The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-03 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

The total imports of foreign stock into London last week
amounted to 13,707 head. In the corresponding week in
1859 we received 12,659; in 1858, 10,673; in 1857 s 11,404; in
1856, 7,805 ; in 1855, 7,873 ; and in 1854, 10,105 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST 'WEEK.
From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rotterdam
Harlingen
Hamburgh 163 .. 2,268 .. 201
Bremen
C'alais .. - .. - .. - .. - ea
Antwerp
A m sterd am
Drdt
0 porto .
Ti Diming ...1004 1,098 135 ..
1\ Led erablik
N iou Diep . 13 .. 600 .. 78 ..

Total 2,046 10,176

609

The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows

Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves Pigs.
1859 1,824 .. 9,699 .. 280 .. 473 .. 380
1858 2,131 .. 6,742 .. 238 .. 757 .. 862
1857 1,973 .. 8,111 .. 47 .. 663 .. 510
18,56 1,487 .. 5,205 .. 21 .. 670 .. 422
1 655 1,666 .. 4,878 .. 122 .. 434 .. 771
1,954 1 616 .. 7,165 .. 169 .. 487 .. 668

There was a large show of each kind of foreign stock in
to-day's market. The trade was heavy at 2d to 4d per
81b s beneath last Monday's currency.
:From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts
free th up were very large, and of greatly improved quality.
Alli breeds met a very dull sale, at a fall in value from 2d
to 4d per 81bs, the general top figure for beef being 4s 10d
per 81bs, and a clearance was not effected.
The arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and
Northamptonshire, amounted to 3,000 short horns ; from
other parts of England, 800 various breeds ; from Scot-
la.nd, 2 Scots ; and from Ireland, 604 oxen and heifers.
With sheep we were somewhat heavily supplied, and the
d emand for them was very inactive at a fall in value of
from 2d to 4d per 81bs. The quality of short breeds exhi-
bited a decided improvement. The best old Downs sold at
ss:4d per 81bs.
There was a dull sale for lambs, at 4d per 81bs less
money. About 500 reached us from Ireland.
Calves changed hands slowly at Thursday's decline in
value.

The pork trade was heavy at about last week's quota-
tions. - - - -

Per Sibs to sink the offal.

s: d. s. d.
Primecrs-wool do. 4 8 5 0
Pme. S'thdown do. 5 2 5 4
Large one. calves- 3 10 4 6
Prime small do 4 8 5 0
Large hogs 4 0 4 6
Small porkers 4 8 5 0
Id to 6s Od.

s. d. s. d.
'Crse. &inf. beasts 2 10 3 2
Second quality do. 3 4 3 8
Prime large oxen 3 10 4 6
Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10
Crse. &inf. sheep 3 6 3 10
Second quality do. 4 0 4 6
Lambs, 5s
Suckling calves, 19s to 21s
23i; to 295.
TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts 6,090 I Beasts
Sh eep and lambs 30,1001Shcep lO,OOO
Calves
Pigs
A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
Tat stock exhibited and sold in the Great. Metropolitan
Cattle Market on Monday, Sept. 5, 1859, and this day,
Monday, Sept. 3, 1860 :
Per 81bs, sinking the offal.
Sept.s, 1859. Sept. 3, 1860.
s d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Coat 'se and inferior beasts . .
Second quality ditto 3 0 3 613 4 3 8
Prin le large oxen 3 8 4 4(3 10 4 6
Prin le Scots &c. .
Cott/ se and inferior ;heel) . 3 2 3 613 6 310
Second quality ditto . • . . 3 8 4 2 4 0 4 6
Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 4 4 8 4 8 5 0
Primo Southdown ditto . 5 0 5 2 5 2 5 4
Lambs . 4 8 6 0 5 0 6 0
Large coarse calves . 3 6 4 43 10 4 6
Prime, small ditto
Large. hogs . . . 3 0 3 6i4 0 4 6
Neat small porkers . 3 8 4 6 4 8 5 0
Beasts
Sheep and lambs . • 29,650 30,100
Calves
Pigs
SUP PLIES ON SALE, Sept. 6, 1858.---Beasts, 6,523;
sheep and lambs, 26,900 ; calves, 280 ; pigs, 740.
Sepet. 7, 1857—Beasts, 5,912; sheep and lambs, 21,040;
calves, 215 ; pigs, 310.

and quarter •old store pigs,