The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-12-16 00:00:00

GENERAL NEWS.

EXPLOSION AT A PAPER MANUFACTORY.—On Friday
evening a boiler exploded on the premises of Mr. H.
Woodfall, Footscray, Kent. The damage is said to ex-
ceed £lOOO.
IMPORTATION OF PORPAGN CLOCKS AND WATCHES.—
There were no less than 87,594 foreign watches and 67,784
clocks imported into this country during the first ten
months of this year. _ _ _ _

GAMEKEEPER SHOT.—On Saturday week, at New Rad-
ford, near to Nottingham, a gamekeeper, named Eller.
thorne, who, along with his son, had been out for a day's
shooting, was shot dead by the accidental discharge of his
fowling- piece whilst going up stairs on their return home.
OPENINb OF THE NEW DOCK AT SOUTHAMPTON.—
The new dock, of ten acres in extent, was opened for
business on Saturday week. It had been arranged to open
it on the previous Thursday, hut in consequence of th acci-
dent to the lock-gates, and some delay in finishing the
bridge, it was found necessary to defer it until Saturday.
OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE---We learn from Mr. Elihu
Burritt, that simultaneous and enereetic steps will he
taken in Great Britain and the United States to press this
subject upon the consideration of the two Governments
during the next session of Parliament and of the United
States Congress.—Globe.
PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.—On Wednesday night
a lecture was delivered at the London Coffee-house, aid.
gate-hill. by Mr. J. Duncan, on the comparative merits
of Free-trade and Protection, in their action on British
agriculture. shipping, and colonies. In the absence of
Mr. Alderman Sidney, Mr. Baker, of Writtle, took the
chair.
THE GEORGE STEPHENSON TESTIMONIAL.--A meet-
ing of the committee of the George Stephenson Testimo-
nial has just taken place; £3OOO has been raised. It has
been decided that the statue shall be erected in the court-
yard at Euston-station. This is said to be the place most
consonant to the feelings of Mr. Robert Stephenson.—
Herapath's Journal.
A MELANCHOLY BRIDAL.—On Wednesday se'nnieht,
at Deal, the daughter of the late Captain Ross, R.N.,
was united in holy bonds to the clergyman of Ickham, the
Rev. A. Wright. On the return of the party the mother
of the bride was taken ill ; arrived at home she became
sick, gradu Ily sank, and was a corpse by three o'clock
next morning.

THE LATE AMBASSADOR AT FLORENCE.—Her Ma.
jesty's ship Ganges, 84, now en route to England, from
the Mediterranean, has on board the remains of the late
Sir R. L. Sheil, who died as our ambassador at Florence.
Orders have beer. issued by the Admiralty that, on the
Ganges arriving at Devonport, a steamer is to convey his
body to Dublin.—United Service Gazette.
THE FOG.—The city and suburbs of London were, on
Friday, visited with a fog more dense than any which has
occurred this year, or indeed during any year for the last
eight or nine. All the shops, public-offices, and build-
ings, were lighted up with gas. On the river, the rail-
ways, and in the streets, the traffic was considerably
interrupted, but no accident of a serious character oc-
curred. . .

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—On Tuesday, an inquiry
was opened at the Plough-hotel, Cheltenham, to ascer-
tain the state of mind of J. G. Beavan, who is
well known in Cheltenham as a gentleman of independent
property, and a magistrate acting for this ,Istrict. After
a protracted investigation the jury returned the following
verdict:—" John Griffiths Beavan is of unsound mind,
and has been so from the Ist day of June, 1851."
PLANET BEYOND URANUS.---A curious fact for astro-
nomers has just been ascertained. In the pavers of the
celebrated Lalonde, recently presented to the Academy of
Sciences by M. Arago, there is a note to the effect that so
far back as the 25th of October, 1800, he and Burkhardt
were uf opinion, from calculations, that there must be a
planet beyond Uranus, and they occupied themselves for
some time in trying to discover its precise position.
DESTRUCTION BY FIRE, AND SERIOUS Loss OF LIFE
On Monday morning, at Fiskerton, near Southwell, a few
miles from Newark. a flour mill became ignited by friction.
Whilst carrying bags of grain and flour from the store-
room, four of the men engaged in this arduous duty were
unhappily buried in the ruins of a large portion of the
building, which fell whilst they were engaged within its
precincts.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF SUFFOLK AND BERKSHIRE.
This venerable nobleman died on Thursday week, at
Charlton House, near Malmesbury, in his 75th year. The
late peer was Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk and Berk-
shire, Viscount Andover, and Baron Howard, of Charlton,
county Wilts. He is succeeded by his son, Charles John,
Viscount Andover, now Earl of Suffolk, born 1804, and
married, 1829, Isabella, daughter of Lord Henry Howard.
SEVERE WEATHER IN THE NORTH.--The Tees was
last week frozen over, and so remained for many days.
Our Barnardcastle correspondent, writing on Wednesday,
says,—" For ten days the river has been frozen. On
Snnday last, hundreds of persons were enjoying the
healthful recreation of skating." The Sabbath Obser-
vance Society will not regret to hear that " sundry little
mishaps occurred—and not a few of the skaters got a
ducking."—Gateshead Observer.

SINGULAR CASE OF SUDDEN DEATH.-Mr. William
Aizlevood, of Rotherham, ironfounder, attended before
Dr. Robinson, of that town, for examination preparatory
to insuring his life in the Standard Life Office, and on
Saturday week he appeared before Dr. Shearman, (the
medical referee of the office,) for inspection. The doctor
had examined him, and when he was in the act of placing
on his heckkerchief, he was seized with apoplexy, and
died in the course of an hour or two. _ _

RIOT AT GRANTHAM.—FOr several days vast a large
number of navvies employed under a contractor on the
Great Northern Railway at this town have been on strike
for an advance of 3d. a day on their present wages, 2s. 3d.
On Wednesday they became so outrageous that a message
was despatched to Nottingham for a detachment of mili-
tary. Two troops, under the command of Major Jones,
arrived and succeeded in dispersing the men, about 600 in
number, without having recourse to arms.
THE CASE OF Ma. SALOMONS.—Monday was the day
appointed by the Court of Exchequer for hearing the pro-
ceedings in the prosecution of Mr. Alderman Salomons,
for taking his seat and voting in the House of Commons
without first taking the oaths in the usual form. The
case, however, was not gone into, counsel having agreed
to a special verdict admitting the facts, and reserved the
points of law for future discussion. The argument, it
was intimated, would be taken on the first sitting day
after term.

EXTRAORDINARY DISCOTERY.—We are informed that,
while preparing a vault in the south aisle of the cathedral
the other day, the workmen, though fortunate enough to
come just between two others, yet made a remarkable
discovery. At one end, without any vestige of a coffin,
laid an almost perfect human skeleton, which, when ex-
posed to the atmosphere, immediately crumbled to dust;
while at the other end an entire coffin of the roof shape,
made of deal, was found to contain nothing but wood
shavings.— Carlisle Patriot.

HEAVY GALE IN ScomAND.—On Sunday evening and
yesterday morning, this city was visited by a furious gale
of wind, which was attended by the loss of one life, seve-
ral casualties, and considerable damage to property. A.
man named John Harper, while working in Plainstone-
dose, Glassmarket. was struck on the bead by a stone
dislodged from a house-top by the wind, and was killed
on the spot.—Edinburgh Courant of Tuesday.—[ln
Glasgow, and all along the west coast of Scotland, the
gale seems to have raged with frightful violence.]

TEE CONVICT SMITH.—The life of this wretched man,
who was convicted at the last sessions of the Central
Criminal Court, of the murder of the infant child of a
woman with whom he cohabited, and who was sentenced
to be hanged, will, it appears, be saved. At a late hour
on Tuesday evening, a communication was received at
Newgate from Sir George Grey, announcing the fact
that, after a full consideration of all the circumstances
laid before him by the sheriffs, he had felt it to be his duty
to recommend to Her Majesty that the life of the convict
should be spared, and that his sentence should be com-
muted to transportation for life.

A NOBLEMAN IN DIFFICULTY.—At the Hull County
Court Lord J. H.Taylour, holding an ensien's commission
in the 85th Light Infantry, quartered at Hull, appeared to
show cause why he should not bo committed under a
judgment obtained against him by a tailor, residing in
Preston, for a debt of upwards of £4O. His lordship
stated that his allowance from his father (the Marquis of
Headford) was £2OO per annum, and that his registered
pay amounted to £7 10s. per month. The judge made an
order for his lordship's committal for forty days, but al-
lowed an interval of ten days to elapse to enable him to
effect an arrangement with the creditor.
COLLISION ON THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND
LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY.—On Friday morning the pas-
senger train which leaves Hull at 6 a.m. for Manchester,
when approaching Barnethy Junction, 13 miles from Hull,
overtook and ran into a moving coal train with consider-
able violence. Happily no lives were lost, and no one was
much injured. It was, otherwise, however, with the car-
riages and waggons. Several of the trucks in the rear of
the coal train were smashed, and their contents scattered
on the line. The engine of the passenger train was very
extensively injured by the force of the concussion, and a
few of the first carriages were thrown off the line. The
rails also were damaged.

CUSTOMS' REFORM.—A very large and influential de-
putation, headed by three commercial members for Lon-
don, waited upon Lord John Russell on Tuesday morn-
ing, to present the resolutions agreed to at the meeting
on Wednesday week, regarding custom-house reform.
His lordship, it is understood, expressed his desire that
the question should be considered, with a view to any
improvement that might be consistent with the safety of
the revenue. Two members of the deputation took the
opportunity to point out the injustice inflicted upon the
dock companies, expressing also their opinion of the
course pursued by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and
these statements having been made, it was finally ex-
plained that, apart from individual grievances, the reso-
lutions were to be regarded as a general protest of the
merchants of London against the whole of the existing
system. _ _

SHOCKING BARBARITY.—One of the most atrocious
acts of cruelty by a mother to her child that we ever heard
of has within the last few days been perpetrated at Arn-
cliffe, a small village about 12 miles from Settle, and the
same distance from Skipton. A single woman, of the
name of Marty Hodgson, supposed to be aged about 30,
has been living with an old man named Richard Jaques,
a widower, between 70 and 80 years of age, at Arncliffe.
She has had an illegitimate child, whether born alive or
dead is not known ; but its body she destroyed in the most
inhuman way, by burning it in the kitchen fire. Her
neighbours noticed the fire as being unusually large, and,
coming in, found her and the old man sitting and blowing
it with the bellows. A Mr. Robinson, burgeon, went in
with the constable (suspicion being excited), and found
the infant's charred body among the coals.—Manchester
Examiner.
ROYAL CHARITY.—Two hundred and fifteen of the
passengers in the ship France, of Philadelphia, from Ant.
werp for America, have been landed at East Cowes. On
the situation of these unfortunates being made known to
her Majesty, orders were given that they should be sup-
pPed with coffee, bread, and soup, from an establishment
fitted up for the purpose by her Majesty's orders at Kings-
ton Farm, on the royal estate at Osborne. The royal
children contributed from their gardens turnips, carrots,
and other vegetables for the soup, and their little barrows
may be seen every morning loaded for the unfortunate
foreigners. It is surprising how the ship could sustain the
terrible shock that she received from some unknown ves-
sel on the night of the 24th November; she was cut down
nearly to the water's edge, her windlass was broken, and
such was the force withwhich she was struck that the planks
were driven out on her starboard side; indeed, she is such
a wreck that it is thought she is past repairing. Her
cargo is being discharged into warehouses.—Morning Post.

OFFICIACAPPOINTMENTS.-Mr. Francis Lewis Shaw
Mereweather, Immigration Agent and Clerk of the Exe-
cutive Council of New South Wales, is appointed Post-
master-General for that colony. Mr. Hutchinson
Hotherwell Browne, Water Police Magistrate for New
South Wales, is appointed Immigration Agent, in place
of Mr. Mereweather, promoted. Mr. John O'Neil Bre-
nan is to succeed Mr. Browne, as Water Police Magis-
trate. Mr. Michael Fitzpatrick will succeed Mr. Mere-
weather as Clerk of the Executive Council. Mr.
Woodifield is appointed Inspector-General of Imports
and Exports at the Custom-house, in the room of Mr.
Irving, who has retired.—Frederick Walford, Esq., is
appointed Recorder of Maldon, in the room of his father,
J. G. Walford, Esq., deceased.—Mr. Andrew French
Lynch is appointed a member of the Council of St. Kitt's.
—Major Edward Frome. R. E., formerly Surveyor-
General in South Australia, is appointed Surveyor-Gene-
ral at the Mauritius, in the room of Lieut.-Colonel J.
Augustus Lloyd, now her Majesty's Consul-General in
Bolivia.—Observer.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT UPON A LADY NEAR LONDON.
—On Wednesday evening at five o'clock, as Mrs. Hitch-
cock, a lady of the greatest respectability, residing in
Dulwich, was on her return from Norwood, she was stop-
ped by two ruffians in the High Norwood-road, close by
Croxted-lane, and was instantly felled to • the ground by
a blow upon the head by some sharp instrument, which
penetrated to the skull, and was otherwise most despe-
rately ill-used. She succeeded, however, in catching a
hold of one of her assailants, and was imploring his mercy
and protection, when it is supposed that the sounds of an
approaching carriage alarmed the villains, who leaped the
hedge and made off across the fields. The unfortunate
lady's cries at length brought assistance, and she was then
conveyed into one of the adjacent houses. Medical aid
was as soon as possible procured from Dulwich, when
she was found to have been frightfully injured, the whole
of the upper part of her person being saturated with
blood. She was subsequently taken to her own residence,
where she lies in a state of great suffering from the inju-
ries she has received.—Globe.
THE AMAZON WEST INDIA. MAIL STEAM-PACKET.—
This fine vessel, of 3000 register tons burden, built by R.
and H. Green, and fitted with engines of 800 horse-power,
, by Seaward and Capel, went down the river on Wednes-
day to try her engines and speed. The vessel being the
first ready of five of the same class ordered about twelve
months ago, to be contracted for by the directors of the
West India Mail Steam Packet Company, at half a million
sterling, or about £lOO,OOO for each, a number of officers
and scientific persons were on board to witness the trial.
The Amazon left her moorings at Blackwall shortly after
one o'clock, and was started with such ease that her de-
parture was not perceptible to those between decks at the
time, and as she proceeded down the river her powerful
engines worked with great perfection, and were the admi-
ration of ail on board. The diameter of the cylinders is
96 inches each, and the stroke 9 feet, and the engines
made 14 revolutions of the large paddle wheels (40 feet 8
inches in diameter) per minute, and a speed by the log of
11 knots per hour. The Amazon draws 19 feet forward
and 19 feet 9 aft. The engines are fitted in a framework
independent of the vessel, and no perceptible vibration is
felt when standing on deck over them. The length of the
vessel is 310 feet, with a breadth of beam of 42 feet, and
72 feet over the paddle boxes. The accommodation for
passengers is of a superior description, and the vessel is
fitted up in an elegant style, and with numerous modern
improvements for the comfort of all on board.—Times.
REMARKABLE PRESENTIMENT.—One of the most ex-
traordinary cases of this kind took place at the Bideford
Union-house, a short time since. A very aged female,
named Thomazin Champion. has for some time past been
an inmate of the house ; she has always been considered
healthy, and no signs whatever indicated that she would
so soon become a prey to the universal destroyer, death.
It appears, however, that in the morning she arose, to all
appearance, as well as usual, and nothing whatever trans-
pired to lead any person to conclude that she was so near
her end, save the assurance she expressed that she should
certainly die that day. She would hear or talk of nothing
else. Every attention was paid to her by the governor
and his wife, who endeavoured to persuade her that it
was only a whim she had taken into her bead. If such
was the case, it was a fatal one. Her repeated declara-
tion that the day of her death was come induced the go-
vernor to send for the medical man. Upon his arrival he
pronounced her as well as he had ever seen her, and
thought it was only a notion she had taken into her head.
She seemed, however, in full possession of her reasoning
faculties, and having in the presence of all thanked her
friends, she proceeded to deliver to the governor the cer-
tificate of her birth and baptism, telling him at the same
time to put a breast-plate on her coffin. Having com-
pleted the last actof her life, namely,theunbosoming of her
grateful heart, by blessing the memory of her benefactors,
she removed to another part of the room to lay down her
head, and upon the medical gentleman going to arouse
her, he found her a corpse ! It is certainly one of the
most remarkable cases of presentiment of death on record.
—Exeter Gazette.

TRAFFIC RETURNS.—The traffic returns for the week
ending the 7th instant, on the undermentioned English
lines of railway, are as follows :

London and North Western

Midland
Lancashire and Yorkshire,

London and South Western.

London and Brighton

1851. 1850.
. £38,636 .. £37,791
. 21,240 .. 19,355
. 17,223 .. 14,784
. 8,009 .. 7,399
. 7,-988 .. 7,841
. 14,125 .. 13,454
10,024 .. 9,323
7,664 .. 6,814

Great Western

South Eastern ... ...
York and North Midland

Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-

shire
Bristol and Exeter
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 14,024 .. 13,645
Shrewsbury and Chester
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 5BB .. 541
Eastern Counties and Norfolk
Great Northern
Chester and Holyhead
North Staffordshire
.. 4,410
Leeds Northern 935 .. 790
South Devon
South Wales 1,365 .. 698
London and Blackwell
The total receipts on the above lines being £186,349
against £172,166 in the corresponding week of last year.
the increase is shown to be £13,183. The number of
miles open was, in 1851, 4,158, and in 1850, 3,919;
showing an increase of 239 miles. Thus, although we
have had to record a slight diminution, the Christmas
and spring traffic begin to give promise of the resumption
of the usual returns. We shall expect to see the traffic
very little exceeding the traffic returns of last year, and
in the South-Eastern quarter a little checked, owing, of
course, to continental disturbances.

DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—A serious
affray took place on Monday last, about midnight, in one CHRISTMAS.—The yule log will soon burn ruddily on
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had filled their pockets with pebbles, which told greatly For fair dames and gentlemen !"
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MARKETS

LIVERPOOL, DEC. I2.—The want of animation in Mark-
lane on Monday last, which checked the proceedings here on
Tuesday, seems to have produced, thus far during the week, a
similar effect upon the Wheat trade in most of the leading pro-
vincial markets of this country: a pause in the advance, pre-
viously indicated, is reported in many cases to have prevailed
in consequence, and prices in several instances slightly de-
pressed ; the fluctuations in other grain, within the same pe-
riod, being unimportant. Under these circumstances the
trade here, intermediately from Tuesday to this date, has been
generally passive, without any essential variation in the cur-
rency of our last circular. Beyond a moderate quantity of
Barley coastwise and of Oatmeal from Ireland, the arrivals of
any kind of produce into this port from either of these direc-
tions since Monday last are trivial : from the American States,
however, the imports consist of 5331 qrs. of Wheat, 7987 brls.
of Flour, and 1444 qrs. of Indian Corn, with 700 qrs. of the lat-
ter from Constantinople : those from France embracing 2500
qrs. of Wheat, 665 qrs. of Barley, and 2310 sacks of Flour ex-
clusive of which we have no fresh supplies to note from abroad,
whilst of Flour the exports are liberal, and of Indian Corn mo-
derate. Upon a very slender attendance of buyers at our mar-
ket to-day, and little spirit in any department of the trade. we
experienced a very. slow limited sale for all descriptions of both
English and Foreign Wheat, and a partial decline of ld. per
701bs. from Tuesday's rates, holders seeing no inducement to
force business at a greater abatement.—States and Canadian
Flour continued to meet some inquiry for investment, but few
operations for that purpose haying taken place this morning,

. .
and the demand for consumption being lesi active, a reduction
of 3d. per barrel was conceded ; and French as well as Irish
Flour was rather lower in value. Malting Barley and Malt
were in moderate request at late prices, but grinding Barley,
moving sparingly, was the turn cheaper.—Beans and Pease,
upon occasional sales, maintained previous quotations. Oats
and Oatmeal, attracting but a limited share of attention,
hardly sustained their former value. Indian Corn on the spot
has been taken by needy buyers during the week, on the im-
proved terms noted in our last; but the stocks in the granaries
of Ireland being considerable, the leading merchants there ap-
pear unwilling to pay the present advance, and floating cargoes
are consequently unsaleable here at the extreme rates required.
BRITISH. FOREIGN.
Wheat, 14, 70th., s. d. s. d. Wheat, V, 701 b, s. d. s. d.
English red, old. 5 4to 5 6 Canadian
Do. do. new 5 4.. 5 6 United States
Do. white,old 5 8.. 6 0 Danzig, &c 5 6.. 5 9
Do. do. new 5 9.. G 0 Pomeranean, &c. 5 6.. 5 9
Irish red, old .. 4 6.. 5 0 Danish, &c 4 10.. 5 0
Do. do. new.. 4 6.. 5 0 French, &c 5 2.. 5 4
Do. white, old. 5 0.. 5 3 Odessa, Polish 4 8.. 410
Do. do. new.. 5 0.. 5 3 Danübe
Barley, p qr., Eng. 0 0.. 0 0 Russian,&c.hard 4 3.. 4 6
v6Otb.Sc.&lrish 3 4.. 3 8 Egyptian
Malt, qr. Eng... 50 0.. 54 0 Barley, qp, 6olh
Do. Irish 40 0.. 45 0 Oats, s 45th 2 9.. 2 11
Oats, 1p 45th., Beans, v•qr. Eurp 30 0..32 0
Eng.&Setch, old 2 10.. 3 0 19480 M Egyptian 23 6.. 24 0
Do. Irish, old 2 8., 210 Peas, qr. white. 32 0..33 0
Do. Do. new 2 7.. 281 Ind. Corn, Ip4Botb,
Beans, v. qr. Eng.. 32 0.. 34 0 Amer. yellow 26 6.. 27 0
480tb. Sc. 8z Ir. 29 0..30 0 Do. white 29 0..30 0
Peas, qr. Eng... 34 0.. 35 0 French, yellow 26 6.. 27 6
Flour, 2801, Do. white 27 0.. 28 0
Seconds 0 0.. 0 0 Ibrail & Galatz.. 27 0..28 0
Fine 0 0.. 0 0 Flour, pbrl. 196th,
Superfine 3O 0..31 0 Canadian, sweet 20 0..20 9
Extra 32 0.. 35 0 U. States, do. 19 9..20 6
Oatmeal, leg 240th , Do & Can. sour 17 0..18 6
Irish, new 22 3.. 22 9, Frnch,vsk2Bo/b 30 0..32 0
MANCHESTER, DEC. 13.—The unexpected decline which
took place in London. on Monday, at once put a stop to the
disposition to purchase which was beginning partially to be
evinced; and the trade throughout the week has been very
quiet. At Liverpool and Wakefield, yesterday, the turn of
price, as regards every article. was in favour of the buyer,
without, however, any disposition to press sale by submitting
to more than a trifling reduction upon the extreme rates lately
paid. The same description applies to our market to-day: the
transactions in each article are merely in retail quantities.

PRESTON, DEC. 13.—The corn trade continues in the same
depressed state as we have had occasion to notice the last four
weeks, and in the absence of an active demand, prices have had
a tendency downwards. The arrivals during the week are to a
fair amount. The supply of English Wheat at our market this
morning was by no means so large as on last Saturday, and it
was readily cleared, at a slight improvement upon last week's
prices. Flour steady. Irish Oats still enquired for. Farmer's
Oatmeal 6d. to Is. per load lower, and a limited inquiry for
Irish, at prices rather in favour of the buyer. A short supply
of English Beans, and an advance of 6d. per windle was esta-
blished.

WAKEFIELD, DEC. 12.—The change of wind has brought
the expected fleet of vessels to hand, and 120 sail have arrived
at Goole during the past eight days. Our arrivals of Grain
this week are large, and millers are enabled to make their pur-
chases of Wheat on easy terms, and new is generally ls. per qr.
lower than the extreme rates of last week. Old maintains its
previous value, and on the whole there is no desire to urge
sales, but buyers ere very cautious. Fine Barley is fully as
dear; the second sorts sell very slowly. Oats and Shelling
have advanced. Beans are more plentiful, and prices are Is.
per qr. lower. No alteration in other articles.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Dm 13.—The quantity of
Wheat to this day's market from the growers was a good deal
short of last week ; and, owing to the mild state of the wea-
ther, the condition was only indifferent; still the demand
proved good, and the whole was cleared off early, at the
extreme rates of last Saturday. Having at last a favourable
change of wind, the long-detained supplies from the South
have arrived; but a great proportion having gone direct to the
millers, there was much less offering for sale than might other-
wise have been expected : and as about the whole is now sup.
posed to be in, holders were firm in their demands, and a good
business resulted, at the full currency of this day se'nnight—
Norfolk and Suffolk Red realising 405.: Lincolnshire, 385.,
395., and 40s. per qr., weighed up to 03Ibs. per bushel. For
Old Foreign Wheat there is still only a limited sale, but holders
show no anxiety to realise, prices are therefore nominally as
last quoted. Owing to the heavy supply of Malting Barley,
buyers were enabled to purchase at a reduction of Is. per qr.
Oats being in small supply, both from the country and Coast-
wise, and having none from abroad, holders demanded lid. to
Is. per qr. advance, which however was only complied with by
needy buyers. Pease and Beans fully maintained their value
The arrivals of Flour being unusually large, sales to any extent'
could only be effected by submitting to a decline of any
per
sack ; but, as there are no stocks in granary, the decline, it is
expected, will soon be recovered, when the market is relieved
of the extra quantity on sale.
WISBECH, DEC. 13.—We have a good quantity of Wheat
offering here to-day, and most of it only in moderate condi-
tion; prices generally Is. per qr. lower, and a fair business
done. Damp samples very bad to sell. Spring corn is rather
easy to buy.

DUBLIN, DEC. 12.—Our market was firm to-day for all de-
scriptions of Grain, at fully the currency of Tuesday last, and
an advance of 3d. was realised on Oats, and of Is. to Is. W. on
Indian Corn.

White Wheat.. 18s 6d to 22s Gd I
Barley 11s Od to 1580(1
Red do 17s 6d to 218 oe. Rapeseed ....13s Od to 15s Od
Bere lOs Od to Ils Od Bakers' Flour. 12s Od to 14s Od
Oats 9s Cd to 11s 3d Indian Corn,
Oatmeal lOs Gd to 128 ed I uer 480 Th.... 27s 6d to 29s 6d
CORK, DEC. 13.—The speculative feeling titling subsided,
our market rules dull. Bakers are for the most part supplied
for Christmas work. Foreign Wheats and Indian Corn are in-
active at the advance. Deliveries from the farmers this week
are small, and prices of all kinds have raeeded,