The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-11 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

For the time of year, there was a full average supply of
foreign stock on sale here to-day. The demand for it, how-
ever, was heavy, and prices were with difficulty supported.
The arrival of beasts from our own grazing districts, as
well as from Scotland, were moderately good as to number,
but their quality was not quite so prime as in some previ-
ous weeks. All breeds met a dull inquiry; yet, compared
with Monday last, no change took place in the quotations.
The best Scots sold at 4s 10d per 81bs.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we
received 2,200 Scots, crosses and short horns; from other
parts of England, 600 various breeds ; from Scotland, 225
Soots and crosses; and from Ireland, 90 oxen and heifers.
The show of sheep was tolerably good, and moat breeds
came to hand in prime condition. Downs and half-breeds,
in the wool, were in moderate request, at previous rates;
otherwise, the mutton trade was heavy, at a further decline
in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. Prime Downs and half-
breeds, shorn, sold at 4s 8d ; heavy Lincoln, 4s ; and prime
small Lincolns, 4s 4d per 81bs.
Lambs were in moderate supply, and sluggish request, at
from 6s to 7s per Sibs,
Calves moved off slowly at late rates—viz, from 4s 4d to
5s 4d per 81bs. The supply was only moderate.

Prime large pigs were steady in price, but large hogs
ruled heavy, at barely late rates.
Per Blbs.to sink the offal.

s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8
Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0
Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Large orse. calves 4 4 5 0
Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 5 2 5 4
Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0
Second qualitydo. 4 8 5 2 Small porkers 42 4 6
Lambs....6s Od to 7s Od.
Suckling calves, 17s to 245; and quarter-old store pigs,
20s to 26s each.

TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts ....
Cows — Sheep and lambs .... 1,36 )
Sheep and lambs 21,190 Calves
Calves
Pigs 6OO
The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week,
amounted to 4,316 head. In the corresponding week in
1863, we reCeiveda 3,403—in 1862, 2,771—in 1861, 2,615
—in 1860, 3,825—in 1859, 3,021—in 1858, 1,254 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.

Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
25 ~ .. 225 .. 204

From Beasts.
Rotterdam .... 474 ..
Harlingen •• • • • • • • • • • .
Hamburg •• • • 62 • • 1907 • • •—• ~ ..
Amsterdam.... ..
Boulogne... .. ..
Bremen .. • • -- • • —•• • • •
Dordt. - .. 69 .. • • - • • ...
Nieu Diep .... ..
Antwerp 36
Ostend ......

- 277--- • • - • •

- .. - .. 21 • • -

95 .. - . • -,
• • 102

Calais .
Vigo.. t6 ..
Dunkirk.......

•••—• of •• ,1•4
75 .. .. .. 133

•..... ell

Total .... 1172 .. 2171 256 .. 716
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1863..
1862 3l .. 2,479• 4 .. 262 ..
L861.......215 .. 1,712 197 .. 191
1860
1859 192 .. 2,743 , • 94 .. --
1858 — • . a a

A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan
cattle market, on Monday, April 13, 1863, and this day.
Monday, April 11, 1864.
Per 81b. to sink tho offal.

April 13,
1863.
Coarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 4
Second quality do 3 8 310
Prime !arge oxen
44 4 4
Prime Scots, &c 4
46 43
108
.. 4 0 4 6
Prime coarse-woolled do ..... 4 8 5 4
Prime Southdown do. .....
Coarse
Second andgu a
l itinferior
d
. 6 6 5 8
Lambs ...... 6 4 7 6
Large coarse calves ........ 4 4 5 0
Prime small do.
Large hogs ...... 3 6 4 2
Neat small porkers ...... 4 4 4 6

April n,
1864.
3 4to 3 8
310 4 2
44 4 6
4 8 410
38 4 4
48 5 2
54 5 8
610 6 0
6 -0 7 0
44 5 0
52 5 4
36 4 0
42 4 6

Basses
21,710 18,170
Calves
Pigs.. 4,090 - 4,250
Shees
240 260
SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 14, 1862.—Beasts, 3,760
Fp. . and lambs
sheep and lambs, 23,370—calves, 151—pigs, 280.
Arum 15, 1861.—Beasts, 3,Boo—sheep, 20,030—calves,
116—pigs, 340.