The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-29 00:00:00

POLICE.

Morstow-HonsE.--Yesterday a Pawnbroker, in
Fleeet-street, was summoned before the LORD
noroa, on a charge of detaining stolen property
in hip possession. From the el:Cc-knee of the pro-
setutar it appeared, that he took' a female to his
apartments on a certain evening, about, two
months ;ago, but the Lady, seemingly more atten-
tive to her own interest than his entertainment,
got out of the house early, and witheut
ledge, but not till she had robbed him of Various
articles of jewellery, to the rplue of 20/, ano-
nymous letter was afterwards sent him, stating
where the articles were to be found, when he ac;
eordingly called upon the Pawnbroker to restore
therm-: This wr.s, however, refused, until the
prosectita• should give all the information in his
power reipecting the person whom he suspected
to,,have stolen-theth. The prosecutor for a 'con-
sider:able time•hesitated to give the. LAiy's 'name,
but being pressed to it •by the Lord Mayor. he
Said her name was Mary Green. The farther
consideration of the busies was postpone:f to this
day, when it is expected Miss Green_will-be found
to attend. . • •

GttiLbnALt.—Yesterday a ypung man was taken
to, Guildhall on a charge of riding violently over
a bricklayr's labourer, carrying :a hod\full .of
mortar, in Newgnte-street. It appeared that the
youth in custody had
:endangered tne lives of se-
renal persons; by 'galloping a grey mare, govern.-
able only by a halter, violently through the streets.
The man with' the hod was looCked down and
sorely bruised, but had no bones broken. The
Sitting Magistratti (Sir John Anderson). having
leff the Office when the charge was brought: in, the
Offender was reinanded till this day. _
Umos HALL-..---Edward Collins was charged by
Mr. Carnage, of the Kent Road, with attempting
to steal hiS watch on Thursday morning last.—
Carnakl-e stared, that, as he was mating his
way through the crowd which was coiiected at
the ihiTh. of Vauxhall Gardens, on Thursday

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ing,'— hb'telt sonic one pull at his ‘vatci an,i; p.it--
.
lu
tin;; his liulr.!.down immediately, be found 0,%
chain, which he had previously put. inside hi,;l:c,',,
hanging down on the outside. The pr;soner ,v ?s.
hear him at the titrie,,and, he had no •douht, %u_
theVerson who had attempted to draw his 4-ateu.
lie was ordered to find bail. •

John Robinson was also charged by Mr. FloOd,
on suspicion of having stolen his watch, chain,
and seals, whilst in the Gardens, on Thursday
morning, Ile was committed for reexamination.

-JohnSmith was brought up by Goff, under the
Bum-boat Act, charged with having in bis posses-
sion thiity 6pper-bults, of which he could give
no accoculit:'kle was fined 40s. and costs.

A youtvvornan, of most interesting counte-
nance. ,tditi demeanour, and apparently. not more
than seventeen yearS of age, but who had before
been obliged to make a similar somplaint to a
Magistrate, agaiicappeared before Mr. Evance,
to claim his protection againt the brUtality of her
husband, who did not appear to be burthened with
many more years than herself, and to whom she:
had been united but a short time. The worthy
Magistrate, after animadverting lii terMS of suit-
able severity, on the baseness and cowardice of
the 'defendant's conduct; in his thus ill-treating a
female, and one whom• it was his bounden duty
to protect, ordered him to enter. into securities
to keep the peace towards his wife for two years.

AUG. 25.—0 n Monday morning last,
as 'Pierce. O'Brien Butler, Esq. of Dunbovne
Castle; and his family, consisting of Mrs. Butler,
and their‘twodanghters, were proceeding on their
way from iyqi-thgr to Michaelstown, on the road
to MallOw.;aMr.-Butler, who was foremostin a
dog-cart with Miss Butler; was stopped, within
two hundred yards of Tincurry-gate, and within
sight of four or five cabins, (some of whose in-
habitants were looking on at the transaction) by
dsingle footpad, armed with a blunderbuss, who
demanded his 'money. Mr. Butler, perreiving
from the fellow's manner that he was no veteran
:tithe business, parlied with him to gain
which was the only advantage he could expect,
as he
.was not armed ; whenthe fellow called out
to a colleague to come forward, and, on Mr.
Butler'slonkinrtonud,; he itnmediately saw the
second freebooter on the ditch, armed also with
a-short blunderbuss on the rest, and levelled at
his (Mr. B.'s) 'person. Mr. Butler then gave the
first assailant his watch; with which he thought
to satisfy him ; and the ruffian looked and eKa-
mined it, during which his coinraL saying some-
thing to him, he threw back the watch, and re-
solved that he Would not be fobbed off in- that
Manner, swore vehementiy. that he 'would lodge
the'contents -of the blunderbuss in Mr. Butler's
body, unless he instantly gave up 'his' rooney.—
Mr. Butler, however, escaped by giving up
eight guinea notes, which he had that morn-
ing received in change at Caller, and which he
'had loose in one of his waistcoat pockets ; very
luckily for himself, as he
.had dextrously con-
trived, while the robber was examining his watch,
to slip his pocket-book, containing nearly 300/.
irf notes, 'under the cushion of the seat.

We understand that wheat fell at Wakefield
market:On Friday 12:,, a load, and it was expected.
to have fallen Jas. but that some Gentlemen with-
drew their corn on account of some little bustle
which took place, but which ended without any
other conBequenCel.

At Horneustle fair, the supply of horses was
very large, and inconsequence of the attendance of
considerable nnalber of buyers, a grant clearance
was made. - High prices were generally obt..;led
for horses of a superior kind, but inferior ones
were hardly saleable.
Melancholy accident. —On Monday morning
last, aiatalacCident occurred at Poldier mine, is
the' nci,s,hl3ourhoocl of Gwennap. One of the
Agents, Cept,, Robert Williams, having- occasion
to go under ground, called on a poor man of the
name of Pascoe, who was at that time at work
in the mine whilst .conversation, they stood
on a quantity of attic, or loose stud, of no value,
that was supported by sortie tinibe'r, which giving
way, they were "precipitated into the water at the
bottom of .;the 'mine, •above forty fathoms front
where they
.stood, and as the q4antit,4 of stud'
which fell with them is very great, the bodies
cannot be got '&t without considerable expense
Two persons who were near the spot had a very
1.1 •1 %. n. •

NEW: SOUTH WALES.

RIB,;

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« [Continued from o,lf ltaTler of Yestt>rdiiy.]
Though the ri'ligioas f,cling in, the colony ap-
pears to have been WCak, latterly the erection of ,
places of worsuip, and the establishment of clergy-,
men, have not been neglected. Churches 'have
been built at Sydney and Paramatta.,
,and at
llawkesbnry the--se performed) was peffored in hOuses_
approprhy.ed to that purpose ;. and to-,each of
these - districts •clergymen have been appointed,
With a suitictent provision from Government. In
Covernor Hunter's time, ,the„attendance of the
convicts was enforced at church! This compul-
sion appears to have been neglected-during the
government of Admiral' Bligh ; though during the
hours of Divine Service all loitering was fornid-
-den in the town ,of Sydney. No restraint,is im-
posed on those professing a different religion, apd
Roman Catholic clergymen have been allowed to
perform the rites of their church ; registers of
baptisms, marriages, and. burials, are regularly
kept, and many schools hate been 'established.
The. Orphan Female School, supported-by port
duties and fines, has flourished almost from the
first settlement of the colony, and a- Male Orphan
School; on a similar plan, has lately been esta-
blished ;' several private- schools.' are also open,
and the education of youth appears by no means
to be neglected, though the want of proper mas-
ters has been much felt at different periods. ,
Your 'Committee have been. thus particular in
detailing the regula4ons, and the natural and
commercial ndvant.ages of the settlement, because
they strongly feel that its improvement in wealth,
-and the Means of properly employing and reform-
ing the convicts, are essential to the progress of
each other ; if the prosperity of the colony be
checked by unwholesome, restrictions, the exer7
tions and industry of the convicts cannot ..be.aal-
v:lntageonsly ,called into action during their.ser-
vitu,le, and but little inducement wig be held
out to them to becOme settlers after their eman-,
cination. They will now proceed, to detkil the
manner in Which the transportation of the con-
victs is conducted,' and what are. their govern-
molt anti treatment within the colony.
When the hulks are fall up to their: establish-
ment, and the eonvi•led offenders in the different
, counties are. beginning to acr,amlate, a.vessel is
taken up for the purpose of conveying a part of
them to New South Wales: A selection is in the
first instance made of all the male eonvicts.under
the age of 50, who are sentenced to transporta-
tion for life, and for 14 years , and the 'number is
filled up with such from amongst those sentenced
to transportation for 7 years,-as are the most pn-
ruly, in the hulks, or_ are convicted of the most
atrocious crimes ; with respect to female convicts,
it has been custoinary to send, without any ex-
ception, all whose state of health will admit
of it, and *hose age does not exceed forty-five

years.
The Irish- convicts have generally been 'f.ent
-wit} selftptinn than thcviefrom England ; and
this has arisen froin the want of hulks, and other

means of confining and employing them, which
are here often substituted for transportation ;
bat as this' is a subject, now under arrangement,
and occupying much of the attention of the Irish
Government, your Committee forbear making any
observations upon it. I ,
The evidence of Mr. M`Leay ,distinctly and sa-
tisfactorily. explains the inannetin„ which they are
transported. An order is received from the Trea-
sury at the Transport Office', to take up vessels for
New South Wales. They are advertised, for, and
the lowest tender accepted, Clothing and provi-
sions for the support of the convicts during the
_voyage, and nine months afterwards, are sent from
the Victualling Office, and medicines are furnished
from Apothecaries Flail. An account of the stores'
allowed for 100 male or female convicts, is to be
found.. in the Appendix. • The owner of the vessel
provides a surgeon, who undergoes an examina-
tion at Surgeon's Halland the Transport Office. He
is instructed to kepi a diary, not only of theillness
on board, but of the number of convicts admitted
on deck ; of the scraping the deck, cleaning the
births, and general treatment of the transports.
The sick aie to be visited twice a day, the healthy
once. He is ordered to
,take the greatest precau-
„
ten against, infection, and to fumigate the clothes
of those taken to the hospital. He has not only
power to use medicines, but also the stores, if
. any sick be in 'want of greater nourishment. He
is further instructed to transmit to the Secretary
Of State auy observations which may occur to hiM
productive of improvement• in the mode of treat-
_ inent, and he is paid a gratuity of 105.6 d. for every
convict landed in New South Wales.. The instruc-
tions to the master arc eanally satisfactory. Ile is
to be particularly cautious to receive-no diseased
...person on hoard during the voyage ; a..proportion
; of the prisoners is daily to be admitted upon deck,
and the births of all cleaned and aired ; end these
things arc to be noted in the log-book, which is
afterwards submitted to the Governor of New
- South Wales ; and if the conduct of the master
appears to have been satisfactory, he receives a
gratuity of 50/...1f the contrary should turn out to'
be the case, a power of mulcting' him is given by
the contract, and he becomes 'liable to a prose-
cution. The ration of provision is fixed, and ap-
pears to be amply sufficient fOr the support of the
men ; about 200 men or. women arc generally em-
barked on board one ship, with a guard of 30 Men
and an officer. Such are the present regulations
fot,•,the voyage ; and however bad the treatment of
the 'convicts on board , the vessels may formerly
have been, the present system appears to your
Comthittee to he unobjectionable. The witnesses
speak of it in terms of high. commendation, par-
tcularly two of those who have been sent out as
>avicts: 00-rem& Macquarie; in his last dis-
patches, mentions the good treatment of the pri7
so-tiers:On board the two transports -last sent out ;
and a stiii stronger yroof of the improvement in
tlie ;tiocl6 of ccmveyancevis, that from the year
1795 to 1801, of 3,833 convicts embarked, 385.
• died on board the transports, being nearly one in
tea ; but Since 1301, of 2398 embarked, 52 only
died on the passage, being 1 in 46. The only

further Ohl rya ion 'your have to make
on his party:,` the -,j).i,ect is one of regret, that
no arrangem,nt whatever is made fir the per-.
farniance Of Divine Service during this six mouths:
voyage ; that this, which is the heaviest part dg
their plmkinnient, is also th'e least likely to pro-
duce reformation. With the dispatcheS fr0m..(36-
vernmenta list of the convicts is generally sent,
but this list has generally been very deficient in
particularizing the offences which they haVe
been convieted,; and in distributing them upon their
arrival, the-Governor has no eine to guide hini in-
giving to them more or less adVaritageoussitnations,
according to the nature of their crimes and cha-
racters ; this is a neglect easy, and at the same
time nio'..t necessary, to be corrected. ' Upon the
arrival ofa transport; general orders are issued for
returns of the number of men- wanted, with the
land _ held in cultivation by each settler. The
trade, age, character, and capacity of the convicts,
are, as far as possible, investigated; the artificers
are in general reserved for the service of Govern-
ment, and as inanY .of the others as may be
wanted. Persons who have been in a higher si
tuation in life, have titkets of leave given to them,
by which they have liberty to provide for them-
Selves, and are exempt from all compulsory la-
bour; similar tickets are given to men unused to
active employment,•as -gold-Smiths and others ; the
remainder are distributed amongst the settlers, as
servants and labOurers. The convicts in the

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service of• Government mare divided into gangs

—every gang has an overseer, :And ,every two or
three gangs a superintendant ; these are frequently'
choSen from amongst tha;e convicts who best
conduct themselves. They work from six in the
morning till three in the afternoon, and the re-
mainder of thedaY.is allowed to them, to be spent
either in amusement or profitable labour for theta-.
Selves. They are clothed, fed; and for the most
part lodged by Government and though in the
early periods of the ColOny; iucOnvenienee and
distress may have arisen from the irregularity of
supply final this country, latterly the, food and
cloathing• have, been good; and, generally, speak-
ing, in sufficient- abundance. Should the con-
Viets misconduct 4hemsBlves at their work, the

v.- . .
superintendants hare` no power of inflicting-
any. punishment,- but are for that purpose
obliged, to Mike them before a /magistrate ; the
sitting magistrate. of the week at Sydney may
order a punishment of twenty-five lashes ; regu-
lar Bench, which . consists at least of. three, may
order as many as three hundred ; and 'in the dis-
twit parts of the colony; a single Magistrate has
the same power with the Bench 'at Sydney ; but a
heavy punii.hment is not executed without the pre-'
vious apprObation of the Governor. Another mode
of correction; and' that which your Committee
'would:recommend to be preferred, in as many
cases as possible, is to• sentence the culprit to
work a certain number 'of clays in the gaol gang :
he is here obliged to labour at some public work
in irons, from six in the morning to six 'at night,
and no hours are allowed him for profit or amuse-
ment. • -

The convicts distributed amongst the settlers,
are clothed, supported, and lodged by 'them ;
they work either by the task, or for the .same
number of hows as the Government convicts, and
when their set labour is finished; are allowed to
work on their own account. The Master has no.
power over them of corporal punishment, and. this
can. only be inflicted by the interference of a Ma-
gistrate ; if the master be a Magistrate himself, he
can order no punishment to his own serval:tr but
must have recourse to another Magistrate. If.the
, servant feels himself ill used by his master, be has
power of complaining to a Magistrate,' who will,
if the complaint be well founded, deprive the mas-
ter of his servant. It is. so much the interest of
the settlers to keep their, servants in good health,
and to attend to their conduct, that your Commit-
jee have heard , no evidence but in commendation
of their treatment, and of its effects upon their
_morals and comfort. Indeed, itis most manifest
that where two or three convicts are domiciled in
a family, removed from their former companions,
and forced into habits of industry and regularity,
the chance of reformation must be, infinitely greater
than when they are worked in gangs, living with
each other other amidst all the. indueethents to
vice which such a town as Sydney must af-
ford to them ; and such by all the evidence ap-
pears to beeffect
of this system of distribut-
ing them amongst the settlers. Nor is it to be
lost sight of, that in the service of settlers they
are likely to acquire some kpowledge of farming ;
and that if from convicts, they' become Well-be-
haved and industrious servants, a farther pos-
sibility is opened to them
.of becoming pros-
perous and respectable settlers. On these
grounds your ,Committee recommend as much
as possible "their distributionba.s servants and
'labourers to individuals ; and they have ob-
served' with much satisfaction, that. such ap,
pears to be the system:pursued at present by Go-
vernor Macquarie ; nor will such an arrangement
materially increase,the, exppise in Government,
or impede the progreSs of its works. It is to he
found in the evidence of Mr.' Commissary
Palmer, that the expense of each::corivict in the
.service of Government was abont,4o/,'a-year, and
that a free labourer at SYdney Could be hired for
70/. but that he would do nearly twice as much
• work. Mr. Campbell states the annual expense of
a convict at 301. but in the other pointheagrees
with Mr. Paliher. Soße of the benefits' of this
systeni.must be lost where too many convicts are
given to'one master, hind :in some instances forty
have 'been put under, the controul ()fa singleset-
der ; .but from the extent of some of the farms,
such a distribution appears to be unavoidable.—,
In the distribution of.femaleonviats, great abuses
have formerly prevailed; They were indiscrimi-
nately given to such of the inhabitants,as demanded
them, and were in general rather received as pros-
titutes than as servants ;. and so far from being in-
duced to reform themselves,: tie disgraceful manner
in which they were disposed of, operated as an
encouragement to general depravity of manners.
Upon the arrival of Governor Nigh, two-thirds of
the children annually.born within the:colony were
illegitimate. Marriages have latterly become more
frequent, consequently prostitution is stated to
have been less prevalent, and Governor Mac-

, .
quarie is dire.ctingliS- OPfteavdurs, under orders
from the Government here, " to keep the female
Convicts separate till they. can properly be dis-
tributed among the inhabitants;*in such man-
ner as they may best derive the advanta,res of
industry ,and-good character." " Ile ftirfher 'states-,
in his dispatch, dated* April 30, 18716,'- that
the situation of the coliiny requires that us
many male convicts as rossibie should be sent
thither, the prosperity of the country dependinv
on their numbers ; whilst, on the contrary; female
Conlicts are as great a:drawback as the others are
beneficial. To this observation your Committee
•feel they cannot accede ; they are awkre that
the, women sent out are of the,Juost Abandoned
-description, and that in' many, instances they are
likely to whet and to encourag4, the vices of the
men, whilst but a' small' proportion will make any
step towards reformation ; but yet, with all their
vices, such women as these were the mothers of a
great part \of theinhabitants now existing in the
colony, and from this stock only can a reasonable
hope be heldont of a rapid increase to the popula-
tion ; upon which increase, here as in all infant
colonies, its growing prosperity in a great measure-
depends. Let it be. .remembered too, how much
misery and vice are likely to prevail in a society in
which the women bear no proportion to the men ;
in the colony at present, the number of men,,
compared to that of the women, is as two to one ;
to this, ina:great measure, the prevalence of
stitution is reasonably to be attributed; but in-
crease -that proportion, and the temptation to
• abandoned: vices will also ,be increased, and the
hopes of establishingfeeliqs of decency and mo-
rality amongst
,the, lower • classes will be still far-
ther removed. . 4, _

[To be continued.]

STIEFVIC.D, A JG. 25.--7-It is with sorrow and
shame for the character and credit of otir.town we
must record, that on Tuesday-and Wednesday last
tuniultuons bodies of people visited the shops of the
meal-sellers, and partly by violence, and partly by
producing forged lists of the names of 'dealers,
consenting to their impositions, cOmpelled- them
to dispose of their respective stocks of flour at 3s. -
per, stone. Notwithstanding the. remonstrances
and exertions of the magistrates and the military
to prevent' the progress of this system of rapine,
withont spilling_ the blOod Of the 'offenders in the
.streets,At was so long and so successfUlly .carried
on;that incalculable quantities of flour were Obtain-
'ed after the above rate, many persbns pawning
their clothes and furniture tuproctirea scanty-sup-
ply of bread, while it was to be had §o .cheap
yet these may find it dearer thanif they had given
74, per- stone for it from their earningS; having
paited for temporary provision - with permanent
necessaries, at a :nominal price, which pthough far
below the value, they may norbeabfe to repaycto'
redeem. 4--lonesty_ is always thebest'policy ; and
no man was ever- the better in the ead•for a bad
action, : if Me mystery of Providence could' be un-
ravelled by human sagacity, and sin, as a cause,
traced to punishment as its.eifect, we are persuad,
ea that even in this world it would be found, that
every thing got by fraud or injusticei4 more dearly
purchased than at market price... Ent .not only the
poorest MT:Wires in this distrist whose families
were pining, at - home for want of food; thus feast-
ed themselves at the expence of the meal-sellers,
Others, Who assuredly were .not-under the neces-
sity of plundering their n'eighbours, likewise
availed themselves of that riot which it was their
- duty to have discountenanced and' icpressed; and
had the knavery to send to purchue flour at the
dishonestprice fixed by an enraged populace. We
do not hesitate to say that ever.; one of these has
been guilty of robbery to the amount of the aa-
.
-vantage thus basely obtained, and thq are bonnd,
in conscience to make full and inntediate restitu
tion to thOe whom they wronged.. To- these rubre
desperate and deluded wretches -wlo-were the ac-
tors in these iniquitous scenes, We:say, that they
who run with a multitude to do greatly-de-
ceive themselves when they calculate-that time guilt
which is divided among so many, is nothing ;
,such, unless they are providentially prevented; al-
ways do more than they intended when they set out
in the fUry and intoxication of the moment, corn-
..
nutting'excesses.

PLYMOUTH, ALT G, .---Mon day night the towns
of Plymouth, Plymouth-Dock, .StonehOuse,. Tor-
point, and. •Saltash, with their vicinities, were
splendidly illuminated, in consequence of the late
glorious victory near Salamanca. All the regi-
ments in garrison, the Gloucester, Cheshire, Lan-
cashire, Shropshire. Roscommon, and Somerset
Tegiments, were stationed round the lines sur-
rounding Plymouth-Dock, and at a quarter 'past
nine at night, on the firing a -rocket from theea-'
valiere.Battery, five great guns-were discharged,
as the signal for commencing firing, which' began
with the troops-on the lines.at Mount Wise, and
ended at the Western Barrier. This was repeated
three times,-/ the men standing in single filesi,and
:discharging their pieces in
.quick succession.) The
effect of this mode of fit-14g, pursued as it was
thi'ough all the obliquities ofthe works, was , sin-
gularly impressive. • After the firing had ceased,
a rocket from. thetavaliere Battery,
,gave the sig-
nal to the, soldiery to cheer, which again began at
Mount Wise, and ran round :the, lines, deepened
by the voluntary shouts .of ~the populace within
and,without the works. ...This was an intere,ting
ai4impressive moment-7a moment in which Eng-
lishmen—soldiers, or citizens, joined in
one. general peal of exultation. The illuminations,
we understand, were to be repeated.

In the month of August, 1811, the
,Queen of
tTRURIA arrived at Rome, and was put into a
convent, with her daughter ; a rigorbus prohibi-
tion. being issued against suffering herto comtuu-.
,nicate with any person whatever ; neither -was
any one suffered to approach a window of ,the.
convent. Nobody knows what. became of her
son, the King of ETatiatA, who was separated
from his •mother when she was arrested and'sent
to Rome. As soon as the .Queen was in,the• con-
vent, the French Governor of Rome went thither,
apd deprived her Majesty of her jewellery, •and
every thing of value that she had. A pension
was assigned for her subsistence.

AGRICUT TURE, &c.

FAILMING SOCIETY.

Oh the 13th iil3tant, W:l3 exhibited the first au-
nuat :Cotde 6hevv, by the ~.‘lembersol- the D
Month EArining Club. The Cattle being examined
by a ‘,lo:l:o3,it'';q: of the Club, tilt_ premiums were
a 4; u tig,tl, as follaW •

To Da';id Prio;lei Esq.:of ilieg‘o:e, for the pest three-years
old hu11.5.1. 38.
John Esq.. Clisterlill, (son of the late Mr. Brodie
of tipper Keith, ou of 'earliest and most seccessful of thi.
Scots improvers of live stoak, for the Lest two-year old quuy,
34.

of Buecleugh and Queensberry, for the best ram,

J!.

G,,,..rze Ferule, Esq. Draidwood, for the best two-year old.
filly, at. 3.,

On this occasion, notwithstanding the inauspi-
cious circumstance of its being a first attempt,
and its not having been generally known till with-
in a short time of the exhibition, a very consider- •
able number of excellent liye-stock was presented.
The judges seemed to, be particularly well pleased
with Mr. Brodie's two year old quey, which, for
handsomeness, and symmetry of form, has seldom
been equalled, and seeme:l, in the estimation of
all, decidedly tb carry off the palm, though au-
other belonging to Mr. David,. of Dalhousie
Mains was admitted to possess many estimable
properties. There was an excellent show of
rams, and that which', obtained the premium was
admitted to be one. of the handsomest which was
ever been seen in this quarter.
. There has long existed among the farmers in
the neighbourhood an unaccountable prejudice,
which seems now to he fast passing away, that
the district being more particularly adapted to the
growth of corn, it is in vain to expect it shall ever
excel in the breeding of live stock ; but this is evi.
dently fallacious. It is as easy, and nearly
_as
cheap, even in the first instance (and it will cer,-
tainly be round more profitable in the long run) to ,
breed stock. possessing t e most estimsihle pro- .
:perties, as those of an, opposite description. All
that seems to We requisite is, a little more atten-;
Lion than- is usually bestowed .in selecting and
coupling the most proper animals ; and_ we have
,
4kubt -that, untier.tke auspices .of this- I nstitu-
alike conspicudus.for its
,numbers, respecta-
bility, and public spirit, as well-as by the aid of
the .other sister establiShments in the nei,„hb(sur-
hooj,. a very great and rapid -improvement will
shortly take place in this department of rural
economy. 7, .
A model of ayreaplng machine, constructed by
a .Mr. Richardson, -was laid. before the Members,
which although imperfect in itsirresent construc-
tion, ,-yet seemed to 'afford the promise of some- .
thing better. We understand the ,Members have
t;LZ,Ted a rer.-1:4 of 500 guineas to the person ,whO
shall* be so fortunate as to succeed in this great
undrt,tirdng. 4
The Members of the Club, aftersthe.shoW, sat
down to an excellent *dinner in, the-horse of Mr-
Davidson, arid evening was' spent in that Convi-
viality and good' humour fox-which- Agriculturists
in general, and'those of this*tlktrict- in particu.r
. lar; have'been long so ;d'eserVeilly 'celebrated.---
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