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

THE SMITHFIELD CLUB.

Yesterday afternoon the members of the Smith-
field Club held their annual general meeting in the
board room of the club, at the Agricultural Hall,
Islington. Amongst the members present were the
Duke of Richmond (in the chair), Lord Walsing-
ham, Lord Berners, Major-General Hood, Lord
Tredegar, and Messrs. Barnett, Druce, Wallis,
Belwin, Howard, R. Smith, Overman, Woods, and
Elman.

The lIoN. SECRETAP.I" (Mr. B. Gibbs) read the
annual report of the council, which stated that it
had been found necessary to obtain a special licence
before the show could be held, and to obtain that
licence arrangement had to be made for the Metro-
politan Board of Works to give the Privy Council
an undertaking that all cattle should be slaughtered
within four days after leaving the show. The club
had to give a similar undertaking to the Metropoli-
tan Board, and had in turn required exhibitors to
relieve the club of the responsibility. The excess of
the expenditure during the past year over the re-
ceipts was £276 18s. Gd. ; of this, however, £lOO
of the expense had been caused by the cattle plague.
To meet any extra expense which might occur they
were happy to say they had the sum of £4,175 9s. sd.
At the present show there would be a saving of £45
over the cost of the previous year.
Mr. MOORE moved that the report be received and
adopted. There seemed, he said, to be such a gene-
ral feeling of satisfaction that he would not trouble
them with a detailed reference to the report. He
would just express what he was sure was felt by
them all, that a great deal was owing to the exer-
tions of their hon. secretary. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. TURNER seconded the motion, which was car-
ried unanimously.

Lord BEItNERS proposed that Lord Ilardwicke be
elected President of the Smithfield Club for the year
1868. The nobleman he proposed had not been
amongst them for many years, and he was sure that
his advent as President would be hailed with plea-
sure by them all. (Hear, hear.)

Lord FEVERSHAM seconded the motion, but
begged to ask if it had been ascertained that Lord
Hardwicke was willing to accept the position.
Lord BEENERS had not ascertained that as a fact,
but he did not think there was any doubt about it.
The motion was then put and carried.
Mr. BARNETT moved the re-election of the vice-
presidents.

Mr. CLAYTON seconded the motion, which 'was
put and carried.

The HON. SECRETARY announced the death of Mr
Grectham, late one of the trustees.

Major-General HOOD, after regretting the death
of Mr. Greetham, moved that the vacancy be filled
up by the appointment of Mr. Torr.
Mr. ELNIAN seconded the motion, which was then
carried.

Eight new members of council having been
elected, and the balance-sheet having been read,
Lord BERNERS moved a vote of thanks to the
chairman.
The motion having been seconded and carried
with acclamation,
The noble CHAIRMAN expressed his gratification
at meeting the members of the club as President.
He would like to take the opportunity of stating
publicly how much they were indebted to their
honorary secretary for his exertions in getting per-
mission for the show to take place. If it had not
been for that gentleman the Smithfield Club would
not have held its show this year. He, in connexion
with the hon. secretary, was, at the conclusion of
that meeting, going to wait upon the Privy Council,

sr Colonel Harley, to ascertain whether the order
for the slaughter of the animals exhibited within
four days of the close of the show applied to sheep
as well as to cattle. No time would be lost in ob-
taining an answer to that important question, be-
cause if that order did net apply to sheep the exhi-
bitors would have a better chance of making proper
terros with the butchers. He had no doubt they
would be able to post the result of their interview
with the Privy Council in the hall in the morning.
'The meeting was then concluded.

The sale of the prize stock had been very active
up to last night, considering the restrictions placed
upon the owners. The following were the chief
sales :—lu Class 1, Mr. Overman's winner of the
first prize had been sold to Mr. Comfort, of Far-
ringdon-street. The first prize-winner in Class 3,
exhibited and Lrcd by Mr. Walter Farthing, had
been sold to Mr. Moss, of Wormwood-street, City.
The first prize winner in Class 7, exhibited by
Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, of Windsor,
had been sold to Mr. Cowell, the purveyor to the
Royal family, of Knightsbridge. The first prize in
Class 18, exhibited by Mr. John Shoosmith, bad
been sold to Mr. Richardson, of Tonbridge. The
first in Class 20, exhibited by Mr. Moore, Hudson,
of Norfolk, had been sold to Collingwood and Son,
of Paddington. The first in Class 22, the long-
horned steers, had been sold to Mr. Harold, of the
Cattle-market. The first prize of the Scotch horned
steers, in Class 24, had been sold to Mr. Lidstone, of
New Bond-street. The firstprize of the Scotch polled
steers, in Class 26, had been sold to Mr. Berry, of Red
Lion-street, Holborn. The first prize in Class 27,
the Scotch polled heifers or cows, had been sold to
Mr. Hardy, of Brompton-road. The first prize in
Class 30, the Welsh steers, had been sold to Mr.
Root, of Pont-street, Belgrave-square. The winner
of the gold medal for the best steer or ox in any
class, and the winner of the first prize in Class 33,
had been bought by Mr. Davis, of the Cattle-market.
In the sheep and pig classes comparatively very
few of the first prizes had been sold. Mr. Hardy,
Brompton-road, bad bought Lord Berners' pen of
fat wether sheep of the Leicester breed, which took
the first prize in Class 35 and the silver cup, as the
best pen in any of the classes, and the same pur-
chaser had bought the first prize pen, also exhibited
by Lord Berners, in Class 36. Mr. Hays had
bought the first prize pen in Class 49 ; Mr. Bonny,
of Camberwell-gate, had bought the first prize pen
of pigs in Class 53 ; Mr. Glover, of the Walworth-
road, had bought the first prize pen in Class 55 ;
and Mr. Baxter, of the Minories, had bought the
first prize pen in Class 56.