The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-19 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL-FEB. 18.

At the market this morning there was a fair attendance
of buyers, but the business passing was limited, and no fur-
ther qUotable.alteration occurred in the value of either
wheat or flour. The demand for Indian corn was quite in
retail, at about previous rates. Oats and oatmeal firm,'
Egyptian beans are held for a trifling advance. Peas and
barley without change. The market ruled dull throughout
but holders showed no anxiety to force sales.

WAKEFIELD--FEB. 18.
A fair arrival of wheat, but most of it in poor condition,
at last week's prices. Fine barley in fair request at late
prices. Beans fully as dear. In oats and shelling there is
little change to note. The following are the quotations :---,
—Wheat, per qr. of 8 bushels 601 b., Essex, Suffolk, and
Kent, white, old, 46s to 498 ; new, 46s to 49s ; ditto, twit
old, 40s to 43s ; new, 40s to 42s ; Lincolnshire and York-
shire white, new, 40s to 45s ; red, 37s to 39. Foreign bar'
ley more plentiful and cheaper.
Averages for the week :
Wheat 4,083 qrs., at 41s 11Id
8ar1ey.........1,878 „ 3ss 9id
Oats l9 „ 2ls 6ld
Rye ,,
—s Od
Beans 69 „ 4ss 6/d
Peas .... 10 „ sos Od

- EXETER—F.Es. 18.
An average attendance. Many of the samples were in
better condition, and no improvement in prices.
Wheat, white.. 5s Od to 5s 2d Barley. 4s Od to 4s 3d
Ditto red. .4s 9d to 5s Od I Oats .... 2s 8d to 25

Flour, fine, 28s to 29s ; seconds, 27s to 28s per sack.
CATTLE—The market was poorly supplied with stock,
The attendance of farmers small. Pork carcases a large
supply.
Fat beef,p score,9s6d to 10s6d Ewes, per lb ....6d tc'°d
Pork carcases, do 7sod to 8s 3d Wethers, do. 60 to Od
Lambs, per lb. Od to Od Fat calves, do ....Old to 7d
Rough fat, 41d per lb.

BRISTOL SUGAR—FEB. 18.
The market was quiet, but importers were firm ; indeed,
had they shown any disposition to recede a little from their
present requirements, a fair amount of business would pro-
bably have been done in raw sugars. Refined goods expo:
rience a moderate sale at the late currencies. The sales 01
rum have been confined to a few puncheons and hhds• tO
supply immediate wants.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—ThorIey's Food for Cattle is noir
beginning to seriously attract the attention of the farmer,
breeder, and feeder of stock. Two years of unremitting
care and attention have enabled its inventor to take high
ground as a benefactor to these interests ; and notwithstanu_;
ing the many drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurled
against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted
value, will become a necessity to the agricultural interest*
Experience has proved, first that it affects a considerable
saving in the consumption of provender; secondly, that %
produces health and vigour in all animals subjected to ita
influence : and lastly, increases in a remarkable degree all
early development of fat: Mr. Thorley, originating this
singularly-efficacious food, aimed at a compound calculated
to supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive
mode then prevailing of fattening stall-fed beasts. In this
he happily succeeded ; and success prompted a very natural
desire to improve upon the invention, so as to raake it ar
plicable to every description of domestic animal. The Eng-
lish farmer was slow to encourage its use, and manifested al
unwillingness to fely upon its efficacy, fancying he possessea,
in the produce of his farm, ample materials whereby to feel
and fatten his cattle at a cheaper rate than by the employmelly
or addition of artificial food. The tests to which this food his
been subjected have proved its perfect admissibility as a cheaP
addition to the natural produce of the farm ; inasmuch as in
all cases a subtraction of one-third may be safely submitted
to in the usual food of animals ; and that the produce will be
realised, and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the time
usually consumed in developing 'fat ; it, therefore, becomes
apparent that a certain saving is effected by a fair application
of Thorley's Compounded Food. It is believed that the present
unprecedented low price of wheat has induced its very gene-
ral use, in preference to' any other of the usual articles of
food; it is, however, much questioned whether wheat is a
nourishing and proper food for the working horse, certainlY
it is not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, besides
possessing the advantage of greatly invigorating the health
and increasing the physical power of all animals, is a tonic,
and gentle stimulant, and when mixed with their other.
food, materially assists their digestive powers—a matter of
great consequence, since it is an undoubted fact that the
nourishment contained in their ordinary food is lost, cone'
quent upon the impaired or defective action of the digestive
organs ; it will also be found, to be particularly beneficial
in restoring to good working condition horses which have
been over-worked, or become weak from disease, or are
naturally of a feeble constitution. In cows its effects are
undoubted, indeed almost marvellous, nearly doubling the
yield of milk and butter, whilst it at the same time enriches
the quality of both. In pigs its fattening qualities are still
more remarkable, displaying in a few weeks its manifest
superiority over every other kind of compound or manu-
factured food adopted in the feeding of swine. Such has
been its marked success, that at all our great cattle shore/
Royalty, noblemen, and others who have fed their cattle
on Thorley's Food, have invariably carried off the principal
prizes, whilst cards of commendation have been awarded.
The patronage of Royalty, of our principal nobility, thi
clergy, and of our leading agriculturists, must prove a
great incitement to this gentleman to pursue his onward
course ; and he may confidently rely, in producing so
highly-favoured a compound, on a continuation of such a
high and distinguished patronage.