The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-09 00:00:00

lAIRS, 4,

At Corby fair, on Monday last, all torts of stock were
very dear.—Slam ford Mercury.
At Tunbridge monthly market on Tuesday, beef pro-
duced from Ss. to 45.; mutton from as. 6d. to 4s. 4d.;
lamb from 4s. to is. • veal from 4s. 641 to Ss. 441. ; and pork
from 41.8 d. to ss. per stone of sibs.; sinking or giving
the offal, to the butchers. .

l'ilelksham market on Monday was largely supplied.
Sales rather heavy, though a shade lower; beef 9s. to 10s.
per score; mutton Sid. to bd. per lb.; lamb 60.; store
pigs in demand, and limb.
At Yarnborough Castle fair on Monday last, ewes ob-
tained from 16$. to 30s. ahead; wethers from 20s. to 325.;
lambs from 12.. toi3s.

There was a very twist trade at Huogerford sheep fair
on Monday; lambs fetched from 131. to 265.; ewes from
21s. to 25.. _

At Rumford market, on Wednesday, beef fetched 2s. Bd.
to 45.; mutton from 3s. 4d. to 44.; lamb from 41. to 4s. 10d.
veal from 4s. to ss. rid. ; sud pork, for which thin market is
celebrated, from 4s. to 51, per stone of tilbs. Store pigs
were numerous, and heavy of sale at reduced prices. Prime
young milch cows of the Suffolk breed, which, though
good fur the pail, seldom exceed 70 stones each when fat,
produced, with their young calf, from 141. to 161. each.
At Billericay fair, prime lean Scotch and Welch runts
fetched full 3s. per stone, calculating their weight when
fat. Sheep and lambs too, of which there were not more
than 300 penned, fully supported the prices of other gone-
by fairs.
The rise in the price of stock of every description in
Cardiganshire, Radnorshire, and Breconshire, has proved
most beneficial to the bill farmers. Sheep, which two
years agosold for 10s. or 1 la. per head, now fetch 18s. and
gas., and the supply is scarcely equal to the demand for
' the English market.
At Peterborough fair on Saturday haat there was a very
large thew of beasts, which fuuud a ready sale at advanced
prices. The pleasing prospect which seems to have re-
turned in agricultural affairs of all kinds, diffused a spirit
and cheerfulness highly gratifying, particularly a- it is be-
lieved to be accompanied with similar activity and pros-'
perity in the manufacturing and trailing districts. Wood I
at this fair sold considerably better than at the former mart
fur timber. Onions were 4s. a bushel.—The pleasure fair
made an appearance of high life and spirits ; it abounded
with gay and well-dressed visitors, both on Saturday and
Monday. The "gentlemen" of the light-fingered and
black-leg fraternity were not so active, or not in such full
attendance as usual; the only instance of their particular
success heard of, was in the case of a gentleman who lost
his horse. A stranger went to an inn, and boldly called
out " Hostler," Hostler ! bring my horse !" 'f he hostler, not
suspicious of his customer, inadvertently took out a horse
worth 401., on which the stranger mounted, and oft' he rode.
When the right owner came, both horse and rider were
some miles from Peterborough. At a long booth on rho
green, a poor fellow outside, who had the dangerous
curiosity to peep at the show through a hole in the blanket,
met with a dreadful retaliation: some unfeeling person
thrust a stick through the bole, and literally put out the
poor fellow's eye.—Lincoln Mercury.
Rarroao, OCT. 6.—The hop fair at this place, on Sa-
turday last, fully verified our last statement, wherein we
observed that the hops had turned off very light in most of
the plantations, for where 15 cwt. per acre was expected,
only about 10 has been realised, so that the quantity
brought into market was less than had been anticipattsl.
The prices were from 81. los. to 101. for hope of this year's
growth ; and for those of 1822, from 4/. 10s. to 5/. per cwt.
Judges consider the hops of this year to be finer than those
of 1822, and to be of a better quality generally. Large quan-
tities of Kent and Sussex hops were offered by sample ;
the former from 61. to 61.61.; the latter from 51. 10s. to SI.;
and they found purchasers to a large amount. In the
horse fair good cattle were in high request, and realised
high prices; whilst, as usual, bad ones were almost un-
saleable, at bad prices. Horned stock, especially those
which were fat, fetched good prices. There was a large
quantity of sheep shown, and we believe they generally
hold at a considerable advance in price. Che, se was rather
lower than had been expected; most of the best dairies
were brought up; the prices were from 60s. to 635. and
665. per cwt. It would seem that the Knights of the Ca-
ravan have become extinct, as the good people of Retfurd
were not treated with even a single show : the fair, how-
ever, was not totally destitute of a species of vermin, which,
in the improved phraseology of the day, are denominated
" sleight-of-hand operators." This fraternity exercised
their professional abilities to the lightening of the pockets
of certain of the good folk of the neighbourhood, and led
many to regret that the pillory is not now productive of
the wholesome terror which used to be inspired by it a few
years ago, when it was a standing admonition to good
morals in mast of the market-towns of England.