J bOj.] N'jrthatrptonjhlre—Camhrid^ejhlre — Norfolk. 



85 



<?i-ep an' cattle. The bufiners of Thurfday 

 commenced by a fecond ftiow ot Leicefter 

 tups i after which a (huw of' Hereford and 

 Devon took place. Abjiit three ibe cotii- 

 iiany re|>aited to tht Abbey, and [lariook of a 

 very txcellent dinner. After dir.nT lii;> 

 Grace ptocecHt-d to open the felled adjudica- 

 tions of the judges appointed, the fiivcr rups 

 for the diffcii-tit premiums, Cx in number, 

 hengon the table before him. The t.\\ ad- 

 j.jdicalion was that of a cup, value ten gui- 

 neas, for the beft two fhear fat wethers, and 

 anoilier cup of the fame value for the beft 

 pen of three thcavcs, bred i;i Ueafordfliire, to 

 Mt. Joliii I'. Mooie. The next aajurt.cation 

 v.ib tliHt of a cup, value five guineas, to Mr. 

 John Ciuuit, for the fccond bell (ifn of three 

 theavcs bred in Bedfordlhire j aiiJ a cup, 

 value hve guineas, to C. Wefterrj, efq- tor 

 the beft boar. Several other minor piemi- 

 unis weredifpofed of, and the meeting ttimi- 

 Dited by the letting of Leicefter tups from 

 fifteen to hfty guincai. each. The premiums 

 offered lor this jear are the fame as ttit laft. 



KORTHAMPTONSIIII'E. 



Marrlrd.] The Rev. Samuel Elefdale, 

 felluAol Lincoln College, Oxford, to Cathe- 

 rine, fecond daughter oi lue kev. Jcnkin Jen- 

 kins, of Brauiifton. 



^ir. Clapliam, furjieon, of Thorney, near 

 Petei:>(«vOugh, to Mils I'rieitley, of Buckden 

 Hur.ts. 



At Kettering, Robert Salmon, efq. of 

 Weeklcy, cap'iin of the Baugbton volun- 

 teeis, to Mif': Keep. 



At Uavcniry, Mr. Cox, artlft, to Mifs £. 

 Cooper. 



Mr. William Geary, farmer, of Ringftead, 

 to Mjfs D. Weed, of .-ila winkle. 



Diij.l At Northampton, John William 

 Wye, e(q. e'Jecf fo:i of ihe late Join W. 

 efq. About the year 1790 he was appointed 

 to the medical acpar'ir.enc of the Ealt India 

 Company on tir.: baa:bay eilabliihment, and, 

 from the hit;h opinion eritertainej by the 

 Governmen: of tini prefidency of his aoili- 

 ties, his conciliating aiaii.ners, and the know- 

 ledge he haJ acquired of the Malabar lan- 

 guijje, he was appointed one of tie judges 

 and collectors of the then newly-ceoea coun- 

 tries on that coa'v j a fituation which he 

 filled with the highest credit to himfelf and 

 fatiifaoion to his employers. A continua- 

 tion of lU health prevented his return to In- 

 dia, ana at leng^ clofcd his temporal pro- 

 (pedls. — At the fame place, Mrs. Cornfield. 



At Ncithrop, near Banbury, .Vjrs. Colby, 

 widow of Mr. G. gardener and feedfman. 



At Long tiuckby, Mrs. Cure, 61. 



At t*eterborough, Mr. Edward Sharroan, 

 ftatuary and mafon. 



CAMBRIDCESHIK t. 



The agriculturifts in this and other coun- 

 ties are profecuting with fuccefs a fyftem of 

 clearing bean lands by means of a flock of 

 ilieep, wliicb, when turned in, dcllfoy the 



weed?, without in the lead Injuring the 

 bean-, by which the heavy expence ot hoe- 

 ing li ill a great iiieafurc (.'icvcdtcd, and toe 

 laud improved. 



Married.] At Cambridge, Mr., Newton 

 Bofworth, to Mil's Catherine Haul, daughter 

 of Mr. Jol.n Paul, ironmongrr. 



Mr. Tnimbleby, of Ranucy Fen, to Mifj 

 Ann Uiuwnc, ddughcer cl Mr. John U. of 

 Earith. 



Dud.] At Fulborn, Mrs. Furbank, wife 

 of Mr. William F. 



At Willingham, Mr. John White, farmer^ 

 69.— Mr. John Graves. 



At Sutiun la the Ifie, Mr. William U^- 

 filer, 77. 



AcComberton. Mr. V/illiam Hart, 67. 

 At Cambridge, |amcs Hovrll, rfq. barrif- 

 ttr, toi'njfriy of [Jownham, Noifolk. — .Mrt. 

 Rave, wife ot IVIr Lacat R. plumber and gla- 

 zier. — Mr. Robert Colley, a travelling linen- 

 drdper, well known in this part of the king- 

 uunij 43. 



NOR ro 1. K. 

 Holkham annual (heep (hearing commenced 

 on Monday, the 24.lh of )une, and was at- 

 tended by his Grace the Duke of Bedford, 

 J.ord Willam RulTell, Larl of Winchelfea, 

 and other diltinguilhed breeders and agricultu- 

 lills. The bull:, els commenced by viewing 

 t*o drill machines at work, which depoii.ed 

 rape cake reduced 10 powder, and turnip feed, 

 in the fame linlU ; by this pUn one ton ol ripe 

 cake wi.l manure from five to fix acres. The 

 company then went to Longlands, where Mr. 

 li,iirs tour-horle, and alio a two-horfe threlh- 

 ing machine were exhibited at work; the 

 prue boars and rams examined, and che Lei- 

 celter tui.s Ihewii. At'ier dainer the company 

 returned 10 Longlands, when th.: Leicefter 

 tups were let at trom ten to liity guineas each. 

 T!/rte pens of LeicetVer ewes, five each, were 

 fold at fixteen guineas, twenty guineas, and 

 tweniy-five guineas; and thus the bufinefs of 

 the day concluded On Tuefday morning 

 an improved N'jrtolk plough, invented by Mr. 

 B,ills, ot H'jU, was (hewn at work The Rev. 

 Thom.is Crowe Munnings had previoufly exhi- 

 biied to ihe party at the Hall a very ne.it and 

 ingenious model of a dibbling machine, made 

 by a young man in the neigh3ouihood. After 

 viewing ihe clipping, the company proceeded 

 to eximine a new machine in agriculture, in- 

 vented by Mr. Burrell, of Thetlord, for mow- 

 ing corn by a horfe ; there being no rye in the 

 neighbourhood, nor any other corn lorwa:d 

 enough to give it a fair trial, it was a-reed to 

 make an experiment on fome fanfoin, wh.ch it 

 cut and laid in a row in a very compleie man- 

 ner, 10 the furprife of the numerous genilemen 

 prefent, who were perfeAly falisfied wuh it» 

 perloimance, and were of opinion that much 

 Of the laborious part of harveA may, m time, 

 be done by thefe horfe machines. Tne ptiio 

 wethers and theaves were ihen examined, .snJ 

 South-down tups (hewn. The party hiving 

 been entertained at dinner as on the Monday, 

 retired about fix to the (heep-houfes and yard, 

 whure ten pens of South-down ewes, ot ten 

 each, were fold at from tweuty to thirty-one 

 guinea* 



