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belonging to. Mr. Wood, tenant. in 
Path-head. ‘Twenty-one ploughs 
appeared on the field. ‘The day was 
, favourable. The ploughmen finished 
their respective tasks with great ex- 
pedition, and in a masterly style.— 
The work was, on the whole, so 
well executed, that the judges had 
the utmost difficulty to determine 
the prizes. ‘The society gave cach 
of the competitors a comfortable 
refreshment, and half-a-crown to 
drink. 
ploughing match are very conspicu. 
ous, as the greatest emulation now 
subsists amongst the ploughmen in 
the neighbourhood, 
Upon the motion of Mr. deputy 
Birch, at a court of common coun- 
cil, after much discussion, and seve- 
ral divisions, it was atlength carried 
by 77 agaiust 71, for a monument 
to be erected in the Guildhall of 
the city of London, to the memory ' 
of Mr. Pitt. 
8th. The court of king’s bench, 
after the judicial business was over, 
being cleared of al] but the counsel, 
the thanks of the bar to lord Ers- 
kine were moved by Mr. Daryll, (se- 
nior of the outer barristers) and se- 
conded by D. P. Coke, esq. M.P. 
The following are copies of the re- 
solutions :— 
Resolved unanimously, That the 
following address be presented to 
the right honourable lord T. Erskine, 
now lord high chancellor ; and that 
Edward Dayrell, and Daniel Parker 
Coke, esqrs. being the senior bar- 
risters of this court, do present the 
same: 
‘¢ That we cannot deny ourselves 
the satisfaciion of presenting our 
sincere congratulations-to the right 
honourable Vhomas lord Erskine, 
on his appointment to the office of 
lord high chancellor of Great Bri- 
/ 
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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
The good effects of this: 
tain, and of expressing the deep im- 
pression made upon us by. the uni- 
form kindness and attention which 
we have at all times experienced from 
him, during his long and extensive 
practice amongst us ; and we further 
beg leave toassure his lordship, that 
in retiring from us he is accompa. 
nied by our best wishes for his health 
and happiness.” 
‘The following is the reply of lord 
chancellor Kirskine to the above ads | 
dress. 
¢¢ Gentlemen, 
¢¢ T cannot express what I felt up- 
on receiving your address, and what 
I must ever feel upon the recollec- 
tion of it. 
*¢ { came originally into the pro- 
fession under great disadvantages— 
bred in military life, a total stranger 
to the whole bar, and not entitled to 
expect any favourable reception. from 
similar habits or private friendships, 
my sudden advancement into great 
business, before I could rank, in 
study or in learning, with others, 
who were my seniors also, was cal- 
culated to have produced, zz.com- 
mon minds, nothing but prejudice 
and disgust.. How, then, can I look 
back without gratitude upon the 
unparalleled liberality and kindness 
which, for seven-and-twenty years, 
I uniformly experienced among you, 
and which I feel a pride, as well as 
a duty, in acknowledging, alone en- 
abled me to surmount many painful 
difficulties, and converted what 
would otherwise have been a condi- 
tion of oppressive labour, into an 
uninterrupted enjoyment of ease and 
satisfaction. 
*¢}am happy that your partia- 
lity has given me the occasion of 
putting upon record this just tri- 
bute to the character and honour of 
the English bar, 
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