The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-11 00:00:00

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST Wzllll.

From Beasts.
Rotterdam 72
Amsterdam 2
Harlingen
Dordt , lO
Elamburgh l3
Calais — ...
Antwerp ,..

Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Figs.
143 ... 8 175 6

S 6 ... 3

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448 -

•• • '-'

... 17. ...

..• 64

T0ta1.... 104 ..

773 ... 11

... 319

The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheen. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
1856 2l 152 3 93
1855....
1854 327 407 ... 2 ~. 162
(853 623 2,185 ... 5 527 56
1852 lBO ... 1,414 ... 3 .., 394 4
(851 534 1,850 8 442 59
1850 3lB 731 15 ... 240 ... 2
To-day's market was but moderately supplied with
foreign stock, and the demand for it was much loss active.
From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts,
fresh up, were tolerably good, both as to number and
quality. Although the attendance of butchers was rather
numerous, the beef trade ruled dull, at a decline in the
prices realised on Monday last, of 2d. per 81bs. The
highest quot Alen :or Scots was 4s 105 per 81bs.
The receipts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam-
bridgeshire, amounted to 2,0C3 Scots and short horns ;
from other pasts of England, 3,030 of various breeds; from
Scotland, 3,000 Scots ; and from Ireland, 100 oxen.
We were fairly supplied with sheep, and most breeds
came to band in good saleable condition. The mutton
trade was in a sluggish states, at last Mnday's decline in
value—the top figures for Downs, in the wool, being ss.
101. per 81bs.
We were tolerably well supplied with lambs, which sold
steadily, at full prices,—viz., ss. Gd. to 6s. 4d. per 81bs.
About 300 came to hand from the Isle of Wight.
Calves—the show of which was limited—moved off
slowly, but no quotable change took pla3e in their value.
We had a dull sale for pigs, at last week's currency.
Per 81bs to sink the offais.
0. d. s. d.I s. d. s
Inferior Beasts... 3 2to 3 4 PrimeSouthdown 5 6 510
Second quality... 3 6 310 LArge crse. calves 3 6 4 4
Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6 Prime small d 0... 4 6 5 0
Prime Scots, dre. 4 8 4 10,Large hogs
Inferior Sheep _4 2 4 6 Small porkers 4 4 5 0
Second quality _4 8 4 10ISuckling calves-23 0 30 0
Prime erse.-wlled.s 0 5 41Quarter old. pigs.2l 0 28 0

Lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 4d.
TOTAL SUPPLY: I FOREIGN SUPPLY.

limsts
Sheep and lambs 01,210
Calves l2O

Beasts
Sheep and lambs,. 540
Calves 82

Pigs 4401 Pigs ..,
statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat
stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle
Market, on Monday, May 12, 1856, and this day, Monday,
May 11, 1857.
Per 81bs, to sink the scale.
May 12, 1856.
s. d. s. d.
Coarse and inferior beasts ... 3 oto 3 4
Second quality ditto ... 3 6 3 8
Prime largo oxen ... ... 310 4 2
Prime Scots, itc 4 4 4 6
Coarse and inferior sheep ... 3 8 310
Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4
Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 6 4
Primo Southdown ditto 410 5 2
Lambs 5 4 6 4
Large coarse calves ... ... 310 4 S
Prime small ditto 410 5 4
Large hogs 3 4 4 2
Keat small porkers 4 4 4 8
Beasts... 1081
Sheep and lambs 15,590
Calves...
Pigs ::
..,260
SITPPLINS ON SAL; May 14, 1855.—Beasts, 3
and lambs, 21,110; calves, 140; pigs, 510.
May 15, 1854.—Beasts, 4,106; sheopand lambs, 25,090;
calves, 295 ; pigs, 310.

11Way11,1857

s. a. . S. d.
3 2to 3 4
I 3 6 3, 10
40 4 6

I 4 8 410
42 4 6
4 8 4 10
30 5 4
15 6 510
6 6 4
;3 6 4 4
46 5 0
34
84
345 8
17,7402208

I 210
,786; sheep,

NRWGATE AND LEADEIHALL.
The supplies of both town and country-killed meat on
offer in these markets are moderately rood, and the trade
is far from active, at our quotations.

Per Blbs by the carcase.
s. d. s. d. I d. a. d
Beef, interior 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6
Do., middling 3 6 3 10 (Do., middling ..... 3 8 4 0
Do. prime large 4 0 4 2 j Do., prise ......... 4 2 4 8
Do., do. small-4 4 4 6 1 Veal.... .... . ........ 3 4 4 8
Purk, large 3 8 4 2 I Pork. small ........ 4 4 5 0
Lamb, Bs Od to Cs 01

BOROUGH HOP.
There is still a fair demand for all good and fine hops, at
full prices. Infer for qualities rule dull. Last week's im-
ports were 112 bags from Hambro'.
Mid and East Kent pockets, 31 10i to 51 12s ; Weald
of Kent. 3i 5s to 3/ 15s ; Sussex, 3/ Os to 3/ 128 ; year-
lings, 11 lOs to 31. per uwt.

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.
The arrivals of home grown potatoes. since oar last re-
port, have been only moderate. The imports have
amounted to 6 baskets, and 514 bags and 289 tons from
Rotterdam, 75 tons from Harlingen, 123 tons from Lon-
vaine, 40 tons from Leer, 499 bags from Hambro'
1,132 bags and 14 sacks from Ostend, 2,487 bags, 2,431
sacks ana 436 tons from Antwerp, 126 tons from Selzeate,
and ICO tons from Ireland. The trade generally is firm,
at our quotations.
York Regents, 100 s to 175 s per ton ; Kent and Essex do.,
1C )s to 160 s ; Scotch do., 95s to 130 s ; do. cups, 90s to
105 s ; Middlings, 75s to 85s; Lincolna, 85s to 105 s ; Blues,
95s to 115 s ; Foreign, 85s to 100 s.

WOOL.
The public sales of colonial wool continue to be mode-
rately attended. In biddings no improvement has taken
ple3e, and prices rule from I,d. to 2d per lb beneath pre-
vious series. Sydney—Clean sheep's has realised is 8d to 2s
6d ; scoured, is 11d to 38; handwashed, le 8d to 2s 0 d ;
lamb's, is 6d to la 11d. ' • do. scoured, 2s Id to 2s Hid ;
skin, super. scoured, 2s ld to 2s ; do. handwashed, is
3d to is 100 ; locks, is 24d to is Bd. Port Philip and
Portland Bay--Clean sheep's, is 2id to 2s 2d ; scoured, is
9.1 d to 2s 7d ; lamb's, is lld to 2s ; do. super. scoured, 2s
9d ; handwashed, is 8d to is 10d ; skin, is 2d to is 7d ;
do. handwashed, is 8d to is 93 ; pieces, is 3d to is
South Australian— Clean sheep's, 18 60 to is 10 ?,d ;
lamb's, is 7d to is lld ; pieces, is 2d to is 7d ; grease, 10d
to is Vd. Cape—Clean sheep's, is 4d to is Bld ; do. hand-
washed, is 9d to 2s ; lamb's, is Eitd to is 9d ; skin,
is Gd ; grease, 10d to lld per lb. Last week's imports
were 1,900 bales from Sydney, 1,400 from Melbourne,
1,563 from Launceston, 671 from Port Beaufort, 679 from
Algoa Bay, and 57 from Antwerp. The private market
is exceedingly heavy.
The following are the current rates of English wool :
Down tege, is 7d to is 8d ; half-bred hoggets, is 6d to is
7d ; Kent fleeces, is 5d to is Gd ; Down ewes, is 5d to
is 6d ' • Leicester fleeces, is 4d to is 5d ; combing skins,
is :id to Is 51 ; flannel wool, is 2d to is 6d ; and blanket
wool, 10d. to is 2d per lb.