Star.
London, England, 1805-03-05 00:00:00

LORD SOMERVILLE'S CATTLE SHOW.

.eilerdlty, at an early hour, Mr. Dixon's City
pofitory, in Barbitan, was crowded with Agricul-
Breeders,Griziers, bcc. to view the exhibition
live flOck and agritultural implements, and, till
'kin the evening, they continued to come in great
ingyers 1 the 'number of. Nobility and dininguifited
,gricaltarißs, Who califs from one to half pail three
'clock, was unafually great, sad ditty were amply
tified by a molt fuperior ihew of fine Oxen, Sheep,
Pigs ; these being this year a great number of
Lira cattle, betides thofe fent in as dindidates for
. Sib Pries which Lord SoisaaviLik givti on this
occafion.

be peculiarly fine in the wool, and ♦ery fat ; its ear-
cafe will be this day exhibited for the infpe&tion of
the amateurs in mutton.

His Lordfhip then Rimed three Merino Rams, put
of the flock which his Lordthip brought, as we have
Paid, from Spain, with the patriotic view of improv-
ing our fine wools ; there rams he intend., to lei this
day, at one o'clock, by aneion, for the two next tea-
Cons ; one of thefe rams was let lad year for one hon•
dred guineas ; they are much better Ihaped than the
geserality of Merino ewe's.
. Three Merino Ram-Lambs, and a Ram of a crofs
between Mr. Ell Man's South Down and a Merino,
ire alfo to.be let. •
Lord Somerville alto exhibited the careafes of five
fat Wetheri, of the Merino and South Door, breeds,
'half blood, 'three years old, which had twenty-three
pounds of loofe fat each ; they had been driven tfio
knifes from his Lordfhip's farm, where they were
bred and fed i thefe earcafes are exceedingly Sae,
and are intended for the dinner which his Lordfhip
giVes this day at Freemafon's Tavern.
Five careafes of Cheviot Wetter Sheep, two and
three years old, which had been killed in Scotland,
and fent up a diaance of 3g5 miles by Mr. Robin-
fon, were exhibited.

George Tolku, Etq. exhibited the earcafes of two
'three-years old Wether Sheep, one Merino and South
Down, and the other Merino and Ryland ; the for-
mer had istitb. of loth fat, and the other xO. ;
they were both driven a diftanee of 130 miles. Thefe
have been killed feven days : they were both got by
a Merino Ram of Lord Somerville's.

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Two South Down Rams.twoand,three years old,
belonging to Charles Wellem, Efq. were (hewn.
Alfo another South Down Ram, and a curious
rough Mita fpotted Sheep, with fohr horns, Paid to
be from the Cape of Good Hope.
His Grace the Duke of Bedford, Charles Weflern,
Efq. tad Mr. King, of Newgate Market, were, we
underßind, the three judges who examined the five
South Duwn Sheep fhewM by Money Hill, Efq. and
Sir T. Carr, to decide a bet made at the Taft Smith-
field Meeting.
Some very fine Pigs were exhibited, particularly a
(mall, but remarkably fat and handfonie, black and
white Sow, by a Leicelter Boar, out of a Chipa Sow,
eight months old, bred by Mr. Ifled, and fed by the
Duke of Bedford ; it meafures, in height, one foot
eleven inches ; in length, from rump to film, three
feet nine inches ; and in girth acrofs the [boulders,
four feet nine inches I

Mr. Tubbs exhibited two large white pigs of his
breed ; a peculiarity in thefe pigs is highly deferving
of notice. It 'is Mr. Tubb's make to' fhave off
with a razor, or ffsarp knife, the griflle at the top
of the nofes of his pigs, when they are young, which
foon heals over, but the pig is thereby rendered in-
capable of that deßrudive rooting or tut ning up of
the ground, which farmers find fo deartglive to their'
fward land.

Charles Weftern, Efq. fhewed two (potted
pigs. of his breed and feeding. He alto [hewed four
Suffix pigs, bred and fed by him.
Mr. Wakefield flawed a white pig of the Suffolk
and Effex breed, fix months old. bred by him.
The Earl of Winchelfea (hewed st large Leicefter
pig, two years old, bred and fed by him.
Alfo, a black and white pig, of the Effex breed,
bred by Charles Weftern, Efq.
Mr. Piekford exhibited two large black and *bite
pigs, bred and fed by biro.
The five umpires or judges of *the Shew are. the
Hon. Roos Mahon, Charles Gordon Grey,.Efq. Mr.
' Edward Augur, Mr. Thomas Boys, and Mr. John
Thomas. In the forenoon of yefterday, they exa-
mined the feveral certificates of ages, breed, keep,
and other sircumftanees required by Lord Somer-
ville's printed propofals, and in the afternoon pro-
ceeded in their infpation and examination of the cat-
tle, preparatory to their decifion.