The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1861.

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS
"A C HOME,"
At Her Majesty's Concert Room, Haymarket,
Every Evening at Eight o'clock (except Saturday).
Morning representations Wednesday and Saturday at Three.
Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the Pox-
office, which is open daily from 10 till 5, and at Mr. Mitchell's
Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra charge f)r
booking.
Carriages to be ordered at a quarter-past 10. To prevent
the crush at the entrances an additional door is opened for
the Pit.

Ai R. ROBIN, the FRENCH WIZARD, at the
EGYPTIAN HALL, EVERY EVENING at Eight
(Saturday excepted), and Wednesday and Saturday After-
noon at half-past 2.
Admission, Is. and 2s. Reserved dress stall chairs, 3s. ;
balcony ss.
Tickets at Mr. Mitchell's, 31, Old Bond-street ; at the Hall,
from 11 to 4 ; and at the principal Libraries.

A RGYLL ROOMS.—GREAT SUCCESS !!
EA_ The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc-
tion of M. BOULCORT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In
addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss 2uadrille, and novel-
ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the
Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.—
Manager, M. I'. Grenet.

OUTFITS FOR CANADA.—Coloured Flannel
Shirts, Knit Woollen and Chamois Leather Waistcoats,
Drawers, Socks, &c., Fur Caps, Gloves, and aa articles of
Ulothincr, necessary for Canada, supplied by THRESHER
and °LENNY, next door to Somerset Rome, Strand, Lon-
don.

Bengal Infantry,with the following officers :—Capt.
Oldham, of the Bengal Army; Quartermaster
Smith, 38th Regt. and Staff-Surg. Ashton, in
medical charge. Capt. Orpen, 77th Regt., came
home as passenger, on leave. Five deaths occurred
on board during the voyage—viz., two soldiers, two
naval invalids, and ono "stowaway," found in the
ship when she had been some days at sea. After
the troops had been medically inspected, four in-
sane soldiers were taken to the lunatic hospital at
Fort Pitt.

The Boanerges sailing transport, Capt. J. C. Dunn,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning,after a rapid
run lime from the Cape, having sailed from Table
Bay on the 2d of November, at noon. The passages
of the Indomitable and Boanerges to England from
the Cape are both remarkable for the short time in
which they have been made, and also for the close
proximity in which these two fine clipper ships
must have been to each other during their race
home. The Boanerges has brought home the head-
quarters of the 59th Regiment, the left wing of
which arrived at Spithead the day before in the
Indomitable, comprising Lieut.-Col. Burmeister, in
command ; Brevet-Major Lloyd, Capts. Chadwick
and Clarke, Lieuts. Hutton, Cumming, Spofforth,
and Fitzgibbon ; Ensigns Herchmer and Gunter,
Paymaster Bennett, Quartermaster Corder, Adjt.
Ffinney, Staff-Assist.-Surg. Turner and Argent,
three officers' wives, five children, and one female
servant; 26 sergeants, 15 corporals, 16 drummers,
282 privates, 39 women, and 70 children; 2d Foot,
one man ; 2d battalion; 12th Foot, one man, a de-
serter, for trial; 31st-root, one man; 67th Foot, one
sergeant ; Army Hospital Corps, two sergeants, 37
privates, six women, and three children ; invalids,
various regiments, one sergeant, one corporal, one
drummer, and 42 privates. Two births occurred
during the passage home, and one death. The
Boanerges is ordered into Portsmouth harbour to-
morrow, and, according to present arrangements,
will disembark the troops at the dockyard on Mon-
day, when they will be, forwarded to Dover, the
route taken by the left 'wing of the regiment
to- day.
Up to Dec. 13th the following lectures have been
delivered to the troops at Shorncliffe camp :-2d
battalion 21st Regiment, "England 200 years ago,"
Mr,W. Thacker, principal schoolmaster, Shorncliffe;
2d battalion 25th Regiment, "England 200 years
ago," Mr. W. Thacker; Ist battalion 10th Regi-
ment, " England 200 years ago," Mr. W. Thacker ;
Royal Artillery, "England 200 years ago," Mr. W.
Thacker ; 2d battalion 21st Regiment, " Natural
History," Mr. J. G. Kidd, schoolmaster, Ist batta-
lion 10th Foot ; 2d battalion 25th Regiment, " Na-
tural History," Mr. J. G. Kidd ; Ist battalion 10th
Regiment, " Natural History," Mr. J. G. Kidd ;
Royal Artillery, "Natural History," Mr. J. G. Kidd;
2d battalion, 21st Regiment, "Natural History,"
Mr. E. G. Hildyard, schoolmaster, 2d battalion 25th
Regiment; 2d battalion 25th Regiment, "Natural
History," Mr. E. G. Hildyard ; Ist battalion 10th
Regiment, "Natural History," Mr. E. G. Hildyard;
Royal Artillery, "Natural History," Mr. E. G.
Hildyard. These lectures, it is gratifying to state,
were listened to most attentively by large audiences,
the Ist battalion 10th Foot being particularly dis-
tinguished for the numerous attendance of both
officers and men (the families of married soldiers
forming no inconsiderable portion of those present),
so much so that the commodious regimental school-
room, capable of holding upwards of 300 for a lec-
ture, could not accommodate all who were anxious
to procure places. Great success has resulted from
the introduction of suitable pieces of music into all
the lectures, the attraction of the latter being
thereby greatly increased.

The examination of candidates for admission to
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, before the
Vice-President and members of the Council of Mili-
tary Education, commences on Monday next at the
Royal Hospital, Chelsea. As customary, the first
day is confined to the medical examination. On
Tuesday the subjects are English and history;
Wednesday, mathematics; Thursday, Latin and
Greek; Friday, drawing and French; and Satur-
day (the last day), natural science, German, and
experimental sciences.
The next examination of candidates for admission
to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, is ap-
pointed for the Gth proximo, before the Vice-Presi-
dent and Council of Military Education, at the
Royal Hospital, Chelse. The examination will
extend over 15 days.

TEE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.

FOURTH AND CLOSING DAY.

Yesterday was the fourth and last day of the
Smithfield Club Cattle Show for 1861, which finally
closed at 10 o'clock last night, thus terminating, no
doubt financially as well as in all other respects, the
most successful exhibition of the kind that has ever
been held at the Baker-street Bazaar.
Although the numbers who visited the show dur-
ing yesterday were by no means equal to those of
any of the three preceding days, still there was a
fair average attendance as compared with the last
day of preceding years. Much has been said about
the want of capacity of the Baker-street Bazaar for
such an exhibition, and it is freely admitted that, so
far as the implements are concerned, the accommo-
dation is totally inadequate; still no one can with
any justice complain that, with the limited space,
the best arrangements have not been made for the
convenience end comfort of the public. It is only
an act of justice to say that in this the authorities of
the Smithfield Club and the Bazaar have been ma-
terially aided by the police. If any further evidence
were wanting to establish this point, it is the as-
tounding fact that, with possibly a number little
short, if any, of 150,000 visitors passing through the
show during the four days, there has not been a
single robbery reported or a police case of any kind
resulting from the Cattle Show.

Towards the close of the show last evening the
animals, many of which had 'previously borne a
similar week's entertainment at Birmingham had the
appearance of being exceedingly jaded and worn
out, and those doomed to make their appearance
at Monday's cattle-market, not having been already
sold, will require the quiet which will no doubt be
accorded them between whiles to recover that
freshness of appearance which will be of importance
in effecting their sale.

The long list of sales already published among the
prize cattle will have indicated that there cannot
be many remaining behind to be disposed of; but
it is rather remarkable that up to 8 o'clock last
evening there were several, and among them the
whole of the prize animals in Class 4 (Devon cows)
remaining without purchasers. The principal of
these were the first prize of £2O and silver medal
to Mr. W. Heath, of Ludham-hall, Norwich, No.
25 ; the second prize of £lO to Mr, 3. W. Buller,
No. 24 ; and the third prize of £5 to Mr. Edward
Pope, No. 27, in the same class, while No. 26, the
Prince Consort's commended cow "Ilex," did find
a purchaser in Mr. Buller, of Banbury. Among
the other animals not sold were the following :
No. 8, second prize of £l5 in class 2 (Devons), to
Mr. J. W. Buller; in class 3, No. 3, Mr. Charles
Hambro's beautiful little Devon heifer, which at-
tracted more attention than any animal almost in
the show, and which obtained the first prize of £2O
and silver medal in its class; in class 18 (long.
Mr. Joseph horns), N No. 118,
Holland firstlla n
dB
rbes ; and among the
Scotch and silver
to
Scotch horned breed, class 19,
No. 126, first prize
of £2O to Mr. Owen Wallis; and in class 20, No.
127, second prize of £5 to the Duke of Beaufort ;
in class 21, Scotch polled breed, N 0.129, first prize
of £2O and silver medal to Mr. William M'Combie;
and in class 22, No. 135, first prizo of £lO to the
same exhibitor. In class 27 neither of the prizes
were sold of the cross or mixed breeds.
In the sheep classes there are also some few pens
remaining unsold, but among the sales effected yes-
terday were—in elase 30, N 0.177, third prize, £6,

to the Hon. Colonel Lowther for his pen of long-
wools, sold to Mr. J. Wincott, Whitechapel-road.
In class 31, No. 187, first prize of £2O and silver
medal to Mr. L. Willmore, sold to Mr. King, of
Highgate. In the short-woolled breeds, class 34,
No. 217, second prize of £lO to Lord Walsingham,
sold to Mr. S. Hine, Stonehouse, Plymouth. In
class 38, Shropshire breed, neither of the prizes
were sold; while in class 40, mountain breed, No.
248, second prize of £lO to Mr. John Tapp, sold to
Mr. G. Scarlet, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. In
class 42, cross breeds, No. 281, 2d prize of £5 to
Mr. George Hine, jun., sold to Mr. W. Walters,
Grove-terrace, Bayswater.
In the pig classes not only all the prize animals,
but nearly every pen exhibited, was sold ; and it
will doubtless have been remarked that the large
preponderance of the specimens have this year been
secured for the provinces, and that among them the
town of Plymouth stands the most prominent.

Most of the cattle will be removed in the course
of the day to their respective destinations, thus con-
eluding the Smithfield Cattle Show of 1861, and its
final appearance at the Baker-street Bazaar,