The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-28 00:00:00

IPSWICH. lAMB FAIR.

At this fair, which coinmenced on Saturday
last, thequantity of lambs shown was very 'lo'ge,
although it is ciinsilered that full as many iii ere
produced last year. In consequence of the higia
prices required, but .very little business indeed was
elected during 'the early part of the day ; in th 4
afternoon, however, the trade became much brisker,
and a great many large pens .were cleared ; but
there was by no means that alacrity on rie,part of
the purehqisers, which
,had been expected) ,and,a
very larl4-e: proportion of the lambs were (WYefi
out. unsold,'

The anßions desire which has for several years
prev;;lited for the. South Down breed has very con;
siderablyabated, and from the disposition of the '
buyers, manifested at this fair, we may fairly coii7
iratulate such of our readers as are partial to Nor-
folk mutton, with the fair prospect that noW pre-
sents itself of that breed of sheep, resuming itS
pristine pre-eminence-, as the lambs of that breed,
particularly the ewe lainh, :were .sought after
with as much avidty.as those 011ie South Down
breed for several years past have been. The
treme eagerness. for the Norfolk ewe lambs, which
about three or four years since could not be dis-
posed of without submitting to a material depre-
ciation in comparison"- with those of the :Solidi,-
doWn breed, may also be partially accounted for
by the graziers, after a fair trial', being satisfied
that the sheep of -the NorfOlk and Southdown
blood will acquire a greater weight, and becomt
very superior mutton to' that of the .Southdov,-a
blood only, and this cause, of course, impeded
very much the sale of tlue .Southdown ewe lambs.
With resPect to prices, stick of the ewe lambs
as were sold; obtained upon an average -as- nearly
as' possible,- 2s. per head, above the "price of last
year;, but, generally speaking, the lambs were in
better, condition fully eqaal to that advance. We--
thert variedfrom about 20s. to 275. -according tb
quality; and • ewe lambs (except 'Norfolks, which
detnlnded much highti price) from 17s. lid: to
245. AmOngst those sold the first day were—

. . . . . .
The Duke of Gcsfton's half-hred W. 2G. E. 24S —Mr.
Pawsey's, of Lidg-ate, half bred W. .130s.—Mr.. Filby'.s, Of
Snaily.'ell, ditto, W.20.3;.,F.we :37s.—Mr. liarDmor,d'f. of Felt-
well, ditto W. 9...5.7.---.7-vf.x.,..l.reticr's Eartcn-p),*, N.. W.' 515:5.
half7bred, 25i. E. 0.:;...1Cfr. Leonard tiidivell's half bred W.
z.<l.—Mr. .13i:idlei, Of Nosvton, S. 17:-. W. 2';ls.--Mr. 'S. Shit-
lito's, of Barrorto ditto,. vs. 6d.----Mi. P,Lltue6. of 171erriiip-
wtn, that, 2 ..3..E,
,s.—M;.. Homty's of. 12.1 .by, ditto ~.-,.
Mr. iN,7ebb's of Ingham, ditto 255. E. 225.--Mr. BrocLes,- of
Sutton, ditto 9.ss.—Mr. W. Ilidwell'i of Cro.xtott, ditto, :33.
Cd;.--Mr. Fo*eil's of Elthtn, -ditto' 21s. Cd.

The lambs remaining. unsold on Saturthy, to-
gether with the.fresh supplies poured in
sby the
jobbers, produced- a very considerable she:v on
Monday tiiiirnin. ;_
Before ihe fair Wai.fairly set, the buyers began
to make their purchases with great hi isliness 5
and as retch- busi.iess was done frore twelve to
five o'clock in the aiternoon as was 'ever remem-
bered, 'upon terms as nearly equal as possiWe o
thoie of the first d'ay, the :%%;nts of the bityers be-
ing about this time satiated, the far became very
and little more business was transacted. i;e-
veral-small parcels of lambs, iu the hands of the
growers, and a great many `sheep and lambs in
those of the jobbers, were driven out unsold. We
could not but observe, that not more' than two-
thirds of the lamb-growers usually frequenting
this great mart attended this tair, a'great Ma ay
flocks havint, been previously disposed of to J6b-
bers, who will not have occasi9a to boast witch 'OE
their speculation ; many, 9f the laMbs b>iviug lieen
sold at prices very inferior to those they were tint
purchased at from the gro:.vers.
• The following are, home of the latest prices
communicated to us ,

Tbe.Earl of Bristol's S. P. W. 27s.—Mr. Hunt's, of
lisfopd, W. as.—Mr. J,rinings, of Chillisfont,- W. 295.
Mr. Brady's Norfolk _Ewe La)nbs, • :311s.—aud Mr. Taylor's,
of Blyburgh, Weiher Limbs, 275.

PRICE OF STOCKS
•
THIS DAY AT Twrixr: irt,cLocit.
''"t,, .1, s3ii I Omnium

THE SUN.

sucEm Qt7.lS DICERE r.u,sum AUPEAT ?

, LONDON,
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1812.

We have this day continued our extracts from
the French Paner. Among.otherinterating ar-
ticles will be found another account of the battle'
(or; as it is termed, " the affair,") of Salamanca.
The French Papers; for 'very substantial reasons,
avoid entering into any details respecting " this
affair" (except, indeed, that they tell us that a
Frenchman cut off the arm of an English Officer.
who carried a flag) 3 but they assure 'the people
of France that the English army was never so
near being destroyed, and they add, with-a con-
tempt of truth Which is really astonish ing4hat after
the battle- the French army regained .all its former
positions !! The words "former positions," are
ingeniously equivocal,—ther.rnay mean the po.
sitions which the French army occup4l
immedi-
ately before the battle of Salamanea,—or they
tn-ly mean, (which is the fact)-those theroccupied
a'lout three years and a half ago.

After the perr.sal of this account of the battle of
Salamanca, our Readers, we are sure, will not be
dispos-ed to give impliCit credit to the details given
in the French Papers respecting the operations in
Russia.

Though the Morning Chronicle yesterday thought
. proper to observe a prudent silence as to our an-
. Swer of. the day before to. its specious insinuations,
• a..d fallacious 'reasonings- UpOn the subject of the
Sicilian expedition, it has returned to the charge
to-day, hut with so. little effect and so little credit
, to itself, that a persevering silence would assuredly
haVe been its best policy. Instead, however, of
denying what we said upon good authority
4 viz:--that the- expedition for Catalonia did
sail in due time to produce the elect ex-
pected from it, the Chronicle contents itself
with asking questions upon the subject ; such
questionS as it would be folly to propose, if in-
deed they were not intended merely to serve the
purpose of the day, in an attack upon Ministers.
When - we tell the Chronicle, which we again
do, and in which we ventitri,l6 say it can-
not contradict- us, that tlife ''--F...xpedition has
produced all that it was intetiifett,t6 effect, its
questions deserve no answer and thbligh it may
accuse us of " repeating the lesS6n we have been
'taught, or obeying the instructions we have re-
ceived," which is just such tautteygy as its
" prognosticating -prophecies'," yet if we have
been taught a right lesson, Ind obey instiuctions
founded on truth, we shall treat its questions with
indifference till it shall advance real.facts, and draw
:such inferences from them as they will justify.—
Here we shall at present drop the subject, though
we beg leave to i etort its decorous language and to
say, that its attack on Ministers upon this grouud.is
hut a " clumsy attempt" to divert the attention
of the public
.from the glorious victory of Sala-
- -rnanca, by insinuating that it would have 'been .
more complete if the Sicilian expedition had not
been suspended.

Some admirers of the Irish MASTER OF THE
ROLLS have expressed their regret that he has
not a seat in the Imperial Parliament ; but if he
is not likely to make a better speech there than
be did at the late CATHOLIC DINNER in Dublin,
'-he would act much more wisely in attaching
himself wholly to the duties of his station. All
of . his speech that was intelligible on the oc-
oasion alluded to, was mere common-place de-
clamation, or party rant, and all besides was
is ild. rhodomontade. As a proof of the latter,
we present to our readers the following specimen
of this Gentleman's , oratorical -syblimity : Com-
Ilimenting the company on the- nature- of the
rish character, in allusion somebody whom he
did not name, he epoke of the " fegthr-sprived
disposability to affectionate and:lVOinentary jea-
lousy, which evaporates in the brecithlhat expresses
it. He knows it well—he loves you for it—he
knows the rapid contrition of its recoil, but he
ought not to be wounded, nor you humiliated, by
Any formal ceremonial of that contrition.",-Leav-
ing the remainder of the preeedg,passage to find
its way as it can into the ,comprehension of
his admirers we shall be glailio know- the mean-
: ing of a feather-springed disposability which evapo-
rates in a breath." lint to dwell no longer on the
. oratorical powers of the gentleman, we do not
think that he displayed much liberality or justice,'
. when he said, of Mr. PITT, who is not alive to
contradict him, that he " never loved Ireland,
and was never loved by it." If Mr..Pirr did not
love Ireland, in particular, it was because his
. comprehensive mind loved the empire at
large ; but so far from shewing that he
did not love Ireland, he rendered it a co-or-
dinate part of the British empire by an union
which, however it may be censured by short-
. aihted politicians, or misrepresented by the zea-
-
lbts of party, will more effectually conduce to its
permanent interest, happiness, and -security, than
any other measure that political wisdom could have
devised for its advantage. We, therefore, are
well-grounded in the persuasion, that Mr. PITT
did love Ireland, and we have no doubt that if
Ireland does not -at present (which we by no
. means believe) love Mr. PITT, she will in due time
appreciate .the benefits which he and his colleagues
conferr&l on her, and bold his memory in lasting-

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SUN-OFFICE,

TWO O'CLOCK.

We understand that a Letter has' been reeeived
this day from Capt. MALCOLM, of the Rhin; who
. •
is cruizing on the coast of Spain, -dated the 14th
inst. to which there is the following postscript
" MoßeGLoßrous NEws PROM rabliD WELt,ING-
TON !"--Though we have nothing to add to the
above brief hutch ecringparagraph , on theauthenti:.
city of which our Readers may'rely, venture to
indulge the hope, that it is the harbinger to con.:
firm the reports now
.in circulation, et another
glorious victory in the Peninsula.