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Incidcnis in and uvAr London, 



[Jan. 1, 



Somervllle, Robert Byng, Efq. and Richard 

 Aftley-,' Efq , and of two London butchers of 

 eminence, viz. Mr. WiUi;im Lambert and 

 Mr. Robert Ayres. Tiiefe five gentlemen 

 ■ fpent tlic whole of the lltu in a careful exa- 

 aiination and comp.irifon of the ccrti(:i.;tes, 

 and of tiie animals to which they related ; 

 -nd iit tb.c conclufion awarded aa follows : 

 »iz. to John VVelton, SO guineas for a ller.}- 

 ford ox, above 160 tlone weight ; to ditto, 

 i.'0 guineas for a Hereford ox, above J lij 

 llonc weight ; to John Edmonds, 10 (guineas 

 for a Hereford ox, ditto ; to Samuel Chan- 

 dler, 20 guineas for a Devon ox, above 100 

 ftone weight; to John Weltcar, JO guineas 

 for a Hereford ox, ditto; to Samuel Chan- 

 dler, 10 guineas for h Devonfliire fteer under 

 four years old"; to Jofcph Lucas, 10 (guineas 

 for a ftioit-homcd cow, fatted after her third 

 calf; to Anthony Lechmere, 10 guineas for 

 three ftieerling long-wooled fat wethers ; to 

 John Edmonds, 10 guineas for three two- 

 Aear long-wooUcd fat wethers ; to Henry 

 King, Jan. 10 guineas for three two-O.ear fat 

 South-Uown wethers; to George Dodd, 10 

 guineas tor a Suffolk fat pi;;, 2;i months old ; 

 and to his Royal Ilighnefs the DuKe of York, 

 10 guineas for a fat Spanirti and Chincfe pig, 

 under 10 months old. Befides the above, 

 feveral fine animals were cxliibited, with 

 certificates in due form, \\z ar.cn by John 

 Weftcar, Jonathan Chater, Thomas I'ick- 

 ford, Edmund Waters, Samuel Cliandler, 

 John Terrett, and Henry King, jun. ; cows, 

 by John Weftcar, Lord William RuthU, and 

 John Humphries ; long-v.ooUed wether (licep, 

 by the Rev. Thomas Placket, John Weikar, 

 Humphrey Tuclcwell, R. M. Rohinfon, John 

 Humphries, Richard Hiions, George Inlhip, 

 and Robert Malkrs ; and pigs, by his Royal 

 Highiiefs the Duke of York, James B\irler, 

 and John Humphries. The exhibitors of 

 live Itock, not entitled to be competitors for 

 the prizes, were Paul Pell, Lord Eagot, 

 Henry King, jun., Jofeph Joyner, Ryoert 

 Mafters, Robert Harvry, Thomas Pickiord, 

 James Reed, and Montague Burgoyne. It 

 is not a little fmgular, that while ten candi- 

 dates appeared for the prizes lor long-woolled 

 wethers, only one gentleman (hewed fhort- 

 wooUed wethers, although two prizes were 

 ofiered for fuch fhccp. Very tine fpeciniens 

 of the luta huga, or Swedilli turnip, were 

 fhewn, from the farm." of Earl Mansfield and 

 'i'homas Pickford : we arc glad to find thefe 

 ufeful and highly nutritious roots coming- 

 into very general ufe with farmers. Some 

 very fine kehl rabi, or Hungarian turni|)-cab- 

 bage, were exhibited by MellVs. Gibbs and 

 Co. Lord SoraerviUe, hece and at the diu- 

 ner, announced an alteration in the condi- 

 tions of his enfuing Sprin;; Shew of Cattle 

 (at Mr. Sadler's yard, on the ^d and 3d of 

 March), limiting his prizes for fat wether 

 ihoit-woolled iheep to fuch as do not weigh 

 above 251b. per quarter of mutton, and al- 

 lowing the grazier as well as the breeder of 

 fuch iheep exhibited to b« caiidid-ites lor the 

 prizes. 



At the conclufion of the (hew on Monday, 

 the annual dinner of the club took place, at 

 Frecniafon's Tavern, Lord William Ruflcll 



in the chair, fupported by many diftiuguifhcd 

 patrons of agriculture ; the company confided 

 of about \i<J\) perfons, nearly the w'lole of 

 whom are praiftically cng.-iged in, or acquainf- 

 ed with, t rie breeding, rearing, feeding, or 

 fale of cattle : fuch an aflembly could not 

 fail of producing much intereding converfi- 

 tion and difcuHion. After the ufual toa:ls, 

 and the reading of the judges' report as above, 

 the noble chairman ftafed, that the four firft 

 clalTes of premiums otlered of late years by 

 the club, .not limiting the oxen or fteer /hewn 

 to any particular breed, fuch a fuperiority in 

 favour of tlie Hererordihire cattle had ap- 

 peared, that, if longer continued, they might 

 prove difcouraging to the other valuable biecds 

 of the country ; on which account, the cliib 

 had determined for the enfuing year to make 

 fix clafles of premiums for oxen or ftcers of 

 120 flone weight, or upwards, which have 

 been worked at Itafl- two yeais, ending the 

 11th of Oilober, 1806, ar.d not put to fat- 

 ten previous to that diy, which have Qzlcn 

 no oil cake or corn previous to the 1 ft of 

 September, 1807 ; a particular account to be 

 krpt, and rendered to the club, of all which 

 they conlume between that day and the jOth 

 of November. The fix pj-t-miums to be 20 

 guineas each, as follows, viz. 1, for the bo (t 

 Hereford ox or fteer ; 2, long-horned ; 3, 

 fliort horned ; 4, Sullex or Kent ; 5, Devon ; 

 and (), any mixed breed: and, furtiier to ex- 

 clv; emulation in the candidates, an additienal 

 premium of ten guineas to the owner of the 

 beft ox or fteer fhewn in any of thefe fix 

 dalles. That, in addition to the above, a 

 fcventh premium of 10 guineas for oxen or 

 fteers of any defcripuon, under the weight of 

 ] 20 llone, is to be offered, whether they 

 have been worked or not, if fed without corn 

 or cake. The premiums for fat cows, which 

 have previously borne three calves, tor long 

 and fhort-woolkd fat wether ihccp, and for 

 fat pig*, to be tiie fame as laft year. Thefe 

 alterations in the premiums .'or the enfuing 

 yc.u wvre much applauded by the company, 

 as tending to invitsr greater competition, and 

 form a new era in the uleful labours of this 

 patriotic club. His Lordlhipthen ftated, that 

 the other avo'ations of Mr. Arthur Voang 

 having been found to interfere with his du- 

 t)i5 as fccretary to the club, he had refignv;d 

 that olhce, to which Mr. John Farcy (lai;d- 

 furveyor and ager.t), 12, Uppcc Crown- 

 flreet, Wellminfter, had been ekfled ; and 

 Mr. Paul Giblett (butcher), ];>(!, New I'lOnd- 

 ftreet, to the office of treafurer to the club. 

 At the meetings of the club which tool^ plaje 

 at Freemalbn's Tavern during the lh»w, the 

 following new members were elected, viz. 

 E.vrl Thanet, Sir Henry Lippencot, Sir Wil- 

 liam Wake, Colonel T. R. Beaumont, Ro- 

 bert Harvey, Allen, Robert Tubbs, 



John Plomer Clarke, Sajnuel Kendal, Wil- 

 Jjam Lambert, Ilobert Ayres, Cullen Smith, 

 AViUiara D. Grouiid,St^hen Thornton, Wil- 

 liam 



