The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-17 00:00:00

At per stone by the Carcase.

e. d. to s. (1. I S. d. o s. d.
te"lnferior....•• 2 4 2 6 ',Sutton, Inferior .. 2 8 210
middling •• 2 8 210 -middling.. 3 0 3 4
primelarge .. 3 0 3 2 i prime 3 6 310
prime small .• 3 4 3 & Pork, large.• •• •• 2 6 3 4
"al• •• • •• •••• • • 3 0 310 - small .• • • •••• 3 6 4 2

BOUM:MU AND SPITAIMIELDS.
The numvn,us changes in the weather, and the low
Prices of Bread, continue to operate against our markets.
Since Monday last, nearly 4,000 tons of Potatoes have
!strived hither, coastwise and by railway, in somewhat
lannoved condition. The imports from abroad have
eutepri.ed 282 tons from Louvaine, 60 from Dieppe,
1.59 from Dankirk, 259 from Rouen, 21 from Ghent, 255
(
1,-,r"ns Antwerp, 715 from Rotterdam, and 252 from
Calais, forming a total supply of 2,008 tons. The ag-
rl Woe quantity of Potatoes offering having exceeded
t:e demand, rather lower prices have, in some instances,
2`ll accepted to efftct clearances. This day's rates are
as utter:

Per Ton.
Ditto
Regents 100 s to 11:s
uitto Sliaws•
—s to —s
D''-eotelt Reds 703 to 75s
itto tnin.Cu.P s 55s to 60s
,illtutelA osl3ulrs ... 50s to 55s
• . COs to 65s
V Ey:e; ..
60s to S
Lincoln jzoge ....
nts. 9(s to 95s
1%; isbeach ditto 80s to 85s
nitto Kidneys .. 80s to 90s
eweastlellegts. 70s to 80s

Per Ton.
Common Whites 50s to 55s
Kent Kidneys Bos to 901
Essex Regents —s to —s
Ditto Shaves
Ditto Kidneys
French Whites
Ditto Reds. 6ss to 70s
Belgian ditto sss to 65s
Ditto Reds 6os to 65s
Dutch ditto
German ditto
BOROUGH BOP DTAIMET
The show of Hops—especially of fine new qualities—
"tllB become small, and it is estimated that neirly two-
nlrds of this year's growth have passed into the hands ~
the brewers. For most descriptions the demand is
ote4dY, at very full prices. Since our last several parcels
r
Pureign Hops have been withdrawn from public sale,
ii.t 414 s per cwt. The imports into London last week
qunted to 68 bales from Ghent, 10 from Antwerp, 46
r°43 New York, and 4 pockets from Ireland. New Mid
East Kent Pockets, 61 lOs to 121; New Weald of
ditto, 61 5s to 8/; New Sussex ditto, 51 15s to
; New Farnhams, 12/ to 131; Yearling Dents,
~1•0 4/ 12s • Yearling Sussex, 21 8s to 31 17s; Old Hops,
4/,

WOOL.
IrThe Wool sales have passed cff very satisfactorily.
1,,_17 few qualities were taken in during their progress.
'1 finest fleeces produced, in some instances, an ad-
",co of 2a per lb; while the general qualities were
; 111tfl id higher than at the previous auctions. In the
krlvate market, there is more firmness on the part of the
moldersjes ; but, as yet, no material change has taken place
h" Prices. The imports, last week, were confined to 112
12 ditto
from the Cape, 30 ditto from Buenos Ayres, and
14 ditto from Cuxhaven.

TALLOW.
1, Our market to-day is very steady for most kinds of
j,4ll°w, at fully last week's quotations. P.Y.C. on the spot
"ening at 38s 6d to 395, for delivery to the end of the
Year,
38s. 6d; and for January to March, 38s 6d to 39s
ewt. A few parcels of new for delivery in Oct. to
1,?, 1850, have changed hands at 391 6d. Town
gobseidvv, ,3936 d er cwt, net casSt. Petersburgh to the 8h; Rough Fat, 2s. 3d er
. We have p
htters float Bth
in 'St. The wrath .r was warmer. 600 casks had sold
st delivery, at 1124 roubles, with 10 down.

1845.

1848.
25,493 11,358 36,176 48,795
515 6d 46s 9d 44s Od to 38s Gd
to Os Od to 47s Od 43s 6d to39s Od
2,529 2,776 1,694 2,504
51,531 54,282 56,685 52,701
2,281 2,472 5,263 2,584
66,454 57,541 85,298 76,023
53s Od 498 6d 435 Od i 42s Od

1846. 1847.

EN'k
this
"Y 31,4461
9d
bellve
Price of 1.C.. . • 4
[ to Os Cd
ry imt k 1,962
ultto from Junewe le.• 57,Nn4
,4rivals last week •
'unto from June 1 •• • 73'33
Price of Town 45s Od

1849.

A Leicester ewe, belonging to John Thornlinson,
„
Plewlands, yeaned two lambs on Wednesday morn
Pg. Vie sth December, having:had two on the 18th of
January last. —Carlisle Journal.
_PRIZE OxEN AND T 110513 Wilo FED THEM.—The
oast and his driver furnished us with some strange
ntrasta The ox has been petted from his youth up-
t'ar(pe
81 - • • The driver sent into the world to be the
e:ve 0.1 the ex, living in the foulest of dens, harassed by
fY with the toil, by night with the anxiety, of providing
ey the hunger (scarcely ever satisfied) of the next day;
tZI With the coarsest of food, of less value to his employer
"4" the cattle, the implements, the bricks and mortar
the farm. Measured against the prize beast, the
b•eurer's value shrinks into nothing. His parish would
ii7it bet too glad to make a present of him, and a hundred
h e him, to any man or nation under the sun. What,
e°wever must he his feelines if he is taken into the
ipttle-show ?. Hi: will find thousands of lookers on, who
.I,lenurse with rapture of the fat oxen, with unction and
-tiel!etitific precision on clovers, on oil-cake, and on ever •-
which makes oxen fat; on everything except the
tior human labouring machine—himself, and others like
nilk, whse highest mission seems toe to form a cea
"f communication between the fat beast and her ichp
Hieturic Times.
LIE +r Gas.—lt has been stoutly insisted that the
Twit
Y of the gas will be deteriorated in consequence of
ette„reduction in price. Now, we will undertake very
itt"Y to show that it must, on the contrary, be improvt d
aci,urity, teen to the utmost, in consequence of these,
as these, very reductios. The manufacturers,
in 4" new, will soon find that increased consumption
prrPrivate dwellings will constitute their grand field of
nt4ble operations, and with tall our hearts we will
goal of
their ( fforts in this direction, for that is the real
tell' (4 all our past exertions in this good cause. But to
vats anticipated and almost illimitable diffusion in pri-
p,,,,7 dwellings—from hall to kitchen, from kitchen to
ei ..°4r, and from perlour to drawing-room and bed-
el"llls°r—purity, extreme purity, is absolutely essential.
h„ere can and will be no such diffusion without it, and
oanee the banging of the price within the reach of all
by 4se' in domestic life will inevitably be accompanied
4:ri increase, not by a deterioration of purity. More-
thi ;the advancement ot chemical economy is rendering
&t Mehraurification itself a self-compensatory and pro-
attackphor the manufacture. —Builder.
r 431.1 of Jersey is suffering front a severe
14,1), ° gut at Middleton Park, near Bicester. The
ibee Earl and Countess will receive a large party at the
vre Beat during the holidays.