The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-22 00:00:00

Total /77 ... 1,122
Corresponding
week in 1848.. 136

... 107 .•• -

800 ... 29 ... .--

Difference ... 41 more. 322 more. 78 more.
At the northern outports, only about 400 head of stock
have bet. n landed, ard those in very middling condition.
was exhibited for sale in to-day's market a very anttd supply col
foreign stock. As has been the case
for Some weeks past, the Beasts were in very inferior
condition, and the quality of the Sheep and Calves was
noiff,.rent. All breeds were a slow sale; but we have
1a actual d, cline to notice in the quotations. From our
thr.e grazing districts the arrivals of Beasts fresh up
morning by " drift" and railway conveyance were
sineVterately -extensive, the time of year considered. The
di
t, 3 and short horns came to hand in tull average con-
but the quality of all other breeds was by no
dec." first-rate. The prirnest Scots were in mo-
rel Lite request at Friday's decline in the cur-
ti(l,„ecs of 23 per Sibs, the rates of that descrip.
440' stock varying from only 3s 10d to 4s per 81b.
theituer breeds Beasts were dull in the extreme, and
tthorte fall in value was with difficulty supported. The
r es;e °I the Beasts were not disposed of. The bullock
h'et,-Pis from the north consisted of about 850 short-
shirr?' From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge-
the We received 1.600 Stets, short-horns, &c.; from
SZ‘,-e'tern and midland counties 400 Herefords, runts,
t°slasi Bce.; and tr.,m Scotland 190 horned and polled
eous-,i -Notwithstanding there was a further somewhat
no ii:lereb!e decline in the number of Sheep, we have
best (itriveinent. to report in the mutton trade. Tht
equaft" Downs may be considered steady, at prices
kiwis o those paid on this day se'nnight. All odic,
cl!tot„,?. Sheep were in moderate request, at last week's
tjalve.;ntis• Most of the Sheep were disposed of. In
little b' the supply of which was small, comparativel)
was i4-80aess was doing, at late rates. The Pork trade
The st,a very slu,gish stat,, at barely stationary prices..
twent
):ek dispose,'of today was at an average fall of
ket d4.),Pi'r t
y cent. c mpared with the corresponding mar
'taear.

rnk the offal.

Per Sibs. to si
a. d. to s. o.
tafer,
B. d. to s. d.
38 4 0
!,*•,„-ir Leash..• .. 3 0 3 4 second qual. Sheep
Priii,-"qulity :.. 3 6 3 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 44 28 4 6
4 10
Pri„lee 11%,:e oxen.. 3 s 3 10 couthdown Nether ) 0
0 0
Lug cots ...... 310 4 0 Ditto .9ut of the woo 2 6
„ 4 4
rin,B:o4.e Calves 3 6 4 0 Large Hogs •. • • ••• 6 4 8
klekli,,Lna,,!'i Calves
•• 4 2 4 6 •:mall Porkers •• ••
4 Illferi ' selves
.18 0 25 0 smarter old Pigs ..15 0 21 0
:" eels •• . 3 4 3 6 Lambs .... ...... 0 0 0 0
ile4sts. TOTAL AuPPLY AT .51_11,t1i0E.
pigs.
1 '.
3,126 I
Sheep.l3 I c 67 1 160
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Reasts.
1 Pigs.
Calves.
134 I Sheep. I _
18
280
PuIIII7GATILI 11. ND LEADEN:IH,
bee average supplies 01 c,,untiY 'ki k ,ciALmtat have
vizll I.e,,eeir asp to these ms,rkets since our last
190 ditto
of V", ear.s of Beef, 800 ditto of Mutton,
Blau L', end 4,400 ditto of Pork. Those lo9n. offer
Set -gut,.r,d in t.i.:,
,t,etroPolis have nut been to say large,
the
0 LI
r, arrizdse,
rt!iera q 3.3"
ins, g,neria deman.i has ruled heavy, and, "u some
otatiuns have had a downward tendency.i
tseri)occwicily perk.
ih.e.asvotim ic,ltisua-revitesdetlhliantgcountry-killed meat.t
, Mind that .. great difference almost invariably exits
ill
those
I:4'"d in our reports; abtuptrtheeeys 'imoumsetvb;aart
oqweeri the value of . . 1. ~l,tered meat and
that ktllea in Loudon,
provincial s au,.
At per stone by the Carcase.
litet .i . S. d to i d ; A. d. to
---..
...„....itlide.i-r,liorrig . • ... 26, . 2
8. : Mutton, inferior .. 2 6 3 2
.•••• 210 3 0
____ prone large .. 3 2 3 4 -_,- prime, •• • • - 0 3 8
middling..
43
04 310
ve-Z.P.tirne,inan
.. 3 4 3 6- Pork, lain.. •• • 3
... 310 4 6
The II_
1.0"t.i0/3.G3Ec 4AN4D4spiT:AraX.laPstlEweTief:,s.
were on
a ver..4 Inds of potAtues,. coastwise,
itim J. moderate sale, and in middling condition. The
it.,,v.s?rts consisted of 75 bags from Antwerp, 3,000 tons
4;1 H° consisted
40 sacks from Havre, and 60 tonsbest
sain-
tfromPier"" A steady business is doing in the .
s heavy.
r();,i,akt full prices. Otherwise, the demand
,„
,:itilre
eupsltte, 50s to ditto
Regents. 100 s to 150 s; Newcastle anlod..S oek-
-100s• Scotch ditto,
604 t'n6,,0„4 to 80s• ditto' Reds, 60s to 803; ditto.
90s to
.11 6,
Whites,
to 63-s,; French ditto, 80s to 105 s; Dutch ditto, 40
) lieigtan ditto, 70s to 90s per ton.
itatli s3oaotrG3l HOP MARKET.
Il n. Pr reere money has been paid for the
.finest_
r,,,c- °F last year's growth the demand for which is
Well 14 the middling and inferior kinds of. new,. as
, as old flops
'A.ew ii„p5.....8 , exceedingly little business is doing.
Aent ditto 2/
ditto,
a/ Ss to 61 ' - "sex Pockets, 21 4s to 31; Weald of
12s to 31 10s; Mid and East, Kent
per cwt.
The arrival Z.-T:l7l7ocm.
bas:s from Baei . eel In,. L, ndon lest week were 248
from ma i . "'I A ' rea, 18 ditto fr nil Ostend, 13 ditto
1,., 1 . ra,t 259 ditto from the Cape, 1.794 ditto from
i',
r. 6 d tto from Sydney, an 1 175 .iitto from Kertche.
(I)tpeivaate contract very little business is doing, owing
port, ,
,PProaching public sales; yet glees are well sup-
(-ti in every instance. '
Taxxour.
h: fair delivery has taken lace since our last report, yet
1:,. Zitiotations have further Preceded 3d per cwt. To-day
Ttio. C on the spot is selling at 41s to 41s 3d per cwt.
'l,,iii tea
for forward delivery are trifling. Town
ge °w, 41s to 423 percwt. Rough Fat has fallen to 23
per Blbs
ILI:

COURT.—(THIS DAY.) _
the i;"- !Jlltice Erle, after going through the bar, tooek.
ni,r14,4_4!1 Court peremptory p tper, and heard the arg e
(1 la in two or thrte cases, whi:h presenLed no featur
kblie interest.

j4411,e Prize of 100 guineas and a service of plate has
114 !'e en awarded by the Society of Arts to Dr. Paris,
sident of the College of Physicians, and Mr. Fon-
g4cltte, for theirjoiat work ou 4'oreqpio Medicine.

SIR BULWER LYTTON'S EPIC.
KING ARTHUIf.

Prior to our criticism upon the eight concluding.
books of " King Arthur"—now formally acknow-
ledged to be the production of Sir Edward Bulwer
Lytton—we hasten to lay before the public some of
those inimitable portraitures of contemporary States-
men, Warriors, and Orators, in the limning of
which the author of the " New Timon" has already
displayed such a felicitous capacity. Although
there is, of course, no express allusion to the origi-
nals in the text of the poem, it is next to impossible
to mistake the identity ; and we make no doubt that
the application of each sketch would be sufficiently
apparent to the discerning, even without the help of
the names which we have presumed to prefix to
the different stanzas. The portraitures occur in the
course of a superb delineation of the twelve Knights
of the Round Table, the deathless twelve—
" Girding with subject stars the starry King."
First come the three counselling knights, Cynon,
Aron, and Llywarcb, called for the sake of euphony
by his father's name Elidir; next the three knights of
battle, Cadwr, Lancelot du Lac (Geraint being sub-
stituted for him, for reasons explained by Sir Edward,
Vol. 1., page 207, note), and Oisaine; and lastly, the
three golden-tongued knights, Gwalchmai (Gawaine),
Drudwas (Drydas in the text), and Eliwlod (Lolod).
The remaining three ere subsequently portrayed,
but, of course, without any personal reference ' • we
mean " the three ardent lovers of the island of Bri-
tain, Caswallawn, Tristan, and Cynon (for the last,
already placed amongst the counselling knights, Cara-
doc is substituted)." The homage paid to the genius
and patriotism of her Majesty's Principal Secretary
for Foreign Affairs in the lines which we have printed
in italics, is as nobly expressed as it is eminently de-
served.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
Of these was Cynon of the high• born race,
A cold but dauntless—calm but earnest man;
With deep eyes shining from a thoughtful face,
And spare slight form, fer ever in the van
When ripening victories crown'd laborious deeds;
Reaper of harvests—sower not of seeds;
For scarcely his the quick far-darting soul
Which, like Apollo's shaft, strikes lifeless things
Into divine creation; but, the whole
Once rife, the skill which into concord brings
The jarring parts; shapes out the rudely wrought,
And calls the action living from the thought.

LORD PALMERSTON.

Next Aron see—not rash, yet gaily bold,

With the frank polish of chi-Valric courts ;
Him from the right, no fear of wrong controul'd,
And toil he deem'd the sprightliest of his sports ;
O'er War's dry chart, or Wisdom's mystic page,
Alike as smiling, and alike as sage ;
With the warm instincts of the knightly heart
That rose at once if insult touch'd the realm,
He spurn'd each state-craft, each deceiving art,
And rode to war, no vizor to his helm ;
This proved his worth, this line his tomb may boast—
ho hated Cymri, hated Aron most !'

THE LATE LORD DURHAM.
But who with eastern hues and haughty brow,
Stern with dark beauty, sits apart from all ?
Ah, couldat thou shun thy friends, Elidir !—thou
Scorning all foes, before no foe shall fall !
On thy wronged grave one hand appeasing lays
The humble flower—oh, could it yield the bays !
Courts may have known than thee a readier tool,
States may have found than thine a subtler brain,
But states shall honour many a formal fool,
And many a tawdry fawner courts may gain,
Ere King or People in their need shall see
A soul as grand as that which fled with thee !
For thou wert more than true ; thou wert a Truth !
Open as Truth, and yet as Truth profound ;
Thy fault was genius—that eternal youth
Whose weeds but prove the richness of the ground,
And dull men envied thee, and false men fear'd,
And where soared genius, there convention sneer'd.
Ah, happy hadst thou fallen foe to foe,
The bright race run—the laurel o'er thy grave !
But hands perfidious strung the ambush bow,
And the friend's shaft the rankling torture gave—
The last proud wish its agony to hide,
The stricken deer to covert crept, and died.