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3301. ] Somerfet/biree 5e8 
Mifs Harriet Long, fecond daughter of 
Beefton Long, efq. of Sutton. 
At Ford, near Salifbury;: Mifs Blake, 
youngeft daughter of Mr. Blake. 
-At Bratton, Mifs Mary Whitaker. 
At Monkton Deverell, Mrs, S. Lucas. 
SOMERSETSHIRE. 
It has recently been refolved, that the 
drainage of the rivers Bre and Axe, fhall- 
be undertaken by the proprietors of the 
lands in the vicinity of each, feparately and 
not conjointly as had been before intended. 
The magiitrates of this county, and thofe 
alfo of the cities of Bath and Briftol, have 
prohibited the baking and felling of any 
other than ftandard wheaten bread, within 
their refpective jurifdiétions, for the {pace 
of three months. 
The annual meeting of the Bath and 
Weft of England Agricultural Society, 
was holden at Bath, on the 9th day of De- 
cember, when, His Grace the Duke of Bed- 
ford, Prefident of the Society, and feveral 
other noblemen, members of parliament 5 
eminent graziers and farmers, from almoft 
every part of the kingdom, attended; and 
the following premiumsand bounties were 
voted, viz —To'l’. Joyce, efq. for the finett 
piece of navy-blue broad-cloth, from Eng- 
lifh wool, a premium of rol. 10s.—J. Wal- 
dron, efq. for the fineft piece of white ker- 
feymere, from Englifh wool, 51. 5s—Mr. 
A. Cook, for dibbling with wheat, 24 acres 
51. 58.——Mr. B.'Travers, for producing va- 
rious fpecimens of feedling potatoes, 51. 5s. 
—B. Pryce, efq. for his Eflay on employ- 
ing the Poor in Workhoufes, 31. 3s.—Dr. 
Parry, the thanks of this fociety, accom- 
panied by an honorary piece of plate, for 
his excellent work on the Practicability 
and Advantage of producing inthe Britifh 
Wes, Clothing Wool equal to that of 
Spain, rol. ros. and for a very fuperior 
fleece of wool, produced from a mixture of 
the Spanifh and Ryland breed, 51. 5s.—T, 
Crook, efq. for exhibiting the beit breeding 
fow, with her offspring, 51. 5s. and for a 
fine Devon bull, 21. 12s. 6d.—Counfellor 
Worrall, for abeautiful Devon heifer,21.4s. 
—J. Billingfley, efq. for a valuable coward 
offspring, 51. 5s.—Mr. Wincle, for ten ram 
lambs, of the Leicefter breed, 10]. 10s.— 
W. Whitaker, efq. for four fheep, Spanilh 
breed mixed,.51. 5s.—G. W. Hall, efq. for 
the beft breed of neat cattle, (Devon) 211. 
—Mr. Clayton, for the belt fat fheep, 51. 5s. 
—Mr. Bryant, for a fat fheep, 31. 3s —J. 
Provis, for producing a machine of’ great 
merit, for {pooling and winding yarn, 
rol. ros —Mr. T. Redhall, for exhibiting 
a machine for grinding and drefling wheat 
and other grain, rol.— Mr. J. Brown, for 
his machine to drill turnips, and a horfe- 
hoe to keep clean the intervals, 3]. 33. 
[ All the foregoing in plate bearing inferiptions. | 
Four labourers in hufbandry, for bring- 
ing up a great number of children without 
aid, and nine others, for long and merito- 
rious fervices, received a premium of three 
guineas each; and S. Leonard, for reaping 
5A. 11P. of wheat, received a premium of 
two guineas. : 
The following new premiums were 
agreed to be added to the lift for the year 
enfuing; viz. 1. To the labourer in huf- 
bandry or gardening, who fhall have taught 
his children to reed before their attaining 
‘the age of 12. 2. For preventing wheat in 
fhips or ftore-houfes from contracting da- 
mage by muft, &c. and for reftoring da- 
maged wheat to a wholefome ftate. 3. For. 
harveiting the greateft number of acres of 
rye, in proportion to the fize of the farm. 
4. For the fineft piece of navy blue cloth, 
dyed in the wool, forted from the fleece, 
in the Spanifh manner only, of R. F. and 
T. 5. For growing on the greateft quan- 
tity of land, not lefs than,6 acres, in the 
{pring of 1801, a fort of fpring wheat, long 
tried and approved as bread-corn in the 
ifland of Jerfey, and there called Froment 
Fremis; ou de Trois Mois. 6. For pro- 
ducing new and valuable varieties of po- 
tatoes from feed. 7. For preducing, froni 
an Englifh flock, fuch fuperior wool, as 
may be found moft uniformly excellent in | 
the manufacture of broad-cloth. 8. For an 
experimental proof, whether neat cattle or 
fheep increafe moft from the fame coft of - 
food. 9. For building the greateft number 
of cheapand durable'cottages, with ground 
to beannexed. to. For allotting the great- 
eft number of {mall garden farms. 
Among other matters of public ad- 
vantage, the prefent ftate of provilions, 
and the profpect of fupply, engaged the 
particular attention of the meeting. It 
was underftood that by adopting the 
ftricteft economy, aided by importation, 
the country may fafely reft in a tranquil 
hope of gradual relief from its prefent 
difficulties . 
The meeting alfo received the moft fa- 
tisfactory information, that in moft parts 
of the Weft of England, not only a larger 
quantity of Jand than ufual had been town 
‘with bread-corn, in the late autumn, but 
that the growing crops prefent an highly- 
favourable appearance; and have good 
reafon to conclude, that the fame flatter- 
ing profpect exilts in other parts of the 
nation. 
The meeting was likewife unanimous 
in their opinion, that the future permanent 
fupply of the country mutt largely depend 
on the general adoption of means to bring 
into cultivation the wafte and neglected 
lands of thefe kingdoms, and in fuch a 
manner as to render more comfortable the 
labourers in hufbandry, as well in the old 
as innew diftricts, by erecting and repair- 
ing cottages, and annexing to them {uit- 
able quantities of land. . 
On Tuefday the 22d ult. in confequence 
of heavy and inceffant rains, the water in 
the River Avon, at Bath, and particularly 
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