The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-02 00:00:00

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T0ta1.... 810 ... 365 ... ... 203 ...
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1854 613 ... 587 218 5

1853 928 1,416
.852 205 ... 664
851 4OO ... 1,547
.850 272 ... 737

... 397 ... 20
... 316 ... -
... 232 ... 29
... 142 ... --

To-day's market was but moderately supplied with
foreign stock, in, for the most part, very middling con-
dition.

The receipts of boasts from Norfolk were large and of
excellent quality; indeed, the show of this description of
stock was very prime. The attendance of buyers was
good, yet the beef trade was in a depressed state, at a de-
cline in the prices obtained on Monday last of 2d per 81bs.
In some instances the quotations game way 4d per 81bs ;
hence, 4s 10d per 81bs must be considered an extremeprice
for the best Scots.

From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we
received 2,700 Scots and short horns; from other parts of
England, 400 of various breeds ; and, from Scotland, 160
horned and polled Scots.

There was a considerable increase in the supply of sheep,
compared with.several previous weeks; but at least two-
thirds of the number were composed of tegs of light weight.
Evidently keep is getting very scarce in some of our flock
districts. All breeds of sheep met a dull sale, and prices
gave way quits 2d per Blbs. Long-woolled sh,,ep were
extremely heavy, and even lower than above quoted.
Shorn sheep sold with difficulty at fully 6d per Blbs below
those in the wool. The supply of lambs was moderate,
and the sale for them was steady, at from 5d to 6.1 per 81bs.
We were scantily supplied with calves, and the veal
trade ruled steady at 4d per Blbs above last Friday'r. cur-
rency. Top pica 4s 10d per Sibs. The sale for pigs was
heavy. In pi ices no change took place.

Per Sibs to sink the oil Us.

s. d. s. d.l s. d. s d.
Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 41PrimeSouthdowo 4 8 5 0
Second quality.... 3 6 , 4 2i large erse. calves 310 4 4
Prime large oxen 4 4 4 61Prime small d 0... 4 6 410
Prime Scots, Lee. 4 8 416 Large hogs 1 0 4 0
Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 81Sniall porkers 3 2 4 4
Secon6 quality ...3 10 4 I.llSuckling calves-21 0 28 0
Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 4 Quarter old pigs 20 0 25 0
Lamb ss Od to Gs 0.1.
TOTAL BOTPLT. FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts .• •••••••. .. • • • • 4,319 Beasts•• ....... .• •• ••.. • 704
Sheep 27,030 1 Sheep .......... •• ••.... 330
Calves ..•• •• •• •••• •••• .. 13 I Calves.. .........• •• •• •• •• 80
Ailitatcmcnt and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat
1854, and this day, Monday, April 2,
stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on
Monday, April 3,
1855.

Per 81bs, to sink the offal%

April 3,1854.1 April 2,1855.
s. d. e. d. d. s. d
Coarse and inferior beasts ... 3 oto 3 2'13 2to 3 4
Second quality ditto ... .•• ••• 3 4 S 6i3 6 4 2
Prime large oxen ... .•• ••• 3 8 310 4 4 4 6
Prime Scots, dze 4 0 4 214 8 410
Coarse and inferior sheep ... ..• 3 6 3 8,3 6 3 8
Second quality ditto ... ~. 310 4 4,3 10 4 0
Prime coarse 'mooned ditto ... ... 4 6 4 8,1 2 4 4
Prime Southdown ditto .. 410 5 0 4 8 5 0
Lambs 5 2 6 lUi5 0 g 0
Large coarse calves 4 4 5 03 10 4 4
Prime small ditto 5 2 5 611 6 410
Large hogs ... ... 3 0 4 ,i 3 0 4 0
Neat small p0rker5.........4 4 4 8 4 2 4 4
Beasts... ... 5,199 4,319
Sheep ... 25,750 27,030
Calves... ... 97 123
Pigs ... ... 320 310
SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 4, 1853.—Beasts, 4,677 ; sheel',
22,290; calves, 203; pigs, 190.
April 5, 1852.—Beasts, 3,368; sheep and lambs, 22,630 :
calves, 178 ; pigs, 410.