The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-07 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

The total imports of foreign stock into London last week
were 2,012 head In the corresponding week in 1858 we
received 680; in 1857, 1,257; in 1856, 938; in 1855
789; in 1854, 1,982; in 1853, 2,932; and in 1852,
3,210 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST IVERK.
From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rotterdam
Hamburgh l4 369 ..
Harlingen
Ostend o • •
Antwerp

23 .. -
42 .. --
12 .. -

'-- • •

Total 486 1,259 267
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
.858 330 .. 224 .. 126 --
.857 616 .. 352 .. 289 ..
.856 827 .. 23 .. 88
855 558 107 144
854 644 1,362 .. 275 .. 1
.853 555 1,088 375 .. 21

Thero was a very moderate supply of each kind of foreign
stock on offer in to-day's market, but its general quality
was tolerably good.
From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts
fresh up this morning were by no means extensive, and
their general quality was only middling. The attendance
of buyers was tolerably good, and all breeds of beasts moved
off steadily, at full quotations. A few very superior Scots
and crosses realised ss, but the general top figure was 4s
10d per 81bs.

From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire, we
received 2,120 Scots, shorthorns, and crosses ; from other
parts of England, 500 of various breeds ; from Scotland,
300 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland 31 oxen.
The show of sheep was again very moderate. Long-
woolled qualities were in active request, at an advance in
the quotations of from 2d to 4d per 81bs, all other breeds
were in steady request, and prices had an upward tendency,
several pens of Downs having sold at 5s per 81bs, A few
shorn sheep were disposed of at 8d per Blbs beneath those
in the wool.

The few calves in the market were disposed of readily, at
full currencies. The top quotations was 5s 6d per 81bs.
We had a slow sale for pigs, at last weeks' prices.

Per Blbs. to sink the offal.

s. d. s d.
Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 6
Second quality do. 3 8 4 2
Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6
Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10
Crse. &Inf. sheep 3 6 3 10
Second quality do. 4 0 4 4

s. d. s. (1.
Prime crs-wool d 0.4 6 4 $
Pme. S'thdowndo.s 0 5 2
Large crse. calves 3 10 4 8
Prime small d 0... 4 10 5 6
Large hogs 3 0 3 6
Small porkers .... 3 8 4 2
; and quarter-old store pigs,

Suckling calves, 18s to 21s
Lis to 225.

TOTAL SUPPLY.
Beasts 3,464
Sheep 16,600
Calves 133
_ _

FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts 243
Sheep
Calves
88

Pigs

Pigs

A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan
Cattle Market, on Monday, Feb. 8, 1858, and this day,
Monday, Feb. 7, 1859.

Per Blbs, to sink the offals.
Feb. 8, 1858. Feb. 7, 1859.
s d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Coarse and inferior beasts .
Second quality ditto
Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4)4 4 4 6
Prime Scots, &c.. • •
Coarse and inferior sheep . 3 4 3 8 3 6 310
Second quality ditto . . . .3 10 4 014 0 4 4
Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 2 4 814 6 4 8
Prime Southdown ditto . . 410 5 25 0 6 2
Lambs

Large coarse calves . . .
Prime small ditto
Large hogs
Neat small porkers . . .
Beasts
Sheep and lambs .
Calves . . . .
Pigs

3 10
4 10
3 0
3 8

4 8
5 6
3 6
4 2
3,464
16,600
133
400

SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 9, 1857.---Beasts, 3,211;
sheep and lambs, 15,990 ; calves, 107; pigs 210.
Feb. 11, 1856.—Beasts, 4,153; sheep andlambs, 23,780 ;
calves, 69; pigs, 369.