The piece of plate is ornamented with much 
taste, by figures of sheep, shepherds, the 
golden fleece, &c. and inscribed on one side-— 
“ A tribute of gratitude from the Sussex 
wool-growers to the Right Hon. John Lord 
Sheffield, for his indefatigable exertions in 
establishing the value of the Southdown 
fleece and on the other side, his lordship’s 
arms are handsomely engraved. 
At the annual meeting of the wool-growers 
-and wool staplers,lately held at Lewes, Lord 
Sheffield addressed them at great length upon 
the general commercial and financial situation 
the country, as well as upon the immediate 
object of the meeting. From the details 
which he entered into, we drew the following 
conclusions; 
“ That the demand for woollens for the 
"home market has not diminished, but pro¬ 
bably much increased, and that the export of 
them has mucii increased aIso» 
“ That, comparatively with the whole 
amount of the manufacture, the demand for 
foreign countries with which we are now at 
war, was not considerable. 
“ That it is not the decay of the manu¬ 
facture, or the want of demand for it, but 
difficulties respecting money, and the great 
Stock of wool on hand, that occasion the de¬ 
basement in price. 
“ That speculations on foreign wools, and 
the extravagant variations of price, have de¬ 
ranged the trade and manufacture of that ar¬ 
ticle ; but (hose wools being now reduced to 
their former price, and the manufacture of 
them being principally for the home market, 
there is little doubt of its being restored to its 
former stare. 
“ That the staplers of English fine wools 
are greatly distressed by the distrust arising 
from erroneous notions - and by the difficulties 
of obtaining discounts. 
That the sale of fine English wools is 
prejudiced by our immense importation of 
Spanish wool, and by the distressed state of 
the staplers. 
“ That the scarcity of gold is not to be at¬ 
tributed merely to the war, to the particular 
conductor the enemy, nor to the hostile and 
unfriendly conduct of the American ^itates, 
but in a great degree to bad policy in our in¬ 
terior management. 
That, through the want of due encou¬ 
ragement of agriculture, and cultivation of 
waste lands, this country has paid, during the 
last fifteen years, considerably more than 
10,000,0001. sterling yearly, for grain and 
wool, which might have been raised in the 
United Kingdom. 
“ That the great import of grain in 1796, 
Occasioned a drain of gold much more chan, 
'foreign subsidy, and in a great degree brought 
on the Bank restriction in 1797, and that the 
value of grain imported in the years 1800 
and 1801, amounted to 19,'000,0001. sterling. 
That large quantities of gold coin are 
aut necessary to commerce, as appears nooi 
1ST 
the example particularly of Flolland and Scot¬ 
land 5 which countries had a very small quan¬ 
tity of coin in their most flourishing state. 
“ That the restoration of confidence is more 
wanted t).>an any other circumstance, to pro¬ 
mote the woollen manufacture.” 
The attention of the public appears to be 
very properly drawn towards the extraordinary 
regulations of Horsham Go.ai.. The Edi¬ 
tor of the Monthly Magazine was told by the 
goaler about two years since, that no sheriff 
of Sussex had been to inspect it for fifteen 
years, and yet numerous sherifl’’s prisoners 
were constantly confined in it! 
The bishop of Cnichestei^ in his late visi¬ 
tation, held at St. Michael's church, Lewes, 
delivered a ciiaffge to the clergy in which he 
regretted that no be.neficial cnange, either in 
the political or religious world, had cTen felt 
since he had last the honour of addressing his 
brethren. Some attention had been paid by 
the legislature to the cause of religion and the 
establishment, by sums of money voted to cue 
poorer clergy ; but the clamorous spirit of the 
Irish catholics, and the rapid increase of dis- 
sentersand sectarists within the last few years, 
made him fear that, before long, the religicn 
of the church of England would no more be 
the religion of the majority of the nation! 
M.arried.~\ At Hurstmonceaux, Mr. G» 
Woolley, of Petersfield, to iMiss Gell.—* 
Lieut. Yates, to Miss M. Ferryman, of iping. 
At East Bourne, Major Clark, to Margaret, 
second daughter of Mrs. Stafford, of Bath. 
At Hastings, Edward Milward,esq, 
88, noted for keeping the borough in his own 
hands, by allowing but one inn in chat large 
town for a long continuance of local domi¬ 
nation. 
At Lewes, Mrs, Lee, 47, wife of .Mr. L, 
the respected printer of the Levees Journal. ' 
Colonel Blunt, of Ringmore Green, 76. 
At Brighton, .Mrs. Pirn, of Brighton-place. 
—~Mr. N. Hobbs, of, Nurth-street—Suddenly, 
Mr. Stapelford, of Brighton-place. 
H A M P S H i R s. 
On Tuesday, August 6ch, a cause v.'hich 
excited considerable interest, came on to be 
heard at the Sessions House, Porismoutli, be¬ 
fore Joseph Smith, esq. mayor; William 
Goldson, esq. Samuel Spicer, esq. and Kd- 
ward Carter,-esq, magistrates. It was an in¬ 
formation, preferred nominally by Henry 
Norris, but actually by the Rfv. Dr. Scotty 
chaplain of Portsmouth Dock yard church, 
against John Maybee, and the Hon. George 
Grey, commissiontr of the said Dock-yard. 
The information set forth, that John Maybee, 
at an unlawful assembly, held in a certain 
room or office, belonging or attached to the 
dwelling-house of the Hoii. Commissio.ner 
Grey, under colour and pretence of exercising; 
ieligious w’orship in cthey manner than accord ng 
to the Liturgy of the Church of England, did 
unlawfully teach,—at whicn meeting five 
persons or more were assembled, besides those 
of the household, contraiY to Car. 2 c. 
Hampshire, 
