The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-17 00:00:00

Per Slbs.to sink the offal.

s. d. to s. Cl _,
s. d. to s. e.
Inferior Beasts..... 3 4 3 6 Second val. Sheep 3 6 3 8
ec
orkl quality 3 8 310 Coarse-woolledditto3 10 4 0
rinle 1:ago Oxon.. 4 0 4 2 Southdown Nether 4 2 4 4
Prirne Scots .. .... 4 4 4 6 Ditto eut of the woo: 0 0 0 0
ira..llc coarse Calves 3 4 3 6 Large Hogs ......3 4 3 8
praesanth ditto .. 3 8 4 0 Small Porkers .... 310 4 2
TLlellint„ Calves ..13 0 27 0 Quarter old Pigs • .18 0 23 0
`werlor Sheep •• • 3 2 3 4 Lambs •• • • ...... 0 0 0 0

TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Beasts, I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs.
5,6,..5 21,030 I 103 240
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
11 I
113 ,'asts. Sheep. I Calv7es. 1 rigs.
1,160 1
NENITGATE AND LEADENZIALL.
%Dee this day te'nuivht the arrivals of country-killed
lie" up to these markets by railway and steam-boat
conveyance have Len very extensive, v:z , upwards of
,44 000 carcases, From Scotland 1,000 carcases came to
uttnd, in fair average condition. The supplies on offer,
slaughtered in the metropolis, have been seasonably
good, but of very middling quality. The general de-
112Etad has ruled firm, and prices have had an upward
tendency.

At per stone by the Carcase.

v. d. to v. d. v. d. v. d.
teef,inferior. •..• • 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 10
middling •• 2 8 210 - middling.. 3 0 3 4
primelarge 3 0 3 2 - prime .• .. 3 6 310
prime small .• 3 4 2 8 I Pork, large. •• • .... Y 6 3 4
Veal ........ ...... 3 0 310 - email ........ 3 6 4 2
nonouGn AND -SPITAIMIELDS.

The numerous changes in the weather, and the low
Prices of Bread, continue to operate against our markets.
Since Monday last, nearly 4,000 tons of Potatoes have
arrived hither, coastwise and by railway, in somewhat
improved condition. The imports from abroad have
eompthed 282 tons from Louvaine, 60 from Dieppe,
159 from Dunkirk, 259 from Rouen, 21 from Ghent, 255
from
„ Antwerp, 715 from Rotterdam, and 252 from
Calais, forming a total supply of 2,008 tons. The ag-
gregate quantity of Potatoes offering having exceeded
the demand, rather lower prices have, in some instances,
een accepted to eficet clearances. This day's rat©s are
he under:—

Per Ton.
_Y9rlt. Regents 1003 to I If
.uitto Shaws —s to —s
Scotch Reds . 703 to 753
Ditto min. Cups 55s to 60s
Ditto Buffs ... 50s to 55s
"lines 6os to 65s
pink Eyes
'.lncoln.Regents 9os to 95s
Wisbeach ditto 80s to 85s
Newcastle
Kidneys
mewcastleßegts 7os to 80s

Per Ton.
Common Whites 50s to 55s
Kent Kidneys Bos to 905
Essex Regents —s to —s
'late Shags —s to —s
Ditto Kidneys —s to —5
French Whites C5z to 75s
Ditto Reds 6ss to 70s
Belgian ditto sss to 65s
Ditto Reds 6os to 65s
Dutch ditto
German ditto

BOROUGH HOP PIZARZET.
, The show of Hops—especially of fine new qualities-
4aa become small, and it is estimated that nearly two-
thirds of this year's growth have passed into the hands
of the brewers. For most descriptions the demand is
heady, at very full prices. Since our last several parcels
of Foreign Hops have been withdrawn from public sale,
at 414 s per cwt. The imports into London last week
from
to 68 bales from Ghent, 10 from Antwerp, 46
'NM New York, and 4 pockets from Ireland. New Mid
and East Kent Pockets, 61 10s to 121; New Weald of
l(eot ditto, 61 5s to Si; New Sussex ditto, 51 15s to
15i ; New Farnhams, 121 to 131; Yearling Kents,
31to 4/ 120; Yearling Sussex, 21 8s to 31 17s; Old Hops,
11 to 4/.

WOOL.
„The Wool sales have passed off very satisfactorily.
The
few qualities were taken in during their progress.
41in finest fleeces produced, in some instances, an ad-
l'arlce of 2d per lb; while the general qualities were
quite Id higher than at the previous auctions. In tho
rovate market, there is more firmness on the parr of the
ldtrs; but, as yet, no material change has taken place
1n prices. The imports, last week, were confined to 112
bales from the Cape, 30 ditto from Buenos Ayres, and
12 ditto from Cuxhaven.

TALLOW.
Our market to-day is very steady for most kinds of
Tallow, at fully last week's quotations. P.Y.C. on the spot
13 selling at 38s 6d to 395, for delivery to the end of the
Year, 38s. 6d; and for Jannary to March, 3Ss 6d to 39s
Per cwt. A few parcels of new for delivery in Oct. to
I),„ee, 1850, have changed hands at 39s 6d. Town
:41low, 39s 6d per cwt, net cash; Rough Fat, 2s. 3d per
?lbs. We have letters from St. Petersburgh to the Bth
lost The weathr.r was warmer. COO casks had sold
f°r August delivery, at 114 roubles, with 10 down.

1845. 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849.
Stock this day ...... 31,446 25,493 11,358 36,176 48,795
Price of v r 41s 9d 51s 6d 46s 9d 44s Od to 38s 6d
•••• / to Os 0,1 to Os Od to 473 Od 43s 6.1 t 0398 Od
Delivery last week; .• 1,962 2,529 2,776 1,594 2,504
Ditto from June 1.• • • 57,874 51,561 54,282 56,655 52,701
"r,ivals last week • 3,079 2,251 2,472 5,263 2,581
ultto from Juno 1 ... 73,334 66,151 57,511 85,294 76023
fries of Town ••• • .. 453 02 533 Od 49s Ed 1453 02 42s 02

nA. Leicester ewe, belonging to John Thomlinson,
('1 "'lowlands, yearn d two lambs on Wednesday morn',he'', the sth December, having:had two on the 18th cf
'January last. —Carlisle Journal.
PRIZE OXEN AND THOSE WHO FED THEM.--.The
beast and his driver furnished us with some wrange
nontrasts. The ox has been petted from his youth up-
wards. , The driver sent into the world to be the
slave of the ox, living in the foulest of dens, harassed by
437 with the toil, by night with the anxiety, of providing
`for 4he hunger (scarcely ever satisfied) of the next day;
fed with the coarsest of food, of less value to his employer
than the cattle, the implements, the bricks and mortar
1:1 the farm. Measured against the prize beast, the
labourer's value shrinks into nothing. His parish would
I,e but too glad to make a present of him, and a hundred
)liket. him, to any man or nation under the sun. What,
however, must he his feelings if he is taken into the
e%ttle-show ? lie will find thousands of lookers on, who
discourse with rapture of the fat oxen, with unction and
Inientitic precision on clovers, on oil-cake, and on every-
thing which makes oxen fat; on everything except the
P?or human labouring machine—himself, and others like
VIII, whose highest mission seems to be to form a cheap
'lnk of communication between the fat beast and the rich
nwner.— Historic Times.
CHEAP Gas.—lt has been stoutly insisted that the
(111(114 of the gas will be deteriorated in consequence of
13-4(3 reduction in price. Now, we will undertake very
1„/44ilY to show that it must, on the contrary, be improved
Purity, even to the utmost, in consequence of these,
and such as these, very reductions. The manufacturers,
91(1 and new, will soon find that increased consumption
in Private dwellings will constitute their grand field of
Profitable operations, and with all our hearts we will
Second their efforts in this direction, for that is the real
TiFLI of all our past exertions in this good cause. But to
this anticipated and almost illimitable diffusion in pri-
vate dwellings—from hall to kitchen, from kitchen to
parlour, and from parlour to drawing-room and bed-
'pi:Ether—purity, extreme purity, is absolutely essential.
tiere can and will be no such diffusion without it, and
erlee the bringing of the price within the reach of all
gsrh in domestic life will inevitably be accompanied
bya
an increase, not by a deterioration of purity. More-
„vr, the advancement of chemical economy is rendering
1,',11s very purification itself a self-compensatory and pro-
The Earl of Jersey is suffering front a severe
tack of gout at Middleton Park, near Bicester. The
_,"le Earl and Countess will receive a large patty at the
above seat during the holidays.