The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-07 00:00:00

METROPOLITA.X NIEETINOS.

A moot determinA organisation in opposition to
the prq:osal of the C.,rincell..r i,f the Exchequer to double
the sating house tux, is h ing csrried out in every di.ti;:t
of the metropolis, and in the course of too or three days
piddle 'settings will Lc held in every loeuli,y. Marjlebone
!has already taken the toil ialive, and •pr..ii,ninary meeting
was held at the Court-house lest night. Yesterday after-
noon, at a special meeting of the St. Pancras vestry, to hear
appeal., requisitions were presented from ratepayers of the
various districts to the . churchwardens declaratory that
the proposal of the Chancellor of the Exehequer to double
the house tea, eitend the same to houses rated at 101. per
annum, and to exteild the income tat to incomes as low as
60/. per annum, was based on cruelty and injustice to the
industrious claws ; they, therefore, urged upon the church-
wardens to convene • public meeting of the ratepayers to
protest against the financial scheme of the present
government. The churchwardens at once acquiesced,
and have appointed • public meeting to be held
at the sp scions, vestry hall on Thursday evening. The
Idarylelsone meeting will be held, it is understood, en
Inueseley afternoon; whilst it is shoed that the City
of Westunnister will hol.l • demonstration in Drury-lane
Theatre, under the presidency of • popular metropnli.an
ALI'. and Baronet. AT be Marylebone and Pancrass meet.
logs the effect of ere reselutions to be proposed are !o be,
" That the property and income-tax to the full amount being
levied upon howie,, and an additional tax effkL in the pound
on shops, and 9.1. on dwellin4 house*, having been recently
imps sed, the proposition of tho Chancellor of the Exche-
quer to double that att.itional tat, by increasing the im-
poets on shops to Is., and On dwelling houses to Is. Gd., in
the pound is unwise, unjust, and injurious." !' That in
ewe it should be found necessary, after proper reduction of
the national expeaditure, to impose new taxes for the par
pose of making up any deficiency which may be created by
a reduction of duties on articles of consumption, it is the
opinion of this meeting that such deficiency may be sup-
plied by a probate and legacy duty upon real estate, levied
to the same amount as is now charged upon personal pro-
perty, and by extending the property and assessed taxes to
Ireland, to be there levied in the same manner as it is now
paid by the inhabitants of Great Britain."

TUE POLISII BALL AND CONCERT AT TUE CCILD-
x att.—Yesterday a meeting of the committee in aid "Atha
above named hall and eut.cert was held at the Outldhall,
E Johnstone, E, presid.l in the absence of Deputy Holt,
who was unavoidably prevented from meeting the committee
upon this oceneon. 1 here were also present Lord Dudley
Smart, M.P., Mr. S: t times Read (Common Count dams),
Mr. George Vale, Mr. W. A. Smith, Donald Nicoll, E.q.,
Mr. Carr, of the Con inns Council, the Secretary to the
Literary Am, ci dim. of the Friends ol l'oland, Lieut. Chdlea
fleolesearalii, and other gentemen. A variety of busiuess
of a routine charreter h.minir been gone through is was
sanoune.d by the Secretary that the following partite had
given in their ad:eviion to the cause, nom ly, as pstrone.s. s
—The Lady Mayor's= Her Orate the Duchess of Argyll,
Iwir Orate the Des;bees or Sutherland, the Countess
of Harrow by, the Crewe. of Zetland, the Baroness Rotbr•
col Vileountim Palmer.ton, the Lady Beaumont, Lady
&soli y of Alderley, Livia Shelley, Lady 1141, Mn. Town
*bend, and Mrs. Thorn.on Bushey. A. patroos—The
Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Sheriff. of London and
M.dril.ms, his Grace the Dube of Argyll, his Orate the
Duke Sutherland. the Marquis of Bretle.losite, the Eorl
of Harrington, the Earl of Ilarrowby, the Earl of &limo],
Viscount Palmerston, 11.1" Lord Dudley Comte Stuart,
111 I'., Lord Beaumont, Capt. Townshend, lIN , Sir
Villiers Shelley, Ban., M.P., Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P.,
Thomson Henkel, Eaq , juts. (Governor of the Bank of
hoglabil). the Hon. C. P. Pith. re, 11./' ' Sir James Duke,
le M.l'. and the heron Kohoehild, M.P. During the
sitting of ti• eonunittee several applications for ticketts
wen made, and, hem prssewt appearances, there can be no
doubt that the bell will he mod fully attended. The cos-
notqc then adjourned to chi. test.
WADER Or SEMPhlllEsi4kh.—Thee uniform coati for
use lltl,tis an made for fillet n Knee each, sod that jitter
Wln es 'ilk and twist, rutting the hole*, the collar anmet
ornaments, the tern•backo of the Ind, 20 to :10 buttons sew.
lug, and the ordinary work of a coat and lining sewino;
fearpeace more is paid to the loopen for the front I iee foe.
seningo, Re., and foorpenee as vo is allowed to the sob.
contractors, for risk, 'reside, porterage, die.; so that the
patting tegetht r e .eh east costs the sontractor 2e ,
hut. .1 through three bands, and it is souctly powible to get
ono coat dote par day.
NEW LETTER HICEIVERSm-Letta receiving boxes
We now placed is the Me. 11.1,4 oil Um IM Jer •ey.
They are in cam iron pillar., whop are eesagonal in alive,
tad about four feet in height. Three of the aides of tee''
bear the royal sem ; on two of the sides the words
"I.'"‘'"lrwN " are posted ; and on the other side the words
" Letter boa " appear. The letter-collector unlocks a
eliding cover to take out the le•tera. The pillars are punted
red ; they are heed in solid groom Weeks, two feet
and raised about four inches from the grouted.
PicilllAbtEßS 01' OUTPOICIS are DOW Ordered to
ratiiret is their office window. notices of any alteration of
harbour sad channel lighot, buoy% and signals, in order
that mariners frequenting pint-oilcan may bccume ac-
quainted with such alterations.
C.tPITAL PUNISHMENT IN RUVIEI.--The robber
Keolinsa, who, during the peers Ibis and IKE/, ravaged
the country on the Prussian end l'oliah frontier, and
against whom detachments of Itussian and Prussian trrinpa
were frequently sent, lies under sentence of death at Tau.
logger', having been condemn'd tat receive 9,000 strokes
with the stick between the ranks of a Russian h Mallon in
the p:ain between Teuroggen and the troutier, the prioti•
pal tht atre of his crime*. The aentilme is not formally nee
of death, though equivalent to P, a. so one ha. ever been
known to survive even a touch leo degree of this punish.
snent. Within the last week four rubbers have been
*seceded in the same district they died before 6,9100 stroke•
had been indicted, and. an the sentence must always he
fully performed, it was in each ease completed on their
dead frdiee.
Tux Itorsc. Navr.--Yesterday the supplemental
estimates of the Royal Navy for the yes: 116263 Were
printed. The whole charge amounts to. 113,1001, and
1.00,0801. be the expenses of mean soaehmery_!er meal
prate to &cis ths yea osdiag Ow la Am ins,

TILE DERBY ELECITON

wiusr DAY'S I'ILLWELUINOS.

Yesterday this committee, eonsieting of Mr. Goul-
burn (choinian), Sir It'. Molesworth, Lord Ilerringten,
Lord I. Vane, and Mr. Deedes, reareembled in committee
room No. 14, to consider the matter of the petition of inha-
bitant householders of the borough of Derby, alleging the
existence of systematic bribery and corrupt:en at the late
election, and that the Secretary-at-War, the Right lion.
William Beresford, was a party thereto; the allegations
coutsined m th 3 petition being rebutted on behalf of Major
lletesford, by minister allegations to the effect that the
cLavite in question was the mull of conspiracy,
and suborLatiou of p. rjoty.
It will he remembered that at the sitting of the committee
on Thep day last, an intimation was thrown out that the
premise() of the r• presentative' of the press would be die.
le used with, and au impression appeared to prevail that the
committee would by M. .day have had time to re rounder
a ilecieion which virtue'dy, in excluding the public press,
dowel the door also on the electoral constituencies of the
country, of whom, and pro Ate rim, the public press, on
seen VCV.3.60111. I, the acknowledged representative. The
committee, it appears, were not uumiedfel of the. import •
since of this point. end aceorlingly the qu. •lion was pit'',
"Aye" or "No,". as Lothe press being admitted, when f ur
out of the Sire members voted against the admission of th
pram, vie., Mr. Doulborn, the chairman, Lord klarrine.
ton, Lard II Vane, and Mr. Deedes; the on'y rem►ining
member, Sir W. Molesanrth, voting iu favour of the press
b. ing admitted.
Yesterday, at a few minutes atter 12 o'clock, on the
" parties" to the petition being called fur, a considen.ble
body of the " public" entered, end with them roe eral of
t►e repriaentstives of the press, without being previously
aware of the decision the committee had come to.

.....
Mr. Serjeant Kinglake, Q.C., sod Mr. BierM Limes,
Q.C., appeared for the petitioners, with Mr. Coppock u
the parliamentary agent.
Mr. Whateley, Q.C., and Mr. Montague Smith, appeared
for Majer Beresford, with Mr. Whateley of Birmingham as
the parliamentary agent.
Mr. Whatehy, addressing the committee, said he wished
tn qate, before the caw was opened by his learned friend on
the other Wile, that the reason of the nou.appearanee of
the parties for Major Beresford on Thursday, arose from
their not having been made aware that the committee
weld sit on that day, and that they only knew it from
the fart of the announcement of it in the newspapers.
An application wis made by counsel to be allowed a
locus stai.e.i on belialfof Messrs. Con, of the Lend Works,
lb thy, but the committee refused the at pheation on the
ground of non.insplieation.
The Chairman theo, after • pause, said, the committee
have Jet:emitted th.t this inquiry shall be private. They
do not iiitchd any person to be in the room but the counsel
who are conducting the case on the two sides, and the
agents whom th, y employ. All other parties will, therein,,
necessarily withdraw from the room. That (turning le
the ether members) is, 1 believe, our determination.
The announcement appeared to take the public" by
eurj.rise, and t. sy reluctantly withdrew. The elintnit'co
room, however, was opened duriag the day to • number
of members of par...merit, who looked in cut of curiosity,
and to the clerks of the learned counsel, agents, and
others.

Mr. Serjeent Kinglake then addressed the commit,ce,
tg.ntining Lizutelf to the facts of the are, which ho pro-
p.scd to subvtantiate in evidence, and then proceeded t'
call

Mr. Fleuher, who was examined by Mr. James. lie
stated that he had been • solicitor in practice at Derby ler
the last 30 years. During that period he hod been meowed
in electioneering mutters on the conservative side. We..
introduced by Mr. Alderman Thompson to Major Dercsford
in 1816. (A letter from Mr. Alderman Thompson intro-
ducing the wituees to Major Berestord wee here read. in
which the 'Wm in spoke of DeWitt in high terms.) Upon
the streugth of this introduction, witness saw Major lien s.
lord at the Carlton Club, the Notional, and at his pi ivate
lodgings in l'all mall ; and subsequently he entered into
regu.ar corrisponuence with the major relstive to eh rim,
matters at Detby. Did so on the occasion of
the election of Messrs. Steen and (lower, and here • letter
was read from Major Deresford to Flcuker, in whirls for
the first time the major introduced Frail to Fleisher. The
letter, dated 2ith Feb., 1818, 77, l'all-mall, was addresee.l
by Major Berrsford to witness: " I have an agent who is
skilled in all cleenn nutter+ and wha understands every
11111011 Pr of *theme with !egad to petitions. Ile will he in
Derby next Mouthy. and will Iring an introduction trio
me. You may trust him most implicitly, and you will g.t
some very usefal hints probably from bite respecting your
petition.—Yours, WILLIAM BEIIES,011D." It was in tl is
way witness first knew of Frail's existence. On the follow-
ing day, Feb. 26, Frail appeared at Derby, and gave
witness a letter as follows:—" Dear Sir,—The bearer,
Frail, is the person I wrote to you :thew. —.
Yours very truly, WiLLI•7I DEkItIVOIID. Feb. 26."
Subsequently to this witness saw Frail in company
with Major lleresford on several occasions at the Carlton,
, the National, and 77. Pall-mall, and witness constantly
' corresponded with Frail on the subject of the election peti-
tion against Meagre. threat and Gower. Shortly after this,
witness received • letter from Frail, dated Carlisle, by
which it appeared that Frail was then engaged on the Car-
lisle eleetioo, and was unable to leave Caere, but made an
appointment to see witness in London on the Therein!.
following. The election at Carlisle was in consequence of
a vacancy, occasioned by Mr. Hodgson being unseated for
treating, and Mr. Hodgson being again a candidate, Frail
was engaged on his behalf. Frail also on that occasion for-
warded to wi'neso • copy on orange paper of tho state of
the poll at Carlisle, and promised to meet witness in Lon-
don. The witnesabere produced two letters from Frail, sent
from Carlisle, both in }rail's handwriting, and both signed
with fictitious names—one signed " Ninon," and
the ether John Johnson ;" and witness, on being asked as to
how these names were assumed by Frail, gave it as his
opinion that Frail was engaged at the Carlisle election fur
an illegal purpose, and therefore assumed a feigned name.
Tree witness went on further to relate that Frail appealed
in Derby at the election in 1848 on behalf of Messrs.
Freshfield and Lord, arrived at Derby the day before the
nominatiou, and left upon the flowing day. Frail stated
to witness that he was very mut!. disgusted with the man-
ner in which he had beets treated, and that he had only
received some 100 guineas for the purpose of bribing the
voters when he had been promised I. far larger sum. Ile
(Frail) stated that he had received the money from a Mr.
Cot, a member of the firm of Coe and Co., of the Lead
Works at Derby, and that, instead of sending him more
money, he had gone oat shooting and forgot
hint This was on the Ist September, the day before
the polling day. Frail was disguised in • black
velvet jockey cop, and • large white coat buttoned up to
the chin, so that witness scarcely knew him. Frail had stated
to witness before, when in London, that he had been sup-
plied with a large quantity of money for the purpose of
bribing the electors, with " homemade," at Derby, and he
pointed to his pocket, in which he stated was a large roll of
Bank notes, and that he should be down there to " do the
trick." Waimea believed that Frail left Derby in disgust
at finding be could not safely bribe the electors, and Mr.
Froshfield was left in • minority. Mr. Freshfield wrote
several letters to witness, complaining of the minority
in which ha found himself, and stated he was utterly
at a loss to know how it had happened. Witness had
never hail any communication with Frail from the
time of his disappearance • from Derby, and hod
never had any communication from Film or seen
him since. The witness then went on to describe
the names of the different individuals who were attire at
the late election. Among others more particularly wire
Henry Radford, a large butcher, John Huoth, • solicitor,
several member+ of the Cox family, • person named Rice,
a Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Josiah Lewis, who wan chairman
of Mr. Horsfall's committee. Lposi the evening of the tad
Jaly last he was at the King's Head Tavers, near the
quarters M Mr. Horefell's committee, and there he met
Mr. Hear, Radford, who told the witness that a person
bed come from Chester with a very large sum of money,
and that they (the conservative electors) were determined
to win the election, and that loads of money would be
moving about. Radford then gave witness • card (pro-
d...6d), on which was the same of " Mr. Morgan (written
in pea and ink), Chester," and witness was told by Mr.
Radford that this Mr. Morgan was to be found in a back
mins at the left baud corner of the County Tavern. Was
certain Morgan was not brought to Derby by Frail, nor was
any stranger whatever with Frail on the occasion of his
being at Derby in 1818; the only persons who were fre-
quently in communication with Frail on that occasion being
Hued* end Radford.
At this part of the examination the committee adjourned
to this day at eleven o'clock

Itrroars Piton iItrLAND. Yatieftilly • return
was isatie.l, showing that in 1849 groin of Iri frowth to
811,44/4 quarters were imported into Greet Britain fn.=
Ireland 7:4,148 quarten in 1840 ; and 850.088 quart rs in
1861; wbJ.t of meal and flour, 1.178,920 quarters were
inaporttd in 11419; 1,615,211 quarters in 1650; and 813.129
quarters in 1651. In 1849, of live vtisek the Dudab r from
Irrisarl into Groat Britain was 620,754; is 1830, 474,193;
sod in 1941, Ow samba was 474,203.

MONaTROI.74 CLAIM FOR COMPL:O4ATION.—'rhe
Ch incellor, (rout Dauahay, entering the port of Liverpool on
the 7th Nov., engaged the eteas•tug Independence to tow her
op trout Crosby lightship and dock her for 6/. 65., the wea-
ther being mnb•rate. After proceeding a short distance
the ship✓s haw,cr parted; while the crew were getting an-
other ready the Independence harked alongside, gave her
hawser to the ship and towed her into the river. The
owners of the steam• tog claimed I,boo/. ealvege, and have
arrested the eargo, i the Albert Dock, for peyesent of the
ISM.

Tne New IMPERIAL CROWN or NAPOLEON 111.
is said to be not only a marter-work of the jeweller's art,
hut one which will mamma every royal ornament in its
richness in pearls, and precious stones. The jeweller, Le-
nt mnier, has been sent to Runde to purchase various costly
stones, and the Princess Matilde, who has a collection of
rare black pearl., has placed them all at the di.poaid of the
artist entrusted with the ornammeation of the crown, which
is to be completed by the end of the year.
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to Mouons.% Pau—All Me by this mlraculnue
neilleme, gar Seery other IMMO bllla r7ai PIS mums from hi.
hallehlgAi Yam Patel Waite. Wham. Feb. 21, late.—To
Maim" mativine.a r, —I has Y asimiet pun that year pill have
dim' a awe ef • olleardee eay hat sod dem& whisk all the
GiiilMhisaa r lesalty at hem and all over the Qualm* bad
esa las Me allem—ehiry Eft mow the waters_ of IMAM ae
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SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.

TIIE PRIVATE VIEW.

The Smithfield Club Cattle Show, alernys one of
the year's events in the metropolis, will be opened to the
public this day, and will remain open for the usual period.
The cattle are this year fur the first time differently
classed. Formerly all breeds were shown together, the
classification consisting in differences of age., sex, and Po
forth—nowise find Devon., Herefords, Short-horns, Scotch,
Welsh, and Irish, other pure breeds and mixed breeds.
On the whole the new arrangement is satisfactory to
the eshihitors of each breed, for there really were so
flan y essential distinctions between them that the comparison
was scarcely a fair one. We may remark of the
present show, that nearly all the beasts shown of
the tl ree leading brewd'!, Devon. Ifereiorcis, and
Short-horns, display all the marks of good breeding; and,
with ciao exception, we saw none of those unsightly masses
of fat accumulated about the hips and rump. which, at one
time, justly laid tb' feeders for the Smithfield Club Show
open to the imputation of producing deformed living lumpy
of tallow. Now all the best, and especially the prise
intim ils, are very level and symmetrical, and though many
of them are of great hulk, the term is at ono. seen to be rue
of great beauty. From g. nersla let us come tit par:iculars.
In class I, vomiting of Devon steers not exceeding three
years old, only two beasts were shown, hut both were
deemed worthy of prises. The first prise, Mr. 8. A.
Thomas, pare North Devon steer of his own breed-
ing, was creditable both to the feeder and breeder.
lo class 2, being Devon oxen above three years old,
lord Leicester, who was the second in the former clam,
took the 251. prise, with the breeder's silver medal. Like
ail the best Devon* it is a good fleshed beaus, and very
even. Mr. Quartly, of South Molten, the well-known
Devon breeder, obtained the s econd prise with his three
years and seven mouths old ox. In moat of its points it
is little inferior to the former.
Tee prize heron heifers and cows, in claws three and
four, all came from SurnerseWurc, Mr. T. W. Fouracre
taking two.
Hereford steers not exceeding three years old composed
clam five, the Proem and oxen above that age constituting
clue six. Prince Albert obtained the first prise in the one
class with a three year old steer, bred in Herefordshire.
and deserved it. The other ChM was • numerous one, and
the competition close, the prize animals being little better
than several others very justly commended
ChM seven, consisting of Hereford heifers, contained
only two animals, heth taking prize..
In class eight, Hereford cow above four years old, the
competition was severe. Of the six, two took prizes, and
three were commended. It is worthy of notice that in the
Hereford classes, the feeders are seldom the breeders, while
in both the Devon and short-horn clans a, a large propor-
tion of the beasts have been bred by the ireden. Perhaps
the Ilereferds in the point of quality are altogether the
hest in the present show. The short horns form unques-
tionably the chief attraction of the present show ; they are
more numerous than the other breeds, end eontein a larger
proportion of tint-rate animals. They certainly lose no-
thing by the new plan of clsssifieatioal wording to breed.
The first prise in class nine, short horn steer. not exceed-
ing thus years old, u roan two years and niuo months
steer, exhibited by Mr. Joseph Stratton, and bred by Mr.
Richard Stratton, of Broad Hinton, near Swit.don, Wilts,
the well-known short-horn breeder. There is also a white
steer of tile same age, bred by Mr. Richard Stratton, and
exhibited by a relative, which received commendation, was
is form and character quite equal to the prize steer, but
perhaps he does not handle quite so well. The Duke of
Itutland's steer, which took the second prize in this claw,
is also a very superior animal. In class 9, short horn
steers above three years old, there was a large entry and
a good one. Mr. Richard Stratton's roan ox which obtained
the first prize in this class, had also tho gold medal as the
best steer or ox in any of the classes, and he certainly is a
magnificent beast; of great size, yet very well propor-
tioned, and showing high blood. This fine ox, and all the
other short bores shown of Mr. Stratton's breeding, are by
his hull " The Red Duke," bought by him of Mr. Hayter,
M.P.. and bred by she late Mr. B.des. Classes 11 and 12
• are the short horn heifers and cows, and they form,
as usual. the most beantiful part of the exhibi-
tion. Mr. Charles Towneley's prize row, five poets and
eight months old, is very perfect. Mr. Richard Stratton's
red cow, four years ou I mini months old, is a singular level
and compact creature, low and large. The her. Thomas
Castor, of Skelbrook•park, near Donelster, has a cow tialit
years and five months old well worthy of notice. She has
had four calves, and now, when mode up, reteins the even
flesh and rounded outline of a heifer. Her live weight is
one ton and one hundred weight. Class 13, consisting of
Scotch, Welsh, or Irish oxen, and Class 14, the cows and
heifers of the name breeds, come at a long interval after the
three Eighth breeds. There is, in fact, no Irish or Welsh
animals shown, all in these classes being Scotch, and cer-
tainly not so good of their kind uwe have peen in some',
former shows. No one with any. knowledge of stock could
doubt (or a moment, after instituting a comparison
between the English and Scotch breeds, that the
latter must be, as we know they are, slow feeders.
Classes 15 and 16, being the oxen and cows of
" other pure breeds," mu.t be regarded as curiosities rather
than specimens of modern farming stock. They consist of
a " rare Holland blood," ox and heifer, and two long-horn
cows. The Dutch are very inferior, and certainly go tar to
contradict the notion some persons entertain, that some of
the elements of our short horn blood were derived from
Holland. As to the long-horns, the merest novice need
only walk from the short-horn classes to clam sixteen, to be
able to comprehend completely the reason why the short-
horns have everywhere superseded the once mucloprired
long-horns.
The mixed breed dosses consist of various crosses, but all
the best have the short-horn cross.

The long-woolled sheep, both Leicester' and others, are
very good, esp. cially the Leicester'.
the Marquis of Exeter is one of the chief prise win-
ners in the Leicester classes, which now consist
of large lorg-wonll-d sheep, as different as possible
from the light-woolled delicate Leicester of Dakewell and
his btllowers. The other long wools shown are Cotswolds,
and floe upstanding animals they are. It is remarkable
that we never see a Lincolnshire make its appearance at the
Smithfield show; or if it appears, in fact, it takes the
designation of • Leicester. The short-woolled sheep are
numerous and good, and there is greater variety amongst
them than we have ever before seen. Formerly nose but
the pure or Sussex southdowns were shown; now there are
west country downs and Shropshire downs in considerable
number,. The west country, or Ilampshira, down is a
larger Lne more profitable sheep than the Sussex down, 1
quieter in disposition, though perhaps requiring more
ft rd. Tho Shropshire Down is also a larger animal,
but his points as yet fall very far short of
those of the went country and Sussex downs. The
Duke of Richmond has taken several prizes for South
Downs. Indeed, his grace has been more successful
than on any previous occasion ; and we cannot avoid hoping
that his time and energies, once so sadly misdirected to the
advocacy of protection, and the making the farmers un-
happy, have been usefully concentrated upon the care of
his flock. At all events, he has sacceeded in winning all
except the first prize for short-woolled sheep.
Mr. W. Sainsbury, of \Vest Lavington,\Vilts, takes the
first prize for yearling South Down wethers, and the gold
medal for the best short-woolled sheep of all claws. Mr.
Sainsbury is n very successful exhibitor of breeding stock,
and the character of his sheep is that of greater size and
substance than any other South Down breeder of note. His
sheep also carry a good deal of wool.
The classes of cries breeds contain a great deal of useful
stock, and in a fat. stock show form very proper objects for
exhibition; as practically a very considerable part of the
mutton brought to the London market consists of cross-bred,
black and white-faced, sheep, usually Down and Leicester,
or Costwold and Down.

In the present show there aro some mess breeds, whose
pedigrees are not stated, and which we could not trace
from their appearance.
The pigs are u good u usual, for everybody professing to
keep stock has good pigs. They consist chiefly of our dif-
ferent original breeds, crossed and relined by means of the
Neapolitan. Sir John Conroy has some Berkshire pigs
which have gone through this process. The pen of black
pigs which received the gold medal, Mr. Coates's of Ham-
moon, Blandford, Dorset, have a strong dash of the Neap°.
Wan blood.