The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-23 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.

NIIWGAT3III AND LZIALDENHIS-LX..
Prime Beef sold freely at very high rates; otherwise
the demand was steady, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 6d
to 3s; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s Bcl to 4s 8d;
and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase.
SAY IKAMLETS.
SNITNTIEM—Meadow Hay, 21103 to 3/ 12s ; Clover,
ditto, 3l 103 to 4/ 133 ; and Strew, 11 4s to 11 9s
per load. Trado dull, at the above quotations.
CUNIERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 103 to 3/ 133 ;
Clover ditto, 31 rOs to 4/103; and Straw, 1/ 5s to 11 lOs
per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 12s;
Clover ditto, 31 10s to 41 15s ; and Straw. 1/ 4s to
11 Cs per load. Supply good, and trade dull.ll
sticlAT DICAIt..IIC2IICS.
SOUTHALL, Dice. 26.—Prime Beasts, and Sheep, the
supply of which was small, moved off steadily, at full
pricer In other kinds of stock only a moderate busi-
ness was doing. Beet, from Ss 8d to ss; Mutton, 4s to
5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 5s Bd.; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 10d per
81b3, to sink-the offal.

ItomFohte; Dec. 22 —We had a steady general de-
mand to-day, on the following terms:—Beef from 3s 8d
to 5s 2d; Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and
Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 8lbs; Suckling Calves, 203 to
to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 20s to 263; and Mulch
Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 171 5s each.
lbausuAN, DEC. 22.—For each kind of stock, with
which we were moderately supplied, the demand ruled
firm, at full prices. Beef, from 4s to 5s 4d; Mutton,
4s 2d to 5s 4d; Veal, 48 to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 4s Sd
per 81bs.
ARUNDEL, DEC. 21.—Beef, from 4s to 5s Sd; Mutton,
4s to 5a 4.1; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d
per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a steady trade.
CHICfrErrEE, DEc. 22.—We had a steady demand
this morning, at our quotations. Beef, from 4s to 5s 4d;
Mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork,
4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 20s to 275;
Pigs, 20s to 245; and Mulch Cows,
wgiutahrttehr-o
their
rled orwSsitice alf.?
141 to 171 each.

COAL MARKE'
Adair's Main l7s 9d
Hasting's Hartley 2os Od
Stewart's Hartley
West Wylarn
West Hartley
Wall's End, Are

7,..-YESTEIDAT.

Het ton
Grange Lyons .....
Lambton
Lumley
Russell's Hetton
Sepping lss Od
Stewart's ..
Whitwell
Richardson's Tees 2ls Od
South Durham
Tees
West Pease
at, 45—sold, 42.

Acorn Close
Hebburn 2lB 6d
Hilda 2ls 6d
Belmont 22s pd'
Braddyll's Hatton
Haswell 22s 6d
Ships at mark(

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Dec. 23, 1847, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
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I aye.
I BEAM. I NEAL
PRICE .. 52s 2d 1 30s 7d I 211; 7d 34, 4d 41s 6d 485 2d
The Duties onFereign Grain are now suspended.

WINDSOR, n aDuEsnAr EVENING. Notwith-
standing the coldness of the weather to-day, her
andMa-
jtesrtysome un
thiselloyal Highness the Prince Consort walked
o
n the Home Park, both in the early part
of the morning and again in the afternoon. The royal
children also took their accustomed exercise on the
lawns, and in the sequestered paths of the Home Park.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen and Royal Family
and remained to luncheon, at the Castle this forenoon,
The Duke of Wellington has left Apsley House
for Strathfieldsaye, Hants. Lord and Lady Charles
Wellesley repair there to-day from Conholt Park, where
the Noble Lord and Lady have been visiting the Right
Hon. Henry Pierrepont.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left Carl-
ton-gardens yesterday for Woburn Abbey, Beds, to join
the distinguished circle vi-iting the Duke and Duchess
of Bedford, who intend to receive a succession of visitors
during the Christmas holidays.
The Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel and
family left town yesterday for Drayton Manor, Stafford-
shire, for the holidays.
Tns TRIAL OF LIEUTENANT CROWTHER, OF THE
63D REGIMENT--The Court assembled again in the
Court-martial room, Chatham Barracks, on Tuesday, to
hear the defence of Lieutenant Crowther. Capt. J. P.
Wood, Major of Brigade, who acted as deputy judge
advocate, read the defence by the prisoner's desire,
which, in courteous terms, refuted the charges brought
against him. The sentence of the Court is deferred.
DEATH or MAJOR-GENERAL STEELE. We, re-
gret to announce the death of Major-General Thomas
Steele. This gallant officer was an old Peninsular offi-
cer. He served in the Peninsula with the Coldstream
Guards, from January to July, 1809, and from February,
1811, to the end of that war, in 1814. He entered the
army in March, 1804, was never a lieutenant, but was
made captain in June 1, 1809. He was never major,
but became lieutenant-colonel December 29, 1814 ; colo-
nel, Jan. 10, 18372_- major-general. November, 1846.
ROYAL PERE HOSPITAL.—SICKNESS IN THE ME..
TROPOLIB.
Yesterda • a Board of Governors of the above
y
charity was held at the institution in Gray's Inn-road,
Dr. Rice, D.D., in the chair. The report stated that
siekness was greatly on the increase, the number of sick
and destitute poor who had applied for relief; as in and
outdoor patients,
during the past week, being 2,168
a number unparalleled in so short a period in the an-
nals of the charity, which has been established about
twenty years. The resources are so limited, that many
urgent and distressing cases cannot be attended to.
General Reschid, Envoy of the Bey of Tunis, ac-
companied by two officers and M. Roseau, interpreter
of the French consulate at Tunis, arrived at Algiers on
the 14th. The general was received by his Royal
Highness the Duke d'Aumsle almost immt-diately after
his landing.
A WARRIOR'S EJECTMENT.—" My Lord !" ex-
claimed a farmer and private of yeomanry to his land-
lord-colonel, daring the Lancashire riots in 1819; " the
enemy is in the fieldl" " Well, sir," returned the
Noble Lord, with the coolness of a 'nun who knows
there is 'no danger, " turn 'em out; its our field!"—
Fan* Joe Miller.