The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-08-09 00:00:00

WEST OF RAGLAND WOOL MART.

The Anniversary of the Wool Mart established
by the Bath and West of England Agricultural
Society, was holden at their Exhibition Yard, in
Binh, on Wednesday last. A large quantity of
Angio-MerinO wool was deposited for aak--• more
abundant supply than last year. A quantity. ex-
ceeding the expectatiou of the Society and of the
growers was disposed of, and et prices, fee the mod
part, adequate-to the demands of the owners. The
extreme tinenesa of some lots was a great tempta-
tion tip manufacturers, who were the chief pnr-
chwiers; and the mode reminineuded and put in
practice by Mr. Joyce, of sorting and securing the
unproved wool of the Spanish creases (with the pro-
cess of which many woolstaplers are Dot yet well
acquainted) greatly tended to nveiease the business
of theday. Tins institution, as yet in he infancy,
bids fair to justify the patriotic intention of the
Society. in its establishment, by promoting the
growth of, and giving publicity to, the Anglo-lde-
' nno Ono!, We excelleurr of which they have been
the first to appreciate, by the frequent premiums
they have given to the menufneturets, as well as
the growers of improved British wool. Much
praise is tine to those spirited men, who, contrary to
II e prejudices which generally prevail. have made
dive es periments, the successful rtault of which, in
all situations of public &Rids. most be considered of
national importuner, imainatch as it proves, in one
instance at least, how independent we can be of to-
. reign nations. We hear that further to promote an
object which they have been the -first to cherish,
the Bath Society intend to appear at their public
meetings in cloth made only of improved British
wool. 13 Hobhottse. F. Nt.P. I.R.S. President
of the Soddy, was present dining all the hours of
the mart. and wri itecampanied to a dinner at the
White Hart by served S'iceaPresidents and other
respectable gentlemen, growers sif wool, lad mann-
fscturers when the conversation naturally turoed
on that staple article of our c:aintry. wool; and,
particularly on thatemiaelit ins isroietnent of it by the ;
Idipanisheroas, which had been 'made itpraest M we
many dirtingdiWed instances by that day's exhi-
bition. The conviviality of the meeting was greedy
enhanced l.y k trei n ofinteresting conversation, which
manifested that the minds of intelligent men are
awake to the public good, .and are daily growing
more solicitous to devise and dissemihate a know-
ledge of etch improrements in the different
brandies of rural economy ea are heat calculated to
promote its important objects. Seisral appropriate
toast. were given, and 'the company retired, at an
early hour, expeessing great satiofartiott at the
pleasing presage afforded by the intsinrse of the
day, that this mart will in a few years prove equally
advantageous to the growers and manufacturers of
the fine British weal, in the vicinity of Bath and
the adjacent counties.

ma AT ACTOV BMVPL.

On Wexl:lesdaV last; the 3,1 instant, Edward
Smith, son of Sir Edward Smith, Bart..
attaisi4 the age of It.years.-1u cot loam iierice
which. the auspicious inmiiing was ushered itt.by
bluffing of bellcat Acton Bliri.el. Shrewsbury, and.
otter ibljaceut places.—.lt the I'm iiit:r, a Sheep was
roasted, and at Pit.hford, two distri noted in por-
tions ro the neighbouring poor, (in addition to. Mr.
Smith's present of beef on the day preceding,) ac-
companied bye large quantity of bread and ale;
while, at the hall and the inn, entertainments of the
most sumptuous order were preparing for thecele-
I/ration of the event. The company at the ball
consisted chiefly of the more intimate friends and
aciptaintmice-of the family, and at toe inn, the
tenantry, tradesmen and other visitors ;—here the
diluter, dexsert, &s. 'were served np in a style of
plenty, elegance, and splendour. perfectly charac-
teristic of English hospitality, and the company at
length became so ussmerous, that the house was
rendered inaccessible;—the impracticability of a
ball iodic large room, 'minced the company to re-
sort to the park, where the festive dance was con-
tinued for several hours, and a fused by a succession
of bonfires and fire-works, the brilliant effects of
which, combined with the attendance of the
Shrewsbury Banal, the musical eyertions of the
Shrewsbury Union Society, with their band-bells,
and the joy exhibited in every comitenatice, deemed
to beighien the scene of rapturous delight, almost
beyond description, nor was the joy of the evening
allayed by any other circumstance than the absence
of the worthy Baronet and his sou. who, it ap-
pears, wished to spend the day at Wootton, the
other family estate.