The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-30 00:00:00

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CORN EXCHANGE.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COO fee
For the week ended Oct. 30, 1856, made up from the Return! ;O.
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and
per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. I BARLEY. 1 OATS. I EYE. I BEANS. SO.
1 r
66i 4d ( 45s 8d 27s 15 40s lld 46s 65 1 445
THE SIX WEEKS' AVERA." E. ii, OP,
WHEAT. I BARLEY. I alas. RIE. I BEANS. I Als: 1.
65s Id 44s 2d ; 26s Gd I 41s 115 I 45s Sd
QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. goal,'
Wheat, 116,277 ; Rarley, 67,606 ; Oats, 15,397; Rye, 503 ; "'"

5,248; Peas, 1,864 quarters.

MEAT MARKETS. is
rs
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade gene- !too,
inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; MILL 4(1
3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Pork, 3s 8d to
per Sibs, by the carcase. r tOCI
SOUTHALL, Oct. 29.—Tbe supplies of each kind 0.. sa 00
were moderate, and the trade generally ruled inaotrqba;
follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 44_,' to
Veal, 4s Od to 4s Sd; Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81P"
sink the offal. sola
OHEORD, Oct. 29.—Prime beasts, sheep, and pie .10
readily, at very full prices. Otherwise the demand 1"" $o
a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 10d; Mtitter'et
8d to 5s ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d; Pcrk, 3s 10d -to 5$ 2a
albs.

HAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 4110 s ; elovermol,
3/ lOs to 5/ lOs; and straw, 11 5s to 1/ os per
Trade dull.
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 12s to 4/ 12s; -into
do., 3/ lOs to Si lOs ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 10s per '-
A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. el 01,
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 10s; el 01'
do., 3/ lOs to 5/ 12s; and straw, 11 5s to 11 10s per to
A slow trade.

FLEET OF THE GENERAL SCREW STEAM comrOlior
The principal vessels of this company were offered,
sa!e yesterday, by Bailey and Ridley, in the CaPOl/34•
room, at Lloyd's ; but although there was a full atttel3of
ance of merchants and others interested in this clads:
property, the whole were allowed to pass* witb,%'oo
single bidding. It was announced at the cocciu,; of
that the directors are still open to treat for the
the ten vessels, either collectively or separately, by
vate contract. yyi
THE EXPEDITION TO TENERIFFE.— Professor C. Ptiter
Smyth, the Astronomer Royal of Edinburgh, in a "-do
addressed to the chairman of the Kew Committee of
sd
British Association, says :—" During our voyage We
meteorological instruments supplied by the 1308,r-,;ple
Trade, which, I am told, have been devised on a Pr'n---ea
suggested and peifected by the Kew Observatory -00
your committee. I must congratulate you much °oe
excellence of the instruments and arrangements, for they
gave me more satisfaction than I ever felt before
to led
use of meteorological instruments, and I shall be &nd
to hear if similar instruments are procurable for -to
purposes, and how far they extend." It cannot be
generally understood among scientific observers %De.
teorological phenomena that barometers and there'
ters constructed on really scientific principles eon: of
perly verified at the Sew Observatory, with taut;l4,3ea
corrections of errors for each instrument, can be °b,-;100
from any of the principal instrument makers thr°lla,Peob
the kingdom at a very moderate cost. trcies,s time
instruments are properly verified, the trouble aoutiao•
usually devoted to the recording of atmospheric P"
rnena are generally thrown away and wasted._

observed in the heavens on Vier-T(l4
evening, about half-past 9. It is described as being very
..,"4,11t- A brilliant flash of light was observed again
I ,",„.1111Zht in the west, about the same time.
'IIELBouRNE. July 2.s.—The gold production bad im-
Protved ; 52,568 ounces had arrived by the escort for
periods ending July 19.
-A- coirespondent of the Times, this mornitw; cautiors
l'ersong against crossing Paddington-green at night.
Thieves, be says, abound in the neighbourhood.
COAL NEAR LONDON.—Mr. Burnell, civil engineer,
uas written to the Times on this subject, and says the
report moat likely originated from a communication he
ddressed
oni to the Brightonrelative
es he has made near Horsham.
The Prussian Government has recalled ti,le shop
Danzig, which for a time v.-as stationed at the Sulina
month of the Danube.
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