The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-25 00:00:00

AGRICULTURE A _VD INDUSTRY.

AT Millgrave, ,Castle, on • Tuesday 11-e 28th of
September, Lord MuLcr.AvE distributed the re-
wards of Intfusiry and Merit among his Tenants,
Cortagers, and Labourers,' which had been offered
some time before.

Premiums were given for the best greed of
cattle and sheep. Avery .handsotrie silver tankard
was given to him whose farm was in th,e best condi-
tion ; and for •the best crop. of turnip; a beautiful
silver cup. In delivering the prizes his Lordship
made suitable addresses to the different successful
candidates ; when he delivered the tankard he made
a most excellent speech on the important eharader
of the English Farmer, and the great dependance
the Nation had on his • industry and good manage-
ment. The address. was plain, impressive, , and
eloquent, and was heard with profound attention-by
the candidate and the whole audience. - • ~ •
But the most interesting part of. theproceedings
was where the cottigerS were concerned; arid the
premiums here were•also well chosen; and,-to the
candidates, of very great value. A very good cow
was given to. him who had brought up the greatest
number of children, born in wedlock, by his- own
industry, and with the least assistance from the pa-
rish, and who could at the same time produce a good
character to the 2d most deserving) a new suit of
clothes; to the 3d a fat pig, &c. 'Rewards also
were given to the cottagers who had ,their gardens
in the best condition; and the whole.was conducted
• with the greatest decoruM and attention. It is to
be remarked, that scarcely any of the candidates,
notwithstanding their numerous families,-.had ever
received. any parish allowance. This is telling
what may be done byjndustry anti stria Economy.
Few things could be better calculated. to make a
_deep and virtuous tiMpression on the mind,. than
some parts of the proceedings of
,that .. The
anxiety of the candidates, the interesting, and even
in some cases, the affeding relations they ,gave of
the state of their ; the pains 'taken by the
judges hii Lordship appointed to distribute fairly
and impartially; the delicate .attention shewn to the
candidates that were unsuccessful, and the sympathy
of tbe spectators, contributed to form a pleasing,
an instructive, and highly interesting scene.
In another point Of view such institutions become
of great national importance, by the spirit Of emu-
lation they create, and the encouragement they give
to-the different branches of agriculture and firming,
on. which the wealth, the strength, and the very
existence of the country depend.
And if such attention to.cottagers and the labour-
ing.part of the community could become general, it
would be the best means to beget industry and good
management ; it would nourish also that pride of in.
dependance so necessary in the- present state of so-
-
ciety.
.The business of the day concluded with giving all
the candidates, both farmers and cottagersi an hospi-
table dinner as the Castle, and his Lordship dined
along with his tenants. A. great profuSion of vic-
tuals was served up at the house of his Steward, to
such of his tenants as were not candidates.

COALS BY RE-rAIL.,-4-litherto the public atten-
tion has been dircded only to the wholesale dealer,
while the retailer of this useful article has escaped
unnoticed. The reason is obvious, the frauds of the
latter being confined to . a description of people,.
whose poverty and wretched condition deny them
the means,.of redress, and. consequently screen the
depredafor from that punishment his.injustice me_
omits. The retailer not only raise; the price of his
bushel as he pleases, but, what is worse, refuses.
to give the Measure-he is paid for,. and cribs from
the peck or bushel of his needy customers a. pro-
portion which enhances the. price to nearly double
the real value of the article. .Such persons, how-
ever, should remember that they ad at. their peril,
and it is no small consolation to the poor to be
informed, that the Legislature has pioyjded them
.with ample redress . if they .will .embrace it.
By an Ad of the 16th of CHARLES 11. the Lord
I\layor of London, and all Justices of the Peace, are
empowered to set the rates for retailing coals ; and
should the retailers refuse, to sell according. to such
rate, they triay authorize, a Constable to enter the
Retailer's Shop, and make sale of all the Coals
therein, at the Rates appointed. And, by an Ad,
passed in the gth year of the Reign of Queen ANNE,
ttecailers of Coals are obliged to keep Measures
edged with iron, sealed and snimped,, either at
Guildhall, or the Exchequer office; Westminster ;
and are "liable, on proot bring established of their
using other kind of measures, to the penalty of
501."—And the Servants offending in like man-
ner, maybe sent. to. the House of CorreCtion for
a month, and not less than. fourteen iJays. The
Purchaser too, if. he thinks proper, may insist
upon the measure being shook, when the Coals are
placed therein,. and it is at the Seller's peril to
refuse.

Some days since, as some men were digging in a
Barrow, or Tumulus, near Stonehenge, 4ander the
diredion of several Wiltshire Gentlemen, they
found an an:ique urn, of an extraordinary figure.
It was somewhat in texture like what is called stone
ware, unglazed, and very rudely sliaped, being
nearly circular, hut, compressed on one side -(pro.
bably by the
.weight of the. earth.) It was orna.
mented round the upper. rim with a border of con.-
cave impressions made by the thumb, arid •seyeral
similar embossed ridges went from the top to the
bottom. It contained human bones burnt, 'and is
supposed to have been the urn of a EritiShKing,
and to have been deposited there near lobo years
before Caesar's time. And on' opening a Barrow,
we believe called Upton Great Barrow, a cisti or
concave aperture, or cell, was discovered at the .
distance of i x feet below the surface," cut in the
native chalk very neatly, and containing- burnt
bones, .beads of amber and blue and white•glass,
&C. The man that opened the latter expeded to:
find a treasure, .but when he found nothing-of the
kind, he sea: for a Gentleman, (Kr. CONNINcroN
of Theysbury) skilled in antiquity, who now has it
in his possession; as also-the urn Mentioned-above.