The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-02 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
Mod
Most
ratelyost of the country markets held on Saturday were but
Was t supplied with wheat, in which a steady business
ransacted at very full prices. Fine malting barley was
scarce, and quite as dear ; but grinding and distilling
B,°rteans,s. s, including malt, commanded less attention. Oats,
tation
'l peas, and flour moved off steadily,
at full quo-
The latest advises from New York state the demand for
flour
was heavy, at droopinc, prices. In gra in ve lite
was doing. The whole oethe Continental markets havtle
Colic in a very inactive state, on former terms.
1)a ring last week the arrivals of English grain up to
Were
market were very moderate. The foreign imports
Were 2
be 8,219 quarters of wheat, 16,252 barley, 34,505 oats,
I'o9l beans 614 peas, 922 tares, 6,798 linseed, 3,344 rape-
geed, 420 sundry seeds, 1,461 sacks, and 8,795 barrels of
flour.
IYFresh up to-day the arrivals of wheat from Essex, coast-
,ise, were very moderate, and mostly in low condition.
Yarn Kent the supply was tolerably good and of fair
average weight. By land carriage, from te miland is-
tricts, the receipts were small, and theh totald showd of
:Ysamples of both red and white was limited. Owing, how-
e'', to the large imports of foreign wheat and flour, the
s oarable accounts from most parts of the country re-
-1 pecting the appearane of e wheats, te n attendance of milleis,c onlyththe oun
nest samplesand movhedthi off
"41i1Y, at full prices. Low and middling kinds met a
( all sale, on barely former terms.
trifling,
transactions in wheat for forward delivery were
"fling, Owing to the firmness on the part of growers in
general.
....,_We .3 were heavily supplied with all kinds of foreign
,o Piers, but its general quality was by no means good.
was a fair inquiry for good heavy samples at late
rates but all other kinds were extremely inactive, and
lormer all
but barely supported.
Floating cargoes were much neglected, though offering
eaSomewhat easier terms.
the
_ery little English barley was brought forward ; [but
supply of foreign was large. All kinds met a dull
ItiquirY, and, in some instances, grinding anct distilling
toltitsaarot_letdhteheturn in favour of buyers.
supply of which was but moderate--sold
Eteadily, at full quotations.
We had an immense supply of foreign oats, the time of
',;41. consiiered, owing to which, the demand for all kinds
Was heavy, at a decline of fully 6d. per quarter.
I,llglish beans were firm, and qui
te as dear as last week ;
lauatefroatign. samples commanded very little attention, at
. Peas of all kinds were tolerably steady, at PP .
oarrencies.
NiAlthotlgh a good business was doing in flour, the trade
Wan far from active. In prices, no change toook place.
...._ CURRENCY PER 1.24YE1i1A!.. itr...tiNUR.E.
"eat—Esser & Kent, Mait.,-cokereauer .. • . 614 to 63s
bitie...e.e.d..• •• new 425 to 475 Coati— r
"t°iksh , Feel 164 214
IPitttt°. 'white neledw ,14: Vont°act'ons • • 215 24.
...42.1 •
Lin-
-Ig(tiolL' ••• • • old 49s 60s Youghal and Cork
Black. ...... 16
. old 465 625 21s
.. Ditto "111) ited Cork, White ... .. 17 .ay e__o,4
.44; . . ..... .. 275 475 8e0tch,1eed........
3241:
3285:
ov, .....: '•• • • 285 30s Beans—Tick ... • • .....
36- 44,
t 0r1ey...mmin...... 295 31s Pigeons.
ey........ 30. 35s
Melting
. 33, 36s
uctChavali•r•• ..
!.....::... 329:: 332,39: Pees
w"—uhirte. •.; • • • • " • ' 2
Maple. ....
6 40s
--Stitfolkand Nor- Boilers .........875 40s
tb folk
..rown
Suffolk .......... 32
.... :: .......... 645 o,Bs Flonr—Town-made...
,39:
3444:
Ulm° •••• • • 465 svB
4411dWare 571 60s !Stoat* & Norfolk 32s 36,

SMITHFIELD.
I,l),dliring the last week the import of foreign stock into
-"'°11 atnount d to 3,570 head. In the corresponding
1--°)(1.1 0f 18542 e we receid 1:944 ; in 1851, 1,617 ;
181 1849 1 211 • and in 1848, 1,090 and in
7, 1,211 head. 2
?rota IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.
Anysterdalit 41 Beasts. Sheep. Lambs.
"• • •
A 'en••• • • 635 10-1
weir p•••.. 54
abu•
tterdamb-

Calves. Pigs

53 ... 22

• 219

. 1,151
• 775

-- ..•
417 ...

_
~,Total
.... 908
,12-4 ---i
... --474 ... 43
'4 Yearly
is as under :
comparison of weekly imports lBO . 13easts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves.__. Pigs.,
1,,,..t, 851"•••••.., ... 38,
... 992
... 22 „. 53-7!
..... 2
1;05! ........ .. 443
... 772
... 11 ... 3. 4„,8,, . 7__,;.
184'9' ..... •••• 338 ... 607 ... 2 ..:
2.i3u9.1
...
...... 252
1843
....
750
- - - 176 ... -
......... 299
„. 615 ... •••
To-da ,
kind of
forei Y 8 market was well supplied with each
a e1..Y4 stock, the general quality of which was good ; yet
There was
was easily effected, at full prices.
b‘)WilreenratezrUags
a falling off in the anivals of beasts fromofoallur
atdistricts, but the weight and condition
was unusally Prime. The attendance of both
.toeaw,yn
st eTintry buyers being large, the beef trade ruled. t a
sejj'eea fully equal to those obtained on this day
od but
Bever lil' • The general top figure for beef was 4s - ,
difncualt Prime Scots realised 4s 4d per Blbs without
Pr Y.
parts or
re4e°lll Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we.
~iived., 2,100 Scots and short horns ; from other
scoll'uu, 600 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c.,
rp, and 430 horned and polled Scots.
Le'nou_e Itirober of sheep was materially on the increaae ;
and from
activ°, Lhe demand for that description of stock was less
to p limn of late. In the quotations, however,
wool,
‘,, eualle to notice. The primest old Downs, in the
-ete worth 58. 4d. ;out of the 4d to 4s. 6d. per
filbs,
wool, 4s. .
we have
Lambs th
Mo ' 6 IniPPIY fullhich Was moderately extensive,
ved off steadil t
We had a ' a Prices viz. ss. to 6s. per
le it veal havigne"ig
s tolerabl
realisedcleraant for calves, 4 extreme rates, the
Th© pork trade •—• d. activebs
'were well support:cl. 3r , and the currencies

Per 811 as to •
Uteri sallz the offals.
_or Beast. 8,; d• B. d.
ptind qiiaii, '•• • 4 oto '..1 21prim s. d. s. d.
NZ large 'Y •••3 4 3 6La eSiouthdown 5 2 5 4
Inferioretat'xe 3 8 3 101 .ge ens:). calves 3 6 4 2
see° soh e, ,itc. 4 0 4 2 Prnne small do 4 4 4 8
1'4:4 gity -*4 0 4 Large hogs 3 0 3 6
-e erse. - • •.4 4 2lSin all porkers 3 8 4 4
-I'died4 10 4 81Suekling calves 20 0 25 0
5 %Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 0
13,44._ T01,4t. !4a.._llThs ....... 5s 0(1 to 6s 0(1.
she e',l ...... '"-IPPLy.
rORNION SUPPLY.
I..eala'Brel's:a. '.1.(.1..1;.....111...b.5. ............ 244,330003 BeShrer
4,
..
................ 228 Calves
A Rah. e ............... 310 I Pigs —
steer nt and comparison of the supplies and
prices of fat
Ste exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on
4
~ ricia, ,
,53. . • .u. 11.5, 3, 1852, and this day, Monday, May 2,

773
1,290
152

Per Blbs, to sink the offals.
May 3, 1852. May 2, 1853
a. d. s. d.'s. d. s. d
arse
ke,, andinferior beasts ......2 4to 2 6 3 oto 3 2
P,4'n(l quality ditto ... 2 8 3 0 3 4 3 6
p'2l)ae large oxen ... 3 2 3 4 3 8 310
6,,'ke Scots, &c ... 3 4 3 6 4 0 4 2
R':_4:se and inferior sheep ... 2 6 28 4 0 4 2
lid quality ditto .. ... 210 3 2 4 4 4 8
14„!•12,e coarse woolled ditto ... 3 2 3 44 10 5 0
ta'nesSouthdown ditto ... 3 6 3 8 5 2 5 4
141° ... 4 2 5 4 5 0 6 0
pri`,,ge coarse calves 210 3 6 3 6 4 2
4,"'e small ditto ... ... 3 8 4 0 4 4 4 8
ge eat hog. ... 2 6 3 4 3 0 3 6
small porkers ... ... 3 6 3 8 3 8 4 4
Beasts... ... 3,974 4,303
SheeP •• • ... „ 23,940 24,300
226 228
Pigs 350 310
Tim ,_ ox SALE, May 5, 1851.—Beasts, 3,976 ; sheep
ka7:tabs, 25,460; calves, 23.1; pigs, 360.
.c4,403'1 14 9 1850.
40Beasts, 3,369 ; sheep and lambs, 25,460;
8

Ilot • NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
qa , \'9:thstanding that the supplies of each kind of meat
flake in these markets continue seasonably good, and of
(No, 7era-
„,,, , eB6 quality, a large business is doing at our
. Ons.

Per Sibs by the carcase.
1400 f, inferior . B.
..... 2 8 3 0
bo.'nliddling 3 2 3 4
Do iltirae large 3 4 3 6
1,01:i 40. small 3 6 3 8
. ..3 4 3 10
Lambs
itt`

s. d. a. d.
Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 8
Do.,middling 3 10 4 2
Do., prime 4 4 4
Veal 3 4 4 4
Pork, small 4 0 4 6
4s 10d to 6s 2d.

MTh BOROUGH HOP.
is 1,-e,,..1Pp1y of all kinds of hops on offer in this market
kid ; yet the demand is inactive, as follows f—
loatallunEast Kent pockets, 115 s. to 160 s. ; Weald of
""3* to 1265. ; and Sussex, 105 s, to 120 s. per cwt.

For OROILTII AND SPITALFIL.
Ivi "49 time oG
h- f year these markets are
well supplied
dert,„l3o_, tatoes, but the general quality is inferior. The
I%.h'eefi,4." ruled heavy, and prices are not supported. Last
t'otte;llllPorts were 213 tons from Bonen, 383 ditto from
1,4 orit'rx, and 149 ditto from Dunkirk, as follows :
kk-4 105 s to 125 s per ton ; Lincolnshire do.,
" tt:p.:"S Scotch ditto, 105 s to 125 s ; ditto reds,
v°3; Forei 85s to 105 s. gn,
Actri WOOL.
ask' week from Sydney state that a large portion of the
ere—T will be shipped in the grease. The latest prices
'° 1 4,T'lPerior clips, is 5d to is 6d • fair to good, is 3d
'ocke„ ; low to ,isldto is ; grease, 6d to 8d ;
ilktt97::cePecicii:test,,
antvmeb_ulraen, Gd to ls ; hand-washed and
%NI is 2d to is 7d per lb. English wools continue
.in
full prices. Foreign and colonial
111P° 8 e"ltuand quite as much money as of late. The
froratt,,,i last week were 561 bales from Algoa Bay, 4,184
frqt `-*eelooc,, 90 from Boulogne, 102 from Antwerp, 136
th, eealai ,s -181 from Le horn 486 from Odessa, 96 from
4,41ex:',,N,_, 38 from Sevilleg 105'from Hamburgh, 95 from
602 f B b 105 from Melbourne, 430
ni , rom om ay,
4111s.ieZ"eY, 20 from Shanghai, and 27 bags from

SEEDS.
111lettod is very dull in sale, tli
~4ea on the spot has sold from 47s to
47s 6d, and Cal-
amrpiices are not supported..
ea to'6, to 470 er qr For summer shipmelA frdoumllthaet
fro,- e4,,,..kz0f, 448t0 445. 6d has been paid. Rape talt,Crie to 48a for Calcutta. Other seeds, as well as
Tit, are ateftdy.
, Rti;White,per bush. 95 to 118
litUtt,trrlttjwa• • • ............ 17085 Irs,
TtrtZte_. new ...• •.7s Od 9s
0 tipri;:4".new..•• Ots Od Nod
-hank,
,sic •••••• •• 5s 61 616d',
'.3,-5 ''yer quart ••
•• o 44 '
eloyPas•• •:....,. •?!....: 218: 4:
whitt,e4Z•ag. •
(cwt.) 444 621'
11 :„.. ••••.• • • • • 481 67s
Trefoil,r-s" I,,Led ••• • • • 441 625
40,......Tte.::: 0
243 a 2678:
TALLOW.
iiiil
()wit co
to last, the demand for all kinds of tallow,
PO4 t° the unusually small stocks here and at the out -
to jed',;'(.l a
prospect of a repeal of the soap duties, has
1y r,"'euve, pce have further advanced. 10-day,
t11,.;`-'• ou the spot, is selling at 47s fid • and for the last
wile toontha 47s 94 to 48n per cwt. *Town tallow is 47s
~_ et cash 'rough at 2s 841 per albs.
'

Carraway.... •••• • • • . 46s 4si
Coriander •• • .•• • • Ila 14s
Hempseed, per quarter ass 44s
Linseed, Eng.Aowing.. 88s 6(s
Crushing •••• • • •• 48s ►3s
Baltic •... •• .. 44s 48s
Odessa •• • • 461 48s
Linseed Cake, pr. ton—

English . 81 he 9

Foreign, per ton 7110 s 91 10e
,Rape Cakes, pr ton 411(e bl Os
kapeseed,liew,prlst 41104 2410.

8t
ee oelt thia day
24,816 26,4.710
°"'•
. '*" 11,3'08° to'd
bellvery last wet • ° 1,258 ' 11„38,
bitto froirt
93,c07 b9.0u0
Arrlvals last weet • • 929
„5,4
Ilitto Nal :: 110,292 :90,“-
1'*..1 Of TOITII ....••1 39s Gd ; 38, 04

1 1849,

1860.

I 1851. 1852.

34,479 42,843
398 Gd to 36s Od
Od 'to (O Od
f.,!53 79
87450 97'800
q, C 41,0, 1,126
104,999
Gd j 388 Od

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

In the non-official portion of yesterday's Moni-
teur there is the following announcement :—" Her
Majesty the Empress enciente since two months,
and who has been in a suffering condition for some
days past, has had a miscarriage during the even-
ing of yesterday, the 29th April. The health of
her Majesty is as satisfactory as possible under the
circumstances."
The Emperor, accompanied by Colonel de Beville,
went out the day before yesterday in an open
phaeton, which he drove himself, and visited the
works now being executed on the Quai du Louvre.
He next drove up the Champs-Elysees to examine
the works at the Bois de Boulogne. He then pro-
ceeded to the Elysee, and remained there a short
time, examining the works, and returned to the
Tuileries at half-past five o'clock.
In the Moniteur there is a decree of the Emperor
conceding the railway from Lyons to Genera, with
branches to Bourg and Macon, to the Duke of
Galliere, and Messrs. Bartholomy, Jayr, Benedist
d'Asy, Blount and Co., Hely d'Oissel, Gladstone,
De Menicault, Kohler, and Gen. Dufour.
The Legislative Body of France has now only one
fortnight more to sit before it arrives at the end of
the session ; yet it has still the budget to vote, as
well as a considerable number of bills of minor
importance. The committee on the budget has
recommended some further reductions to be ef-
fected, amounting to about 4,000,000 f., and does
not despair of inducing the Council of State to
admit some, if not all of them. As nothing has
yet been decided on the suggestions of the com-
mittee, and as the report has not even been pre-
sented, an idea may be formed of the railway speed
with which the remaining work of the session
must be gone through.
The Council of State is at present, it is said, en-
gaged in examining the draft of a decree for afford-
ing a certain amount of annual assistance to the old
soldiers of the Empire. A credit of 2,700,000 f.
has been already accorded for that purpose, but it
is found insufficient. It is also said that, now that
the will of Napoleon I. has been brought to
France, and definitively placed amongst the ar-
chives, a petition has been presented to the
Senate, praying for the execution of all the codicils
appended to the document, and which contain
bequests of a considerable amount to a number
of persons. Since the testament is now looked
on with such honour in France, the wishes
of the writer, it is argued, ought to be strictly
complied with. It is also called to mind
that a committee was named iu the time of
Louis XVIII. to come to an understanding with
M. Laffitte on the subject, in order to satisfy the
persons who claimed under the will. The reason
why M. Laffitte was thus selected was that the
Emperor, in leaving Paris before his exile, had left
the sum of 5,280,000 f. at M. Laffitte's bank. That
sum, with the interest on it, amounted in Louis
XVIII.'s time to nearly 7,000,000 f., and was em-
ployed in paying part of the sums bequeathed.
But Napoleon estimated his private fortune at
about 200 millions in money and real property,
accumulated from savings from his civil list. The
will disposed of one-half of that sum to the officers
and soldiers then living who•had fought from 1792
to 1815, and an exceedingly large sum was be-
queathed to the towns and districts of Alsace,
Loraine, French-Comte, and Burgundy, which had
suffered most from the two invasions. He had
also set aside one million for Brienne, and one
million for the town of Meri. At present the per-
sons who claim under the will point to Art. 37 of
the document, which says that in case of death the
legacies shall be paid to the wives or children of
such soldiers who petition to have the sums to
which they are entitled paid without further delay.
We have not heard that the towns and country dis-
tricts have made any claim, but there appears to
be no doubt that the Senate has had a petition sent
to it from some of the persons alluded to above.
Marshal Vaillant is president of the committee to
which it has been referred, and M. Lefebvre Du-
rufle has been, it is said, appointed to report on it.
So the matter rests at present.
The French annual exhibition of the works of
living artists is to open at Paris in a fortnight. The
jury of selection has shown more than usual seve-
rity in admitting works, in its desire to render the
exhibition superior to those of the last few years.
It appears that Louis Napoleon has undesignedly
been the cause of the exclusion of some pictures,
having expressed a dislike to have the exhibition
filled with works in which he should be the princi-
pal personage. It is thus that M. Lepaule, who
had painted a large picture representing the "Dis-
tribution of the Eagles in the Champs de Mars,"
has seen his work set aside. In like manner, M.
Muller has not finished, as he would most easily
have done, his large painting of the " Ceremony of
taking the Oath by the Three Great Bodies of the
State." Louis Napoleon has not, however, ex-
tended this proscription to what regards the Em-
press, as a portrait of her Majesty is to be exhibited,
from the pencil of M. Dubufe. Report declares
that MM. Ingres, Delaroche, and Couture have
not sent any work for exhibition this year. The
number of pictures which the galleries of the Con-
servatoire can contain is not, it is said, more than
1,300.
At the Bourse yesterday the market for GoTern-
, went securities was firm, though no improvement
took place in prices, there being at the conclusion
of business a decline of 15c. in the Three per
Cents., and of 10c. in the Four and a Half per
Cents. for the account ; the final quotation of the
Three per Cents. for cash also showed a decline of
10c. Bank Shares fell sf. Final quotations
For money—Three per Cents. 80f. 50c. ; Four and
a Half per Cents., 103 f. 25c. For the end of the
month—Three per Cents., 80f. 45c., Four and a
Half per Cents., 103 f. 10c. Bank Stock 2,710 f.
There were no transactions yesterday in Credit
Foncier Shares those of the Credit Mobilier de-
clined 2f. 50c., closing at 935 f. In the Railway
Share Market prices have been well maintained,
with a decided upward tendency at the else of
business.