Star.
London, England, 1801-07-17 00:00:00

both MARKS

At. Mark-lane, this morning, Wheat continued
in much demand, add at an advance of from 35.
to 45...7-oats are heavy, and is. to as. cheaper.—
Barley, Beans, and Peafe, the Lune as laft Mar-
ket day.—Flour, 61. 3s.

The following were the prices at Kendal mar-
ket lafk Saturday :—average of oats by the load
(at Winchefter bufhels) Sow.—Belt American and
other wheat flour, 6s. per ftone, of 161 b.—oatmeal
4s. O.—lndian meal as. Bd.—beef 7d. per lb.—
mutton 7d.—veal 4(d.—lamb 6d.—butter t id.
((lateen ounces)--old potatoes 6d. per none.—
new id. per lb.—The prices at Carlifle were near-
ly the faMe-
Laft week, at Lancafter fair, cheefe fold from
three to four guineas per cwt.
At Stagfhawbank fair, on Saturday fe'nnight,
(addle horfes fold high : draught horfes indiffer.
etitly. The thew of horned cattle, except Scotch,
was .not great, and they brought high prices.—
There was a great number of fheep and fwine ;
notwithftanding which they fold very high, parti-
cularly the latter. Linen cloth met with a great
fall in price. •

At Wakefield and Leeds fairs the lalt week, the
thews of horfes were very indifferent, and there
were but few buyers.
Thetford wool fair, on Saturday !aft, was molt
numeroufly attended by the growers, both in Nor-
folk and Suffolk, but there were fo few buyers,
that the general price could hardly be afcertained.
Mr. Closet Southdown wool, 'however, was fold
at 49* per tod, aad a flock of Norfialk, remark*
bly fine, obtained the fame price. Among the
company precut at Dinner, at which Mr. Coss
prefided, were noticed, '

The Earl of Albemarle. filr Marks Dams. Bart. W. Cot.
quhoun, Efq. S. P. Galway, EA. Sylvanue Bevan, Efq. N. &O-
man, Efq. M. F. Riniton, Efq. J. W. Allen, Efq. Edward Gwilt,
Efq. Mr. John Gurney.
Together with many opulent occupiers of the
neighbonthood. Mr. Coca took occafion to ad-
drers the company, and (fated, that the great ob.
jea of the eftabliihment of that fair was to bring
together the manufnAurer, and the grower, to
whom the latter might difpofe of this produce on
equitable terms, without the intervention of the
middle mot.

the company fpent the day With that hilarity
and conviviality for which the yeomanry of that
part of the kingdom are fo highly dillinguifhed,
drinking many conflitutional toafls, and nut for-
getting Succefs to the Plough and fleece." Mr.
Bsc a, of Cattle Riling, Chewed the preceding day,
at the Norfolk Agricultural Meeting at Swaff-
ham, a Southdown ewe, for which he refufed iso
guineas, being allowed by judges to be the ireateft
pielure of a fliecp ever lien of its kind. Mr. Mo-
ra'', of Waterden, alfo produced a South-down
thew, which was killed by Mr. SMITH, butcher, of
Swa am, and weighed 281hs. each quarter.—
Wool fold at the following prices :—Norfolks and
South down, from sod. .to std. from
lb. Long
Wool, via. Leicelter and Lincoln, from Is. to rid.
per lb. •
On account of the extreme wetnefs of the day,
the Wool Fair on Bufli Fair Common, was not fo
nsmernufly attended as ufual ; but a confiderable
quantity of Wool WAS brought, and the promoters
of the fair had the pleafitre of feting it all fold ex-
cept fame final! quantities of Welch Wool. The
different forts fold brifkly at the following prices:
South Down tBd. per lb. Weil Country andhosne-
bred 15c1. per lb. Welch 1 7d. per lb.
On Monday fe'nnight, a field of barley was cut
down at Tay mouth, Perththire. •
On Monday lafk the Laneallire Agricultural
fociety awarded the following premiums :
To Mr. Parker. of Piornby, for improving the grease!t gum-,
sisy of land by walled (tone drains, a Giver ea p, value S guinea&
To W. Robinfon, has' tenant, (or ditto, a fiver cap, value
five guineas.
To Dr. Campbell, for having his eltate in the befb. general
Rate et cultivation, a flyer cup, value five guloeas.
To W. Robinfon, hit tenant, for ditto, five guineas.
To the Rev. J. Stainbank, of Scale-kali, for railing the belt
erop of bay graft, of the felt year, with grate feeds, a Giver cup,
valve three gpteas.
To Mr. Giblets, for the belt long-homed heifer, two years
old, a Om cup, value three guinea..
To jean Saithoule, of Scotforth, for producing and felling in
market, the (remelt quantity of early potatoes, on or
before the zit of July inft. a filver cup, of three guineas. Quan-
tity fold, 29 cwt.
Lail Sunday was buried at Shadwell, aged 95,
an Italian beggar of the name of Ether, who ne-
ver was known to have an hour's illnefs previous
to his laft ficknefs. He had thirteen wives, by
whom he had no ifrue. The laft one, who is liv-
ing, is a meddle aged woman, is inconfolable for
his las, becaufe, as our correfpondent adds, in his
avocations of fweeping the ftreets and begging, he
acquired a good deal of money.
An epidemical difeafe has lately deftroyed rainy
of the cattle in the diftrie of Ham.
It is not true that the dreadful wolf has been
killed which did fo much damage in the Canton of
Varzy. It ftill continuo its ravages, and has
lately deftroyed two fhepherd boys of the hamlet
of Duprts, in the community of Colmery.
Accounts from Dublin Rate, that a Diamond
Mine has been difcovere.d in the County of Wex.
ford, near Rofs. It was difecovered by a man who
was digging in a ditch; on taking up fome of the
earth on his fhovel, he found a lump very heavy,
which hp endeavoured in vain to break with his
Ihovel, but which he afterwards effeacd with a
lone; being broken, the infide appeared like rd.
ver. It is fuppofed to be of flu quality of what is
called trills Tharnonds. Tha Gentleman was ob.
liged to fccure that part of his came from the
country people, who were coming ita all &maims
with vehicle,. of every kind, to carry away the
treafure.
Laft week, as a tat bullock bclonging to Mr.
Bantus, of Beeft,on, was drinking at a pond, the
animal was hock tleadlsy lightning; no marks of
*Jaw.; were *Kik pis 4, carcate, but its Ids
ILstaje in a flare of com•
plete rhtridity.—The te„4I2KA
7 !!truck off the bark from allow. •