The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-08-19 00:00:00

TLIETFORD WOOL FAIR. At the Aatt The4furd Woq) PAN after the usual toasts and the health of Mr. Cuke bad been given and drank with the greatest applause, that Gentleman addressed the uusefOtts Company avvembled at the George to the following eff..ct: • • Air. Coal. stated that the neceistity of this meet. inn taking 'dace, otigii9fed from the fact of the *hole county being-Aisided by the wool buyers into different districts, each buyer net interfering with that tatich he claimed, and then purchasing by commission; a fixed price' waS cletenobeed! by these intlividoals, oho did not at one time aanoant - to more than three persons. By establishing a general niirt fur the sale of wool, and including the two counties, its real worth was more likely • to find its level-111c opinions of the growers from all parts would be known—general information would be obtained, and great encouragement • would ise held out fur the buyers from every part of the kingdom to attend, and that competition excited whirl) is the life and soul of all commer. eial trawactious. It was no wonder that certain individuals, who were so interested in no fair be. ing evtablished, should oppose such a meeting ; hut ou thtstr plan no possible benefit could arise to the grower. To prove hew anxious he (Mr. Coke) bail been to encourage the buyers to attend at Thetford on the anniversary of this day, he had always offered his wool at a lower price than he stilt! it fur afterwards. lie considered it was his • duty, as Chairman of that Meeting, to give every information in .his power relative to the price of wool ; and, having so dune, as he before ob. Nerved, he always held uut every encouragement to the buyers, askingasnly a fair price ; and he was - sure they always had received a fair profit for the purchases they hail made there, with the exception of une year, when they bought so indiscriminate ly, giving equal prices fur inferior and better wool, of which they bought a great denl.—Falling in value, they lost money by the first sort, but for the better Sort they 'gut increase-of price. It was the necessity of making that necessary discri. :nineties's, which he always wished to impress oo the minds of the buyers. At the very time to which he alluded just now, the Gentleman who purchased 'his wool, which was very good, told him that he got money by that, and lot oni) by that of au inferior *quality. "My le ntos used to tell rise,".said Me.,Coke, " when I was (tinting out the advautarit i of improving the levee, that they got as muck, money for their wools, which were not so god, and that they ob. tatted more in quantity. And thus, you see, Gentlemen, the ill effect which arose in conse quence of that combination which I• stated—of that slistiaion of the caststy to n blch I alluded, of that indiscriminate pit/Abase by commission, which 1 pointed o'st as toot detrimental. The wool growers certainly ought to 'sped from the buyere the most attention to the best fleeces ;" and he (Mr. Coke) hoped they would this day exert that judgment, and not give as mach fur the bad as the good. Relative to the prices which were to be expected here, he was ready to state ! erery information in his power. " I shall, Gentle- said he, " first reter yon to the sale of wool in March lastot the Lynda's, Tavern. It certainly was sold then at an extroi‘agant price, and it is ma terial to know 'what reduction, or if any, has since taken place; and we must ask a few questions on sulijoet. Is superfine cle)li much, or at all lower than it was then ? What do the Yorkshire buyers say ? Are there any pres:vit ? I find my clo thier ask me as much money: Nr my cloth, and therefore I consith•r, if he continues to demand the tme alltemi•e, that it must he because the advanced price of the wool %%int witich,.it is manufact ured, likewise etintinues. The prices then and now ought to be stated. There should be nu secrets. I wish to be candid, and I oislt both parties to obtain a fair profit. Wool is certainly very considerably higher than it was at this meeting last year."— At Mr. Thump:outs sheep-shearing, a very short time ago, that Gentleman was offered 9s. a pound for his Merino wool ; 6s. fur that of various crosses and 3s. fur the Ryeland, without any Spanish ad. mixture, butt all which prices he refused. When formerly speaking of the superiority of Ilse South. clown wool, it was declared by some persons that it would not take the dye so well. However, he (Mr. Coke) had sent some of his own wool to Mr. :lushes, in Wiltshire, to manufacture and dye, without stating his reasons. The cloth was re lented, and he requested some of his friends to in cept a part of it ; ee and at this moment (said Mr. Coke), I have on my back South-down wool, and South-down wool only, of that same manufacture. Mr. Motley has purchased my wool, and he has declared that it was worth 4s. a tod more than what was offered to sale by other growers, and as my wool certainly is much improved saute then, and other circumstances coinciding having occurred, the value now must be double. Still the buyers give•as much fur Norfolk, and inferior South. dun n wool, as for that ; and it is a proper discd. situation which is waisted. Since the prices in March, there certainly has been but a very little reduction in the lately( wool ; but let me ask, is it of any ernssespausce to those I see around me, *tattier or riot they sell their wool there this 'l4 1' Certainly not : and they all know that in every instance they have made more of it after n ibe fair day." Mr. Coke diets deprecated th e name Viseiple ottlotk 'Oho 'wished to de feat the beneficiai ohjeet of this mart, which had no m e w motive thou that of fair stud honourable dealing between man and man. He deprecated the practice of the buyers purchasing what they citald befus;" the fully saving they would give the going price, anireethe fair, coming tone determi nation, lucid porthole what they could after. wards, baring given for their first purchases what they thought proper, and at the last saying, we have not given more than what we offer you ; thus s •tting their own price. This mode of deal. i t t4, and for the growers to send i n t h e i r woo l on such terms, could not be too strongly corn. reveled on, as it was ru prejudicial to their own inte•rest•, rnil that of the general interest. Mr. • Coke said, if they euuld not obtain a fair price f•pr their wool this day ) he eenainly should advise Ibis tenants, and those Who were present, to keep back their wool ; for it was those only who were compelled to sell, .of whom the buyers could take 1 the unfair advantage he had justly reprobated. i Mr. Coke then mentioned Ilerthfield fair in Kent, saying, that the South Down wool was worth 3s. 1 ' a pound there, and observing, that in the county of Norfolk, the South Down was acknowledged to be much better, and which might be attri buted partly to the greater attention paid to the 1 improvement of that breed, and partly from a superiority of soil, that in Kent being more `chalky, and not of so rich a nature. Mr. Coke then said he bad not yet ofered his wool, and for this reason, because, as his . was de. dared to be better than the storage of what was exhibited there, he was afraid of presenting the sale of ihie of °then, as they mighteepeft as much for thrive: If Mr. Motley, or soy perios present was come'to Orchide for.him, be shontegive him the refusal of his; if not, he certainly should not keep it back, but fix what be considered a fair price ; fur, as the Chairman of that Meeting, he wished to be open and candid, and to promote the interests of that mart. Lord Sheffield, as Chair. man of the Sussex Meeting, said, it was the opi nion, in the West of England, that the Spanish wool iu England was quite-equal, or even supe rior, to that of Spain, and fur this reason, more attention was paid to the breed of Spanish, than even in Spain. The high price of this wool held oat great temptations to make the trial, and he (Mr. Coke) was so doing ; and if the fleece cuuld be obtained without injuring the quality or the quantity of mutton, there could be no doubt of the advantages to be derived; but still he must caution Gentlemen nut to ran heedlessly into wild speculations ; for if, by unforeseen circumstances, the manufactories should become depressed than they now are, and the carcase was not preserved in its highly-improved state, the result must be unfortunate. Mr. Coke tuught that the cross front the South Down and Merino was most likely to preserve a fine fleece, and fat carcase. If the prices of the wool were 10s. or 151. per lb. or only ball that sum, clipping 3 or 4 lb. per fleece, the carcase would become but a secondary cond. *deratiunr Mr. Coke stated again, that tije present prices were certainly mach higher than those of lap year. The best Spanish wool was worth 155., the nest 13s. 9d., anti the third sort 11s. 3d.; and the Limbs' wool fis. per lb. South Down wool last year was sold at 60s. a tad, but bad, pro portionably with liner, risen in value, and he hoped the buyers would, at this meeting, make a previous declaration of their sentiments, and then , he would a ffi x a price upon his own, guided by the ' same motive of asking less than its real value, to encourage them to promote the sante object, which he was endeevouring to attain in the establishment of the fair, and which he was convinced must be beneficial to both parties. Mr. Coke waited some considerable tinse l but no offer of transacting business was made, and that Gentleman spin ruse, and commented in strong terms on the conduct of the wool buyers ; shew., iug they were determinedly disposed to prevent or to do away the object of the meeting ; bet he ex pre.sed his resolution to support its continuance so long as he was supported by such men of conic- quence in the two counties as those by whom he was then surrounded. The Pedestrians 'seem to be at a loss how to vary their feats; going straight forwards is be come quite stale, and walking against time is scarcely more fashionable. It has been suggested, therefore, to two of these heroes, to try what they can do in hernest, at a time when horses are so expensive. A gentleman, a few days since, for a consider able wager, walked from ‘Vhitechapil Church to Hyde Park Corner, stopping to eat a tart at, every pastry-cook's on both sides of thp way. The direct thstaiiis is tour miles. He was *flowed two hours to accomplish this feat; but he per. formed it in an butte and a quarter.--This feat hes conferred on the Hero the Daum of Ties 71trilett. A canoe of considerable importance came on to be heard at the late Dorchester Assizes, wherein Mr. Wm. Sherriag, the President of a Beneit So ciety at Sherborne, wu Plaintiff, aid T. Purley, alias Persey (the elder), was Defendant s the ac tion was brought to recover from the Defendant three years pay, at 4s. per week, which he had fraudulently received from the Society 21 years since, by producing a cow of the register of his baptism. The Lt3arned Judge directed the Jury to find a ' , collet fur the Plaintiff, which they did with damages, 341. Yesterday afternoon, as a baker's cart was standing at Its owner's duor in Bishopsgate-street, the driver being gone into the shop to fetch out some bread, a boy passing by with a whip, struck the horse, which set off fell speed: a carriage turning out of Sus-street, came in contact with the cart, and was overturned before the coachman was aware of his danger ; fortunately, however, he wu not much hurt, and the carriage was empty. Yesterday morning, as a loaded waggon was go. ing down the Haymarket, tho wheel.chate broke, and the horses were pressed forward so rapidly, that the diver, in attempting lollop Awn, was thrown down, and the fore wheel'pessing over his thigh, the bone was broken in it dreadful manner ; ho was taken to the kosphal, witereimmediateam. potation was found necessary. The George public-house, in Grafton street, Soho; fell down un Monday night, at ten o'clock, and caused a considerablealarm in that neighbour. hood. The first crash was heard by a woman who lodged in the garret of the same honk. She was washing, and had three children in bed. She took her children and ran down stairs, screaming vio lently, and exclaiming, " The house is falling down !" A party of gentlemen, who were sitting in the back parloaroind may others in the tap.. room, were alarmed at the shriek of the woman, and doubted her assertion ; but one of the party ran up stairs, and- heard a second crash, which, communicating to the rest of the cowpony, all left the house, and had not quitted itowny t t notes before it fell to the ground.—No lives WEN lost. CUMBERLAND 4SSIIIES. CARLIBL.E, Ago. 9. NETHERTON V. INULLENDER AND WILE. Mr. Tromso, Counsel for the Plaintiff, stated the nature of this case, which was to recover cum. Mutiepin damages for scandalous words spoken by Mr. Mullender's wife. iVhen the defamatory words were spoken, Mrs. Mullendcr (then hiss Dann) was not married ; but being now united together, they were necessarily co-juitied in the action. The Plaintiff and Defendants are all real. dents at Wigton, and the defamation consisted of Miss Dunn's having reported it in all compani►s that Miss Hetherton (who is a yoeng lady of a most respectable family, and of the most sinble. wished character) had stolen lace from her shop, and that she was the constant subject of watch in all the milliners' shops in town. This, said the Learned Counsel, is absolutely false ; un the con. teary witnesses are in attendance who will stale, that so high is their opinion of the rectitude of the Plaintiff's conduct, they would, without the Last hesitation, trust her with all they hail. The only motive for this infamous conduct on the part of Miss Dunn, was Miss Iletherton's Worming her that she would deal no longer with her, sieve• she had discovered that she (Miss Dunn) had s Ild to another lace of the same quality at a chearr rate than to her. the case did not proceed further, the I)ef•n -dauts having consented to take a verdict alzailist them ; and the Plaintiff not wishing for vindictive damages, but merely that her character should be cleared top, forty shillings damages, nail rusts, were accepted. CROWN SIDE. ATTEMPT TO POISON. Mirolky Ninon (ages) $()) was indicted for an attempt to poison the family of Mr. %stun, on the 2 ith of May last, by mixing arsenic with a quantity of oatmeal. Mr. >intuit, who is a farmer, of D.dston stated, that early in the morning of the .2 It it of May, when he went from home, hii family, which consisted of his wife, one man, and tun maid. servants, were all well ; but on his retort he found all the three servants very ill—so much so, that thcy.were compelled to take to their beds. Oa inquiry, found that they had breakfasted is usual on milk and oatmeal but at this lime hail no suspicion. At the hour of dinner, broth was prepared, into which was put part of the oatmeal, which was taken from the usual place where it was kept, and which considerably °fleeted a number of persons who partook of it ; the same effects having been experienced at supper-time from some boiled milk, into which some oatmeal had been in_ fated, suspicions arose that some maim's ingre dient had been mixed with the oatmeal ; and on the next day (Thursday) witness sifted the oatmeal which remained in the basket, and discovered par. tides of a hard gritty substance, which he c.a.._ fully preserved, and gave to Dr. Watsou, of DA ston. On being cross-examined, the wittioss stated, that during the time of Prisoner's rem lining in hi, service, he never found any thing alines in her contliiet. Sarah Finlayson. servant to Mr. Sinton, de posed to basing experienced the same effects from the oatmeal as described br the preceding s it ness. Matthew Wilson knew the Prisoner, having been her fellow-servant ; saw her in Carbide on Saturday preceding the 44th of May, when ahe said he had not behaved well to her, on which witness hurried away from her. About a month previous to this, Prisoner told witness she would torment him wherever he went—that she lately 11341 a miscarriage by him, and moreover t 'kit she se onld du Sarah Fiulayson an ill turn, if it lay in hrr power, whereupon some angry words ensued be tween them. Being cross-examined, he admitted, that Mr. Sinton and other farmers were in the habit of using 'seisms for the destruction of rats. James Finlayson proved the prisoner's declara tion " That she would either be revenged of Sarah Finlayson or Matthew Wilson," Mary Baty, a neighbour of Mr. Sinton, de posed that the Prisoner declared to her that she was pregnant by Matthew Wilson, and that if ho did not marry her she would put an cud to her ex. istence ; she also said she would have satisfaction by law. It was proved by Robert Baty, of Dalston, that Prisoner was at his house on the Sunday pre ceding the 15th May, and on the Thursday fol. lowing. Mr. Bonnet, druggist, Carlisle, was sworn.— On the evening of Tuesday, the Till of May, prisoner called at the shop of witness, and bought a pennyworth of laudanum; she then demanded a pennyworth of arsenic, when lac informed her, that be never sold arsenic, unless in the presence of a third person. Whereupon she turned about saying it was of no consequence, as she knew where she could gut it. William Nixon was sworn.—Was at Dil,tn.t [Tall on Wednesday the 'llth . of May, with Isis family. On the Saturday lotion ing, he visited the prisoner in the gaul, and said to her, '• Yon have nearly done for our little ones ;'' to which, she replied, "She wishixl to he revenged on Mat thew. On behalf of the Pri•ont•r, Robert Bell, of ' Whinnow, with whom she lived, after quitting Dalston, spoke as to ht•r humanity ; as did an other person, who had known her 20 years. The Learned JUDGF., in a very impartial man.• ner, summed up, in which he commented upon the circumstances of the crime with which she was charged not being brought home by evidence—it was merely presumptive. A rte.' t hick the Jury returned a verdict of—ActprilPftt. Covent-Garden Theatre will not be opened so soon as was expected ; the 18th or September is now motioned as the day appointed fur that par. pose. Same improvements are said to be introdneed in the lightest of Covent-garden Theatre. We are net told whether Madame CATALANI has in•iqtal es sissies her own oilman! LONDUN : Printri taut 1 1 .0I61ted lov 0 Low at the it• 110 ,1 1 A Of I i.r, 1114 • THg STATMS MAN. esTiO. hfur.UlVOAn, Joie t9.—Yesterday came on to be tried before the Right lion. the Loan Cistror j the l'risoner, Joseph Lengthen, att n .. neu;ile lie rt g ond charged on .ttree several indict. meets: the first, for uttering a certalurforgA deed of assignment, with intent to defraud, knowing it to be forgot ; the second, for subornation of perjury, by procuring a eltness to swear to ttia due execution of it; and the third, fur a conspi racy to da mp ' n un.janies Grady, by procuring 3 to be had against him, on a verdict si Isla w rully certain trial in ejectment, on which trial the said forged deed was exhibitesl. The facts attending this nefarious and wicked plot were shortly these :—The Prisoner, acting ;: v attorney fur one Maurice Finegan, and 1)69.7 also concerned wills, antli t s i it aerise: for fo r ,ted(vo c r i g n: ( IL ; t;s r :l e l ihtisusssoen the in ii , (ed, cider, an rder to defend Finegan against ass ejectment brought by said Grady' fur the recovery or certain Lauds, called A rdbuckan, i n this county, and !tied at the last .tssiaci, eon_ trice that a certain deed of assignment of : said lands, between. Geuige Russell the elder .and George Russell the younger, really executed in the year leitit, shortly before the trial in eject ment, should bear date and animas to be executed in the mouth of March, 18e2, fur the purpose of ili•fe.sting a least made by.ttizurge Russell the elder to said Grady ; and establishing a lease mule he George Rime!! the younger tuTitiegan ; sort' a deed of •astigtuutott appearing to be etc_ cited id - 1/02; depriving George the 'elder of the 'lo ner or -Mating said lease to Grady—said 11 - signment, if really executed in 1301, bein to the to This ast.igtinient being sn anttsdsteil, anti/sir. ' cal the Prisoner next etintriked that it sh o uld see ,,, to be dilly witnessed, and accordingly had the name of Peter Sl‘Gawley affixed to it as a witness, ;NO tine Richard it lathews witnessed it, the former or nhom being %Nitta] Jo he deal, Mathews at. t e ttiktel on the trio) in ejectment, and proved that •the Raid assigittneut was Italy executed in his pre sence, nod in. the pr. settee of the aid 111‘Goo ley, on the day (17th March, 180-2) when it bore date, to which, and other false swearing on said trial, it appeared he was urged and suborned by the prisoner. The indictment for the conspiracy ‘rai also fully cstab!is:tcd. It was contended by lice isnuer's Counsel, that the tilere antedating the dyed was nut a forgery, ati.l that the produe. pion of it by the Prisoner, as attorney, on the trial, was nut an. uttering and publishing it %%Rh in the statute. These points were, however, ruled against the Prisoner, and the case being must eleArle and plainly established, a most respectable Jury, without hesitation, convicted the Prisoner on all the indictments. The Learned JUDGE expatiated much i on the ' enormity of the Prisoner's °leaves, dangerous to society, a..ldegratling to his profession, end which every man must fed strikes at the comforts and wellbeing of society. Duohts basin.: ari.en as tt to the leugih of time fur %filch the risoer r.,eld he transported, the I.yeartird .I(tlge b•,steinooki re . glomm i ng the sentence on the iiiiactments for it. taring the itsrowrit t _mile subornation er per. jury, till the opiuion of the Judges be ha.l try tho construction of tlic,itatnte, • intending, as his Lordship expressed, to pe:onsance the .severest jndgtnesst the law livid warrant; and,*on the third indictment, directed that the Prisotiefs[tould be imprisuucd tme year, 411 d Om tillers pitbitcly pillory]. - • .. • TII -MAHAL-I:S'. UXBRIIME. ( . 1111/401prel0ell Retof3.- -TJIIIIISOAT, AVG 17. Wheat. per laad --s. to 'AI. --s. per quart sr —d. so 441. —tl. (lasi • '3116, new Ms. --d. to ph. —d. 01.5. •.. to --s. Peas —d. to 58. —/.. PRICE 01' HOPS. POCK 7:TS. Krrt. --. in M. 5.. 5”,..v. 34. tis. to 41. —s. i:asel, 11. to 41. I. SIGS. Kent. 4i -- b.. to Cl. !gawk. J. i fp. to 11. b.. Farnham. 61. —,. to SI. —6. PICICYS Or HAY AND ..11% J mars's. lia%. 41. 11, Ud. to 61. 6s. itis. uri, to z. STR AK YFATER IY. RUITECIN A rc:.. . Hay, fl. 1, t a al. 10f. Clover, 71. l-. t..FI. Stria, 11. to To sink t K OW 8eet....45. 2d. in 0,1 Atuuesi..C. Yd. to Veal ▪ ud. to tie, lid. Pot. c ▪ bd. to Os. bd. ud. ,I)—Auc. 19. Krakow of 81b. Ilesol of Castile this dsv : Beat. Sheep awl Lambs.— 5.40.0 Cakes .. Pits N1.V..G.1.1% ANIS 1.F.A1/ENII ILL MAI:KETS. (I.ly the Carcase.) Itrof 4d. to 1 41. 1 Veal Od. to DC kluttou :Ss. bd. to 11. bd. Port Prwk frs 4d, to 61. Od. 4s. 4d. to 8.. 4d. PRICE OF TA 1.I.()W. Jamr.'s Market ss tid Town Tallow 9f* lid —s I tae .Markel IV oiterh.spel Ntururt La all White ditto .. ill --• id per st. us Klb. Sortp ditto .... 91. std —s Melting Mutt.. ifis lhl —s ltd I)mtn 4tlis Ud (leaves .• • , • • 14s UA °nod 1/r 14s U 4 17i A verale Veit n Snip. liliis—Mntilrd. 116s—Canil, 120.. Prid. of Candid, per dnaen. 1 Is at—Moods, 15. 6d HAW HIDES. Best Heifer- and Greer. (per Ordinary Od. to Os. Off. show) t!s. lid. iu .. 10d. I Market Calf Od. torts. Mittdi op Is. Yd. to Y.. 4d. Vag. Horse lis.od. to lf*. COAL 31AtiKE r. Ava IL Ship* at Mark. t. St•l4l. Prices. .1 Ne.s..t.tle 4 at 504. 41. to Nis. M. MARRIED. On Thurplay .Inftbun Iticknutn, Esq. finrre)-street, Strand, to Mr,. Radio... DIED. On 'Tuesday last, at Ealutualh,ss ithin a As* beers sine" be had Lauded truer. Malta Oneket, where and to the Swath le %pain lw laud beru for the reenter, of as. *abb. Edward Fins-mit 'Made. E.q. Barrister at Lass , son °Tito/fret Slade, of Doctor.' t:eitinton-, 549. In the inth sear ofhhaor. la the tid enr or his are, daring the late battle of Tala vera, 01.04 imervedly inn rated bs all ;as knew bias, the Hum. Eduard Alethesen I rh, I;th s.sit of Lard Bastes, and En sign in tie :41 Regiment On Tssesdls..Atiosta 1, at his Sense, Ilaydon, near Wells, Somerset. Joseph Oldham, Lsq. ==.