The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-31 00:00:00

MARKETS.

LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY.-At Mark-lane to-
day considerable firmness has been apparent in the grain trade.
From Essex and Kent the receipts of wheat have been limited.
There has been a good attendance of millers, and the demand
has been steady for all qualities, at an advance of 2s. per
quarter. A corresponding* improvement has taken place in the
value of foreign wheat, for which there has been a healthy
inqui. The supplies have been tolerably good.
barleyry the market has been moderately supplied. The
demand has been heavy, at late rates. Malt has been quiet
the
on
former terms. There has been a moderate supply of oats on
stands. The trade has been firm, and prices have risen ls. per
quarter. Beans have been steady, but unaltered in value. Peas
have sold at the rates previously current. In maize a fair
average business has been transacted at is. per quarter advance
an
The flour market has been characterised by firmness, and
advance of from ls. to 2s. has been established.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY.-Quietness
has been the feature of the cattle trade to-day. The demand
for beasts, the show of which has been moderate, has been inac-
tive, at 2d. per 81bs. less money. The best Scots and crosses
have sold at ss. Bd. to 53. 10d. Salesl There has been a short
show of sheep on offer. have progressed slowly,
at late rates. The best Downs and half-breds have sold
at ss. 10d. to 6s. per 81bs. Calves and pigs have been dull.
Per 81bs. to sink the offal.-Common and inferior beasts, 3s. 4d.
to 45. 2d. ; second quality do., 4s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; prime large
oxen, ss. 2d. to ss. 6d. ; prime Scots, etc., ss. Bd. to ss. 10d.
Common and inferior sheep, Bs. 4d. to 3s. Bd. ; second quality,
do., 4s. 2d. to 45. fid • prime coarse-wooled sheep, ss. to ss. Bd. ;
prime Southdown ditto, ss. 10d. to 6s. ; large coarse calves,
3s. Bs. to 4s. 4d. •, prime small ditto, ss. to Os. 4d. ; large
hogs, Bs. 6d. 4s. 10d. • neat small porkers, ss. to Os. ; quarter-
old store pigs, 225. to 265. each. Arrivals : English-Beasts,
2,790 ; sheep, 12,590 ; calves, 15 ; pigs, 80. Foreign : beasts,
630 ; sheep, 470: calves, 45. Total : beasts, 3,420; sheep, 13,060,
calves 60 ; and pigs, 80.
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, MONDAY.-There has
been a moderate supply of meat on offer. The trade has been
quiet, at our quotations. The import into London last week
week consisted of 17 packages Antwerp, 20 Gluckstadt, and 88
Harlingen. Per 81b. by the carcase :-Inferior beef, 3s. 8(1. to 4s.
Od ; middling ditto, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 8(I.; Prime large ditto, ss.
Od. to ss. 2d. ,• prime small ditto. ss. 2d. to ss. 4d. • inferior
mutton. 3s. Bd. to 4s. Od. ; middling ditto, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d ;
prime ditto, ss. 2d. to 55. 4d. ; veal, ss. 4(1. to ss. Sd. ; large
pork, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 10d. ; small ditto, 48. 4d. to ss. Od.
LONDON WOOL MARKET, MONDAY.-There has been a
continuance of firmness in the wool market. The prospect of a
re-establishment of peace, and of a strong inquiry for manufac-
tured goods on Continental account, has strengthened the
market, and the value of all qualities has been well maintained.
The imports into London last week consisted of 3,374 bales
from Adelaide, 3,098 Melbourne, 2,335 Melbourne, 2,869 Cape,
1,393 Sydney, and 2,688 Port Philip.
LONDON TALLOW MARKET, MONDAY.-The market
has been steady. Y. C., spot, 455. 6d. per cwt.: town tallow,
445. per cwt., nett cash. Particulars :-Stock this day, 37,924
cwt. ; price of Y. C., 455. 6d.; delivery last week, 2,240 cwt. ;
ditto from June 1, 82,390 cwt. ; arrival last week, 204 cwt.;
ditto from June 1, 88,054 cwt. ; price of town, 465. 6d.
BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKET, Moll.
DAY.-Good supplies of potatoes have been on sale at thes e
markets to-day. The demand has been inactive at our quot a-
tions. English regents, 70s. to 90s. ; Scotch regents, 60s. to
90s. ; rocks, 555. to 755.
BOROUGH HOP MARKET, MoNDAY.-There has again
been much animation apparent in the hop market. Business in
all descriptions has been transacted with activity, and values
have had a strong upward tendency. Mid and East Kents
£2 Os. to £7 Os. per cwt. ; Weald of Kent, £2 Os. to £3 15s.
Sussex, 151 15s. to £3 105. ; Farnham and county, £3 15s.
to £5 12s. ; olds, £1 Os. to a 10s.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.-Opening Re-
port.-This market opens with a fair demand to-day, and the
prices of Saturday, are fully maintained. Sales will probably
be from 12,000 to 15,000 bales. Closing report.-Sales, 12,000
bales, including 2000 bales on speculation and export. The
demand has only, been moderate without alteration in prices.
On spot arrivals are rather easier.
CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR, MONDAY.-At this market to-
day a moderate business was done, at firm prices, to an occa-
sional slight advance.
CORK BUTTER MARKET, MONDAY.-Ordinary firsts,
1465. ; seconds, 1465. ; thirds, 1335. ; fourths, 117 s. ; fifths, 995. ;
sixths, 635. 200 firkins in the market. Mild cured, no change.
Three firkins in the market.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
The past week has brought us an unexpected renewal
of frost, the thermometer having sunk on the night of
the 25th to 24 degrees ; and as very little snow then
covered the ground, and there had previously been
copious rains, some damage is to be apprehended.
Already we hear that winter beans, tares, and barley
have partially suffered, and with these fluctuations the
wheat cannot be safe. Some growers already think that
harm is done, but there is no mistake that this second
frost has done serious hurt to the turnips, and holders
of stock have been so assured of the difficulty of keep-
ing it that they have preferred accepting lower
prices. It is now to be hoped that peace will
be assured, and that a seed time may yet be
given to French farmers, or Europe itself may have
partly to pay the penalty of this prolonged and san-
guinary strife. It is evident from the continuance of
very high prices in Germany that there are no large
stocks anywhere to fall back upon, and in America
almost every market has lately been a rising one ;
while the United Kingdom, in foreign corn and flour,
has scarcely, a month's consumption in store.
redMu ction ore-
over, there is no prospect of any permanent
in meat with so little fodder, and. we hear that corn is
going largely into consumption as its substitute. If so,_taur
short crop of cereals cannot long hold out, and we shall be
in danger of a general rise from our own necessities, with-
out making any calculations for France or elsewhere.
Large imports must, therefore,
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Sea on the opening of its ports, w as st
so soon as the canals shall be free. —Mark Lane Express.

The first number of a new periodical, Durk. Blue,
announced to appear at Oxford on the Ist of February,
will not be brought out until March.
THE WALKER DIVORCE CASE.—III a reclaiming.
note by Mrs. Walker against Lord Ormidale's decision in
her action of divorce against her husband, the First Divi-
sion of the Court of Session on Friday adhered to his lord-
ship's judgment, repelling the plea of her having no title
to sue, and granting her £lOO expenses. Further, the
Court sisted procedure in Mr. Walker's action till his
wife's action shall be ripe for judgment. Her proof has
been fixed for the 23rd February.—Scotsman..
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DEATH OF " MABEL GRAY."—One of the London
celebrities has just passed away. Mabel Gray, as she wasknown to the public, died late on Friday night of con-
sumption. The Queen of the demi-monde, whose portrait
has been in every shop window for the last four or five
years, had a most remarkable career, At one time she
was engaged to be married to the heir to one of the oldest
English dukedoms, but by the strenuous interference of
his friends, and the granting for life to her of a liberal
provision, what would have been a gross mesallianee was
fortunately prevented.' Many stories are told of her
eccentric extravagance, but let the soil lie lightly on her
remains, for in times of biting distress Mabel Gray was
a woman whose charity covered a multitude of sins.
Birming ham Morning News.

WINTER, IN CHINA.—Those who seek for a sum-
mer temperature in winter must not go to the north of China.
A British resident at Tien-tsin, the port of Pekin, made
observations there last winter with a self-registering
Fahrenheit's thermometOr, by Callaghan, New Bond-
street, suspended in the open air, facing the north, and
fastened to the side of a flagstaff at a height of about five
he minimum temperature was
feet from the ground. T
below 10 degs. on 28 days in December, on 22 in
January, and on 15 in February ; on 20 days in the three
months it was below five degrees, and on two fell to zero.
The highest temperature marked in December was 43
dews. ;in January, 49 degs. ;in February, GO degs. The
river was frozen over on the 4th of December, and could
hardly be said to be opened till the 10th of March, 1870,
though on the sth of March the North China Steamer
Company's iron steamer Tuen-tze-fee succeeded in forcing
her way up to the settlement, when the ice was nearly a
foot thick, to the amazement of the natives, who had to
retreat in their sledges before the advancing steamer.
This, however, was the severest winter there for some
years.
BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.—GBATEFUL AND COM
FORTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has
rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re-
marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which
govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a
careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa,
Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately
flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors'
bills." Each packet is labelled—JAMES EPPS at Co., Ifounno-
pathic Chemists, London. Also, makers of Epps's Caca6ing, a
very thin evening beverage.—Advt.

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