The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-09 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SBOW.

DINNER OF THE CLUB.
The annual dinner of the members of the club took
place last night at the Freemason's Tavern, his Grace
the Duke of Richmond in the chair. Among the com-
pany, which was more numerous than on any previous
occasion' we noticed :—Lord Bemers, Mr. Pusey, V.P.,
Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., Mr. Raymond Barker, Mr.
Wilson, Mr. Brandreth, Mr. R. W. Baker, Mr. B.
Stanhope, M.P., Mr. Milwal, Mr. F. Hobbs, Professor
Simonds, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs (honorary secretary),
Mr. Buckley," Mr. Loft, Mr. T. Davy, Mr. Clayden,
Mr. Jones Webb, Mr. Drewel, Mr. R. Smith, Mr. Over-
man, Mr. Hope, Mr. R. Stratton, &c.
The usual loyal and national toasts having been dis-
posed of,
The Duke of RICHMOND proposed the toast of "Suc-
cess to the Smithfield Club Cattle Show."
The toast was drank with the greatest enthusiasm.
Lord BERNERS then proposed "The health of the
noble President," who, throughout all the changes which
had taken place in Governments and in public opinion,
still retained an enduring place in the hearts of the far-
mers of England.
The toast was drank with three times three.
The Duke of RICHMOND acknowledged the reception
given to the toast.
Other toasts of a personal nature were next disposed
of ; after which,
The Duke of RICHMOND proposed " Success to the
Royal Agricultural Society of England."
The toast was drunk with three times three, Mr.
BARKER,' one of the vice-presidents, responding to it.
The Duke of RICHMOND then proposed the last toast,
which was, 'f The' Prosperity of the Labouring Classes."
All persoan present, he said, must feel deeply the im-
portance of having labourers on their farms who felt an
interest in the welfare of their employers. Though, from
their station and grade in life, labourers were too often
placed in a position in bad years of not being able to get
a fair day's wages for a fair day's work, he was happy to
say that that was seldom the case in this country, for the
occupiers of land in England had everywhere shown
themselves the best and fastest friends of the labouring
community. There was not one present who was not
fully aware of the kindness of the farmer to the labourer
and his family, when they were in sickness and tem-
porary distress. (Cheers.) He believed that the labour-
ing classes were sound—(cheers)—that they looked up to
their employers as their best friends, and he felt that in
any meeting such as the present, or in any meeting of the
tenantry and landowners of England, they ought to drink
prosperity to the labouring classes. (Cheers.) They
were the strength and sinew of our land, and if ever—
which God forbid—they should be called upon to engage
the enemy, where were they to look for men to man
their ships and recruits for our army, but to the sturdy
yeomanry of England. (Cheers.) Give him disciplined
English labourers, and he feared not the conflict with
any men. He had had some little knowledge of the
value of the labouring classes of this country in this
respect. rn times long gone by, when a boy of 18 years
of age, it was his honour to be, under the late Duke of
Wellington, in the Peninsular war. There he had often
met with British troops recruited from the labouring
classes, and had seen them cheerfully—aye, and ener-
getically too—hazard their lives in the protection of the
officers placed over them. (Cheers.) He felt justly
proud of the agricultural labourers of this country, and
he believed there was not a farmer who would not
cheerfully, not only drink to their prosperity, but do his
utmost to promote their welfare. (Cheers.) If the
landlords, tenants, and labourers would acknowledge
that their interests were one and the same, and cordially
pull together in one direction, he should like to see the
people that would dare to stand up against this country,
(Cheers.)
The toast was drank with three times three.
Colonel SIBTHORP, M.P., was called upon to reply.
The gallant colonel stated that he had repeatedly ob-
served the indefatigable exertions of the labouring
classes both at home and abroad ; and that although not
now employed in the active service of the army, he was
proud that he had been called upon to act as colonel in a
regiment of militia, composed principally of agricultural
labourers. He had the utmost confidence in them, and
could hardly help wishing that the time would come
when the foreigners would attempt to invade this
country, for if they dared to do so they would get that
which would teach them a lesson which they, perhaps,
little expected, and would prevent them from ever again'
insulting this country in the manner in which they had
presumed to do. (Cheers.) His desire was to live and die
an honest man, and to do his duty in whatever situation
he might be placed, with all faithfulness and independ-
ence, asking no favour of any man, nor compromising
his own character, or those who sent him to the House
of Commons. (Cheers).
The company then separated shortly afternine o'clock.
It is but just to state that the dinner and wines supplied
were of the highest character, and that every arrange
ment was made to conduce to the comfort of the COTI
pany,

THE SUPPLY OF COALS IN NORTH WALES.—The un.
precedented and extraordinary wetness of the season,
which still continues, has told upon the supply, of coal.
It has risen in price, and the supply is quite fna;dequate
to the demand. For a long time past; owing-to, the
activity of manufacturers of every kind, the colliers of
North Wales have had great difficulty in meeting the
requirements of the customers, and for the most part they
have only been enabled to fulfil orders by instalments.
For the last year there has been no such thing known
as a stock of coals at the pit's mouth. At present the
collieries are filled with water, and the works are gene-
rally suspended on that account, all available power,
being applied to emptying the pits. We learn that • thO.s scarcity of coal has had an unfavourable effect upon the'
shipping in the Dm—Mester Chronicle.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT. NEWCASTLE, DEC. 7. —An
inquest was held this evening at the Star Hotel, before
Mr. J. G. Stoker, on the body of William Glover.
From the evidence it appeared that the deceased, a
Joiner, occupied a room at the top of a house in Northum-
berland-court. At nine o'clock on Monday evening,
the report of a pistol was heard from his room, and the
'neighbours, on proceeding to the spot, found him lying
outside his door. He breathed but a few seconds after
t.heir arrival. The circumstances under which the
liceeased came to his end were most remarkable. He
." aa been annoyed by repeated robberies, and some weeks
;6.4.911aced a loaded gun in his room, the trigger of which
}he: some way connected with the door, which, when
he 4
abbzent, was always locked. By some contrivance
an;vasperso! t.. 0 disconnect the cord before entering, while
enter woadlgrnerant of the contrivance attempting to
occasion, it weoce,ive the discharge of the gun. On one
against thieves, he appear, forgetful of his precaution
connecting the cord" lad attempted to enter without dis-
slightly wounded in the gun had exploded, and he was
fortybn:e gun
dent, he had continued 'llegs. Undeterred by this acci-
pisti,rution, slightly varied by
the substitution of a
of the muzzle. From the
e of all further evidence,
, and the elevation
there can be no doubt thaste
unmindful of his foolish estwraUtagagain entering his
room,
, the
and received
the contents of the loaded pistol deathen;
corThoneerjurrYe-
returned a verdict of accidental heart'
marking on the folly of such dangerous preca t"
PROSPERITY OF THE LABOURING CLASSUEr.IIB.A, n
'proof of the continued prosperity of the labouring la— -
(notwithstanding this town and neighbourhoodeuefasee;4l
severely during the late unfortunate engineers' strike)
ofl
this town, we may mention that the deposits
made at
the Greenwich Savings bank last week exceeded 1,100/.
This is by far the largest sum deposited in any one week
since the establishment of the bank, and indisputably
shows that the effects of the mechanics' institutes and
other causes have been the means of directing the artisan
and labourer to the necessity of raising himself in the
scale of • • •
eivllization by means of frugality
when work on
WI sides •
the
bundant. Nor is this the most gratifying
token of
elevat.of it must be borne
$ in mind that, ind lon the masses, for
are
nearly a dozen buejldei.ident of the savings-bank, there
mg societies in the neighbourhood,
whose receipts exceed above 4,0001. each week. With
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distress NO •
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The show was yesterday visited by large numbers of
persons, the great majority of whom were from the
country. There was a considerable number of the fair
sex present. The sale of live stock has been carried on
to a great extent, and the animals have realised in some
instances very high prices. A larger proportion of the
pigs are sold than of either cattle or sheep. Mr. Sad-
ler's immense Berkshire pig, veighing upwards of 9001bs:,
has found a purchaser for the sum of 161. The yard
adjoining the premises was visited in the course of the
day by numerousscientific and practical agriculturists,
the source of attraction being a number of portable
steam-engines, at work, by the most eminent makers,
including Messrs. Garret and Son, Messrs. Tuxford and
Sons, Mr. Hornsby, and Mr. Buller. The engine of
Messrs. Garret and Son was shown in connection
with their very complete threshing machine. The
engine of Mr. Buller was also shown driving a
threshing machine. The engine, however, of Messrs.
Tuxford and Sons excited the greatest amount of
attention and interest. The advantages of the portable
housed engines of this firm are self-evident, and the num-
ber of them which has been made by the firm, proves
that they are duly appreciated. At the late Great Ex-
hibition, this engine was selected by the engineers of the
French and Prussian Governments as the best shown,
and two of them were purchased for deposit—one in the
Conservatoire des Arts et M6tiers, and the other in the
Museum of the Royal Society at Magdeburg. The
working parts of the engine are effectually protected
when at work from the destructive grit and dust especi-
ally given out in most agricultural operations. They are
secured from the weather at all times ; and from any in-
terference with their working parts, being under lock
and key. They may be managed by any ordinary farm
labourer, with a few days' instruction. They have
up-
right cylinders, this, it is contended, being the best posi-
tion to ensure the cylinders not wearing oval, as is the
case with the horizontal cylinder. The " governors "of
the engine act in a very simple and effective manner di-
rect upon the throttle valve, and from their arrangement,
cannot well be put out of order. The boiler is made
of Low-moor iron, and has water-space flues leading
from the fire-box and returning through lap-welded
iron tubes, thus avoiding immediate contact of the
tubes with the fire. The total weight of a six-
horse engine, mounted on four wheels, is but 45 cwt. ;
the consumption of coal does not exceed the extraordi-
nary low amount of 4 cwt. per day of ten hours. Every
precaution is adopted, by means of " spark traps," to
avoid accidents arising from flying sparks. Few
questions are of greater interest to the agriculturist
than the application, in as simple and as economical a
manner as possible, of steam power to the varied opera-
tions of the farm ; and it is pleasing to find the energies
of the most eminent agricultural machinists devoted so
strenuously to the subject.