The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-08 00:00:00

Smithfield Cl ub Show in the Agricultural A natio . a tin tt, in addition to all its textile, mine ral,ando"cher it idus tries, employs other X 200,000,000 sterling of tena.nts' capital in the production of corn and meat, and many millions more in the manufac ture of machines and manures which entice mother earth to bestow good gifts upon her hungry child ren, may well be proud and conservative of its agri culture. E u gli.sh husbandry h as it s col l eges, i ts h uge *3ocieties, its fine implement factories, its model drainage works, its scientific farmsteads, and its last great achievement is tillage by steam power—many hundreds of ploughs and cultivators now following the wire reps.) along the deep furrow or through the rapidly-riven staple either of clay or lighter soil ; while Egypt, the West Indies, France, and other countries h ave successfully adopted these inventions. But a bon nteous harvest, with its concomitants of a bad mark et, has confirmed the fallacy of John Bull's farming mainly for bread-corn ; and when he has got his malt tax reduced and all his other grievances righter',, it will still be in the fat-stock show that the true exponent of his progress must be found. It is the British farmer's especial business to supply joints and steaks and chops and rashers to an im mense shopkeeping and manufacturing nation; and consumers as well as producers are directly inte rested in such wonderful displays as that now col lected in Islington Agricultural-hall. Let our citizens cultivate an acquaintance with the men who feed them, and good must result, should it be only a mutual combination against those ignominious purveyors to metropolitan appetite who poison us with fleshmeat unslaughtered or diseased. If the large number of visitors in the Hall yester day afternoon is any index of the gathering that may be expected to-day, and for three following days, at a n admission fee of is., the attendance will be exceedingly large. In flae morning the show was hoc oared with a visit b y his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Crown Prince of Prussia, and the Duke of Brabant, who were duly received by the President, Lord Walsingham; the Vice -Pre sident, the Duke of Richmond; the President elect, ' Lord Tredegar ; Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, the hono• rary Secretary ; Mr. Sidney, the Secretary to the Hall Company ; and by the stewards and jud ges . As a whole, the Show is fully equal to any o f it s predecessors ; in number of entries, superior to any yet seen at Baker-street or Islington, the cattle classes alone comprising 240 animals, or more than 60 in excess of last year. The Devons have come up with about their usual excellence. Mr. Robert Wortley's prizo steer is a good beast, with some weight as well as quality about him ; Mr. Heath's prize ox, a rare specimen of meat, well developed in all its best parts, cover ing an e:ipanded frame upon fine bone. General Hood's second prize ox, from the Royal farms, though splendidly fed, is too narrow in the hind- quarters of roasting beef, and some critics will pre fer the Earl of Leicester's third prize ox. Mr. John Overra an's first-prize cow, " Fanny," is more like modd of what a Devon should be ; Mr. Heath's second-prize cow, too lumpy with fat; and General Hood's third-prize cow, " Hyacinth," heavy, with splendidly firm ripe meat. The Herefords made a grand show, and seem de terrained to tread very closely upon the heels of the ho rthorns. Last year was the glorification of the crass-breeds ; this time both the chief honours have been won by pure breeds—the silver cup for the best ox or steer in the Hall being won by a Here ford, and the silver cup for the best cow or heifer by a shorthorn. Mr. Heath's ox, which was not shown at Birmingham, is extraordinarilyfuli of good points, and one of the best animals exhibited of late years. Mr. Aldworth, Mr. Symonds, and Mr. Phil lips also exhibit animals of considerable merit. The younger, or steer class, is not so commendable, the three prizes going to specimens of only moderate quality. General Hood's, here, first, was not even - noticed by the judges at Birmingham, end Mr. Shicley's second prize beast won the first prize in Bingley-hall; but no good critic can disagree with the present award of merit. Owing to illness the gem of this breed, Mr. Groves's heifer, which took the Birmingham prize as the best Hereford, has so fallen off that she has gained here only a second prize; the first place being taken by Mr. Bettridge's heifer, " Young Beauty," which was second at Bir mingham. General Hood's cow, from the Royal farm, is of beautiful quality, but nut of any great weight or dimensions. Shorthorns mair.e a great feature in the hall. Mr. Baker's Birmingham gold medal ox is here again the best male animal of his breed, though yielding the championship of the hall to the Hereford. Mr. "Thompson's first prize steer was only highly com mended at Birmingham; and the Duke of Beau fort's steer, which won the third prize there, is here placed so low in the scale as to get no honour at all. Exceedingly good shorthorns are shown by Lord Radnor, Mr. Hulbert, Mr. Sisman, and Mr. Thompson. Mr. Swinnerton's second prize ox has many deficiencies in spite of its great fame and weight of flesh; and why is a " commendation" given away to a somewhat narrow, flat-sided, and hollow-sacked white steer from the Royal farm ? Mr. Swaisland's very perfectly finished heifer, " Oakbud," which gained the gold medal as best female and the Innk eepers' plate as best animal in Bingley-hall, hero stands aga in without a rival, winning the silver cup as best female in the show. She has both Bates and Booth blood, with an intermingling of Mason and Cartwright -- hat notwithstanding her wonderfully even ac 14:ttlation of flesh, possessing that precise firm eYet elasticity of touch which a judge likes to e feel, We miss in her the rare charm of cha racter,ta e tb_e u handsome head and fine docile eye, and Tempest, : yerior style, so noted in Sir Charles toria" :seach," and Colonel Townehy's " Vic strauttouß,santy's Butterfly," of a few years back. s ir. ir. p aulimeti atrawberry heifer is very pretty, and Thr„ :athird prize heifer, also, of great merit. judge : c l ews made a somewhat difficult t a sk for the . 11eir class. Mr. Lynn's very handsome but loos e ; first at Birtaill:niadling cow is here second, eelipsegdatbn ; though Mr. Abbott's fairly third; and both Mr. Matthew's level, fine-boned handsome , • eau" There is an extensive and capi tal Norfolk and of the use ful red Sussex cattle. about an average in quality, in Longhorn Suffolk polls - we have a considerable i, iar " o " ,ie _ mt.. classes though the number of entries is small. The merit, t h cattle classes are exceedingly fine. y r r , n Sco d c , - West Highland (the Birmingham " beetl S sc e o y t, 8 with red-brown shaggy coat, and spreading horns,'), is one of the most extraordinary animals breed has produced—one square, thick, wonderfully deep framed carcass, all prime b eef, as it were, almost to the hoofs. The Scotch polls are also exceedingly good, Mr. M'Combie's great Aberdeen being first, and Mr. Heath's rare Galloway second —both placed as at Birmingham. Mr. Sewell Read shows a good Irish ox, and Mr. Bennett a very good Welsh runt. Among the cross-breeds, the best are Mr. John Over man's large Devon and shorthorn, partaking, of the latter character ; and Mr. Allan Pollok's admirable cross between a shorthorn and Galloway. The classes cf Extra Stock are very large, and so are some of the animals exhibited ; but quality, rather than mere bulk, wins the palm, Mr. Birkbeck's Devon and Mr. Packe's white heifer taking the two prizes. Mr. Giblett shows a good Alderney, and Mr. 'Whitby a greater curiosity in the shape of a pretty red and white Brittany milker. t Reviewing all the cattle classes, we may charac rese them as presenting few animals of the highest orderof merit, and, while distinguished for general excellence, not carrying this superiority through out ; that is, the classes are good, but there are, un fortunately, Bey e ra l instances of plain and very ordi nary butchers' beasts. Not every exhibitor seems to rememb er that best-grained roasting want economy in flesh, the if weigh,"—that like our with a minimum of our steaks juicy and tender, and not like pieces W out o f " a portmanteau, "warranted so lid leather. One feature observable in thes e yearly exhibitions of live stock is the fleetuati n of the g,rather than steadily • advancing merit gold-medal beast. d the best sheep and swine. You cann ot go year ' a , c: l . to the Smithfield Club marvels, and year pronounce to be better an d more valuable than its prec'ee:ch of 12 months b,..forc, nor is the Prize-winner of to. r day always a striking improvement upon the winner of several years ago. Now, it may not be true that our nearly perfected breeds are restorations of arche types which existed in Paradise; we cannot infer that Adam's noblest oxen were short-horns, that luscious Highland beef was chosen fur his own eat ing, while Eve, in pastoral innocence, milked an Alderney; neither can we conclude that the rarest mutton and veal in that age of blissful perfection appeared in the form, say, of an Oxford Down. But from the slight apparent improvability in our best specimens it is evident that future achievements must consist in raising the general character of our stock rather than in heightening individual excel lencies. Every beast of the herd and each sheep of the flock must approach the [highest standard of early maturity, of propensity to devalope the best parts, and proportion of profit for the food consumed. A still more difficult task will then remain—namely, the preserving of robustness of constitution and im munity from disease in animals forced and pam pered in unnatural conditions for the supply of an importunate market. Coming now to the sheep, we find that the Lei cesters are by no means numerous, although Lord Berners, Col. Lowther, and Mr. Foljambe show pens of unusual character and quality. Never before in the history of the club have the Cotswolds cut so sorry a figure as on the present occasion; only two entries are made in the appointed class, and from these the prizes are very properly withheld. Mr. Porter partially saves the credit of the breed with a most noble and beautiful broad-back ewe in the class of Extra Stock. Mr. Cranfield, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Codling exhibit some pretty good Lincolns ; and the Ramsey Marsh sheep exhibit signs of con siderablelordwasin improvement. igh am is again conqueror among the South Downs, carrying off the silver cup for the I best Down sheep. Those three shearlings weigh 49st. 121 b. (imperial) live weight ; while the prize pen ;est year weighed 46st. slb. With about equal quality the Merton sheep combine greater sub stance. Lord Walsingham is also first in the class of sheep under 2001 b. in weight, second in the class of old sheep, and wins the silver medal in the Extra Stock Class of Ewes. Both the Duke of Richmond's second prize sheep and the Earl of Radnor's third' prize sheep in the two young wether classes show very good breeding and high character of their re spective flocks ; the Goodwood first prize older wethers are especially fine and well covered with mutton. Mr. Rigden, of olden renown, is not a competitor, owing to his official position in the club this year. Among the Hampshire and Wiltshire Downs, ncted for their large proportion of lean meat, Mr. Canning's magnificent prize pen is by far the most meritorious. Some excellent sheep in this class might have been very well passed over, instead of honoured by the judges, if clipping animals into shape is to be discountenanced. The Shropshires are particularly good, but here some of the Birmingham decisions have been com pletely reversed. Mr. Henry Smith's splendid first prize shearlings, with rare backs and legs of mutton, were only commended at Birmingham; while Lord Wenlock's second prize sheep were first at Birming ham ; and again, neither Mr. Thorley's first prize old wethers nor the Earl of Aylesford's second prize sheep were even commended at Bingley-hall, while Mr. Foster's and Mr. Holland's are not noticed at all at Islington. The Shropshires also win the day in the Extra-stock class. The new Oxford breed is in small force, but the specimens are very fine, carrying great weights of good mutton and wool. Among the cross-breeds, so valued in a show of animals for the butcher, Mr. John Overman's Lei cester-and-Down and several pens of Cotswold-and- Down are the most meritorious. In some cases the sheep are most unfairly trimmed, the fleece mani festing an extraordinary power of accommodating the length of staple to undue prominences and de• pressions in the contour of the carcases clothed. It appears very desirable that the shepherds, and indeed the herdsmen in general, whose animals win prizes should share with their masters in the ..moluments and honours of the day. It is stated that Lord Walsingham, conscious of his dependence upon the faithful care and skill of his shepherd, has handed to him a very handsome check, and the Smithfield Club might perhaps adopt with benefit the French custom of rewarding servant and exhi bitor together—say with a bronze medal and a sove- reign to the actual feeder of each prize anima,. The show of pigs is not more extraordinary than usual. Gen. Hood's three white pigs, bred at the Royal Shaw-farm, which take the gold medal against ail corners, are certainly extraordinary for syme. try in their fatness ; Mr. Morland and Sir Thomas Lennard's whites and Mr. De la Rue's blacks are of very great merit, and Mr. Stearn, Mr. Druce, the Countess of Chesterfield, Mr. Crisp, and other cele brated breeders exhibit pigs fairly representing the wonderful precocity and perfection which have bees attained of late years. Of the great collection of machinery, roots, seeds, specimens, and so on, we must speak in another paper• Those progressist members of our agricultural societies who are fond of battling with grievances and anomalies would do well to agitate fora uniform reckoning of the age of the animals. Cattle ought to compete with cattle on something like an equa lity of age—the measure of their respective opportu nities for feeding; but all sorts of difficulties and disadvantages arise from different societies adopting different natal dates in arranging the several classes. The calving day of the Highland Society is the Ist of January; of the Bath and West of England Society, the Ist of June; of the Royal Agricultural Society, the Ist July; of the Birmingham and Midland Coun ties Society, the Ist of September; of the Smithfield Club, the Ist of December. To place all breeds on an equal footing is impossible, because the great breed ing season or one may either follow or precede that of another; but all might compete upon the same terms if the several societies adopted one fixed date —say the Ist of January, as in the Herd Books and in the Racing Calendar. In these days of adjust ment of perplexing weights and measures to an im perial standard the rectification proposed can hardly be delayed much longer. Another point also asks attention. We have ob tained the boon of a five-shilling first day—no, only half a day, for the doors were jealously guarded until " after two o'clock," when the judges had " finished their awards." Unless the Smith field Club has too much dignity to follow after pro vincial societies, we may in the course of a iew:years actually witness public judging here as we now enjoy it everywhere else. Does some peculiar at mosphere render perception of good points more difficult at Islington than at Birmingham ; or are judges more corruptible, or metropolitan visitors and the fourth estate gentlemen of signs and types more meddling and obnoxious here than elsewhere ? Pidreistd on a t two o ' c l oc k i ns t ea d o f e i g ht a t ni g ht in ncieteyrtkinly an improvement ; but if early pub -0 reporters, at any would serve the interests of the show, rate, might be allowed an entrance, a catal og gentlem en m ', o Count ry pt: ando a li s t o f th e j u d ges a t th e ti me th ose commence their inspection. will have plenty of business o n their hand s d r u tie . an Kell' A ngthe week besides visiting the At Mr. Coleman's Farmers' CAlgurbicleuelttuurraellest night . , at the Smithfield Club meet ing and Farmers' Club din ner to-day; and to-morrow at the meeting of the Itoyal Agricultural_ t Society, 6m Cultivation the SmithfiepludbClilcumb edeitninnaerinthset. Hall, and Company's at th,, James's Society of Arts— 'cultural interest loses no ti me iti agri strengthening and 3lr. Morton's lecture t' 0 • and enlightening itself on the "amen of its great annual rendezvous. some of the • The fol l ow i n g are 8-- pr i ncip a l e 1 prizes awarded : C ATTLE. DEV ON BREED. CLASS I,—DEVON STEERS , NOT EXCEEDING 3 YE ARS OLD—First prize of £3O, to Mr. Bol ' ert Wortley, of Sutie hall, Aylsham, Norfolk—second prize of £2O, to the Earl of Leicester, of Holkhara, Wells, Norfolk —and third prize of £lO, to Mr John Overman, of Burnham, Sutton, Norfolk, CLASS 2.— DEVON STEERS OR OXEN, AI3OVE 3 YEARS OLD—First prize of £3O, to Mr. Wm. Heath, of Ludham hall, Norwich—second prize of £2O, to Afajor-General the Hon. A. N, Hood, of Cumberland-lodge, Windsor —and third prize of £lO, to the Earl of Leicester, of Nolkham, Wells, Norfolk, Class 3.— DEVON HEIFEItS, XOT EXCEEDING 4 YEARS THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1863. OLD—First prize of £25, to Mr. John Ford, jun., of Rush ton, Blandford, Dorset—second prize of £l5, to Mr. Walter Farthing, of Stowey-court, Bridgewater, Somerset—and third prize of £lO, to Mr. William Smith, of Exeter. CLASS 4.— DEVON COWS, ABOVE 4 YEARS OLD—First prize of £25, to Mr. John Overman, of Burnham, Sutton, Norfolk—second prize of £l5, to Mr. William Heath, of Ludham-hall, Norwich—and third prize of £lO, to Major- Gen. the Hon. A. N. Hood, Cumberland-lodge, Windsor. HEREFORD BREED. CLASS S.—HEREFORD STEERS, NOT EXCEEDING 3 YEARS OLD—First prize of £3O, to Major• General the Hon. A. N. Hood, Cumberland-lodge, Windsor—second prize of £2O, to Mr. Richd. Shirley, of Bancott Munslow, Church Stratton, Shropshire—and third prize of £lO, to Mr, Henry Bet tridge, of East Hanney, Wantage, Berks. CLASS 6 —HEREFORD STEERS OR OXEN, ABOVE 3 YEARS OLD—First prize of £3O, to Mr. Wm. Heath, of Ludham hall, Norwich —second prize of £2O, to Mr. Wm. Symonds, of Lambourne, Rcmford, Essex—and third prize of £lO, to Mr. William Aldworth, of Frilford, Abingdon. CLASS 7,.—HEREFORD HEIFERS, NOT EXCEEDING 4 YEARS OLD—First prize of £25, to Mr. Henry Bettridge, of East Hannay, Wantage, Berke—second prize of £l5, to Mr. Wm. Groves, of Walk-mills, Shrewsbury—and third prize of £lO, to Mr. Chas. Hunt, of Widemarsh, Hereford. CLASS B—HEREFORD COWS, ABOVE 4 YEARS OLD— First prize of £2O, to Mr. George Pitt, of Chadnor-court, Dilwyn, Leominster—second prize of £l5, to Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, of Cumberland-lodge, Windsor—and third prize of £lO, to Mr. Joseph S. Draper, of Thingehill grange, Hereford. SHORTHORNED BREED. CLASS 9.—SHOETHORNED STEERS, NOT EXCEEDING 3 YEARS OLD—First prize of £3O, to Mr. John Thompson, Badminton, Chippenham, Wilts—second prize of £2O, to the Earl of Radnor, of Coleshill, Highworth—and third prize of £lO, to Sir A. de Rothschild, of Aston Clinton, Tring, Bucks. CLASS 10.—SHORTHORNED STEERS OR OXEN, ABOVE 3 YEARS OLD—First prize of -00, to Mr. William H. Baker, of Cottesmore, Oakham, Rutland—second prize of £2O, to Mr. Robert Swinnerton, of Weddington-grove, Nuneaton, Warwick—and third prize of £lO, to Mr. John B. Thomp son, of Anlaby, Hull. CLASS 11.—SIIORTITORNED HEIFERS, NOT EXCEEDING 4 YEARS OLD—First prize of £25, to Mr. Charles Swais land, of Crayford, Kent—second prize of £l5, to Mr. Richard Stratton, of Stapelton, Bristol—and third prize of £lO, to Mr. John Faulkner, of Burton-on-Trent, Stafford. CLASS 12.—SITORTHORNED CONS, ABOVE 4 YEARS OLD —First prize of £25. to Mr. Thomas Matthews, of Merton, Thetford, Norfolk—second prize of £l5, to Mr. John Lynn, Stroxton, Grantham, Lincoln—and third prize of £lO, to Mr. Charles H. Abbott, of Long Ashton, Bristol. second prize of £5 to Lord Wenlock, of Much Wenlock, Shropshire. CLASS 41.—FAT NETHER SHEEP OF THE SHROPSHIRE BREED, Two YEASS OLD (ABOVE 23 AND UNDER 35 MONTHS)—First prize of £l5 to Mr. Thomas Horley, jun., of The Fosse, near Leamington, Warwick— and second prize of £5 to the Earl of Aylesford, of Packington-hall, Coventry. papers supply, and which has a most baneful effect on the whole North American character. Newspapers will al ways be a great portion of the intellectual food of a people,and our own are conducted in a verydifferent spirit, False and wrong their views may often be, but in general they are advocated fairly and temperately; the arguments are addressed to the judg ment of the people, or t o the best and noblest, and not to the base and vulgar passions of humanity. (Cheers.) I trust that popular education will soon be far more universal than it is. I believe it to be as much a necessity of our age as air, water, or the food we eat. If in America education has not had all he good effects which it ought to have had, I say when the air we breathe is impure, or the water we drink is foul, we take measures to purify and to cleanse; we do not dream of cutting off the supplies, and what we have to consider is not whether the people shall be educated or not, but how the fullest and purest education shall be afforded. (Cheers.) I believe institutions such as this may do much good I am glad to see by the subjects of examination that nothing very high is aimed at. What is principally insisted on is a sound structure of knowledge of your own English lan guage. If you can thus induce young persons leaving school, who have a natural taste for the acquisition of knowledge, to study some of the masterpieces of our language, either in poetry or in prose, you will have fortified in the moat effec tual manner their minds against the reception of anything which is base, ignoble, or injurious. (Applause.) lam not going to imitate the Americans by exaggerating. I know we cannot by societies such as this reach the great masses of the people. It is only a very little way we can go, but our direction is good, and m e do get hold of those young per sons leaving school who have a natural inclination to study, and whose minds, if not directed by such institutions as this in the right way might, on the contrary, be perverted to the wrong way. (Cheers.) Ladies and gentlemen, I am reminded by that part of the resolution which refers to she distress that in former years there were some grounds on which a comparison might be drawn between Lanca- shire and the Northern States of America. Both coun- tries excelled beyond any other in energy—both were making money faster—in both the manufacturers and capitalists were richer, and, I believe, the labouring population were better off than in any other part of the globe. In both the science of the application of ma chinery to the wants of mankind had reached a higher per fection than any where else; and in both that extension of the powers and use of machinery had exercised a marked and decided influence upon the public mind. May I be for given if I say that in both the subject of my comparison, perhaps, an impartial observer might have detected some of :he same faults and weaknesses ? Perhaps iu Lancashire, as in America, we have in former years been, If it is a fault, almost too self-reliant. Perhaps we have trusted too much to ourselves for the continuance of the prosperity which we so long enjoyed. Perhaps we have been a little wanting in sympathy with the feelings of the rest of England. Perhaps we thought that not only were we stronger and richer than the inhabitants of the rest of our country, but wiser, and that the time would never come when we should need, their assistance. To continue the p4rallel, I am sorry to say that ;o both at the same moment and from the smile cause a heavy blow and great misfortune have occurred. But here the parallel comes to an end. While in America every day the war continues each side only learns to hate the other with still more bitter hatred, while the Northern States seem not content with the war they are waging at home, but look with distrust and suspicion on all countries abroad —countries which I do believe from the bottom of my heart do not wish or intend any evil to them—in Lancashire, on the other hand, it was only when we knew adversity that we found out that the people of the rest of England were our friends and brothers. (Cheers.) Lancashire will not soon for- get the heartinfle, the generosity, the spontaneity of the . _ - - movement with which all England came to her assistance, (Cheers.) And England will not soon forget the heroism and fortitude with which Lancashire has borne her troubles. We know England better,and England knows us better,than any time the last 20 years; and if we have suffered it is worth something to feel we are heart and soul and hand in hand with all our brothers in this great nation. (Cheers.) While in America the prospect grows darker and darker, and every day of war seems only to push further onward in the future the final result, whatever it may be, here I trust we may say without boasting that we have passed through the blackest darkness of the night, and that calculations as rea sonable as can be made prove to us that after another win ter of less severe hardship we shall at last emerge again into something like our former state of prosperity, (Cheers.) One more point of interest, I think, there is. It was our good fortune to know at once, or very soon after this cala mity fell upon us, what was to be its extent, and to be able to take measures to meet it. Lancashire was a strong man beaten down, almost paralysed for a time ; but life is slowly, though painfully, returning. But the other subject of my comparison does not know, even yet, what is the extent of her calamity. At this moment, I believe, nine-tenths of the people of the Northern States are enjoying a greater amount of apparent prosperity than ever they enjoyed before. I was astonished the other day to read in the speech —I forget whether of Mr. Cobden or Mr. Bright at Roch dale; I think it was Mr. Cobden's—that not a citizen of the United States was the poorer for the war. I will not believe that either of those distinguished men could be so false to all the long-cherished doctrines and theories of their lives as to suppose there can be anything sound or real in the prosperity which that people are now enjoying. Do either of them doubt for a moment that for every hour of this false and inflated prosperity a dreadful reckoning must surely come ? No, ladies and gentlemen, I say that the utter pro stration which fell upon us was infinitely bettor—and we ought to thank Providence for it—when compared with the fatal prosperity with which the United States of America e now cursed. It was far better for us to know at once and take measures to meet the calamity, and slowly and feebly to recover from it, than to go on recklessly, as those States are doing now, into a course which all thinking men must know can lead them to nothing but utter and complete national ruin. how long that day may be averted it is impossible to say—but if there is any truth in history, and if we can derive any information from its les sons, I think we cannot doubt, however much we may de plore, that a catastrophe such as the world has never seen must overtake that once flourishing and prosperous country. Atter some concluding remarks his lordship sat down amid much cheering, and the resolution was unanimously passed Subsequent resolutions recog nised the success of the in stitution and of the science and art classes. ' SUSSEX BREED. CLASS 13.— SUSSEX STEERS OR OXEN, NOT EXCEED ING 3 YEARS OLD—First prize of £2O, to Mr. John Shoo smith, of Berwick, Lewes, and a second prize of £0 to Mr. William Wood, of Crawley, Sussex. CLASS 14.— SUSSEX STEERS OR OXEN ABOVE 3 YEARS OLD—First prize of i 25, Mr. J. M. Montefiore, Worth park, Crawley, Sussex—. second prize of £l5, to Mr. William Betting, of Hurspierpoint, Sussex—and third prize of £lO, to Mr. Edward Cane, of Berwick-court. Lewes. CLASS 15 —USSEX HEIFERS OR Cows, OF ANY ACIE First prize of £2O, to Messrs. John and Alfred Heasman, of Angmering, Arundel, Sussex—second prize of £l5 to Mr. John Shoostaith, of Berwick, Lewes—and third prize of £lO, to Mr. Pennington Gorringe, of Battle, Sussex. NORFOLK OR SUFFOLK POLLED BREED. CLASS 16.— NORFOLK OR SUFFOLK POLLED STEERS OR OXEN, OF ANY AGE.—First prize of £l5, to Mr. R. J Oliver, of Docking, Norfolk—and second prize of £lO, to Mr. Robert Wortley, of Suffield Hall, Aylsham, Norfolk. CLASS 17.— NORFOLK OR SUFFOLK POLLED HEIFERS OR - Cows, OF ANY AGE—First prize of £l5, to Mr. Wm. Mullen, of Knapton, near North \Valaham, Norfolk; and second prize of £lO, to Mr. B. Collins, of Hunston, Ix worth, Suffolk. LONG-HORNED BREED. CLASS Bo—LONG-HORNED STEERS OR OXEN, OF ANY AGE.—First prize of £lO, to Mr. R. H. Chapman, of Upton Nuneaton, Warwickshire—and second prize of £5, to Mr. Wm. T. Cox, of Spondon, Eerby. _ CLASS 19,—LONG-HORNED HETFERS OR COWS, OF ANY AGE—First prize of £lO, to Mr. Joseph H, Burbery, of Kenilworth, - Warwick—and second prize of £5, to Mr. W. T, Cox, of Spondon, Derby. SCOTCH HORNED BREED. CLASS 2O.—SCOTCH HORNED STEERS OR OXEN, OF ANY AGE.—First prize of £3O, to Mr. Ralph Sneyd, of Keele hall, Staffordshire—and second prize of £l5, to Mr. Allan Pollok, of Lismany, Ballinasloe, Galway. CLASS 21.—SCOTCH HORNED HEIFERS OR COWS, OF ANY AGE—First prize of £l5, to Mr. Richd. Eastwood, of Clitheroe, Lancaster. SCOTCH POLLED BREED. CLASS 22,—SCOTCH POLLED STEERS OR OXEN, OF ANY AGE.—First prize of £3O, to Mr. William M'Combie, of Tillyfour, Aberdeen—and second prize of £l5, to Mr. Win. Heath, of Ludham Hall, Norwich. CLASS 21—SCOTCH POLLED HEIFERS OR COWS,OF ANY AGE—First prize of £l5, to the Earl of Southesk, of Kin naird Castle, Brechin, Forfarshire—and second prize of £l.O, to Mr. James Stewart, of New-market, Aberdeen. IRISH BREED. CLASS 24.— IRISH STEERS OR OXEN, OF ANY AGE— First prize of £lO, to Mr. Ciare S. Read, of Plumstead house, Norwich. CLASS 25.— IRISH HEIFERS OR COWS, OF ANY AGE— First prize of £lO, to the EKrl of Darnley, of Cobham-hall, Gravesend, Kent. WELSH BREED. CLASS 26—WELSH STEERS Olt OXEN (RUNTS), OF ANY AGE—First prize of £2O, to Mr. Barwell E. Bennett, of Rugby, Northampton—and second prize of £lO to Mr. 11. Platt, of Bryn-y-newadd, Bangor, Carnarvon. CLASS 27—WELSH HEIFERS OR Cows, OF ANY AGE— First prize of £lO, to Mr. Clare S. Read, of Plumstead house, Norwich. CROSS OR MIXED-BRED CATTLE. CLASS 28—CROSS OR MIXED-BRED STEERS, NOT EX CEEDIWG 3 YEARS OLD—First prize of £2O, to Mr. John Wortley, of North Walsham, Norfolk—and second prize of £l5, to Mr. James Stewart, of New-market, Aberdeen. CLASS 29—CROSS OR MIXED-BRED STEERS OR OXEN, ABOVE 3 YEARS OLD—First prize of £2O, to Mr. John Overman, of Burnham, Sutton, Norfolk—second prize ot £l5, to Mr. John Tingey, of Little Effingham, near Attie borough, Norfolk—and third prize ot £lO, to Messrs. J. and W. Martin, Aberdeen. CLASS 30—CROSS OR MIXED-BRED HEIFERS, NOT EX CEEDING 4 YEARS OLD—First prize of £l5 to Mr. Allan Pollok, of Lismany, Ballinaslow, Galway —and second prize of £lO to Mr. Robert Farthing, of North Petherton, Bridg water, Somerset. EXTRA STOCK CATTLE. STEERS OR OXEN—Silver Medal and £5 prize to Mr. R. Birkbeck, of Gatton, Reigate, Surrey. HEIFERS OR COWS—Silver Alidal and S 5 prize to Mr. C. W. Packe, M.P., of Loughborough, Leicestershire. LEICESTER SHEEP. CLASS 31,—FAT `NETHER SHEEP OF THE LEICESTER BREED, ONE YEAR OLD (UNDER 23 Mowrits)—First prize of £2O to Mr. G. S. Foljambe, of Osberton-hall, Worksop, Notts—second prize of £l5 to the Hon. Colonel Lowther, of Barleythorpe-hall, Oakham, Rutland—and third prize of £5 to Mr. Richard Lovell, of Knapton, Malton, Yorkshire. CLASS 32.—FAT NETHER SHEEP OF THE LEICESTER. BREED, ONE YEAR OLD (UNDER 23 MONTHS). EACH SHEEP NOT TO EXCEED 220L8. LIVE WEIGHT.—First prize of £2O to Lord Berners, of Keythorpe-hall, Leicester — second prize of £l5 to the Hon. Colonel Lowther, of Barley - thorpe•hall, Oakham, Rutland—and third prize of £5 to Mr. Lawrence Willmore, of the Newarke, Leicester. LINCOLNS. CLASS 34.--FAT WETHER SHEEP OF THE LINCOLN BREED, ONE YEAR OLD (UNDER 23 MONTHS)—First prize of £2O to Mr. Wm. Cranfield, of Buckden, Huntingdon shire—second prize of £l5 to Mr. Thos. B. Marshall, of Branston, Lincolnshire—and third prize of £5 to Mr. Joseph Wyles, of Welby Warren, Grantham, Lincolnshire. CLASS 35,—FAT WETHER SHEEP OF THE KENTISH OR ROMNEY-MARSH, OR ANY OTHER DISTINCT LONG WOOLLED BREED (NOT LEICESTERS, COTSWOLDS, OR LaINCOLNS), ONE YEAR OLD (UNDER 23 MONTHS)—First prize of £l5 to Mr. Frederick Murton, of Smeeth, Ashford, Kent--and second prize of £lO to Mr. James Newport, of Elmsted Court, Ashford, Kent. _ EXTRA STOCK. LEICESTER WETHERS.—SiIver Medal to the Hon, Col. Lowther, of Barleythorpe-hall, Oakham, Rutland. LEICESTER EwEs.—Silver Medal to Mr. John Lynn, of Stroxton, Grantham, Lincolnshire. LONG , WOOLLED SHEEP (NOT LEICESTERS) ,— SiIvor Medal to Mr. Thos, Porter, of Baunton, Cirencester, SOUTH-DOWNS. CLASS 36.—FAT WETHER SHEEP OF THE SOUTH DOWN BREED, 1 YEAR OLD (UNDER 23 MONTHS.—First prize of £2O to Lord Walsingham, of Merton-hall, Thetford—second prize of £lO to the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood, Chi chester—and third prize of £5 to the Earl of Radnor, of Coleshill, Highworth. CLASS 37.—FAT WETHER SHEEP OF THE SOUTH DOWN BREED. ONE YEAR OLD (UNDER 23 MONTHS). EACH SHEEP NOT TO EXCEED 2001 b. LIVE WEIGHT— First prize of £l5 to Lord Walsingham, of Merton-hall, Thetford—second prize of £lO to the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood, Chichester—and third prize of £5 to the Earl of Radnor, of Coleshill, Highworth. CLASS 38.—FAT WETHER SHEEP OP THE SOUTH DOWN BREED, Two YEARS OLD (ABOVE 23 AND UNDER 35 MoNnts),—First prize of £2O to the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood, Chichester—second prize of £lO to Lord Walsingham, Merton-hall, Thetford, Norfolk—and third prize of £5 to Mr. John Overman, of Burnham Sutton, Norfolk. HAMPSHIRE OR WILTSHIRE DOWNS. CLASS 39. FAT `NETHER SHEEP OF THE HAMPSHIRE OR 'WILTSHIRE DOWN BREED, ONE YEAR OLD (UNDER 23 MON THS)—First prize of £2O to Mr. William B. Can- Ling, of Elston-hill, Devizes—second prize of £l5 to Mr. W. F. Bennett, of Chilmark, Salisbury—and third prize of £5 to Mr. William King, of Hungerford, Berks. SIIR OPSHIRE BREED. BREED, CLASS 40.---FAT NVE THER SHEEP OF THE SHROPSHIRE ONE ...BAR O LD (urrnEu 23 Mowrus)—First prize of £1.5 to Mr, Henry Smith, 9f Shiffnal, Shropshire--and OXFORDSHIRE BREED. CLASS 42.—FAT WEIMER SHEEP OF THE OXFORDSHIRE BREED, ONE YEAR OLD (UNDER 23 MONTHS)—First prize of £l5 to Mr. Arthur Overman, of Egmere, Brandon, Nor folk--silver medal to breeder, Mr. Leary, Bridg,north— second prize of £lO, Mr. Z. W. Stilgoe, Banbury—and third prize of £5 to Mr. Samuel Bruce, of Eyneham, near Ox ford. IsIOUNTAIN BREED. CLASS 48.—FAT WETILER SHEEP, OF ANY WHITE FACED MOUNTAIN BREED, OF ANY AGE—First prize of £l5 to Mr. J. B. Downing, of Holme Lacey, Hereford—and second prize of £lO to Mr. William Smith, of 85, Southern hay, Exeter. CLASS 44.—FAT IVErruER, SHEEP, OF ANY BLACK FACED OR SPECKLED-FACED MOUNTAIN BREED, OF ANY AGE—First prize of £l5 to Mr. Richard Eastwood, of Whitewell, near Clitheroe, Lancashire—and second prize of £lO to Mr. Jonathan Peel, of Clitheroe, Yorkshire. EXTRA STOCK. SOUTH-DOWN WETHERS —Silver medal to Mr. Jonathan Peal, of Clitheroe, Yorkshire. Sorrii-DovN Evas.—Silver medal to Lord Walsing ham, of Merton-hall, Thetford, Norfolk. SHORT WOOLS (NOT SOUTH-DOWNS).—Silver medal to Mr. Henry Smith, of Shiffnal, Shropshire. CROSS-BRED SHEEP. CLASS 45. , --LONG AND SHORT-WOOLLED CROSS-BRED FAT NETHER SHEEP. 1 YEAR OLD (UNDER 23 moNTus)— First prize of £2O to Mr. John Overman, of Burnham Sut ton, Norfolk—second prize of £lO to Mr. Thomas James, of Cople, Bedford —and third prize of £5 to Sir Thomas B. Lonna' d, of Romford, Essex. CLASS 46.— LANG AND SHORT-WOOLLED CROSS. BRED FAT NETHER SHEEP, 1 TEAR OLD (UNDER 23 MONTHS.) EACH SHEEP NOT TO EXCEED 220L8. LIVE WEIGHT—First prize of £lO to Mr. John Overman, of Burnham Sutton, Norfolk—and second prize of £5 to Mr, John Hatcher, of Bristol. EXTRA STOCK.-CROSS-BRED SHEEP. Silver medal to Mr. John Overman, of Burnham Sutton, Norfolk. PIGS. CLASS 47.—P1G5, OF ANY BREED, NOT EXCEEDING 4 MONTHS OLD—First prize of £l5 to Mr. Thomas De la Rue, of Sandy, Beds —second prize of £lO to Mr. William Albert Barber, of Sunning-hill, Berkshire—and third prize of £5 to Mr. William Mills Barber, of Sunning-hill, Berk shire. CLASS 48 .--P MS, OF ANY BREED, ABOVE 4 AND NOT EXCEEDING 8 MONTHS OLD—First prize of £l5 to Sir T. B, Lennard, Itomford, Essex—second prize of £lO to the Countess of Chesterfield, of Bretby-hall, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire—and third prize of £5 to Mr. Samuel Geater Stearn, of Brandeston, Suffolk. CLASS 49.—PIGS OF ANY BREED, ABOVE 8 AND NOT EX CEEDING 12 MONTHS OLD—First prize of £l5 to Mr. G. B. Morland, of Abingdon, Berks—second prize of £lO to Mr. John Biggs, of Leighton Buzzard, Bedford—and third prize of £5 to Mr. Adolphus F. Slade, of Chislehurst, Kent. CLASS 50.—PIGS, OF ANY BREED, ABOVE 12 AND UNDER 18 MONTIISOLD—First prize ot £l5 to Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, of Cumberland Lodge, Windsor—second prize of £lO to Mt. Thomas Crisp, ot Buttley Abbey, Suf folk—and third prize of £5 to Mr. J. B. Morland, of Abing don, Berks. EXTRA STOCK. BEST PlG.—Silver medal to Mr. Samuel G. Stearn, of Brandiston, Suffolk. SILVER CUPS. A silver cup, value £4O, to the exhibitor for the best steer or ox in any of the classes, to Mr, William Heath, Lind ham-hall, Norwich. A silver cup, value .DlO, to the exhi bitor for the best heifer or cow in any of the classes, to Mr. Charles Swaisland, of Crayford, Kent. A silver cup, value £2O, to the exhibitor, for the best pen of Leicesters, Cots wolds, Lincolns, Kentish or other long-woolled breed, in any of the classes, to Mr. G, S. Foljambe, of Worksop. A silver cup, value £2O, to the exhibitor, for the best pen of one .year old South -Downs, Hampshire, or Wiltshire downs to Lord Walsingham, Merton-hall, Thetford, Norfolk. A silver cup, value £2O, to the exhibitor, for the best pen of Shropshire, Oxfordshire, cross-bred, or any other breed of sheep (not specified in prize list) in any of the classes, to Mr. John Overman, of Burnham Sutton, Norfolk. GOLD ME DAL. A gold medal to the exhibitor, for the best pen of pigs in any of the classes, to Major-General the Hon, A. N. Hood, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor. JUDGES OP SHORTHORNS, SCOTCH, WELSH, AND EXTRA. STOCK CATTLE.—Messrs William Sanday, John Brown, and Thomas Parkinson. JUDGES OF DEVONS, HEREFORDS, SUSSEX, NORFOLK, LONGHORN, IRISH, AND CROSSBRED CATTLE.—Messrs. Robert Smith, John Buckley, and John Coleman. JUDGES OF LEICESTERS, COTSWOLD, LINCOLN, ROM NEY MARSH, CROSSBRED, OXFORD, AND MOUNTAIN SHEEP.—Messrs. Marshall Hanky, John H. Phillips, and Francis Spencer. JUDGES OF SOUTH-DOWN, HAMPSHIRE, AND SHROP sitrRE SHEEP.—Messrs. Henry Webb, J. S. Turner, and C. Handel'. JUDGES or PIGS. - 1 1 Tessrs. George Mann, John Moon, and John Waters. Extra Parliamentary Utterances. LORD HARTINGTON. On Saturday evening the annual meeting of the East Lan cashire Union of Mechanics and Literary Institutions and Evening Schools Was held at the Town-hall of Haslingden —Col. Patten, M.P., presiding. There were present Lord Hartington, M.P., Sir J. Kay-Shuttleworth, and a large assemblage of persons of influence in the district. More than 1,000 people attended. Prizes were distributed to about a score of young women and girls and about 100 young men and boys belonging to the institutions of the union. It was stated by the chairman that the books awarded as prizes were selected by the recipients, and that the choice was most creditable to their intelligence. After an opening speech from the chairman, Lord HAUTINGTON, M.P., was called upon to move the following resolution : h th ic e h u h n a i s o p e ;ev n a e i t l w ed it d h u st r a in n g di t e h g e y t e h a e rs un th p 6 r 2 e - - ~ Th a t the number of sc h o l ars a tt en di ng t h e even i ng ° a u n wt t proof o f th e p ermanent attract i on w hi c h c t 3c i el: w dase e ffsn l eo l tsre o dtd r : b n Buut i rg s ne ei s and efficient system of instruction has for the young men supported by manual labour iu this district." In the course of his speech he said it would not be more e o s l o old, than who would to looks seriously within nsly the contest limits theo of this proposition country idle and Quixotic to clothe oneself in an old suit of armour, and ride about in s earch of adventures, as used to do the for rat that knightsaof rtp education should be as widely diffused as possible. (Applause.) But it has happened to me to travel in a country where I have heard clever and educated men throw grave doubts en the benefit which is conferred upon a country by an extended system of education. In no country popular education more widely diffused than in the n o the New Engl a nd States; but I have heard irasi a sen good enem i es, certa i n l v — e l eve r leaders it of the Confederacy, grave l y argue th a t a great many of what they consider th e f au lt s an d v i ce s of the Northern population have arisen from this so widely spread system of superficial education. I hope it is needless for me to say that I utterly disagree with those persons, or wi t h an y who can argue that popular educat i on , if no t productive of all that was hop e d f rom it, can have been productive of evil. Still, the fact remains that popu l ar e ducation is more com pletely diffused in the New England States than in any other country; and yet, without saying or wishing to say any thing hostile or which could be taken amiss, I think there are very few Englishmen whose opinion is that the national character of New England is exactly what a patriot would wish the national character of his own country to be. The people are extremely clever and energetic ; but with the rapid and wide-spread civiliza tion of those States all travellers there who have taken the trouble to make themselves acquainted with the condition of society, have found that, while there is much to praise, there is also much to regret and to blame. Ido not wish to bring a bill of indictment against the people of the Northern States. Nothing could exceed their kindness and hospitality to me, as I believe to all strangers, aid I ac knowledge that there is much to admire and praise in that people. But there is no doubt that in the Yankee charac ter—Yankees they call themselves, and Yankees we may be allowed to call them—there is too great a tendency to think too much of money-making, and to carry perhaus a little t oo far the cleverness and acuteness required in trade. The people undoubtedly;possess a somewhat exagge rated idea of th,, merits, not only of their own country, but of all the people who dwell therein ; undoubtedly they are somewhat arrogant, somewhat intolerant of opposition, and also they have not in this hour of their trial developed all the virtues—such as stedfastness, patriotism, and spirit of self-sacrifice—which have been sometimes found in other less cultivated nations when put to' a similar trial. But Ido not for a moment believe that the widespread popular education is the cause of any of these detects. (Applause.) I think we may find the causes if we look for them. The school education of American children is not in all cases very judicious. There is, even while the children are at school, a tendency to exaggerate everything, to make them admire more what is large than wh at is good, and, above a ll, w h a t is Amercan than what is anything else. But it is when the children leave sc hool tha t the bad in fluence gets hold of the national c haracter, w hich prevent its being so great and good as otherwise it might. be. However widespread the education, I believe that after boys have left school the greater part of the reading of ninety-nine hundredths of the people will be the reading of the daily press ; and the daily press in America, from reasons which it would take too long to enter into here, is certainly not the intellectual food which tends to make a people great, or generous, or good. I be lieve, then, it is because really the education of the people has not gone so far as to lay a solid foundation of good sense and good taste that they are, as a people not vigorous enough to reject the unwholesome intellectual food whicltthesenews- MR. WILLIAMS, M.P. Last night Mr. W. Williams,in accordance with his usual practice during the recess of Parliament, met his con stituents, in order to render an account of his stewardship during the past Session. The meeting was held at the Horns Tavern, Kennington. At 8 o'clock, when the hon. member entered the room with his friends, the large room was about half filled. Mr. Stretton having been voted into the chair, Mr. WILLIAMS proceeded to address the meeting, but spoke with so . much feebleness and difficulty that in a few minutes he became inaudible, except to those upon and around the platform, The lion. member, who was warmly received, said that the past session had been a very laborious one, owing to the bad hours kept by the House of Commons. He would leave them to judge what a man must be fit for at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, when he ought to be abed and asleep. He had for many years endeavoured, in con junction with his friend the late Mr. Brotherton, to bring the sittings to an end at midnight. They had not succeeded, however, the Government stating that they would otherwise never be able to get through their business. What was the consequence ? Instead of 658 gentlemen on the benches there were seldom more than from 20 to 50 members in the House when bills of the greatest importance were carried. Those measures could not, of course, receive sufficient con sideration or investigation, and hence, to a great extent, the laws of the country were in a state of confusion, and a good deal of the time of one Session was spent in remedy ing the mistakes of the previous year. If the House of Commons would do its business earlier in the evening, and adjourn at midnight, the country would get its Legislative business properly transacted, but not otherwise. (Hear, hear.) Although the session had been laborious, very few measures of great importance had been carried. The public Acts of Parliament had been 125 in number, and the private Acts 238. The most important legislative proceeding of the year was the reduction of taxation to the amount of £3,250,000, which had been effected by the Government. The largest item of relief was in the reduction of the income tax from 9d to 7d in the pound, and the next was the reduction of the tax on tea from is 5d to is per pound. He had been very anxious that a further reduction should be made on another necessary of life—sugar ; but the Chancellor of the Exche quer stated that he could not then spare the money. Next session, however, he should remind him of the sugar duty, and he had little doubt that the Government would propose a large reduction. (Hear, hear.) Another important mea sure was that which consolidated various Acts of Parlia ment. The statute law of the country now filled upwards of 40 volumes ; yet eminent lawyers had stated that these acts might be consolidated and included in four or five volumes without the least detriment. Many existing acts had become obsolete and inapplicable to the present state of society. Others had been passed for a limited time, and had now expired. An enormous quantity had been repealed. So great, indeed, was the confusion that the judges themselves were often at a loss to know the law. if, however, the laws of the country could be contained in four or five volumes the people could read and understand the law as well as the lawyers. At present even the lawyers themselves did not know which Acts of Parliament had been repealed and which were in force. Only one Act of Consolidation had been passed last session, but others were promised. For this most important improvement the public were in debted to the present Lord Chancellor, who would, be hoped, remain long enough in office to purge the statute law from the confusion into which it had fallen. (Hear, hear.) Ho congratulated them on having got rid of one incubus--the lonian Islands, which we had p resented the King of the Greeks. The island ers were verygladto 0.. be handed over to Greece ;we we re ver y glad get to rid t them ; and he trusted we shou ld never be plagued them again. This country had spent , some said, with a million of money in fortifying those islands, was no w their fortifica tion, were to be destroyed. That vl would grea t folly. If the f or tifications were of use to us theyould be of use to the Greeks, and he did not see any utility in blowing them up. The Government made a proposalthe House of Commons to buy the Exhibition. 0 • tion Palace. to Every one said that this building was, .:1 - arc hitectural point of view, most dis- creditable to this country. It transpired, however, that the late Prince Consort had had a great deal to do with the ar- rangement and concoction of the edifice, and it was proposed to retain the ugliest building in Europe as a monument of respect to his memory. The House of Commons had, how ever, rejected the vote, so that the pockets of the taxpayers had been saved the purchase of these useless buildings. (Hear.) He regretted that the usual measure for the aboli tion of Church rates had been rejected by a majority of 10. As a Churchman he declared that it was most discreditable ---._ _ to allow the question to remain in its present state. (Ap plause.) Church-going persons ought at least to maintain their own places of worship, for dissenters maintained not only their chapels, but also their ministers, while the clergy of the Church had endowments for their support. There had been another disctission on a very old question—that members of Parliament should be elected by ballot. The motion was unfortunately lost ; but from his Parliamentary experience, which now extended over nearly 30 years, he was convinced that no reform bill would be of essential value unless the ballot formed a portion of it. (Applause.) They did not want the ballot, he would admit, in the borough of Lambeth, because that borough contained large employers who did not attempt to coerce their work men. But elsewhere electors were often unable to vote as they wished. When the vote by ballot prevailed the House of Commons would be the reflex of the opinions of the people of this country, and not before. A vast ex penditure was incurred in maintaining our colonies. We had about 45 of these colonies, which were of no use to this country, but which cost us £4,250,000 a year. There was a time when the colonies might have been of service. Be fore the passing of free-trade measures the colonies pur chased their supplies and manufactures from us, Now they could go over the whole world, and buy where they chose. He did not object to that; but the Government ought to insist on the colonists forming thmselves into rifle corps for their own defence, instead of calling on this country to send them troops. Canada, for example, was an enormous ex pense to the mother country. The States of America were certain to go to war with us about that colony. If they were to take it from us it would be a great saving to the people of this country. At all events, if the Canadians did not establish a militia, and form themselves into rifle corps for their own defence, he would propose that the connexion between Great Britain and Canada should be in a friendly way withdrawn. The Government had the agreeable duty of providing Governors and other officers for these colonies at high salaries. The House of Commons was even called upon to pay the bishops and clergy of some colonies. When he entered the house 25 years ago the first thing he did was to complain of the payment of bishops in Canada. They afterwards proposed a vote for the salary of a bishop in New Zealand. He divided the house against it, and the vote was withdrawn. There was a horrible out cry from the friends of the Church, but what was the result ? The people of New Zealand provided a salary for the bishop, and he was paid by those for whose benefit he laboured. He regretted that so much indifference existed in the House of Commons in regard to the expenditure. We had a body of 170,000 rifle soldiers, most of whom were stated on high military authority to be fully equal to regiments of the line. Instead, however, of diminishing the standing army the Government went on increasing it. There seemed to be in high quarters, indeed, a disposition to make ours a military Government, like the great despotisms on the Continent. But the country did not require a large standing army for its defence. Our natural defence was our navy, and that was in a most efficient state. In point of strength and fighting materiel it was nearly double that of France. At present our army and navy cost twice as much ass during the Ministry of Wellington and Peel. He did not see why Lord Palmerston should want double the expenditure that those distinguished men thought necessary, when he had 175,000 Volunteers, in addition to the regular army. (Hear, hear.) He had proposed a reduction of 10,000 men of the standing army, but he got very little support, and unless the country made a stir there would be no change. He gave the Government great credit for maintaining peace in the present state of the world. The rebellion in the United States of America was a most disastrous event, but to go to war with America would be an act of insanity. The time would come when that war would cease, and then we should again receive our usual cotton supply. He wished it might be soon, but the prospect was not very bright at present. There was a disastrous state of things in Poland in consequence cf the atrocity and brutal conduct of the Russians. Our Go vernment and that of France had made a vain attempt to obtain justice for Poland, but the Russian Government was behaving in a more oppressive and tyrannical manner than ever. The English Government were at peace with great countries, but we always had some little wars on hand. Wo had a little war, for example, in New Zealand. A Gentleman who sat on the front bench, close to the platform, here exclaimed, " We cannot hear one single sen tence of what you are saying." Mr. WILLIAMS said he was doing his best, but as his voice was so weak he would bring his remarks to a close. It appears that our ships of was had attacked one of the towns in Japan and set it on fire. It bad 100,000 in habitants, and many men, women, and children were de stroyed. He did not see how it was possible to obtain the friendship of that people after such destruction of life and property, He regretted that he had not been able to make himself better heard, but he must express his grate ful thanks to the electors of Lambeth for the patience with which they had listened to him and the confidence which they had placed in him. The hon. member having expressed his willingness to answer any questions that might be put to him, resumed his seat amid loud applause. The following resolution, moved by Mr. J. A. LYON, se conded by Mr. WEEDER, and supported by Captain D. ROGERS, was carried unanimously :—" That this meeting, having heard the statement of Mr. W. Williams, respecting his political conduct during the last session of Parliament, are of opinion that his faithful and indefatigable services in the Commons House of Parliament eminently merit the grateful thanks of this meeting, which are hereby most cordially tendered to him; and this meeting also express their most anxious hope that he may be blessed by Divine providence with health and strength to continue to repre sent this borough for many years yet to come." Mr. WILLIAMS, in acknowledging the resolution, said he could assure them that he joined most cordially in the hope that he might long continue to represent the borough of Lambeth. (Applause.) Years were rolling over him, and he found that he could not stand 2 o'clock in the morning so well as he could 30 years ago. He had been a member of Parliament for 29 years within a month, and he would take upon himself to say that no one had given more votes or attended in his place more regularly than he had. (Ap plause.) At the last election a very important borough of fered to return him without cost or trouble. He declined the offer with thanks, being determined never to represent any constituency but the men of Lambeth. (Applause.) Mr. PHELPS then moved, " That this meeting deplores the continuance of extravagant Government expenditure, such as that of the army and navy, useless fortifications, &c., in times of peaee, but sees no hope of a reduction of taxation without more combined action on the part of the professing Liberal members of the House of Commons ; this meeting therefore trusts that other constituencies will request their representatives to combine with their esteemed member, Mr. W. Williams, in endeavouring to achieve so desirable an object. And this meeting , having heard that church rates have been made in two of the parishes in the borough of Lambeth, hereby express their surprise and in dignation at a revival of the obnoxious impost, and urgently entreat their representative Mr.Williame to use his influence in the House of Commons to abolish church rates for ever." Mr. PARKER seconded and Mr. CULVERWELL supported the resolution. An elector in the body of the room suggested that it was ill-timed to add to the resolution just proposed a declaration against church rates. The resolution was, however, put and carried without a dissentient, and the proceedings terminated with the usual acknowledgment to the chair. COLLINGRIDGE'S CITY DIARY AND ALMANAC FOR 1864.—An excellent new diary and year book, specially adapted to the citizens of London, has, under this name, but just now made its appearance. It comprises the addresses of all the members of the corporation, the city offices, courts of law, unions, halls or offices of the civic companies, with the dubs, presidents and officers of the royal hospitals, ward clerks and beadles, a calendar of local and general events, and a Wass of other matter, in a conve nient form for reference. The diary, which is published at a very moderate price, is secuie, we should imagine, of winning for itself a wide circulation. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pili•.l.—Enjoyment of Life.—When the blood is pure, its circulate On pills erfect, and the nerves in good order, we are well. These p possess a marvellous power in securing these great secrets of health by purifying, regulating, and strengthening Quids and solids. Holloway's Pills can be confidently recom mended to all persons suffering from disordered digestion or worried by nervous fancies or neuralgic pains. They correct acidity and heartburn, dispel sick headache, quicken the action of the liver, and act as alteratives and gentle aperients. The weak and delicate may take them without fear. Holloway's Pills are eminently serviceable to persons of irritable constitutions, as they raise the action of every organ to its natural standard, and universally exercise a calming and sedative influence , ADvEnTISEMENT.]—Avoid medicines: they always aggra vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's Delicious health Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which saves fifty times its cost in other remed ies, invariably cures them, restoring perfect digestion. strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or e nfeebled. We extract a few out of 60,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan, Paris, of a Liver complaint, wasting away for seven years, debility, with a nervous palpitation all over, b ad d i ges tion, constant slee p lessness, the most int o l erable n ervous agitation, and dreadfully low spirited.—Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, I.os:lLnsus. a o n i d W v aterford, of any years' dyspepsia. —No. 49,832. " F i fty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, —Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts , of F Surrey, of flatulency, spasms, a thirty years' diseased lun g s, spi tting of blood, liver d ange • e r t o s tn o o g r ;i l l e ya,r i e Jolly." r ment, and partial deafness.— ure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low a it enh a spirits, and nervo us f anc i es.—Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. Jas. d T i . ty Ca o m r the bell, r liver,p, Norfolk, "of indigestion and torpi dity. ; w hi ch 2 mlb" Co.,had4s resists.: s . te S 13 a , 11 11 ni s. e ; d . t , r 2 e 2 a s t . m ; e u 4 t i . b 40s.—Barry and In tins, 1 lb ., I s. 9d Du Barry No. R egent-street, London; also Fortnum and Mason ; and all 7 ll 7 Grocers and Chemists in every town of the United Kingdom. EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION. There are at present.in the custody of the Hull police three youths , who have been apprehended on a charge of committing a burglary by breaking open the offices of the Electric and Internationa l Telegraph Company in Lowgate, Hull, and stealing a sum of money. A youth concerned in this rob bery is yet at large. One of the three in custody has just made a most extraordinary confession, When taken to prison by Detective Jones, be stated, in the presence of his m o t her and the officer, that he and the other boys broke into the premises of Messrs. Young and Pool, ironmongers, Waltham' street, Hull, a few evenings ago. He held the light while the rest of the boys were engaged In trying to break open the iron safe. They used oyster-knives and crowbars, but, fai lin g in opening it, it was suggested that they should use a With this instrument they worked on the safe for , more than an hour, but the hardness of the met e ' baffled all their attempts, They therefore abse: doned the sate, which contained about £lOO, an', began to examine the premises for the purpose 01 carrying off anything which they might be for ty ' nate enough to meet with. In the cupboard the/ found some bottles of wine, with which t he / refreshed themselves, and they then went le ° , the shop, from which they took a number e` large knives, spoons, forks, and other artiele°' and with this booty they decamped. 41 , °1 : wards they went into a jeweller'a and asked if the spoons were silver, and th e : were informed that they were merely electro - p lat e c : After having been in this shop they formed a P i t; of robbing it, one of them being deputed to u ul ., observation as to the best mode of carrying out th: design. As the stolen spoons were of little value tb ° l, determined to bury them, and a hole was a c t, ingly dug in the yard of the North Eastern P AO way Company, Paragon-street, but as one of rei prisoners resided near that place he did Ilet; e 6o comfortable about their remaining there, av, i , n t they were afterwards taken up and reburied sw-6 a mile and a half on the Humber bank. Befe re , opportunity offered of robbing the jeweller's e".:1; the lads determined to rob the o ffi ces of the Bl ectr- a Telegraph Company, where one of them had be e s employed. They arranged that when the rebb _d e had been committed they should engage a dog er ei and drive to some place in the country wher e t , h r be might hide until the affair had been forgotten. , robbery was perpetrated, and about 110 taken 0 , It was agreed to leave the town on Sunday efldif ing last, and for this purpose a dog - cart was u:off engaged. It was decided that they shou ld se' sir at an early hour, and two of the lads missed t ii s t trip by lying in bed too long. The two left bel/100, agreed to take a cab, and before starting they clef spired to take possession of the cab between Bea rod' and Driffield. They were to mount the bol‘.oo seizing the cabman, his throat was to be cut• the body they were to dispose of by throwing it ie° oo a roadside ditch. The cab and horse they deter ° o f to sell when they arrived at Driffield, a nd ° f ile with the proceeds. It appears that the youth e be i took the dog-cart managed to break it before "ttie reached Driffield, and they left it in a field el l ot o roadside. On Monday morning they took the b o a into the stable at the inn where they had put a° cell went to a horse dealer, to whom they offered ° for the animal, which of its class was a valuable eee'oed, i 5. The dealer's suspicions were at once Olio, and he handed them over to the poli ce autheribol who conveyed them to Hull. The youths w h° t he engaged the cab, and had conspired to rourdert of cabman, got the cab, but just at the ma t o starting one of them became afraid , and he oldoo4 cabman what he and his companio n had deterle, the to do. The lad who was to have perpetrae°, to deed then jumped out of the opposite door oi. oir cab and took to his heels. He w as soon &Wote/ tured by Detective Jones. T he names of the herd boys in custody are J. W. Wrigglesworth, 1 3 r e Lord, and J. J. Reynolds. The y have beellierol mended to gaol until the evidence in the se 00 cases against them has been made complete• or prisoners are said to have been led to this o°,o dinary course of crime by reading t he lives of Ytir Turpin and other such charact ers, and they 116 a, 10 termined to become burglars, highwaymen, a nd' crown all, murderers. Their career, howevers been cut short, fortunately for them. COUNTRY MARKETS. -------- .i ------ COLCHESTER—DEc. 5. ot There was a moderate supply of wheat at our many. day, and the demand was good. No change in p rl Wheat, white. 44s 50s Beans,Mazage n•• red .11 40s 44s middle & 1310—":33's Barley Oats GLOUCESTER—DEC. 5. There was a fair show of English wheat ~t°.l. r 6 4O i toi w hich the currencies of last week we re firtalY Foreign wheat held for an advance of is on the a r i A last week. Oats, barley, beaus, and peas We re unaltered in value. CHELMSFORD —DEC. 4. t ifeb,o 9o At this corn exchange to - day th ere was an inavy, rr,ot ness done. The prices of lase wee k were bafterlekelp, tained. Barley also dull, and p rices is p er qualj'A 060 for interior sorts. Beans and pe as a ver y limiti" 9 and prices unchanged. go 9 Wheat, old white 30 s 47 s Peas,P ar tridge- ''3Bo 0! new 44s 48s White • ........ "590 9, 0 old red 34a 40s Boiling ......... 530 /, new 38s 42s Dun ............ ~.0 B ar l e y ..27s 36 s D itto new ..... 'O O Ch e valier ....... 28 s 39 s Beans, Tick, old •',,9 4CO Grinding 22s 31s nevt.'3,s3 / 0 Malt... Chevalier ... 64s 69s nevi' '3O Oats 20s 28s Mazagan ...... KIRKCALDY GRAIN—DEC. 6. at We had large supplies of all descriptions o r e n market to-day, which sold freely at the Curreu week s Oats. Wheat. Barley o s Od First....34s Od I 25s 6d 1 6d Second ..37s Od 27s °d 198 Oct Third....4os Od 308 Od COAL MABN -r* " ., * al7Oet* ad Prieea of Coal per Ton at the d e ni alone of 0 s. d. Buddle'sWest Hartley 16 0 West Hartley ...... * i 6 i Byass's Bebside West s West W ails flci• , 0 Hartley Davison'. .. .16 0 Cowpen Hartley Tunstall . ..... •• • ..,!, le ~ F Hol y well 17 6 Gosforth ........ •• Ships at market, 7 ; sold, 7. Hart-16 0 Hatton ........ .....::„01, ,i 6 104 we lvo MILITARY BALLOONING.--Mr. 1" Vi rp°l° will ascend from the Royal Arsenal at ° (1)- for experimental military purpose s. On the 01 l 0.00" ber it will be inflated with 7 5 , 000 cubic feet of gor; s ' Arsenal, and General Sir Richard Dacres of t t e teoll . ,o authorities will be present. T he troops in gs' o 0519 i marched some wiles over th e country r0adt39,0„,/ give the aeronaut and the sc ientific committee"toir company him an opportunity of reconnoitring/ ments. Births. , 11 0,` fit , iu., l at Suttons, La" , fcb DUNDIS.—On th e 3d inst., at Carron Hall, f ' 0 0 1 the wife of J. D undee, Esq., of a son. $ „ jo. ,_ f I MURIEL.—On the 3d inst., at Wickham ra, o s A t u h T e a W . 8011. d i c ifrOonf W. G sth . Musr t ie ' Esq., of a 80 11. so oll' eho SITAINEIL—On the 4th inst., at Hatehland s, e o n wife of Arthur Holme Sumner , f a 8-- ' pd' tier, Esq., o 0,,t, Marriages. 'O , iiri es or 1 ,1 BRIGHT- - POWELL. — On the 3d inst., t St. e" ' a J O d ei,loo berland, John Henry, eldest son of Dr. o r i late of Cambridge-square, London , to 011 : tst"' ' a il)! daughter of Charles Powell, F. f .Abe t i'" I' - 7' —sq., 0 mouthshire. in st., t ?rV BUCHANAN—HUTCHINSON.—On the 3d *-q,401, Stephen's, Dublin, D. W. R. Buchan°,:pla,ool, son of Andrew Buchanan, Esq., of Gr ee ifelf AC shire, N. 8., to the Lady .Kathrine Alicia_ p rer son, daughter of the late and sister of Ow of Donoughmore. Ol t° TV Deaths. , 11 , fion ief - a ALLEN.—On the 3d inst, at New Mills, 0 0 1 Al ( t 4 Mr. James on® aged 60. 0 0d, - ' 00; Airscouctu.—On the 2d inst., at Nally UP Esq , Admiral of the Red. CaP 4 ComBE.-s-On the sth inst., at Cheltenhaah . e IP Combe, late Madras N. 1., aged 78. t foo l ' ~0 0d DUMMETT.—On the sth inst., at Lolig le° ' of / 4 Dunonett, Esq., aged 82.•0P' fOd ' 111AB:rm.—Oa the 4th inst., at Tunbridge- 01 Martin, Bart. dlf a ll, 00 1 MAGENIS,—On the 4th inst., at Ilarr°l,ed pi. _ I'IP shire, Richard Wm. Magenis, BN C I ., ab ., JAPi ev RUTTER,---011 the 6th inst., at hackney' Rutter, Esq., aged 39. 0 , 0 0 0, 0'; London : Primed and Pubi felied oy VirlLLtit3t Ole coil 14 01 ° of No. 11 2 , St rand, Printer, at Tor. svo Otto voy. 'I I Strand, in the Precin c t of the 3 s IdiddleNCX.,..:Tues4ay, December 8, 1863. T :iiT .t_itc D ee 800 Mit the Dec ßj Tra i ng cha Ti lolls ITA] Tiz anis and. telel I'IA At CO V. 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