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done. The attendance waa unusually 8ca>,ty, and the fair is 

 described as being upon the whole " very poor." 



DURHA.M FAIR. — Buyers were nuraaous. Colonel 

 Teasdale attended as a purchaser on behalf of the (iovern- 

 nient. Superior horses sold at about 100 guineas ; army 

 horses, £25 to £30, and in some few instances, £35 ; best 

 cart horses, £30 to £35 per head ; commoner animals were a 

 drug. Prices are 10 to 15 per cent, lower than last year. 

 Dealers and farmers state that prices are yet likely to fall consi- 

 derably. 



EAST RETFORD FAIR.— There was a good attendance 

 of bayera and sellers. There was a very laraie show of agri- 

 cult'iral and draught horses of a superior description. There 

 were but few hacks shown, and but little business done in 

 either description of these animals. Prices ruled, for really 

 useful sorts of draughts, from £33 to £40; hacks, £20 to £30. 

 As usual there were plenty of " ofTnl" horses on sale. There 

 was a large supply of cattle, but very little fat stock ou sale. 

 Drapes and steers readily sold from £9 to £14, arconliug to 

 size and quality. Milkers and store beasts went off sluggish. 

 There were but few calves. Beef sold at 8s. per stone, and 

 mutton at 6|d. per lb. Hogs realized 373. fully. Few sheep 

 were penned. 



HELSTON FAIR. — Purchasers were not willing to give so 

 high prices as ruled for some time past. Towards the close of 

 the fair, however, a good amount of business was done. A 

 fine lot of bullocks, five in number, reared by Mr. John 

 Tyacke, of Merther, was sold by auction, and realized good 

 prices. 



HEXHAM FAIR.— A moderately light show of cattle, 

 which met a brisk demand at good prices, excepting milk 

 cows, which sold slowly at drooping prices. Horses a very 

 good show ; demand slack, prices loiver, and many left unsold. 

 Pigs a numerous show, at lower rates, and part left unsold. 



HORNCASTLE HOG SHOW AND FAIR-Was the 

 largest that has ever been known, the recent favourable altera- 

 tion in the weather haviug brought sellers of stock into the 

 market in large numbers, in expectation of a rise iu prices. 

 Both beasts and sheop partook of the upward tendency, ai;d 

 although the market was rather lower than was ynticipated, 

 the stock exhibited was gradually disposed of. There was a 

 strong i'lterest excited in the competition for the silver cup, 

 given by Mr. Stanhope to the exhibitor of tlie nest pen of he- 

 hogs ; the competitors being Mr. Parker, of Walmsi;ate, Mr. 

 Jos. Walter, of Edlingtou, and Mr. Jos. Davey, of Fulletby. 

 Mr. Parker waa again fortunate enough to bear off the prize, 

 and obtain a compasion to the cup he won last year. The 

 judges were Jos. R Kirkham, Esq., Andieby, Mr. Harviood 

 Mackinder, Langton, and Mr. Mayfield, Dogdyke. 



ILSLEY FORTNIGHTLY MARKET.— There was about 

 an average supply, and a fair attendauce of dealers. Tiie sheep 

 this season are in good condition, and handled remarkably well. 

 The trade was dull, but eventually nearly the whole was dis- 

 posed of at about la. to 23. per head reduction from that day 

 fortnight. 



LEOMINSTER FAIR was well supplied with most de- 

 scriptions of stock, but the trade ruled /ull except for steers 

 and good barren cows, and those were in demand at high 

 rates. Cows and calves met with customers and remunerative 

 prices. Beef averaged G^d. ; and wether mutton, in the wool, 

 7id. per lb.; Pigs were low. Really good horses iu demand 

 at high rates ; inferior animals lower. 



MUIR OF ORD FAIR.— 3,689 sheep, chiefly Cheviot 

 hoggs, were for sale. Last year the number on the same day 

 was 3,G90. On this occa«ion the sheep were in fair condition, 

 but not equal to la?t year ; and in estimating the fall of prices, 

 some allowance must be made for this fact. The want of keep 

 throughout the country, and the depreciation in prices, told 

 heavily on the market. Until abo;;t three o'clock o.ily two 

 transactions were reported; these were two lots, each of from 

 300 to 400 Cheviot wether hoggs, in good condition and well- 

 bred, which were sold at a guinea a-bead — Mr. Scobie, liOchin- 

 ver, and Mr. Clarke, Eribole, being the purchasers. They 

 were reported to be the best lots on the ground After three 

 o'clock Mr. Scobie gave the market a little activity by pur- 

 chasing several lots of hoggs, at from ISa. lo2Us., which were 

 counted cheap at the money, and sold from want of keep at 

 home. Mr. Eraser, Mauld, bought a lot of Cheviot hoggs 

 from Mr. Ross, Fairburn, at 1 Is. ; aud another lot at the same 



figure. Mr. Sim, Scotsburn, sold a lot of black-faced hoggs 

 at 133. A fine lot ol half-bred wethers, belonging to Mr. Mac- 

 lennan, Tomich, were intercepted on their way to tiir Inver- 

 ness steamer, by wiiich tliey were to be sent to Edinburgh, 

 and were bought by Mr. Jackson at 3oi. a-head. Mr. Mac- 

 kay. Cape Wrath, bought Cheviot nether hog.^s at 193 ; Mr. 

 Mackenzie, Bahiabeen, sold the Mulcbaich shot Cheviot 

 wether hoggs at £16 per clad score. The market ou Thurs- 

 day waa duller than on Wednesday, ami at a late hour little 

 or nothing had been done. Forty cattle w<:re on the ground, 

 fifty horses, and seveuty-MS pigs, besi'ies a large portion of the 

 sheep exposed on the previous day. A good many horses 

 chaogeJ hands, and most of tl.e pigs ; but, so far as we could 

 learn, there was not an offer made for any of the lots o; cattle, 

 and nothing further was done iu sheep. Horfics were greatly 

 down from last year, and pigs were selling at something like 

 20 per cent, less than at thi; correspouding niarket of 1857. 



NEWARK FAIR.— There was a moderate supply of store 

 beasts, which sold as well a?i wai expected, at pri"e3 consider- 

 ably below those realized this fiir.e last year. There was a 

 good supply also of milking cow?, but prices were not so high 

 as at previous market'. We had a good show oi sheep, which 

 sold off much lower than Inst year ; hogs fetched about £2 

 each. Not many lambs were shown at the stock market on 

 Tuesday ; the show of sheep was gooi. Prices were 6d. 

 per lb. out of wool, aud 7d. in wool. Beef realized 73. to 73. 

 6d. per stone. ^ 



ROSS FAIR was not so well attended as it generally has 

 been. Beef fetched 7d. per lb., mutton 6^d. There w.. re very 

 few horses offered, and the caleswere generally dull. 



UPTON FAIR.— The supply of stuck was larger than 

 usual. Useful cows and calves sold at from £13 to £14 a- 

 piece ; barrens about £11 or £12 each ; wether bheep averaged 

 from 303. to 40s. a-head. Store pigs were numerous, aud 

 were disposed of at a considerable reduction in price from last 

 year's value. 



WREXH.\M FAIR was exceedingly well attended by 

 business men, but the tendency of prices for p.ll kinds of stock, 

 with the exception of sheep, was downwards, and in conse- 

 quence not a very large amount of business was don:?. The 

 show of fat stock was good, but barrens fetched the best prices 

 comparatively. Sheep were scanty, both fat and store, and 

 prices were firm. Of horses there was a larger show, especially 

 of cart-horse?, amongst which there were many fine animals, 

 the prices ranging from £30 to £50. Pigs were plentiful, and 

 cheaper than ever known in Wrexham. 



YORK FAIR.— Very few lean beasts wcro shown, and 

 business trifliug. A moderate supply of horses bad slow de- 

 mand, at rates much below last Palmsuu fair. 



IRISH FAIRS — Ballinakili, : There was a good 

 average display of stock. Prices ruled pretty much as during 

 the past month, and good store stock were in demand. 

 Store pigs sold a shade lower than previously. At Athlone 

 Fair there was large supply of prime cattle, for which 

 there was little demand, in consequence of the absence of 

 Leinster buyers. The supply of pigs was very large, but 

 the demand was slow, and prices were very considerably 

 down from the January fair. Cari.ow : There was a good 

 supply of stock, principally stores ; but there was a disincli- 

 nation on the part of graziers to purchase, unless cattle of 

 good quality. Fat stock manifested a downward 

 tendency — some prime lots brought good prices. 

 Mr. Joseph Fishbourne sold two three-year-old stall- 

 fed heifers for £17 per head. Major IM'Mahon received for 

 a lot of fat heifera £13 53. per head. A large lot of stores, 

 two and a h3lf years old, were sold by Mr. B. B. Feltus to 

 P Maher at £10 per liead. Beef may in general be quoted 

 from 50s. to 553. per cwt. for prime. Strippers end dry cows 

 were numerous, aud those of a gooi quality sold we 1 ; inferior 

 classes were not much in request, prices ranged from £13 to 

 £16 Mr Browne, of Ballyraggau, county Kddare, sold a lot 

 of three-yearolds for £10 123. 6J. per head; and Mr. Urowue, 

 ofCorbally,alotofthree-year-old bullocks, at £11 178.6d. The 

 sheep fair was thinly supplied, but some lota of excellent qua- 

 lity were exhibited. Mr. Thomas Dowse sold a prim? lot (fat) 

 at £3 10^., the top prire ; Mr. Peter Salter, a lot of wethers 

 at £2 73. per head. The average price of hoggets was from 

 353. to 42s. Store pigs from 203. to 253., bonhaius 7s. to 12s. 

 per couple. 



