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THE WEEK'S MARKETS. < jh CORN.. CARDIFF, Saturday.—English and foreign sold slowly at last WHek's prices. Floui unaltere value. Oats and maize firm, and ether articles Wi any material change. GLOUCESTER, Saturday.—English wheat in good supply, and prices were as 11st week.. w jy to the strike at the docks, trade in foreign gram 01 kinds was practically suspended.. f tjt t LONDON, Wednesday.—Quiet but firm ma |fi0ol both English and foreign wheat, at late rates. steady. Grinding barley firm malting do. 4 ♦ Oats, 3d to 6d dearer since Monday. Maize and o articles firm. Arrivals.—British—wheat, 530 Q barley, 720 qrs. Foreign—wheat, 20,240 qrs b^.r 1,070 qrs ;oats, 35,020 qrs maize, 7,8a0 qts n 48,250 sacks. ,rket. GLASGOW, Wednesday.—Better feeling in Wheat and flour in fair request, and prices uncha,i Fiour inclined to harden. Maize 3d dearer, the V being 12s lid to 12s 3d per 2801b. Scotch o tts "T,gt price, 1 os to 19s per 2641bs. Demand muWWr, ,g( Irish oats. Meal slow price, at 25s to 27s per 230109 Irish. Canadian peas 3d higher. Barley and o01 unchanged. øI NEWroRT, Wednesday.—Owing to the adju^* ate* of the local labour disputes, there was a & -M, demand for cereals, and feeding grains were sea. j. The quotations, with the exception of barley, wbic 6d dearer, are unchanged. CATTLE. ,-af BRECON, Tuesday.—The monthly stock market" held o-day. Business was brisk all round at pr> 5 per cent, in advance of those obtainable at ceding market. The supply of cattle was small. L° M and calves from £ 18 to £ iQ heifers (in calf), £ 14 yearling st- «rs (scarce), £ 9 to £ 12 fa6 r (very scarce), 6Ad to 7d per lb mutton, 8d to Bill p Ib prime do., 9d pork, 9s 6cl per score small I)io, from 18s to 203 each stores from 21s to 25s, and up toSO. T' i« of NEWPORT, Wednesday.—There was a full "4uppllf jit beasts at the market to-day. Sheep and lamb were great demand, but the supply was only limited. attendance was good, and considerable business « done at advanced prices. Beef, superior uaiit up I realised 6jd to 6|d a few bea-its sold at 7d seC°Lj( quality, 6d to 6id; and inferior sort- 5jd to °J Mutton—wethers, 8id to 9d ewes, 8d and lamb> to 9.t per lb. FA!RS.. jr COWBRIDGE, Tuesday.—The annual November for cattle, sheep, and pigs was held to day, well attended. There was a good supply of stoc Fat cattle sold from 6d to 7d store cattle, £ 12 to &L sheep, 8d to 9tl store sheep, 27s to 39< a head s'0 pigs, 18s to 35s porkers, 9s 6d to 10 6d per score. TAI.GARTH, 'iuesday—The December fair was he here to-day, and was very well attended by b° buyers and sellers, ami trade, on the whole, was?6Jj good, especially in yearling cattle. The qu-,t&tloto were as follows ;—Cart horses fetched from £ 50 cobs from £ 15 to £ 30 and ponies, £ 9 to barreners from £ 10 to £ 15 cows and calves, £ ^.ini £ 20 two-year-old steers from £ 12 to £ 18 andye^'vj ditto i9, £ 14 ;beef, 6idto 7^d wether mutton. 9^ lb; and ewe ditto, 8d per lb strong store pigs'clV,' 25s to 50s each and weaners, 16s to 22i each P° 5id per lb. PRODUCE. m LIVERPOOL, Wednesday,—Sugar is firm. Beet s'e?jJ —December, 12s; January, 12s lid. Coffee steady. Rice and linseed quiet. Castor oil steady, at 4|d. Lard easier, at 34s 9d to 35s 011 spot; futures dearer, 33, asked for January.Mar Palm oil quiet, steady sales—Lagos, £ 23 5s. petroleum quiet and unchanged—fcjtl to 8,d Am*?, can, 5Jd to 6d, Russian turpentine steady, at Nitrate steady, at 8,; 9d. LONDON, Wednesday. — Sugar—refined market^ fairly goxl business done, without quotable in prices foreigu steady beet quiet, with less act"* business doing December, sellers, 12s Old buy0r^ 12s January, sellers, 12s 2id buyers, lid February, sellers, 12s 3Jtl buyers, 12s 3<J« March, sellers, 1235id buyers, 12s 4d cane—steady demand for grocery crystallized. Coffee—small sale. '7 at about steady rates; Rio futures 9d to Is 6d lower > Decembet, 7os 3d up to 75s for August to November- Tea—Congous sold at 4id to 7d, being the loW«s prices ever recorded for similar qualities Y<'Un/s Hyson sold un to 2s 7id Souchongs, 6id to common Indian a trifle firmer. Rice—nothing doing. Cotton market unaltered. Jute rather dlil, Turpentine, 33s; American petroleum, 6 3-16d; Russia"' 5Jd spot. PROVISIONS. f MONMOUTH, Saturday. — There was a full supply °. poultry trade slow at low prices. Fresh butter eggs scarce, and a shade dearer than last week, owins to the severe weather. The quotations were follow :—Fresh butter. Is Id per lb hens' eggs, 8 Is. Dressed poultry—Fowls, 7id to 8d per lb 8d per lb geese, 7Ad to 3d per lb turkeys, 9d per lb. Butchers'meat (prime joincs):-L;eef, 8d to er lb wether mutton, 8d to 9d per lb lamb, 10d oer Jb pork, 7d to 8d per lb. Game—Hares, 38 to 4s each rabbits. Is each pheasants, 53 to 6s per brace, grouse. 4s per brace; woodcocks, 4s bd per briCO partridges, 3s per brace. Fish—Soles, Is 8d per 1"' lemon do., 8d per lb j turbot, Is 6d per lb halibn » 10d per lo brill, 8d per lb; whiting, 6d per 1 d plaice, 5d per lb fresh haddocks, 4d per lb s £ !r". dabs, 4d per lb Loch Fyne bloaters, 12 for fresh herrings, S3 for Is oysters, 16 for h. kippere herrings, 16 for Is. Oranges, 16 to 24 for Is lemons. Is per dozen onions, ld per lb. LONDON,Wednesday,—Butter market continues flrtU. Kiel. 120 to 132s Danish, 1201 to 132s Norina'Wj> I06stol22s Friesland, 110s to 116s Jersey, 90s » 100s American, bOs to 80s. Bacon—steady marke'j at previous rates. Hams and lard unaltered. Che«» —fair enquiry at steady rates; American, 40s to «'s' Edam. 50s to 57s Gouda, 40 I to 49s. BRISTOL, Wedne-day.—(Francis Barnard's Report.)^ Ba.cou-Trade is scarcely so active as last week, this may be partly explained by the labour strikes IP Bristol, and prices generally are about as last Cneese—Markets on the spot are dull, but withou any disposition to reduce limit-, and there can roO doubt that with a little encouragement from this side, factorymen and shippers would advance their limits- Butter—The colder weatuer stimulates rhe demand" and a bettor trade results. Lsrd—Values have va««a but little, though, "if anything, buyers have the ad- vantage. Flour— American quotations come figures, with ext ort demand rather lighter. On this side the demand is quiet at most centres, without aw important change in prices. Stock of American fl°" in Bristol on December tnd, 57,a83 bags of MOibs.each. There were no exports of flour from the American seaboard to this port last week. BUTTER. CARMARTHEN, Saturday.—(William Pugh'- Report.r" The supply of cask butter at our mari:et today was small, and sold tt, for finest quality, from Is Did tf. Is lid per lb. Inferior sorts sold at llid to per lb. Fresh market pound butter, Is 2d to Is per lb (juar., Wednesday. -Firsts, 118s seconds, 94s; third, 77a; fourths, 54s. Kegs—seconds, 9Cs thirds, Aliid-eureii lirki'is— superfine. 123s fine, 119s; n't1 90s. Mild-cured kegs—line, ll&s inild, 9<is. Iu » 580 firkins, 9 kegs, 54 mild. CHEESE. CARMARTHEN, Saturday.-( William Pugh's RtJport,Y'l A fair supply of cheese, which sold at from 21s to 23s per cwt, accoiding to quality. -SUCAk.. GLASGOW, Wednesday.—Everything again sold full prices to 3d advance. The oUicial report states* Market continues firm. Large business done. FISH. GRIMSHV, We(lnesclay. -Poor supply. Good demand. Plaice. 32s to 36s level, 28i to 30s lemon, 30s to 50s «oies, 120, to 135s haddocks, 6s to 10s smelts 2s; whiting, 20s to 26s per box i.urimr., 10s to 20s > congers, 3s to 6s; brill, 4s to 8s ling, bs to 8* 4s to 6s cod, 6s to 8s; skate, 3s to 6s dead, 2s 5s each hake, 30s to 90s dead cod, 80s to crabs, 4s to bs per score halibut, 5s to 8s; dead, 4s E 6s per btone; lobsters, Is 4d per lb. POTATOES.. LONDON, Wednesday.—Good supplies of ovdinaw and middling potatoes, but best qualities are short, and realise full values. Uebrons, 40s to 903 regents, 40s to 85s magnums, 40,1 to 85s iinperator=, 40s to 80s per ton. SEED. LONDON, Wednesday.—Messrs John Shaw and SOPOI seed merchants, of 37, Mark-lane. the seed market to-day as dull and featurele-s. The quietude customary towards Christmas time n0-„. prevails. Low qualities of red clover seed are obtain- able on easier terms. There is 110 change in the of choice samples, or of alsike, white, or trefoil. money is asked for blue peas the cold weather brin4 a better inquiry. Haricot beans are good and chsaff' Rapeseed unchanged prices are now very low. WOOL, LONDON, Wednesday.—12,150 bales brought this evening, including 3,852 Port Phillip, 2.W Sydney, 1,442 Cape and Natal, 2,171 New Wales, 650 Victorian, 872 Queensland, 594 Now Zealand, 301 Adelaide, 81 Italian, 85 South AusTal'an* 71 Tasmanian. The above comprised a very 900 d selection of wool, and prices remain firm for InOst goods. COALS. j LONDON, Wednesday,—There was a strong deman" for house coals to-day, aud prices were further a vanced nominally Is per ton. Ships arrived, 12 g contracts, 12. METALS. LONDON, We(In esday,- Copper steady, at S50 sellers for cash; £ 49 15s to £ 49 17s 61 vainly bid; nothing yet done £ 49 15s sellers three month-; and done thereat ior 5th February. Tin firm and active-^ straits, £ 98 2s 6d cash £ 97 15s three months 14th February done at £ 97 15s. Snelter, £ i3 5s t< £ 23 10s. Spanish lead, £ 14 15s to £ 14 17s 6d Eii«1,3°S do. £ lfe. Closing report: C pper steady— £ 49 coish B49 12< 6d three months. Tin stelldy-Stralts, ESS cash BOY 10s three months Australian, selers ask £981bs cash. English ingots, £102. Spelt r lirm, £ 23 10s. Lead rather easier—English, £ 14 17s 6d to £ 15 Spanish do., £ 14 15s, GLASGOW, Wednesday.—Ihe market realized a good business. 60s 3 d, 59s 6d and 59s 7d cash 60s 9d an 60s 4d one month buyers, b9s 7d cash sellers, near. Middlesbrough—buyers, bos cash sellers, 66s. Hem titewas done at 72s and 7ls 9d cash 70s Oid month buyers, 71, 16d cash sellers, 71s 9d. HIDE, SKIN AND FAT.. „ BRISTOL AND WESTERN COUNTIES, paid as follows:—Hides Spanish,—d to —( 9-5,1", and upwards, 3§d to 4}rt 831bs to 921bs, 3fjd to 4|d • 73lbs to 821bs, 3ill to 34d 631bs to 721bs, 2gd to bllll' 541bs tot>21bs, 2Jd to 3t<l 531bs and uuder, c^i to j Cows; 631 bs and above, 2?d to 3d light, 2§d to 24 Bulls, 2|d to — d heavy cuts and warmed, 24a • light cuts and warbled, 2;d; irregular, 2id to r" Calf skins: 17!bs and upwards, 4d; 121bs to i"i 4|d 91bs to 111bs, 4ill; ander 9lbs, 4d; cut irregular, 3id. Horse hides. 128 9d, ]5s 0d, 176 CPd: 19s Od, 20s 3d; 1st kips, 2id 2nd do., lid. F&Di Mutton, 2jd; beef, 23d; rough, lfd sweet oeef, Wools D, Is lOd C, 4s Od B, Ds 4d A, Is 2d 9s Id. Forward prices to Thursday:—Wools: Is 8d C. 3s lid B, 5s 6d; A, 7d od X., is 2J, Fat, lgd, 2fil, 2jd best beef, 2jd.

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