The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-10 00:00:00

SILVER CUPS.

Silver Cup, value £4O, tothe exhibitor, for the best steer
or ox in any of the classes, to Mr. R. 11. Harris, Forrest
Morayshire; gold medal to the breeder, Alexander
Cowie.

Silver Oup, value £4O, to the exhibitor, for the best
heifer or cow in any of the classes, to Mr. R. Strattan,
Bristol, and the gold medal.

Silver Cup, value £2O, to the exhibitor, for the best pen
of Leicesters, Cotswolds, Lincolus, Kentish, or othor
long-woolled breed, in any of the classes, to Lord Berners,
Silver Cup, value £2O, to the exhibitor, for the best pen
of one-year-old South-Downs, Hampshire, or Wiltshire-
Downs, to Lord Walsingham.

Silver Cup, value £2O, to the exhibitor, for the best pen
of Shropshire, Oxfordshire, cross-bred, or any other breed
of sheep (not specified in prize list) in any of the classes, to
Mr. John Overman.

Silver Cup, value £2O, to the exhibitor, for the best pen
of pigs in any of the classes, to Mr. John Coate Bland-
ford.

EXTRA. PRIZES.
Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the bast steer or ox in
extra stock; also £5 prize, to Mr. W. Farthing.
Silver Medal to the exhibitor, for the best heifer or cow
in extra stock ; also £5 prize, to Mr. J. M. Read.
Silver Medal to the exhibitor, for the best Leicester
wether sheep in extra stock, to Mr. George Walmesley.
Silver Medal to the exhibitor, for the best Leicester ewe
in extra stock, to Mr. Christopher Bradshaw, Oakham.
Silver Medal to the exhibitor, for the best long-woolled
sheep (not Leicester) in extra stock, to Mr. Henry Cass-
well, Folkingham.
Silt Medal to the exhibitor, for the best South-down
wether sheep in extra stock, to Mr. G. J. Foljambe.
Silver Medal to the exhibitor, for the best South-down
ewe in extra stock, to I.ord Sondes.
Silver Medal to the exhibitor, for the best short-woolled
sheep (not Southdown) in extra stuck, to Mr. George
Wallis, Farringdon,
Silver Medal to the exhibitor, for the best cross-bred
sheep (long and short-woolled cross) in extra stock, to Mr.
John Overman.
Silver Medal to the exhibitor, for the best pig in extra
stock, to Mr. S. Steam, Wickham Market, Suffolk.
THE WEST AFRICAN MAILS.

The African Company's LIVERPOOL,
anDdeincg.
010 a
r. .
rived here at noon to-day. She brings 33 Pas-
sengers, 2,000 ounces of gold dust, and £2,700 in
specie.

11er dates are—Benin, Oct. 26 ; Cameroons,
Nov. 1 ; Old Calabar, Nov. 3 ; Fernando Po, Nov.
4 ; Brass River, 6th ; Bonny, 6th ; Lagos, 9th ;
Accra, 11th; Cape Coast, 13th; Cape Palmas,
15th; Sierra Leone, 21st ; Bathurst, 25th ; Tene-
rife, 80th ; and Madeira, Dec. 3.
The health of the coast was generally good, but
trade rather dull, except at Lagos, where business
continues brisk.

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 10.

The steamer L. C. Owen, from Charlotte Town,
reports speaking, on the 7th Nov., the steamer Bri-
tannia. The latter had lost her rudder, propeller,
and was helpless. She had 15 days' provisions
on board. The L. C. Owen offered to take some
of the passengers, but the offer was declined, and
she was supplied with fish. The Britannia left Glas-
gow on the 3d Nov., bound for New York with 300
passengers.

LlTERARYtwraaEkpEehi:y.
a_o‘hiWEEK.—Monday—Geographical,
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adNpcwThaili
Col.
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uraestniteBneMEETlNGSni:h e2,erue"Physicales;
d,
Tuesday—Royal
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yelinosgE;
Academy, at 8, " Anatomy," Mr. Partridge ; Engineers, at
8, "Communication between Passengers and Guards on
Railways," Mr. Preece ; Ethnological, at 8, " Ethnologinica.l.
Results of Arab Conquest of Spain," Mr. erawfu
4, Archeology and Ethnological Problems," Mr. Duna..esof
Wednesday—Microscopical, at 8, " Two New
Arts,Speciat 8,
Tube-bearing Rotifers," Mr. Davis ;
' ti at 7 ;
"Old London," Mr. Grace. Thursday—Numismatic, at
;
Syro-Egyptian, at 71, "Vale of Achor,"
Drawings,
Professor
Mathematical, at 8, " Geometrical
ofD
raawcertain Class of
Society_of
Oulu ; " Symbolical Development .
ga Royal, at 8k ;
Functions," Mr. G.
G. Pa Mgorriiien h ' Museum," Dr. Gray;
Zoolo-
gical, at Bk, " Sponges in
Mr. MuBrriay_;;h4Onsatenopnlogy of Simia,"
CAPTURE OF A Fox BY A SINGLE HOUND.—
On Sttorday, Mr. John Nelson, of Gatesgarth,
Mr.(alifiagiv°3:tri;all.7tiaqC' arias, at . .
13uttermcre, while out lookinganaaftei:
pthpearsehnetelyp,aopnptrhoaacthpialartg
of the mountain known as S evaerdt ha, hheoauradda hdoeusenedndaitngsome
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express-train mountain's brow, in full view of
a fine fox, which was only a few yards in advance of
the dog. Both pursuer and pursued were stretching
every muscle in running, the one to compass a kill,
the other to escape it. The hound gradually crept to
a closer proximity to the brush till within a few
yards of the river, which descends into Eimer-
dale Lake. Here the dog with one bound, caught the
fox by the back, and they both rolled over into the
river. Mr. Nelson then sent his sheep dog to assist
. thea
nearly
gallant hound
timeho uancdo
accomplished
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Portlandbuildings
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them, at much inconvenience and danger, to Ilaslar Hos-
dAlearjeusntyn'esesehssipasrywhpeunrssutiantsionthede
pital. —Army and Nary Gazette.

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