The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-10 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY'S
ANSWER

TO THE

CITY ADDRESSES.

[We are indebted to the Morning Post for an
early copy of her Majesty's answer, it having arrived
before our own] :
The journey from Slough to Windsor Castle was per-
formed in rather less than an hour, and the procession
entered the Castle Yard at a quarter-past 12 o'clock.
The carriages set down at the grand entrance, from
whence the company were conducted by the Master of
the Ceremonies up to the grand staircase, which was
lined with Yeomen of the Guard. The Lord Mayor
and Corporation then passed through the suite of apart-
ments leading to the Throne Room, in which his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, and all the Great Officers of
State were awaiting the arrieal of the deputation.
The various rooms and corridors were lined by the
Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at• Arms, under the command
of Lord Foley.
Her Majesty having taken her seat upon the throne,
the Court of Aldermen of the City of London, headed
by the Lord Mayor, and attended by the Recorder, the
Town Clerk, and various other civic officials, were in-
troduced.

The Lord Mayor, advancing to the foot of the throne,
then had the honour of presenting to her Majesty the
Address agreed to by the Cuurt of Aldermen, which
The Right lion. the Recorder read as follows:
" To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
" Most Gracious Sovereign,
_ _

"We your Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the
Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London: hum-
bly approach your Majesty on no ordinary occasion.
"Deeply grateful to Almighty :God for his many
blessings bestowed upon this highly-favoured nation, we
acknowledge amongst the chief, the restoration of the
Protestant faith by the Reformation and the national
vindication of those great principles of Civil and Reli-
gious Libhrty, for the defence and maintenance of which
your illustrious House was called to the Throne of these
realms.

" We learn, with feelings of surprise and indignation,
that the Bishop of Rumo has recently issued a bull,
vt hereby ho not only presumes to partition this country
into pretended dioceses of the Church of Rome, but at
the same time assumes the right of appointing Arch-
bishops and Bishops of such sees, and conferring upon
them territorial titles arid ecclesiastical jurisdiction, all
which we deem to be inconsistent with the principles of
our Constitution in Church and State, and invasion of
your Majesty's royal supremacy, an audacious usurpa-
tion of your Majesty's prerogative of alone bestowing
titles of honour, and a grievous insult to this Protestant

nation.
For remedy whereof we earnestly.entreat that your
Majesty will direct such measures to be-taken as in your
rvial wisdom ;hail o6NA:expidieut, Assuring your 14§-

jesty that you may ever confidently rely on the affec-
tionate and cordial support of a loyal, united, and reli-
gious people.

"We further humbly acquaint your Majesty that
xe view with feelings of anxiety and alarm, the
introduction of late years of Romish principles
and practices, and the unauthorized revival of
many obsolete forms of the worship and minis-
tration of our own Reformed National Church by
some clergymen in this and other dioceses, and
humbly express our firm conviction that great encou-
ragement has been thereby given to that act of usurpa-
tion and aggression egainst which we now protest, while
it is our belief that greater danger to the Protestant
Church is to be apprehended from unfaithful teaching
than from open hostility.

" We pray that it may please Him by whom Kings
reign and Princes decree judgment, long to preserve
your Majesty to be the Defender of the Faith against
every assault from without, and every desertion from
within, and that under your Majesty's gentle and benig-
nant sway, Peace and Happiness, Truth and Justice,
Religion and Piety, may he established in these realms.
Her Majesty listened with marked attention while the
document was being read, and appeared to express her
approval of the sentiments it enunciated by a gentle
inclination of the head as the Recorder proceeded.
The reading of the document having been completed
the Lord Mayor again advanced and presented the Ad-
dress to her Majesty, who handed it to the Home Se-
cretary. Her Majesty then, in a firm yet musical voice,
delivered the following emphatic reply:—
" My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,
" I receive with much satisfaction your loyal and of
address.

"I heartily concur with-you in your grateful acknow-
ledgment of the many blessings conferred upon this
favoured nation, and in your attachment to the Protes-
tant faith, and to the great principles of civil and reli-
gious liberty in defence of which the city of London has
ever bees conspicuous.

" That faith and those principles are so justly dear
to the people of this country, that I confidently rely on
their cordial support in upholding and maintaining them,
against any danger with which they may be threatened,
from whatever quarter it may proceed."
Sir Peter Laurie, the mover, and Mr. Alderman Fare-
brother, the seconder of the address, were then intro-
duced to her Majesty by the Lord Mayor, after which
the deputation retired from the Royal presence.
__The deputation from the Court and Common Council,
headed by Mr. John Wood and Mr. W. Blake were
next introduced, and the former gentleman having pre-
sented the Address from this body to the Queen upon
the Throne,

Her Majesty replied as follows :
" Gentlemen,

"I sincerely thank you for your renewed assurances
of unaltered attachment to my person and throne, and
to the Constitution of this country.

" Your tried and consistent advocacy of the equal en-
joyment of civil rights by all classes of your fellow-
subjects, entitle the expression of your sentiments on the
present occasion to peculiar consideration.
" You may be assured of my earnest desire, and firm
determination, under God's blessing, to maintain unim-
paired the religious liberty which is justly prized by
the people of this country, and to uphold, as its surest
safeguard, the pure and spiritual worship of the Pro-
testant Faith, which has long been happily established
in this land."

The Court of Lieutenacy of the City of London were
next introduced; and having presented their address,
her Majesty acknowledged the same in a very gracious
manner. The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
followed with their respective addresses, and it was after
two o'clock before the ceremony of presentation had
concluded. _ _

The Queen was generally remarked to be looking
exceedingly well. Her Majesty was attended by the
Viscountess Canning.

Nothing could have been more admirably managed
than the whole arrangement for the presentition. Not
the slightest interruption or delay occurred, and on who-
ever the management devolved, it is impossible to give
them too much credit for the eqxcellent manner in which
their duties were performed.

Mr. Inspector Field, with Sergeants ,Thornton and
Whither of the Detective Force, were in attendanc
at the Castle, in addition to the ordinary Royal
police-officers under Inspector Howie.
A Guard of Honour, composed of a company of the
Coldstream Guards, under Colonel Clitheroe, with the
band and colour, were motioned in the quadrangle of the
Castle. during the arrival of the deputation.

THE DUKE OF NORFOLK ON
PAPAL AGGRESSION.

We have just received a copy of the second edition
of Mr. Parton Cooper's pamphlet on the late edict
of the Ccurt of Rome, containing a copy of a letter
written by his Grace the Duke of Norfolk to Lord
Beaumont, and of which the importance at the pre-
sent moment can hardly be exaggerated, as indicating
the opinions of the Premier Peer of England and of
the Roman Catholic aristocracy of this counlry. The
letter is as follows :

" Arundel Castle, Nov. 28,1850.
"My dear Lord—l so entirely coincide with the opi-
nion of your letter to Lord Zetland, that I must write to
you to express my agreement with you.
" I should think that many must feel as we do, that
ultromontano opinions are totally incompatible with
allegiance to our Sovereign and with our Constitution.

" I remain, my dear Lord, faithfully yours,

": NORFOLK."

THE SEA GULL. -
(From the Lady's Newspaper.)
He holdeth not the proud dominion
Of all air's wide arras• ;
He bath no eagle's powerful pinion,
Nor skylark's thrilling lay.
His snowy wing may not compare
With the peacock's varied plumes,
Yet who would change his power to range
Where the rolling ocean booms.
He wings his way midst the dashing spray,
As the wind careering free;
Fearlessly sweeping where waves are leaping,
The wild Bird of the Sea!

His home is in no elm or willow,
Nor grove by zephyrs fanned;
But the lone rock where breaks the billow
In fury on the strand.
He heedeth not the lightning's flash,
Nor thunders moaning near;
Nor mad commotion in the mighty ocean,
Nor shipwreck wakes his fear.
Proudly he glides o'er the swelling tides,
With wing of liberty--
But little caring forban's despairing,
The wild Bird of the Sea !

He sees the wonders of the waves
In every changing form ;
The raging hurricane he braves,
Nor heeds the bursting storm.
Hail to him ! hail the symbol he
Of a high and daring mind ;
In self-reliance and proud defiance,
He mounts the wayward wind.
Safe be thy roaming o'er billows foaming,
Secure thy rock-home be,
Where storms are sounding and waves rebounding,
Sweep wild Bird of the Sea I
FLOREMMA.

DISTRESSING AND MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE AT BATH.
—A suicide of a most distressing and determined character
took place in this city yesterday morning by a young man,
who gave his name Thomas Ware, at the Devonshire Arms.
Having dined and taken tea with the family, be went to
bed at eleven, desiring to be called about nine o'clock next
morning, as he wished to leave for Bristol. The landlady,
however, on going up stairs at that time, and having
shook the door, and called out several times to the deceased
without getting any reply, had the door burst open, when
on entering the room she found him dead, lying flat on his
back, his head under a table, his right hand near his necker-
chief, and his left hand placed on his left breast, covering a
wound which was afterwards found to have been made by a
bullet which had passed through his heart. The room was
covered with blood, and a duelling pistol was found near the
unfortunate man's left hand, also covered with blood. Two
soldiers who had slept in the next room—only a few feet
apart from the deceased, declare they never heard any report
of a pistol or other sound to arouse their suspicions. The
deceased appeared in excellent spirits throughout the pre-
vious day, and gave his address as Mr. T. Ware 33, Stokes
Croft, Bristol, observing that be was in partnership with Mr.
, Davis, watchmaker, Bristol, In the course of conversation
he said that he had made an appointment to attend a ball in
this city yesterday (Monday). Ile was well dressed, and
appeared about 26 years of age.
The Earl and Countess of Ripon and Viscount
Goderich have arrived at their seat in Yorkshire, from Nor-
ton-park, Lincolnshire.
A large party of titled and distinguished persons
have been on a visit during the last week to Sir Clifford
Constable, Bart., at Burton Constable, Yorkshire, amongst
whom were George Hudson, Eeq., M.P., Mrs. Hudson, and
family—Newcastle Journal.
CASUALTY ON TEE MERSEY.—On Saturday last a
fisherman named Hughes, who had been in Liverpool during
the day, and partaken too freely of drink, attempted to cross
the river alone in the boat, though urgently remonstrated
with by other boatmen. Nothing since has been heard of
him, and it is feared he has been :drowned. His boat was
found on Sunday,' near Formby. He has left a widow
awl him children.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
GEAA'ND NATIONAL CONCERTS.

The production last evening of :elections from Mr.
Howard Glover's opera of Hero and Leander is a fresh
proof of the determination on the part of the directors
to redeem to the utmost the pledge they gave in
their programme, that they would endeavour to raise
the standard of musical taste in this country by giving
compositions of a high order, and that they would
encourage the English composers by the performance
of their works in the most complete and efficient manner.
The selections consisted of an overture, songs, cho-
russer, &c., but there was no attempt at any deve-
lopment of a plot as there was in Mr. Macfarren's
Sereneta. The overture is a massive composition of
much merit; the general expression is one of melan-
choly, and it seems admirably adapted as an introduc-
tion to a story so sad as that of Hero and Leander.
Then follows the opening chorus, " What Sorrow has
thy Soul oppressed," to which succeeds a roman za
" Star of the Morning," cleverly rendered by
Mrs. Alexander Newton. Mr. Sims Reeves
(who was evidently labouring under cold and
hoarseness, and who was unable to sing
during the latter part of the performance), then
gave a song, "My fate is in my Hero's eyes." It is a
very sweet composition, and was given with
much taste and feeling by Mr. Sims
Reeves ; but it was evident that the effort had com-
pletely exhausted him, and in a subsequent part of
the evening Mr. Balfe had to apologise for the
omission of various songs which had been assigned
to Mr. Sims Reeves. Miss Poole sung a very pretty
Romania, "A wild disorder," and and elicited rap-
urous applause. The great solo of the opera is the
ballad which followed this, " The strain I heard in
happier days." It is one of the most beautifully
simple ballad compositions ever heard, it is thoroughly
English in its melody and in its treatment, and was
sung by Mdlle. Angri with infinite grace and
taste, and with that simplicity of style which
is the great charm of English ballad-singing.
Miss Stephens, in her best days, never
surpassed Angri in true English expression ; there is
a horn obligato which was excellently performed by
M. Steglich, and the ballad was, it is needless to add,
rapturously encored. The gem of the opera, however,
is an unaccompanied quartette, " The fated hour,"
sung by Miss Poole, Mrs. A. Newton, Mr. Frank
Bodda, and Mr. Sims Reeves ; this also is thoroughly
English in its style and treatment, the voices har-
monized beautifully, and it also was encored. This ex-
quisite composition will, we have no doubt, become a
permanent favourite with all practisers of part-singing,
and will take its place as a classical composition in
the repertoire of all glee and madrigal clubs. The
grand finale, " His death alone," is an elaborate com-
position ; the soprano and bass solos were ad-
mirably rendered by Mrs. Alexander Newton and Mr.
F. Bodda, the scoring was full and complete, and the
whole composition, which is of a very high order, re-
ceived ample justice at the hands of the chorus and
orchestra. The second part commenced with Beeth-
oven's symphony in B flat, which was rendered with
all that care and conscientiousness which has so dis-
tinguished the performance of classical music at
these concerts ; the conducting of this symphony by
Balfe was beyond all praise. We had also a selection
for the first time from Balfe's opera, The Siege of Ro-
chelle, a well-deserved compliment to the musical
director. These selections were admirably rendered
by the orchestra. The Grand Quadrille of All Na-
tions concluded the performance. The concert was
very well attended.
HAYMARKET THEATRE.

King John has always been esteemed -one of Mr.
Macready's finest parts. He played it last night in
his most effective manner, exhibiting the meannesses,
vacillations, and infirmities of mind which go to
make up this ably drawn historical portrait with his
usual discriminative variety. This personation is too
well known to need any panegyric now. No actor has
ever delineated the shifting and petulant wilfulness of
the king with a greater warmth of colour than Mr.Ma-
cready; for no one has addressed himself so immediately
to the development of its minutest shades and con-
trasts. His delivery of the speech to Hubert when
he concerts the murder of Arthur is a superb passage
of acting—an exquisite portrayal of the moral turpi-
tude which characterises the monarch, and the de-
'liberate and specious cunning with which he com-
passes the death of the prince. The whole of this
scene is full of subtle beauties; and the deadly
artfulness of his appeal, his eager, quivering look,
as he watches the working of his half-indicated
wishes, and his relaxation into a sort of hysterical
merriment when the rugged chamberlain with
measured emphasis yields an assent, is replete
with significance and purport. This and the closing
scene—one of the most painful illustrations of phy-
sical agony we know of—have hitherto been the most
prominent features of the performance, and last night
Mr. Macready exerted himself to paint them as deeply
and as vividly as he did twenty years ago. But the great
incident of the evening was the celebrated interview
with the legate from the Pope. The frequency with
which the memorable defiance of the Papal mandate
has been quoted of late, and the concurrent
spirit of Protestant repudiation in which the public
receive it, promised an excitement of no common
kind. The nsoment the red hat of the cardinal was
perceived a howl of execration ran through the
house, but he was enabled to get through his open-
ing speech in tolerable quiet. Nothing, however,
could exceed the vehemence with which the fiery
rejoinder of the King was echoed by the audi-
ence, though unfortunately the great point of the
passage was drowned in the hurricane of accla-
mations which the irritability of the audience
would no longer suffer them to* withhold. It is
needless to say that the antipathy of the spectators
was not concealed whenever the legate showed his
face. The tragedy has seldom been better cast as a
whole. Mrs. Warner has always been an emphatic
and impassioned Constance, and she delineated the-
grief of the unhappy mother of Arthur with telling
force. The male personages were well supported.
Mr. Davenport's Falconbridge, though wanting in the
grace and nobility which belonged to Charles Kern-
ble's personation, was nevertheless manly and chivalric,
and the Hubert of Mr. Cooper was intelligent and im-
pressive. At the fall of the curtain Mr. Macready was
called for, and also Mr. Davenport.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Disc. 9.

The Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince
Albert, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince of
Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Viscountess
Canning(Lady in Waiting), Lord Elphinstone (Lord
in Waiting), Colonel Honourable Charles Grey and
Colonel Bouverie, Equerries in Waiting, went to
London this morning at twenty minutes past ten
o'clock.

Her Majesty, his Royal Highness, with the Prince
of Wales and Prince Alfred and suite, travelled by a
special train on the Great Western Railway, and re-
turned to the Castle at two o'clock.

The Earl and Countess of Bessborough and Sir
Charles and Lady Mary Wood are expected to arrive
at the Castle to-day on a visit to the queen and the
Prince.

The Royal Dinner Circle this evening will include
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady
Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl and
Countess of Bessborougb, and Sir Charles and Lady
Mary Wood.
Her Majesty's private band will attend in the
Castle this afternoon ofter dinner.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of
Wales and Prince Alfred, arrived at the Smithfield
Cattle-show, in King-street, Portm an-square, at a
quarter past eleven o'clock yesterday morning, at-
tended by the Viscountess Canning, Lord Elphinstone,
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel Bouverie.
Her Majesty inspected the Exhibition, and afterwards
proceeded to Buckingham Palace, where her Majesty
and the royal party arrived at twenty-five minutes
past twelve o'clock.
At five minutes past one o'clock the Queen and the
Prince, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred,
left Buckingham Palace for the Paddington terminus
of the Great Western Railway, attended by the royal
suite, and returned to Windsor Castle.
The Rev. Sydney Turner and Mr. William Glad-
stone, from the Philanthropic Society for the Refor-
mation of Juvenile Offenders, had an interview with
Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland
Revenue, and Mr. Pressly, had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official
residence in Downing-street.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Co-
lonial-office for the Governor of Sierra Leone.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood left town yesterday on a visit to the Queen.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday. Present, Lord Langdale, Mr. Baron
Parke, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir
E. Ryan.
Mr. Baron Parke gave judgment on an appeal
from Bombay, " Pittamberdass v. Ramboll Thac-
koorseydass."
Some motions were disposed of.
Sir Fitzroy Kelly opened an appeal from the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury, " Brayne and
Edwards v. Bather."
The case was adjourned.

THE LORD RECTORSHIP.—We understand that the
decision regarding the suspended Lord Rectorship cannot be
made until near the meeting of Parliament, as Colonel Mure,
with whom the matter now rests, will not return from Italy
until the commencement of the session app►oaches. The de-
cision must be given by Colonel Mure personally, but there
can be no doubt that it will be in favour of Sheriff Alison.—
Glasgow Deily Mail.
• •

The Duke of Rutland, we are hippy to learn, is
in the enjoyment of excellent health. His Grace left Belvoir
Castle on Saturday, for Stanton Woodhouse, his shooting box
in Derbyshire, where his Grace intends to remain until his
birthday.

1 THE SMITHFIELD CLUB.
The annual show of the Smithfield Clab opens to-
day to the pubiic, and will be found, notwithstanding
the depressed state of British agriculture, both in the
number and the quality of the stock exhibited, very
greatly in advance of the displays of former years.
The present is one-fourth larger than the last show,
and in a still greater ratio exceeds those which pre-
ceded it. This increase is not confined to any one
department, but extends over the whole ; and some
idea of it may be formed when we mention that there
are 50 additional stands for oxen alone. With refer-
ence to the quality of the stock brought forward, the
judges are unanimous in their opinion on that sub-
ject, and, havirg been admitted to a private view last
night, we can fully corroborate tbeir testimony on the
subject. The exhibition has in former years been
blemished by a display of enormously fat and over-
grown animals. Prizes were awarded, and admira-
tion bestowed, not upon those beasts that at the earliest
age, and in the most healthy and regular manner, were
clothed with the greatest amount of wholesome food,
but upon mountains of tallow, ungainly to look
upon, useless for the purposes of subsistence, and
valuable only to be manufactured into candles. The
Smithfield Club have in this respect effected a de-
cided reform. They have at length, and unmistakaby,
surrt ndered their predilections for the melting-tub,
and the danger, if any, against which they now re-
quire to be warned, is to prevent their show running
so far into the opposite direction that it may become
an exhibition to promote purity of breed rather than
one which has reference to the supply of our metro-
politan meat markets. The principle on which the
' prizes are awarded properly recognises the breeder
as well as the feeder of each successful animal, and
the materials upon which it has been fattened are also
specified. These precautions do, to a certain extent,
keep the show true to its original design, and this
result is still further secured by the arrangement and
classification adopted, which place beasts of different
breeds side by side, and induce a general comparison
of merits between the different varieties of stock.
It is quite true that the best bred ox
will generally show himself best adapted
for the purpose for which nature has
destined him ; but, on the other hand, the merits of
cross-bred animals ought not to be lost sight of, and
something is due to the appetites of our citizens,
more solicitous about a good sirloin of beef or haunch
of mutton than as to whether the beasts that furnished
them were Devons or Herefords, Southdowns or
Leicesters. If we were to find a fault with the
general character of the present exhibition, we would
state it thus—that the great breeders, and especially
those who breed for amusement, as, for instance, the
Duke of Richmond, or, to quote another name with-
out any invidious motive, his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, should, with their advantages for maintaining
a successful competition, come into the field and
carry away so large a proportion of the prizes against
the men wlio the whole year round supply Smith-
field-market, and appease the appetites of a population
of 2,000,000. The noblemen and gentlemen who
keep up fine herds of cattle, partly as a matter of
amateur farming, and partly to raise the quality of
stock throughout the country, have their legitimate
sphere of competition at the great annual shows of
the Royal Agricultural Society. The Smithfield
Club ought to encourage a less dignified but not
less useful class of competitors,—the men who sup-
ply the best mutton, the best beef, and the best bacon
to the inhabitants of London. We are far from say-
ing that these last are altogether excluded ; and a
glance at the list of prizes (which we subjoin) will
show that many of our best-known feeders have met
with the success which they deserve. Still, practical
men, looking at the result, would, we suspect, be
disposed to think that several great names occur
therein somewhat too often. The show is particu-
larly strong in Leicester sheep and in crosses. It
has improved greatly also in the display of Devons,
in which hitherto it has been deficient. Mr. Heath's
Hereford ox and Mr. Geoch's short-horned heifer,
each the winner of a gold medal, deserve the particu-
lar notice of all who visit the exhibition, and will, no
doubt, become great favourites and be well " handled"
during the next few days. The pen of South Down
sheep belonging to Mr. Williams, and of Leicesters
belonging to Mr. Foljambe, will also attract notice ;
but, besides these, visitors will not fail to notice the
splendid crosses for which a prize has been awarded to
Mr. J. R. Overman, and ,the fine Cotswold sheep of
Mr. R. Bernard. The exhibition of pigs, seldom the
least attractive part of the annual display at the
Baker-street Bazaar, is not likely this year to lose
any of its usual interest. Here Mr. Fisher Hobbs
still maintains his ascendancy, and, whatever ques-
tion may be raised as to the value of his stock for
breeding purposes. it is impossible to look at them
without being satisfied that they must make most
delicate food. Of late there appears to be a strong
disposition in the pig breeders of the country to claim
each for himself a special variety of that animal.
The consequence is a degree of confusion and mysti-
fication as to what really is the pure porcine blood of
England that would puzzle even the ingenuity of the
College of Heralds. Every exhibitor recognises in
the pen of his neighbour his own favourite form of
grunter, and, while nearly all are striving to secure
the largest amount of meat on the smallest amount of
bone, it is' to be feared that the original vigour and
healthiness of the species are greatly impaired.
Apart from the list of prizes, there are some few
animals in the show which deserve a passing notice.
At the bead of these must be placed " a four
years and six months old cross- bred heifer, between
the Scotch highland cow and the Brahmin bull, bred
by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and fed on
grass, chaff, barleymeal, oilcake, and roots." This
singular beast differs no less in shape than in temper
from his companions, having a buffalo hump, drooping
behind like a mule, and launching out its heels with
great dexterity at almost everybody who came within
reach of it. Another point which struck us in the
cattle department of the exhibition was that there
was but one specimen of the polled Galloway breed
exhibited—that breed, such large numbers of which
are brought annually to the eastern counties to fatten,
and thence sent into the London market. There is
hardly any more favourite or more profitable descrip-
tion of cattle than this ; but the Norfolk graziers
complain that there is now great difficulty in getting
them at a reasonable price and of good quality.
The animal referred to is exhibited by Mr. Heath,
and is a remarkably fine ox. Another and
quite a novel feature of the present show
is the introduction of a specimen of Dutch
stock, which, however, without any prejudice towards
foreigners, it must be admitted cuts but a
.sorry
figure. It may convey some consolation to the friends
of agriculture to state that the Speaker of the House
of Commons is a contributor on the present occasion
of " a pen of three 21 weeks and two days old im-
proved Essex Heckfield pigs, bred by himself, and fed
on barleymeal, pollard, and skimmed milk." We re-
gret to say that the Right Hon. Gentleman has not
been a successful competitor, but he may console him-
self, as Sir John Conroy and other distinguished
feeders have been equally disappointed. To all who
take an interest in the quality of animal food, and in
the quantity of it which can with comfort to the cattle
themselves ard with benefit to man be produced from
one beast—to all who wish fully to understand with
what materials the Christmas hospitalities of London
are furnished forth, we recommend a visit to the Baker-
street Bazaar. Let them patiently read how so many
fat oxen, cows, sheep, and pigs have been fed, how
unsparingly every variety of provender has been
supplied to them, how sumptuously they have fared
while their masters have been ruined by free trade.
The Smithfield Club is as tenacious of life as the
market, though the public has not the same interest
in its death. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince
of Wales and Prince Alfred, visited the show yester-
day morning, at eleven o'clock; and, after a stay of
more than an hour, left highly delighted with all they
saw.

The following is a list of prizes awarded
:
OXEN OR STEERS.
Class I—The first prize of 30 sovereigns to No. 16, via.
to Mr. John Tucker, of Staplegrove, near Taunton—a
silver medal to the breeder, viz. to Mr. John Priscott, of
Staplegrove; the second prize of 15 sovereigns to No. $,
viz. to Mr. Joseph Phillips, of Ardington, near Want-
age; the third prize of 5 sovereigns to No. 2, viz. to
his Grace the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood, near
Chichester.
Class 2—The first prize of 30 sovereigns to No. 33,
viz. to the Right Hon. the Earl of Hardwicke, of Willa-
pole, near Cambridge—a silver medal to the breeder, viz.
to the Earl of Hardwicke; the second prize of 15 sove-
reigns to No. 39, viz. to Mr. Henry Frampton, of Faring-
don-road, Faringdon; the third prize of 54 to No. 24,
viz. to the Marquis of Northampton, of Castle Ashby,
Northampton.
Class 3—The first prize of 251. to No. 52, viz. to Mr.
William Heath, of Ludham, near Norwich—a silver
medal to the breeder, viz, to Mr. J. Bill, of Whiteway
Head, Ludlow, Salop; the second prize of 15/. to No.
56, viz. to Mr. J. S. Belt, of Dodhill, Kingston, Taun-
ton; the third prize of 5/. to No. 45, viz. to Mr. James
Clover, of Creeiing St. Mary, Needham-market:
Class 4—The first prize of 20/. to No. 69, viz. to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert—a silver medal to the
breeder, viz. to Mr. Thomas Sheriff, of Buckton, near
Ludlow, Hereford; the second prize of 101. to No. 79,
viz. to Mr. J. S. Bult, of Dodhill, Kingston, Taunton.
Class s—The first prize of 151. to No, 85, viz. to the
Right Hon. the Earl of Aylesford, of Puckington, Co-
ventry—a silver medal to the breeder, viz. to the Right
Hon. the Earl of Aylesford; the second prize of 51. to
No. 92, viz. to Mr. Thomas Bond, of Bishop's Lydeard,
Taunton.
Class 6—The prize of 10/. to No. 101, viz. to Mr.
William Heath, of Ludham, near Norwich.
COWS AND HEIFERS.
Class 7—The first prize of 20/. to No. 110, viz. to tho
Right Hon. Lord Feversham, cf Duncombe-park.
Helmsley—a silver medal to the breeder, viz. to the
Right Hon. Lord Feversham; the second prize of 101. to
No. 124, viz. to Mr. Stephen Gooch, of Honingham, near
Norwich; the third prize of 54 to No. 116, viz. to his
Royal Llighness Prince Albert. •

Class B—The first prize cf 201. to No. 138, viz, to M
Stephen Gooch, of Honingham, near Norwich—a silver
medal to the breeder. viz. to Mr. Natb. Cartwright, of
Haugham, near Louth; the second prize of 10/. to No.
129, viz. to Mr. J. H. Gurney, of Easton, near Norwich.
Class 9—The first prize of 201. to No. 157, viz. to Mr.
Thomas Aveling, of March, Isle of Ely, Cambridge--a
silver medal to the breeder, viz, to Mr. Thomas Aveling;
the second prize of 10/. to No. 160, viz, to Mr. William
Woodward, of Breedon's Norton, near Tewkesbury.