The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-10 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE

The supply of foreign stock on offer here, to-day, was
large as to number ; but its general quality was inferior.
A steady business was transacted, at full quotations.
The arrival of beasts, fresh up from our own grazing
districts, were very moderate, and the quality of most breeds
was only middling. Good and prime stock changed hands
freely, at an advance in the quotations compared with
Monday last of 2d. per 81bs. Otherwise, the beef trade was
inactive, on former terms. The best Scots and crosses
sold at ss. 4d. per 81bs. The Norfolk " season" may now
be considered as closed.

From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton-
shire we received 1,200 short horns, ; from other parts
of England, 600 various breeds ; from Scotland, 229 Scots
and crosses; and from Ireland 50 oxen, &c.

The show of English sheep was again limited. Prime
breeds moved off freely, at fully last week's currency.
Otherwise the mutton trade was quiet, at previous rates.
The late quotation was Gs. per 81bs.
Lambs were in moderato supply and steady request, at
from 6s. to 7s. 4d per Sibs.
We were fairly supplied with calves, which changed
hands steadily, at previous rates, viz., from 4s. 2d. to ss.
2d. per 81bs.
The demand for pigs was heavy, on former terms.
Per 81b to sink the offal.

s de d s ds d
Cree. & inf. beasts... 3 8 4 0 1 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 5 8
Second quality do ..4 2 4 8 Prime o'thciown c 0.5 10 6 0
Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 0 La ge coarse calves.} 2 4 8
Prime Sejts, ecc....) 2 5 4 Prme small do .....4 10 5 2
crse. and inf. sticep.4 4 1 6 Large hogs .3 10 4 2
:second quality d0...* s 5 4 ,mall porkers 4 0 4 8

Lambs....6s Od to 7s 4d.
Suckling calves, 19s to 21$; and quarter-old store pigs, '2os
to 29s each.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply.

Foreign supply.
Beasts .. _
... 6020 Beasts . 2,600
Cows. .. Cows. —
Sheep and lambs 27,380 Sheep and lambs
Calves 470 Ca yes 450
Pigs 320 Pigs 2B
The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week,
amounted to 17,053 head. In the corresponding week in
1864, we received 10,250 ; in 1863, 14,133 ; in 1862,
7,977 ; in 1861, 10,082 ; and in 1860, 12,239 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.

Beasts.

Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.

Antwerp
Boulogne 4l
Bremen 255 196 ...
Calais •••
Cadiz
Dunkirk 2O ...
Dordt.
Aarhuus
Gothenburg l4B .. 25
Hamburg
Harlingen 260 .. 860 .. 35 .. 52 .. 554
Oporto •
Ostend 27 .. 43 .. ". 26
Rotterdam 909 .. 2782 ...1152 ... 837 ... 234
Toning. 1591 .. 1717 .. 524 ..

40 ... 32

503 ... 581 ... - ... -

••• .."-

Total 3445 ... 9114 ...2292 ... 976 ." 926
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. • Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1864
1863 1630 8760 ... 1955 ... 1042 ... 746
1862
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan
Cattle Market on Monday, July 11, 1864, and this day,
Monday, July 10, 1865.
Per 81bs. to sink the offal.

July 11, July 10,
1864. 1865.
Coarse and inferior beasts 3 4to 3 8 3 Bto 4 0
Second quality do.
Prime large oxen 4 6 410 410 5 0
Prime Scots, &c.
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality do.
Prime coarse-woolled do.
Prime Southdown do 5 2 5 4 510 6 0
Lambs

Large coarse calves 4 0 4 8 4 2 4 8
Prime small do.
Large hogs
Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 4 6 4 8
Beasts-
Sheep 26,890 18,050
Calves
Pigs
SUPPLIES ON SALE, July 13, 1863.—Beasts, 4,750—
sheep and lambs, 32,340—calves, 466—pigs, 350.
July 14, 1862—Beasts, 4,B3o—sheep and lambs, 26,730
—calves, 297—pigs, 285.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

Fair supplies of town and country-killed meat were on
sale at these markets. For good and prime qualities there
is a steady demand; otherwise, the trade rules quiet.
Annexed aro the quotations :

Per Blb by the carcase.
s dsd
Inferior beef 2 10 3 2
fiddling do. 3 4 3 10
Prime large do 4 0 4 4
Prime small do 4 6 4 8

tided
Inferior mutton 4 0 4 6
Middling mutton 4 8 5 2
Prime do 5 4 5 6
Veal 3 8 4 8
.Small pork. 4 ,8 5 0
id to 6s 4d.

Large pork 3 8 4 6 I
Lamb, 5s 4

BOROUGH HOP.

From nearly all parts of the plantations the accounts
respecting the prospects of the crop are favourable. The
demand for hops at our market to-day is by no means
active, notwithstanding that the supply on offer is small ;
but owing to the limited number of samples on sale, the
value of all qualities is well supported. Last week's im-
port was 183 bales from New York.
lklid and East Kent ...... 100 s to 19es per cwt.
Weald of Kent
Sussex .
Yearlings lOOB to 13. s
0 der hops —s to —s
American -8 0 -