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London, England, 1808-12-20 00:00:00

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S.:II7THFIELD CLUE” CIPT .1,7;

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zsterc:.'y the-Dae of 134 cord, Lorci Sorrierviile,
Earl Thanet, and a great number of Noble and
tinguished Patrons of Agriculture, assembled at kr.,
Sadlcr's Yard, and examined the very excelletit stock.
exhibited; many of which, from ,the great attention
which they gained, seemed,4tiprove under
Feared examinations of tber different points of Lx-
cellepce.
Sir Wm; Curtis's bOiliEt,..Mr. Wllybr2w; she shed
some very Ane speeitnens of drum-head cabb „es',
of white kol raby; and of Swedish tUrnips ; all of
them from seed of his own raising, on Southgai
Farm.

Mr. Thomas Weaver skewed proofs of a ma2,tiifi.,
cent print, engraved by W. Ward, representing
Mr. Coke, of Norfolk, surrounded by a group of his
favourite South-down Sheep, and their attendants.
At half-past two o'clock a meeting of the Cub.
took plade at Freemasons' Tavern his Grace the
Duke of Bedford in the Chair, at which 29 Mem-
bers were present. Several matters of business re 7
lating to the Club, and to the "Conditions of the next
,show, were transaled, zind the following wcris
ele&ed Members 'of the Chill, viz,
Lord l)undas, Daniel Ciles, Cornelius Kottwright, Joseph'
Sabine, Robert Cooper, lohn Nichols, lama Wickens, W. :L.
H. Brown, William lioultbee, lan siinins, lames Ford,
Edward Nondon, Thomas Lewin, and Lhrisropher Wright.

About five o'clock the meeting was adjourned tilt
eleven o'clock this morning; and near 220 person
sat dow►► to •a most excellent dinner in Freemason'si
Hall,- his Grace the Duke of Bedford in the chair.
Attor,the cloth was withdrawn, his Grace gave—.
The icing—Prosperity to the Smithfield Club—Success to.
good Grating—Mr. Croke—brceMng in all its branchks.

His Grace then rose, and after a short introductory
speech, read the reward of the Judges, in substance
the same as we have already stated in our list of the
prizes; on coining to that part which assigns to him-
self a premium of ten guineas, in Class xif.' cot
shearling South Devon Sheep, his Grace in,st hand-
somely sttated, that competition beiiii; in his inind
one of the' principal objects of the Club to,
cite, and as no other candidate but himself appear-
ed in this class, he begged to let tti;,: prennunt
revert to the funds of the Club. His Grace proceed-
ed insan animated speech to notice the vet), great
degree of improvement and excellence v‘ ;itch is
11.04 year evident in 'the cattle exhibited ; ut time
course of which he entered' into a detailed statement
of the number of beasts and sheep sold -in S•umth-,
field, on the average of every five years since the
American war ; noticing particularly the astonishing
increase which has taken place, and whreh his
Lordship argued never could nave been supple but
by the gradual banishment, within that pet hid, of
numerous coarse and unprofitable btieeds ot cattle
from our pastures, and supplying their place with
breeds disposed to early and perteEt maturity ; and
principally through which, the price of meat, at least
between the grazier and hotelier, has not increased
in any degree proportionate to the other hecessarlea
ot life.- His Grace then proceeded to notice -thto
state of the funds, which, we are sorry ,to hear, are
scarcely commensurate to the noble objects which
the Club has in view. His Grace, in noticing the
alterations intended to be, introduced in time condi-
tions of next year's shew, stated, that one princi--,
pal' objeEt of the Club being to encourage competi-
tion among breeders and graziers, it has been re-
solved--

" That in future, no person who has obtained prize in
either of the first six Classes, be entitled to shew a beast in
rile swine class in the succeeding year,"

As early maturity is a very principal qualification
in oxen whiCh have not 'worked, it laai been re-

solved—

" That no beast, above five years old, (at the ensuing
period of calving) be allowed to be shewn for a price in Cias
vit. or V 111."

And, for more effeetually guarding against decep-
tions in the filling up of the certificates, it has beer;
resolved—

'• That if mis-statements shall be discovered in any Certi-
ficate, the'prize sftall be withheld from such candidate, and
who shall be deemed disqualified everatterwards.

As soon as his. Grace. sat down, Lord Somerville
rose and stated, that, in conipliance with the wishes
otituany breeders of cattle, a sale of stock of superior
quality will take place on the Wednesday succeeding
his next Spring Show of Cattle (the Sth of March),
and to be Continued in future, on the same day.
Notice to be given to his Lordship -ten days before,
by those who intend,to offer stuck fur sale ; he con-
cluded by proposing—,

The Duke of*dfuiLl, with three times three.

After some interval, his Grace rose, and proposed
the.healtli of Lord Somerville, who, in a' neat spezch,
returned thanks, and observed, they might always
vontinue to.command his service in the goOd cause
in which the Onb were engaged.
The toasts proceeded with—
Agriculture, inanufatture, and comnmerce.—Earl
Sea. —The lunges of the show, and th.,ur:a to them :ur lire
heat pains which they kave taken.---1 tie Stewards—Mr.
liyng and Mr. King.---The Fanning Society of .retard.
Sir John Sebright rose and said, that Mr. Gariard'a
large piCture, now hanging behind the Preskkut, so
strongly reminded him of a scene which had so often
given pleasure to most present, that he could not re-
train from giving—.

The next Woburn sheep-shearing, with three times three.

• After which the Duke rose and gave a general
invitation to the present company to his agricunural
fete in June, aml gave—

The memory of Mr. Dakewell.
His Grace, before he left the Chair, proposect—

Prosperity to the Agricultural Societies throughout tht
Kingdom.
Sir John Sebright being called to the Chair,

gave—
Long leases to good tenants, which was much.aPplaudet.l.
A strong plough and clean furrow.

The excellent wine with which the company were
supplied kept them together till a late hour, and
many .excellent toasts and sentiments were given,
which we are unable to notice.

FIVE HUNDRED WHOLE TICKETS,---The Ticket
No. 4337, drawn this morning a Prize of 50i. and
as such entitled to 500 whole Tickets, was sold in
one Quarter, one Eighth, and tea Sixteenths Shares,
at nistt's truly fortunate Offices, Ni. 4, Curnhill,
and No. 9, Charing-Cross.— This Prize may
eventually be worth upwards of 100,0001. as all tbo
Capital Ptizes are still. undrawn.------The next day of
Drawing will be Tuesday the 27th of this [Point),
and the Lottery finishes oft the. 3 tst.:—Ulkirmn
Tickets and Shares are selling at, the above Offices.

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• Mr. Serjeant SHEPHECD stated • this to be an
anion brought to recover 7531.
,the.amouut
at a foreign bill of e4ohar.fe, indorsed by the De-
fendaws, Farquhar and •Morns, to the Plaintiff.
The house of Goldsmid hating,- occasion to remit'
money to. Portugal, had purchased of the Defend-
ants the bill in -questien," en the Ist (4 September,
1807, and Oct tire,same and the next day, it and'its
duplicate (the triplicate they never sent) were dis-
patched.by the, post to Gotten bnrgh and Ham burgh,
through Arnsterdarn,, whence it was transmitted to
Oporto, ,where .it Was, payable at thirly-:one days
,attar sight, and accepted ; but, betore h became
iine,• the French had taken possessiOn at' that city.
When the time of payment arrived, it was refused,
• in consequence :Of generil orders issued by the
French, prohibiting any payments' to British sub,
-jeCts. A protest was-entered in the usUal .way,
and the payers also protested against any espence,
consequent on the non-payment, as they had the Mo-
ney, and were steady to pay it either to-the French or
.English, as should be ultimately decided.' The bill
ultimately came back to,England in Match, t 808.
There were tWo grounds upon •which he supposed
this action IL`a:; resisted ; the first was this : the Jury
knew it sometinies happened in foreign bills of ex-
lhange, that in addition to the name of the party
en whom the bill was drawn, "the names of others,
resident in the place were added; that in .case of
I.ceti,• as it was- called, that is; in case of non-pay-
ti". tit, application might he made, ifithe hope they
iiuld,by taking it up, prevent their friend's order

On Saturday a countryman, with a basket of
game, passing through Oxford-road, was induced to
resent some insult offered by a passenger, and stripped
to fight, consigning his load, &c. to the care of a
persoii who seemed much interested in his favour..-
At the close of the contest, however, he discovered
that his:quo ndam friend had marched Ai with 'his
clothes and game.

Mr. Simpson concurred with the preceding wit-
ness, in all the,particulars sworn to.
Other evidence was adduced relatiyc to certain
article belonging to the prisoner, and to authenheace
a declaration emitted by which stated
.Niitiaply,
that he had got hunself so drunk at Haddingtol,:
that he re.collede i nothing after leaving it, until be
found upon the cart.

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