The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-08-03 00:00:00

WOOL FAIR.

Thursday thy annual fair for the Isle of wool w is
held here, and was well attended by many reeve .t.
able wool-staplers, front London, Yorkshire, aittl
elsewhere; sod by all the principal gentlemen and
farmers of the South-Dowin and neighbourhood.
An excellent dinner ss.ai provided at the Star huh
where Lord Sheffield presided. Soou after diluter
his Lards!iip being requested to communicate the
inform: iin lie had received respecting wool god
the *nutlet: inivuufecture. rose and said—
Mi 'train to acquire lot...notation that might
be useful at these int-Ming*, has been greatly In-
creased br the flattering opinion which has been
expressed, that my endeavours have been service.
able. It rm.-Gunfire% me to persevere to my inquiry
bog the state of the woollen trade, Tutu the probable
'moldy and quality of wool from this and other
cl•is!ries, and the probable demand There is likely
to he far nor inainilacture. •I'he perpetually
chaug-
i:.g omlNtuu ,if the civilised world, itsalistracted
stud rott.uits aster, scents to bale inquiry, stud to
reader to extremely difficnlt to offer yuu satisfactory
opinions; htit awe rely nu fads (audit is to thew
shall principally endeavour to pont% your attention)
reasonable conclusions may be .Yawn. The turret's.
ed difficulty of prie•urougz and the consequent high
price of Spanish wool, raised the value of British.
doe wools, and induced our spirited farmers to at-
tend to the •Inelturatutt of an article which had
been greatly debased and neglected, inconsequence
of the inanitions mononoly at home, end the per.
snisaion to import wool, free of all duties, front
every Fort of the world. Depreciation and ne-
glect, of course, raised s prejudice against the use of
it 111 Oil liner to o,l,W:tures; sad it was no longer
worth ili‘• while atoll- - tool growers to attend to the
crudity, lint tOniurit 'h.- :neatest weight or quantity.
.s—The adequate price now given for British fine
wool has had a surprtzing etlect, cud the wool of
our principal South-Llown flacks is infinitely bet-
ter than-it was • few t ears ago, so much an that
with the help of the ,Sintnish breed of sheep, so
rapidly increasing in the United Kingdom, and for
which we are so peculiarly indebted to His Majesty,
there can he brute doubt that this country may be-
come independent of all other., as to the supply of
wool of a t kinds. The export of superfine cloths
rotuptared with inferior manufactures, is small. soul
the great hulk of our woollen mannfaetures Is t
wide of British wool, especially fur exportation :
those of Spanish wont are print:lividly for home con-

sninption, which. lio.rever, i• the hest market.
Very good surwrlir.e cloth is mail, of South-Down
wool, and is very suffwient for the woollen mend.
factories of Yorkshire; and when ifs improved qu.,-
lily is better known there., it will surely come into
realer demand than is at preseut the ease, where
the northern wools are generally used, and the eon.
rnmptiou of Herefordshire and South-Down wool,
is sot considerable. The woollen trade iu the
%Vest Riding is at present very good : the demand
for low and middle-priced woollens, have s.rept
away all the stock on band at so *drawee of from S
to 71 per cent. and of course the price of wool em-
ployed in them eninallictorea lias sdvsuctd. Prime
Speuish wool hes beet purchased brit spring at lets.
and upwards, per lb. to sell agaiu ; and to Mardi
Last, the current price at Bristol, from wheate our
tine fahries of wool is the West of Liglood are
supplicdslaidl.at lie. per lb. Late failures, arising
free specalatios, hove had the effect of
facies Ewe eM swims 'moo week, at prices
who& Mar sera to thaillilleakisoof the times thee
Nit noir dead of die teede ; however, 14a.
asked et Bristol. end it is eonfideittly
miiistoa• thermoses will hold rather thou sell at
lose than 13a. Yet a few iastaucss of sale just now,
I. aouseqeseace of loft failures. and the present
swam of demand. w ea likely to haves perms-
110111011het ; and a priostipol correspoodeut saes. it
loop safely he Armed. Jim 'Pooh are looking
up. Spain is drained of went, tee Stock. scattered,
end persons well informed say, that the late shear-
ing cannot possibly furnish more than 10,000 bar,
soder the moot favourable clireUtDetilllCes of ship-
ping, &c. It appear, that the prices are higher
sue sew at Lisbon and Cadiz that here, which is
accounted for by the present state of the money
caseket. The bulk of the Spanish wool now no
is said to be it very few heads, and they
having purchased at an high rate, it is believed will
keep op the present prices. Spain having now
`ash for • entsidereble time the theatre of the moat
destmetiee warfare. and its rural econosny com-
pletely derenged, the future imporsahuns of wool
must be greatly deficient. Th:s is known to
the holders of that article, and that it will become
vary scarce, sad that they will have herenfter,
if not now, a very gi.eat price for it. Oa Nu
average of seven years, ending jth January leo7,
and before Spain was completely deranged, the im-
portation of foreign wool arnoun•ed to 7,144.347161.
and during the year Isol!), the French not being in
possession of ihe principal ports of Spain. the im-
portation of foreign wool was very large, viz.
6,045,9981bi5. not so much as 900,0 4:olhs. le,s than
the meal impnrtation; one-third of which, how-
ever, came from other parts, and not front Spain;
bat is the quarter en ling the Sth April 1810, the
importation into Great Britain has been very great,
viz. 4,630,4 161bs. and the importation into the port
of Leaden elope. in the last quarter. ending Sth
July 1810, ontoonts to 1,335,824165. which greatly
sacred. what has been imported in the Seale mitre
ter the precediag years, nearly one-third of which
also did not come from Spain or rortogal; but as
the average isuportatioa of later years is c insiders.
Mr below that of former years, its. pro!, ible thet
the quantity of foreign wool mow is the country,
notwithstandnig the late large itaportatioa, does not
matenelly exceed the usual stock, ft appears from
these steteineuts, that we cannot in future
on the user! nuportatioo. prohahly not nae-htlf.
.:onertplently that the price of foralien *MA will
enshrine h.gh, and the value of Bethel) fine mails
will increase in leaven:on ro the deficient-, of the
importation of• the former. It Ps competed that
Ilanapai tic has corned litany millions 4.:. :••• •41114
.heri, is be driven into France. and it is •
that a Lore Arentity of S:ninish wool ,• a. (item-
tided in that tweet,,. winch -.111 h cannot Conte to
,is direct (rein Verne, , pos,ibly some pet Mils its
way through tier:at:li which has rdl4•Ci the ins-
pne*.atrow hoar *mute miti the port of Londois