The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-16 00:00:00

tVEIIIILL PAIR.

This great Mart commenced on Saturday,
which was the day for sheep. 'Mery vas a haul-
snide skew, though not, quite so great as' in for-
rricr years. Ewes and wethers went off_ at re-
thee higher prices than had been expected from.
-the rates of the neighbouring markets. Lambs..
also met a ready sale. Every- pen was cleared.
The quantity of hops was less than in any for-
meryear. Not 'one of the bOoths, either in the
Farnham or the Country Row, was filled; some
were quite empty. The buyers were also fewer
than usual ; vet the prices were full rs,high as had'
been expected. Some of the brightest k arnhams
brought 241. per hundred, and the avrage ligaA
called 221. Some growths of the parishes near
Farnham fetched 201. and few were below !8L
Fin the first time at this fair, hops were shorts
front Leicestershire ; which, notwithstanding the•
surprise produced by the name, went off freely,'
at handsome prices, being of good colour and
full of .condition. There were also. a few tons of
prime pockets from Essex aid East Kent, which
Went Off at .hiei prices. Cheese sold"welli Owe
of the best Wiltshire dairies at 84s.

Colonel Lowther declines offering himself again
for Westraurlantl ; Lord Muncaster and the Hon.
Colonel Lowther are Candidates for that ccuntr:

Mr. Curran has accepted an invitation from the
Electors of Newry to stand for that Borough.
Mr. Laseclles was, we understand, put in nomi-
nation on Monday for Yorkshire.
Sir James Mackintosh, who was expected to
stand for the county of Nairn, it is understood,
cannot come forward on the present occasion,
owing to his not having been Infefted a sufficient
length of timc to admit of his being admitted on
the roll of freeholders.

. The late sale of Sir Robert 'Harland's farming
stock, at Wherstead, attracted a 7vast assemblage
of persous from' all parts of the county. The
horse stock fetched unprecedented' high prices,
five chesnut mares having produced 6221. ; a ches-
mit .stallion 1701.;' ',thirteen • other chesnut, horses
and mares 23.51: 10S. ; four-year old cl?esnut can
colts and fillies 2031. The whole horse stoc't., 60
in number; pranced 3,835/. Ms.

Depot at Perth.-0.0 Tuesday se'nnight an at-
tempt by the prisoners in the.Depor to effect their
escape. was_discovered and prevented. A- mine,
on which they had been'employed three days, was
excavated from within the privy of the prison al-
lotted to the petty officers, and had been pushed.
as far as -the-outer wall, on the inside. of whicb„
the earth, gave way, and occassioned a detection
of the stratagem. The digging had been carried.
on through the day, and at night, when the pri-
vies are inspected, the stones which had been re-.
inOved were so neatly and regularly roplaced, as
to prevent suspicloh. The petty officers are con
fined in the upper story of the prison, through the
floor of which they had cut a hole, by which they
might pass to the lower. They had afterv3ards
cut out the lock of the door which opens to t fir;
yard, and consequently to. tbe entrange of thei7
mine.

Yesterday morning, about half past four o'clock,
an alarming lire broi.ie out at -Air, Cocks.g., hi)Tait -
baker, Shadwell-doek,.which at first threatened
destruction to the neighbourhood, being close t
the premises of Mi.., Gonupp, distiller.; but, by frig
timely assistance.of the" Shadwell engine, the five
was got under. Mr..Cocks's house and furnitui!e,
with a great quantity of flour, was .eutirely con-.
sunned. 'The different engines. arrived • shortly
afterwards, and prevented the flames from ,sfire3A-
ing further devastation. - The fire was discove-red
by a Waterman on the River, who immedia-tely
gave the alarm.
An inquisition was takes at .a public-bons; Ia
Queen-street, Grosvenor-square, on Wednesdays
before A. Gell, Esq. Coroner, on the body t)f a
man-cook to a noble Lord, who died from
effects of poison on the preceding day. It up-
reared in ,evidence that the deceased had purcibus-
ed a quantity of aqua fortis, in Oxford-street, and
on.his return home he drank a wine glass of fit.—
The effects were soon Visible, and although prcauPt
medical aid was administered, the enfortunate man
died in a short time. • It was clearly proved • thst
he was in an unsound state of mind, and that
attempted to drown himself a short time since.
Verdict Insanity.