The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-05-15 00:00:00

Lord :);INDAS, in the Chair.

After the tniiral rotator of loyal twists, his Lord-
ship caused the JOlll4Pe sward of the prriiiiiiins to
he read, and delivered the Society's sines of plate,
each of the value of ten 91.1ilie4*,uv f.lll)Ws.. /ft T.
1. Juba eivsstuo, fors purr. %irritsu rain, 26 moolls. old.
2. C. C. Western, El. for a ditto, 14 the obi.
3. John I'3llC,E*4l. 31 P fur !hire Merino ewes, 18 mood's
ohl.

4. C. C. Western, Esq. M.P. (ur there fat Merino !tethers,
railed in 1810.

b. None chews.
ti Alt.. Thomas Flenty, fur It pure Merino ram tierce, of
15 months growth, weighing 11116. 141 a.
7. John Fear, Eq. 51. P for flute pule c'r fleece', weigh-
ing 7, h.!, and 811iss respectively.
b. Mi. Joshua Stead, for maistitieturintt 2 cwt. of
Lind Duudas'atau wind into biu.til cloth, in the best
manner.

u. Lord pandas, u the grower of the aboFe
liis Lordship then rose to call the earnest atten-
tion of the Members present to the mate of the
funds of the Society, which he was extremely con-
cerned to state, were very far front satisfactory ; and
to impress on them the necessity, individually, ui
urging their friends and Otlittallititiler to pay top
their arrears of subscription, without %Inch the
Society could not gis 011.
Pis Lordship's speech had n magical kind of
effect on part of the company, iu stinsulatiog them,
individually, to oiler premiums for the text year,
without drawing on the subscriptions that were sa
necessary fur lesscilite• the. debt ; in which noble
course Mr. Crimes set the example,
by °tiering twenty fairies% to he given nr plate
next year, fur the best piece of cloth that can he
produced from any wool of firit,sh his
Lordship begged to follow, as dud also Mr. Towers,
Mr. Tharp, and Mr. Fain:, by the offer of other
smut for specific premiums, until thg amount of
lOU guineas was thus bribscribed for next year's
premiums, and the Secretary also, Mr. Brothers,
relinquished half his salary towards the extinction
of the debt ; all these bring, as his Lordship, in
conclusion, again impressed on the criiiipsoVs on
the express understanding, that the Meinlort in
arrenr will pay ap the same, without delay, in
Order to place the Society is Ihr pru•tid cir-
comstancts in which it stood three or tour years
. .

" Prosperity and success to the Mei iau Society," wits Iheu
druuk with great spidruse.

Mr. TOWERS rose, ansl gave 1. The health of
Lord Doudos," which was drunk with three times
three, and the highest nooks of respect.
His Lordship, in tootssisig thank•, gave a very
aecousit of his fossil success a? a Merino
breeder.

Mr. TOWERS SiSO did the same, and referred to
a detailed written statement, which he had deli-
vered in, winch will be pointed fur the ue of the
members.

The health of Sir Joseph Banks, the President,
was drunk with very marked respect.
" The Judges of the .Shew," Mews. Wools,
flawkiiir. and Ileuity, far sheep; Eyres, Ti 101114..
and Stead, fur trod; and Eyres, Grimes, and
Thomas, for cloth.

A ,great number of other§ of the friends of agri-
culture, hada present and absent, were toasted,
and the utmost hilarity and good humour prevailed.
The company did not sepa,..te until a very late
hour, Mr. Tuweea having been deputed to the
Chair when Lord Dundas setirvd.