The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-12 00:00:00

unusually prime quality. Compared with those reported
on Monday last, they show a considerable excess, both
as to weight and condition. Notwithstanding the at-
tendance of buyers was tolerably good, the Beef trade,
from the increase in the supply, was very dull. The
primest Scots, &e., sold at about stationary prices, viz.,
from 33 6d to 3s 8d per Sibs; but the value of all other
kinds declined 2d per 81bs. At the close of the market,
a large number of Beasts were turned out unsold. From
Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we
received about 1,700 Scots and short horns; from the
northern, western and midland districts, 1,000 Herefords,
short-horns, runts, Devons, Irish beasts, Ite., from
other parts of England, 400 of various breeds, and, from
Scotland, 230 horned and polled Scots. The supply of
Sheep was larger than that shown on this day se'nnight,
and of fair average quality. All breeds of Sheep experi-
enced a very dull inquiry, and the quotations gave way
2d per Blbs. The highest figure for Downs in the wool
was 4s 6d, out of the wool, 43 per Sibs. About one•third
of the Sheep on offer were shorn. Calves were in shcrt
supply and fair demand, at last week's prices. Prime
small P►gs were in moderate request, at barely late rates.
All other kinds of Pork were 2d per Blbs lower, with a
heavy demand.

Per 81bs• to-sink theoffal.
a. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
•
Inferior Beasts..... 2 6 2 8 Second qual. Sheep 3 6 310
Second quality •.•• 2 10 3 II Coarse-weolled ditto 4 0 4 2
Prime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 4 Southdown Wether 4 4 4 8
Prime Scots ...... 3 6 3 8 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0
Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 5 Large Hogs .. •• 3 2 l$
Prime small ditto .. 4 8 5 0 Small Porkers •••• 3 13 4 2
Suckling Calves ..18 0 27 0 Quarter old Pigs ..17 0 22 0
Inferior Sheep .. . 3 ~0 3 4 Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0
TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Sheep. I Calves. I rigs •
21,140 f ' 138 180
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs.
77

Beasts.
3,650

Beasts.
259

NEWGATE AND IMADENHALL.
The quantity of country-killed meat received up to
our markets, last week, by railway and other modes of
conveyance, was very moderate, compared with that of
some preceding weeks. The supplies on offer slaughtered
in the metropolis have been by no means extensive,
though of full average quality. Nearly all descriptions
of meat have commanded a steady, though not to say
brisk, inquiry, at very full prices, at which clearances
have been mostly effected. About 400 carcasses of for-
eign meat, slaughtered in London, have been disposed of.
At per stone by the Carcase.
a. d. to s. d. a. d. to s. d.
Beef ,inferlor• . 2:4 2 6 Mutton, inferior 2 6 2$
--- middling ••• • 2 8 210 -----mlddling•• 210 3 4
- primelarge .. 210 3 0 3 6 3le
- prime small.. 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge........ 210 8 6
Veal•••• ••.••• .••• 310 410 - small 3 8 4 4
EOROUGN AND SPITALPZELDS.

Since Monday last, up to Saturday evening, the ar-
rivals of potatoes, at the water-side, amounted to about
3,000 tons, chiefly from Scotland, Yorkshire, and Essex.
The general quality of those from the two former quar-
ters has proved tolerably good—that from the latter
inferior. The quantity of really sound, consumable,
home-grown potatdes on offer is small; hence, such
descriptions command a steady emend, at full prices.
All other kinds are a dull inquiry, and somewhat lower
to purchase. The continued influx of potatoes from
abroad has greatly interfered with the demand—espe-
cially as most of the cargoes are reported in fair average
condition ; and it is evident that great attention was
paid to the cultivation of the esculent on most
parts of the continent last year. To show the ex-
tent of the arrivals from abroad, we may observe that, since
the commencement of last September, nearly, or quite
sixty thousand tons have come to hand in the port of
London alone. At the outports, the supplies have been
on an equally extensive scale. The Channel Islands,
from whence in seasons of tolerable abundance, we have
frequently received from 25,000 to 30,000 tons annually,
have contributed scarcely a fraction of our supply for
many months past. The foreign imports since this day
se'nnight have been large, viz., 1,650 bags 3 hampers
from Rotterdam, 600 bags 467 tons from Antwerp, 627
bags 97 tons from Calais, 230 tons from Dieppe, 136 tons
from Dunkirk, 46 bags from Ostend, and 181 tons from
Rouen, forming a total supply of about 1,650 tons. The
following are the day's prices:—
Per Ton. Per Ton.
York. Regents 100 s to 140 s Kent &Ess.Whites9os to 112 s
Ditto Shaws B4s to 94s French Whites ... 80s to 95s
Scotch Reds loos to 120 s Belgian ditto ...... 70s to 900
Ditto Caps 9os to 100 s Dutch ditto
Ditto Whites... 70s to 80s

WOL.
The imports of Wool into London last week were very
small, viz., 79 bales from Hamburgh, 70 ditto from the
Cape, and 319 ditto from Odessa. The supplies on offer
in the private contract market are not to say heavy,
while the demand for all descriptions is firm, and the
late improvement in value is well supported. The mar-
ket appears to have reached its highest point for the
present. _

BOROUGH HOP BLARRET-
Our market continues to be very scantily supplied
with colory samples of new Hops, the demand for which
is steady, at about last week's quotations. The middling
and interior kinds of Hops, both old and new, are
offering ineffectually at very low prices. Sussex pockets,
214 s to 21 16s; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 125 to 31 8s;
Mid and East Kent ditto, 313 s to 61 per cwt.

TALLOW.
Although the delivery of Tallow last week did not
exceed 1,590 casks, our market is tolerably firm, and
prices are a shade higher than on Monday last. To-day
P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 40s 6d, and for delivery
during the last three months, 41s 6d to 41s 9d per cwt.
Town Tallow, 41s per cwt. net cash; Rough Fat 23 3id
per 81bs. Letters from St. Petersburgh represent the
trade heavy, at 126 roubles for fine for August delivery.
Inferior parcels of had sold• at 117 roubles, °nab.