The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-11 00:00:00

TALLOW.

A fair business is passing in tallow. The quotation for
P.Y.C. on the spot is 49s 6d to 49s 9d per cwt. Town
tallow is selling at 49s net cash ; rough fat, 2s 6d per 81bs
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Particulars. • - . A
1862. 1863. 1864. 1805.
Stock this day 56,449 70,101 61,500 51,885
Price of Y. 0.. _l4ss 6d to 40s 9d 41s Od 49s 6d to
—8 Od —s Od —s Od 49s 9d
Delivery last week 2,175 2,107 2,040 2,724
Ditto from June 1 45,735 39,959 47,090 62,196
Arrival last week 1,715 1,444 3,215 4,352
Ditto from June 1 63,875 70,213 65,468 81,598
Price of Town

THE CATTLE SHOW—This Day.

The great cattle show of the Smithfield Cattle
Club commenced to-day at the Agricultural Hall,
and, notwithstanding the many drawbacks, the
number and condition of the stock exhibited ap-
peared nearly up to the usual displays. The entries
last year were 532, this year they amounted to
453. The representatives of the press were con-
fined to the galleries, so that we are prescribed
from a detailed description of the beasts
that gained the highest honours. It is a
very curious circumstance that the great ox, be-
longing to Mr. Rowland Wood, of Northampton-
shire, which took the highest prize at the Birming-
ham Show, and which was exhibited at the Crystal
Palace on Saturday, was passed over by the judges
this morning without the slightest remark—not
even the compliment of commendation was
awarded it.
The following is a perfect list of the awards, as
far as they had proceeded up to the hour of going
to press.
CLASS I. Devon Steers, not exceeding two years and six
months old.—First prize of £2O to John Overman of Bun-
ham, Sutton. Silver medal to the breeder, Mrs. Clarke.
Second prize of £lO to Major-General Hood of Cumber-
land Lodge, Windsor.
CLASS 2. Devon Steers, not exceeding three years and
three months old.—First prize of £3O to John Overman of
Bunham, Sutton. Silver medal to the breeder, Mrs. Clarke.
Seeond prize of £2O to John Burton of Pennycott, Credi-
ton, Devon. Third prize of £lO to John Coate, Blandford,
Somerset. Commended, Wm. Smith of Higher Iloopern,
Essex, and Henry Frampton, Blandford.
CLASS 3. Devon Steers, or Oxen, above three years and
three months old.—First prize of £3O to Major-Gen. Hood,
Windsor. Silver medal to the breeder, do. Second prize
of £2O to William Heath, Sudham Hall, Norwich. Third
prize of £lO to Thomas Bond, Bridgewater, Somerset.
Highly commended, James Farquharson, Langton House,
Blandford. Commended, William Smith, Higher Hoopern,
Exeter.

CLASS 4. Devon Heifers, not exceeding four years old

First prize of £25 to Walter Farthing, Stovey Court, So•
mersetshire. Silver medal to the breeder, do. Second
prize of £l5 to John Walter of Bearwood, Berks. Third
prize of £lO to John Bloomfield, Warham, Norfolk. Com-
mended, William Smith, Higher Hoopern, Exeter.
Class 5. Devon Cows, above four years old.—First prize
of £25 to William Heck, Ludham Hall, Norwich. Silver
medal to the breeder, John Tapp, South Molton. Second
prize of £l5. to William Smith, Higher Hoopern, Exeter.
Third prize of £l5 to Walter Farthing, Stowey Court,
Somerset.

CLASS 6. Hereford Steers, not exceeding two years and
six months old.--First prize of £2O to Edward Tanner,
Hopton Castle, Salop. Silver Medal to the breeder, do.
Second prize of £lO to Henry Betteridge, East Hannay,
Berks.

CLASS 7. Hereford Steers, not exceeding three years
and three months old.—First prize of £3O to Lewis Loyd,
Monk's Orchard, Burry. Silver medal to the breeder,
George Pete, Chadnor Court. Second prize of £2O to
Robe.rt Wortley, Aylsham, Norfolk. Third prize of £lO
to the Earl of Darnley. Highly commended, Major G.
Hood, Windsor. Commended, James Marsh Read, Chel-
tenham.

CLASS 8. Hereford Steers, or Oxen, above three years
and three months old. First prize of £3O to William
Heath, Ludham Hall, Norwich. Silver medal to the
breeder, Lord Berwick (late.) Second prize of £2O to
Aaron Pike, Tewkesbury. Third prize of £lO to Robert
Wortley, ;Suffield Hall, Norfolk. Highly commended,
James Marsh, Cheltenham.

CLASS 9. Hereford Heifers, not exceeding four years old.
First prize of £25 to Thimas Jones, Shrewsbury. Silver
medal to the breeder, do. Second prize of £l5 to Thomas
Garrett, Shipston-on-Stowe, Warwick. Third prize of
£lO to Aaron Pike, Tewkesbury.
CLASS 10. Hereford Cows, above four years old. First
prize of £25 to Henry Betteridge, Wantage. Silver medal
to the breeder, Mrs. M. Coates. Second prize of £l5 to
Arthur James Hereford. Third prize of £lO to Rees
Williams, Bridgewater, Talgarth, Brecon.
Class 11. Short-horned Steers, not exceeding two years
and six months old.—First prize of £2O to James How,
Broughton, Huntingdon. Silver medal to the breeder,

ditto. Second prize of £lO to the Earl of Aylesford.
CLASS 12. Short-horned Steers, not exceeding three
years and three months old.—First prize of £3O to J. and
W. Martin, Aberdeen. Silver medal to the breeder, Alex.
Aiken, Aberdeen. Second prize of £2O to Henry Green-
way, ;Hambrook, Bristot Third prize of £lO to G. S.
Foijambe, Osberton Hall, Nottingham. Commended,
Francis Foster, Biggleswade.

CLASS 13. Short-horned Steers or Oxen, above three

years and six months old.—First prize of £3O to William
H. Bake; Cottesmore, Rutland. Silver medal to the
breeder, ditto. Second prize of £2O to Earl Spencer, Nor-
thampton. Third prize of £lO to Col. Pennant, M.P.,
Penrhyn Castle, Bangor.
CLASS 14. Short-horned Heifers, not exceeding four years
old.—First prize of £25 to the Earl of Radnor. Silver
medal to the breeder, ditto. Second prize of £l5 to the
Earl of Hardwicke. Third prize of £lO to Frederick Stone-
ham, Crayford, Kent.
CLASS 15. Short-horned Cows, above four years old.—
First prize of £25 to William Aldworth, Abingdon. Silver
medal to the breeder, Giles Brooks. Second Prize of £l5
to Ralph John Newton, Woodstock. Third prize of £lO to
John Lynn, Stroxton, Grantham.
CLASS 16. Sussex Steerf or Oxen, not exceeding 3 years

old.—First prize of £2O to J. E. Hoasman, Arundal. Silver
medal to the breeder, do. Second prize of „£lO to John
Napper, Horsham.
CLASS 17. Sussex Steers or Oxen, above 3 years old.—

First prize of £25 to Thomas Barton, Hurstgreon, Sussex.
Silver medal to the breeder, do. Second prize of £l5 to
Edward Cane, Lewes, Sussex. Third prize of £lO to John
Shoosmith, Lewes.
CLASS 18. Sussex Heifers, not exceeding 4 years old.—

First prize of £2O to John Shoosmith, Lewes. Silver
medal to the breeder, ditto. Second prize of £l5 to Lee
Steer°, Dorking.
CLASS 19. Sussex Cows, above 4 years old. —First prize
of £2O to John Ileaseman, Arundel ; silver modal to the
breeder, do. Second prize of £l5 to Win. Butting, 'West-
minster-place, Sussex.
CLASS 20. First prize of £l5 to Mrs. Bearo, North Wal-
sham, Norfolk ; silver medal to the breeder, Edmund
Beare.

CLASS 21. First prize of £l5 to Robert C. Cook, Suffolk ;
silver modal to the breeder, William Harvey. Second
prize, £lO, John Overman, Norfolk.

CLASS 22. First prize of £lO to R. Chapman, Warwick ;
silver medal to the breeder, John Godfrey
CLASS 35. Fat Wether Sheep of the Leicester breed, one
year old (under 23 months).—First prize of £2O, Lord
Berners. Siver medal to to the breeder, do. Second prize
of £l5, Francis Jordan, Driffield, Yorkshire. Third prize
of £5, William Brown, Holm, near Spalding, York.
CLASS 36. Fat Wether Sheep of the Leicester breed, one
year old (under 23 months), each sheep not to exceed 220
lbs. live weight.—First prize of £2O, Lord Berners. Silver
medal to the breeder, do. Second prize of £l5, Joseph
Newman, Bedford. Third prize of £5, Christopher Brad-
shaw, Oakham, Rutland.

CLASS 37. Fat Nether Sheep of the Cotswold breed, one
year old (under 23 months). First prize of £2O, Charles
Kearsey, Hereford. Silver medal to the breeder, do.
Second prize of £l5, John King Tombs, Sechlade, Glouces-

tershire. Third prize of £5, John Walter Beerwood.
CLASS 38. Fat Wethor Sheep of the Lincoln breed, ono
year old (under 23 months). First prize of £2O. Henry
Grantham, Lincoln. Silver modal to the breeder, do. Second
prize of £l5, John Edwards, Kimbolton. Third prize of

£5, William Greetham, Wragby, Lincoln.
CLASS 39. Fat wether sheep of the Kentish or Romney
Marsh, one year old (under 23 months).—First prize of
£l5 to James Newport, Ashford, Kent. Silver medal to
the breeder, W. Carter, Faversham. Second prize of £lO
to Sir C. Honeywood, Ashford.
CLASS 40. Fat wether long• woolled sheep, not being
Leicesters, Cotsmolds, Lincoln; or Kentish, one year old
(under 23 months).—First prize of £l5 to Joseph Newman,
Harrowden, Bedford. Silver modal to the breeder, Ricb.d.
Newman. Second prize of £lO to Frederick Street, liar-
rowden, Bedford.

CLASS 41. Fat wether sheep of the South-Down breed,
one year old (under 23 months).—First prize of £2O to
Lord Sondes. Silver medal to the breeder—ditto. Second
prize of .£lO to Lord Walsingham. Third prize to the Earl
of Radnor.

CLASS 42. Fat wother sheep of the South-Down breed,
one year old (under 23 months), each sheep not to exceed
2001bs live weight.—First prize of £l5 to Lord Walsing-
ham. Silver medal to the breeder—ditto. Second prize
of £lO to Hugh H. Penfold, Chichester. Third prize of
£5 to Duke of Richmond.

CLASS 43. Fat wether sheep, of the South-Down breed,
two years old (above 23 and under 35 months).—First
prize of £2O to the Earl of Radnor. Silver medal to the

brewder—ditto. Second prizo of £lO to Lord Walsingham•

Third prize of £5 to the Duke of Richmond.
ULAss 44. Fat Wother Sheep of the Hampshire: or Wilt-
shire Down breed, 1 year old (under 23 months).—First
prize of £2O to W. Bennett, Salisbury. Silver medal to
the breeder, ditto. Second prizo of £l5 to Wm. B. Can-
ning, Devizes. Third prize of £5 to R. Russell, Dartford.
CLASS 46. Fat Nether Shoop of the Oxfordshire breed,
1 year old (under 23 months).—First prize of £2O to the
Duko of Marlborough. Silver medal to the breeder, ditto.
Second prize of £l5 to Samuel Druce, Eynsham, Oxford-
shire. Third prize of £5 to Thomas James, Bedford.
CLASS 52. Pigs of any kind, not exceeding G months old.
—First prize of £l5 to John Underwood, Oundle. Silver
medal to the breeder, ditto. Second prize of £lO to John
Lynn, Stroxton, Grantham. Third prize of £5 to Chriso-
pher Pattie, Wiseton Grange, Bawtry.
CLASS 53. Pigs of any breed, above 6 and not exceeding
9 months old.—First prize of £l5 to John Saunders, Bland-
ford. Silver medal to the breeder, ditto. Second prize to
John Kent, Goodwood. Third prize of £3 to Joint Coate,
Blaudaord.

CLASS 54. Pigs of any breed, above 9 and not exceeding
12 'months old.—First prize of £l5 to R. B. Cartwright,
Silver medal to the breeder, ditto. Second prize of £lO to
J. K. Tomb; Lechlade. Third prize of £5 to:l.John Lynn,
Stroxton.

CLASS 55. Pigs of any breed, above 12 and under 18
months old—First prize of £l5 to the Earl of Radnor.
Silver medal to the breeder, ditto. Second prize of £lO to
John Kent, Goodwood. Third prize of £5 to John Under-
wood, Oundle.

[We shall give the complete list in our late edition.]

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS DAY.

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
7to 2 agst Lord Lyon (offered)
• 4to 1 agst Student (taken)
DERBY.
15 to 2 agst Lord Lyon (offered)
Bto 1 agst Rustic (taken)
22 to 1 agst Auguste (offered)
28 to 1 agst Blue Riband (offered)
33 to 1 agst Stabber (taken)
50 to 1 agst Magician (offered-6G to 1 taken)

BATTLE OP TOULOUSE.
WAS WELLINGTON OR SOULT MOST TO BLAME FOR
THE UNNECESSARY EFFUSION OF BLOOD IN THAT
BATTLE, THE WAR HAVING BEEN VIRTUALLY AT
AN END ?

(From the last number of ;Votes and Queries.)

In reply to an inquiry under the above heading,
in a recent number of Notes and Queries, as to how
Lord Wellington could justify Soult for having
caused that sanguinary battle, I stated that Lord
Wellington was most to blame, having been the
aggressor, and aware that the allied Sovereigns had
been then in Paris for about a fortnight, and that
they had declared Napoleon dethroned and Louis
XVIII. Sovereign of France, the war ought there-
fore to have been considered as virtually at an end,
this proclamation of the Allied Sovereigns from the
capital of France having been regarded in the same
light as if Napoleon had actually abdicated.
There were various replies in Notes and Queries
which I did not consider deserving of notice, as they
were from anonymous writers, and did not question
the correctness of my facts, but clung to the fact,
that as the official notification of the abdication of
Napoleon had not reached the hostile armies, then.
preparing for battle at Toulouse, this proclamation
was undeserving of notice and the thousands of lives
thus sacrificed justifiable.

I find, however, in a recent number of that
•publication, a letter from Col. Ponsonby of the
Guards, containing an extract from the papers of
his father, the late Sir Frederick Ponsonby, in which
it was stated " That he was the first who brought
the intelligence of Napoleon's abdication to Lord
Wellington, having preceded by some hours from
Bordeaux Colonels Cooke and St. Simon, who were
bearers of the official despatches to that effect."

This extract from the papers of so distinguished
an officer as Sir Frederick Ponsonby I consider de-
serving of notice, so far as regards my confirmation
of all the facts therein contained, submitting at the
same time that such facts do not at all disturb my
views of the case—namely, that Lord Wellington
having been aware of the proclamation, already al-
luded to, of the Allied Sovereigns as to the down-
fall of Napoleon, and the succession of Louis XVIII.,
ought to have considered the war as much at an end
as when Napoleon was forced to abdicate, and that
consequently the loss of life in that battle was un-

necessary, it being improbable, if not impossible,
after the destruction of the French army in the
Russian campaign, and the invasion of France by
the Allied Powers of Europe, north and south, the
declarations in favour of Louis XVIII., and the
general outcry for a termination of the war at Bor-
deaux and other cities and towns, that Napoleon
could continue to govern that country.
Even Napier, the historian of that war, whoi
generally supported Wellington, admits this to have
been " an unnecessary spilling of blood," one re-.
giment alone, the gallant 42d, having lost four-
fifths of their number in their endeavour to retain
one of Soult's fortified heights, after being over-
powered by numbers until supported by the 71st
and 91st Regiment, which were also reduced to what
he termed an extended line of skirmishers compared
to what they had been in close contact at the com-
mencement of that sanguinary conflict—a conflict

(in which, as I commanded a regiment, and was one
of the sufferers from a musket ball that has never
been extracted) I am not likely to forget—which,
must justify my having a perfect recollection of all
the facts connected with it, and my defence of Soult
from the blame which has been cast upon him when
he was not the aggressor, having only defended him-.
self when attacked. His conduct had been, never,
theless, and is still by many, so reprobated in this
country from misrepresentations of these facts, that
the late Lord Aberdeen expressed his surprise in the
House of Lords how any Minister could be on
amicable terms with a man capable of such a crime,
This was noticed by Napier at the conclusion of his
history, and how the Duke of Wellington was com-
pelled to defend Soult, but he did not go so far as
to say that the severity of the expressions used by
Lord Aberdeen were more applicable to himself than
to Soult, or, as expressed by Horace in days of yore,
" Mutat° nomine de to Fabula narrator."

The foregoing proclamation could only be regarded
by Napoleon and his followers as their coup de grace,
and therefore more worthy of attention than the act
of abdication which followed as a necessary conse-
quence, an act that could not be either expedited or
retarded by the blood-stained laurels obtained on
that occasion.

There were, moreover, other important facts that
should have operated upon the Duke's mind, and
prevented this effusion of blood, namely, the ground
being so wet in the valley, which was commanded by
Soult's fortified heights as not to admit of the ar-
tillery required to make breaches, and the troops
not being provided with ladders, which ought to
have been looked upon as indispensable for success.
The consequence was that all the attacks made
under the Duke's immediate orders on the enemy's
left failed with the loss of thousands of lives, and
that if it had not been for the almost miraculous,
success of the two divisions, 4th and 6th, detached
under Beresford to the extreme right, a distance
exceeding two miles (of which my regiment formed
a part), this battle would not have been added to
the Duke's glorious victories. HOW dearly it was
purchased may be seen by the manner in which
Napier describes certain regiments as reduced to
their lines of skirmishers, compared to what they
had been before the battle commenced. For the
vain glory arising from laurels so dearly purchased
it might have been justly observed, sic transit gloria
mundi.

Should the foregoing facts not, be questioned, no
difference of opinion ought to exist as to whethez
Wellington or Soult were most to blame for the
blood shed at Toulouse, nor respecting the fact as
to the result of that battle not having tended, in the
slightest degree, to expedite the abdication of
Napoleon, which followed, as a matter of course,
the proclamation of his dethronement by the Allied
Sovereigns and restoration of Louis XVIII., by
whom, in conjunction with his Allies, not only
France.but Europe, might have been justly consi-
dered as then governed.
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