The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-19 00:00:00

COUNTRY MARKETS.

NORWICH—Attu. 17.
The attendance of factori and farmers to-day was srotalt
and wheat was in fair supply. Trade slow, and best sorts
at the prices of last week. Malting barley was nearly rig).
minal ; grinding in short supply. Little doing in oats,
beans, or peas. Flour 6d cheaper.
White wheat 54s to 56s I Red wheat 48s to 03
Malting barley.— 45s to 47s I Chevalier barley 41s to 440
Distilling do.. ....31s to 34s I Oats.. 268 to 303
Flour, 37s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller.

LEICESTER—AuG. 17.
A good supply of wheat to day. Trade fail, and late price°
declined 2s on old wheat. White wheat, 65s to 70s per ciri
—red, 55s to 60s per 36 stone; a very middling supply „
barley, grinding, 30s to 33s ; malting, 36s to 40s per cl,li`
oats, 29s to 318 per 24 stone. Beans at late prices—ew'
48s to 5Ay ; new, 36s to 46s per 38 stone.
Fino flour, 44s I Seconds, 40s I Thirds, 36s per 20 stone-

YORK— AUG. 17.
At this market to-day wheat was in large supply., With
a dull sale, at is to 2s under late rates. Grinding bar re
met a moderate sale, and late rates supported. Oats we
freely supplied, at ast week's prices. Beans were steady
in demand and prices fully supported.
to 35
Wheat, red 42s to 54s I oats . 27s so
White do .56s to 648 Beans 46- to 0
I Barley .328 to 348 Peas . sto -""
Malt, 70s to 72. s per qr.; rye, 36s per qr....
;11;urt 415
to 43s_per sack.

CAMBRIDGE-..AUG. 17.
A fair supply of wheat, including several samples of ty
new crop. With a dull trade, the prices for old qualitr.
were as last week—white, from 54s to 58s ; red, 468 to 10
Barley in small supply, malting —s to —s, grinding ,2
to 325. Oats variect from 26s to 30s. Beans were a 13'°
sale, from 40s to 46s per qr.

NORTHAMPTON—AUG. 17.
At this corn-market the supply of wheat was improve;
but the demand was slow—prices ranging 54s to 60s
old, and 35s to 50s for new. A small trade in barley':
malting 37s to 40s, grinding 33s to 35s per qr. Oats
moderate show, and prices as before—quoted at 26s to 3f.
per 24 stone. Beans, old, 34s to 558; peas, 448 to 400
Rye, 37s to 425; malt, 708 to 74s ; flour, 42s to —8 Pef
sack.

THE MAILS.

MAILS DUE.

Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via. South-
ampton) .. • • • • . Aug. is.
Do. (via Mp.rseilles) Sept. 12.
Brazil and Cape Verds . Sept. 3.
Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c.
•
Cuba and Mexico, 28 •
Canada, &c. (via L'derry) .. Aug. 21
Cape of Good Hope, &c. Sept. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Aug. 1".
Do
(via A
Gibraltar (via Southampton) ovueg;tl2l:
India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Aug. 18.
Do. (
India (Bombay), (via Southamptvoina)Mrille.s)
. tigl:Cl 2
tit
Do. (via Marseilles) e. Aug lt
Lisbon Sept. a
Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) Overdue'_
.
Do. i rs) Aug. 19
Vigo, and Oporto . .. • • ...................Sept.9l
United States, California, &c. .. ' Aug.
Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira,..
Teneriffe SePt•oll.
West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Aug. a"

THE DIGNITY OF COMMERCE.—There is 50133e;$
thing as ridiculous as it is melancholy in the contel3l
which the vulgar of the professional classes P°ll-0
for commercial occupations. To any one who 10°(
what commerce has done for the world, and what, sor '
citizens the great merchants of the world have 131$a„,ef,
there is something ludicrous and painful at once ia
ing the family of a pro vincial surgeon, or lawyer, thev"j
Heaven that they are not connected with an)bodY
gaged in trade." Youths and maidens of such families/ and
not only they but their elder relatives, escape frog, ;t0
charge of pride by alleging that commercial people 0,
narrow-minded and money-grubbing; that their °cap,
pations tend to keep them ignorant, and to A#l
them selfish, underbred, and unpatriotic. The 1e°7,0,
interest, as we used to call it, had an equality
temptuous notion of the merchants, tome time ago, thonvo
not on exactly the same grounds. The prejudice /iv
given way, partly through the family alli antes
tered into by landed dignity and commercial Weal
and yet more by the introduction of the prille!,,'
and methods of business into the practice of egri:htiot
tuns. Since our great landowners have learned lift",t
agriculture is the manufacture of food and other °rig: ti
products, they have begun to perceive the value and be",illv
of those economical principles and ncethads which are seta
nosed by apothecaries' sons and attorneys' dauAter°,o
vulgarise the mind, and render traders of any rang 11,,-
company for classes which have no interest in sale))
commodities.—Miss Martineau in" Once a Week," s/
[ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and IT,- ed
Misapplication Impossible.—lt is quite possible, anddbt
probable that mistakes may occur in selecting the 11710,
drug from the long list in the pharmacopoea ; but 11°'1,1
loway's medicaments must be beneficial in all d:is2es°9
reason. of their purifying, invigorating, soothing, t'11d,118,01,1
ing remedies. The Ointment is well adapted for in° ene
maladies as for external ailments. When rubbed upon
it It
skin it penetrates to the underlying organs, o ver
invariably exercises the most salutary control by 10;4,
rating or increasing activity as circumstances. may reoeo
In all chronic cases Holloway's Pills s'aould be tit*
whilst his Ointment is used, as they strengthen tilo
stomach, purify the blood, invigorates the nerves, and gl
general tone.

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ARMSTRONG.—On the 16th inst., at 9, St. John's-Po
Villas, Haverstock-hill, Mrs. Walter Arnastrongy
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daughter.
GALTON.—On the 15th inst., 12, Chester-street, jos?
the inst., at Upper Tulsa-hill, ).-1`1.1.81
utnhteonl,stohf iansdta.u,
daughter.
MAR Strand, the Ville °I
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the Hon. Wm. F. Byng "brother of th ,-, .0
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DEATHS.
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ALEXANDER.—On the 15th inst., Margaret StewliZooc'll
daught.r of the late Claud Alexander, Esq., of ''' de(
myle, aged 69. all
BowDEN.—On the 12th inst., at Herne-bay, Con's ,j,
Bayly Bowden, R.N., aged 69. 09
CALDER.—On the 14th inst., at Woodcote, EPoc"Th fiz'
Calder, Esq., of Upper Woburn-place, 1,011"/1' of
63. 54.'
DUNNING.—On Ore 14th inst., Richard DunminE3 I',
AVillkleigh, North Devon, aged 61. „rof
KENNETT.—On the 16th inst., at Long Dittom, ."- i%
Kew:ea, aged 34. Anbilts
WOOD —On the 14th bast , at 35, Moray-place, '''''
John Stewart Wood, Esq. -
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Monday, August 19, 1861.