The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-08 00:00:00

THE SIIN, LONDON, MONDAY EVE NI NG, DECg HBEIr q; T 1861

most part by well-known and generally Attecess-
ful exhibitors at former glows. On the other Leopold, and attended by Major-Generals Hood
by the Prince of Hesse, the Princes Arthur and
hand, in the classes of long-woollei sheep, and Knollys, arrived. The Royal visitors, in each
We recognise names to whom a first c r even a instance, were received by the Earl of Feversham,
socond prize is a novelty—whilst gentlem€ n who have
president; the Earl of Hardwicke, vice-president;
heretofore carried everything before tr em with a and Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, the secretary to the
high hand have had to resign their laurels and suc- Smithfield Club; and Mr. S. Sidney, the secre-
ernb, with the best grace they may, to their undis- tart' to the Agricultural Hall Company, by whom
tinguished competitors, now undistinguished no they were conducted over the building. On reach-
more. We may imagine, though we dare not ex- ing the committee rooms the Prince was in-
press, the feeling with which Mr. Lawrence Will- formed that the piping bullfinch of Messrs. Linton
more, for example, this year sees the first prize of and Co, had been permitted to pipe on behalf of
£2O in Class 31 of Leicester sheep, and the silver the Lancashire distress fund during the show. As
medal, which he so gallantly won last year, handed his Royal Highness had not had an opportunity of
over this to such a neophyte in agricultural experi- seeing the ingenious little performer at the Inter-
ence as Colonel Lowther. But, then, what splendid national Exhibition, he expressed a desire to hear
animals•must the Lowther pen be to have beaten it; and on his request being complied with he put
such an adept as Mr. Wilimore. That surely must his name down to the bullfinch fund for £5. Having
7 thanked the officers for their courtesy, and for the
be some consolation for a defeat. And so, again
with the pigs; what were Mr. Coate, Mr. Morland, handsome y-bound copy of the catalogue they had
presented him with, and also expressed his grati-
Mr. Beale, and General Hood about, that they
fication at his visit, his Royal Highness and suite allowed our old and respected friend Mr. Baker, of
Christchurch, to run away from them all with the left by the private entrance in Harford-street
gold medal ? Well and perseveringly has Mr. Baker shortly before five o'clock.
won it, and long may he live to enjoy it, and repeat The following is the award of prizes, the judges
triumph in future years. There are yet two being for cattle, Mr. Charles Vevers, Captain J. T.
more features about the present show that are worthy
Davey, and Mr. W. Sanday ; for long-woolled
of notice, and these perhaps are the most important
sheep, and pigs, Mr. R. Cresswell, Mr. T. Potter,
of all. On several occasions the beasts which have
and
Mr. S. Field; and for short-woolled and cross-
taken the best prizes at the Midland Counties Show
e bred sheep, Mr. G. Harding, Mr. J. Clayden, and
Mr. W. Humfrey :
same thing in the following week. This year we
have changed all that; and, in the majority of
instances, they have not only altered their own
relative positions, but been completely displaced.
It is also a curious fact that at Birmingham last
week the gold medal for the best ox or steer in any
of the classes was given to an animal that was a
cross between the shorthorn (Durham) and the
polled Aberdeen. At the Smithfield Show this
beast stands second ; but, singular to state, another
cross-bred, between the Devon and short-horn
belonging to Mr. John Overman, takes the silver
cup as the best animal in any of the classes in the
hall. This is the first occasion on which such a
circumstance has taken place. It has always been
a fundamental principle of the club to encourage
the improvement of the pure breeds, and they are
right in doing so upon every ground, and if upon
no other, on this—that a real good cross can only
be obtained from the pure breeds ; but the first
cross is the only re& good cross, and if it is at-
tempted to be carried further failure is the inevitable
result. The ft ct that cross-breds have, both at
Birmingham and Sheffield, appropriated the pre-
mier rewards is not to be regretted; it must only
in the long run establish the soundness of the prin-
ciple which has hitherto guided the latter club
through its career.
Passing from generals to particulars, and taking
the several classes in catalogue order, the admirers
of the beautiful little Devons—the very aristocracy
of the bovine family—will be delighted with the
number and perfection in which these favourites of
the gentleman-breeder come out. They all indi-
cate high blood, and the prize steers of Mr. Heath,
Mr. Neale, and Mr. Smith, especially deserve every
commendation. Mr. Farthing's and Mr. Heath's
heifers, too, are charming little creatures, of won-
drous symmetry and beauty. Of the whole 33
beasts in the Devon classes, moreover, we did not
remark a single example of over-feeding. All was
good solid flesh ; and at the close of the day they
stood on their delicately -formed legs, chewing the
cud, as freshly as if they were at rest in their own
rich green pastures in the warm south.

CATTLE.

DEVON BREED.

Class I—Devon steers, not exceeding 3 years old-130,
to Mr. William Heath, of Ludham-hali, Norwich, Norfolk,
2 years and 9 months. Bred by James Quartly, of Molland-
house, South Molton, Devon; fed on grass, hay, turnips,
oilcake, oat and peameal.
Class 2—Devon steers or oxen, above 3 years old—£3o,
to Mr. William Heath, of Norfolk, 3 years and 8 months.
Bred by Mr. John Quartly of Champson, South Molton,
Devon ; fed on grass, hay, turnips, oilcake, oat and peameal.
Class 3—Devon heifers, not exceeding 4 years old-125,
to Mr. Robert Farthing, of Farrington Farm, North Pether

ton, Bridgewater, Somersetshire, 3 years and 10 months.
Bred by Mr. Samuel Kidner, of Lodge, Durston, Taunton,
Somersetshire; fed on hay, grass, roots, vetches, barley
meal, oilcake, and Thorley's food.
Class 4—Devon cows, above 4 years old, that must hare
had at least one live calf—X2s, to Mr. William Heath, of
Ludham Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, 4 years and 9 months.
Bred by Mr. George Burden, of Kerscott Swimbridge, Barn-
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staple, Devon; fed on grass, hay, turnips, oilcake, oat and
peameal—had one calf.

RERENORD BREED.
Class s—Hereford steers, not exceeding 3 years old-

£25, to Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, of Cumber-
land Lodge, Windsor, Berks, 2 years and 11 months. Bred
by H, R. H. the Prince Consort, at Flemish Farm, Windsor
Park ; fed on bean, barley, and oatmeal, Thorley's food,
linseed cake, roots, and hay.
Class 6—Hereford steers or oxen, above 3 years old—
£3o, to Mr. William Aldworth, of Frilford, Abingdon,
Berks, 4 years and 2 months. Bred by Mr. Michael Ockey,
of Thruxton, Hereford ; fed on hay, swedes, mangel, barley
and beanmeal, and oilcake.
Class 7—Hereford heifers, not exceeding 4 years 01d—
£25, to Mr. Edward Urwick, of Felton, Ludlow, Salop,
Portway, 3 years 11 months 2 weeks and 2 days. Bred by
exhibitor ; fed on roots, grass, oat and beanmeal, oilcake,
and a little artificial food. _ _ .

Class B—Hereford cows, above 4 years old, that must
have had at least 1 live calf—£2s, to Mr. Turner, of The
Leen, Pembridge, Leominster, Hereford, Countess, 5 years
and 4 months. Bred by exhibitor, fed on hay, swedes, bean
and oat flour, with a little oilcake—had 2 calves.

SHORT-HORNED BREEDS.
Class 9—Short-horned steers, not exceeding 3 years old
—£3o, to the Duke of Beaufort, of Badminton, Chipping-
ham, Wilts, 2 years 7 months and 2 weeks. Bred by Wil-
liam Butler, of Badminton, Chippingham ; fed on hay,
roots, meal, and cake.
Class 10.=-Short-horned steers or oxen, above 3 three
old—£3o, to the Earl Howe, of Gopsall-hall, Atherston,
Leicester, 3 three years and 8 months old. Bred by Mr.
J. H. Langston, of Sarsden-house, Chipping Norton, Ox-
ford ; fed on linseed cake, molasses, meal, and roots.
Class 11—Short-horned heifers, not exceeding 4 years
old—£2s, to Mr. Robert Tennant of Scarcroft-lodge, Leeds,
Yorkshire, Rosa, 6 years 6 months and 10 days. Bred by
the exhibitor; fed on oilcake, bean meal, Thorley's food,
turnips, hay, &o.
Class 12—Short-horned cows, above 4 years old, that
must have had at least one live calf---£25, to Mr. Richard
Eastwood, of Swinshaw, Burnley, Lancaster, Rosette, 6
years and 5 months. Bred by Mr. William Wetherell, of
Aldborougb, near Darlington, York; fed on Thorley's food,
hay, and a little bean meal—had three calves.
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The Herefords are more numerons than last
year, but show no particular improvement ; whilst
there are several unwieldy specimens, bearing
much too large an allowance of mere fat. General
Hood's 2 year and 11 months steer, from the stock
of the late Prince Consort at the Flemish farm,
takes the first prize of £3O, although it only won
the third prize at Birmingham—a fact that needs
no commentary in considering the merits of the
show in this department.
In the classes for short-horns, which are unusu-
ally numerous, there are many fine beasts of a breed
which is perhaps affected by butchers more than
any other. The Duke of Beaufort, Earl Howe,
Mr. J. Pain, Mr. Tennant, and Mr. Eastwood, are
among the successful exhibitors. Mr. Tennant's 3
years and 6 months heifer is awarded the silver cup
as the best in any of the classes. Mr. Eastwood's
6 years and 5 months heifer, which achieved a
similar distinction at Birmingham, has a prize of
£25; and Mr. Stratton's and Mr. Pain's heifers,
which took the second and third prizes at Bir-
mingham, change places now,
There is a capital collection of the Sussex breed,
and some of them display so close a resemblance to
the Devons that the difference is scarcely distin-
guishable by the uneducated and unpractised eye.
Indeed the principal difference consists in the length
of the limbs and the back, which is greater than
that of the Devons, and in the temper and disposi-
tion, which is less lively than that of the latter.
There are only two polled Norfolk or Suffolk
steers ; these, however, are very good ; and one
long-horned ox, which for its angularities, length
of horn, and general ugliness is not to be sur-
passed within the four seas. Amongst the Scotch
polled breeds, Mr. IPCombie's and Mr. Stewart's
oxen, which won first and second prizes at Birming-
ham, change places, and, as it appears to us, with
L credit to the discrimination of the Smithfield

Class 13—Stssex steers or oxen, of any age—S2s, to Mr.

Thomas Child, of Slinfold, Horsham, Sussex, 3 years and 9
months. Bred by exhibitor ; fed on hay, swedes, mange',
oil cake, and bean meal—gold modal to breeder.
Class 14—Sussex heifers or cows, of any age—MO, to
Mr. Edward Cane, of Berwick Court, Lewes, Sussex, Lark,
5 years and 10 months. Bred by exhibitor; fed on cake,
meal, roots, hay, &c.—had two calves.

judges.
In the classes for cross breeds will be faund Mr
Stewart's 4 years and 8 months mixed short-horn
and polled Aberdeen. This is the animal which
took the gold medal at Birmingham, It is a fine
beast, such as brings joy to the butcher's heart,
carrying a large coating of meat of excellent qua-
lity ; but Mr. Overman's 3 years and 4 months
cross-bred Devon and Durham has the preference
awarded to it, and carries off the silver cup. It is
a magnificent cross, in which the qualities of the
twc breeds are blended in the greatest perfection,
and requires no particular acumen on the part of
any one to detect its superiority as a fat beast.
The sheep classes are filled to repletion in every
department. Leicesters come out in force, and in-
dicate some slight improvement. The silver cup is
awarded to Mr. Foljambe, but without disparage-
ment of his pen it is hinted by more than one exhi-
bitor that the judges have been guided in their de-
cisions more by size than by quality. The Cots-
wolds include several fine specimens of the breed,
and show that they are daily making rapid ad-
vances. It is in the Southdowns, however, that the
show of sheep may chiefly pride itself. Mr. Rigden,
of Hove, the steady rival in this description of stock
of the late Duke of Richmond, is now once again at
the top of the tree. His pen of twenty and a half
months Soathdowns are far ahead of everything in
the hall. A more splendid " three" we never saw,
and rightly do they deserve the honour of receiving
the silver cup which has been conferred upon them.
The Goodwood flock is also represented, but the
noble owner takes only a prize of £l5, and a third
prize of £5. Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Oxford
downs are increasingly encouraged, and the moun-
tain kinds possess considerable merits.
Mr. Stillgoe, of Banbury, appropriates the silver
medal for cross-brede, his pen consisting of mixed
Sussex and Cotswolds.
The show of pigs is not extraordinarily large.
Most of the famous exhibitors are represented ; but
the gold medal, the first prize of £l5, and a silver
medal, are adjudged to Mr. W. Baker, of Christ-
church, for a peu of 15 months and 3 weeks improved
Hampshires, bred by the exhibitor from the stock of
Mr. Coate, of Hammoou, Blandford• Never before
in the history of the club have the pigs enjoyed such
luxurious quarters, and they show their appreciation
of the care with which they are treated by being—
for pigs—remarkably well conducted.l n
the galleries there is an immense display of
P,PP(Is and roots, at stalls arranged in the most
manner for the agricultural eye; and, of
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year (under 22 months) ; each sheep shall not exceed 2001 be.
live weight ; pens of three—£2o, to Mr. William Rigden,
of Hove, Brighton, Sussex, 20 months and 2 weeks. Bred
by exhibitor.
Class 37—Fat wether sheep of the Southdown breed, 2
years old (above 22 and under 31 months) ; pens of three—
£2O, to the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood. Chichester,
Sussex, 32 months and 2 weeks. Bred by exhibitor,
HAmrsHIRE OR WILTSHIRE DOWNS.
Class 38—Fat wetter sheep, of the Hampshire or Wilt-
shire Down breed, 1 year old (under 22 months) ; pens of
three—£2o, to Mr. William Brown Canning, of Elston-hill,
Devizes, Wilts, 21 months' improved Hampshire Down.
Bred by exhibitor.

DARING JEWELLERY ROBBERIES IN
BIRMINGHAM.

CAPTURE OF THE THIEVES.
On Friday a gang of thieves, who it is believed
have been recently engaged in a series of daring
jewellery robberies in London and Birmingham,
were captured with a quantity of stolen property
about them, and safely lodged in Moor-street Po-
lice-station. The plan of operation, though old
in principle, is invested with some novelty in detail,
and hence, no doubt, the success which has hitherto
attended the exploits of the thieves. We select one
case out of many as an illustration.
On Thursday two persons of somewhat gentle-
manly bearing called at the warehouse of Messrs. C.
Payton and Co., in Northampton-street, and repre-
senting that they were foreign merchants who had
come over to England to purchase jewellery, looked
casually through the stock, and made an appoint-
ment to select what they wanted at 10 o'clock on
Friday morning. True to their appointment there
they were on that morninz. They were again shown
round, and after some time picked out from £lOO to
£350 worth of goods, which were to form their in-
tended purchase. Over and above these articles,
however, the attendant thought, though he was not
sure, that they picked out, in a felonious sense, a
good many others, for he fancied he missed several
things during their progress. Not feeling sufficiently
satisfied to charge them with the robbery, Messrs.
Payton allowed them to leave the place, and imme-
diately overhauled their stock, when they found
that some coloured gold brooches and earrings were
gone. They at once sent after the cab in which the
foreign merchants had departed, and found the ob-
jects of their search just as they were leaving the
warehouse of a neighbouring jeweller. Both were
induced to come back to Messrs. Payton's ware-

house, where they were charged with the robbery.
They of course denied it, but after a good deal of
discussion drew out of their pockets eight coloured
gold brooches and 13 pairs of earrings, worth alto-
gether about £35, which they admitted they had
taken from the warehouse on the occasion of their
visit a few minutes before. They were at once
given into custody and taken into the Kenion-street
police-station. There they were searched, and
upon them were found no less than 34 gold pencil-
cases, which had been stolen in a similar manner
from the warehouse of Mr. Baker, of Augusta-street,
whom they had visited before patronising Messrs.
Payton. As it was believed that the prisoners had
been concerned in other robberies of the kind both
here and in London, the detectives were informed
of the arrest, and instructed to proceed as best they
could. Detective Kelly, after some inquiries,
found that several other jewellers had been robbed
in a similar manner, and at length came upon the
wife of one of the prisoners, and her son, who were
lodging at the house of Mrs. Watton, in Hill-street,
and had in their possession other property, no doubt
stolen like the rest.—Birmingham Post.