The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-21 00:00:00

tDlN,ntill.cilT, AtTo.l7

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On Fridy, the ithAugiist,•the competition' l'Or
premiums to encourage the improvernen.,: of, the .
L
reeds ;f black cattle and thauglit_bories, wiered
bv the Morayshire Farmer club, so()k `The
exhibition of the various classes of ,eattle; advcr-
tised for as a first essay, Was very respectable, aod..
the, judges, Who Were iron') Banif and Aberdeen
shire,.gave the
_greatest satisfactionto all present,..
by,their anxiety and, care in examining iCanktely
each individual of every claSs before pronour!cing
their decision. The shOw was,. attendeii by his,
Grace- the puke' of Gordon, the Marquis ,of
Huntly, Sir James Duff, Sir George Abei.cromby,
Sir Archibald Dunbar, Sir-James Dunbar, Balleo-
datloch; -Pitgaverry, and other prop,riAors ; by
Many respectable strangers, and by all Qui farmers
in the neighbourhood of Eigin. After the show
the club assembled at Peatey's,- and were
ho-
noured-by the company of the Doke of Gordon
Vpwards of_ 60 gentlemen sat ,down to dinner,'
Lord Huntly in the chair; and BallendAlloch,
croupier. His Lardship"gave an excellent turtle,
dressed by his own cook in the highest perfection,
and some of the finest old cheese and lii; hlimd
whisky that had ever been tasted i i the club. It
is "almost unnecessary -to say,: that, under such
auspices, the'da.-y was 'spent wioa all that hilarity,-
spirit, . and harmony, which 'eVe'r distinguish the
parties conducted by his Lorsbip..

'in the course of the evening, the Duke of Gor-
don surprised and gratified., the'llimem .exceed-
ingly, . with .a very marked memorial of his appro-
bation -.and respect for the society, by producing
an elegant silver .cup, bearing on one side this in-
scription—,“. Presented by his.,(4race the-Dilke of
Goidon to the M.Orayshire Yariner Club, ith Au-.
gust. 1812,":ami-ha6na on the other side a.very
ne.l.t engraving of
,a plough; with the motto---
" God I;pee4 ,th.e plciugh. Such acts of cOnde:-
iscension on the part of his Grace, and his gallant
Son, cannot while they stimulate the agricul-
tural body of the county to.,;ver3 thing that is re-
speaqbW in conduct as well as in profession, also
to Warm their hearts with attachment and grati-
tude to their noble patrons.

Wednesday se'ennight, heing.the day appointed
for the competition, for the premiums .offere(thy..
tlnv Kincardineshire. Agricultural_ Association, a
numerous show Of cattle and hores. took place at
Smiddymbor; near Stonehn.ven. . 'Many hundreds
of gentlemen and farmer's, and other persons iri
tereSted in the improvement of. agriculture, at--
tended,, and .Ivere highly. gratified' by 7 the, display,:
of tine'a.nimals exhibited obt the moor. After.th,e
cattle and horses had been arranged in classesto
facilitate a comparison of their several mirits, the
jtidgeS awardedlhe different premiums, for cattle
witlfthe utinOst impartiality: The premiums to
servants whohad most. meritoriously served time
lon4est tine in one plate were thedawarded.—
After the .show, the meeting . proceeded: to Make
choice of .office-.bearers; when General Burnet, of
Banchory _Lodge,, was. unanimously electO ,
dent, and George Silver, Esq. of Netherley, vice-
President, for'the ew.miu7 Fear. The Association.
dinedat Oollin's Mr. -Drummond, Vice-Presi
dent,.in the chair. In ;the evening the members*
.eparated,., tiseff pleased. to find that their exer--
thins for tlie improvement of agriculture in the
county-had been successful; am%d tb,at there was'
• every prospect of a continuation of their, efforts
producing the samf,henelicial eifects'.. .1116 next
general meeting, was: appointed to be Lela at
Lauren.cekirk, .on „Wednesday the 18th of Nro-
vember next. . .
.On Wednesday se'nnight, .as • seva,ral per.3;-;n's
were vvorking in. a. coal.-nit at Wallyford, the
roof fell in, and a man and two mromen, (one of
them his wife) had, by the fall, amongit thd.rn;
back, a leg, and two-arSuS broken, besida other-
and on -Saturday following a
,man
WTI 'killed in a pit at h:lphinston by a similar ;1c-
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'..On the morning of .StiflClOV'Se'rinight the bod
•
df a man' wag found at the-w.est ttxd of the toss of
Greenbck, .wbkb-ereated stisiiieton, that heinight
been 'murdered -3 in consequence of which (by
.ol•der..-of the Magistrates) inquiry and search. WilS'
instantly inadefand a nimilier wof people taken ttp
on:suspielons .and lodged. in juil. for examination.
itrt.yard .of. 50' guineas' is ..offered-,fOr the appre-
• hetiSiciA -of Arehibald M'Dougald, mate of the
Ti-ri:g-1-lelcn,•-(?f :Greenock ; and another whose name
-i-norknown,2 -wilco ale
.inspected of being the
ariurderers'•;:'-' . • -
":.On ThutOray.,evening- last, al chaise with ,Cotn-
Pitny-:froal halting at the Bridge of
.Earn,--thelnrses were sent down to the water to
:drink7r'bUt.. haying-:.gone .too-: fat in, One was
droWned, and the other got out With great dif-
, •,, . -
'yoiing woMan employed' at, 'Claverlkouse
H bleach-fietd, fell'into a large umler there on Tiles-
day night, and died in consequence-next:morning.
A•sturgeon was lately caught in one of the sal-
mon-nets oftheri'ver• Conan, 'and presented to. the
Right Hon..Lorcl-Seafortli,, which weighed above
2 cwt.., It measured I.o..feet'l4 inches from the
nose tOthe tip of the tait,-and nine feet" :from the
eye to thc setting on of the tail. • •
• At Newcastle-fair on Wednesday laq, there
was a good show of fat cattle, which scildat from
_Ss, to 9s. per stone, sinking offal- Also a good
sh6W Of country oxen, Which vvei:e.sold, .at rather
lower prices than Of late; kyloes were also,lower.'
A-.very tilrge show of Irish cattle,. which met.with
•dull'sale. Apod show of swine, which. sold at
reasonable prices:- There was a good show of
horses. Those. for common use sold at lower
pric.es than for 'sonic time past; good ones sold
high. , ••

One day last week, a girl with a child` in her
arms, playing on the bank of the river, in Sal-
ford, Manchester, not far from the New Bailey
Prison, unfortunately let the 'child fall into the
river. In the agony of despair Web 'ensued,
she threw herself into the water after it, in or-
der to save it. She lost her. life in the attempt,
but fhe child swas
_rescued by a person whO saw
the transaction. flerused his most strenuous en-
deavOurs to save the poor girl also, buCin Vain.

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