The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-17 00:00:00

BREAD.

The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are front
10Ad to 11d; of household ditto, 93d to 10d per 41b loaf.

NEWPORT.

Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3a 6d to 4s 8d ;
veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 3s 10d to 5s Od. per Sibs.

WHITECHAPEL.
Beef, from 3s Oct to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ;
Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d.; Pork, 38 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs. by
the carcase.

HIDES AND SKINS.
Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to lid; 641 b to 721 b,
to Od; 721 b to 801 b, lid to 3d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3d to nd. ;
881 b to 961 b, aid to 31d; 961 b to 1041 b, 30. to 3 d ; 10411)
to 1121 b 3d to4fd. horse hides, 6s 6d to Os Od; calf skins,
light, 2s Od to 3s Od; ditto, full, 6s Od to Os Od; polled
sheep, 6s 9d to 8s 3d; Kents, 5a 6d to 6s 6d; Half-breds,
5s 9d to 6s 6d ; Downs, 4s 3d to 5a 3d.
HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD. Meadow hay, 5s to 5/ 12s ; clover
ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ lOs ; and straw, 11 17s to 2/ 4s per load.
A short supply, and a steady trade.
CIIMBERLIND.—Meadow hay, 31 lOs to 5/ 15s ; clover
ditto, 415 a to Cl 6s ; and straw, 1/ 18s to 21 5s pert
Trade firm, with a limited supply on offer.
WHITECHATEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 8s 'to Si lOs; clover
ditto, 41 5s to Cl lOs ; and straw, 1/ 17s to 2/ 3s per load.
Supply short, and prices on the advance.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-'('HIS DAY.)

LONDON, Dec. 17.—Wind this da at Noon,
moderate breeze.—The Prompt (screwy steamer), from Leith,
arrived in the river last night after an extremely rough
and perilous voyage She left Leith on Tuesday morning,
.
and encountered a very severe gale on the following day,
which continued during Thursday with unabated violence.
The sea made a complete breach over her fore and aft, but
she proved a remarkably fine sea-boat ; and though often
expected to frown
"t commander, who is the brother
of the ell-k town " go:Rant Captain Hall," of the Name_
sis, brought her safely into tbe port of London; with loss
of a set of new sails, blown to threads, and some damage
to her bulwarks, &c.
MARGATE, Dec. 16.—The Robert and Henry (schooner),
of Love. hasDec.en on the Hook of Margate Sand.
SHIELDS, D 16 .—The Sylph (collier), of this port,
drove on the Black Middens, and broke up; crew and part
o. stores saved.
BELFAST (Port Fairy), Sept. 16.—The Freedom (sch.),
of Jersey, was wrecked at Warnambool during a gale from
S.E., on the 11th of July.
OFF CALSHOT CASTLV,--Great Western (s). Brazils.
CARDIFF, Dec. 16.—Wind, W.N.W. Sailed—Gentoo,
for Sierra Leone ; Neptune, do.
WATERFORT, Dec. 15.—Arrived—Thomas, from Liver-
pool, for Cork, leaky.
MADRAS, Dec. s.—The Zion, Corringa to London, which
put in here on the 21st Sept. leaky, has re -shipped her
cargo, and sailed for Calcutta to repair, and on the Vd
wreaspeTcrhateuedllTitehda,tsit
Oct. was run on shore a few miles N. of Tranquebar, in a
sinking state, and has been sold.
f Banshee,
MANILLA, Sept. 28.—The David Clarke sailed hence on
the 7th of September, for London, but put back on tin,
sla2itlhedleaagkayi,nfreonm
tsheeve2re3dweaHtheerr.maSstheer
cargo had sustained no damage whatever.—
China to Sydney, N.S.W., which struck on a r
duriniagetece ga—le
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hereat that reef off
MTh%
of the 16th July, was got off on the Ist
paired, and is loading for Sydney. Sept., had re.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA.PFL)
LIVERPOOL, BA.TURDA.Y, 10 A.m.
Wind, N.N.N., moderate, and foggy.
Arrived—Christiana, from Cronstadt.

QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 15.

Wind, N.N.E., moderate.
Arrived—Olin.da, from the Brazils,
with 7,7261. on
freight.
Sailed—Dawsons and Esperanza, for - I-lavre 3 Conquest,
for Poole.

(BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELVORAPH.)
GRAVESEND, SATURDAY, 10 A.M.
CUSTOMS RETURN.
Wild, W.N.W., cloudy ; first hour's flood.
Arrived-16th—Peter Bang, from Cronstad6 ; Nord-
lydet, from Gottenherg ; Leon, Gravelines
Arrived-17th—Mercautile, from Moss ; Adelaide, Bus-
terseil.
Sailed—Belgium, for Ostend. ; Triton Calais.
DEAL, SATURDAY, 9.23 A.M.
Wind, W.N.W., light and close.
Anchored—Clio, from Demerara, for London ; Joshua
Bates, from New York, for London.
A schooner, reported to be French, laden with wheat,
from London, for Dunkirk, is on shore near Shingle-end
Wsteh house. Further particulars unknown.

AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING.
Arrived at Sydney—Sept. 1. Antelope, (a.) from Liver.
pool; 4th, Atalanta, Liverpool ; sth, Annette Gilbert and
the Kehrwieder, Liverpool ; 14th, the Kinnear, barque.
P
Shanghai (a), Singapore ; 17th, Singapore,
London;
;
;Btratfovd, London ; 18th, Telegraph, Liverpool.
Sailed- Sept. 2, H.M.S. Herald, for the South Seas;
6th, Countess of Leicester, London ; 17th, the Mohawk,
London; Victoria (a), England.

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