The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-21 00:00:00

PRICES OF CORN

_ ..... .
Averpze Prim or Coro of EnKlanit and lVates, hy the
Quarter of EixttilVinchester Bushels, mid of thttitieal prr
140Ibs. avoirdupois; front the returns received in Ilir
week culled the sth of lkireniber, IRIS.
Wheat. • Rye. 1 Barley. Oats.
s. et 1. If. s. 11. a. If.
01 3 61 4 I 65 4 36 3

Beans. Pease. Oatmeal. Peer or Big§
a. ff. a. d. T. d. s. rl.
74 9 72 10 I 341 7

AGRICULTURE.

THE BATH AND N'En" OF ENGLAND SOCIETY.

The Annual Sleetinc of the Bath and West nt Ragland
Society was held on 'Monday and Tinadiy. fink ON
the former slay Sir T. B. Letlihrske .1 The !erre.
simndenee with. Sir Blrtjamin Hohhoo..e, the me, and 1/itil
the Marquis of loansdoon, the yew President, was read, LA
thanks voted to the latter In his polite aceeptaime of the
office.

By th• Minutes of the Foseiets Meetinz of lilwt•brr, k
appeared that the slumber of Subscribers Weer M% 6'614
which deducting those its arrear, left 450 semi. Snifter4ers.
Afts• r the eel r, poe.l. 1. re 4lf v.srious rosstrilmiuns, •
great deal or diseuistutt took plate rstaptcling Slimes some
of the rotes.
After el,tm,r, Nir lloaaainar. addrrw.ed lit, ~.alpesty Pt&
the subject ~f the Alaimo of the llccupil r: of Land. lie
hoped thgt the Petition w,.uhl um he itV the So-
ciety; if it were brought forwattl it woottl rite,' with itts
most decided opposittur ; ns hr could not rnicur ;n a men-
tars, which, hawser It might be rnlc•lnled to proms), his
own personal interests, sought for relief to the arric..l urist
at the expense of the oilier eincres of society
A sunder tit (+station was made by Mr. Spout/vs, vest
was recsivett wish applause._

A piece aptate, value SOIL en presented to Dr. Wilkiii.
son, for his services.

Tuesday being the day ue which the President signified
hi■ locution of 'skiers the Chair, the room wise CTl.Ordra wt
an early period. It bad been previously arrameell, that
T. B. Irthbridge and J. C. Ilippisley, Bats. Antl
Vice-Presidents, should ititrodure the Noble Martini; to lite
Chair: and a more numerous and highly rrsprrilble
blase of persons bad never been witnessed; touting trirsire
sere—

The Duke of Somerset. Marquis of Rash, Earl Mel.
Lords Ass&laud Arum&ll sad Foisharria • she Menthes-Is

fur Sualirselobire, W. W. P. Limit, E. M.P. for Wilt..
C. Manilas, Esq. M.P. for Berko, G. Paul, C. Well,
W. Cockburn, Baronets, and near 200 of the prim 'pal
landed proprietors of the Western Counties.
Dr. Wilkinson officiated as Hontoary Secretary. The
Noble Marquis, on his arrival, was accordingly inducted to
the Chair.

Sir T. H. Lierttuatoor., ea Chairman of the adjourned
Heetiog, addressed the Noble Hatpin,. and nt thud him
that the Society had elected him wianiniolialy to till the
Chair of their President. Sir Thomas said he felt iu common
with those gook/nem, who then heard him, the vast advais.
Sage which would accrue to the Society, if, Epee the 1:sto,.1) Ted
resignation of Sir Benjamin Hobbit's", our late Presideni,
they could Bad an individual high to rook, eminent in Is.
lent, and illeUlllls for both public and private 'icicle,
upon whom they could call for the fuliliceut of ilium,
which of necessity are attached to the Chair. Hnw wrwly
the Society have chosen, and how fortuuate they ore, chat
their otter was accepted by Lis Lordship, lie sired rut sto ;
hut must add, that if any individual aIISWVIN so the
thin given of those rt quisites which our President alio& I
. .

possess, that individual is his Lordship. And he ei,graill.
Isted the Society and the country at holm that be
the satisfaction of seeing him in that chair, and Iv.• honed
the Society will be long, long benefited by liss Lwidship's
presiding veer them.
Upon which the Marquis of Unit:Hawn rose, and spoke
nearly as follows:
" Messrs. Vice-Presidents and Gentlemen-4t is with (ed-
ifice' of considerable embarrassment I rise to *elision leilre tits
very littering Ill4lllter is which the Hun. Bort. your late Cita; r-
man, has notified to me the honour you have dune me in
electing me, and in the very handsome mode by which that
election his taken place, to the vision Presidency of sossr
Society. I certainly feel all possible obligation to my Huss.
Friend, as well ar to you, the able filen& and supporters of
this highly respretable Inuilutiou, for the worm, the

Rent rCCt.Pt ton Wail shit:li I terse been honoured ibis day. I
perfectly accord with what Iv,, fallen from the Hun. Baronet,
in regard to the high benef..ts which the country at acre has
derived from the deliberat. ..ns and t he active operatioes of this
I omit u %on ; and I only tantent, that, a ben comp:teed to aomn
of those gentlemen w►,u have preceded me in this chair, I
msy perhaps be four d ileGrient, In regard to knowledge, in
many of those immediate points of your deliberation, which,
highly interettisp sal b A,elir..al to the country as they are,
may not have &Alen so immediately snider the notice of my
usual observe'tione or research. Rut to no isdt•idasl who
has been so Piennertai is times that are past. lOU 1 yield in
the strongra wills and desire to testify my seal fur the for.
theraoce r,f all those objects and pursuits for which this Su.
tiety w *justly celebr►ted, and looked op to hush among out
own cr,untrysmas, tied men of enlightened genies to fueeigo
Clime

" To such instillation as these is to be attributed, is •
gr eat measure, that higb character which the people of this
f_voiltry have so j.iatly attained; instil lotion* formed of gels.
. ileum% from Vllviolls pins of our estewiteil empire. who,
1 from motives porel) 7tunorsty and gratuttousineet together