978 
he was furé they would all heartily concur 
to drink his health. Lord Somerville returned 
thanks for the warm teftimony of appro- 
bation with which his name was received. 
The Noble Lord then ftated, that for the fur- 
therance of the objects which they all had 
in view, the fame prizes would be offered for 
the enfuing year. In the firft prize for the 
“bef and fecond beft yoke of oxen, he propofed 
that they fhould not be Jet up from work 
till between the 20th and 50th of May, which 
was feveral days later than heretofore as by 
thefe means they might be ufefully employ- 
ed in finifhing the {pring work. Little grafs 
would be loft, and they would be juft nme 
months in finifhing for the thew, which would 
take place on the 3d and 4th of March, 1806. 
He had alfo introduced a new prize for the 
enfuing year, viz. “ a piece of plate, value 
30]. to the breeder who fhall in the preceed- 
ing year rear the greateft number of fine 
Merino lambs, not under 50. <A lot of five 
ewe hogs, not exceeding thirteen months, nor 
lefs fia ten, fliall be exhibited, which ihall 
alfo be eligible to other premiums.” He fta- 
ted the reafons of this prize to be, that the 
rapid improvement. which had taken place 
in the moft valuable and neglected breed of 
fine ‘heep, fhewed what might be done with 
careand ikill. ‘The beautiful and furpriting 
carcafes fent by Mr. Toilet, were evidence 
of the perfeétion to which the mutton might 
be brought ; ; and his own two tooth w ether 
fhewed the finenefs of the flaple of the wool. 
Prejudices were difficult to be overcome. 
The manufacturer was fearful of lofing the 
growths of Spain, but that difficulty was now 
conquered; for it had been fhew n, that fo far 
from degenerating, it had been improved in 
England. It had been proved that we can 
now grow the fineft wool at home, and if the 
prefent fpirit of emulation continued for fif- 
teen or tweity years, itt might make us inde- 
pendent of foreign fupplies. This was the 
motive with which he otiered this new prize. 
The Noble Lord concluded this part of his 
Addrefs to the company, by quoting from the 
‘Tranfattions of the Bath Agricultural Society 
that it was now een that rural la- 
boar might be moit beneficially performed 
by oxen. Mr. Bellingham had ploughed laft 
year 550 acres with fix oxen (two to lie by), 
and he had on his own iarm ploughed 1000 
acies with 12 oxen, _of which the two oxen 
now exhibifed were a part. If, tlerefore 
any man complained of the tax upon work- 
ing-horles, with fuch a refource open, he had 
only himfelf to blame. The Nobije Lord 
then read the adjudication of a bet, which had 
been made between Sir Thomas Carr and 
Money Hill, Efq. of Norfolk, in ,which the 
Geui!lemen appointed to decide it fated, that 
having « xamined five South Down Weiher 
Sheep, bred | by SirThomas Carr, and alfo five 
South Town Wether Sheep, bred by Mir. 
Money ‘Lil |, they were unanimeuily of opi- 
Marriages and Deaths in aid near London. 
_ Woburn ‘fheep-fhearing, 
t April fy 
nion that with reference to fhape and frame 
of carcafe, and general fymmetry, thofe bred 
.by Mr. Money ‘Hill, were the bef: Theé bet 
had been for 501. but as between Gentiemen, 
50 pence or 50 fhillings were as decifive.a 
tet of conqueft as 501. he had begged to be 
permitted to name the fum, to which they 
handfomely agreed, and he had named 1ol. 
But he begged from himfelf, as a mark of 
his refpe& for the efforts and {kill of the vic- 
tor, fo prefent a filver cup to Mr. Money. 
Hill. The Duke of Bedford gave the 
Noblemen, &c. prefent, an invitation to the 
on Monday, June 
17, and three following days, and a card, 
ftating the arrangement for each day, was 
handed about. At the fame timé, his Grace 
faid, a challenge given by Mr. Coke to the 
whole world, to produce a plough for gene- 
ral purpofés, equal to the Norfolk, would-be 
decided—a manufacturer from Leith, neat 
Edinburgh, havmg given notice that he 
fhould produce a plough againft it at the 
Woburn Meeting.» Lord Somerville ftated, 
by the defire ot the Earl of Bridgewater, 
that he offered a premium of fifty guimeas to 
any perfon who fhould produce a plough for 
flinty foils, fuperior to the Hertford pleugh; 
and twenty guineas more if it fhould be found 
fuperior for general purpofes. Various 
other propofitions for the advancement of 
rural economy weré made, and the meeting 
feparated after a mot feftive day, with the 
higheft fentiments of approbation and ref- 
pect for the noble inftitutor of this anniver- 
fary competition. 
MARRIED. 
Captain William Payne, of the Royal 
Artillery, to Mifs Staines, daughter of the 
late Sir William Staines, of Farningham, 
Kent. 
H. J. Barchard, of Eaft Hill, Wandfworth, 
to Mifs Fawkes, only daughter of E.Fawkes, 
efgq. of Great George-ftreet, Weftminfter. 
W. M. Chrifty, efq. of Gracechurch- 
ftreet, to Mifs Fell, daughter of John Fell, 
efqg. of Peckham. 
J. Gibfon, efq. M.D. of York-ftreet, St. 
James’s, to Mifs de la Fontaine, of St Lae 
ftreet. 
Charles Woodwell, efg. youngeft fas of 
the late 
Lincoln’s Inn, to Mifs Ann Bae youngeft 
daughter of Thomas Parry, efq. one of the 
Dire€tors of the Eaft India Company. 
John White, jun. efq. of Devonthire-place, 
to Mifs Ann Dae daughter of R. Down, 
efq. banker, of Bartholomew-lane. 
“The Hon. Charles Paget, fourth fon of the 
Earl of Uxbridge, and Captain of his Majef- 
ty’s fhip Endymion, to Mifs Elizabeth Ara- 
bella Monk, fecond daughter of Henry 
Monk, efgq. 
George Leekey, efq. Common Council- 
man of the ward of St, Michael, Baflifhaw, 
te Mifs Dorothy Salter, 
Simon 
Elborough Woodwell, efq. of 
wr. 
