The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-21 00:00:00

MARKETS.

GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a
fair supply of English wheat at this market to-day, and farmers
asked a considerable advance, which buyers refused. Sales
were made at an advance of from 2s. to 3s. per qr. on last week's
rates. Large sales weremade in foreign wheat during the week,
and to-day the inquiry was only retail, at an advance of 3s. to
4s. on the week. Grinding barley and maize were ls. to 2s. per
qr. dearer. Oats held for an advance of is., which checked
business.

NORWICH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a
fair supply of wheat offered at this market to-day at an ad-
vance of 4s. per quarter over last week's rates. Barley was in
moderate request, at Gd. per quarter advance. Oats and malt
were the turn in favour of the sellers. Other feeding stuffs held
flr►n, at previous quotations. There was a good supply of flour.
at advanced quotations. Averages for the week.—Wheat,
1,732 qrs., at 50s. 9d. per qr. ; barley, 8,958 qrs., at 355. iii.
per qr.

NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET. SATURDAY.—There was a
large supply of wheat from farmers at this market to-day.
There was great excitement on the market. A general rise
took place in all kinds of grain. Wheat was from 3s. to 4s.
higher than last week. Flour 3s. per sack in advance. Feeding
stuffs were slightly higher.
DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a
scanty supply of wheat at this market to-day. The foreign
news influenced the prices here to-day, and caused an advance
of from is. ad. to 2s. per three bushels. Prime barley was un-
altered, secondary quality was 2s. per quarter lower. New oats
ls. per qr. dearer. Beans, 6d. to ls. per load dearer.

READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—The Eastern com-
plications have seriously affected this market to-day. Trade
was opened by sellers asking as much as from 4s. to ss. per qr.
more money for wheat ; and although this for a time retarded
transactions, business was ultimately transacted at from 2s. to
3s. advance on last week's rates. Best malting barley advanced
from 2s. to 3s. Oats from is. to 2s. Beans and peas were also
ls. per qr. dearer.

KIRKCALDY CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There were
moderate supplies of all kinds of corn at this market to-day.
Wheat sold freely at 2s. 6d. per qr. advance. Barley and oats
remained unaltered. Wheat fetched 515., 535. 6d., and 555. per
qr. Barley fetched 295. 6d., 345. 9d., and 375. 6d. per qr. Oats
fetched 235. 6d., 255. 9d., and 275. per qr.
OXFORD CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was an un-
usually large attendance at the Corn Exchange to-day, the inel
table prospect of war with Russia having brought purchasers
from all parts. Wheat sold at an advance of from 2s. to 35. per
quarter. Barley was ls. to 2s. dearer, while flour sold at from.
38s. to 40s. per sack. Hay, £6 per ton.

DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.—The supply
of cattle at this market to-day was not large, nor was the show
of sheep an average one ; and as buyers seem to have made all
their purchases at the cattle fair, held last Wednesday, trade
was only dull in both. There was a fair supply of pigs, and a
steady trade ; young ones, from 165., and stores 28s. Pork, Bs.
to Bs. 6d. per stone.

METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATURDAY.
—Mr. Charles James Easton thus reports on the state of the hay
market :—Our market to-day has been well supplied with hay
and clover. Sales have been effected with activity, at about
recent values. Prime meadow hay, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior
ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime first-cut clover, 130 s. to 140 s. ;
inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; prime second-cut clover, 120 s.
to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 105 s. to 115 s. ; and straw, 30s. to 345.
per load.

METROPOLITAN HIDE AND SKIN MARKET, SATURDA.Y
—Market hides : 561bs. to 641b5., 31d to 3d. ; 641bs. to 721bs.
na. ; 721bs. to 801bs., 3id. to na. ; 801bs. to 881bs., 31d. to
4d. ; 881bs. to 961b5., 4d. to 41d ; 961bs. to 1041b5., 41d. to 4id.;
1041bs. to 1121b5., 4fd. to 4/d. Horse hides, 10s. Od. to 12s.
calf skins—light, 2s. to 4s. • full, 7s. 6d. Sheep skins—
polled, 7s. Od. to 9s. Od. ; half-breds, ss. to 6s. Od. ; Dcwns,
Ss. 6d. to 4s. 6d.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY. Opening
Report.—This market opened quiet to-day. Probable sales,
8,000 bales. Second Report.—This market was unchanged to-
day on the spot, but rather more was done in arrivals. Mobile,
November-December, Bd. Sales, 12,000 bales.
LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—The coloured cloth
hall this morning was dull, the weather being too gloomy for
choosing colours. The spring trade, too, makes slow progress.
The Russian affair has been a damper to it, and manufacturers
refuse to make. The styles of these goods are generally the
same as a year ago. The fancies are of various shades. The
large stripes for trouserings are dying out, and the stripes now
shewn are more subdned and of smaller patterns. Blue and
black worsted coatings, both of Leeds and Hudders-
field make, closely compete with the choice silk twists. In
the first-class warehouses a good trade is doing in these goods
and many mills are consequently well employed. French and
Prussian buyers are still calling for an unlimited supply of low
pilots and gray presidents at about 2s. 6d. to cut into overcoats.
Blankett at ss. each wholesale one day this week rose Bd. in
price, and the sale is as rapid as ever. It must stop soon, how-
ever, and too soon for the workmen whom it has be en fully
employing. At present the mills of Batley, Leeds, Morley, etc.,
making coarse woollens, work almost incessantly.
CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, SATURDAY.—This
market closed steadily to-day, and a moderate business was
done. Low and fine sugars show an advance of about 38 for the
week. Other kinds 68 to Is.

CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY.—Ordinary, no change.
1,330 firkins in the market. Mild cured—firsts, 1375. ; seconds,
1255.; thirds, 118 s. 84 firkins in the market.

FOUNDERING OF A VESSEL AND LOSS OF

ALL ON BOARD.

A very lamentable disaster is reported to have taken
place off Cape Clear during the hurricane of the 12th ult.,
intelligence of which has only been received in Liverpool.
Captain Thomas Jones, of the schooner Jeannette and
Jane, of Portmadoc, states that he sailed from Glou-
cester on the 9th of October in company with the
Martha Gertrude, Captain Williams, also of Portmadoc,
both vessels being bound for Limerick. Everything
proceeded well until the 12th of October, when being
within about fifteen miles to the south-east of Cape Clear
the wind commenced to blow very hard from the south-
west, and gradually increased to a fearful hurricane from
the W.S.W. At seven o'clock in the morning the
Jeannette and Jane and the Martha Gertrude were hove
to on the starboard tack. At three o'clock in the afternoon
the wind veered round to the N.W. still continuing to blow
a hurricane, the weather being very thick, and a heavy cross
sea running at the time. The sea broke continually over the
Jeannette and Jane, and on the weather clearing up a
little there was nothing to be seen of the other vessel, and
Captain Jones believes that the Martha Gertrude must
have foundered between three and four o'clock, as about
that time the wind came in fearful squalls, and that all on
board have perished. This belief is also borne out by the
fact that since the 12th of October nothing has been seen
or heard of either vessel or crew. There is no doubt that
during the late fearful weather a great many vessels have
gone down that will never be heard of except as
being posted up as `• missing." The River Mersey, a
very fine vessel, under command of Captain G. F.
Cook, which sailed from San Francisco for Liverpool on
the Bth of March last, with a full cargo of wheat, has just
been posted at Lloyd's as "missing," as since her de-
parture from San Francisco nothing has been seen of
either vessel or crew. The River Mersey was a very fine
vessel of 541 tons register, was built in 1865 by Messrs.
Potter and Co., of Liverpool, and was owned in that town
by Messrs. Hargrave, Fergusson and Co. Several other
vessels which ought to have arrived at Liverpool some
time ago are now considerably overdue.

The sittings of the Spanish Cortes have been suspended
until after the return of the Commission sent to Italy
to present to the Duke d'Aosta the Crown of Spain.
Tranquillity prevails in Madrid,
A letter from a soldier of the Irish Brigade from Caen,
in the Nation, states that the regiment was on Tuesday
last under orders for Bourges, the men being "in the
best of spirits." The writer hopes more men are pre-
paring to leave Ireland for France, and adds that the
corps badly wants " a green flag and a few Irish pipers."
The constant firing of the Paris forts is of some service
to the Germans. Their generals, says Dr. Russell, know
now the range of the guns on every fort, and they confess
that the ordnance is not to be despised. Some of the guns
in position on the forts have an unexpectedly long range.
They carry not only to the outposts, but to the reserves.

The Northam steamer, from the Cape, brings
£14,000 worth of diamonds. Two very large perfect gems
are among the number. One weighs GO carats. The
diamond fields are said to yield very favourable results.
A magnificent diamond, weighing 88 1-16 carats, the
largest yet found there, has been discovered by Mr.
Wheeler, who was offered for it on the spot £22,000, but
he wanted £30,000, and is on the way to England
with it.

Among the papers seized at St. Cloud by the German
army was a note from 011ivier to the Emperor dated July
6th, in which he says that Gramont's declaration has been
received by the Chambers with emotion and im-
mense applause. The Left itself with but a small excep-
tion, will support the Government. He says that at
first the general feeling went beyond their wishes, but he
took advantage of an observation of Cr6mieuies to inter-
pose. He would not have it appear that they wished for
war, but for honourable peace. The publice motion outside
the Chamber is great, but it is noble and patriotic.
There is, he adds, a heart in this people.
The Times correspondent at Tours says that the defen-
sive works now thrown up by the French in front of
Orleans are of a very formidable nature, that many thou-
sand workmen are employed in their construction, and
that upwards of fifty heavy siege guns have been sent
from La Rochelle to arm them. The works are of the
nature of an entrenched camp. " Large reinforcements
have been sent to the front from Le Mans. The French
are said to have 300 field guns. Seven or eight batteries
have passed through Tours. They seemed in good ser-
viceable condition, but not showy, the horses ill
groomed, and the men not very clean. Some of them
had mules instead of horses, as in Spain. Mules are
very good for such serviee, but of course not for flying
artillery."

A BOON FOR LADIES.—Highly as sewing machines are
prized, there is one great fault to which they are addicted—they
make a great noise while doing the work ; a noise so great that
for a worker herself to talk at the same time is out of the ques-
tion. We need not say how trying this must be to a lady. To
be not only prevented from talking, but also from listening to
the gossip of those around her—the very thought of such a
thing is unendurable. Well, an inventor has come to their
rescue with a SILENT SEWING MACHINE; and as it comprises
aji the appliances and devices for varied work with which all the
besp sioyjng machines are provided, and several in addition, and
exercises them all so NOISNLESSLY that the ladies may gossip
even in whispers, and the infant or invalid sleep on in peace, we
expect that Most of .tile gib piaohines will ere long be heard, or
heard of, no snore, and that "LA SIENCIEUSE," the Silent
Sewing Machine (at Messrs. POLLACX, Soppig, and Co.'s,
210 A, REGENT-STREET, LONDON, W.); will quietly take their
place, as the universal domestic helper.--"investment eireniar
and Financial Record," September 7, 1870.

THE WAR.

THE SIEGE OF PARIS.

THE FOOD QUESTION.

One of the English residents who have just escaped
from the French capital gives excellent reports of the
food stores within. Bread, instead of having risen in
price, is rather cheaper than in ordinary times. and up to
the Bth of this month there had not been the slightest
sign of a failure or diminution of the supply. Even the
confectioners' shops presented, the same array as
usual of those fanciful and elaborate cakes and
sweet biscuits, which it seems so strange that any
one can eat. Hard biscuits are in great request for the
Mobiles and volunteers on outpost duty, and they are as
good and cheap as in Reading or Dundee themselves.
The price of wine of all kinds is precisely the same as in
times of peace ; there is enough via ordinaire to last a
good twelve months. Absinthe, considered a prime ne-
cessary by Parisians, is also plentiful, so are
chocolate, coffee, and the like. "Salt provisions,
hams, Liebig, and sardines were obtainable
quite a month after the investment. I bought some sar-
dines about the middle of October, which had risen very
little in price, and, with very great difficulty, at the same
time managed to secure one of the last hams that were
sold publicly in the shops. Now, no money could pro-
cure any of these three articles or potted meats, or fish of
any kind. lam not sure that it is not possible still to
get pate de foie gras and salmis of game, &c., bat their
price, very high in ordinary times, kept them from being
exhausted early in the siege." Cheese failed at the very
beginning of the siege.
The meat question involves a more gloomy tale. The
escaped Englishman does not say how long the meat will
last, but he holds to the belief that some kind of flesh will
be available for a long time to come. " Before long, if
not already, there will be strict rations, and tickets
entitling their happy owners to their quantum of
dead cab - horse. There are still vast quantities
of horses in Paris, which could be sacrificed
without touching the artillery and cavalry horses
at all. When the cab horses, drag horses, and
omnibus horses are defunct, there will be the cavalry
to consume before reccurse need be had to the artillery
horses, most necessary of all to General Trochu and to
France. Even when the horse flesh and the sheep and
oxen have been all devoured, do not suppose that Paris
will be wholly without meat. It is well known that the
Government have laid in stores of salted meat to
last a considerable time. These have not been touched
yet, and will not be touched until the proper time
arrives. I have said enough, I hope, to chew you that
that time cannot yet be regarded as near at hand. The
flesh of asses, which has escaped the tax imposed upon
the carcases of the nobler steed, sells at a great price, as
much as three or four fancs a pound for the best parts,
and is said to be infinitely superior to horseflesh. Smaller
animals are made much of and fatted up with
sinister intentions. Often you may see an old woman
sitting at her stall in the market, caressing complacently
a fat lop-eared rabbit, whose value she knows is increasing
every hour that he lives. Cats are not lightly allowed to
stray abroad, and even dogs begin to tremble for their
lives."

On the other hand, the bread stores are very abundant.
Supposing that the Parisians really resolved to be starved
out rather than surrender, "it is plain that the popula-
tion could exist without really serious loss of life upon
bread and condiments. The latter—l include chocolate,
salt, and spices=will not fail sooner than the bread, and
the stores of bread, or rather flour, are of enormous mag-
nitude. The harvest of a good corn year was sent
in great part into Paris ; not altogether for pur-
poses of provisionment against a siege, but for the
safety of the country farmers who imported it, and
who imagined rightly that it would be much safer within
the walls of the capital than in their own unprotected
homesteads en province. When I left Paris the Halles de
Bld were still crammed with sacks of wheat. In hundreds
of private houses and hotels there were quantities of
similar sacks laid safely by. Of all the government had
taken an account, and their contents could be at any
moment devoted to the public sustenance in rations. How
does the question of famine, then, really stand ? If
the Prussians are resolute, they have still a long time to
wait."