The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-08 00:00:00

MARKETS.

NORWICH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—This market to-
day opened with a brisk demand for wheat. The supplies were
good, and an advance of fully ls. per quarter was realised.
Spring corn held firmly at extreme rates. Before the close best
wheat advanced farther. Harvest has commenced in many parts
of Norfolk and Suffolk. Averages : Wheat, 1,236 quarters 4
bushels. 545. 9d. per qr.
DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Trade was slow
at this market to-day, but prices were firm. Red wheat realised
from 19s. to 20s. per load. White wheat, from 215. to 234. 6d.
per load. A good sample of new wheat fetched 245. per load.
READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—This market'
opened with a dull trade to-day in wheat, which was in rather
short supply. Farmers asked higher prices ; and some few
transactions had taken place up to this period of the day,
averaging from is. to 2s. per quarter higher than the rates of
last week. There were a few samples of new wheat on offer
in bad condition. Oats, beans, and peas were firm in price,
and sold at the full rates of last week.
LEITH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Wheat was again is.
per quarter dearer at this market to-day. Flour was rather
higher. Barley brought extreme rates. Oats were slow at late
rates. Peas and beans were unaltered. Arrivals for the week :
—Wheat, 27,834 gra. ; barley, 241 qrs. ; oats, 500 qrs. ; beans,
346 qrs. ; peas, 11 qrs. ; flour, 4,571 sacks.
dLOSTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was 'a good
supply of English wheat at this market to-day, for which farmers
asked an advance of from Is. to 2s. per qr., which millers
refused to give. Sales made were at the extreme prices of last
week. Foreign wheat was a limited sale, without change.
Indian corn and barley was ls. cheaper. Oats were firm,
DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.—The continued
drought seems to have nearly dried up this trade; there being
very few, either cattle, sheep, or pigs offered, and scarcely any
buyers.

ABERDEEN CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY,—The supplies
during this week have been fair for this season of the year.
The trade was rather slow, owing to the warm weather and con-
tinued drought. Best beef sold at quite 70s. per cwt., but there
was very little of prime quality in most of the district markets ;
second quality, from 655. to 68s. per cwt.; inferior was lower,
according to condition. Mutton, from 6d. to 7d. per lb.
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, SATIIRDAL—The supply
of meat has been moderate. The trade has been quiet, at
about late rates. Beef from 3s. Bd. to ss. Od. ' • mutton, 4s. Od.
to ss. 2d. ; lamb, ss. to ss. Bd. ; veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. ; and pork,
4s. Od. to ss. 4d. per 81bs. by the carcase.

LIVERPOOL STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY, 12.10 p.m.—
The markets are all better. London and North-Western Rail-
way, 120 k; Great Western, 60i- to 61 ; Midland, 120} ; Berwick,
1291 ; Great Eastern, 291 ; Erie, 14 to 15.
LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY.—The markets are
firm. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 351 to 36 ;
Midland, 120 to 121; Great Eastern, 291 to 29} ; North-Eastern,
129 to 130 ; London and Brighton, 32 to 321 ; and Great Northern
A, 116 to 117.

COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKETS, SATURDAY.—Tho markets
are quiet in the extreme, business being almost entirely sus-
pended. Tea has been neglected, and the demand for coffee, as
well as sugar, has been to a very moderate extent. The metal
market also has been depressed, and the tendency of prices has
been in favour of buyers. Iron has sold slowly. Tin has been
in limited request, and the demand for copper has been in-
active. Linseed oils have sold slowly. Rape has been firm.
Tallow has been quiet, at 445. 9d. per cwt., spot.
METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATURDAY.
There was a fair supply on sale at to-day's market. The
demand was animated, at a slight enhancement in prices.
Prime old hay, 120 s. to 1325. Bd. ; inferior ditto, 100 s. to,
110 s. ; prime new hay, 106 s. to 115 s. ; inferior ditto, 90s.
to 105 s. ; prime old clover, 1355. to 1455. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to
120 s. ; prime new clover, 120 s. to 128 s. ; inferior ditto, 100 s. to
110 s. ; and straw 245. to 325. per load.
LONDON WOOL MARKET, SATURDAY.—In the wool market
no feature of importance has been noticed. The demand for
colonial produce has been restricted, and there has been very
little inquiry for English. Prices are without change.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—Opening re-
port :—lmpoits per bill of entry, 12,304 bales, of which ten
thousand bales are Surats. The depreasion of the last two days
characterises the opening of this market. Holders are still
pressing sellers. Prices still tend downward, and the sales are
estimated at 8,000 bales. Closing report—Estimated sales,
10,000 bales ; speculation and export, 2,000 bales. 7,170
American bales, 300 Pernambuco bales, 30 Santos bales, 50
Macao and Bahia bales, 100 Maranham bales, 350 Egyptian
bales, 2,000 Surat bales, &c. Total, 10,000.

LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—The markets in the
cloth hall this morning have been of a quiet order. The de-
mand has been chiefly confined to Union meltons, plain and
fancy coatings, tweeds, and heavy goods, for autumn and winter,
but the purchases of each class were small. There is scarcely
any business doing for the Continent. The home trade is con-
fined almost to the completion of recent orders, buyers limiting
their purchases to little more than immediate require-
ments. There is a moderate business doing for Canada and
some of the other colonies. Prices are steady, but without any
tendency to advance. With respect to the heavy goods trade of
Dewsbury, Batley, and the district, business is flat, the conti-
nental war being the cause of the withdrawal of many orders.
Probably some improvement will soon be felt, owing to the de-
mand for army cloths ; in the meantime there is a good deal
of short time working in the mills. There is not much change
in the price of raw materials. Wools, cotton warps, and olive
oil are lower, but shoddy's mungo support late rates. The flax
trade is rather unsettled, and prices of the raw material
are irregular. The various branches of the iron trade keep

CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, SATURDAY.—This
market closed dull to-day, and small business was doing. Since
this day week a decline irregularly, of 6d. to ls. 3d., has taken
place, principally on medium sorts.

It is stated that the Fishmongers' Company have
promised a donation of £2,000 to the St. Paul's Comple-
tion Fund, provided that £lOO,OOO be raised by Decem-
ber 3L

LIVERPOOL AND THE WAR.—The rising of the
Bank rate on Friday, combined with local causes, pro-
duced another panic on the Liverpool Stock Exchange,
and prices touched the lowest point they have marked
since the declaration of war. Matters were similarly
gloomy and depressed in the cotton market. There were
barely 8,000 bales sold, and the prices given were below
those of the two previous days.
HER MAJESTY AT COWES.—The East Cowes
Regatta took place on Friday, and at five o'clock it was
honoured by the presence of her Majesty, Princess
Louise, and Princess Beatrice, attended by Lord Alfred
Paget;Viscounteris Clifden, the Hon. Miss Phipps, and
Sir Thomas Biddulph. They came from Osborne in
carriages, and then embarked on board the Alberta steam
yacht, which lay at anchor. After remaining for about
two hours, her Majesty went for a cruise as far as the
Needles.

THE SEAPORTS.—The Eugene steamer, which
arrived at Grimsby on Friday, reports that the forts at
Antwerp are being mounted with additional guns. More
troops are also being concentrated at Antwerp. War pre-
parations are being hurried on at Hamburg. Guns and
mortars are being shipped for Cuxhaven for masked bat-
teries. The Elbe is perfectly clear. Coal is very dear
and scarce at Hamburg, being quoted at 58s. per ton.
The North German vessels lying in the Tyne are being
stripped and laid by, and the masters are bringing their
wives and families across. 'The North German vessel the
Carl arrived in Hartlepool on Thursday from Riga. Soon
after passing the Scar the master reports that while in
company with about 100 sail of other ships, seven French
ironclads hove in sight, but the war-vessels took no notice
of the merchant ships, and passed on. The Hamburg
steamship, the Uhlenhorst, which left West Hartlepool
on Tuesday night's tide, laden with 1,000 tons of coal for
Hamburg, has arrived at her port. There appears to be
no disposition on the part of the French navy to interfere
with the navigation of the Elbe at present.

FRENCH TRADE.—The French iron trade is
feeling more and more the effects of the war. In the
Champagne district there is still a certain amount of
business doing, but in the Moselle group matters
have changed greatly for the worse. Thus some
of the Longwy ironmasters have decided on blowing
out their furnaces ; at Stiring the forges and furnaces
are stopped ; and at Ars a furnace has also been stopped.
The mineral workings of the Moselle are, it may be
added, pretty well deserted. Thehe French Government has
out an order for a large quantity of bullets and cannon
balls to Messrs. Petin, Gaudet, and Co. ; the order to be
executed with the utmost possible despatch. Fresh
orders for armour plates are also spoken of. The Belgian
iron trade is also beginninc, to suffer more and more from
the war, scarcely any freshp orders having come to hand.
The Luxemburg ironmasters propose, however, to
make efforts to keep their blast furnaces going ; the
construction of some new works at Esch will also be con-
tinued. The Belgian coal trade still displays considerable
activity ; thus orders have been received from Dutch un-
takings which formerly used Prussian coal. The Eastern
of France Railway Company, which has for some time
received a large tonnage of coal from Saarbruck, is also
about to use increased quantities of Belgian coal..
CONTRABAND OF WAR.--The Solicitors' Journal
considers that Prussia has no right to complain of the
export of coal from England to France, considering that
during the Crimean war Prussia carried on a large trade
in "exporting munitions of war" to Russia. Neutral
Governments have never made it their duty to interfere
with their subjects' trade, but have contented themselves
with passing a Foreign Enlistment Bill, and warning
their subjects not to furnish the belligerents with material
aid. America was quoted the other day in the House of
Commons as a country which carried out the
principles of neutrality to a proper extent, but she has
done no more than pass an act similar to that of the Eng-
lish Legislature. It was once believed that the force of
law was attached to the sovereign's proclamation concern-
ing belligerents, and blockade running, &c., was looked
upon as illegal. The rule which held that contracts
relating to such acts were illegal, has, however,
so far as English municipal law is concerned, been defi-
nitely abandoned. In a case referring to this matter Lord
Westbury distinctly-laid down the principle that exporta-
tion to belligerents is not contrary to all municipal law,
unless in terms forbidden by it, and the Queen's procla-
mation does not make that unlawful which was not so
before,