The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-10-15 00:00:00

'AIVMAN.

MARKETS AND FAIRS.

WEYHILL FAIR, 31orsnar,Ocv. 14.
Until to-day very little business has been done in the
Hop-fair; and even to-day not a great deal. The price-
cannot as yet be very well ascertained; but we may Yen
tore to say, that Hops f 0 perfectly fine and good have
been sold for prices so low for these thirty years
past. The quantity, indeed, is very great; but the girt-
lity is deemed to be the very hest within the memory of
man, and yet it is not expected that they will sf:11 upon
an average at much more than sic pounds the hundred
weight for the very beat Fartzlisin Hops. Itlr. Put. is
the principal personage at this great fair. Indeed, not
to speak irreverently, he is omnipresent and omnipo-
tent in all peenniary affairs. The poor ewes and lambs.
fifty thousand of which, are said to have been drives; un-
sold out of a hundred and fifty thousand, have to thank
him for once more rem rning to their homes. The cheese,
the leather, the hops, the horses ; in short, every thing
feels the effect of Lis all-powerful influence.

.Lewes, OcT. 14.—Oar beast market, ens Tuesday.
Was fur beef the largest, hits for demand end price the
least and lowest we ever. remember to have witnessed.—
Mr. Eihrian, jun. exhibited four as good beast perhaps
es soy in the market, of which lie was not even asked
the price; in beef therefore but little business was done.
litotes nes net so largely anpplied, but to little was it
wanted, that the best wethers, we believe. might have
perished in their pens, had their existence depended
upon a price exceeding 24. 6d, or 2s. 9d. per stone.—.
Lamb is getting fast out of season, the beat. therefor.%
Daly caught the eye of the butcher.—Veal was short at
from 3s. 6.1. to 31.8 d. per atone.—Stare pigs, from 2s. 6d.
Ara 21.
Nailsh,tm mari.et, on Wednesday, also exhibited a
,more than ordinary supply of fat beef, which met a
eery heavy sale, anti at prices that cer•ainly yielded no
fattening profit to the grazier. By far the greatest part
remained unsold.—Mutton and Lamb about the same
as at Lewes:
At I•ltstbourne fair, on Friday. about 6,000 Sheep and
Lambs were penned, but the sales were miserably dell
at low prices. Mr. Chambers could get only 134.11 d„
per head for prime ewes, about one hundred and fifty
he therefore ordered his shepherd to drive them bark
to their pasture.—tattsba averaged at ab nit 9s. The
day being line drew many fashionable visitors to the
fair place ' • and in the evening it was, as usual, thronged
with sturdy lads aid blooming lassies from die atirrouud•
ing villages.
Sainting fair, on the same day, was full, of horned
rattle; a larger show was never remembered; but the
slaelteess of demand, an,i the depressioe of prices were
strongly depicted in the long phirzes of the Welch and
Devon drovers. In short very little business was trans.
acted.
Bt Derby cheese fair, on Saturday sennight, the de.
mind was much greater than expected. and prices con-
siderably higher. Prime plain dairies fetched in gene-
ral 465. second quality, 435. to 44e. inferior, 42. co-
loured, 455. to 50s.—and Is. to 2i. per cwt. mere was
given for one or two particular dairies. The hoyers
were more numerous than we ever remember, and Caine
from all parts of the kingdom. .
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MANIIIELD, OCT. 11).—Our fair opened to-day, with
a large supply of cheese, sad in the early part of it, as
was generally expected, some prime dairies sold readily
at higher prices titan the neighbouring fairs ; but heroic
noon, a considerable declension took place, and no bu-
siness was doing, and the little sold could not he quoted
higher than from 44m to 47a.; in the afternoon, very
few purchame.wern made. sad prices. in consequence.
fell eonsiriershly ; in the evening large quantities were
carried elf that stones unsold. Blend milk fetched front
29.1. to 32s.—The shew of cattle was very small, and
scarcely any sales effected ; many graziers that heal
broaght cattle and sheep for sale, were reluctantly coma
riled to drive them home again. Pigs were offered sad
sold ct a mere trifle fur this season of the year. Verj
few onions; they sold readily at 2e. 3,1. and 2s. 6d. per
peck.
At Ponty-pool fair on Thursday last, the prices of
livestock in general suffered still farther reduction.—
Cheese sold considerably lower. Prime bill sheep (ewes)
which three years ago sold for 13s. and 13s. a piece,
were bought for 7s. 6.1. But little business was done in
any terms, and consequentiy but little provision made
against the approaching real-day.
DUN LO SHEEP FAIR, (I RELAND) OCT. 1822.—501 d on
the 4th, 19,619 ; ditto sth, 52,077 ; ditto, 7th, 2,992—
Total sold, 74,716 ; Unsold on the sth that did not re-
turn, 11,167; ditto on the 7tb, 4,272—T0tal unsold,
15,4591 Total Sheep 00,177.
CATTLE FAIR, Orr., I 522.—.-CRIVE Rohl on the Stli,
4.508 ; oxen, ditto, 437—T dal sold, -1,945 ; cows un-
sold, 1,132 ; oxen, ditto, 2,363—T0tal nomd, 3,695.
It has been said by persons who hail a personal know-
ledge of the prices of rock sold at the shove fair for the
lust sixty rare. that no species of cattle had, during
such an interval, been purchased at such low rates as
at the last fair. "

The Pone Rateein the parish of St. Bololph, A lilgute, for
the last quarteeltave been reduced one half, and a similar
reduction has for the present taken place in the parish in
which Friday-street stands. The Ishouring classes in
town derive essential advantege from the present low
price of provisions.
Conlon TO PI BLICANS.—The following Important
clanite in the new Licensing Act came into operation
on 'Phursday last--" All persons keeping common inns,
ale homes, or victualling houses, and retailing ale and
beer shall sell the same in and fro,4 their houses by a '
full ale quart, pint, or half pint, made of pewter, eased
ti t I standard, and stamped or marked to be of due
sae according to the standard. either from the Ex-
ellel:
er, or train emu, ei ty, town corporate baronets, or
mar et-town, where au ale quart, pint, or h If-pint,
us. e from the said standard, stsa: be kept for that pur-
pose, and shall not retail any ale nr beer in any other
vessels than such stamped pewter ale parte, pints, and
half-pints. nnless each ale or beer shall have been first
meowed in and by such stamped pewter ale quart, pint,
or half-pint, in else pumice of the greet or customer
purchasing the same, under pain of forfeiting fur
every offence a slim not exceeding forty shillings (toge-
ther with the costs of conviction), to be recovered within
thirty days next after the committing such offence, be-
fore any two Justices of the Peace acting for the county
or place in which such offence shall have been commit-
ted, the one half to be paid to the person who shall pro-
secute or sue for the seine, and the other half to the
poor of the perish or place where such offence shall bate
been committed.
CauTtox,--I.lills of die late Bristol Tulsey and Taun-
ton Banks, are freiptetaly passed to the nr:wery, in dif-
ferent parts of the country, A farmer, in the eeigh-
bourhood of eirencreter, was lately lierosed en with
Tolxey bills, for the paytnerd "f two ho Des; discovering
the track iii time,ile was fortunate etiongh to recover his
horses.
•.. Lately, as r ;'emale of Winthorn wee bleaching straw-
bonnet-, the larimstope, which elm noel Re thatporpose,
coinusuldeated to wi ow furze in the room, madits a few
suicide* it was in a blaze. Tire consequence was, that
live thatched cottages seers destroyed ; three others
were (mare, but wee saved 4 thrsezertions of the inks-
blunt. 4.