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~'3"'_ 1 I ley, Kent, has refused the same price for bit wool, e misters lit itawiley staish and South I..terivti; and I know several instances, in this eumitY and out of tt, where 3s. for South Down have been. Ar fused. 1 have not so detailed an account dt'Mr Tollett's woet, us usual; nut I learn from liiin'tlest he lies soil to the mole persons who have bobitht his wool fur several year; 84t fleeces, of which 110 were pure Mental, a n d the reminder mixed Me. rims, fur 1731. 106. which is 203. ltd. per deem; I have exerted the fullest inquiry to obtain • correct opinion of tae value of wuol tins yo it ; and utter n due eau ttt iii ution of a very erteu.ive corresposo. deuce, the upiuiun I venial from it is, that 3s. appear to be a fen price for our finest weolsonel so proportionnblv for wools of ilafrrler yuality ; and I thlllk It aufhtieat, bemuse it is fully eyelid to 4a. when washed and !nought to the state of Smallish. We should not appreetate our woof, by the eery centrueted extent of the supply this year, bat rather restrict ourselves to it. iutrinsie value. Teat value, I do not hesitate to say, the prover of bee wool 4411 'scarcely ever yet oldairied. hitherto, it has been a depreciated commodity; It lets Sa l lee, found en open market ; and the woolstaplers Imes never evinced ii proper degree' of diecrintioatiou, in respect to quality. Hut, an advanced price ha, promoted, rod will always 'secure, a greeter degree of care and atteunim to the quulity of the fleece, rather than to the Tommy; and nalees we can ob tain a better price than heretofore, the weight of the fleece will ha the principal object of the grotorr..... This is a rusts Ili the wool trade of Untaiti; sued by net eNn4ritry, ew , rbttant pi Ices, the manufactur . are w i ll be iro l ti e e d to use British hue wools iii the place of Spanish. If the preseot extravagant prier . of Spanish ivied should iiiiluor the inautifeeturers to eircutirage, by advanced priers, the growth and niatiufetture of British flue wools, the prejudiees oldie country in favour of theSpaiiish would tit...mei done mety, and we should become iodepeodent of other militaries feellie - materials of our simple 1114- nufacture, rod suit MOllrly three inillionk sterlitig t) this eoluary ;for mallet% is more clearly demon stniteel„ these that wool may be rinser! in Eughwel, equal in gtibiity to any that i. imported." The reitelout of this steteinelit seem -d to be RC knowledgfrd frotreall pens of the room. Nevertheless some of the buyers' repeated Nee usuel COllllllloo place observiiiirms on the difficulties outer which the trade laboured, - air& which were greatly exag gereted, eveii if implied to the rate of it many months ago, but fry no imams corresponded with the prestin state of the trade. (lidera, they applied co little to the statement which hail beeu made, that, Lord Sheffield observed, in answer, to read the re port again ; but some of them cool:Med *hilt snigue that ell the warelionsre iu the kingdom were tuff of goods, thut there was no de ment' or market for our ineotifecturies, and that it woe ridiculous to suppose twit airy 'nett would pity such au fret ravaging, prier im 3s. per lb. Lord Sher,. field replied, that tl:e etittemeist lie had %wide w as flapported be nuthentic Custitiodeta, returns, and letters from the most respectable per sons. in all parts of the hingdow, w h ere t h e „ e , es _ sary and heist Wiur nation could lir. had. That ex pectation tieing very high in respect to price. he bad ss. which he kisewdiad been refused by soveral, as a marrow% for the finest wool, and that he knew that mate had been given in several karts of England, for inferior bowl ; and that lie by no Ineaas me int to gni& the opinion in respect to woul of inferior veiny. It has *Odom happened that much litisilieas has been done on the day o r tile fair ; however, towards ni:cht, the buyers and sellers lied ',mei' conversation together; the owners or the Borst wools insisted on 31. per toil of 3111 b.. or 3s. 11 1 , 1. per lb. and there was little drilla of their obtaining at least 3s. per lb. A.eosOtterable qiiautity of the inferior wools was sold at 2s. bd. Lemr.i Sheffield toe/Mooed that his Miler, who is also in. woollen draper, and whose interest it wa-i . not to over-ruts the quality, hail valued the cloth of the coat lit thee wore, as worh ;lass per yen'. The men absent, is of the cloth, even at the present hi g h peen, ani.witited to - - N. lid. per yard! The wool, at a.. per Ib. - 7 0 13 trying. i!drab colour, at *I. per lb. - A yard of drab cloth - - la .ij If te.,arled to a dark blue, at 4s. per b. .4 9 Manufacturini and ruin . - 13 it A yard a Liar eau - - IS ioi ) ofiviiig at ion. or even at lux. pert aril, a very suf ficient profit to the manufacturer, draper, &c. The isiiiiiial Awieultural Meeting held here on Wednesday last, for awardisq Prize. and Prei ;;;;; ins to the °worn of the best Stock shewn, agreenlily to the Sussex Agricultural Society, was very (ally attended; and the Stoek exhibited for com petition, exceeded, both in quality and qnsi.tity, alert of any preceding year since the establishment of the Society. In addition to the several prizes awarded by the Judges to the successful candidates at the above meeting, a wager la.tween Mr. inn., of Stanton'. and Mr. Auger, of Eastbourne. which would pro duce the beat ball, was .beided in favour of Mr. sweepstakes, histatens Sir J. Sehrisl.t, Bart. of Beettfiwood Park, Ilerts, sod Mr. Tho- Mai Smithy, of Northease, to prodece the best one, two, and three-year 01.1 South Down rams, was determined in favour of Sir John Sel.right, for the ,rat of each age ; and a wager between Mr. Cripps Mr. Read Kemr, which produced the best boar, was decided in favour of Mr. Read Upwards of 16u agrivol•iiissts and amateurs sat down W KO excellent flintier, at the Star Inn ; on the removal of the cloth many loyal and agr;eultu. rid hoots were briskly circulated ; after whirls the returned to the tick' mail awarded the prizes. Toe President, die Earl of Egreinont, as missal, presented a brace of excellent fat backs for the din ner. lii. Lordship's health was drunk with three times them We have authority to state. that no dsreetions I.sve been issued from the Treasury to the for calling in the old Tuner hnlfpetice. • Liedtenant !Vaal( 'Ow:, of the Id tanttalion of the ,stiti‘ regiment, arrived at Newport, Isle of Wight, on IVednessinv, front in Spain, who had been prirouer with the !'Tench some tune a k ,, , 0, in a delicate state of health, with a detachment of too men, who aloe effected their caeape irons pri sou, and joitra. hie at Gila& er.eui•ud •‘.4 P RES S. LON DON. MONDAY, AUGUiT 7. THE EXPICOITION. At half-past four rieloek. last reeniitg, Lientt mutt DUNCAN arrived at the Aduiiralty. with lir patches front Admiral Sir K. STRAcIIISpi and the Earl of CHATHAM, Cotninandcoin-Chief of list Majesty"' Lund Forces employed in the F:xpedi. ben, stating. that the WWI. of Flautist* i'lo•ely iihreB2tal, that part of the Widellereo was taken, and the rest expetted to serreader speedily. Th'e arrival of the Officer in town with these dis pute:hes, was preceded by • telegropilic cnnnllu uieatinu at the Admiralty, and the follo:ving nut lent was scot is the Lotto HA YO it : " .41 irieuity, Soit.rayi 4 ether, '' Flushing closely inve.terl--part of the Islauil of IValcheren taken. Lord Nlui.tntaves compli ments to the Luau Maxon." The above is the tirst official intelligence received from the Expetlitimi. Tiie details will be probably given in an Extraordinary Gazette, this day.— It will he recollected that the first division sailerr Prow the Dowses so far heck as Friday se'linight.— From the proximity of its destination, intelligen , e was expected is early M lay last; the Mi stime of all official acimints, during the whole of hurl wer.k, of course excited great anxiety hi the politic moil was very Manifest last sags to the appearance of the town, and the conduct of Ministers upon the arrival of the news. The telegraph began to•work abont. four o'clock, and it was scarcely in motion when a grout can t-gorse of people Gomm hied al the • Ail loins; . " At lia'f-p,:t fuur, Lieuteiciiit Dose AN arrived in a chaise and four. The, fin. PULL. WISH had invited a large party to a turtle feast, at be: kou, at lilacklwatli, was is waitnigs and the discharge of his iluty, on the receipt of the in telligence, ohd,Ytxl hiin to disappoint. Ilia com pany au tar as the pleasure of his pr4sence.— The grateful will in 1111 l 'diet rly column iiicateil by loin nail his brethren in race. Among these the Duke of POUTLANU and Lord Ctivrt.ie. Rester at2re particularly active. The Duchess of . 'Tuna No, who has two gallant sous in the service, Lurds (jlititLEl and ItoltEßT MaxNkus, received a note from hie Grace, statia4 that the Expediti had" so far succeeded, mid that her sons were in good health ao I spirits. A letter WAS also scut off by express to the Collate,ai of CHATH tat, who is on a visit to the Eutl of Nlscci.csviaLu i at his seat is, Yorkshire, to the Nellie t ffcct. Ilis !loyal Highness the Duke of Voita .wise very active its circulating the news among the fa• minis of the principal officer. iu thie expe,litious ; a service the mortnectsairy, as the officers are not Mk cc! to write hirne livens military all.or,•• • Lieutenant Dvxciw left Flushing at twelve o'clock. He says our troops were theii safely landed at Flushing, and in gun. spirits. Little or ISO eepositimi Was expected ; wrist it was generally supposed that the troop% would he Stile to advance to Antwerp without much loss.—Further accounts are hourly expected. The seamen of Ws Majest)'s ship, the Caledonia, lto guns, Admiral Lord GSM elkleo flag-ship, ,lying at Spithead, illuminated that vessel: ou Fri day *eight, in honour of his Lordship's most honour aPik roi We sincerely cut ratulate the sea mei, of the Caledonia, and the country at large, upon this result ; fur, when we cosisidered 144' fate of Sir flaw DALltYlliehlt, of Gen. Casociamt, appoiltleri to command in Portogal, arid afterwards scut hack to Gibraltar, and AJi&ral EfAlllrell s we &snouted of s•milig Lord GAttstra coating ssfu nut of his List, ; the hands of the present Ministers, however great his merits might he. We have more than omit observed. that 04 original sin in this case lay with the Ministers. When they st nt Lord COCHAANI, an alien, to Lord GAIIII4eIes fleet, to atipersede every hold and daring spirit within it, they laid the post u lation of envy, jealousy, aid heart-burning, of which the trial, that deprived his eincary of the services of the gallant Admiral 11411.• •r.tr, was the first instance, and the trial of Lord GA44111111 only the second. It is very true, the Esti of Sr. VINCENT passed by Sir Jos Moe, soil seat Lord Netaou, his junior, in, pursuit of the French fleet, and that pursuit ended in the great and glories', victory of Aboukir ; but the Earl of Sr. VINCENT did not go out of his own fleet, nor was Se actuated by the mere whim of substituting one brave and enterprising officer for another. The insert ers of A LEX 41I DER Tara GILZAT all affected to be wry-necked, iii compliment to their great Commander ; but my Lord !Mu Ecasve carried his imitation of the Earl of ST. VINCENT rather too fir, when he, with open eyes, did what was evidently wrong, that he might be thought to act like the Earl of ST. VINCENT. Vpon this ground, we contend, Lord Mutt:Karp was WrI111',! in his first step, mud we liar that it i.not his Lordship's only error ii, this hominess. Animist 1114 written evidence submitted, on the first day of the trial, on the put of the prosecution against lord GASIBLICR, is a letter from the Admi ralty to Lord COCIIII4IIIE, dated May_.s29, desiring his Lordship to state fully to the Board the reasons oil which he meant to oppose the vote of thanks to • Lord GAIIiTER in the House of Common', whic letter is given iii Tot fietutu L' us ofJitlf We do nut believe that the Board of Atiln r lty had any right to call Lord Corasa.tsro. t a., a,- count for his conduct in Paoli:mit:tit, or to inquire his reasons outl motives for tiny thing ollich Inc did, or might propose to do, in list ilmise of Coin moo, This, however, I. a , f , :eittott merely offeatieg the privileges of butt I 'Jose, a,iil is adduced litre inertly as .t proof of the meekness of 311iaisters, which has hens so canspielions tit the whole of their c:ircer. %Vith 'respect to the no nt.. of the verdict, we are fur Irani finding Litalt with it. With the knowledge which Lord (l'Astma liossetted of his situation, he appears to have been actuated Is) a Hround disc rctioa. Ills tonnage i•oubl not h e celled in ipiestion,beeausetlw assistance reque4ted l,i Lord Cocisaaoe, and which he complains was rjused, did not require Lord GAsisicit's personal presence. ' it might le: said, that he was too calrefill of his 'Let but it Lould not be imputed to hint, that hr OA% too crrvfolnibirowisperwin. Tina would be the us hole of his offence, had Lorl Comma chugs been prov ' erl; inid,surely,to tear O Waudown front Isis rst,k.orol strip him of his honour and Laurels, the fruits of a long and Lihoriour service, merely for so error or jud g ment, in which self had tin pert, would be . a result that all goad and liberal men must depict, e, As one of the old sehool, Lord t :Ant:nut's con dnet ouidoiptni the samepriuei pie, we thwegiirouid ennteuthd at the time. that the conduct or &Intim' C ALDEN. who heat the enemy with nn inferiitr fleet, and took two shills of the hoe, was utiiinpeeetinide; and we tatty regret that Sir CALDta was not also acquitted as Lord GAIIIRVR now is„—lii these olesenations we do net, howeter, meat, to throw tiny reflection upon Lord Cutitaatiii.—lie it one of the new school ; he thought and acted like one of the school of Lord Ntrsost ; and, to suclt.soiuds, achievements appear easy, that are by ordinary, and even by commonly cleier oleo, considered impmcticable, and for le•yoad the resell of human meant. ii Anstriaii Mearears arrive I csa Ststurthi). with 'dispatches to Prince STAN at:lW. They art said to cutlery the determination of the Einperur ta cit,t, at to his future conduct with t`rlpert to Erasure, bat of the nature of that detervninstinn, , whether he intends to cast himself at the feet of the - Corsican. or expose his /louse and bit dominions once ouu•e to the chance or battle, nothing has trans- Tite 5..401 (.1 bye-boat) iu winch ►he httstrian Cuaricr arrived, I ll•milturglt and Altura Papers to the :17th ult. Their contents are nut of 'mien interest. An article from the Maine, of the tMth, states, time the Emperor of Avila's% VIA • at Olneute, and the isead-rprarters if the Arch. (hike Cirttri.vs at Igloo., It is stated, under the head July " Every thing is tikely to be arranged between Sweden and Russia. The con ilitions of the peace are, the surrentler of th 6 Wend of Aland, the surrender of Finland, and the shtitl tinA the Siteiltsti ports against the lisigtssh." Both the letters and papers speak of a ernigresa fur peace, to he holden in Moravia or at If any su'iject could attract attelitmii, at r mo ment when all our anxiety is- eimeentereil. rifler on the state of affairs in Aust ria, or on the csiirt of the great expeclitiou just so ut to the shores of Zealand ; the objects investigated and &grossed by Loral. Swltert Ft*, in the meeting litid at Lewes, during the wool fair, on the sttith of lost month, might chitin that distinction. A speech', at once more *willow. Wimple, solid, said convincing, we do not recollect to hare perused. This important article, the insertion of which we have been obliged, by the pressure of temporary matter, to postpone until this day, embraces the interests, while it lays open to every capacity, the actnst positiou of liar buyers and sellers of our great staple, wool; toge ther with the prospect of its future rise mud Lonrho- Wino, in every point of view. Those persons whit have entertained apprehensions of the decay, or suspension of our woollen trade. either from the prohibitions of LirMATAnTE, from the AinericNll Act, or from the impossibility, under existing circumstances, of procuring ft. Spahr a sufficient and regulur slimily of the raw material ; will here find matter of most aliiiiiilaiit consolstiun. It is manifest, fr coin:wring and iticontesttble docinneuts. produced on the peer- nit, that, aotwithotandldg the complaints almost uni versully circulated throughout the kingdom, " the manufisettive of broad and narrow cloths, last year, fell very little short of the average of the tell pre ceiblig years." on the other hand, •• not withstanding all the declamation ou the ruin of the trade, the decline in the caport of wordless' of all sorts, in the last year, pared with the preceding year, is only 519,0001. official value." But a source of still greater comfoit is derived from the proofs here adduced, of the facility with which the %ant of Suaninh wont may, and will, infallibly be sop plied, front the improved and improviig quality of our own Eti A lish Hermits. " The increased de. wind, therefore, for our manufactures," says Lord SIIEFFI to, " added to the very scanty supply of Spanish wool, must very considerably raise the intrinsic value of our fine wools, which, it is *oil known. are very greatly improved within a few years. The coat which I wear. +hews that South Down wool may be used ow a very good suhrtititte for Spanish. Its appearance is einally good." -- . ♦fler taking s comprehensive surrey of th e, growth, finality; and prices of hilt wool, in lereut f urls of t'Alv ki.igdoies; sad rvootomendiag " r greater degree of care and attention to the gi g , * lily ..r floe fleece, rather than to the Turn:4 ;" h e cottleato thost 'it,•;ltictiotis which appear natorilly and irresistibly to Hine Trona the premises. N eee , wen: any conclusisutauvore damning of national at. tension, or more exhihrating to the manufacturer. " - This." Lord StrErtHELD obverses, " is a crisis in the wool traileof Britain. By not exacting exorbita n t pricer, the inicintacturen. %ill be induced to use tfritirA hue wool., in the place of Spanish. If the present extravaL.arit price of Spain,.li wool should induce the riniiitifacturers t 0 encourage, by d d_ sauced rives, the growth and uncinifiseture of bris fish tine souls, the preirlitice► of the country, in favour of &newish, ...Add be soon dime away. should heemne ind..prinitait of sillier countries, is the inaterial 7 ut 001 . nikuir4t.tures, Dud *aye nearly three thii/i9)14 3le. hag to the country. Fin, nothislg is muse fair tiri 7 demonstrated. than that wool may i.e 'wised Eeigland, tinsel is quality. to any Meet in imported." Iris siittivalt to overrate the import: wee of those observations. If auy thing could ioniser illustrate them, it would he the calcu lation of thc ra;ue of a coat monde Vete fine t South ' learn wool, as given by Lord SHEFFIELD. A yard of diati cloth, the eau!, the inunislisctiore, and the dying, all iiiellidial, does not, it appears, tiro now, (in July, t 00%) ..ost more than fourteen shillings an 4 three -pence hilthing, (t4s. 3;114 A yard of blue cloth, only fifteen shinings and ten-pence, lad.) Yet, me kiwis , what commons sod shameful prices are at this very trine exacted.— Blur cloths of the best quality are from thirty-one to thirty-six per )ar•l ; this leaving a profit to ties unaultfoeturer 1.11.1 the deeper Offrenr.fifitr* IQ twenty Altillings on every yard sold to the coo- Sumer. Srarkir are even proportionaLl) wore ex orbitant. It is greatly to he lamented, that no ado. quota remedy can, we fem., be adduced, to this grievous and grovricg evil, the result of shameful combinut ions, and scandalous monopolies. We derive. nevertheless, no slender subject of sap port,. t . • slit. conviction of our own internal 12. 4 0ns and resources of couuterecting the plans of VONA P•RTEO for our commercial' and filieucial destrve• time. That eiuiefatigslik , subtle, and vigilant Uourper, aware that though 0 lie may overrun the Continent, he minim so easily waft its vengeance on our shore ;" conscions that the valour, energy, and superior tactics of our navy, may s iii wine measure,. set at defiance his enmity and hi. talents, even if sustained by the vassal Sleets of racy European maritime power, from Russiatu Naples; plans our subversion through other chamielo of attack. The exclusion of our 111,1 „nufactures from every state; under the severest pc . manes send pug.i.lnuente; the ruilibition to (tarnish us with raw materials, either for our fabrics,. or for our maritime use, construction, and defence; lest ly. the encourin t ement of inibstitutes for those corn ' niodsties or prodoctions, which Great &Stairs either grows, or posiesses, or imports from her colonies; these are among the principal weapons suggested by his implacable and malignant policy. We have already 'tail occasion to sheer how rapidly and sue . cessfoilly he aaprars to be proceeding in the cul tivation or fahrWatiou of cotton, indigo, jcsuits' hark, and sugar: It is, indeed, inspowable too much to ahead, or too sedulously to watch, his measures fur our destruction. They 'worse every form, are repressed by no mend consi derations, pervade every cabinet, and meet us in every country, The depth, the secrecy, end the velocity of his movements, political.as welt as mill. tary, are unhappily contrasted with the vacillation, larrtttesv. igooninet., Arid presumption, of our awn Ministers. What can we expect from the diiitien• and Cabinet Cunneil, of such men, opposed to the machinetiorts of a il.:onacen Soldier, who already holds Europe under his feet, and who signalises every successive mouth by victories, or by treaties We turn away irons the consideration—it awakens the must glOonis* We have fet:.:14 , .1 (.4 , 1 - 114.4n papers to ill: 22il Atehdulse CYPRUS has pub leolrtl a Bulletin dated Prague. llgth July, in which he a.. rte, that his centre and right were not forced iu the battle of ; that lots pri mmer* amonitted to Lugo ; and that he after wards took rip an it,cuertble posit:on. It is ski) staled in another arCcle. that the French had 34,000 noitittled, including Marshal Besotwass. Duke of I.tria, bum the clo.lll4ng of the Danube oil the 4th, up to alit dote. It has never hero suppmterl, ere Ilrlierio, that the Austrian centre wa. pierced. It war. only drivrit back and made to give way wilt the tiolit wing; and it 1.1..3 been aim generally pre.stacd. that the Aral stake dosix's corps was not iu the action. It is of very little ti.e now to eater into such comparison! , The A rtiti.tiee of Zetaint *haws sufficiently ou what aide the advantage remained. The expected arritml of our expedition is said to have kept alive the spirit of the rota, of Germany. which the Cital arrui.tiec of the t nth was so well calculated to extingit sh. The Austrians are mud to have re-entered Dresden. Ltipme. and other putts of Saxony. JUPIOT has been defeated at Ba rcuth, and the enemy hull evacuated that city. /Fif teen hundred Pole. are on their march to garrison Ilinniburgli. and JEUOUR 11014APAUCC was pro ceeding with his army to cover and keep down Hanover. 'thirty-two thousand guineas. intended for pr. Porintion, were on Friday seized et the Clietent-- Ilmnie. hi ce gd ,r,~~