The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-10 00:00:00

FAIRS.

WETHlLL.—Theroads between Basingstoke, Andover,
and Weyhill are daily thronged with waggons laden with
hops, for sale at the great mart at Weyhill, now near at
hand; there are between 50 and 40 waggons passing
every morning for the same destination. In the Farn-
ham row at Weyhill the stores are already nearly full,
and not one-half have yet been brought in. IC is ex-
pected that at least 4,500 pockets will proceed from the
parish of Farnham alone, and 6,000 ditto from Alton,
the Bentley's, Froyle, Bloated, Crondall, Odiham, and
other country districts; thus exceeding the quantity by
more than 1,000 pockets taken in 1846, and double the
quantity of last year. In 1846 there were 8,426 pockets
to Weyhill feir for sale; last year 4,672; this year it is
expected 10,000 will be on the hill for sale, besides the
quantity which is usually offered as samples. The prices
are nominally as follows:—Brightest new Farnham, Si,
to 51. 10s.,per cwt.; of 1847, 41. to 41. 10s. per cwt.; dis-
coloured ditto, 21. to 31 per cwt. new country, 41. to 41.
4%; of 1847, 2L 16s. to 31. 103. per cwt. Duty com-
puted at 210,0001.

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(Friday). It is difficult to compete the number of sheep
bought, as the Somerset and Dorset sellers bring in fresh
flocks as they sell those in the field hired in the village.
None are penned, every drove having a field, or part of
it, to themselves to rest in a day or two before the fair—
hence it is called a show fair. Many thousands are
driven to the neighbouring villages of Hatherton, Tang-
ley, Tidworth, Luggershall, &e. Some of the most
experienced dealers give it as their opinion that more
than 100,000 were really sold, and nearly 20,000 left for
Weyhill Fair, which takes place next week. It is exclu-
sively a sheep fair, no oxen being offered for sale. The
sheep are more than three-fourths Dorset and Somer-
set horned ewes, wethers, and lambs ; the other
half-breds and Southdowns. Some few of the
ewes had already lambed, and many more expected
to do so by the end of this mouth. We observed
lameness among many of the flocks, but they are gene-
rally free from the dreaded small-pox. There were many
contract and other dealers present, as well as graziers, &c.
from London, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Essex, Kent, &c.,
and prices were rather on the decline, from 2s. to 4s.
each lest than at Dorchester fair. Large first-rate
Somerset horns, sold at 465. to 48s. each ; best Dorset
Horns, 425. to 445. ; next in size and quality, at from
40s. to 425; small ditto, and Down ewes, to lamb early,
365. to 38s. ; smeller ditto, 303. to 325. ; some fine
weather horns, 40s. to 445. ; half-breds, 365. to 38s. ;
Downs, 225. to 345. ; fine lambs, Dorset horns, or half-
breds, 325. to 355. ; second size, 28s to 30s. ; small, 20s.
to 245. each.

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LEWIS OCTOBER SHEEP FAlL—This fair took place
on the same ground as that held in September. The
number of sheep penned was rather less than 6,000. The
buyers were numerous, but principally from the hop dts•
tricts of the county, and their biddings were very slack.
The peas were by no means cleared at the close of the
day, although the prices had receded from Is. to 2s.
from those of the previous fairs. Of course it is to be
borne in mind that the quality of the sheep and lambs
were generally inferior, and consisted, with few excep-
tions, of the clearing culls of the different flocks. The
ewes belonging to Mr. Hampton, of Applesham, which
were reserved from las t fair, were sold at 435., being
an advance. The price ranged—for ewes, from 225. to
365. ; lambs from II s. to 27s.—Sussex Express.

BARBAROUS MURDER AT LEEDS, AND FLIGHT OF
THE MURDERER.—LEEDS, MONDAY.—Last night a most
cruel and deliberate act of murder was perpetrated at
Hunslet, one of the townships comprised in the borough
of Leeds. The victim is a young woman, named Esther
Inman, between sixteen and seventeen years of age, who
worked in the flax mill of Messrs. W. B. Holdsworth and
Co., Hunslet, and the murderer is a young man, named
Thomas Malkin, about a year her senior, who was em-
ployed in the same mill as a wood turner, or maker of
bobbins. The young woman lived with her step-father,
Thomas Watson, a respectable man carrying on a small
business as a tailor or draper, at Hunslet Moor, and
Malkin- lived nearly opposite. It seems that he had
been paying his addresses to the young woman, but,
either from her own choice, or at the instigation of her
friends, she had lately declined to keep company with
him. A few minutes after ten o'clock yesterday (Sun-
day) evening, he went to the gate of a small garden,
in front of Watson's house, and sent a child into the
house to tell the young woman to come out, as some
one wanted her. She accordingly came out and spoke
to him, and instantly he cut her throat in four places,
and then fled, before any person came to the spot
The instrument with which he perpetrated the deed
was a sort of knife, which he had obtained from the
mill where he worked, and had fitted up for the pur-
pose. The young woman expired immediately, and
her corpse was taken into her stepfather's house. An
opinion prevails that the young non has drowned
himself.

A HOP KILN DESTROYED BY FIRE.---Shortly after
eight o'clock on Friday morning the inabitants were
thrown into great alarm in consequence of a fire break-
ing out at the hop kiln of Mrs. Andrews (widow of the
late Mr. Samuel Andrews), of West.street, Farnham.
In less than twenty minutes the roof fell in. Tho entire
building was destroyed, with about eight tons of new
hops. An insurance is effected in the Alliance Office on
goods and building to the amount of 1,2001., which we
hope will cover the loss. Some cottages adjoining the
kiln belonging to J. M. Paine, Esq., were damaged to
the amount of about 1001. Too much praise cannot be
given to the agents of the various fire-offices. the inha-
bitants, and the hop-pickers, three hundred of whom
supplied water by buckets from the river. The fire,
there is every reason to believe, was aceidentaL—Sussex
Express.