The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-21 00:00:00

CORN.

The trade, although not generally active, maintains a
firm tendency.
The country markets aro generally is to 2s higher on
the week for wheats, and firm for spring corn.
At Mark-lane this morning there was a fair attendance,
and a steady inquiry for most articles.
English wheat moved off steadily at is per qr. advance
on the rates of Monday last.
Foreign wheat was firmly held, and in many cases is
more asked, but the sales were generally at the extreme of
late rates.
The floating trade in wheat is quiet but firm. A cargo
of Berdianski realised 558, being a full price. There are
but some half a dozen cargoes off the coast, whilst seventy
are now over due. Buyers consequently wait the fresh
arrivals.

Fine barleys are coming more into attention as the
malting season approaches. Grinding sorts fully maintain
the late advance, and still tend against buyers.
Beans are very firm and tend upwards.
Peas rather dearer.
Oats in steady request, and Russians 6d dearer on the
week. New oats sell at fully late rates.
Malt in moderate request, and steady in value
Flour firm, with a fair demand.
Linseed more inquired for and tending upwards.
Linsee cake also rather dearer.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
The supply of stock on the market to-day was rely
large, and consisted chiefly of middling and rough qua-
lities, which were cheaper, the dopression being accele-
rated by the unfavourable reports from the dead meat
markets.

Of beasts there were 5,860, including 101 Scotch, 2,787
English, 352 Irish, and 2,620 foreign. The trade was
very dull, and prices easier for all but very choice quality,
which is scarce, but materially depressed. Foreign beef
decidedly lower.
The number of sheep and lambs was 29,350. The sales
progressed very slowly, and rates were fully 4d lower.
Of calves 176 were on sale, 105 being foreign, and the
trade very dull at lower rates.
Pork was also depressed. 420 pigs at market.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Meat.—The markets were largely supplied this morning
with middling qualities of meat, which met only a dull
sale and had to be fcrced off at decidedly lower prices,
only quite a small select portion of prime maintaining late
quotations. Lamb, especially, was indifferent in quality,
and depressed in value. We quote :—Beef, prime, 4s 4d
to 4s 8s; inferior middling sorts, 3s to 3s 8d; mutton,
prime, 4s 2d to 4s 4d ; inferior to middling, 38 to 3s Gd ;
lamb, 2s 4d to 3s 8d ; veal, scarce, and quoted 4s to 4s 8d ;
pork also, 4s to 4d per stone.
Poultry—The trade is still dull and prices irregular,
according to the condition of the supplies. Really Prime
fresh goods maintain about late rates. Fowls, Irish, is 9d
to 2s; Ostend, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Surrey chickens, 3s to
'3s Gd ; fowls, 4s to 5s ; ducks, 2s Gd to 3s ; geese, 5s to
Gs Gd ; pigeona, 6d ; wild rabbits, is to is Gd each.
BOROUGH HOP.
Henry Turnbull and Co. report an improved demand for
the now growth, and increased supplies aro on sale, though
line samples continued scarce, and readily command full
prices ; in other descriptions some large transactions have
taken place at full quotations. At Worcester fair last
Saturday there was a full attendance of buyers and sellers,
and a full average business transacted at rather advanc-
ing rates. I,7UU pockets passed the public sales, and 2,689
during the week.