The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-20 00:00:00

MARK LANE,

The country markets held on Saturday ruled quiet for
wheat, at about the rates current in the previous week.
Barley was steady in price, but for other articles the trade
was slow at late currencies.

On the continent the wheat trade is firm, and in France
the quotations have improved. At New York very little
business is passing in wheat and flour for export.
Up to our market last week the arrivals of home-grown
wheat were very moderate. The imports from abroad
consisted of 28,139 quarter of wheat; 5,585, barley;
111,818, oats; 1,390, beans; 355, peas; 4,892, lin6eed ;
19,837, rapeseed ; 17,538, maize ; 260 sundry seed ; 1,355
sacks and 4,874 barrels of flour. •

Linseed and rapa seed were firm, and East India qua-
lities fully supported late rates. In other seeds the trade
was quiet ou former terms.

Cakes ruled firm at full currencies.
Nearly a thousand quarters of new English wheat were
on sale at Mark Lane to-day. The greater proportion of
which was from Kent, and was received in good condition.
Owing to the accounts from the various agricultural dis-
tricts respecting the progress of harvest work being more
favourable than had been anticipated, and the large impor-
tation of foreign wheat, the trade was very quiet for all
qualities of home-grown wheat, at is per qr. less money.
With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. The
demand for all descriptions was in a sluggish state, and
prices ruled stationary. The amount of business transacted
was very moderate.
Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates.

The supply of barley on sale was very moderate. Sales
progressed slowly in all qualities, but at full prices.

The malt trade was quiet, on former terms.

Oats wore in large supply, but the show was almost en-
tirely confined t•o foreign qualities. Good and fine de-
scriptionssold steadily at full prices. In inferior qualities
considerable business was transacted, at prices varying
from 19s. to 20s. 6d. per quarter.

Beans met a slow sale, at last Monday's currency. The
market was scantily supplied.

Peas wore in short supply, yet the trade was dull at late
sates.

The demand for flour was in a sluggish state, on former
terms.

CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASITRE.

Wheat— Essex and Kent, red, old, per qr. 40s to 45g
Do., old sos 568
Do., white, old sBs 60s

Do new

..-8

Not:folk and Lincoln, red, old s
Do., nor
Talavera s6s
Rye—
Barley—Grinding
Malting 34s
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk
'
Brown 46s
Kingstown and Wars
Chevalier 64s
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 19s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black 193
Cork, white 223
Scotch, Feeding l9s
Beaus—Tick , 3Bs

Pigeons ... 46s
Peas—Grey,
Maple
White
Boilers
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk 328
Stockton and Norfolk
American, per barrel
French, per sack . 22s

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

There was a large supply of foreign stock on sale horo
to-day. Some of the beasts and sheep were in excellent
condition. The demand was inactive ; nevertheless
prices were mostly supported.
The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing
districts, as well as from Ireland and Scotland, were very
moderate, but mostly of good quality. Primo Scots, short
horns, Devons and Herefords, moved off steadily at full
prices. Otherwise, the trade was very inactive on rather
lower terms. The top quotation was 5s 6d per 81bs.
From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton-
shire, wo received about 1,200 short horns, &c. ; from other
parts of England, 400 various breeds ; from Scotland, 22
Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, GO oxen and heifers
The show of sheep was moderately extensive and in
good condition. Heavy breeds commanded more atten-
tian than of late at slightly improved rates. Otherwise,
the mutton trade ruled quiet on former terms. Downs and
half-breds sold at Gs 4d, but the more general figure was
6s per 81bs.
We have bad a very inactive demand for lambs at from
Gs 4d to 7s 4d per 81bs. The supply was moderate.
The sales for calves was rather heavy at last week's
currency, viz., from 4s 4d to 5s 4d per 81bs.
Pigs were very dull at late rates, although the supply
was limited.

Per 81b to sink the offal.

st d a d
Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 8 4 0
Second quality do ..4 2 4 8
Prime large oxeu ..4 10 5 2
Prime Scuts, Am.... 5 4 5 0
Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 10 4 2
Second quality do ..4 4 5 0
. _

stied
Tale era-wool sheep 5 2 5 S
Prune o'thaowa (1(3.5 10 5 0
Large coarse calves. 4 4 4 10
Prime small d0......5 0 5 4
Large hogs ....4 0 4 6
Small porkers 1 8 5 0

Lamb.... 68 4d to is 4d.
Suckling salves, 2)3 to 235; and quarter-old store pigs, 305
to 33s each.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 6,890 Beasts ...... 4 l6O
Cows. — Cows.
Sheep and lambs 22,740 Sheep and 1 .mbs
Calves 260 Ca yea .. 24 )
Pigs 4lO rigs 230
The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week
amounted to 18,092 head. In the corresponding week in
1865, we received 18,134; in 1864, 11,172 ; in 1863
14,015 ; in 1862, 10,781; in 1861, 13,100 ; and in 1860
10,625.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs,

Amsterdam - ..• - ••• - ••• - 4100 -
Antwerp l3 ... 1998 ... 111 ... 155 ... 10
Boulogno 369 ... 408 ... ... 37 ...
Bremen ... 176 ... 152 ... 680 ~. 1 ...
Caen
Calais.. - ••• GO ••• r,.
Dieppe. .......
Dunkirk_
St. Petersburg 298 ... ... .• 20 . ...
H 899 ... 2649 ... amburg ••• gee .
... 34 ... 316
Harlingen 602 ... -2089 ... 471
... 60 ... 388
Havre
Oporto
Ostend
Rotterdam.
'forming 1072 ... 2018 ... 819 ... •••

_ ... _.
46 ... -

122 ... 2
- .., 398

Total 4,834 ... 9,532 ... 2,111 506 _llO9
Tho yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1865
1864 3163 , ... 9,478 ... 381 ... 530 ...1035
1863 2663 --... 9,521 ... 1131 ... 1081 —.1374
A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan
Cattle Market on Monday, Aug. 21, 1865, and this day,
Monday, Aug. 20, 1866.
Per 81bs. to sink the offal.
Aug. 21, Aug. 20,
1865. 1866.
s d s d a d sd.
Coarse and inferior beasts... 3 Bto 4 '2 3 Bto 4 0
Second quality do.
Prime largo oxen 4lO 5 0 410 5 2
Prime Scots, &c.
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality do.
Prime coarse-woolled do.
Prime Southdown do ......
Lambs
Large coarse calves 4 2 4 8 4 4 410
Primo small do.
Large hogs
Neat small porkers 4 8 410 4 8 5 0
Beasts 5,540 5,890
Sheep and lambs 24,350 22,740
Calves
Pigs
SUPPLIES ON SALE, Aug. 22, 1864.—Beasts, 6,180—
sheep and lambs, 29,270—calves, 363—pigs, 470.
Aug.A 24, 1863—Beasts, s,B9o—sheep and lambs, 29,060 '
—calves, 436—pigs, 310.