The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-11 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

The total imports of foreign stock into Loudon last week
were 2,425 head In the corresponding week in 1858 we
received 806 ; in 1857, 1,033 ;in 1856, 705 ; in 1855,
1,090; in 1854, 1,202; in 18.53, 1,225; and iz 1852,
head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST "WEEK.
From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rotterdam
Harlingen
Hamburgh
Antwerp
Ostend l6 ..
Boulogne

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22 ..
16 ..

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71.

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Total ll7 2,238 70
Tho yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. lambs. Calves. Pigs.
.858 2O .. 641 .. 145 ..
857 356 .. 366 .. 10 .. 301 ..
.856 173 .. 338 .. .. 194 ..
855 4ll .. 623 .. .. .56 ..

1854 565 .. 452 .. 181
1853 616 3,208 .. .. 401 ..
The supply of fsreign sheep in to-day's market was
chiefly composed of merinos shipped at Hamburg. The
show of beasts and calves was very good.
About an average number of beasts was received fresh
up this morning from our own grazing districts, and the
general quality of the stock was good, especially as relates
to the crosses, which were in strong force in a comparative
sense. The attendance of butchers was far from numerous,
and the beef trade was in a sluggish state at, in some in-
stances, a slight decline in value when compared with
Monday last. The general top figure for beef was 4s. 10d.
per 8 lbs.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we
received 2,000 Scots, shorthorns and crosses; from other
parts of England, 300 of various kinds ; from Scotland, 350
Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 150 oxen and heifers.
Some of the latter were very prime.
With sheep we were fairly supplied both as to number
and quality. There was a considerable improvemant in the
mutton trade when compared .with Thursday last, and
prices ruled much the same as on this day se'nnight. The
best Downs, in the wool, sold at ss. 10d., out of the wool,
ss. 2d. per 8 lbs. About 15,000 sheep were shorn.
Lambs—the show of which was moderate—were in fair
request at full quotations, vie., ss. 4d. to 6s. Bd. per 8 lbs•
From the bill of freight, 260 head came fresh to hand.
There was a good sale for calves at full quotations. The
supply was limited.
The pork trade was heavy at last week's currency.
Per 81bs. to sink the offal.
s. d. s. d.
Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8
Second quality do. 3 10 4 2
Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6
Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10
Crse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 4
Second quality do. 4 6 4 8
Lambs, 5s
Suckling calves, 188 to 21s
18s to 21s.
TOTAL SUPPLY.
Beasts '3,66slBeasts 156
Sheep 2,llBolSheep
Calves
Pigs 330
j 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 12, 1858, and this day,
Monday, April 11, 1859.
Per 81bs, to sink the offals.
April 12, 1858. April 11, 1859.
e d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Coarse and inferior beasts . .
Second quality ditto
Prime large oxen 3lO 4 2 4 4 4 6
Prime Scots, &c. . . . . • 4 2 4 4 4 8 410
Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 4 3 63 10 4 4
Second quality ditto . . . . 3 8 4 0 4 6 4 8
Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 2 4 84 10 5 4
Prime Southdown ditto . . •
Lambs
Largo coarse calves . . .
Prime small ditto
Large hogs
Neat small porkers . . .
Beasts
Sheep and lambs . .
Calves
Pigs
SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 13, 1857.---Beasts, 2,874;
sheep and lambs, 14,640; calves, 114; pigs, 260.
April 14, 1856.—Beasts, 2,888 ; sheep and lambs, 18,000 ;
calves, 49 ; pigs, 195.

s. d. is. d.
Prime crs-wool do. 4 10 5 4
Pme. S'thdowndo. 5 6 5 10
Large crse. calves 3 10 4 8
Prime small do 4 10 5 6
Large hogs 3 0 3 6
Small porkers
Ld to 68 Bd.

and quarter-old store pigs,

POREIGN SUPPLY.