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of barley, and thereby materially contributed to the extreme redution of the price thereof.

“< Your Petitioners alſo find that the advantage which the Iriſh diſtillere enjoy, from continued bounties allowed in certain eaſes, and the conſequent Importation of raw ſpirits from Ireland, has greatly reduced the demand of the Engliſh diſtiller for.malt, and proportionably diminiſlied the price of barley.

“« Your Petitioners alſo underſtand that a redu&tion of the duties impoſed during the laſt ſeſhons, upon malt and beer, has been allowed on malt made from barley grown in Scotland, to the diſadvantage and injury oſ the barley= Srowers, maltſters and diſtiller Sof this part of the kingdom.

“« Your Petitioners, therefore, moſt humbly pray, that this honourable Houſe will take the above matters into its early conſideration, and Particu- larly that the corn-att, of the 31 of his preſcnt Majeſty, may be reviſed and altered and ſuch 2 ſyſtem of permanent laws eſtabliſhed, as Mall afford Protedtion and encouragement to the agriculture and cultivation of this kingdom, and otherwiſe to grant[uch relief as this honourable Houſe hall in its wiſdom judge fit and expedient.

<< And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray,&c.&c."

Vpon the queſtion being put by the chair, that the meeting do approve ehe ſaid petition, it was carried unanimoußfy.

Tt was further reſolved that the county members be requeſted to preſent it as[oon as ſgned.-=The thanks of the meeting werc voted to Lord Bray- brooke upon his leaving the chair, which was then taken by John Strutt, Eſq. and ſeveral other reſolutions were agreed t0,--A Committee was ap- Pointed to co-operate with gentlemen that may be deputed from other coun- ties, and a ſubſcription was entered into, for the purpole of defraying any expence that may be incurred.-“The Petition was ſigned by a number of no- blemen and gentlemen, and it is expected the number of ſignatures will be be- yond example:

A Suſſex ox, bred by Mr. Vaux, of Shipley, and fatted by Mr. W. Carter, of Beeding, was on Monday, March 12, ſlaughtered by Mr. Myr- tle, butcher, West-Sstreet, Brighton, the carcaſe of which weighed 169% ſtone, and out of which, no leſs than 33 ſtone 2 pounds of looſe fat was ta- ken by the butcher. The above animal was eſteemed by jndges who ſaw him, one of the completelt in point of cutting and proof, ever exhibited in any market.

Tueſday, March the 27th, a ful! Board of Africulture, was held in Sackville-ſtreet, when Lord Sheffield was re-eleted Preſident, and Arthur Young, Elq. Secretary.=-George Smith, Eſq. was at the ſame time elected. Treaſurer to the Board, Afterwards the tollowing noblemen and gent!e- men were elected ordinary members, in the room of the five members who go out by annual rotation: viz. the Earl of Suffolk, the Biſhop of Llandaff, Edward Loveden, Eig. M. P. Thomas William Coke, Eig. M.P. and "Thomas Tyrwhitt, Eſq. M. P. and Richard Brinſley Sheridan, Eſq. has been unanimoufiy elected an honorary member.

The Petition of the land owners, and occupiers,&c. of the County of Eſſex, praying for a reviſion of tbe Corn Laws wbich paſſed in the 3z1ſt of the King, 28 inapplicable to the preſent intereſts of the grower or conſumer of corn, will be preſented to parliament immediately after the receſs. Several of the neighbouring counties have convened meetings to adopt this neceſſary meaſure

Shrewſbury Fair. On Saturday, March 24, the ſale of cattle, ſheep, and pigs was heavy, and prices low. Good horles ſold well. Coeeſe trom 588 to 685 per cwt.

Roſs Fair. On Thurſday, March 15, there was a very fine ſhew of cat- fle; and manyreputable grazicrs being prelent, the ſale was briſk, and good prices were given. The ſhew of horſes and ſheep was ſmall, and the(als dull. Best cheeſe ſold from 705 to 785 per cwt..