The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-06-20 00:00:00

WOMAN SHEA'LINO. •

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Tte. rapid and surprising improvements which
have, tv:thin a few years past, been Aide it our do-
mestic animals, and the other branches of rutal
economy, have in a great measure depended on the
establishment, that period. of meetings like
this ; where antrrals froet cr &rent counties, the
most excellent of their I.:nd, art bronglit together,
where the gentlemen el* I tnded property. graziers,
ice. 111.2.:t together, and consogifate as it were in one
spot the intelligence and es Iserience of the kingleirit,
in the arts so essential to the existence of its inhabi-
tants, and to tau welfare of the nation; where the
merits of the di &tent live stock, implements, Sec. ex-
are f,irly canvassed and invesigated ; where
the ,arnier learns insensibly to shake ea:l the local
pr.jodices with which he has, with too much:jus-
tice, been charged, and to approve, and. at length, to
adopt, the better pranices, mock, or implements of
persons more intelligent or fortunate than himself :
viewed in this light, the Meetings so liberally held
and conduCted, by the late Mr. BAkewell, the Dukv
of Bedford, Mr. Coke, Lord Somerville, Mr. Wake-
field, and other individuals, are of national intpoet,
ance, and, in particular, as they hid fair in a short
time, by their encouragement of the Marino and
other breed of fine woolled sheep, to obviate the
necessity of importing Spanish wool, hitherto essen
m making our tine and broad cloths, and to in-
crease materially the produce of human food, from
the soil of this country.
Among the numerous Company expeeted at the
Abbey are
f,o•ttl',ll,le, Ettl Wlttchetlirai Earl Dander, ViSOant
L,rti 5u nerville, sir.lowith 11..n13 Sir Chari.-4 D:11-
vm.., Mr. 1r",...4yet., Mr. Stanley, Mr. r.-..ster, Mr. Lorain,:
Small, Mr Utfley Crewe, 3:e. &c.

The following Noblemen And Gentl4meniFere not
expeeted at the Abbey till yesterday, viz.
Lord W dli..m RIN.el!, Sir .141116 Slud r, Sr Rotyrrt I.aver.!•,
Mr &wry Mr.Cuice, Mr. Nurthey, Mi. Le•Autwiil, Mr.
ISyng, and Mr Grry.

After attending divine service at Woburn Church
on Sunday, her Grace the Duchess of Bo,Vord felt
Wthurn to spend the time of the 2,llrep g
with her sister, the Duchesr of Manchester, at
hiur-
bult( n Castle.

On Monday morning, at an early hour, the vom-
pony began to assemble, at the Park-farm, in Wo-
burn-park : and about eleven o'clock, his Grace
of Bedford, and the several Noblemen and Gentle-
men with him, at the Abbey, being arrived, the
exhibition of the new Leicester Rams, intended to be
lett, on Tuesday evening, commenced in the elegant
Shew-hotoe, which was erofted a few years ago, for
the purpose of holding these iceetin:is ; eight shear-
hor, seven' two-shear, and one three-shear sheep,
were brought out singly, is succession, and were
handled and examined by the breeders and farmers
present, and their VA/ ious merits and defers Wes e
freely discussed, the fleece from each sheep being
crposed for insoeels-n. On the whole, it seemed
agreed, that these rants were equal, if not superior,
t,' any of the pact s'aews at Woburn ; some el the
stock from a sheep formerly belonging to Mr. Buck-
ley were very excellent. This business occupied
nearly the whole of the morning, during which other
parties were engaged in esstmtning the designs for
the intended monument to the memory of the late
Duke. which were hung up in the adjoining room.
A colossal figure In bronze, nine feet in height, rest-
ing the right hand on a plough, as Hope and other
figures have frequently been made to do upon an
anchor, with four emblematical figures at its feet
(the model for casting of which is in great thrward-
ness), which is to be ere&ed in Rusteil-sqnare, on a
pedestal ofgranite, twenty-five feet high in the
the effetl of which was sliewn by a very good per-
spedive view of the square, with the intended sta-
tue in its center. On the pedestal, the following
iLscription is intended : " To the memory of Francis
Duke of Bedford, this Statue was ereeted by riblic
subscription, in gratitude for his Grace's unwearied
encieavonrs to improve the theory and pradice of
Agriculture." Six thousand pounds have been re-
ceived by the Committee, appointed for erelling this
statue, and in small sums; aproof of the estimatton in
which this excellent Nobleman was held by the many.
In the course of the forenoon, a party repaired to
the Duke's mill, where a steam engine, perhaps the
first ever applied to the purposes of agriculture, has
lately been ereded ; Mr. Cartwright, the inventor,
attended, and explained the wonderful properties of
this machine to the company. Mr. Toilet shewed
to the wool staplers and growers of wool, some
samples of extraordinary long and file wool. pro-
duced from Spanish sheep, originally from His
Majesty's Rock, by shearing them only once in two
years. An extraordinary case was mentioned, of
'4 ewes in Holds:mess, having this year proe.uced
70 fine lambs, and which was attributed by the car
rater to their having lived luxuriously on gresn
tares.

About three o'clock, his Grace entertained ahcut
190 pemons to dinner in the great 11411 ; his Glace
was in the Chair, supported by t:se
Eul of Upper (News, Ta.l of Alborotailv. Sir .7,oepli Da .la,
Lord S .mtavdle. Lord Sheltiel I, Mr. MAtteaux,dtc.

And among the Company were, the
Uuka uf Ludlow, S., !Lary reathemtosic,
Rol,:rt B ug, Chad, W. H. Hon.r..-,, E.I.
Hanater, Henry H0r1.14, .11thur Yr.ung,
tiumpnry Davy, R. A. Re.rtal„ C. Ruc;.;ey, El.
IYestz.yr, Platt, Aftler, P. Mcr,.re, Wm.
Ittn. %man, :Sea r 'Oct

It was rer:..uked, that not one :lent'oer of the
I louse of Commons was present. After the cloth
was removed, his Grace gave the foll..wirt toasts :
Sticon. to Agriculture.
Tim rh,ce.
Cool G..iting.
The of kr:cultine Cotnmeree.
The ri,:ogh.
lrriptiort.
Th. Memory• of Mr Bilcerwril.
The r g Society nt Ireland.
Lad of rgremout
A little befure six, the company repaired again to
the Park Farm, where four pens of new laicrster
sheep were to be sold ; aro r some rime spent in ex-
amining the sheep, the lets were put up by ausaion,
as is naiad (surd allowed by law free of duty, in the
case of farming stock.) The first five Leicester
theaves produced 13 guineas, the second l'Z guineas,
the first fire Leicester ewes sold for 12} guineas,
arid the second qt guineas. phis day's hleetiog
was not so nu:taros:li .'trer.dcd as formerly, occa-
sioned partly by an idle rumour that the Meeting
was put utitul tht; dry.

FORTRESS AT SPMr. ISLAND.

On the 6th inst. being the day fixed by MOr
Srl Charles Holloway for laying the first stone of
the projected fortress on Spike Island, the party ir..,
Sited to assist at the ceremony left Cork ab t
twelve o'clock in several boats, as did 41S) the b.e.il
of the Vitt) regiment. The weather was then very '
fine, and a pleasant breeze filling their sell, the
small• flotilla arrived opposite Minkstown at two
o'clock. where they were met by Admiral Lord A
Gardner's beautiful schooner, on board ef,whioh thi y
embarked. Several small pleasure boats were at t' •
time plying about the harbour, making for Spike
Island, among which we observed Mr. Morris's cut-
ter. It was three o'clock before the party lan led
on Sifike Island, where by that time a great con-
dolt- .ip of genteel cunpany had assembled; and after
having been iiined by Lord aitd Lady Gardner,
Ntaio.r.-General Sir Eyre Cootiaproceeded to lay the
first-sccrae of the fortress, which, we underitted. is ,
to be called Fat Licorge, after our most racious
Soveici,zn. The cesenionj having been perforated ..
according titi the :arms castomary upon such occa- 7,
sioils, afaes -,..ita ioscrlptinn had been read in ary.Asks i
Bible vt4s,,P; ~,:.p:ain ll,"idslie the. gartisoo praleatk•
'ng armsctAnusi-c plc h God save th Vi' "'"
Sir Eyre •. Addressed- bitnielf to Sir Co,att. 14..
Hollowatv-near in the follhitrer.B words: .. ,
at.. 0444
~ Sit cicgo4 11344 mar, iLaittfaii*iottat..culef oll'itrae*Os
that it shout A u,orc nice to UST I.& to itir t 4: ;me at )1 le •hcAltill ,
e 't ,14.,e and ifllfraSpilifOrtieSeLlieStillea 16.) deffina Vid A cra,Fit
of on- of the *en elefrett ehTee in'the' entpirei a id 1 ae,ii4e .4
the errata, eqerfsdenceaf inicroorodoo, when f rellelleetrer
that it il.l b !PO wisety -els/sisal to Weil as espaisseirSksiabd
intett,l. at usikat as yo•ttscif."
.. • taw+ •
The ceremony' being ti completed, the pare!
Invited by Sir Charles Holloway, to the amount on
at least forty persons, repaired to his handswow.
Owelliag on the Island, where they partook of ow a
ixcellent and superabundant repast, laid out with
"inch lane. 'I he rest of the company had pre-
viousiy !eft the Island in their bows, and sorry are .
we t i add, that the remainder of the evening proves'
extremely wet and disagrecahle. Among th , cora-
patsy we noticed the Earl and Countess of (7orle, r:
Viscountess Bovle, Lora and Lady Gardner, Sir
Eyre Conte, Cdl. and !sirs. Airy, Capt. and ..-Ire -
Myers, Mn. and the Misses Norris, Litob-441.
Stewart, Capt. Chilcott, Major Isi'Mahun, and a
bug list of Ste. tee.
litport says, that Admiral Lord Garda-r is to
succeed Admiral Cornwallis in the command of 'he
Channel Fleet ; and that Sit Robert Ningsmill, Ai.
miral of :be White, is to ream to his command on
the Cork station.

The Norse Artillery, *Nell makes a part of the
present garrison or Curb, is to be r-m'.ve f fro7n
eleace to Dublin: 'The following changer are also
to take place in that verison : the Clare regiinent of
Militia is to march to Bantry, and the 2.5 th Foot to
Limerick ; they are t 3 be replaced by the Queen's
County corrrnar.del by Lord Castle-Coate,
and the 15ch igiment. The Wicklow Militia is
to replace the Queen's County Regiment at Cl
mei. The regiments about to leave that garrison
will be Ter y general: regretted. on account of their
exemplary good condoet and universal pr priety..

e,esequenee wocraledo'deem aid oth-rt haying
Emit r rovidenti re.cued Irom the watery' grave
with a the leo event/i. the Rev. JONN N Eiv orr, germs
for of St. Mary Wonlonith, will preach a Serni.m •in
behalf of the Humane Society next Sunday morning.
April 12.11, A wadi:me, the F ,gt
Rl't informed the (kar.liano of Life tsiu 2-rift of
our fellow creatures hat been restwed ro tb•!ir P..
rent birwar..., and to theaoh. It is therefor* an inw
portant trath. drat by the estAblishment of this lo-
s irutinn, the 31,4 eV Assiwent, have prwrented Pa-
rochial burther.s. and promoted Domestic happiness. •
'Thew are thy glorious vorkg, ?Arent of Goods,.
Prayers be is at hilt 7a:t Ten, and s:veral 01*
Reeveeitited Paseo, will *two! vine Service.

The vacant Fellowship at Pembroke College, Orr
ford, for which Messrs. illowa so Di. eat and Cuer4'
seet.t. a t Candidates, has been referred by the Cot:'
lege to the derision of their Visitor, the Duke of
PJRTLAMO. it is contended on the part of Gum,
sey, that ever since the found...lion of the three Pet:
1 wships, it has never been known that they have
a 1 been held by three esetnlernen of one Island. ,On
the other hand, it is maintained on the side of Jehti;
that as the two la,t turns.at Pembroke have 'Seen fiL.
led up by Gucr-sey Gentl:mer., the occetpailn of
the other two Fell•Avships by Messrs. Hur and Del
rite, who a:ehoth Jersey Centlemm, canmt prove
any ohstacle to the regular soccussiJn, or deprive ti.
Island of its rights and privileges. A twelvemonth
has el.tpsed since the matter was laid before the Vi•
shoe, but no decision has as yet been given.

Sn gitiat and so corrinued have been the amend.
merts on the 1%.01ds of Yorkshire, that in the Lahti,
b2loogie.t. to Sir Mama Sy au, Harr. allotted by the
lite lociosureg, opts-Ault of eleven millions and sixty
thousand quieltwood hard be mi.! inted by his agent.
In no part of the world have improvements of such
magnitude been seen.
The Justices of the Peace, in a Court held at I la.
milton on the 7th May last, fin..d two servant wo-
men of Mr. COCR, of Allsnshaw„in 31. 15s. being
the whzik of their w.siz•cs for the last half year, on
Ae•-oilitt of their h nq lift tlie:r roAs-res honse
without leave, on S,:nday ever.i..g the ri ii it of April
last, and not returning till the nest morning.
The port of Grimsby, we ondersrand, is admitted
by the Lords of the Treasury, to the privilege of
warehousing and bonding certain gond: fir a limit.
ed time, free of duty, under the provisions of the late
Aa of Parliament.

Saturday se'nnight, in the evening, a fracas, which
threatened serious consequence<. took place at Ber.
wick between some of the Officers stationed there
and some of the town's people. The Officers and
t•everal of the soldier:, went about the streets with
their r.xited and bayonets, to the terror of the
peaceaNe in;lithitantb, several of whom were insulted
in the stre.:t, aid forcibly t.tken to the guard-house.
A Geeen. in, in paring, was knot:ked down by 2
soldier, who, en inquiring the Teit4,ll of tech usages
was knocked down again by an Officor. who Arecily
brandished his drawn sword over his defenceless op.
pennt. The soldier is bound over to the seisiooft,
and an iftion, we understand. is to be brought against
the Officer in the Court of ling's Dench.--(Ty,a,