t 
400 
as the worker of these oxen. The Earl of 
Bridgewater received a cup for his five South 
down ewes, eleven months old. Mr. Morris 
Birbeck, a cup, for his five Merino and 
Southdown wethers, three years old. To 
Mr. Haward, a cup was delivered for his 
thirty weeks old Suffolk pig. Three other 
cups wer: also presented; one to Mr. Wil- 
liam Oakley, for his unremitting zeal in pro- 
moting the sale of, English grown Merino 
wool; one to Edward Thomas Waters, esq. 
for having worked and afterwards fed on sa- 
gar two seven years old oxen, at not more 
than half the cost of oil-cake for the same 
purpose; the remaining cup to Mr. Saxby, 
for his five Southdown ewes. His Lordship 
read a report relative to the late extraordinary 
rise in the price of clothing goods, from the 
great advance which had taken place in the 
price of ine wools, which was not justified 
by existing circumstances, as the importa- 
tion in 1807 and 1808 was nearly equal to 
that in 1805 and 1806. Owing to the diffi- 
culty of obtaining fine wools from Spain, an 
advance of Ys. per 1b. (viz. from 6s. to 8s.) 
might be just, but that more than 20s. per 
Ib. should be thus suddenly demanded, could 
enly .arise from speculations, which may, in 
the outset fatten a few mercenary wholesale 
importers, but must end in the ruia of every 
other party concerned, and for the followmg 
plain reasons :—Manufacturers of cloth, be- 
‘coming doubtful of a market for their goods, 
will pay off a large poportion of their work- 
men, an immense number of whom, it is 
said, are already turned out of employ, *and 
these must come to their parishes for support. 
The quantity of cloths cut for use will 
also be very much diminished, and even now 
¥0,000 tailors are said to be thrown out of 
work in this city, and solely from this cause. 
In a very short space of time substitutes will 
be found for wool. At first, cloths of inje- 
rior quality wil] be worn 5 cotton will proba- 
bly be used as the chain or wharf of clotis, or 
fustians; Manchester velvets, and some 
such stuffs will be resorted to. The natural 
result of all this must be a reduction in the 
price of clothing wools, and a consequent di-_ 
minution in the breed of wool-bearing animals, 
which will strike at the very existence of 
factors in wool, and of those cluthiers, who, 
falling into this saare, involve their people 
with themselves in one common ruin. In 
that case, we shall have to depend on an ar- 
ticle of uncertain importation for detence 
zzainst the severity of our climate, rather 
than on one of our own profitable growth, 
-and shall be beggaredby the support of-manu- 
facturing poor thrown on the public. The 
manufacturer cannot be expected to carry on 
his trade at a loss 3 in proportion to the price 
3 t 
of the raw, must his manufactured article be 
charged; but in honesty as well as policy 
they are bound to make no such excessive ad- 
vance on goods worked up from their existing 
stock, that is to say, on wool purchased be- 
Incidents and Marriages in and near London. 
. past. 
_vations on the unfounded misrepresentations 
- [Mayt, 
fore this shameful speculation was set on foot. 
Lord Somerville said, that he should sell his 
fine wools at the same house, and at the same 
price as they have produced for some years 
His Lordship then made some cbser- 
respecting the quality of the Merino and. 
Southdown mutton; and stated, that he had 
suld his tothe butchers at id. per Ib. above - 
the prices of other mutton ;. and that in Lon- 
don it was held in high es imation. At the 
conclusion of his Lordship’s speech, which 
was much applauded, Sir John Sinciair, the 
President of the Board of Agriculture, rose, 
and after complimenting Lord Somerville on 
the zeal and ability with which he had es- 
poused the cause of introducing the Merino 
breed of sheep into tlis country, making 
himself journies to Spain from che purpose of 
selecting and importing those valuable ani- 
mals into this country, said, that he could 
not omit this opportunity ef declaring his 
opinion, that sheep of the Merino breed, 
while their weol-is so exeellent, also pro- 
duce as good mutton as any exhibited on our 
shambles Sir Johnnext proceede! tu notice, 
in terms of high commenéation, Lord Somer- 
ville’s exertions, for opposing the impositions 
of uoprincipied speculaters in this staple ars 
ticle of British manufacture 3 and he conclu- 
ded a neat and impressive spzecn, by propo- | 
sing as a toust—-‘* May idie speculators never 
fleece the industrious of this country,” which 
was drank with great enthustasm. 
MARRIED. 
At St, Mary-la-boune, James Winckworth, 
esq. of Oxford-street, to Miss Fry, daughter: 
of James F. esq. of May Fair.—Captain Woud- 
ley Losack, of the Royal Navy, to Miss Gor- 
don, only daughter of the late George G. esq. 
—Captain Gosselin of the Royal Navy, to 
Miss Hadsley, elcest daughter of the late J. R. 
H. esq. of Ware Priory, Herts. 
At St. Andrew’s Hoiborn, Lieut. John Ca- 
meron, R.N. to Miss Maria Colledge, of 
Lombard street. 
At St. Dunstan’sin the West, Thomas Ers- 
kine Sutherland, of Eaiaburgh, to Miss 
Highley of Fleet-street. | 
At St. Giles’s in che Fields, Josiah Hodg- 
son, esq. of Burgh, Cumberland, to Miss 
Barker, onty daughter of Richard B. esq. of 
Tavistock-street, Bed‘ord- square. 
At St. George’s, Hanover-square, Thomas 
Hawilton Miiler, esq. of Dalswinton, N.B. to 
Mary Anne, eldest caughter of Culonel Rum, 
M. P. for the county of Wexford. ‘3 
At Whitehall, the Rt. Hon, Lord Gardner, 
to the Hon. Charlotte Smith, daughter of 
Lord Carrington. atk 
At Hackney, James Hence, esq. of West 
square, to Miss Savage, eldest daughter of 
Mr. joseph L. of Kingsland. pga 
James Audrews, LL.D. Provessor of ‘ae 
thematics, and heaa Classical Master to 
the Military Acade-ny of the East India coms 
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