The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-07 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD CATTLE 2110 W FOR 1853,

Amongst the earlierarrivals of nobility and gentry who
visited the Smithfield club cattle show yesterday were the
Duke and Duchess of Richmond, the Earl and Countess
of Essex, Lord Portman, the Earl of Aboyne, the Earl and
Countess of Leicester, Lord Feversham, the Earl of Wal-
singham, the Earl of Berwick, Lord Berners, the Earl of
Hardwicke,' the Earl of Yarborough, Lord Aylesford, Sir
Thomas Lennard, Colonel Sibthorp, M.P. Sir J. V.
Shelley, M.P., Sir Edward Baker, the Hon. Colonel
Crombrie, the Hon. Colonel Hood, land-steward to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert ; Messrs. Jonas Webb,
Fisher Hobbs, R. Fellows, and other eminent agricul-
turists.
The annual general meeting of the Club was held in
the committee-room adjacent to the show-yard, at one
o'clock, his Grace the Duke of Richmond in the chair.
His Grace was re-elected President of the Club for the
ensuing year, and the Earl of Aboyne, Philip Pusey, Esq.,
the Earl of Hardwicke, Earl Spencer, the Earl of Yar-
borough, with the addition of _Lord Berners, as Vice-
Presidents. Lord Portman, the Duke of Richmond, and
Mr. B. T. Brandreth Gibbs, were elected trustees, and the
latter gentleman also as hon. secretary. Mr. Greetham
was elected steward for the cattle and long-woolled
sheep ; and Mr. J. S. Turner as steward in the short-
woolled sheep and pig classes.
The report from a committee appOinted last year to
decide on the propriety of adding a show of poultry to
the cattle show on future occasions was read. The re-
port stated that the committee did not think it advisable
to recommend the addition of a poultry show to the cattle
show, more especially on the ground, that the Bazaar,
capacious as it is, would not afford sufficient accommo-
dation for both at the same time:
Lord Berners, Sir John Shelly, Mr. C. Barnett, Mr.
Raymond Barker, Mr. H. B. Gibbs, and other gentle-
men, having addressed the meeting on the subject, after
a vote of thanks to the noble President, the proceedings
terminated.
The sales of the prize cattle throughout the day were
more languid than usual on former occasions,
but it is
understood that this circumstance must be attributed to
the fact thatl the owners of some of the animals have
reservd th for competition at ther agricultural
shows about em
to take place in various parts of the

country.
In the sheep classes the sale was exceedingly slow.
It is admitted on all hands that more people passed
through the show yesterday than ever was
notwith s known
tand on the
first day on any previous occasion, and -
ing the circumstance the arrangements were so complete,
carried out under the orders of Mr. Boulnois, the pro-
prietor of the Bazaar, aided by Mr. Inspector Jackson,
and the reserve force of police under his orders,--that
no inconvenience whatever took place.

THE NEW PAR BATTERSEA.—Yesterday Mr.
Glacier, the auctioneer, submitted to public competition,
by order of the Commissioners of Works and Ber uildings,
the building niaterials of the Red House Tavn, white
null, and cottage adjoining, in order to clear the site
for the new park. The commissioners have also given
notice, that application will be made to Parliament to
extend the time and continue the powers granted to the
ars
commissioners for making the new park, by the acts
passed in the ye 1846 the
new