The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-10-08 00:00:00

FAIRS. &c.

WATERFORD, Ocr. 3.—Butter has flocs:teed con•
siderahly within the last few days. 03 Tuesday (as
stilted in our second Edition) is was at 82s. generally
for first cptalties, and 83r. as paid in sonic instances.
Yesterday. 82s. was obtained fur some in the morning.
but subsequently the price gave way, and was not over
79.. towards the close of the market.
OcT. s.—Butter continues to look .town. Yesterday
it declined from Vs. at which a few firkins were taken
in the early part of the lily, to 77:,. 6.1. and subsequently
to 775. which appeared to he the general currency till
the close, when some were said to have been bought at
6.1. to Is. lower.
Some houses in the bacon and pork trade have begun
purchasing, though the season cannot yet be said to
have commenced generally, being somewhat retarded by
the present close weather. On Thursday, at the Fair of
Nlullinavat, county Kilkenny, about seven miles distant,
above SOO pigs were bought, three.fourths of which were
for this city—the remainder (except a few for Ross)
went to Carrick-on Suir. Must of these having been
bought by hand, the price per cwt. can scarcely be
Tinted wit's accuracy—but at pr-sent it appears to he
about 2 Is. fur pigs of 2 cwt. and upwards, and 25a. for
those of a smaller size.
VROVISION tox.rn4CT. —The Provision Contract has
been taken by Mosses. O'Cellaglian and Son, at an stee-
rage of 41. 17x. tad. for Beef arid Pork. The average of
last year's contract was 3i. ss. par tierce.
Cotta, Oc-r. 3.—Cork Fair was held yesterday ; it pre-
sented the same dullness as all the late fairs throughout
the canntry li.ve been attended with ; in fact, with the
exception of milch cows, no kind of stock was much in-
quired after : they brought, in many instances, high
prices,but that arose from gentlemen farmers baying
freely. Some cows utotainsfl from eight to ten guineas
—a rate considered very high in proportion to the value
of dry or fat cattle.
Croydon Fair exhibited a large show of. Sheep and
[Amin, hut they experienced a very heavy dull sal., at
low prices. (Inc person who penned 900 Sheep.
could find purchmors fur only 93 of them, ant at a
rice of two shillings a head less than lie bought them
in at. to short, it was the dullest fair ever known at
that" place. There appeared to be no money stirr-
ing.
Cranbrook Fair on Monday, was well attended both
by planters and nse!chants. A great many samples
of Hops were produced, bat the prices being so ruin-
...sly low, there was but little business done. Time
chief prices were from 48s. to 525. a few lots fetched
345. and 5Gs.

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There was scarcely any thing done in Vie Hop trade
at 11..bertsbridge Fair un Weth.eviay. A vast quan-
tity of samples wire sh hut the planters had oo
disposition to sell on4e: bus. and the faotors seems,;
averse to give more than from 40s. to 44c per cwt.—
A lot or two after dinner feclied 465. and -13 s. but
the quantity sold was very 'risk!.
Holsworthy Fair, on Wednesday, 1,311 abundantly
supplied with c title, for which there was but very
little demand : and but few were disposed of.
At I..isirard Fair on IVolneitilay, there was an
abundant supply o: C•t.le; hat theta were few Lity.c.

and the prices obtained were stlll lower then those
lajely quoted treat the fairs in that neighbourhood.—
The influx of venders of goods of different descrip-
done was very great: no less than 120 stalls were oc-
cupied by ahem; but the demand was in no degree
proportioned to the supply.
The attention of the principal farmers at Summer-
court Fair on Wednesday week last, was very mock
taken up in viewing and examining a very fine young
steer which was exhibited there, being only about
three years old, and is calculated to weigh thirteen
hundred weight. This very fin* steer was bred by
Mr. J. Rowse; of St.Tolumb.
At Oloue..ster Barton fair, on Saturday serisighti
the show of cattle ores alma as usual, but no sales
c.e4 Is• affected mains spas termassiaossly low foe
the firmer, mid it is quite out of the question to quote
prices. The sheep fair was fully supplied, but there
was little demand ; and pigs, which were mote nu-
merous than on any former occasion, were sold ou
terms below all precedent. The horse fair, verhape,
is she only exception to these reworks. as good animals
of this description at all times command good prices
but inferior ones were in no request. The quantity of
cheese pitched was considerable, but this article partook
of the general depression, the prices being for beat mak-
ing. 30s. to 355. ; and for twd-meal, 255. to 30s. per cwt.
—Onions from 13d. to 201 per peck.

On the 10th of this month the publicans, in con-
formity to the new Act for regulating the sale of beer,
will be compelled to use standard measures ; conse-
quently, the brewers ia Carlisle have reduced the price
of their ale six Wilings per barrel. The publicans
complain that this redaction is inadequate to the io-
ctease of measure which they will be compelled t s
4ive : and on Thursday they called a meeting at the
IVotilpack Ina, for the purpose of endeavouring ts
induce the brewers to grant a reduction of Ss. instead
of Gs.; but the meeting was very thinly attended, and
nothing tending to promo.e the object in view was de-
.ermined on.—(Carlisle Journal.)
Si ELANCHOL ACCIDENT.—A melancholy event, which
hid; caused a great sensation here, occurred on Friday, at
Ballyharran, within fonr miles of town. On that day,
Captain Greer, of that place and Christopher Hartcy, ;
of Kyle, had been practising at a mark with duelling
pistols. la the evenin;, Mr. Harvey took up one of the
pistols in Captain Greer's parlour, for the p.irpose of
shaking the powder out of the pan, in doing which it
went air, and unhappily the ball entered into Captain
Greer's back, near the tight shoulder. Surgical assistance
was promptly procured, the hall was extracted, hut we
are sorry to say there is very little hope of his 'watery.
The Captain's 1.a,1y is in a state of mind of the luo,t
pitiable description ; but certainly her feelings are not
agonised mare than those of the itidiviilnal who was
tnn °ten elf*. cause ache mtaforttini-.4 ire.rj: deratt

On the 20th ult. Joshua Renton, of Woolee Mill,
miller, WAS fuliy committel for trial at the next Nur -
:butnherland As,6xes, by Frank Sitwell, EA. one of
his 114.sly's Justices of the Peace fur that county•.
charged with having on the morning of the 15.1 i of
September last wilfully and maliciously set fire to
mill at Wonler, belonging to the Right Hoe. the Et: t
of Tankerville, of which the pria3ner was tenant, .vita
an intent to burn the same. . .

Wm. Ferrate, who was capi`ally convicted at the
last Northumberland Assizes of setting tire to
horning a corn stack, belonging. to one Ilenjainits
Perry, of Rothbury, is ordered to be contioed and
kept to hard labour for two years. lie will he em-
ployed about the works of the gaol now building at
Morpeth, by virtue of the Act of Parliament.
Lts Famous Istrosvon.—Our readers nu Jonbt re-
collect a paragraph that appeared in our parr a wesk
or two ago. stating that a poor man had been knozke
down on Dunkertomhill, dreadfully beat, and robbed
of sovereigns, &c. He was taken to the Bath Ca-
sualty Hospital, the next ra timing, apparently spee..:h-
less, where he has remained ever since, receiving tiro
medical attendance of that excellent Institatlon ; an I
the active benevolence of many humane persona, who
have visited him in his bed of sickness. Nay, ono
lady was eoosiderate enoagh to rullie him a new pocket
in the room of the one which bad been cut out of his
trowsers, for the purpose of holding the many haif-
crowns already given him. A letter was en Tuesday
received front the Town Clerk of Colchester, 'toting
that the public papers had given him an account of
this transaction ; th it a matt Lad lately been found
near thlt place, speechless, beaten, and robbed ; that
he was taken into tire hospital there, received medical
attendance, and was assisted with money, Ee. t. and die-
eltarged therefrom oo the 2d of Septetuner ,st ; that
after i,e had left the hospital, a letter from lixitritlge,
relating a similar transaction there, had induced them
to Cita: the man was an impostor; and with this feel..
ing tire letter Tom the Town-Cierk of Colchestee was
addressed describing the man who bad been with
them. On receiving this letter, John Wiltshire. E'l.
one of the Batliforum magistrates, attendad by Mr.
Page, clerk of the division. taxed him at once with
being an impostor. and with having been guilty of
the seine o:fence at Colchester, Ste. The information
eat iced rapid respiration in the culprit, but he boldly
persisted io the old tale, until finding himself to
hardly pre•sed, and a threat of sending for the l'on n-
Clerk of Colchester, to identify him, he thought pro.
per to make a confAsion that the whole was an in:-
positdm ; that he had been guilty of the same t ;fence
at Colchester, and then begged for mercy. He was
irrom-diately ordered into eusto.ly ; and on Wednes-
day he tinders; ent an examination before the liatt,f,.
min Magistrates; where be wade a fu'l coufession
of the imposition, and was committed by then, as
tneue and vagabond, to Sitepton-Matiett [louse cf
Correction, to hard labour, fin three months —ln or,

.ter that the public ntay be on their guard, we suh-
joiu a description of the miscresnes pe:son
calls himself Win. John Saunders; is airout 5 feet 6
inches high, dark hair, light eyes, walks Luse with
the right leg. in consequence of the thigh having
heen broken ; about 24 years of age ; has the Western
sceent ♦ery strong awl bros.!: and says he 14 a ship-
earl enter by trade.—(Duch Papc:•.)