The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-16 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

There was an increased supply of beasts on offer in our
market to-day. It was composed of 800 Scots and crosses
from Norfolk, 283 from Aberdeen, 70 from Dundee, and
300 from Ireland. The remainder was composed of
foreigners, in fair average condition. All breeds met a
heavy demand, at a decline in the quotations of 4d per Blbs.
In the early part of the morning a few very superior Scots
sold at 5s 4d, but subsequently the quotations declined to
5s and 5s 2d per 81bs. The whole of the supply from Nor-
folk was received per railway.
The new Order in Council forbidding the removal of
sheep without the Board of Works' District, caused great
heaviness in the mutton trade, inasmuch as buyers from
Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham, whose attendance
was good, were unable to make purchases. A fall, there-
fore, of 4d per Blbs took place in prices. Prime Downs and
half-breds, in the wool, sold at 6s 8d to 7s; out of the
wool, 5s 4d to 5s 6d ; and clipped Lincolns, 4s 8d to 5s
per Sibs.
Lambs were in fair average supply and sluggish request
at from 7s to 8s per 81bs.
The few calves cn show were disposed of at from 5s td
to Os 4d per 81bs.
Pigs moved off heavily, at depressed quotations. The
top figure was 4s 10d per Sibs.

Per 81b to sink the offal.

s d s d
Crse. & inf. beasts... 4 0 4 4
Second quality do ..4 6 4 8
Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 0
l'rime Scuts, ac.... 5 0 5 2
Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 2 4 8
Second quality do ..4 10 5 6
- - -

s ds d
Pmeers-wool sheep 6 0 6 4
Prime s'thdown ao.o E 7 0
Large coarse calves.s 4 5 10
Prime small do. 6 u 6 4
Large hogs . 3 8 4 0
Small porkers 4 2 4 10

Lamb....7s Od to 8.1

Suckling calves, —a to —a ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30a
)3,s each.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 2,900 Beasts 1 960
bheep
Calves so ca.ves 53
rigs 650 rigs
The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week,
amounted to 8,438 head. In the corresponding week in
1865, we received 4,914 ; in 1864, 4,525 ; in 1863,
3,716 ; in 1862, 2,539 ; and in 1861, 3,211.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.

_ _ Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Antwerp — 4123 144 50 27
Boulogne 362 ... 1335 ... 19
Bremen.... 427 ... 396 3
Aarhaus 378
Cadiz •••
Calais..
Corunna •.•
Dordt.
Dunkirk
Delfzyh. - 1140 •••
Hamburg lO9 519
Harlingen —
Havre
Ostend l4 ...
Oporto
Rotterdam —

Beasts.

--- ... - ... -- ... 2

... 11 ...

•se ..-

••• .. ••• ...
... 6 ... -

••• ..."

- • f•

... 63

- ... 4 ... 18 ...

- ... -- ... - ... 186

Total 1,332 ~. 6,573 ... 148

88 ... 297

The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1865
1861 1327 ... 2104 ... 1 ... 337 ... 756
1863
A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan
Cattle Market on Monday, April 17, 1865, and this day,
Monday, April 16, 1866.
Per Blbs. to sink the offal.
April 17, April 16,
1865. 1866.
sd sd sd sd.
Coarse and inferior beasts... 3 6t03 10 4 oto 4 4
Second quality do. •.. 4 0 4 4 4 6 4 8
Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 410 5 0
Prime Scots, &c.
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality do.
Prime coarse-woolled do.
Prime Southdown do 6lO 7 0 6 8 7 0
Lambs
Large coarse calves 4 2 410 5 4 510
Prime small do. 's 0 5 4 6 0 6 4
Large hogs
Neat small porkers 4 2 4 8 4 2 410
Beasts 3,170 2,990
Sneep 14,050 27,210
Calves
Pigs
SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 18, 1861.---Beasts, 4,290—
sheep, 19,020—calves, 149—pigs, 490.
April 20, 1863—Beasts, 4,39 o—sheep, 20,540—Calves,
149—pigs, 470.