The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-15 00:00:00

FALKIRK TRYST.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 12.-To-day there was a very large
attendance of dealers, many of them from across the
border ; and, with the exception of sheep, stock of the
various descriptions was unusually large, but generally
speaking the quality was deficient, first-class cattle espe-
cially having been picked up in the districts before get-
ting to market. The long drought having materially
affected pa.turage and the turnip crop, and the late
high price of corn having tempted farmers to tear up
much of their grass grounds, dealers in store cattle ope-
rated with great caution.
For sheep the market continued to evince the same
languid tone which characterised the latter half of the
previous day. Some ewes changed hands at 17s. 6d., a
similar article to which brought 225. at the correspond-
ing market of last year, but few transactions took place
either in ewes or wedders, and those without any im-
provement in the rates of the foregoing day, and late in
the afternoon a good many lots remained on the ground
unsold. Still there seemed little disposition on the part
of holders to force sales by lowering their pretensions.
The stock of Highland cattle was very large, and there
was a good deal of animation. A considerable business
was done at prices not remunerative to holders, many
of whom had stocked at high prices, and were shy. We
note a few of the sales. Mr. Alex. Duncan, of Aber-
deenshire, sold a lot of stirks at from 3/. 15s. to 4/. 10s.,
a lot of two year old stots at from Si. to 71., and 40
three year olds at 101. 10s. Mr. E. Bain, from the
same district, sold 40 two year olds at 6/. 15s. Mr.
Hope, of Newmains, bought 12 three-year cows, at
71. 15s. Mr. Vere D. Shorte, of Mount Rath, Ireland,
bought 20 stirks at 41. 15s. and 80 two-year-olds at
61. 15s. Mr. D. M'Phail, Of Mull, sold 20 stirks at
3/. 12s: 6d., 22 two-year-old quays at 6/. 10s., and 10
cows at 71. 10s. Mr. Angus M'Phail sold 40 sticks at
4/. 7s. 6d., 10 two-year-old heifers at 81., 20 stot stirks
at 31. 10s., and 14 inferior stirks at 2/. 17s. Mr.
M'Donald, of Skye, sold 10 cows at 11/. ss. There
were some good lots of Angusshire polled, and other
stock, part of which brought for two or three year
olds, from 101. to 151. Mr. Cowan, of Paisley,
bought 19 four-year-old bullocks at 221. 15s. from
Mr. Train, of Glasgow, and offered 151. 7s. 6d. for a
lot of three-year-olds, and 101. for a lot of High-
land queys, both of which were refused. Mr. Train, of
Glasgow bought 12 lour-yr-olds at 191. 15s. ; and Mr.
Bell, of Glasgow, a lot of 20 four-yr-olds at 101. Mr.
M'Gregor offered a lot of Fifesbire crosses, very large
in size, at 251., but did not find a buyer at that figure.
The stock of Irish cattle was Ist ge, and in average
good condition, and the grown lots were picked up
cleverly, but a great amount, especially of young stock,
remained on the ground unsold in the afterpart of the
day. Indicative of the price we may state that 6 two-
yr-old heifers fetched 91. ss. Mi.. Scott, of Dumbarton-
shire, bought 12 two-yr-old bullocks from Mr. Morrow,
of Ireland, for 81. The latter sold 20 two-yr-old stots
to Mr. Anderson, of Edinburgh, for 111. A few prime
Anguashire yearlings fetched as high as 101., while an
inferior class of Irish brought from 41. to 51., and two-
yr-olds from 61. to 81. 131. was asked for three-yr-old
slots and cows. Mr. Smith, of Edinburgh, sold three-
yr-olds at from 11/. to 121., two-yr-olds from 91. to 10/.,
and stirks at from 51. 1 Os. to 71. 7s. Mr. William Weir,
of King-street, Glasgow, purchased from Mr. Dick 42
four-yr-old stots at 201., allowed to be the best lot on
the ground.
Milch cows brought from 121. to 131., and Mr. Lid-
dell, of Denny, sold two of a superior description to Mr.
Matthews, of Perth, for 171. Three lots of short-horned
English calves were greatly admired, and found a ready
market.

The market for horses was brisk in the early part of
the day, but it became slow, and towards the close
there was neither inclination to press sales nor to effect
purchases. The display on the ground was good, among
which were some capital Irish, but these were under age
for troop horses, else they would have likely been picked
up for such. Goo,l cart or draught horses sold at from
401. to 50/. ; and Mr. M‘Sinlay, of Glasgow, sold a pair
of two-year-old draught mares for 801. Mr. M‘Gregor,
of Callander, sold a carriage horse for 401. Other horses
ranged from 101. up to the above quotations. Light
saddle horses sold variously, with a good demand, at
from 201. to 351. There were a good many Shetland and
other fancy ponies forward offering at prices ranging
from 71. to 15/. ; and these too were brisk.
On the whole, prices at the present tryst may be said
generally to have receded nearly 15 per cent. from the
corresponding tryst of last year.