The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-11 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

The leading country markets held on Saturday wore
firmly supplied with most kinds of wheat, at which only a
limited business was transacted on lower terms. Barley
ruled dull and cheaper. Oats, beans, peas, and flour
moved off heavily, at drooping currencies.
The trade on the continent is exceedingly heavy, and a
considerable decline has taken place in the value of all
kinds of produce.

The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week
were by no means extensive. From abroad we received
4,338 quarters of wheat, 2,570 barley, 7,310 oats, 566
beans, 365 tares, 436 rapeseed, 210 mustard seed, 190 sun-
dry seeds, and 2,151 sacks of flour.
The quantity of Bnglish wheat received fresh up to our
market to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, was small,
and in very poor condition. Although the show of sam-
ples of both red and white was limited, the demand for
all kinds ruled far from active, at last Monday's decline
on the quotations. So inferior and tender were most of
the samples that they were quite unfit for millers' pur-
poses. At the close of the market the whole of the supply
had been disposed of. .
The supply of foreign wheat was tolerably good. So
little business was transacted that the quotations were
nominally unaltered.
In floating cargoes of grain very few transactions took
place.

We wore fairly supplied with buloy, in which only a
limited business was paksing, at is to 2s per quarter be-
neath last Monday's prices.
The malt trade was very dull, and the quotations ruled
is to 2s per quarter lower than on Monday last.

The show of oats was moderate, and the trade ruled
heavy, at is per quarter less money.
There was very little inquiry for beans, the prices of
which, compared with Monday last, were is to 2s per
quarter lower.
We had a dull sale for peas, at is to 2s per quarter less

money.
The flour trade was heavy, at last Monday's decline in
price.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE
Wheat—Estax sc Kent,
Red .... new 589 to 703
Ditt0........ old 68s 805
Ditto, White new 56s 708
Ditt0........ old 67s 83s
Worfolk and Lin.
coln, Red, old 69s 78s
Ditto new ...... 541 673
Rya—Old ............ —s —s
New ............ 50s 52s'1
Raley—Grinding .• •.. 30t 323
Malting ......... 3is 313 i
Chevalier.... . . 34s 39s
Malt—Suffolk and Nor-
70s 768
6:4s 663
Kingston and Ware 749 763

Matt—Chevalier .... 77s to 7115
[Oats— Yorkshire and
Lineoinsk., Feed 235 25s
Potato .
,Youghal and Cork
81ack....... 205 24s

Cork. White ... .. 21e 25s
Scotch, Feed. .. .. 26s 30s
Beans—Tick .•••• •• • • 34s 38s

Pigeons 000000 •• •. 38 44,
Peas—Grey .......... 32s 3 s

White •• •• •• •• •• 40s 44s

Boilers ......... 4is 44.
Flour—Town-made... 65s 67s
Suffolk .......... 49s 50s
Btocktn & Norfolk 49s 50s

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

The arrivals of foreign stock into London last week were
very moderate—the total supply being only 933 head. In
the oorresponding week in 1355 we received 789 ; in
1851, 1,912 ; in 1853, 2,932 in ; 1852, 3,210 ; in 1851,
2,449; anal in 1350, 576 bead.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WAIL
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
Oporto
Antwerp •••
etotterdam l5O
Eliaeru Dlingieenp
498
N 3

5 ... -

... - ... 77 ... -

6 ... -

T0ta1.... 527 ... 23 83 ...
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheop. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1855 558 ... 107 ... ... 144 m
854 O4l ... 1,302 275 1
.853 555 ... 1,988 ... 375 21
.852 552 2,151 475 2
.851 5Ol 1,678 237 33
.850 270 ... 201 95 10

There was a very poor show of foreign stock in to-day's
market, and the supply of Irish was confined to 150 beasts
—partly via Liverpool.
With home-fed beasts we were tolerably well supplied
as to numbers, but the general quality of the arrivals was
not to say first-rate. All breeds, arising in some measure,
from the depres'ed state of trade in Neveglte and Leaden-
hall, met a very dull sale at Friday's decline in price of 2d
per 81bs. The top figure for beef was 4s 61 per Sibs.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we
received 2,450 Scots and short horns ; from other parts of
England, 403 of various breeds; and, from Scotland, 300
Scots.

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Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep was but me-
Aerate, both as to number and quality, the mutton trade
ruled heavy at 2d per 81bs beneath the prices current on
Monday last. The best old Downs sold at 4s 8d per Sibs.
The supply of calves was very limited, yet the veal trade
ruled heavy at 4d. per 81bs beneath last Monday's cur-
rency. The top figure for veal was 5s 8d per Sib s.
We had a dull trade for pigs, at barely stationary prices.
Per Sibs to sink the offals.
s. d. s. d.I s. d. a. d.
Ulterior Beasts.... 2 10 to 3 o,PrimeSontlidown 4 4 4 8
Second quality.... 3 2 3 6;Large crse. calves 4 4 5 0
Prime large omen 3 8 4 2,Primo small do 5 2 5 8
Prime Scots, dtc. 4 4 4 6itarge hogs
Inferior Sheep 10 3 2 iSmall porkers
3econci quality ...3 4 3 8 Suckling calves 22 0 28 0
Prime tree.-wlled.3 10 4 2lQuaxter old pigs 21 0 27 0
TOTAL etrPPLT. roR Ta lIOPPZ-1,
Beasts ..•••• .• .......... 4.153 Beasts •.. ...... • • • 674
A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat
stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on
Monday, Feb, 12, 1855, and in the Metropolitan Market
this day, Monday, Feb. 11, 1856.
Per Sibs, to sink the offals.
Feb. 12, 1855. Feb. 11,'56.
s. d. a. d. s. d. s. d.
Coarse and inferior beasts „. ...3 1 to 3 01,2 10 to 3 0
Second quality ditto 3 S 4 2 3 2 3 6

Prima large °ion 4 4 4 0 8 4 2
Prime Scots, die 4 8 4 1011 4 4 6

Coarse and inferior sheep ... 3 4 3
Second quality ditto 310 4
Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 4 4
Prime Southdown ditto 410 5
Lambs ... 0 0

8;210 3 2
2,3 4 3 8
8:3 10 4 2
04 4 4
0,,0 0 0 0

Large coarse calves ... ... ... 4 6 5 2 4 4 5 0
Prime small ditto ... ... ... ... 5 4 5 10,5 2 5 8
barge hogs ... ... ... ... ... 3 0 4 03 6 4 2
seat small porkers ... ... ... 4 2 4 4:4 4 410
Beast • 3,693 4,153
Sheep ... ... ... ... ... 17,40 23,190
Calves... ... ~„ ... ... ... 67 69
Pigs ... ... ... ... ~. ... 420 3CS
SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 13, 1854.—Beasts, 4,900; sheol ,
22,410; calves, 235; pigs, 310.
February 14, 1853.—Beasts, 3,951 ; sheep, 17,690; calves,
152 ; pigs, 275.