The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-05 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE.

There was a moderate demand for wheat in most of the
country markets held on Saturday, and prices were slightly
on the advance. Fine barley sold briskly at au improve-
ment in value of is per quarter. All other kinds of pro.
i duce met a slow inquiry.
From New York we have advices to the effect that both
wheat and flour were rather dearer. Most of the Conti-
nental markets have been dull.

Veiy limited supplies of English grain arrived up to our
market last week. The imports from abroad were
23,288 quarters of wheat, 5,805 barley, 15,287 oats, 207
beans, 180 tares, 130 linseed, 32 mustard seed, ICO sundry
seeds, 485 sacks and 22,603 barrels of flour.
Fresh up to-day the receipts of English wheat, coastwise
and by land carriage, were on a very molerate scale, and
the show of samples of both,red and white was consequently
rather limited. For most descriptions there was a fair but
by no means brisk demand, at prices about equal to those
realised on Monday last, and a fair clearance of the stands
was effected. The general condition of the wheat samples
exhibited little or no improvement.
There was a good show of all kinds of foreign wheat,
fresh as well as ex-granary. American parcels were rather
pressed for sale by some of the importers. Otherwise
holders were firm, and picas were well supported.
Floating cargoes of grain realised full quotations.

We had a fair supply of barley in the market. Malting
qualities sold briskly, at a further improvement in value
of ls. per quarter, and other kinds ruled steady at full
quotations.

We had a moderate demand for malt, on former terms.
The demand for oats was tolerably firm. In prices no
change took place.

Beans were in request, on former terms.
In the value of peas no change took place, and the de,
mand was steady.
The flour trade was firm, and prices were well supported,

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE

Wheat—Essex Sc Kent,
Red • • new 533 to 67a
Ditto.. • • .... old —s —a
Ditto, White new 56s 74s
Ditto...• .... old —s
tiorfolk and Lin-
coln, Red, old —s
Ditto new •• • 52s' 65s
Rye—Old •....... —5 —8
New ............ 38s 42s
Barley—Grinding .• • .. 3ls 33a
Malting ..• .• 368 393
Chevalier... • . . 42s 52s
Malt—Suffolk and No-
rfolk.• ..•• 67s 77a
grown ......•••• .• 63a 61e
Kingston and Ware 7€s 79s

'Malt—Chevalier .. •• 76s to 77s
(pats Yorkshire and

LloColnsk ,Feed 21s 283
Potato
roughal and Cork
81ack....... 193 22

Cork, White .•• • • 21;
Scotch. Feed... • • 26s 29s
Beans—Tick •• .. 343 35s
Pige0n5.......... 40 434
Peso—Grey •••••• •• • • 36s 394
Maple ...... •• • • 40s 4;s
• • 39s 424

Boilers •• .. •• .• 408 43.
Yloar—Town-made.•• 583 60s
Suffolk 428 43s
Stooktn & Norfolk 42s 43s

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

The imports of foreign stock into London last week were
very moderate—the total supply amounting to 782 head.
In the corresponding week in 1853 we received 651 ; in
1835, 935; and in 1854, 2,100 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WINK.
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
Tonning
Rotterdam 74 ...
Harlingen
Elamburgh
Ostend
Antwerp — •••
Amsterdam

- .• • - •• •
153
5 ... -
...
44 ... -
...

... 115 ... -

259 ... - ... 2

Total—. 147 ...

461 ...

... 174 ...
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
856 351 231 72
.855 289 580 56 10
854 360 1,600 ... 140
853 427 2,340 - 380
852 602 2,366 368 4
851 483 1,574 262 ... 48
Only a limited supply of foreign stock was on offer here
to-day.
- For the time of year the arrivals of home-fed beasts were
moderate, but in fair average condition. Although the
attendance of butchers was tolerably extensive, the beef
trade ruled inactive, and prices were 2d. per 10 lbs. lower
than on Monday last. The highest figure for the best
Scots was ss. 2d. per 8 lbs.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Sm., we received 1,450 Scots and'
short horns ; from other parts of England, 3C3 of various
kinds; from Scotland, 300 Scots; and from Ireland, 150
oxen.

Although the show of sheep was by no means extensive
the mutton trade ruled heavy, at a decline in the prices
realised on Monday last of 2d. per 8 lbs. The best old
Downs sold at ss. 4d. per 8 lbs. There were 800 Irish
sheep in the market, and the general quality of the supply
was very good.

The few calves in the market changed hands slowly a t
Friday's decline in value of 6d. per 8 lbs. The top qaota-
tion for veal was ss. 2d. per 8 lbs.

Pigs were in moderate supply and sluggish request, at
barely stationary prices.

Per Blbs to sink the offals.
s. 4. s. 4.1
Interior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 SI
Second quality.... 3 10 4
Prime large oxen 4 4 410
Prime Scots, lic. 5 0 5 '2
Inferior Sheep ...3 10 4
Second quality ...4 4 4 8
Prime crse.-wlled.4 10 5 01
TOTAL •UPTLT.

s. d.
PrimeSonthdown 5 2 5 4
Large crse. calves 2 6 4 4
Prime small do 4 6 5 2
Large hogs
riSmall porkers 4 6 5 2
Suckling calves 24 0 30 0
Quarter old plgs 23 0 28 0
1015)
-- 3.506 !Beasts SUPPLY
0 t
Calves ....... .18.3935 CsaelveeSp 0(
& statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat
sto,k exhibited and sold in the Great Metropoliiian Cattle
Market, on Monday, Jan. 7, 1856, and this day, Monday,
Jan. 5, 1856.

Per Blbs, to sink the offals.
Jan. 7,1856.4 an. 5,1857.
a. d. s. dds. d. s. d.
Coarse and inferior beasts 3 4to 3 6; 6to 3 8
Second quality ditto ... 3 8 4 Op 10 4 2
Prime large oxen 4 2 4 oj4 6 410
Prime Scots, &c ~„ 4 8 4 1015 0 5 2
Coarse and inferior sheep 3 4 3 613 10 4 2
Second quality ditto „. 3 8 4 214 4 4
Primo coarse woolled ditto 4
4 4 6,4 10 5 0
Prime Southdown ditto 4 8 5 0,5 2 5
Lambs 0 0 0 OP 0 0
Largo coarse calves 410 5 6; 6 4 4
Prime small ditto S 8 o'4 6 5 2
Large hogs 310 4 4 4 4
Neat small porkers 4 6 5 0,4 6 5 2
Beasts... . 3,7" 3,506
83,U20Sheep 18,350
43 90
Pigs 300 225
SUPPLIES ON Sets, Jan. •8, 1855.—Beasts, 4,325; sheep,
28,880; calves, 146; pigs, 320.
January 9, 1854.—Beasts, 3,310; sheep, 22,880 ; calves,
251; pigs, 157.

NEWGATE AND LEADEN/EUL
The arrivals of meat have rather increased, and the
supply slaughtered in the metropolis is tolerably good.
Generally speaking the demand is inactive, as follows :
Per Sibs by the carcase.

s. d. s. d.. I a. 4. m 1
Beef, interior 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 6 310
Do., middling 3 6 4 0 I Do., middling ..... 4 0 4 4
Do. prime large 4 2 4 4 ( Do., prime ......... 4 6 4 10
Do., do. small 4 6 4 8 i Veal 3 6 4 8
Pork, largo 384 4 1 Pork, small ........ 48 5 4