The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-21 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)

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CORN EXCHANGE.

The whole of the country markets held on Saturday,
owing to the poace rumours, were excessively dull for all
kinds of produce, but more especially for wheat, and to
have effect:id sales a considerable reduction in prices must
have been submitted to.

The continental markets have been very dull and droop-
ing, although the supplies of grain brought forward have
not been large. Full average shipments of grain and flour
continue to be made from the United States.

Very moderate supplies •f English produce arrived up
to our market last week. The imports were 11,9-.8 qrs.
of wheat, 11,023 oats, 950 beans, 40 tares, 7,208 linseed,
16,406 rapeseed, 35 mustard seed, 4'6 sundry seeds, 675
sacks and 6,275 barrels of flour.

The peace prospects had a most depressing influence
upon our market generally to-day, and a serious fall has
taken place in the quotations.
Fresh up, both by land and water carriage, we had an
increased supply of English wheat, chiefly in wretched
condition. Even the finest samples met an exceedingly
depressed trade ; indeed, it would appear a matter of ex-
treme difficulty to give the exact changes in price. The
quotations, however, were certainly from 6s. to Bs. per
quarter lower than on Monday last.
With foreign wheat we were fairly supplied. In this
article scarcely a transactic,n took place, and the currencies
were nominally unaltered.

There was scarcely any inquiry for floating cargoes.
The show of barley was but moderate, yet the trade
ruled heavy, and all kinds gave way in price 2s. to
3s. per quarter.
Malt moved off heavily, and the currencies had a down-
ward tendency, although the arrivals were small.

The oat trade was very dull, at is per quarter beneath
last Monday's rates.

There was scarcely any business doing in beans, the
prices of which gave way 2s per quarter. All kinds of
peas moved off heavily at 2s per quarter less money.
The flour trade was very dull on lower terms—the fall
upon all kinds baing 2s per sack.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE

Wheat—Esnx Sa Kent,
Red •• new 58s to 76a
Ditto.. • • .... old 68s 818
Ditto, White new 56s 60e
Ditt0........ old 71s 85s
Norfolk and Lin-
coln, Red, old 70a 80a
Ditto new • • 5Ss 78s I
Rye—Old .• •• •• •••••• —s
New • • •• ........ 50s 528 l
Barley—Grinding ..• •. 343 378,
Malting . •• 36i 38s
Chevalier— •• . . 33a 40s
Mtlt—Suffolkand Nor-
folic• • • • 74s Sls
Brown . • • •• • ....• •• 648 708
KlngstonandWare 78s 803

Malt—Chevalier •. •• 80s to 81s
Oats Yorkshire and
Lincolnsh.,Feed 25s 29i
Potato . •• •• 278 33s
Youghal and Cork
Black. •• •• •• 241 288
Cork, White ..... 268 29s
Scotch, Feed..... 27s 33s
Beans—Tick 36s 39s
Pigeons .... 38. 43s
Pen5—Cr0y.......... 368 39s
Map1e...........368 38s
White........... 448 46s
Boilers • .••• 488 508
Flour—Town-made... 68s 70s
Suffolk .......... 54s 56s
Stocktn & Norfolk 54s 56s

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

Very moderate imports of foreign stock took place into
the port of London last week, the total supply being only
1,105 head. In the corresponding week in 1855 we re-
cnived 2,371 ; in 1851, 1,996 ; in 1853, 3,954 ; in 1852,
1,508 ; in 1851, 2,G68; and in 1850, 1,077 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WHEN.
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs, Calves. Pigs.
Harlingen 467 ... 4 1 ... .6. 1
Rotterdam ... 81 ...
Antwerp
Ostend

T0ta1,... 555

563 ... - ... 187

The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1855 857 ... 1,300 ... ... 212 ... 2
1Q54 787 ... 1,007 ... ... 197 ... 25
L 853 537 ... 2,873 ... ... 539 ... 5
1852 289 ... 1,031 ...
... 288 ...
LB5l 4lO -. 1,918 -.-- ... 297 -. 53
1850 231 -. 676 -.— -. 170 _. --
There was only a limited show of foreign stock in to-
day's market, and the fresh arrivals from Ireland, rift
Liverpool, were confined to 180 beasts.
Fair
aver ageupplies of beasts were on offer from Nor-
folk ingood condition. Owing to the unfavourable state
of the weather for slaughtering, and the dulness of the
6of Scots
trade in Nowgate and Leadenhall, all breeds of beasts were
ntheeskreomnday last. The highest value e,andprices
were
quite d
per 81bs
was 4s 6,1 per 81bs.
lowerheavy thanin
on

The arrivals of beasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and
Cambridgeshire were 2,200 Scots and shorthorns; from
other parts of England, 700 of various breeds; and from
Scotland, chiefly by railway, 550 horned and polled Scots.
The show of sheep was seasonably good as to number,
and of fair average weight. We experienced an unusually
dull trade for all breeds, and the quotations were fully
2d per 81bs lower than on this day se'nnight. The best
Downs with difficulty realised 4a 8d per 81bs.
Very few calves were in the market, and the veal trade
was somewhat firmer than on Friday. Prices, however,
were 2d per Blbs lower than on this day se'nnight.
Pigs met a very dully inquiry, and the quotations had a
downward tendency.