The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-15 00:00:00

AGArcULTUR.E.

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-LAST Friday. th 6 Bediardshir:?
` ciety held their first Annual Mectinv, it S%van
Inn, Bedford, which Ivas atiended by, the Duke of
BEDF-O,RD, Sir GEo. CSBOR'NE, Mr. WipTuß t
and all the Principal Agriculturists of
the Conn6'-, and' numbers- froni various parts of 'the,
country. The Society' adjourned n3-'ll:fied belong-
ing to Mr.- SHARP, within about a mile of the
-town, for the purpose of being present at the, plough_
ing of the different candidates, fbr which the So-
ciety had.offered:the following Premiums :

Ten Guineas to the Bedfordshire Farmer, who
prod.uce a'plough and ream, which shall plofigh
half an acre of land in 'the-best -and che.yeq man-
ner (not less than five inches deep) within s space
of three hours and an half.
To the second best Six Guineas.
,To the third Four Guineas.
To the iburth Two Guineas.
To the Ploughman who holds the fires winning
plough, a premium Of Two Guineas.

the second One Guinea. -
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• To the third and foprth..Half-aLGuinelt . •

The Committee 'appointed for determiAing
their different Merits were, Ificc i s, PIA. of
Turvey, Mr. -PLATT, Of J.,idlhigton, and Mr.lN-
sxtprof Warden. In the course of the various
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experiments were tried for tlee mprovcment of Agri-
culture. The Society; amounting. to alibut.,.one
hundred, after Wards dined •at the Swiin Inn,. the
Duke of BEDFORD in theChair,.and.after:a•nutn--
ber toasts suitable to the. occasion, His .Grace
addresSed the Meeting, on the- subjeca3 the Society
had in view, ; after which he readl the Peport of
the Committee,: who, had allotted the., f,reinitim of
ten guktie'as to -Mr. POST 13 E of te'ciford.--Of siiP.
guineas to Mr.•POTTS of 'Eversholt.,:—Cf'f four gui:.
near to Mr. SIIA*P of Bedford, and of two g.uilleits•
to Mr. NEC US. .

Ifis Grace' then read over the next list .of., Pre-
miums, which the Society had offered, namely,
To the Lobopre; in Husbandry in ..3.2dfart,ishitei
who shall have brought up the greatest 'bf
children upon t:,e earnings by labour of himself and
family only, without parochial relief; a premium of
Five Guineas.

And,the Committee, after ev-quining the different
certificates, - allotted .the premiums. of Five Guineas
to a
_man who had brought up eight children Without
receiving parochial relief, and at proper ages had-
put them out to different trades : vne of the candi-
dates had brought u sixteen children, but unfortu-
nately had on one ocubicm received twenty,shillings
from the parish.
The next premiums offered by the Society were,

Four
ur Guineas.tO the Bedfordshire Labower in Hus_
bandry, who has worked the longcst,time in the
same place without interropt.ion.
To the second-lwo, Guineas. - '
To the third-
One
Gititie'it. . ~ .

A "Piemium of Four Guineas /o the.Betlfo' rdshire
Male Servant ,who-has continued fin- the greatest
length of timeJn farnang, se/vice,,on Lll6-same farm;
or witfi one master or mistress,
To :he second o
Ihir&OLe GUiIiCX•

The first preminni si'f. Fon'. Guineas Was adjudged
by 'the Committi.;:,. tb-a/man who had livedfo'rty7nine
years. The second of Two Guineas to it man whit.
had lived forty.two yc.s,arsl •' 'The third of One Gui_
nea to a aFin who had lived thiity-siklears in one
place. I ~ ,
'lle last Premiums oflred t-..cre-- ' ' - ' •

'three Guineas to the. Bedfordshire Female Set,_
var.t who has contiw4e'd for, the grntest length of
time. 'ph the same farm, ov'y,rith one asreffot

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To tligsecond Twc, - •
'to the third One
The.Cornmirtee,,, to thi.r.grt-_,;!t
to:r the difreifnr:e7oticates,, discoveret.fa.
wu:nah tt Piave lived firtfy,e.ars—or) orie Etrm•.:

. Co-ort.ss, LDER NES?. On Tuecxlay
afternoon,. about three o'eloelczi, died at her house in
riertford.treet, Park.lanc, -the-Countess of.l-161.-
DERN ESSC!, at the advanced. age of So.--:7--Her.Lady
ship's cohrtplairnt Was- ipeancerin the Mouth, 'which
had destaved the upper jaw,:and part oftha tongue.
The original cause of this dreadful malady f-was'a
cancer in the' left breast, which had increued to
suclg an alarming degree, as to render' athp'utation
neces.s=r;, that operation took place-alioUt ,two
years ago, since which period her,.ta_dyship ap.
parently recovered, when unhappily rr,e.disorder
again broke out in the mouth, and-ilaily increased
until -life became a burden. After experiencing
the most excruciating torture, whiCh.her,tadyship
bore with, trim Christian fortitudifi the disorder be,
'came gztal, and terminated her existence on the day
.4.)oye-,rnentiOnedi

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We ate happy in being able to state,- that
TILLtAM KIR in-, Master,of His. Majesty's Ship.
Medu'sa, who was reported to have died of his.
wounds, after the affair at Boulogne, has completely
recovered, and rejoined his Ship.
Tobago was taken by the French in 178 r, and
confirmed to them by the Peace of 1783.--In 1793
it again came into our possession by conquest, and
will now of course be restored to France by the
present Treaty. The
.report that' it Will be re-
signed. to us in liquidation of the expences 'of sup-
porting the French Prisoners, we'do not find to rest
upon any authority. ,

The supply of English Wheat yesterday at the
Corn-market, at Mark-lane., w.is rather scanty,
and the prices the same as on Monday. Foreign
had an advance of zs. to 33. Fiber and '-other ar-
ticles were at Monday's prices.
We are glad to hear that the Butchers `have.be-
gan to desist from giving such, exorbitant prices for
Cattle. Some hundreds of Sheep were driven out of
Smithfield Market on Monday, on account of the
Salesmen not being able to obtain the prices that
Were demanded-.

The Corporation of Leicester gave two roasted.
Oaten; and a quantity of ale, to the populace, on the
arrival of the new 6 of 'Peace;