The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-07-17 00:00:00

4,noviNl;La FAIRS. • •

, At Shrenabdry Fair on Thursday and Friday last, there
was a subtitling supply of fat cattle and ivies, bat a pretty
rased woe of sheep. There being few buyers, and a deh_
elemey of grass, owing to the dry weather, cattle were rather
lowe►, being •tout 7tl per lb. Slv ep alma averaged 7.1.
Pigs were lower than last fair...-Tlse quantity of Wuol was
not so great am last year, hut it advanced considerably upon
the price obtained at that tone. Fine Wools sold from 345.
to 374.; coarse ditto :Ss to 30.. The wale was rather slack
at she close of the day, and the prices Lower than were ob-
tained in the morning.
Chester fair commenced en Monday. There was an ex.
relient *hew mf horses in the market. Prime fits went Wl'
rat very low prices, and inferior soles were quite a deur.
Many were taken away unsold. In pi4a, and ail other sorts
of rattle, *there was a crest reduction in price. There is an
abundant stork of Scotch, Mauchest►r, Yorkshire, Sheffield,
and Birmingham s..ods in the Hallo, at nearly the same
Wire. as at 144 fair. Irish listens maintain their usual
priers. Bops have experienced a trifling redretiou.
‘Yoreester fair, atop .1101114 lay last, was well supplied with
fat cattle, which sod a dull sale at rethaeril price., a circum-
stance in some defrte ocrasioised by the shortness of keep,
caused by Ike luso: continuance of dry weather. There was
a tolerable espy:), of slurry and lambs, whirls atatrard 3d.
per lb. There were f. w horses. and fewer buyers.

101 E AND .MADNESS.
CORONER'S INQUEST.

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Wednesday an Inqnist was held at the house of Mr. John
Jackson, the sign of the Devonshire Anna, Queen-street,
Goltien.square, 111•Pre ANTHONY DELL, Sq. Coroner for
the city of Wtatoisinster, on view of the body of Mr. Peter
Williams. This on a most melancholy ease id' self-de-
struction : the decereeil was a voting man only 20 years of
age, son to Wr. J Williams, of No. , 011“1134111141, who
terminated his existence by shooting himself through the
head with a ea, bine in Ins falterer kitchen. The circum-
stance which led to thus fatal awl die:tarsi act, it is said
originated in an attachment the deceased had formed to a
piling Lady of the name of Illissett, who slighted his ad-
dresses in favour of a more fortunate rival, Mr. Patemon
Cooke. 'Between these rivals • quarrel took place in one of
the public streets, in presence of the young Lady. The
ease came on to be heard before the Magistrates at the
Marlborough-street Police Ohre, where the young Leidy at-
tended, and gave evidence against the deceased in favour of
his rival, *ism which time he became melancholy, and ex-
hibited stems symptom. of mental derangement, but no
suspicion was contained of the horrid &saga he meditated.
Du Monday the deceased look a carbine of his father's into
the kitchen, as be said to clean, in order to lead it to a friend.
The maul servant lied jest left the kitchen nod gone up stairs,
when she beard the report of ere-arms, on which she rats and
alarmed the family, when the einfort mate father hastened to
the kitchen, which prereuted a sight shocking to describe.
The unfortunate youth lay a lifeless corpse on the flour, with
his head completely Moon to piece., and the walls and fluor
covered with his blood and brains, and the carbine with which
be committed the dreadful act lying near the body on the
floor, appareotly fresh direharged. It is supposed that after
cleaning the carbine be had loaded it, and placing the muz-
zle hi his head, he tout:lied the trigger, and blew his head to
pieces.
It appeared the deceased was shewn every indulgence by
his parents, and the evidence as to his insanity being deci-
sive, the Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict—
" Died by his own act in shouting himself, being at the time
he committed it in a state of mental derangement."