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

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

There was an increased sur ply 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 deznaud, at a decline in the quotations of 4d per 81bs.
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, wero unable to make purchases. A fall, there-
fore, of 4d per 81bs 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 81bs.
Lambs were in fair average supply and sluggish request
at from 7s to 8s per 81bs.

The few calves cu show wero disposed of at from 5s 4d
to Gs 4d per Sibs.

Pigs moved off heavily, at depressed quotations. The
top figure was 4s 30d per Blbs.

Per Sib to sink the offal.

s da d
Crse. & inf. beasts... 4 0 4 4
Second quality do ..4 6 4 8
Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 0
Primo Scots, &e.... 5 0 5 2
Crse. and inf. sneep.4 2 4 8
Second quality do ..4 10 5 o

s ds d
Pmeers-wool sheep 6 U 6 4
Prime b'thdowa u 0.6 8 7 o
Large coarbe ealves.s 4 5 10
Prime small d0......6 u 6 4
Large hogs .3 8 4 0
6mall porkers 4 2 4 10

Lamb.... 78 0(1 to 8i ocl.
Suckling calves, —s to —8 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s
t) 3.e each. _ _

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 2,990 Beasts 1 9OO
Cows. — Cows.
sheep • 27,210 sheep 8 9lO
...

Calves O( ICa.ves 53
rigs O5O 'Pigs
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 18G3,
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 ... 1333 ... -"
Bremen 427 ... 396 ...
Aarhaus 378 ...
Cadiz —

Beasts.

... 3 ...

... 2

Calais.. —
Corunna —
Dordt.
Dunkirk
Delfzyh.
Hamburg lO9 ... 519 ...
Harlingen - ...
Havre — ...
Ostend l4 ...
Oporto
Rotterdam —

... 1/ ... -

... 100 ...

- ... 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
1864 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 Sibs. to sink the offal.

April 17,
1865.

April 16,
1866.

s d--- --s" d s d s d.
Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6t03 10 4 oto 4 4
Second quality do. . 4 0 4 4 4 6 4 8
Prime largo oxen 4 6 4 8 410 5 0
Primo 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.
Large hogs
Neat small porkers 4 2 4 8 4 2 410
Beasts 3,170 2,990
Sheep 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.