Star.
London, England, 1802-12-15 00:00:00

PRIZE CATTLE.

Monday the chew of cattle continued, as on Friday and Sa-
turday, with the addition of Mr. Crace's two Hereford oxen,
two cows, and ten Wiltihire ewes; Mr. Joiner's two Hereford
oxen, and Mr. Johnfon's ox, and it was vifited in the morning
by a great concourfe of perfous. - In the afternoon about I2Q
perfons fat down to an excellent dinner in the great room at
the Crown and Anchor, his Grace the Duke of Bedford in.
the Chair. After dinner, his Grace? in a very impreffive fpeech
from the Chair, recommended it strongly to the Society to keep
in view the objedt of the Society, of promoting the belt me-
thod of bringing a fupply of' meat and provifion to the market.
His Grace took a curfory view of the Eitablifhment, and re.
commended perfeveranee in obtaining the defired effect Hia
Grace read the report of the Judges on the prizes in thedifferent
claffes; being in fubftance te fame as given fin 'our Paper of
Monday ; but his Grace remarked on the the third and fourth
claffes, that the circumftance of there being only his cow
and ox offered for thefe four premiums; arofc from a mifun-
derftandlng of the day of (hewing, and the printed account of
the premiums not being well circulated, he should not there.
fore think of accepting the premiums ad udged to him in thefc
claffes, but defired they might be added to the funds ottlisliol
ciety. On reading the report on the fixth ads, is G'lsketh;
ferved, that a doubt having arifen whet beetle could be entitled
to both the prizes, Mr. Elman, the owner of' the next belt pea
South down wethers, had propofed, and it met with the entire
approbatiol of the judges and' himfeif, that the prize of ten
guineas for one year old wort woolled wailers, fhould be given
to Thomas French (his Grace's bailiff on the farm in Mould,
where thefe weep were bred). H s Grace then Rated,. that
the premiums for the year railing arc to be the fame as the
prefent (fcc our Paper of Monday), except that the cif b and
firth claffes are to be divided. and form four claffes ; the fifth
for long woolled two years old wethers; the fixth for long
woolled one year old wethers; the feventh for fhort woofted two
LlZold wethers; and the eighth for abort woolled one year
ethers. The ninth chi's, for pigs, was varied, viz. flit
prize, to the owner of the belt fat pig, fifteen guineas; feerand
prize, to the owner of the next belt pig, ten guineas. It is re-
quired that the weight of the pigs (hewn shall be certified what
they were fix, twelve, and eighteen months old, and alto the
quantity of food that they had eaten in each of the three •
intervals between the weighings, to be (hewn at eighteen
months old. An additional condition was made, that no
beaft shall obtain two prizes. His Grace then Rated, that
the candidates for prizes waft go fend in their cattle andifheep
next year, on 'Finn fday, the isth December, that the judges
were to be allowed the whole of the nest day to examine them
and the certificates, and prepare their report; and he chnetuded
by again imprcffing on the Society, that the cal in view was
public utility, to which all their ellbfts ought to be diretted.--.
Among the company prefent we notided Lord Somerville, Lord
Spencer, Sir 1 homas Carr, Sir John Seahright, Sir Watkin W.
Wynne, Mr. Robert Byng, Mr. Hugh Hoare, Mr. Letchmere,
Mr. Arthur Young, Mr. ilizgins, Mr. Runcinie•n, Mr.Elman,
M.. Weltcar, Mr. Buckley, Mr. Walton, Mr. Bennet, Mr.
Haneyburn, &c. A paper was circulated at the table, co: -
taining propoials from his Grace the Duke of Bedford, to pm--
chafe twenty lambs, of each of the different dillind breed, ef
Weep in this ifland, for the purport of a dccifive experiment on
'their comparative merits, by treating them all accoreing to the
.method fpecified in the paper, till fit for the butcher. This
noble experiment was planned by the late and jultly lamented
' Duke, and we commend the prtfent Duke's zeal and fpirit for
carrying it into effect. Another paper was circulated, contain-
ing Mr. Wakefield's proporals for premiums at his (beep Cheat-
ing on the 25th and 26th of May next, at Burnham, th Eta ;
and another, containing Lord Somerville' sea fdr flock, ,o
• a 1.- --
rcLattnghoroi is. yard In' $.. . mulch?
I anbedih'crwilucfclatyMnear.