The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-03 00:00:00

STAFFORDtIirRE ACT! CULTUR A L

SOCIETY.

THE Annual Meeting of this Society was held
on Tuesday, the 27th ult. at the George Inn,
Li chfield. THomAs ANSON, Esq. M. P. President,
in the Chair. Alter viewing the different specimens
of Stock in a field adjoining the town, .the Gentle_
men adjourned to the Inn, when the Premiums were
awirded,
.ccording to the deCisions of Mr. GREEN
Mr. BURGESS,* two Leicester Gztaleinen, who
had been appointed judges.
After dinner Many loyal and appropriate Toasts
were given froth: the Chair by the President, the
principal of which were,

The King—The Prihce of Wales—Success to Agri,•:ulture—
May Success attend the wishes of the Stallindshire Agri-
cultural Society, and may it long flourish.
Here Mr. ANSON addre'Esed the Member's• of the
Society, and congrioulated them upon the increase, of
Stock exhibited at this meeting, which he had the
authority of the Judges for declaring, was much better
in point of superiority than that shewn upon any for
mer occasion.• This was a most convincing proof
that the establishinc-hr of this Institution was a

very useful one, and even in its present infant state,
had been produnive of much good. It had aned as
a stimulus to the Farmers of this County to make
considerable improvements in -the breeding Stock of
Sheep and Cattle, &c_ &c. -Mr. AxsoN then called
the attention of the meeting to the unnecessary
number of horses made use of on the Plcugh-farms
of this County.. -He strongly -recommended, and
wished to see the sarne system of Plough-Husbandry
adopted here, which was pranised with so much
success in other Counties, particularly in -Norfolk
and'Suffolk, Instead of four or five horses to a
single Plough, he was desirous of seeing only two
horses or oxen driven abreast, and with only one
man to drive the horses and direct the Plough.. He
was far from wishing to leSsen the Premiums for
another year, or to rake away from the Funds of the
Society. He therefore only begged leave to offer as
4. Premium to he given by him-seif, a Silver Cup of
the value of fifteen guineas, to any person who
(being a tenant) should, between this time and the
next Meeting, plough and prepare 1.6 r sowing the.
greatest number of Acres (not less than thirty) upon
his farm, with only two horses or oxen abreast,'
and with anilv one man to drive and direct the
same. A Ccrtifi.:ate of the work being done in a
Husband-like manner, to be produced at the nexi
Meeting, signed by two •respeetable Persons in the
Parish where the Claimant resides. This Premium
he intended to confine to the County, and to con-
tinue it for the two next yca7s-. After which he
gave—

The Plough—The Wool-Tnvie—l'he Urnp.ins—vvith Shanks
to them.

Mr. ANsoN !Ile:11)T* leave to propose a toast,
which, he was w. II a ,tired, would be received with
all that feeling and rtsiieti which it so well merit-
ed---

To the Memory pf the I 4te. rlike of DOrarft;

a name which must e:ier recall to his memorya pain.
ful reeolleaion of the friedship, with which be him-
self had been honoured by that illustrious -Noble_
man, who possessed so many excellent and amiable
qualities, both of heart and .mind, that it would be
impossible for him to -attempt to enumerate them.
He should therefore content himself with observing,
that the Noble Duke alluded to was, in his private
life, respeded and beloved by ail ranks of persons ;'
and as a public chary ter, even his greatest political
enemies (for he had .no others) united in lamenting
so great a national loss. That as a promoter of
Agriculture in its most extensive kranches, and an
encourager of every thing which could call forth
into action the ingenuity and industry of men, that
Noble Lord, stood unrivalled in this Country. As
such, it was the eager and general wish of all de-
scriptions of persons to hand down to pOsterity
some token of their respeft and'esteem for so exalt-
ed a charaBer. It had been proposed to erea a
Statue to his Memory, the expellee of which was
,to
be defrayed by a public subscription. Ife felt con.
vin,ced, that as every person present would agree
with him in considering the late Duke of BED7U.R D
as the patron of all meetings and societies for the
advancement Of Agriculture, they would also agree
with him in thinking, no time Or place so roper to
mention the subjed alluded to as the present. After
addressing himself upon this snbjed to the Farmers
and Yeomanry in partiglar, he concluded a neat
speech, delivered with much energy •and feeling,
and fifty guineas were. •instantly subscribed-by the
Society as a body ; after which the Plesident

The health of the President of the Board of Agriculture,-
Mr. Coke, of Norfolk—The present Duke of Bccifoßci
Lord Somerville—Sir Joseph Banks—Breeding in all its
Branches.

And many other convivial toasts.
Sir GEORGE PIGO,T, Bart, was appointed Presi_
dent, and Earl T4LBOT Vice President, for thc ne;;;,t;
year.