The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-10 00:00:00

2,340

The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1852.......... 609 ... 2,366 .•• • 368 4
1851 .......... 483 ... 1,574 ..• ••. 262 48
1840.......... 173 .•• 938 ••• ••• 83
1849.......... 188 .•• 817 ••• ••• 50
1843 .......... 85 ... 1,123 .•• ... 27
To-day's market woo very moderately supplied with
foreign stock, and the arrivals of home-fed beasts were on
a comparatively limited scale, whilst their general quality
was inferior. The attendance of butchers being tolerably
extensive, the beef trade, notwithstanding the prevailing
mild weather, ruled somewhat active, at, in most instances,
an advance in the currencies paid on Monday last of 2d
per 8 lbs, at which amount of improvement a good clear-
ance was effected. The primest Scots sold readily at from
4s to 4s 2d per 8 lbs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire,
and Northamptonshire, we received about 1,000 short
horns • from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire,
1,200 'Scots, short horns, &c. ; and from Scotland, 684
horned and polled Soots, chiefly per railway.
The numbers of sheep were by no means extensive. All
breeds, the general condition of which was good, sold freely,
at fully last Monday's currency. The best old Downs
readily produced 5s per 81bs.
Calves were in moderate supply, and steady inquiry at
the extreme rates of Friday last. The best qualities of
veal were worth 4s 6d per 8 lbs.
prime small porkers moved off freely, at full quotations)
but large hogs were neglected.

Per Sibs by

he carcase.

s. d. s. d.
Inferior Beasts ...2 10 to 3 0
Second quality ...3 2 3 4
Prime large oxen 3 6 3 8
Prime Scots, &c. 3 10 4 2
Inferior sheep ...3 8 3 10
Second quality ...4 0 4 4
Prime coarse-wlld. 4 6 4 8

a. d. 0. d.
Prime Southdown 410 5 0
Large use. calves 3 0 4 I)
Prime small do 4 2 4 6
Large hogs 210 3 6
Small porkers 3 8 310
'Suckling calves 19 0 24 0
Quarter old pigs 19 0 23 0
POREICUX SUPPLY.
Beasts .
Sheep .

TOTAL SUPPLY.

Beasts
Sheep 20,500
Calves _
194 Calves .
Pigs 2lO y Pigs
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat
stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on
Monday, Jan. 12, 1852, and this day, Monday, Jan. 10,
1853.

482
1,140
146

Per Ms, to sink the offals.

Jan. 12, 1852.iJan.10, 1853

s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Coarse and inferior beasts ... 2 6to 2 10 2 10 to 3 0
Second quality ditto ••• ••• 3 0 32 3 2 3 4
prime large oxen ... ••• •• • •• • 3 4 3 6 3 6 3 8
Prime Scots, &c ••• ••• ••• 383 10 310 4 2
Coarse and inferior sheep 210 3 0 3 8 310
Second quality ditto ... ••• ••• 3 2 3 8 4 0 4 4
Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 310 4 0 4 6 4 8
Prime Southdown ditto ..• 4 2 444 10 5 0
Largo coarse calves .•• 3 0 3 63 0 4 0
prime small ditto ... ••• 3 8 4 0 4 2 4 6
Large hogs ... •• • ••• ••• ••• 2 6 3 62 10 3 6
Neat small porkers ..• ••• •.• 8 310 3 8 310
Beasts... ••• ••• ••• ••• 3,565 2,736
24Sheep ...,760 20,500
Calves... 114 114 194
pigs 210
SUPPLIER or; SALE, Jan. 13, 1851.—Beasts, 3,949 ; sheep,
19,070; calves, 100; pigs, 295.
Jan. 14, 1850.—Beasts, 3,334 ; sheep, !,22,070 ; calves, 62 ;
pigs, 217.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Notwithstanding that the supplies of each kind of meat
on sale, to-day, were tolerably exclusive, the
general
demand ruled steady, and, in some Instances, the quota-
tion!) had an upward tendncy.
Per Sibs by the carcase.
s. d. s. d.
Beef, inferior 24 2 6 Mutton, Inferior
Do., middling 2 82 10 Do.,middling..
Do., prime large 3 0 3 2 Do., prime .
Do., do. small —.3 4 3 6 Veal
Pork, largo ......2 8 3 0 Pork, small

A• d. s. d
32 3 6
.3 S 4 2
.4 4 4 6
.2 10 4 4
....3 2 4 0

`BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS.

Coastwise and per railwayvery moderate supplies of
potatoes have come to hand since our last report. The
general quality of the samples is very inferior. The im-
ports last week were large, viz„ 1,200 tons from Rouen,
96 ditto from Antwerp, 307 from Calais, 80 from Rotter-
dam, 97, from Dunkirk, and 65 from Honfleur. The de-
mand' is in a sluggish state, as follows :—York Regents,
85s to 135 s per ton ; Lincolnshire ditto, 75s to 100 s; Scotch
ditto, 80s to 95s ; Ditto Reds, 75s to 90s ; French Whites,
758 to 90s ; Dutch, 60s to 80s.