The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-27 00:00:00

FAIRS AND MARKETS.
Exeter Lemma Fair, proaTillin—ueed rather a small &air of tittle.
the Vale of which was dell, at declining p. ices. Fat bullocks, -
of airhfeh there was a great deficiency. fetched, on the avers
not mote than Sa. 6d. per score; for lean stock there was bit
little demand. There was a numerous show of Horses, in the
lifOnhay, but few purchases made.
New bade*, of very line quality. was sold in nekton Mu-
ket on SaturdaY last; t weighed 1741b5. per Cornish bushel,
of 24 gallons, and brought from 17s. Od. to 18s. for that gun-
vity.
The fair at Marhareehereh, last week, was not well attended
by purchasers, and the prices obtained for cattle were rather
lower than what have been lately stated :—the prices et-
peeled for sheep could not be obtained, and manrremairird
unsold.
The fair at St. Lawrence (Thursday) was well supplied with
sheep,' a few of which were sold at low prices.—There was
sr;
abundant supply of horned cattle ; about 8 A of which were
sold at very redueed prices.
LOCKER/21i, Atm 16—Our Lammas fair was held on
%Wednesday last. It Is generally supposed to be the great-
est fair for lambs in Scotland, and this year the somber
was unusually large, there being reckook about AOKI
shown, four-fifths of which were Cheviot, and the remain.
der black-faced. Besides the produce of Dumfries-shire,
there were lots from the adjoining counties of Roxburgh,
Peebles, Selkirk, and Lanark. Fewer buyers than fir.
merly from the north of England appeared, and the de
mind for the low farms of this county and Galloway wet
also perhaps less than usual, owing to the lateness of the
crops. The fairs at Lanark, Thirlestane, and Tynegteer,
in the preceding week, having also all been exceedinzli
dull, and the priers much fallen, a had market was antici•
paled, and it certainly turned out to be the worst held her.
for the last 20 years. A few of the best lots of Cheviot
wedder lambs from the lower situated Gnus, (beir.2: ti
year comparatively in better condition than the bleier)
were sold in tie morning at from Se. 6d. to 73.61., Anil one
lot only about Ss. These lots not exceeding 1,000 or I.s(si
lambs, were bought for immediate feeding. on clover ohil
turnips. All the large lots from the higher terms s•on.l
long, the prices gradually declined, and at last it is tip.
posed that from 10,000 to 12,000 were driven off unini•!.
Top Cheviot wedder lambs (exclusive of the lots enen!ivi-
ed) were sold at from ss. to Si. tild.; second ewe do. from
4s. Catl. to Si. 63.; and a few of the third or smallest sort,
from 2s. 6.1. to 4s. Black faced lamb: were equally low is
proportion. Few, it is believed, exceeded Si. 61., and
greatest part were much below that rate. Prices havisz
been rapidly falling for the last two weeks, were at t!rit
market 10 per cent., on an average below those of Lmt-
holm or Boswell's; and taking the whole shown, were 1,4;
greater than those of last year. A few woolst splers still
remaining in the country, appeared at the market; brit it
was not understood that any bargains Were concluder' at
positive prices. It is not believed that any Cheviot wool
hai yet bren sold at 10s. the stogie, and the price proposed
by the staplers is generally considerably below that sure.

SONNOLENCT.—A most extraordinary eireamstaneeoennrrel
in the town of Arklow, a few dayi back : a woman fen ssis-e;.,
and continued so for the space of fourteen days without
mission. During that period she breathed most freely—An
awoke for a short time on the 14th day, but relapsed into ass
everlasting sleep.—( Wexford Intelligexcer.)
RounsitY.—Some time ago, the traveller of the lions* of
William Pirie and Co., Aberdeen, when on his journey In-
tween Dandee and Cupar, had Isis saddle-hags cut, ars.l •
a pocket book, containing bills to the amount. of 1,5114.1/. a
variety of blank bill stamps, and about LW in money, ah.
stracted. The robbery was discovered at Newport, and
although a strict inquiry was made at the, time, both tl.eie
I and at Dundee no trace of the depredators could be obtain.
ed. On Monday last, however, a young man, of the flan.
of Parsons, who has been going idle abont Copsr for sole
weeks p,ast offered oneof the waiters in the Tontine neverg
blank stamps, in payment of a debt which was due to him.
Upon this ctrcumstancebeing communicated toMr. *Nab,
he immediately concluded that they were part of the hills
stolen, and steps were taken to they
Parsons, an! some
others, supposed to be connected with him, apprehended.
Unfortunately, however, some delay took place, and he,
along with a boy named Wylie, in the service of Alexander
Carnegie, absconded. Another boy,of the name of *Gre-
gor, who carries the post-hags between Caper and Dundee,
was implicated, end lodged in jail on Tuesday. It appears
that upon the traveller's arrival at Newport, he lisd sent
Iris saddle-bags to the stables to be put on Lis bow, and
that Wylie,who was there at the time, had taken an oppor-
tunity to abstract the pocket-book, which he broughtts
Cupar with him, when he, with Parsons and 111‘lfregor,
divided the money, and blank stamps, and tore, or other-
wise destroyed, the bills and pocket-book. A precor-
°idol of this affair has been instituted by the proper as.
ttiorities.

CORONER'II INQUEST.—An Inqnest was belfilesterilay
at the Bull and Last, Kentish Town, on the body of a msa,
name unknown, aged about 53, who was found drowned.—
From the evidence of a person named William .I.lamt, it
appeared that he was apprized on IVednesday of a pair of
spectacles and hat having been found beside the Seven
Ponds. His supposition was that deceased had fallen in,
and he requested that drags might be instantly procured ;
none were on the spot, nor could any be procured from
Hampstead or Highgate. The witness from IVednesday
till Saturday used every endeavour to obtain the bode,
which he felt convinced was in the water, and on Sunday
morning constructed a drag himself, and again went to the
pond; he dragged fur a considerable time, and at length
brought up the body.—Verdict, found drowned.
The FOREMAN said be considered that it was necessare
that drags should be furnished ; it was a matter of doubt
whether the deceased fell in or whether he drowned him-
self ; at all events be considered drags should he supplied,
either by the water companies to whom the ponds belonged
or by the parish. Some of the Jury hinted Oat the lin-
mane Society should see that was done. The CORONER
said, the Humane Society was a company of individual,.
and they gave rewards for finding the bodies ; hut, if they
were to be obliged to supply drags, it would he an expel), e
to them of many hundred pounds—whereas, if seek Perish
bought them, the amount would be very trifling. The
Foreman said, if the Parish or Company were appliei ro
they would find the drags, which lie considered was very
essential, and might have been found so in this cane.