The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-01 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

To-day's market was fairly supplied with foreign stock
as to number; but its general quality was very middling,
and sales progressed slowly, at about previous currencies.
The show of English and Scotch-fed beasts here this
morning was seasonably good, and nearly all breeds came
to hand in prime condition. The attendance of buyers was
moderate, and the beef trade was in a sluggish state, at
Thursday's decline in the quotations. A very few supe-
rior Scots realised ss, but the general top figure for them
was 4s 10d per Blbs.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Esse; and Cambridgeshire, we
received 2,500 Scots, shorthorns, and crosses; from other
parts of England, 500 various breeds; and from Scotland,
250 Scots and crosses.

There was a fair average supply of sheep in the pens, in
good condition. Prime downs and half-breds moved off
slowly, at last Monday's currency ; otherwise the trade was
heavy, at a decline in the currencies of 2d per Blbs. Lin-
colns sold at 4s to 4s 4d per Blbs. The best Downs were
worth 4s bib.

Lambs, the supply of which was only moderate, moved
off slowly, at from 5s 4d to 6s 8d per 81bs. A few very
superior Downs and half-bred lambs realised 7s per Blbs.
Calves were a slo w sale, on former terms, viz., from 4s to
55 per 81bs. The supply was moderate.
The sale for pigs was heavy, at barely last week's
prices.

Per 51b. to sink the offal.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 61Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 8
Second quality do. 3 8 4 4, Pme. S' thdown do .4 8 4 16
Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 6
Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 4 8 5 0
Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large hogs 3 4 4 0
Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6
Lambs, 5s 4d to 6s Bd.

Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old storo pigs,
19s to 28s,

TOTAL SUPPLY.

FOREIGN SUPPLY,

Beasts ..
Cows
Sheep and lambs .. 26,370 I
Calves 263
Pigs. 440
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices ci
fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan
cattle market, on Monday, June 2, 1862, and this day,
Monday, June 1, 1863.
Per 81b. to sink the offal.

Beasts
Sheep and lambs
Calves
Pigs

June 2, I June 1,
1862. 1863.
Coarse and inferior beasts 2 10 to 3 0 3 4to 3 6
Second quality do, 3 2 3 6 3 8 4 4
Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 4 6 4 8
Prime Scots, &c 4 2 4 4 4 8 410
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality do.
Prime coarse-woolled do 4 4 4 6 4 6 4 8
Prime Southdown do. .. 4 8 410 4 8 410
Lambs
Large coarse calves
Prime small do.
Large hogs
Neat small porkers
Beasts
Sheep and lambs
Calves
Pigs.. .. 550 390
SUPPLIES ON SALE, June 3, 1861.—Beasts, 3,740—
sheep and lambs, 27,320—calves, 256—pigs, 450.
JUNE 4, 1860.—Beasts, 3,880—sheep and lambs, 29,280
—calves, 224—pigs, 300.
The total imports of foreign stocx into London, last week,
amounted to 6,342 head. In the corresponding week in
1862, we received 2,791—in 1861, 5,814—in 1860, 6,722
—in 1859, 4.452—in 1858, 2,962—in 1857, 2,531 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDuN LAO WEBB.
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rotterdam 256 .. 186 ~ 376 .. 190 ..
Harlingen lO7 .. 377 .. 43 .. 29 ..
Hamburg l9 .. 4,265 .. • ~
Boulogne. — .. -- ..
Cuxhaven
Calais
NieweDiep — .. • •
Amsterdam — .. .. •
Antwerp. — .. ..
Ostend ......
Bremen 53 .. __
.. _
..
Dordt. - .. 103 .. 196 .. 1 ..
Guernsey 4 ..

.. 30

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- • • - .. 23 .. -

Total .... 469 .. 4,931 .. 615 .. 297 .. 30
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1862 230 2,437 .. 466 .. 641 .. 17
1861 422 4,310 .. 94 .. 441 .. 546
1860 290 .. 5,974 .. 189 .. 208 .. 61
1859 314" 1.. 3,126 .. 569 .. 435 .. 8
1858 2lO .. 1 898 .. 321 .. 452 .. 18