The National Register.
London, England, 1812-03-08 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

MARCH 8.

LORD SOMERVILLE'S CATTLE SHOW.

On Monday Mr. Sadler's yard, in Goswell-street, was much crowded
with Agriculturists and others, whom curio"ity attracted to view the
very fine show of cattle, sheep, and pigs, and the new implements.
Among the company we noticed many persons of distinction. The
show of cattle, sheep, and pigs were numerous, and ot a very superior
quality. An uncommon number and variety of implements were exhi-
bited. Messrs. Gibbs and Co. showed a great variety- of grass and other
agricultural seeds, and specimens of fine roots o: Mangel Worzel, Kohl
Rabi, &c. and the seeds of the Bunias Orientalis, a newly imported chi-
cory-like plant, superior to that which Mr. Arthur Young formerly in-
troduced.
Mr. Webb showed a leaf tree cabbage, and 'exhibited fresh proofs
of the renovating effects of his American fluid on old harness and
engine pipes of thick and hard leather.
Among the Cloths exhibited, the following were most worthy of no-
tice piece of fine navy blue cloth, from pure Merino wool grown
in Scotland by Dr. Alex. Morrison, of Larelgrove, and manufactured
by Mr. Lees, of Gallonshilds, being the first cloth of this descripft.n
made from wool of Scotch growth, was exhibited, but in too short a
piece to be complete for his Lordship's prize for such cloth.
Thomas Joyce, two blacks, and a piece of flannel, all from English
grown Merino wools.
Mr. J. F. Smith showed fine white shawls from the Duke of Bedford's
Merino wool ; plaided and plain shawls, &c. from Lord Somerville's
Merino wool ; white shawls from the Alpacea, a South American
animal ; milled, broad, and unpressed cloth, dressed on Mr. Smith's
new principles; and very fine Anglo-Merino yarn.
About five o'clock on Tuesday, about three hundred and thirty No.
bleman and Gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous dinner, at Freema-
sons' Hall, Lord Somerville in the Chair. After dinner his Lordship
gave " The King ;'"4 The Prince Regent ;" " The Union of Hus-
bandry and Commerce ;" " Our Brave Defenders by Sea and Land ;"
" All good Farmers in England, Ireland, and Scotland, and 'Waits ;"
" The Plough worked by Oxen." The award of the prizes was thee
.read as follows, viz. :—To Mr. James King, a cup, value 301. for his
,pair of Hereford oxen; to Mr. John Terrett, a cup, value 201. fur his
:pair of Hereford oxen ; to the Earl of Bridgewater, a cup, value VI
for his five South-down wethers ; to Lord Somerville, a cup, value 151.
for his five Merino rye-land ewe hogs ; to Mr. John Cawstun, a cup,
value 151. for his five third-crossed Merino wethers ; to Charles Ellie,
Esq. a cup, for his nine year old Devon cow, sugar fed ; to Mr. lames
King, a cup, for his half-bred Suffolk and Essex breeding sow :—atio
ther award was also read ot Lord Somerville's premium for the hest
piece of twenty-five yards of broad cloth manufactured from pure Me-
rino wool; to Mr. Thomas Joyce, for his piece of blue cloth, No. 1811,
from the wool of Charles Jenkinson, Esq.;—and a third, adjudging to
John Holland, the shepherd of the Duke of Bedford, 61. for rearing from
620 ewes (the gross number put to the ram) 898 lambs; to Charles
Payne, the shepherd of John Ellman, sen. for rearing, from 620 ewes,
84.2 lambs; and to Henry Ellis, shepherd to Mr. Henty, for rearing,
from 244 South-down ewes, 318 lambs, by Merino rams.--rhp health
of Lord Somerville was drank with three times three, and several other
toasts before the company separated.