. Antonio
Pereira Maciel Monteiro, had been received by the King
Regent with the usual forms of State, and presented'
his credentials on the 16th. M. Maciel Monteiro is re-
presented as an amiable and intelligent mars, calculated
to promote that good understanding between the two
Governments which his predecessor had so unnecessarily
impaired.
On the 17th a French squadron, consisting of one
three-decker, three ships of the line, and a screw steam-
frigate, passed through the Straits of Gibraltar to the
eastward, bound to Algiers, to embark a portion of the
French expeditionary army for the East.
A dreadful hurricane blew at Gibraltar on the 15th
instant, causing great damage both to the town and
shipping in the roads. The health-boat, while endea-
vouring to visit the Tagus, capsized, and the health-
officer and two of his crew were drowned. Part of the
roof of the Commissary-General's quarters was blown
in. The Presbyterian Church and a great number of
houses were materially injured. A keeper and two con-
victs were washed from the breakwater, and other lives
were lost. Several vessels and small craft drifted ashore
in Gibraltar Bay and Algeciras Roads.
The Tagus had no communication with Oporto. She
brings on freight 700 chests of oranges, and an assorted
cargo of gum, drugs, tapioca, almonds, &c.

The supplies of both fruit and vegetables continue good.
Generally speaking, the demand is steady, at very full
prices.

Fill:HT.—Pine apples, English, Cs Od to lOs Od each ;
ditto colonial, is Od to is 3d each ; hot-house grapes.
8s to 12s; foreign ditto, is 6d to 3s Oct per lb; apples,
6s to 8s per bush ; pears, 3s Od to 6s per dozen ; lemons,
Os Od to 2s ; oranges, 3s Od to lOs per 100 ; almonds, 2s
to 38 per lb.; Barcelona nuts, 24s per bush.; cob-nuts, 120 s
to 130 s per ton ; chesnuts, 2s to 4s per peck ; filberts,
85s to 1008 per 100 lbs ; walnuts, 8d to is 6d per 100.
VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, Od to is 6d ; Brussels sprouts,
2s Oct to 3s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, Oct to 2s Od per bund.;
greens, 2s 6d to 4s Od per doz. bunches ' • French beans, 3s
to 5s Oct per 100 ; potatoes, 120 s to 165 s per ton ;
turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 4d to 6cl per
bunch ; cucumbers, 2s Od to 4s Od each; celery, Od to
is 6d per bundle; spinach, 4s Od to 6s Od per sieve;
onions, 2s 6d to 3s Od
,per bushel • Spanish ditto, is to 3s
per doz. ; leeks, 2d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 8d to 10d ;
horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley 3s 6d to
3s 6d per dozen bunches ; rhubarb, is Od to is 6d per
bundle ; endive, 2s to 3s 6d per score ; beet, is to 2s 3d
per dozen bunches.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL,