The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-17 00:00:00

LAMBOURN, OCT. 16.—The. great reduc

tion in the price of sheep at Weyhill fair has Keen s:verely
felt by many in this neighbourhood. One dealer in this
town brought • back upwards of a thousand. A large
flock of Wclah sheep pissed through here on Monday
last; they appetred to have suffered much front the Acts
of travelling, nod were offered at remarkably low prices,
which induced a person well known for a love of the good
things of this life, to ruchase a small lot, conpisting of
half dozen, which he ordered to be made into the same
number of pies, to treat his guests with at the fair ; but
he was much chagrined when the cook informed him that
they were rather more than sufficient to make one, but
not enough for two.—Berkshire Chronicle.
HIGHWORTH, OCT. 16.—0 n Monday our
Michaehnas fair unfortunately could not boast of business. We
had a great show of sheep from Rte} hill fair, but the poor
animals footed it many a weary mile to no good purpose,
as no inclease of price could be obtained here, and the
greater portion of them were driven away unsold—nor
were the other description of animals more favourably re-
ceived ; we may almost say that blank sadness prevailed
throughout, as far as business was concerned. The pleasure
part of the fair was attended, and care set at nought for
the moment; the houses of entertainment, notwithstand-
ing the dulness of the business part of the fair, had nothing

to complain of—ahnost the whole of their stock of fair
going beer was drained off; the King and Queen had a
numerous assemblage of loyal guests, who tripped it on
the light fantastic toe till a late hour in the morning.—
Berkshire Chronicle.
The depressed prices of agricultural produce
which we noticed at our fair in September, has been this
week followed by still deeper depression and gloom. Fat
sheep were sold at from 4d. to sd. per lb. ; stores very
low. Cattle at horn S 1. to ad. ; stores at excessively
low rates. Pie's were sold at SA-d. to Id. per lb., and
many were bought at a lower rive. A great proportion of
sheep and cattle were driven home unsold. Of butter
there was a large supply, and nearly all was disposed of;
but at the low prices of 7d. to aid. per lb. And a large
supply of Chet 32, much of which remains unsold—the
prices for common Cheese, 20s. to 28.4 per cwt. ; middle
quality, 30s. to 40s. ; best, 42a. to 445. ; a few small lots
of prime old at 50s. to 561. per cwt. Bacon averaged
Sid., and Hams lid. per lb —Shrewsbury Chronicle.
WOOL TRADE.—We earnestly call the atten-
tion of our readers to the proceedings of the meeting, held
at East Briley, on Wednesday last. The assemblage was
very numerous and highly-respectable ;—amongst the gen-
tlemen present were—C. DUNDAS, in the
chair; THOMAS DUFFIELD, Esq., CHARLES EYSLON,
Esq., W. AIm:LAND, Esq., B. WROUGHTON, Esq., P.
GREEN, Esq. &c. Sec.—We hope that the example held
cut on this occasion will be very generally followed ; it is
high time that something should be done to :support the
increasing distress which still accumulates on the too long
neglected agriculturist. Berkshire is essentially a farming
county—ita shopkeepers altogether depend on the landed
interest for their support ; and as such, we take leave ta
say, that the population generally ought to adopt the re-
solutions which the meeting agreed to. We hope our
agricultural friends in Rants, Surrey, Oxford, Wilts, and
Bucks, will see the necessity of unitimy with their Berk-
shire friends on this pccasion.--Berhshire Chronicle.
We do not pretend to discover the cause of
the greatly and almost suddenly depressed value of farming
stock at this moment, unless it be the late starving condi-
fon of the unemployed working classes in all the mane-
factoring districts. If the 'working-men (" Operative*"
is the fashionable thsignation of them) cannot afford to
buy meat and bread, we know not to whom the farmer can
sell it. It is cheering, therefore. to perceive, that during
the last fortnight, all the manufacturing district: have had
their population fully employed. We hope, then, that the
eclipse has passed over us. It will be seen by our ac-
count of Liverpool market, that mutton and beef have ad-
vanced in price. From the immense number of Irish and
Scots cattle and sheep which have glutted the English
markets lately, it is clear than the farmers in those coun-
tries have been worse oil than the farmers in England.—
At Ballinasloe, the great annual mart in Ireland, there
were fewer cattle and sheep this year, by many thousands,
than last year; and yet fewer were sold than at last year's
fair in Ireland. We think the Shropshire cattle in our
own fair on Wednesday were offered at lower rates than
what were asked tar the Irish and the Kylce
Shrewsbury Chronicle.
Nearly all the weaving population in this vi-
cinity are at present in full employment ; het, as fine fa-
brics arc scarce, ginghams, punicates, coarse jaconets, and
other heavy kinds of work, are frequently to be found in
those districts which arc principally inhabited by lawn
weavers. The sorts of cotton twist, from No. 20 to SO,
are in most demand, and Saille of the mills are changing
front finer sets of spinning to coarser, to answer the mar-
ket. The wages of weavers continue very low; but, from
the great quantity of coarse work wilich is now giving out,
there is not so much distress as when from 2,000 to 8,000
could not get webs of any description. A IVe 5-4th
lawn is paid at I,ld. en ell. A 900 5-4th lawn is paid
at lii, an ell. During the searaity of trop k in summer
a number of weavers, far beyond any thing for past years,
contrived to raise materials, and weave on their own
account ; but when the cloth (mine to be sold, it did not
Laing a remunerating price, end the project was aban-
doned as soon as regular work could be procured. The
weavers are complaining that the shuttle copes are so pre-
valent that the pirn winders are nearly idle, which hurts
the wearer, as his wife and children were generall
employed in winding his weft. Frain 1,000 cols es
to 22" cal:darks, are worl,ina, with these shuttle
copes. In working from an IS" to 22" there was for-
mer:y between ss. and St. 61 paid for weft winding, 01
which the weaver's family are now deprived. It is pretty
geneta believed that in a abort time there will be n,
hank nett except dyed or bleached. The dye-works are
nittile
better coipluyed in eensequence of the inereaae of colourea
work. r years been any weft
but s
there has notc fonlo,ier.