The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-16 00:00:00

1/lARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

C° RN EXCHANGE—MONDAY.
toll4o
s,. of the country markets held on Saturday were
tur;ii y Well, but not to say heavily, supplied with
Ci°,llBll Wheat, in which only a limited business was
4t, in some instances, a slight decline in the quo-
bea tll4. Foreign Wheat met a very slow inquiry. The
but `-'arley and Oats were mostly held for more money,
0411 other articles commanded very little attention...
advices state that the Wheat trade of the
jae,,uits slightly improved.
Use.'" Black Sea ports, the demand has ruled inac-
buy but large quantities of Flour continue to find
lai:ris in France for shipment to England. The mar-
IT 4/ the United States have ruled firm.
Gra?at° Our market last week the receipts of English
12,,167were very moderate. From abroad we received,,
$2O quarters of Wheat, 1,090 Barley,. 3,67 Oats,
Peg ens, 775 Peas, 15 Tares, 3,144 Linseed, 1,817
ttiette", 48 Mustard Seed, 87 Sundry Seeds, 6,754
kent: and 2,935 barrels Flour.
o,cluantity of 'Wheat received fresh up to our mar-
-415a,„.`4,4y from Essex and Kent, coastwise, was very
11,iso,,aLe, and, owing to the damp state of the weather,
Istol/hitt out of condition. By land carriageand
!MP lb
the receipts were comparatively small,t
bEttlar7 no means of first-rate quality. The a -
itles -,"ee t,f both town and country buyers were on the
gheohs-se; nevertheless, the demand for all kinds of Wheat
aters'e Produce, the show of which was barely an
plot „Ze,ollo, ruled inactive. However, the finest sam
„;°'n at prices equal to those of Monday last. In
litelsT,:ddling and interior samples very little was doing
Nil" rates. Numerous offers came to hand from the
IE4, e,tinSt to ship wheats, but we heard of very
.few
Ports forward delivery, as the continuous 103-
4tlt'n, t'
part
French Flour have produced great
iejOn the art of the millers. With fo-
the- -•" nests we were fairly supplied, but the bulk of
thotirtintity was from granary. Dry qualities sold at
likitppationary currencies; in other kinds only a
WeEk;: business was transacted. A portion of last
k The supply was imported on millers' account..
tb
eat
of English Barley was on the increase,
trf, 2' of foreign was small. Malting samples moved
linieeatblY, grinding and distilling sorts slowly, at but
ii,lteration in value.
tactor4 144 we were scantily supplied, however the
41.1icir,5 Rene firm, and full rates were obtained for that
11; tri Every instance.
411kinl'ae was a very limited quantity of Oats offering.
I°l7ners, especially feed qualities, sold freely, at, in
cillarietlrstaneQs, an advance in the quotations of 6d. per
tft,l the supply of which was tolerably good, moved
l'f,+°,,wiY, at late rates. Grey and Maple Peas were
it-(f.' but white qualities ruled dull.
Place !an Corn was almost nominal. No change took
most .1111 the top price of Flour ; but ship marks, and the
inferior kinds of foreign, were easier to purchase.
/'ll t CtritRENUY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
14---Easez s:Kent, Malt—Chevalier• • • • .. 529 to 558
Norrhitt4l,ll. New.. 385 to 4480. Oats—
Lincol Yorkshirnsh.,e
_ Festerici
173
19.
,
i‘vta hlte New 40s 5
and Lin- Potato
bltt,;°lo, Red... •. 363 42s Youghal and Cork,
White 311 s 445 Black .
Red.
.• —s —s Cork, White ..... 153 18s
—s Scotch, Feed. •• .. 195 24,
••• • • • 268 275 Beans—Tick .. •• • .... 243 29s
kleY,-4.3" ••• • • • 288 29s Pigeons .• • . ......278 338
3
418.141/4ding..".
20s 23s Peas—Grey ..• • • • •••• 2,_sB 23938
41,11Levalier7 ••• • • • • ..
.26s 28s rhpiltee.....
. 24s 27e
—sutrolk and...lSOr- 255
1115
Boilers' ......... 278 s
folk
.......... 438 48s Flour—Town-made... 35s 408
kInD.B"4 •• •s Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 293 33s
-..8t0n and R*.a.r.e 40847 54125 Stocktg & Norfolk 29s 348
SEEDS.
11011,..e.! Seed is mostly held at fully last week's quota-
Nt in other Seeds very little is doing. Cakes with-
ter t:
telao,w,k ton.
Itea 'l,,ictie,..,Per bash. lie to 12s
uet4rdßro"wreen •- • • lOs 12s
Trirs: hit, nevsni new
85
7 01 65 Od
Winter ..5s • ::5s 00 5s Gd
4314 Y, Der " • • • • •...4s Od 5s Od
ernes quarter .. 478 54s
°l'sr,it,„ *•L,- •• • • •.. 24s 398
Whit;-'ll, (cwt.) 32s 48s
I?orti •• ••• . • • 32s 48s
11/ 11Qd •• • • 375 44s
efon
•• 28s 46s
.•
"• • • •• Hs 22s
Po• annouGH HOP WIARICET• is
Arhr ;ali new Hops, the supply of which on offerdo
(1141;;;`"0 demand continues excessively heavy, a"
w
-res are easier to purchase. Old parcels are no-
eald
41Z' Ili,' and East Kent pockets, 45?. to 140x;5c,s
Per 'lit ditto, 60s to 76; Sussex ditto, to 72s
ct.

Carraway ........ 29s 33,
Coriander ........ 196 2h
Hempseed, per quarter 34s 358
Linseed, Eng. ;owing 54s 56s
Crushing •••• •• • • 408 43,
Baltic .. •• .. 386
Odessa • • • . . • . 428 4Gs
Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo—
... • .8/ 5s 91 0•

Foreign, per ton 6/ Ss 71 59
Rape Cakes, pr ton 4/ 5s 41 15
Rapeseed,New,prlst 25/ Os 271 Cs

smxTurrELD.
The rapeiPRIST HAS CATTLE SHOW.
sit ption of meat in
increase observed of late years in the con
b the metropolis, and the splendid
'how of stockifseet brought together for competition in Baker-
last
fit for
ast week, Under the auspices of the club, induced
111.?ainion that a very superior supply of Bteasts'
ti,,,istroas consumption, would be exhibited here to-
ta:.+, Public expectation was, therefore, on the " tip-
foll,„and We may add—as will be apparent from the
ter:,"ng remarks—that it was in no way disappointed.
react
numbers of Beasts, brought in " monster" trains,
krtaLed London on Saturday, by the Great Western,
krhun.e\r-Veat°7), Eastern Counties, and the Great
those l. Railways—the total number conveyed upon
eitlSi~4,7 being upwards of four thousand head, ex-
'°r cut,'" nearly 15,000 Sheep! Such was the demand
the wh trucks that it was found impossible to bring up
ittirs, °le of the stock till a late hour last evening. The
lestedat Islington and elsewhere was fully occupied
tititrY tsaY' and, in some instances, it was found neces-
ND ssetnPloY a large number of additional hands to
%ore,;"° cattle together in regular order, and prevent
Th-13.4 and loss.
tkeeet,lTiarigements made by the authorities to give
l'hfcsurB"etu:, stock were generally satisfactory, although,
s who' 1"e area of the market could not accommodate
LID ,e of
s•-esse the beasts,
046, together as densely as possible, shown by the
ut.,!",`l'ssrs teale'c?ea, many of whom were graziers and
'Pecially as relates to those. from the West of
h-114 Who were chiefly stationed in Giltspur-strctst,
evoc'ac,.'ait turnings which were completely full. of
`hfltt.e:: dereforde, &C., forming a strange but pleasing
tihtsits,‘ to the " party colours," of which glimpses were
all from other directions. To give something like
°C the etraordinary composition of the Bullock
ki rua state that Devonshire forwarded its full
kith
cutnbyer f pure red De eons. Herefordshire
I.7th and justly() obtained its usual numerical position,
tc,'refe.:,wouderful " white-faced and red-sided' pure
lcellr'hir:,se•ouLtinbcolndshire Leicestershire, ai:d Nor,thap-
th thousands of mottled Short-
-4°ll'''al" besides i "improved"e stock, chiefly
.white.
tit/hut, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, provided
s'aeft?' treat for future banquets, in the shape o
f„, Well known sable Scots, not omitting
spas s-w, remarkably fine Home-breds. Sussex
t'esse;i behind in the race, and her stately Oxen,
t'OtrdY any of which were under seven years old, corn-
sh%great attention. Northumberland, Cumberland,
'otslt -"relatid Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire,
Drese"shire
ritkci , , and
most other parts of England, were re-
P°4 the stock which reflected the greatest credit
'Y, s, grazing community, and which, we need scarcely
seasse• -.rce
"s the vast crowds in attendance, amongst
Ip the Ware hundreds of foreigners, with astonishment.
tmPrgeneral condition of the foreign breeds no marakned,
::34etiviircent Was perceptible. The competition d
,'reelt 4.1:44t1Y, the reduction in the charges for conveying
th "Y the ereat lines of railwa, such, for instance,
440 corals •
w fr rn companies, brought. us an extraordinary
hest ern Scotland; indeed, it may be considered. the
velietio record. Scots were exhibited which had tra-
-I°,r rail Aberdeen, 500 miles, there being supplies
1.(;),444--uflrhom Fifeshire, and other countiets.
1,4 number was somewhat limited, owing to t
e
bc,sesaa","sdarnage frequently sustained by heavy Stock on
A- ',le steamers.
kosh•ttlere glance at the collection of cattle here,. this
tf 4 111 f, shows the desirableness—nay, the necessity
Nh,esuange in the exhibition rules of the Smithfield
`,t. is i:ricf it is satisfactory to be enabled to observe t.
breed contemplation to form classes for each distini
Petitiacd. thereby abolishing the present mode of corn-
,,Osit-tII which is ehisfly based upon early maturity.
'a is, was shown which would—under a new order of
,ssi,,,,'"-shave done infinite credit to the " Yard," and it
1)4-'4 be concealed that such an addition to it would
tssj,, greatly increased its usefulness and extent. If
Nu., fattening is to be taken as the true test of the
oe uprarlY particular breed, of which we entertain
"otibts, that is to say, if aggregate profits are to
1,0, csidered in the general expenditure, we could have
Itat3el out large numbers of Devons, Herefords, and
whichwhich exceeded 150 stones (bibs) in weight,
Leh
thsss Were under four ears old. In other instances,
were Were Oxen from seven to eight years old which
Whie-}flullY 180 I tones in weight. This, however, is a point
sofh . shall net pursue further at present. It must be
tit,4elerit for us to observe that a more wonderful copse-
Usti was never witnessed in this great metropolis. The
the 'ttally low prices obtained here during the whole of
roijirtaaeut year andahe increased imports from abroad,
she have led many plirt,ie.p. anticipate ,a falling off in
tleaqulPlY ; but the fact' is-;--d the immense arrivals,qt,
the "'eat up to Newgate and Laadenhall fully support,
als4tatensent—tha numbers of both Beasts and Sheep in
still at every district in England, including Scotland, are
N)islellttPidlY increasing. The absence of any serious.
fluis„uclo, the favourable state of the weather during the
—441414 months (and which produced an immense supply

of food, which is still selling at rertmkably low figur..`is),
tog( thee with the large return of the root crops, have
enabled most of the graziers—:specially as lean stock
was purchased at reasonable currencies in the early part
of the season—to speculate upon increased :supplies,
cctwithstanding that the returns are anything hut re-
mune' a`ve. Under such circumstances a decline in the
supply could scarcely have been expected by practiaal
men.
We shall now proceed more particularly to analyse the
show of Beasts. From the numerical strength of that
from the northern counties, it may be readily conceived
that the Short horns ought to claim our,,first attention;
and it is but just to their owners to state that, number
and general weight considered, the supply in this respect
stood first. Next to them, we class the Herefords;
whilst the Devons, Runts and Sussex stock steadily
brought up the rear. Of course, we are here considering
the English breeds only, as it would be manifestly unfair
to throw aside the produce of Scotland as occupying even
a second rank.
From distant parts of the country, numerous buyers
were in attendance, and many of the lest Short-horns,
Herefords, Scots, Devons, &c., were purchased by them
for conveyance to Brighton, Plymouth, Bristol, Bath,
Liverpool, Birmingham, Hull, Norwich, and to within
any easy distance of London, at prices which will be
found in detail below.
The following statement shows the number of Beasts
xhibited, and the priers obtained for them on the
great days during the past eleven years:
Year. Beasts shown. Prices.
e. d. s. d.
... 3 4to 5 0
... 4 4to 5 8
... 3 Bto 5 0
... 3 4to 4 8
... 2 Bto 4 4
... 3 oto 4 6
... 3 6to 4 8
... 3 6to 4 6
... 4 oto 5 8
3 4to 4 8
... 3 4to 4 6

1839.-
1840.-
1841.-
1842.-
1843.-
1844.-
1845-.
1846.-
1847.-
1848.-
1849.-

5,074
3,528
4,500
4,541
4,510 ...
5.713 ...
5,326 ...
5,470 ...
4,282 ...
5,942 ...
5,765 ...

It may be necessary for us to observe, as statements
of a very inaccurate tendency hare appeared of late in
some journals of the supplies shown at this particular
period of the year, that the above numbers of stock have
been from time to time furnished by the clerk of the
market.
Although the season is now far advanced, the imports
of foreign stock into London lass week were very exten-
sive. The total supply amounted to not less than 5,734
hi ad. During the corresponding period in 1849 we re-
ceived 3,720; in 1848, 1,848; and in 1847, 1.913 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN TILE PAST WEER.
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rotterdam 391 ... 1,90 ... ... 313 ... IS
Antwerp

05tend........ . • ... 6 ...
Dordt
Harlingen
Nieu IJiep .. 21 ... 512 ... .. 10
fonningen ... 196 ... 10 „. ..
Amsterdam l4 ... 725 ... ..• ..•

Total ... • 859 .. 4,473 369 ... 33
The yearly comparison of the weekly imports is as
under:

Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1849 533 2,937 ... 239 ... 11
IR4S
1847 258 ..„ 1,584 ... 71
Very few arrivals have been reported at the outports.
By sea, from Ireland, 7 Beasts and 71 Pigs arrived for
this market last wok. Amongst the Lincolnshire
Beasts exhibited to-day, we noticed several wonderful
Short-horns, bred by Mr. William Goodale, of Deeping,
Mr. William Thomas, of Holbeach; Mr. Robert Cook,
of Portland ; Mr. Hewson, of Newborough; and Mr.
Dunn, of Spilsby; whilst the principal portions of the
Scots wore forwarded by Messrs. Martins, Mr. Thomas
Knowles, Mr. George Knowles, Mr. Milne, Mr. J.
Cooper, Mr. J. Keith, Messrs. Stoddart, the well-known
Scotch breeders. From Aberdeenshire some splendid Oxen
were sent by Mr. Felton, as well as by Mr. Robert
Leeds, and others from Norfolk. The above is strictly
in reference to the space occupied by Messrs. Vorley
and Morgan, and we need scarcely intimate that their
stands commanded very general ettention. Mr. Thomas
Dixon, of Islington—to whom a large portion of the
Marquis of Extt-r's stock is generally consigned—had
a very extraordinary show of stock—that gentleman
having on offer 28 Oxen the property of Mr.
John Lisle and Mr. John Wsdlow, of Whit-

tlesen, Isle of Ely, and 5 bred by Mr. Jesse, Walsham.
Most of them were of great weight and splendid s 3
metry.
Mr. Collins had consigned to him ten remarkably fine
North Devons, from the estate of Mr. Hudson, of Cas-
tleam, Norfolk. The whole of them had been worked
two years, and their average weight was computed at
40 stones per quarter.
Mr. Maidwell, and most of the other salesmen, bad
collections of stock which reflected the highest credit
upon their owners.
Having pointed out what we conceive to be the finest
spLcimens of Beasts in the market, we shall now refer
to the Sheep. At least three-fourths of them were
above the middle quality ; indeed, scarcely any inferior
animals were amongst the supply. The Leicesters and
Lincolns especially were of unusual weights.
In the pins occupied by the stock of Messrs. Whit.
bread and Starkey were ten remarkably good ewes,
belonging to Mr. M. T. nodding, of Salisbury, and
which had obtained prizes at two provincial shows.
These Sheep were greatly unwired.
Messrs. Weal!, the well-known salesmen, had a show
of Sheep which would have done infiniLe credit to the
Baker-street exhibition, viz., 52 unusually large Downs.
bred and fed by E. F. Whitingstall, Esq., of Langley
Bury, Watford, ll,rts which sold at 51 each; 7 Glou-
cessere, by R. Rowland, Esq., of Crrsl,n Aylesbury,
Bucks, which realised 61 each; and 84 Eves, the pro-
perty of Mr. Rowland. Messrs. \Wall had also 40 tine
Downs, forwarded by Harding, of Oxfordshire, and se-
veral lots from various other grsziers.

STATE OF ma TRADE,
Although, as wo have already observed, the attend-
ance of butchers from all quarters was nuan,rous, the over-
whelming nature of the Bullock supply, together with the
unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering, and
the immense quantities of meat in Newgate and Leaden-
hall, produced a state of trade without a parallel. From
the opening of the market till nearly eight o'clock
scarcely any Bales took place, and throughout the day
the demand for all breeds of Beasts ruled excessively
heavy, at unusually low prices. This must be obvious
when we state that even the finest animals in the collec-
tion did not realise more, on the average, than 3s 10d
per 81bs. A few of the Aberdeen Scots might have
produced 4s per
point. 81bs, but this must be considered as a
very
At the close of the market there
couldn
less than two thousand Beasts unsold.
xot extreme ehmaey
have
been
For the time of year the number of Sheep was good.
Compared with that for Beasts, the demand was steady;
nevertheless, it must to called very inactive, at last
week's prices. The top prices fur the best old Downs
were 4s to 4s 2d per 8 lbs.
There were about 60 Dorset Lambs in the market, in
fair condition.
We wero very scantily supplied with both English
and foreign Calves, in which very little was doing, at the
late decline.
The Pork trade ruled exceedingly heavy, and prices
were with difficulty supported.

Per gibe. to sink the offal.
s. d. to s. d
inferior Boasts... 3 0 3 2
second quality •• •• 3 2 3 4
eritne large Oxon •• 3 6 3 8
Prime Scots •• ••. • 3 8 310
I..arge coarse Calves 2 6 3 0
Prime small ditto 3 2 3 6
Aucklinx Calves —lB 0 24 0
Lambs ••• • •• •• 0 0 0 0

8, d. to s. d
Inferior Shcer •• .2 10 3 2
S.,,cond qual. Sheep 3 4 3 6
C3arso-woollea ditto 3 8 310
Southdowu Wether 4 0 4 2
Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 (
Largo Hogs ....., 2 6 3 6
Small Porkers •. 3 8 4 0
Quartar old Pigs ..16 0 20 0
AT MARKET,
I Calves. PiPigslBo I 293

TOTAL SUPPLY
Sheep.
26,030
FOREIGN

Beasts.
6,311

Beasts.
450

I Sheep.
2,560

Clall;es. r 1 s.

NEWGATE AND LEILDENHALL.
These markets continuo to be heavily supplied with
both town and country-killed Meat, in excellent condi-
tion. A large portion of the supply on offer to-day was
left over from last week. For all kinds the demand is
excessively heavy, and prices are somewhat lower than
on Monday:last. About 1,000 carcases of Foreign Meat
have appeared on sale since our last report.
At per stone ay toe Carcass.
s. d. to s. d. 0. d. to 1. a
,ieef,inferlor •••• .. 2 0 2 2 Mutton, interior •• 2 4 2 g
--- middling •• .. 2 4 2 6 ---- middling— 210 3 4
primelarge 2 8 210 --- prime •• 3 6 3 8
-- prime small •. 3 0 3 4 Pork, large.• • • .... 2 4 3 6
Veal.• ••••••• • • • • • 2 6 3 6 --- small ••••• • •• 3 8 4 0
BOROUGH AND SPIT/11,1'1E1MS.
Full average time of year supphes of Potatoes have
reached us, coastwise and by laud carriage, during the
wet k. The imports from abroad have been again
limited, viz., 10 casks 146 bags from Rotterdam; 6 bk.,s
from Amsterdam; 30 ditto from Dunkirk; and 130 tons
from Rouen. The supply being in excess of the demand,
prices ale in some instances a shade lower than last week.
Per Ton. Per Ton.
Yorksb. Regents. EOs to 95s Essex Shaws 65s to 75s
Scotch Regents 70s to 85s Kent Regents.... 70s to 80s
Wisbeach & Cam- Essex Regents... 70s to EN
bridge
Foreign
Lincoln. Shaws —s to a Cambridge ditto 60s to 75s
Kent Shaws 6ss to 758 Chats ... .. '6os to 35s

.56,152
27s Od
to37s 6d
2,254
51,738
1,785
82,246

39s 6d