The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-07-23 00:00:00

CADMUS

MAL, JPLY V.—Arrived last night, after post,
the 11r4iIsford, Mineors, and Regulus transports,
with the 31st Regiment of Foot, 'nil detachments of
the 10th, 111 h, and 3Gth Regiments, from Milts,
last from lit) mouth, the whole have this day dis.
embarked, and will proceed to-morrow to Dover

Barracks.—Arrived and sailed for the River the
...John Bushman, Derailing, from the West Indies;
and the Perseverance, —, from the South til.a;.
Ponrsatourit, JULY 22.--Arrived the Vittoria,
Carlile, from the Flavannah; sailed the 7th Of June,
which is not so late as the arrival yesterday by
a week.

FALMOUTII. Jucr 20.—N0 a rrivels but the Thistle,
Wallace, from Cephalonia, in seven weeks.—Sailed
the Blucher packet, with a Mail, for the West Indies.

IlAnwicit, JULY 22.—Sailed the l'rince of
Mange packet, with a Mail, for Holland ; and the
Henry Freeling packet, with ditto, for Corf' sett.
Cowes, JULY 22.—Came in the ship Jemima,
nattily, from London for Bombay ; she has been
down Channel as far as Scilly, and obliged to put
back, being leaky.

The Lords of the Treasury have refused a Petition
Grim Newcastle.opon-Tyne, to he allowed to impo►t
goods from India, on the ground of the unfitness o'
the harbour for mooring ships with ofety to the re
venue.

SUDDEN DEATlL—Yesterday morning, Mrs. Mary
Cuthbert, of Stepney-green, who was speaking to
ler husband, while in bed, in excellent health and
irita, without a single struggle breathed her last.—
A surgeon attended, but she was quite dead.


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Iffglett BA NOES A r 11i4NCIIESTER.
• • [PROM 11.04ctitiTrit PAPERS.)
t ANCIIESTER, JULY 21.-We are extremely sorry
that we are not able to state that the effects of corn..
bination have subsided. The spinnete, who have putt-
licly dihavoilied a most intlamtriatory placard, tending
to excite not merely discontent, II • d ..isorder iiid
violence, hive certainly behaved very peaceably ;
'but evidently under a regular training, in Order that
their formidable proCett(ions might induce the few
spinners who remain industriously at work, to leave
lit, and to overawe their employees into compliance
}with their demands. We are sorry for their conduct,:
'because we cannot but think it injurious to themselves
and their fan.:lies. The same spirit, we are concern-
ed to add, has broken out in other trades.
Yesterday morning, soots after midnight, a fire
was discovered in the cotton-factory of Messrs. Orin-
rod and flardcastle, of 13olton, which in a Ptitirt time
consumed the mill and all its valuable machinery,
amounting in the whole, we understand, to upwards
of 40,0001. Report states the fire to have com-
menced close to the door, so that all ingress to assist
in putting it out was at once prohibited. Sttong sus-
picious from this and other circumstances are enter-
Joined that the conflagration was not the effect of
accident, hut design. If this he correct, we trust
that the vile incendiaries will very soon he discover-
ed, and he brought to the condign punishment they
so justly merit.

ANOTHER, ACCOUNT.
The extensive and valuable spierting establish.
ment, carried on by Messrs. Ormroil and Hsid
castle, in Moor.lane, Bolton, was totally consumed
by fire, between one and three o'clock yesterday
(Monday) morning; and ste_regret to learn that the
property is but verj•psrtially ensured. Under what
circumstances th,V serious event originated has not
been yet asceFfitined, but we a►e info( toed that there
is some.reSson for surmi.itig that it has been the ne-
farious perpetration of iocentlisriev. About nine
o'clock one of the main walls came unexpectedly
down amongst a numerous body of spectators, many
of whim were dreadfully hurt, and some, it is feared,
will not r.cover.

The following is an extract of a letter received this
morning from Bolton-le-Moors, dated July 20 :
" Orunrod and iiirrtesstle's large mills at Bolton
(ill but one) were destroyed lust night by a fire that
broke out at 12 o'clock, after the works had been
nearly 30 begirt at rest. Lis supposed to be done by
some iaeendiary."

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ViEr ireid—P-137 01.---114 R.
In consequence of the briskniss of tritde, iivid
the high prices lately obtained for Wool, this fair
was more numerously attended than usual. Upwards
of 120 persons sat down to the dinner, at which
'F. W. Coke, F..sq. presided, supported by the Duke
of Norfolk. the Karl'of Albemarle, General Fitzroy,
Admiral Lakin, J. Merest, Esq. M.P. Messrs. Styles
man, Moseley, &e. &e. Theprincipal IVool-bolters,
were Messrs. Waller, !Invokes, Fisens, Gairdener,
Vavaseur, and several Gentlemen from Yorkshire
and other parts. After the cloth was removed, the
Chairman gave the following toasts-
-, Con.titotion and King"—" Prosperity in the Wool Fair.
and n fair p ire het a e.;11 Buser and Seller"—'• Prosperity to
the Clltillitra or Norfolk end Sutfulk"—" The Woollen Nana-
tacture: of litent Britain."
The CHAIRMAN, in calling the attention of the
Meeting to the business of the day, said, he never
felt grestee pleasure than on the present Occasion, in
which he witnessed the largest and most respectable
Wool Fair etrer held in Thetford. lle rejoiced to be
able to stele to them, that the Woollen Manufacteries
were never in a more prosperous condition than at
the present moment. As he had established the Fair,
so he wished to promote those beneficial results
whidh were to flow from it, by offering his wool
at a fair atitl liberal price. lie knew what was ex-
pected at the Lewes Fair, and doubted not but the
Meeting would give him credit for endenvourieg to
obtain such information as mould enable.him to lit' a
price equally beneficial to buyer and seller. Ile
wished the sales might be publicly effected in the
room. as the growers would then know who had the
best decks, and who the worst ; at present, it was
hest known at Leeds. Mr. Coke concluded by of-
fering his *OOl to Mr. Waller (as the last year's
purchaser) at 84s. per tod, at the same time assuring
him and the Meeting, that if It were not sold in the
room, it should not be offered at so low a price out
of it. The offer was accepted by Mr. %Yeller, who
complimented Mr. Coke on the superior quality and
cleanliness of his wool, and recommended his example
to other growers, particularly in reference to the
bleaching the fleece.
The DAts of Norfolk offered his wool at 83s.
which was accepted.
On " the health of the Earl of Albemarle" being
drank, his Lordship observed, that he was never so
happy as when he could he useful to his friends and
neighbours ; he often regretted so little business had
been done in the room, and was glad that Mr Waller
broken the ice. It app enred to bin', that the wool-
bu)ers i.ati bound themselves by a vow not to buy
in that room ; bur rash sows were better broken than
kept, hi proof of Isl.:eh, he, rdated an anecdote of a
foreigner, who, in a quarrel, vowed he would never
comb his h.ir until he had obtained revenge. This
vow, said his Lordship, was only inconvenient to
himself and his friends. Ile concluded by offering
his wool to Mr. Fison. at 84s. but which was re.
fused ; however, his Lordship shortly after rose and
stated, that wishing Mr. Fison to have his wool as
usual, he had agreed to take S3s. and that Mr. F. had
laccepted it, requesting his Lordship to state to the com-
pany, most distinctly that he was not prepared to
give the same price to others (however, we believe,
that before the business of the day concluded, the
Messrs. Fistula were compelled to give 845.). Lord
Albemarle, in the course of his speech, having passed
some very high encomiums on Mr. Fison, gave occa-
sion to the Chairman to remark, that be fully agreed
in the sentiments of his Noble Friend respecting the
`Gentlemen just named, but regretted that Mr. Fison
had only nibbled at his wool, hut never yet took it.
11:,fore he sat down he would inform the Meeting,
that since the establishment of the Fair, the quantity
of wool grown in Norfolk and Suffolk had increased
to double or treble. Ile concluded by proposing for

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a toast—
" The Bishop of Norwich, the brit Shepherd in Christen-
The Rev. Mr. Er.wlst, though little inclined to.
interrupt the important business of the Meeting,
could not, as a Clergyman, refrain from offering his
thanks to the Chairman for proposing this toast, and
to this very respectable company, for the handsome
mariner in which they had received it. lie observed.
that the Chairman was in the habit of paying this
tribute of respect to that excellent man at almost
every Public Meeting, end he did not wonder at it;
" Sindlis srrniii gaudel:"—or, to use an Poiglish
proverb, " Birds of a feather flock together." The
same liberal spirit—the same zeal for civil and re.
ligious liberty—the same charity for the failioes of
others—and (as far as ability goes) the same princely
hospitality distinguished them both ; and he would
venture to say that if his brethren of the cloth,
io-
Istead of adopting the prejudices, anti echoing the
misrepresentations of those who think it their intr.-
! rests to defame and misrepresent them, were to imi-
tate their liberality and follow the good old adage of
,4 Live and let live," they would add greatly to the
security of their possessions, their respectability, their
independence, end consequently their happiness. .
On 66 The health of Mr. Coke" being drank, he
remarked, that previous to the establishment of this I
Fair, the Wool-buyers had divided the County of 1
Norfolk into districts, and the prices were in a great
degree left to them. To overturn a coalition of this
kind, he, as Member for the County, conceived he
should be serving the landed interest by establishing
a Meeting like the present, the beneficial results of
which had been that day more than ever experienced.
lie lied fixed on Thetford, as being on the confines
of the two counties. At one of the early Meetings
it was whispered in his ear, that by the establishment
of this Fair lie should lose many votes ; but he re-
solved to do his duty to the Agricultural interest,
however prejudicial to himself individually.—ln the
course of the afternoon, the healths of " The Doke
oT Norfolk"—." Admiral Lukiir"--.44 Sir John Se-
bright," and other distinguished Agriculturists, were
drank; and more business was done in the purchase
and sale of wool than at any Meetidg since the
establishment of the Fair. The current prices of
the Southdown socks were from 80s. to 84s. per
tod; and a flock of pure Merino was sold at 105 a.
We did did not hear of any wool being sold of the
Norfolk breed, a marked preference being given to
the Southdown. A Int of half-bred wool was of-
fered at 735. 6d. to Mr. Hawke', of Norwich, but
refund.

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