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

EXTRA STOCK.

Silver medal and £5 to the exhibitor, for the best steer or
ox in extra stock, to Harry Frampton, of Blandford, 2
years 10 months 1 week,Devon. Bred by Lord Portman, of
Bi yanstone, Blandford, Dorset; fed on hay, swedes, mangel,
cabbaage, oil cake, barley, oats, bean and pea meal.
Silver medal and £5 to the exhibitor, for the best heifer
or cow in extra stock, to William Fletcher of Hadman-
thwaite, Mansfield, Nottingham, 6 years, 1 month, short-
horn ; fed on hay, grass, swedes, and linseed cake.
Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best long-woolled
wether in extra stock, to G. S. Foljambe, of Osberton-hall,
Worksop, Notts, 20 months, Leicester.
Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best long-woolled
ewe in extra stock, to Christopher James Bradshaw, of
Alstoe-house, Burley-on-the-Hill, Oakham, Rutland, 7
years 8 months, Leicester. Bred by R. L. Bradshaw, sen.,
of Tinwell, Stamford, Lincoln.
Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best long-woolled
sheep (not Leicesters) in extra stock, to Thomas West, of
Green-hill Farm, Bletchington, Oxford, 20 months 1 week.
Cotswold wether.
Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best short-woolled
wether sheep in extra stock, to G. S. Foljambe, of Osberton
Hall, Worksop, Notts, 20 months, Southdown.
Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the Lest short-woolled
ewe in extra stock, to Lord Walsingham, of Merton Hall,
Thetford, Norfolk, 44 months, Southdown.
Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best short-woolled
sheep (not Southdown) in extra stock, to William King, of
New Hayward, Hungerford, Berke, 21 months, Wiltshire-
down wether.
Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best crossbred sheep
in extra stock, to John White, of Parsonage Farm, Rick-
manworth, Herts, 21 months 2 weeks, Cotswold and Down
ewe.

Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best pig in extra
stock, to Thomas Crisp, of Butley Abbey, Wickham Mar-
ket, Suffolk, 20 months 7 days, Suffolk ; fed on corn, meal,
and roots.

In the journal d' Alleanza of Milan, Kossuth I
advises the Italian Government to turn its efforts toward
Venice and Hungary.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—We can afford to
wait for the introduction of a decimal coinage, but we can-
not delay to introduce uniformity in onr weights and mea-
sures. As many as ten different systems are actually in
use in this country. There is, first, the grain, com-
puted decimally, which is used for scientific purposes;
seconl, the troy weight, under 5 George IV. c. 74, and 18
and 19 Vic. c. 72 ; third, the troy ounce, with decimal
multiples and divisions, called bullion weight, under
16 and 17 Viet. c. 29; fourth, bankers' weight, to weigh
10, 20, 30, 50, 100, and 200 sovereigns ; fifth, apothecary
weight; sixth, diamond weight and peril weight, inclu-
ding carats ; seventh., avoirdupois weight, under 5 Geo. IV.
c. 74, and 18 and 19 Vic., c. 72; eighth, weights for hay and
straw ; ninth, wool weight, using at factors, 2,3, 7, 13, and
their multiples; tenth, coal weight, decimal, under 1 and 2
Will. IV. e. 76, and 8 and 9 Vic c. 101. We have in occa-
sional use the weights of the meteric system. For measures of
length we have the ordinary inch, foot, and yard. In cloth
measure, we have yards, nails, and ells. There are four dif-
ferent sorts of ells. For nautical purposes we have fathoms,
knots, leagues, and geographical miles, differing from the
common mile. Tho fathom of a man cf war is 6 feet; of
a merchant vessel, 51 feet ; of a fishing-smack, 5 feet. We
have also the Scotch and Irish mile, and the Scotch and
Irish acre.. There are several sorts of acres in the United
Kingdom, and there are a great variety of roods. We have
in almost every trade measures of length specially used in
those trades. For the measurement of horses, we have the
hand ; shoemakers use sizes ; and we are compelled
to adopt gauges where the French use the millimetres
The gauges are entirely arbitrary. Tho custom of the trade
is the only thing which would decide the question in case
of dispute. For measures of capacity, we have twenty
different bushels; we can scarcely ten what the hogshead
means. For ale, it is 51 gallons ; for wino, 63. Pipes of
wine vary in many ways ; each sort of wine seems to claim
the privilege of a different sort of pipe. For measures of
weight, we have about ten different stones; a stone of
wool at Darlington is 181 b, a stone of flax at Downpatrick
is 241 b, a stone of flax at Belfast is 16.5,1 b, but it is also
at Belfast 24i1b., having in one place two values. The cwt.
may mean 1001 b., 1121 b., or 1201 b. If you buy an ounce
or pound of anything, you must inquire if it belongs to
Dutch, troy, or avoirdupois weight. Such are only a few
of the many anomalies exhibited by our weights and mea-
t surer.—The Exchange.