Star.
London, England, 1821-12-21 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF BEDFORD'S LETTER.

At a Meeting of the Smithfield Club on F 'd it
the Secretary read the following letter horn his
Grace the Dtrlce of BEnTonn :
" Woburn Abbey, December 6.
a Sta—Perceiving that tie fist Christmas Nl•fc.*:ls of the
Smithfield Club is fixed for-,Friday, the 11th instant, I teeth
incumbent on me to avail. myself of ti.a twortunity :she errs
ing of certificates of his Grace's stock to be thewe) szJte
determination to withdraw my name from the Cleb ; .t wi:l necs;,
sarily follow from this, that I shall, after the enstiM; , bee-,
tinue to offtr those premiums which I lt4ve hitherto givi n.
former occasion, I stated it to be my intention to Platte the e
' =shuns at the diaposal of the Smithfield Club, as !ota. the j micb
be thought conducive to the gr:at objects idr which th s
*as established. Those with whom I have coninmeimted
the subject, some of the Vice-Presidents,and several of u; eta
edgiest and intelligent Members of the Club, agree in opi
with me, that the advantages which, on the first formation dee
Institution, we held out to the Ps H have been amply realima
end that any further incentive to improve the breeds o; (xi:
sheep, and swine, is become wileily useless.
"It was stated at one oi :be earliest Meetings of the Skily.
by my lamented predecessor, that our only object was' to lace"
the animal produce of the kit.gdum; and this object has hero&
attained. Ile meat markers of the nurregolis, and througly:.
the kingdom, are abundantly supplied : the best and most pitE,..
able breeds of cattle and sheep have been brought into will.
and have made rspid and extraqnli:!ary prog-ess in the o:isp.
tion of the breeder and the grazier, mid the com,st and atti.;;;:i
animals, alike unprofitable to both, have gradually dia.:ki:a*,
the consumption, indeed, has hardly kept race with the sink
notwithstanding an increased popuLti.m, ..s the rre,ess by
prices must sufficiently slim : therefore are tile laudable ebjeel
of the Smithfield Sotiery completely attained; and bete, isey
opinion, ought our labours and our exertions vi terminate.
" It may gratify, perhaps, the persmal vanity of seined vim
eltraordinary animals; but the Pubic derives a 3 boars
front our bringing to a greater degree of perfection animas d
breed known to possess highest merit. Agricultural Weis
I should have but one object in view—the I.ublic 166
been the early, constant, and unremitting purstii of die Sad.
field Club. If no further general goad is to be ost.Lioeu,
the sooner we dissolve out selves the better; bat I gar di,
without presumption, as my own opinion ; though rot stiv.
ported by that of other menib,rs, in whose In.:I-pleat (bottle
highest confidence. It would, howevi,r, be tie height d ono:
gance in me, to attempt to dictate to the Club ti: at cc:
duct they ought to pursue. What,:ver decision thy test
to, I am persuades!, will be lam need solely by a regard totle
national welfare.—l ain,'Sir, your most oliilient smr,

eg To Mr. John Farey, Secretary to the Salklifirkl atib."
The letter was then ordered to be entned on Ile
minutes; after which it was . .

ce Resolved unanimously—That the vespecf,l Meta of
Meeting he presented to his Grace the 11. Se et liedikitd,fark
hanoui. which the Smitl:field faab has, through Luny yan,te•
ceivial by having his &-ace as its President, and f,a kiavit'‘
Premiums for live stock, so long and gie.n iftr-lc;VUt
medium of the (la;) ; with an assurance ti Lit the ritcumr.xt
of his Grace having determined t' -withdraw trait Lief*
both his name and premiums, will not lei:zita tht $.1.11e apt
favours received, or diminish the rcvect which the ts-sks
must ever entertain for the illustrious hJtve of Rustlll."

Dec. 9, at Gloucester, the Lady of the Rev. SIVA
Maitland, of a son.
Friday, at the Earl of Lonsdale's sear, Cr:ttcsmore,
shire, Lady Eleanor' owther, of a son.
At Blarelands, near Fartham, on the 15th instant,
Frances Cole, of a son.
Monday, in Somerset-street, the Lady of Major 31
Scots Greys, of a son.
Thursday, at lianwortb, Middlesex, the Lady of
and Rev. W. L. Addington, of a daughter, which su
birth only a few hours.

M A ICH 1 AD.
Tuesday, at Stution, Joseph Watts Tome'', Esq. of the lis
rest India • Company's Civil Service, to Mary, eldest (1.10
of William Deane, Esq. of Alton flail, in the County of Safi
Friday, at Perrice, Glamorganshire, John Nichol', bid
Merthyrniawr, only son of the ' ,611,1
Jane Harriet, second daughter o.
bot, Esq. of 3largam, and l'eurice
Wednesday se'nnight, at the F
shay, Joshua lisivey, M.D. of

June 19, at Ma4tras, Mrs. Bruce,
June 10, at Calcutta, in his 30th
sistant-Surgeon in the lion. E.tst
of Mr. James Suter, merchant
Dee. 3, at Rutherglen, Mr.
that Burgh.
Nov. 15, at Kerriemuir, Captain
eldest son of James Farquharron.
At Greenock. of the small
Mr. Wm. Macleod, of Stornaw
his long life a Tulter in Jam.Lic
Dec. 4, at Greenhill, the lion.
tercairn, one of the Barons of '
for Scotland.

Satuiday, in Deco.,.__
small-pox, Ann, the wife of Lu-
At her house in Gloucester place,
him Fitzgerald, aged 64, widow
Fitzgerald, of the 2d Lite Guards,
Dec. 5, at Bowerhouses, -
at the Rev. Dr. Carfrae.
Dec. 7. at Edinburgh, Mrs. Stewart Cunninglame; 14°,
Captain James Haldane Tait R.N.
9, at Portobello, Mrs. Rhoda Mudie, wife d
Medic, late of Alford, Lincolnshire.

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