The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-27 00:00:00

BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND AGRICUL-

TURAL SOCIETY.

The sonata ploughing match of this society took
Place yesterday, to a clover lay, in the occupation of W. J.
Brown, BA., of Hseebury-oourt, litigations, Wilts, and
exalted an unwonted degree of interest, partly on semen of
the society being the parent of all the egrimltural moan-
time of &teen& and pertly from the circanistmes of nearly
fifty plcsults bevies enured in compuitiou for its numerous
sad liberel premiums. The day b log a remarkably line
use, a very large concourse of 'penman, comprising many
tit the principal families, and most of the farmers of the sur-
amain parishes, were on the ground; while some hundreds
of the humbler mitt, les of the county Socked to the scene of
action. In the first or labourers' class about 25 ploughs started,
while the premiums off-red for farmers' sons were competed
for b newly twenty young men. The long continued dry
went operated very unfavourably on the ground, which
was so herd and dry as to render the ploughing an op ration
of exceeding difficulty. N uwithstanding this impediment,
mat of the eimpetitors performed their work in admirable
style, and it was remarked by several practical agricultariets
that they bad seldom men such a vast extent of lead so
capitally ploughed. By the rules prescribed, the competitors
were obliged to be ready fur starting at 10 o'clock, each to
plough his half we within three hoer. ends half, to work
his plough with a skim coulter, making his farrows eight
inches wide, and four illl6llo deep, sad mating his week.
The beet men completed their teaks eoesiderably within the
time. la the coons of the day many of the principal
farmers repaired to Healebury-court to witness the
action of a newly invented steam thrashing macein,
end during the amnia' a liquid manure dibbling machine
was exhibited at work in a field adjacent to those set apart
fur the ploughing, and excited iamb interest. After the
match lead been concluded, the committee and about 90
members and friends of the society sat down to dinner. at
the Queen's Head. Major Pickwick, of Sanford, presided,
and the vim chair was eMeiently filled by Capt. Leigh Lye,
of Bath. Among the company we observed the Bev. Dr. nor-
lock, Captain Bieber ta, of Shoekerwlesk Home; D Gray,
Esq., of Bathwick ; Dr. Lengwort -4, of Illogedown House;
Dr. Tunnel!, of Bath; W. Browne, En., of Haelsbury
Court ; Ceptain West; J. Wiltshire, Fag , &e. rim, ems-
twittery loyal and other appropriate toasts wen gins from
the chair, and drank with the usual honours ; tad ausesems
excellent addresses were delivered ; and la the cause *Atka
afternoon the award of premiums by the judges wig
apportioning the ea follows :—The ow•parlit
the best plough.Pfirt="Fowle. Manager of ditto,
Jan Asher. Manager M the semad Mot plough, John
Snetirove. Manager of the third best ditto, John Commit's/.
Manager of the fourth bast ditto, Flower Sawyer. The
judges highly commended the work la Class 1, end recom-
mended bounties at 104 gad 7s. ed. each to Henry Wood-
ham, Jacob Smith Atha Wyatt, Thome Strattaa, Jame
Watts, and Thomas flirt. Sod Ms: Pint prim, of a piece
of plate, to the imusger of the best plough, not Min a
farmer's eon, Mr. Joseph Turner. fleeced ditto, Mr. Jacob
Craddock. Third ditto, Mr. Worthy Pritchard. 3rd fa
Youths' Clam: Fint prim F. Williams. Second ditto,
James Newman. Third ditto, Wm. Barton. The judges,
in their report, warmly magratulated the society ea the
general exemileme of ploughing.

SHERIFFS' FUND SOMeTT.—Yeaterday UMW
meeting of members of the above society tosik Pose at the
Leaden OeStehense, Kr. itheriffFinnis la the oak. After
sae or two uhapartut peliminaries, the sametwhicsa-
needed to read the rep width set forth that the
width bed sawed the themetine of tle society be MN wes
still the bud, and in ea Generated hem, la the arises
prima sad Ober plasm mem the cogaimase of *salmi&
of the elty of Leedom. Meth assistants had been gives to
prisoners dbtharged from the various metropolitan pekoes,
and aril' the but effects. Mar Isaides who
had committed oal one effuse had bola re.
etered to society be being seat he* to their
Meads in various puts of the country. Othwe had been
assisted to *migrate to Australia. With reopen to the Sean-
Sid department, • legacy hal been reestred Rem the mu-
oaten et *elate Mr. Fingal, end an szehaper bill be 3001.
width had been set aside for an Elizabeth Fry refuge, bad
hes& restored to the general food. The total amount of
wee only 871. 134., while the eatley had very
mush• The feuded property of the society eon-
slated el 11,1001. in the 3 per seats., 1,0001.34 pas ends.,
1,0001. reduesd, and ea sneaky of 1001. • ear bequalusd
by the late Mrs. Stafford. The report having been adopted,
the following, centimes were sleeted Moms of the society—
Atrium= Hooper, Treaserer; Alders's& Sidney, ustee.
Tanaka wen *ea voted to the ehainun, mad the ;proceed-
MemthatedL
Corm Piamtna.—The advisee by the pneeat
me ear the mire Pester at be take., all Wass wan-
dered, es the met eatieleseery we have rushed kr very
many swathe pet. We say this, sot Misr* became there
has hem a eamihis advents ha the pries deer stank, bat
because these en iedisatins on all bandana material change
in the aspen MEN edhe nmelvt ea regards all the three
polnta of prodeetfea, semenneptioa, end steaks. It may be
reseemberod, perhaps, that we soma time ago ieforesed our
Twain of OW faun the Javanese allowing mach of their
coffee and cinnamon land to p out of ionisation for the
sake of attending more freely to the culture of the sugar-
cane, whieb wee evidenty • more profitable occupation.
Thia now appears to be borne oat by facts, aid we have as
a malt a considerable falling off is the protest supplies of
coffee from Java. What the decrease in the produtioa of
spice say be we do not learn, nee shall we until after
the next Da.ch sales io the autumn ; bat ere are told that in
the markets of Europe the increase in the Ceylon produc-
tics is no more than sufficient to meet the short supplies of
Java cetrae.—Colombo Exansitter, Atig.ls.