The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-18 00:00:00

MARKETS.

LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.—AIthough the
corn market was fairly attended to-day, the grain trade ruled
quiet, and Monday's reduced quotations were with difficulty
supported. The supply of both new and old English wheat
was limited, while the arrivals from abroad were tolerably
good. The inquiry for all descriptions was inactive, at barely late
rates. Barley was in scanty supply, nevertheless it was fully ade-
quate to the demand, which was slow, at about previous currencies.
Malt was dull on former terms. Oats, the supply of which
was large, experienced a slow sale, at scarcely
Monday's prices. Beans and peas were in mode-
rate supply. The trade ruled dull, and the tendency
of prices was - drooping. There was a steady de-
mand for barrel flour, which was chiefly for French require-
ments, it being the most easy for transport ; consequently prices
were well maintained, otherwise the trade was quiet.—Arrivals :
—English and Scotch—Wheat, 230 ; beans, 20. Foreign—Wheat,
6,890 ; barley, 400 ; oats, 46,290 ; maize, 10,880 ; beans, 1,060 ;
peas, 370. Flour—sacks, 250. '

EDINBURGH CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The supplies
of wheat were modepte at this market to-day, which met with
a slow sale at 2s. to, 3s. per quarter reduction. Barley met
a slow sale at 2s. to Si: per quarter reduction. Oats were dull
and is. per quarter lower. Beans :met a fair sale at full prices.
STOCKTON-ON-TEES CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The
fine harvest weather has tempted many farmers from this mar-
ket to-day, consequently the supply of 'wheat was small, and
most of it remained unsold, although the holders were willing
to accept a reduction of 3s. per quarter from last week's rates.
Oats are 2s. per quarter lower. Barley, beans, and peas are
unaltered. The yield of wheat in South Durham and North
Yorkshire will be fully an average crop.
EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY. Prime
qualities of cattle and sheep were scarce at this market to-day,
and they were fully as dear as last week. Middling and inferior
qualities were more plentiful, and a shade cheaper. Ayrshire
cows, £IS to £2O each ; shorthorns, £2O to £2l each. There was
a slow trade in pigs, which were dear, but there was no altera-
tion in prices. Young pigs were from 12s. to 15s. a head.
SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The supplies
were heavier at this market to-day. The best qualities of beef
were 2d. per stone lower, second quality 4d. per stone lower.
Sheep realised last week's' prices. The supplies were moderate.
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LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Opening
report.l—lmPort per bill of entry, 3,212 bales. Owing to the
uncertainty as to the state of matters between the contending
armies of Germany and France, this market opens slowly.
There is but a moderate inquiry, but not much anxiety to effect
sales. Sales are likely, in the absence of war news, to reach
10,000 bales. Closing report.—There was an active trade de-
mand and more inquiry for export set in at this market to-day.
The better qualities were dull, and difficult to sell. Sales, 18,000
bales. Speculation and export, 5,000 bales.
MANCHESTER COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—This
market is firmer in tone to-day, in sympathy with the stronger
position of the Liverpool Cotton Market. The business doing
is far from extensive, the prices asked having the effect of
checking operations. The news from the seat of war being still
conflicting, at the same time the balance of opinion seems to be
that the Prussians have had the best of it in the recent engage-
ments, has caused prices to improve.
LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—The tallow mar-
ket has continued steady, at 445. 9d. for Y.C. on the spot, and
455. 6d. last three months. Linseed oil has ruled very dull, at
395. 6d. to 395. 9d. London, 295. Hull spot. Rape depressed, at
425. to 425. 6d. for English brown on the spot, and 38s. last four
months.

COLONIAL PRODUCE •MARKETS, WEDNESDAY.—There is
more steadiness in the sugar market, and values have
been well sustained for both raw and refined goods.

Coffee' has ruled quiet, but firm. The tea auctions
are progressing slowly, at late rates. Rice has ruled dull and
inactive. Saltpetre has sold at 31s. for white Bengal. Only a
small quantity of jute has changed hands. At auction, prices
remaining without variation. White pepper has sold at late
rates. Nutmegs have commanded a slight advance, and spices
generally have ruled steady.
CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—This
market continues quiet to-day. Business was not large. Prices
are about 3d. easier since Saturday.

GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—This market
was Rat to-day. Business was done at 51s. 3d. down to 51s. ld.
cash. Closing sellers. _

CORK BUTTER MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Ordinary firsts,
1245., seconds, 1195.; thirds, 115 s. ; fourths, 108 s.; fifths, 995.
sixths, 765. 1,220 firkins in the market. Mild cured, firsts,
1305.; seconds, 1235.; thirds, 1225. Fifty firkins in the market.

COMIC PAPERS.
(From Punch.)

ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY.—COIISCript Fathers
once attracted a large share of attention ; now it is all
absorbed by Conscript Sons.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.—In the Post the other day it was
thus written :--" The British Embassy was stormed by
peaceful British subjects asking for passports. Paris will
ere long, contain very few foreigners." Let us hope it may
not too soon contain a great many.

THE COVER OF THE COUNTRY.—An eye-witness of the
Battle of Woerth. describing it in the Nationale, mentions
that " every tree " in the forest of Hagenau " concealed a
Prussian, who took a sure aim," and particularly notices
"the terrible part that the woods, whether at Forbach or
elsewhere, play in this war." Guardians of British Crown
Lands, please to bear in mind that our woods are among
the most important of our national defences.

(From Fun.)

WHAT WAS THE FIRST BET MADE ?—The alpha-bet.

• • -
BRUCE AND THE SPIDER.-• A modern version--dedi-
cated sorrowfully to the Home Secretary—represents Mr.
Bruce asleep in his study, hands and feet fettered by
spiders, webs, while the floor is strewed with measures
which should have been—but were not—" passed this
session," and the spider is actively at work.
Too TRUE TO BE GOOD. —Among dramatic items from
Paris we find this :—" At the Ambi,gu-Comique, a
spectacle entitled ' Les Prussiens en Lorraine' is in
preparation." The theatre of war has anticipated the
Ambigu ! " The Prussians in Lorraine" is a., spectacle
which the French can see, and they don't seem to consider
it a thing to laugh at.

(From Judy.)

Is it because the publisher did not think the place
Worth mentioning that I cannot find the scene of the
recent Prussian victory on my halfpenny war map

----
A French lady's son has just been appointed surgeon to
one of the regiments en 'route for the frontier. His
mother's last request was that if he found his treatment
killed more than it cured, he should go over to the Prus-
sians and doctor them.

A. MAN'S WORST ENEMIES ARE THOSE OF HIS OWN
HOUSEHOLD. "—The central picture of Judy represents
Napoleon on horseback, arrested in his progress over the
battle-field by the terrible figure of Paris, bearing the
torch of Revolution in one hand, and snatching his impe-
rial crown from his head with the other.

Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord Great Chamber-
lain, is suffering from illness, which, it is said, may prove
fatal.

The Right Hon. E. Cardwell has arrived at
Walmer Castle, on a visit to the Earl and Countess
Granville.

Mr. Gladstone will remain at Walmer Castle for
some days, and on Monday next will leave London to join
her Majesty at Balmoral.

A fac-simile of the now famous projet de trate, in
M. Benedetti's handwriting, is to be published in the
next number of the Graphic.

Mr. T. T. Murray has been appointed by the
Admiralty to the office of Inspector of Machinery Afloat
at Sheerness, from the Portsmouth Steam Reserve.

Recruiting for the Mounted Engineers at
Chatham has been successful, but it is not intended to
raise the strength of the Royal Engineers beyond the paid
establishment.

William Taylor, Esq., F.S.S., F.S.A., has placed in
the hands of the Council of the .Statistical Society the
sum of fifty guineas, to be awarded by them as a prize
for the best essay on the local taxation of the United
Kingdom.

According to a curious rumour circulating in
Paris, the Emperor has invited all the families of the
House of Bonaparte to a conference in the French
capital. The object of the gathering does not appear to
be known.

The Duke of Norfolk has given the sum of £l,OOO
towards the fund for raising a memorial church to the
late Bishop Grant. The church is now being built in
connection with the Orphanage at Norwood, and the
foundation stone was laid a short time since by the Duke
of Norfolk and Lord Howard of Glosisop.

The Prince of Wales, it is well known, is not only
Duke of Cornwall in England, but Duke of Rothesay in
Scotland. This title he derives from the Castle of
Rothesay, the royal burgh which bears to the Isle of Bute
the same relation that Windsor does to Berkshire. It is not
generally known that the Duke of Rothesay, was the first
ducal title created in Scotland, in the person of the ill fated son
of Robert 111., and that it has ever since been borne by the
heir-apparent of the Scottish throne. The Builder tells
the story, that on her Majesty's first or second visit to
Scotland, the Lord Chamberlain one day announced into
her presence a Scotch nobleman as " the Duke of
Rothesay." The Queen was puzzled for a moment ; she
could not remember having read of such a duke in
" Lodge" or "Burke," but the mystery was soon solved
by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, then a boy of three or
four, who marched in with full Highland costume, in-
cluding the Stuart tartan, the philabeg, the claymore,
and the regulation eagle's feather in his bonnet.