The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-10 00:00:00

DENMARK.

The Kolner Zeitung states from Berlin that the
troubles in France have already had some effect on
the Schleswig-Holstein question. The Russian
Cabinet bas made urgent representations to the
Courts of Vienna and Berlin, and the negotiations
with Deomard, which had been allowed to rest, have
again been resumed with great zeal.

TO THE EDITOR OF TITE SUN-
Sta,—Oblige ma by stating that the
Kilkmar, jun., who figured in your Marlborough•
street police report last evening, is NOT
Your obedient servant,
WILLIAIg Ii.IRK.INIAN, JUN.
2, St. Dunstan's-hill.

MAY---ORS FUR CORNWALL.
Bodmiu—W. Serjeant, Esq.
Falmouth-31r. Alden J. Ellis.
Helston—T. Rogers. Esq.
aunce stotl Nlr• Alderw aßnD.Aeursrtji-s.
Pearce..
Liskeard-11r. Aldermen
Penzinee—Ntr. Alderman R.
St. Ives—J. Itosewali, E,q.
Truro—Mr. Alderman W. T. Chappel.
Penryu—J. Mead, Esq.

.BIRMINGHAITI CATTLE AND POULTRY

SHOW.

BIRMINGHAM, TIIESDAY.LThe private show of this
great exhibition of the agricultural produce of Eng-
land, but more particularly of the midland counties,
was held in Bingley-hall, Birmingham, to-day. The
day opened, as regarded weather, unfavourably, but,
notwithstanding, the attendance was beyond all pre-
cedents. It is singular that although this exhibition
has only been established three years, yet, in conse-
quence of its central situation in the midst of the
breedingand grazing counties of England, it is already
taking the lead in the exhibition of agricultural stock.
On entering Bingley-ball this morning, we were
pleased to observe, that in consequence of the flatter-
ing i
prospects of the Midland Counties' Association, it
had, with regard to that most interesting portion of
the exhibition, that of domestic poultry, been compelled
to enlarge its borders. For the last three years this
branch of the midland show, under the special p
a
tronage of the Duchess of Sutherland, and other
distinguished ladies living in the district, has greatly
attracted public attention ; and the managers, with
due regard to the accommodation required for this
description of domestic fowl and ;stock exhibited, de-
voted a great portion of the hall for that purpose.
This morning the streets of Birmingham bad much
the appearance of the first morning of a musical
festival. The railway trains brought abundance of
select visitors, but they were of that quality who
prefer a private view at 2s. 61. to a more promiscuous
one at ls. The attendance last year was, notwith-
standing, much more limited than the present ; and
we were much amused at about one o'clock to-day to
observe the
heterogeneous mixture of the British aris-
tocracy residing in the neighbourhood with foreign
refugees, some of them German and Hungarian
counts, now working as designers, or in other charac-
ters, in the manufactories of Birmingham. Among
the company present we observed the Earl and
Countess Home, Earl Dartmouth, the Earl of Ayles-
ford and party, Lord Sandy s, Lord and Lady Guern-
sey, Lord Wrottesley and party, Lord and Lady
Leigh and party, Lord Calthorpe and party, Sir D.
Moseley, Sir Offley Wakeman, Sir G. Chetwynd,
the Dowager Marchioness of Devonshire, Lord
Lewisihsin, the Hon. S. Lawley, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Staff,,rd, the Hon. and Rev. W.
Sommerfield, H. C. Wise, Esq., F. Greaves, Esq., R.
Spooner, Esq., M.P., T. Matthew, E-q., and great
numbers of tne nobility and gentry resident in the
midland counties.

The following is a brief summary of the number of
the stock exhibited :—Pigs, 104 pens—pigs, about
500; cattle, 138; sheep, 71 pens, number of sheep
about 350; poultry, 1,056 pens, number of fowls ex-
hibited from 4,000 to 5;000. The judges, who were
selected with great care from all parts of England,
were cattle, Mr. Jelin Booth, Killerby, near
Ca!terick, Yorkshire; Mr. Price, Leominster ; and
Mr. Buford, Foxcote, Towcester. For sheep—The
saute judges. For pigs--,-Mr. Wethrell, Kirk Bridge,
I),,rlington ; Mr. SwE,ffield, Chatsworth, Derbyshire ;
Mr. Ileaseltine, Brigg, Yorkshire ; and Mr. Hollings-
worth, accompanied the judges in the capacity of re•
feree', as to the nizes of the pigs. For poultry—The Rev.
E. L. Dixon, Cringkford Hal!, Norwich ; Mr. T.
Nvt, York; Mr. Hinxman, Salisbury; Mr. Bailey,
Mount-street, (irce vector-square, London.
was coeidered to be, not only by the
es, but by the hundreds of agriculturists
Bitegley-hell to-dal,..one of the finest, if
not the fin;-,si-, whicia has yet been khibited in England.
Prince Albert, it will be seen, obetined the first
priz t for Hereford oxen or steers ; while the
second was assigned to a beautiful little animal bred
by the late Sir Frescis Lewley. The exhibition of
Herefords was genrally good, and as a matter of
course Lord Hatherton, of Teddesley, carried off a
fair amount of prizes. There were considerable com-
petition for the prize medals, but they were ultimately
given to competitors named in the prize lists. The
gold medal, and extra prize of 101 for the best cow
or heifer of any breed, was considered as justly
merited by Mr. Vaughan, of Cholstrey, near Leo-
minster. The exhibition of Devons was also consi-
dered to be remarkably good; some of them in sym-
metry beautifully neat and at the same time fleshy,
bnt not grossly so. Indeed it is a feature of this ex-
hibition that there were but few things exhibited
which were extravagantly fed, or which presented
any appearance of wastefulness. The judges, in whom
all exhibitorsexpressed entire confidence, appeared to
award prizes, not on account of size and weight, but
for symmetry and usefulness. The display of Scotch
and Welsh breeds was remarkably. beautiful. In this
branch of the exhibition Prince Albert again most
successfully competed with northern breeders. In
sheep the Leicester breed was as usual most con-
spicuous, and the Marquis of Exeter and Mr. H.
Lees, of Bacon's End, near Birmingham, bore off the
highest prizes most triumphantly. The judges in this
department informed us that for many years they had
never seen so fine a display of this useful animal. In
pip the Yorkshire breeders and feeders who, ten years
ago, ran a'ss'ay with the principal rewards for breed
and condition, were completely distanced, while Mr.
Hall, and other Warwickshire and
Taylor, of Moseley
W!orcestershire gentlemen, who exhibited the finest
-specimen of useful pig 3, were declared to he entitled
to the highest prizes. There was indeed, even
amongst the uninitiated, a clear perception of the dif;
ference between Yorkshire and Midland Counties
Pigs. The touch was sufficient to prove the superio-
rity of the breeding of the latter counties. There
were only one or two apOpiectic pigs in the exhibi-
tion; but there was one more particularly, which ap-
peared to excite universal disgust, and which was
brought from the north of England. It was con-
veyed into the exhibition on a litter, and there it has
remained ever since without for a moment rising from
its recumbent position.
But the most b,mutiful portion of the Alidland
Counties' exhibition reuein'sto bceoonbssiedrevredd upon. A
London judge, and universally
au-
thority upon such exhibitions, declarede thatas noen
sixlhibitions, of which he bad been a witness was
ual to the display of domesticingatmineg,
laenyd..lll ornamental
to-day.
poultry, which was ehxhibcited.
The specimen of Coc lima breed exhibited was
considered unique,
and more especially the hybrid be-
tween the domestic
fowl and the pheasant, wasa to
highly
admired. There was more notice taken ghthlye
exhibition of this breed in consequence of the interest-
ing discussion which, in the scientific b eedingh world,
has taken place upon this
e
and weight of the Cocbin•China subject.
breed were mostsiz
hatching,
remarkable. A young cock, of this year's
weighed llilbs., and a pullet of the same breed
lopes. The show of Dorkings was also
remarkably
good. The•show of pig improved ;
eons was greatly .
but still there is room for further advance in the
breed of this description of fowl. Time will not allow
us further to dilate upon the excellence of the show ;
but we cannot conclude without offering our tribute
of thanlos Mr.
, T. B. Wright, Mr. T. Lowe, and
, for the admirable an in which they
have on this, as on fportant and valuable ormer years, managed
m ne
this im-
exhibition of breeding produce.
Tee folhiwing is an
judged_:7- abridzed list of the prizes ad-

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LASS T 11
I.—EREFo n
No. s—First pr:z, 1U!,2 Rat' ‘-'4EII " STEERS'
ox-
z^ of 151.; for thoeant'l th,! geld medal, and
easie.,lbert; breeder, Mr.
r',..)yal lligbne2,s pLicul or steer of any breed,
medal to breeder.
-in, I cd...tor:, t.zhropshire.
executors of the !we
3 —S,:ec...nd priz 51., to the
int,,i, r,loy. Bart., Middletenxe
CLASS IL—HEREFORD STEERS,
RS
No. 12 Prize 5/, and silver medal as breeder, to
Eight flonoprable Lnrd Hatherten, Teddesie the
Y Park,
CLASS M.—HEREFORD Cows.
No. 14,--First prize, 101., and the gold
medal, and
extra prize of 151, for the best cow or heifer of an,.
breed, to Mr. William Vaughan, Cbolstrey, near jLeo-
minster. Silver medal to tho Bev. Henry Bliseett, as
breeder.
No, 15—Second prize, 51., to Mr. Edmund Herbert,
Povvick, near Worcester.
CLASS W.—HssizrOßD HEIFERS' ~,_,.
Am
No. 21—First prize, 101., to M. Jobu )1 er,

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Holmer, near Hereford. Silver medal to Mr. Thomas
Morris, as breeder.
51., to Mr. Henry Hill, Stable-
No. 22-Second prize,
ford, near Bridgnorth.
CLASS V.--STIORT-HORN OXEN R STEERS.
No. 37—First prize, 10/., to Mr. RiO
chard Spraggett,
Southam, near Warwick. Silver medal to Mr. James
Richards, as breeder.
No. 34—Second prize, 5/, to W. de Capel Brooke,
Esq., Geddingtori Grange, Northamptonshire.
CLASS ItrI.—SHORT•HORN STEERS.
No. 47—Prize, 51., to Mr. Thomas Pulver, Broughton,
Northamptonshire.
CLASS VIL—SHORT•HORN COWS.
No. 63—First prize, 101., to Mr. Robert Beman, More-
ton-in-the-Marsh.
No. 54—Second prize, Si., to Mr. Samuel Wiley,
Bransby, near York.
CLASS VIM—SHORT-HORN HEIFERS.
No. 76—First prize, 101,, and silver medal, as breeder,
to the Right Hon. Viscount Hill, Hawkstone, near
Shrewsbury.
No. 83—Second prize, 51., to Mr. William Woodward,
Breeden's Norton, near Tewkesbury.
CLASS IX.—DEVON OXEN OR STEERS.
No. 88—First prize, 101., and silver medal, as breeder,
to the Hight Hon. the Earl of Leicester, Holkham Hall,
Norfolk.
No. 87—Second prize, al., to the Right Hon. the Earl
of Leicester, Holkham Hall, Norfolk.
CLASS X.—DEVON STEERS.
No. 89 —Priz,! of 51., to the Right Hun. the Earl of
Aylesford, Packington, near C )vestry.
CLASS XI.—DEVON COWS.
No. 90—First prize, 101., to the Night Hon. the Earl
of Aylesford. Silver medal to Mr. William Baker, as
breeder.
No. 91—Second prize, 5/,, to Mr. Abraham Umbers,
Weston Hall, Leamington Spa.
CLASS XIL—DEVON
No. 93—First prize, 101., to Mr. Thomas Newbold,
Bagintod, near Coventry.
No. 92—Second prize, 5/., to the Right Hon. the Earl
of Leicester, Holkham Hall, Norfolk.
CLASS XIII.—LONG-HORNED COWS OR HEIFERS.
No. 95—First prize, 101., and silver medal, as breeder,
to Mr. Richard Gibbs, Blackford Mill, Henley-in-Arden.
No. 94—Second prize, to Captain Inge, Thorpe
Constantine, near Tamworth.
EXTRA CLASSES.
CLASS XIV.—OXEN OR STEERS.
No. 99—First prize, 10/., to the Right Hon. Lord
Leigh, Stoneleigh Abbey, Kenilworth.
No. 101—Second prize, 51., to Mr. Richard Spraggett,
Southam, near Warwick.
CLASS XV.—Cows.
No. 114—First prize,to Mr. William Timms,
Grandborough, near Southern, Warwickshire. Silver
medal to Mr. Cartwright, as breeder.
No. 110—Second prize, Si., to Mr. Matthew Ingle,
Wigginton, near Tamworth.
CLASS XVI.—HEIFERS.

No. 119—First prize, 101., and silver medal, as
breeder, to Mr. Abraham Umbers, Weston Hall, Lea-
mington Spa.
No. 120—Second prize, 51., to the Right Hon. tho
Earl of Leicester, Holkham Hall, Norfolk.
Extra prize, 51., to Mr. Thomas Yeld, the Broome,
near Leominster.
CLASS XVIT -.—,COTCH OR WELSH OXEN OR STEERS.
No. 131—First prize, 101., to Captain Musgrove,
Milvertoa Hall, near Leamington. Breeder, Mr. Camp-
bell, of Jura. Silver medal to Mr. Campbell, as breeder.

DARING BURGLARY IN VIESTMORELAAD.
On Saturday last the magistrates at Appleby were
engaged a considerable time in the investigation of a
charge of burglary, preferred against two men who
gave the names of Richard Burne and Richard
Smith, and described themselves as railway labourers
in search of work. Gillhall, the scene of the burglary,
is a farmhouse in a lonely part of the parish of
Orton, and on Wednesday night was inhabited by
Mr. William Stubbs, the owner of the estate, who is
eighty-two, his nephew Rawes Thompson, a youth
about fourteen,and Eleanor Davis, his housekeeper.
The old man and his nephew slept in adjoining rooms
up stairs, and the housekeeper in a room on the ground
floor. Between one and two o'clock on Thursday
morning Eleanor Davis was awakened by a noise in
the house, and immediately afterwards three men,
wearing round-about fustian jackets, and one of them
with a veil over his face, entered her room. One man
had got possession of Mr. Stubbs' gun, and, pointing
it at her, threatened in the most violent language
to shoot her if she did not lie still and tell
them where the old man kept his money. The
girl was so much alarmed and confused that she did
not remember what answer she made. Mr. Stubbs
and the boy both heard the noise, and the latter
called down stairs, " Is it you, Eleanor ?" One of the
men answered, " If you are not quiet, I'll knock your
blasted heart out of you!" and immediately afterwards
all three went to his room and threatened they would
shoot him if he made any resistance. They next pro-
ceeded to Mr. Stubbs' room door and thrust the gun
barrel into the room. The old man had got out of
bed and was standing beside the door; he seized hold
of the gun and endeavoured to pull it away, but
could not; he then by an extraordinary effort of strength
succeeded in shutting the door against the burglars
and placed his back against it ; but his exertions were
unavailing, they instantly burst the door open, and
threw the old man down with the door upon him.
Two of the men held him down, and one of them
pointed the gun at him, while the others demanded
his keys, swearing he should be shot if he did not im-
mediately give them up. Resistance was out of the
question, and the demand was at once complied with.
They then ransacked his pockets and the drawers in
the room, and took from them 81. 105. in money, ten
silver teaspoons, and two pair of sugar tongs; and
having satisfied themselves that he had no mere money
in the house they hurried away. Eleanor Davis, after
they had gone upstairs, on their first coming into the
house, escaped by breaking through her bedroom win-
dow, and without either shoes or stockings, or any other
covering on than her nightdress, went to the nearest
neighbour's house, distant about a quarter of a mile,
but before assistance arrived the villains bad de-
camped. Late on the Thursday ever.:ng the two pri-
soners, who answered the description given of the
burglars, were apprehended on a haymow in a barn,
near to King's Meaburn, about eight miles from
Gill-hall ; but neither Mr. Stubbs nor his nephew or
housekeeper could identify them as being privy to the
burglary, and the magistrates had no alternative but
to acquit them of the charge. They had been seen
begging at King's Meaburn on the day of their ap-
prehension, which they admitted, and the magistrate
committed them to prison for one month as vagrants.
Several other robberies have recently been committed
in the same parish, and the inhabitants are taking
steps to obtain the services of an efficient police officer
during the winter months.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 6, ISM.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious .Diseases ...*249
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 48
Tubercular Diseases ... ... 225
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 149
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 49
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... ... 333
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ... 62
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c. 1
Malformations...

Premature Birth ... ___ ...
.. ...
... ... -
... 25
Atrophy ... ... ...
... 27
Old Age ... ... ... 76
Sudden ... ... ... ... ... 4
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance .„ 38
Causes not specified ... ... ... ... ... 5

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,316
Population Deaths In corre- Deaths
Enumerated, sponding week in the

1851. - of 1850. Week.
West Districts... 376,332 . . 151 ... 217
North Districts.. 490,441 .. 191 ... 236
Central Districts 392,986 ... 179 ... 200
East Districts 485,336 ... 201 ... 260
South Districts .. 616,545 ... 282 ... 403

Totials... ..... 2,361,610 ... 1,004 ... 1,316

Males

... 624
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Females ...

... 692