The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-09 00:00:00

WOOL.

The public sales of colonial wool are progressing with
more spirit. Foreign buyers continue their operations, and
a fair quantity of wool has been taken by the home trade.
Prices are firmer. For English wool there has been but
little inquiry, at late rates, Thv ilDpQrt§iuto Luba last

week consisted of 1,923 bales from Adelaide, 3,349 Cape
and 1,320 bales from Taganrog.
Current prices of English wool per lb.

ad a d
Floeces—South Down hogets 1 21 1 3
Half-bred do 1 3i 1 4
Rent• fleeces
South Down ewes and wethers 1 2 1 2
Leicester do
Sorts—Clothing
Combing

THE GREAT CHRISTMAS CAT LE SHOW.

AWARD OF TILE PRIZP_S THIS DAY.

The Great Christmas Exhibition of the Smith..
field Cattle Club commenced to-day at the Agri-
cultural Ilall. The number of beasts exhibited
greatly exceeded that of I:st year; and, in the
opinion of those competent to form an opinion, the
show this year caine up to the average. One of the
notable facts we have to record is that her Majesty
the gteen this year exhibited in her own name,
and, as will be seen, carried off a large number of
prizes. The arrangements of the club, on this the
private view, prevented an inspection of the stock,
owing to the reporters being confined to the gal-
leries, so we have to content ourselves with merely
on this occasion to give the names of the successful
competitors.

The judges were as follows :—Cattle : G. Baker,
Orwell Park, Ipswich ; Chas. Randell, Chadbury,
Evesham ; C. Vevers, Leominster ; William Torr,
Aylesbury Manor ; Edward Bowley, Siddington
House ; and George Drewry, Holler Grange,
Lancashire. Sheep : T. Brown, Marham ; Benj.
Painter, Burnley-on-the-Hill ; Robert Creswell,
Ravenstone ; H. Fookes, Whitchurch ; William
Sairsbury, Devizes ; and G. Cureton, Shrewsbury.
Pigs : Henry Smith, Cropwell Butler ; Albert
Ed►nons, Langbourne ; and John Moor, Westwell-
street, Plymouth.

CATTLE.
DEVON CATTTE.

Class I.—Devon Steers, not exceeding 2 years and 6
months old.—First prize of £2O to her Majesty the Queen ;
silver medal to the breeder ditto. Second prize of £lO to
Mr. James Howard, Crediton, Devon.
Class 2.—Devon Steers, not exceeding 3 years and 3
months old.—First prizo of £3O to William Smith, Credi-
ton Devon ; silver medal to the breeder, exhibitor ; se-
cond prize of £2O to Mr. John Overman, Burnham Mar-
ket, Norfolk ; third prize of £lO to Mr. William Taylor,
Eastbourn, Sussex.
Class 3.—Devon Steers, or Oxen, above 3 years and 3
months old.—First prize of £3O to Mr. William Smith,
Exeter, Devon ; silver medal to the breeder, James Davey,
Devon ; second prize of £2O to Mr. Walter Farthing,
Bridgewater, Somerset; third prize of £lO to Mr. James
Farquharson, Blandford, Dorset.
Class 4.—Devon Heifers, not exceeding 4 years old.—
First prize of £25 to Richard Burton, Devon ; silver medal
to the breeder, George Gibbs, Taunton ; second prize of
£l5 to W. Barrington, Yarmouth, isle of Wight ; third
prize of £lO to her Majesty the Queen.
Class s.—Devon Cows, above 4 years old.—First prizo
of £25 to Walter Farthing, Bridgwater, Sussex; silver
medal to the breeder, John Tapp, South Moulton ; second
prize of £l5 to John Coote, Blandford, Dorset; third prize
of £lO to William Taylor, Eastbourne, Sussex.
Class 7.—Hereford Steers, not exceeding 3 years and 3
months old.—First prize of £3O to Joseph Beach, Dudley,
Worcester; silver medal to the breeder, E. Edwards, Baw-
cott ; second prizo of £2O to hir Majesty the Queen ; third
prize of £lO to Benj. Cooks, T wyford, Salop.
Class B.—Hereford Steers, or Oxen, above 3 years and
3 months old.—First prize of £3O to Joseph Beach, Dudley,
Worcester; silver medal to the breeder, Richard Shirley ;
second prize of £2O to George Pitt, Chadnor Court, Here-
ford ; third prize of £lO to John Jones, Springfield, Here-
ford.

Class 9.—Hereford Heifers, not exceeding 4 years old.—
First prize of £25 to Henry Belleridgo ; silver medal to
the breeder, E. Tanner, Salop ; second prize of £l5 to
John Arkwright, Leominster; third prize of £lO to her
Majesty.
Class 10.—Hereford Cows, above 4 years old.—First
prize of £25 to Henry Belleridgo, `Montage, Berks ; silver
medal to the breeder, Samual Griffiths, Leominster; second
prize of £l5 to Robert V. Groves, Berrington, Salop ; third
prize of £lO to Arthur James, Hereford.
SHORT-HORNED CATTLE.

Class 11.—Short-horned Steers, not exceeding 2 years
and 6 months old.—Firstpriz, of £2O to the D A.) of Suther-
land, Salop; silver medal to the breeder, exhibitor; second
prize of £lO to the Earl of Aylesford, Coventry.
Class 12.- Short-horned Steer:3, not exceeding 3 years
and 3 months old.—First prize of £lO to G. S. Foljambe,
Osbertou Hall, Notts; silver medal to the breeder, exhi-
bitor ; second prize of £23 to the Earl of Aylesford, Coven-
try; third prize of £lO to Richard Stretton, Walls Court
Bt

Class 13.—Short-horned Steers, or Osen, above 3 years
and 3 months old.—First Prize of £3O to the Duke of Beau-

fort, Badminton ; silver medal to the breeder, Wm. Butler,
Badminton ; second prize of £2O to Lord Ponrhyn, Ban-
gor; third prize of ..£lO to Rowland Wood, Thrapston.

Class 14.—Short-horned Heifers, not exceeding four
years old.—First prize of £25 to Richard Stretton, Wall's-
coutt, Bristol; silver medal to the breeder, exhibitor;
second prize of £l5 to Lord Faversham, Helmsley, York-
shire ; third prize of £lO to the Earl of Hardwicke,
Wimpole, Arrington.

Class 15. Short-horned cow; above four years old.—
First prize of ..£25 to Adam Dugdale, Rose-hill, Burnley;
silver medal to the breeder, E. Hales, Tonbridge ; second
prizo of £l5 to Richard Taylor, Maldon, Essex; third
prize of £lO to Thomas Mead, Tring, Herts.