1506,] XVorceJler^ire — Stagordjkire— JVarw'ichJh'ire. 



579 



guineas. For a pen of the beft five two-year 

 old wethers, ten guineas. For the fecond- 

 betl pen of tlie fame, 5 guineas. For the 

 beit pen of five ewes, to be (hewn at the an- 

 nual meeting for 1*506, wliich (hall have 

 produced and reared lambs at two years old, 

 and the following year, the lambs not being 

 taken from the dams until Midfummer in 

 eacTi year, to have been fed with grafs, hay, 

 or roots, but not to have had corn, five gui- 

 •eas. For the beft ppn of the f.;me number 

 of ewes that fhall have been kept on natural 

 giafs alone, five guineas. For the beft ox 

 under three years old, the time when calved 

 being afcertained as nearly as may be, fix gui- 

 neas. For the fecond beft ditto, four guineas. 

 Far the beft ox, under four yejrs old, five 

 guineas. For the fecond-befl ditto, three 

 guineas. For the belt ox that (hall have been 

 worked from three years old oft', to fix years 

 old oft", or longer, the age being fpecificd, a 

 pretnium of eight guineas. For the fecnnd- 

 beft ditto, four guineas. For the beft cow 

 that fhall have produced not lefs than three 

 calves, and (hall be in milk at the time of 

 Ihewing, five guineas. For the fecond-beft 

 cow, three guineas. To the perfon who (hall 

 clear not lefs than two acres of land from 

 ant-hills in the beft, moft eft'e&ual, and leaft 

 expenfive manner, five guineas. The fol- 

 lowing premiums are ofi'ered tofervants. To 

 the perfon having had the care of (heep, to 

 be exhibited to the fociety, that fiiall appear 

 to have rendered the moft eft'ctlual fervice 

 to bis mafter in the capacity of (hepherri, three 

 guineas. To the man that (li^ll mik? the 

 experiment as to dung, for which a piemlum 

 fhall be obtained, one guinea. To the fer- 

 vant that (hall be employed in the working 

 of horfes and oxen in huibandry-work, on 

 which the premium oifered by this fociety 

 (hall be awarded, two guineas. The com- 

 inittee was re'.|u;fted to call a meeting of gra- 

 tters, to confider of the expediency of hold- 

 ing a wool-meeting at Leicefter in July, 

 >8c6. 



M.irtied] At Shecp(head, Mr. William 

 Barker, butcher, to Mifs Lucy Alti 



At Leicefter, Mr. Wildboar, graziei, of 

 Billefdon, to Mifs R. Bell.— Mr. Joleph 

 Jones, of Nottingham, to Mil's Higginfon. 



At Swithland, Mr. Henry Thornton, of 

 Cfopfton, to Mrs. Cooper. 



JJicd.] At Market Harborough, Mrs. 

 Harroa, printer and bookfcUer. 



At Loughborough, Mr. Cradock, yS. 



At Sheepihcad, Mr. John Garrett, farmer 

 and grazier. 



At Lutttrwofth, Mr. James Ntale, auc- 

 tioneer. 



WORCESTKRS PlIR E. 



{)ied.i At For(hampton, Mr. John Bayer, 



At Coney Green, near Stamport, of a can- 

 cer v/itli which fiie had been affiitled upv/dtds 

 p( ZQ years, M:». Ututiovv, 65. 



At Red Wood, near Tenbury, Mr. WiJ- 

 liam Adams. 



At Woicefter, Mrs, Putfer, of Powifk, 

 82. 



STAFFORDSHIRE. 



At a public meeting, held at Betley, in 

 this counfy, it was refolved, that application 

 fiiould be made to Paniarhent for an aft for 

 making a rail-way from the Chefter canal, 

 near Nantwich, to communicate with SirNi- 

 eel Eo^yer Grefley's canal, at or near Dale's 

 Pool. It is intended that from the main rail- 

 way a collateral branch (hall be formed to 

 Silverdale; a fimllar one along the weft fi:le 

 of the hill, containing the collieries "of 9rir 

 Nigel Bo'.vytr Grefley, Walter Sneyd, efq. 

 John Crewe, e(q. George Toilet, efq. and 

 Mr. Thomas Poole ; alfoone alon^ the range 

 f'f hill containing the collieries of Sir Tho- 

 mas Fletcher, Sir John Edenfor Heathcote, 

 ■Vice-Admiral Child, Thomas Kinnerfiey, efo, 

 Hugo Meynell, efq. Mr. John Wedgewood, 

 and Mr. William Burgefs, to each of which 

 branches the fcveral proprietors of collieries 

 or works before-mentioned, or others, may 

 form communications at their own expenca 

 (either by private railways or otherwife), and 

 carry along the fame branches on paying fucU 

 rates of tonnage as (hall be a'ireed upon, fo 

 as to enable the different proprietors to con- 

 vey their articles to the main r*iJway with 

 equal advantage. The fums necelVary for 

 accompli(hing this undertaking are to be 

 raifed by fubfcription, in fnarcs of fifty 

 poundj each, and no fubfcriber is to hold 

 m^re rijan fifteen ftiares. 



DieJ.] At Hough Hall, Audley, Mrs. 

 Alfager, relift of George A. gent. o!» Mai- 

 mer Enl, 70. 



At 'vVolverhampton, Mr. V/iliiam Perks, 

 52- 



At Weft Bromwich, William Hughes, 

 gent. 



At Handfworth, Mrs. Short, relift of Mr. 

 S. of Wood Green, 



At Lichfield, Mr. Thomas Bi'tler, a part- 

 ner in the houfe of Mefl'rs. Butlers' and Bee- 

 crofis, of Kirkftall Forge, near Leeds, "i'ork- 

 fliire, 69. 



Ml. John Mayne, late principal of Barr 

 academy, which he condudtcd many years, 

 with unwearied a(riduity and great fu'ccefs, 

 56. 



Lifuter.ant John Ferny hough, of the royal 

 marines. Ion of Mr. F. of 'Lichfield, i5. 

 He loft his life in endeavouring to preftrve 

 the crew of the Spanifti (liip Rayo, wrecked 

 on the i6th of Oftober, oft San Lucar, 



WARWICKSHIR E. 



A moft refpeflable meeting of the inhabit- 

 ants of Birtj.inghain took place at Stvlcs's 

 Royal hoiel, to con(ider of the moft eltcftu- 

 al means of ttfUiying tlicir gratituJe for 'he 

 biiUiant fervices performed liy the late heroic 

 Nelfon. The meeting was unanimoufly 6( 

 oiiiiion, that a monim,Siit, Itatue, or pillar, 

 (hould be crctted in that town and a luli- 

 ^ h t fcrij)lion 



