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The deputation having returned, Lord Sheffield read their report, which ſtated the prices at. two ſhillings and hx-pence to two Mhillings and nine- pence three farthings'per pound; and his lordship remarked, tbat the greater part of theſe prices were below what South-down wool had ſold fur out of the county; that even in ſome diſtant parts of England, where there was no woollen manutattory carried on, it bad ſold for two ſillings and ſeven pence, to two Shillings and eight pence halfpenny per pound; that at the Jate wool fair, at Thetford, where much buſfmeſs was done, and very rapid 1y, South-down and Norfolk wool, which undoubtedly was of jnferier qua» lity(0 the Jots of wool now to be offered for ſale, ſold at two Miliings and fix- pence farthing per pound: he added, that it was ſuppoſed that Soutli- down wool would be worth this ycar two SMillings and eight pcnce at the leaſt. The ſelling then commenced, and much buſineſs was done at two illings and ſix pence 10 two ſMiliings and eight pence. Lord Sheffield, whoſe wool is very heavy this year, ſold very readily at two Miliings and üx:pence: Mr Ellman expetts to make two Mhillings and ſix pence of his wool,

After dinner, Mt. Shifner propoſed the health of the founder of tbe meeting, which had proved ſo advantageous to the growers, and ſo conve- nient to the dealers in wool.=-“ Lord Sheffield;** whoſe health was drank with. three times three, and loud plandits."Phe healths ef tho/e diftin- guifhed friends! of their couniry, the Duke of Bedford, the Earls of Bgre- mont and Chichester, and Sir Jolepn Banks, were allo drank with particu» Jar marks of reſpett.

Hounslow Wool Fair.

Wool-ftaplers, wool-buyers, and woal-growers, are relpe&fully informed, that a new wool fair will be held at Hounſlow, ten miles from London, on the 1ilt of Auguſt next; that proper warchouſes, with every convenience, are provided, for the wool to remain ſafe till ferched away by rhe buyers, Moſt of the wool-growers have engaged to bring their wool to this fair, to accept of a fair market-price, and to diſpoſe of it elſewhere.

The gentlemen of the committee will exert themſelves to the utmoſt of their power to promote the fair, and encourage the attendance of buyers.

(Signed) JONATHAN PASSINGHAM, For himſclf, and the reſt ot tbe Committee. MTSCHEL LANTES

Preſent ſtate oſ the Crops in Norfolk(July 7).--The growing weather for Jalt week has greatly improved the appearance of the wheat on the gr.»nd. “There is, nevertheleſs, but a weak piant on ſuch Jands as are not in a very high ſtate; and even on the beit(vils the damage done by inſe&s is conſider» able: the wire-worm has loft a very thin plant in many places, ſo that the appearance of a crop is very deceitful at a diftance- The earlielt ſown Bar- leys are the beſt at preſent, but even the late genial days of ſunſhine bave not improved them[o much as might have been expe&ed. Much complaint alfo of the peaſc; froſty nights and the flug have made great depredations almoſt all over the country, and left the plants thin; where, however, they were drilled, and the land could be well hoed and cleared, they promiſe better.

We feel great pleasure in communicating every inſtance of advancement In the intereſting ſcience of agriculture within the Principality of Wales: a mcadow on the Stradey eſtate in Carmarthenſhire, from the improved ſyſtem introduced in that quarter by E. W.R. Manlcl, Eſq. has been mowed about 2 fortnight(July 24) being five weeks earlier this year than was ever before remember2d, and has produced an unprecedented crop; the forwardneſs of the barley and proailng alped of the wheat on the ſame efiate, are allo re»