The National Register.
London, England, 1820-07-10 00:00:00

MONDAY MORNING.

This morning the company first visited Lorigheads.
and inspected toe various new agricultural implements,
with the stock in the yards. After which they rode to
Leicester Square, a farm now rented by Mr. I. Oakes,
and returned by Watt:ldea and li.gusere. At half-past
three, a large party sat down to dinner in the Statue
Gallery and the adjoining rooms. Alter the cloth was
felllOVell, Mr. Coke gave
"Constintion and King."—
" the Lord Bishop of the Diocese."—
Mr. Coxe then said, that before he gave the next
toast, which he was sure would be received with the
most sincere satisfaction by all ranks, he would say a
• few words on the object anti intention of the meeting.
His wish had been throuxhout life to see his tenants
happy and prosperous, and to immune agricidiure. lie
nail thought that Ivy a ineetina of this kind, where grit-
denten front tlitterent parts of this kingdom came, at ii
gave their opinions on subjects connected with ag,neol-
titre, much Usti 11l 1111101111.16911 111101( tie obtained.—
Soule persons, indeed, had affected to consider this meet-
ing connected with polnics; he only %visited them to
come and see if it Were so. Ills Mims were open 1111011
this occasion to all, witimut the least rcrard to Inca
political opinions. Haring said thus itaticb, he would
propose tile health of a Itoyal Duke. who was ell
known to the men of Norfolk, who was a
member id that family, which had been 111,1Celi nil 111 C
throne by the choice and the will of the people.—
(Loud cheers.) He should propose die health of ins
Itriai Highness the Duke of Sussex —(1-inid Ap-
plause.)
Tile Duke of Suss EII S,llll, 11 would Ile pres iiiii 'anon*
iu 111111 011 this occasion 11) to.th, a long speech-Ist,
hveathe lie Gantt to littlithato to learn, anti Stidly,
eatise the objeei of 'he Ilicetelig %ens let.ctilture,ol which
he knew little. lie petlectly .t.g.teto ith Mr. Coke,.
that iu this, as well hi till coat 'wok. twatittittoit,
uu
party feelings should be ottrottoced. The object here
1/111/1111ellle111-11111111.11 uuptuieiiirut. His worthy
friend had often no lied hint Lu o lutes) tilts scene, and one
more truly gratifying to him he could not have beheld.
. In the course of toe last twelve months he had thrice

visited Norfolk, and never was he more happy; never
was care more completely banished front his mind, than
when he came into th,s county. —(Applause.)
" The High Sheriff of the County."
" The Mayor, and Prosperity to the City of Norwich."
" The Town of Yarmouth—may it maintain its present
Independence."
" The Mayor, and Prosperity to the Town of Lynn."
Mr. Coke 'hen said, that he had to propose the
health of a Nobleman, whom on every account he
valued and loved. lie was also valued and loved by all
who knew him, but on this occasion he should speak
of him only as a farmer. The Noble Lord bad con-
verted a oarren heath into productive fields, and it
would scarcely be credited, except by those who hnl
seen it, I' what miserable laud he (Mr. C.) had latelv
seen the most luxuriant crops produced. He sl hi
propose the health of the Earl of Albemarle. (Shouts
of Applause.)
Lord ALNEMARLE said, it was in vain for him to
attempt to express his feelings, at the mintier in which
his health hid been received. His friend Mr. Coke
had been pleased to compliment him as a firmer, and
he belizived he !night say that his farm was worth seeing.
There never was a in which it was inure important,
to see what laud was capable of prudes ing. 'Vital, les-
son might be learnt at Holklrain, btu, without any
vanity, he might still say that Isis farm did in some
degree merit the encomium which Mr. Coke had passed
upon it. And there was no vanity in his saying so, for
however much he loved farming, the merit was chtellv
due to Mr. Colson his bailiff. The crops to which Mr
Coke had alluded might, and he hoped it would induce
some of the company to come and see it. Never was
he more happy than when his friends and neighbours
in the county would visit him, and he need not say that
those stringers who had visited Holkham, would be
most welcome to Quidenham.
Mr. Corte then proposed the health of Lord Erskine.
Be thought to no mats did the nation owe more grati-
tude than to his Noble Friend. As a farmer certainly
he had been a little mistaken. He had taken a field of
wheat for a crop of lavender—(Laughter)—and he had
been an advocate for Merino Sueep; but he hoped lie
had profited by experience, and learned at this visit to
know wheat when he saw it, and to abandon his opinion
of Merinos.

Lord basame said, that he presumed, as his friend
Mr. Coke was made an advocate for rotation in husband-
ry, he was also an advocate for rotation in toasts ; so
that after having given the health of so distinguished a
farmer as Lord Albemarle, he chose to descend to one
who did not know wheat from lavender. (A laugh.)—
But if he was not able to appreciate all Mr. Coke's ex-
cellencies as a farmer, lie could see, and could admire
what he hail done for the people in his neighbourhood.
He had set n that which was pronounced as a curse,
turned into a blessing. The first man had been placed
in the most productive soil, and what was the conse-
quence ? the devil soon tempted him to sin. And so it
had been with the idle ever since. Labour was in fact
a blessing to mankind. His friend Mr. Coke had
had charged him with mistaking wheat for lavender;
now all he could say in excuse was, that he had
never before seen wheat which had been drilled,
and as drilling made a wonderful change in a man, so
he apprehended it might in wheat. (A laugh.)
The Duke of SUSSEX proposed the health of Mr.
Coke.—(Long continued and loud applauses and cheers.)

Mr. Cost!. said that he felt most sensibly the manner
in which his health had been received. This was to
him on every account the pleasantest season of the year.
To see this meeting increase in numbers, and to witness
the appearance of gentlemen from almost every county
in the island, assured hint that some good must hase
been effected by it. This had proved a source of iii h
gratification to him, and made him hope that his jour-
ney through life had beets of some advaittap,c to his fel-
low creatures.—(Loud applauses.)--He should now
propose the health of a very and valued friend.
" Mr. Camel), the Member for Cumberland."

Mr. Co RMEN said that it was highly flattering to him
to have such a tribute of respset horn their worthy host.
There was no man whose good opinion he more desired
than that of Mr. Coke. lie believed he was one of the
of the olde-t visitors at Hulk ham. It was near s!► years
since he had first visited this spot, and it was then little
more than a rabbit warren. He need not say what it
now was—they had but to I round on every side,
and plenty and beauty adorned the face of she
earth. Sir, (said Mr. Corwen) I envy you nut
the splendour of this mansion, great and itlor;otis
as they are, but I do envy that power which you
possess of diffusing happiness and comfort around you.
The gifts of Providence are in your hands blessings, ate!
most sincerely do I wish that every great man could
come here and learn, the true value and the true eej.iy.
'mot of wealth."

" The independent Yeomanry of the Couuty."—
" Mr. Child, of Shropshire."
" 3lr. Foster, of Bedfordshire."
" The Doke of Bedford."
" ir HoNte."
" General ‘Valpole."
" Archdeacon Bathurst, and the Clergy of the Dio-
cese."

" Mr. Windham, of 11 iltshire."
" Mr.
" Alderman Fuller.'

SECOND DAY.

On Tuesday morninctl;Je tv.ls a very cons;derahle
secession of visitors, and at I I ti clock a numerous ca-
valcade of horsemen and carriages set off to visit Mr.
Coke's farm. The stock were inspected in the course of
the ride, among which we observed some beJoitifoil
specimens of the Devon Ox, and a noble Scot, bred by
Mr. Muskett of lootwood. The implements were after-
wards viewed, boot there was nothing part icoolao ly worth
notice in them. At three o'clock the (*Morin), aglin
assembled to dinner in the number of thallY, (we can-
not guess how many) hundreds. After the cloth was
removed, Mr. Coke gave