The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-08 00:00:00

TILE 8211 IL

DINNER.

The annual dinner of the Smithfield Cattle Club
took place last evening, at the London Coffee-house,
Ludgate-hill, when about 100 gentlemen connected
with the agricultural interest assembled.
Lord Berners, one of the vice-presidents in the
absence of the noble president, the Duke of Rich-
mond, occupied the chair, and was supported by
the Earl of Feversham, Lord William Lennox, Mr.
Alderman Mechi, Mr. Upcher, Mr. Milward, Mr.
B. E. Bennett, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Brandreth
Gibbs, Mr. Jonas Webb, Professor Simmonds, Mr.
Rigdon, Mr. R. W. Baker, Mr. Tuxford, Mr.
I' •C. Quartly Mr Stokes, Mr. Corbet, Mr. J. Hud-

son, &C.
The noble CHAIRMAN, in proposing " The Health
of the Queen," expressed his regret at the unavoid-
able absence of the Duke of Richmond, who
was unable to leave the Militia regiment of
which he was colonel, now stationed in Scot-
land. The state of his Grace's health also at this
moment prevented him undertaking the journey.
Thgt health of the Queen was responded to in the
truly loyal style of the English yeomanry.
The next toast was " His Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, as the Patron of English Agricul-
ture, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal
Family," which was responded to with great ap-

plause.
Lord BERNERS next proposed " The Army and
Navy," and said this toast was peculiarly interesting
at the present moment, when they were about to
have an addition to their regular army in the shape
of that old constitutional force which he remem-
bered when a boy, the old English volunteers. They
were now establishing volunteer rifle corps through-
out the kingdom. (Hear.) He (the noble chairman)
most cordially approved of that movement, not be-
cause he believed that illustrious man who presided
over the destinies of France had the slightest idea
of his own free will ever to invade this country—
(hear)—but he might be placed in a position which,
to a certain extent, might render him a creature of
circumstances. (Hear, hear.) When, however, it
was recollected that the Emperor of the French had
a standing army of from 500,000 to 700,000 men,
flushed with victory, and that there was a feeling
on the part of some of the •'officers of that army to
wipe off that which they had considered as a stain
upon them, hence there might be a war forced upon
our ally. At the same time there were large num-
bers of the French people connected with' gricul-
ture and commerce who knew that nothing could
be so detrimental to the interest of their nation as a
war with this country. (Hear, hear.) A t all
events it was quite proper that this great country
k should not be in a position to be dependent upon
the will or caprice of any single individual will or
nation. (Hear.) The rifle corps movement was,
therefore, most essential, and he believed the same
feeling which animated the breasts of their old
volunteers pervaded the feelings of the people of
England at the present day. ,He was quite sure
that in that movement the farmers of England
would take a prominent part. Although an inva-
sion of this country might produce much mischief,
still he knew that the farmers of England had
sturdy hearts and strong arms, and that, let the
attempt be made, they would be sure to repel the
invader. (Cheers.) He begged to couple with the
toast the name of Lord William Lennox. (Renewed
applause.)
Lord WILLIAM LENNOX responded to the toast,
and said he did not partake of the panic of the four
merchants of Liverpool. (Laughter.) He believed,
as long as the ocean divided us, and so long as the
English nation were determined to stand up in de-
fence of our Queen, our laws, and our homesteads,
so long they had no grounds to fear an invasion of
this country. (Cheers.)
The noble CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Smith-
field Cattle Club," and success to it. It was now
nearly 30 years since he (Lord Berners) had been
a member of the club, and he had paid much
attention to its progress. He was confident, not-
withstanding the cavils which had been raised
at times against the club, that the Smithfield
Club had been of the greatest benefit to the country
at large. (Hear.) Its objects had been carried out in
producing the best animal food in the largest pos-
sible quantity for the people,in producing the greatest
quantity of meat at the smallest cost. (Hear,) The
Smithfield Cattle Club was established in 1798, or
61 years ago. It was then very small in its numbers,
and was held in a very humble position in Goswell-
street. Some 20 years ago, the show of the club
was removed to Baker-street, and at that time the
proprietor of the bazaar gave the club £3OO a-year.
So far as the Smithfield Club was concerned, there
was quite a unique principle introduced, which, in-
stead of making the club pay for its accommo-
dation for the show; the club were themselves
paid for it. Instead, therefore, of receiving
£3OO, the club now received £7OO. The non-
members of the society who exhibit stock pay £ll5
a year. The implement department paid them
£740, and the steam-engine exhibitors £5O. The divi-
dend on their funded stock produced £56, and the
subscriptions £235. Their invested capital was
£2,009, and at the present time they had 364 mem-
bers. The number of entries for live stock during
the present year were 365. The sums awarded for
prizes for cattle and other stock was £950, and in
medals X-114, or in rough numbers, £l,lOO. He
mentioned these facts to show the progregs of the
club, and when they procured, as he hoped and be-
lieved they should do, a better space for their show,
he had no doubt but it would progress in a far
greater proportion. There could be no doubt that
they ought to have a show yard, which would pre-
vent the public being so crowded as they had been,
and give more room for the implements, which were
a very important department of the show. When
this was accomplished he had no doubt but the
Smithfield Club would advance by rapid Strides to
further prosperity. (Loud applause, in the midst
of which the toast was drunk.)
Mr. TORR, the vice-chairman, proposed the health
of the noble President his Grace the Duke of Rich-
mond," which was enthusiastically received.
Lord WM. LENNOX responded OR behalf of his
noble brother, and assured the company that no-
thing but public duty would have kept him from
among them that day.
The various gold medals were then distributed,
and the healths of the successful competitors pro-
posed and drunk.
Mr. RIDDEN, of Hove, near Brighton, in returning
thanks as the winner of the gold medal in the South-
down classes, said he had that year had the good for-
tune to redeem his promise in beating the Duke of
itiou,:nnd's specimen of Southdowns. His Grace
shittodn, h. e hopedfor itt
the
eas
namenow ims turn toot,
prifTevrove iiyl:aenatln him for three years in slimes.
It should not be his
fleet their noble Preside,- It
years. (effects acrd laughter.)
fault if he did not du so. (Cheers.,
and that
The healths of the judges, the steward.,
of Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, the secretary, were :im-
posed and duly responded to, and the evening's en-
tertainment was enlivened by the singing of the
Misses Wells, Mr. Holmes, Mr. George Genge, and
Mr. Edney.

DUBLIN, WEDNESD'A.T.
THE TRAGEDY AT DUNGANNON•
To the facts forwarded by telegraph yester day
evening the papers of this morning add but little, if
any, additional information respecting the frightf
tragedy at Dungannon. A paper just come to band
states that the wounds received by Mr. Mathew,
the sub-inspector, have proved mortal, but this re-
port requires confirmation. The name of the mur-
dered constable was M'Cielland, and not Matthews,
ul
as mentioned in the first accounts. Sub-inspector
Mathew was quite a young man, and had not long
left the depot in the Phcenix-park upon his appoint-
ment to Dungannon. One of the Dublin papers of
to-day gives an account of the tragedy from a cor-
respondent in the town of Moy. but it is quite in-
correct in all the leading details.

THE MURDER IN WESTMEATH.
The following additional particulars are given-by
the correspondent of the Express : •
"ATHLONE, Tuesday.—An inquest was held yes-
terday before T. H. Fetherston, Esq., coroner for
the county of Westmeath, on the body of Laurence
Kelly, who was so brutally murdered in his own
house on Saturday last. The body presented a fright-
ful appearance, the skull being literally torn open
by the slugs. Some witnesses were examined, kvhen
a verdict of wilful murder against some persons un-
known was returned by the jury. The only Parti
culars ascertained in addition to those contained ir!
my despatch of yesterday were, that the deceased
had taken a small farm (under ten acres) from
which some personslhad been dispossessed, and ha"
only lately entered into possession. This was,
fortunately, quite sufficient to make him a ruarkec!
man in his locality, where the atrocious Ribaud
system prevails to a fearful extent. It aPPear°
that a male servant was in the house at the time
of the murder, as well as the woman who gave
the deceased his dinner just before the shot Wis
fired. Neither of these persons looked out or race
any exertion to discover the assassin. The consta-
bulary were quickly in attendance, and four pot-
sons were in custody yesterday on suspicion, await-
ing the inquest. One of those was a brother of the
deceased, who was arrested because the police fount
in his house a gun which had been lately discharge •
There was no evidence, however, to implicate all
of these persons, and they were discharged after
the inquest had terminated. The deceased was WI;
married, and a man in thriving circumstances.
is to be hoped the perpetrators of this fearful crime
may be yet discovered.
SYMPATHY WITH THE POPE.
The following graphic sketch of the Cork demon'.
stration is abridged from the Constitution of loiter-
day :
A monster meeting was held in the Court-houee'
Cork, on Monday, for the purpose of enabling the
Roman Catholics of Cork to give expression to their
feelings on the present situation of the Roman roll:"
tiff. The hour for holding the meeting was twelr
o'clock, but the building was crammed for nearlY
an hour previously by an immense mass of Oaf
populace. In the body of the court were some
the more respectable Roman Catholics ; but it Was
remarked that some of the most influential partici
of that religion were absent.
The chair was taken by the Roman Catholic
Bishop, Right Rev: Dr. Delany, who opened Of
proceedings by explaining the object of the raee°
ing, to express the feelings of the Roman Catholie!
of Ireland on the present circumstances of the Pori
(Cheers.) The last occasion on which he presj'ent
at a meeting in that Court-house was upwards
10 years since, on the occasion of the Pope's Corp
le
at Gaeta. On that occasion the people of Ci,
came forward and expressed their sympathy
the Pontiff in his exile, and he (the Bishop)
rejoiced to see that they had not lost one partie -
of their religious enthusiasm for the head of the
Church. (Hear, hear, and applause.) at
Mr. John Nicholas Murphy, in a speech of gre-,
length, proposed the first resolution, which stat"
that the Supreme Pontiff, the successor of St. Peter'
being divinely appointed for the spiritual gocle
ment of the Catholic Church throughout t
world, requires for the full and free discharge.l
its exalted duties complete personal and politm-
independence. •
Mr. F. Lyons seconded the resolution.
Mr. J. F. Maguire proposed the next resoluoi
tion,—' That the independence of the Pope Ras
preserved by the Supreme Pontiff exercising se‘
cj,
reign power as a temporal prince, and that so„.
sovereignty, devoted as it had been to the noble"
purposes of religion and humanify.for more 0111!
1,000 years, should be held sacred in the estiniatie,.:
of every Catholic people, and preserved invien
from all aggression." At the elose of a speech °
considerable length, he said,—Who would defor
that the temporal sovereignty of the Pope vrae-
the advantage of religion, morality arts, and 00,,17.
lisation ? Rome had been the cradle of the art"
(Applause.) Were they to allow the teuiP°
power of the Pope to be stripped from him ? (Lana
applause.)
Mr. Bernard Sheehan—We will light for On'
(Loud cheers.)
A Voice in the Gallery—And we'll tell Paler"
ston so. (" Hear, hear,' and renewed cheering.)
Mr. Maguire—ls, there any reason why thatte%
poral power, which has conferred such inestitaabi.
blessings on mankind, should cease ? (" Not 1"
never.") Who are its aggressors ?
Mr. Sheehan—Lord John Russell. (Deep
grO
and hisses.)
A Voice—Palmerston and his hell crew.
Mr. (Irell-
in)
Maguire—Protestants (deep groans)---F,r°-
yr
restants think the Papacy ought to be upset,
1"
cause if it was upset Protestantism would be No,
vernal throughout the earth. (Loud shouts of
no !") The Catholic princes of the world will old
by Pius IX. (cheers) ; the sympathies of the 'Ole
will surround Pius IX.—(loud applause)—its °l-. to
through the two continents will waft approc- the
the Pope who resists an encroachment upon
power which every Roman Catholic in the l'f°'
holds to be sacred. (Loud cheers.)
Rev. Canon Falvey seconded the resolution.
n
Rev. Dean Murphy proposed the third resolutiohe
which stated that the storms which now assail tea
temporal authority of the Holy See have been rot
by foreign and domestic enemies, whose real obje4l;
are not freedom and social amelioration, but eitti
their own selfish interests, political aggrandiser
or the subversion of the Catholic Church, in qiejo
pected downfall of the Father of the Faithful. the
a speech of considerable length he maintains laded
advantage of government by priests, and olf„„-IV.
thus :—Contrast Leo X., Paul IV. and V., yi
Vir
laanndd
hGe r o Henrys, X V
thel . , wcithhartiheesems,otnhaerche °-
Georgbeeaci.
(Oh ! oh !)—monsters of bigotry, lust, And ill: ~ral-
ity, until the list was closed by her prseen'pl
cious Majesty—(groans)—who has comulerie.-rtue.
nEub-werodtyhneaslto3u-,dancrdiesgioyfen,,
No,
examplenor, of
pressions of disapproval, rendered atfilide °rteliceerr9sPle
speaker inauti2
A Voice—She starved 2,000,000 of Irish. ale'
ble except to those in his vicinity:4
hear, and groans.)
The speaker concludell by hoping that 0°- d ses
iveher Majesty grace to direct her councils an__pe,
justice done to all, and especially to the Holy pope
the Father of the Church.
Mr. John Pope Hennessy, M.P., Who was
ceived with tremendous cheering, then addr_er--_Ol
hisuseitn
the meeting at great length, defending
some attacks mate upon him, and concluded 1,05,„
—Who has been the cause of the difficulty ana„.o
tress with which the Pope is at present surrouni"sny a
I will tell you in one word—England. (1404"
prolonged groans.)
A Voice—Carlisle and his party. (Groans.ipeep
Another Voice—The English Whigs. k
groans.) thoritir
Mr, Hennessy referred to an English au _nos
the Quarterly Review, which stated that the
of all the present disasters might be traced to
,1 fn. a
h
Palmerston and his satellites. (Hear, ear "
groans.)
A Voice—For many years he is at it. e hos
Mr. Hennessy—The English Governin
not acted in the spirit of truth and justice. corgi
hear, and groans.) Now, fellow-citizens ofur go.
fellow Catholics, we are here to express o
111°143
pathy ; but, if necessary, there is something _nd tre-
than sympathy to be shown. (Hear, heart
mendous cheering.)
A Voice—We'll fight for him.
Another Voice—We'll give our b(oCrihee6arnlis.) °WWI
(Renewed cheers.) ks of the
After several other speeches the than the
meeting were accorded to the Bishop, anu
assembly dispersed.

_ ST. GEORGE'S HALL BRASS GATES.----A-z.pr-.
c2nnell, the arbitrator in the case of "Potter
v. .t....--
pool Co,Toration." has awarded £1,933 ss. 10d. naore 00;4
the amount paid into court by the corporation.. The 0 to
it :Appears, were to have cost X 1,500 , but they Weed,.
£5,500. The award is nearly X 2,000 leas than the sum
I sanded by Potter.
:.The total quantity of gold recoved. Yesterd/r9
from the wreck of the Royal Charter was 20 boxes. and
,__,,_
bags of golddust, 3 bags of sovereigns, Theos loos 7::
the total value being about £lOO,OOO. rigalt an-
the
went by the Royal Charter was £273,00 in golddua 'sr_
£49,000 sovereigns (exclusive of sums iit
sion ofindividuals), of which from £llO,OOO to :4 lev" the_privateo fa
has now been recovered.
Companyrr h stepe
in fixingtaken
aby generalthe directors
meeting
ooff theth sGriteritaetutconlSlVrti
for 1-1,,r, liith in 0,, ,perocd. ir the f,of, of the
6benot onli
lately ciiculated regarding the toanagernent, to _
‘,r, &at
proper, but indispensabe. It is now said, hoW?_...ti the
for some reasons which remain to be explaii_litb. of
proprietors are not to be called together till the
January.