The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-06 00:00:00

, _I t„ ... ,...y, v ~.,,-.? ij im ., , ‘ 1",t, 4.." — 1 1 t: , —`,..A(.),' , -. ''' 4:;: : 6,,,, j ;'.t'L ' ~ '.' ''. '''' , 4,—;'.--- 2 ;- • ic, ;:.......„,,,,,,, k,.4 - • 4.----r.." - ''' Kr ' , ~, —, —, , ,e,0 .... , N4,....t,,,,... TII E SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 6, 1859. Peace or war—Congress or no Congress—matter very little now that our patriotic spirit is fairly aroused. The . Congress sionmoned—we say sum moned by NAPOLEON, of the various nations of Europe is but a blind to hoodwink his yet unde veloped plans. As to Europe in general he has nothing to fear, but as to England in particular —that one blot in his escutcheon—that one will prove his ruin, if he but dare to risk the passage of the Rubicon. - We cannot but admire his daring, though we contemn his affected inscrutability. Why, does he think that we of Englaud are such fools as the Quartenlolts of Liverpool that we cannot divine his naval preparations ? - What are they for? To guard the French coast from Invasion, or to cap ture all Morocco, and have a full swing from the Isthmus of Suez to the broad Atlantic, and so menace not only Gibraltar, but keep the tideless Mediterranean all to himself ? The Chinese Expedition is but a snare to carry out his game. What cares a man who speculates on a loss of some quarter of a million soldiers for the sacrifice of ten or even twenty thousand in a distant land ? Nothing—aye, nothing. The men that leave their native land for China are booked —never to return, or, if they return, it will be only as one for a thousand, just to put in an appearance, as the lawyers say. We sincerely wish the brave fellows may all come back to enjoy their laurels, but we greatly fear they will be rather late in the day. No! The Emperor NAPOLEON is like the man who has sold himself to a kindred Prince, and must pay the penalty, or forfeit his destiny. That destiny being the glorious destruction of England—the capture of all her Colonies—the world at his feet—Water loo avenged, and the mastership of the wide waste of waters to boot. And what will it all combined, boot him ? Why, the very attempt will but serve to lure him to his doom. We quote the following from the second edition'of the Miles, with this re serve, that Austria hates us, if possible, even more than France : " In spite of the cliaii,ge of tone in the French press it is still firmly believed that the Emperor Napoleon means mischief to England. The Vienna Presse thus writes on the subject : England is undergoing a military organisation, because the nation wills it so. It is resolved that the steam-fleet shall be as preponderant as the sailing-fleet is, and that rifle-cords shall everywhere be raised. The hostile feeling which has been raised in the English nation is extremely disagreeablelo the Emperor NAPOLEON; and the more so, because it cannot be done away - with by diplomatic wiles. Only a war could interrupt the English armaments, and, not being, prepared for a war with England, NAPOLEONACIII-i porises. All the notables in the TretibWiiiity-iti'e2 of opinion that at present a war could not be waged with England with a fair prospect of success. The bolder spirits says that France only requiros six months more for her preparations, but more circum spect politicians talk of a whole year." The beginning of the end is fast coming upon Austria—nay, it has already actually and signally commenced. The financial condition of that empire —it is a matter of notoriety this throughout Europe —is nothing less deplorable than a state of bank ruptcy. The treasury of the house of Hapsburg has been drained for years and years back, seriously drained beyond the possibility of redemption simply and solely to pay for the maintainnance of that gigantic army of 600,000 men which holds in thrall 36,000,000 of various races and tongues and coun tries by merely pitting those different races adroitly against each other ! German against Italian, Croat against Hungarian, and so on throughout all that complicated machinery built up from stolen king doms and principalities. Yet when did the army, in the creation and maintainance of which Austria has contrived thus to ruin herself financially—when, let us ask, and where has that vaunted highly-disci plined army contrived to win any corresponding triumph or equivalent reputation ? It was beaten, ignominiously driven back and routed in 1848 by the popular leaders of the Hungarians. How it was beaten, scattered, slaughtered, upon its own chosen battle-ground during this present year of grace 1859 by the combined forces of France and Pied mont is already matter of history, and will consti tute in fact not the least remarkable or least pic turesque page in the modern annals of Christen. dom. How the Austrian armies were defeated by the ancestors of those fighting and conquering Frenchmen of to-day, the soldiers of the first Empire, as previously I;y those of the first and par excellence the Great French Revolution, every one knows who has thumbed, however carelessly, his TRIERS or his ALISON, MIGNET, and Ilium, CARLYLE, and THIBANDEAU. The fame of the single soldier of Austria, the late Field Marshal RADETSKY, stands out one and solitary. And even RADETSKY, grand old soldier as he undoubtedly was, had to contend with the unaided power of the little king dom of Piedmont, under the heroic King CHARLES ALBERT—the veteran Generalissimo of the Aus trians having at his back all the finances and all the resources to be placed at his disposal for that purpose by the Viennese Government, then driven to bay, and in a state, so to speak, of desperation. Looking further back into the past than that age of marvels, when Young General NAPOLEON BONAPARTE with his tatterde malion troops was descending upon the plains of Lombardy to set at nought all the old-world strategy of the veteran Wt.TumsEß—looking back to the time when the Turks were advancing with all but invincible force into the very heart of Chris tendom—do we not recognize then the fact that shines conspicuously yonder from that remoter epoch, that Vienna was saved from destruc tion, not by the Viennese, but by the Poles, under SOBIESKI ? It is the same throughout. And it is this bankrupt empire, resting for support upon this inefficient army, upon these numerically formidable and highly disciplined troops, that we may now see in process of crumbling to pieces, in a state of visible dissolution, disruption, and dismemberment. Lombardy is lost to her already. Venetia is ready to follow suit at the first signal. Croatia is ripe for revolt. Hungary is watching eagerly for the first glimpse of her next opportunity. The lamentably sudden death of Mr. Justice CROWDER comes to us as another painful reminder of the excessive amount of over-work, and that work of the most responsible description, devolved habitually and inexorably upon the venerable occu pants of the Bench. It is not the first catastrophe of the kind that has occurred within very recent recollection. The public has not forgotten the tragic demise upon the very judgment seat itself of one of the most gifted men invested of late years with the ermine, the appalling death (in the very act of addressing the last jury empannelled before him) of the poet-lawyer and orator-dramatist, the le* Sir THOMAS NOON TALFOURD. And now in the in cident before us, if Sir RICHARD BUDDEN CROWDER has not actually expired in Court while arrayed in his scarlet robes and ermine, he has breathed his last in the very midst of his arduous toil as one of the judges of the land—struck down in what, for a judge, may be regarded as the very prime of his life, struck down thus abruptly (we may rest assured of this) by his devotion to the duties of his high and solemn office—duties discharged by him in spite of all his physical ailments. Our argument is not, of course, for one single moment to the effect that the duties of a judge are in themselves beyond the capacities and energies of the average majority of those raised to thejudgment-seat. What we would deduce from calamitous incidents like the two sudden deaths already specified those of Sir THOMAS TAL FOURD and Sir RICHARD CROWDER is simply this that too much is altogether required from the eminent men raised to the Bench when _they are constrained as they are incontestibly and that, moreover, pretty frequently to toil on as the Shaksperian phrase is, "in harness," under any and every circumstance, under the weight, some times, of many years, and often under the pressure of severe indisposition. It should be borne in recollection, for one thing (as already indirectly intimated), that the toil de— volving upon a judge is in itself very severe indeed, and all the more so from being connected with the most serious responsibility imaginable, the respon sibility of life and death, of just or unjust judg ments. And this most severe and most responsible toil is undertaken, in the majority of instances, when age is approaching, if, indeed, it may not already have actually commenced. Let it be re• membered, likewise, that with the vast increase in the population, with the enormous enhancement of the value of property, with the extraordinary mul tiplication of interests, public and private, agricul tural and commercial, the number of our judges, the number of those venerable men elected to adju dicate between rival claimants, or to decide upon the guilt or innocence of the accused, has by no means been increased proportionately. The people generally are not one jot less litigious now a-days than they were, in past generations. In deed, saying this, is only saying in other words, that human nature is still, to the last, human na ture. And. while this is so with us, as it was with our progenitors, however recent or however remote —the fruitful sources of litigation have, as we have said, increased and multiplied very wonderfully in proportion with the increase and multiplying of the I population itself, with the advance of Commerce, and with the general development of Civi lization. Yet still rigorously we have con tinued, and we still continue, the number of our judges as nearly as possible at the same aggregate reached centuries ago. All the herculean labours thrust in consequence upon those judges in dividually must necessarily be very disproportion ately distributed among them accordingly as they are (in their very frames and temperaments) feebly or vigorously constituted. The drudgery of the highest Court of judicature in the land might be, in a mea sure, as it emphatically was in that instance, a mere trifle, comparatively speaking, to the extraor dinary energy and vitality animating an iron frame and an elastic intellect like that of Lord BROUGHAM—who had the advantage moreover, of working heroically through the accumulated, even Augean toils of the Court of Chancery in his mid career, when his bodily con stitution was in its full vigour and his genius at its brightest. But couple a forensic and judicial genius the most luminous *itli a feeble frame, and thrust upon them the same proportion of toil unceasingly, pitilessly, inexorably—and the result is in the end inevitably a sudden death like that of the late Justice TALFOURD, like this as recently as yesterday morning of the late Justice CROWDER. It was not long since we had an illustration brought vividly and point-blank before us of the imperative necessity, at cer tain times and under certain circumstances, of in creasing the number of our judicial administrators. We allude, of course, to the position of Sir CRESS WELL CRESSWELL—overwhelmed under a frightful accumulation of cases in his isolated'situation there upon the bench of the newly constituted Court of Probate. What was obviously required then in that new Court might not unnecessarily be adven tured upon in regard to divers others of our older courts of justice. At any rate it does appear to be most unseemly that a high professional group formed by some among the most venerable men in this land should be that very group) out of all the 26,000,000 English-born) drudged to death by over work, by reason of an absolute want of considera tion for the weight of years, for the pressure of re sponsibilities, and for the undermining influences, all the while the midst of this incessant drudgery of secret and severe indisposition. This day, price 7s. 6d., post Svo., cloth, T HE DAY OF SMALL THINGS. Author of "Mary Powell." Arthur, Hall, Virtue, and Co., 25, Paternoster-row. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pync and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, DINORA H. Messrs. Santley, H. Corti, St. Albyn, and W. Ilarrison ; Miss Miss Thirl wall, and Miss Louisa Pyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. Ballet, LA FIANCEE. Messrs. W. H. Payne, IL Payne. F. Payne, Mdlle. Lcquine, Pasquale, Pierron, Clara Morgan. and Mons. Vandris. Doors open at half-past 7 -Commence at s o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.-THIS EVENING, PROMENADE CONCERT, conducted by Mr. Manus, of the Crystal Palace. Concerts commence at 8. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstonc. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE. After which, by desire, THE CONTESTED ELECTION. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, &c. And A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS TV the new drama, entitled HOME Tit UT ifS. Messrs. G. Melville, J. G. Shore, F. Matthews, Miss C. Lee`ercq and Mrs. Charles Young. To be followed by the new Petite Comedy, entitled GOSSIP. Messrs. Ryder, Meadows, 11. Bland, J. G. Shore; and Mrs. C. Young. After which, Mons, Espanosa (Premier Danseur Comique), will appear, with Madlle. Nariquita, assisted by the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet, in Le Grand Pas du Dervish de Faust, as danced by him 150 consecutive nights at the Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, Paris. To conclude with NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Meadows, H. Saker ; Miss L. Keeley and Mrs. Weston. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole rroprletor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING-, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs B. Webster. J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart, Blllinzton, C. J. Smith, Ebarne, Moreland; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Kelly. Followed by the successful piece of extravagance, called DINORAII UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box °ince open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. - - THIS EVENING, a new Vaudeville Comedietta, called THE KEY TINDER TIIE DOOP.-MAT. Messrs. James Vinnimr, Job Rouse, &c. ; Mesdames A, 11. Hatton and Julia St. George. —• • • To be followed by the new Drama Fantasfique, entitled PARIS AND PLEASURE ; or, Home and Happiness. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Vining, John stone, F. Villiers ; Misses Julia St. George, Hudspeth, Kate SaTille, A. Burdett, and Madame Celeste. To conclude with the Farce of THE PFIENOMENON IN A SMOCK FROCK. John Buttercup, Mr. Rouse. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING, MAN ABOUT TOWN. After which THE CHATTER-BOX. Messrs. Barret, Bra zier ; Mesdames F. Matthews, Murray, and Eliza Arden. Followed: by MAGIC TOYS, supported by Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Cassc, &c. To conclude with the New and Original Burlesque, by L. Buckingham, Esq., of VIRGINIUS ; or the Trials of a Fond Papa. Virf.. - cinius, Mr. Charles Young. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d; Pit, is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform • ance commences at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster•road. Sole Lessee—Mr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season. THIS EVENING, the highly-popular and prosperous Drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GAR, IBAL DI ; illustrat ing* the priicipal events in the Life of the Great Italian Ge neral. Supported by Mr. R. Phillips, Ennis Belmore, Ray mond, Miss Kate Carson, &c. --The Novelties in the Circle will consist of the most exhilarating, - displays of Scenic Horse manship —Re-appearance of the peerless horsewoman, Miss Emily Cooke, in brilliant and classic poses on a swift Steed— Full Stud of beautiful Horses—Scenes in the Circle by John Henry Cooke. Herr Hartz, the Devil Rider ; Misses Clarissa, Rosina, Francisco. and La I'etite Eleanora—Wonderful Per forming; Elephant—Comical and Extraordinary Parisian Dos and Monkeys, from the Cirque l'lmperatrice, Paris. — Gymnastic Professors —Facetious Clowns. To conclude with a laughable Farce called CLEAN YOUR BOOTS. • Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EATERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of SIACB ET u (now first made public in England at these Con certs). And a Grand Se:ection from Meyerbeer's new opera of Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. 'l'. Critchtield, and E. W. Hackney. Several interestin Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant Bights of the metropolis. ROSA BONFIEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already mag,niticent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is ope.i from 9 am. till 12 p.m. Admission, Six pence. sTIIL WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE. DECEMBER 5 THEENOISETUR, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 4G —lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BAItoNfETEIt-29.67. WrNn, S.W.; light, with rather dull weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY.—Morning, 10h. 41m.—Afternoon, 11h. Om. To-aonaow.-Morning, 11h. 36m.—Afternoon, Oh. Om. By the THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1859. DEATH OF MR. JUSTICE CROWDER. Early yesterday morning Sir Richard Budden Crowder, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, died under circumstances deplorably sudden. For about twelve months past the learned Judge had been afflicted with an inveterate ague, the paroxysms of which always affected his heart, but it was of a kind which yielded to medical treat ment, and never to any great extent prevented the discharge of his judicial functions. So recently as Friday last, when seen by an intimate friend, to whom he paid a visit, he was in something like high health and spirits, and so late as the afternoon of Saturday, when he left his residence in Carl ton-house-terrace on a visit to the country, his domestics perceived no change in his appearance. On the suggestion of his physician, Dr. Elliotson, of Conduit-street, the learned gentleman spent the greater part of the long vacation at Brighton, where his health greatly improved, and he re turned to town at the commencement of Michaelmas Term, since which, we believe, he has regularly attended the sit tings of th© Court of Common Pleas. During the night of Sunday he was seized with a paroxysm of ague, more than ordinarily severe ; Dr. Elliotson was summoned to his re lief, but before he could reach his residence the learned judge had ceased to live. Sir R. Crowder was the eldest son of the late Mr. William Henry Crowder, of Montague-place. He was born in Lon don, and educated first at Eaton, and then at Trinity Col lege, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's inn, in 1821, and subsequently went the Western Circuit. In 1837 he became a Queen's Counsel, when ho was called to the bench of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, and served the office of treasurer, moreover, to the Middle Temple in the year 1345. In August, 1846, ho be came Recorder of Bristol. He represented the borough of Liskeard in Parliament, in the Liberal interest, from January, 1849, succeeding, we believe, Mr Charles Buller —to the time of his elevation to the bench, as a puisne judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Mr. Justice Crowder was never married, and he died in the 64th year of his ago. LYCEUM THEATRE. Last night the performances commenced with a little vau deville, called " The Key Under the Door-mat," and profes sedly taken from a French piece, entitled "Le Cle sous to Paillasson." Tho confession as to the origin of the work was scarcely required, as the plot is of the oldest, and doubtless did good service long before the cited French piece was in existence. Two married gentlemen (Messrs. J. Vining and Rouse) having fallen in love with two ladies, and having mutually confided their tender sentiments, dis cover that their passions have taken a criss-cross direction, and that each is enamoured of the wife of the other. A slight embarrassment arises before this great truth is brought to light, but the peculiarity of the piece consists in the in• troduction of short scraps of music, after the fashion of the Parisian vaudeville. As Mr. Rouso has some talent for e3mic singiug, and Miss Julia St. George is one of the ladies, the musical portion of the piece is by far the most agreeable. ST. .TAML T S'S 7111E41'RE. Miss Katharine Hickson, a leading actress at this house, took her benefit last night, and essayed the favourite cha racter of Pauline in the "Lady of Lyons," Her interpre tation is based on that of Miss Helen Faucit, and, though her physical force is not apparently great, she gives evidence throughout of care and intelligence, while her face and figure are well suited to the part. She was supported by Mr. Howe, as Claude Melnotte ; and a miscellaneous con cert, with Mr. Chatterton, the harpist, as one of the per formers, was offered as a special attraction on the occasion. Miss Lydia Thompson, whose dancing has been the chief feature of the season, will take her benefit on Thursday next. STRAND THEATRE. Mr. Troughton's farce of " Vandyke Brown" was re vived at this house last night with a very exhilarating effect on the audience, whose hearty laughter proved their cordial appreciation of its uproarious mirth. Miss Bufton's performance of Mrs. Bobbins is particularly worthy of notice, as indicating in this accomplished young actress a decided talent for broad and extravagant comedy. There is a great deal of original drollery in her conception of the part, and in the execution she elaborates it with a number of fantastic little details intensely feminine in de sign, which makes the humour still more grotesque, and enrich the flavour of the fun. At Miss Swanborough's theatre, famed as it is for clever actresses, Miss Bufton is a valuable acquisition to the company. POLYGRAPHIC BALL. Tho Russian conjuror, Professor Wiljalba Frikell, re• appeared last night at Mr. Woodin's Hall, and amid general applause went through the tricks that have rendered him a " pet" of the London public for something like two years. Succeeding a race of necromancers who depended less on pliability of their fingers than on the mechanical perfection of their apparatus, he was the first to dismiss that glitter ing laboratory with which his predecessors dazzled the pub lic eye, and to revive the art of legerdemain in all its purity. Bouble•bottomed vases and boxes are foreign to his calling, but from a borrowed hat ho will produce goblets enough to stock a silversmith's shop, besides innumerable trinkets for ladies, while his power of drawing from an empty cloak globes of live gold fish, swimming in real water, is as great as ever. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess de Persigny have left Albert-Gate House, on a visit to the Earl and Countess Hardwicke, at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire. His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess de Bcrnstorff entertained at dinner last evening, at Prussia House, his Excellency the Portuguese Minister, his Excellency the Neapolitan Minister and Madame Tar gioni, his Excellency the Minister for the Hansa Towns and Madame Thicker, the Duchess of Inverness, Count Baumgarten, Count Lchudorff, Count Blucher, Count Brandenburg, &c. His Excellency the Swedish and Norwegian Minister and the countess Platen have left town on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, at Eaton, Cheshire. The Duke and Duchess of Northumborland are about to set out on a tour through the East of Europe for the winter. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have been entertaining their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Earl and Countess of Claren don and Ladies Villiers, the Earl Cowper, the Earl of Sandwich, the Countess of Tankerville, Viscount liamil ton, Lard Otho Fitzgerald, and a succession of friends, at Kimbolton Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford have left Stafford llouse, St. James's, for Lille:3llA, Salop. The Earl of Wilton and Lady Kathaiine Grey Egerton hAve arrived at Knowsley jHall, en a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby. The Earl and Countess of Craven left town yes terdayfor Hamstead Marshall, Berks. Lady Dui - feria and Lord Dafferin are expected in town in a few clays from Malta. The marriage of Lieutenant-General the Hon. Thomas Ashburnham and the Hon. Miss Foley is fixed to take place early in February. The Right lion. Frederick Peel, M.P., and Mrs. Peel have left Farrance's Hotel for Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire. The Right Hon. T. H. Sotheron-Estcourt, M.P., and Mrs. Sotheron-Estcourt have left Farranee's Hotel for Esteourt House, Gloucestershire. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, DEC. 5. The Patric of this evening says : " We are assured that most of the European Powers have given in their adhesion to the Con- gross. "The Juge d'lnstruction has decided that there is no ground for further proceeding in the affair of M. Gerardin's pamphlet, entitled Napoleon et l'Europe."fhe copies seized by the police have been returned." The Pays states that England has consented to take part in the Congress. The Pays also believes itself in a position to state that the difficulties between Piedmont and Tuscany, on the subject of the Regency of M. Buoncompagni, are not yet removed. It is certain that England has agreed to the proposal that the Congress shall be held in Paris. BERLIN, DEC. 5. The Prussian Moniteur contains the appointment of General Von Roon as Minister of War. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. Despatches have been received at the Foreign office from the French Minister at Turin, stating that there was every reason to believe that the King would so far yield to the wishes of France as not to send M. Cavour as plenipotentiary to the Congress, who is very distasteful to his former friends. It is probable that Count Arese, a personal friend of the Emperor, will be named to represent Sardinia as first plenipotentiary. A considerable rise has again taken place in all quotations at our Bourse, originating mainly in an assurance that all the great Powers had consented to unite in Congress. The Three per Cents have now reached 71f. 35e., which is a further advance of 20c. on yesterday's quotations. All quotations are firm, and moreover evince an upward tendency. THE BOURSE, Dec. s. —Threes, after having been done at 71f. 25c., improved to 71f. 45c. ; Mo bilier varied from 815 f. to 822 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,405 f. to 1,415 f. ; Lyons, 910 f. to 917 f. 50c. ; Southern, 525 f. to 530 f. ; Northern, 975 f. to 970 f. ; Austrian, 565 f. to 568 f. 75c. ; Lombard, 562 f. 50c. to 565 f. The following were the last quota tions : 41 per Cents _96 30 : Credit Foneler.... 695 Do. end month 96 50 I Belgian 41 . — 3 per Cents Do. end month 7l 35 _Roman — Bank Shares 2895 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 815 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 815 Home Debt 43 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 977 50 .. 977 25 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 915 .. 915 Geneva .537 50 .. 510 Southern Western 5BO .. 580 Eastern Strdiniaß 420 .. 420 Austrian Lombard .. .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 25f. 9c.; three months, paper, 24f. 93c.; money, 21f. 9310. AUSTRIA. The Cabinet of Vienna had become convinced of the mortifying fact that a Congress would, if neces sary, be assembled in spite of the non-participation of Austria. The same letter affirms that never, not even in 1848 or 1849, wore the relations of England and Austria so cold and unfriendly. The Vienna papers have recently contained some very insipid articles on the foreign policy of Eng land, and the Ost-Deutsche Post to-day foretells that the British diplomatists will be defeated in the approaching Congress. The Vienna paper, December 3, says :—" During the Congress of Vienna the diplomatists and publicists of England talked big about the right of nations to think and choose for themselves, but when the Assembly de cided on an intervention in Italy and in Spain Great Britain entered a protest against it; and let things take their course. We are of opinion that England will be faithful to her traditions." SARDINIA. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa publishes two documents found in the archives of Bologna, and referring to acts of the Government before the war in Italy. In the•first Cardinal Bernetti gives orders that the political prisoners shall be removed to distant and unhealthy localities; and in the second Cardinal Spinola directs that the bastinado shall be employed as a means of correction for chil dren sent to prison on the charge of vagrancy. The 21Ionitore Toscana assigns two fundamental reasons for the refusal which had been made to the Buoncompagni Regency—first, the substitution of a person contrary:to the vote of the Assembly led to the formation of a separate union of the four Central Italian provinces, and not to what they wanted, namely, their annexation to the kingdom of Sar dinia as was wished ; second, this state of things seemed dangerous to the Tuscan Government. It desired an Italian union,and all these partial unions were only really productive of real separa tions. Devoted to the nation and to the King it was their duty to dispute the possession of the soil wih all pretenders whatever their name or patronage. VENICE. A Venice letter of the 2d, in the Nord of Brussels, gives e lamentable account of the situation of that province. Trade and industry are described as being at an end; and the expense of lodging the troops has completed the disastrous position of the inhabitants. Formerly the troops were concentrated in the towns and fortresses, but since the war they are spread over the country also. Country mansions and farm-houses have been converted into barracks and the communes have to pay the cost. A notice from the superior authorities to which a retroactive effect as far back as the Ist of January has been given, declares that the Government will only pay the communes the expense of soldiers' " lodgings on the footing of troops on the march, and not of troops in garrison." This last act, it is stated, has completed the financial discomfiture of all the Venetian communes. SPAIN. 1 he Madrid journals of the Ist state that the last accounts from Morocco set forth that the Moors and the Spanisrds, after the combat of the 30th ultimo, remained within three-quarters of a league of each other, but that the Moors had taken up a strong position on some heights. The Espana Conciliador, Estado, and Leon Espanol had been seized. Another detachment of 73 wounded had arrived at Algesiras. The despatch of troops from Spain to Morocco was continuing. The Iberia states that several foreign officers had obtained permission to serve in the army in Africa. The Gazette publishes another set of addresses to the Queen from bishops and chapters expressing approbation of the war. The number of Moors who attacked Serrallo on the 22d ult. is estimated at about 14,000. They left nrore than 500 dead on the field of battle. The loss of the Spaniards amounted to 50 mzn put hors-de combat. Private letters state that the Moors had 1,000 killed in the affair of the 25th. On the side of the Spaniardq, the battalion of Chasseurs of Madrid particularly suffered, and lost its colonel and several of its officers. THE FRENCH NAVY.—The Mouiteur• de la Fichte states that the French navy is to be reduced by tho dis charge, on December 31, of all warrant officers and sailors who may have completed forty months of service in all, whatever may be their length of service since the last levy. It is reported from Rome that since Garibaldi's resignation the Papal Government has become much more insolent than it was for a time, and that it now openly sets at nought the advice of France, and treats M. do Gram mont with many devees less respect than formerly. EAST _INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY EVENING. The Indus steamer, Capt. Weeks, has arrived with the East India and China mails. She left Alexandria November 21, Malta the 25th, Gib raltar the 30th. The Indus brings 54 passengers, among whom are Lady Le Marchant, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, R.N., Sir George Leith, the Hon. Mrs. Fraser, Major- General Salter, C. 8., &c. One French brig of war was at Alexandria. At Malta were her Majesty's ships Renown, Racoon, Scourge, Caradoc, and Argus. At Gibraltar, her Majesty's ships Marlborough, Victor Emmanuel, Orion, James Watt, Agamem non, Neptune, Doris, Brunswick, Cadmus, Scylla, Coquette, and Quail ; and the French and Spanish fleets. Gibraltar Exchanges—On London, 511 d. to 51:d. ; Paris, 533 ; Marseilles, 532 ; Genoa, 537. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ceylon, hence on the 20th, arrived at Gibraltar on the 24th and proceeded. The Tiber steamship, from Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar on the 27th, and left nest morning for Malta and Alexandria. The Norwegian brig of war St. Thomas, 10 guns, put into Cadiz on the 23d, from Norway. Advices from Gibraltar of the 25th ult. mention the arrival there of the Brunswick, from Malta, on the previous evening. The Coquette was expected to leave for England on the arrival of the Mohawk. A French liner had left for Brest, probably the Alexandre, which had sustained injury in some pare of her machinery ; and the Imperatrice for Toulon. The French steam frigate Foudre was anchored close to the British flagship tho Marl borough; and three French liners were lying in Algesiras Bay. It was reported that all the Spanish ports had received instructions to place vessels from Gibraltar in quarantine in consequence of the few cases of small-pox that had occurred among the troops of the garrison. The letters add that the Spanish troops were getting on very slowly, and that a portion of the expeditionary army was encamned at the base of Ape's-hill. THE STANDING BRIDGE OVER THE ELBE. A letter from Hamburg says, it was with no or dinary degree of intorest and satisfaction that the Hamburg Exchange received, a few days ago, the gratifying announcement of the removal of the last remaining difficulties to the execution of the im portant work of bridging over the Elbe, and placing this city in immediate connexion with Harburg and the western bank of the river. Since the comple tion of the two similar gigantic undertakings exe cuted by Prussia—the standing bridge over the Rhine at Cologne, and the railway bridge over the Vistula at Dirschau, near Dantzig—the short dis tance (six English miles) between Hamburg and Har burg is the sole remaining break in the great line of railway communication between France and the Baltic. The wanting link between the cast and the west is now about to be supplied ; the treaty between the governments of Hanover and Hamburg has been signed by the respective commissioners and will without question obtain the usual ratifica tions. In the execution of this desirable undertaking some'serious mechanical difficulties will have to be overcome, but they have been foreseen, and in anti cipation already conquered by the engineering skill of William Lindley, the British chief ongineer of this city, who planned and executed the system of sewers which forms an underground network of streets with an outfall to the Elbe. Most of your readers are aware that the waters of the Elbe come down from the interior of Ger many in one unbroken mass till they reach the spot just above this c ity, w h ere th e r i ver is divided into several small channels separated by different islands, the principal of which is the Island of Wilhelms burg, which lies in the direct line between this city and Harburg. The chief works will consist of two separate railway bridges over the two arms of the Elbe, an embankment for the railroad across the island of Wilhelmsburg, a new terminus on this side of the river, and a short extension to the sta tion at Harburg. The bridge over the Northern Elbe will be 1,300 feet long, with four openings or arches each of 325 feet. It was at first proposed to make a swing bridge in the centre to admit the free passage of vessels proceeding up and down the river, but when it was considered that the navigation in question was confined to upland barges with but one mast without rigging, which they could very well lower, the plan was abandoned, and the principle of a standing bridge throughout substituted in its place. Another reason for this alteration was that as, from calculations founded on the present traffic of goods and passengers betweeh the two banks of the river, there will be at the opening of the bridge at least from 30 to 36 trains passing over it every day, whilst the number will probably double itself in a very short time, it was found that a swing bridge must necessarily be inconvenient, and the regularity of the trains materially interfered with by the long flotillas of river crafewaiting for the opening of the bridge, which would often require many hours to pass through in a single file. It has been therefore determined to give the preference to the railway ' • but in order not to interfere unneces sarily with the navigation, the bridge will be built at such a high level as to admit all vessels and steamers to pass underneath on lowering their masts and funnels. No particular technicalities are offered by the proposed embankment across the Island of Wil helmsburg, but at the southern extremity comes the deep and wide arm of the river called the Southern Elbe. Here the bridge will be 2,000 feet long (being 200 feet longer than the new standing bridge over the Rhine at Cologne, lately opened for general traffic), and have six arches or openings for the water (and drift of ice in winter), each 333} feet in width. A double line of rails throughout the whole distance is considered indispensable. The new terminus in this city will be erected near the banks of the Elbe, in the river-suburb known as the Grasbrcok, and contain an area of 2,500,000 square feet (equal to about 60 English acres). It will have quays on three sides for the accom modation of vessels receiving and discharging their cargoes, whilst the depth of water will be increased to 16ft. at low water, which will admit the approach of any vessel that can get over the sandbanks and bars in the Elbe and come up to Hamburg from over sea. The covered end for the arrival and de parture of passenger trains will contain 16,000 square feet, and the waiting saloons are to be of similar dimensions, whilst the platform on each side will be 1,200 feet long. For the reception of the goods traffic by land there are to be constructed six sheds, 50 feet wide, and with an aggregate length of 1,880 feet. , The quayS for the accommodation of the shipping will present an extended and available frontage of 3,340 feet, and opposite the vessels will be erected a series of warehouses 3,760 feet long and 60 feet wide. The sum required for the execution of the whole of the above-mentioned works is seven millions of dollars, or about a million sterling, one-third of which will be borne by Hamburg, and the other two-thirds by Hanover. The Cologne Bridge cost five millions of dollars, and that over the Vistula at Dirschau nearly six millions. This is very little, considering that the bed of both branches of the Elbe lies on the top of very deep turf-bogs and marshes substrature, which will render it both expensive and technically difficult to reach a favourable spot of sufficient firmness for foundation purposes. These difficulties b.r.2 greater than thcse encountered in the beds of the Rhine and Vistula. PRINCE LUCIEN BONAPARTE IN SUNDERLAND.— On Thursday, shortly after the shades of evening had set in, a stout, middle-aged gentleman, of foreign appearance, attended only by one domestic, was set down at thodoor of the Bridge Hotel, of this town. The worthy host of this far-famed hostelry, with that attention and urbanity which characterises him, welcomed the stranger, whose deport ment was of that nature to indicate to the most casual ob server that ho was a gentleman of some rank. The ample resources of this large establishm en t were soon b roug h t i nto play, and by and bye it was whispered about that the stranger was a person of considerable importance, and a fur ther inquiry elicited that he was no less than Prince Lu cien Bonaparte, son of the late King of Holland, and cousin to the present Emperor of the French; and that ho had arrived in Sunderland from the south. It was known that Prince Lucien had been in the county rot a long time pre vious collecting materials for the publication of his transla tion of the Bible into the dialects of England. But what could be the nature of his mission to Sunderland? Here spe culation was at fault. His stay, however, was but short, ho took his departure on the following morning at nine o'clock for Newcastle, en route to Carlisle. It is said that his departure was much accelerated by hearing of the great suc cess which had attended the first drill that day of the patriotib spirits who have joined the rifle corps of this town. It is further added that before his departure he made minute in. quiries respecting the proximity of the village of Cleadon to Sunderland, and the strength of the fortress occupied by the " second man" who signed the volunteer roll. Whether the projected invasion of England will be made at Whit• burn, and the encampment of the invading hosts formed near Cleardon Hall, are events yet " looming in the future." Whatever may happen, it is satisfactory to know that the " Lord of the Hall" has his rifle ready, and " keeps hie Powder dry."—Ast(aCriaitO :Pots, THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW, 1859. THE PRIVATE VIEW AND AWARDS. Last evening the private - view of the Smithfield Club Cattle Show to the members of the club, the various competitors, and the Press, took place at the Baker -street Bazaar, which. was brilliantly lighted for the occasion. The judges commenced their labour of examina tion of the stock at an early hour in the morning, and in consequence of the number and general ex cellence of the specimens, the arduous duty of coming to a conclusion, as to the awards, occupied a more than ordinary amount of time, and it was not until late in the evening that their labours were completed. In order to disabuse the minds of the public that there can be any possibility of favouritism in the award of the prizes, the fact may be mentioned that the animals are, in the first instance, classed by the stewards, and simply num bered by them; and the judges are not even per mitted to enter the show-yard until the morning before the opening of the show, on which they are required to make their examination of the speci mens assembled for competition, and determine on their awards. The instructions to the judges are of a stringent character. The first rule laid down for the guidance of the judges by the club, states :—" After the animals shall have been classed, and a number affixed over each animal or pen, the judges, without knowing the names of persons or places, until after their decisions, are to decide by their numbers only, and to judge which are the best stock, having regard, in forming their judg ment, to quality of flesh, lightness of offal, age, and early maturity in sheep and pigs, and also in oxen that have not been worked. and in cows, according to their age and number of calves ; but the judges are requested to observe that the prizes are offered without restrictions as to feeding, yet they are to keep strictly in view the object for which the Smithfield Club was originally instituted, viz., the supply of the cattle markets of Smithfield and other places with the cheapest and best meat." The judges are also directed not to award any prize or prizes unless they shall deem the animal or animals exhibited for such prize to have sufficient merit, especially where there is no competition. The judges are to have the whole of Monday, the sth December, for making the adjudication and signing their awards, without the admission of members, strangers, or candidates, either into the committee-room, or any part of the yard. These regulations, therefore, clearly establish the fact that so far as the club is concerned, they take every precaution to prevent anything like favouritism in the awards of the prizes, and that the real merit of the animal or animals, and not the consideration of who may happen to be the owners, solely operate in the distribution of the prizes. The private view was appointed to take place at half-past eight o'clock. Shortly before two, how ever, a telegram was received from Windsor, stating that his Royal Highness the Prince Con sort would pay a visit to the show in the course of the afternoon. His Royal Highness arrived at the Bazaar shortly before four o'clock, accompanied by Colonel Wood and General Grey, and was escorted through the show by Mr. Brandeth Gibbs, the se cretary, Mr. Boulnois, jun., and the stewards of the club. His Royal Highness was much pleased with the general character of the show, and expressed his acknowledgments to that effect to Mr. Gibbs on leaving. His Royal Highness remained in the show examining the specimens about two hours. Amongst the other noblemen and gentlemen present at the private view were the Marquis Camden. the Marquis of Exeter, Lord Berners, Lady Piggott, Lord Challenor, the Earl of Fever sham, andlother distinguished members of the club and competitors. Notwithstanding the outcry which has been at• tempted to be got up as to the want of space at the Baker-street Bazaar for the purposes of the show, there was unmistakeable evidences that there is ample space for many more specimens than were exhibited, although the entries are quite equal to those of any former year. Notwithstanding this, we were told a limited liability company has pre pared a model for a new establishment, which can not come: into operation before 1863,[0n the site of the cattle layers at Islington, to lay before the Club at the annual meeting this day. The general opinion as to the character of the show is, that it exceeds the average excellence, a fact borne out by the circumstance that there is a complete concurrent opinion between the judges at the late Birmingham show and those of the Smith field Club, many of the specimens which carried off the leading prizes at Birmingham being also placed in the posts of honour in London. The Devon classes are not generally looked upon as ex hibiting their usual excellence, although the second class is more equal than any of the others. The Prince Consort has failed on this occasion to hold a distinguished position with his specimens in these classes, although his Royal Highness has been most successful in the pigs, carrying off this year the gold and s il ver medals, and the highest prize of £lO. The first prize in the Devons has this year been obtained by Mr. Robert Farthing, of North Petherton, near Bridgwater, for his two years and eleven months old Devon steer, which is really a beautiful animal. The grand prize of the show, in the cattle classes, has been carried off by Mr. Richard Shirley, of Munslow, for his two years six months and twenty-seven days old Hereford steer, which also obtained the gold medal as the best animal in the classes at Birmingham. The great point of excellence about this animal is its early maturity. In class eleven Colonel Towneley hav carried off the first prize for his three years and seven months old short-horned heifer, which ob tained the corresponding prize at the Birmingham show. The Polled Scotch and other animals of that class are considered of a very superior character. In the sheep classes the Duke of Richmond has this year been beaten in his South Downs by his old antagonist, Mr. Rigden, of Hove, near Brighton ; and in the long-woolled sheep classes the gold medal has been gained by Mr. Francis Jordan, of Eastburn, near Driffield, Yorkshire, for his pen of 20 months old Leicesters. The show of sheep does not appear to be so extensive as that of former years ; but the pigs are in as full force as ever, and exhibit their usual amount of obesity. The implement galleries appear to have been ar ranged upon a new principle, which, while there is every accommodation preserved for the locomotion of the public, affords more room to the various stands for the exhibition of the various specimens, as well as for those appropriated to the show of agricultural pro duce. On entering the gallery from King-street, the first stand which attracts the notice of the visitor is that of Messrs. Thomas Gibbs and Co., the seedsmen to the Royal Agricultural Society of England, which this year, whether in rivalry to the Root and Seed Show at the Crystal Palace, has not been ascer tained, appears to have been elongated to nearly double its ordinary space ; and hero are exhibited Brobdignagian turnips, mangold wurtzel, carrots, parsnips, &c., not to be surpassed, if equally, by any other show, whether at the Crystal Palace or elsewhere in the United Kingdom. Immediately opposite the stand of Messrs. Gibbs is a stand of implements, profusely decorated with the flags of all nations, surmounted by the British standard. This proved to be the show of implements by Messrs. Burgess and Key, of Newgate-street, including MgCormick's celebrated American reaping machine, with the improvements of the firm, and which, it appears, has obtained for them in competition not only the gold medals of every agricultural show in England, but also at the great reaping competition on the estate of the Emperor of the French during the present year in France, where it beat all other machines for reaping, both native and foreign, and received the first prize, and the gold medal of honour from the hands of the Emperor on that ac count. Amongst the other attractions of the imple ment galleries is a stand devoted to the service of the gentleman who has cartooned the metropolis and every lar2e town in England, with the por traits of animals said to have benefited by his in vention of a composition suitable to their digestive organs, yclept " Thm ley's Food for Cattle." This stand is profusely decorated with colossal paintings of bull's heads, extremely fatand well-proportioned horses, enormously distended sheep, and obese porkers, who have all, or supposed to have all par taken of the benefits of " Thorley's food." There are the steam-engines of the Messrs. Tuxford, the harvest-gatherin g and threshing machin es of Messrs. Clay, Shuttleworth, and Co.;and in the galleries are the stands of Messrs. Croskill, Wedlake, Hornsby, and Co., and the implements manufactured at the St. Pancras Iron works. Messrs. Harvey and Co., Lawson and Co., Sutton and Co., and George Gibbs and Co., exhibit beautiful specimens of agricultural produce, and at the latter stand will be found a mammoth gourd, weighing 2341b5. Altogether this department is quite equal to the show of any former years. and will no doubt attract its usual amount of attention. The show opens to the public this day and will continue open daily till Friday evening, when it will finally close. The following is the list of the awards of prizes : CATTLE. CLASS I.—Devon Steers, not exceeding 3 years old— First prize of £25, with silver medal, to Mr. Robert Farthing, of North Petherton, zleat llridpvater, Somerset ; second prize of £lO to Mr. John D. Dunning, of Creech S 4. Michael, near Te f unian; third prize of £5 to Wm. licatb, of Lu i cl i bmm ball , near Norwich. oiAss 2.—D6von Steers or Oxen, about years old— First prize of £25 to Mr. J. J. Farquharson, of Lang ton House, near Blandford (with silver medal to the breeder, Mr. James Quartly, of Molland House, near Southruolton)i second prize of £lO to H.R.H. the Prince a Consort ; third near prize of £5 to Mr. William lleath, of LuLudhamH ll, Norwich. old-- CE iss 3.—Deven Heifers, not exceeding 4 years First prize of £l5 to Mr. Robert Farth in g , of North Pother ton, near Bridgwater (with silver medal to the loreeder, Mrs. Sarah W. Farthing, of Dodington, near Brigdwater); second prize of £5 to Mr. Edmund Coles, of Stone Faro], near Yeovil, Somert. CLASS 4.—Devon se Cows, above 4 years old.—First prize of £2O to Mr. Wm. Heath, of Ludh am Hall, near Norwich (with silver medal to the breeder, Mr. James Q ua rtly, of Molland House, near Southmolton); second prize of d £lO t rizeo Mr. J o hn Coate, of Hammoon, near Blandford ; third p of £5 to Mr. George Turner, of Barton, near Exeter. old— CLAss s.—Hereford Steers, not exceedine• 3 years First prize of £ 9 5, with silver me dal, to Mr. Mr. Richard Shirley, of Bancott Munslow, near Shrewsbury; secondllea prize of £l6 to Mr. Richard 'Hill, of Golding Naylor,Hali 0 ; Shrewsbury ; third prize of £5 to Mr. John Leighton Hall, near Welsh pool. d lia l —First -- 0 T o i f erl 2 f s or t d o SmtereAsvnior: Heath,Oe/1, a o b f o near Norwich, with silver medal to the breeder, the la te Mr. Thomas Longniore ; second prize of £lO to Mr. Win. Aldworth of Frilford, near Abingdon ; third prize of £.5 1 0 Mr. John Naylor, of Leighton Hall, near Welshpool. CLASS 7.—Hereford Heifers, not. exceeding 4 years old-- Lveud3hayemal First prize of £l5, with silver medal , to Mr. Richard Hrize int of Golding Hall, near Shrewsbury. For the second p of £5, theB.—wre as no competition. CLASS 14ereford Cows, above 4 years old—First prize of £2O, with silver medal, to Mr. John Naylor, of Leigh ton llall, near Welshpool ; second prize of £lO to Lady Here- Emily Foley, of Stoke Edith Park, near Ledbury, ford; third prize of £5 to Captain Peploe, of near Hereford. CEAss 9.—Short-horned Steers, not exceeding 3 Zest old—First prize of £25 to Mr. Edward Frost,. of "" (with silver Wratting Hall, near Linton, Cambridgeshire , eath, nonaf medal to the breeder, Mr. John Webb, of Horsh Linton) ; second prize of £lO to Mr. George ga xwli ' f Kidbrooke Manor, near Blackheath, Kent ; third prize o £5 to Mr. John Overman, of Burnham Sutton, near ul.ll - ham Market, Norfolk. e yearn CLASS 10.—Short-horned Steers or Oxen, above 3 e • old— First prize of £25, with silver medal, to the garquiS of Exeter K.G. of Burghley Park, near Stamford ; sot. prize of .-C , lO to Mr. Thomas Swing,ler, of LanghtiVf m ne- o f Oakharn ; third prize of £5 to Mr. Charles DO"' Marcham Park, near Abingdon, 8,-rks. CEAss 11.—Short-horned Heifers not exceeding 4 y eses, . old—First prize of £l5, with silver medal, to Lieut.-C. i Towneley, of Towneley Park, near Burnley; second Prir of £5 to Mr. Wm. Aldworth, of Frilford, near Abingd°4l., CLASS 12.—Short-horned Cows, above 4 years 0..0 First prize of £2O, with silver medal, to Lieutenant-a:del Towneley, of Towneley Park, near Burnley; second prisel. of £lO to Mr. Richard Stratton, of Broad Hinton, nea_ Swindon, Wilts ; third prize of £5 to Mr. C. J. Bradshaw' of Alstoe House, Burley-on-the-Hill, near Oakhan3. Fi r st ag .„.___ f CLASS 13.—Sussex Steers or Oxen of an/ Sho e. 1 prize of £2O, with silver medal, to Mr. John Berwick, near Lewes ; second prize of £lO to Mr. Je a° Y Montefiore, of Worth Park, near Crawley, Sussex. Firs t CLASS 14.—Sussex Heifers or Cows, of any ag e-7 of prize of £lO, with silver 'medal, to Mr. Thomas Child, to Slinfold, near Horsham; Sussex ; second prize 0f 45 Lord Leconfield, of Petworth, Sussex. of CLASS 15.—Norfolk or Suffolk Polled Steers or plan,,v. M. Hudson, of Castle Acre, 'near Swaffham any age—First prize of £lO with silver medal, to Mr.' T• cond prize of £5 to Lord Sondes,of Eltah: 11 ) n' ear -he ford, Norfolk. co: CLASS 16.—Norfolk or Suffolk Polled Heifers or ..,,.. of any age—First prise of £lO, with silver medal, to ill s ': Robert Cook, of Livermore, near BurY St. Edr att r a ri second prize of £5 to Mr. Henry annon, of Bhilla ra TheFi CLASS t i p , a ri l ie l :o r f o i d 0 0 , 1 : Farm, near Maidenhead.. ago-- LASS 'l7.—Lon -horned age"' CLASS 18.—Long-horned Heifers or Cows 1 T anY Cox of First prize of £lO, with silver medal, to Mr. %,,,,. --„; gr. ' S. The Hall, Spondon, Derby; second prize of ze' ; ): . IL Chapman, of Upton, near Nuneaton,_Warw4-. ge" . CLASS 19.—Scotch Horned Steers or Oxen, o fanyLa s . Fiist prize of £2O, with silver medal, to Viscount DS; of Brancepeth, near Durham; second prize of V° t° Thomas Ball Troughton, of Foleshill, near Co CLASS 20.—Scotch Horned lleifers or Cows, of goli:elsk, First prize of £lO (breeder to Mr. l el 'ii As; unknown), of Tattanhol Bare Farm, S Stratford, ..-11- near Stoney second prize of £s—ne competition. go- - CLASS 21.—Scotch Polled Steers or oxen, of alli v o t o First prize of £2O, with silver medal, to gr . ' Aye of with Derby;ho maiel silver sSemtccoeendr a s dl :pirroiOzi‘exi reo.nfl:7l:lycoir'ro,,oll,ool M'Combie, of Tillyfour, near Aberdeen; s econd P.' £lO to Mr. James Stewart, of New Market, .ithereell;ie,' CLAss 22.--Scotch Polled Heifers or Cows, of tut dot , . Alton CLASSF o 2 u 3 t h —lrisha li ton . First prize of £lO, with silver medal, to Mr. T. It woad wright, of Aynho, near Brackley Northampton Park, near prize of £5 to Mr. John TurvilL'of Hartley F ar ' /s/o ea.,„„ g rr i sor Oxen, of any age', Fe--f CLASS 24.—Irish Heifers or Cows, of any '''' li °- prize of £lO (breeder unknown) to the Earl of Dar° 8 ,.' 1 30 Cobham coin • • Hall, near Gravesend; second prize af CL age' CLASS 25.—Welsh Steers or Oxen (Runts l, of eg o { pal,' First prize of £2O reeder unknown) to the Ron. • .0(0 nant, of Penrhyn pri C ze r,A o S f S 3c 2 l 6 o . to Mr. J. E. sus-, Bennett, of Husbands Bosworth Gr Tb W ree e d ls e h r unknown), Rugby. a . e ....4 11 : Castle, near Bangor ; second Pr la° ,,. a near Husbands fers or tCoowmsr,. of . till . i . „, e ll o i v Ott) e . . 3 _ Bosworth Grange, near Rugby. ceedine CLASS 27.—Cross or Mixed-bred Steers, not ex _ ort h, of years old.—First prize of £l5 to Mr. William Aldwisreederf Frilford, near Abingdon (with silver medal to the u dw rize Mr. Giles Brooks, of Lyford, near Wantage) Lse c°l2 ,. oral of £lO to Mr. Robert Wortley , o f Suffield Hall, ne ar 4 35 Walsham, Norfolk. 40 0 " CEAss 28.—Cross or Mixed-bred Steers or Oxen , -gr 1 to years old—First prize of £l5 • h s i l ver reeds 9 ton ; , w ith ear NOrthall,P,,4 John Beasley, of Chapel Brampton, f . 0 " second prize of £5 to Mr. Thomas Knowles,u sen.i a Market, Aberdeen. coding CLASS 29.—Cross or Mixed-bred Heifers not "to g r. 4 years old—The prize of £lO, with silver r ods ] , co ratting Edward Frost, of West W • Hall, near Linton, bridge. CLASS 30.—Fat Wether Sheep, o f any L°l4l°ll4 o ' breed, 1 year old (under 22 monpth s)—Fiest p,r;Vastburn_ with silver medal, to Mr. Francis Jordan, 0.,." Rohs': near Dritlield, York ; second prize of £l5 to lu_P e o f ffi 1 " Newman, of Harrowden, near Bedford ; third Pe r i. _ A Mr. Thomas Twitchell, of Willington, near ing.. l3ol°oollel. CLASS 31.—Fat Wether Sheep, of anY tto fi # breed, 1 year old (under 22 months), each shoal, not tiVer ceed 2201 b. live weight—First prize of £2 O , _! ii „,. l ll/ 13 oti v medal, to Mr. G. S. Foljambe of Osbertox Hall, or ec there, sop, Notts; second prize of £l5 to Lord Bernert, 0 1 ; 1 " O i onil'' Hall, near Leicester; third prize of £5 to la r ' Twitchell, of Willington, near Bedford. , ~g - wo°l ll CLASS 32.—Fat Wether Sheep, of any 1-I°-")i breed (not Leicesters), 1 year old (under 22 inoli tl tvis °' prize of £l5, with silver medal, to Mr. Jonath,Tl 10 to 1 1 1 r• Webton Court, near Hereford ; second prize 0 1 , near CLASS Burford, 33. to n n g . Oleti eefP John Kin.. Tombs, of Langford, near hills, for ; third of £5 to Mr. John F. Mills, of ," of £l5, with silver medal, to Mr. Geor Wether Sheep, 1 year old (under 22 months).Firitio., °I and Short-woolle d Oakley, near Bedford ; second prize of 110 to lu r. erks; Wallis, of Hinton Waldridge; near Farrng°ll,4 Wilbl9 third prize of £5 to Mr. J. Ben* • Twitchen, " Jamul d 16t near Northampton. bre CLAss 34.—Long and Short-woolled Creso l- as eh 9 as Wether Sheep, 1 year old (under 22 months), 110, ii i not to exceed 2201b5. live weight—First prize of ley, ear, silver medal, to Mr. George H . • 13 , of a t os 0 me, Ju ~ , s o ' Bedford • , second prize of £5 to Mr. Charts , Mais .ey Hampton, near Crickl d Wilts ooil eu a e' • Short-iv, 0 CLASS 35.—Fat Wether Sheep, f a n y ei ei ' eep, o breed, 1 year old (under 22 months)—First P-- ° nes t I WO? d with silver medal, to Mr. William Rigden, 0 ittohtnen • Brighton ; second prize of £lO to the Duke,of 10/Loic,er K.G., of Goodwood ; third prize of £5 to tb.e.ri iir :roes!. rns-e.b, rdaciedt eporirefost ter, of Holkham Hall, Norfolk. CLASS 36.—Fat Wether Sheep, of any oil ed breed, 1 year old (under 22 months), each Sheol) not silver ceed 2001bs. live weight—First prize of £11), WI • ht 011; Do g . ~.a shorntft to 0 . medal, to Mr William Rigden, of Hove, ne ar s golica' second prize of £5 to the Earl of Leicester, 0' Hall, Norfolk. Shor t-d i nt le CLASS 37.—Fat Wether Sheep, of anY breed, 2 years old (above 22 and under 34 month. /000.4 i prize of £2O, with silver medal, to the Duke '°f c l3srt. , ( L second prize of £lO to Sir R. G. Throckraortont o f Sl," - breed CL I ( s n s e t 3 s B Buckland, near Farringdon, Berks; third Pr iz r e d. _A Lord Walsingham, of Merton Hall, near Thetfor...oolll - 0 1 1. Y vn e a th ) e 1 r y S e h a e r e ( u nder ‘,."" D . Cer First prize of £l5, with silver medal, to Mr. NI • of sio t ° ning, of Chisledon, near Swindon - second loti ° o tt eg's r# Mr. Wm. King, of New Haywa;cl Farm, noll ol d jiiir ford; third prize of £5 to Mr. Stephen King , °' ward Farm, near Hungerford. PIGS. 4 10°12,4etill Sheep, of under 22 " 1". ° 11tIalY. CLASS 39.—Pigs, of any breed, not exceedi e o. 4 old—First prize of 110, with silver medal, tongr.e B. Morland, of Chilton Farm, near Harwell, Belt, cirello, prize of £5, to Mr. Wm. Mills Barber, of Sunning° near Staines. t W eefl‘ CLASS 40.—Pigs, of any breed, above 4 and n°,ol, tf ing 8 months old.—First prize of £lO, with silvery liatwelit Mr. George B. Morland, of Chilton Farm, Cusp o f Bu t Berks • second prize of £5, to Mr. Thomas Cr'sP' _ 2 , ley Alley, near Wickham Market, Suffolk. t ace' 8 and no CLASS 41.—Pigs, of any breed, above ~..,o r nieS auv tter riat l in.. 12 months old—First prize of £lO, with to Mr. George Beale, of Frowlesworth, near -.-n i vilsoll, - Leicester ; second prize of £5 , to Mr. Henry Stowlangtoft llall, near Bury St. Edmunds. i oder L B CLASS 42.—Pigs, of any breed, above 12 an 1" months old.—First prize of £lO, with silver t , 5 to l'i.. H.R.H. the Prince Consort ; second prize 4" near befi%l9 Edward Sheppard, of Roundway Park Farrel Wilts. s. to gr' GOLD MEDALS TO EXIIIBITOIZ s 0 For the best Steer or Os in any of the Clos_ e v Aburf . o Richard Shirley, of Bancott Munslow, near Shr'closest For the best Heifer or Cow in any a the ilo oleY,,, Lieut.-Col. Towneloy, of Towneloy' Park, neo r --_,,,,,, of tn For the best Pen of Long-woolled Sheol) inbritg ela° Classes, to Mr. Francis Jordan, of Eastburn, near eeli f York. Sh f i For the best Pen of one-year-old Short-woollelgdo, o the 35th, 36th, or 38th Classes, to Mr. Wi lliam 11 Hove, near Brighton. to il' IZ• For the best Pen of Pigs in an of the Classes, the Prince Consort. Y For the best Steer or Ox in Extra Stock, to the Earl SILVET:. MEDALS, FOR EXTRA STOC,IL'e garde of Exeter. to th° For the best Heifer or Cow in Extra Stock, too k ' Howe, of Go call Hall, near Atherstone. . E x tra S For the best Long-woolled Wether Sheep l es ter. )le. to Lord Deniers of Keythorpe Ball, near L Stock, to For the best L'ong-woolled Ewe in Francis Jordan. of Eastlield, near Driffield, y Extra S t For the best Short-woolled Wether Sheep In ogil to I' to the Duke of Richmond, K.O. Stock/ For the best Short-woolled Ewe in Extra ~,,,, ~ to ."' Walsinghani. Stec. , • gle 0 ; For the best Cross-brod Sheep in Extra ,.0,0 George Wallis, of Hinton Walbridge, near ." bi .C4l‘4 0 , Berks. . R. 0, T Estra 1 ocv, For the best Pig in Extra Stock, to Sir morton, Bart. RW.e jti.leTvvrre,i'lElle:::essrs. Wm• Ganda}'' JUDGES. 1011111° CAT Lozsru-wooLLED SirEE rl P esis. . - iaoorif and George Ma . nn. Jolla v ..--1 4°r°1 CROSS-BRED AND SITORT-WOOLLED Wm. Fookes, H. P. Hart, and Hy. Thurnol. 0 0, Se' B. T. DRAISDItETII 01103$) Sail. Hole, and ifo. 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