The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-06 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CIT TLE.

Our market to-day was rather heavily supplied with
foreign stock, in, for the most part, middling condition.
Sales progressed heavily, at a serious fall in the quotations.
The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing dis-
tricts were again on the Lacrease, and in prime condition.
Although thorn was about an average number of buyers
in attendance, all breeds of boasts met an unusually heavy
sale, at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday
last of from 2d to 4d per 81bs.

From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we
receiveclabout 2,000 Scots, short horns, and crosses; from
other parts of England, 700 various breeds; and front
Scotland, 174 Scots and crosses. There were no arrivals
reported from Ireland.
We were rather heavily supplied with most breeds of
sheep, and their general quality was good. The mutton

trade 'was in a most depressed state, and prices gave way
quite 2d toll per Sibs. The best old Downs and half-
breds, in the wool, sold with difficulty at 55 6d to 5s 8d;
out of the wool, 4s 6d to 45 81 per bibs.
Lambs were in full average supply, and fair request, at
late rates, viz., from 7s to 8s per bibs.
Tho show of calves being extensive, the veal trade was
heavy, at 2(1 to 4d per 81bs beneath last week's quotations.
In pigs very little was doing, and prices gave way 2d
per 81bs.

Per Sibs. to sink the offal.

d s d
Crse k Inf. beasts... 3 0 3 4
Second quality ilo ..3 g 3 10
Prime large oxen —4 2 1 4

d e d
Pp:Accra-wool sheep 4 4 5 4
Prime o'tlidown ,i 6.5 6 5 S
Lit:ge coarse calves. 4 4 6 2

...
Prime Se7ts, (te..... 4 0 4 8 rtune sin..ll d0......5 4 5 t•
Crse. and inf. suegp.3 2 3 6 Jaarge hogs .3 0 3 (
Second quality do ..3 6 4 8 .small porkerl 3 8 4 0
Lauth....7s Od to 8 Od.

Su kliuh calves, 21s to 21s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 23s
',.Gs each.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. ! Foreign supply.
Beasts
Cows — ;Cows.
sheep and Limbs 31,110 ; sheep at 1-mbs ' 3,0:
Calves it), ; tla re..
l'igA . - pigs 5
A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited Sad soll in the Groat Metropolitan
Cattle Market on Monday, May 7, 18GG, and this day,
Monday, May G, 18(17.

• .. 2,13 u

M:ty 7,
1866.

31 rty 6,
1867.

ad sd ad e d
Coarse and inferior beasts... 310 to 4 2 3 oto 3 4
Second quality do. ............ 4 4 4 8 3 6 310
Prime large oxen ........ ........ 410 5 0 4 2 4 4
Prime Scots, Sze..
•... 5 0 5 2 4 6 4 8
Coarse and inferior sheep 4 4 410 3 2 3 6
Second quality do. ............ g 0 510 3 8 4 8
Prime coarse-woolled d 0.... 6 2 6 8 410 5 4
Prime Southdown d 0..,,...... 7 0 7 4 5 6 5 8
Lambs
Large coarse ca1ve5......., 5 4 510 4 4 5 2
Prime small do.
Large hogs
Neat small porkers
Beasts 3,880 4,920
Sheep .................. .
Calves
Pigs
SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 9, 1865.—Beasts, 4,820—
sheep, 23,750—calves, 210—pigs, 450.
May 9, 1864—Beasts, 4,B7o—sheep, 22,640—calves,
158—pigs, 480.

The total imports of foreign ,took into London last week,
amounted to 12,019 head. In the corresponding week in
1866, we received 7,168 ; in 1865, 9,252 ; in 1861,
7,807; in 1863, 6,101 ; in 18611, 1,537 ; and in 1861,
5,306.

IMPOUTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Antwerp
••• 3938 ... 211 ... 23
Boulogne
Bremen
Cadiz
•••
Caen -
Calais
Copenhagen
••• Geistemundo 718 2376 •••
•••
21
Amsterdam ~•„•
Gothenburg
Hamburg
Harlingen ...... 123 168
Dieppe ...
•••
Hon flour—
Ostend — 141 ...
Rotterdam — 162
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pig'.
1866
1865 2153 120 ... 157 ..;1056
... 4638
1861 ...... 1691 3,, 268 595 776
89G
... 512 _1616

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... 16

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I'TETirGATE AND LEADENIIALL.
Per 81b by the earoase.
These markets are fairly supplied with most kinds of
moat. Generally speaking the trade is inactive, at late
The imports into London last week were 82 pkgs.
Hamburg,i' 28 from Marburg, and 72 from Rotterdam.
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10d to 68 84 slisd
2 6 Inferior 'mutton....3 4 "
33 8 4 0 Aliddlin mutton.. 4 2 4 6
4 Prirae
Prime large do 1 2 4 6 do .......... 4 6 4 8
Prime small do 44 4 Large!, pork ........ 30 3 6
4 2 5 4 Small pork, ....... •••3 8 1
Veal lour
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Lamb. 58