The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-17 00:00:00

THE FARMING SOCIETY OF IREIAND

AYE added to. their List. of Premiums for the
11 ensuing Ycar :

FOR ESSAYS.

To the Author of the best -Essay on NE AT CATTLE,
describing accurately those Shapes and Properties-which con-
tribute most to their utility. Likewise deseribing particu-
larly the several valuable Breeds in the United Kingdom, and
their peculiar Qualities ; how far eathlexcells Form,
Hardiness, early Maturity, propensity'ao Fatten, quality of
Flesh and Hide, lightness of Offal; fitness for Labour, for
the Market, the Provision Trade, and for the Dairy ; with a
View` of the comparative advantages of Large and Small
Cattle and with such other Observations, illustrative of
the subject in general, as may occur to the Writer, ONE
HUNDRED GUINEAS.
For the-Second best, FIFTY GUINEAS.
'l'o the Author of the best Essay on SHEEP, describing
accurately those Shapes and Properties which contribute
most to their Utility. Likewise describing the several valu-
able Breeds in Atte United Kingdom, particularly the New
Leicester and South Down Breeds, and 'their peculiar Qua-
lities; how far each excells in Form, Hardiness, early Ala-
twit y, propensity to Fatten,. quantity. and quality of
and Wool, and lightness ofOttal ; with a general Dissertatam
on the comparative value of combing and clothing Wool ; (u
the various purposes. to which each sort is applicable; on the.
practice and policy of Wood-stapling ; and on the best mode.
of improving the. quantity and quality of the Fleece,' without
injury to the Carcass, ONE HUNDRED GUINEA":,.
For the SeLond best, r I FTY GUINEAS.
CONDITIONS.

I. That each Essay shall be sent, sealed, addressed to the
Secretary of the Farming Society, Dublin, without a name,
but with a Mark or Motto, and accompanied' with a Sealed
Letter, distinguished by the same Mark or Motto, 'contatnillg
0t4,-.Nxiuv nor
be opened unless a Prize shall be adjudged to the correspond.
ing Essay. .
I. That the Premiums arc to be claimed before the ist
of !anuary, 1804, and to be adjudged before the astla March
"lot owing.
111. That the Essays to which Premiums shall be ad.
judged shall be the property of the Society ; but that the
respeCtive Authors 61101 be at liberty to publish them on
their ownaccount, provided they print them in such manner
as the Society shall approve, and furnish the Society with
290 copies, gratis.
The Society reserve to themselVes the power of withholding
any Premium where sufficient merit does not appear.
Any successful Candidate may have an equivalent in Plate,
inscribed by the Society, in lieu of the Gold Medal, or any
other Premium.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD 1W AUCTION,
By Messrs. HODSKINSON and Co.
At Garraway's Coffee. house, Change-alley, London, on
Monday the 7th day of February, :1803, in Six Lots,
THE MANOR of PAINSWICK, a truly_
rabic Freehold Estate, consisting of Capital .Manor
Parm,and nearly'One ThousamtditkrenrCopyholds, Within
the Tithings of Sheepscombe,,- Edge, Spixnhedt and §pr9ud
End, extending over several Thousand Acres of .Landcwith
Fines, Chief Rents, Quit Items,. and Heriot,s..:
The Manor Farm House, with requisite OfliCei,
on a healthy spot, commanding extensive Views of t w beau-
Will Vale of Painswicit, lying exceedingly compact, in the
centre of 330 Acreg of rich -Arable, Pasture, and Meadow
Land, with two improvable and valuable Streinis of Water
running through, and uniting in the same, very convenient
for erecting Mills, with excellent Falls of Water, of from is
to a Feet, and might be very advantageously used for the
Manutattory carrying on in the neiFhbourhood,
And also five several Parcels of Woodland, part inclosed,
well stocked with Betch, Oak, and Ash Trees, lying within
the Manor, containing 381 Acres, the whole of the estimated
value of nearly 8001. Fer annum.' . .
Mr. William Baylis,. of Painswick, will sheW the: Pre-
roiscs, of whom printed particulars may be 443 of Messrs.
Dunn, Solicitors, Lincoln's Inn t and of Messrs. Hodskin.
son and Co. Surveyors, Arundel-street, Strand, London,
where a Plait of the Estate may he seen.

II 0 0 I,:S and S TAT ION AR Y at Reduced P fces for Cash
MR. STOCKDALE takes the liberty to inform
the Public, that Parliament having granted relief to
Booksellers, ,by diminishing the Duty oft Paper, he has
therefore resolved to reduce many of his Pi-ices, of which he
has subjoined a Specimen. lie likewise particularly- wishes
to call the attention of the Public to -his Stationary, as he
has now on Sale the very finest Writing Paper at ts-. per
Quire plain, or is. ad. gilt, much superior to what was lately
sold at Sixteen and Eighteen-pence.
. Reduced Former
Price. Price.'
Grose's Antiquities of England. and ,C. s. d.
Wales, 8 vols. 4to. 699 Plates 12 12 0 17 to
The same in eight large vols. Svo: to to 0 13 to •
Vancouver's Voyage round the World,
6 vols. livo. 19 Plates 2 tz, 6 3 3 0
Aikin's Manchester and its Environs,
73 Maps and Views - 2 12 6 3 3 e
Barlow's &sop's:Fables, a vols. large
Bvo. tII Plates - 2 20, 2
_l2 6
Chauchard's Maps of Germany, Italy,
&c. 3o Sheets, half hound, with a

descriptive Volume, containing 27 •
Maps and Plans. royal 4to. 6 6 o 8 8 0
A few Copies of the early Impressions may be yet had, price
3ZI. 12S.
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TilE EMPIRE OF GERMANY, divided into
DE PARTMEN TS, under the PRE F ECTORSHIP
of the El. ECTOR O F ** * *, Translated trout the
rench,

By WILLIAM COBBETT.
. To which will be added,
The Translation rby the same), Of a Memoir, written by
the Autitor ot theabove Pamphlet, ON THE SITUATION
OF THE
:CONTINENT, POLITICAL AND MILI-
TARY.
Printed for. E. Harding, No: IS, Pall Mall.
*** The Public are respectly informed, that this is the
Important Work which has lately excited so much alarm in
the Consular Government, and drawn forth the Invectives
ot, its 0 iiieial Paper. The Interesting Memoir on the Si-
tuation of the Continent will not be found in my .other
Translation of this Work.