The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-10 00:00:00

THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE Sliol

Yesterday (Saturday) the arrangements foe th
street Arland Metropolitan Cattle Show, oroCond ustoi,
mst..genitut of the Smithlic.d Cattle Ciao, wers 40,14
krproaching towards o.ispleion, stud the speciava,
which have eready arrived ate sated try judge, who hi,
has the opportunity of seeing them, and who in menyel
of the c'ub, to be superior to anything which to err: tog
witnessed in the metropolis.

Rini royal highness Prince Albert, who, in contentereq
the lam, rued demise of the Queen Dowager, it U Aired lc
nut be able to pay the exhibition a personal viait an tbis
o.
radon, has, nevertnelese, made several entries, *lionise*
it ibuted some exceedingly fine specimens of the Brui ,a 1
other breeds, and also in the ebeep and pig claim. BA
royal hignn es the Prince of Wales, it is also runurared, lr
an entry or two made in his name. Amongst the thaw
tributins are the Duke or Richmond, the president ut thi
club, the Duke of &viand, the Duke of Bedt rd, the Earle[
Leicester, Earl Spencer, Lord Portman, the Duke ig
clench, Mr. Pusey, M.P., Mr. Webb, of Barham, 11vPinn
Hobbs, and a number of leading agriculturics la the redetl
Counties UI Ellen&
The entries this year have amounted to one-fifth am
than they w. re last year or any preceding one; and Uwe.
a. queuce a vast increase of atcommodatioa bailout ruined
nee. y. In order to effect this Mr. &mantis, the na
prietur of the bazaar, has added a large building, Una
at the nortkPw,t angle, to that por,i-o tat tie doe
usually appr)priated to the sheep and pig claret.
main building, in which the cattle are kept, muse
much the e.m.• as mu', with the exception ot the
trance, in which a most important improvement hes ben
made for the accommodation of the public. In the iapia
Mint department there has been e. wondertul increase inks
entries. and consequently in the demand for plicis tor tit
axhibiti n of the venom implements used In hueltaedry,ml
in every department of agricultural and Warner operuiam;
and amor gat the stands appropriated for the show of sgn.
culturel pi Auce the most pp maneot are those of Melina
Gibbs, ca Raltmoon s reel, Piccadilly, the acedszam taw
Royal Agricultural Society of Engand, and th
Shining, of Liverpool. In this department additiosal
oommodation has been afforded, and that ponies dfh
building appropriated last year to the exhibi:ioa of
atupencous picture of the Alderney bull, cow and tall,
Painted alter the celebrated Paul Potter, by Mr. Wsrd,LL,
has been added by Mr. B.ulnoir to the implement depot.
anent Another exceedingly important improvement, bra
for the comfort of the animals as well as visitors to tit
bazaar, has been effected with regard to vendlation. Tay
general complaints have been mate, especially before the
Introduction of the lofty glass roof to the main buildieg,g
the oppressive heat of the place. This complaint has seen
entirely obviated by the intrcduction of se number of se
traps made in the roof of the implement galls. is, scans
effect is tv.dent to any one who will stand fora amen
laud. r one of them.
Up to list evening nearly all the cattle which had beta
enter, d bad arrived, but instead of the old practice of drimt
them through the public e'reets, they have h. en brain
11m the termini of the various railways in vats usually ip
propriated to the removal of race horses.— ebyercer.

A HUSBAND, WIFE, AND DAUGHTER KILLED.—
A t, rribie catastrophe, of a singular character, invuhiagili
loss bit three lives—a father, mother, and daughter, has*
curred at Wednesbury, in Staffordshire. A drain nand
John Pithier, with his family, occupied a small house ontb
side of the Purtway-road, belonging to Messrs. Adams and
'diehards, situated at the top of a large mound of oath, the
r. fuse a pi* hard by, but not at present in work. Os
Tuesday evening last, the father sent his eldest daughter,
named Betsy, out en an errand, and not returning vain a
reasonable time, he went out in search of her, but neither of
them returning, a'ter the lapse of several hours, the loathe
also went out to look for them, leaving three young children
in the care of a boy 10 years old. Shortly after the mother
went out the boy tell asleep, and did not awake till 2 o'clock
the following morning. be then found that neither blobs
ther, mother, nor sister had returned ; he, therelore,renton
for the purpose of knocking up a neighbour to go with hint
to lock for tot m. Whilst passing over the 'taboos atho
top of the mound of earth, he noticed a greet hole bias
ground. Having passed at the side of it, he went and is•
formed one of the neighbours of what he had seen. Thal
person accompanied him to the spot, examined the breads
and found that the crowning in of the pit had given wq,
and no doubt the three parties miesiog had fallen in. Asir
fence was promptly procured, and several men command
digging at the loose sides; but no one could descend on ere
count of the accumulation of foul air in the pt. The an
we: e kept at work until Thursday, when they acceded a
removing sufficient earth. They then inserted pipes wain
off the foul air. That having been done, a Elsa was korai
Into the pit, a distance of nearly 40 feet. lie there fogad
as was suspected the lifeless bodies of Mr. Pettifer, his mix
sun daughter. It is supposed they were suff..cated War
they got to the bottom of the pit from foul sir. The bakes
were removed as quickly as possible, and an lopes:estop
pointed to be held on Saturday.
Two LIVES LOST AT FENTON VIVIAN.—On Set
day morning last, between eleven and twelve o'elock,ayolil
man named Joseph Fletcher, shoemaker, 21 yearn of age,
whose father, a farmer, resides close to a ventilating shako!
the Northwood Colliery at Fenton Viviau, the tinkle; It
which was only finished on the Friiay previous, proscenia
" sport " to two of his brothers, of the respective ages Dl If
and 19, to let him down to the bottom of tne shaft, wluckS
about 16 or 17 yards in depth. This they pronti
to do; but on arriving near the bottom he called ohs
" Pull up—there's sulphur!" and almost insinedistolf
after fell out of the bucket. On an slain bag
made by his brothers, a man named JAI& Cook, OW
herd at Alderman Copeland's farm io that neighbourhood,
and who, unfortunately, happened to be wit an kern/
ran to the sp Jt, and courageously ventured down bi to
bucket; but before it reached the bottom was seen, MO
to say, to bit out and sit down wide his hat between hi
knees, overcome by the deadly vapour, nor did he mow
from the position, in which he was afterwards found drat/
Alarm having now spread further, Mr. Edward Methanol,
engineer at the Holly Bush colliery arrived, mid ones of
tempted to dean nd with a lighted candle, welch at the
at
Bond attempt went out about nine yards from the stendf•
the shaft, when, had he not taken the precaution to
cure.y fastened to the pit rope, a third life would WWI
have been sacrificed, 'she woe in a state of ineens.bility soh•
drawn up. At this time, at the proposal of Mr. CM*
Latham, farmer, Botteslew, who had arrived at the salla
several cans of water, a supply of which was at hand, "",„
thrown down the shaft, which effectually dispetted the l!!!
air. and enabled Mr. Melbourn to descend a third time 00
safety, when the bodies of both sufferers were drawn up. 131
with life extinct.— Slerforoishire Advertiser.
DREADFUL MURDER OF A WIFE.—On Friday
afternoonan inquest was held before the borough eoronen
ao
the body of Isabella Cheetham, wife of RicnardCheethol!„.!
collier, !living in Bollantstreet, Over Darwin, who al°
in constquen.te of the brutal injuries which she th
celled from her husband. The deceased and her env'
d. rer have been married about five years, and were tap!'
tively aged 26 and 25 years. The prisoner was rem,
during the investigation. The principal witness was Iforf
Knowles, a child of nine years old, sister of the cletemeo
who raid—When she went in on the occasi..n in Imo°
lho 1, ceased and her husband were in the h nate, anel.„,'"
was %oboe. 'There was a pen upon the firv, end ~,
began to shake it and to spill the water in the tits; he
took the pan off the fire, and said it should not go " 'P—
unta P. n.id something to eat. His wife said she coulol4d
make
it without the money. The prisoner repti.d, tt Bud
tette do it," and he lifted up his fist and knocked la!
down. He hit her in the breast, and she fell an the tion
he then got upon her, and knelt upon her helly rth
knees, and beam a kneeding of her" (winking his
des
up and down. or stamping upon her with them). Be
eoninsene d pulling her ears until he made theno.
,t ht
Wn,lst he was en her he kept hitting her wi'h
b,ri sides of the head. She shouted out, "011, dbit
ear
and • neig hour come up and said, " They are !!,!",
bells ! " Tn prisoner knelt upon his wife tor about
...deters He then got up and commenced pilling her t!!!!,'
This to..k pl ice on the Thanksgiving.day. The deW_
linger .1 until Thursday, when she died. Several otlie!v!".
tweets having been called, the jury after a short delibT..
Lion, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murdei" arum! by'
riso• er, and he was committed to Kirkdats t await
trial.