The Sun.
London, England, 1809-12-19 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SIZE 11.

Yesterday Mr. Sadler's yard, in Goswell-street,
was much crowded by agriculturists and breeders.
The four Herefordshire oxen, belonging to Mr.
Westcar, seemed to, attra& a considerable share of
the attention of the amateurs. Mr. James Bennet
•hewed a turnip an.l clover drill, on a simple and
ingenious construaion.
At half past two o'clock the Members of the
Smithfield Club began to repair to the Freemason's
Tavern, and at three the Duke of Bedford took the
Chair.
It was Resolved, That the long-horned and the
short-horned breeds of oxen be exempt next year
from the conditions of the late shew respeCting work,
as being natives of distrias where (A-labour is little
practised.
It was also Resolved,that at the shew succeeding the
next (Christmas 1811), the Hereford, Sussex, and
Devon oxen, shall be shewn in pairs, or yokes Of
two oxen each, to be of equal age, and of one man's
breed; and that the premiums shall be equally di-
vided between the breeder and the grazier of such
oxen.
About five o'clock near 200 of the Members of
the Club and their friends sat down to an excellent
dinner in Freemasons'-hall; the Duke of Bedford
in the Chair.
The following is the award of the premiums,
- - -

-Class 1.. Twenty guineas to Mr. john Edmonds, for his
six-years old HereforclSltire ox.
Class 11. Twenty guineas to Mr. john
,Terrett, for his.
six-years old long-horned ox.
Class V. Twenty guineas to Mr. William Webber, for
his six-year old Devonshire ox.
Class VI. Twenty guineas to Mr. john 'rerrett, for his
four-year old Herefordshire ox.
Class VII. Ten guineas to Mr. Michael Buckley, for his
three-yea, old Devon ox.
Class IX.. Ten guineas to Mr. john Edmunds, for his
az-months old new Leicester wetners•
Class X. Ten guineas to Mr. lohn Westcar, for his 33.
months old new Leicester wethers.
Class Xl.--Ten guineas to Mr. Henry King, jun. fur his
20 months old South Do wnrethers.
Class XI I.—Ten guineas to Mr. Wm. Harrison, for his 32
months old South Down wethers.
Cias. XII I .—Ten guineas to Mr. lohn Roads, for his 6o
•vreeks old spotted Berkshire pig.
Class Xi V.—Train guineas to Mr. John Roads, for his 40
weeks o:dspotted'Berkshire pig.

LAU REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, Dec. ts.

',.,:TINGS BEFORE. LOAD ELLENPOROUGH, AT GUILIMALL•

HUGHES V. WRIGHT.

Mr. GARROW stated this to be as aMion brought
by the owners of a vessel, called the Diana, against
the owners of atiother vessel, called the Hayle, to
recover the value of the former of these two vessels,
Avhich had been run foul of and sunk, through the
carelessness or unskilful conduct of those who navi-
gated the lalter.
It appeared in evidence that both of these vessels
were employed in the carriage of coals from Shields
to London. They were both tacking up towards
London with the tide, but against the wind, when
the Diana having lain to, the Hay le was observed
suddenly to stand down before the wind, and al-
thougb every possible warning was used by those on
board the Diana, the Hayle did not alter her course,
but struck the Diana mid-ships, by which, in two
or three minutes, there were three feet water in her
bold, and she afterwards sunk. By common care
and attention on the part ,of those on board the
Hayle, at the time the signal was made to them from
the Diana, the accident might have been avoided.
No endear our on the part of the Diana could have
availed, she lying in the water an unmanageable log.
Mr. PALK, for the Defendant; contended, that
every eilbri had been used by the Hayle consistent-
ly with her own safety. She had, a few minutes be-
fore, been struck by a Dutch or other foreign ship,
by which her course had been changed, and she had
been rendered for some minutes unmanageable. She
had dropped icK raised her sails so as to occasion her,
as far as was in- the power of those on board, to lie to;
but the place where the Diana was situated being
extremely dangerous, there being a sand-hank on
one side, and a shoal on the other, and there being
a great many vessels in the reach, to have let down
their anchor would have exposed themselves and
others to the same or greater danger than that which
the Diana had encountered.
Evidence was adduced to this effe&, bui none of
the witnesses could state the name of the foreign
ship; nor could h be shewn that any inquiry had
-been made after her.
• This latter circumstance Lord ELLENBOROUGH
413 ought extremely suspicious.
The Jury found for the Plaintiffs.

B(JRKE V. CORSAN.