The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-19 00:00:00

SCQREB.

Points.
Hon. Member A. Ashton, Liverpool, R.B. .. 20
Lieut. Hawker, Middlesex r 2O
J. Baker, Ist Glasgow 2O
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Colin Ross
19
IL S. Ross, Kincardino
Count do Gondre, Swiss .................. 19
G. G. Peterkin, 45th Foot ................ 19
19
Jeffery, Ist Edinburgh ..................
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Captain A. IL Gregg, 27th Cheshire ........19
Lieut.-Col. Ilalford, Leicester .............. 19
9
Corporal J. A. Suter, Ist Hereford ... .
hester.......
Hon. Member M. F. Martin, 3d Manchester.. 19
Sergeant Clutterbuck, 6th Gloucester ..
19
E. Ross, Cambridge University 19
Master of Lovat ..................

GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES.--The new Act on
Government Annuities was issued yesterday. Annuities
may now be granted to £5O, and may be paid for in smaller
instalments and at shorter periods than hitherto. An as-
surance on death is not to be entered into for more than
£lOO or less than £2O. The Act is not to come into force
until two in pursuanoe thereof can be legally thaws up,

NEWCASTLE-ON- TYNE,--Monday,
A splendid day has drawn a large number of
visitors, including many ladies, though the admise
sion fee is half-a-sovereign ; evidently, public judge
ing of the live stock and free admittance to mem-
bers is working well for the funds of the Society.
To day the implement stands are passed by; the
company flocking to the long lines of shedding,
where
.the prize tickets are being nailed up over
stalls and pens, and critics assemble around the
winnirg beasts and sheep. The main points of
attraction have been the Judges' ring ; and Messrs.
Wiley, Parkinson, and Robinson received specially
naerked attention throughout all their arduous exe
aminetion of the Shorthorns. The show of this
breed is extraordinary both for numbers and quality.
There are no less than 175 entries, and for general
excellence altogether an unparalleled competition.
In the eged buil cless, Mr. Amos Cruickshank, of
Sittytan, Aberdeenshire, wins the first prize with
his hull Forth, which was the winner et the High-
land Society's meeting at lick° ; and Viscount
Strathallan, of Auchterardor, Perthshire, takes the
second place with his Fusco. Mr. Cruickehank's
is a magnificent beast, with a wonderful back and
hips, a good bead, and a fine coat. The judges were
a long time over the 14 2-yr-old bulls, the final
competition lying between Mr. Eastwood's The
Hero, Mr. Peel's Abbot of Knowlemere, Mr. Gell's
Master Goldschmidt and Royal Butterfly 11 of Mr.
W. Stirliug, of Dunblane, Perthshire, which care
tied off the first prize. This bull was the first at
Worcester last year. Mr. Peel's second prize bull
is straight, and good in the fore quarter, but hie
colour is not a good roan. Scotland is taking away
many of the honours; but in this class the winning
bull is of Colonel Towneley's breed. The class of
yearling bulls is very well filled, and among the
bull calves are several of superb character. We
have never before had anything like so large and
fine a show of shorthorn cows, heifers, and heifer
calves, and the awards must necessarily be made too
late in the day for announcement in the present
report.

Messrs. Franklin, Keary, and Gough had lighter
work with the Herefords; but the show is ex—
tremely good, considering their long distance from
home. Mr. Taylor's prize bull was third at Batter.
sea meeting, and first at Worcester last year. Mr.
Baldwin's prize two-year-old was first at Battersea
meeting, and second at Worcester. Mr. Duckham
wins in the yearling class, beating Mr. Wright,
whose second prize bull was second as a calf last
year.

Mr Baldwin's prize heifer was second at Wor-
cester last year, and the prize yearling heifer of
the same breeder was first on the same occasion.
This affords an indication of the high character of
the present show.

Among Devons, Mr. W. Farthing, Major-Geteral
Hoste (with a bull and a heifer from the Rcyal
farms), Mr. George Turner, and Mr. A. Smith are
the prize-takers. The show is small, but of average
excellence,

This is the first year of the classes for Scotch
cattle, and probably the fact had not been well
advertised in North Britain—but still the show is
full and creditable, The black gems in this depart-
ment are the animals of Mr. M'Combie of Tillyfour,
Aberdeen, one of the polled cows having been the
winner at Battersea. The Newcastle local prizes
for Galloways have also brought a good competition.
The Leicester sheep are in great force. Mr Barton,
Mr Pawlet, and Mr Cresswell are the prizs-:-.,3kers•

The Cotswolds are not very numerous, but Bomb
grand specimens are exhibited, Mr Beale Brown.
and Mr Lane showing sheep of great merit.
The Oxfordshire Downs make a large and fine
class ; Mr George Wallis, of Farringdon, clearing
off all the prizes ; and yet Mr 1)r ace and Mr Chas.
Howard have some good pens in competition.
The South Downs are a good show, though not
numerous, so far from their native haunts. Lord
Walsingham has come with no fewer than 12 sheave
ling rams, taking first and second prizes ; and also
prizes for ewes. Mr. Rigden takes third place is
the shearling ram class, and the Duke of Richmond
and Sir Thomas Leonard are nowhere.

The Shropshires also show exceedingly well;
and the Cheviots, Blackfaces, and Herdwicks make
up a very interesting feature of the meeting.
The horse ring, a large oval space roped in and
surrounded by horseboxes, has boon en exciting
CL 6 morning.
The show is small, ttioukch in point of q...1;+37 it
stands well. The thoroughbreds are fairly repre-
sented. The stud horses number 10—Littlecote,
Gamester, who won the St. Luger, Carbineer, Lay.
ton, Laughing-stock, with fine action, Buccaneer,
Cavendish, the mast perfect animal in the yard for
power, quality, and style, Lord Chesterfield, Sir W.
Scott, and Schuloft, Action settled the day in
favour of Messrs. Moffitt's Laughing-stock (who
wins the £lOO prize), who may be supposed to be
more lively on his legs at 5 years of age than
Cavendish (who takes the £25) or Gamester at 8.
The hunter class is the speciality of the show. The
5,6, and 4 year old classes of mares or geldings are
well sustained, and the adjudications seem to win.
the appreciation of all save the undistinguished
exhibitors. There is clearly a leaning to more bone,
and the judges have in view the production of horses
up to weight:
While the steam-plough trials have been going
on (and they are not yet completed) the competition
of horse-ploughs has attracted great interest—the
picked ploughmen of all England (some of them.
with fancy teams well up in premium :ploughing,
brought all the way from Suffolk and Bedfords
shire) executing their score of furnws, which are
to settle the championship among the polished
mouldboards and blue beams and handles for three
years to come. Out of the large number of exhis
bitors in the field, the contest was close between
the great firms, Messrs. Howard, of Bedford,
and Messrs Ransoms and Sims, of Ipswich ; Busby,
Hunt and Pickering, and one or two others coming
up as good thirds and fourths. In ploughing Sin.
to 10in. deep, in light or stiff soil, we do not per-
ceive any marked progress since the Warwick meets
ing; and there are few improvements in details of
the now perfected plough, by way of simplification
or enhanced efficiency. It is very evident that local
and smaller makers are unable to produce such ex-
quisite workmanship in cast and wrought metal as
that sent out by the few great makers ; and whether
you prefer a solid beam from Bedford, or a trussed
beam from Ipswich, whether you choose to cut a fiat
and level furrow bottom orb sharp-angled furrow-
slice for the harrow, whether you seek a share to
pierce deeply into the subsoil, a ridge.ploughl a
for. H
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turawrest, and so on, you can be equallyjudwgeoelffsl
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plied—no matter if the manufacturer came
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or second at this triennial Derby. The
divided the £3O " for the class of wheel-ploughs as
100 to Messrs.
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their general purpose plough
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7heir heavy land plough. Mr. land plough;
land plough; and
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tall wins the prize of £lO for the subsoil plough;
and Messrs. Hunt and Pickering the prize of £lO
for their paring plough. Alessrs. J. and F. Howard
()win three high commendations for ploughs ;
Messrotansome and Sims one high commendation
for a PiGugh ; and a silver medal is awarded to
Messrs. Hancock for their pulverizer plough.
Grubbers and Cultivators preserve their old forms,
wiat here and there cui attempted improvement in
the leverage of lifting and lowering into work.
Coleman and Morton, Bentall, and Charles Clay are
still the great names in this valuable class of teed
chanism. Among clod crushers and rollers some
singularities of construction are visible. The Bever'
ley Iron Company have introduced new into
details i
the Crosskill clod crusher, making it both more
durable and effective.
The steam plough prizes will be published te.
morrow.

-
BREAKAGE IN THE CIIANNEL TELEGRAM
Csium—RAmsc ATE, July 37.—The Caroline, from Lon-
don, arrived here at 9
p.m. yesterday. having broken the
telegraph oable between Dover and Ostend, and sailed to,
day to pick it up,

BOAYL ITALIAN OPETR,A,I
Covent-garden.
Positively the Last Week but One.
Grattan',
)Idlle. Artot, Madame Didiee; Signor Attri, Signor
and Signor Mario.
THIS EVENING (Tuesday), July 10, will be performed
Gomod's opera, in five acts, FAUST E MARGIIEIIiT A.
Mar_ herita, Mdlle. Artot, her first appearance in that cha-
rs-ter ; Siebe', Madame Didiee ; 'Marta, Anese ;
V,letisto, e, Attri, his fl:st appearance in that character
in England; Valentino, Signor Graziani; Wagner, bignor
Tagliaftee; and Faust, Signor Mario.
ta.
Conductor, Mr. Cos
Commence at half past Eight.
Pit tieets, 7s. ; amphitheatre stags, 10s. ed., 78., and ss. ;
amphithelitre, 28. 6d. Boxes. stalls, and tickets may be had
at the box-office under the portico of the theatre,
ller whs' ich
and
is
open from ten to five, and at the principal musicse
librartans'.

ItOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy
0' Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray.
After which, the new p:ay by John Oxenford, Esq., THE
MONA.STEItY S JLS r : Messrs. Vining, IL Mars-
J. OF
W. Ray, /I. Mellon, W. Robins, Seyton,
J. Nelson,
c bapnasn ; Mrs. 11. Marston, and Mdile. Stella Lolas.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII.-
Bale Proprietor and Manivier, -Mr. B. Webster..
J. L.
THIS EVENING, SHAKSPERE'S PIM/SE. Mr
Toole, Mr. R. Phillips.
After which, JANET PRIDE
he son, Homer ; : Iffessrs. B. Websiss ter, J.
ar,
L.
Toole, P. Bedford, Stuart, Stepn M Woolg,
bliss Denman.
Followed by THE AREA BELLE, with a Norrible Tale
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, It. itomerMiss Woolgar, and
Mrs. H. Lewis.