The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-29 00:00:00

MOROCCO JEWS AT GIBRALTAR.

Mr. Alderman Salomons will feel greatly obliged
to the Editor if he will kindly insert a letter he
has just received from Sir W. Codrington.
Lothbury, Nov. 28.

" Gibraltar, Nov. 20, 1859.
"Dear Alderman Salomons,—l have received and paid to
the committee of relief the £lOO from Baron Rothschild and
'the 200 dols. from yourself. I think this the best way of
benefitting those for whom it is intended. I have requested
them (the committee) to keep an account of disbursements
and arrangements, in order that you and others who assist
may know that the funds have been usefully employed.
" The Government giving a ration of bread to the neces-
sitous in camp has relieved the local fund much, and enabled
the committee to devote money to other requirements, of
health and clealinessi as well as additional food. The ration
of bread is given into each tent every day according to cer-
tified lists of inmates, and it is distributed direct by military
people. Tho machinery was at hand, required but little
addition, and secured regularity and certainty in the daily
receipt of the loaves.
" We ration every morning about 1,600 souls ; but we
have weather during which it is scarcely fit for families to
be under canvas, and yet there is no room elsewhere.
" Yours sincerely, " W. CO DRINGTON."

TILE 81112111-VG lIA 211 CATTLE SIIOIV.

BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY.

The 11th annual exhibition of fat cattle, pigs, and
poultry opened this morning at 13ingley Hall, and
is one of the most successful which has yet been
held.

Among the company assembled yesterday were :
—Lord and Lady Chesterfield, Lord Southampton,
Lord Howe, Lord Mountgarret, Lord Berwick,
Lord Henry Lennox, Lord Stanhope, Earl Spencer
(the president), Lord Macclesfield, Lord Calthorpe,
Lord Hatherton, Lord Sondes, Lord Leigh and
party, Earl Denbigh, Lord Alfred Churchill, Lord
Curzon, Lord Loughborough, Sir John Ratcliff,
Colonel Towneley, Sir H. Deveaux, Lady Evelyn
Stanhope, Lady Dorothy Neville, Sir George Chet-
wynd, Sir Francis Goodricke, Hon. Mr. Russell,
Edward Greaves, Esq., M.P., C. N. Newdegate,
Esq., M.P., Sir William and Lady Hartopp, Sir
Francis and Lady Scott, Right lion. C. B. Adder-
ley, M.P., and many others.
The: entries, it is true, are not quite so nume-
rous as last year, but the quality of the stock is
excellent ; in fact, it would be exceedingly difficult
to attain a higher degree of perfection than that
displayed in the various classes of the present ex-
hibition. The show of pigs, always an important
feature of the exhibition, is far above the average,
and a more complete demonstration of porcine ex-
cellence it would be impossible to witness. In some
of the classes the competition was very severe, so
close that the judges experienced considerable diffi-
culty in makicg their final awards. The exhibition
' of poultry is superior in every respect to any previ-
ously held in the county, and throughout the day
this extensive department was completely crowded
with visitors. Returning to the cattle, the Hereford
breed is well represented, there being no less than
31 exhibited, the greater portion coming from Here-
ford, Salop, Brecon, Montgomery, and the adjacent
counties, The most notable of this class was a mag-
nificent animal belonging to Mr. Richd. Shirley, of
Bawcott, near Shrewsbury, -,vhich carried off the
lion's share of the honours of the yard. It was
not only declared first in its class, but the judges
awarded it the extra premium for the: best Here-
ford, the gold medal as the best ox or steer, and the
president's silver cup as the best ox or steer of any
age or breed bred and fed by the exhibitor, a con-
dition with which it was the good fortune of Mr.
Shirley to be enabled to comply. The beast is a
dark red, with a spotted face; well up in all points,
of ripe condition, and considering its age, only two
years and six months, exceedingly heavy.
The short horns are more plentiful than they
have been in several preceding. years, 29 animals
being exhibited in the yard. Mr. Stratton takes
the leading premium in the first class for a noble
beast, three years and eight months old, exhibited
as a steer last year, and which afterwards won a
gold medal at the Baker-street Exhibition. It is
of enormous size and weight, of excellent quality,
thick in flesh, with a fine head and neck, and its
symmetry admirable.
The Derons are not so numerous as last year, but
they nevertheless take a high position, every one
of the competitors receiving the marked approval
of the judges. His Royal Highness the Prince
Consort appears again as an exhibitor in this class,
and takes' the lead with a neat, compact, and highly
conditioned beast, which attracted great attention.
The exhibition of sheep is quite equal to the best
of its predecessors, and in some respects probably
superior, and the Leicesters, in the opinion of the
,judges, are better than usual as regards size and
substance. The Shropshires maintain their high
reputation, and the Southdowns are all (that could
be desired, either in point of symmetry or quality,
both of wool and mutton.

In the classes of fat pigs and pigs of a small
breed, two neat animals, exhibited by his Royal
Highness the Prince Consort, were highly corn-
'mended.
The total entries of domestic birds amount to
1,565, and embrace every description of poultry,
and amongst them some of the choicest specimens
ever exhibited.

The exhibition of roots has assumed a most im-
portant character ; entries having this year been
made. by growers in not less than seventeen coun-
ties. The improvement in this department of the
show may be accounted for by the liberality of Sir
John Rateliff, who, to encourage this description
of farm produce, has, for the second time, generously
given two prizes of elegant silver tankards. The
roots in competition included the long and globe
varieties of mangold-wurzel, swedes, common tur-
nips, and carrots ; and the prizes were awarded to
Sir William lledtheote, Bart. M.P., and Itichal d
Benyon, Esq., of Eaglefield-house, near Reading.
The. show opened this morning at ten o'clock,
and from that hour until six this evening, every de-
partment has been literally crowded with visitors.
The nuMber of adiniseions has not as yet been ascer-
tained, but it is believed it will exceed that of any
previous show.

RAILWAY TO THE BANK OF ENGLAY

The citizens of London and others interested in
the trade and traffic of the metropolis will learn
with satisfaction that in the next session a bill wiy.
be presented for the purpose of constructing a rail
way which will tend much to obviate the hourly
troubles and discomforts occasioned by the huge.
armies of foot passengers, cabs, omnibuses, and
waggons now massed together in the leading tho-
roughfares, and striving vainly to acquire space
and speed in their progress. Old associations may
be against this intrusion, if it shall be so described.
These must, however, succumb to inexora of
ble fata
and the demands of stern necessity. The traffic f
the City has long since overgrown the capacity °
its crowded thoroughfares, and means must he
adopted for relieving them of some portion of their
extensive business. The plan which has on Pre-
vious occasions been referred to in this journal for
constructing a railway from the London-bide
terminus of the South Eastern Railway to Charing:
cross will do much to relieve the traffic going east
and west by diverting it to the south side of red
river. This, however, is not all that is required
Some scheme is necessary for affording the sam,°
relief to the City for the stream of trafficwhica
ours intov it from the north and west. With this
iew there has been projected a line of railway
something short of three miles in length, which,
connecting itself with the Great Northern and with •
the London and North Western systems by mw eanh
s
it
of the North London Railway, and probably
the
the Great Western station by means of
long-talked-of Metropolitan Subterranean B,atlwal
will provide a ready and direct access into the heart_
of the City for the passengers and goods from these
lines. The proposed railway will commence by ,a.
junction with the branch line of the Great Nert,"
ern Railway Company leading to their goods "f:
partment, and will for a short space proceed jut%
course over territory of that company, and with
their wall. The point of this junction will be
few yards to the south of the North London Rairit
way bridge, and the Copenhagen tunnel, at 0, sbote
distance from the Regent's canal, and in inaluedia
proximity to the great cattle market in Copei;
hagen-fields, with which important spot a
will be easily formed. From this point the lines
will gradually ascend until it crosses the Begen d
canal, and from this crossing it will be continue_
on arches throughout the remainder of its con
rsu
to the terminus immediately north of Token
yard, Lothbury. The railway will cross Bathelre
bridge upon an appropriate girder bridge, and t The
will be placed the first station on the line. ;no.
railway will then pass on parallel with Gral?,-,' be
road, and on the eastern side of it. There will sr
a station near the Bagnigge-wells-road, at.the rep_
of Mr. Cubitt's factory. Thence the line willi,etnhe
junctioe
time its course to Holborn-hill, forming a' con-
corner of Gray's-inn-lane a station of great...,
pro-
venience to the legal profession. The line Will
north
teed eastward behind the houses forming the
treet
side of Holborn-hill, and will cross Victoria-still,
at about 100 yards from the foot of Sill'''. ft
where there will probably be another station. ith,
will then continue its course through will •
field, passing on its north side, and
lert,
cross Goswell-street, Barbican, Recicross.ll of
Whitecross-street, keeping to the nor' there
the prison, to Fore-street, where this
will be a largo goods station. Firlfinallt
point it will cross Finsbury-pavement, an" wretched
London-wall, and opening up a number of awin
courts and alleys in the neighbourbood, and
of
terminate in a commodious station at a disenracter
360 feet from the Bank of England. The character
of the property required within the city mNo
is almost entirely of the poorest description:strict
person who is not well acquainted with the dal
wen,
can form an adequate idea of the miserable ware-
ings which abound in close proximity to the of
houses and banking establishments of the ei..Abe
London. From Finsbury-pavement to Barbica'eter.
property is even or a more deplorable clnir.ar and
There arc courts and alleys into which pure In ibute
sunlight can never penetrate, and which contrtaiitf
in no small degree to swell the statistics of Ini°rarub-
in the metropolis. All around the famous "b"..
miltou?
street, now bearing the honoured name n,"-w-bito-
which street will b crossed by the line, and bero
street—where Thistlewood and some of them ernieet
of the Cato-street conspiracy fled for conrcrbieti
—there are nests of disease-breeding' hnve's
it would be a vast benefit to the health of the Pd was
to demolish. The house in which Thistlewe° nosy
arrested—No. 10, White-street—and which e4O
remains in the same condition as it was chore
of
years since, is within a stone's throw of the lianc,
the proposed railway. At King's-cross a josect
tion may easily be effected between the Prla at
line and the Metropolitan Subterranean, - the
this point facilities exist for so raising
s to
gradients of the under-ground railway' gttiog'
admit of its coming above the road an „a flisrat
to the level of the arches of the Bank Jen-noble
The junction would serve the whole fusiTpay's:
district of Tyburnia, and to a great exteo"4,oue
water. not to mention the less aristocratic, '-nond-
marvellously increasing, neighbourhood suitt uo
ing the Royal Oak ; and it is to be hoped t..scith
party feelings or other obstacles will interfer'boald
this very desirable janction. If, however, it s tionr
cot be considered desirable to form this ..Pinciesel
course, and emerge to the light of day, astersgi s the
the Metropolitan line can still pursue its lo.naill
proposed, in Victoria-street. The prom °I re-
new line are confident of bein et ab 'se the
le to rat. are •
also convinced that the traffic will yield a v°rY hole
The 'o'
some return on the money invested. e
length of the line is a little short of three the
From the station at King's cross to the n„lid frOln
distance will be two miles and a quarter, a.ye. Air
King's-cross to Holborn-hill exactly one
ritatt
other vastly important point for metrope,lins,
venience in connection with this under
1,200,000, anicltand,
shave the engineer of the line,
been under the careful consideration of 1\11.,',, oossi-
nanselY, the posse-
au
bility, as an adjunct to the scheme, of for T..," ia
ordinary carriage road parallel to the ra,n:`,l,;ad
its course along the north side of Holborn' thereby
extending to the top of Skinner-street,
rience of
abolishing the long-standing public grit of Skin-
the descent of flolborn-hill and the ascent. little to
ner-street. This crying evil commences ascent.
sour;
the east of Furnival's-inn, and ends at rou"
core's Church ; and the suggested carriaestreetB
being upon arches the traffic of the existing t be I'
will not be interfered with. There con° 10
rece
doubt but that this important question Wi hositle°
the deliberate consideration of the civic ant
and of the Metropolitan Board of Works.
q rip°.
"in" figlitge-r:
iIIURDEI? AND ATTEMPTED k r
A fliesiherilete
One of the most cold-blooded
murders which has ever been known
bourhood was perpetrated, on the eveninee. 'lll,e
day last, at North Nibley, Gloucestershlrbont
murderer's name is John Shepherd ; is tints, wh
years of acre, the son of respectable pare_rne P
have been farmers and were possessed of
en 6pen''
party, but the whole, or nearly so, has °bad cll!
by the son. Shepherd has always borne
ratter, and is of a very vicious turn of nutl
o. era
has been in several police forees,_ d for 133
Somerset county police, but was discharge_thing to
conduct. For some time he has done nu_tnetiul°
gain a livelihood. It appears he had for saen value:
been paying his addresses to a young vvemiceaver
Ann Smitheram, the only daughter of 3 to he
Nibley, but from circumstances which care aftel,r
knowledge she determined not to recetce,e'ry 010.7
tions any longer. This exasperated him
and he has been heard to say that he i".O wow.
her; it was not however thought that
_ll...pia,
carry out his threat. Last Saturday' even cottagil
about six o'clock, he was observed near! late,
of the Smitherans, as was his custom 01 tiefaiA-
on the inmates hearing a noise outside aur
tunate woman looked out to see what it, `ere you
finding it was Shepherd said, " Whatiter the 'L.;
there again, then?' and immediately a fell
port of a gun was heard and the deceas'', after:
the ground with a scream and never luevenuoicate4
re-
wards. The plies were at once couliek;eit)
with, and medical assistance (Mr- Bm,n e/ram._
cured, but life was pronounced extinct. .a.,,,nosi.rti
nation was made and a round hole west.,o; whits
her breast, just below the left shoulder, P,_,ood o,l_o
the blood flowed in great quantities ; °AI ftcr thoe,
or..,nelsgdilscoc LIT;
was running from her nose and mouth-be l'fbaud.tb!
discharge of the gun nothing could de, but w
lock
i
Shepherd, and search was instantly' ma . t
out success until half-past seven
the next morning (Sunday), when be —face, ine."-er.
in a small orchard with the half' of his i.tti mann t
ing the nose, shattered in a most fealr4ite liar;
He was at once conveyed to the, and nom
and medical assistance procure",
state.
stns
he lies in a very precarious _ he iitta
examination of the hie
found was made, and it is supposed dSI from when_
shot himself in a shed about 15 Yale' straW cone
he was lying, for blood was on 's "'‘„ci tie iv,
tamed in the shed and over the doors, der
wider the
(which had been ben rowed) wo.i
d iii
straw. Shot corresponding with tl alit"; wadVe
wound was upon him, also esb J)0
inquiju
He is not expected to recover. A" tof too
Wt`c
held on the woman the Par that
place wherehat
sta.- 41
llth inst. hat
the from Trieste of the _ tvvd to
the dethroned Princes of Central Italy are ,;roporteoboo
the young Grand Duke of Tuscany :Lloyd's in ere have
couple of steamers front the Austria! „...t voy
r,10,00
money in anticipation of the Congress.
,sfrie; to Putrti nag
- -ill bo 111 a hat - clits
as yet declined to sell. Attempt!, It t _co
from some other companies, lt is to 1-Ai:pukes any
of one of the commercial houses of Malta) "de to j„' one
will be fool enough to give these ex-Ora asi

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