The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-24 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE—MONDAY.
The country markets held on Saturday:,were very
Steady for Wheat, at, in some instances, an advance in
the quotations of is per quarter. Grinding Barley, the
beat Oats, and Indian Corn, moved off somewhat freely
It full prices. In all other articles very little business
Ivae transacted. Our advice' from the large shipping
ports are to the effect that very few transactions have
ntely taken place in any article on English account.
vary moderate supplies of English Grain were received
up to our market last week. From Scotland, upwards
of 8,000 quarters of Oats reached us. The imports from
abroad were liberal, viz., 12,338 quarters of Wheat;
22,109 ditto of Barley; 16,846 ditto of Oats; 220 ditto
of Beans; 3,231 ditto of Peas; 100 ditto of Tares;
2058 ditto of Linseed; 10 ditto of Mustard Seed; 58
ditto of Sundry Seeds ; and 3,353 sacks of Flour.
The quantity of English Wheat received fresh up to this
morning's market coastwise, from Essex and Kent, was
moderate, and of somea hat improved quality. From
Lincolnshire, Cambridge, &c., the receipts were small.
Y land carriage and sample the supply was slightly
011 the increase. The show of all kinds of Wheat of
Iflootne produce was limited, owing to which the demand
r all descriptions, especially the finest white, ruled
Pilo, at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday
nat, and at which a clearance was readily effected.
13everal offers came to hand from Lincolnshire and other
quarters, to ship Wheats at present rates. With
heavily
Wheat we were tolerably well,, but not to say
neavily supplied, and we may remark that the number
of really prime parcels was small. Fine dry Wheats
loved off steadily at fully last week's currencies.
4 the middling and inferior kinds only a
moderate business was transacted at late rates.
floating cargoes next to nothing was doing; the im-
totters are mostly landing in warehouse. Very little
English Barley was on the market, but the supply of
.citeign was tolerably good. Malting parcels were a fair
Inquiry, at full prices. In grinding and distilling sorts
!°l3nparatively, little was doing, but we have no decline
0 notice in value. Notwithstanding that the supply of
alt was small, that article moved off heavily, at unal-
nred quotations. The aggregate supply of Oats was
tolerably good. Fine dry Corn sold without diffi-
culty, at full prices, but damp and otherwise out of
ondition qualities met a slow sale. The quan-
PY of foreign Oats at this time in warehouse is small.
n Beans, the supply of which was very moderate, next
I° nothing was doing, at a decline in value of is per
;carter. The sale for Peas was dull in the extreme,
pr of most kinds gave way Is per quarter.
Curn and Meal were held at full prices; but the
inquiry was limited. The Flour trade, owing to the
pressure of foreign qualities for sale, ruled dull, at late

CURRENCY PER IMPERLA.L MEASURE.
s?l,9at—Essex & Kent, •. 56810 565
Red, New.... 37. to 44s Oats— Yorkshire and
Ditto,White, New 405 46s Lincolnah., Feed. 14a 165
Norfolk and Lin- Potato ...... • • 178 228
Coln, lied. •. •• 385 408 Youghal and Cork,
Ditto, White.... Is 445 Black . 138 15
Irish, Red.... •• .. 385 4Ps Cork, White..... 148 16:
k bitto,White.. •• •• 403 433 Scotch, Feed..... 18s 21.
............ 24s 255 Beans—Tick . •... 255 31;
24s 258 Pigeons ..... 293 36:
'ler —Grinding 208 211. Peas—Grey .. • ... • 255 27;
Malting . .... •• • • 21s 26s Maple. ... ••• •. 26i 28s
.
it Chevalier •• • •• • 26, 30s White......— .. 26s 29
lit—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ......... 284 30ss
folk 83s 568 Flour—Town-made... 355 405
br0wn........... 448 47s Suffolk ...... •• .. 33.
kingston and Ware 555 565 Stocktn & Norfolk 303 33;
SEED MARIEET.
Clover, Linseed, and flanpseed are in steady request,
`t fully last week's quotation. AU other Seeds move off
klo
wly, and late rates are with difficulty supported. Both
TiLseed and Rape-cakes are lower to purchase.
141,11),White, per bush. lOs to lls Carraw ay • • ...... 298 345
Red awl Green.. 108 11 s Coriander .... ••..• • .• 16s 22s
mtard Brown.. •• • 98 12s Hempseed, per quarter 32s 35s
T., White .....• • ... 78 9s Linseed, Eng..4owing.. 54s 668
'es, New Whiter.. 5s Od 55 6d Crushing •• • . 405 43s
0 Old
.. 43 4s 6d Baltic ...... •• .. 38s 44s
• litrlarr, per quarter • . 785 88s Odessa ..... 428 451
ti ° •...•• 20s 21s Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo—
Red Et 4. (cwt.) 35s 505 English .. ••.91 Os 91108
White .......... 355 50s Foreign, per ton 6/ Os 7/ 155
Foreign lied.. • . 32s 425 Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 5s 41 4,s
Trek. White.... 30s 44s Rapeseed, New, print 281 lOs 32108
•148 ltis

SMITHFIELD.
th°Wing to the partial closing of the navigation abroad,
iMportations of foreign stock into London, last week,
e°
re comparatively small. The total arrival was con-
ed t 2,388 head. At the corresponding period in
1848
2° we received 3,656, and at the same time in 1847,
084 head. The quality of the stock at hand, since our
'"t report, has been good.
1, IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK.
4'reni Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
hotterdam 314 ... 858 ... ... 149 ...
erlingen 47 ... 397 .. 8 ...
AIN Diep 5B ... 405 ... 1 ...
... 3 ...
o,„"verP
• ... 23 ...

et) Total 419 ... 1,660 ... 295 .. 14
vt:t,esponding
tOlt 411848 628 ... 2,881 141
11,e week in
\t:°47..
4tY few arrivals have taken place at the outports. By
basketm Ireland, 117 Oxen have come to hand for this
Much attention has been directed of late to
high prices charged by the butchers of the metro-
pl3 tor
the
That pri suppliesces in ofthis meat disosed of to their cus-
kers.market have fallen fully 25
Cent during the present year is a well-known fact,
tttpd •
Yet we perceive that the consumer, up to the present
4", has derived little or to advantage from this fall.
tkeeording to the present rarge of value in this market,
II': best joints of Beef and Mutton could be sold at 70.
lb., if for ready money, and then a large margin of
4(lnt would be left the butchers. A contemporary, in
osPorting the trade here on Monday last, observed that
tr best Beef was selling at 4d. per lb. Such was not the
ti 4e, as the primest Scots produced 4s 6d per 81bs, or
k:IltlY 7d per lb. If the ready money system was
ti4erttlly adopted we should speedily find a considerable
elioe in the quotations of meat—we mean those
agedT by the butchers—all over the country. Long
are sure to entail heavy losses upon the purchasers.
being almost a holiday market, the supply of
tCa,tft—which was chiefly composed of the refuse of
d4',‘ exhibited on Friday—on offer to-day was limited,
4" of full average quality. All kinds ruled heavy,
144 Were lower to purchase, the best Scots realising only
04,11t'r 81bs, and a clearance was not effected. The
It oers of Sheep were very small. Nevertheless, so
14;4, business was transacted in that description of
tu trek
that prices were nominal. Calves were in short
SeI3WY and heavy demand, at barely stationary prices.
qt.teely
Was tr ifl .

-Per Ribs. to sink the OW.
o. N. d. to d. to I. d.
ZIOr Beasts-- 3 0 3 4 Second qual. Sheep 3 4 3. 3
?tins" quality -.• . 3 4 3 6 Coarse-weolledditto3 10 4 II
lAtiZt large Oxen— 2 3 310 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4
,Ler Scots ......3 le 4 0 Ditto Hut of the wool 0 0 0 0
I. coarse Calves 3 4 3 6 Large Hogs ......3 4 3 3
,0 °lntall ditto 3 3 310 Small Porkers ——3 10 4 2
44941 ..
,!, , 43' Calves .. Quartar old Pigs ••;.
I.`or Slkeep .. • 3 0 3 2 Lambs ......... 0 0 0 0
TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
t 1 Guts. I
Sheep, 1 Calves. I Pigs.
.545 7,090 75 140
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs.
450 62
SCOTCH.
I Sheep. I Calves. 1 Pigs
70

11(,a,ta.
150

Ileaste.

TI,IrIdIVIVGATZ AND LEADENHALL.
11pQ supplies of Meat on sale in these markets since
444 4LY last, for Christmas consumption, have been
ltpts4ally large, even for the time of year, and of excel-
It
k u-,1. gilty.
serve Their exnt will be better und
of Beef
erstooll. WO ob that netearly 20,000 carcases,
dist:°ll, and Pork, have arrived hither from various
atiii:,llt Parts of England, including Scotland. The sea-
vQrt"le change in the weather has been productive of a
qf—T steady demand, and good clearances have been
40%tt his
.ed at improved quotations. The show of foreign
." s fallen off.

At per stone by the Carcase.
lit
tf , S. d. to s. d. 1 8. d. 05. d.
\s' 4fer10r...... 2 8 210 Ifuttcn, inferior .. 2 8 210
\., e',,,,i4idling .... 3 4 i middling.. a 0 3 4
-"Molar3 6 3 6 1 prime .... 3 6 310
kip, ge ..
ekl., --e small.. 310 4 0, Pork, large .. •••• •. 2 8 3 4
~....• •• ••••.• 3 0 310 small —••• • • • 3 6 4 2
„ 00. 4401ELOXIGE ..ND sPxmaxx:ELDs.
itk 'stwiseabout 3 500 tons of potatoes have reached
4% ~.. , ,
,27ster-side during the past week. The receipts, by
wet, have exceeded 1,000 tons, mostly in excellent