The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-15 00:00:00

IPSWICH-FHB. 14.

The supply of both wheat and barley was far below the
usual quantity in February. The condition of the wheat
improves—and, taking the qualities generally, we cannot
write a shilling per qr. decline upon them. Barley was a
ready sale, and at the- close of the market samples realised
more money than at the early part of the day ; but little
alteration is to be noticed from last week's prices. Beans
and peas in larger supply, and 2s per qr. cheaper.

PER QUARTER. PER atrearap.
Wheat, red (old) 76s to 795 Barley, grinding 34,5 to 35s
Ditto (new)
Ditto, white (new) 80s to 84s Peas
Ditto (old)
Barley, malting 36s to 39s Flour, per sack 001 to 006
HULL—FRB. 14.
At to-day's market we had a moderate supply of wheat,
from the growers, who showed little disposition to give
way in price, and the business done was at the rates of
last Tuesday, and in some instances exceeded. Very little
foreign on show, and no alteration in value, except on
and
w bonese are have to to raise
rm firm,
damp new, which is difficult of sale. Barley is lower, and
dry beans more sought after. The linseed market unal-
tered,es in
Both eraadpye cdare sa demand,
our notations.
obtuatticaonksr
but there is not much business passing.

8 8 114 - d
Wheat, English, red 76 to 80 Peas, grey and black 50 t 052
Ditto white B4 to 86 Linseed, Black Sea... 60 to 62
Dantzic and Konigs- Ditto Petersburgh ... 48to 58
berg B2 to 88 Ditto Riga and Arch-
Pomeranianandllara- angel-
burgh
Danish,Holstein, and Memel 42 to 46
Friesland 72 to 78 Per. Ton.
Russian and Odessa 70 to 75 Lins. c.,HulllO/ 17a 6d tooolos
Oats, English
Ditto Danish
Ditto Friesland
Ditto Russian 27 to 29 Rape cakes ... 135 s Od to 00a
Barley, malting
Ditto grinding 36 to 38 Ditto foreign OOs to OOs
Beans
Ditto foreign
Peas, white and yel. 54 to 60,Rye Meal

SOLDIERS AND SHAVING.—It is 60 years since that
Englishmen were only known in Central Asia as eccen-
tric and insane barbarians, who, wherever and whenever
they had a chance, cut off horses' tails and men's beards
without mercy, for which they held by all the "true
believers" in greater abhorrence than the fire devotees
of India, or the devil worshippers of Kurdistan.
Some years since, in a lucid interval, common sense
and humanity cured our• countrymen of their former
propensity, and their noble animals were permitted
immunity for their "fiyflappers." This insanity for
years past has clung with determined tenacity to the
old gentlemen of the British army. No sooner is a new
adjutant-general appointed than he issues a new order
on " hair." The man who mounts a horse is permitted
to grow it ; the man who pads the hoof is ordered to
scrape it off from the tip of his ear to the tip of his nose.
It is reported that 15,000 of us are about to accompany
40,000 of our brave Gallic brothers-in-arms to Turkey ;
and only fancy the 15,000 turning out every morning at,
gun-fire to make faces in bits of looking-glass, while the
other 40,000 are cleaning their klini6 rifles and laughing
at them ; for I grieve to say there still exist many marti-
nets in the British army Who consider a scraped face of
far greater importance than a 91011 UMlketiwan.Oki
, hichsr,
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