The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-11 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACOL-POULTRY MOW.

On Saturday, what the Crystal Palace managers
called their fined Winter Exhibition of Poultry end
Pigeons" was opened to the public, and if numbers, com-
bined with high condition, quality, beauty of plumage, and
purity of race in the specimens exhibited, are the awn-
terimice which constitute the quality of " grand" in matters
of this kind, the appellation is in this particular instance well
deserved. There are no fewer than 1,468 pens of birds—
comprising all the different varieties of fowls which en
familiar to the English breeder, several descriptions of ducks,
some few turkeys end gems of such enormous proportion
and plumpness as to lead to the impression that they moat
bare escaped only by a miracle the annual Chriataise sacri-
fice, and pigeons of every time which fsnolfal fenders"
have invented for the different kends and crosses of this
always favourite sad Winning species of the feathered
tribe. The whole of the south wing Is set apart for the pur-
poses of this show, and notwithstanding the extent
of the span allotted, as compared with the In-
dividual sine of the animals exhibited, their aggre-
gate bulk, with the pans or cages in which they
are confined, fully abrade It, leaving not more then eafileient
room Om the numerous admirers of poultry with the feathers
on who congregated at the palace on the opening dmr,—
although the &drain:ion-fee wee raised for that particular oo-
onion to half-a-crown,—to examine and criticise without

Inconvealeoce. Than are fifty-two classes of fowls, the
prints In which vary from 61. down to 10e, and the number
of pine awarded to each der is in mama two, In others Wes

jibe mad profitable to the broader and tie most esteemed hi
the poulterer. These take the 61. prices ; while the successful
adulitose of the Bantams and other lthisis,whose excellences
are confined to miniature proportion., beauty of plumage
enamors turban-looking tufts, or, like the Cochin China.,
to their gigantic size, have to red &stint with the 21. and
the 31. prizes. The display of Spanish fowls la exceedingly
numerous, and some of the specimens are as fine
as have ever been shown. The 1857 chickens of this class are
splendid birds of their age, and promise by their present de-
velopment to become formidable competitors in future poul-
try shows. The English Dorking*, which are represented
in about equal numbers with the Spanish, winos peat care
and atlantic& oat the pert of the breeders. The cook of this
breed, which took the first prize—a magnificent bird—was
bought by Sir Joseph Paxton for ten guineas. The exhibi-
tion is also very rich in our old favourite—the English
game cock. A noble carriage—bold and courageous-looking,
with smell finely-shaped heed end breed chest, okarnoterised
the prize and commended birds, as well se insay;of the others
in this clime, which have not Wei fortunate enough to
obtain any honorary notice. The judges pronounce the
duck-wing variety of this bird st the present show to
be the finest that have ever been brought under their
sodas. The Cochin Chins, Brunk Pattie, jungle fowl,
and Poland pens contain some capital specimens ; and in the
more " fancy" breeds, those who understand the points, of
form and feather agree in declaring the! most of the asses
display birds of great value. There are but few gems ex-
hibited ; but amongst them ars some that would have created
a furor in Lesdenhall-market a fortnight ago. There
are some seven months' old goslings, too, whom
fond and partial parents might well be excused
km looking upon their progeny u veritable cygnets.
The ducks and turkeys also evince not only the " points"
for which the fancier and the breeder look, in selecting these
varieties of poultry, but those indications of high feeding
which prove that their owners had an eye to profit in the
market, if their protiges should fail in winning for them fame
se exhibitors.

The show of pigeons is declared by Mean. Bellamy and
Cottle, the judges, to be the beet which has ever takes place•
Although we miss the names of one, at least, of the regular
exhibitors, we perceive the names of several fresh competi-
tors.

The judges of poultry were Messrs. Andrews, Bally, and
Hewitt; and of pigeons, Messrs. Bellamy and Cottle.
The Christmas revels—which wore brought to a termina-
tion on Saturday—sad especially the distribution of the
leviathan Twelfth Cake, whose 'net dimensions supplied
with abundant rations the little army of eager applicants
drawn up in line by Mr. Staples to receive them—formed
a source of attraction to the juveniles quite as powerful as
the poultry exhibition did to the breeders and fanciers of
fowls sad- please, amid must have rewarded the directors
with-• kabob& Mara.

The *Oleg galas ill be admitted to the show today,

TEE SUNDAY EMMY! EIIOJ
rEBTMINSTER ABBEY.

The second Sunday evening service at Westmin-
ster Abbey took place yesterday. The attendance was almost
as large as on the first occasion, but the arrangements for the
regulation of the admission were of • better description, and
consequently the crowding and shrieking of the previous
Sunday were not repeated. The assembly which gathered
before the gate wee opened was compelled by the police to
take up its position in the order of snivel on the pavement,
instead of forming en muse in front of the gate ; and at about
half-past six the building was entered with little diflicalty or
inconvenience, every incipient crash being arrested by the
voice of • gigantic detective, who filled the useful
office of moderator. As before intimated, last night's
congregation did not appear quite u numerous as the
first. It comprised a considerable admixture of unmistake.
able working men and women—whether or not they were
habitual churl-goers it la, of course, impossible to may—ead
the males decidedly preponderated over the females. The
pulpit, instead of being placed, as on the first evening, in
the centre of the nave, occupied a corner of one of the Aar%
commanding a good view of the miserably, the reading-desk
remaining in a central position. In the vicinity of the pulpit
there was abundance of standing room, which wee not the
cue at the inaugural service. The weather being compara-
tively mild, there was little inconvenience from cold, except,
indeed, from occuional draughts, which could be dispensed
with at say period of the year ; and which might, no doubt,
have been prevented bye little consideration and contrivance.
The chairs of the Crystal Palace Company formed the seats
of all but the hundreds who were compelled to stand.
At the conclusion of the prayers the 103rd Psalm (new
version) was sung, the congregation joining in heartily with
the *kir.

The Rev. Lord John Thynne, rob-deacon of the Abbey,
then preached the sermon, taking as his text the second
verse of the second chapter :of the Book of the Prophet
Sabha-Ilk "Write the vision, and make it plain upon
table., that be may run that readath
At the close of the sermon, which Listed half an hoer, and
was delivered with a voice of such admirable compass end
distinctness that it must have been audible throughout to
nearly every one present, the congregation, consisting pro-
bably of net Los than 8,000 persons, quietly dispensed.
The entire orrice occupied an hour and a half.

THE EXETER-lIALL SEEVlCEP.—Yesterday evening
the second of the new series of Nonconformist services de-
signed for the benefit of the working cleanse was held at
Rioter-ball, the preacher being the Rev. Newman Hall,
LL B , minister of Surrey Chapel (Rowland Hill's), Beck-
friers-mad. The hall was crowded to overeowing, and some
hundreds were obliged to go away after vainly attempting to
obtain admission. The sermon next Sunday evening will be
wreathed by the Rev. Geozapletacdonald, M.A., minister of
die-sinet (Wesley*
APPOINTMErfe.—The Hon. W. George Yeroing-
bus secretary of legation at Rio Janeiro, is appointed
olWgd-d'againe and consul-gassral for Peru, in the room of
Mr. Stephen Henry %Ulna, dammed. Mr. Charles Pardie
is appointed a Queen's menenger for foreign service, in the
room of Mr. Power, resigned. Mr. Purdie was employed u
an extra courier on the route from London to Conatantino-
ple, from the beginning of the Russian war, sail gave so
much satishiction uto lead to his present permit:mid vont. I
went. Mr. Henry Hart Davis is employed se adrscerstior,
in otoomeion to Mr. Pudic —Ofeerwer.
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