The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-28 00:00:00

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At Ipswich great annual mart for limbs, w!.ieli
e 1111111 l eirced on Saturday last, the shrew was mud,
less than we have been in the habit of wit rts,iiig
far merry years past. The number of hurdles set
was very nearly 100 dozen short of those used
la-t fair. and the quantity of lambs r tiered for
sale was calculated to be 15,000 kw'. It was al-
most three o'clock before the peas could lie slid
to be tilled. In the interval some few parcels were
purchased, and between three arid six o'clock
a very large proportion of the sbew was cleared
off, and it was considered that riot many noire
were driven back uusolul to pasture for the
than have sometimes been seen at the close of doe
second day's sale. The growers, from the sear-
city of the stock, and the avidity will, winch they
had been bought up by jobbers previous to the
fui , derriarided very high prices, amounting iu
many instances to V s . per bend more than they
obtained last August; but tile drought vslirc:r
has so long prevailed, the very bad prosi:eer of tur-
nips, and the getter il waist of feed throughout ilie
grazing country, tended very materially to prtvent
such terms bring acceded to. 4:1 the whole,
however, it may fairly be totter.% tied the prices at
which the lambs were ultimately sold, exceeded by
2.5 per cent. the rate at which flume of equal gill-.
lity went off last fair. By far the greater number
offered for sale were of the half-bred Southrlouri
mid Norfolk stock. There were several pens of hall=
bred Leicester, and a very few indeed of the trot
Norfolk breed. the ewes of which were very touch
in request, and were bought at proportionately t
triva.:arit prices. The most we noticed coy to
Love Brett sold for were Mr. Rout's, of thirliou4e,
reached 32. r. Mr. Craske, of Stowlarigtort,
awl a {try few others, sold us high as 30s.
The fair was set on Monday moriiiirg at art ear-
lier hour, the whole of the lamb* to be offer& for
sale, or nearly so, being in the hurdles by twelve
o'clock. The fair began very briskly, and et/mi-
nuet' so for about three hours, during *hush tin e
by fir the greatest proportion of the lambs were
sod at ao advance of full Ir. per head upon tilt
prices obtained on Saturday. After this time,
however, the market became more larigiiiil, and
such few parcels as were their sold were dirposett of
on Satuiday'a terms, and a very few lots remained
unsold when our correspondent quilted the fair.—
Beneath is a general list of the prices which hare
come to our knowledge:—

SOUTH DOWNS. Wethers. Ewes.
Mr. Ganslotion, Itroughans.
Tionworth.
Ho.iigrave
Romr, Fkitipitou . 213t0.
Nunn, Hardwick' '7B. 31.
Paine, Tio.ldenhoon
Duke of Grafton
HALF DOWNS.
Mr. rilloy, Snailtvell
(odor)', Krum t 27s.
Archer, Barton 'Place 278. 245.
Wing, I uthlento am „... 275.
Coops, FakruJ ottu 27s.
Hogue's, Barnin F.haus 27r.
Webb, Ingham
Harrison, Tim rondo
Cursbic, Wert .itow
Wing, Cavenb■ ne
Norman, %Voroltwoll
HA LS LEICESTERS.
Mr. Archer, Barton Place 288. 275.

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A letter from Cork, dated August 22. s:y—
ss ‘l't sire concerned to state, that the estete.tve licor
milk of WILLIAM ALLMAN, Esq. of
were 134 night totally consumed by fire; %we hire
not horned how it uragiisated. We understind the
mills %%c.c. insured."