The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-15 00:00:00

THE SUN,

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The keen competitien anniegst reline ey companies having
reaterielly reduced the expenses of transit, nod stock-
owners in general titian fully alive to the advantages
thus held cut to them--exciuive of the improved condi-
tion in %hien the suppliee ere now shown, and the saving
of any material sacrifice ie weight, so common to stack
centigned to the care of drivers prior to the formation of
railways— we cannot feel surprised at the extent and im-
portance of the need- order of things, which heti, also,
been found to work admirably well fur the consumers:
Considering that tire area of this minket was wholiy in-
adeqotte to accommodate the hareem-As arrivals of 13easts
fresh up to-day, the City authorities a. ere compelled to
allow standing room, in Giltspur-street, and en Snow-
hill, for the salesmen from the West of England ; and
nearly 500 were kept in lairs until a portien of those
sold had been turned oat ; yet the arrangements were
quite as good es could have been anticipated, under the
circumstances of confined space. We shall note proceed
to give a general analysis of ttais extraordinary collec-
tion. Bering the market Irons the south side, we
were met nth about 800 pure Devons, wholly red, of
course, of the most rpm-nett-jet-A form and of great
weight. fleeing, with no little difficulty, end we may
add, at some personal tisk, forced our way as far as the
Hespital, we next beheld a similar number of pure
Herefords, about 200 of which were derived from Buck-
inghamshire. Passing into the centre of this
great bucolic supply, we found ourselves sur-
rounded with masses from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire,
and Northamptonshire ; in other words, the well-known
Shorthorns. Continuing our inquiries, we presently
reached the Durbeins, which, though few in number,
elicited the marked approbation of the visitors. The
old•fashioeed Sussex stuck next claimed our attention,
and we felt a most decided conviction that. this breed has
been suffered to decline from the want of duo support
and attention in some quarter or other. Why should
such fine fremes, such straight backs, deep barrels, and
full fore and hind quarters, not sustain their proper
position in our cattle shows? Tiele was when such points
as we have alluded to would have kept up any breed
possessing them; but the fact appears to be that the
Herefords, Devons, and Shorthorns have spread them-
selves all over the country, to the manifest neglect of a
descriptions of stcck equal, in our judgment, to those
ust named—at least in some respects. If South Downs
have become such favourites in most localities—and
deservedly so, too—why should not Sussex beasts?
Passing to that portion of the market in which the
Scots were exhibited, we found those by far the best cal-
lection from the " far North" ever beheld. The Aber-
deenshire animals—mostly brought by railway—were
unrivalled. From Norfolk and Suffolk the supply of
Scots was larger than usual. As regards the other
breeds, they were mostly in first-rate condition. Exclu-
sive of the leading counties, arrivals took place from
Northumberland, Cumberland, Staffordshire, Shropshire,
Rutlandshire, and Yorkshire. Taking the collection as
a whole, number and general weight considered, the
Herefords may be considered as the best portion of it.
The Shorthorns unquestionably took the second rank;
end the Devons the third. .Wo may further remark
that, generally speaking, the Beasts showed greater
signs of age, consequently, were riper and more valu-
able to the butchers than in the ordinary run of years.
As might be expected the attendance of both town
and country buyers was very numerous, and large num-
bers of prime Beasts were disposed ef for conveyance to
distant parts of the country, viz, Hull, Bristol, Brighton,
Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, &c.
The following are the numbers of Beasts exhibited,
and the prices obtained for them on the "great days"
during the past twelve years:—
Year. Beasts shown.

Prima.

9. d.
1839
1840
1841
1842
1543
1844
1845
1816
1847
3 4 to

1848

3 4 to

4 6

1849
1850
During last week the imports of foreign stock into
London were small, viz , 3,623 head. In the same period
in 1850 we received 5,734; in 1849, 3,720; in 1848,
3,155; find in 1847, 1,913 head.
IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK.
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rotterdam ... 499 ... 1,117 ... 388 ... 16
Antwerp
Ostend
Amsterdam 13 ..• 46 4 ...
Mut Diep
..--•
Total ...... 567 .. 2,574 ... ... 462 ... 25
The yearly comparison of the weekly imports is as
under:—

Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
4,473 ... ... 369 ... 33
1849 859
1849
96 ... 2
1848... 625 2,432 ...
1817 253 ... 1,584 ... 71 ..
In reference to individual excellencies of the Bullock
supply, we may briefly notice that exhibited by Mr.
Robert Morgan, which was composed of various spiendid
breeds, grazed by Mr. Thomas Knowles, Mr. George
Knowles, Messrs. Martin, Mr. Peter Milne, Mr. J.
Cooper, and other gentlemen in Aberdeenshire. From
Lincolnshire Mr. Morgan had a fine collection, the pro-
perty of Mr. William Goodall, of Peeping, Mr. W.
Thomas, of Holbeach, Mr. Robert Cook, of Portland,
.141,-. Dunn, of Bast en and Mr. Bird, of Fairset Farm.
There were in this portion of the show some remarkably
good andde by Mr. Robert Leeda, of West
Lexharn, sortie fine Scots, by Mr. C. Felton, of
Denton, Norfolk. Mr. Leeds, of Westerham, was also a
large exhibitor. The Ox belonging to Mr. Robert
Leeds, of West Lexham, Norfolk, and which ought to
have carried off ono of the prizes in the show-yard, has
been sold to Mr. James Bassett, of Woolwich, sent.
Mr. William Volley had a remarkable fine show of
Scots, Herefords, Devons, and Short-horns; and so also
,had Mr. Gurrier.
Mr. Thomas Dixon had a fine show of Short-horns
and Herefords, forwarded by Messrs. Waleham and
Taylor, of Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;M the Marquis of
Exeter, Burghly Park, Stamford;near
Louth, Lincolnshire; Mr. Terry, near Aylesbury; Mr.
T. Clark, of Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Mr. Martin bad on sale ten remarkably fine Gal-
loway Scots, fed by Mr. Houghto
which 451.Frawheach was
ark, near
Walehingharn, Norfolk; and for
asked.
Mr. Daniel Maidwell, of Leatherhead, had a good
collection of Herefords, DeVolls, and Short-horns.
Amongst the Sheep, we noticed an unusuall large
ge
number of Gloucesters, Leicestera, and Kents, but
supply of prime Downs was comparatively
M..STS. Whittnad and Starkey had on offer ten wonder-
ful Downs, fed by Mr. nodding, of Fryeru-eourt,
Suli,bur3, and which won prizes at the local show.
The Messrs. Weall brought forward 50 very superior
South Downs, the property of E. F. Whittingetall,
of Langley Bury,-near Watford, Herts, together with
100 very fine Gloucesters, 16 half-breds, and 11 Down
Ewes, belonging to R. Rowland, E:q., of Creslovv, near
Aylesbury, Bucks. They had, likewhie, 10 ez.cellent lots
from Reading and Henley.
We may here observe that very great satiscaction has
been expressed by graziers in general at the dtteruainl-
tioll of the Smithfield Club to classify the animals in
future, in respect to each distinct breed.
,STATE OF THE TRADE.
Owing to the immense number of buyers in attendance,
and the somewhat favourable state of the weather for
slaughtering, together with the actual numberof beasts in
the market being somewhat less than at the correspond-
ing period in 1850, the Beef trade was tolerably steady,
and nearly all the stock changed hands at very full prices.
Some of the primest Scots realized 4s 2d per 81b, but the
more general top figure for Beef was 4s.
Fair average supplies of Sheep were brought forward.
Prime Old Downs moved off freely, at extreme cur-
rencies—viz ,4s 4d per Sibs. In the middling and in-
ferior breeds only a limited business was transacted
nevertheless, prices were well supported. Calves came
very slowly to hand; whilst the Veal trade was heavy,
at barely late rates.
In Pigs, very few transactions were reported, but we
have no decline to notice in their value.
The exhibition of foreign stock was limited, and
mostly in inferior conditn.
Per Sibsi. o
to sink the offal.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s.d
Inferior Beasts... 2 8 • 3 0 Inferior Sheep •••• 2 10 3 0
Second quality ••.• 3 2 3 4 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 8
Prime large Osen•• 6 810 Coarse-weolled ditto 3 10 4 0
Prime Scots •••. • 4 3 0•4 2 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4
Large coarse Calves 2 8 3 4 Ditto eutof the wool° 0 0 0
Prime small ditto .. 3 6 3 8 Large Hogs ......2 • 6 8 6
Suckling Calves —lB 0 21 0 Small Porkers ••.. 3 8 310
Lambs •• •". •• •• 0 0 0 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 IS 0
SUPPLY AT MARKET.

TOTAL ..
I Sheep.
I Calves. I Pigs.
23 120 74 1 416
FOREIGN surny.
B :cats. I Sheet.. i Ca:ves. I I',gs.
541 1 2.470 1 24
COMPARISON OF THE " GREAT DAYS."
A Statement and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices of
Fat Stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market,
on Monday, Dec. 16, 1850, and this day, Monday, Dec,
15, 1851.

BeNStf.
6,103

Per as., to sink the offals.
Dec. 16, 1850.
s. d. a. d.
Coarse and inferior Beasts ... 30to 3 2
Second quality ditto ... ... 32 3 4
Prime large Oxen .. ••• ••• 3 6 3 8
Prime Scots, tfec.... ..• ••• 3 8 310
Coarse and inferior Sheep... ... 210 3 2
Second quality ditto ... ... 3 4 3 61
Prime coarse-woolled ditto ... 3 8 3 101
Prime Southdown ditto ... 4 0 4 2
Lambs... .... 0 0 0 0
Large coarse Calves ... 2 6 3 0
Prime small ditto .„ 3 2 3 6
Large Hogs .. 2 6 3 6
Small Porkers • 3 8 4 0
Beasts ... . ... —• 8,341
Sheep and Lambs • .. ... 26,030
Calves ... 1
Pigs .. 290

Dec. 15,18511
s. d. 8. d.
2 Bto 3 0
32 3 4
3 6 310
40 4 2
210 3 0
13 2 3 8
310 4 0
42 4 4
00 0 0
28 3 4
36 3 8
26 3 6
3 8 310
6,103
,`4'3,420
74

NZWGATE AND LVAIESIVIIILL.
From the provinces, chiefly by railway conveyance,
upwards of 10,000 carcases of Beef, Mutton, and Pork,
have arrived up to these markets since Monday last.
To•day the supplies on offer, kited in the metropolis,
were 3Lasonably Extensive. Notwithstandiug that the
great market is being held in Smithfield, and that the
attendance of buyers is comparatively small, the general.
demand may be considered steady, at about stationary
prices.

At per stono by the Carcase.
s. d. to v. d. j v. d. to 5. C.
Beef, inferior•• •• •. 2 0 2 2 Mutton, ir.forior .. 2 6 210
middling ••.. 2 4 2 6 ) ----middling.. 3 0 3 6
'I 8 210 ! ----- prime „„ 3 8 310
•• 3 G o 4 E Pork, 2 4 4 6
V 081•• •• •• •• •• •• 2 8 3 8; - 5ma11........ 2 8 810

ZIOROTTGE AND SPITBIMIEL74I3.
During hot week, the total supply of roatoes re.