The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-01 00:00:00

COUNTRY MA BE ..ETS.

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COLCITh.ISTER—DEc. 29.
A short show of wheat, in good condition, and buyers
still evincing more eagerness to purchase. Best wheats in
brisk demand, and prices may be quoted at 2s above late
rates ; inferior .samples were at fovmer quotations. Fine
malting barley in improved demand, and is dearer. In-
ferior sorts unaltered, with a fair trade.
Wheat, white ... , 60s to 68s Beans, Mac&agan.. 36s to 425
red 44s to 60s I Middle & small 44s to 50s
Barley . 40s to 50s I White peas . 48s to i2s
Oats 22s to 288 Grey.. 42,3 to 48s

NORTHAMI'TON—DEc. 21.
At this corn-market to. day wheat was in nadling sup-
ply, with a fair demand, prices ranging from 64s to 68s for
white, and, 52s to 60s for red. In barley a good business
malting 401 to 445, grinding 32s to 35s per qr. Data in
small supply, and prices as before—quoted at 24s to 38s
pet 24 stone.. Beans, old, Ms to' 565; peas, 44s to Ms.
Rye, 37s toy t2s ; malt, 68s to 72s ; flour, 33a to 31s per
sack

CHELMSFaItIi—DEc. 28.
A fair supply of wheat was brought into the market to-
day, and best samples realised is to 25 over former curren-
cies, inferior ls. Fine barley iii request for malting, and
is up. Old beans and peas the Ulm dearer.
Wheat, white.... 43. to 64. I Yeaki, Partridge 431 to 44e
red...... 525 to 64s WlAte 43e to 465
Barley
Chevalier ....365 to 465 Dun... 395 to 42%
Grinding 31s to 385 Beans, Tic •• • •388 to 463
Malt 61510 67. Harrow Lclui 395 to 490
Chevalier 64S to 690 Mazagan.......325 to 435
Oats .. 26s to 31s

KIRK ALDY—Dme. 29.
We had a large supply of barley to-day, but R.lnall of
oats and wheat. Salim were ready, and prices were le
over late rates.
Wheat Barley Oats
First.... 364 40d 32s Od 23s Od
Second . . 56s Od 42s Od 28s 6d
Third .. 66s ed 46s Od 30s Od

Toy, at the close of the market
COAL MARKET—Dm. 31.
trrtoes of Coal pksr
.d• 8. d.
8,
Davison's West Hart- , IHastings Hartley ....17 6
ley ....17 6!
Buddle'sWest Hartley 17 6 • ---
Holywell 18 6 liet.ton 24 0
Byass's Bebside West Belmont • 23 0
Hartley —l7 3 South Durham. 22 6
Wylam.... 19 6 IV:eugn Hall 24 0
Ships at market, 2,.'-'; sold, 15.

Walls End.

.711 E MAIL.S.

MAILS DUE.

nstralia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via .South-
ampton) .. Jan. 18.
Do. (via Marseil:es) Jan. 12.
Brazil and Cape Verde „.. Jan. 4.
Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. • Dec.
Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. Deo. —•
Cuba and Mexico .. • . Dec. 29'
Canada, &c. (via Galway) Dec.
Cape of Good Hope, &c. Feb. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Jan. 2.
Do (via Marseilles) Jan. 12
Gibraltar (via Southampton) Jan. '2
India(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Jan. 2.
Do. (via Marseilles) Jan. 12.
India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Jan. 10.
Do. (via Marseilles) Jan. 4.
Lisbon .. , • • • .. .......................Jan.
Malta, Egypt, and Men (via Southampton) .. Jan. 2.
Do. . (via Marseilles) .. Jan, 4.
Vigo, and Oporto .. Jan. 1.
United States, California, &c. Jan. 31.
Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Jan. 14.
West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Dec. 29..

NOT SO FAR WRONG,—A schoolboy being asked%
to define the word "admission," said it meant "sixpence.
" Sixpence," echoed the schoolmaster, " what sort of a
definition do you call that ?" " I don't know," replied the
boy, "but I'm sure it said so on the bill at the show in the
fair." " Yes," said another boy, " and children half-
price."
THE FROST IN TnE LAKE DISTRICT--..KESWICK, -
Dec. 29.—During the week the frost (severer than it has
been known for the last 20 years) has been most intense in
this vicinity. Skiddaw, Saddleback, the Catbells, and the
amphitheatre chain of mountains visible from Keswick are
shrouded in snow and ice, and the whole extent of 17Pes-
wentwater Lake, which is three miles long and one and a
half in breadth, congealed by the frost, presents the appear-
ance of a vast marble floor, offering an arena for skaters
which the members of the Skating Club would be delighted
to find more south. From Friar's Crag to beyond Lodore,
the cascade immortalised by Southey, the petrified stream
has beau thronged, and on Friday and Saturday quadrille
parties tripped on the lake to the accompaniment of the
brass band of the Skiddaw Grays Rifle Corps. On Winder-
mere, which is also a pathway of ice, a melancholy accident
happened on Friday. Robinson Martin, a young man 18
years of age, the son of the landlady of the Stag's Head,
Bowness, and Thomas Benson, were crossing the lake from
Bowness to the ferry, when, venturing on some new ice,
where a boat had been drawn the night previous, they fell
through and were both drowned. Benson has left a wife
and family to mourn his untimely end.