The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-09 00:00:00

More choice in malting barley than, of latq,. and the
market somewhat easier; still the ir,- qualities meet
buyers. Grinding barley goes off freely, at 28s per 52i1b.:
Very little passing in other kinds of spring corn. Beans
(small old) are held at 365; new foreign, 33s to' 35t;.
White Peas, 365, grinding; 38s boiling. Old tares for"
feeding inquired for, and may be bought in the line. The'
arrivals of linseed are more moderate than of late, and
the market is very firm, at 403 Black Sea; 36s Memel,
'and other qualities in proportion. More inquiry after
first makes of English linseed cakes, and a fair business '
doing both on present and forward delivery. Rapeseed
,sells from ship at 241 to 241 10s, as in quality and-condi-
tion, but the business doing is not great. More business
has been done in rape cakes, both English and foreign,
but at low rates. The market is, however, firmer. Ono
or two panels have been landed. Guano is saleable at
91 5s Peruvian, which is most esteemed; some good
Ichaboe also in the market at 81 103. Bones are saleable
from the ship at 853 to 87s 6d.

HERRING TRADE.
WICK, Nov. 2.—We are sorry vt e have it not yet ia
our power to record any improvement, either id our
local or distant herring markets. Here sales are mere[
a matter of the past, there being none effected, so far as
we can ascertain, for several weeks. The same remark
applies to all the stations on the east coast of Scotland.
In consequence of the advanced period of the season. •
shipments for for'elgn ports may now be said to be con,
eluded until the spring. There will not therefore be any
material addition to the quantity on hand at Stettin anti •
other Baltic markets, so that this, at least, cannot have great
effect on prices. But the doubtful stateof matters on the -
continent, unless an improvement speedily takes place,
cannot but have a serious effect, as, indeed, it has already
had. Account sales, received last week, were under those
obtained ten days earlier.

Letters from Ireland, although written in a despond,
ing tone, do not announce a fall in prices or a decline in
demand. Both, however, are already sufficiently low, .
but the safety of a much larger portion of the potato
crop than was at one time looked for, and a sensible im-
provement (for more of which there is yet too mu :h.
room) in the state of the people, tend to inspire holders,
with hopes of a partial revival. Some of the markets
have, as usual, suffered much, in consequence of over
portation.
The greater part of this season's catch . has now been
shipped from the stations on 'the opposite coast. The
proportion of herrings on hand is greater on the Caithy.-•
ness shores than on those of Aberdeen and Banff ; While
the quantity on hand in the Wick district is col para.
tively greater than along the coast of Helmsdale.
Many of the coopers have now a bleak prospect for
winter unless some employment can be provided for
them. This, we trust, may be done ; for the wages of
a cooper being but bare enough for the wants of a family
when he is in full work, be can ill afford to lie idle
during four months of what may be termed the moss •
necessitous period of the year.—John o' Groat's Journal.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.)
The doubtful state of Continental affairs has exer-
cised a restricting influence upon the business of this
day's market. The transactions have not been by any
means so extensive as those of last Tuesday; still the
operations in yarns have been of fair amount, and pre-
vious prices have been generally sustained. For doubled
yarns a trifling advance has been paid. In goods, there
have been moderate purchases of the lower descriptions
of shirtings and some other tabrics, at previously cur-
rent rates; while heavy 40 inch shirtings, iu '66 and
72 reeds, have been entirely neglected. In -good do-
mestics and T cloths, there has been a rather increased
firmness.

BocizDALE, Nov. 6.—The merchants have purchased
very freely to day, at former prices, and the demand
for flannels has been quite equal to that of the preced-
ing week. The wool dealers complain of the limited'
demand there is for the raw material, owing, in some
measure, to the public London sales which will take
place this month.

•
HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 7.—We had hoped, in conse.
quence of the Improvement quoted in Manchester aca
Leeds during the past week, to have reported a similar
improvement here, but regret to state that this day's
market has been equally flat with our reports of some
weeks past. Our manufacturers have been looking for-
ward to the orders for spring goods making a consider-
able change in the present state of things ' - but, as yet,
there is nothing to give us hope that much may be de•
pended upon from this source.

LEEDS; Nov. 7.—There appeared to be a shads more
doing in our market to-day than last week, owing, -we
suppose, chiefly to the favourable state of the weathei ;
yet the demand seems to be almost confined to heavy
winter goods, such as beavers, piluts, &c., which meet
with a fair sale.

BELFAST MARKETS,
We never recollect having observed, in the reports of
the Town Council of this borough,- a more important
document than that published in Friday's Banner as the
report of the Market Committee. It is just such a report
as must prove at once interesting, instructive, and
valuable to the mercantile community, and we might
say to the public at large. It affords a remarkable proof
of the rapidly advancing prosperity and. importance of
Belfast as a market town, while it will, at the same
time, taken with similar monthly reports which are •
to follow, present a safe and satisfactory index for
mercantile speculation. We solicit the attention of our
readers, especially of our farming friends, to the doeu.
went, as one coataining information in which they must
all be more or Jess interested. From the report we learn
that during the month ending the 28th October, the de•
liveries in the grain and meal market were as follow:-
6,201
bags of wheat,- 2,876 of barley, 14,332 of oats, 3,979
of oatmeal, 147 of beans, 41 of rye, and 24 of peas—in all
twenty-seven thousand five hundred and ninety-nine '
bags! The deliveries in the potato market during the same
period were 2,083 loads, averaging sit cwt. per load; in
the cattle market, 2,049 black cattle, 1,492 pigs, 826
sheep, 62 veal calves, and 6 goats—in all, four thou-.
sand four hundred and fourty-four. In the butter
market, 3,285 firkins, 168 half-firkins, 3,736 cocks,
209 lumps, 8 brls., and three boxes—in all, seven
thousand our hundred and nine packages. In. the pork -
market (the season of which has only commenced) -
3,783 carcases ; andln the fruii market, 1,551 loads. It
is gratifying to find by the report that the views which
we have all along entertained and expressed, in spite of
others to the contrary, regarding the extent of failure -
in the potato crop, are confirmed by the committee, who
state that " the amount of diseased potatoes is much less
in proportion than those brought to market .during the ,e
previous month," and that " they confidently anticipate .
that a full supply, may be calculated on during the winter .
season."
FREE TRADE IN FISH.—It is most satisfactory to be •
able to state that the fish market lately established
in Belfast progresses even more successfully than
could at first have been anticipated. The market is - daily supplied with abundance of fish of the finest
quality, and at prices which, while fully 20 per cent.
cheaper to the buyer, are amply remunerative to the
industrious and hardy men who are concerned in the
trade. Prime and fresh haddock—indeed, it should
be remembered that no such thing as stale fish can
be offered for sale :in the market—is now to he had
at from 2d. to 3d. per lb.—a price which those who
were obliged to buy under the old regime will know how
to appreciate. Cod and plaice, flat fish and herrings, too,
of the most excellent description, are to be had on exceed-
ingly moderate terms. Altogether the market regulations
and dealings are highly satisfactory to the poor fishermen,
who are realizing fine profits—profits unknown to them
before—and we believe we may also add that the experi-
ment, so far, has afforded the utmost satisfaction to the .
public. It should be borne in mind by the inhabitants that
no persons except fishermen, or persons accredited by
them are permitted to sell in the market. This is an
important feature,in the case, and one which, we trust,
will induce our townspeople to extend ample patronage
to the market. We are gratified to find that the
Ktl-
lough fishermen are fully satisfied with the new arrange-
ments. Let them continue to furnish a regular and
plentiful supply of their excellent haddock, and they may . • rest assured that their efforts-will be crowned with suc-• , • cess.—Banner of Ulster.

SUPPLY OF Fisii.—Of late, haddocks and some
other kinds of fish have been rather scarce in Edinburgh,
but there has been a rather unique supply of a large
kind of flounder. Some of the specimens are about as
large as small halibut, but fresh from the sea, very
plump, and form an excellent addition to the viands
comeatable by the poor. The fish already described are
so numerous as to be hawked about the streets in carts
and harrows from morning to night.—Edinburgh Even-
ing Post.

BITH.—
On the 3d inst., at Hamble,R
neaSr Southampton, Mre. G. S.
Stanley, of a daughter.
On the 6th inst., at Sydney-street, Brompton, the wife of
W. C. Clifton. Esq., of a sen.
On the 6th inst., at Marlborough-road, St. John's-Wood,
Mrs. 11. A. Parry, of a daughter.
On the Gth inst., at Peckham, Surrey, Mrs. J. Holderness,
of a son.

On the 6th inst., at Albion-grove, Barnsbury-park, Mrs.
G. Boulton, of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Great Coram-street, Russell-square,
the wife of F. Roxburgh, Esq., of a son.
On the 7th inst., in Bishopsgate-street, the wife of Mr. T.
P. Rust, Esq., of a son.