90 
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The Pnnce ** The *^ueen 
and Royal Family.” " Sir Joseph Banks.” 
Good Grazing.” His Grace then rose, and 
observed, that, tvo years ago, Thomas Greg,- 
esQ. of Coies, in Hertfordshire, (whom he 
had now the pleasure to sec present,) had 
patriotically offered the nianagcrnent en his 
farm hi the notice and inspection of Bedford¬ 
shire farmers, and that, at his (the Duke's) 
request, John Higgins, Thomas Wilson,‘and 
John Foster, had undertaken this examina¬ 
tion; and their report, after repeated visits, 
on the rorel practices of Mr. Greg, having 
•ppeared deserving of it, had been printed, 
and would now be distributed to the company. 
His Grace concluded by saying, that his own 
repeated visits to I\!r. Greg’s farm, enabled 
him to confirm, in eVery particular, tiierrint- 
rd repor-t; and that, therefore, he should pro¬ 
pose the health of that gentleman, Mr. 
Greg.” Mr. G reg, in reply, complimented 
his Grace on the able selection which had 
been made, of the experienced men, who, 
dispassionately, examined his faem. The 
union of Commerce and Agriculture.” Mr. 
Coke, of Norfolk.” ** The President of the 
Board of Agriculture.” Sir John Sinclair 
rose in consequence, and said, that, proud as 
he was in being noticed by his noble friend 
and the company present, he could rot refrain 
from congratulating them on the soirit of the 
country for improvement, evinced by no less 
than one hundred and eightv-nine acts tor iu- 
closures of parishes having been brought be¬ 
fore parli.'iment in this session. When, turn¬ 
ing to L<jrd Erskine, wtio sat next him, he 
observed, that his noble fr'rend must make 
haMe a.'id resume rtie seals, if he expected to 
reap any of the remaining benefits to the 
Chancellor from passing such acts: and con¬ 
cluded a very neat speech bv giving, May 
a Common become a very uncommon Specta¬ 
cle in England.” His Grace then gave, 
“ Lord Erskine who, after thanking tlie 
company, expressed his satisfaction at hearing 
of the va.st number of inclosure bills, and 
his regret that they did not come a li tie 
sooner j not because lie wished to share the 
fees, heartily wishing that this, and all im- 
pedim-nts to improvement, were done away. 
-On Tuesaay morning such of 
the company, at Woburn, as arc members of 
the Smitbfield Club, assembled at his Grace’s 
public breakfast j and, afierwards, held a 
r eetin<£ in an adjoining room., his Grace, tlie 
President, in the chair. The chief business 
consisted in electing several new members 
of the club. The company then repaired to 
the stables adjoining the abbey, where the 
wrther.s, shown for the prizes offered by his 
Grace, were inspected in their wool, and 
again a»'ter being shorn. A boar, under ten 
months old, of the Suffolk kind, belonging 
to the Karl of Upper Ossory, w^s shown for 
the prize. JMr. Runciman and Mr. Platt, 
showed boars. ivlr.. Mooie and Mr. 
b;is.hel, aUo nhowed pigs of extra stock, Ihg 
prixe long wcollcd theavei, were also m- 
spected, belonging to Mr. Binpon, Mr.FIatt, 
Mr. Trevor, Lord Ongley, Mr. Circuit, and 
Mr. Runciman. About twelve o’clock, the 
company repaired to the Crawley Keath 
Farm, to see the competition in ploughing. 
About two o’clock the company returned te 
the Park Farm, and spent some time in in^ 
specting the Implements exhibited. Hii 
Grace, in announcing the letting of Merino 
tups, took occasion to sav, that, however per¬ 
fect their wool might be found, he had not 
yet determined on the improvement in ci:xase 
that can be made of this breed of sheep. The 
company then returned to the farm-yard, when 
the following sale of the Park Farm stock 
took place, viz. 
Cs. 
South Down Theaves .............. 
Ditto .. 46 
Ditto ..51 
Ditto ..5? 
Ditto . .fi5 
Two years old ditto. .bO 
Ditto . 59 
Three years old ditto .............. 42 
Full-mouthed . 39 
Ditto .. 40 
A five years oUl heifer cow .......... 43 
Ditto . 58 
A nine years old Devon cow.. .I’O 
A five veirs old ditto ................ 40 
_ 4 
Two fat wethers...... . 6 
A Hereford bull, belonging to Lord 
Ossory. 35 
Several South Down and Merino tups were 
let at good prices, which concluded the busi¬ 
ness cf the day. 
erd Day .—On Wednesday morning, cftc? 
breakfast, tbecomnanv repaired to the slaueh- 
ter-hoase, to inspect the carcases of the fat 
prize wethers, shown alive the preceding day; 
and, afterwar»is, they inspected fhc competi. 
tion of the sheep-shearers, for the prize® given 
by his Grace. The judges appointed for the 
sliort-wooled breed of sheep, were Lord Brad¬ 
ford, John Ellman, arid Mr. Todd ; and, in 
pursuance of their award, his Grace delivered 
to Robert Trevor, esq. a cup, value ten gui¬ 
neas, for the best two fhe?r short-woeled 
w’ether; nnother cup to Mr. Edward Flats 
and atioiher to Mr. William Runcirran. The 
premium for the best bozr, under two years 
old, was adjudged to Mr. Edwani Flatt. Hi* 
Grace adverted to the importance ofencourae- 
jng shepherds in carefully attending to their 
flock while lambing; and stated, that .Tolm 
Holland, his shepherd, from 6.41 ewes, had 
raised 905 lambs, and was entitled to the first 
premium of five guineas j and added the names 
a^d particulars of four other candidates, for 
the inferior premiums in this class. 
NORTH A Mn ON s HIRE. 
Died.'] At Wellingbro’, T. Partridge, gent. 
90. 
At KetUring, Mr, Robert Roberts, 98. 
CAMSRll'CS* 
