The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-16 00:00:00

FALKIRK TRYST.

The first of these great annual markets was held
on the usual ground, Stenhousemuir, on Tuesday. The
stock had a fair appearance, taking into consideration the
very unpropitious date of the weather for several weeks
peat for drivinc from the far north. The show was con-
siderably short m point of number", but this arose from
the large quantity of sheep in the northern counties. The
bulk of the Highland stock shown were principally com-
prised of small beasts. The quality was upon the whole
rather inferior, with the exception of a few lota of two-rear
old slots and a lot of two-year-old quays. There were also •
few lot" of good-conditioned stark*. The better con-
dition beasts of the Highland kind were disposed of, but
the inferior kinds were not cashable. At the close of the
market there were a large uumber of the small inferior
Highland haute unsold. The prices asked were large, and
the Englishmen, rather than submit to such an extortion,
allowed the Highlanders to put the stock on grass till
September. The following are a few of the lots that were
disposed of :-Mr. Riddell, Harnscleuch Burn, bought a lot
of north country heifers at 51.; and a farmer from Annan
bought a lot at 51. 12s. ed. A company from &gland
bought a large number of both heifers and slots, from 41. to
71. 10s. Mr. )(Thereon sold the best west beasts at lit :is.
Mr. Wm. Tod, cattle salesman, Edinburgh, sold 30 two.
year:old shorthorns at 121.; heifers at 10/. 15e.; and stirts
at 71. 15s. Several lots of north country cows sold by
Mr. Graham, Kilmacolm, at W. 2s. Gd. and 8/. There
were a good number of lots of various kinds of the High.
land breed, from 31. 15e. to If. 15s. These kinds of beasts
were stiff to do with. The shorthorned cattle were rather
a short supply, but being in rather good condition they were
rapidly picked up at prices equally good am at recent mar-
kets. Messrs. Swan and Son, salesmen, Edinburgh, sold the
following lots :-50 shorthorn two-year-olthi at 111. 15s.
to 131. 10s. a piece ; 50 Caithness cross bul-
locks at 8/. 10s. to W. 15e. ; 40 polled throw
yeer•old bullocks at 141. ; a lot of cross heifers
at 81. se. ; and a lot of Highland heifer" at 81. 21. 6d.
The show of ranch cows was large. Demand good for the
better elass, which brought from 15/. to 171. ; second, frog'
121. to 101. ; and for the inferior kinds from 8/. to 10/. A
peat Dumber exchanged hands. The general show of
horses was below an average ; so was the quality in many in-
stances. It took a few home in the forenoon before any
sales were made, but for good young draughts a large stroke
of business was done. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Kelso, and
other towns produced their buyers and sellers. Mr. Wil.
)lam Clark, Mauna, sold a pair of draughts to a dealer in
Haddington at • lange agar.. it was considered, upon the
whole, a bad trade, and in some instances a good bit back.

THE CATTLE TRADE.-NOTTINGHAM, AEO.
14.-
Here to-day the show of fat besets from the ferment and
dealers of the neighbourhood was rather more than usual,
and the animal/ were of good quality. The trade, however,
ruled slow, and prices were about the same as last week.
Of calves the supply was small, and full rates were made.
There was • large supply of sheep, which sold slowly at last
week's rates. Lambs were • moderate show, and generally
supported their value. Very little alteration in pigs.
Prior -Beef, 6• 9d. to Ba. dal. ; pork, Ca. fid. to 7s. pee
stone of 141 h. ; mutton, 6d. to 70.; lamb, Bd.; veal, 6d. to
7d. per lb. Licester, 14t1t. -There was an abundant sup.
ply of fat beasts at market to-day • but sales were effected
slowly, at barely the currencies of the previous week. The
supply of sheep was also ample. Lambe and calve" not
much altered in price. Quotations :-Beet, 6d. to 7d. ;
mutton, tied. to 74d. per lb. Wakefield, 14th.-There were
1,100 fat beasts and 3,800 sheep and lambast market to-day,
with a limited supply of lean cattle and a good show of
pip. There was a fair sale of fat stuck, but prices were
rather in favour of buyers. Beef, 7s. to 7s. 6d. per atone
of 141 b. ,• very choice do., &. ; mutton, 616. to 76. ;
lamb, led. to &L Salford, 13th.-There was • large
supply of fat beasts and sheep and lambs at market today,
but small of calves. Generally prices were a shade lower
than last, and part of the stock was left unsold. The numbers
were :-Beasts, 1,874 ; sheep and lambs, 10,269 ; calves,
196. The currency was :-Beef, 50. to bed. per lb., sink-
ing the offal ; mutton, 6jd. to Zed. ; lamb, 61d. to Bd. ; veal,
fel. to 614. Birmingham 13th.-There was an increase in
the supply of fat beast. today as compared with last week.
The geared quality was prime, and the demand steady at a
shade lower prices. Sheep and lambs • full average num-
ber ; demand moderate at late rates. The supply of
fat pip was better, particularly Irish bacons. The trade
heavy, without alteration in rates. Beef, 50. to 7d. per
lb.' mutton, fled. to Ted. per lb.; lamb, 71d. to Bd. per lb.;
lleion pigs, 10s. 3d. to 101. Esi. per score ; porker ditto,
10e. 3d. to 10e. 6d. per score. Edinburgh, 14th.-There
were 405 fat bears, 6,223 sheep sad lambs, and 275 pigs at
market to-day. The demand and prices were about the
same sa last week. Beef, 6s. to &.:3d. per stone of 141 b. •
,
mutton, 51d. to 716. per lb.; lambs, from 20s. to An. earl/ ;
fed pigs, 6e. 6d. to 7s. per stone.ReieMeterPlCHlB THIS YEAR.-The number of bank-
gazetted in England and Wales in the seven months
the 31st tdt. was 843, being at the rate of 1.445 per
annum ; while the average of the preceding 10 years WSJ
1,123. The bankruptcy rate which has prevailed this year
is thus shown to be 28.67 per cent. above the average. Of
the 843 bankmpteiss 'retied this yes: 378 took place in
the Loudon district, 71 in the Liverpool, GO in the Maze
cheater, 156 in the Birmingham, 91 in the Leeds, 48 in the
Bridal, 27 in the Exeter' and 11 in the Newcastle
jurisdictions. These figures show a rata per annum in
excess of the average of the previous 10 years in every
district with the exception of Newcastle. In the Liver-
pool district the rate per annum this year has been
121 as oompared with 79 • Manchester, 103 as tone
with 89 ; Birmingham, 268 as compared with
516071Leada, 156 as compared with 105 ; Bristol, 82 se
compared with 68 ; Exeter, 48 as compared with 42 ;
Newcastle, 19 as compared with 36 ; aod London, 648 r
compared with S4B. In the Newcastle district it will be
seen that this year's rate is 47.23 per cent. below the
average ; but in the Liverpool district there is an excess of
53.16 per cent. ; in the Manchester, an excels of 15.73 per
cent. ; in the Birmingham, an excess of 71.79 per cent ;
in the Leeds, an excess of 48.57 per cent. ; in the Bristol,
an excess of 20.58 par cent. • ' in the Exeter, an excess of
14.28 per cent. ; and in the London, an excess of 18.25 per
cent. Of course these figures do not include the numerous
private arrangements carried out for winding-up and
administering insolvent crates ; but they nevertheless
afford some indication of the commercial situation of the
country.
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BRITISH FISHERIES.-The annual report of the
theteemamadeneissylutoneroupef°nrthe takeatoththeeroherringwing
trade by • reduction of import duties. Hitherto the trade
has been chiefly with Prussia and the Baltic ports, but France
has already in the new ouninierced treaty greatly reduced
her duties, though probably not enough yet to allow a thriv-
log trade to be pushed in that quarter. Negotiations are
also on foot with Austria, where a very large business could be
done profitably to both nations, if Austria could be induced
to relax her tariff. The British herring fishing of 1500
yielded more than an average catch, and a hiee proportion
-681,19.3 barrels-was cured. The brand, though there is
now a fee upon it, is as much in request and estimation as
ever, and 231,913 barrels were branded last year. 377,970
barrels were exported, 291,401 to the continent. The re-
turns for cod and ling show rather smaller quantities cured
end exported than in the preceding year. Tue herring, cod,
and ling fisheries employed 12,721 busts, manned by 42,433
fishermen and boys, and the boats and nets and lines ela-
psed were of the estimated value of 750,196/. The admin.
titration of the fishery convection with France was, as
oral, attended last year with difficulty, owing to the en-
croachments of French fishermen within the three-mile
boundary ; but the French naval officers sent in cruisers to
watch over their own fishermen were always ready to pro-
mote the impartial investigation by the magistrates of
charges of infraction of the «meantime and M. de Fail.
lioy, the French naval commandant, gave very cordial arks-
fence to effect the adjustment of such cases. The Lads of
the Admiralty intend to apply a stronger force in future,
and thus remove the allurement of an uuprotected boundary,
which brings on so many encroachments and quarrels among
the fishermen.
THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.-11l the report of
the evidence taken before the commission there is very little
reference to the question who should be intrusted with the
control and management of the undertaking, but there is a
passage in the examination of Mr. ts. P. Bidder very much
to the point, at all events. In explaining his plan he had
stated that, in his opinion, the work should be executed by
• small body of persons under proper covenants and subject
to very strict supervision, and that, to prevent the under-
taking being swamped by a prodigious amount of law costs
and watered claims, some special legislation should be
applied to it, with the view of having those claims adjatel
equitably' and at the name time in a mintier lees cumbrous
and costly than the ordinary Lands Clauses evuedidation
Act provides. When there was opportunity, Mr. Thwaitee
proceeded to put some questions to him, and askel what be
meant by a cumbersome inachinery. Mr. Bidder answered
at once, •'I should say that your machinery, the Merge-
liter Board of Works, is not a good machinery for earrrat
out the works either expeditiously or economically, where
they would have to adjust such claims as would arise here.
I do not mean that the board may not be a proper body to
make a contract, but as for carrying it out in detail their
constitution would not insure its being done cheaply or
quickly." Mr. Thwaites-" Supposing that parleiment
gave the powers you speak of to the ' cumbersome body: do
you think there would be any difficulty in carrying out the
work?" Mr. Bidder -" There would be no difficulty, elf
Bwould not do it."
untertem OF A CANAL NEAR BARNSLEV.-At
early hour on Tuesday morning, an alarm wee raised that
the embaokruent of the natal at Hoystone bad given we,.
At the time of the occurreace a shop was close to the not,
and was in some danger from the sudden fall of the water.
The boatman was the first to discover the flaw, which wee
at first supposed to be merely • surface leek ; and for which
purpose the boat was put alongside. so as to stop the in:p.
On this being done, the water rapidly oozed out, carry ail
away the side of the embankment the full length of the
boat, which fell down a depth of nearly 19 feet, and was
floated along the fields, a dimmer of 41Ie yards, where it
d •••
became safely embedded amougt
b the s ten ing ce rn . _
and
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afterwards drawn to the era e bore". 4 far I,
the embankment there was, fortunately, a culvert, 'yea'
took a good deal of the water. Had the accident takenpiace.
on the lower embankment, it must have carried
tswa
parallely
a
@hirable portion of the line of railway which runs
with the canal. As it is, a good de"l of damage has h
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done, whilst the canal has been stainedh
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et
nearly eleven miles, in no place Lein •mu
is depth.