The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-31 00:00:00

IVTONDAY;• JULY 31; 1820:

[PRICE SEVENI'ENC.

able account of the varne of 'W6ol; The pricej 1 flatter
myself, is however risingr--but, yet it is low beyonel
example, and highly discouraging -to the grower.:—Suuth
Down Wool of last year'i Clip has lately been so low as
• .
14d. per lb. and fletces of this 'Wool fed in NorfulVto the
value of 1.0,0001. have been sold ia Yorkshire, at about Isd.
per Its. 'The South Down 'fag has•sold at is.)oid, But it is
admitted tite LoridonMarliet, that South Down Wools fed
in Sussex are worth from 18d. to 1,2 d. per lb. and they are
certainly rising. Wool:of a.,*cross Intween the Smith Down
and Leicester, has sold in Nodulk as high as 58s: pi2r tott, of
23 lbs. or 25,034 d• per lb. •
At HereArd Fair. held on the tit instant; the quantity of
.Wool offered for sale was very considerable. •Nune,apfeared
to have beetrwithheld from the Market, except some •Nlerino
and its 'crosses. The prices offered in the morning were
deemed so low, that few purchases were effected : but about
five lelkthe afternoon, the growers (compelled- froM the-diffi-
culty of converting.
,Agricuitnral produce of any kind. into
money) began to accede to the terms ,proposed, and the sale
continued very briskly'until .ten 'at rnitht,- when nearly the
whole quantity. was disposed of at these prices :
Coarse Welsh
Cross of Ryeland, nd Leicester (the ) to Is.Bd. per
prevailing Wool of this County) - •
• Merino and Mtrino Is.Bd. to Is.od: per Ih.
At Chuyek Strettox new Wool Fair, held on'thesd inst. the
.Shropshire Fleece Wool met with *cad,* sale at 15.4,1 to Is 7d.
per lb., and some very prime lots sold as high as Is. 9.1.
At Horn ensile,- Lit.cOloshire, \Viol was selling' on the
15th instant, at from s.2{d. to Is.4id. per lb.
The quantity of Wool at Ross Fair on the 20th, was great.
The prices 6f the hest tiinded Wo6l,•frorn .I.Bld. to I s.9d. per
lb.; the inferior from I.4id. to IBiLL This upon a fair aver-
age Way he considered ,as .an advance of 2s. per stone, on the
prices of the Monmouth and-(•olford. Laths Wool was in
great demand, and sold at from t s.4d: to ts.9d per ib. '
I have nut yet received the regular account ,of the Worm's.-
tei• MidsumMer Fair, 'hut I learn that' some Fatiars in th4t
County have sold their, coarse Wool at the prices of last
year." Their South DoWn has been very low, but is now on
the advance. - • -

In Norfolk, little or no busine,s has been done; except that
..Mr. Coke bas'sold his Wool 'at 15.9 id. per lb.,•nor have I
heard of any other Sales in those parts.
The ESSex- or Colchester Fair' does not•take place till Au-
iust, but the South, Powrt Wools have been sold at 18d.—
Some ordinaq South Down,- some Norfolk and some crosses
have fetched readily,lsd-and led. per lb. , .. • .
The British Market in general Is so completely deranged,
Over-stocked•andllutted, that it catu.bardly be said there is
any settled price. Of co•, se, the materials I'liave keen able
to collect.; .are very scanty, and furnish Rites satisfactory in-
formation.

lam informed that several growers in the Eastern part of
this County have sold at 18d.. per Pound,.and one at iBid,
And I am of opinion, • that even those who.cannitt wait fOr
'better times, should. not• take less. As• soon, as the, great,
overstock., especially of foreign coarse Wools, shall he re-
duced, the duty will 'check he importation of that kind, and
naturally, the Wool of this country will rise when the to-
reign is cleared nom the Market. ,
-
In Scotland, the price of Wool seems on the advance. At
Abeideen Market, on the 7th'iu st. there was a considerable
quantity of Wool, which was sold in a few hums. Prices—
Highland While, froM 225. to 28s. per stone. Tarry 12s. to
15s. Cheviot 40s. to 44.'---At Inverness great animal Fair,
Wool was sold to a considerable amount, at higher prices than.
could have been expected-:-t- • •
-Common Wool—per double stone, 18s. to 20s.
•Chevi'ut•Wortl:-.-per single stone, '2os. to 225.
In the present distressed, state
,of Ireland, caused by the
failure of Ranks;and the consequent disappearance of itlmost
all circulating mediuntin that part of the Empire, no steady
price can be collectedior Wool, or indeed for any agricul-
tural produce. The Market, in' general, scenes to be guided
by that of Engl intl. The prices are said to be low, mid t heir-
manufactures-much depressed, particularly the worsted ma-
ttufacture of tine South of Ireland, which ha.-,• been greatly
injured by the superior Machinery of England.*" The offers
for long Wools have been front Qrs. to 225. 9d. per stone.
The Strongest Wools are • in--great demand. The Cluathing
and IClountain.Wools, from 21s. to 265. per stone. on-
naught Wools, Which are a mixed kind of the combing and
cloathinir. front a.critss beiWeen the Leicester and' old Irish.
'sheep, fiom 20i.,t0 21s. Phis sort mush re-entitles York-
shife Wool.. It is thought,. that next to tincolnibire; the
Irish Long Wools of Meath, West Meath, Kilkeunv, and
Tir• ~,.'rary are preferred by the English buyer. Sthyrna Wont
in tws,market, not coarse as Scotch Wool, is selling at 13s.
per stone. •
Such is the state of the market for pritisit.Wool, from the
best information 1 have been able to collect.

1 shall now state the present: prices of Foreign Woo)

§PANISII.
Estremadura and Seville
F. 2s. ud.
T. ts. 9d.-

Surial(none in the Nrarliet)