The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-08 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LITOPOot, Dec. 7.—Balls -Great Esstarn, 194_4 9 j—
inni:whirs and Yorkshire. 1094 I—London and Borth Weelers.
100 4 6 44 5 el—Manchester, Flefeld, and Lincoln, 474—Itietro.
ratan, 1124—South Eastern. 964 4—LencitAer ano (Swink.
212—Buffalo and Lake Huron, 6—amiA L119911111911112_4=
11 Ml6—Greek, 964 4—Merican Thine per Cent, 2241
Pmetren, 624—Ditto Certificates, 12 16-19-13. and A. Ex=
=aCompany ;Litalted;, al p.—Meresattla and L
, 8 11-164 11.16 p.—Nallmsl Bank ot Liverpool ilimltieD„
04 p.—BriUsh sad Foreign Marine (Lbulted,`, 21 p.—Union
Marine ;Limited), 24 p —Santa Barbara Gold Mining COIIIIBIW.
d.—Hudson's My, 3 4 d.
Mmentairrna. Dec. 7.—Buffalo and Lake Huron, 64—Grong
Eastern, 494 9 —Great Luxembourg. 114—Great Northern ig.)„
131—Greet Ship, la—Grand Trunk of (Ueda, M—areaA alt
4 4—Great Western, 634 4—Lancashire and Yorkshirect
Loudon and North Western, 1041 I—London and
Marine, 6-16 p- —Turkish Consolides. 49—MenchoMer,
li Bhd-
Seld, and neelashire, 473—ilaWun, 112 11 194
Mechem, greg j x 1, i 2 j j 4-111d1 127 I—North &Web.
514—South Emirs.; 264 414. let t—Thatoes and Mersey
Marine insurenee, Se p.—North British I per cent. 0872), 164
—Great Ship Prof., Da—Discount Corporation, 44 p.—Eillabergh„
Perth. and Dundee, 75. • good market, but prices lower at the
quotations.

THE GERMAN HOSTITAL.—His Royal Bighnems
the Prince of Wales has been graciously pleased to become
I one of the protectors of this charity. in oesjasetion with her
Majesty the Queen and the King of Prussia, in the place of
his ileeply•lemented father the late Prince Contort.
THE QUEsTION BETWZEN DENMARK AND THN
DueHiEs.—At a meeting of Germain held at Muschenter
on Saturday evening, resolution' were gamed, declaring
" that the cones:ion which has hitherto existed between
Deems& and the duchies of &bite ei4-11olstein has defini-
tively ceased with the death of King Frederic!. VII. of
Denmark." and urging that it is the docy of " the :errant
nation" to defend the rights" of the dodgem, if secemary,
by force of arms. The meeting also pledged itself to assist
a committee which was appointed "in obtaining and ap-
plying the means beet adapted for promoting the cause of
Bolles wig• Holstein."
OZYNTAL YLLACI. ONN SHILLINO
MONDAY, Dec. 7.—Admiwilens en payment. 909; dame
by arena Motets, 716: total, 1,624.
SOUTH KENNINGTON lkiverum.—Dating the week
ending bib Dec. the •isitors have been as follows
Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days. open from 10
a.m. to 10 p.m., 6,213 ; on Wednesday, Thursday, sad
Friday, students' day. (admission to the public (kL ), open
from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m.. 1.M3 ; total, 7,4'°'. From the
opening of the museum, 4,339,819.
DOUBTERS Of A RURAL CUlteTt.—Although
visiting is the country may be the moat enjoyable form of
social life to the initiated, vet the vicissitudes to which the
novice is exposed will appear from the following, which
betel a young churchman, whose knowledge of society was
moaned to Cambridge. Appointed to a rural eunicy, and
hie future abode not beteg quite ready for his Mop-
tics, be was invited by the lord of the manor to spend the
interim at thehouse of the latter, which was Lobe full of me-
w', at the time. When our hero reached his destination,
he was ushered into a drawing-room where wine many
ladies, and greeted by the mistress of the house. Yr +Ding
with hunger, he marvelled why nothing more substantial
was offered to him by way of refreshment after
him journey than some tea, of which the fair
aged were then partaking, and some very thin
bread and butter. " Oh," thinks be, " people est so heartily
at their early country dinners, 1 suppose they cent get up
fresh appetites by tea-time." Presently one lady leaves the
room, followed by a second and a third ; and in a few
minutes be is left elope, with the informarkin that he will
be conducted to his apartment whenever he shall please to
te bell. " Well," nays be himself, " this is a strange
welcome certainly, but doubtless they keep pristine hours
in the country. and men are so exhausted by hunting sr
shooting, that they are glad to retire early ; I shell see dissa
to-morrow." So, finding there is nothing for it, he rings
the bell and betakes him to his room. He had not bona
asleep along, before be was startled into °minimums by
tremendous ringing. His mune of notion is instantly de-
ckled upon, and he rushes into the passage, ea he is, ewers.
lag "Fire ! " at the top of his voice, jest ss all the lobo
are sweeping by, full-dress for dinner l--Coratill ilagatieis
for December.

TEE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.
So spacious and lofty is the ball that the first in,
rellition we received on entering was that the show
mast have fallen couaiderably off in numbers as
'Pampered with former years ; but the fact we believe
is, that there never was a stronger array than in the
present exhibition. Each stall for an ox, each
pen for sheep or pigs, is nearly three times the
size it was in Baker-street, and the fattest
and most helpless animals neither puff nor pent,
nor exhibit the slightest signs of distress. With
respect to the merits of the show, the beat judges
have hesitated this year as to whom the palm
was to be given amongst the oxen. The Devon.
had a tremendously strong party, and the placid
Durhanui were not without their friends. The
Caledonian interest voted unanimously for the
Highland steers, but it was finally decided that the
silver cup—the modern substitute for the gold
medal to be given to the best ox in any class--
should be the prize of a stalwart Hereford, the
property of Mr. Heath, of Ludham-hall, Norfolk,
&name honourably known in the annals of cattle-
feeding. As everything connected with so distin-
guished an animal must be interesting to the public,
we may add that his age is four years, that he was
bred by one Thomas Loekley Moire of Count],
Salop, and that his diet ranged luxuri-
ously through all the varieties of grass,
hay, turnips, oil-cake, oats, and pea-meaL
This splendid fellow was, of course, the
cynosure of all first day five shilling eyes, but as fi
quite satisfied with winning the silver cup for his
owner and houourably justifying the soundness of
his dietary, he was exceedingly reluctant to show
his points, preferring rather to stretch himself at
his ease in the spacious and comfortable stall which
Mr. Sidney's polite attention had provided for him.
We have observed this ill-natured habit of obsti-
nately lying down when people are most anxious
to have them stand up to be rather common amongst
the gold medallists at the annual show' and in this
ASO it was so obstinately persevered in that we bad
almost half a mind to tell this lazy Hereford that
be was already—long before the general butcher
had been admitted to the show—a doomed ox, and
that Mr. Davis, of the Cattlomarket, had for
eighty guineas purchased the right of terminating
his earthly career so soon as he had finished
his present round of performances. Both
in Herons and Herefords are save-
:al splendid specimens entered in the
same of Major-General A. N. Hood, of Windsor
Lodge, and as these were known to have all come 1
from the farm of the late Prince Consort, they ex-
cited
more than ordinary interest, and offered a I
touching proof of the affectionate care with which
anything in which his lamented royal highness
took an interest is kept up and preserved by his '
Royal widow.
The Durhams, although looking very fat, very
square, and very solid, both in figure and in ex- I
pressiou of countenance, must this year be content
with a respectable mediocrity. There is a fashion
in cattle as well as everything else, and we believe
that Durham,, are leas in favour, and that the strife I
Low lies between the beauty of the Devons, and
the size and figure of the Herefords, as to which .
shall be the cattle-feeders' future favourite. The
different varieties of Scotch are considered to ]
be an average quality no more, and I
of the remainder of the horned cattle there is ,
little more to be said, except that in the extra stock
Mr. Giblett exhibits the fattest Alderney cow ever
known, and that Mr. Berridge Whitley shows one
of those diminutive Breton cows which look as if
they might pasture on a hearth-rug, but which in
this case has shown as great an aptitude in accumu-
hating flesh as any of its larger neighbours. As
usual, the gold medallists of the Birmingham Show ]
have not satisfied the requirements of the more I
critical judged of Smithfield, for we find that the
splendid roan heifer the property of Mr. Swais-
land, of Crayford, Kent, and which in Binning-
UM was pronounced to be the gem of the show, ]
obtained only • secondary prize. Wales makes a
miserable show, and Ireland worse, the latter I
country having but two or three entries, and those
would have been much better left at home.
In sheep, the Leicesters are this year considered
to have exhibited gm most marked progress. They
make the poor marl's mutton and the poor man's
cost, and therefore are worthy of all care and at-
tention. The Southdowns are, as usual, the most
beautiful animals of their kind in the exhibition.
There is not this year any strife between " the
duke" and Mr. Rigden, the latter being one of the
judges, and thus shut out from his annual triumph
over the aristocracy. The duke, in the compulsory
absence of his dreaded competitor, is a suocessfu
exhibitor, but is distanced by Lord Wslsingham,
whose splendid pen catches the eye immediately the
visitor has entered the building. There is a long
list of the ordinary varieties of sheep—Hampshire
Downs, Shropshire, Oxfordshire, &c. ; and the
general impression is that in the breeding and feed-
ingot these useful varieties a considerable advance
leis been obtained over former exhibitions.
With the pigs, although the judges are barely
-satisfied, the general publtc will be delighted, they
are so comfortable this year, so obliging in getting
up when tickled with a straw, and so little given to
angry discussion amongst themselves. At Baker-
street the outward air was made vocal with their
efforts long before the visitor entered the porcine
quarter, but at Islington they are evidently at
home, and make no noise beyond a bland grunt
indulged in at long intervals, and strongly expres-
sive of perfect satisfaction with the arranaements.
The chief prize in this class has been awarded to a
splendid pen from the Home Farm, of the most
compact obesity. To find the noses of these cap-
tivating animals would require a microscope, and
everything of the likeness of hair or bristles has
been fattened off their highly distended hides. At
the first glance legs were considered impossible, but
the alacrity with which these three graces stood up
and demolished a dish of barleymeal for the
edification of the spectators soon showed that
they bad been fattened without any diminution
of strength, and that therefore their meat was
likely to be as wholesome as it was abundant. We
did not observe any of those enormous animals
which iu former jeers were wont to be surrounded
by crowds of the uninitiated, but a general run of
compact, reasonably-sized porkers, able to get up
and walk about, and only requiring the ultimate
ministration, of the butcher to prove the excellence
of their quality. Indeed, the highest prize "in
their time" was obtained by three promising in-
fants exhibited by Mr. De is Rue, of The Hazels,
Beds, which after two short and easy months on
skim milk and barley, exhibited an obesity which
was perfectly surprising.
We believe we have now said enough of the show
to iodine that it is a very suonsaful one on the
whole, and likely this year to draw immense
crowds of visitors. The most delicate ladies need not
be deterred by any apprehensions of a close atmos-
phere for whether by day or night the ventilation
is perfect, and the freshmen of the whole
interior moat remarkable. The cattle are
so admirably arranged that the visitor may open
Lis catalogue at the first page, and beginning
at class one, number one, can progress slowly down
one spacious avenue and up another until he has
"dune' his show conscientiously, and got himself
thoroughly up in the lore of the grazier for the ensu-
ing year. He can admiretbe neat, gleans-, sometimes
"crinkle,"' Devons on the one side, with their neat
small heads, round bodies, and taper legs, and then
by simply turning on his axis, compare them with
the great Herefords, who this year are said to have
both quality and quantity to recommend them.
He can meander through the mild short-horns,
snake acquaintance with the surly Scotch steers,
take • passing glance at the extra stock, and then
proceed iu duo course to the sheep, which are all
ranged with the most perfect regularity, and in the
best positions for inspection. The pigs, like other
aristocrats, have an upper chamber devoted solely
to themselves, but the journey is short and easy
thereto, so that the visitor can at last leave the
a how without the risk of having missed
anything, and being told by some obliging
friend that the particular thing he had mimed
was, all to nothing, the best thing in the show. It
struck us that the quantity of agricultural imple-
ments was not very large ; but the refreshment
ameagementa are admirable. The dining-room has

been placed under the control -4 Mr. Hale, of the
Rainbow, Fleet-street, and is admirably served.
It was very much thronged yesterday by the
farmers, who were enormously pleased with •
novelty which had been introduced in the annual
bill of fare. Undeterred by the threatened famine
in the mollusk kingdom, Mr. Bale bad provided
abu ndanoe of oysters and A llsopp's ale for his visitors,
and the quantity of both wbicb was consumed, and
the preference they obtained over more substantial
viands, showed how accurately Mr. Hale had purd
the palate of his customers. As we mentioned
before, there was an innovation on established
practice in admitting the five-shilling public on
the award day, but the example bad, we believe,
already been set in Birmingham, and it seemed to
tell very well, as the hall was full at 3 o'clock, and
numbered amongst its visitors several noted aris-
tocratic patrons of cattle breeders.
The following is a list of the first prizes awarded
in each of the classes ; a silver medal being given
to the breeder in each case.
CATTLE.
DEVON WED,

Class I.—Devon steers, Obi excedug 3 years old : 301., to
I Robert Wortley, of Suffield Hall, AyLhem, Norfolk, 2 Teen
7 months, bred by exhibitor from the stocks of Mr. Hole
and Mr. Quartly, sire lkball. dam Daisy, sire of dam Admi-
ral ; fed on bay, cake, oat and pea meal, grass, and roots.
Class 2.—Devon steers or oxen, above years old : 301.,
William Heath, of Ludham Hall Norwich, Norfolk, 4 years
7 months, bred by John Ammon, of Twichen, South
Moltoo, Devon, from the stock of Mr. Pasomore, of Bishop's
Nymptoo ; fed on gram, hay, turnips, uil cake, oat and pee
meal.

—Class 3.—Devon heifers, not exceeding 4 years old :
((reemartios and spayed heifers not goalined) 251.,
to John Ford, jun., of Rushton, Blandford, Dorset,
Almatims, 2 years 1 month, bred by Charles J. Lona,
of Westfield-place, King4toe-on-Thames, Surrey, from the
stook of James Quartly, sire Wanderer ; fed on bay, straw,
clover, roots, cake and meal, seasoned with malt.
Clam 4.—Devoe rows, above 4 years old (that most have
had at least one live calf): W. to John Overman, of
Burnham Sottoo, Burnham Market, Norfolk, Fanny,
6 years. bred by Mrs. Clarke, of Burnham Market, Nor-
folk, from the stock of the. Earl of Leicester and him own,
airs Wellington, dam Tulip, airs of dun Old Wellington ;
fed on cake, meal, bay, turnips, mange], pm" and Simp-
sou's food—had 3 calves.
IMILIWORD 1111.11 MD.
Class s.—Hereford steers,' sot exoeediog 3 years old :
301., to IfajorDeneral the Hon. A. N. Hood, of Camber.
land-lodge, Windsor, Berta, 2 years 6 mouths, bred by him
Royal Highness the Prince Consort, at Flemish Farm,
Windsor-park, sire Maximus, dam Heatherbell ; fed on
bean, barley, and at meal, Thorley's food, roots, and hay.
Clam 6.—Hereford steers or oxen, above 3 years old :
301., to William Heath, of Ludham-hall, Norfolk, 4 years,
bred by Thomas Lnckley Moire, of Coned Arbour, Shrews-
bury, Salop, sire Freaky 1,243, dam Rose, sire of dam
Cound 1,193 ; fed on gram, hay, turnips, oil cake oat and
pea meal. Salver crop, value 4&. to the exhibitor, for the
beet steer or ox in any of the classes.
Class 7.—Hereford Wiese, not exceeding 4 years old :
251., to Hoary liettridge. of East Heaney, Wastage, Barks,
Young Beauty, 3 years 10 months 19 days. Bred by Mr.
Tr.dge, of Adforton, Lentwardiee, Hereford, see The
Doctor, dam Beauty ; fed on hay, meal, cake, and swedes.
Clam 6.—Hereford cows, above 4 years old, that must
have had at least one live cell 251., to (}verge Fitt, of
Chadnor Court, Dilwyn, Lsomiaster, Hereford, Cherry, 6
years 1 month. Bred by exhibitor, sire Miriam, dam
Highlop the Second, sire of dam Northampton ; fed on
hay, roots, barley, end pea meal, had 3 calves.

RHORT•HOHRD BREED.

Class 9.—Bbort-horned steers, sot muscling 3 years old :
M., to John Thompson, of Bechnintoo, Cliippenham, Wilts,
2 years 9 months 1 week. Bred by exhibitor, sire Monarch
16575, dam Constance, sir, of dam Nectar 14985 ; fed on
bay, reels, meal, and oaks.
oks. 10.—Short-horoed steers or oxen, above 3 years old :
301., to William H. Baker, of Cotteemore, Oskham, Rut-
land, 3 years 4 mouths. Bred by the late R. W. Baker, of
CotAesmore ; fed on hay, cake, vegetables, bean and barley
meal.

Clam 11.—Short-horned heifers, not exceeding 4 years
old, froomartins and spayed heifers not qualified : 251., to
Charles Swaisland, of Crayford, Kent, Oakbu 3 yam 10
months. Bred by Lady Lubbock, of High Elms,d, Farnbo-
rough, Kent, sire Louis, dam Oakleaf, sire of dam Ths
Prior ; fed on grass. bay, meal, roots, and linseed cake.
Silver cup, value 401., to exhibitor, for the beet heifer or
oow in any of the classes.
Class 12,—Short-honed cows, above 4 years old, that must
have had at least ooe calf : 251., to Thomas Matthews, of
Merton, Thetford, Norfolk, Beauty, 5 years 9 months. Bred
by the exhibitor from the stock of Lord Walaingham, sirs
Norfolk 14999, dam Flora, we of dam Jack Andrews 9243 ;
ted on roam, gram, bay, liaised oaks sad meal, had 2 calvea

Class 13.—Swear staer;7. reap, rot exceeding 3 yews
old :2W. Shooonith, of Berwick. Lewes, Sussex.
2 years 10 montba. Bred by exhibitor ; fed or bey,
roots, linseed cake, wheat, bean and oat road, Thorley's
food.

ela a IL—Sussex steers or oxen, above 3 years old : 25k,
tour. J. M. Mootetlore, of Worth Park, CrawleY, Sum,
3 years 11 months. Bred by exhibitor ; fed on corn, roots,
and oil she, and Tberley's food.
Clam 15.--Bniaex heifers or cows, of any age: 201., to
Mears. John end Alfred Heiman, of Any:wing, Mandel,
Boris, 3 years and 9 mooths. Bred by exhibitors ; fed on
meal, limed cake, cabbage, swedes, and hay.