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London, England, 1803-03-02 00:00:00

LOUIS XVI.

Much has already been saki of the stone, caned
the Latrakr, which has lately made so much noise.
The likeness of Louis XVI. is so striking, a,nd the
accompaniments which recal the recolleßion of the
martyrdom of that august viaim—of the impiety
and revolt of the monsters who lately governed
France, are. so extraordinary, that many persons
will not believe the stone to he 4 natural production.
These doubss have. determined M. nr. RasAssostvE
to establish, by the beta judges in this way, that his
stone could not have been A composition.
" We, the undersigned, having examined, with
the most scrupulous attention, the stone, known
under tip .name of Labrador, bearing the impres-
sion of Aouis XVI. and which was laid before us
by M. the Count nr. A A SSO MNI F., certify, that
there is not, to our knowledge, any process of art
which could imitate that piece, and we are intimate-
ly persuaded, that it is a simple prod ion of na-
ture ; on the faith of which we have signed the pre-
sent declaration.

London, Jan. 25, 1803.
HAMILTON, K. B.
L. Dor vts,
I. L. Coumr BOURNON, Member
of the Royal Society.
RI.INDELI. and BRIDGE.
•T. GRAY.
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VIEW OF CATTLE.

The Society for encouraging Agriculture .4.
Breeding, under the direction and management eff
Lord Sommerville, after the second day of the Show
of Cadle, at Barbican, dined yesterday at the Frecil•
Masons' Tavern, Great Queen-Street, Lincoln's-Tim
Fields, when between two and three hundred per-
sons sat down to one of the best conducted and melt
elegant dinners we have witnessed for many Year.
—At the upper end of the Hall, there was an
oval table laid for forty persons, at which Lotai
Sommerville, who was in the Chair, and his select
friends sat ; on his right, we observed the Duke
.of Pedford, Lord Villiers, Marquis of Titchlield,
Lord Talbot, the Hon.Mr.Villiers; and on his left, the
Marquis of Sligo, Lord William Russel, Mr. Coke,
M. P. for Norfolk. Sir Henry Vane Tempest, Lord
Porchester, Lord Henry Fitzgerald, George Byng,
&c. &c.

The cloth been removed, the usual toasts were
drank, to the King and Royal Family.
His Lordship then gave the following
The Jude oi the Cittl2, with Thanks tor their atteed-
*nee:

Farming all over the world, and in Ireland partic!darly.
llosbaildry eneouraged, and Commerce enemas:A.
His Lordship then gave, the Duke of Bedford,
which was warmly received.
The Duke of Bedford gave Lord Sommerville in
return, with three times three,. which was drank
with universal applauSe. His Lordship arose and
returned thanks, in a short but an elegant speech.
—His, Lordship then proceeded to mention the
names of those gentlemen entitled to the prizes ad-
judged by the Society, as'follow :
The first, a prise of thirty Guineas, to his Grace the Duke
of Bo Iford, for the best-fed Yoke Oxen.
The seenual prize of twenty Guineas, to Mr. Abrahams, for
his second-beat lair of Yoke Oxen; but in ease the said Oxen
should weigh more than 160 stone (that weight being the
standard allowed by the Society) the said premium of twenty
Guineas should be adjudged to Mr. Martin, hi 7 -•e 1 being
the nearest and the bust Yoke Oxen in the Shew.

The first prize for Shee,., w.is thirty Guineas, adjudged to
Mr. Edmund Smith, Yoke Hog and South Dawn Wahers.
The second was also ailjudgll to his Glace the J)uke of
Bedford, of twenty G 1it12e335, for his fire best South-Down
Wethers.

After which his Lordship, in a handsome speech,
earnestly recommended to the Society, and to the
grazing interest in England, Ireland, and Scotland,
to persevere and improve their breed of sheep, by
the crossing of the Spanish breed with their South-
Down, and also with their Wiltshire and Leicester-
shire breed. This recommendation his Lordship
enforced with a history of the breed, and the ad-
vantage derived by graziers in England, since the
commencement of that society, by crossing the
breed of sheep with That of the Spanish ram, as well
as that of the South-Down. Should this system be
followed up, he had no doubt but that in the course
of a few years the importation of Spanish wool
would be totally abolished, and that our markets
and wollen maitufgtories would surpass all other
nations for fineness, elegance, durability, and
cheapness.
The two silver cups were then presented to Mr.
Wheeler and Mr. Ilyng.
• A plan, suggested by a Mr. Nicholls, was next
proposed by his Lordship, for opening by subscrip-
tion a magazine or repository, in town, for im-
plements of agriculture, with a library annexed,
with all sorts of books of husbandry and agricul-
ture, and a proper person to belong.to the said re-
pository, for the purpose of giving proper instruaicas.
The remainder of the evening was passed with
great conviviality, and the company departed at
about eleven o'clock. Among the company were—
The Duke of Bedford, Marquis of Sligo, Viscount (Lim-
ston ; Lords W. Mussel, Sackville, and Talbot; Count PO'.
torki ; Sirs W. Clayton, J. Riddell, and T. Carr • Rev. J.
Wright; Mess. Jos. Newsome, Janes Newsome, Oakley, J.
Bennett, Forte Waitivrright, J. Locker, F. Trappe, W. J.
hick, J. Russel, Giblet, lioanl, H. King, sen. J. King,
ton, T. Bovs,ll. King, jun W.Tritidor, C. C. Smith, Waters,
T. Wace, Ayres, Wiltshire, J. Elliman jun. J. E'lluan
Freeman, T. Total; W. Gorringe, W. Standfercl, Lster,
Haman, Western, Mahon, R. M. Robinson, Filewood, S.
.Bennet, Wheeler, J. Ingram, T. Ellman, J. Bull, Tyr-
whitt, Deane, Warnes, Potteson, E. AU-ay, Gibbs, R.
Shapely, J. Walkor, J. Thomas, Hudson, jun. Hudson' sen.
Robinson, Totr.ersall, G. *Taney, R. Toper, Oliver Leghe,
Lindsey, T. Whitee, R. Lloyd, N. Malcolm, J.
Bonfield, French, Clagton, Oakley, C. Farmer, W. Chap-
man P. Harcourt, jun. A Anderson, Turner, jun. Turner,
J. Boys, E. J. Clarence, R. Pollen, Tweed, Mills, Watson,
R. 111. Fitzgerald, F. A. Knight, Boys, and Garrard.

POLICE.