The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-08 00:00:00

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.

READING, OCT. 6.—Wheat, new, per quarter, 30s to 50s ;
ditto, old, 00s to 00s ; barley, 28s to 345; oats, 16s to 188 ;
beans, 30s to 345; peas, 30s to 345. Fat hogs, 8s 6d;
porkers, 8s 6d to 9s per score. Poultry—Geese, each, 4s 6d:to
6s Od; fowls, per couple, 3s Od to 4s Od; ducks, per couple,
3s Od to 4s Od ; butter, per lb, Is to is Id; eggs, 14 to 16
'or is.
ABERDEEN, OCT. s.—Grain—Oats 16s Od to 17s Od, 4(15 per
bushel; oats, new, 15s Od to 16s; foreign oats, 14. 6d to 15s 64
per qr. ; barley, 21s to 225, 521bs per bushel ; bear, 21s to 225,
521bs per bushel ; wheat, 46s to 52s ; oatmeal, 13s 3d to 14s 2d
per boll ; flour, 37s to 45s per sack. Provisions—Beef,
5d to 7d per lb ; mutton,
ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 5d
to 6d; pork, per stone, 4s 6d to ss; lamb, per lb, Id to 7d;
tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d; potatoes, per peck, 6d to 81;
hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each Od to Os ; hares, each, Os
to Os ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 9d to lld ;
eggs, per doz, 8d to 11d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os •: hens, per
pair, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, Is 6d to 2s Od ; ducks, ditto,
ls 6d to 2s Od; ducklings, ditto, Is ed to 1s 8d; turkeys, each, is
Od to 7s Gd; geese, ditto, Is to 8s; butter for exportation (present
cure), per cwt, Os to 66s ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 7d
to Od ; 4b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 14 lbr,
3s 6d to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork large.
3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of '204 lbs, Os to Os.
Meal—Oatmeal, Is 4d to Is sd; bearmeal, Is 4d to is 5d ,
peasemeal, is 8d to is 10d; rids, 7d to 8d ; barley flour, Is 5d
to Os Od ; barley dust, 7d to 8d ; flour, is 10d to 2s;
,barley, per
lb, IVI told.
. . .

DALKEITH, OCT. 4 —The relative weight per four bushels
of the three prices of wheat were 18st 41b, 18st 21b, and 16st
91b. Oats, 12st 101 b, 12st 21b, and 10st 121 b. Barley, 16st 21b,
16st Ulb, and 135 t 121 b. Peas and beans, 18st 131 b, 18st 71b,
and 175 t 121bs.
' Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.
186 Wheat ... ...... £2 11 0 £2 2 0 £1 11 0
738 Oats ... 1 0 4 0 18 0 0 14 8
641 Barley 1 6 6 1 4 6 0 14 0
37 Peas and Beans 1 14 0 1 13 0 1 2 0
Average of wheat 39s 4d.
GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, OCT. 4.—At our market
to-day the numbers were—oxen, 690 ; sheep, 4,645 ;
lambs, 1,759 ; much cows, 135. We had a large supply
of cattle at our market to-day, and they were generally
rather better in quality. Best ox beef 52s per ewe,
second 48s per do, cows bulls, and inferior beasts, from
38s to 44s per do, sinking the offal. Sheep plentiful ;
quality good. and prices ranged about 51d p,r lb for
wethers, ewes from aid to 4id per lb, sinking the offal.
Lambs plentiful, and prices ranged from 4s to 14s per
head, according to quality. Calves scarce, and appa-
rently no in gr. at demand.

Cotta, OCT—. 5 —We have but few arrivals of foreign
grain. 'The supplies of that of home growth continue
very liberal, the receipts for the week being :—Wheat,
5,102 brls, at 15s to 20s 3d per brl ; barley, 7,910 brls,
'it 76 Gd to 11 s Gd per brl ; oats, 16,315 brls, at 6s 6d to
8s 2d per brl. The receipts to the 30th September of the
nr, stilt year, as compared with those to the correspond-
ing periods of the two previous, are as follow:—W heat,
1847, 17,208 ; 1848, 8,358 ; 1849, 13,170. Barley, 1547,
14,754; 1848, 12,815 ; 1849, 11,839. Oats, 1847,
46,826 ; 1848, 41,340; 1849, 50,779. The samples of
wheat offering are taken readily at the curfency of lest
eek. In prepared wheat the business passing has been,
small, but without any alteration in value. The value of
oarley is firmly maintained, and though the arrivals are
large the stands are readil) cleared at our quotations.
We have scarce a transaction to record is the prepared
article. The trade in oats continues brisk, with, if any
change, an upward tendency. In the prepared article,
however, we have no transactions to notice, neither do
we alter our quotations of last week. We continue to
have a gocd consumptive demand for fine flours, with
an iqualy eager inquiry, as that experienced last
a eek, for coarse qualities, which go off rapidly at full
prices. Indian corn is decidedly a dull sale this week,
but holders have not altered their pretensions, so that
,ve have no al tvration to notice in prices.
Flour—First 13s 6d to 14s Od ; extra 15s Od ;
seconds, 12s Od to 13s ; households 10s to 11s; thirds, Os to Ss
per cwt. Oatmeal 108 Od to 11 s; Indian meal 6s Od to 7s Od; wheat-
meal, lOs Od tolls per cwt. Indian corn 6/ to 61 1590 d per ton.
Bran 3/ 10s0d to 3/ 155 per ton. Hay—Farmers 25s to Ws; average
00s ; dealers 32s to 34s Od; average 00s per ton. Stlaw—F.trmers
Si Od to 24s Od ; average 18s; dialers 22s Od to 00s Od ;
average 231 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 61d ;
household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 7d to
9J per lb. Eggs— 53 Od to 5s 2d per hundred. Coals—
Newpert 14s; Lydueg 16s ; Landore 145; Beat Neath
Calm 13s per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 00s per cwt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 43 to 50; veal 43 to
Od; pork 41d to sd; bacon 7d to ; sausages 5d per
lb. Hops 51 lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 31 2s 63 to 31 5s per
ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 81 1 0s; Valonia 14: to 0/; French
7110 s; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per stone.
Hemp 311 to 351 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 175 to 18s ; re d
ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 101 lOs to 121 per
ton. Timber—Memel, 851 per ton ; deals, first quality, 18s;
second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 12s to 18s;
salted 12s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2,4e1 per lb.
Potatoes, white 6d to 8d; Minions 10d to 00d; Guano—
Peruvian, 111 lOs; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel,
19s per barrel.

DARING ESCAPE OF ITIGHWAIMEN.
information was received by the metropolitan pwoaise
t
con-
as Mr. Farrisl,y, head c mstable of Thrpoe
e)ing two men to York Castle, committed I 'take their
—On Saturday,
information
trials by the Bowden bench ot' magistratest'enovvs, who were
robbery, when near Selby, the for highway
upon him and overpowered
hand-
cuffed together in a cei.t,
land
him eg arm
released themselves, and then him; they took from fell
him_tehne
fetteredkej's of their handcuffs,
money, 19J. They made off, and
gtogether, e.dcing all his t
clear away. The place beiug a very retired spot,
the constable remained for
three hours before he was re-
leased.
LONDON ORPHAN ASYLU2sI.—The vacancy occa-
sioned by the bunented decease of Mr. Charles Aston
Key, as consulting surgeon to this excellent institution,
has jut been filled up by the election of Mr. T. B. Car-
ling, of the London hospital.
ENCLOSURE OF COMMON LANDS.—A meeting,
con; ened according to law by Mr. Nathan Wetherell,
Assistaut-Enclosure Commissioner, was held on Friday,
the sth inst., at the Crown Inn, in the parish of Seaford
Somerset, to tsko into consideration the expediency of
enclosing the commonable land known as Saltford mea-
dow, at which the majority of landowners interested
consented to the enclosure.

BEES.—At the meeting of the Royal Cornwall
Polytechnic Society, at Falmouth, last week, a first
brorza medal was awarded to Mr. G. Fox, of Kings-
bridge, for a plan, illustrated by diagrams, for forming,
adjusting, and uncombing hives, which are so arranged
as to show the daily and hourly fluctuations in the weight
of a suspended hive. The plan was approved of by the
judges, and the secretary said that Mr. Fox was so
familiar with his bees, and they so well knew him, that
he could at any time put his hand into his hives without
their stinging hint.—Exeter Gazette.
FOREIGN GRAPES.—The first importation of the
fine description of grapes annually imported, and known
113 the Black ilamburgli grapa, has taken place from the
port of Rottcrdatn by the steam-ship Apollo, which
vs2,sel has brought 134 baskets as a portion of her cargo.
AMERICAN ICs.—The importations of ice from the
United States of America have not yet been discon-
tinued for the season. A vessel just arrived in the
decks from Bo6ton ln,;s brought 345 tuns weight ';'f
article as a portion of her carp

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
ader the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, &c.
Triumphant success of the new Equestrian Spectacle of the Prophet,
which has been nightly received with enthusiasm, and pron unced
by the public press to be the mast gorgeous hippo-dramatic piece
ever produced at the Amphitheatre.
Unparalleled Equestrian Feats.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed Fitzball's grand Equestrian Spectacle, entitled
THE PROPHET, in which Mr. W. West will appear.
To be allowed by an Inimitable display or SCENES IN THE
C IRCLE. by the drat Equestrian talent of the day.
To conclude with a favourite Farce.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

111G11 WATER AT LONDON BRIDnE.
Tuts Pair —Morning, 43 min. after a I F.vesing, 10 min. after 6
7 o-Nfoasow ,rning, 39 min. atter 6 Evening, 11 rain. after 7

THE WEATHER.—SUN OBBICE, OCT. 8.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 43; Highest, 56; Noon, 50,

BAROMETER, 29.76.
Wind E.N.E.—dull cloudy weather.