The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-27 00:00:00

COUNTRY MARKETS.

MANCHESTER—SETT. 26.
English wheat was in fair demand, at a reduction of is
to 2s per qr. ; but American sold slowly, although offered
at 3d to 4d per 1001bs lower New English flour was in
moderate request, and is dearer per sack. Oats and oat-
meal generally easier. English beans is to 2s lower, but
Egyptian supported late quotations. Indian corn held for
6d to is less money.

BIRMINGHAM—SEPT. 26.
At to-day's market there was a fair supply of English
wheat from the farmers, and which was held firmly for
last week's rates, but the sales made were at is to 2s per
qr decline. Barley again on the advance. Oats, beans,
and peas unaltered.

' PLYMOUTH—SEPT. 24.
The market was firmer, with a fair attendance, and the
prices Is 6d over last week's currencies—English white
wheat, 60s to 61s ; red, 56s to 57s per qr ; French do., 60s
to 62s ; American, 61s to 63s ; Spanish, 74s to 76s ; Rus-
sian, 60a to 625. Barley in poor supply, at 36s to 43a per
qr for malting ; grinding, 32s to 36s ; oats, 24s to 28s ; and
beans, —s to —a ; flour, 44s to 46s 6d.

CORK—SEPT. 25.
The following were the quotations this morning :—Rcd
wheat, 18s Od to 26s 0(1; white, 236 s d to 31s Od; barley 12-
Oct to 16s Od ; oats, lls Od to 14s 10d.

EDINBURGH GRAIN—SEPT. 25,
Wheat on the top 3s Od up . average 2s 5d down.
Barley on the top 2s Od down average Os Id down.
Oats on the top Os 3d up average Os 7d down.
Beans on the top Os 6d up average Os 4d down.
Averages per Imperial quarter.
Wheat....
...... £2 15 4 9-12ths
New wheat .. -12ths
Barley
Oats
Beans
Total Supply and Sales.
Wheat ...1226 qrs Sold 977 qrs
Barley... ..... 1789 qrs Sold 1195 qrs
Oats 1137 qrs Sold 893 qrs -
Beans 133 qrs Sold 90 qrs

DERBY SMITHFIELD—SErr. 24.
A good number of fat beasts to-day, and the demand
was good for fine qualities at higher rates. A large show
of sheep, generally of good quality. The supply of lambs
also large, and a clearance effected. Pigs readily disposed
of, and in large supply. Calves scarce, and better sold.
Beef 6d to 6/d Veal 7ld to 81
Mutton .. 7d to 71d Pork
Lamb 7id to 8d Rough fat, 4s 3d per stone.
Hides, 3d to 4d; calf skins, 5d to 6d.

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIS2:

MAILS DUE.

-
Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Oct. 19.
via Marseilles ......... Oct. 13.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet........ Oct. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Oct. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 2.
via Marseilles ...Sept. 26.
Falkland Islands
Oct.
Gibfaltar, via Southampton Sept 3.
. 25.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton—Oct. 2.
India via Marseilles Sept. 26.
(Bombay), via Southampton
via Marseilles
Lisbon
Oct. 1.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 25.
via Marseilles Sept. 26..
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit.
packet.... Sept. 26:
by U.S. packet....
b Canaan t. 25..
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Ty eneriffe .di. packet.S
Oct ep. 10.
Bahamas, via New York Oct. 24.
Mexico
....Sept. 28,
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Sept. 28.
California, and British Columbia..

, GALWAY AS A PACKET-STATION.—As regards
the packet-station, Galway may be pronounced, to all in-
tents and purposes, the !rarest and best port for the trans-
mission of passengers, and mails from Great Britain to
America. It is situated nearly at the head of a long shel-
tered bay, at the mouth of which, some nine-and-
twenty miles off, the huge cliffs of the Arran islands
may be seen in clear weather looming in the
distance ; indeed, so peculiar are the physical fea-
tures of Galway bay, that we should naturally expect
it to have a legend. According to tradition it was once
a freshwater lake which, by an irruption of the Atlantic,
was converted into sea-water, what are now the islands of
Arran having been the western frontier of the coast. It is
very singular, by the way, that legends and geological phe-
nomena so often'tally, the one merely conveying in the
form of fiction (but often word for word) what really did
happen. But whatever might have been the previous con-
tion of the bay—there it is now, forming a splendid har-
bour, with good holding ground, and requiring no very
large outlay to make it one of the most secure on the whole
coast.—Once a Week.