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, &c.; 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.
Tho late quotation was 6s. per 81bs.

Lambs were in moderato supply and steady request, at
from Gs. to 7s. 4d per 81bs.

We were fairly supplied with calves, which changed
hands steadily, at previous rates, viz., from 4s. 2d. to ss.
2d. per Blbs.

The demand for pigs was heavy, on former terms.
Per 81b to sink the offal.

d s d
Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 8 4 0
Second quality do ..4 2 4 8
Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 0
Prime BeAs. &c.... 5 2 5 4
Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 4 4 6
Second quality d0...* a 5 4

sds d
Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 5 8
Prime alhoown (30.5 10 6 0
La ge coarse calves.-1 2 4 8
rr,me sm.ll d0......4 10 5 2
Large hogs .3 10 4 2
Small porkers. ......4 0 4 b

Cd to 4d.

Euckling calres, Ns to 218 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20a
0 2i3s each.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts . ... 3,020 Beasts 2,600
Cows
Sheep and lambs 27,380 Sheep and lambs
Calves 470 Ca ves 4lO
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.

DEPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.

Boasts.

Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
... ... 11 ...

Antwerp
Boulogne •• 41 ... 40
Bremen
Calais
Cadiz
Dunkirk
Dordt.
Aarhuus
Gothenburg l4B ... 25 ._l4
Hamburg
Harlingen 260 ... 860 35 52 554
Oporto ••• •.• •.• ao•
Ostend 27 ... 43 26
Rotterdam 909 ... 2762 ...1152 837 234
Toning 1591 1717 524

Total 3445 ... 9114 ... 2292 976 926
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1864
1863
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 4 8 5 0 5 6 5 8
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 5,260 4,290
Sheep 26,890 18,050
Calves
Pigs

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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.