The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-27 00:00:00

MARKETS.—(This Day.)

NEWGATE AND LEADENSALL.
MEAT.—Trade steady with moderate supplies, and the
late advance in prices supported. Beef, 38 4d to 48 6d
mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; veal, 38 4d to Gs ; pork, 38 8d to
4s; lamb, 6s to 6s 4d per stone of 81b by the carcase.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE.
Supplies of stock at market were large, and trade
heavy.

Of beasts there wore 2,290 English, 380 Scotch, 20 Irish,
and 1,320 foreign. The demand for beef was sluggish, and
prices lower except for very prime.
Of sheep and lambs the proportion of foreign was 4,590.
The mutton trade was brisk, with higher prices. Lamb
also in better demand.

Of calves the number of foreign was 154, and the gene-
ral demand dull.

Pork met a steady sale at late rates.
Quotations, per stone of 81bs, sinking offal :—Beef, as
4d to 5s ; mutton, 3s to 4s 10d ; veal, 3s ld to bs 6d ; pork,
as to 4s 6d ; lamb, 48 8d to is 2d.

CORN.
The tone of the trade continues sound and healthy,
pointing to higher rates for wheat. From Russian ports
advice' report light stocks, and small shipments, almost
entirely to France.

No Danubian port shipments havo been pushed forward
but only a very small portion is for England, the bulk
being for Marseilles.

The provincial reports repot t firm markets generally,
and in many cases higher rates for wheat.
At Mark Lane the attendance was moderate this morn-
ing, and although buyers acted with caution the tone was
firmer. Only small supplies of English wheat fresh up,
and full rates asked but not freely paid.
Foreign well held, and although trade was quiet prices
wore maintained.

Floating cargoos on tho coast 32, and firmly held
Those on passage also firm, with very small additions to
the list.

Flour a steady quiet sale, at firmer rates.
Ma It unaltered, but best qualities very firm.
Malting barley tending against buyers ; grinding in fair
demand.

Beans and peas in steady request.
Oats a moderate sale, at about the rates of this day
week.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

(BY TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, April 26th.—Anglo-Sazon, from Guernsey ;
Ludwig Heyn, from Dantsic; Fairy Queen, from Dieppe ;
Clara, from Messina ; Douppel, from Dantzic ; Isabel 11.,
steamer ; Spanish vessel of war, from Ferrol; Ludwig, from
Memel; Margaretha Machin, from Groningen; Florence,
from Guernsey; Alpha, from Havaunah ; Bridgetown,
from Freemautle ; Trident, steamer, from Hamburgh ;
Carl XV., steamer, from Gothenburg.
Arrived, April 27.—Leader, Susannah, Alice, and Im-
petuous, all from Guernsey ; Sir W. Wallace, from Win-
dau ; Orion, steamer, from Antwerp; Fynenoord, steamer,
from Rotterdam ; Pioneer, steamer, from Havre ; Seine,
steamer, fro Boulogne.
Sailed.—Rhine, for Boulogne; Wm. Thoruboro' for
Guernsey.

DE {L, Monday Morning.

Passed, April 26.—Nyassa, from Shields, for Singapore;
Valetta, from Shields, fur Madras ; Hesse Darmstadt, from
Shields, fur Alexandria ; Isabella Blyth, from London, for
Mauritius ; Ashford, screw steamer, from London, for
Cardiff.
Passed.—Artaxerxes, and Jenny Jenkins, both of Exeter,
from the north, for tho west. . _

.lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, according to the
last rumours, is to Do built by 31r. Loe, and that imme-
diately.
CHICAGO is a wonderful place, says the Examiner,
ad.:ing, in explanation of the remark, that babies are no
longer born there, if we can credit the announcement in a
local paper, that "during February 229 young gentlemen
and 324 young ladies were bornin this city."