The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-16 00:00:00

COUNTRY 1~1~ RILL' 16.

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YORK— DEC. 14.
The supply of wheat at this market to-day again small,
and a limited business was transacted, at about is per qr
under last week's prices. Barley a tolerable show, and im
fair request. Oats in small supply, but of fair quality, at
late rates. Beans supported previous quotations.
Wheat, red 62s to 658 Oats.... 22s to 26s
White do .64s to 68s Beans 48s to 52
Barley .30s to 38s Peas .....—S to 0
Malt, 68s to 70s per qr. ; rye, 36s per qr.; flour, 48s
to 50s per sack.

NORWICH—DEC. 14.
Wheat to-day was in fair supply, and the advance es-
tablished last week was lost. A good quantity of barley,
which was freely offered, and in most instances fully sup-
ported late rates. Flour is per saek easier. Oats, beans,
and peas inactive, at last Saturday's prices.
White wheat 66s to 68s I Red wheat 62s to 65s
Malting barley....3Bs to 39s I Chevalier barley 37s to 38s
New d 0.......... 37s io 393 I Oats.. to
Flour, 44s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller.

NORTHAMPTON—DEC. 14.
At this corn-market the supply of wheat was not an
average to-day, and the attendance of farmers and factors
tolerably good. The tone of the trade was moderate for
best sorts, at recent rates ; inferior is lower-46s to 62s for
old, and 60s to 66s for new. A fair business in barley—
malting 33s to 30s, grinding 28s to 30s per qr. Oats in
moderate show, at previous prices—quoted at 22s to 353
per 24 stone. Beans, old, 38s to 45s ; peas, 37s to 455.
nye, 37s to 425; malt, 70s to 74s ; flour, 40s to —s per
sack.

LEICESTER—DEC. 14.
The supply of wheat to-day was moderate, and quota-
tions were a shade lower than of late. White, 64s to 70s
—red, 56s to 66s per 36 stone. Barley active, NA ith a scarce
show, grinding, 30s to 325; malting, 33s to 37s per qr.;
oats, 24s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans were unaltered—
new, 40s to 42s ; old, 43s to 48s per 38 stone.
Fine flour, 47s J Seconds, 458 I Thirds, 43s per 20 stone.

CAMBRIDGE;—DEc. 14.
There was a limited supply of wheat to-day, and the
trade ruled heavy—prices being about Is per qr lower than
last week's rates—white, from 62s to 65s ; red, 58s to 60s.
Barley in fair demand—malting, 35s to 40s ; grinding, 30$
to 325. Oats were steady, at 22s to 28s. Beans were sold
at 40s to 44s per qr,

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Dec, 19.
via Marseilles Dec 13.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Jan. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Dec. 19.
via Marseilles Dec. 13.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec. 19.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 19.
via Marseilles Dec. 13.
India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Dec. 26.
via Marseilles Dec. 20.
Lisbon
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 19.
via Marseilles Dec. 19.
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Dec. 19.
by U.S. packet
by Canadian paoket.Dec. 18.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. Jan. 10.
Bahamas, via New York' ....Dec. 19.
Mexico
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru,
1 Dec. 14.
California,and British Columbia.

RAILWAY INITLLIGEIV CE.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

Miles Opened. ' Receipts.
RailwayS. ---...A..-
1861. 1860. 1861. 1860.
X 4
Ballymena and Port Rush.. - - - -0
Belfast and N. Counties.... 136 136 1,957 1,939
Belfast and County Down.. 49 391 565 t 7
Birkd., Lane., & Ches. Juno. - - - -
Blyth and Tyne 2O 20 1,550 1,590
Bristol and Exeter lO6l 125 5,532 5,673
Caledonian
Cockermouth & Workington 8a 81 - -
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 3g7 424
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 386 214
Cork and Youg-hal 26 23 182 183
Cornwall 531 531 1,021 1,003
Deeside l7 17 295 281
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,500 1,515
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,745 1,750
Dub. & Wicklow (in. Kingst ) 481 401 2,220 1.507
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 652 592
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,038 1,020
East Anglian 67/ 671 946 836
E. Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 499 499 24,353 22,871
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburh, Perth,& Dundee 8 78 3,258 3,216
Forth &g Clyde Junction
30 253 251
Furness
Glasgow & South-Western 1831 1831 7,550 8,212
Great Northern 330 330 24,971 24,777
Great North of Scotland ~
qt.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrind ) 329 3529 7,626 7,,451
Great Western 7831 76?* 45,151 43,726
Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 55 .55 858 816
Irish South-Eastern 25 25 331 277
Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951 319451 32,113331 35,015451
Leominster and Kington
Limerick and Ennis... 24/ 24/ 161 210
Limerick and Foynes 2O 26k 161 131
Llanelly 4 46/ 436 440
London & North-Western
London and Blackwell 5l 5/ 1,404 1,412
London & South-Western 400 3011 15,312 14,134
Lund. Brighton, &S. Coast. 241/ 2231 15,579 13,698
London, Chatham, & Dover, 721 291 1,518 771
Loud. Tilbury, & Southend 1 421 , 40 904 865
Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh 231 2314 14,924 15,270
Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincliamt 91 91 1,071 966
Maryport and Carlisle
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6141 6141 39,770 40,400
Midland Gt.Westn. of Lind. 1921 1924 5,180 4,619
Monkland 56 56 1,573 1,626
Monmoutlish. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,299 2,02 T
Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3,466
3,627
North British (incl. Selkirk
and Galashiels)
1 North Devon 35 35 431 39,r,
N-Eastern(Bedale&Leybrn) 789 764 36,281 37,1"
North London 9 9 2,350 2,252
North Staffordshire 246 246 7,231 8,06 S
Oswestry and Newton 3O 20 504 465.
Rhymney l9l 191 712 067,.
St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 62 1,839 1,813
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,831 3,632
Shrewsbury & Birmingham - - -
Shrewsbury and Chester - ---
Shrewsbury & Hereford
Shropshire Union 291 291 786 1,025
South Devon
South-Eastern 306 306 16,723 17,137
South Wales l7ll 1711 6,755 6,623
S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 118 -
Stockton and Darlington
Taff Vale 54 54 5,204 4,622
Ulster
Ulverstone and Lancaster . 19 19 749 721
Vale of Clwyd.. lO 10 123 89
Vale of Neath 36 36 1,634 1,632
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 370 352
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,500 1,342
West Cornwall 271 271 611 531
W.Hartlepoolliarbr.&Rail 39 39 4,4 43 4,45/
West Midland....... - -..
-
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 372 40
Whitehaven Junction l2 12 630 639
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 601 631
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 970 975.,
Austrian B2B 673 46,436 43,93'
Belgian Eastern Junction 261 261 279 296
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 4,239 3,285
Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 2,823 2,869
Eastern of France ... 1032 1006 52,893 48,361
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 970 970 18,516 16,111
Great Indian Peninsula 4371 297/ 4,971 4,598
Great Luxembourg l2B 128 3,539 3,032
Great Western of Canada 345 345 9,474 8,912
Lyons and Geneva 142 142 4,852 5,415
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 301 284 12,732 12,351
Northern of Canada ... 94 94 2,273 1,602
Northern of France 691 623 54,269 51,745
Norwegian Trunk 44 44 938 1,10
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 879 840 102,273 90,726
Paris and Orleans 922 922 51,312 52,136
Pernambuco 361 -- 563 -
Royal Danish 69 69 456 560
Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,284 1,060
South Austrian
Southern of France * 777 773 30,275 22,596
Welland.... .. 25 25 865 292
West Flanders .. 75 75 811 788
W. and N.W. of France.... 750 750 43,909 34,744

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