The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-17 00:00:00

Suckling calves, 198 to 22s ; and quarter .old store pigs
22s to 295.

TOTAL SUPPLY.

Beasts 950
Sheep and lambs 1,971
Calves
Pigs

FOREIGN SUPPLY
Beasts
Sheep
Calves
Pigs

MEAT MARKETS.

NEWGATE AND LEA.DENHALL.—The trade is heavy,
and prices have a downward tendency, as follows :
Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s
10d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; pork,
2s 10d to 5s 2d per 81bs. by the carcase.
SOUTHALL, Jan. IG.—There was a moderate supply of
stock on offer to-day, and the trade ruled heavy, as
follows : Beef, 38 2d to 4s 8d , mutton, 3s 6d to
5s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; Teal, 4e 6d to 55 2d ; pork, 4s
Od to 5s Od per 81bs to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, Jan. IG.—Trade inactive, at drooping prices:
—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 10d ;
lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; and pork, 4s
Od to 4s 10d per 81bs; suckling calves, 14s to 19s ; quarter
old storo pigs, 22s to 28e each; and milch cows, £l4 Os
to £lB Os each.

HAY MARKETS.

.SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 lOs Od ; clover
do., £3los to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 10s to £2 Os per load.
A fair demand.
CUMBERLAND.— Meadow bay, £2 lOs to £5 15s ;
clover, £3 lOs to £5 12s Od ; and straw, £1 10s to £2 28
per load. A slow trade.
WHITECHAPEL. Meadow hay, £2 5s to IS 10s Od ;
clover, £3 lOs to £5 12s Od ; and straw, lOs to £2 Os
per load. Trade less active.

THE 3D CITY OF LONDON RIFLES.—Last night
this corps, which is composed entirely of artisans and work-
ing men, mustered for company and battalion drill in the
Floral Hall, the use of which had been kindly lent to them
by Mr. Gye for that purpose. About 1,600 members are
already enrolled ; and, with the exception of the Six Feet
Guards, it is perhaps the only volunteer force which has a
bright scarlet uniform. The dress, which consists of a
handsome tunic very similar to that worn by the Cold-
streams, a red cap to match, and dark trousers, costs less
than £3, of which 15s. need only be paid down, and the
remainder by shilling instalments to be paid every week.
The corps takes the place of the old City of London Buffs,
but for that designation the authorities have substittted
" the 3d City of London Rifles." There were
more than 300 present last night, and their ap-
pearance bespoke them -to be a rather superior body
among the class to which they belong. Colonel Sir Wm.
de Bathe, Bart., assisted by Major Richards, Adjutant
Furnivall, Captain Leverson, and Captain de Carteret, pat
the men through their drill, and notwithstanding the little
instruction they have received, they acquitted themselves
in a very creditable manner. Only a few spectators were
allowed to enter the hall ; but the windows of the Opera
House were occupied by many persons, who seemed to take
considerable interest in watching the movements of this
newly organised corps of volunteers. There is to be a simi-
lar muster every Wednesday evening at the same place.
DIED OF BAD AlR:—The reports of coroners'
inquests daily show the great need there is for sanitary
teaching. Every week in the metropolis alone children are
suffocated in bed or under the shawls of mothers. They
die, as the coroner is constantly stating, in consequence of
inhaling their own breath, which is a compound of carbonic
acid gas. They are, in fact, in the same situation as a per-
son who is locked up in a room which is full of the fumes
of charcoal. The children are gradually overpowered by
the deleterious atmosphere, and die without a struggle, it
being thought that they were in a sound sleep. Another
instance of the fatal effects of poisonous atmosphere has been
brought before the public in the case of William Saunders
and Caroline, his wife, who were found dead in the room of
a house in a court in Bristol. This accident, if it may be
so called, shows to what an extent the soil may be polluted
by the escape from gas-pipes. Such a case of sudden death
is evidence of the power of evil gases. In a slower but no
less sure, manner, carelessness in the trapping of sinks and
the ill-construction or rotten condition of drains do deadly
work in ill-ventilated apartments. We ha ve before alluded
'n
to the fact, and again find it necessary to remark thaht
the cold weather a large number of fatal cases of fever
pen in in the crowded dwellings of the poor; and these are
caused chiefly by the blocking up as closely as possible of
all apertures which would afford the chance of ventilation.
The houses thus situated become places of pestilence and
dapger,—Xlsikkr.