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WEST OF AVON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

A Meeting of the West of Avon Agricultural Society, was held at the Bat and Ball Inn, Breamore (Lieut.-Col. Hulse in the chair). when the prizes in Classes 6, 7, and 8, not distributed at the late Annual Meeting, were awarded as follows:

CLASS 6.-For Cottages and Gardens.

First prize, 17. 5s., to Henry Veney, Breamore, recommended by Mr. Rooke.

Second ditto, ll. to Henry Welch, Fordinbridge, recommended by Mr. Stoy.

Third ditto, 15s., to George Roberts, Whitsbury, recommended by Mr. Burt.

Fourth ditto, 10s., to Charles Downer, Breamore, recommended by Sir C. Hulse, Bart.

Extra, 17. and Society's Buttons, to John Stubbins, recommended by Mrs. Coote.

Bees.

First prize, 15s., to Vincent Mist, Godshill, recommended by Mr. H. Curtis.

Second ditto, 10s., to James Jefferis, Fordinbridge, recommended by Mr. Rawlence.

CLASS 7.-For the Cultivation of Allotments.

First prize, 17. 5s., to Arthur Roberts, Breamore, recommended by Mr. Rooke.

Second ditto, 1., to Joseph Miles, Fordinbridge, recommended by Mr. B. J. Budd.

Third ditto, 15s., to William Jefferis, Fordinbridge, recommended by Mr. Rawlence.

Fourth ditto, 10s., to James Prince, Fordinbridge, recommended by John Brymer, Esq.

CLASS 8.-For Rick Makers.

First prize, 17., to Thomas Waters, Woodford, servant to Mr. James Rawlence, Heale.

Second ditto, 15s. to Charles Musselwhite, sen., servant to Samuel Whitchurch, Esq., North Charford.

Third ditto, 10s., to Robert Crook, servant to Mr. W. Lush, Damerham.

Thatchers.

First prize, 17., to Charles Musselwhite, sen., servant to Sam. Whitchurch, Esq.

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QUEEN ANNE'S FARTHING.

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Second ditto, 15s., to Thomas Waters, servant to Mr. James Rawlence.

Third ditto, 10s., to John Jerrard, servant to Mr. Silley, Damerham.-Salisbury Herald.

QUEEN ANNE'S FARTHING.

It will scarcely be believed, that persons from almost all parts of England have travelled to the metropolis to make, as they supposed, their fortunes, with a farthing, or presumed farthing, of Anne's, in their possession; and which, on being taken to the British Museum, has been found to be almost or entirely worthless. From York, and even from Ireland, persons have come-a poor man from the former, and a man with his wife from the latter place. Indeed, it is to be regretted, that these are not the only instances known, by many. Most of our countrymen labour under the delusion that Queen Anne struck only three farthings. I beg leave, most unequivocally, and with deference, to assure them that farthings of her reign were struck to the number of some hundreds. To trace, with any degree of certainty, this fable to its original source, would be extremely difficult; but, by information obtained from our chief medallist, it appears that, some years since, a lady of Yorkshire having by accident lost a farthing of Anne, which, from some circumstance or other, was rendered valuable to her, she offered a reward for the same, thereby stamping a fallacious and ridiculous value on it. Others, on the contrary, believe, that only three were struck, and that the die broke on striking the third. The British Press newspaper, of the 14th of February, 1814, and the Numismatic Journal of April last, contain the particulars of a very curious trial which took place in Dublin, relative to one of these pieces. In the British Museum there are six distinct varieties of the farthings of Queen Anne; indeed, there may be said to be seven, but one sort alone really circulated; and this is the variety on which we see the figure of Britannia on the reverse, and below it on the exergue, the date 1714; I count in my own cabinets from fifteen to twenty of them. -Mr. Till on Numismatics.

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"IN the course of my last day on the Nile, I visited one of the greatest of its ruined cities, and perhaps the most interesting of them all: so complete is its destruction, that antiquaries have disputed whether there is really a single monument to show where the great "Memphis" stood; but it seems to be generally agreed that its stately palaces and temples, and its thousands of inhabitants, once covered the ground, now occupied by the little Arab village of Metrahenny.

While wandering over the site of this once powerful city, that passage in the Bible, the only one in which Memphis is mentioned, was uppermost in my mind;— "And Memphis shall bury them." There must be, I thought, some special meaning in this expression; some allusion to the manner in which the dead were buried at Memphis, or to a cemetery or tombs different from those which existed in other cities of its day.

The pyramids of Sacchara stand on the edge of the desert, a little south of the site of Memphis. If it was not for their mightier neighbours, these pyramids, which are comparately seldom visited, would alone be deemed worthy of a pilgrimage to Egypt. The first to which we came is about 350 feet high, and 700 feet square at its base; one of them is called "the brick pyramid," from being built of that material.

Wherever I turned my steps, the ground bore the marks of having been once lined with pyramids and tombs. We were in search of one of the most curious and interesting objects that exist in Egypt, as illustrating the superstitions of the ancient inhabitants, viz. the burial place of the sacred birds. Before we reached it, my Arab guide pointed to a pyramid on our left, saying that it contained a remarkable chamber, so high that a stone hurled with a man's utmost strength, could not reach the top. From Incidents of Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy Land, by an American, (Mr. Stevens).

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CHARTISTS.

Bradford, Wills, March 15, 1839. WE, the undersigned Clothiers, most strongly recommend to all our work-people, the careful perusal of the undermentioned excellent Letter of Mr. Phillips, respecting the conduct and views of those persons who call themselves" Chartists;" and we earnestly exhort all persons in our employ, to give their serious attention to the sound advice contained in that letter.

SAUNDERS, FANNER, & Co. | THOMAS SPACKMAN, JUN.
COOPER, BROTHERS, & Co. SAMUEL PITMAN.
E. I. & E. EDMONDS, & Co. | I. E. DAVIS.

To my Work-people.

MY DEAR FRIENDS,

At a time when strangers are coming amongst you with the endeavour, by plausible and fine speeches, to make you dissatisfied with your lot, I think it my duty to say a word or two, first, on the facts which they advance as true, but which I think you will have no difficulty in ascertaining to be false; and secondly, on the reasoning founded on such alleged facts.

First, The first statement which was made by Mr. Carrier, a Chartist leader, from Trowbridge, (and this I heard myself) was, that by the New Poor Law, persons requiring relief were confined in workhouses, where they were starved; but, as that mode of putting an end to them was not quick enough, they were poisoned with arsenic, and their bodies delivered to the surgeon for dissection.

Now Mr. Carrier must have known this to be untrue, as his own father is now receiving three shillings a week from the Melksham Union, without going into the workhouse at all. And it must be known to you that old persons are not required to go into the workhouse, and need not do so, unless they wish it; but these old persons are relieved at their own houses, and are better off, both as to relief, and to medical attendance, than they were under the old law. Then as to the treatment in the workhouse, the paupers there have meat three times a week, and, on the whole, are so well fed, and so well off, that out of

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