The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-19 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY-)

CORN-EXCHANGE—MONDAY.
Up to our market last week, coastwise, the arrivals of
English Wheat, Barley, Beans, Peas, and Flour were
again limited. In those of Malt and', Oats a slight in.
crease was reported. By land carriage rather a large
quantity of English Flour came to hand; but that of
Grain was very small, if we except the supply of Malt.
From Ireland and Scotland very little Grain reached us.
The imports of Foreign Wheat and Flour were season-
ably large, viz., 21,866 quarters of the former (chiefly
from the Black Sea and the near Continental ports), and
5,035 sacks of the latter, wholly from France. The
other foreign arrivals comprised 5,160 quarters of Barley,
2,317 ditto of Oats, 1,825 ditto of Rye, 195 ditto of
doses' 1,19 E ditto of Peas, 170 ditto of Tares, 2,182
of Linseed, 35 ditto of Mustard Seed, and 144
ditto of sundry Seeds. No Indian Corn came to hand
from any quarter. Since these returns were made up,
aeveral cargoes of Wheat, Barley, Oats, and Flour
have been reported at the Custom-house, and
The
have been mostly entered free of duty.
e quantity of Wheat received fresh up to this morn-
;Li
Dg'e market from Essex, Kent, Suffolk, &c., was very
T4ll, coastwise as well as by land carriage and sample.
Le steeds were again scantily filled with parcels of
both red and white; still, however, owing to the con-
tinuedued arrivals from abroad, the demand for all descrip-
tia was in a very sluggish state. The finest samples
White were mostly held at prices about equal to those
ofe
Monday last ; but the middling and inferior kinds
o'nich formed the bulk of the supply) sold with diffi-
etlitY, at a decline in the quotations of fully Is. per
4o aster, at which the market closed heavily. With
t ereign Wheat we were again largely supplied, especially
I;th Russian qualities. The millers operated with ex-
jet" caution, and where sales took place, the quota-
Otis ruled Is. to, in some instances, 2s. per quarter
were those of this day se'nnight. Floating cargoes
ruere offered freely, at ls. to 2s. per quarter less
I,°°e3r, at which buyers could not be found.
Ile quantity of Barley on offer, though less than for
lite time past, was more than equal to the wants of
thine
dealers. Fine malting parcels moved off slowly at
teestly full prices. Grinding and distilling sorts com-
Mended very little attention, at barely late rates. The
arrivals of Malt having been good, that article was very
difficult sale. All kinds ruled heavy, but we have no
actual decline to notice in value. Large parcels might
have been had at Is. per quarter less money. From all
quarters the supply
reportof Oats has been small since our last
last . Really sound Corn was in moderate request, at
tensdoerntscy.
week's
quotations. The damp and otherwise out-
of-conditionhad, in some instances, a
downward
Large supplies are expected
!o. arrive from the continent during the ensuing month.
The show of Beans was not large; nevertheless the de-
L7d for that article was heavy, at barely last week's
li' The best boiling Peas were quite as dear. In
4 other kinds very little business was transacted. In
dian Corn and Meal we heard of no sales. The quan-
-1,1,Y here is small. The top price otthe best town-made
lour remained unaltered. Inferior qualities of English
and all kinds of foreign were dull in the extreme. The
highest figure for the best brands of American was 27s
Per barrel.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
/Nat—Essex & Kent, . Malt—Chevaller • • ...• 595 to 60.
Red. .... .• • • 405 tO 48s Oats Yorkshire and
Ditto,',yhite, New 44s 565 Lincoinsh., Feed. 175 20i
liorfolk and Lin- Potato
_ coin, Red.. •.• 43s 47s Youghal and Cork,
.uitte, white...—. 445 49s Black ..• • ... 15s 205
.IriBll, Red.... •• • • —5 —s Cork, White... • • 175 20s
Ditto,Wlaite.. •• .. —5 —s Scotch, Feed. •• 218 25s
"7,--Old ............ —s s Beans—Tick
Its.aBW. •••••••• • • •• 28s 30s Pigeons
grinding . .... 24. 275 Peas—Grey .. •••• •• • • 33s 345
kalting . ........ 291 30s Maple ...••• • • • . . 34s 35s
kaaPhevalier .......318 32. White... •••• - • • • 355 37s
t--Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• . • • • 375 39s
lblk ••• • • • .... 575 58s Flour—Town-made . 390 44s
485 54s Suffolk ••••• • • • . • 32s 345
tin:l4ton and Ware 585 595 Stockta & Norfolk 325 34s

anfirrErxzza).
er±B We anticipated in our report of Monday last, in-
of-led stipplies of foreign stock have arrived in the port
London since that day.. The total imports hare
imounted to 2,021 head—the details of which we give
e"--against 1,408 head in the preceding week, and
f0,Q6.4 at the corresponding period in 1848. That the
reign arrivals will continue to increase we have no
doubt
whatever, as we have the best authority for stating
that immense numbers of Beasts, Sheep, and Calves are
14:14d. Yin Holland for shipment to this country as the
Norfolk,
advances. The fact of the supplies of Beasts in
will Suffolk, &0., from which quarters Smithfield
be principally supplied during the next four months,
elog considerably in excess of many former seasons,
..I.!nders it very doubtful whether the price of Beef rill
Lis" above its present extremely low value for some time.
The large arrivals of country-killed Meat up to New-
gate and Leadenhall Markets, and which are frequently
trasoldds at a great sacrifice, have greatly interfered with the
. here.

IMPOD,III INTO LONDON.
g
_ From Beasts. sheep. Calves. Piga.
otterdam 490
Antwerp
--.
Amsterdam
.. 48 ... -- ... 322 ~.. 9
..•
Ostend.. —
•-• 223 ...
...
Iltimburgh
• l3 ..,
—•-• . , .
Middleburg -
Harlingen 202 ... 98

••
Total 806 ... 1,068 ... 147 -
Corresponding
'week in 1848... 560 ... 458 ... 46 ...

--
—_
bifterence ... 246 more. 610 more. 101 more.

At Hull, and some of the other northern outports,about
650 head of stock have come to hand, chicly from Idol-
beg iu, n a fair average condition, and which have
n mostly disposed of to the local butchers. A
Portion of the 400 beasts, to which we alluded in our
satit
as haying been purchased at Oporto on English
i'evellat, reached Southampton on Saturday. The num-
*: comprised 111 head, and not a few of the beasts
-,re of f lity. Out of the supply thus
ea .
tee& ell average
toi_r'ved, 47 oxen wereg disposed of at the above port, at
d,,Le ably good prices ; the remainder, 64, were here to-
,"Y ; but they experienced a very dukinquiry, a. t corn-
earsti, From an accident having oc-
urr__, e y low figures.
sage7u, ten of the beasts
stockwere slaughtered on the pas-
from Holland and other
geed,
fThe supply of
' ton offer this morning was
se& 0 the near Continent
ootitceoll,llh.y large. Not the slightest improvement. was
in its quality,. yet we understand that both the
aorZisLmid SEeep continueto "die" extremely well. A
fs what extensive arrival of Beasts has taken place
IN' Irel in the week-119 Oxen having conie to hand
ee"rk abut 60 of which were brought forward to-day.
plp„:74."e to report the arrival of a somewhat large au -
gr",..;‘ Beasts fresh up this morning from our various
hpis
ctay—neF districts, and it exceeded that receivedho.ndts 0 _
this Bd,,noight by about 300 head. At leaetwo-t f
Ilene ele„riPtion of stock were above the middle quality;
atitto:' butchers generally had a most excellent
oeipttroent to purchase from. The continued heavy re-
the ra. et ahtughtered meat up to the dead markets, and
eetini°olParatively thin attendance of both town and
_
trade rY buyers, produced unusual heaviness in the Beef
of,at All breeds of Beasts were with difficulty disposed
lest
of 7 a further decline in the prices paid on Monday
hestcluite 2d per 81bs., the extreme currencies for the
and "'cots not exceeding from 3s 6d to 3s 8d per Blbs,
is a large number were turned out unsold. Beef
tew. gelling at 8d to ls; Mutton, 6d to 10d; Veal,
Driope 10d, and Pork, "4d to 8d per 81bs, beneath the
Fro (*gained at the corresponding period in 1848.
reee scythed '.' Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we
Ivabout,ed 1 600 Scots and short-horns; from the
itad ern districts, 350 short-horns; from the western
ke..4litiland counties, 700 Herefords, runts, Devons,
aod7°ol other parts of England, 400 of various breeds;
re,,l°lll Scotland, 190 horned and polled Scots. The
jr„,,lltgrlder of the Bullock supply was derived from abroad,
there u, and the neighbourhood of London. Although
Ikletcd"re about 1,000 Sheep less in the market than on
of th-aY last, its supply was quite adequate to the wants
very .e, trade. On the whole, the mutton trade was in a
iu ,-„ggish state, at prices barely equal to those quoted
~owuslaag report. The highest figure for the beat Old
wols 4s. Sd. per 81bs. Calves—The supply of
'Neat, wits very moderate—were in very moderate re •
In the quotations we have no material alteration

to notice. There was scarcel.

in some instances, prices we

ly any demand for Pigs, and,
re almost nominal.
link the offal.

Per Fibs. to
s. d. to 8. IL g, d. to s.
d.
Inferior Beasts..... 2 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 6 4 0
Second quality -•.. 3 0 8 2 Coarse-weolled ditto 4 2 4 4
Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 6 Southdown Weiner 4 6 4 8
Prime Scots •• • . 3 6 8 $ Ditto cut of the wool 0 0 0 0
Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 2 Large Hogs .••• • • 3 4 4 2
Prime small ditto .. 4 4 4 8 Small Porkers .• •• 4 4 4 8
,uckling Calves .. 18 0 25 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 21 0
Inferior Sheep • • • 3 2 3 4 Lambs ••• • 0 0 0 0
TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
I Sheep. I Calves. I Pima.
18,800 j 220
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
I sheep. Calves. Pigs.
1,200 39

Be sty.
3,832

Beasts.
676

NsawGzvism 747.149.1.10:e Nal Z.%
The supplies of London-killed meat on offer in our
markets are seasonably extensive, and of very superior
quality. The pact week's arrivals from the provinces
have *consisted of 600 carcasses of Beef, 1,500 ditto of
Mutton, 250 ditto of Veal, and 3,100 ditto of Pork—the
latter chiefly by railway from the West of England. A
few baskets of meat have arrived from the continent.
Although the butchers have purchased largely, the
trade, owing to the immense quantities of meat brought
forward, and the heaviness in the demand at Smithfield,
has ruled dull. Veal has mostly found buyers, at full
prices; but the value of all other kinds of meat has not
been supported. Nearly 800 carcasses of foreign meat
have been on sale.

At per stone by the Carcase.

s. d. to s. d. d. to a. d
Beef ,inferior.... •• 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior 2 6 21.
- middling ••• • 2 8 210 middling.. 3 0 3
- prime large .. 2/0 3 0 prime .... alO 4
- prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, large :3 0 3 2
Veal... ..... •• 3 3 4 8 - small • .
BOROUGH ILOP MARKET.
Since our last report there has been a slight improve-
ment in the demand for the best samples of Hops of last
year's growth. In prices, however, we have no advance
to notice. Old and inferior new Hops command very
little attention at low rates of currency. The supply of
the latter qualities still exceeds the wants of the brewers.
On speculation nothing doing. Now Hops—Sussex
pockets, 214 s to 2/ 18s; Weald of Kent ditto, 2/ lOs to
3/ 6s; Mid a id East Kent ditto, 3/ 3s to 6/ per cwt.

DON.OUGH .A.ND SPXIC4ILPIELDS.
Rather an increased supply of Potatoes, in but
middling condition, has been received at the water-side,
coastwise, since Monday last. The foreign importations
have been heavy, they having comprised 925 bags 36
baskets from Rotterdam; 488 sacks, 443 baskets, 299
tons from Calais; 44 tons from Dunkirk; 266 bags from
Antwerp; 4 casks from Hamburgh ; 394 tuns from
Rouen; 42 ditto from Gravelines; 289 ditto from Havre;
and 80 ditto from Jersey. Further large supplies are
close at hand from the Continent. The best qualities
are in moderate request, at full prices; but most other
kinds may be had on somewhat lower terms. Present
rates as under:—Yorkshire Regents, 100 s to 150 s per
ton; Newcastle, 100 s to 120 s; Scotch, 100 s to 130 s;
ditto Cups. 90s to 100 s; French Whites, 80s to 955; Bel-
gian, 80s to 100 s; Dutch, 80s to 955.