The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-12-12 00:00:00

SIifiTNFIELD CLUB.
About six years ago vire late excellent Dnke of
Beiffotd, Lord Somerville, and a great number of
other p twins of agriculture, associated themselves
under tie above title, for the purpose of calling the
attention of the breeders an -I graziers who supply the
great marker in Smithielil with fat s.ittle, to the
selection of such breeds or varieties of animals, as
should be found to yield the greatest quantity of
*aimsl fond for man, from the produce of a giver,
quantity of land ; as also to the best and mast eco-
komic modes of fattening each kind of lasimal for
starker. Several prearnms were then ofered, and
have been annnally continued ever sitter, for the
best fat cattle sent in for public sale, nn the prin-
cipal market-dur previous to .Chriirmas. The
first candidates for these prizes, seem somewhat
to have mistaken ►he nl)jefts of the Club, and to
have vied with each other in the monstrous fatness,
rather than the economic feeding of their animals,
by which much obloquy unjustly fell on the Club,
and its patriotic members ; the conditions of the
premiums have been progressively amended each
year, so as now to exclude competitors, who, from
vanit7 or other motives, might entertain views dif-
ferent from the very laudable ones which aetuate
the Club.

The exhibitions of the cattle have hitherto been
held in Mr. Wootton's Inn-yard in Smithfield ; but
the increasing numbers who have annually II •rked
to see them, much beynn4 the room and accommo-
dations of the yard, have induced the Committee,
this year, to exhialt the cattle in Mr. Dixon's City
Repository (where Ln-d Some. vine's Mardi shew
of cattle is annirally held) W•lliam Praed, rag.
and 'dr. Giblet, of /NW-street, are the Stewards for
the present s!sew.send they were yesterday very ac-
tively employed in making arrangements for the
same. On enqoiry-, last night, we found tha' the
Duke of Bedford had s:nt in 3 twn.vear old South
Down sheep, and 3 one•year old, of the same breed;
Mr. Irebtrar had sent two Hereford oxen, in the
frit ells, far-ele-1 oo oil cake, two llwelord, in
class two, teJ on grass and hay, and two Deona
calm, io class threo, fed no grass and hay ; Mr.
Hump'-ry, 3 Gloucester n.d ; Mr.
Pl isket, L:ieever shell. one-rear ; r.
liVestexr, 3 I...,iceiter, of a cross•hrend, one-ye,o ;
ltfik Chsndirr, new Leicester, twolsers ; \lr.
H. ruckwell, 3 flii.,ucectrr, two-years; Mr Mai-
bet, 3 Leicester, two-years; Mr. West•ar, 3 Glou-
cester and Leicester saesii; Ms. King, S :;each.
Doan. nne-yev, &c.
Before nine o'clock this morning, the yard is ex.
pelt d to be as much filled with excellent cattle, as
on any former occasion. The five Gentlemen of
knowledge and experience, who are .appointed judges
for awarding the prizes, arc allowed the whole of
this day, and the yard is to be kept shut, to exclude
all other ;lemons except the shepherds and attendants
of the cattle. in order that they may make a delibe-
rate and proper adjudicaticn : on riday morning,
the public exhibition will begin. E.lward vling,
Esq. has sent in three ploughs, with cast-iron shares;
and, we are glad to observe, that the interest of
this Meeting will be increased, by :he exhibition of
new and useful agricultoral inutlements, which tie
to•ms of the former place; of exhibition did nut ad-
mit of.