The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-03 00:00:00

rd&R.KET NEWS.—(This Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

The whole of the country markets held on Saturday
wens very dull for wheat, at a decline in the quotations of
from is to 2s par quarter. There was less doing in
barley, the value of which was with difficulty supported.
No change in malt. All other articles moved off slowly,
and prices were in favour of buyers.
•The amount of busines's doing in the continental markets
on English account is very moderate. In the United
States the corn trade has continued dull.
Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English'
grain were 'very moderate. From abroad we received
13,030 quarters of wheat, 3,329 barley, 11,069 oats, 2,910
beans, 203 tares, 300 linseed, 420 rapeseed, 55 sundrY
seeds, 100 sacks and 1,003 barrels of flour.

The fresh arrivals of English wheat up to our market
today, coastwise and by land carriage, were moderate,
but the general condition of the supply was tolerably gam•
As a portion of last week's unsold receipts was on offer,
the show of samples was in excess of Monday last. Owing
to the prospects of peace the demand for all kinds of wheat
of home produce ruled excessively heavy, at a decline ill
the quotations realised on this day se'nnight of from fis to
8s per quarter, and a large portion of the supply was un'.
sold at the close of the mai ket.

The show of foreign wheat was good. All kinds were,
unu3ually heavy and some of the importers, in order to
save the expense of landing, were sellers at 3s to 4s Per'
quarter less money ; but the business doing was trifling
in the extreme.

There was a slightly improved demand for the finest
malting barley, which in alms instances, produced is pa.
quarter more money. Grinding and distilling sorts were
heavy at the late decline. Malt was very dull and rather
lower to purchase.
The oat trade was very dull, at is to is 6d per quarter
less money.
Both beans and peas sold heavily, at 2s per quarter de.
cline.

The flour trade was exceedirgly heavy, at 4a per quarter
less money. The tope price of town made declined to 631
per 2801bs.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.

Wheat—Zsaea Kent.
• lied .• •• new 62s to 74a
Ditto••••.... old —a —a
Ditto, White new 64s 75a
Ditto.— —.. old —s —s
Norfolk and Lin-
coln, Red, bld —s —a
Oitto new .••... 59s 71s
Rye—Old ............ —s —8
Now ...........• 503 52s
•• 298 323
Vatting •.. 3ls 34a
Chevalier.— . • 363 40s
M►lt—Suffolk and Ncr-
tblk•• •• .• •• •• •• 70s 76s
llrown.•••• .• ....•••• 6 4s 663
'CincatonandWare 74s 75s

Btalt—Chevalier...776, to 775
lOats Yorkshire and
Lincolush.• reed 23s 255
Potato • • 245 296
Toughs! mad Cork
Black. 208 246
Cork, White .- 29s 255
Scotch, Feed..• 265 3°,6
Beans—Tick ....... , 32s 3us
Pigeons 33 42s
Peas—Grey , „ „ 318 345
Maple 345 376
White... 385 Os
Boilers .........423 435
Fl,3nr—Town-made. • . 6ls 636
Suffolk 47s 495
3tochtn & Norfolk 465 485

METROPOLITAN C

.TTLE MARKET.

Last week's imports of foreign stock into London Were
very moderate—the total supply being only 429 head. 111
the corresponding week in 1855 we received 358 ; in 1854,
2,331; in 1833, 2,831 ; in 1852, 1,519 ; in 1851, 2,327;
ani in 1250, 1,318 head.

_ .
IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEll. +'"`j
From Boasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves 1 MO'
Rotterdam.-- 53 ... ... ... 19 r... '''

- --
1 •••\,

Harlingen 2ll
Calais . ... - - - 8 ..
Antwerp 7— 102 ...
Total ... 299 ... ... 130 •••
The yearly comparison of woekly imports is as follows
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. BO'
1855 240 ... 118 ...
1854 775 ... 1,333 223 ...

1853 475 _. 2,126 227 ...
1852 344 -. 985 -. 190 .. 20

1851 395 1,571 311 ...
LB5O t29 552 237
The show of foreign stock was very moderate. Amongst
it were 100 oxen from Oporto in very middling :condition.
The supply of Irish stock was conined to 40 beasts.
From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts
were seasonably good, both as to number and qualiti•
Although the weather was favourable for slaughtering,
the beef trade ruled heavy, at a decline in the prices realised
on Monday last of from 2d to 4d per Sibs. The highest
value for Scots was 4s 6(1 per bibs.
The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cana'
bridgeshire, amounted to 2,100 Scots and short horns; from
other parts of England, 420 of various breeds ; and from
Scotland, 400 Scots, chiefly per railway.
There was about an average show of sheep in the market
in fair condition. For most kinds we had a slow sale,
and, in some instances, prices were the turn in favour
of
buyers. A fow very superior old Downs realised ss, but
the general top price, in the wool, was 4s 10d per Blbs,
out of the weol, the quot thou was 4s per 8 lbs. Abe"
1,800 shorn sheep were on offer.
The few prime lambs in the market changed hands St
7s per Blbs.
Although the supply of calves was limited, the veal trade
was heavy, at Friday's decline in value of 6d per 81b8, the
top price being Ss 6d per Sibs.
\Vie had a dull inilitlry for pigs, at last week's currency'.