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Thursday, February 21st, 1833

Wanted immediately, Two Apprentices, in the Millinery and Dress Making Business. Apply personally, or by letter post-paid, to Mrs.Bicknell, Millinery and Dress Rooms, Newbury, Berks.
In the Show Room will be found a great variety of London and Parisian Millinery, Dresses, Ladies London-made Shoes, Stays, Corsets, &c.




To be Let, and entered upon at Lady-day, 1833, a Capital Dairy Farm, containing 116 Acres, (more or less), situate at Tytherton Lucas, in the parishes of Chippenham and Bremhill, in the county of Wilts, and now in the occupation of Mr.Wm.Dean, leaving the said Farm.

For further particulars, apply to Mr.Jno.Knapp, Land Surveyor, and Agent, Belcombe-place, Bradford, Wilts; and for a view of the Farm, to the Tenant.




Posting Reduced.
Duke's Arms, Marlborough,

Mary Wilday and Sister, in offering their grateful acknowledgements to their Friends and the Public for their past favours, beg to acquaint them that they have
Reduced the Price of Posting to 15d per Mile.




Posting Reduced
Angel Inn, Chippenham.

William Lawes, in offering his grateful acknowledgements to his Friends and the Public for their past favours, begs to acquaint them that he has
Reduced the Price of Posting to 15d per Mile.
Feb.14th, 1833.




To the Editor of the Devizes Gazette.
Sir, - There was a paragraph in your Gazette of the 14th instant, entitled "Cruelty to animals," which stated that "two young men residing at Great and Little Alton, had caught a fox, and after cutting off its brush, had turned it into the neighbouring cover." The statement, as to the resident in great Alton, must have been intended to apply to me, because there is no other person at Great Alton to whom it can apply.

Your correspondent evidently is one of those busy tattling persons, who go about with their ears and mouths wide open, anxious to hear and repeat anything marvellous, without waiting to ascertain its correctness, and who consequently often discover that their credulity has been imposed upon. For him I have no feeling except pity; but to put myself right in the opinion of your readers, as to the charge so directly brought against me, and indirectly to teach him, if such an attempt be not hopeless, the value of circumspection, I beg most explicitly to state that I did not cut off, or assist in cutting off, the fox's brush. It is true, that my dog, caught a fox, but I rescued the animal from its jaws as soon as I was able, and then withdrew with the dog, and I was not present when the brush was cut off, nor was I aware that it was intended to deprive it of its brush.

I shall feel obliged by your inserting this letter in your next Gazette.
I am Sir, Your obedient servant, H.W.Miller., Alton Priors, 20th Feb., 1833.

To the Editor of the Devizes Gazette.
Sir. - Your correspondent, last week, was misinformed respecting the cruelty of depriving a fox of its brush, as I can exonerate the young man alluded to at Great Alton, from having participated in it. By inserting this fact in your paper next Thursday, you will oblige.

Robert Oile, Alton Barnes, 18th Feb., 1833.




SETTING FIRE TO A HAY RICK.
100 GUINEAS REWARD

Whereas, it hath been humbly represented unto the King, that in the evening of Sunday last, the 17th of February instant, a Rick of Hay, containing about 23 tons, belonging to Mr.William Brown, at Uffcot, in the parish of Broad Hinton, in the county of Wilts, was feloniously and maliciously Set On Fire, by some evil disposed person or persons unknown, and nearly the whole consumed.

His Majesty, for the better apprehending and bringing to justice the persons concerned in the setting fire to the said Hay Rick, hath been pleased to promise his most gracious Pardon to any one of them (except the person who actually set fire to the same), who shall discover his accomplice or accomplices therein, so that he, she, or they may be apprehended and convicted thereof.

And, as a further encouragement, a Reward of One Hundred Guineas is hereby offered to any person (except the aforesaid), who shall discover the said offender or offenders, so that he, she, or they may be apprehended and convicted of the said offence. Fifty Pounds of such Reward to be paid by the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, a like sum of Fifty pounds by the said William Brown, and the remainder by the Swindon Society for Prosecuting Felons, &c. Information to be given at the Offices of Messrs.Bradford and Burt, Solicitors, Swindon, Wilts.

20th Feb 1833




Notice is hereby given, that the Tolls arising upon the third district of Road, under the Swindon, Calne, and Cricklade Turnpike Act, called or known by the names of Liddiard Marsh, Cricklade Dance and Forty Side Gates, Kingshall, Widham, Collins Lane, Packhorse Gate, and Poor Street Gates, will be Let by Auction, to the best bidder, at the house of William Hinder, called or known by the name of the Angel Inn, in Purton, in the county of Wilts, on Friday the eighth day of March next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, in the manner directed by the Act passed in the third year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, For regulating Turnpike Roads, which Tolls produced last year the following sums, viz.:

Liddiard Marsh Gate9026
Cricklade Dance and Forty side77160
Kingshall, Widham, Collins Lane, & Packhorse Gates61176
Poor Street Gate42100



Above the expenses of collecting them, and will be put up at those several sums. Whoever happens to be the best bidder, must at the same time pay one month in advance of the rent at which such Tolls may be let, and give security with sufficient sureties, to the satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Road , for payment of the remainder of the money monthly.

James Pratt, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Turnpike Road, Wootton Bassett, 7th Feb., 1833.




Married
On Tuesday last, at Maiden Bradley, by the Rev.G.H.Festing, Mr.George Henington, of Kilmington, Somerset, to Mary, second daughter of the late Mr.Stile Jefferys, of the former place.

Died.
At Jamaica, on the 6th of Jan in the 19th year of his age, Charles, the eldest son of Edward Bayntun, esq., of Bromham, in this county. Beloved and respected by all who knew him, his loss will be long and deeply regretted.
On Friday, the 8th instant, at the Parsonage, Maddington, at an advanced age, universally regretted, the Rev.Joseph Legge, Rector of Holton, Somersetshire, and for more than half a century, minister of Maddington, in this county.
At Wrotham Park, Middlesex, the seat of George Byng, esq., M.P., aged 51, Augustus, 2d son of the Rev.Lord John Thynee, rector of Walton, Somerset.
Suddenly, in his 72d year, the Rev.J.Higgins, for 36 years the highly respected curate of Mells, Somerset.
Lucy-Anna, 8th daughter of Mr.Wm.Marchment, of Clarendon Park, Wilts.
At Ramsbury, Wilts, the relict of Mr.Edw.Dowling, aged upwards of 100 years.




Preferred . - Rev.John Thomas Trevelyan, A.M., to the rectory of Huish Champflower, vacant by the death of the Rev.Wm.Darch; patron, Sir John Trevelyan, bart. - Rev.Frederick Robert Neve, to the rectory of Poole St.Michael, Wilts, vacant by the resignation of the Hon and Rev.Wm.L.Addington; on the presentation of the King.




The Rev.F.Fulford, the new vicar of Trowbridge, presided at the anniversary of the Trowbridge Branch Bible Society, on Thursday evening last. The Rev.Gent had been formerly opposed to the Bible Society; but at the above meeting he candidly acknowledged the error in which he had been led, and expressed his conviction of the utility and paramount importance of the Institution. The Rev.Messrs.Longmire, Methuen, Elliott, Doney, Walton, and Button, and Messrs.Sloper (of Devizes) and Stancomb (of Trowbridge) severally addressed the meeting. Considerable interest was also excited by the introduction of the Rev.N.Paul, a gentleman of colour, from Canada; who addressed the audience at some length upon the benefits arising from the Bible Society on the American Continent.




"The late Mr.Spearing bequeathed the sum of �20 to the overseers of the tything of Worton, to be expended in bread and coals, and divided amongst the most deserving poor persons within the tithing. The bread and coals, the produce of the �20 have within these few days been distributed - not however, to the most deserving poor as the will of Mr.Spearing directed, but (says our informant) to the poor generally and indiscriminately.

J.T.Mayne, esq., the unsuccessful candidate for Chippenham, has given �50 to the poor of that town, which has recently been distributed in food and coals. We understand that he ordered it to be given to all, without regard to party considerations.




The Irish Clergy. - If any class of men were ever entitled to the best sympathies of their fellow-christians, the majority of the Protestant Irish Clergy are at this instant the men. They are not the authors of the system to which they are become victims; but they have lived in the midst of their duties, and are deservedly held in high estimation as a body for their piety and benevolence. Many of them, accustomed to the decent comforts, and in some instance to a portion of the luxuries of life, are reduced to absolute indigence, through the present disorganised state of society in Ireland.

The following subscriptions have been already transmitted from this county :- The Lord Bishop of Salisbury, �100; T.G.B, Estcourt, esq., M.P. �50; Venerable Archdeacon Clarke, �10; Rev.W.L.Bowles, �10; Rev.A.Bonverie, �5; G.Atkinson, esq, �5; Rev.W.Blunt, Cholderton, �5; J.Bennet, esq., Sarum �3; Marquess of Lansdowne, �50; the Dean of Salisbury, �20; Mr.Chancellor March, �10; Archdeacon Macdonald, �5. A liberal subscription, amounting to �30 has also been raised by the young gentlemen , the scholars and commoners of Winchester College, for the same benevolent object.

The sum of �20 was collected at Westbury for the Rev.N.Paul, and �4 at Bratton.




Some malicious wretch on Sunday evening last, set fire to a rick of hay, containing upwards of 20 tons, belonging to Mr.Wm.Brown, at Uffcot, in this county, nearly the whole of which was consumed. A reward of 100 guineas has been offered for the apprehension of the offender.




A short time since the waggoner belonging to the Exeter waggon, while on the road to Salisbury, fell from the shafts on which he had been riding, and was killed. The same fate on Tuesday evening attended Mr.Russell's waggoner, on the road to the same place. Both men were perfectly sober. But notwithstanding all the serious warnings that persons in their situation have received by accidents of this description - they appear to persist in riding and sleeping on the shafts.




Committed to the House of Correction Devizes.
Thomas Fletcher, for one month, for vagrancy in the parish if Alderton. Tobias Batchelor, and Jas.Smith, for 1 month, for vagrancy in the parish of Hungerford. Wm.Pearce, for one month, for a misdemeanour in the parish of Kingswood. John Stone, for one month, for leaving his family chargeable to the parish of Ramsbury. John Bullock of Compton Bassett, for three months, and John Ely of Cherhill, for two months, for breaches of the game laws.

Committed to Fisherton Gaol.
Wm.Page, Joseph Richens, and Thomas Lawrence, charged with having feloniously stolen two ewe sheep, and one lamb, the property of Wm.Henry.Richards at Highworth - James Sheppard, for breaking open the warehouse of Thomas Smart at Bradford, and stealing therefrom a quantity of raw sugar. - Charles Young and George Smith, for being found armed with guns, killing game in the night at Brick-hill coppice, the property of Thomas Marquess of Bath, Horningsham.




Labourer's Friend Society.

A public meeting was held in the Town-hall, Devizes, on Saturday last, for the purpose of hearing Mr.G.W.Perry, agent to the Labourers Friend Society, explain the objects of that Institution; and also of considering the propriety of forming a Committee in this town, for the purpose of giving the system it recommends, a fair trial in the surrounding neighbourhood. The meeting was very respectably attended; but, as at most meetings, where the feelings of benevolence are likely to be called into action, the greater part of the company was composed of ladies. Next to the ladies, we have frequently observed, the members of that calumniated body, the Clergy, take the most prominent part in all works of benevolence; and among those present, on the above occasion, we observed the Rev.Mr.Methuen, the Rev.Mr.Vincent, the Rev.Mr.Smith, the Rev.Mr.Bassett, the Rev.Mr.Lucas, the Rev.Mr.Elliott, the Rev.Mr.Mayo, the Rev.Mr.Fosbury, and the Rev.Mr.Medlicott. Among the rest of the company, there were several substantial farmers, who appeared to take a deep interest in the meeting. The Rev.Mr.Smith was unanimously called to the chair. After briefly stating the objects of the meeting, the Rev.gent requested Mr.Perry to explain the principles of the Institution he represented.

Mr.Perry then came forward, and, in a speech which occupied an hour and a half, in the delivery of which he was frequently and warmly applauded, (of which, however, we are reluctantly obliged to give a mere outline), commenced by stating that it was the aim and object of the Labourers Friend Society to ameliorate the moral and physical condition of the labouring classes, by calling the attention of the upper classes for the best method for putting them in possession of the means of earning their own subsistence; and, independently of parochial aid, of enabling them to "provide things honest in the sight of all men." To the labour of these classes (he said) we are mainly indebted to our national wealth and greatness :- it must , therefore, be a matter of paramount importance that the labourer should fill his just place in society, and receive such a remuneration for his industry, as shall ensure him the comforts of life. The labourer's friend, is the friend of his country, - and in no way can he be more rationally and efficiently promote the moral and physical interests of the poor but health and able bodied labourer, than be superseding the necessity of his receiving that as a boon from the parish funds, or the cold hand of charity, which he can, when possessed of the means, earn by his own industry. He that instead of fine-spun and specious, but vague and unsubstantial theory, looks at men and things - who studies well the domestic history of his country - who takes facts for the basis of his plans, and who traces effects up to their causes, and causes down to their effects, while he is aware that there is no better criterion of the prosperous state of any country than its peasantry being comfortable, happy, contented, and independent of every resource but their labour for their support; knows also, that in the allotment system, which this Society aims at stimulating the nation to adopt, there is nothing new in the history of England. Down to the close of the American war, this system had generally prevailed over England; and it is to the great departure from this system, that many of the sore evils and heavy burdens which are now so severely felt and loudly complained of, are attributable. It is to a different and much worse system having been introduced, that we are to trace much of that alienation of mind - of that disruption of the social ties, which once connected master and servant - of that degradation of feeling and character, and that utter recklessness of all regard to the future, with which now, at an early age, and in the most wretched circumstances, they enter on the married state - which unhappily characterize our peasantry. The system advocated by this Society (said Mr.P) is totally dissimilar to that which has had such a bad effect on the Irish peasantry. In the Sister Kingdom the poor labourer, or rather cottager, too frequently depends solely on a small potato plot, for the maintenance of himself and family. For this small patch of land, he generally pays a most exorbitant rent. He has no field for exertion - no scope for rising by his industry. He may reckon on a possible, but precarious, and truly wretched existence :- independence is out of the question.

The Labourers Friend Society, on the contrary, simply advocates a return to the system, which was so well understood in the reign of Elizabeth, that a law was enacted, by which it was rendered penal for any person to erect a cottage for an agricultural labourer, without attaching a certain quantity of land to it. This Statute is still unrepealed. Mr.Perry begged the meeting to understand that the system he recommended, aimed not at raising the occupant above the rank of a labourer. A labourer he found him, and a labourer he would leave him; but while he had no wish that he should not continue still to work for the farmer as formerly, he would wish him to possess the means of profitably employing his spare time. He would, as a friend to his country, as well as to the labourer, earnestly press on his audience the high utility of having a "stake in the hedge," and a property in the soil - something to identify his interests with those of the great body politic. He would give him a motive to industry, and a reward for it. He would connect his moral conduct with his physical welfare. He would make it more profitable for him to be a good member of society than a bad one : he would attach him to his country and its laws; he would give him a stimulus to that independence of mind, which teaches a poor man to respect himself; he would withdraw him from the ale-house, and bad company; he would give him the means of training up his children in early habits of industry; and the only shackles he would impose on him would be, that in return, he should be industrious and moral. The Agent then adverted to the size of the allotments; and having stated that all Labourers might be divided into two classes - the permanent and the occasional, - he said that each should have, at a farmer's rent, as much land as he, his wife, and children could cultivate, during those hours which would otherwise be lost or mis-spent. In a happy strain of pointed irony, he showed the futility and absurdity of the ridiculous cavils and objections raised against the system - as, that it would tend to make many of the labourers small farmers - give them facilities for thieving - tend to lower the price of grain - promote an increase in our population - and injure the farmers interests, from the exhaustion of the physical strength of the labourer in cultivating his own land. He quoted and detailed a number of highly interesting facts in corroboration of his views, and in refutation of the charges brought against them, which want of room, compels us to omit. He called the serious attention of the meeting to the operation of the beer bill; and in very forcible language, drew and affecting picture of its effects on the minds and habits of our peasantry. He said, it was effecting a moral blight on those to whom it was meant as a boon; and hoped the good people of Devizes would not fail to memorialize the Government on this important subject. The speaker next called the attention of his hearers to the condition of the Labourers Cottages, and stated that it was a prominent part of his duty, to advert to this subject.

Every house inhabited by a family, ought to contain a suitable number of sleeping apartments, so that in all cases there might be a sufficient barrier for that propriety and decency of feeling between the sexes, which is essential to morality. He next, at considerable length, and in a strain of pathetic eloquence, due the attention of the auditory to the vast importance of a sound biblical education being brought within the reach of all ranks. A general, or rather an universal diffusion of moral science, (said Mr.Perry) lies at the root of every improvement calculated to raise, to refine, to bless us as Christian community. The kind of education, which he advocated, was not of a speculative and political kind : he pleaded for the extension of an education which, transcending the limits of time, fits man for the skies; which teaches him his Being's end and aim; teaches him how to live, and how to die; which forms in him a right motive to action, and deters him from the perpetration of crime, not merely because there are such things as gallows, a gaol, a house of correction, a place of transportation, &c., but because there is an Omniscient God who takes cognizance of all our actions, whose awards reach far beyond the present life; at whose bar we shall stand when the tide of time shall have disimbogued itself into the boundless abyss of endless duration; and because it shall be well or ill with us in eternity, as we have acted well or ill here. And, said the speaker, as it almost amounts to an axiom, that in the same ratio at the poor man's physical circumstances are improved , so is his moral condition ameliorated; and as I have shown today, that in almost every instance in which our system has been judiciously adopted, a laudable desire has been manifested by the labourer to have his children taught "the good ways of the Lord;" who, and where is he who will not, as a patriot and philanthropist, assist, as far as he can, in promoting a measure fraught with so many advantages ?

Mr.Perry adverted to many other benefits resulting from the general adoption of the Allotment System - as the reduction of poor-rates, the provident habits of the cottager, &c.; and concluded by an energetic appeal to the Ladies present, who, he said, though generally termed the weaker sex, might, as far as regarded a development of the best feelings and principles of our nature, be termed the stronger sex.

Major Olivier concurred in most of the remarks which had fallen from Mr.Perry. He had himself witnessed, in Bedford, in Surrey, and in Northampton, the good effects to be derived from the allotment system; and he would cheerfully co-operate in furthering that system in the neighbourhood of Devizes; as he was satisfied that it would only tend to promote the interests of the laborer, but also of the farmer, and of Society at large; and whilst it would add to the domestic comforts of the labourer, it would also render him a more faithful servant, and a more moral and better subject. Land, however, should be let to the deserving poor only, subject to certain conditions, and the occupation of it should be resumed by the farmer, upon a breach of those conditions. Acts of dishonesty or drunkenness ought certainly to subject the laborer to the deprivation of his allotment. The gallant Major concluded by combating some of the objections which had been made against the Society.

The Rev.Mr.Methuen said, from the depth of his heart he rejoiced at having an opportunity to further any system which had a tendency to benefit the poor laborer, or to render him more comfortable and happy. He could bear testimony to the ill-consequences arising from the non-adoption of the plan like the present ; he had known that laborers on the road, receiving the small pittance of 2s 6d a week, from the want of other occupation, wasted even the greater part of that pittance in the ale-house; whilst, on the other hand, he had seen the happiest results, where the system had been carried into execution. After paying a compliment to the father of Mr.Estcourt, who, he believed, was the first to introduce this system into this county, the Rev.Gent stated that he himself had been induced, during the last 12 months, to apportion a quantity of land at Allcannings to the poor, in allotments of about 40 lugs, which he was happy to say, had already been attended with great benefit. One person only had violated the terms upon which the land was let; and from that person his allotment had been withdrawn : he was an habitual frequenter of the public-house; and, as might be expected, gave up the land with great indifference, and for some time followed his favourite haunt - the ale-house. He had, however, constantly before his eyes the good effects of industry; he could not help perceiving how much more comfortable the families of others were than his was; and within 5 of six weeks, such was the impression it made upon him, that he, who had been one of the greatest drunkards in the parish, was induced to join the Temperance Society ! At his solicitation, (said Mr.Methuen) I re-let him the land; and he is now quite an altered man. The Rev.Gent said he would exert himself to further the objects of the Society.

Mr.G.E.Sloper observed, that during the 20 years he had lived at Etchilhampton, he had appropriated small quantities of land to the poor, which had been attended with success; but as he was now retired from business, he should like to hear the opinion of Mr.Budd, a practical farmer, on the subject.

Mr.Budd immediately presented himself to the notice of the Meeting. He said that he had been a farmer for 12 years, and experience had taught him that the landowners had it in their power to render the peasantry happy. It rested with them whether the laborers should be paid remunerating wages or not, and whether the system for allotting them small portions of land, should be carried into general operation. That the allotment system had been productive of much good, who that had witnessed its effects would deny ? It had long been adopted in the parish in which he resided - in which parish also, every farmer agreed to take his proportion of the surplus labourers; and what was the result ? Why, as might be expected, - diminished poor-rates, and an industrious, a moral, and a contented peasantry. He could wish that landlords, in letting farms, would stipulate, and have that stipulation entered in the lease, that farmers would be compelled to allot a small quantity of land to the poor - compelled to pay their labourers remunerating wages, and also to take their fair proportion of surplus laborers; of course taking good care that the rents shall be proportionately moderate, in order that the farmers may be enabled to comply with those conditions. There would then be an end, to the excuse, now too frequently used, that the landlord has been so extortionate in his rent, as to leave scarcely any thing for the labourer. No one litigiously disposed person would then, as now, have it in his power to upset the good arrangements of a whole parish. The land would be better cultivated, the labourer more contented, the farmer more satisfied, and the poor-rates greatly reduced. I will take upon me to say, (said Mr.Budd) that there is not one agricultural parish out of twenty, which contains a single labourer more than is absolutely necessary for the proper cultivation of the soil, and where the farmers would not find it to their benefit, equally to divide the laborers amongst them. I am (and I believe the generality of the farmers are also) for paying the labourer as much as he earns; whether married or single, he ought to receive remunerating wages for his labour. On my own farm, when a single man is able to do that species of work which is required from what I term a good labourer, I pay him the price of a good labourer; and it is by paying attention to this plan, that early and improvident marriages are prevented. During the riots which disgraced this county and the country in the latter part of the year 1830, my labourers rallied round me as one man; we conquered upwards of 300 of the rioters, as I have always found that 5 men embarked in a good cause, are equal to 50 in a bad one. I left my home without apprehension, and assisted in putting down riots in other parts of the county *. During my absence my thrashing machine was at work; on my return my property was as secure as when I left it; and I feel proud to say, that throughout the parish of Winterbourn, there is not a single laborer but would at this moment risk his life in defence of his master or his master's property. If Landlords and Stewards would in general meet the farmer with liberal feeling, I would answer for it, there would be no cause for legislating for the poor.

* The spirited exertions of Mr.Budd, during these riots, elicited the thanks of the Magistrates of the Marlborough and Swindon district; they were also represented to, and handsomely acknowledged by, Viscount Melbourne.

Mr.G.E.Sloper said that during the riots, he certainly recommended the farmers to discontinue their thrashing machines; for he held that (unless under peculiar circumstances) where there was a superabundance of labourers, those machines ought not to be used; he agreed that the labourer ought to be paid remunerating wages, and he approved generally of Mr.Budd's plan; but could not help expressing his dislike of the compulsory clause. His motto was - no dictation either in religion or politics.

After some further discussion the meeting was adjourned until the 1st of March; in the meantime the Chairman kindly promised to write to various landowners in the neighbourhood on the subject.

We have heard that Mr.Charles and Mr.Simon Hitchcock of Allcannings, have determined to give the system an immediate trial.




Ten Guineas Reward

Whereas late on Monday night or early on Tuesday morning last, some person or persons did feloniously Steal from the Stable of Mr.Wm.Ellen, of Devizes Green, a Dark Brown Gelding, about 14 hands high, in good condition, with a white spot on the forehead, and mark on the back occasioned by the cart pad, a white spot just above the hoof on the near side behind, and a bare spot, about the size of a penny, on the off flank.

Whoever will give information of the offender, or offenders, shall, on his or their conviction, receive the above Reward of Ten Guineas, on application to the said Mr.Wm.Ellen.
Devizes Green, Feb.21, 1833.




Wedhampton, near Devizes.
4 miles on the Andover Road
Dairy Cows, &c

To be Sold by Auction, on the Premises, by Crockett and Son, on Wednesday, 27th Feb.1833, the Dairy Stock of useful Cows and Graziers, together with all the Dairy Utensils of Mr.Geo.Manning, who is quitting the Dairy Business - Sale to commence at 12 o'clock.




Broughton Gifford,
Within 2 miles of Melksham.
To be Sold by Auction, on the Premises, the Church Farm, by Mr.Giller, on Monday February 25th, 1833, the
Fat & Grazing Stock

Of Mr.John Reeks, quitting the Farm; comprising 3 fat Cows, 12 very fresh 2 and 4-year-old Graziers of a very superior cast, a handsome 3-year-old nag Gelding; a rick of very prime Meadow Hay, computed at near 30 tons; Amesbury Heaver complete, Fan and Stocks, Hay-machine, 3 Ploughs, 1 draining ditto, 10 dozen Flake-hurdles, Stakes, Faggots, and Poles, quantity of Withy-rods for basketing, very good double and single Cheese-presses, with leads; single Whey-lead, quantity of Vats, large Cheese-tub for 60 cows milk, Hog-tubs and troughs; and a few lots of Household Furniture.

The Sale is appointed to be holden on the above day, precisely at one o'clock, for the accommodation of Graziers and others attending Melksham market, whose company will be esteemed a favor, as early after the market as possible. No reserve - Refreshments will be provided.




Monks Park and Boys Farm,
Central between Corsham and Melksham.
Important Sale of Timber,

Consisting of 257 Maiden Elm Trees averaging from 1 to 2 tons each; and several of them of the very superior dimensions of from 3 to 5 tons each; together with upwards of 70 Maiden Ash, Beech, Lime, and Chesnut Trees; which will be unreservedly submitted in 15 lots, by Public Auction, by Mr.Giller, at the Methuen's Arms Inn, Corsham, on Tuesday Feb.26th, 1833, at three o'clock in the afternoon, subject to such liberal conditions as will then and there be produced.

The Trees will be shewn at any time previous to the Sale, by George Franklin, the gardener at Monks; and Catalogues may be had of Jacob Hayward, at Boys Farm; of Mr.J.Gale, Builder, &c., Lacock; and of the Auctioneer, at the Bear Inn, Melksham.




Swainswick Manor Farm,
Within two mile of Bath.

Dairy Cows, Graziers, Heifers, Yearlings, Bulls, Draught and Nag Horses, Colts, Pigs, Beans, Wheat, and Farming Implements.
To be Sold by Auction, on the Premises, as above, by Mr.Giller, on Wednesday February 27th, 1833, the whole of the Live and Dead
Dairy & Farming Stock,
Comprising 12 young and useful Cows, in good season, with calf; 8 Cows now in full milk, 3 Graziers, 4 two-year old barren Heifers, 4 yearling Heifers, a capital three-year-old Bull, of Durham and Hereford breed; 1 yearling Durham Bull; 3 draught Geldings, 1draught Mare, 1 ditto, six years old, in foal by Grangers Horse, a handsome two-year-old cart Filly, and yearling Colt, from the same stock; a very useful 5-year-old Mare, accustomed to harness; 2 young Sows in farrow; 3 narrow-wheel Waggons, 2 six-inch Carts, oak Field-roller, Milk-carriage, with tin barrel, 6 sets of trace and thill Harness, 2 Ploughs, Drags, and Harrows, Amesbury Heaver complete, Fan and Stocks Bushel, &c.; 6 Cow-cribs, single Cheese-press, 3 Pails, Apple-mill and Press, with cloths, Hay-knives and Ladders, 2 Bean-ricks, the produce of 10 acres, 1 Wheat-rick, ditto of 7 acres, with the convenience of a barn on the premises for thrashing the corn, the straw not being allowed to be taken off. - Refreshments will be provided.

An early attendance will oblige, as the whole will be sold without reserve, beginning with such of the lots as may be suited to the company present, at 11 o'clock to a minute.




Potterne, Near Devizes.

To be Let, and entered upon immediately, a comfortable Family House, situate in the pleasant Village of Potterne, two miles from Devizes; consisting of a spacious Entrance Hall, Dining and Drawing Rooms, 4 best Bed-rooms, 5 Attics, good Kitchen, Pantry, and other Conveniences; a Stable and Gig-house, large Garden, and two Orchards, with or without a Meadow adjourning, of about three Acres.

Further particulars may be obtained, (if by letter, post-paid), to Mr.North, Devizes.
There is a daily post through Potterne. The roads through and about the village are excellent, and there is a good Pew, belonging to the house in the Church.
Feb.21, 1833.




West Lavington.
Freehold Cottages,
Horses, Cows, Corn, Hay, Timber, Faggots, Implements of Husbandry, and Household Furniture.

To be Sold by Auction, by Mr.Knight, on the Premises, on Friday March 1st, 1833, all the Live and Dead Farming Stock, late the property of Mr.Jas.Wilkins, deceased at West Lavington, Wilts.
Also, at four o'clock in the afternoon, Two Freehold Cottages, with Gardens, containing about 50 Perches, situate on the right of the Devizes road, at its entrance into Littleton, in the occupation of Mary Chapman, and John Nash, held under the Earl of Radnor, for the life of Wm.Wilkins, aged about 44 years, subject to a quit rent of 2s.

Also a Cottage and Garden, containing about six Perch, adjoining the Old Wheat Sheaf Inn, lately occupied by Robert Dark, but now untenanted; held in a like manner for the life of Ann Lye, now aged about 41 years, subject to a quit rent of sixpence.

And on Saturday March 2d, the Neat Household Furniture. - Sale each day at eleven.

For further particulars, apply at the Offices of Mr.Tilby, or to the Auctioneers, Devizes.




Collingbourn
Neat Household Furniture

Square Piano, double-barrelled and single-barrelled Percussion Fowling-pieces, neat Gig and Harness, new Side-saddle and double Bridle, light sprung Cart, and Harness, and excellent Mashing-tub, good Coolers, and Casks, with a variety of other useful Effects,
The Whole of which will be Sold by Auction, by Mr.Reeve, on the Premises, situate near the Cleaver Inn, Collingbourn-Kingstone, on Friday the 1st of March, 1833, at eleven o'clock, and comprises four-post Bedsteads, and furnitures; mahogany Sideboard brass mounted, ditto Dining-table, Grecian Sofa, oak Bureau, and Book-case; chimney, and swing dressing Glasses, Firescreens, parlour, bed room, and kitchen Chairs; Kidderminster Carpets; Finger-glasses, Smoak-jack, Barrel-churn, and patent ditto, safety Shades, bronzed Tea-urns, Spirit-bottles, mahogany Trays, Saddles, Bridle, two-framed Cucumber-lights, Kitchen Requisites, and many desirable articles, enumerated in Catalogues, to be had on the Premises, and of the Auctioneer, at his Cabinet and Upholstery Ware-rooms, Marlborough and Swindon.




S�� Farm, Hungerford, Berks.
Prime Dairy Cows, Colts, Pigs, Hay, Dairy and Brewing Utensils, 100 gallon Copper, and valuable Effects.

To be Sold by Auction, by Mr.Westall, on Friday March 8th, 1833, at eleven o'clock, on the above Farm, the property of Mrs.Washbourn, who leaving; twenty-four prime Young
Dairy Cows and Heifers,
In or with calves, one Grazier, one 2 and one 3-year-old cart Colts, 5 fine Berkshire Sows in pig, and one Boar, five ricks of very prime Hay, a reeded Cart, eleven share Plough, three 2-wheel ditto, two water Pipes and Carriages, two sets of Harrows, two pairs of Drags, Grass-seed Machine, Chaff-cutting ditto, 14 sets of Cart and Plough Harness, six hoops of Bells, Sheep-troughs, Fold-bars, 3 good oak Rollars, 12 Cow-cribs, 12 oak and other Pig-troughs, 10 Sheep ditto, 2 Grind-stones. In the Dairy will be found an excellent double Cheese-press, and every useful article; 100 gallon Brewing Copper, Washing ditto, Mashing-tub, Wort ditto, Casks, &c. &c.

The whole without reserve, and may be viewed two days before the Sale.




Prime young Stock of Dairy Cows, and Heifers, Bulls and Bull Stags, Fat and Grazing Cows, Hay, Dairy Utensils, &c. at
Middle Hill Farm
In the Parish of Lyneham, Wilts.
To be Sold by Auction, by William Dore, on the Premises, on Monday February 25th, 1833, the whole of the choice
Young Dairy Stock,
Hay, Dairy Utensils, &c. &c. of Mr.Adam Henly, who is leaving his Farm at Lady-day next :

Comprising more particularly, 37 choice young Dairy Cows with their calves or to calve; 2 fat Cows, 3 grazing ditto, 10 two-year-old Heifers in calf, 9 yearling Heifers, 2-year-old Bull, and Yearling ditto of the long horn breed, 2 fat Bull Stags, Sow and Pigs, about 30 tons of Hay, upwards of 1000 Faggots in lots, 5 up-stand Cow-cribs, 3 stone Water-troughs, 2 oak pig ditto, 34-round Ladder, Grindstone, Potato-washer, &c. The Dairy Utensils include and excellent oak double Cheese-press, 1 ditto, 1 double and 1 single Whey-leads, large Cheese-tub and stand, smaller ditto, Barrel-churn and stand, 2 pair of Milk-buckets, quantity of Cheese-vats of various sizes, copper and tin Milk-warmers, 2 pair of Milk-tins, brass Milk-kettle, 2 Rennet-tubs, Butter-Kivers, 2 Water-buckets, vessel, tub, stand, &c; 5 iron-bound Beer Casks, copper Furnace and Grate, iron Boiler and ditto, Doughtrough, Bath Stove-grate, stump Bedstead, flock bed, Quilts, oak Bureau, 4-leaf Screen, deal Clothes-press, 6 Chairs, and various other lots of Household Goods not mentioned.

The Sale to begin precisely at 11 o'clock.




Kington Langley, Wilts.
For Sale by Auction, by Mr.Gale, on the Premises, on Monday February 25th, 1833, all the
Live & Dead Stock,

Implements of Husbandry, a few lots of Household Furniture, and other Effects, of the late Mr.Thomas Bullock : consisting of 9 useful Dairy Cows either in or with calves; 3 two-year-old Heifers, 1 Sow and 12 pigs, 2 ditto in farrow, 1 draught Mare in foal, 1 two-year-old Colt, 1 yearling ditto, 1 narrow-wheel Waggon, 1 ditto Cart with head and tail ladders, a pair of extra six-inch wheels to ditto, Milk-carriage, 5 Cow-cribs, 6 Ladders, Sheep-cribs, Flake-hurdles, 3 sets of Harness, Bridles and Saddles, side ditto, and pillion; Chaff-box and knife, Pig-troughs, Hog-tubs, 2 single Cheese-presses, 2 ditto Tubs, double Whey-lead, Cheese-vats, Tacks and Stands, Barrel-churn, Bucket and yokes, 3 dozen of Sacks, cover for a cart, Mash-tub, oval Kivers, 8 iron-bound Casks, Washing-tubs, Brewing-copper nearly new, iron Boiler, pair of Trucks, Waggon-line, Garden-tools, Hay-knives; 1 pocket of Hops to be Sold in lots, with various other articles. Also 2 two-wheel neat and useful Chaises with heads[?] and harness; about 16 tons of prime Meadow Hay , to be spent on the Premises.

Sale to begin at eleven o'clock.
To be Let, with possession at Lady-day next, all that newly erected Dwelling-House, situate at Kingston Langley aforesaid, and now in the occupation of Mrs.Bullock; comprising 2 front Parlours, 4 Sleeping-rooms, Entrance-hall, Pantry, Brewhouse, and under-ground Cellars; a capital 2-stalled Stable and Coach-house, and a Garden in front, walled in about 150 feet in length. There is a good supply of water.

For further particulars, or a view of the same, apply on the Premises, or to the Auctioneer, Chippenham.