The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-08-15 00:00:00

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KE'SWICK 11"00L741R.

Tlstr;Wnsol ut.'4lCeswok. on S y 140.
was npmerrusly atte*Jsd ; het kieen 3) awl ti 9 gen.
rlemen farmers and marrifaZiarers dined at Mr.
Worr..•the Queen'a. Head : •
SPCOUINGI. Esq. in the Clair.
His Grace the Doc: Mulford luar.ured the
company with hi. attendance.
After dinner. Mr. CONOPEn rote, and proposed
The &with of the of Bedford. As x rum Itiend to
our Constio;:on,.and justly comidered as the head
of those who were must forwar.l in prinnxLlJ
Agriculture of the country which he must call
the first and best interest of it. To the Noble Hothe
ofitussel, the eluntry ttru on ler the greaten obli-
gations. It owed much of that spirit of Agricul-
ture which Was now so generally diffused through
the country, and from which. (under Prlvidence),
we possessed the mean: of furnishing ourselves with
the necessaries of life. 'though Great Britkin will
never yield to the united force of all the despots
Europe. against famine her spirit cannot support
her. Estimate, than. the blessings of Agriculture.
Much as the • loss of the Noble Duke's preJecessar
had been felt by every -part of the empire, in the
presto possessor they had found a worthy inheritor
of his rank and fames. He was the timed' of his
countiy, and of every individual disposed to pro-
mote its first and dearest interests. _

The Dake's healn wu drank with enthusiasm,
and three times three.

His Grace rose, and thanked the Gentlemen for
the honour done him ; expressed his warmest wishes
for the success of the institution, which bad fair to
promote a general improvement in the fleece, and at
the some time to preserve to the seller a fair and
adequate price. He cnnciuded by proposing to drink
Saetess to tiv Wool Nair. •

On the Health of the President ea* Wiriiirewn
driradrarai Seeley being drank,
Mr: Cue west rose, and expressed the sense he en-
certain's!' ot the favour and kinl.less he had so Ire-
fluently experienced from the Society ; and with their
support, no effort of his should he wanting to for-
ward the laudable °Neils of the Society.He observed,
that nothing could be more conducive to the interests
of the Wool Grower, than to refrain from selling
their Wool till after the Meeting. He could not blame
Gentlemen for following whet they conceived to be
for their interest, nor would the Manufaanrer con-
demn us for endeavouring to obtain a faiy price for
our Wool. Hitherto there had been little or nu
distinaion in the price of the staple. L was fair,
then lore, to suppose the wool of the worst quAity
was that on which the price was established. It was
very creditable to the manufanurers wiri had at-
tended. He could not, however, bat complain, thist
every endeavour had been used to discourage and
defeat the meeting, by offering greater prices in the
country than were to be had tha. day.
It wan suggested, that the fear of a rupsn:e with
America was the reason for a deprecia.eni of the
p• ice. lie deprecated such an event; but if it un-
fortunately did take place, could the Americans sts
without clothing It was an article of first nece:-.
shy ; and he knew of na country, but this, whence
it could be °Stained. It would find its way, and
the purchaser, not the grower, must bear the Widen
of arty circuitous route. He saw no reason, there-
fore, why coarse wool should be below the price Lif
the last year, and he should strongly recommend the
grower not to dispose ef it for less. A fall in coarse
wool was felt snore severe by the grower thin that
in fine wool. Southdown had this day sold fur 2s.
and 2s. 2d. per pound; the half breed for I2J. per
pound, and the staple of the county was supposed ets
be worth 9s. per stone, or 6:d. per potio.l.
The superiority and ready demand 1,4 line wool
was a st:ong argument in favour of an imps overuento
in our staple, and hoped it would have its circa
with the breeder.

Mr.Cuawssi concluded with reminding the Meet-
ing, that the first and second of °Robe,, particularly
the latter. were the ilsys appointed for the Agricul-
tural M,:ctiag nt Workington, when the favour and
110..,1U1 I.f their company would add to the many
obitgatiausho yea:under. lit proposed as a toast,
Prosp:rity to the ;rockets:eon elgricaltrral Society.
The Duke or iii nroan signified hi, wish to have
his namt earclled in that highly respetable and
meritorious Soc;.ty. lie thouAht the South Down
wool of this county us:Alit be 41. per lb. inferior to
the best in the Kingdom, which he attributed to the
superior art:mtion Cut had been paid in the South
but he thought much improvement might be made:
by proper seleCtion in the brnedinp

ureeding. -
A melancholy accident occured at Newton Stew-
art, iw Galloway, on Sunday se'nn:ght : A little
girl, nearly twelve years of age, lelt the la..nne of
her parents on the morning of that day, and scramb-
ling for wild hertiz's *moor the bushes which over-
hang the Fdll (one of the deepest and most roman-
tic pools in Cree), fell into the river and was
drowned. A remarkable coincidence of monrn:nl
events marks the fate of this child, and renders the
sitnation of the mother peculiarly distressing.—Sh-
has been twice married. Her first husband, the
father of this girl, died the very night sic came
into the world, 'and scarcely was she three loons.
delivered cn Sunday morning, when the melancholy
tidings were brought her of the loss of her little
daughter. It is necessary to add, that medical as-
sistance was immediately peocuted, and every effort
used to reanimate the lifeless clay, but without
success.

MEETING OF CIIEDITokS, AT GUILDHALL,
row mot. OAT SLIT. 14 S.
RiChSl4 Glover, Town Milton', Kant, xn.e•, • I 6

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mzertnius or ettEoiroas nr Gui.frevo.i.. •
tun DAV. 14 If
John JoeoS, law of Stratford, Este, miller 5 in
lures Gundivew, Leeds, Lost, butcher . Y 10
114.,q Butcher Ily,the, Kent. aadal„, . Y 1
DIVIDENDS.
William Toibrick, Glnucnter, line4rorior . . 10
Alacolsonon, late of Moidotadosia,. London,
littanrolsat, ioaurtfacturcr • • . 10
CERTIFICATES.
William Crandon, of prurt-4.44-, tit the county of 14.4141,-
sex, currier ails, leather-teller, desist sod chapinan.
John H.nder, of Painswick, to the county of Wow-ester,
butt tier.
dbans Edward King, of Itng.st•ert. in the parish of St Paul.
Covent..A.ls, in tha c,ounty of Middlesex.
John VAL.', of Shel,nit, in the parish dr Stoke-upon-Trent. .n
the eout.ty of Stott .rd, manuracturcr of china-ea-e,
soil Chapman.
George Fraser ant Andrew Fraser, late of Bow Church.yard.
in the cal of London, w.relsourentcn, dealers and clap:Den.