The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-20 00:00:00

CORN AVERAGES.

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN,
Fer the Week ended Dec 14, 1838, made up from the Returns of GI?
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per
Imperial Quarter.
Wheat 73s 4d. 1 Oats
Barley 36s 2d. 1 Rye
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS
PRECEDING.
Wheat 74F. Cd. 1 Oats
Barley ...... ... 3Is. 4d. 1 Rye

DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
Wheat ls, Pd, 1
Oats
Barley 1.05.10.1.1 Rye

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
NEW HUNGERFORD.
To-day there were fair supplies of most things, and a fair
trade. Turbot, 7s. to 21s. and 255. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. per
pair ; Cod, 2s. to 2s. 6d. and 10s. each. Meat-Beef, 70.
to Sid. and 9d. ; Mutton, 71d. to 81d. ; Veal, Bd. to 91d. ;
Pork, 71d. to Bid. Of vegetables there was a fair supply,
and prices are looking up.
CITY FISH MARKET.
Supplies good of most kinds, and those brisk. Prices much
as yesterday. Turbot, 6s. and 7s. to 21s. and 255. ; Soles,
93. to 3s. per pair; Cod, 2s. to 10s. each; Lobsters, Is. to
4s, each ; Whitings dear, being sd. to Bd. each; Haddocks,
Bd. to Is. 2d. each.
HAY MARKETS.
The supply of both Hay and Straw to-day was moderate,
but the demand was good. Hay, 85s. to 100 s. and 1055.,
and upwards; Clover, 90s. to 115 s. ; Straw, 30s. and 325. to
365. and 38s. per load.
PROVISION MARKET.
Best qualities of Irish Butter are from 945. to 100 s. ;
Dutch is 102 s. to 104 s. ; heavy Bacon, 465. to 505., and
small, 51s. to 52F. Transactions are not large.
FRUIT MARKET.
At pnblic sale Patras Currants, sound in barrels, sold at
755. ; Cartoons 74s ; Prunes, in barrels, 255. ; half chests
and small barrels 265. to 275. ; Small box French Plums
953. ; Cartoons 105 s. ; half and quarter Cartoons 1103. to
1223. ; eighth Cartoons 1395. per cwt.
TALLOW MARKET.
P. Y. C., to-day, was 58a. 6d. to 58s. 9d., and but little
passing.

COLONIAL MARKET.
To-day we had public sales of 3,297 bags Bengal Sugar,
which sold but in part ; prices are on the whole firm, but where
altered they are easier. B. P. Sugar sells steadily, and prices
continue much as previously quoted. Coffee 65 cks. and 120
bags B. P. and 294 bales Mocha realised their former value.
Cocoa 290 bags and casks of B. P. were put up : part only
sold, and in prices we quote very little variation, quotations
ranging from 38s. to 503. according to quality. There were alto
some small parcels of Spices which went at former rates.
By private contract but little is passing. The imports continue
light. For to morrow we have one public sale only of Colo-
nial produce, and that is of 933 bags Bengal Sugar. After
that the Markets may be regarded as closed until the begin-
ning of January.

Yesterday forenoon, between eleven and twelve
o'clock, a fire broke out in the shop of Mr. Prye, umbrella-
maker, Holborn-hill, occasioned through a defect in the
gas-pipe. Information was sent to the Farringdon-street
station, and in a few seconds the men and engines were in
attendance, but it was with the utmost difficulty that the
damage was confined to the shop. It appears that the
screw of the counter gas-pipe had of late become very
tight, and the sbopman was in the act of turning it round,
with a lighted candle in his hand, when the plug fell out,
and the explosion was so great that the man was thrown
down with violence on the floor. The damage was but
trifling.