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At Hull, Mrs. Ilannali Cojgiave, 91.— 

 Mr. Jumes Waites, broker to the undertakers 

 of the Aire and Calder naviiiatlon, 58. — Mr. 

 Cibfon, clock-maker, bi. — Mu W. Anderfon, 



ex. 



At Leeds, Mis. Barkei, wife of Mr Robeit 

 B. partner in the firm of Swaine and Co., 

 woolftaplers, and daughter of J. Philips, efq. 

 of Berwick in Elmet. — Mr. Sopcr, furgeon. — 

 Mifs Mar^' HIrft, daughter of Mr. Samuel H. 

 14. — Mr. Thomas Huggan. — Mrs. "Wright, 

 wife of Mr. W. one of the fupervifors of ex- 

 cife for the Lea<is colleftion. 



At Thorpe, near Leeds, the Rev. Mr. Met- 

 calf. 



At Bradford, John Hardy, efq. partner in 

 the houfc of Jarratt, Dawfon, and Hardy, of 

 the Levi' Cloor Iron works near that p!a.;e. ' 



LANCASHIRE. 



The Agricultural Society of the hundred of 

 Weft Derby, having for its objeft the promo- 

 tion of a general fpirit of agriculture of that 

 hundred, and being particularly defirous of en- 

 couraging the tenants and farmers within the 

 fame, have refolved, that in future there 

 ihall be a clafs of premiums which ihall be 

 given to tenants only, who are invited to at- 

 tend the general meetings of the fociety, and 

 to ftate their refpeftive claims, with which 

 the owners or proprietors of land will not in 

 future be allowed to interfere. The follow- 

 ing are the premiums for tlie prefcnt year 

 which are appropriated to- this purpofe :— 

 J. To tlie tenant who fhall have his farm in 

 the beft general ftate of cultivation, and in 

 the neateft and moft exadl order as to fences, 

 drains, farm-yard, cleanlinefs from weeds, 

 &c., a filver cup, value 7 guine.ii.— 2. To 

 the tenant who ihall have his farm in the 

 next beft ftate of cultivation and ordur, a fil- 

 vcr cup, value .5 guineas.— 3. To the tenant 

 who (liail lay down the greateft quantity of 

 land, not being lefs than twelve acres, for 

 palture, in the beft manner, and cleaneft from 

 vceds, and fowed with white clover or graf?- 

 fceds, a filver cup, value 5 guineas.— 4. To 

 the tenant who fhall raife on his farm the 

 greatefi; quantity of good manure, ariilng from 

 the famiing-ftocli, and fh:tll therewith cover 

 the greateft number of acres in proportion to 

 his firm, a filver cup, value 5 guineas.— 

 5- To t!ie tengnt who fhall, ]n the moil ef- 

 feftual and judicious niaiwicr, lay a quantity 

 of pcat-eatxh, with a fuliicient mixture of 

 iime, potalh,, foapers' wafte, dunir, dung-v/a- 

 ter, &c., on not Icfs than ten acres of land, a 

 filver cup, value five g;ilncas — - o. To the 

 t<?nant whofliall improve tiie g-.edteft quanti- 

 ty of land, notufually overflowed in time of 

 flood, i.'y throv.'ing water over it in the moft 

 equal ar.d ull\ftual manner, tlie quantity of 

 land improved .not b»!ng lefs than ten acres, a 

 filver cup, value 7 guineas. — 7 To the te- 

 nant vi'xxo iliall mo.ft eft'eilually iir prove the 

 gieateft quintity of l.ind, not being Icis than 

 fewe acres, by picwing in any green crop, a 

 tlvcr cup, value 7 guineas.— B. To Che te- 



nant who (lull laife and confume on Ws farm 

 the beff crop of turnips, to be cleaned from 

 weeds, citiier by the drill or hoe, the quanti- 

 ty not being lefs than four acres, a filver tup, 

 value 5 guineas.— 9. To the tenant who fliall 

 raife and confume on his farm the beft crop of 

 cabbag«s in every refpedi, to he planted in 

 rows or ridges, to be k<;pt perfeftly clean, the 

 quantity not bei; g lefs than two acres,* filver 

 cup, value b guineas.— 10. To the tenant 

 who ihall raife the beft crop of drilled beans, 

 to be hoed at leaft twice, and weeded with 

 the hand, the quantity not being lefs than two 

 acies, a filvercup, value .S guineas, — 11. Ta 

 the tenant who ihall raife the beft crop of 

 dibbled beans, not lefs than four inches afun- 

 der, and to be well weeded, the quantity not 

 being lefs than two acres, a filver cup, value 

 5 guineas.—]';;. To the tenant who fhall pro- 

 duce, in the moft judicious and ett'cdtual man- 

 ner, the greateft quantity of lucerne, not be- 

 ing lefs than o;ie acre, a filver cup, value .5 

 guineas.— 13. To the tjnant who fliall raife 

 the beft crop of winter-tares, prepur.rtory to a 

 fummer crop, not being lefs than five acres, 

 a filver cup, value 5 guineas.— 14. To the 

 tenant who ihall drain the greateft quantity of 

 ground, not being lefs than twelve acres, in 

 the molt approved and eft'eftual method, » fil- 

 ver cup, value 7 guineas. — 13. To tl>e psrfoi* 

 who ftiall drain, in the moft eftuiSual man- 

 ner, with ftone or brick, the greateft quantity 

 of land, not being lefs than five acres, a fii • 

 ver cup, vahi« 5 guineas. —16 To the pe»-- 

 foil who iliaM dr.iiii tlie greateft quantity o* 

 land with fods, turf, or wood, in the moft ef- 

 feftual manner, not being lefs than tvvelvt 

 acres, a filver cup, value 5 guineas.— 17. To 

 the tenant v-ho ihall marl, in the moft ap- 

 proved, and judicious manner, the greateft 

 number of acres of moor, mofs, or heath, not 

 lefs than fifteen acres, a filver cup, value 7 

 guineas. — 13. Tu the tenant and occupier of 

 any farm, whs, in proportion to its fize, and 

 the ufiuil number of draught-horfes worked on 

 in it, fl'iall employ in his huibsndry bufinefs 

 the greateft number of fingle-horfe carts, of 

 the moft apprcwed conftruflion for Ihength, 

 lightnefs, and cheapnefs, a filver cup, value 

 five guineas. 



It gives us much pleafure to hear that 

 there is fuch an inftitiition as the Liverpool 

 Annuitant Society, an inftitution which pro- 

 mifes confiderable advantages not only to its- 

 members, but to the community at large, the 

 principles of whicii are fo liberal, that they 

 need only to be known to meet more general 

 encourajjement. Prior to this eftablifhrnsnt 

 there was none in this town that provided for 

 defolate widows except the Marine Society, 

 and from which landfmen are excluded j but 

 now the man of opulence, as well as the me- 

 chanic, has an ojiportunity of making a mo- 

 derate oroviuon againft probable want, and of 

 rendering in fome degree comfortable under 

 the frowns of fortune thofe for whom he has- 

 thc higheft regard, U is a fin^jular, and pro- 

 bably 



