The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-08 00:00:00

MARKETS— I Lis day.

MARK-LANE.
The supply of English wheat on sale at our market to-
very moderate, but the condition of the produce
day was
bood. On the whole, the trade ruled quiet
was toleraly g
at Monday's prices.
With foreign wheat the market was moderately sup-
plied. The business transacted was to a fair extent, et
previous quotations.
There was a fair demand for floating cargoes of grain'
at late rates.
Barley was in fair supply and slow request, at previ°uB
quotations.
The malt trade was quiet, at late rates.
The market was extensively supplied with oats. The
trade was dull, and quotations rather lower.
The supply of beans on sale was moderate. The trado
ruled qu
in iet, at late .
Peas moderaterates request, on former terms. The market
was very moderately supplied.
Flour moved off slowly, at late prices.
SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEES.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. FlcTr.
English and Scotch 1,120 580 1,910 4'o
Irish
Foreign 2,380 2,990 —43 420 1,740 sack sbris

NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL.
sale
The supplies of town and country-killed meat on
ally
at these markets are fairly extensive. The trade gauel
is quiet, at our quotations :
rer 81b by the (Armee.
sd 8 d
Inferior beet 3 2 3 4
Middling do. 3 6 4 0
Prime large do 2 4 4
?rime small d 4 6 4 8
Veal 4 4 6 4
Lamb, Os

a d 6 d
Inferior mutton..•• 3 g 4
Middling mutton.• 3 ia
Prune do .......... 4 6 g
1 Large pork ........ 4 4
I mall pork. ......
.3,10
Pd to Os Od

BOROUGH HOP.
The trade remains much the same as previously quoted'
In all qualities sales progress slowly, itt irregular pric.e°:
There is, however, no doubt that although in the
nt
state of affairs the quotations may fluctuate, the
d.
Prose
range of prices will eventually be rmly maintaine
firmly
Mid and East Bents l7os to 2318 per Oft'
Farnham and country l7os to 2255 17
18.55 ~
Weald of Kent
Sussex
Yearlings loss to 1303 77
i 7 56s to 955
Olds

COLONIAL.
TEA.—Since the conclusion of the public sales of China'
there has been a very moderate business entered into, bat
late rates are supported.
SUGAR.—Thero have been no public sales of inVr
an3e, only a moderate quantity having been brought for-
vard. West India descriptions, however, generally main-
tain former rates.
COFFEE.—For colonial descriptions there has been
moderate inquiry, and plantation Ceylon has in most in'
stances maintained previous rates.
effect salon
llicE.—Business has been very dull, and to
holders have had to accept rather lower rates.
w.—The market has shown rather more activity,
and prices have tendd P.Y.C. on the spot la
TALLo
oted 435., March toJune 42p3. J. to 135., aud hot three
qu
month,' Oa, 94. per Mt,

Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
remain steady at 30 31, and the Consolidated Mort-
gage Boucle at 23i 24.
At the general meeting of the Anglo-American
Telegraph Company, held on the 4th ult., the chair-
man, Mr. C. E. Stewart, stated that a resolution
Was submitted to Congress, that thanks should be
given to Mr. Cyrus W. Field for his services in
connection with the Atlantic Telegraph, and that a
gold medal, with suitable devices and inscription,
be presented to him in the name of the people of
the United States. By a telegram received to-day
we are happy to be enabled to state that Congress
have unanimously passed the joint resolution.
The traffic receipts on the East Indian Railway
for the week ending the 13th January amounted to
£42,333 3s. ld., against £39,661 18s. sd. in the
corresponding period of last year, showing an in-
crease of £2,671 4s. 6d.
It has been announced by the Grand Trunk
Railway of Canada that the payment of the half-
Year's interest on the Atlantic and St. Lawrence
Shares will become due on the 15th inst.
Mr. W. C. R. Cane, of Birmingham, in his corn
circular, states as follows respecting the market
there :—" At this day's market the supply of dry
wheat was short, and sold readily at an advance of
fully Is. per qr. from the prices of Thursday last,
While the bad condition of the majority of lots on
offer, although improved by the late drying winds,
caused a heaviness in the trade. Dry red, 625. to
648. ; white, 645. to 685., all per qr. of 4961b5."

Tw• o'CLOCI.

At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to
Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes opened
at 69f. 97c.

No alteration has taken place to-day in the mar-
ket for Consols, which are 90i j for money, and
90i for the account on the 10th April. The New
Threes are 88i 4 ex div., and Reduced Annuities
88a ex. div. ; India 5 per Cents., 107 i ; ditto
4 Per Cents., 92i ex div. ; and ditto 5 per Cent.
Bonds, 355. prem.
Al a meeting held to-day of the Egyptian Corn-
kercial and Trading Company, resolutions were
Proposed by the directors for the purchase and ex-
tinction of 13,813 shares of the company, which
were created and issued pursuant to a resolution of
31st October, 1834. The following were the terms
84binitted:—.£2 in cash, 31st January, 1867 ;
°ll the Ist April, and I.os. on the 30th June

Transactions in the Foreign Department of the
Stock
Exchange have been very limited. Greek
bane advanced k, to 16k I ; Spanish Passive k, to
*2ll. ; Certificates k, to 14/ 4 ; Italian 4, to 53/
Chilian Loan Scrip k to 2 14 dis. ; the Danubian
3, an declined 1, to 2 14 dis. ; Turkish 5 per Cents.
1, to 30i I ; and Russian Loan Scrip 4, to 24 24
Prem.

Increased depression has prevailed in the Rail-
*waY Share Market, consequent upon rumours that
a strike among the engine-drivers on several of the
principal lines is contemplated, unless their demands
for higher wages and shorter time are acceded to.
-4idland have declined lf, Caledonian 1, Great
Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire, each ;
Great Eastern, Brighton, and South-Western, each
; and Metropolitan, North-Eastern (Berwick),
and South-Eastern, each I.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain in mode-
rate request at steady quotations.
Bank Shares continue very dull. Bank of Aus-
tralasia have declined to G7i, and Union of London
t° 448 45.

American Securities are steady. United States
tth.si 20 Bonds have advanced f, to 74i ; Illinois
771 78 ; but Erie shares have declined I, to
u 36.

. Miscellaneous and Finance Shares are on very
1
.141ited demand. Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents.
I~marked 511 ; Credit Foncier of England, 21 3;
eilldson's Bay Company, 151 16 ; National Dis-
t,c34llt Company, 124 f ; and Telegraph Construe-
oil and Maintenance, 13/ 14.