The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-01 00:00:00

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 30.—The duty on wheat has ad-
vanced to 8s per quarter, and on flour to 4s 934. d per
barrel. No other change in the scale this week. The
arrivals of foreign wheat and flour are large the last two
days. The corn exchange yesterday was very thinly
attended by buyers, and the business done in free wheat
was merely in retail, at a decline of Id to 2d per bushel
on Tuesday's prices. Duty paid and sack flour was 6d
per barrel and 6d per 2801 b lower. There was not a
transaction in either bonded wheat or flour reported at
the close of the market. Oats, oatmeal, barley, beans,
and peas were all quoted as on Tuesday, and very little
doing in any of them. At a concession of 6d, and in
some :instances is per quarter, several large parcels of
Indian corn found buyers for Ireland. The best Arno.
rican yellow corn brought 32s to 32s 6d, mixed quality
31s, and white 30s 6d to 31s per 4801 b. No business of
consequence has occurred to-lay.
B. d. B. d.

s. d. S. d.
Wheat, per 701 b Barley, Feeding.. 3 6 to 4 0
English, white . • 7 6 to 8 0 Eye, per 4801 b 0 0- 9 0
Do. rid.. .. 7 0 - 7 6 Beans, English, pr
Irish, new .. .. 6 0 - 7 0 imperial quartr 40 0 - 42 0
Do., old .. • • 7 0 - 7 2 Irish and Scotch,
Dantsic- •• 7 9 - 8 0 per 4801 b.. 33 0 - 34 0
Do., good mixed 7 3 - 7 G Foreign, duty pd. 29 0 - 30 0
Lowerli:dtic,whit.: 7 0 - 7 9 European, per im-
Do. red.. 7 2- 7 G pedal quarter 34 0- 35 0
American . • • 7 0 - 7 9 Peas, English, per
Canadian .. 7 0 - 7 6 imperial quartr 40 0 42 0
Spanish, red and Foreign • • .. 22 0 36 0
white.. .. • • 0 0 - 0 0 Malt, English, per
Tuscan and Bar- imperial quartr 54 0 - 58 0
letta, reel .. 6 9 - 7 0 Do., Irish .. 60 0 52 0
Marlanopoli • • 6 6 - 6 9 Do., brown .. 4.3 0 - 50 0
Odessa, Polish .. 6 8 6 9 Flour, English, pr
Do., hard.. .. 5 6 - 6 0 2801 b .. 38 0 - 40 0
Egyptian .. 4 6 5 0 Iris h, extra fine 40 0 41 0
Oats, per 451 b United States, per
English and Scotch 3 0 - 3 3 barrel .. 27 6 - 28 0
Welsh .. • . .. 2 9 -2 101 Canadian .. .. 27 0 - 28 0
Irish, new .. 2 9 - 2 11 Oatmeal, English,
Do., old • • 3 2 - 3 4 & Scotch,pr24olb 27 0 - 28 0
Barley, English, pr Irish, new .. .. 24 0 - 25 0
imperial quarter 35 0 37 0 Do., old .. . 24 0 25 0
Irish, Scotch, and Indi in corn, per
Ilanx,pereOlb.. 3 6- 4 2 4301 b 31 0- 33 0
MANCHESTER, DEC. 30.—The trade during the pre•
sent week has again been of a slow and languid cha-
racter, without any change in prices worthy of notice.
Of English and Irish produce the arrivals at Liverpool
arid Runcorn continue unimportant; but of foreign wheat
and flour further extensive supplies are reported, with
fair quantities of beans and Indian corn. Our market
this morning was exceedingly quiet, and wheat must be
noted id to 2d per 701 b lower. F! ur, being in limited
demand, was rather easier to purchase. There was very
little doing in either oats or oatmeal, but the provious
currency was maintained for both articles.
COLCHESTER, DEC. 29.—The anpplies and attendance
at the markets in tl,is district have been good for a
Christmas week, but the trade has been dull, and the
prices drooping. In our market to-day wheat and bar-
ley were is eaper, and in some instances, and for
samples not of first quality, even a larger reduction had
to be submitted to to effect sales. White wheat was 50s
to 525; red, 41s to 495; best barley, 31s to 335; white
peas, 38s to 41s; oats, 18s to 255; tick beans, 27s to 325;
Mazagan, 25s to 28s. At Chelmsford yesterday there
was an abatement in wheat of is to 2s per quarter, and
in barley of 2s; white wheat, 47s to 525; red, 40s to
46e; malting barley, 283 to 31s. In ali the markets of
Suffolk there is a general report of dulness, but the quo-
tati.,ns have not been reduced. •
READING, DEC. 30.—There was about the usual at-
tendance at market, with an iuereased supply of wheat

the demand for which was slow, and the turn was in
of the buyer. A great heaviness prevailed the
whole writing, and au unusually large pr,,p,, :ett.
unsold. There was a moderate supply of barley, but
scarcely any demand, particularly for Infi,rita. descrip-
tions, which were from hto 2s per quarter cheaper. In
oats, beans, and peas, the trade was dull, at declining
prices. Wheat (old), per quarter, 38s to 60s ; ditto
new, 35s to 60s; barley, 25s to 365; oats, 16s to 21s;
beans, 30a to 41s; peas, 30s to 42s.—Poultry market:
Fowls, per coupk 3, 6 I to 4s 6d; ducks, ditto, 3s 6d to
6d; gee.e, each, 5s to 5,6 d; butter, per pound, is Id
to is 2d; Eggs, 8 to 10 for is.

ABERDEEN MARKET, DEC. 29.—There was a good at-
tendance at market to-day, the supplies much larger
than usual, sales brisk, and a good business done at our
quotations. Oats, 14s to 16s, 401bs per bushel; barley,
24s to 255, bear, 24s to 255. 521bs per bushel; wheat, 54s
to 635; oatmeal, 13s to 14s per boll ; flour, 43s to 52s
per ,nec,
ABERDEEN PROVISION MARKET, DEC. 29. —We
had a goo'l supply of dairy and vegetable pr,duce at
market to-day, the display of butcher meat witii exten-
sive, the demand good, and lair clearances were effected.
Beet', 5d to 7d; mutton, 5d to 7d; veal, 6d to 7d per lb;
pork, 4s 6d to Si per stone; lamb, Os to Os Od per qr;
tall.w, 4s 6i to 5s per stone; potatoes, 9d to is per peek;
hitter. 7d to Bel per lb; eggs, 8d to 10d pi-r doz-n;
hens. 3s to 3s 64; chickens, is 6d to 28; ducks, 2s Od to
2s 6d; duclano, 2s to 2s Gd per pair; turkeys, 4s Od tc
5s Od; geese, 4s to 4s 6d each. Butter for exportation
(present cure), 50s to 52s per cwt. Eggs, wholesale price,
7d per d: z,•11. Bread, 41b loaf, 8d; 21b loaf, 4d. Pork,
per stone of 141 b, 3s Gi; pork, fine small, 5s 6d; pork,
large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d. Ship pork, per barrel of 204 lbs,
100 s.

ABERDEEN MEAL MARKET, DEC. 28 —The supply of
meal at mallet tonight was good. No alteration in
prices. Oatmeal, is 4d to Is sd; bearmeal. is stl to is
6d; peastnell, is 10d to 2s Od; lids, 6d to 7d; barley
flour, is 6d to is 7d; barley dust, 7d to 8d; flour„ 2s
to 2s 3d; barley, per lb. lid to 2d.

STONEHAVEI:T GRAIN .IIARKET, DEC. 28.—Oats, 401 b,
14s to 16s; barley and bear, 531b,243 to 26s per bushel.
Very little doing.
MONTROSE, DEC. 29.—This has been the dullest mar-
ket we have had during the season. Wheat, 621bs, from
40s to 465, according to quality; barley, 531b5., 24s to
255; oats, 401b5., 153 to 17s; beans aid peas, 24s per
quarter; potatoes, per five cwt. 15s to 16s.
DA.LKEITH, DEC. 28.—There was a large supply of
grain at this day's market. Sales dull for all kinds of
'grain. Wheat on the top same as last week, but the
average 3s OP per quarter down; oats on the top same
as last week, but the current prices Is 4,3 per quaiter
down; barley on the top Gd per quarter up, but the cur-
rent price Is 6 i per quarter down; peas and beans, Is
6d to 2s per quarter down.

The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices
of whet were 18st 11lb; 18st 61b; and 16st 81b. Oats.
12st 10:b; 12st 61b; and lOst ll'o. Barley, 165,1 101 b;
15st 12th; and 14st 71b. Peas and beans, 19st 01b;
18st 101 b, and 18st 01b.

Quarters. Best. I Current. Inferior.
221 Wheat ... 2/ 12s 0d,21 8s Od 11 16s Od
1,357 Oats ... 11 is 4d:01 18s 8101 12s Od
916 Barley ... 1/ 12s 6d.'11 88 Od 11 is Od
47 Peas, &c. 1/ 10s 6.1k1/ 8s Od 1/ 2s Od
Averages of wheat, 213 s 10d per qr.
BELFAST, DEC. 28.—We come to the close Of a
year, remarkable, in a mercantile point of view, for the
continued depression and monotony with which busi-
ness has been carried on; and it is now only at the close
of the year that a doubtful appearance of a reaction has
arisen; and whether it may be that we are to have a re-
vival or not depends on so many contingencies, few of
which are under our control, that it is quite impossible
to form any correct estimate for the future ; and all we
can say i 4, that the feeling is pretty general that we
have past the worst, and that with the new year, and
the turn over of a new leaf in the volume of free trade,
we are likely to have a revival of trade generally, and
of the grain trade in particular—and this opinion is
formed from the estimate made of stocks and demand.
This being Christmas week, our supplies have been
smaller than usual; the quality and condition are, how-
ever, improved with the change of the weather. Wheat
sells slowly at about former prices. Flour is also a slow
sale, and prices are in favour of the buyer. Barley, good
malting qualities sell freely at an advance of 3d to 4d
per cwt, whilst grinding qualities are dull of sale, and
lower. Oats sell freely at an advance of 2d to 3d, and
oatmeal at a similar advance. India corn is a slow sale
at 7/ 15s to 8/ per ton.
CORK, DEC. 29.—Flour—First quality, 16s to 16s 6d;
second ditto, 14s Od to 15s 3d; household, 11s to 13s;
third ditto, 9s to lOs per cwt. Oatmeal, 12s to 12s 6d per
cwt. Indian corn, 71 15s to 8112 s Od; Indian meal, 9i to
9/ 5s per ton. Bran, 4/ 5s to 5/ 5s per ton. Hay—
Farmers', 28s to 45s Od; average, 42s ; retailers , 42s to
50s per ton; old hay, 45s to 60s per ton. Straw—Far-
mers', 21s to 30s; average, 255; retailers', 00s to 30s
per ton. Whibky, at the Distillery, 25 over proof,
6s 3d per imperial gallon. Bread, bid to 8d per 41bs.
Fresh butter, 10d to lld per lb. Beet, 3d to 6d; mut-
ton, 3id to 5d ; veal, aid to 4id; pork, sid to 7d ;
bacon, 6id to 9d; saus.iges, 5d per lb. Coals—New-
port, 17s; Lydney, 18s. Culm, 16s per ton. Potatoes,
white, 10d to 14d; Minions, 20d. Hides—Market ditto,
Its to 17s; salted ditto, 12s to 17s per cwt; market skins,
2d to 21d; calf ditto, 2d to 21d; veal skins, 3d to 34d
per lb. Tar—Archangel, 18s per bl. Timber—Quebec
red pine, 31 15s; yellow ditto, 34 deal, 171 to 201 per
hundred ; Bangor Queens, 31 2s 6d per ton. Scotch
herrings,l9s to 20s per barrel; Norway ditto, 00s. New.
foundland dry cod fish, 11/ to 12/ lOs per ton. Tallow
476. Wool, lOs to 12s per stone.

RAILWAY SHAN ARKET S.
BRISTOL, Dsc. 30.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market remains inactive ; in-
deed, it is very unusual for much business to be done during
the Christmas week. The sales are—Great Western, Quar-
ters, dis.—Ditto, Fifths, IYB dis.
LI VERPOOL, DEC. 30.
*STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been steady to-day,
and prices have an advancing tendency. The sales are
Caledonian, Preference, 1,4 p.—Great Northern (A Shares),
Deferred, 474 x. int.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Man •
chsster and Leeds), 22 dis.—Ditto, tqfths, dk—Ditto
(late West Riding Union), 5 c. dis.—London and North-
Western, 125—Ditto, New Quarters, 13/4 p.—Ditto, Quarters
(C), 21. Bs. 9d. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
Eighths, 61/ dis. ex int.—Ditto, 10/. Preference,lo%—Nlid-
land Stock, New Halves, 71. 16s. 3d. ex int.—North Stafford-
shire, 4% dis.—North- Western, til% dis.—Shropshire Union,
2744 dis. ex int.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 2, 11 dis.—
Ditto, No. 4, Eighths, 71. 6s. 3d. dis.—York, Newcastle,
and Berwick (Original Newcastle and Berwicks),
Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 3s. 9d. dis. ex int.
BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 30.

STOCK EXCHANGE. A small amount of business was
transacted to-day, but prices remained firm, with a tendency
upwards. The sales are—Birmingham. Wolverhampton,
and Stour Valley, 101—North Staffordshire, 4j dis.—
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 31. 16s. 3d.
YORK, Dec. 29.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was
as follows:—Caledonian, 221 A—North British, Thirds, 414
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 7%.
N E WCASTL E-UPON-TY NE, DEC. 30.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only sale was—North British,
Thirds, 4%.

GLASGOW, DSc. 29.
&men EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Dundee and Ar-
broath, New, No. 3, 525. 6d.— Edinburgh and Northern
(Newport), 71,‘—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 49—Ditto, Halves, No. 1,
5/. 7s.— Glasgow and Greenock, Preference, 6L 19s.—Yorkt
Newcastle, wid Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 7%.

TRURO.—DESTRUCTIVE STORM AND FLOOD.—
On Wednesday evening last, this town was visited by
one of the most destructive floods ever known here; and,
probably, in the serious amount of damage to property
effected in a short time, it has rarely been exceeded.
There had been very heavy rain all through the evening,
in the town and neighbourhood; and the consequence
was that the rivers Kenwyn and Allen became heavily
swollen. But no very serious damage seems to have
occurred until between 10 and 11 o'clock, when the
water in the lower streets, which had been a little more
than ancle-deep, suddenly rose to 4or 5 feet high. The
most serious injury to property took place in that busy
commercial part of the town, comprising St. Nicholas-
street, and part of Kenwyn-street. The water at this
part extended from the eastern end of St. Nicholas-street
to the William IV. Inn in Kenwyn-street, and at the
low ground by the Queen's Head Inn, was nearly 6 feet
deep. The tradesmen in various lines of bu,insis in this
neighbourhood, have suffered severe loss in the dt st-uc-
tion and damage of their stocks.—Cornu&l Royal
Gazette.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, DEC. 29.---This has
been a blank week in our sugar market, the offices being
closed for the Christmas holidays.—Bristol Mercury.