The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-18 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

The total imports-of foreign stock into London last week
were 3,029 head In the corresponding week in 1858 we
received 1,254 ; in 1857, 1,096 ; in 1856, 229 ; in 1855,
951; .in 1854, 505 ; 18533 3,896 ; and in 1852,
head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.
From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rotterdam
Harlingen
Hamburgh 3l .. 2,203 .. ..
Antwerp
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Total 192 2,743

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17 . .

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The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
387 563 . • . 281 .. 23
1857 174 .. 683 • • .. 225 .. 14
1856 72 126 .. 31 ..
1855 416 .. 56 • • • . 379 ..
1854 268 128 .. 101 .. 18
1853 620 .. 2,883 . • • . 356 .. 37
To-day's market was fairly supplied with foreign sheep ;
but the show of foreign beasts and calves was limited. Com-
pared with Monday last, the total supply of beasts on offer
this morning was limited, and its general quality was very
middling. The attendance of butchers was good, and all
kinds of breeds of beasts sold somewhat briskly, at an ad-
vance in the quotations, compared with this day se'nnight,
of fully 2d per 81bs. The general top price was ss, but
some superior Scots produced 5s 2d per 81bs.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we
received 1,600 Scots, shorthorns, and crosses; from other
parts of England, 850 of various breeds ; from Scotland,
200 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland 90 oxen and
heifers.

With most breeds of sheep we were fairly supplied. The
mutton trade was firm, and, in some instances, prices were
the turn higher than on Monday last—the best old downs
having sold at 6s per 81bs.
We had a steady demand for lambs—the supply of which
was moderate—at from 5s 6d to 7s per 81bs. IThe latter
price, however, must be considered an extreme quotation.
About 250 lambs came to hand from the Isle of Wight.
There was a good demand for calves, and prices had an
upward tendency. The supply was limited.
Pigs commanded very little attention, yet prices were
firm.

B. d. a. d.
6 05 6
86 0
4 0410
,5 0510
3 03 6
3 84 2

Per Blbs. to sink the offal.
a. d. e. d.
Crse. & inf. beasts 3 6 3 10
Second qualitydo. 4 0 4 4
Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8
Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0
Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6
Second quality do. 4 8 4 10
Lambs, 5s
Suckling calves, 18s to 21s
185 to 225.
TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts 3,110 Beasts 329
Sheep 20,310 Sheep
Calves
Pigs
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan
Cattle Market, on Monday, April 19, 1858, and this day,
Monday, April 18, 1859.
Per 81bs, to sink the offals.
April 19, 1858. April 18, 1859.
s d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Coarse and inferior beasts . . . 210 to 3 0 3 4to 3 8
Second quality ditto . . . . . 3 2 3 43 10 4 2
Prime large. oxen 3 6 3 8 4 4 4 6
Prime Scots, &c. . . . .
Coarse and inferior sheep . . 1 3 2 3. 43 10 4 4
Second quality ditto . . . . 3 6 3 8 4 6 4 8
Prime coarse-woolled ditto . .3 10 4 44 10 5 4
Prime Southdown ditto . .
Lambs
Large coarse calves . . .
Prime small ditto . ~ • .
Large hogs
Neat small porkers . . .
Beasts
Sheep and lambs . 22,880 18,50 D
Calves
Pigs
SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 20, 1857.---Beasts, 3,829;
sheep and lambs, 19,830 ; calves, 125; pigs, 230.
April 21, 1856.—Beasts, 3,319; sheep and lambs, 18,340;
calves, 75; pigs, 270.

Primecrs-wool do.
Pme. S'thdown do.
Large crse. calves
Prime small do
Large hogs
Small porkers
6d to 7s Od.
; and quarter-old store pigs,

) LEADENHALL.
neat here, to-day, are toler-
rules firm, as follows :
the Carcass.

Infr: Mutton.
Mid. do
Prime do.
Veal
Small pork ..
I to 6s Od.

s. d. s. d.
3 6to 4 0
4 2to 4 6
4 6to 4 10
4 2to 5 2
310 to 4 2