The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-10 00:00:00

The Smithfield Club Cattle Show.

Notwithstanding the extremely unfavourable state
of the weather yesterday, the Agricultural-hall at
Islington was well filled, and it is believed that a
larger number of visitors attended than on the pre-
vious day. The sale of prize stock was tolerably
brisk, considering that so large a portion had been
sold on Tuesday, but the " commended" and " highly
commended" stock had mostly changed owners.
Sales were no doubt stimulated by the offer on the
part of the Club of a silver cup to the butcher who
should make the largest purchases, exclusive of the
extra stock.
The following is a list of the sales effected, in ad•
dition to those which appeared in Ihe Sun of yes-
terday :
In class 1, Devons, No. 1, the winner of the third
prize, had been sold to Mr. Hull, of Kensal-green.
In class 5, Hereford steers, under three years, No.
35, the winner of the first prize (exhibited by Major
General the Hon. A. N. Hood, and bred at the late
Prince Consort's farm, Windsor Park), bad been
sold to Messrs. W. and A. Waldham, of Torquay.
In class 7, No. 58, the winner of the third prize
among the Hereford heifers, not exceeding four
years old, had been purchased by Mr. Shopland, of
Knightsbridge. In class 15, the winner of the second
prize, No. 136, had been sold to Mr. G. Wood, Ter-
minus-place, Eastbourne. In class 16, Norfolk or Suf-
folk polled breed, the winner of the first prize, No.
149, had been sold to Mr. John Horwood, of Esher,
Surrey. In class 19, No. 159, the winner of the first
prize, among the long-horned heifers or cows of any
age, had been sold to Mr. J. Roberts, of Kenilworth.
In class 23, No. 182, the winner of the first prize,
had been sold to Mr, B. Smith, of King's-road,
Chelsea. In class 24, No. 184, the winner of the first
prize amoag Irish steers or oxen of any age, had
been sold to Mr. George Ball, of Norwich. In class
26, Welsh breed, No. 187, the winner of the second
prize, had been purchased by Mr. H. Squires, of
Watford. In class 27, Welsh heifers or cows of any
age, No. 190, the prize winner, had been purchased
by Mr. Parsons, of Leather-lane, Holborn. In class
28, No. 191, the winner of the second prize, had
been purchased by Mr. H. Edwards, of Tunbridge
Wells. In the extra stock, No. 33, prize winner
with silver medal among the shorthorns, had been
purchased by Mr. 11. Keehle, of the Lion-tavern,
New Cattle-market.

Among the sheep the following additional sales
had been made :—ln class 31, Leicesters, No. 248,
the pen winning the second prize, had been sold to
Mr. C. Harman, of 397, Hackney-road; and 247,
the pen winning the third prize, to Mr. W. Stepto,
of Walworth, In class 32, N 0.255, the pen winning
the second prize, had been sold to Mr. A. H. Jones,
of Tottenham-court-ro2d ; and No. 257, the pen
winning the third, to Mr. P. Jackson, of 6, White
Conduit-terrace, Islington. In class 40, Shropshire
fat wethers, No. 325, the winners of the first prize,
had been sold to Mr. Swann, of 78, High-street,
Hoxton. In class 45, cross bred, short woolled fat
wether, No. 374, the pen winning the £2O silver
cup, as the best pea of Shropshire, Oxfordshire cross
or any other breed of sheep in any of the classes,
and likewise winning a first prize and silver medal,
had been sold to Messrs. Comfort, of 77, Farring-
don-street ; and the second prize pen, No. 382, to
Messrs. Brown and Davis, of Bedford. In class 46,
cross breds, No. 385, the pen winning the first prize,
had been sold to Mr. G. Pope. Among the extra
stock of cross breds, No. 388, the sheep winning the
silver medal had been sold to Mr. Tyrrell, of the
New-road, Hammersmith. Mr. King, a large buyer,
wbo was stated to be of Farringdon•street, resides
in Paddington-street, Marylebone.
Among the pigs the following further sales had
been effected :—ln class 48, No. 415, the first prize
pen of pigs, not exceeding eight months, had been
sold to Messrs. Watling and Son, Pimlico. In Class
50, No. 433, the second prize pen, had been sold to
Mr. F. Robinson, of 246, Westminster-bridge-road.

Last evening the annual dinner of the Smithfield
Club was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, the Right
Ron. Lord Walsingham presiding. There were also
present Lord Feversham (president of the Royal
Agricultural Society), Lord Berners. Lord Trede-
gar, Sir J. H. Maxwell, Col. Fane, M.P., Mr. Hum"
phery Brandreth, Professor Simonds, Mr. Fisher
Hobbs, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Col. Green, Mr. C.
Stokes, Mr. W. Torr, and other persons of note as
agriculturists. The company was not so numerous
as in former years, though the club was never more
wealthy or prosperous than at present, and the ab-
sence of exhibitors, especially the most of those who
had gained prizes, was a subject of comment in the
course of the evening.
On the removal of the cloth,
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the toast of " The
Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and the rest
of the Royal Family," took occasion to say how
much the members of the club had been gratified by
the visit of the Prince at the opening of the
exhibi-
tion in the Agricultural-hall on Monday, and by the
y the
keen interest which his Royal Highness had
taken
in his own
in the show. He hoped that some day his
Highness would become an exhibitor Royal
Club,"o
person, no w that he had an estate of his own, and
that he had been enrolled a
member of the club.
and of Viliehghe said he
Later in the evening, the
0
\JUArtMAN gave " Suc-
cessb ad long
to the
been Smithfield
a
member,
exhi-
bitor atlits annual gatherings, late years an
the members on the complete He congratulated
of this year--the entries havingsuccess of the show
numerous than usual, and the
been more
the beauty and quality
of the animals exhibited fully up to an average.
The growing
interest taken in the proceedings of
agricultural societies was a source of gratification
motel.
Pros,
On this occasion they had had
Royal and noble
most was the visitors, but what had pleased him
unusually great influx of p2ople of all
classes rushir.n to behold and admire their exhibi-
tion. (Hear, hear.) These were signs of progress
in the ri •
ght direction, added to which was the fact
that, for the first time, the club was now managed
by a council appointed by the members in general,
He trusted that the new constitution would be found
to work satisfactorily, though it was remarkable
that the first effect of the introduction of the ballot
had been to exclude from the council, for two years
at least, many of the best end mst useful
esmen,
malts
those who had taken the greatesttest interest
rproceedings from the first. Without expressing
any opinion of his own upon the subj,.ct, he thought
it woulq be well for the members to consider
whether that was likely to tend to the wLlfare of
the club, though he must admit, that it might be of
great advantage to infuse new blood into its govc.rn-
meut. Ho understood that the club had
becomeso
rich that it was at a loss liuw to spend its money,

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proposed in future hi...,,0cr44,=73-il-iy.
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(A laugh.) The 'Coupcil,. however, in orde „,.:1!,* •75-,;te.- ),;.•.:,•
viate the dilficulty,,
said his lord -
larger pretn,ums, and more of them, to exhieiitglid.A.:,<erl
Lord FEVEIs. SHAM, in proeveing "The health 114 '1 s
the Chairmar"
as to obtain the silver •
ship had been so I:,rtunate'
Lord I"Yalkimgham),
cup for the best ren (he,' Soutliu,'°wn 61-leel), and that;
was a department of the show' •in which on loaner
,
occasions he had been eminently L uccessful, so that
he now bid fair to rival in that reek ect the fame of
the Duke of Richmond, Mr. Rigoden, , and the late
Mr. Jonas Webb. (Hear, hear.)
The toast Was drunk with acclamation,
The CHAIRMAN explained that he i'w.gmt °l.lgi-
Daily with a very moderate flock of South a, IwnE, his
prime obj.2et being to raise good mutton, ha,i'he was
afterwards tempted to exhibit, first at the mt. 'etings
of local societits, and then at the annual ahoy .'3 of
the Suniftfif)ld Club.

Lord 13EnatEns, in speaking
eltt: aueivbstaeie: nafplet,r.(ilyr:(s,er;trn:;esi
efi°'sriunoineo,ea I,r2.tath'n:l,ec; itCl .h;:t}tnl t °Wt.; nelaa,csgi rolent rt;ti tiY.ralnr: ceSta :bat( )intiLa'':::
wd
ienl at.
c
t ray
to increase them still more next year. 1
some length on the encouragement whic,..
was now
given to steam caltivation, and upon
its greater
efficiency and economy, compared with
modes, provided due regard w.as had to the extent
of farms and to the quality. of th e soil in regniu, i
kt:lg
the depth of drains, and in the nA° of implements.
The CHAIRMAN stated, by waay of
tchoante,rawshtearseatso
the extent to which recourse was bet
ng had to steam
cultivation in Scotland and England,
he had heard that in a particular paris b. in England
three farmers had clubbed their funds together to
buy a steam cultivator, there were three steam cul-
tivators at work in a parish with which he was
acquainted in East Lothian. (A laugh.)
In Proposing
the toast of " The Labouring Classes," he said what-
ever might be the improvements in agriculture, there
must always be a large number of men engaged in
cultivating the soil. "The poor they
had always
with them ;" but cultivation by machinery had been
attended with these, among other advantages, that
it raised up a class of men from among those en-
gaged in digging the land who were able to take
the place of engineers and workers of machinery ;
andrd that wherever machinery had been largely in-
t uced it had resulted in improving the physical
condition of the labouring classes. All that, he
said, wax now being well understood even by the
classes who had been ever the most prone to regard
the use of machinery with jealousy; and he con-
trasted the prevailing feeling upon the subject with
that which led to the deplorable agrarian outrages
in the southern and south-western counties of Eng-
land many years ago on the introduction of the
threshing machine.

Lord FEVERSIIAM, in respo ndig to the toast of
s
"The Royal agricultural
society,"
u Royal
ion from
oya High-
with which his
name had been connected as President, stilted that
he had that very day received a co
to piell
General Knollys intimating that his
ness the Prince of Wales had been pleased
Ro3.3ai
A
be-
come a governor of that society.
cultural Society, he said, had now a greater' nEil:
ber of members than at any former period. .It ex..
cited universal interest, and had not only itself
tended directly to the improvement of agricul, ',ore,
but still more by calling into existence a number
of kindred societies throughout the country.
It was stated in the course of the proceedings
that Lord Tredegar had been chosen. President of,
the club for the ensuing y ear,and that Lord Spencer
was the President elect for the following one.
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T.IFEB‘OAT SERVICES.—During the recent
14 heavy yales some of the boats of the Royal National
Lifeboat Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the
crews of the scllowing wrecked vessels :—Schooner Theophi-
Ins, of Aberd,e'n, 5 men ; barque Tamworth, of Noay, 17
St.
;
schooner Nortliern Lights, of Preston, ; pilot borwat, of
Ives, 7 ; schoonwr Anon, of Workington, 4; schooner Gipsy,
of Drogheda, 4;: smack Saucy Jack, of Inverness, 1; barque
Marietta, of Lisbon, 1; fishing boat, of Filet', 2 ; Tenby
fishing boat, 3; and barque Providence, of Dantzic,7. Total
lives saved, 55. The lit eboats also assistei in bringing safety
into port, with their crews, consisting of 29 men, the Italian
brig Cameglino.t he schooner Sir Colin Campbell, of Whitby,
the schooner Gm lie, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip
finale of
, of Am-
sterdam. The It:eboats also went off in reply to si
distress on fourte en occasions, but their services were n
ultimately require d. The amount of reward p tid for ailot
these services was £216.
The Committee of the Institution earnest y AP PEAL to the
public for ASSIST AN,E to enable them to meet the con-
tinued heavy dema Ids on the Society's 125 Web ,at est,ab-
lishments. Contributions are receivtd by all the Lon,.9n
and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Itichard LEWIS,
.Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, LondOn.

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ROYAL ENGLISH. OPERA,
cOV.ENT-GARDE'N.
Under the Manap•erient ot Miss Louisa Fyne and
Mr. W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING, for the 16th time, Balfe's new Opera,
BLANCH hi DE _SEVERS : Miss Louisa L'yne, Miss Aana
Riles, Miss Emma Heywood ; Messrs. W.
H. Weiss, EL Corti
A. Cook, A. t. Albyn, C. L,ll, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison.
'L)"`11,
To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESERT
FLOWER..

Conductor, Tgr. A. ➢lellon.
Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven.

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II- --Ma-RE
nA'nt
ao-ra. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
EVENING.
her Majesty's Servants will perform
Tfri:-.'
the Farce °t BEAUTY. OR TEE BEAST. Principal cha-
racters ,!-)sr Alessrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer,
IV
and G.
,eston; 3lrs Edmund Falconer and Miss ti. Leclerq.
At er vr • R
'itch Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFED.
. srs. r helps, P
me d Rayner, eagreson, Ward, Spencer ;
,y er, M
int:s Eburne. Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E.
Falconer. 19 ocalists-3liss Poole, Miss titter, Miss Cicely
Noti, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift.
Followed by MY ,TUART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS:
characters by Mr. J. Neville, Mr.;G. Weston, Mr. Warde,
3lr. J. Marrcs ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss liarlieur.

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET._
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, USED UP. Messrs. C. Mathews,
Howe, Rogers, Braid, Clark, Cullenford, &c. ; Mesdames
Angel, Ivitzwilliam, &c.
Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles
Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, &e. ; Mesdames C. Mathews,
L Keeley. Griffith, &c.
With COOL AS A CUCUMBER,. Mr. C. Mathews.
And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
BEL MAGNI() (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated
Every Evening until further notice.
THIS EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled
UNCLE BABY: Mess's. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles ;
Miss P. Leclercq, and Carlotta Leclercq.
After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEHONIO, a Love
Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian
Chronicle," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac-
ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charlee,
Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, Mrs.
Ice, and Miss Eleworthy.
Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7.

LEA H.-EVERY NIGHT.

ISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING,
the 61st appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss
BA.TEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of
the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso-
nation of the pritcipal character in the new Five Act Drama
of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webste, begs to announce
that it will be performed EVERY EVENING, until further
notice.

'Kr EW THE ATRE-RO Y. AL, ADELP Hl.
Sole Pronri.tor and Manaaor, Mr. R. Webater.
T.'IIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN : Mrs.
S tiriing.
9tB, the New Drama of LEAH.: Bth wee,: of Miss Bate-
man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling% R. Phillips, Bil-
lincrton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and
llrs. Billington.

To conclude wish THE IRISH TIGER : Miss K. Kelly
And Mr. btephenson.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanboroug,h.
'IIIIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo.
Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss
.Manders.
Followed by (15th time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The
Re.-urn of Ulysses. Messrs. _homey and Fenton ; Mesdames
Swanborough and Simpson.
Atter which, MY NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE.
Manageress, Miss Marriott.
THIS EVENING, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL :
Mesrs. H. Marston, E. Phelps, D. H. Jones, Bennett,
Brooke, Denial, Miss Marriott, and Mrs. Wallis.
To conclude with THE BRIGAND: Mr. D. H. Jones, Miss
Mandlebert.