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from 4 J. 4d- to ii- 8J. per scone; and mutton fetchei about 

 equal prices, the trade iu the latter especially being very good. 

 The supply of pigs was larger than the demand, and sellers 

 felt a difficulty to part with some of their stock, cousgqueutly 

 prices obtaiued were smaller than for some time past. Fat 

 hogs sold from lOs. 6d. to lOa. 9d. per score, and stores 

 realized rather less prices. Messrs- Uanby aud Caless sold by 

 auction Cotswold breediug ewes, shearlicg rams, and older 

 sheep. The breeding ewes fetched an average of from SOs. to 

 54s. ; the rams, from 5^ gs. to 7| gs- Subsequently, Mr. 

 Cother condusted Mr- A- Bull's first annual sale and letting of 

 his famed rims- There were 4 sheep let at an average of 1 1 

 ga- ; and 20 sheep were sold, which made an average of 10 gs. 

 — the highest selling for 16 gs., au advance on last year's 

 prices. He then sold 1.5 splesidid Cotswold rams, from the 

 flock of Mr- Craddock, Eaatington, near Northleacb, which 

 made an average of £15 3s. 9d. — the highest being 30 gs., also 

 an increase in price over the list year. 



BEDALE FORTNIGHT FAIR.— We had a smaller supply 

 of all descriptions of stock. Prices were a litle higher for fat 

 kinds. la-calving cows were good to sell- Beef, 73. to 8d. 

 3d. per stone ; mutton, 6d. to l^i- per lb. 



BRECHIN FAIR.— But little business was done. Fat 

 cattle brought 10s- per Dutch stone; while lean cattle are re- 

 duced in value since June from £1 to £.3. There were also 

 few sheep iu the market, and few sales took plac;. 



BRIDGNORTH FAIR. — The supply was even more scanty 

 than usual ; t';:e shortcoming being in all probability owing to 

 the fact that farmers are just now engrossed in harvesting 

 operations. The attendance of dealers was correspondingly 

 thin. Prices held firm. Cows, for the butcher, fetciied from 

 7d. to 7id. Cows and calves from £15 up to £20. Ewea 

 fetched 8d. ^and wethers SJd. There were a few horses at 

 high prices. 



DUNHAM FAIR. — There was a tolerably good attendance, 

 principally consisting of buyers. The best show was of fat 

 beasts, which commanded good prices and obtained a ready 

 sale, prices ranging from 7s. 6d. to 8s. per stone, aud for the 

 finest 8?. 3d. There was a fine lot of store beasts. Cows 

 and their calves realized from £15 to £20 each couple. 

 Young store beasts were not numerous, and may be said to 

 have commanded late prices. Several fat sheep were shown, 

 and for which there were plenty of buyers at from 7d. to 7iJ. 

 per lb. A fair supply of lambs at prices varying from 233. to 

 303. per head, according to quality, at which nearly all were 

 bought np. 



HORNCASTLE GREAT HORSE FAIR has been now 

 for several days in full action. The fair concluded on Friday, 

 the 21at. A correspondent says : " The show was a fine one. 

 There was a good demand for firat-claas horses, and prices ran 

 high. Young horses, suitable for carriages, sol.l at 45 to 50 

 guins.; well-matched ditto, 120 to 130 guins. the pair; hunt- 

 ers, 65 to 80 guins. ; and ditto of celebrity, and up to heavy 

 weight, made 100 to 140 guins.; cover hacks, 25 to 40 guins.; 

 roadsters, 30 to 45 guins. ; cobs varied in price from 20 to 

 40 guins.; cart colts, adapted for Londou purposes, 45 to 60 

 guineas, ; cart colts, 28 to 35 gains. ; brood mares, stinted to 

 horses of high pedigree, made prices ranging from 15 to 40 

 guins.; and yearlings fetched from 15 to 30 guins. ; good 

 blood selling quickly ; old aud much-used horses remained on 

 hand. The jbest description of brougham &c. horses were 

 destined for London." 



LINCOLN FAT STOCK MARKET.— There was only a 

 small show of both beasts ai'.d sheep, consequejitly prices 

 were slightly in advance of our last quotations. Beef realized 

 from 7s. to 8s. per stone, according to quality, and mutton 

 from 6d. to 7d. per lb. 



LOCKERBY LAMB FAIR.~The numbers were consi- 

 derably short of last year, being estimated at from 40,0C0 

 to 45,000 head. There was a very numerous attendance of 

 buyers and on-lookers on the hill. Owing to the remarkably 

 favourable season for grass, the flocks were in the highest cou- 

 ditioi), it being generally acknowle iged that better half-bred 

 lambs were never seen on Lockerby Hi'ithan many of the lots 

 were. Busiiicss comineuced early, and in the early part o!' the 

 day, for the best class of half-breds was animated. A goodly 

 number of southern buyers arrived by the first trains, and 

 favourable reports irom Melrose gave a further impetus to the 

 mwkets, and during the forenoon it may be described as brisk 

 ai;',l ve'v d'ir for jjo )1 '.!?.ir-lre''.', A''er vlicse -B-ere (lispo cd 



of, the market grew rather slower, and secondary qualities 

 were rather stiffer to sell, though even of these a good clear- 

 ance was made by two o'clock. As usual, the best lots of 

 half-breds were purchased by the spirited farmers in the valley 

 of the Urr. Half-breds may be quoted at from Is. to 23, 

 above the prices of last year. For the best Cheviots the in- 

 quiry in the early part of the day was good, but during the 

 forenoon the demand rather slackened, and in the afternoon 

 the market for this class maybe described as " dear and drug." 

 Prices were advanced on those of last year Is. 6d. to 2s. a-head. 

 Very few lots of crosses were shown, and some of these were 

 bringing higher prices thau were ever known for that class of 

 stock on Lockerby Hill. A few lots o! blackfaced lambs were 

 shown, and for these there was a good demand, and high prices 

 were realized. 



MUIR OF ORD MA.RKET.— There was a considerable 

 number of sheep, but they generally consisted of inferior lots. 

 The market was considered dull, and few transactions occurred. 

 The turnip crop in the south does not warrant buyers in 

 making extensive purchases, and prices were low. Mr. Miin- 

 dell sold a lot of shot lambs at about 7s.; Mr. M'Leuuan, 

 Ord, sold a lot of second lambs at 10s., subject to a luck- 

 penny. He also bought a lot of blackfaced lambs at 83. Mr. 

 Beaton, Muirtown, bought a lot of stcoud lambs at 78. The 

 best lot on the stance was purchased by Dr. Eraser, Kerrew, 

 being top wedder lambs at 12s. 6d. Mr. Jackson, Invercastly, 

 sold a lot of har-brtd lambs at 203. Mr. Lachlan Grant also 

 sold a lot of blackfaced lambs at 63. 3d. Thursday, 20th.— 

 The cattle market evinced a fall in prices of upwards of 208. a- 

 head on the general descriptions of cattle. There were maay 

 lots of Highland cattle, cud a few good lots of crosses. Up 

 to the hour of four o'clock little had been done, and dealers 

 were very stiff and backward in their purchases. The six- 

 quarter old crosses were well represented, but not so with two- 

 year-olds. The Highlands were not particularly good gene- 

 rally, though the prices asked in the early part of the day were 

 high. The finest lot (j^enerally allowed) of crosses was pur- 

 chased by Mr. Mitchell, Brahan, who, it was said, bought 

 them at £10. Mr. Eraser, Phoineas, sold a lot of year-old 

 crosses at £6 6s. Mr. Eraser, Craggie, bought a lot of two- 

 year-old Highlanders at £4 4s. Mr. Sinclair, Caithness, sold 

 a lot of Highlanders, two-year-olds, to Mr. Fauns, Brechin, at 

 £5 5s. Mr. Seller, Caithness, sold a lot of queya at£9. Mr. 

 Chishclm, Auchnacloich, sold Highland queys at £6 10s. Mr. 

 Fauus, from Brechin, purchased a mixed lot of Highland slots 

 aud queya at £4 5s. Mr. Campbell, Caithness, sold a lot of 

 Highland queys at £3. Mr. Robertson, near Inverness, pur- 

 chased a lot of six-quartcr-old crosses at £7 lOs. Mr. Hugh 

 Ross, Spiningdale, sold a lot of Highland queys to Mr. Mac- 

 bean, Tordarroch at £1. Mr. John Gunn, Caithness, sold a 

 mixed lot of Highland stots and queys at £4. Mr. James 

 Munro, cattle dealer, Auchinss, Caithness, sold a mixed lot of 

 Highland queys and stots at £5 3s. A large number of horses 

 were shown. Among them were some good nags, aud the good 

 horses were sold high prices. We heardof £95 being given 

 for a pair of ordinary worikng horses. The demaud was 

 brisk. 



NEWARK FORTNIGHTLY MA.RKET.— The supply 

 of Sheep and Beasts was an average. Beef made 7s. Gd. to 

 83. per stone ; Mutton, 6|d. to 7d. per lb. 



PENRITH FORTNIGHTLY MARKET was well sup- 

 plied with cattle, sheep, and lambs, although not so largely as 

 the fortnight previous. There was a good attendance of buy- 

 ers, and prices were a little higher. About 30 head of catile 

 and 1,000 sheep and lambs were shown. 



SHREWSBURY FORTNIGHTLY MARKET. — The 

 best heifer beef made 6|d. ; inferior cow, 6d. per lb.. ; useful 

 stores and calves selling at fair average prices. Fat wether 

 sheep, 7d. per lb.; stora sheep in request. Fat lambs from 

 153. to 253. Pigs about the same as iu our last market. 



STOWMARKET LAMB FAIR.— There was the largest 

 show of sheep that has been seea for years past, though the 

 supply of lambs was somewhat short. There were also several 

 pens of fat sheep. The lambs met with a ready sale from 253. 

 to 35s. per head ; the demand far exceeding thesupply, there 

 was a great deal of business transacted. There were a few 

 head of neat stock and several nag horses aud ponies. 



TEWKESBURY FAIR was thinly attended, farmers 

 being busily engaged in harvesting. Beef and mutton ave- 

 r.Tged "J. peril). 



