MR. THOMAS THORNHILL MORLAND i6i 



founders of the Royal Agricultural Society. 

 The ferment showed no sign of abatement, 

 and Mr. Morland s meet at Buscot, which had 

 been fixed for December 9th, but had been 

 postponed on account of frost, was now fixed 

 for the end of the month. Whereupon Lord 

 Gifford fixed a meet of his hounds for the same 

 time and place. Mr. Pusey thereupon laid an 

 information before the magistrates at Faring- 

 don, whereupon Lord Radnor and the Rev. 

 Mr. Cleaver, J. P., issued a warrant to arrest 

 Lord Gifford. The warrant was put into the 

 hands of a constable named Darby to execute. 

 Darby proceeded to his Lordship's residence 

 at Cirencester on December 29th, and sent the 

 warrant upstairs to his Lordship, who came 

 down and asked how it was it had not come 

 before, as he had expected it. He then en- 

 quired when he was to go, and was told that 

 he was to appear at Faringdon that day at 

 three o'clock. He then said he would like to 

 see Lord Bathurst, and was allowed by Darby 

 to go for that purpose. The constable told 

 him he had better be provided with two gentle- 

 men as sureties. Lord Gifford returned at 

 one o'clock, accompanied by Mr. Cripps and 

 Captain Jones, and they all left Cirencester in 

 a carriage, the constable being on the box. 

 Darby on the road pointed out Buscot, when 

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