The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-29 00:00:00

GREAT POULTRY SHOW AT ANRRLEY.

The Anerley Gardens, adjoining the grounds of
the Crystal Pains, were yesterday the scene of much excite.
meat, arising from a enures which has only lately begun to
act powerfully upon the minds of the English. Many staid
people who content themselves with mild exhibitiose of
enthusiasm oa various topics of the day, such se the war,
the ministry, t►e funds, the opera, the ballet, or any other
tolerably popular ground of excitement, would scarcely
dream that thousands of persons is England ire now fol.
lowing the pursuit of breeding poultry with all t►e ardour
of a passim'. Let these people go down to Morley at
once, and see with their own eyes what this pursuit has led
to. They will hereafter be led to speak respeclfally
of any isthmian' which is exhibited in a par.
suit w►ieh has fir its object the perfecting the
breed of animals destined for the food of man. The Anerley
Poultry Show consists of about ► thousand pens of birds of
various Wares. The specimens are not mere monstrosities,
like the fat bullocks of ancient Smithfield shows—they are
not mere fanciful prodeations, like the tulips of the Dutch
In former times, bat they are perfect models, not °sly of
beauty and grain, bat of utility. It was currently stated
is the gardens that the productive power of our poultry
and its consequent value had been increased to four or five
times its former extent, by the attention w►ich had lately
been shown to breed. The birds are double or treble the
former ordinary else, they are far mere delicate, and they
lay at least twice ea away eggs as of yore. The 'cushy is
richer then by the efforts of our poultry harden,
and their pursuit must sot be looked apes ea a
mere crotchet, but as a great stational Moat. Some
idea may be formed of the extent to which the breeding of
poultry is now carried on by the fast stated yesterday in
the gardens that same gentlemen and farmers have stocks of
poultry to their yards worth two thousand pounds.
The armagenteuts yesterday were perfect. The pens

wen spacious, sad stringed in long lanes through the
spenous grounds at Aaerley. Nothing could be more msg.
ailicent than the appearance of some of the Dorking and
Cochin Chins cocks. To anyone ignorant of the great
advance lately rads in the breeding of poultry then birds
would seem to he importations from some new country
where birds have a richer development, both as to size and
beauty, than bore. The opinion might perhaps be strength.
.and by twang to the catalogue, where the nomeuelatate is
rather purling. It is rather curious to see prizes eared
for " the best pair of dragons," for " the best pair of
'Lachine," sad, strange to say, for " the best pair of Arch.
snob." However, all this surprise is merged la the
feeling of admiration at the exquisite toasty of the "mi-
metic To the amateur the exhibition is a rich treat, while
be the admirer of nature there is sufficknt to give rise
to an greatest *mare. The exhibition is well worth
visit.

RANELAGE YACHT CUM—FATAL ACCIDENT.—
Yesterday the seesad smith of the above club (frost HaS
torsos to Pitney) wee atteaded with • fatal accident Se a
radium named Gibbose, an experienced sailor cad a
mans promoter of yaehting amongst the small dabs. The
melts engaged is the ooziest were the Wave, Belle, lav-
a* Mary, and Poshtfal, from 3to 6 tens each ; and whim
within debt of the goal, the Doubtful (4 tons) from whisk •
quantity of ballast had been thrown to lighten her, sad
mows her to overtake the Belle, suddenly mastoid, and the
mew of gentlemes antatean, madding of Mr. King, the
owaer, and Messrs. Cape!. Hunt, and Gibbons, were ha-
rained In the water. Mr. Gibbons was drowned, and
being a good swimmer, it le thought that be must have
bees stsansd by • spar or by the boat, which latter was
emapletely swamped. The Midy has not been found. The
melancholy meat has pleased his family aad friends I. the
deepest STOCL—On Sunday Dooming last,
as Mr. Soperinteadent Walker was driving over St.
Thomas's-hill, adjacent to this city, be observed a soldier
lying seder the hedge, apparently asleep, bat spoil per
deeding to the spot where he lay he discovered that them
man was in the last agonies of death ; he was quite bleak
in the face, while his steak was completely embedded is his
seek, and a noise issued from the throat as if he was
strangliag. The stock was at osoa removed, and elm
braady edministered, bat ft was quite evident to those whet
were preseat, from the fixed state of the soldier's limbs and
his eyes, that he was thee Oise, sad he died in the coarse
of the day. It is supposed that the deceased My down os
the gram to deep, while is a mate of iatoxicatien. and that
his stock Min very tight to his neck the result above stated
was prodneed.—SeadA &Wore Chatua.
SERGEANT BZODIE DISCHARGED nom THE
Bsevics.-04 Meadep. Sergeant Brodie, of the First Royal
Demme., whom madam is pteveatiss the duel in ism
maim with the NpMkal jokiog" has repeatailly bees re-
famed to is thasoes~mae, pro/mood, assordieg to his route,
to Chatham, to imiargo the usual lambstion previous to
beimp_dhalmeppd ins her Majesty'. service; while Adju-
tant Weldiel t
mbeprempted the duekadsedered his men
M "Kaiak tie imapaest dews with betb•ead of tbele
mildew "if he mimed being takes telopatetddiromm
provestise its mandentation, has bees te esp.
=itthe Tinkle!' Contingent, the settees% to be m
with his discharge from the Hermit ! Thu may
be Nene Gouda law, but it ls not English jestier.—Bomb
Amiens Goias.
A SHIP cot Buoac.--LiviArooL, Aucioin 28.
Tbs Berk lona to lima ham, got on ahem ytkesmiap
es miss, is begged amidahip, sad bad 12 Seetbrates
in her bald.