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London, England, 1809-10-18 00:00:00

lane, Cheapside, London, wholesale • linen-dmpers, at
" twelve, at Guildhall
Nov. 14. Thomas Moyle, of Newcastle-under-Lyint-,Stafford.
shire, draper, .at eleven, •at the Ro,:otick Inn,. Newcaslic-
.
under- L y me.
Nov. I I. Samuel Prockter, of Leeds, Yorkshire, oilman, at
• eleven, at the, Talbot Inn, Leeds.
Nov. 8. l-saac Hull, now or late Of Wharton, Warwickshire,
jobber, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn Pinwell, Great
Sheepy, Leicestershire. •
Feb 2. bolth Henry Selmeide-r, of. Bow-lane, London, mar_
chant, at twelve, at Guildhali. • -
1 Nov. to. Thomas Treloat•the younger, now or late of Pen-
a ryn, brewer, tt twelve, at the Red Lion Inn, Truro.
- • CERTIFICATES. •
Nov. 7. Balthazer Giotiii of Wilson-street, Moorfields,
. Middlesex,
Joseph Driver' Cock, of. Norwich, wine and liquor.tter-
i chant.
I barnes Pitchers, of Norwich, wine and liquor-merchant.
James Connotly,.of Maalelieswr, linen-merchant.
Samuel Ibberson, olLudgate-Bill, London, silk-mercer.
1: Richard Clarke, late of Stepney, Middlesex, faCtor. •
Joseph Carless, of Witicistone' Kent, ,carn-merchant.
Thomas Wetherby, of Great Saint ThOmas Apostle, Lon-
, don, wholesalc ironmonger.

BA L. LINASLOE FAIR;

EXTRACT- OF A LETTER FROM:A CORRESPONDENT AT

BALLINASLOE, OCT. 9.
Lord Clancarty opened his beautiful Park for the
reception Of sheep, on Tu)sdaV.; the: day proved
favourable, and it was a most interesting
.sight, to
view near 80,000 of those.-useful creatures, which
afford ,us food,
.light, .and raiment, scattered, in
lots, over one greets field, 'each lbt kept 'separate
from the rest by the shepherds with their crooks:
there. were sold, during the 1--or, 71,827, sheep'--«
Unsold, 1,298---Total 73)125 ; beieg near 8,000.
fewer than vt ere sold at thee-last Oetober Fair. The.
prices were soineWhat higher than l:ast jean..
There Were bullocksold, 7,723, unsold, 835,
total,- 8;558. About 400 more than last. yeaia—
The graziers had apprehended a great fall in 'horded
cattle; but some speculators came into the fair, and
it was calculated that they averaged 4 .guinea. per
head more than at the fair of
I • The Farming Society had a numerous Meeting.
! and we observed-a/ great many Noblemen and Geo-
tlernen of Fortune' among theni—Mr. Foster, Presi-
dent of the Society ; the. Marquis of Sligo; Lords
Clancarty, Rossinore, ' Clonbrook, A:anown, and
French ; Sir Thomas G. Newcomen, Sir Edward
Crofton, Sir Samuel O'Maley, Sir Hugh O'Reilly,
Right Hon. Denis Browne, Mr. French, Mr: Hans
Hamilton, Mr.. Bowes
.Daly, and several other per-
,
sons of distinajon.
The shew was the best. we have 'ever seen since
the establishment of the Society. The different Va-
rieties of horned cattle were broughtforivard in great
numbers, and there were few indifferent ones'among
them; but the,question remains-still undecided;
whether the !Ong-horned,, middle-horned, or short-
liorned cattle are' the best, The long.-horns, and
North Devons'seemed to be, in general, the favoir-
rites. - There were sever-'. good -new Leicester and
South Down sheep 5 and ourcuriosity was gi-atified
by seeing Merino ram, imported dile& from Spain;
his wool was of a supe'rior quality, and his carcase
much better than we.expe6ted.
The very high price of wool of every kind has
attracted the attention of most of our breeder's; they
see the necessity. of Covering their Leicester sheep
with heavy fleeces, of long, firer); combing wool ;
and the friends toSooth Down'sheepehating greatly-
benefited-by the price of their.clothing wool, wish
to increase its quantity, and Are preparing to try.
whether that object can be attained by a cross with
the Merino, without mater ally ieturing the carcase.
Applications, we "hear, have -been made by the So-
ciety. to Sir Joseph Banks, for -some o( the Merino
sheep, Wli-ch his Majesty has heen•graelously pleased
todistribote among his subieasl we will venture lo
say, they cannot be deposited in b6tter hands.
We aresorry to find, that the - liberal prMitlMs
offered by the Society ter- draft stallions have not ine
deced any new Candidates to start.. 'All the horses
which were shewn at this meeting, appeared
_here
at thew° last shews, The, public mind is not yet
made up as to the comparative merit of the different
breeds. The Judges were last year decidedly in la-
'ybur of the Suffolk Punch—this year ether Judges
have determined with equal deeisien in favour of the
black Leicestershire draft horses._
The Society enconrage every good breed of live
stock-e;but cautiously avoid committing themselves
in respect to the superiority of any one breed over
-another. ,The Swine were better than those exhi7
bited at any of the Society's former shews—they are
dispersing the improved breeds of this valuable aid-
' ttial through every part of Ireland. We were happy
to find several strangers, particularly EngliihMen,,
who were pleased, to approve of every part of,
~the
exhibition, and expressed their surprise at the -rep"'
larity. and eXpeditien with which so many cattle,
sheep, &c.- were arranged.
The Society dined together every flay during the
week, and the usual harmony prevailed. The health
-of our beloved Sovereign, who is approaching the
st3th year-of his reign, was drank with every ei-
piessiOn of duty and affeelion—after which Mr.
Grierson gave " God Save Great George our King,"
with the addition of several beautiful verses of his
own, and was joined in fulfchorui by the whole 50,.;
,ciety. When the memory of the Marquis of Sligo
was drank, every Member stood up, and evinced,
by silence, their sorrow and regret.
-We were sorry to see the UrmOny of the Society
interrupted-during the day, and their attention with-
drawn from the great objects of their institution, by
a canvas for the office of Secretary.
There was a general meeting of the Society on
Friday, at twelve o'clock in the afternoon, when 'a
report of the Committee was received, containing a
full and very saiisfa6tory account of the proCeediogs
of the Society for the last twelve months. A pro-
posal was made to Lord Clancarty, the proprietor of
this towse to change the wool fair to the Ist of
July. The Society then proceeded to a ballot,- for the
eledo3n of a Vice-President, in the room of the late
Marquis of Sligo ; for a Secretary; in the- room of
the late Mr. Hamilton ; and of seven new-Members
for the Committee. The ballot was not made up
till ten o'clock on Saturday night,when Mr. Wynne
was unanimously eleated Vice-President, and Mr.
Dix was ele6ted Secretary.-19-2 Members voted.

The Earl of ARRAN died on Wednesday last, in
Ireland, and is succeeded in his titles and estate's by
his eldest son, Viscount SuDLEy. The Earl was one
of the Knights of St. Patrick.