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

rITE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEINING, DECEMBER 12,

The Attack on Cape Haytien.

A writer in a contemporary says :--Not seeing
any account in the public prints of yester-
day of the destruction of the forts at Cape
Haytien on the 9th of November by her Majesty's
ships the Galatea and Lily, I write to mention
to you that yesterday's post brought me a letter
stating that after two days' fruitless negotiation
the Galatea and Lily, at nine a.m. on the
morning of the 9th, engaged the forts ; that the
firing continued all day, and that at 6 p.m. the last
fort was silenced. As each fort was silenced the Go-
vernment troops, under President Geffrard, charged
up and took possession of it. The rebels retreated
up into the mountains, closely followed by the Go-
vernment troops, and at night the town (which I
presame to be Acul) was set on fire in seven differ-
ent places. It had previously been besieged for
seven months by 45,000 government troops. The
Lily had several men hurt, but the Galatea had
none.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.
_

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
(Before the Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury.)

DEFRIES V. THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mr.
Moss Defries, a partner in the eminent firm of
Defries and Sons, gas engineers, Houndsditch, for
compensation for injuries sustained on the South
Eastern Railway on the occasion of the late terrible
accident at Staplehurst, when he was a passenger
in the ill-fated train.

The learned counsel for the plaintiff, in opening
his case, said Mr. Moss Defries was a gentleman
previous to the accident of the most robust health
and activity, but since the accident he had been
the mere wreck of what he previously was. The
action was brought to recover compensation
for the extensive injuries he had sustained,
and he had no doubt that they would give
him as damages a sum commensurate with his posi-
tion as a gentleman, and the member of so exten-
sive a firm as that of which he had until the acci-
dent been a most energetic member. The Messrs.
Defries' was a firm noted all over the world. They
had executed orders of the greatest magnitude for
the Nizam, the Sultan of Turkey, and the Viceroy
of Egypt, and altogether their business was one
without parallel. The carrying on of so gigantic a
trade necessarily called for an immense capital, and
the returns for that were comparatively great. The
plaintiff and his two brothers, Coleman and Henry,
were the sole partners comprising the firm, and
therefore the plaintiff was entitled to, and received,
a third of the profits. In consequence of the ter-
rible accident, he (the plaintiff) had been compelled
to entirely abstain from business, and he (the learned
counsel) was informed he never would be able to
resume active exertion again. In awarding damages
they must take into consideration the immensity of
the business of the plaintiff, and the loss that had
been incurred to it by his absence, and although
he was sure the jury could not adequately compen-
sate him in money for the injuries he had received,
yet they could give him that substantial recompense
for his suffering that he was by law entitled to.
The plaintiff was then called, and the Chief
Baron, owing to his weak condition, directed that
he should be placed on the bench beside hiS lord-
ship. The exertion of getting to the spot was so
great that Mr. Defries nearly fainted, but on
seating himself his lordship handed him a restora-
tive, which had the desired effect for a time. After
answering a few questions respecting the injuries he
had sustained, he became so prostrate that he
had to be carried from the court.
A number of medical witnesses were then exa-
mined, the effect of whose evidence was that Mr.
Defries might recover to some extent, after the
lapse of a long period of rest, but his perfect
recovery appeared to be hopeless.
Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., for the company, said they
must be guided in the conclusion of their verdict
by the law. They must take into consideration
the injuries Mr. Defries had sustained, and give
him damages they thought he was entitled to.

The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages, £3,500. _ _

The- amount of the damages was considered by
the spectators as insufficient, as they expressed their
disapprobation of it in the ordinary manner.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
HASHLQN V. STOBIE.-JUDGMENT.

His lordship delivered judgment to-day in this
rather singular case. He said that the defendant
had pleaded to a declaration that the testator
was not acquainted with the contents of the
will which had been propounded, and Sir Cress-
well Cresswell considered that a will executed
under such circumstances was legal. To that ruling
he must object, because he considered it was opposed
to the constitution of human nature ; and, further,
he believed it was never known that a man handed
over to another the authority to make his will with-
out being acquainted with what were to be the con-
tents. He was bound to say this will was not
legal, because the law held that not only intelli-
gence but volition were requisite on the part of a
testator in the execution of his will, and in the
course of his legal experience he was not aware
where any dictum had been laid down or any
precedent of ancient or modern times adduced to
establish the contrary. He felt bound to refuse
probate of the present will, but the costs were to be
costs in the case.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CRUELTY TO HORSES.—Henry Dexter, a carrier,
of Church-street, Staines, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt, at the instance of Mr. Love, of the Royal
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
with cruelly ill-treating and torturing two horses by
working them while in an unfit state.
Rutherford, officer of the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said that, about
half-past eight that morning, he was in Pall-mall
East, when his attention was drawn to two horses
attached to a van. Observing that the horses were
in a miserable state, and scarcely able to crawl
along, he stopped them, and found several wounds
in the near side horse, the saddle pressing into one
of them, and the horse being very old, and mere
skin and bone. The other horse had several raw
wounds on its shoulders and loins—wounds of old
standing, and matter oozing from them. The horse
was in such a deplorable state that its hip bone was
nearly through its skin. He had never seen horses
in a worse state. The defendant told him that he
had brought 30cwt. of mustard from Hounslow, and
that the van weighed 15cwt.
The defendant said he was not whipping the
horses.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said the defendant was not charged
with whipping the horses, but with cruelty to them,
by using them while in an unfit state. Why did he
(defendant) not draw the van himself—he was quite
as able to do so as the horses ? There was a class
of persons living round London who did not care
what sort of animals they led. He should fine the
defendant 20s. or 14 days for each horse, and he
wished him to know that he was liable to a fresh
penalty every day he took them out and worked
them, and also liable to three months' imprison-
ment. The officers of the society would take care
to watch him, and if he used the horses again and
was brought before him (Mr. Tyrwhitt) he would
have three months' imprisonment.
The defendant said he would have one of the
hoises killed.

THE CATTLE SHOW.

A portion of the following appeared in our impression
of last °veiling :
Towards 2 o'clock yesterday, after the pink, blue,
and yellow rosettes had been adjudged in the
several classes—to the shorthorns, Scotch and
Welsh cattle, by Messrs. Hugh Aylmer, George

Drewry, and William Torr, and to Devons, Here-
ford, Sussex, Norfolk, or Suffolk polled, longhorned,
Irish, and crossed or mixed breed cattle, by Messrs,

John Buckley, John Coleman, and Thomas Pope,
the 18 first prize oxen and steers were marshalled
side by side in the centre of the hall, and exhibitors
(now permitted to take a bird's-eye view of the

public judging), congregated in the nearest portions

of the galleries to watch the process of selection for
the great honorarium of the show. Short work was
made of half the animals, which were led off reluct-

antly to their several standings, leaving for a closer

scrutiny a Devon, Hereford, shorthorn, Sussex,
Highlander, polled Scot, Welsh, and a Hereford and
shorthorn cross. The two latter were first turned
away, then the Sussex steer, followed by the polled
Scot. -Would the palm go to Messrs. Martin's short-
horn, Mr. Loyd's Hereford, Major-General Hood's
Devon, or the Duke of Sutherland's Highlander ?
The shorthorn, good as he was, was not good
enough ; the Hereford, compact, but too short in the
quarter, retired from the contest; and there, having
vanquished their massive rivals, stood the clever
little Devon from the Royal farms, and the game-
looking little horned Highlander hesitated, appa-
rently as though they had done enough in a hurry ;
dividing three against three, and ultimately calling
in one of the stewards, an eminent shorthorn
breeder, who gave his voice for the mountaineer.
Once in the history of the Sheffield Club has the
Devon breed, and once has the cross-bred class
wrested the chief prize from the shorthorns and
Herefords ; but, now, for the first time, a Scotch
beast is made the year's champion. A handsome
specimen of the breed, with beautiful head and lyre-
like horns, a dark red and brindled coat not too
shaggy to indicate good quality, an amazingly deep
frame, with short fine legs letting the carcass almost
down to the ground, very heavily fleshed, but rather
too flat-sided and wanting at the shoulder point,
small for an ox nearly six years of age, girthing
only Bft. lin., and a slack handler (at least for
southern taste), this is by no means the best that we
ever saw ; and if it be really the crack bullock of
the show characterises the quality of the whole as

considerably below par. Breeders ask--for what
was the red-and-white riband awarded ? Not for

substance ; for the shorthorn at only half the age
carries, perhaps, one half more weight of beef, and
girths within an inch of 9ft. Not for quality as
butchers' meat ; for Gen. Hood's Devon has a touch

of marvellous firmness and an elasticity indicating
the perfection of ripeness; indeed, the dun-coated
Highlander standing behind the Duke's has a firmer

hand, and many animals in the show surpass it in
quality of flesh. Perhaps the proclivities of judges
for their favourite breeds, failing to carry the day,
ultimately gave in to pluck and the picturesque. As
the Highlander pleases the eye, so the Devon ap-
proves itself to the hand ; but pretty and well made
up as this steer is, we have seen even better at for-
mer exhibitions.

The Devons are in strong force, and of fully their
usual merit ; Mr. J. Overman, of Burnham, Nor-
folk, being first in both of the steer classes; Major-
Gen. Hood, of the royal farms, and Mr. Burton, of
Shobrooke, Crediton, Devon, being second. In the
class of steers or oxen Mr. Heath, of Ludham-hall,
Norfolk, wins the second prize to Gen. Hood's first.
Mr. Farthing, of Stowey Court, Somerset, wins a
first prize with a nice heifer ; Mr. Waiter, of Bear-
wood-park, Berks, comes in with a good second,
beating a fair third of Mr. Blonafield, of Wells,
Norfolk. And in a pretty fair class of cows, Mr.
Heath takes first, and Mr. W. Smith, of Higher
Hoopern, Devon, the second prize.

The Herefords make a fine show, but including in
their ranks too many big, plain beasts to excel their
appearance of last year. In the ox class, the first
prize animal of Mr. Heath is of tremendous size,
and girths 9ft. 7in., but is very plain, with an arched
instead of level back. Mr. J. M. Read's is hand-
somer though not so weighty. Mr. Aaron Pike, of
Tewkesbury, Glocestershire, is second in this class.
Mr. T. Jones, of Shrewsbury, and Mr. Garrett, of
Compton Scorpion, Shipston-on-Stour, are first and
second with heifers. Mr. Bettridge's first prize cow
is wonderful about the hips and quarter, not so good
forward, though fairly beating Mr. Jones's second

prize cow.
Shorthorn merits come out in the heifer class.
Here the Earl of Radnor is first, the Earl of Hard-
wicke second, and Mr. Stoneham, of Crayford,
Kent, third ; the Earl of Radnor also gaining the
£4O Silver Cup, with Gold Medal as breeder, for
the best female in the cattle classes. The judges had
out Mr. Heath's Devon cow, Mr. Farthing's Devon
heifer, this Shorthorn heifer, Messrs. Heasman's
Sussex cow, Mr. Pollok's Irish heifer, and Messrs.
Martin's Aberdeen and Shorthorn cross heifer; the
final competition lying between the Shorthorn and
the cross-bred, and the Shorthorn getting the best
of it. A good animal, not of the very best make
and finish, with a broad, table back, but with a tail
badly set on, slack behind the shoulder, low on the
leg, and even too low behind, this heifer is scarcely
to be placed before the Earl of Hardwicke's second-
prize red-and-white, which is an extremely pretty
heifer, of beautiful symmetry, and very much better
forward than the other. The cows are not so grand
as usual. Mr. Aldworth, of Frilford, Berks, is first
with a cow wonderfully good, except for deficient
hind-quarters ; and Mr. Ralph Newton, of Wood-
stock, is second.

The long-horns are weaker than ever—only one
moderately good steer of Mr. Chapman, of Upton,
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, which takes the prize.
The horned Scots are in large numbers, and of
great merit. The Duke of Sutherland's steer, as
before said, wins the Silver Cup, value £4O, with
gold medal to the breeder, with, of course, the first
prize in its class,—and this is £3O, for the Club
prizes are on a magnificent scale all through their
list.

The cross or mixed bred cattle are numerous, and
about as good as usual.

The sheep, especially the South Downs, are re-
markably fine ; but we see none of the old familiar
names connected with the gold medal. The glory
has departed Goodwood, nor is it to be heard of in
the halls of Hove; a new man—at least in the
South Down world—has turned up. Lord Sondes
takes the prize, and in this case the public endorse
the decision of the judges. Of pigs, beside the
apparent paucity of their numbers, they are not
equal in size and quality to the porkers of former
years. The Radnor pen is this year as famous as
ever for the roundness of its inmates, the shortness
of their noses, and their general superiority over all
surrounding porkers.

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The following is a perfect list of the awards :--
CLAN 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. Clarko.
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.
Second 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 Hoopern,
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-
wersetshire. 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, Stovey 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, Surrey. Silver medal to the breeder,
George Pete, Chadnor Court. Second prize of £2O to
Robert 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 Thomas 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
ears 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, Bristol. Third prize of £lO to G. S.
Foljambe, Osberton Hall, Nottingham. Commended,
Francis Foster, Biggleswade.
CLASS 13. Short-horned Steers or Oxen, above three
years and three months old.—First prize of £3O to William
H. Baker, Cottesmore, Rutland. Silver medal to the
breeder, ditto. Second prize of £2O to Earl Spencer, Nor-
thampton. Third prize of £lO to Col. Pennant, 31. 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 Hardwick°. 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 Steers or Oxen, not exceeding 3 years
old.—First prize of £2O to J. E. Heaseman,Arundel. 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, Hurstgreen, 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
Steere, Dorking.
CLASS 19. Sussex Cows, above 4 years old.—First prize
of £2O to John Heaseman, Arundel ; silver medal to the
breeder, do. Second prize of £l5 to Wm. Botting, West-
minster-place, Sussex.

CLASS 20. First prize of £l5 to Mrs. Beare, North Wal-
sham, Norfolk ; silver medal to the breeder, Edmund
Beare.

CLASS 21. First prize of £l5 to Robert C. Cook, Suffolk ;
silver medal 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 23. Long-horned Heifers or Cows of any age.—
First Prize of £lO to R. Chapman, Warwick. Silver medal
to the breeder, do.
CLASS 24. Scotch-Horned Steers or Oxen, of any age.—
First Prize of £3O to the Duke of Sutherland. Silver
medal to the breeder, do. Second prize of £l5 to William
Banbury, Reading.
CLASS 25. Scotch-Horned Heifers of Cows, of any age.
—First prize of £l5 to Richard Eastwood, Clitheroe.
Second prize of £lO to Allan Pollok, Ballinasloe.
CLASS 26. Scotch Polled Steers or Oxen, of any age.—
First priz3 of £3O to A. Longmore, Banff. Silver medal
to the breeder, Robert Walker. Second prize of £l5 to
William M'Combie, Aberdeen.
CLASS 27. Scotch Polled Heifers or Cows, of any ago.—
First prize of £l5 to William M'Combie, Aberdeen. Silver
medal to the breeder, Alexander Paterson, Mulben.

CLASS 28. Irish Steers or Omen, of any age.—First prize
of £lO to Allan Pollok, Ballinsloe. Silver medal to the
breeder, do. Second prize of .£5 to Thomas Bridge,
Ingatestone.

CLASS 29. First prize of £lO to Allan Pollok, Ballina-
sloe ; second prize of £5, Allan Pollok, do.
CLASS 30. Welsh Cattle.—First prize of £2O to Colonel
Pennant, M.P., Bangor; silver medal to breeder, William
Humphreys. Second prize, .£I,Q, to William Franklin,
Ulceby, Lincolnshire.
CLASS 31. First prize of £lO to Samuel Druce, Eyn-
sham ; silver medal to the breeder, ditto, Second prize of
£5, James Stewart, Aberdeen.
CLASS 32. Cross or Mixed-bred Steers, not exceeding
3 years old.—First prize of £25 to Samuel Druce, Eyn-
sham. Silver medal to the breeder, do. Second prize of
£l5 to James Stewart, Aberdeen. Third prize of £lO to
Henry Overman, Brandon, Norfolk.
CLASS 33. Cross or Mixed-bred Steers or Oxen, above
3 years old.—First prize of £25 to John Napper. Silver
medal to the breeder, John Drewitt. Second prize of £l5
to J. Martin,Aberdeen. Third prize of £lO to Thos. Bond,
Bridgewater.
CLASS 34. Cross or Mixed-bred Heifers, not exceeding
4 years old.—First prize of £2O to J. Martin, Aberdeen.
Silver medal to the breeder, John Bannerman. Second
prize of £lO Henry Betteridge, Wantage.
CLASS 35. Fat Wether Sheep of the Leicester breed, one
year old (under 23 months).—First prize of £2O, Lord
Berners. Silver 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 Wether 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 Wether Sheep of the Lincoln breed, one
year old (under 23 months). First prize of £2O. Henry
Grantham, Lincoln. Silver medal 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, Cotswolds, Lincolns, or Kentish, one year old
(under 23 months).—First prize of £l5 to Joseph Newman,
Harrowden, Bedford. Silver medal to the breeder, Richd.
Newman. Second prize of £lO to Frederick Street, Her;
rowden, Bedford.
Cr,Ass 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.
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£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
breeder—ditto. Second prize of £lO to Lord Walsingham
Third prize of £5 to the Duke of Richmond.

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Class 45. Fat Wether Sheep of the Shropshire breed,
one year old (under 23 months).—First prize of £2O, Henry
Smith, Shiffnall. Silver medal to the breeder, do. Second
prize of £l5, Lord Wenlock. Third prize of £5, Edward
Holland, Gloucestershire.
CLASS 46. Fat Wether Sheep of the Oxfordshire breed
1 year old (under 23 months).—First prize of £2O to the,
Duke 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 47. Fat Wether Sheep, of any White-faced Moun-
tain breed of any age. First prize of .£l5, John Tapp, South
Molten. Silver medal to the breeder, do. Second prize of
£lO, Henry Ball, Taunton.
CLASS 48. Fat Wether Sheep, of any Blaek-faced or
Speckled-faced Mountain breed, of any age. First prize of
£l5, Peel, Clithero. Silver medal to the breeder, Mrs.
M`Queen. Second
bright. prize of £lO, James WWl], Kirkcud-
CLASS 49. Fat Wether Sheep of the Rye land, Cheviot
Dorset, or any other pure breed, not specified in any of
the foregoing Divisions.—First prize of £l5 to J. Down-
ing, Herefordshire. Silver medal to the breeder, do.
Second prize of £lO to J. MGM, Dumfries.
CLASS 50. Long and Short-wooled. Cross-bred fat
Wether Sheep, 1 year old (under 23 months).—First prize
of £2O to George Hine, Oakley, Bedfordshire. Silver meda
to the breeder, do. Second prize of £l5 to John Overman,
Norfolk.
CLASS 51. Long and Short-wooled Cross-bred fat
Wether Sheep, 1 year old (under 23 months). Each Sheep
not to exceed 2201b5. live weight.—First prize of £lO to

George Hine, Bedford. Silver medal to the breeder, do.,
of Manchester. Second prize of a to John Overman,
Norfolk.

CLASS 52. Pigs of any kind, not exceeding 6 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 Christo-
pher Cattle, 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 of
£lO to John Kent, Goodwood. Third prize of £5 to John
Coate, Blandford.

CLASS 54. Pigs of any breed, above 9 and not exceeding
12 months old.—First prize of £l5 to B. B. Cartwright,
Silver medal to the breeder, ditto. Second prize of £lO to
J. IC. Tombs, Lechlade. Third prize of £5 to John Lynn,
S troxton.

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,

SILVER CUPS.
* Silver cup, value £4O, to the exhibitor, for the best
steer or ox in any of The classes, to the Duke of Suther-
land.

* Silver cup, value £4O, to the exhibitor, for the best
heifer or cow in any of the classes, to the Earl of Radnor.
Silver cup, value £2O, to the exhibitor, for the best pen
of Leicesters, Cotswolds, Lincolns, Kentish, or other long_
wooled breed, in any of the class, to Lord Berners.

Silver cup, value £2O, to the exhibitor, for the host pen
of one year old South Downs, or Wiltshire Downs, to
Lord Sondes.

Silver Cup, value £2O, to the exhibitor, for the best
pen of Shropshire, Oxfordshire, cross breed, or any other
breed of sheep (not specified in prize list) in any of the
classes, to the Duke of Marlborough.
Silver cup, value £2O, to the exhibitor, for the best
pen of pigs in any of the classes, to the Earl of Radnor,
* These carry a gold medal to the breeder.
EXTRA STOCK.—SILVER MEDAL.

Fat Leicester Wether—J. B. Jordan, Driffield. Do.
Ewe—W. Browne, Holme-on-Spalding Moor, York.
Long-woolled (not Leicester)—H. Grantham, Seawby,
Brigg, Lincoln.

South Devon Wether—Lord Sondes, Thetford.

Southdown Ewes—Lord Sondes, Thetford.
Short-woolled, not Southdown—J. Lawrence, of Bul-
bridge, Salisbury, Wilts.

Cross-bred Long and Short-woolled—G. line, Oakley,
Bedford.

TAT rERSALLS'—Last Evening

DERBY.
Bto 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken)
Bto 1 agst Rustic (taken)
9to 1 agst Student (offered—take 10 to 1)
33 to 1 agst Bribery colt (taken)
33 to 1 agst Stabber (taken)
50 to 1 agst Maravedis (taken)
50 to 1 agst Midsummer colt (taken)
66 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken)
66 to 1 agst Tom King (taken)
100 to 1 agst Miss Lavinia colt (taken)
100 to 1 agst Lothario (taken)

The Extraordinary Intended Prize Fight as
Reported at the Clubs•

(From the London Correspondent of Saunders's Dublin
News Letter.)

A painful rumour has been prevalent at the
" West End," within the last day or two, to the
effect that a prize fight for a thousand pounds a-side
is about to take place shortly between two " gentle-
men" well known in fashionable circles ! I regret
to say that I have reason to believe that this report—
so degrading to the upper classes, if not, indeed, to
the nation—is no less than true. I have made
special inquiry into the matter, hoping to have
elicited that the story was but a senseless hoax. But
I cannot indulge in any conclusion so satisfactory.
I learn—indeed I am informed by those who assure
me of their personal knowledge as to the particu-
lars, and whom I cannot doubt—that this scan-
, dalous event is really in contemplation, and that the
intended combatants are actually in strict training
at this moment for its consummation. Names, of
course, are for the present withheld, and, in truth,
I should be sorry to learn them, and yet be debarred
the privilege of exposing them ; but I am told that
one of the champions was formerly in our cavalry,
and that both are members, for the present only it
is to be hoped, of a well-known fashionable club.
It seems that there is a disparity of nearly ten years
in their ages, but that, nevertheless, by judges of
such matters, they are considered very equally
matched. lam further told that both have pre-
viously exhibited their proficiency in gladiatorial
skill, and that the contest is appointed to come off
shortly after Christmas. Mutual jealousy of this
questionable pre-eminence is said to have led to the
proposed encounter. I need scarcely say that, in
my humble opinion, this event, should it ever be
permitted to take place, or should it avoid the de-
tection and prevention by the " authorities" here,
will be a lasting disgrace upon our social progress.
It behoves, I think, any member of " society" desi-
rous that his order should be nationally respected,
to rescue it, if possible, from so foul a stain ; and if
the names of those who would thus pollute it should
come within his knowledge to at once forward them
to the Home-office. The subject is causing consi-
derable sensation in certain circles, and lenient hopes
are expressed that the affair will all end in smoke,
and that the interference of friends will succeed in
averting it. I fear those hopes are delusive. lam
afraid that the arrangements in progress argue
earnestness of intention ; and that " gentlemen"
capable of entertaining such an intent are likely to
find in these " friends" those far more likely to
encourage them in their design than to dissuade
them from it. Public exposure would be the only
remedy.

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etuhmel
hreeld
,rr:
ACCIDENT AT A SAW MlLL.—Last night an
accident happened in the Poplar Saw Mills, by which a
poor man named Andrew Cannon, while attending to the
machinery, was caught by the sleeve and carried round,
and falling on a circular saw had his left arm cut off by
the shoulder. He was removed to the hospital, but thorn
seems no hope of his recovery.
" PRESENTED" TO GENERAL GRANT.—Part of
the scene of the 20th ult. at the levee held at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel by General Grant is thus described by the
New York Times :—The presentation business was really
very absurd. In front of the flowers stood General Grant,
dEoiaeftushatamhneepnAjuptrsil:oesneesedidGa;lenanndtetrhhpaielusw:fllreeoodfutotl,bwwyjearoteshhetnlihverinsam.fneGuliß.lectinaitteroilerudansel,
with the committee all about him, like bees about a lump
of sugar; just by and at his right were Mrs. Grant
Miss Dix, General Cook, occasionally General Rooker and
andt he
ra
shouting,bullied,
jostling, hot, tired, cross, weary crowd, badgered
askedcommitteemen.their
namea ;As each couple approached a little man
h
wrong,
cognomens,
announced to
tgoentheeraGileynemraainallage cidueteorgkeit themseomf
which were as a
sented as they were unintellmusing to the parties pre-
igible to the General. Some-
times a couple would go by without a name being given,
the consequence being that in his commendable effort to
keep up with the crowd the gentleman who presented
them would give Mr. and Mrs. Robinson the appellation
by which Mr. and Mrs. Jones were ordinarily known, and
the direst confusion of course existed. Every man and
Some phieou passed,
and
ed,
s ss
woman insisted upon shaking the General by the hand, so
that by the time the affair was ended his right hand was
reverent shockinglypeople w
Oolifredleenandshapeless.
little
prayers
and others judged it a good opportunity of making
swollen
pretty little speeches like these :—‘ ram glad to see you,
him as
for
General. God bless and preserve you many years.e
"General this is my eldest son, William Mason—Willie,
tell General Grant the little prayer you say for him every
night." (Willie attempts to do so, but is moved on end,
denly by the active committeemen.) " I always knew you
would be victorious, General. I told Dr. Vinton that God
would surely crown so good and great a man with success.
May I not kiss you, General ?" (The General declined.)
" You remember waecmroewt
dlashterfaelltoa.t.nliVghest.t PoAinitl ?
deserved,
rehde,
General smiled vacantly, as if he did not like to tell a
'story.)
sir; all deserved! God bless, God protect you, dear, dear
General ?" " I want to talk
with you, old fellow, about
Chattanooga." "I had a brother in the 29th Connecti-
cut. I wonder if you knew him ?" These and scores
besides were said to the General, who solemnly permitted
his hand to be pumped up and down at the will of the merci-
less populace. So far as we could see, besides a tendency
to blood in the head, there was no fatigue or change in
him from the time of commencement until the close. Ho
rarely spoke, save when some old army acquaintance or
some particularly charming lady made a remark, and then
his words were brief and to the point.
THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH.—Application was
made recently to the United States Navy Department, by
Ethan Allen, of New York, in behalf of the Russian and
American and Overland Telegraph Company, for a naval
vessel to aid in laying the cable across Behring's Straits.
The application was refused by the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, on the ground that it was exclusively a private
enterprise.

LAMARTINE is going to publish a novel in the
Constitutionne4 to be called " Ma mere !"