The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-16 00:00:00

FRENCH AGRICULTURE. ,

THE new warfare which the French threaten to
wage with this Nation, and which we hope will
long continue to the exclusion of all other hostility,
is now to be prosecuted with extraordinary vigour,
if we may believe an article published by the Agri-
cultural Society of the Seine.
The Reporter, after enlarging,on the advantages
which the -Society hopes to derive from Peace, ob-
serves that the first and most important benefit they\
have to state, is the introduaion into France of a
new flock of a thousand Spanili sheep, of a beau.:
tiful fleece, which have been distributed in diffe-
rent parts of the Republic. On this he calculates
for the improvement of their wool in a very con-
siderable degree. - The Society ex-Reft to be re-
inforced with another supply of four thousand of
the same animals. On the subject of horses they
state, that they have excluded English horses, which
served to degrade the breed, a statement which,
we believe,- will not obtain " general credit, and
now rely on their own Norman species. But the
.point to which our attention is naturally most im-
mediately direaed, is the woollen trade, and on
this subje& we extra& the following passage..
" We may also consider ;he prize of 60,000
livres given by the Minister of the Interior for
the spinning of woollen's. The means of perfection
which these prizes will afford, must have a great
effect upon the fabrication, bOth with respect
to
its quantity and quality. Already many absurd
prejudices have been dissipated:
" We are recovered from; he notion that. the
Merinas wool degenerates in our climate. These
prejudices, and others .which it is unnecessary to
mention, very much prevented purcil:lses of this
kind of wool. The Society being willing to ap-
preciate the truth,. of these assertions, dearrnined
to purchase the wool themselves at•Rambouillet, and
to have it fabvicated_by workmen upon whose zeal
and integrity they could depend. This measure
will produce two immediate advantages, for it will
raise the price of this wool, and will leave no
doubt (after the fabrication-of this. wool) upon the
identity of the wool brought from Spain with that
belonging to animals of the same description in
France. Another good effea has been produced by
'the experiments tried at Rambouillet. It has fur-
nished the means of obtaining very long and fine
fleeces, by leaving them two or three years upon,
the animal, -and this wool being;,manni.adured, pro-
duced fine kerseymeres, -superior to those of Eng-
land."
The Agricultural Society of. Paris has also offered
prizes for improving the construction of Ploughs,
which have been brought to such perfedion in Eng.
land, but which are there extremely defeftive. Citi-
zen F. NEUFCH ATE AU, in a Report which he made
-loin a Committee of which he was President; gave
a detailed history of the Plough, and of the diffe-
rent modifications it had undergone in different
Countries.
Another plan which is to be put, in.execution, is
that of establishing Experimental Farms in different
-parts of the Republic.
A memorial published by M.I3awfII•TiERGAARD,
upon the subjet of dividing Lands into small par-
cels has occupied the attention of the Society ; and
; they are of opinion, for many reasons—among
others, the great destruction it causes to instru-
ments of husbandry, the great fatigue-it occasions
to cattle, and the numerous law-suits it gives rise
to—that it is very injurious to Agriculture.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. N.

The Town Plate of 501.. for 3 yr olds, 7st. 411). 4 yr olds,
Bst. 41b. 5 yr olds, Bst. rill). 6 yr olds, 9st. 'lb. and aged,
" 9st. 41b. -Two middle, Miles of B. C.
Id Clermont's b. h. by Meteor, 5 yrs old - "
Mr: Prince's bl. f. sister to Parisot, 3 yrs old - 2
Mr. Heathcote's b. c. Ambn, 4.yrs old , -
Mr. Goodisson's r. c. by Pumpkin, 4 yrs old - 3
4
Mr. Frogley's br. f. by 'Projector, 3 vrs old - ".
5 to 4 agst Ld Clermont's b. h. ; 6 to 4 agst Mr. Heath-,
cote's b. c.

The Second Year of the Renewal of the 045.10bcr Oatiand's
• Stake:;. 11. M.

A Subscription of dogs. each, Togs. ft. by,Horses of all ages,
z yrs 61d excepted.
D. of Grafton'srenelope, 3 yrs old, 7st. 41b.
Mr. Watson's Striver, 3 yrs old, 6st. 71b.
Mr. Howorth's Chippenham, s yrs old, Bst.
Mr. Whaley's Vivaldif s ymoldi•Sst. 51b. - -
Mr. Hoorne's ch. c. by Precipitate. 3 yrS old, 6st,-71b.
Mr. Frogley's Ploughboy, aged, 7st. zzlb.
Mr. Ladbroke's Georgians, 4 yrs old, Sst. slb.
Eleven paid forfeit

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5 to 4 agst Penelope; 3 to l agst Chippenham; 7 to 2 agst
Georgian.
Lord Stawell's Apollo, •6sr. talb. beat Sir C. Bunbury's
Froth, Bst. 41b. Two,yr old. Course, asgs.-11 to S agst
Apollo. ,
Lord Egrernont's Bobtail, 'gst. izib. bOat.Mr. Whaley's
Vivaldi, 7st. 12lb. Across the Flat, 30ogs. h. ft.-5 to 4
on Bobtail.
Mr.. F. Neale's Ilippona, Sst. 3tb. 'beat Mr. Watson's
Canterbury, .Bst. Ab. 141. loop. h.,ft.-7 to 4 agst
pona.. •

DA!;ICIr2,—The Academy for fashionable Dancin
at Coachmakers' Hall, Foster-lane, Cheapside, un-
der the diredion of Mr. Hopkins, still continues,
we find, to receive that respedable patronage it has
long merited, and where Ladies and Gentlemen,
who have never acquired this accomplishment, or
them who have not obtained the present fashionable
mode, may 1e expeditiously instrutcd in the most
private manner, in all the elegant and fashionable
Steps now in use, to qualify them for the first As-
semblies. Young Ladies and Gentlemen are also
taught every fashionable Dance, and every atten-
tion exerted to give the most elegant address : every
success is therefore due to so respeaable an Institu-
tion, which has for its objea to cultivate d'nd, im-
prove the manners of the rising generation.

Any new invention or improvement has number.
less ObStacles.to surmount, ere it overcomes popular
prejudice, and Unless the experiments made' are clear
as the Sun, and absolutely demonstrative to the
meanest ',capacity-, they are disregarded. During
the reign of King Jan's, Dr. Harvey, a physician
in London, after a struggle the most arduous, esta-
blished in 1619, beyond a doubt, and confirmed by,
experiments, .the circulation of the blood.- The..
,laurels he acquired will be handed down to latest
posterity—so also will that invention in chemistry.
and philosophy discovered under the name of AtiTi.:
.INIFETIGINEs by-- Dr. Solomon, of Liverpool,- by
which the rise of mercury in venereal, .scrophulous,
and scorbutic complaints is wholly superseded, and
has already performed such cures as- are unprece_
dented in the annals of medicine.. As a worthy,
charitable, and humane member of -society, Dr.
Solomon stands unequalled and why should he not
feel for the distresses of his fellow-creatures ?—it is
his duty, and, as his fortune sufficiently enables .him
to exercise ails of benevolence, his humanity doubt-
less points out the proper application of it. It is,
we understand, now universally known, that the
long promised enlarged edition of his, " Guide to
Health" has at length made its appear Ace, for the
rapid sale of which there cannot be the smallest
doubt entertained.

S I I P NE P'S.

POOLE., OCi. 14.

Arrived—the Dart; Williams, •;•_-:id Millie, Williams; from
Portsmotith ;' and Amity, King, twin Newcastle: -
Sailed- the Lord Nelson, Phillips, Hope, \Vooland, and
lane, Spencer, for London; Frederica, Tonurtarig, for Chris-
tiana ; Rose, Jenkins', for Swansea ; and Bacchus, Beer, for
Weymouth. • • .