The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-07 00:00:00

SHEIV OF CATTLE AT HAMILTON.

The Noblemen and Gentlemen 'of " The Middle'
Ward of Lanarkshire Farmers' Club" having, for
the encouragement of iwprovwg the breed of -cattle,
advertised premiums to be
„given for the most‘ap-
proved draught-stallions, bulls,, milltcows, three-
year old bullocks, and two-year old queys.the Shew
took place in one of the DukeFof 1-LIIIIiitOI6 parks,
at ;,he West entry to the to rid, oil Friday the 25thday of August ; and, the dV, pitiving
,favourable,
a great cotiCourse of
,Noblemen, Gentlerrien, Far- 1
mers, and others, attended; -and• Were much grati-
fied by the exhibition of a great number of stallions
and the Other cattle produced hr competition for the
premiums. Two persons' of eXilerience, not con-
ne&ed with the Middle Ward,were taken from the
spectators, and appointed judges by the Club ; and,
from their report, after a very minute inspedion, the
prizes were adjudged as follows : For the best draught
stallion, to Peter Smellie, Camnethan. Kirk--the
next, best draught stallion, to John Sominervilt, far-
mer in Johnston :—Fer the best boll, to Lord Bell-
haven—the next best bull, to Lotd DouglaS't•-•-FOr
the best milk-cow, to David Marshall, of
Esq.—the next best milk-cow, to Mr. Marshall
For the best three-year old bullock,. to Mr. Marshall :
—For the best.:,:,..wo-ye'ar old quey, to Mr. Pend r,
of Silvertohlrill—aod the next best fwo-y6r old
quey, to Mr. Jackson, of Spittlehill.
•

SUSSEX ,IGIUCULTUR4L AgPORT,

The late fine weather has,enabled the industrious
fartners particularly those on the Downs, to house
and rick their- wheat crops, an 4. phould this week
prove favourable, very little will be left abrpad in
this county, The crop, with respect to the straw,
is certainly, speaking.of the county in general, be-
low an average; bu: it is expetted to rise .well from
the flail. Barley and Oats have also been carried in
pretty large quantities during the last week; the
crops are.in general good, particularly,of Parley.-7-
Peas are better than for two past years; and Beans
are generally well stocked throughout the country.
The late wet weather has been favourable to the lat-
ter Turnips, and the aftermaths, both of Grass and
Clover, are abundant..

On ...friday, the 25th ult. a very melancholy accir
dent happened at Loudoun Castle. As the work-
men were .emplOyed in throwing the arch of the
new bridge building there, the supports gave way,
when five men were precipitated to the glen below,
among the ruins. Matthew. M'Culloch, mason, a
fine young. wan, survived but a few hours ; two
others were severely hurt, and still continue very
ill,.having their joints dislocated in several parts, -the
other two were but slightly hurt. What makes
111`Culiocah7a fate the more lamentable is, that he
was a principal support of his parents, and this the
third accidental death they have met with in their
Eimily. Mr. Wm. Elliot, the superintending archi-
tea, had, at the same time, a narrow escape. One
of the workmen having hinted his suspicion that the
props were failing, he went below to examine
them ;, he thought they were all secure, but had
not got to the. top of. the bank, a distance bf about
fiftee❑ yards, when the whole fell down with a tre-
mendous crash.

A female of genteel appearance, has been too suc-
cessful in obtaining-access to the parlours and draw-
ing-rooms of several respectable families in different
parts of the town. The plan she has adopted is to
knock at the door with some considerable conse-
quence, and inquire if the master or mistress is at
home (with whose name and residence she appears
very familiar.) On being answered in the negative,
she affects to be extremely disappointed, and requests
as she has had a long and very fatiguing walk, that
the servant would permit her to sit down, and favour
her with a glass of • table-beer. While the servant is
gone to the cellar, she is looking for the spoil. In-
timate friendship with, or relition to the family, is
always professed, and as she is so much fatigued,
and so extremely disappointed by her friend being
out, she solicits the servants to indulge her with a
cup of tea. If, during all this time, opportunity has
not served to clear the drawers of the side-board, or
visit the lady's bed-room, which she much wishes to
do alone, it has answered her purpose to state that
the mistress (her relation) had promised to lend her
some table spoons, &c. as she was going to have
company ; and the poor unsuspv ding servant fearing
to disoblige her mistress's supposed relation, has ab-
solutely been prevailed upon to part with her mas-
ter's plate. This trick has been played off in several
families within these few weeks, and the visit has
generally been made on the Sunday afternoon, when
there is a greater probability of success.
The singular_ merits of " Nubilia in search of a
Husband," have raised it to rapid popularity.:
_a
learned and celebrated writer, in noticing this work,
says—
" The author of Nubilia has sometimes surpassed
Cre/ebs in animation, variety, and elegance.—Did
our limits permit,. we could selett a number of ex-
cellent praelical remarks on education from this vo-
lume, which would be eminently useful in the in-
struCtion of youth : they deserve the attention of
parents, guardiMis, and students of human nature.
Throughout this work there is a vigorous tone of
morality, a dignity, an elevation of good taste, and
acute discrimination on just principles of morality.
If Ccelets has passed through nine editions,. we
should have a bad opinion of public taste if Pubilia
does not pass through eight.-
‘, We have heard th►s volume attributed to the
ingenious and reverend writer who lately displayed
the Fashionable World;' but whoever may be
its author, it is unquestionably the production of an
enlightened, observing, and virtuous mind, and bears
internal evidence of talents and learning."

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