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N°. 18,475.] LONDON, TUESDAY Ev : ," G S DECEMBER 9, 1851.

ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING
COMPANY.
(Incorporated pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict.)
Offices—No. 11, Adam-street, Adelphi.
Capital, 50,0001.,
In 100,000 Shares of 105. (fully paid up) each.
No Shareholder will be liable beyond the amount of his Shares.
TRUSTEES.
Charles Herbert Cottrell, Esq., Hadley, Herts.
George Emmett Green, Esq., Emmett Hall, Lancashire.
James Harmer, Esq., Ingress Park, Greenhithe, Kent.
CHAIRMAN.
GEORGE EDW.SRD COTTRELL, Esq , James-street, Buck-
ingham-gate; and New-square, Lincoln's Inn.
VICE-CHAIRMAN.
FRANCIS DENNIS MASSY DAWSON, Esq., 'Victoria-
square; and Plowden-buildings,,Temple.
rartneroas.
John Barker, M.D., Richmond, Surrey.
Symeon Taylor Bartlett, LL.D. Cambridge.
Jonathan Felder, Esq., Penrith.
Charles Hincks, Esq., Birmingham.
Joseah George Parker, Esq., Warminster.
Sir C. S. Rumbold, Bart., Argyil-street, Regent-street.
RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN CALIFORNIA.
Captain Sir Henry Vere Huntley, R.N.
BANKERS.
London and County Bank, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Coombe and Nickell, Bridge-street, Westminster.
SUPERINTENDENTS IN CALIFORNIA.
James Maconochie, Esq. I William Godfrey Hnet, Esq.
SECRETARY (ad interim).
Mr. George Frederick Goodman.
This Company being now completely registered, the Directors
take the earliest opportunity of laying before the Shareholders a
statement of its progress and prospects. •
It may be confidently asserted that no Company was ever brought
before the public with equal prospect of speedy and successful
results.
The prompt assistance afforded by the Shareholders to the Direc-
tors, and the perfect confidence in the management displayed by
them, have enabled the Directors to take such steps as must ensure
an enormous dividend within a few months.
Sir Henry Huntley, the resident Director In California, hail been
in that country five months, and the course adopted by the Directors
for carrying out this enterprise results from the experience obtained
by him during that period. The instructions given to Sir Henry
Hunt cy were, in effect, that he should make every possible inquiry
relative to the state of the country, the tenure of land, the com-
parative merits of the different quartz veins in the several districts
of California, and after mature deliberation to advise the Directors
as to their best course of proceeding, and to take such measures as
would enable them to carry out his views as speedily as possible.
Following these instructions, he has secured fer the benefit of the
Company', sufficient lands for all mining purposes ; but he is clearly
of opinion, that for the present, at least, it is not desirable to under-
take mining operations, but to crush and amalgamate quartz to
be supplied by those who are possess ei of mines, and have raised
the quarts. With the assistance of some gentlemen of great
experience in geology and mining matters, he has inspected and
tested a great variety of veins in the Mariposa, Nevada, Grass
Valley, and other districts, and has come to the conclusion,
upon sound reasons, that the vicinity of Grass Valley and
Nevada City, is that which affords the greatest advantages for car.
rying on our enterprise. lie has, therefore, entered into an agree-
ment with some American gentlemen, who have formed a company,
and have opened, and, to a considerable extent, worked a vein of
quartz, distant about three miles from Grass:Valley and Nevada
City, and about thirty miles from Sacramento City, to crush and
amalgamate the quartz to be raised from the mine ecru
dcru hed
by
them. By means of machinery, he has already
and amalgamated considerable quantities of the quartz sup-
plied him from this mine; and the result of his operations
has been to satisfy himself that the vein is of a full average
richness, and that the locality oilers many important advantages in
the way of water, fuel, means of transit, &c., &c. He has, there-
fore, entered into a formal agreement with that Comby pa
them with as
which, in
a few words, amounts to this : he is to be supplied
much quartz as his machinery shall be found capable of crushing;
the quartz is to be deposited at the mills free of expense ;
he is to crush and amalgamate it at his own expense, and
he gold produced is to be divided equally
and between the owners
of the vein and our Company. Formal agreements
for carrying out the above arrangement fairly and honestly, and
without any copartnership, have been entered into. Steam-engines
and machinery estimated to crush about thirty tons of quartz a day,
with fiends sufficient for it i motion, have been placed under
the control of Sir Henryrypu Huntley ;n and, unless some unexpected
delay has arisen, the machinery is now actually at work, and a
return will be made about Christmas next.
For the satisfaction of the existiag shareholders of this
hemCopany,
and without wishing, in any manner, to deteriorate from merits
of other Companies, the Directors are desirous of calling attention
pasome of the m
rs nore prominent advantages possessed by this Com-
ny over otheow in the field. Shareholders in other Companies
must mainly rely upon reports sent over by persons
resident n
selling the mine; we rely upon the reports of our own
Director and his practical assistants on the spot, whose only
interest is to give us facts. The Directors of other
Companies generally base the estimate of the value of
their mine upon calculations founded on experiments
upon a few pieces of specimen quartz, sent over to this country for
the express purpose ewevertising the
calculma commodity offered for sale to
the British public ; found our upon experiments
tried, during several weeks, on quartz raised from the mine, and
crushed and amalgamated by our own Superintendent, and with our
'own machinery and apparatus. Other Companies propose to
incur the expense and risk of carrying out mining operations
upon their vein, before the quartz arrives at their mill, and, should
their labours prove successful, they must then pay out of their
profits large per-centages for obtaining their leases, and large royal
ties to their lessors ; whereas we have secured as much quartz as
our machinery is capable of crushing, the title to which iss as secure
or
as that of any other company,
unfettered by any retg
royalty. The half of the produce to be paid by this Compan to the
parties who supply us, free of expense, with the quartz, briny g in fact
merely equivalent to the dividend upon
at the outlay of capital
thel ex-
pended in raising the quartz, and lodging it the mill.
new companies, unlike this, must be a considerable time before
their angements and machinery ca be ready f carrying out
their schemes—this Company alone is actually at workor .
The paid-up capital of the Company will not exceed 20,0001. An
almost certain estimate of the produce of our machinery can be
formed, and, from the calculations made, the Directors confidently
anticipate being able even at the most moderate estimate, to afford
a dividend of 200 per cent., at the least, within the next twelve
months. Accenting to tha data furnithed to us, the quartz whiel
ch
we &raison, working yields upon an average 4d. per pound, or
17s. 4d.
gaper ca or 371. Ss. Bd. per ton ; and.. as we can crush and '
amalgamate at least 20 tens per diem, that would amount- to 1461.
135. 4d., or 3731. Gs. Bd. per diem as the share of
made, this Company.based
By the peculiar arrangements this Company has
upon practical experience, the economy in working expenses must
necessarily be such as to render the current outlay most trifling.
In case circumstances should induce the Directors to alter the
system now adopted, and lead them to undertake mining operations
of their own, arrangements have been made securing four distinct
sites, most carefully selected for their eligibility for milling' pur-
poses, and Sir Henry Huntley has on the spot Cornish miners who
went,
out with him, and who have voluntarily retendered him their
services.
Tile Ben
gentlemen who formed the Provisional Committee of this
Company, have added to their number several gentlemen possessing
the acquaintance and entire confidence of a very large body of
Shareholders in the provincial districts. To add such men to the
Dire toy
was due to those Shareholders who have in fact estab-
lished and nobly supported this Company. Measures will be taken
for further augmetaing the Directory, and a Special General Meet-
ing of the Shareholders will be convened for the middle of January.a
In conclusion,. the Directors beg to offer their best thanks to the
Shareholders for the uniform support they have received, and they
pledge themselves that the affairs of this Company shall be con-
ducted with the most rigid economy, and with the sole view of for-
warding the interest of the Shareholders.
The Directors beg to call the attentions Sharethis Company, it
holders particularly
to the fact that, from the system adop by can-
not be affected by the question now agitated between the holders of
leases and Colonel Fremont or his agents. The district selected for
the operations of this Company is far removed from the tract claimed
by Colonel Fremont. The difficulty arising out of the many points
now raised relative to the tenure of land under leases, had been long
known to and was maturely considered by those having the control
of the affairs of this Company, and was one of the reasons which
not
in-
duced them to pursue for the present the course they
have, and
to incur certain heavy expenses with doubtful resultsof the prudence
The Directors trust that Shareholders will approve
of the course they have adopted.
ProspectuSeS
.may be had upon application at tho offices of the
Company.

AVIES'S BOTANIC WAX CANDLES, 11d.
per lb.; sperm, 2s. and 2s. 2d. ; patent sperm, I id.; British
wax or sperm, Is. 4d. ; German wax, is. 2d. ; fine wax, Is. 5d.;
transparent wax, Is. 4d. and 20.4 d. ; best wax, 2s. 3d. ; composite,
7y2d., 9d., and 914 d. ; Palmer's 614 d.; magnums, Bd.; mid
size, 734 d.; store candles, 41Ad. and sd. ; wax-wick moulds, 6d. ;
Yellow soap, 445., 505., and 545. per 112 lbs. ; mottled,
565.
Windsor soap, is. 4d. per packet; brown Windsor, is
91. ; rose,
2s. ; almond, 2s. 6d. Sealing was, 45. 6d. per lb. Argand, yoga-
table, camel, or colza oil, 4s. 6d. per gallon; sperm oil, 7s. 6d.;
solar, 3s. 6d. ; seal, 45., for cash, at DAVIES'S old established
warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite the Westminster County
Court.

PARIS IN A STATE OF SIEGE.
THE ASSEMBLY DISMISSED.
General Officers, the Leaders of Party, arrested and sent to
Prison, the Council of State Dissolved, and Louis Napoleon lie
Dictator. This astounding intelligence, transmitted from Paris in a
few minutes, nearly frightened London from its propriety on Tues-
day last, ye Vrom all we can learn the President completely follolra
the example set in the British metropolis years ago, even tot he
clbse, for when he had effected the mighty change he appealed to
the people, whose support alone he craved. The change to which
we refer was that which in forty-eight hours was accomplished by
E. MOSES and SON. The monopolists were more formidable than
the General Assembly, and they were not without leaders, but
Messrs. E. MOSES and SONS crushed them at once by lowering
the price of a mall's clothes fifty per cent., an
nd d appong doings to the
people. What was the result ? he extortion a wrof
those they displaced was apparent, and the people exulted in the
change. They gladly seized upon the benefits extended to them,
and supported the firm. Every man in the kingdom is now at
liberty to buy for himself and his family better clothes than they
ever bad before, and at less than half price; let any one, if indeed
there be any, who doubts this, inspect the present unrivalled stock
of Winter Clothing at the Monarch Mart in Aldgate and the
Minories, or their Grand West-end Branch Establishment in New
Oxford-street, corner of Bart-street, where everything of the newest
and neatest and best Is marked with its priers, and they will doubt
no longer.
E. MOSES and SON,
London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83,
64, 85, and 86, Aldgato, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 587, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,5,
and 3, Hart-street, all eommunicating.
Bradford Yorkshire Branch, 19, Bridge-street.
Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate.
Tailors, ,Clothiers,
Ratters, Hosiers, Furriers, Bost end Shoe-
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g 7, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON'
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NITANDLE WATER and SEWERAGE COM-
PANY (LIMITED RESPONSIBILITY).
A BILL for the INCORPORATION of the COMPANY was read a
second time in the last Session of Parliament, and was referred to a
Committee, at which stage (by special resolutions of both Houses)
it is a:lowed to be proceeded with in the next session.
Capital 300,0001, in 30,C K,O Shares of 101. each. Deposit 12s. 6d.
per share, of which 7s. will be returned in the event of an Act not
being obtained in the ensuing session of Parliament.
At the termination of the last session the Shareholders were offered
the 7s. per share, but only one, holding four shares, availed himself
of this privilege.

TRUSTEES.
Joseph Somes, Esq , of Blackwall, shipowner.
George Stone, Esq., of Lombard-street, banker.
AUDITORS.
Samuel Gurney, jun., Esq., Lombard-street, banker.
Frederick Mildred, Esq., 35, Nichas-lane, banker.
DIRECTORS.
Chairman—JOHN MACGREGOR, Esq., M.P.
Deputy-Chairman—CHAßLES REYNOLDS, Esq.

Samuel iihliefield Daukes, Esq , 14, Whitehall-place.
Edward Esdaile, Esq., City Saw-mills, Regent's Canal.
George D'oller Gowan, Esq., Dulwich; and 7, Copthall-court.
John Laurence, Esq , H.C.S., 15, Regent-street.
John Macgregor, Esq., M.P., 1, Princes-terrace, Hyde-park.
Frederick Pollock, Esq., H.C.S., Southlands, Battersea.
Charles Reynolds, Esq., Wallington Lodge, Carshalton, Surrey.
Thomas Robinson, Esq.. Bernard-street, Russell-square.
John Penry Williams, Esq., Bury-street, St. James'-square; and
Abercamlais, Brecon.

Engineer and Surveyor—F. P. Thompson, Esq.
Consulting Engineers—Messrs. Easton and Amos.

Bankers—Mess;. Martin, Stone, and. Martins, Lombard-street.
Brokers—Messrs. Sheppard and Sons, 28, Threadneedle-street, City.

Solicitors,:-Mesira. Mullins and Paddison,

The want of a wholesome and efficient water supply is morese-
verely felt south of the Thames than in any other part of the metro-
polis. The Sanitary Commissioners say the present supply there is
" wholly unfit for use, and is highly dangerous to the health of the
persons who drink it."
The Company has for its object the supply of pure water at con-
stant and high service, and has received the most cordial support
from the proprietors, ratepayers, and inhabitants In general of this
largo district, evidenced by their numerous petitions and by the re-
solutions of public bodies, such as the Quarter Sessions, the District
Board of Health, &c.
It has long been known that the Wandle water is the purest of any
within practicable distance of the Metropolis (see the public evidence
taken before the Committees of the House of Cammons.) From this
source a minimum supply of 27,000,000 of gallons daily can be ob-
tained without injury to any one. The present supply of Thames
water ir about 9,000,000.
The Company, either through the instrumentality of the existing
Companies, or by parochial or other public bodies, or their own
means, will be able to send " unintermittent streams of cool, fresh
lucid water, sparkling and pure, up every ceart and alley, and to the
very garrets of the meanest houses, at a very low rate of charge."
And these essentials they can guarantee; because, besides the ad-
mitted superiority of the Wand!. water, which in its nataral state
possesses a greater " freedom from putrescible organic matter," and
from " discoloration," as well as greater " brightness, clearness,
softness, and coolness," than any others, this Company's plats com-
prises a complete system of intercepting drainage to carry off the
impurities of mills and houses—an original and perfect method of
nitration (Invented by Mr. F. P. Thompson, the Engineer to the
Company), to be applied in the grand reservoir itself, 160 feet
above Trinity high water mark, whence it will flow in uninterrupted
distrVution by mere gravity to the thousands of buildings in the
district, in a state as cool and limpid as any well water—and lastly,
because the Company apply by their Bill for a compulsory limitation
of profits, so that the abuse of high charges will here be an impos-
sibility, whilst there will be sufficient profit to afford a liberal remu-
neration to the shareholders.
The Thames water throughout contains sulphates and chlorides of
some sort, and the water at Ditton, besides these, is impregnated
with the sewerage of Hampton-court and other districts, compre-
hending a population of three-quarters of a million. "No amount
of boiling can separate the sulphates and chlorides"—they will re-
main and constitute a permanent hardness. In the Wandle water
there is no sulphate or chloride of any sort ; but there is present the
carbonate of soda, which renders it admirable for all domestic pur-
poses, and to such " water M. Soyer gives a preference for tea-
making, even over distilled water."
Application for the remaining shares to be made to Messrs.
Sheppard and Sons, 28, Threadneedle-street, City, and to the Secre-
tary, at the Temporary Offices, 15, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury,
where prospectuses and all other information may be obtained.
WILLIAM HOLLOWAY, Secretary.
November 14, 1551.

MR. DIGBY SEYMOUR'S WORK ON WESTERN IRELAND
Just published, the Third Edition, greatly enlarged, price
Half-a-Crown.
Dedicated, by express permission, to his Excellency the
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland,
How to EMPLOY CAPITAL in WESTERN
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nexion with a Land Investment in the West of Ireland.
By WILLIAM DIGBY SEYMOUR, Esq.,
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and Smith, Grafton-street.

MUTUAL ASSURANCE.
SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND and LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Constituted by Act of Parliament.
Established A.D. 1815.

ACCUMULATED INVESTED FUND
upwards of
TWO MILLIONS THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS.
ANNUAL REVENUE
upwards of
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS.

PRESIDENT.

The Right Honourable the Earl of ROSEBERY, K.T.

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REVOLUTION IN FRANCE.—This was
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RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Dice. 8.
STocx EXCHANGE.—There was an improved feeling ex-
hibited in the share market to-day, and a freer disposition
to purchase, but the only transaction reported was—Great
Western, Original Stock, which was done at 83%.
LIVERPOOL, Dave. 8.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market opened better this
morning, and has remained firm all day, with a good business
doing. We note a rise of 3 per cent. on all leading stock
since Saturday morning. The transactions were as follow :
Caledonian, 1414 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 54 % —Di tto,
Fifths, 8% dis.—London and North-Western, 1143/—Ditto,
New Quarters, 2% p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire, 311,4—Ditto, Preference, 124—Midland, 53—North
Union (A), guaranteed by London and North-Western and
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 250—South-Eastern and Dover,
20—York and North Midland, 2014—Dutch Rhenish, 434 dis.
MANCHESTER, DEC. 8. _ _

STOCK ExcHAXZE.JThe share market was better to-day
a good business has been done at advanced prices. The
transactions were as follow : —Caledonian, 1454—Ditto, Pre-
ference, 7 %—East Lancashire, 14% - Lancashire and York-
shire, 541,6—Ditto, Fifths, 8% dis. —London and North-
Western, New Quarters, 1254 p.—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 31%—Ditto, Preference, 124—Midland,
53;i—South-Eastern awl Dover, 19%.
_BITININTINUMMo #~11; ' -
sw„,„ ExcitANGE.—Although there-Was not much tual-'
ness transacted to-day, the price of every description of railway
stock considerably advanced, some at the rate of 2 and 2%
per cent. London and North-Westerns were quoted at 114
and 114%—Great Westerns, 84—Midlands, 54. At the
close the market was firm.

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
Gross traffic receipts for passengers
and goods, week ending Dec. 6,
1851 £10,024 0 2
Ditto, Dec. 7, 1850 ... 9,323 16 0

Increase in 1851 £7OO 4 2
London Terminus, Dec. 8, 1851.

WEST WHEAL MINING COMPANY.
A meeting of the shareholders of this company was
held yesterday at the office, 57, Broad-street, for the pur-
pose of dissolving the company, James Hearne, Esq.,
presided.
The requisition convening the meeting was read by
the Secretary, and it appeared that the meeting was
called in consequence of a resolution passed on the 17th
of last month, and which was unanimously agreed to, to
the effect that a meeting should be called to dissolve the
company.
Mr. MACKEY asked the Secretary to inform them of
the number of shares that were represented at the meet-
ing alluded to.
The SECRETARY said that the number was 1,310, the
total number of shares being 3,755; and of these 2,801
had sent in their proxies, while the dead only required
that there should be 2,787 represented as the necessary
number to dissolve the company.
After this explanation,'
Mr. CUMBERLAND moved a resolution to the effect,
that the company or association called the West Wheal
Copper and Tin Mining Association. as established by
deed of settlement dated the 18th of October, 1838,
should be dissolved; and the motion having been seconded
was agreed to. _

It appeared, however, that according to the deed of
settlement another meeting must be called to confirm the
above resolution before it can be deemed final.

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10th,
says,
"The
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was
found
The
body of
yesterday morning within
a few hundred yards of the prison brig, on the road
winding round the hill near the north beach. It was
horribly cut and gashed with a knife in 18 or 20 places,
seven or night of the wounds being mortal. The body
was lying in a natural position, with the head resting on
the arm, and in the vicinity there were no marks of a
struggle and no traces of blood. Mr. Gray, the city
sexton, held an inquest in the afternoon. The name of
the murdered man proved to be San Miguel—the author
of this horrible ,deed a Mexican, named Manoelito, now
in the city. It appears that on Wednesday night he
and the deceased were in one of the wretched dens in
Cat or Murderer's-alley, kept by a Mexican woman, and
that a quarrel took place between them, which it was
agreed to settle by mortal combat, after the fashion of
Mexican duels. The two parties stated out together,
unaccompanied by friends or witnesses, and fought by
moonlight. Tho result was as above stated. The usual
manner of fighting among the Mexicans is to wrap their
scrap in many folds round their left arm, thus forming a
kind of guard or shield, and, dagger in hand, strike with
the right. In the present instance, judging from the
multitude of mortal wounds, some of them must have
been given after the deceased was vanguished, perhaps
dead. Mancelito boasted of the act, and told a monte
dealer, and several Mexican women that he had put San
Miguel to death. The women, when applied to by the
police, at first swore positively that they knew nothing
of the transaction; finally the truth was extracted from
them and search made for him. He had not been ar-
rested at a late hour last night, but will unquestionably
be captured, as he has been seen since the murder walk-
ingabout without his scrap, apparently having no idea
of flying."

DEATH BY CHOKING.—On Friday an inquest was
held before Mr. Baker, at the King's Arms, Bow, relative to
the death of Henry Watcher, aged 52, a tradesman carrying
on businees in High-street. It appeared that on Sunday
last the deceased invited several members of his family to
spend the day with him. They were at dinner, when sud-
denly deceased was observed to be gasping for breath, and
he fell back in his chair. Ills children went to his assist-
ance, who found that he was unable to swallow, and that a
piece of meat had stopped in the windpipe. A surgeon was
sent for, but by the time he arrived life was extinct. Verdict,
" Accidental Death."

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SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.

We were last night favoured with :a private view
of the stock entered for :exhibition at the Smithfield
Club Cattle Show of the present year, at the specious
premises known as the Bazaar, in King-street,
Portman-square. As compared with the entries at
the preceding show, the number at the present one
shows a trifling diminution ; the falling off, however,
in numbers, is more than made up by the generally
improved character of the stock exhibited. Probably
at no previous exhibition has there been so much de-
serving of real praise, or more worthy the attention
of those interested in this important department of
agricultural occupation of grazing, as in the present
one. There is no feature more deserving of atten-
tion in the exhibition of the present year than the
specimens which illustrate the great advance which
has been made in bringing young classes to an early
maturity. The proportion ;which the young
classes bear to the older ones is exceedingly
favourable, and is a proof that the exertions of
the Club during the past few years have not been lost
upon our feeders. The importance to our graziers of
any system which will enable them to bring their
young " stock" as early as possible to maturity can-
not be overrated, and we are happy to see that the
labours of the Club in this direction have been so
successful. Passing to the next great feature of the
show, it will be found, from the awards of the judges,
which we give below, that among oxen and steers a
large preponderance of the prizes has been carried off
by the Herefords; and of cows and heifers, the most
successful as a class have been the " short horns."
A third feature worthy of notice is that in pigs, the
first prize in each of the three classes, with of course
the gold medal, has been carried off by Mr. Coate, of
Hammoon, near Blandford, Dorset, for his " im-
proved Dorset pigs," a circumstance, we believe, un-
paralleled in the history of the show.
Of individual specimens deserving of more particu-
lar notice, we may mention a fine four years and ten
months old Hereford ox, shown by Mr. Heath, of
Ludham Hall, Norfolk, one of our most successful
feeders, to which the first prize of 30 sovereigns and a
silver medal to the breeder has been awarded. In the
second class, which includes oxen or steers of any
breed, between three and four years old, a fine symme-
trical and well-proportioned Hereford, shown by Mr.
Longmore, of Salop, rewarded with a first prize of
30 sovereigns and a silver medal to the breeder, is
also deserving of notice; and we may mention also,
in this class, a three years and nine months old Here-
ford, shown by Mr. Heath ; and a three years and
eleven months Hereford, exhibited by his Royal
Highness Prince Albert ; as also one by his Royal
Highness in the third class. A curious specimen,
forwarded by the Earl of Derby, as executor of the
late Earl, a two year and eight months old Brahmin
and short-horned ox, attracted considerable notice.
The animal is exceedingly well formed, active, and,
from his apparent restless character, it is a matter of
surprise how he has made so much flesh. The Earl
of Leicester shows a fine four year and one month
old, and a three Jyear and eight months old pure
North Devon in Classes 4 and 5, both of which
have been worthily honoured by the decision of the
judges. In Class 7, Mr. Samuel Druce, of Eyns-
ham, Oxford, shows a short-horned and Hereford
heifer, bred by himself, to which the gold medal
has been awarded., An important feature in con-
nexion with this animal is, that one of the
principal ingredients of the food upon which
it was fed was linseed compound. At a time when
the attention of our agriculturists is so generally di
rected to the extension of flax culture, it is a matter
of importance for them thus to have an opportunity
of witnessing to what advantage the flax seed may be
applied for, the purpose of fattening cattle. The
heifer shown by Mr. Druce may fairly challenge
competition with the best animal in the exhibition,
and while nearly the whole of its rivals were fed upon
ordinary linseed cake, made up of the refuse of the
foreign oil crusher, imported into this country, its
exhibitor more wisely determined to cultivate, with
considerable profit to himself, his own flax, arid with
a portion of the seed obtain increased facilities for
feeding his stock. We were informed, upon inquiry,
that the feeder is in the habit of grinding together
the flax seed and wheat or barley, and forming of the
meal a kind of " gruel," which was mixed with chaff
or other articles of dry food, and the compound thus
formedmar's, was given to his cattle, who thrived re-
,:tiitaaiy- -upou-it. We would xecloiamend those
vvliolittve any -doubts a the value of h -ninia-gro ivn
, flax seed for fattening purposes, to avail themselves
of the opportunity of examining this heifer of Mr.
Drum's.

Of the sheep exhibited, the most striking specimens
are a pen of three twenty-one months' old South
Downs' bred and fed by the Duke of Richmond, re-
warded with the highest medal; a pen of three twenty
months' old South Downs, by Mr. Overman, of
Norfolk ; a pen of three twenty months' old Leices-
tars, by Mr. Bradshaw, of Burley, near Oakham,
Rutland; three twenty-one months' old Leicesters,
by Mr. R. P. Hall, of Bawtry, Notts ; and three
remarkably fine specimens of Cotswolds, bred and
fed by Mr. Robert Beman, of Moreton, Gloucester.
Some good South Downs are also shown by Prince
Albert, by Mr. J. V. Shelley, the Marquis of Exeter,
and Mr. A. Beisley.
As we have already stated, Mr. Coate has taken the
first prizes in each of the three classes of pigs for his
improved Dorsets; they are remarkably fine speci-
mens. Two pens of Bedford rind Suffolk pigs, shown
by Prince Albert; one by the Earl of Radnor, of the
famed Coleshill breed ; and an immense two-year-
and-nine-months-old Hereford and Sussex pig, bred
and fed by Mr. Culliford, of ELayling Island, are also
deserving of notice.
It would be impossible for us, in our limited space,
to notice individually the various specimens which we
might consider worthy of remark, and we must there-
fore refer our readers to the list of prizes given below
for the names of the successful exhibitors, and to the
show itself, for the many fine specimens which it con-
tains. To those disposed to adopt the latter course
we may state that great improvements and enlarge-
ments have been effected by Mr. Boullnois, and that
the arrangements are now so complete that the ani-
mals may be inspected with the greatest ease, and
that ladies, even though not attired ala Bloomer,
may safely promenade the clei ally, spacious, and
well•ventilated pathways; while to others interested
in the perusal of the prize list sine may state that the
awards appear to have been well and carefully
bestowed. The judges appointed were :

JUDGES OF CATTLE AND LOIWG-WOOL SHEEP.
Messrs. James Quartley, Henry Chamberlain, Thos.
Greetham.

JUDGES OF CROSS SEED SHEEP, SHORT-WOOLS, AND PIGS.
Messrs. Edward Pope, John Ford, jun., John Farn-
combo.
STEWARDS OF CATTLE AND L,HCIG -WOOL SHEEP.

Messrs. George Turner, John Buckley, Wrn. Loft.
STEWARDS OF CROSS-BRED SHEEP, SHORT-WOOLS, AND

PIGS.

Messrs. Jonas Webb, James Burgess, J. Saxby.
The following is the list of the, awards :
ogEN OR STEEM.

Class I—The first prize of 301. to. Mr. William Heath,
Ludham Hall, Norwich; a silver modal to the breeder,
Mr. John Oakes, Afoot, Church Sc cotton. The second
prize of 15/. to Mr. William Henry Brieltwell, Leek-
hampstead, Bucks. The third prize of Si. to his Royal
Highness Prince Albert.
Class 2—The first prize of 30/. t J Mr. Edward Long-
more, Adforton, near Ludlow; a silver modal to ditto
(the breeder). The second prize of 15/. to Mr. William
Heath, Ludham Hall, Norwich. 'The third prize of 51.
to his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
Class 3—The first prizo of 251, t a Mr. Joseph Phillips,
Ardington, near Wantage; a silver medal to the breeder
Mr. Thomas Carter, Dodmoor, nc.E.r Ludlow. The se-
cond prize of 151. to his Royal hness Prince Albert.
The third prize of 51. to Mr. I maw Niblett, Conygro
Farm, Filton, Bristol.
Class 4—The first prize of 201. to the Right Hon. the
Earl of Leicester, Holkham Hall; a, silver medal to the
breeder, Mr. William Baker, Bic hop's Nympton. The
second prize,of 101. to Mr. Daniel NI ydwell, of Ashstead,
Surrey.
Class s—The first prize of 15/. to the Right Hon. the
Earl of Leicester, Holkham Hall; s. silver medal to the
brooder, Mr. George Turner, Barton, Exeter. The se-
cond prizo of Si. to Mr. Thomas Bond, Bishop's Ly-
deard, Taunton.
Class 6—The prize of 101. to Mr. G. 11. Kindorley of
K ilpaison, Pembroke.

[PRICE SD.

Thomas Pulver, Broughton, Kettering. The third prize
of 51. to the Most lion. the Marquis of Exeter, Burgh-
ley House, Stamford.
LONG •WOOLLED SHEEP (NOT LEICESTERS).
Class 12—The prize of 101. to Mr. R. Bernan More-
tonin-Marsh, Gloucester; a silver medal to ditto (the
breeder).

CROSS BRED.
Class 13—The first prize of 101. to Mr. J. B. Over-
man, Burnham Sutton, near Burnham-market, Norfolk; a
silver medal to ditto (the breeder). The" second prize
of 51. to Mr. S. Druce, Eynsham, Oxford.
Class 14—The prize of 101 to Mr. J. R. Overman,
Burnham Sutton, near Burnham-market, Norfolk; a,
silver medal to ditto (the breeder).

SHORT-WOOLLED SHEEP.
Class 15—The first prize of 201., to his Grace the
Duke of Richmond, Goodwood, Chichester, Sussex; a
silver medal to ditto (the breeder); the seoond prize of
101., to Mr. William Sainsbury, West Lavington, Dc-
vizes.

Class 16—The prize of 101., to Mr. William Sains-
bury, West Laviegton, Devizes; a silver medal to ditto
(the breeder).
Class 17—The first prize of 20L, to his Grace the
Duke of Richmond, Goodwood, Chichester, Sussex; a
silver medal to ditto (the breeder). The second prize
of 101., to Mr. J. V. Shelley, Maresfield-park, Mares-
field, Sussex.

SHORT-WOOLLED (NOT BEING SOUTH DOWNS).
Class 18—The prize of 101. (the prize withheld); a
silver medal to the breeder (ditto).

PIGS.
Class 19 —The first prize of 101. to Mr. John Coate,
Hammoon, Blandford, Dorset; a silver medal to ditto
(the breeder). The second prize of 51. to Mr. William
Mills Barber, Langley Broom, Slough.
Class 20—The first prize of 10L to Mr. John Coate,
Hammoon, near Blandford; a silver medal to ditto (the
breeder). The second prize of 51. to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert.

breeder). The second prize of 51. to the Right Hon. the
nearT h eßfil
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medalM . Johnto
ditto C o(at thee,
EllaaCrmllasmof°s°2nl' Radnor, Coleahill, Farringdon.
The gold medal for the beat ox or steer in Classes 1,
2,3, 4,5, and 6, to Mr. Edward Longmore, of Adforton,
near Ludlow.
The gold medal for the best cow or heifer in Classes
7,8, and 9, to Mr. Samuel Drum., of Eynsham, Oxford.
The gold medal for tho beat pen of long-woolled sheep
in Classes 10, 11, 12, to Mr. R. L. Bradshaw, of Burley-
on-the-Hill, Oakham.
The gold medal forthe best pen of short-woolled sheep
in classes 15,116, and 18, to his Grace the Duke of
Richmond.

The gold medal for the best pen of pigs in Classes 19,
20, and 21, to Mr. John Coate, of Hammoon, near
Blandford.

EXTRA. STOCK.

The silver medal for the healbeast in extra stock to
Mr. Wm. Heath, of Ludhana Hall, Norwich; the animal
being too heavy for Class 4.
The silver medal for the best long-woolled sheep in
extra stock to Mr. Lawrence Willmore, of Whetstone,
near Leicester.

The silver medal for the best short-wcolled sheep in
extra stock to Mr. Wm. Sainsbury, of West Lavington,
Devizes.

;',The silver medal for the best cross-bred sheep in extra
stock to Mr. John Hitchman, of Little Milton, Wheat-
ley, Oxon.

The silver medal for the beat pig in extra stock to Mr.
Wm. Calliford, of Hayling Island, Havant, Hants.

COMMENDATIONS.
Class 2—The judges commend Mr. Richard Strat-
ton's ox and Mr. E. Isham's ox; they highly commend
Mr. A. Beisley's ox.
Class 7—The judges commend Mr. Richard Healy's
heifer, Mr. Joseph Phillips's heifer, and Mr. Issac Nib-
lett's heifer; they highly commend Mr. W. M. Gibbs's
heifer.

Class 15—Highly commended, Mr, John William's
and Messrs. W. and T. Arkcoll's pen of Southdown
wethers; commended. Lord Walsingham's and Mr. J.
R. Overman's pen of Southdown wethers.
Class 16.—Commended, the Duke of Richmond's pen
of Southdown wethers.

Class 19—Commended, Mr. W. Goodson's, Sir John
Conroy's, and Mr. S. Mnrjoribanks's pens of pigs.
Class 20—The judges highly commend Sir John Con-
roy's, Mr. Stewart Ms,rjoribanks's, and Mr. Thos. King's
pens of pigs.