The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-19 00:00:00

TLIETFORD WOOL FAIR.

At the Aatt The4furd Woq) PAN after the
usual toasts and the health of Mr. Cuke bad
been given and drank with the greatest applause,
that Gentleman addressed the uusefOtts Company
avvembled at the George to the following

eff..ct: • •
Air. Coal. stated that the neceistity of this meet.
inn taking 'dace, otigii9fed from the fact of the
*hole county being-Aisided by the wool buyers
into different districts, each buyer net interfering
with that tatich he claimed, and then purchasing
by commission; a fixed price' waS cletenobeed! by
these intlividoals, oho did not at one time aanoant
-to more than three persons. By establishing a
general niirt fur the sale of wool, and including
the two counties, its real worth was more likely
• to find its level-111c opinions of the growers from
all parts would be known—general information

would be obtained, and great encouragement
• would ise held out fur the buyers from every part
of the kingdom to attend, and that competition
excited whirl) is the life and soul of all commer.
eial trawactious. It was no wonder that certain
individuals, who were so interested in no fair be.
ing evtablished, should oppose such a meeting ;
hut ou thtstr plan no possible benefit could arise
to the grower. To prove hew anxious he (Mr.
Coke) bail been to encourage the buyers to attend
at Thetford on the anniversary of this day, he had
always offered his wool at a lower price than he
stilt! it fur afterwards. lie considered it was his
• duty, as Chairman of that Meeting, to give every
information in .his power relative to the price of
wool ; and, having so dune, as he before ob.
Nerved, he always held uut every encouragement
to the buyers, askingasnly a fair price ; and he was
- sure they always had received a fair profit for the
purchases they hail made there, with the exception
of une year, when they bought so indiscriminate-
ly, giving equal prices fur inferior and better
wool, of which they bought a great denl.—Falling
in value, they lost money by the first sort, but
for the better Sort they 'gut increase-of price. It
was the necessity of making that necessary discri.
:nineties's, which he always wished to impress oo
the minds of the buyers. At the very time to
which he alluded just now, the Gentleman
who purchased 'his wool, which was very good,
told him that he got money by that, and lot
oni) by that of au inferior *quality. "My le-
ntos used to tell rise,".said Me.,Coke, " when I
was (tinting out the advautaritiof improving the
levee, that they got as muck, money for their
wools, which were not so god, and that they ob.
tatted more in quantity. And thus, you see,
Gentlemen, the ill effect which arose in conse-
quence of that combination which I• stated—of
that slistiaion of the caststy to n blch I alluded, of
that indiscriminate pit/Abase by commission, which
1 pointed o'st as toot detrimental. The wool
growers certainly ought to 'sped from the
buyere the most attention to the best fleeces ;"
and he (Mr. Coke) hoped they would this day
exert that judgment, and not give as mach fur
the bad as the good. Relative to the prices which
were to be expected here, he was ready to state !
erery information in his power. " I shall, Gentle-
said he, " first reter yon to the sale of wool
in March lastot the Lynda's, Tavern. It certainly
was sold then at an extroi‘agant price, and it is ma-
terial to know 'what reduction, or if any, has since
taken place; and we must ask a few questions on
sulijoet. Is superfine cle)li much, or at all
lower than it was then ? What do the Yorkshire
buyers say ? Are there any pres:vit ? I find my clo-
thier ask me as much money: Nr my cloth, and
therefore I consith•r, if he continues to demand the
tme alltemi•e, that it must he because the advanced
price of the wool %%int witich,.it is manufactured,
likewise etintinues. The prices then and now ought
to be stated. There should be nu secrets. I wish
to be candid, and I oislt both parties to obtain a
fair profit. Wool is certainly very considerably
higher than it was at this meeting last year."—
At Mr. Thump:outs sheep-shearing, a very short
time ago, that Gentleman was offered 9s. a pound
for his Merino wool ; 6s. fur that of various crosses
and 3s. fur the Ryeland, without any Spanish ad.
mixture, butt all which prices he refused. When
formerly speaking of the superiority of Ilse South.
clown wool, it was declared by some persons that
it would not take the dye so well. However, he
(Mr. Coke) had sent some of his own wool to Mr.
:lushes, in Wiltshire, to manufacture and dye,
without stating his reasons. The cloth was re-
lented, and he requested some of his friends to in-
cept a part of it ; ee and at this moment (said Mr.
Coke), I have on my back South-down wool, and
South-down wool only, of that same manufacture.
Mr. Motley has purchased my wool, and he has
declared that it was worth 4s. a tod more than what
was offered to sale by other growers, and as my
wool certainly is much improved saute then, and
other circumstances coinciding having occurred,
the value now must be double. Still the buyers
give•as much fur Norfolk, and inferior South.
dun n wool, as for that ; and it is a proper discd.
situation which is waisted. Since the prices in
March, there certainly has been but a very little
reduction in the lately( wool ; but let me ask,
is it of any ernssespausce to those I see around
me, *tattier or riot they sell their wool there
this 'l4 1' Certainly not : and they all know
that in every instance they have made more of it
afternibe fair day." Mr. Coke diets deprecated
the name Viseiple ottlotk 'Oho 'wished to de-
feat the beneficiai ohjeet of this mart, which had
no mew motive thou that of fair stud honourable
dealing between man and man. He deprecated
the practice of the buyers purchasing what they
citald befus;" the fully saving they would give the
going price, anireethe fair, coming tone determi-
nation, lucid porthole what they could after.
wards, baring given for their first purchases what
they thought proper, and at the last saying, we
have not given more than what we offer you ; thus
s •tting their own price. This mode of deal.
itt4, and for the growers to send in their wool
on such terms, could not be too strongly corn.
reveled on, as it was ru prejudicial to their own

inte•rest•, rnil that of the general interest. Mr.
• Coke said, if they euuld not obtain a fair price
f•pr their wool this day) he eenainly should advise

Ibis tenants, and those Who were present, to keep
back their wool ; for it was those only who were
compelled to sell, .of whom the buyers could take
1 the unfair advantage he had justly reprobated.
i Mr. Coke then mentioned Ilerthfield fair in Kent,
saying, that the South Down wool was worth 3s.
1
' a pound there, and observing, that in the county
of Norfolk, the South Down was acknowledged
to be much better, and which might be attri-
buted partly to the greater attention paid to the
1 improvement of that breed, and partly from a
superiority of soil, that in Kent being more
`chalky, and not of so rich a nature. Mr.
Coke then said he bad not yet ofered his wool,
and for this reason, because, as his . was de.
dared to be better than the storage of what was
exhibited there, he was afraid of presenting the
sale of ihie of °then, as they mighteepeft as much
for thrive: If Mr. Motley, or soy perios present
was come'to Orchide for.him, be shontegive him
the refusal of his; if not, he certainly should not
keep it back, but fix what be considered a fair
price ; fur, as the Chairman of that Meeting, he
wished to be open and candid, and to promote the
interests of that mart. Lord Sheffield, as Chair.
man of the Sussex Meeting, said, it was the opi-
nion, in the West of England, that the Spanish
wool iu England was quite-equal, or even supe-
rior, to that of Spain, and fur this reason, more
attention was paid to the breed of Spanish, than
even in Spain. The high price of this wool held
oat great temptations to make the trial, and he
(Mr. Coke) was so doing ; and if the fleece cuuld
be obtained without injuring the quality or the
quantity of mutton, there could be no doubt of
the advantages to be derived; but still he must
caution Gentlemen nut to ran heedlessly into wild
speculations ; for if, by unforeseen circumstances,
the manufactories should become depressed than
they now are, and the carcase was not preserved
in its highly-improved state, the result must be
unfortunate. Mr. Coke tuught that the cross
front the South Down and Merino was most likely
to preserve a fine fleece, and fat carcase. If the
prices of the wool were 10s. or 151. per lb. or
only ball that sum, clipping 3 or 4 lb. per fleece,
the carcase would become but a secondary cond.
*deratiunr Mr. Coke stated again, that tije present
prices were certainly mach higher than those of
lap year. The best Spanish wool was worth 155.,
the nest 13s. 9d., anti the third sort 11s. 3d.; and
the Limbs' wool fis. per lb. South Down wool
last year was sold at 60s. a tad, but bad, pro-
portionably with liner, risen in value, and he
hoped the buyers would, at this meeting, make a
previous declaration of their sentiments, and then ,
he would affix a price upon his own, guided by the '
same motive of asking less than its real value, to
encourage them to promote the sante object, which
he was endeevouring to attain in the establishment
of the fair, and which he was convinced must be
beneficial to both parties.
Mr. Coke waited some considerable tinsel but no
offer of transacting business was made, and that
Gentleman spin ruse, and commented in strong
terms on the conduct of the wool buyers ; shew.,
iug they were determinedly disposed to prevent or
to do away the object of the meeting ; bet he ex-
pre.sed his resolution to support its continuance so
long as he was supported by such men of conic-
quence in the two counties as those by whom he
was then surrounded.

The Pedestrians 'seem to be at a loss how to
vary their feats; going straight forwards is be-
come quite stale, and walking against time is
scarcely more fashionable. It has been suggested,
therefore, to two of these heroes, to try what
they can do in hernest, at a time when horses are
so expensive.
A gentleman, a few days since, for a consider-
able wager, walked from ‘Vhitechapil Church to
Hyde Park Corner, stopping to eat a tart at,
every pastry-cook's on both sides of thp way.
The direct thstaiiis is tour miles. He was *flowed
two hours to accomplish this feat; but he per.
formed it in an butte and a quarter.--This feat
hes conferred on the Hero the Daum of Ties
71trilett.

A canoe of considerable importance came on to
be heard at the late Dorchester Assizes, wherein
Mr. Wm. Sherriag, the President of a Beneit So-
ciety at Sherborne, wu Plaintiff, aid T. Purley,
alias Persey (the elder), was Defendant s the ac-
tion was brought to recover from the Defendant
three years pay, at 4s. per week, which he had
fraudulently received from the Society 21 years
since, by producing a cow of the register of his
baptism. The Lt3arned Judge directed the Jury
to find a ',collet fur the Plaintiff, which they did
with damages, 341.
Yesterday afternoon, as a baker's cart was
standing at Its owner's duor in Bishopsgate-street,
the driver being gone into the shop to fetch out
some bread, a boy passing by with a whip, struck
the horse, which set off fell speed: a carriage
turning out of Sus-street, came in contact with the
cart, and was overturned before the coachman was
aware of his danger ; fortunately, however, he
wu not much hurt, and the carriage was empty.

Yesterday morning, as a loaded waggon was go.
ing down the Haymarket, tho wheel.chate broke,
and the horses were pressed forward so rapidly,
that the diver, in attempting lollop Awn, was
thrown down, and the fore wheel'pessing over his
thigh, the bone was broken in it dreadful manner ;
ho was taken to the kosphal, witereimmediateam.
potation was found necessary.
The George public-house, in Grafton street,
Soho; fell down un Monday night, at ten o'clock,
and caused a considerablealarm in that neighbour.
hood. The first crash was heard by a woman who
lodged in the garret of the same honk. She was
washing, and had three children in bed. She took
her children and ran down stairs, screaming vio-
lently, and exclaiming, " The house is falling
down !" A party of gentlemen, who were sitting
in the back parloaroind may others in the tap..
room, were alarmed at the shriek of the woman,
and doubted her assertion ; but one of the party
ran up stairs, and- heard a second crash, which,
communicating to the rest of the cowpony,
all left the house, and had not quitted itownytt
notes before it fell to the ground.—No lives WEN
lost.

CUMBERLAND 4SSIIIES.

CARLIBL.E, Ago. 9.
NETHERTON V. INULLENDER AND WILE.

Mr. Tromso, Counsel for the Plaintiff, stated
the nature of this case, which was to recover cum.
Mutiepin damages for scandalous words spoken
by Mr. Mullender's wife. iVhen the defamatory
words were spoken, Mrs. Mullendcr (then hiss
Dann) was not married ; but being now united
together, they were necessarily co-juitied in the
action. The Plaintiff and Defendants are all real.
dents at Wigton, and the defamation consisted of
Miss Dunn's having reported it in all compani►s
that Miss Hetherton (who is a yoeng lady of a
most respectable family, and of the most sinble.
wished character) had stolen lace from her shop,
and that she was the constant subject of watch in
all the milliners' shops in town. This, said the
Learned Counsel, is absolutely false ; un the con.
teary witnesses are in attendance who will stale,
that so high is their opinion of the rectitude of the
Plaintiff's conduct, they would, without the Last
hesitation, trust her with all they hail. The only
motive for this infamous conduct on the part of
Miss Dunn, was Miss Iletherton's Worming her
that she would deal no longer with her, sieve• she
had discovered that she (Miss Dunn) had s Ild to
another lace of the same quality at a chearr rate
than to her.

the case did not proceed further, the I)ef•n-
-dauts having consented to take a verdict alzailist
them ; and the Plaintiff not wishing for vindictive
damages, but merely that her character should be
cleared top, forty shillings damages, nail rusts,
were accepted.

CROWN SIDE.

ATTEMPT TO POISON.

Mirolky Ninon (ages) $()) was indicted for an
attempt to poison the family of Mr. %stun, on
the 2 ith of May last, by mixing arsenic with a
quantity of oatmeal.
Mr. >intuit, who is a farmer, of D.dston
stated, that early in the morning of the .2 It it of
May, when he went from home, hii family, which
consisted of his wife, one man, and tun maid.
servants, were all well ; but on his retort he
found all the three servants very ill—so much so,
that thcy.were compelled to take to their beds.
Oa inquiry, found that they had breakfasted is
usual on milk and oatmeal but at this lime hail
no suspicion. At the hour of dinner, broth was
prepared, into which was put part of the oatmeal,
which was taken from the usual place where it was
kept, and which considerably °fleeted a number
of persons who partook of it ; the same effects
having been experienced at supper-time from some
boiled milk, into which some oatmeal had been in_
fated, suspicions arose that some maim's ingre-
dient had been mixed with the oatmeal ; and on
the next day (Thursday) witness sifted the oatmeal
which remained in the basket, and discovered par.
tides of a hard gritty substance, which he c.a.._
fully preserved, and gave to Dr. Watsou, of DA-
ston.

On being cross-examined, the wittioss stated,
that during the time of Prisoner's rem lining in hi,
service, he never found any thing alines in her
contliiet.

Sarah Finlayson. servant to Mr. Sinton, de-
posed to basing experienced the same effects from
the oatmeal as described br the preceding s it-
ness.

Matthew Wilson knew the Prisoner, having
been her fellow-servant ; saw her in Carbide on
Saturday preceding the 44th of May, when ahe
said he had not behaved well to her, on which
witness hurried away from her. About a month
previous to this, Prisoner told witness she would
torment him wherever he went—that she lately 11341
a miscarriage by him, and moreover t 'kit she se onld
du Sarah Fiulayson an ill turn, if it lay in hrr
power, whereupon some angry words ensued be-
tween them.

Being cross-examined, he admitted, that Mr.
Sinton and other farmers were in the habit of using
'seisms for the destruction of rats.
James Finlayson proved the prisoner's declara-
tion " That she would either be revenged of Sarah
Finlayson or Matthew Wilson,"
Mary Baty, a neighbour of Mr. Sinton, de-
posed that the Prisoner declared to her that she
was pregnant by Matthew Wilson, and that if ho
did not marry her she would put an cud to her ex.
istence ; she also said she would have satisfaction
by law.
It was proved by Robert Baty, of Dalston,
that Prisoner was at his house on the Sunday pre-
ceding the 15th May, and on the Thursday fol.
lowing.
Mr. Bonnet, druggist, Carlisle, was sworn.—
On the evening of Tuesday, the Till of May,
prisoner called at the shop of witness, and bought
a pennyworth of laudanum; she then demanded a
pennyworth of arsenic, when lac informed her,
that be never sold arsenic, unless in the presence
of a third person. Whereupon she turned about
saying it was of no consequence, as she knew
where she could gut it.
William Nixon was sworn.—Was at Dil,tn.t
[Tall on Wednesday the 'llth
.of May, with Isis
family. On the Saturday lotion ing, he visited
the prisoner in the gaul, and said to her, '• Yon
have nearly done for our little ones ;'' to which,
she replied, "She wishixl to he revenged on Mat-
thew.

On behalf of the Pri•ont•r, Robert Bell, of '
Whinnow, with whom she lived, after quitting
Dalston, spoke as to ht•r humanity ; as did an-
other person, who had known her 20 years.
The Learned JUDGF., in a very impartial man.•
ner, summed up, in which he commented upon
the circumstances of the crime with which she was
charged not being brought home by evidence—it
was merely presumptive. A rte.' t hick the Jury
returned a verdict of—ActprilPftt.

Covent-Garden Theatre will not be opened so
soon as was expected ; the 18th or September is
now motioned as the day appointed fur that par.
pose.
Same improvements are said to be introdneed in
the lightest of Covent-garden Theatre. We are
net told whether Madame CATALANI has in•iqtal
es sissies her own oilman!

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