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

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

STEIXTGATE AND LEADENIIALL.
Prime Beef sold freely at very high rates; otherwise
the demand was steady, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 6d
to 6s; Mutton. 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 8d to 45 8d;
and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase.
EAT MARKETS.
SMITNFIEILD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3/ 12s ; Clover,
ditto, 31 lOs to 41 13s ; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 9s
per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to Si 15s ;
Clover ditto, 3/ 105 to 41 lOs; and Straw, 115 s to 11 lOs
per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
WAITECHATF.L.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ 12m;
Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 4s to
I/ as per load. Supply good, and trade dull.s

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zwinam MARKETS.
SOUTHALL, Dec. 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 3s 8d to ss; Mutton, 4s to
5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 56 Bd.; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 10d per
81bs, to sink the offal.".
RONFORD, DEC. 22 We bad a steady general de-
mand to-day, on the following terms:—Beef from 3s 8d
to 51 2d; Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and
Pork; 4s to 4s 8d per 81hs; Suckling Calves, 20s to
to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 20s to 255; and Mulch
Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 1715 s each.

ILAILsaAm, 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 Ss 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d
per Slbs.

ARUNDEL, DEC. 21.—Beef, from 4s to :is 21; Mutton,
4s to 5s 4..1; Veal, 45 to 4s 4d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d
per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a steady trade.
CHICHESTER, DEC. 22.—We had a steady demand
this morning, at our quotations. Beef, from 4s to 53 4d;
Mutton, 48 2d to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 43 6d; and Pork,
4s to 4s 6d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 203 to 275;
Quarter-old Store Pigs, 20s to 243; and Mikh Cows,
with their small Calf, 141 to 171 each.

COAL BIARKE'
Adair's Main ••••••••• 17s 9dl
Hasting's Hartley 2os Od
Stewart's Hartley
West Wylam
West Hartley _ 20s Od

%-YIOSTERDAY.

Het ton
Grange Lyons ..... 22, Od
Lambton
Lumley
Russell's Hetton
Sepping lBe Od
Szewart's
Whitwell
Richardson's Tees 2ls Od
South Durham
Tees
West Pease
at, 45—sold, 42. .

Wall's End, &c.
Acorn Close
Hebburn 2ls 6d
Hilda
Belmont 22s Od
Braddvll's Helton
Haswell . '22s 6d,
Ships at mark(

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Dee. 23, 1547, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
WCLAT. BAILEY. OATS. I HEE. BEANS. I PEAS.
PRICE .. 152 s 2d 1 30s 7d 1 21s: 7d 34s 4d 141 s. 6d 48i 2d
The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENING. - Notwith-
standing the coldness of the weather to-day, her Ma-
jesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort walked
for some time in 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 at the Castle this forenoon,
and remained to luncheon.

The Duke of Wellington has left Apsley 'louse
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. llenry Pierrepont.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left Carl-
ton-gardens yesterday for Woburn Abbey, Beds, to join
the distinguished circle visiting 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.
THE TRIAL OF LIEUTENANT CROWTHER, or 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 OF MAJOR-GENERAL STEELE. -- W@ 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, 1837 ; major-general. November, 1846.
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.—SICKNESS IN THE ME-
TROPOLIB.—YestArday a Board of Governors of the above
charity was held at the institution in Gray's Inn-road,
Dr. Rice, D.D., in the chair. The report stated that
sickness was greatly on the increase, the number of sick
and destitute poor who had applied for relief, as in and
out-door 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 aro 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. Rosseau, interpreter
of the French consulate at Tunis, arrived at Algiers on
the 14th. The general was received by his Royal
Highness the Duke d'Aumale almost immediately after
his landing.
A WARRIOR'S EJECTMENT.—"
Lord !" ex-
claimed a farmer and private of yeomanry
to his land-
lord-colonel, during the Lancashire riots in 1819; " the
enemy is in the field!" " Well, sir,' returned the
Noble Lord, with the coolness of a man who knows
there is no danger, " turn 'em out; its our field!"---
Fontila Jos Miller.