The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-25 00:00:00

POULTRY BROW AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

On Saturday a private view of the summer show
ef poultry took piece at the Palace at Sydenham, on which
esessioa the jedges, appointed to award primes to the
most successful exhibitors, amemlled for that purpose ;
and their opinion appeared to be that, in many respects,
marked improvements were perceptible, whilst the general
diameter of the display, considering that the season has
been unfavourable to the condition of the " feathered tribe,"
Such realised their expectations. The printed regu-
Istious which required, as the test of excellence
is the objects exhibited, "high condition, quality,
beauty of plumage, purity of race, and uniformity
ie the markings, combs," he., were certainly obeyed
is numerous commendable Mitoses., sad the still more
stringent law which enjoins that, with certain specified ex•
oeptions, the poultry must be the produce of the year 11362,
appeared to have been most successfully acted upon. In
point of somber' the show was considerable, and the pens
wore disposed as follows :—Spanish fowls, 22 pens ; Docking
fowls, Cl) ; Cochin China', 43 ; Bralimapootras, 10 ; game
fowl, 71 ; Hamburg, a); Polish, 1.9 ; Malay, 3 ; Bantams,
54 dicks, Zt2; geese, 9 ; ornamental water-fowl, 8 ;
gold, silver, and other pheesants, 13 ; other varieties,
61 ; pigeons, 200 ; rabbita, 110. Most remarkable
perhaps for uniformity of plumage as well as solidity of
form, were the Cochin Chins fowls, whose breed, it is satis-
factory to find, has by no means deteriorated in the few
years SDK, they were amongst the earn NMI of this coun-
try. Some of the beet developed which have yet been seen
of these specimens of farm-yard produce are contained in this
eakibitioa, and the spectators are certainly not the less
favourably disposed towards them from the fact that they
are much more silent objects of curiosity and interest than
many of their demonstrative neighbours, whose vocal powers
are exerted to a moat deafening extent. The various breeds
et Spanish and Dorking fowls also present some notable
proofs of the great care which has been expended in their
development, and of the evident determination on the part
of the exhibitors tc allow the success of past years to
stimulate them to increase that success in the future.
The collection of Hamburg fowls—those beautifully-
marked and woll-behaved specimens of feathered domes-
ticity—is considered a great advance on former exhibitious ;
those birds belonging to the denomination of "golden-
pencilled" being pronounced by the judges to be the most
perfect they have ever yet seen. 56 pens of fowls, sod
3 pens of pigeons, forwarded by the French Acolimatiza-
ties Society, though not in time for the private view,
will form a sort of supplement to the general collection ; sod
it is certainly gratifying to find that our continental neigh.
boars seem anxious to vie with Its in the peaceful pursuits
if the poultry-yard. Tb• exhibition opens to the public
to-day, and it need hardly be stated that it will form an
agreeable addition to the attractions of the Crystal Palace.
The judges of poultry were Messrs. Belly and Hewitt ;
of pigeons, Messrs. Bellamy and Harrison Weir ; and of rab-
bits, Yaws. Baulks, Fox, and Webster.