The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-09 00:00:00

inquiry for pigs, at last week's

ink the offal.

The total imports of foreign atom into London, last week,
amounted to ,807 head. In the corresponding week in
1863, we received 6,lol—in 1862, 1,537—in 1861, 5,306
—in 1860, b,9s9—in 1859, 2,487—in 1858, 2,581 head.
IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAsl WRRIE.
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rotterdam 689 .. 294 ~ 28 .. 465 .. 356
Harlingen 740 .. 114 .. 16 .. --
Hamburg 166 .. 3231 .. .. 308
Amsterdam ..
Boulogne...
Bremen; 77 ..
Dordt.. 8 Of
Nieu Diep
Antwerp ..
05tend......... 74 ..
Calais —
Oporto
Dunkirk 6O ..

• e lie -- -- 4

-- .. -- .. -- ••
175 .. 69 .. 1 ..

- •. -- .. 7 ..
2 .. 2 .. 23 ..

•• .. --
80 .. 384

Total .... 1694 .. 3896 .. 99 .. 612 ..1606
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1863 903 ~ 4,468 .. 265 .. 477 .. 48
1862 .. 128 .. 953 .. 79 .. 277 .. 100
1861 498 .. 4,207 .. 210 .. 206 .. 185
1860
1859 227 .. 2,048 .. 37 .. 189 ..
1858
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan
Cattle Market on Monday, May 11, 1863, and this day
Monday, May, 9, 1864.
Per 81b. to sink tho offal.
May 11,
1863.
Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4to 3 6
Second quality do
Prime large oxen .. 4 4 4 6
Prime Scots, &o 4 8 410
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality do. .. 4 0 4 2
Prime coarse-woolled do 4 4 4 6
Prime Southdown do.
Lambs
Large coarse calves .. 310 4 4
Prime small do.
Large hogs
Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6
Beasts
Sheep and lambs
Calves .. 149
Pigs.. 370
SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 12, 1862,—8
sheep and lambs, 24,680—calves, 126—piga,
MAT 13, 1861,—Beast:4 4,4 Bo—sheep, 2
111—pigo, 360.

May 9,
1864.
3 2to 3 6
38 4 0
42 4 4
46 4 8
3 6 310
40 4 4
46 4 8
410 6 0
4 7 4
4 5 0
2 5 4
6 4 0
2 4 6
5,270
25,820
209
480
oasts, 4,030-
430.

~980—calves,

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
These markets are moderately supplied with moat to-day.
In most descriptions a fair average business is doing, at our
Per 81b. by the carcase.

tied
[nferiorbeef .. 2 tl 8
3 0
Middling do. 3 2 3 6
Prime larr:d do. 3 8 3 10
Do. email do. .. 4 0 4 2
Large pork .... 3 0 3 10
Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10

d s 6
Middling mutton 4 0 4 4
Prime do .. 4 6 4 8
Veal.
Small pork .. 4 0 4 6
Lamb

BOROUGH HOP.
Our market is very moderately supplied with English
hops, For good and fine parcels there is a moderate inquiry,
at full prices ; otherwise, the trade is dull, and the quota-
tions have a downward tendency. Last week's import was
—5O bales from New York, 114 from Boston, and 19 from
Hamburg.

Mid and East Rents £5 Os to £9 10s per cwt.
Weald of Konts 6 Os to 7 7s „
Sussex 4 15s to 6 158 „
Yearlings 3 Os to 5 Os „
Bavarian 5 6s to 8 8s „
Belgian
American ..... ,

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.
The arrivals of home grown potatoes to these markets
continue on an extensive scale, but the general quality is by
no means satisfactory. Good and prime samples are in
moderP.'‘e request, at our quotations; otherwise the trade is
voll dull. bine° we last wrote a few parcels have arrived
from Germany and Portugal.
Yorkshire Regents 4ss to 55s per ton.
Flukes
Rocks
Perth, Forfar, and Fife Regents 36s to 55s „
Rocks ....
tent and Essex Regents

SEEDS.
There was a dull inquiry for cloverseed, and the quota-
tions were almost nominal. Linseed and rapeseed were in
slow request, and prices had a downward tendency. Other
sends commanded a fair business on former terms. The
transactions in cakes have been on a limited scale, yet no
change took place in the cu:
Turntp,Whlte,p.bus.lls to 14s
Swede --8 --s
Mustard, Brown lOB 13s
White,
Tares, Spring...•4s Od 4s 6d
Oldper quarter - b —8
Canary, per quarter Qs 6:s
Nye grass, new 22s 24s
Clover, Red Rug., ot 42s 72s
White
Foreign Red 4os 48s
White sis 683
Trefoil, new 248 27s

-encies.

Carraway 22s 26s
Coriander .... l2s 16s
Henapseed, per qr 44s 46s
Linseed,Eng,sowing 76s 78s
Crushing
Baltic
Odessa —s ---8
Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s
English £9 100.£10 10s
Foreign,— ~ £9 10s XlO Os
Rape Cakes,p tona Os £6 Os
Rapeseed, new,pr car 6.48 ps

WOOL,

The second series of public sales of colonial wool for the
year commenced on Thursday last. The arrivals since the
close of last sale amount to 103,763 bales, consisting of
From N. S. Wales and Queensland 15,281 bales.
„ Victoria .................. 46,958 „
„ Tasmania ................ 1,588
„ South Australia ..... ~..... 16,470 „
ff West Australia .......... 2,079 „
„ New Zealand ............ 8,864 „
„ Cape .................... 12,523 „

Total .............. 103,764 bales.
The attendance of home buyers up to the present time has

Per Blbs.to s
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d
Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 8
Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Pme. S'thdowndo.4 10 5 0
Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Largo orse. calves 4 4 5 0
Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 6 2 5 4
Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large hogs 3 6 4 0
Second quality do. 40 4 4 Small porkers 42 4 6
Lambs....6s 4d to 7s 4d,
Suckling calves, 163 to 23s ; and quarter-old store pigs,
203 to 25s each.
TOTAL. SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts
Cows — Sheep and lambs 3,010
Sheep and lambs 22,640 I Calves
Calves l5O , Pigs
Pigs. 4BO