Star.
London, England, 1816-07-10 00:00:00

following is a list of some of the Noblemen and Gen-
demen who were visitors at the house
The Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Albemarle,
the Marquis of Tavistock, Eirl Nugent, Lord Lyne-
doch, the High Sheriff (S.. T. Southwell, Esq.)
Hon. General Walpole, Hon. General Fitzroy, Hon.
General William Fitzroy, Sir George Stye, Sir
Benjamin Hobhouse, Sir W. W. Wynn, :.sir James
E. Smith, Admiral Lu kin, Sec. &c. &c.
The whole of the party then proceeded to the
sheep-pens, to inspect the different, lots exhibited for
prizes ; amongst which, a pen ofksouthdown wether
hoggsts from Mr. Overman's, of Burnham, parti.
cularly attracted attention. There were eight pens
of ten each, besides ten rams.
After the judges had inspected the several lots, the
party rode to Mr. Bloomfield's, of ‘Varham, to see
the different specimens of meadow land, formed by
what Mr. B. calls inoculation, but which term should
be changed to eratiolantatioa, for it is neither more
nor less than transplanting turf from old meadow to
the spot intended to be laid to grass. The sods are
laid by women, and rammed down with a proper in-
strument, and afterwards rolled with a heavy roller.
With respect to the spot frdm which the sods are
taken, in the course of a year it will hardly be visible
that any part of it has been taken away. Mr. B. has
tpecimens of transplanting performed at various
times, the verdure of the oldest of which (three years)
is beautiful; and so completely satisfactory as to the
reselt of the marbare, that no one, on the strictest
examination, could possibly distinguish it from an
old piece of grass land. The expense is heavy.
After viewing Mr. Bloomfield's fine far:n, and
examining his beautiful dairy of Devon cows, Mr.
Coke and his guests, who by this time forme! a con-
siderable cavalcade, rode to his new barn, where a
numerous show of Devon oxen were exhibiting for
prizes, and were justly admired as specimens of the
improvement which has taken place in the breed of
this useful and beautiful stock of cattle.

The party next returned to the house, and boon
after three o'clock sat down to dinner, in number
about 200, when after the cloth was removed, and
some of the customary toasts drank, Mr. Coke pro-
posed the health of the High Sheriff, with three
times three, who returned thanks in an appropriate
speech.
Breeding In all its branches."

" Sir Joseph Banks."
" Prosperity to the Norfolk Agricultural Society, and its
worthy Si.tretary, Mr. St Jol.n Priest."
" Ihe independent Yeomanry of the County of Norfolk."
Mr. Coke observed, that as their time was short,
and they had much to get through, he should club
together several good friends to farming; and gave
" Lord Bradford, Lord Dundas, Sir John Sinclair,
Mr. Brand, Mr. Western, and Mr. Curwen." Mr.
Coke then gave in succession, " Lord Wodehonse
and the house of Kimberley"=" Admiral Lukiit"..".
" Lord Lyaedoch, and prosperity to Scotl.tod"
" Sir W. W. Wynn and the Principality of Wales."
Lord Lynedoch then proposed "the health of Mr.
Coke," which was drank with the usual enthusiasm

Mr. Coke after returning thanks, gave the health
of a noble young friend near The Marquis.
of Tavistuck and the House of• Russell," which WAS
drank with three times three.

The Duke of Bedford" was the next toast; and
here Mr. Coke begged leave to ask the Noble Duke
to state the reasons which had induced him to part
with his Devon cattle ? The Noble Duke begaa with
expressing the sincere pleasure it afforded him, that
he had a son who was fond of farming, and who
seemed disposed to pay particular attention to the
Devon breed of cattle. For his part, he had tried
ahnust every breed, from the long horns of Mr.
Bakewell to the 'short horns of Mr. Culley, and the
great Glamorgan oxen. In his practice, two points
were clearly ascertained—that the only choice lay
between the Devons and the Herefords. He believed
that in the neighbourhood of London the Herefords
would pay the best : but for the plough, he thought
the Devons preferable, as being more active. His
son had decided (.n keeping the latter ; but his local
circumstances were such, that he was not able to
keep all the present stock, which was his only reason
for disposing of some of them.
" The Mayor, aLd provt.rity to the City of Norwich."
Mr. Coke wished Lord Albemarle to state the re-
sult of hi; experience of the Devon breed of cattle,
which the Noble Lord did accordingly, and expressed
it as his decided opinion, that they were superior to
any other stock.
N Sir BenjAmin liohbouse, President of the Bath and West
of England Agricultural Socirty."
Sir Benjamin paid Mr. Coke many compliments on
the admirable state of his crops, and on the useful-
ness of such an institution as the Holkham Sheep.
shearing.
Mr. Coke next alluded to the subject of the wire-
worm, and wished Lord Albemarle to give any ad-
ditional information on a subject so interesting.
Lord Albemarle hoped he could now bring proof
of what he had advanced respecting the efficacy of
oil-dust in preserving a crop, though it had operated
in a different way to what he had before stated. For
this additional light on the subject, he wee- indeloaed
to the ingenuity of 'Mr. Paul, who had made a series
of exkriments which had enabled him to decide po-
sitively, that though he had mistaken the cause of the
preservation of his turnips and wheat, the effect was
the same. The.fact was, that the wire-worm.fed on
the oil-cake rather gran the plant. He had broken
up an old lucerne and saiafoin layer, had dressed it
well with oil-dust, and it had escaped the wire-worm.
Mr. Coke observed, that he had received a letter
from “ A Norfolk Farmer," correbnating this opi-
nion of the Noble Lord; and General Walpole also
added, that be had dressed two pieces of wheat, one
with long muck, the other with oil-dust: the first was
rattacked by the wire-worm, the second not at all.

The meeting then adjourned to the sheep-pens,
where the shearers were engaged in clipping the :eve.
ral sheep intended to be shewn for premiums. The
pens were very numerous, and the quality of the
sheep, as usual, exceedingly good. Alter a pleasant
day, the company dispersed to their respective quar-
ters 'for the night.

"Geld has fallen again. The finest Portugal gold
is now at £3. 19s. per ounce; Dollars ate at 4s, and
lad. halfpenny; standard silver at ss.
The new silver coinage is going on rapidly. Near-
ly 300,000 new sixpences were coined within the last
two or three days. The new twenty-shilling pieces
are to be •called sevareigiu, and there are to be some
doelitievereigiu.