The Sun.
London, England, 1809-06-16 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTI4, JUNE 14:.--53.116.1 for Portsmouth,
his Majesty's ship Imperivise.
Arrived from Torbay, and sailed intnediately, his
Majesty's ship Hero, of 74 guns, Captain NEWMA N
Gibrultar,'ol .80 guns, Captain BULL ; and the 11-
lustridus, o; 74 guns, Captain BROUGHTOg.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 1 s.—Arrived the William;
No. 84. NEWCOMnER, from Messina Oridian,
----, from Malta ; Poficy, -, from Gibraltar;
and the /ludas, -, from the Downs, for Ma-
deira.

' Sailed his Majesty's ships Ocean, Rosamond, S. par-
rowhawk, and Tyrian.
The Fanny, PROUTING, which got on shore in
Stoksbay, in . the gale on the 2d inst. is since got
otf without sustaining, any damage in her bottom;
and is again ready for sea.

WOBURN SHEEP SHEARING.

THIRD DAY..,-.-WEDNESDAY 14.

The inspe&ion of the Prize Sheep dead was the
first business this morning. The Duke of Bedford
and the Company then adjourned to the Park-farm,
and emplOyed the morning in viewing and examin-
ing the implements, tups exhibited for the prizes,
the boars, and the sheep-shearers, each of whom
had a sheep allotted to hire, to shear for the prize.
Parties rode to the Duke's several highly cultivated
farms in hand, and the fine water meadows on
Priestly and Ala!dun farms, which were universally
admired. The hospitable tables at the Abbey
.re-
eeived a still larger number of guests than on the pre-
, ceding days : atte,. which, the
,usual toasts having
gone round, the Duke bgati to award the Prizes,
conformably to the decision of the judges.
To Mr. Bithony, for the best two .shear long woolled fat
wether, a silver cup, value
To Mr. Cowley, tor the best two shear long woolled fat
wether, bred in Bedfordshire. a cup, Value five guineas.
The first premium, lor two shear short woolled tat .wethers
(a ten guinea-cup), his Grace presented to Mr. kunciman ;
and to Mr. Trevor, tor the best bred its liedlomishire, a cup,
value five guineas.
Mr. Platt obtained the premium allured for the best pen of
three lung woolled theism', a ten guinea cup ; and Mr.
Kenyon a five guinea cup, for the best bred In Bedfordshire.
For the best pen of three short woolled theaves, toed in
Bertrordshira, Mr. Trevor received a cup value ten guineas;
and Mr. 4unciman, a five guinea cup tor the second bear pen.
Mr. Bliss having pi tl.lueert the beat boar, not exceeding two.
years old, received a live guinea tup.
John Rolland obtained the first
,prize oj-five guineas, for
shearing sheep in Thu best manner; Joseph Collins the ie..
coed prize of tour guineas ; lob Arnold. the third prize of
three guineas; Thomas t.iitnel, the fourth premium of two
guineas; and one guinea to lutireTwannell, the fifth prize.
The sixth pietniunt offi:red by his Grace was for the best
and most useful newly invented.impleinent of agriculture,
so guineas ; this Mr.' C. Norton obnniirtt for his method of
constructing roofs of buildings of cast iron in lieu at timber.
His Grace also noticed. the 11)11c:hying implements
as having considerable merit :-
A cheap but eireetile chaff cutter, by Mr. firaby; a ma.
chine for grinding or bruising various substances, by 'Mr. has.
Rawlins; a chaff cutter, tit Mr. Snowden, a churn, by Mr.
Rowntree; a clover thrashing nitchine, by Mr. Winwright;
an augur, by an American Gentleman ; a model of a wind-
nnll for draining ten lands, by Mr. Beeton ;
.and a ties trap,
which detains and securesan offender without any injury, la-
vented by Mr. Salmon, Woburn. . •
The judges of the premium f.r ploughing half an acre of
land, in the best manner, awarded the silver cup to his Grace
hiinseit ; and to the ploughing, two guineas. Tire judges
report also spoke in high terins of the constrodion of a plough
belonging to 1 I.'CUrwam, F.sq. and of the .vork al per:UM/0i
alsti a plough belonging to H. li. Hoare, Esq' and another of
Mr. Potts.

• Messrs, Batellelors obtained 3o guineas, for the best 4(:*
count of trials between the drill and broad cart husnatictry.
The eight premiums were for the encotirageinent of guid
and caretul shepherds.;
To John Holland, the Duke of Bedford's shepherd, for
having reined toy lambs, from 6iB ewes, five guineas.
To john Clark, shepherd to Samuel Whitbread; Esq. 'from-
-224 CWCS, 289 IJlnh3, tour guineas.
To lohn satnuel, shepherd to Mr. Runcimaii, from 25 t
ewes, 282 lambs, three guineas.
To Mr. john Nottingliain, Lord Ougley's shepherd, reared
sso lambs from 506 ewe.., two guineas.
To Mr. Platt's shepherd, john Holland one guinea, has-
log reared 425 lambs trout 424 ewes.
The last premium, tbr irrigation, his Grace regretted WaS
nut claimed.

After the Prizes, were delivered, his Grace, in
descanting on the improving slate of the Agriculture
of the island, adverted to the observations of Sir John
Sinclair, on the clean and profitable system of farm-
ing pursued by Mr. Gregg in Hertfordshire, of
which he had the gratification of adding his own tes-
timony ; and he had the further satistaation of stat-
ing from that Gentleman, that he would gladly re-
ceive any three practical 'farmrs deputed from the
County of Bedford, and efsplain to them minutely
the course of husbandry he had so long pursued with"
success. The letting of Tups, and sale of Sheep,
and Devon and Heretord Cattle, closed the interest-
ing proceedings. of WobUrn Sheep Shearing for the
yrar 18,09.

Another Grand Expedition is preparing—every
regitnent.is ordered to make an immediate return of
its effective fOrce. The point to which (his 'eflurtis
to be directed, i, kept, as it ought to be, profoundly
secret.

TV/dye thousand more Merino Sheep are ready
to be 'shipped in Spain for this country. Eight thou-
sand ()fillets) are a present to the King, and 'four
thousand are the private property of Mr. Cochrane
Johnston, who is waiting with great anxiety at Ca-
dii for vessels, in order to ship them fur England:
American Papers to the earth ult. arrived yester-
day. The following are their principal contents
" New Yoax, MAY 19.--Captain GILL, of the
Ship Clara, arrived yesterday in this port Irons New-
Orleans ; he states, that on Tuesday last he spoke
the' Schooner Mohawk, from Norfolk for Rhode
Island, the Captain of which informed him, that
French vessel had arrived at Norfolk from Fiance,
its a short passage, with the inteltigence that: the
Emperor had rescinded all his .obnoxious decrees
against neutrals. This is news indeed, if true."
The Subscription Masquerade at the Argyle
Rooms, on Wednesday night, was attended by tour
hundred persons,

CORN EXCEIANR, JUNB 15. The supplies of
Wheat this day are again inconsiderable, the'samples
chiefly second and ordinary,. eXpetting arrivals of
Wheat and Flour from Atncrica at this Port, cause's
very few purch.tses to be made at--the pre-
sent prices'; Barley heavy sale at the late reduelion ;
White Pease full as dear 13,ans of the two kinds ,
'at this week's advance ; O its arc in middling supply.
and itt this traitti but little isriativo Viukir at last'
price a: