The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-21 00:00:00

MARKET HEWS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
To-day's market was very scantily supplied with home-
grown wheats; yet, as the attendance of buyers was
limited, the demand ruled inactive, at Monday's advance
in the quotations.
The imports of foreign wheat have been large—viz.,
upwards of 21,000 quarters. Importers were firm in their
demands, but the business doing was by no means exten-
sive, at unaltered currencies. Floating cargoes were in
good request.
We were well supplied with barley ; yet the trade was
firm, at full prices.
Malt was held at extreme rates.
We had a fair inquiry for oats, beaus, peas, and flour.
In prices no change took place.

ARRIVALS THIS WEER.
Wheat. i Barley. I Malt.
English .. 600 1,450 1,660
Irish .... I 1,150
Foreign .. 21,570 1,270

Oats

Flour.
1,210

760
14,060 i
7;290 110,1.20 b

WHITECHAPEL.

Tho supplies being very lam, at this market to-day,
there was less activity in the' demand, as follows :
Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 2s ' • mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal,
3s 10d to 4s 10d; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per Blbs by the
carcase.

BOROUGH HOP.
We have to report a very inactive demand for all kinds
of hops, at barely last week's quotations.

The following dividends have been advertised for pay-
ment :—Russian Sterling Four-and-a-Half per Cent.
Bonds, Canada Debentures, Maryland State Loans,
South Carolina Sterling Bonds, Eastern Railroad of
Massachusetts Five per Cent. Bonds, Boston City Ster-
ling Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Bonds, and Spanish
Three per Cent. Consolidated and Deferred Stocks.
THE JEWELLERY ROBBERY IN THE STRAND.—The rob-
bery of jewellery -from a brougham in the Strand on
Monday evening was effected with a good deal of adroit-
ness. Directly after the brougham stopped a genteelly
dressed young man accosted the driver, and made some
inquiries of him respecting a street at the West-end.
Immediately after he went away one of the doors of the
carriage was found open, and the bag containing the
property was gone. No doubt it had been removed by
an accomplice. The value of the booty is unfortunately
double the amount stated yesterday, for it absolutely
exceeds 2,000/. In the boot of the vehicle there was
similar property to the extent of several thousands of
pounds more. No trace of the thief has yet been ob-
tained.
CHEAP EDITION OF THE LIVES OF THE QUEENS.—The
public will observe with much satisfaction the announce-
ment of a cheap edition of Miss Strickland's celebrated
work "The Lives of the Queens of England." It is to be
comprised in eight volumes post Bvo., of 600 to 700 pages
each, and will be embellished with authentic portraits
of every queen, and contain all the improvements of the
late library edition. The first volume will appear on
the Ist of January, and a volume will be regularly pub-
lished every month until completed. The price will be
7s. 6d. per volume, handsomely bound, and when the
size of the volumes, the embellishments, &c., are con-
sidered, it will be found, we doubt not, to vie in every
respect, with the cheapest publications of the day. It
has been justly observed that, "In this series of biogra-
phies, in which the severe truth of history takes almost
the wildness of romance, it is the singular merit of Miss
Strickland that her research has enabled her to throw
new light on many doubtful passages, to bring forth fresh
facts, and to render every portion of our annals which
she has described an interesting and valuable study.
She has given a most valuable contribution to the his-
tory of England, and no one can be said to possess an
accurate knowledge of the history of the country who
has not studied this truly national work."