The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-05-13 00:00:00

ocisrrs ANtreaL Dm. sit,

In our Paper of yesterday we were prevented
giving soy account of this dinner, by the very late
hour of seven o'clock, at whiCh it commenced on
Thursday evening, owing to the pressing hu•iues.
which previously occupied the C miller; and
the still more unusual hour of half-past eleven
o'clock, when Mr. Wafturt retired from the
Chair, amongst the first out of allout fifty peruses
who rire,e from their semis, sad the husioe,s berm
to draw to s close.

On the 1.9;19,21 soT the cloth after a very excel.
lent thanes, and some choice wine. howling been
placed llli she table, the worthy CIIAIIIMAN pee
" The King ;" and itumethstely followed it by
" The happy union of eigrielairre. Manufactnrei.
and Commerce ;" adding, by way of r xplanstiossp
that he had thus early and Conspictlously
cloyed this sentiment, from an antictitatioa of the
cords's! 1109 000000 o y which should pr.vsil asnonagst
these three important classes of she Itrisish com-
(flunky, which were, partsculisly the two former,
su ably represented by certain of the individuals who
heard him.

In these laudable expectations of the worthy
Chairman, lw and all present were most agreeably
and perfectly gratified, in the many and able
speeches wh ch followed, iu relation to the up.
poaching efforts towards legislative relief to the
commuoil Non the overwhelmoisig distress *ills
which it is, and long has been assailed. We regret
that onr room at this critical juncture of our Coon.
try's affairs will not allow us to report several of these'
speeches at length; but respecting all of which we
must 'violent ourselves by 'eying, that the speakers
on all sides handsomely disclaimed the idea of
claiming for themselves any protecting duties or
resirictioos which should soot at the seine time ex•
tenth to those other and meritorious classes to which
then had, more than in appearance, been hereto.
fore opposed, hut whale true interests they now saw
to be identified with each oilier; nor would they
claim for the class to which they belonged any ad-
vantages which did not evideutly conduce to the
good of all.
The chief novelty of • practical nature, and one
of importance it is, which these discussions 006-
doted, was the peculiar fitness of direloorig sheep
of the Merino breed, technically called Legs or
hogs, for growing a long and very fine wool, folei,o-
ed to the spin/Mita excessively tine warp thread,
woritedor pito, on the machinery which has lately
been improved and perfected, for the purpose of
iiipplying the lifEtitil of the weavers of shawls and
Bain basimat at Norwich, and even, as it is booed, en-
abling British w So rival and surpass the
French bombaeins. •This desirable change is re-
commended io be effected by abstaining frost
shear* the lambs, which has been a common prac-
tice, and. suffering the• wool to accumulate on the
tees,; Distil it acquires the requisite tenth of ;fibre,
erstaples as it is technically called.
'Wherehrit is alleged, oil the evidence affhrded
by considerable experience, that so very sopetior •
value of Wool, weight and price. pspr pound ;con-
sidered, wilt' be obtained from this first chi of
a Aferieo sheep, compared with the growth. 'ea
equal leugthi of time or length of staple on the hie
profitssheep afterwards, as to insure great fern
this.. breed of sheep, under similar circususta . es,
except as to the Itheeri.lg of lambs, to those
• iii-diey,eittad not compete without. loss ,with be
wool imported iron Spain end.Saimoy.
welter, brier', this proposal suggests, a
iveat improvement in the very imporiant article of
mutton. by stimulating the utmost efforts in the
Merino breeders, for obtaining early maturity as to
size and weight pod if mutton, which
stimulus seemed, Whir as a mutton-eating commu-
nity fiembeeri corwerniiif, to be too much welded,
while a chief excellency oT this breed was supposed
to consist in the weight and quality of fleece, justi-
fying the keeping on of the nether', or castrated
male sheep, until four. five, or more yews old ;
instead of such giving place tit two yeariold, or
three at the most, to a new race of !fp, soon ap-
proaching to them io size, as has long amid very be-
neficially been realised, with the improved new
Leicester and South-down breeds of sheep.

The health of " Sir Joseph Rooks, the venerable President
of the Society," was the third toast ; followed, after the deli-
veries of the several pieces of plate to the satecessful candi-
dates, b 0 Messrs. Palms's and Sinith"—" Jobs Fine,
Esq."—" Cboistoplier T. Tower, Etq."—" Thomas Heaty,
Esq." and " Charles C. ‘Vestern, Esq."

Mr. Westersi was un this occasion complimented
by the unanimous voice of the whole company, in
hiving at this show produced, first alive and then
dead, the most valtutble sheep, No. 3, wool cud
mutton coliodrred, which had perhaps ever been
shewn in Loudon, or in any other market of the
kingdom.
Messrs. Joahna Stead, Taylor, sad %Vordsivorth,
John Ford, and Lord Dundas, is returning dislike
to the company for this mark of attention, elicited
from them a great part of the interesting and va-
luabl? speeches to which we bow already alluded,
as well as others from the Judges. The provincial
dialect and homely plainness of Mr. Richard Ni-
cholls, and particniarly so the Yorkshire brogue of
•Mr. Joshua Stead, excited the utmost wisibilny of
the company—yet so delicately applied, as to ac-
knowledge at the lime time the steilirig sense and
practical usefullieas of Mr. S.'a several harangues, '
particularly that rind; applied to the toast, 4. Lord
C—le—gb," viz, as to the poor condition of his
Mrrinos.
The tristrit proceeded with—
• • • - •

" The Joilara.of Cloth, Memo. W. C. Thome., Arlan
Miller, and George Woollei."—" Of Ow %Leer, Meßm. J.
Tharp, if. &Mil, J. Wools, anJ J. liairkina."—" Of the
Wool, W. H. Thomas, W. Howley, and J. Hawkios."—" Of
the Ya►ns W. Buseley, K. larcleulla, and W. Fryer."

Mr. Bennett'. ltralth was felleered by an able
and admirable speech, to the r rivet before-uirm.
fumed.

It was nest stated from the Chair, that out of
2501. doe to Mr. Thomas for plate, 105/. had been
subscribed by.those few Members of time Corium,.
tee who had been present in the afternoosi, and
little doubt existed thin all the remsiniltr *mild
soon be subscribed of this ootstandiog elelibt ; be•
sides this, we had the great pleasure of hearing
that all the illustrious Alembers who had offered
and given premiums at this She,. and were presents
were ready and desirous of continuing the same
nest year. node, improved conditions of nth/eater
and sbeerios.