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

MONDAY EVENING,

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 telc.,rably good, the Beef trade,
from the increase in the supply, was very dull. The
primest Scots, &e., sold at about stationary prices, viz.,
from 3s 6d to 3s 8d per 81bs; but the value of all other
kinds declined 2d per albs. 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,
shorthorns, runts, Devons, Irish beasts, &e., 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 Sibs. The highest figure for Downs in the wool
was 4s 6d, out of the wool, 4s per 81bs. About one-third
of the Sheep on offer were shorn. Calves were in short
supply and lair demand, at last week's prices. Prime
small Pigs were in rnoderAte request, at barely late rates.
All other kinds of Pork were 2d per Blbs lower, with a
heavy demand.

Per Sibs. to sink the offal.

8. d. to s. d
Inferior Beasts... • . 2 6 2 8
!ocond quality - • •• 2 10 3 0
Prime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 4
Prime Scots • ..... 3 6 3 8
Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6
Prime small ditto .. 4 8 5 0
,uekling Calves • .18 0 27 0
Inferior Sheep . 3 0 3 4

s. d. to s. d.
Second qual. Sheep 3 6 3 10
Coarse-woolled ditto 4 0 4 2
Southdown Wether 4 4 4 6
Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0
Large Hogs .. .• •• 3 2 4 8
Small Porkers .... 3 1) 4 2
Quarter old Pigs •• 17 0 22 0
Lambs .... •••• •• 0 0 0 0

TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
I Sheep. I
Calves. I 19,75.
21,140 138 160
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts. Sheep. 1 Calves. 1 Pigs.
259 500 77
NEWCATE AND LEADENHALL.
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.
s. d. to s. d. I 8. d. to s. d.
2"4 2 6, Mutton, inferior .. 2 6 2 8

Be;sts.
3,650

Beef,inferlor......
•-- middling ....

middling.. 210 8 4
- pPrriimmeelsamrgaell 32 122 33 40 Pork,largperi.'.R.c......... 23 160 33 160
Vesd•• •• • 3lO 410 - 5ma11........ 3 8 4 4
BOROUGH AND spxTaxanzaiDs.
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 potatoes 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
OH an equally extensive scale. The Channel Islands,
from whence in seasons of tolerable abundance, we have
frequently received from 25,000. to 3.0,000 tons annually,
have contributed scarcely a
.t raction of our supply for
many months past. The foreignimports 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.Whites 90s to 112 s
Ditto Shims ... 84s to 94s French Whites 80s to 95s
Scotch Reds ... 100 s to 120 s Belgian ditto
Ditto Caps 9os to 100 s I Dutch ditto
Ditto Whites... 70s to 80s