The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-06 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

A Detachment belonging to the .Ith Regiment of Foot
arrived in town on Thursday, from Totness, and received
orders to embark on Monday next, on board a vessel in
the River, for Leith, on route to Glasgow.
A Detachment belonging to the 87th Regiment of In-
fantry arrived in town on Thursday, from Chatham, and
received orders to proceed by canal boat for Chester.

LONDON MARKETS.

(From the London New Price Current of Friday. )

RUM, BRANDY, AND HoLLANDS.—There is little
alteration in the prices of Rum ; the sales are not so
extensive as during the preceding weeks. Fin 6
Jamaica continues selling 3s. 9d. a 4s. 3d.; very fine
4s. 6d. Leewnrds, proofs and 2 over, 2s. 9d.—
Brandy is rather higher, OH account of several small
shipping orders.—Geneva is unvaried.

Him), FLAX, AND TALLOW.—TaIIow continues
very steady. Hemp is rather higher. Flax unva-
ried. The letters from St. Petersburgh are dated
20th ult. Exchange 10F I. 19-32. Tallow 107.
About 6,000 casks bought.
INDIGO.—There is no variation in Indigo.
SPICES.—The prices are supported, but the de-
mand is not so brisk.
COCHINEAL AND LAG DYE.—The denrand cot-
tinues, but the sales are not 50 extensive ays.lalsi.t
,
week; there is no alteration in the prices. "
3s. 9d.
y.u.,:: lower; fair Bengal
COTTON.—The Cotton
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The sales for the week ending last night
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sale commenced on Monday.--
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white Rice
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RICE.
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Is. Bd.; 13 Ito 1 5 - I.
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bests sold at Is. 7iil. a is. 1 I
are rather lower.
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TURPENTINE.—Two cargoes to arrive have beat
sold at about 12s.

SECOND BLOSSOM.—The extraordinary warm
Weather which has followed the heavy rains, has kept the
green crops, the gardens, and the pastures, fresh and vigo_
rows in the native green and healthy hue of summer. In
the garden of Mr. HAMILTON, Sunnybank, there are thßo
apple trees which have borne a first crop, and are again
covered with a profusion et blossoms; and also several rows
of the rose strawberry in blossom.—Scotantun.

A corresolf)olinde t
ne:%!eatahter Thahvectod Writesefnarbledourfa:r—merrie
to
r harvest better than anticipated. The clops
ciinoanstt(hlttilis'dneimdtalmlYe-sei immediate neighbourhood, consisting principally of
rye, peas, barley, and eats, are fair average ones. The
barieys vary much in quality. About one-third of data
discoloured from the late rains ; during which the air was
most fortunately cold, which prevented their sprouting
freely.—Norwich Mercury.

WOOL AND SMEARING.

We copy the following letter from the Inverness
Journal:—
the kindness of one of the best &len&
to the interest of the Highlands, Lord Colchester,
I have received a copy of the -Report of the Wool
Committee of the House of Lords. It is very bulky,
containing nearly 700 folio pages, and contains a
mass of most important information. Ido net mean
to attempt to make an abstract of it, bit merely to
state, with your permission, to the sheep farmers of
the North, what appears to me to be the true cause
of the stagnation in our home-market, and the only
remedy likely to restore the demand for wool grown
on our mountains.
The cause of the importation of foreign wool is;
that our home wool has become of inferior quality
to wh:st it used to be, and that a second quality of
Gesrman wool is found to work up better. Now,
while our woollen-manufactures are nearly excluded
from the West by those of the United States of
America, and find great difficulty in keeping posses-
sion of any market abroad, we have been, perhaps,
rash in ascribing to them any wanton preference of
foreign wool. They must be protected and sup-
ported : and if we do not choose to attend to the
improvement of the quality of our fleeces to a de-
gree that will suit them, we must be content to re-
store the deer, the fox, and the eagle, to the exclu-
sive possession of our mountains. As there is no
doubt whatever that the quality of our wool may be
greatly improved, let us without delay set about this
important work. This may be effected by two
measures—by attending closely to the quality of
fleeces of the breeding stock, and by using a proper
salve. This last has infinitely greater effect titan
may be generally suppo,,ed; and I am quite satisfied
that Mr. W. Taylor of Leith, has discovered a com-
position which, when brought to perfection, es I
hope it will soon be, will in no lonsi time be univer-
sally used, on account of its 'Softening qualities.
In regard to the improvement of the fleece from
selection in breeding stock, I consider that an annual
show and. es,mpetition for premiums will be the
surest m'sttrod of effecting it, and to invite some re-
spect,able wool dealers to attend as judges. For
tts'is purpose a central situation, to suit both the
East and West coasts, should be chosen ; and as on
looking at the map 1 can see. none more convenient
than my own residence, I am willing to give grass
to the competing stock, free of expence, and to put
up proper perms for the exhibition of the rains and
ewes. The premiums will be quickly subscribed:
and the trustees for manufactures, as well as the
Highland Society, will no doubt readily contribute.
I propose that the Northern Association of Proprie-
tors and Farmers for the improvement of sheep and
wool shall be revived, and that those of each county
who approve of these suggestions shall meet as soon
. as possible, and appoint deputies to attend a meet-
ing for arranging the time and place of the first ex-
hibition, and re-establishing the Association. 1 have
little doubt that all. concepted. will easily conceive
hew likely such a bond among. Highland proprietors
and their tenants is to: prove beneficial in the present
circumstances of the country. If such meeting in
the different Northern Counties shall be held, I shall
be happy to receive communications from them, and
with their authority call a meeting of deputies at the
time considered by them most convenient.
In regard to the general question of the wool
trade, I am now decidedly of opinion, that to impose
any heavy duty on foreign wool would in no long
time utterly ruin the manufacturers, and that the
ruin of the sheep farmers would instantly follow.—
The manufacturers say that they expect to procure
in due time from New South Wales all the fine
wool they require, and that it is preferable to Eu-
ropean. If we can so improve our wool as to make'
it equal to the inferior German wool, they will pre-
fer it. Let us therefore set. to work in earnest.—
I am, your very obedient servant,.
G. S. MACKENZIE.
Ct ul, Diagivaii, 17th July, 1828.
• (lirorn tl.is Scotsman.)
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The learned Baronet, whose, activity is ,unwea-
ried in promoting useful laiproyemelds, liasi Oven'
the wool-growers a piece of good advice, which,
as coming from one of their own order, we hope will
not be thrown away. It is well known that a
great portion of the wool grown in Scotland is in-
jured in its quality; and some of it rendered abso-
lutely useless, by the faulty mode of smearing. For
the information of unlearned readers, we may men-
tion, that this operation consists in anointing the
body of the sheep about the beginning of winter
with a composition which is intended to answer
two purposes, to protect the animal from the in-
clemency of the weather, and to destroy the vermin
which feed upon the skin. The salve
.or substance
generally used for this purpose. is a composition of
tar and rancid butter (the latter generally imported
from Germany), mixed in various proportions, and
made up in a rude enough way according- to some
old recipe. This substance invariably deteriOrates
the fleece. No art or labour in washing can perfectly
clear the wool of the tar ; and hence the stapler
gives a low price for what he buys, and rejects some
as altogether unfit for his purpose. It is computed
that there are about three millions of sheep in Scot-
land, and if we allow one pound of salve for each,
we may judge from the great quantity consumed,
how much depends upon the quality, of the com-
position. The new salve to which Sir George al-
_ ludes is made by Mr. Taylor of Leith, who has
been employed some time in experimenting upon it.
The subject is one of which we have no knowledge;
but the decided testimony of Sir George certainly
entitles the composition to the attention of wool-
growers. We have also seen a letter written by
Thomas Lockwood,Esq. of Huddersfield, known as
a great wool-stapler and manufacturer over no small
part of Scotland and 4ngland,, whose opinion of the
new salve is equally favour*Ae. He says—"Nhen
I had occasion to go forward to' Satherlandshire, I
examined the wool immediately after it was taken
off the sheep's back, and I found that it looked ex-
ceedingly well in the fleece. On having it scoured
(which was done for me in several itistiss,„,), I
was
highly pleased with it, not only on , account of the
- colour ,which went perfectly white, and with very
littl4labour, but also because it had a handle which
vie tcidom meet with in Cheviot wool. lam quite
sure the salve will be of great im_portance, both to
the grower and manufacturer. The softness it gives
to the wool surprised me, being somewhat of the
kind which we find in foreign wool.

We state on the best authority, that there is
not the least likelihood of Mr. DAwsoN retiring from the
Ministry.—Berlz.4 Chronicle.
A formidable opposition to the Omnibus
roaches has started up in Paris. A great number of new
coaches upon the same principle of cheap conveyance, called
• " Len Dames Blanches" (the white ladies), have been
built by a new company'. They are painted white, with
a motto in gold upon a red ground ; and at the back of
each coach are eketches of Scotch scenery and costume,
from the opera of La Dante Blanche. The horses and
their harness are white, and the drivers wear white hats,
and embroidered white Coats. The mode of ascending the
coach is different from that of the Omnibus, which has
been so much complained of. In the new coaches it is a
flight of steps with a railing to preVent falling, and the
doors, instead of opening outwards, disappear by means of
slides in the panels; a kind of trumpet under the seat of
the coachman, and which is played by pressure, executes
the principal airs of the opera of the same Blanche.
The partridge shooting has commenced, but
the breed has been very seriously injured by the heavy joins.
The best manors are scantily supplied, and upon,themorst
there is no game at all. Perhaps there never was -a Season
when so many birds were destroyed, for the numbers left
last year were unusually great. Whole coveys have been
found drowned, and even the old birds, from affection to
their offspring, have stayed by them and undergone a simi-
lar. fate, rather than desert them. Very many instance,
have been stated to us of the old and young being found
dead together, and two in particular, of an old partridge
with some of her young ones under her tying`, and the
rest lying dead around her. The sport has been conse-
quently very much abridged. The pheasants, we arc
told, are even more cut off than the partridges.---Nor-
mid& Mercury,