A AL 01 al ls yee vr 
: 4 1908.) 5 
m, salver, from the Agriculturists of Great 
bi itain. This elegant piece of plate weighed 
4 about 400 ounces, and was about 18 inches 
by two feet in size, its border was decorated 
% wich embossed figures, emblematical of agri- 
culture, In the centre was the Bediordarms, 
superbly engraved, with this inscription 
aa te his Grace John, Duke of Bedford, trom 
a. veh Agriculturists of Great Britain, Anno 
ini 1807.". On Wednesday morning 
company was engaged in viewing the 
dead prize Sheep, South Down Sheep, Sus- 
sex and Devon cattle; in Sheep shearing par- 
ties, and in viewing the Speedwell and Park- 
Farm crops 5 in the examinatioa of threshing 
_. mills, and various other implements of lius- 
‘bandry exhibited for the prizes; and in the 
_ > sale of South Down ewes and theaves, some 
4 pens of both sorts reaching 3/, 15s. a head.—= 
i, 
Te np 
About three o’clock, the company were again 
regaled with a plentiful dinner in the great 
hall.—After the customary toasts, the Duke 
_ called the attention 6f the company to the 
adjudication of the prize cups, &c. remarking, 
that from t e ill state of his health, his 
_ prefatory observations would'be very short. 
_ His Grace then distributed the several prizes 
_ asthey were classed. There were tem prize- 
_/ ups, and various premiums in money. The 
> premium of 30 guineas for the best account of 
‘comparative’ trials between broad cast and 
drill husbandry was adjudged to be postponed 
“after the harvest. For the premium of 
0 guineas, for irrigating the largest quanti- 
be yor land in Bediordshire, there was no pro- 
a claimant. The judges of the premium 
tered for the best newly-invented imple- 
_ Ment, stated that none had been produced 
“where mefit was so conspicuous.as to deserve 
4 the distinction a premium would confer; but 
: " fo, encourage ingenuity, they recommended 
ae division of twenty guineas among those who 
Z exhibited implements, which suggestion 
q adopted. At six o'clock, the company 
_ rode down to the Tupshouse, whiere the South 
wn Rams were let by lottery. Sir W. 
e drew thé favourite, against 24 
WY 
coos, — ice of 40 guineas for 
Ss gbe toto. Lastly, there was a sale of De- 
, fon and Hereford cows, which fetched high 
prices. And thus closed, for 1808, an in- 
aa 
iples of public Ns ~ 
| NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. © 
Married.) At Northampton, Mr. William 
_ James Ingram, to Miss Sharpe.—Mr, Benja- 
min Stevenson, to Miss Ann Wilkinson, 
a Disd.] At Corby, Mrs, Susannah Rowlatt, 
bas 
__ At Earl's Barton, G. Kemshead, gent. 
At Northampton, Mr. Thomas Bradbury, 
pf Addington, near Buckingham, 33. 
At Ecton, Mrs, Constantia Orlebar, young- 
t daughter of John O. esq. late of Kinwick- 
, Beds, - TERK. 
_ At Wadenhoe, Mr, W. C, Comfeld, 
ates : 
WNorehatn alitaene€ mbes — orfolk. 
itution founded upon the most rational . 
85 
At Blakesley, Mr. Edmund Kirby. 
At Irchester, Mr. Green Gascoyne, 21. 
’ At Daventry, Mr. Joho Watertield, son of 
Mr. W. surgeon, 21. 
At Buughton, Mrs. Frost, 
CAMERIDGESHIRE,. 
The late bishop of Worcester, many years 
fellow of Emmanuel College, has bequeathed 
to that society the sum of 2,000] stock 4 
per cent. conso’s; the one half for the aug- 
mentation of the mastership, and the other 
half to augment the stipends to the four se- 
nior fellows. 
Two of the members’ prizes, of 15 guineas 
each, are this year adjudged to Messrs. John 
Carr and George Furgess, both of Trinity 
College, middle bachelors, for their disserta- 
tions:on the fellowing subject :—-** Quanquam 
Histrionis Artem miremur, quzrendum tamea 
utrum Meres Hominum emendet magis, aa 
corrumpat Sczena ?” 
Married.| At Bly, Mr. William Martiay 
of Wilburton, to Miss Raynor. 
At Cambridge, Lieutenant Newton, of the 
10th foot, to Miss Dench, of Springfield, 
Essex. Uh 
Died.] At Wisbech, Mrs Girdlestone, wife 
of S, G. esq. and daughter of the late Samuel 
Sharpe, esq. of Brancaster, Norfolk.—Mr. Re 
Kilby, merchant, 78. ‘ 
At Cambridge, Mr. John Whitechurch, 32. _ 
—Mrs. Wicks. 
At Elm, Isle of Ely, Mr. John Dow, 59. 
At Liverington, Mrs. Swaine, relict of 
Spelman S., esq." 66. ; 
At Beaupré Hall, Mis. Townley, wife of 
the Rev. Mr. T. rector of Upwell. 
Mrs. Morgan, wife of the Rev. Dr. M. 
‘rector of Stretham, and prebendary of Ely. 
WORFOLK. 
A correspondent of the Norfolk Chronicle 
offers the following preservative against the 
insects termed by farmerss green-lice, by 
which the crops of peas have forseveral years 
been greatly injured in this county :—Vake 
a chaldron of fresh burnt lime, univad it in 
the field where itis to be used, make a floor 
and spread alternately a layer of lime anda 
layer of moist sand, or fine earth; when the 
lime is expended, round up the whole in a 
heap, and in about sixteen hours it willbe fit 
toturn over; and if the whole of the lime 
is found to be slaked, and in a fine powdered 
state, it is then proper for immediate use, 
The dressing of the crop is performed by two 
‘men,a boy,acart and horse; when the gart 
is loaded, it is moved slowly in the furrows 
always against the wind), whilst the two 
men, with corn shovels, cast the lime right 
and left, much in the same manner as they 
cast corn, observing to tale a small quantity 
in, the shovel at a time. This operation 
should only be performed garly in the morn- 
ing upon-a heavy dew, or after a gentle 
shower of rain, taking care to powder or dust 
all 
