The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
This being a holiday in the City, the public places
of resort are closed, as well as the Stock Exchange.
The railway meetings announced are the follow-
ing—

Company. Date. Place.
Dundee and Arbroath Dec. 28, Dundee.
Lake Constance and Basle Dec. 27, St. Gall.
The amount of railway " calls" for January is as
follows :

Date due. Call. Sharas.
*Antwerp and Rotterdam.. s£l 0 50,000
Cornwall
Dublin and Drogheda, Pref.i.'2s 1 2 10 18,500
East Lanc. New 4 per cent. stock 1 1 0 unkn
*Frankfort, Wiesbaden, and Cologne 10 2 0 80,000
Gt. North of Scotland, Ist Pref 2 2 0 60,000
*Hamilton and Toronto Shares l4 5 0 40,000
Limerick and Ennis 1 3 3 18,900
London, Tilbury, and Southend l6 1 10 60,000
*Paris and Orleans Bonds, 1852 1 4 0 600,000
*Royal Danish 1 3 0 81,000
*St. Andrew's and Quebec, Class A 6 2 0 80,000
*Western of France, 401. Bonds, July,
1853
York, New., and Ber., G.N.E. Pur 1 110 unkn.
*Zealand

£l, 456, 156

* The proportion called by foreign companies is
1,186,2501., but the holdings of English proprietors are
not known.

MARKET NEWS-(HIS DAY.)

[This being almost a close holiday in the metropolis, the
only markets held to-day were the following :—]

SMITHFIELD.

Last week's imports of foreign stock into London last
week were seasonably good, the total supply having
amounted to 5,165 head. During the corresponding
period of 1852, wo received 2,711 ; in 1851, 3,094 ; in
1850, 1,325 ; in 1849, 781 ; in 1848, 892 ; and in 1817,
2,013 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs.
Rotterdam ... 127 ... 854
Ostend — 404
Harlingen 736 ... 2,720
Antwerp —
Gluekstadt l3

Calves. Pigs.

- ... 149

- ... -
80 ... -

Total ... 876 ... 4,058 ... 226 ... .5
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1852 304 2,157 ... 250
1851 4Ol 2,343 ... 332 18
1850 lB4 945 186 ...
1849 396 224 161 ...
1848 6l 823 10 ...

The supply of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market
was seasonably good, but in very middling condition.
Fresh up from our own grazing districts, the receipts of
beasts were small. For a holiday market, the attendance
of buyers was tolerably good. The few prime Scots, &c.,
moved off steadily, and in some instances prices were the
turn in favour of the salesmen. In other breeds of beasts
only a limited business was transacted on former terms.
The fresh arrivals were 400 short horns from Lincoln-
shire, and 160 Scots from Scotland.

We were very scantily supplied with all breed of sheep.
Downs commanded a steady, though by no means active
inquiry, at full currencies. Otherwise, the mutton trade
was in a sluggish state, on former terms.

Prime small calves moved off steadily, at full prices. In-
ferior calves sold at Friday's decline.
The pork trade was firm. In prices no change took
place.

Per Sibs to sink tho offhls.

s. d. s. d.'
Inferior Beasts.... 3 2 to 3 4
Second qnality....3 6 3 10
Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6'
Prime Scots, &c. 4 S 4 'lO
Inferior Sheep 0 3 4
Second quality ...3 6 4 4
Prime crsc.-wlled.4 6 4 10

s. cl. s. e.
Prime Southdown 5 0 5 2
Large crse. calves 3 6 4 2
Prime small d 0... 4 6 5 0
Large bogs l 4 4 0
Small porkers 4 2 410
Sucklingealves ..22 0 28 0
Quarter old pigs 21 0 20 0