The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-06-23 00:00:00

WON SHFE.P. SHEARING.

On Thursday morning early, the Duke of Man-
chester, Earl Lauderdale, Lord Somerville, Mr.
Coke, Sir Harry Featherstone, William Child, Lor-
raine Smith, Mr. Brown, Mr. Smith, Mr. Chand-
ler, and others, went over to Priestley to view the
Water-meadows, of which a plan was hung up in
the shew.house at the Park Farm.

Mr. Smith, of Bath, exhibited his maps of the
Strata of England and \Vales, t :ward. the publica-
tion of which, Sir Jos. Banks generously subscribed
1001. and paid down halt the money ; an example
which, we trust, for the intetest of the science, will
be followed by a sufficient number of land-owners
and gentlemen of property, to enable lilt'. Smith to
arrange and publish his most valuable body of fiths
and observations, with a chance of gaining a just
remuneration.

During this day the printed conditions of the pre-
miums now offered by the Smithfield Cattle Society,
were stuck up in the shew-house.
Mr. Bevan, a land-surveyor, of Leighton Bunard,
shew•ed his new instrument for the measuring of
timber trees, both felled and standing.
The printed proposals for Mr. \Mittle's sale of
cattle were circulated among the company; seve-
ral wool-staplers and connoiseurs in wool examined
the Recces in the wool chamber, at the Park Farm.
His Grace, however, does not sell his wool in
the fleece, as was formerly done, but sends it to
London to be first sorted, when the different sorts
are •old to the manufaaurers.

'The second shew of Leicester Tups took place in
the forenoon in the Shew-house, and of HercfJrd
And Devon Cattle, in the cow-houses.
At three o'clock, near 150 persons sat down to
dinner with his Grace at the Abbey ; and after

Tile KING ;
Sthres. en Agriculture ;
Toe Irlevet ;
Tie, Union of Husbandry and Commerce;
as toasts, Lis Grace rose and expressed his great
satisaction at the increasing goodness of the
thavos and wethers produced nn this occasion, by
Bedfordshire Bleeders, effeac d in a great degree, as
his Grace, with great feeling, observed, byetner-
tions of his much lamented brother, the late Duke.
His Grace then noticed, with regret, that no im-
plement of agriculture had been this year produced,
which merited, in the opinion of the Judges, the
premium of twenty guineas, which was offered last
year ; and went on to observe, upon the experiments
in ploughing, made on Wednesday forenoon, in
which he remarked, that the person who was to hold
or conduft Lord Somerville's patent ploq,ll, having
been suddenly taken unwell, an inexperienced
ploughman had been resorted to. whose work fell
greatly short of what he had before observed this
plough to be capable of doing in other trials. His
Grace then proceeded to notice the new premiums
which had this year been added to the usual list of
I rciniumq, particularly on the premium of fifty gui-
neas to the farmer in Bedfordshire, who should, be-
tween the Ist of January, 1804, and the Ist of June,
1805, have converted the greatest quantity of land
into water-meadow, not less than ten acres, on the
best and most approved system. His Grace then
proceeded to read the determination of the Judges
on the first class of premiums, by which a cup of
ten guineas value was adjudged to Mr. Bithrey ;
and the second prize of five guineas to Mr. Earl,
for fat wethers. His Grace observed, that the
fleeces of Mr. Moore's sheep were highly creditable
to him in quantity and quality of wool. • The second
class of premiums, of a cup value ten guineas, and
five guineas, were adjudged to Mr. John Moore,
of Aspley, and Mr. John Circuitt, of Woburn. In
the third class of premiums, his Grace observed,
that there was no competition for the prize for the
best Boar; for, though Mr. Weston had sent two
Boars, no one had attended to give the required
information to the Judges, to enable them to decide.
Thomas Lionel was adjudged five guineas, Jobe
Mason four guineas, Joseph Giles three guineas, G.
Wadsworth two guineas, and Job Arnold, of Crow-
ley, one Guinea; as the prizes for the neatest and
cleanest sheep-shearing.
On the fourth class, no adjudication had taken
place ; but the Committee were of opinion, that Mr.
Duckit's plough was an implement worthy of some
attention. In delivering the report of the judges
appointed to examine the comparative trials of
drill and broad-cast husbandry, his Grace observed,
with regret, that the drilled crops of the three can-
didates were not kept clear of weeds, which Was an
express condition of the proposed premium; and
what his Grace could declare, on Cis own expe-
rience, to be quite essential to the sticcess of this ex-
cellent system of management. In answer to a
question proposed by Mr. Barrett, his Grace said,
that the rows might, under the conditions, be weed-
ed by hand, if that should become necessary. His
Glace concluded a neat speech by a most hearty
invitation to the conip.iny to honour him with their
company at the nest meeting, in dune, 1905 ; and.
before he s:it down, gave as a toast.
An increawd4.mit ,tim;novelmei4t t u C"unty of IL: 4A
After which, the successful candidates were cor.
gratulated by the company in drinking their healths.

The .I..ldges .4' Cu: 4'l'l'llll.lMS, and them fur the
Imolai) :hey ha, e taken.
The Farthing !twiny of Ireland.
Far; Winchrloca.
Sir Joseph tanks.
And thus ended the most• interesting meeting
which has for a long time been v.;dl,-,sed.
On Friday his Grace of Iler!i,rl and a large
party intend visiting Mr. Westcar's famous tarns.
in Buckinghamshire, from thence his Grace goes to
Mr. Coke's sheep-she:sting in Norfolk, after spend-
ing a day at Kinsboltun. •

Dollars to the amount of upwards of 800,0001.
have within these few days been removed from Mr.
Bo LTON'S ManufaCtory, at Soho, near Birmingham,
for Ireland, where they are to pass for sir shillings.
They -were conveyed in barges by the Duke of
Blt IDOLW AT BR'S canal to Liverpool, from whence
they will proceed to Dublin under a proper guard.
The fleet tinder convoy of the ;Edits frigate,
Captain Lord Fitzroy, were observed off Cape Ni-
cholas Mole. on Tuesday, the lith last4by the ves-
sel which arrived on Sunday last from Charlestown.
On the following day, they fell in with a straggler,
supposed LI be the Deb or Accounts-have
since been receivei of the capture of the above yes.
sel by a French privateer.

-LiLW INTILUGMCCI-

XING% SFNCH, CIItLDHALL, 41', SWIM 22.
PtlttlialAW U. sonniticuAn.

This was an as for breaking and emeriti into
the Plaintiff's dwelling-house, and assaulting iim.
It appeared, that the Plaintiff was son-m-iaw to
the Defendant, awl ha.l been arrested for dept. la
hi; absence from home, the Defendant assisted his
daughter in Plaintiff's shop, an oil and tallow_
chandler's ; but having bailed the ar tion. be re.
turned home; and on desiring the Defendant to go _
about his business, the defendant struck him some
blows on the shoulder with a stick, while his daugh-
ter cried oat, tt That's right, father, knock liirn
down."

Lord Et L2M acrour:tt said, Ow business had gone
far enough for the Jury to see how the matte;
stood—it was merely a case for nominal damages.
Verdict for the Plaintiff—One Shilling d.imitges,
Several other causes of no moment were de: .j:-d

Puatre O►rtcr, Bow-srater.--The
calling herself ,o/en Amos, and habited in nsesfs
clothes, who was sent on board the Tender lee
Tuesday, by Mr. Bono, but ma* rejected in conse-
quence of the discovery of her sex, by the Surgece,
was given back into the custody of the Civil Power,
and was committed to Tuthill-fields Brisket]. Yes-
terday afternoon she was taken to Bow-street Oflice,
for re-examination, before Mr. Bows and Sir Wet,
LIAM Ps ',moss. She was habited in the dress uf a
labouring gardener ; on her answering some questions
put to her, Mr. Box o said, he was positive ske
feigned her voice to deeper tones than her natural
voice, on Tuesday, or he should have disccrvera
her sex.

The account sb gave of herself was, that she
was born at Wednesbury, in Stalcedshir! • her
maiden name w. s Margaret Fletcher, her father wale
a collier of that place : she came to Londan about
twenty years since, and was married to Henry
Eyres. a gardener, of Fulham. at St. Ann's Church.
Soho, about one year after. She bad three
children, only one of them is living, who is eighteen
years of age, and capable of earning her living.
About thirteen years since, owing to disee.
meat and misfortunes, she. and her husband
separated. In a short time aft,•r, she took to wrar-
ing men's clothes, in consequence of her Boding she
could get better paid as a man titan as a wornea;
and did the work of a man as a gardener for a rens.
her of years. She left off men's claims for a ,hurt
time to oblige her daughter, but took to them agtia
about three years since, and has wren thew e
since, and worked as a labouring gardener.
This account was confirmed by a woman of the
name of Pluebe Vogt, who said she had known the
Prisoner from her infancy.
The Prisoner having undergone a slight punish.
merit, the prosecutor, after taking ail the circum-
stances into consideratior, agreed not to prusecese
her, and the was discharged.
Mr. BOND asked, why she did not disclose her
sex when she was going to he sent on board tl.e
Tender ? to which she answered, because she should
have liked to have gone for a sailor ; and had uo
doubt but she coeld have &ire the work of one.—
The Magistrate told her, if she did not leave if
men's apparel, and site was brought before 11;
again, he would commit her as a rogue and
vagabond.

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