The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-08 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

The supply of foreign beasts here to-day was large, of
foreign sheep only moderate. Sales generally progressed
steadily at very full prices.
The arrivals of English beasts fresh up this morning
exhibited a falling off compared with Monday last. The
quality of most breeds, however, was good. The demand
ruled firm, at fully last week's quotations, to, in some in-
stances, an advance of 2d per 81bs. The general top figure
was 5s 4d ; the extreme, 5s 6d per 81bs.
From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton-
shire we received 1,200 shorthorns, &c. ; from other parts
of England, 600 various breeds; from Scotland, 16 Scots
and crosses ; and from Ireland, 70' oxen and heifers.
For the time of year the supply of sheep was very mode-
rate. The mutton trade was consequentiy firm, and prime
Downs and half-breds realised 2d per 81bs. more money.
The highest quotation was 6s 4d per 81bs. English breeds
were for the most part in fair condition.
Calves, the show of which was only moderate, were in
steady request at very full prices, viz., from 4s 6d to 5s 6d
per 81bs.
There was a moderate sale for pigs at full quotations
The top price was 5s 2d per 81bs.

Per 81b to sink the offal.

s da d
Crse & inf. beasts... 3 6 3 10
Second quality do ..4 0 4 i
Prime large oxen ..4 8 5 0
Prl►ue Scuts, &c.... 5 2 5 4
Crse. and int. stieep.3 10 4 2
Second quality do ..4 4 5 2

s ds d
Pme ors-wool sheep 5 e 5 lu
Prime s'thdown (10.0 0 6 4
La ge warm: ealves 4 6 5 0
Prime small do 5 2 5 6
Large hogs ....4 0 4 b
Small porkers s 10 5 2
Od to 0, Od.

Suckling calves, 21s to 23d ; and quarter-old store pigs, 31s
to 31s each.

Bead of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 5,f50 Beasts 3 "20
Cows.
Sheep and lambs 19,200 Sheep and 1 tmbi ...... 8,4:2
Calves 289 Ca vett ... 212
t'igs 43i Pigs l9.
The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week,
amounted to 7,751 head. In the corresponding week in
1865, we received 26,512 ; in 1864, 15,308 ; in 1863
11,092 ; in 1862, 11,895 ; in 1861, 12,188 ; and in 1860
5,409.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs

Amsterdam.
Antwerp
Boulogne 29 ... 3 19 ...
Bremen
Caen 47 ...
Calais.. •.•
Dieppe.
D un kirk._
Hamburg: B2 ... 403
Harlingen 5 138
Honfleur l5 ... 40
Oporto
Ostend lO
Rotterdam
St. Petersburg —
Tonning 2393 2452 ... ~.
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1865
1864 3712 ... 8602 ... 294 ... 694 ...2006
1863
A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan
Cattle Market on Monday, Oct. 9, 1865, and this day
Monday, Oct. 8, 1866.

... -- ... .-- ". 2d
—. ... ... 26 ... 21
-- ... -- ... 27 -. 11

- ... 128
- ... 21 ... 128

••• --

••• ••• ••• --
00 ... - 76 ... 1
90

"''' •• • -

••• '''

Per Blbs. to sink the offal.

Oct. 9,
1865.

Oct. 8,
1866.

......_. _ _
s d s d B• d sd.
Coarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 8 3 6to 3 10
Second quality do.
Prime large oxen 4 6 410 4 8 5 0
Prime Scots, &c.
Coarse and inferior sheep... 4 2 4 8 310 4 2
Second quality do. • 4lO 5 4 4 4 5 2
Prime coarse-woolled do.
Prime Southdown do 6 0 6 4 6 0 6 4
Lambs
Large coarse calves 4 4 5 0 4 6 5 0
Prime small do.
Large hogs
Neat small porkers 5 6 510 410 5 2
Beasts 5,830 5,670
Sheep
Calves
Pigs
SUPPLIES ON SALE, Oct. 10, 1864•—Beasts, 6,950—
sheep, 2,9o6o—calves, 162—pigs, 398.
Oct. 12, 1863—Beasts, 6,870—sheep, 23,670—calves,
233—pigs, 370.