The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-03 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD.

The past week's imports of Foreign Stock into Lon-
don have•been as under :
From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves)
Vlaardingen BO 225 ... 24
Harlingen
Rotterdam
Antwerp

... 13
... ... 2

Total 341

-. 1,653 -.

24 ...

The arrivals of stock at Hull, &c„ have been small, viz.,
about 340 head, chiefly from Hamburgh and Rotterdam,
and in very middling condition. The imports for some
time hence are expected to be comparatively small.
The supply of foreign stock here this morning was, on
a comparison with some former markets, limited; it
consisting of about 260 Beasts, 600 Sheep, and 4 Calves
from Holland, while from Spain there were in the
market 90 oxen, in fair average condition, and which
sold at prices varying from 151 15s to 201. each. Nearly
the last arrival of Beasts for the "season" took place
to-day from the Northern grazing districts; and we may
state that the general quality of that description of
stock, though by no means first-rate, was improved.
Notwithstanding the weather was somewhat unfavour-
able to slaughtering, the primest Scots, &c., coin
manded a steady sale, at prices quite equal to those ob-
tained on this day se'nnight, viz., from 4s 10d to 5s per
B!bs. In the middling and inferior breeds a moderate
business was doing, at late rates. On the whole, the
Bullock supply was about an average one for the time of
year. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and North-
amptonshire, we received about 1,000 Short Horns ;
from the Eastern, Western, and Midland counties, 800

Herefords, Scots, Devons, Irish beasts, &c. ; from other
parts of England, 700 of various kiwis ; and from Scot-
land, 190 horned and polled Scots. The number of
Sheep were decidedly less than those exhibited at the
corresponding periods in 1846 and 1847 ; but their
quality was better than for some time past. The Mut-
ton trade was tolerably firm, and last Monday's quota-%
tions were supported in every instance. The primest
old Downs sold at -from Ss to 5s 4d per 81bs. With
Calves we were but moderately supplied ; while the
Veal trade was steady, at extreme currencies. Prime
small Porkers sold freely ; other kinds of Piga slowly,
at late figures. At the close of business a good clear-
ance was effected.

Per Bibs. to sink the offal.
s. d. to s. d. 1. .1, to s. d
inferior Boast►... 4 3 8 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 6
Second quality •.•• 3 10 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 8 6 0
Prime large Oxen •• 4 6 4 8 Southdown Nether 5 2 5 4
Prime Scots • • • 410 5 0 Ditto out of the wool
Large coarse Calves 4 6 410 Large Hogs
Prime small ditto .. 5 0 5 4 ; Small Porkers ••• • 4 8 5 2
Suckling Calves ..20 0 29 0 Quarter old Pigs .• 20 • 25 0
Inferior• Sheep .. . 3 8 4 0 Lambs ..... ••• . • 0 0 0 0
SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. II"'
3,232 I 21,730 81 300
ATZIVITGATE AND MEADENBAti.

With country killed Meat these markets are tolerably
well, but not to say heavily, supplied. The supply on
offer to-day, slaughtered in the metropolis, was mode-
rately extensive, but of very middling quality. Beef,
Mutton, and Pork, especially
,the best descriptions,
moved off steadily, at very full prices ; otherwise the
demand was in a sluggish state, at our quotations. About
400 carcases of foreign Meat have been disposed of in the
past week.