The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-17 00:00:00

INVERNESS GREAT SHEEP AND

WOOL FAIR.
(From the Inverness Courier.)
The market here, looked forward to with so much in-
terest and anxiety, as involving the whole year's comfort
and prosperity of a large body of our hill farmers and
others, besides regulating the, prices in all the inferior
markets, commenced yesterday, and may now be said to
have terminated.

SHEEP.
The sales commenced on Friday evening, and went on
with more spirit than last year. The following are some
of the principal Cheviot lots, which we set down as re-
ported, without any attempt at classification:-The
Langwell wedders, 25s (or 25/ per clad score, as prevails
in all the sales of sheep). Mr. Horne 's Clyth wedders,
26s Mr. Houston, Kintradwell, wedders, 294 6d; ewes,
19s 6d. Mr. Hall, Soiberscross, ewes, 20s. Bighouse
ewes, 19s; Bighonse young ewes, 19s. Dunbeath wed-
ders, 255. Skelpick wedders, 22s 6d ; ewes, 16s 6d. Au-
chenduich wedders, 22s Gd; ewes. 14s. Scorrybreck wed-
ders, 245. Scorrybreck and Kinsburgh ewes, 14s 6d. Mr.
Brown, Kinkwood, Morayshire. ewes, 14s 6d, and his Ross-
shire ewes, 14s; wedders, 245. Ospisdale wedders, 22s Gd;
ewes, 12s 6d. Ribigill, 24s and 16s 6d. Eriboil, 24s
and 16s. Ardross, 21s 6d and 13s 6d. Gernsary, 22s
6d and 12s 6d. Mudall, 20s and 15s. Lochinver wed-
ders, 245. Heoldale, 23s 6d and 14s Gil. Foyers wed-
ders, 22c. Ledroore wedders, 221. Auchmore wedders,
255. Sandside, 25s and 15s. Mr. Paterson sold the
Armadale ewes (400) at 16:. Straeashalg (Lochbroom)
wedders, 236. Cambusmore ewes, 18s. Brackla wed-
ders, 235. Rhudunan Cheviot wedders, 20s 6d. Feorlig
owes, 12s. Kyle ewes, 12s. Drynoch wedders, 22s 3d;
ewes, 13s 6d. Torboll ewes, 16s 63. Rovie ewes, 13 6d.
Glendhu, 25s 6d and 16s 6d (exactly last year's prices).
Messrs. A. and A. Stewart, Ellanreacb, sold a lot of
Cheviot wedders at 22/ per clad score. Mr. K. Murray,
the Forest farm wedders at 23s 6d; ewes, 14s 63. Ar-
dintoul slack ewes at 121 15s per clad score. Mr. Sel-
e
lar's Sutherlandshire wedders 255; ewes, 16s 6d; young
ewes, 18s. Argyllshire wedders, 216 Lewes lls. Rodil
Cheviot wedder hogs, clipped, 14s. The Ord cast Che-
viot ewes, 14s. Mr. Fraser, Abersky. Cheviot wedders,
2W. The Strut' cast Cheviot ewes, 12i Gd.
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were sold at from 198 to 235. Leicester cross lambs
from 12s to 15s.

BLACKFACED.—The fine Rhudunan blackfaced
wedders sold at 17 6.1; Seuirinish ewes, 7s. Camusi-
nary wedders, 172.

LAMBS.

CHEVIOT.—Mr. Leslie, Torboll, sold his lambs at lls
63; Cambusmore, 12s; Rovie, 9s 6d; Sandwood (Care
Wrath), 9s 3d; Orbost, 8s; Foorlig, 8s; Borgie, 9s 3d;
Do., mid-ewe lambs, 7s 6d; Kingsburgh, 9e 6d; Ebost,
91; Dale, 106 6d; Scallaseig, 10s 6d. A line lot of
half-bred lambs (cross betwixt Cheviot and Leicester)
sold at lie 3d; the G!enflntaig cross lambs, 8s; the
Duntulin lambs, lls 6d; Scowrie, 9s 6d.
Mr. Macdonald, Achanault, bought 400 blsckfaced
ewe lambs at 61 6s per clad score. Mr. Allan Macvean
sold the Ardintoul a edder lambs at 101 per clad score.
Mr. Seller's Morvich, small ewe lambs, Bs. The Ord
Cheviot wedder lambs, 91 per clad score. Mr. Clark
of Ulva sold the Ulva cross wedder lambs at 71 103.
Several lots of blackfaced lambs sold at 7s; old ewes, 7s.