The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-07 00:00:00

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At day-break this morning the show at Baker-
street was thrown open to the public, and up to the period at
which our report left visitors were anteing in greet number,.
Notwithstanding the rawness of the atmosphere, the com-
pany has rarely been so numerour on • first day,
proving that the annual exhibition of the Smithfield
Club Les lost none of its popularity with the general public.
The prime were much criticised; but cm the whole the
award' of the judges are admitted to be just and im-
partial, though the Prince Comsat's claim to the
award in the first class asere, by the brief
diecarioaa that take place, to be as mach disputed by the
visitors to-day, as it was by the critics last night It should,
however, be tome in mind that his Royal Highness is simply
the exhibitor; he no doubt given long prices to the breeder for
hie stook, and after all his success is more the force of oapital
than the result of sheer skill on his farm. The two other
prises that compete with him were bred from the exhibitoes
ova stock, sad fed upon Walls ors Mama. The *neer
of the Prince, therefore, promise the inlemen of lime&
lag la two ways : it samereses, in the iltek plssy
thepreince of stock with a view et sollieg to intiadag add-
bites; sad in the next *mit odwaleise goaded= emenwal
those who towel sad Ma wade Ise the sake of prim. The
sake it Meek woe reshot brisk this swing, end nearly
al Moe eseeseated lots have been disposed of. The
Prime Caosort's stew, which takes the gold medal and
first prise of 261., has been sold to Mr. Penny, of Berkshire,
while his :eyed highnem's threolur old Devon, in the 2nd
oboes, le which is awerisi the silver medal and the
first pries of 261., has been secured by Mr. John
Petberfase. of Headagoofreet, Brunswick-square. Mr.

Jaw le again a brie pwroharer of besets and shop,
baslaillag areoral of the maw pair. Mr. X.*, of Pod-
digkeadreet, appears le he the basest ham of Mew*
Dowse ; eaccopt Ifs pordwime ere all the Dub
of Meliorate pew, whist tangelos the first mad
second prima The Lai yen it Laarbers widelt br env
been exhibited, and to whist Is strudel the gold ameba end
tint prime of M., ware copeatedly bid tor, but tuanined
most whoa war report lA. The pen of pigs whkh bone
the great fringe el Fortino part of the allow, and which be.
carried to Likeilisaids• the gold medal sad OM prise
of 241. hea been pwricaled by Yr. 8. blather, heron feeler,

At one o'clock the annual meeting of the membirs
of the Smithfield Club wee held within the building,
for the dispatch of the usual routine business of the
club ; when that was disposed of the member, proceeded to
consider the propriety of appofniing • rub-committee to
inquire into the precticabfilty of procuring • better and
more oommodions Owe for the Smithfield Clab to hold their
annual ultibittam, and report the result of their inquiries to
the next general meeting ; also, to (moult with Mr. Soul-
note relative to raising the price of admisesion on the first
day of the show."
The =peewee of to-day will furnish the member, with
cogent arguments in favour of some change. The heat of
the banding wee intoltrable, and many of the visitors bring-
ing with them the recollections of Hingley Hall, made the
dikela of the pima the mote apparent.