The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-03 00:00:00

COLCHESTER WOOL FAIR.

Colchester Wool Fair, on Friday last, met with rather •
thin attendance. This was to be esperied by those who
kww the activity with which the bnyers, on any material
advance in price, explore all parts of the country, to ►ecurs
what bargains they may be able, prim t. the Kriteria circa.
lation of t►at correct information which the establishment
of these meetings annusly leads to. Mr Tower, as Chair-
emu, attributed the present improvemeut to prices to
following causes:—

lA. To there being Do remaining stuck in hand of English
wool, of the growth of former V.llll.
2d. To the known shortness of sti,.ply in the present clip,
arising. partly from the great losses sustained by the Huck.
masters, in smile parts of England, by disease in the last
year, and partly from a disninution in the stock of sheep,
which may reasonably he expected to have been the noise-
quence of the very inadequate prices which short wool fetch-
ed in 1810, and in the early pint of 1817.
3sl. To the brisk demand for woollens, both for home
supply and exportation, which has given activity to our
loom., both en the North and West cif Engdend.

4th 'Fir a knowledge, that though the illlplnlation to the
end of last rear wan very considerable, via 14,713,643 lbs.
and above %ASO bags, cordial )) ioo g 6,000,000 lbs. and up-
wards, to the coda June last, yet !hr consumption of it
had sufficiently kept pace' with the supply, to 'preclude any
expeetati 0000 oleo tames iu the foreign wool market.
31. b. Ti. the additional confirmation given to 'hilt hitter
expectation, in the fact that foreigi wool bas lately advstuced
io price on the Continent.
Mr UllWill rap o d his opinion that the very small in-
crease of prier who h foreign wool had of late experieneted in
the Eitgliah markets pied not justify the present increase of
price in our native short wool. Either (said he) the prices
of foreign wools must rise, or those of English wools fall.
Mr Tower recommended 775. per tod, ur 2. 9d. pet lb.
as a full price fur the best Southdown Rot k wool ; leaving
it, however, to those gentlemen who conc. ived that they had
attained to the perfection of Mr. Coke's flock, to demand
the price of S4s. or 3s. per lb. which be is 'clouted to have
obtained at Thetford. to further detailing th•• reports he had
received from various quarters, be did not Nail himself
justified in ailing a higher price fur the crossbreed and
other fl peke, where no particular pains have been takes a
the eu II IVA euei. further than from 635. to 70s. or from 26.34.
10 2. 6d Long wool, hr was ',titian. d, would fully maintain
its, If, al about f 2.. to 2. 2.1 per lb.
We enderstand,etrat the wool from two enneriplerahle flocks
was istas.•dislely sold at 71.. per Sod. Is aperitif thee* eases,
however, it it fair to state, that poise trifilug advantage, it
in nospinioril, wan p • -.rot to the buyer, iu th.• refusal of
►he lambs' soul toppings of this year a. eighteen pence
pew Vb.

10 The derliord Xalse of exported woollen*, fin hit year
was 7,943,9191.

The Archduke Nltun A LL, brother to the Fol-
prntr R ills lA. with Ins %kilt pHworti
Cilvtoter isti Fooday lam, to Erlillit OH, the t.ent of
t•:. GitobyLooo„ Mott to the seut tf
Sir W.'%. Vt earl. The Archduke, we believe,
hued Wi to behead,.