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HOLICHAM SHEEP SHEARING.

Notwithatautting the (Muds which lower upon
the I mile,' interests of this country, the Sun of
II ilkhoun's Aericiiltioral Prosperity hat shone forth
t !Us year with undiminished ii:dendour. here, at
Last, 81,11.1,13:0., if not " redundant production"
effect of the employment of • great capital,
with ipirite:l farming, and judicious management
of stock, on a soil not n aurally fertile), is the
upp went soarer of every cmnfort and of every
I sill' which mortal min can receive at the hands
of the b-neficent Do Heiser of all goad gifts. Oil
no' former orrasion his this celebrated annual res.
t val been more tin iteruti•dy or more respectably
attended than during the present week ; and
alittotigh we conceive it can hardly be denied that
oraiorieal proceedin.r have not assumed corny-
w'iat of a pnlitical e'laraeler, yet attended es the
in letings is bi eminent agriculturists and breeders
Ironer almost evert; part of the kingdom, and of the
**old. each anxious to receive and to communicate
k lowledge, it is imon.ioble but that great and
lasting advantages to agriculture in general must he
derived from mien u s tmemblage of individuals.
Among the tinuipany were—
His Knysi Highness the Dnke of Siloam his Graee the
Duke of Bedford, the Eirl of Albenssrle, Lor.l Erskine,

1.nr.l Crewe-, the girl of Arundel!, the Marquis of Tavistork,
Lord Nugent, Viscount Allliorp, the Laird of Skene, the
Hon Gm. Walpole, Ikon. W. Wessell, Sir F. Borden, nut
Sr. Ilciury Faso., But. So. John Sinclair, Bart. Sir John
Johowan, Dart. C. C. Western, E.g. M.P. (Essex), 1V- P.
tion)aiioit, E.q. M.P. (Kin'), Jo+eph flume, F.sti. M.P.
John Ilmett, Esq. MP. (Wiltshire), Count Zoinoriski,
Berm crgnier, 11-verend Archdeacon Bathurst, Reverted
H. Odell, Key, Wm. Newcombe, Rev. Gee. Glover, JUT. Mr.
Wilkinson (Suffolk), Rev. R. F. Elwin, Rev. Mr. Meese,
Rev. I. Foster, C.,1. Eyre, Col. Dalton, Capt Carry, Cast.
'lcier hump, Br. Ilitny, Wm. Cathartic, Esq. Won. Dalrym-
ple, Esq. A. Ihnlsois, Lsq. Thos. Greif, Esq. J. Pestle, jun.
Esq. Wm Lakin, Esq. Srlsitier, FAI I from Nova
Sentia, Alea -mile; Ogilvie, Esq. E. Wicks, Esq. from Ame.
rite, E.q. end Champion, E.q. (York-
shire), Rolm. Owen. k.ri. (New Lanark), --- Franks, Eel.
(London), %Yaks, Esq. (Worcestershire), —John-
son, Esq. (Y3.lt..hire). Inflis, Esq. (L.neolitsliire),
Davie., Esri cost J. G. Sparrow, E-11 (Suffolk), 11;11,
Esq. (Live, pout). -- rut. (Northamptonshire),
Saville, Esri ({fines), Itssiehinson, E.q. and
Collins, Esq. (Imedon), Si,,dart, Esq. (Kent),
Johnson, Esq. (Noellsartipt.m.leire), Peddimeion,
(Suselt). Henley, Esq. (Lincolnahire), -- Flukes,
Fag (artlivinre), Oliver, P. g. (SuAsex), Mr. Amp,
Mr. S. Taylor, Mr. iValker, Mr. Whitworth, 80. &e. &e.
MONDAY, Jima( 2.—Rear DAT.
The business of the meeting commenced with an
inspection, iu front of the hall, of the various pro-
cresss iii the in iiiiificturing (by the labourers'
children and parish prim-) a part of the crop of
fits amid hemp groan ui Holkhani Pork Form
in.the lost year. The several operations of break-
ing. heckling, and spinning, were gone through by
females of various nges, with ease and facility;
some of the sacks and sheeting manufactured from
the materials were also slwarii, anti gave great saris-
fiction. Mr. Harwood, of Creak, has the direc-
tom of this business, and it will no doubt prove a
source of great advantage to the poor.
Mr. COKE, accompanied by his Royal and Noble
visitors, and it • timnerou4 train of gentlemen and
yeomanry, rode to Lmiglands, where the prize
'stallions were first viewed ; they were drawn tip in
a fine across the field adjoining the house, and had
a beautiful aiipearonee ; the proprietors of them
were, Mr. Whincop, of Lynn ; Mr. lA'arises, of
flylshain ; Mr. Howlett, of Fakenhani ; Mr. Sibel,
of Diiiiton; Mr. Bullet'. of Ashton; Mr. Reeve,
of 11'sgliton ; Mr. Walker, of Runham (two) ;
hlr. Brown, of Yarmouth ; Mr. S. Taylor, of
Ditchiogliant ; Mr. Baruard, of Hockering; Mr.
Ayes', of G iywootl ; Mr. Watson. of Franshotn;
anti Mr. Ilasik, of Deuver ; there was also one be-
louging to Mr. Coke.—Three mares with foals by
their riles, the property of Mr. Osberton, of Ron-
ham ; Mr. Morrison, of Edgar; and Mr. Brown,
of Peterston.

The priz-, boars were next viewed, and were the
prop,roy of Mr. 011ie., of Burnham ; Mr. Beck, of
Jllaleham ; Mr. F. Oakes, of South Creak ; Mr.
Best, of %Vest Lexham ; Mr. Myth. of Burnham ;
Mr. Harvey, of Aldborough ; and Mr. Turner, of
Comicial.... There were also • boar and a beautiful
lot of half-bred Neapolitan pigs, as extra stock, the
property of M. Coke.
The implements were the next object of atten.
lion ; those exhibited for the prize were, a patent
plough drill, by Mr. Torey, of beeping St. James,
in Lincolnshire, nod a drill roll, with apparatus for
Nonni* by Mr. Johns9n, of Krinpstone.
A cart of singular construction, made by Mr.
CI Arke, of Alconlorty, in Huntingdonshire, was
exhibited on Tuesday, at the great barn, the wheels
ore of srronght iron, except the rim, which is six
inches wide; the body is nine feet by four, and
*boot two fret in deptii. Mr. l'aul, of Haeleston,
also exhibited his fly traps and patent elastic wood
spitaiv,s for taxed carts.
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After viewing the sheep-shearing in the barn, the
company took a ride over the Quarles, Waterden,
oud Egmere farms; on their way, Mr. Coke (who
is ever anxious to extend the knowledge of his fa-
vourite and certainly most useful science), ex-
plained the different modes of culture by which the
land had beefs brought to such a state of perfection,
and made to produce such abundant crops. The
dairies, flocks, and lots of Devon cattle upon
these firms attracted great attention and were much
admired, particularly by the distant visitors (of
whom there were many), who expressed themselves
11;01y gratified. About three o'clock, Mr. Coke
his friends returned to the hall, when nearly
!O sat down to dinner. Grace bring said,
Mr. CoK E observed, that before he gave • toa,t,
l:e could out help expressing the pleasure lie felt at
permg so many of his friends u-sembled around
lam, and begged they would accept his thanks for
Swann attended the meeting, which he said had
been established solely with a slew to promote Agri-
c4ltiire, and hitherto Politics had rarely been
touched upon: but that, seeing Agriculturists were
brought into such a state of distress, there certainly
could br no impropriety in speaking of the causes
of that distress, and particularly after the produc-
tion of the Report with which the Agricultural
Committee had furnished them.

Mr Coke Aro gave—." Constitution sod King'—" The
Queen—cloud appiaste)—" The Dokeof buisex," three
tures three.

l Its Royal Ilighnesa expressed his thanks for the
very kind and handsome manner in which his
health had been drank ; and said, that although
he we+ unable to communicate any knowledge
ua agricultural subject., yet at one of the Royal

Family he felt a pnde and satisfaction in witness-
ing such meetings as the present one, and he was
sure that the priuciples laid down by their nublel!
host of " Live and let live," were the best cal.
tulatrd to promote that onion which is the
strength and power of nations. " And I trust
(sniff the Royal Duke), although we are now in
difficult circumstances, that there is yet stuff
enough in US to weather the storm ; avid mire I am
that meetings such as this are well calculated to
produce union and good understanding both at
home and abroad."—His Royal Highness gave,
" Lire and let lire ;" and afterwards, " Mr.
Coke," which was drank with three times three.
Mr. Cots returned thanks, and said he was free
to confess he had no sanguine expectations that
any good would be done; in fact he was almost
heart-broken to see the system of delusion and de-
ceit persevered in; and if the lauded interest
would blindly continue their patronage, the system
would continue till their property would soon be
exhausted : the Report, lie said, was nothing but
a part of that delusive system which had brought
them into their present dilemma, and they had
untie to expect from it.

~.eing .
Mr. Coals then gave, " Mr. Ilonywood, the
Mensber for Kent," which he prefaced by some
playful remarks upon the state of agriculture in
that county. Kent, he said, had been called the
garden of England, and sure enough it was worthy
of that name, inasmuch as it produced plenty of
gooseberries, tipples, and pears.
Mr. 110211 Y WOOD returned thanks fur the honour
done him, arid said, that he should not contend
whether Knot was the garden or granary of Eng-
land ; it wal true, they dot grow a good deal of
fruit, but they also grew good wheat. " I coo-
fess," raid Mr. H, " that I um a little staggered at
some things which I have seen this day—l have
seen Devons, which I have been told are two years
old, as large us those bred in Krnt, at three years
old ; and lambs, whose size and age, as stated to
me, are much larger than ours. I confess I copilot
account for it, but when I
return home, I will en-
deavour to point out the difference and !hid cot
the rouse, that my constituents may not be so far
behind Norfolk in this respect."
Mr. COKE then said, that there were, he believed,
only two Merino turn in the room, and he hardly
knew which of them to give first. • The Merinos,
he said, had, after many fair trials, been given up,
mid very few of them were to be found in the coun-
try. He was told those Gentlemen who had them
could not sell their wool, and as to their carcasses he
knew nut who would eat them. Mr. Coke here
took occasioo to complain of the little attention
which was paid to the breed of sheep and of stock
in general ; in this county the breed of sheep, he
said, were now so bad, that he knew not what to
call them, they were a sort of nondescript enthral,
that did doPeredit to the county. Mr. Coke thru
eulogized Mr. Benett fur his !slimly and persever-
ing conduct iu tile House of Commons, and con-
cluded by giving the hrulth•of that Hon. Gentle.
1111.11, which was drunk with three times three.

Mr. BENETT returned thanks, and said, he felt
highly flattered by the compliineots paid Mtn by
the noble and proceeded to vindicate the
Merino breed of sheep, which lie contended were
superior to the Southdown ; that although the
carcass was confessedly not so good as the Down,
yet the same quantity of land that would feed two
of them would feed three Merinos, uud conse-
quently there was sio loss to the breeders, to weight
of meat. Then as to the fleece. the Merino wool
would sell readily at Is. 6d. ur 2'. per lb., whilst
the Down wool would fetch no more than 1% ; anti
a single fleece of Merino, taken ut the lowest calms-
latioo, would sell for 18s. while one of the South-
down would sell for only 65., so that taking fleece
mod carcass together, the Merino was by much the
most profitable animal.

Mr. Coax void he would now give—
,' Mr. Western, the other friend of the Merinos."
'l'be country, lie *aid, wrs greatly indebted to
that Gentleman fur his exertion. in Parliament, in
endeavouring to get the Malt Tax repealed, awl'
hoped he would by his perseverance in the treat
Session succeed in that desirable object.
Mr. WESTERN's health being drank with threi
times three, that Gentleman returned thanks, and
pledged himself to bring the subject forward again
and again.—/App/.use.)—lle called upon them Is
exert their combiried interest to further so desire,.
ble an object, as the repeal of that tax, which he
contended was irl variance with the best interests ret
country; and added, " If we persevere 1 have no
doubt but we shall ultimately triumph." Mr. W.
then entered into a long defence of the Merino
breed of sheep. and corroborated the statement of
Mr. Benett, as to their superiority over the South-
down, and asserted that Mr. Coke had not given
them a fair and patient trial.
Mr. Costs now gave " Mr. Greig," who, he
said, had lately paid a visit to Quidenhain. and he
hoped Mr. Greig would favour the company with*
description of Lis Lordship's farm. " lint I believe."
(said Mr. Coke) that his Lord.hip's farm is pretty
clean, for the Noble Lord suffers the weeds to grow
to a good six; and then lie helps to pull them up
himself." —(.4 laugh.)
Mr. Greig's health being drank with three times
three, that Gentleman returned thanks, and said
that Iris Noble Friend's farm was like himself—
spotless.
Lord ALBEMARLE rose and said, it had been ob-
served to him by a military friend on his right, that
the noble host had acted the part of a trumpeter,
who took no part in the contest himself, but excited
others to it.--(A laugh.)
The health of " r.ers. Walpole" was next givers,
who Mr. Cake observed, was a neighbour of Lord
Albemarle's, and perhaps he would give the tom-
pasty some account of the system of agriculture as
pursued at Quidenham. General Walpole's health
was drank with three times three. After which lie
returned thanks, and ulso declined joining in the
raillery against the Noble Lord (Alliemsrle.)
Mr. Coin then gave the "Beath of Lord Albe-
murk," and said he load visited Quidenham himself
two years ago, rind on that occasion his Noble Friend
had put a trick upon him, by placing u man in the
middle of a wheat field, who he pretended was there
without his knowledge. in order to show what a fine
crop he bud got; but I believe (sold Mr. Coke)
that the mom wou not touch higher than a dwarf."
—1.4 loud laugh.)
Lord Albemarle's health was drank with three
times three, and after the plaudits with a hicb it

was followed had ceased, the Noble Lord (who pre-
sided at the left hand table) said'he was at a lose for
words to express the Pelisses of hie heart for the
handsome manner iu which his name had been re-
ceived. His friend, he said, well knew he might
pass a joke upon him whenever he pleased ; " but
in his attempt to palm the trick of the man in the
wheat upon one, which I believe is one of those
practised at Holkhani—(A laugh)—he has re-
minded me of au old saying, that the old woman
would never have looked for her daughter in the
oven if she had not been there before herself."—
(A loud laugh.)
" Lord Erskine."—Three limes three.
The Noble Lord returned thanks, and said, so
much esteem soil ►trong affection did he bear to
his friend, Mr. Coke, that if the Holkham estate
was as barren as it was when Lord Leicester first
came to it, still he should he his annual visitor.
" On a former visit to Holkham, twelve years ago
(said the Noble Lord), l was so ignorant of agri-
culture, that I did not know wheat from lavender;
my friend, Mr. Coke, has often rallied me for igno-
rance, and I have since become an agriculturist ;
but 1 wish to God I had remained its that igno-
rance till the present moment !—(4 laugh.)—
Our Noble Host has said, that on the present oc-
casion we may indulge a little iii politics, and
indeed general politics are now vs closely connected
with agriculture, that it is impossible to speak of
one without the other. The Agricultural Report
which lieu just been published, is a tissue of con-
tradiction and misrepresentation. It is said that
the Gentleman who drew it up is at the head of the
Woods and Forests ; I suppose, therefore, that he
wrote it in a wood, where hellos left all his readers."
—(A laugh.)—His Lordship then read two pas-
sages from the Report, which, he argued, were flat
contradictions one of the other ; in another place,
he said, it spoke of relief at some future period :
" Why, really, Gentlemen ('aid the Noble Lord)
this is like a physician telling his patient, whom be
finds in a dying state—' Your case is a desperate one,
and at some future period I should recommend you
to take a dote of physic'."—(A load lames.)—His
Lordship concluded by ridiculing the p►actice of
putting petitions fur redress of grievances into the
hands of Members whose sentiments did not accord
will) the prayers of the Petitioners.
" Lord Crewc."—Three times three.
His Lordship returned thanks.
"Sir Francis Burdett."
On the aiinouncrinent of the Hon. Baronet's
name a loud burst of applause followed.
Sir F. BURDETT returned thanks, and in an
eloquent speech noticed the usefulness and import-
uner of such meetings as the present. The mer•
caritile interest (he said) had been compared to a
pig, from whose back, if you pluck a single hair,
it will immediately squeak ; and the agricultural
interest toa sheep, winch you may sheer and fleece
to the skin without its uttering the least complaint.
He hoped, however, that the time was come when
they would learn to know their own interests and
their power, and unite their energies to prevent
uu all•graspiug and profligate Government from
ruining the country. Sir Prancis spoke in high
terms of approbation of the manly and consti-
tutional principles of the Duke of Sussex, and
said that they were the best protection to his
family and the crown. He could not agree
that the Agricultural Report was a delusion,
fur, in his opinion, no one in the kingdom
would be deluded by it.—(Much applause.)—
One cause of our distress was, in that Report,
stated to be our extraordinary abundance; but
what, he would ask, most be the political state of
that country that could be brought into distress by
its abundant production ? He was nut one of those
who looked at the state of the country with feelings
of despondency; the watch-word of our ancestors
wusat Liberty and Property ; let that be our watch-
word—let the landed interest exert their energies,
and imitate the industry and zeal of Mr. Flume in
the late Session of Parliament, and he trusted there
would still be found spirit enough in the country
to extricate it from its present difficulties.—( Loud
applause.)
" Mr. Hume"—three time three.
Mr. HUME expressed his thanks for the honour
done him, and said that his exertions in the coun-
try'. cause had been much overrated by his friends.
He complained of the apathy of the agricultural
interest, and said that the means of relieving their
distress was within their own power; and that un-
less they ceased to give patronage to the Govern-
ment, who wasted their mones• its useless sinecures
and places, and an expensive standing army, their
burdens would never be removed. The landed in-
terest must look to themselves, and not suffer
a Minister In talk to them of granting them a boon,
when -a trilling horse tax was repealed : if such
language had been used to our ancestors, they
would not hive borne it, and would have considered
it derogatory to the character of Englishmen. He
was not one who looked at the stale of the country
with any alarm, but thought it would yet
rise triumphant from its difficulties. Mr. Hume
concluded a long speech by expressing the gratifi-
cation he had in his visit to Holkham.

" The Bishop of Norwich"—three hisses three.

The Key. G. GLOVER briefly returned thanks
on behalf of Ins Lordship.
The then rose from table and repaired
to the elieep-house, where some Southdowth were
offered, but no sales were effected.
(To ha cooduded is oar leoxl.)

PRICE OF LEATHER.
Butts, 50 to belbs. each 18.1 to 21.1 per lb.
Ditto, 56 to 86 lbs. each 24.1 to 24d
Dressing Hides
Fine Coach Hides .. lB.l to 194.1
Crop Hidts 35 to 40 lbs. fur cutting 18,1 to 17 id
Ditto 45 to 50Iba 18.1 to 19 i
Calf Skins 30 to 401bs ..24d to 30d
Ditto 50 to 701bs 30.1 to 384
Ditto 70 to 8016 s .. •.. 28.1 to 304
Small Seals (Greenland) 17.1 to 19.1
Large ditto
Tainted Ilorse Hides 164 to ISP
Spanish Hors* Hides lB4 to 244

Carpe diem—
Be promptly wise.
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