The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-23 00:00:00

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.

GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 19.—The numbers
to-day were—oxen, 578; sheep, 3,353. In consequence
of the stott supply of cattle at our market to-day, sales
were easily effected, with an upward tendency. Best
ox beef 475, current 44 i to 453, inferior from 32s to 37s
per cwt, sinking the offal, and all sold. The supply of
sheep was somewhat larger than last week. Sales brisk
and easily effected. Best aged wethers sid, current 41r4
to sd, and inferior 31 to 3i I per lb, sinking the offal.
All sold.
DALKEITH, 19.—The relative weight per four bushels
of the three prices of wheat were 18st 81b, 17st 111 b, and 16st
01b. Oats, 12st 71b, 12st 01b, and lOst nib. Barley, 16st 61b,
16st 01b, and 14st 71b. Peas and, beans, 19st blb, 18st 10Ib,
and 18st 41bs.

Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.
420 Wheat .........£2 4 0 £1 18 6 £1 11 0
1697 Oats
926 Barley 1 6 0 1 4 3 0 18 0
11 Peas and Beans I 10 0 1 8 6 1 8 0
Average of wheat ~.,...,...375
ABIRDZEN, DEC. 20.—Grain--Oats (old), Os Od to Os Od;
401bs per bushel; oats (new), 1650 d to 16s 6d, 401bs per bushel;
barley, 2ls to 21s 6d, 521bs per bushel; bear (new), 21s Od to 21s
6d,521bs per bushel; wheat 40s to 435; oatmeal, 13s 3d to 14s Od
per boll ; flour, 31s to 33s per sack. Provisions—Beef,
4d to 6d per lb mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4d
to 6d ; pork, per stone, 2s 9d to s ; lamb, ditto, 3s to 3s 6d;
tallow, per stone, 3s to 3s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, 6d to 7d,
hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 6d to 7d; hares, each, Is
6d to 2s ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 7d to 9a;
eggs, per doz, Ist° Is 4d ; cheese, per cwt, 18s to 23s Od ; hens,
pet pair, 2s 6d to 3s; chickens, ditto, Is Od to is 6d; ducks, ditto,
Is 6d to 2s Od; ducklings, ditto, Os Od to Os; turkeys, ditto, Os Od
to 7s Od; geese, ditto, 6s Od to 7s; butter for exportation (present
cure), per cwt, OOs to 6is ; eggs. wholesale price, per dozen, 8J
to Od ; 41b:loaf, cash, 5d r credit, 6d ; pork, per stone of 141bs,
2,6 d to 5s Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork large,
3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Os.
Meal—Oatmeal, Is 5d to Os Od ; barley dust, 6d to 8d;
peasemeal, Is 8d to Is 10d; aids, 5d to 6d ; beremeal, Is Id
to Is 2d; flour, is 8d to Is 10d; barley, per lb, Id to 2d; barley
flour, is 4d to Is sd.

CORK, DEC. 20.
Very large arrivals of foreign wheat and In-
dian corn took place here on Saturday, and these,
with a few straggling ones since, have had the
effect of throwing a serious damp on the trade, which is
very dull and lifeless. The supply of home grain has
been fair, the receipts for the week amounting to—
wheat 661 brie, at 16s to 21s 6d per brl; barley 1,976
brls, at lOs 4d to 12s 4d per brl; oats 6,871 brie, at 8s
to lOs 4d per brl. There havbeen very little 'variation
iii-the'value of any description of grain,during Iheweek.
The4arge arrivals of foreign .wheat have affected Jfie
prepared market, and we have scarce a transaction- pass
ing in the article. We have no alteration:in:sits, value:
Grinding barley continues firm, and some parcels have
been sold At lie to lis 9d per barrel. We have no
malting samples offering. We observe a pause in th•
oat trade, in which but little business has been done.
We quote prices much the same as those of last week,
namely-9s 9d per brl for black and lOs 9d for white.
For the latter 11 s is asked, but has not, we believe, been
obtained. The flour market continues dull, and the
business passing is a retail one at the rates of last week.
In Indian corn the sales passing are on the most re•
stricted scale, and evidently only to supply the more im-
mediate wants of dealers. Indian meal a very slow sale.
Barrels. Currency.
0 White wheat OO6 Od to 00. Od 00s Od-20 stone
27 Red wheat 17s 9d to 19. Od 208 Od-20 do
94 Barley les 4d to Ile 6d 12s Od-16 do
' 0 Bere . Os Od to Os Od Os Od
418 Oats
152 Pigs • 24s Od to 33s Od. 30s Od per cwt
Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:
0 barrels white wheat; 7 red ; 28 barley; 0 here; 32 oats;
2 pigs.
Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week:—
Wheat, 730. Barley, 1,971. Oats, 7,129. Pigs, 911.
PRICES OF BUTTER.
CANT. CURRINCT.
First quality ... . 77s First quality ......... 68s
Second quality
Third quality 69s Third quality ...
Fourth quality
Fifth quality
Sixth quality
Return of Cattle sold for the week ending Dec. 14 :
Pigs, 1,3::6. Sheep, 262. Cows, 236.
Flour—First 12s 6d to 136 Od ; extra 14. Od;
seconds, I Is6d to 12. Od; households 9s tolls Od; thirds, 7s to 91
per cwt. Oatmeal 1086 d to Os; Indian meal 7s Od to 7s 61; wheat.
meal. 105 to lOs 61 per cwt. Indian corn 710 s Od to 711010 d per
ton. Bran 8756 d to 905 per ton. Hay—Farmers 3ls to 465; average
42. ; dealers 34s to 505 Od; average 48s per ton. St' aw—Farmers
21s Od to 305 Od; average 265; dealers 35s Od to CO Od;
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6id;
household loaf 5d to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 10d to
21d per lb. Eggs —^s 2d to 7s 4d per hundred. Coals—
Newport 16s Od; Lydney 17s ; Landore 14s; Neath
13s 6d per ton. Tallow 39. Od to 40s per cwt.
Whisky. 25 o. p.. 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 4frd ; mutton 4id to 6d; veal 4d to
5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d per lb.
Hops 6110 s to 010 s per cwt. Bangor slates• 312. 6d to 8153 per
ton. Bark—Barbary 7105 to 8/0s; Valonia 15/ to 01; French
6/ Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to 15s per stone.
Hemp 321 to 341 per ton. Fish— Seotch herrings 21s to 00s ; red
ditto, 24. to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 8110 s to 91 per
ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton ; red pine, 31 lOs ; yellow
ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 12s to 15s per 100. Hides—
Market 23s to 325; salted 24. to 32s per owt ; calf skins
3id to Sid per lb. Potatoes, white 71d to led; Minions
10d to 12d. Guano— Peruvian, 11l lOs ; lchaboe, 8/ to 91106
per ton. Tar—Archangel, lts per barrel.

METROPOLITAN COMMISSIONERS OF
SEWERS.—THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT.
An adjourned general Court of Commissioners was
summoned for Friday at the chief office, Greek-
street, Sohe. The business upon the notice paper
was comparatively unimportant, but the statement
made by Mr. Woolrych at the inquest-room upon
-Wednesday last, that Mr. Forster, the engineer to
the commission, had been instructed to present a re-
port to the Court in reference to the late accident at
the Victoria sewer, had called public attention to, and
excited considerable interest io, the proceedings yes-
terday.

At twelve o'clock, the ordinary hour of meeting,
only four commissioners had arrived, but Mr. Peto
had sent word that he would be there by twenty
minutes past twelve. The. Hon. Gentleman was
punctual to his promise, and in a few minutes after-
wards the presence of the reporters was requested in
the court-room.

'Upon our entrance we found Mr. T. Hawes in the
chair, supported by Sir H. De la Beche, Captain
Dawson, of the Royal Engineers, Mr. Lswes, and
Mr. Peto, M.P. Mr. Woolrych the secretary, and
Mr. Forster the engineer, were also present.
The CHAIRMAN said he was very sorry that they
had not been able to make a court, but the fact was
that there were only two other commissioners in town
besides the five present. Otte of those two, owing
to very pressing engagements, and the other from a
sudden illness, was unable to attend.

Mr. LAwas said, though they were unable to make
a Court, it was right to make some allusion to the
melancholy accident which had lately happened in the
new Victoria sewer, now in course of construction at
Westminster. It was right to state that the commis-
sioners, immediately upon the occurrence of the acci-
dent, instructed their engineer to report to them on
the circumstances, and that he had accordingly done
so. Considering the anxiety which naturally existed
to ascertain the cause of the accident, it might be ex-
pected by some that the engineer's report would be at
once announced, but the commissioners were of
opinion that, pending the inquiry before the coroner,
it would be premature and improper to do so. They
had, however, instructed Mr. Forster, the engineer, to
attend the inquest on Monday next, when he would
be ready to be examined with respect to any of the
matters on which he had reported.
Sir H. Da La BECUB would venture to make a few
observations as to certain " misapprehensions"—if
they were only such—as to what was doing at the
Victoria-street sewer. That sewer formed part and
parcel, as had been stated long since, of a system of
sewage upon the north side of the Thames—a system
which comprised the entire abstraction of the sewage
from the Thames upon the northern side to at least a
distance equal to Galleon's Reach. It had been the
unanimous opinion of that commission, for a long time
past, that the sewerage upon the north side of the
Thames should be based upon that plan, so that he
did hope and trust they should hear no more of their
commission swerving, or attempting to swerve, from
that their own unanimous determination.—(Hear,
hear.) Such statements for the future after that
public announcement—but it had been announced
over and over again—could but come under the head
of wilful misstatements for some ulterior purpose.
Now, with regard to the progress of their works.
They had at this moment the whole subject fully
under consideration, and at no distant period—in
fact, in a very short time—they should be able to
produce, as he hoped and trusted, an efficient plan
based upon that very system of the entire removal of
the sewage from the Thames.—(Hear, hear.) Of
course they were bound to produce for their col-
leagues of the City such a plan as they could entertair,
as they (the Metropolitan Commissioners) had
always experienced from them the utmost kind-
ness, and they had always worked in perfect har-
mony. He had not the slightest doubt that what
would ultimately be done would be with the full
consent and approval of all of them, both Metropolitan
and City Commissioners. Of course the detail of that
plan could not be submitted either to the City Com-
missioners or to themselves until it was brought to a
certain state of perfection ; but he had no objection to
'state, in a general way, that it was based upon the