North Wales Gazette

FARMING SOCIETIES. To the Editor of the jYorth ifales Gazette. SIR, There are, perhaps, no Institutions of more ge- oeral benefit to mankind than Farming Soci- eties when the members are zealous and ac- tive in !*ic prevention of them to effect, their benefits arc incalculable. Permit me, Mr. Editor, fo ohtrude some ob- servations to the notice of these worthy pairio's, without presuming fo offer any rules In order to supply our inhabitants with em- ployment wiihin doors, I could wish the cultiva- tioll of Flax w,as not disregarded, as the louver classes have nothing except the little wool which they can collect, of employing themselves. It will prove a very advantageous crop, and when considered ot such general use, its importance is great, since no country can be reckoned rich or prosperous, virhout the due employment of all ranks, ami abundance of flax in any country, na- turally excites labour to use it. The. extension of crops of turnips, as also cab- bages and other plants of the hrassica tribe, would he of great consequence for feeding sheep and cattle in spring. Carrots are worthy of not ice, being adapted fcr milch cows, horses and swine, as well as men. The last that I shall now hint is. the encou- ragement of borticiilttift, or gardens of fruit, by the individual land-owner, anions his small te- nantry "eslowillannual prizes and annual pre- miums of garden seeds, as encouragements to the cottagers, who shall excel in the neatness, order and improvement of their holdings as it would diffuse a spirit of commendable industry and de- cency amongst them, and be likely to produce plenty and comfort on the different estates in the neighbourhood. jDenbighshire, 1813. L. j. P. S. !\Jy anxious wish is, that the lower orders may be i,iillul;ited '(.) improvements on their little holdings; I humhly conceive, that excitements < to them, should be considered as the first neces- sary step to obtain a more gener.il reformation both of tÍleir UJorais and labours.

To the Editor of the Sorth IVales Gazelle. LETTER I. Some fragments from the Brut, or Chroni- cle of the Kings ot Britain, having appeared in your paper sollie tune ago, the following remarks iii,oti it may not be uninteresting to sotiie of yozlir readei-s. it is no difficult mal- ter to prove the fictitiousness of this pretend- ed Chronicle, the internal evidence being such as leaves but little room for discussion, and a; once discovering Ihe inconsistency of the his toric narrative To this Chronicle, however, in consequence of a recent publication, a de- gree of authority has been attached, which renders it necessary to enquire more partial larly into its merits, and the claims it has to authenticity II has been supported by coin defences drawn from authentic history, and is frequently made to supersede authors of es tablished credit. A British Chronicle which contains a detail of heroes, and a succession of Princes for above six centuries before the christian ara, will of course excite suspicions in every one acquainted with the state of Bri- tain at the period of the Roman invasion.— I do not mean to insinuate that such suspici. ons are grounded upon the uncivil,ze,| stale ot the illhahitanls, or a deticiency in the means of recording events. Such an insinuation would argue a want of knowledge ill Hie primitive history of Europe. in the present instance,] both the Chronicle itself, and all Ihe, circum- stances attending it are calculated to excite the strongest suspicions of forgery. It re- presents the country in a more advanced state than it really was in. It is totally silent upon the prevailing customs, and instead of throw-, ingsome light on the Druidical Religion, has Dot a syllable about it. It abounds with the most incredible exploits, and descends to the most flagrant instances of fabulous history and, what most strongly confirms these sus- picions, it was not heard of till the twelfth century, and was then accidentally found in a foreign country. It moreover coulradicts traditions that are established upon the most unquestionable evidences, and the obscure at. lusions which are occasionally made to real history, tend only to shew the fabricator's ig- norance, for the anachronisms, with which it is replete, are intolerable. It cannot therefore be supposed that suoh a history is entitled to any credit, except the arguments in its favour he such as can satisfy the mind of an impartial enquirer To establish such a claim seems to be the object of the translator by the publica lion of the Collectanea Cambrica. This lie has endeavoured to do by a variety of arguments, which involve a very considerable share of learning, bid loo frequently are founded upon the most improbable conjecture. The pre tensions of Ihe British Chronicle to authen- ticity will be the subject of my future com j mimical ions, J. J. Bangor, March 10, 1813.

To the Editor oJHhe North fValcs Gazelle, SIR, The small importance of my contributions to your useful publication, would not justify putting you to the expence of postage. I therefore a obliged to wait, the conveyance by some friend travelling to your district. Mold, 1813. D. D. A pious and very learned commentator on the scriptures, (Dr. Clarke) explains many difficult passages in holy writ. For as the Eunuch Ambassador from Queen Candace, said to Philip," How shall I understand this, unless some one explains to me?" IntheSth chapter of Matthew, v. 18, Till heaven and earth pass,one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." The distinction of the Hebrew letters, is scarcely, if at all discernible to persons not perfectly acquainted with that tongue; and they require great circumspection to distin- guish their very minute different formations. One title, or point, which serve for vowels in this language (if they then existed), would make a most essential alteration in the sense, or, as the Rabbins say, 11 destroy the world." In Shir Hashirim Habba, are these words, Should all the inhabitants of the earth gather together, in order to whiten one feather of a crow, they could not succeed so, if all the inhabitants of the earth should unite to abolish nnet/od, which is Ihe smallest letter in the whole law, they should not be able to effect it." In P ayikra Habba, it is said, Should any person in the words of Dent, vi, 6. Hear, 0 Israel, the Lord our God is achad, one Ldrd," change the daieth into a rah, he would ruin thl. world, -because, in that case, the word achar, would signify a strange or false God. The form of these two letters appears so near- ly alike, I hat the variation in them is scarcely perceptible. Should afiy <)tie, in the words of Exodus xxxiv. 14, "Thou shalt worship no other achar, God," change the resh into daieth, he would ruin the world. Because the command would then run, Thou shall not worship the only or true God." Should any one, in the words of Levil. xxii. 32, Neither shall ye proplianc my holy name," change cheth into he, lie would ruin the world; because ihe sense of the command ment would then be," JVeitheir shaii vc praise my holy name." Should any one, in the words of Psalm c!. 6, Let every thing that ball) brealh praise the Lord," change the letter he into cheth, he would ruin the world, because the command would then run •« Let every thing that hath breath propliane the Lord." Shou d iiiv olle, ill t,ie words of Jerem v. 10, They lied against the Lord, change beth mttfcapfr, he would ruin the world fur then the words would run They lied like the Lord Should any one, in the words of flosea v. 7, They have dealt treacherously against the Lord," change belli into caph, he would ruin the world for then the words would run, rliev have dealt treacherously like the Lord." Should any one, in the words of Sam. ii. 2. There is none holy as the Lord," change caph illlo heth, he w(;nld rui" the world; eo, I iheu the words would mean "There is no ho- lillCSH in the Lord," These examples prove to the reader, that our Lord refers to'the apices, points, or cor- ners, that distinguish the Hebrew letters, and he will also see of what infinite consequence it is to write and print such letters correctly."

PRINCESS OF WALES. The indisposition of I he Princess Char/olle commenced previous to the fete at Carlfon- House, and afterwards increasing, her Royal Highness was necessarily obliged to defer her return to Windsor. III consequence of this, the Princess of Wales, on the 8th of February, addressed herse'f Lo Lord Liverpool, desiring that he would communicate to the Prince Re- gent her Royal Highuess'. intention to visit 11 the Princess Charlotte at Warwick-house, not anticipating the possibility of a prevention oil the part of Ihe-Prioce Regent, under the cir- cumstance of the Princess Charlotte's confine- ment from illness. Lord Liverpool replied that he was happy to announce the Princess Charlotte so much better, that her Royal Highness would be able to visit the Princess of Wales at Kensington Palace on the follow iug Thursday, IIlh February. On that morn- ing, however, at the moment {and not before) of Ihe Princess of Wales stepping into her carriage, she received information that the Princess Charlotte was refused coming. Upon this, the Princess of Wales again ad- dressed Lord Liverpool to know the reason, none having been assigned, for the Princess Charlotte's being thus suddenly prohibited from giving the meeting to her Royal Mother, and when and how soon her Roval Highness might expect to see the Princess.Charlotte.- To this inquiry, the Princess of Wales receiv- ed thefollowing reply from Lord Liverpool (COPY.) ft Fife-House, Feb. 14, 1813. Lord Liverpool has the honor to inform your Royal Highness., that in consequence of the pub- lication in the Morning Chronicle of the 10th inst. of a letter addressed hy your lloyal Highness to the Prince Regent, his Royal Highness thought fit, by the advice of his confidential servants, to signify his commands that the intended visit of the Princess Charlotte to your Royal Highness on the following day should not take place. Lord Liverpool is not enabled to make any further communication to your Royal Highness Oil the subject of your Royal Highness's note." To this letter ihe Princess of Wales com- manded Lady Anne Hamilton, her Lady in Waiting, to reply as follows to Lord Liver- pool Montague-house, Feb. 15, 1813. Lady Anne Hamil'on is commanded by her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales to repre- sent to Lord Liverpool that the insiduous insi- nuation, respecting the publication of the tetter addressed by the Princess of Wales, on the 14th of January, to the Prince Regent, conveyed in his Lordship's reply to her Royal Highness, is as void of foundation and as faiie as all the for- mer accusations of lIn fraducers of her Royal Highness's honour in 'he year 1806. Lady A. Haindtou is further commanded to say, that dignified silence would have been the fine of conduct, the Prior ess would have preserv- ed upon such insinuation (more than unbecoming Lord Liverpool) lid not 'he effect arising from it, operate to deprive her (loyal Highness of the sole real happiness she can possess in this world see i ii —I hat of seeing her only child. And the Confi- dential Servants of the Prince Regent ought to feel ashamed of their conduct towards the Prin- cess in avowing to her Royal Highness their ad- vice to the Prince Regent, that upon unauthoris- ed and unfounded suppositions a. Mother and Daughter should be prevented from meeting—a prohibition positively against the law of nature. Lady Anne Hamilton ts commanded further to desire Lord Liverpool to Jay this paper before the Prince Regent, that his Royal Highness may he aware into what error his Confidential Ser- vants are leading him, and will involve him, by counselling and signify ing such conunauds." Here ended the correspondence. The Cabinet Meetings and proceedings suc- ceeded almost immediately. The Princess of Wales, on the.21th February, addressed the subjoined letter to the Earl of Harrowhy:- Copy of a Letlet, addressed by the Princess of If ales to the Earl of Harrowby, February 27, 1813. The Princess of Wales has received report from various quarters of certain proceedings lately held by his Majesty's Privy Council res- pecting her Royal Highness; and the Princess has felt persuaded that these reports must be un- founded, because shecould not believe it possible that any Resolution should be taken by that Honourable norly in any respect affecting her Royal Highnesss, upon statements which she has had no opportunity of answering, explaining, or even seeing. -1 The Princess still trusts that there is no truth in these rumours but she feels it due to herself to lose no time in protesting against any Resolution affecting her Royal Highness, which may be so adopted. C The N ohle and Right Honourable persons who are said to have been selected for these pro- ceedings,are too just to decide any thing touching her Royal Highness, without affording her an opportunity of laying her case before them. The Princess has not had any power to..choosg^e Judges before whom any enquiry may be on but she is perfectly willing to have?lfer whole conduct enquired into by the persons who may be selected by her accusers. The Princess only de- mands that she may be heard in defence or in explanation of her conduct, if it is attacked and that shetshould he either treated as innocent, or proved to he guilty." Lord Harrowby replied fo the effect, (bat a copy of the Report, laid before Ihe Prince Regent, had been transmitted lhat same even- ing to the Princess of Wales, by the Viscount Sidmonth. -———

MESSAGE* FROM THE KING, To Her Royal Flightless the Princess of fFales. The King- having referred to his confiden- tial Servants the proceedings and papers rela- tive to the written Declarations which had been been laid before his Majesty, respecting tSie conduct of the Princess of Wales, has been apprized by them, thai afler Ihe fullest con sideratioii of the examinations takeji on thai subject, and of the observa!ions and affidavits brought forward by the Princess's Legal Ad- visers, they agree fit the opinions submitted to his Majesty in the original Report of the four Lords by whom his Majesty directed that the matter sho'uld, in the first instance, be in- quired into and that in the present stage of the buslines, upon a mature and deliberate view of this most important subject, in all its parts and hearings, it is their opinion, that the faclsof this-case do not warrant their advising that any further step should be taken in the business by his Majesty's Government, or any other proceedings instituted upon it, excepi such ouly, as his Majesty's Law-Servants may, on a reference to them, think fit t recom- mend for the prosecution of Lady Douglas, on those parts of her deposition which may ap- pear to them to he justly liable thereto. In this situation, his Majesty is advised that it is no longer necessary for him to decline receiving the Princess into his Royal presence. 44 The King sees with great satisfaction Ihe agreement of hli cenfideiiiia! servants, in the decided opinion expressed by the four Law Lords upon the falsehood of the accusation of pregnancy and delivery hrought forward against the Princess by Lady Douglas. On the other mallets produced in the course of in- quiry, Ihe King is advised, that none of the facts or allegations slated in preliminary ex- aminations, carried on in the absence of the parlies interested, are to be considered as le gaily or conclusively estiblislied. But m those examinations, and even in Ihe answer drawn in Ihe name of the Princess, which his Majesty could never regard but with serious concern. The elevated rank which the Princess holds in this country, and the relation in which she stands to his Majesty and the Royal Family, must alwavs deeply involve both the interest of the Stale, and the personal feelings of bis Majesty, in the propriety and correctness of her conduct and his Majesty, therefore, cannot forbear to express, in the conclusion of the business, bis desire and expectation, that such a conduct may in future be observed by the Princess, as may fully justify those marks of paternal regard which his Majesty always wishes to shew to every part of the Roval Family. "His Majesty has directed that this Mes- sage should be transmitted to the Princess of Wales by his Lord Chancellor and that eo.

This Message was recommended on the 25th of January, 1807, by the following persons:— The Lord Chancellor I Lord Vis. Howick Lord President Lord Grenville Lord Privy Seal Lord Ellenborough Earl Spencer I Mr. Sec. Windham Earl of Moira Mr. T. Grenville. Lord Henry Petty I pies of the proceedings which have taken b place on this subject, should also be commu uicaled lo his dearly-beloved Son, the Prince of Wales."

AGRICULTURE. Farttting,both as to science and practice, is yet but in its infancy in Wales, It is true that the climate generally is not good, but the soil in the vallies is excellent and as the crops might he adapted to the climate, there are great hopes enkrtaincd that we shall one day excel in farming. The following defects ill our mode seem to be most flagrant. 1st, The land being full of spring-s gushing out where- ever any change of the soil takes place in the farms of course nothing hut llnderdraining can clear the soil of such a nuisance; and yet unfortunately it is but little practised —2ndly, Our iaclosures in the upper countries are built of stones, gathered from the land, with out any of course totally incapable of,meliorating- the soil, by keeping it warm: which would be the case inile indosures were made of quickset hedges, and belts of planting, for which the district is so remarkably calcu- laled: these stomr. walls give the country a cold and uncomfortable look.—3dly, A great proportion of our arable land is laid down in the most miserahle. manner, thout sown grass, and impoverished by three succeeding crops of oats by this management, it is in a a most wretched condition, indeed, when broken up to undergo anew the same rotation of crops of oats.-4tbly, The land from being situated in a moist climate, is much addicted to weeds, and foul even to rankness. Of course as the corn grows much to straw, the stalk of corn is kept constantly wet at the root by the weeds; it soon rots, and the least blast, of wind in August, lodges the corn be. fore it is ripe; whereas if summer fallowing was practised, there cannot be the smallest doubt but our crops would be clean and much earlier; yet summer fallowing is seldom practised in the principality.—5lhiy, It is probable the proprietors themselves have in some measure contributed to the little pro- gress which agriculture hath made in Wales. From an opinion that land was always upon the increase, it has has not been their object to grant such Jong leases as to encourage the farmer to sink money in improving the land. The opinion that has gone abroad amongst landlords, that the raising the rents of their lands forced the tenants to be more active, might be productive of some good effect; providing that indolence was the only impe. diment to a flourishing state of agi-iculltii-e. in this district. Compulsion is but a bad argu- ment when the object of that compulsion has not strength to obey it is to be wished that such an idea was exploded for it is no longer the interest of this country to consider the te- nantry upon an estate as part of that estate.— In Enghlld things seem to be better managed. There are still several servitudes remaining in Wales, annexed to the least's of lands, such as Ihe carrying ol'the landlord's coals, &c. these are indeed but small to what look place about 30 years ago but even these are fetters upon the industry of (he tenants; of more hurt to them than benefit to the landlord, and it is to be hoped from the many mstances of an en- lig-hlened mind, which the present landlords have shown, that all such casualties will be aholished onlhe iirst opportuuity. The Cottage. AN IMPROVER. The farmers in this parish are so much at- tached to the ancient mode of cultivation, that modern improvements in husbandry can scarcely be said to have fonnd their way to our latitude. The soil seems much better calcu- lated for pasturage than tillage. Thence it is the interest of the tenant to his ground very sparingly and yet in general they adopt juslthe opposite rule, for without allowing it time enough to recover itself after much fa- they always plollh more than duuble the quantity they are able to manure. Few of the tenants indeed understand farming so as to do justicc to their ground: and by far the greatest number, if they should be expe- rienced farmers, want the means ot doing it; as they are in general poor. The farmers have no idea of the advantage of clearing away the large stones out of their ground nay some of them assert that there is t% an advantage in having them in it, because they give heat to the ground, and so contri- bute to manure it. They cfiuse therefore to run the risk of breaking their ploughs, seve- ral times in a season, and have the toil of dig- ging yearly about a stone, where their plough does not reach, rather than remove it at once for all, which in most cases, would not be a very operation. It is difficull to say whether the poverty of the tenants, the shortness of their leases,or ignorance of farm- ing, operate, most powerfully to the detri- ment of Agriculture. But one thing is evi- dent that all these causes contribute, each of them their share, to produce this bad effect- The farmers in general are. poor;, and the principal causes of their poverty, besides those that have been mentioned, are, that they ge nerally overstock their farms; that is, they keep upon a farm a great many more cattle than it is well able to support, which is a very common, and a very great error; for it re- duces the breed to a diminutive size and be- ing ill fed, they are in a manner useless to the* proprietors. They plough much more of their ground than they are able properly to ma- nure. The landlords in general seem now to ndopt a new mode of letting their land, which is, to conjoin two or three farms together, and let them as one possession, to one tenant; by which means they will receive a much greater rent, and the tenants will live more comfortably. The roads in this parish are exceedingly bad though some money has been from time to time expended upon them, yet they are in some places even. hnpassable. This is partly owing to the great length of the roads, and partly to the employing hitherto of country people for making them, who do not under- stand the business. By these ignorant under- takers a great deal has been blocked out, and no part properly finished; and when those parts which were thought-to be made, were neglected for a few years, and allowed to fall into disrepair, they became the worst of the whole, and softer than what has remained mt. touched. A FRIEND 10 IMPROVEMENTS. Jcrey March lS13f Mr. Proudinan, the Messenger, experienced many difficullies in his journey 1ft St. Peters- burg he lost his change of clothes, and part of his'baggage, and the cold was so intense as to occasion the deprivation of the use of three of the toes from one of his feet, his limbs be-" ing literally frost-bitten. ] The men concerned in robbing the Brigh- ton stage of a box, containing Brighton Bank Notes, some time ago, are likely to be brought to justice, an accomplice having tunred King's evidence.-Humphncs, alias Scott, alias Bou- ticii, is if, custodv. In the Coiirt of King's Bench on Friday, Mr. H. White, jun. Editor of the Independent Whig, was found guilty of a libel, reflectiti- on the conduct of the Duke of Cumherland. and inferring that Sellis, the assassin, (His Royal Highness's late servant) did not fall by his own hand, but was slain by another, mean- ing the Duke. Lusus NATURE.—Rebecca Dawson, the poor woman residing at Great Hale, who was so well known, and suffered so much for the last 30 years, by the growth of two enormous wens, or fleshy excrescences, springing from Z, el her neck, died on Wednesday morning, aged 43. These wens weighed 241 bs. and one of them measured 2ft. sin. in length, and 2 feet in circumference. At Downham Fair on the 3d instant, there were but few good horses, but those fetched good prices. Neat stock obtained higher prices than we ever before noticed, and were in great demand,—Mr. Canbam, "ordham, f produced three beautiful polled cows, which I are triplets, all now giving milk, and all ill calf, which was considered very singular a f great price might have been obtained for them, but the proprietor was not inclined to part with them. A woman is in Bury gaol who, a few days previous to her commitment, went to visit her child, at nurse in Halesworth she after- wards took the child, a boy five years old, lo a pond in the neighbourhood, stripped him. naked, and threw him into the water. The boy struggled, and three times got out, and on his knees begged for mercy, but the inhu- man mother at iength accomplished her pur- pose. Surely nothing short of complete in- sanity could have impelled a parent to the perpetration of a deed so horrid. The Gazette of Tuesday contains a Procla- mation, allowing from the 25th of March next, for the space of twelve months, the importation from any port or place whatso- ever, into any port or place of Great Britain, of any benns, called kidney or French beans, tares, lentiles, calvancies, and all other sorts of pulse; and also of bulls, cows, oxen, calves sheep, lambs, and swine and of beef, pork, mutton, veal, and lamb, (excepts beef and pork); and of bacon, hamsAmgues, butter, cheese, polaloes, rice, sagoj^fewder, laproca, vermicelli, millet seed, ^^Bultry, fowls, eggs, game, and sour crouj^K any 1 British ship or vessel, or in any othfflj&ip or vessel belonging to persons of an dot_.l or state in amity with his Majesly, atM uavi. gated in any manner whatever, without pay. ment of any duty whatsoever, except in res- pect to the article of rice, which, when im- ported, shall be subject to such duties as may by law be payable thereon, Anecdotes—About the year 1690, the Em- peror of China took a journey to hearken to the complaints of his slibjects when lie perceived an old man who weptt bitterly, and asking him the reason of his lamentation, the man replied, not knowing him" Sir, I had but one child, in whom 1 placed all my happiness, and with whom I trusted the care of my family, and a Tartarian Mandarin has taken her from me, so that I am at present deprived of all succour, and probably shall he so t as long as I live, for how can a poor weak man like myseif obiigc the Governor to do me justice ?"—The Emperor replied, this is not so difficult as you think it is, get up behind me, and guide me to the house of this unjust ravisher."—The good man obeyed without ceremony, and in about two hours (hey arrived at the Mandarin's Palace, who did not expert so extraordinary a visitor.—The Guards and a great company of Lords, after having search- ed tor a long time, overlook him at the Mand- arin's; some surrounded the house and others entered with the Emperor. This Prince haviug convicted the Mandarin of the violence that lie was accused of. condemned him to lose his head immediately on lhe spot; after which, turning towards the afflicted father to make him entirely amends, said to bun in a serious manner. I bestow upon you the office of the guilty person who is put to death, take care to fill his place with greater moderation than he did, and let his crime and punishment make you fearful ill your turn of becoming a dreadful example to others." I'll mi 81 111 III H'lMMrwilimnmrriniiiiniii ■■i.-iii-

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