The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-21 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUKE.OF BEDFORD's .AGRICULTURAL TOUR.
BALLINASLOE, OCT. ,8.--Yesterday, as soon- as
the Judges of .the Show --Stock had finished their
investigation, his' Grace, attended_by. thoSe Gentle-
men; took a minute view of the Cattle, &c. to
which the premiums were about to be adjudged,
and pointed out, with great accuracy, those ptints
of superibr merit. The Judges for iNeat Cattle were,
the Rev. H. 8.. DUDLEY, R. ScuLLY,.and G. Ito-
rittisoN, Esqrs. For Sheep, ROBERT ST. GEORGE;
THOS. _CHAPMAN, and ROBERT DEXTER, Esqrs.
For Hases, .OTWAY • TOLrE, Ross, MAHON, and:
JAMES LEWIS, Es9rs. For Swine; the Earl of
MEATH, .OWEN WYNNE, and RICHARD LLOYD,
Esqrs. And for Wool, JOHN FENNELL, Esq.—The
Duke honoured the Farming Society with-sills com-
pany at dinner again that clay. After the KING- and
RoYAL FAMILY were drank, the President gave
" The Duke of .BEDFORD, and Prosperity.' to Ire-
land ;" on which his Grace arose,
,and addressed the
Society in a short
.energetic speech, which was as
eloquently delivered as the terms of it were happily
conceived. He said, that " his name ;having been
"'united in 'so distinguished a manner by their Right
Honourable President, ,and so handsomely se-
"ceivcd by them, he could, not content him-
" self withll Siledtackumvledgmen't of this mark of
" respect from au Institution which he was dis-
" posed by inclination as well as duty to prote6t
" and,stipport. The'e;nample of the Soveleigu, as
"- the Patron of... Agriculture, was too illustrion not
excite the warmest emulation- in him,, to whom-
" had been delegated the ,G4ernMent of this,
Co,lntry. 2.‘g-ricultUre.was the parent source of in
"' dhstry, from which emanated all
,'tine commercial'
advantages of our prosperous Empire."—n Grace-
" concluded his dignified harangue (which it is
" hoped will' meet • the public eye in its Cor-
rea and impressive state) by recommending to the
Society a steady perseverance in . the great ob-
jeas of theif National Institution, &c.--
The fixed attention of so numerous, and respeta-
able an. auditory thronghout the doliVery, and the
universal, but decorous plaudits which succeeded
on its close, plainly demonstrated the beneficial
effeet of this judicious Address. His. Grace then
proposed to the Chair as a Toast, " Prosperity to the:
Farming Society or Ireland."—The President then,
declared the Adjudicalion of the Society's PrizeS
(these will be given correaly in a future Paper).—
The DUKE staid till the whole business was closed,
and then retired amidst the fervent -acclamations of
those whom he had so highly gratified and honoured.
This day being the Cattle Fair on the Green, his
Grace inspeded it at an early hour. on horseback,
accompanied by. Lord CLANCARTY, and two or three
other Gentlemen. He much admired the prime
heifers .of Mr. STAFFORD, and those of Mr. FAR-
RELL. The general run of the-beast's were in high
condition, but the prices were nearly 31. in 201.
lower than those of the last year. The Fair was very
largely supplied, consisting of 1105 head of cattle,
only 4,843 of which were sold. At four o'clock
the Priie Cattle were filed out of the Area Yard of
the Farming Society, with their gold-letter ribbands,
carrying with them an interesting and emulative
badge of e,:stindtion to their various distria.s. This
afternoon his Grace and Suite left Garbally for
Woodlawn, the Seat 'of, Lord.ASHDOWN, where Mr.
FOSTER, and a seleEt Party, are invited to meet hitn
at dinner.

CASTLEBAR, OCT. t 1.--On Thursday evening his
Grace the Lord Lieutenant and suite arrived at West=
port•house,, the magnificent seat of the.- Marquis
of Setoo, on the N. W. coast of this Island. The
DUKE was here met by the Right Hon: J. FOSTER,
and a sgle& parry of Agriculturists. His Grace was
early on hor,seback. yesterday morning, viewing the
numerous stock of 'his Noble Host, and his exten-
sive, farming improvements ; he was particularly
struck with the skilful arrangement of the Spacious
farm-yard, the thrashing mill,sand various other ma-
chinery ; the whole of which are admirably eon-
:trived 'to be wrought with the greatest facility, by
water. Westport-House and demesne- could riot fail-
to 'excite great admiration.
The house- is built of a kind of iron-grey marble,
and extends in front 130 feet 3 it is situate pn a
rising ground, within a rich and beautiful vale,
whose surrounding hills are skirted' by woodS richly
clothed, a fine river running along the tale from
the eastward, near the house, and discharging itself
westward into the spacious Bay -of Clew, which is
decorated. with. no less than 400 small islands, the
whole terminated and protected (at a distance of 20
miles from the hohse) by the huge rnqiantairious
:island of Clare from the rage of the Atlantic Ocean.
Among the numerous curiosities of this place, may
be classed the extraordinary Irish wolf-doers, a race
peculiar to the island, and now exclusively in the„
possession of the Marquis of SLIGO. These were
brought into the great lair, and much admired.
His Lordship's famous Bull; Brown Jack, this
day arrivedfrom Ballinasloe, deCorated with his rib=
bands as winner of the Gold Medal, and underwent
a third inspeelion from the Duke.
,A lamentable
accident happened here a few days before, •by amP.,
ther bull'Of;his- Lordship killing his keeper. His •
Grace received advice here, that the cattle and sheep.
which he had presented to the Farming Society;
we're safely. arrived ' from 'Woburn .at the Pheetrix
• Park. The Duke and suite left Westport House
soon after six this morning, on their route to Hasle-,
wood,..the seat cf-Owstsr W
NNE, Esq. where they
will remain until Monday, and then proceed to
s'arnham,House, the seat of Earl FARNHAM, and re•
turn to the Phecnix Park early in the, next week... 7—
Thus will terminate a new and raidonal Tour by a.
Viceroy of Ireland, in' which self gratification has
been but a secondary objea,
The'Duke of BEDvoip'), well judging that a prac-
tical knoWledge 'of 'the rural economy of States is
essential' in those who are delegated to rule t them,'
embraced the earliest opportunity of visiting and
`inspecting the demeine's and cattle, &c. of thOse,
Noblemen and Gentlemen, in various Counties; to'
whom the Country is' principally indebted-for its.
progress .in agritultural 'improvement. It may be
thrtunate for Ireland that his Grace is so well qua-
lified to proseente this interesting inquiry, by being,
enabled to decide on the reports of others as a prac.:.
• tical Agriculturist hiniself. Frbm so'sound a measure

of public polity, great personal popularity migl,t be
expe..aed to flow. Never were the patriotic mutives
of a Statesman more approved or aPplanded. Every
Gentleman who had-the hOndur to sit down with,
and hear him; in the rooms of the Farming Society
at,Ballinasloe,. has returned to his distriet• with a
just appreciation of his Grace's talents and inten-
tions. It .was no easy matter for a Vice-roy to deport
himself through so familiar 'an intercouttse with those
he governs ; :yet it was admirably etiei-Avd on the
present occasion, as he cordially rose higher in public
estimation, by unbending with so dignified a grace.