The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-07 00:00:00

HAMPSHIRE OR WILTSHIRE-DOWN SHEEP.

Class 44. Fat Wother Sheep of the Hampshire or Wilt-
shire-Down breed, 1 year old (under 23 months)—First
prize of £2O to No. 38G, R. and J. Russell.

SHROPSHIRE SHEEP.

Class 45. Fat Nether Sheep, of tho Shropshire breed,
1 year old (undor 23 months)—Firat prise of £2O to No.
310, Henry Mathews.

Class 46. Fat Wether Sheep of the Shropshire breed, 2
years old (above 23 and under 35 months)—First prize of
£l5 to 350, Henry Smith.

Class 48. First prize of £l5 to No. 360, William Smith.
Class 49. First prize of £l5 to No. 365, Jonathan Peel.
Class 50. First prize of £l5 to No: 372, Herbert
Farthing.

Class 51. First prize, of £2O to No. 413, George Hine,
junior.

Class 52. First prizo of £lO to No. 425, John Overman.

PIGS.

Class 53. Pigs of auy White breed, not exceeding 9
months old.—First prize of .£lO to No. 436, T. L. Mel-
ville ; second prize of £5 to No. 437, her Majesty the
Queen.

Class 54. Pigs of any White breed, above 9 and not
exceeding 12 months old.—First prize of £lO to No. 442,
her Majesty the Queen.
Class 55. Pigs of any White breed, above 12 and not
exceeding 18 months old.—First prize of £lO to No. 443,
the Earl of Radnor ; second prize of £5 to No. 444, W. R.
Dunn.

Class 50. Pigs of any Black breed, not exceeding 9
months old.—First prize of £lO to No. 449, Thomas
Chamberlayne ; second prize of .£5 to No. 452, Jane
Gale.

Class 57. Pigs of any Black brood, above 9 and not ex-
ceeding 12 months old—No merit.
Class M. Pigs of any Black breed, above 12 and not ex-
ceeding 18 months old—Prize of £lO to lin. 452, John
Coate.

Class 59. Pigs of any other breed, not exceeding 9
months old—First prize of .£lO to No. 454, Joha Robert-

SOIL

Class 60. Pigs of any other breed, above 9 and under
12 months old.—First prize of £lO to No. 41:6, John
Robertson; second prize of £5 to No. 457, John Biggs.
Class 61. Pigs of any other breed, above 12 and not ex-
ceeding 18 months old.—First prize of .£lO to No. 459,
Joseph 11. Clark; second prize of £5 to No. 461, John.
King Pitman.

Silver Cup, value £lO, for the best Steer, to William
Heath; ditto, .ZlO, fur the beet Heifer, to the Earl of
Hardwicke.

Foreign luau ractiet :List.

.MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS.

Curiosity as to the new Cabinet has been to some extent
allayed by the assignment of the principal posts as
follows : -

First Lord of the Treasury 7:-. Mr. GLADSTONE.

Lord Chancellor
Secretary for the Colonies
Secretary for Foreign Affairs Earl of CLARENDON.

Secretary for India The Duke of ARGYLL.
Secretary for War

Chancellor of the Exchequer... Mr. Lows.
First Lord of the Admiralty Mr. CILILDERS.

President of the Board of)
L.r. r)
r. BRIGHT.
Trade

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Secretary for Ireland rT
ESCUE.CHICHESTE FOR

According to the Daily News, these are all the appoint-
ments which have been positively made. The Post
assigns the Duchy of Lancaster to Sir George Grey. It
will be seen that some high offices of State remain to be
filled, and the Observer was premature in its announce-
ment that the Cabinet was completed. As regards the
appointments out of the Cabinet, the Times makes Mr.
Justice O'Hagan Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and, as we
have already stated, Sir Robert Collier will be A ttorney-
General, and Mr. Moncreiff Lord Advocate for Scotland.
It is probable that Mr. Coleridge will be content to serve
as Solicitor-General.

BRITISH PREMIERS FROM 1.54 TO 1868.

The following is a list of British Premiers during the las'
one hundred amMourteen years :

Appointed.

Time in Office,
Yrs. Days,
52
322

1754 ... April s—Duke of Newcastle 8
1762 ... May 29—Earl of Bute 0
1763 ... April 16—G. Grenville 2
1765 ... July 12—Marquis of Rockingham 1
1766 ... Aug. 2—Duke of Grafton 3
1770 ... Jan. 28—Lord North
1782 ... Mar. I,3—Marquis of Rockingham 0
1782 ... July 13—Earl of Shelburne 0
1783 ... April s—Duke of Portland 0
1783 ... Dec. 27—William Pitt l7
1801 ... Mar. 17—Lord Sidmouth 3
1804 ... May 12—William Pitt 1
1806 ... Jan. B—Lord Granville 1
1807 ... Mar. 13—Duke of Portland 3
1810 ... June 28—Spencer Percival
1812 ... June B—Earl of Liverpool l4
1827 ... April 11—George Canning
1827 ... Aug. 10—Lord Goderich 0
1828 ... Jan. 25 Duke of Wellington
1830 ... Nov. 22—Earl Grey 3
1834 ... July 11—Lord Melbourne
1834 ... Nov. 16—Duke of Wellington
1834 ... Dec. B—Sir Robert Peel...
1835 ... April 18—Lord Melbourne
1841 ... Sept. 3—Sir Robert Peel
1845 ... Dec. 10—Lord John Russell
1845 ... Dec. 20—Sir Robert Peel
1846 ... June 26—Lord John Russell
18.52 ... Feb. 22—Earl of Derby
1852 ... Dec. 19— Earl of Aberdeen 2
1855 ... Feb. s—Lord Palmerston
1858 ... Feb. 21—Earl of Der}iy
1859 ... June 13—Lord Palmerston
1865 ... Oct. 20—Earl Russell
1866 ... June 27—Earl of Derby
ISO 3 ... Feb. 25—Mr. Disraeli
1868 ... Dec. 3—Mr. Gladstone
It will be seen from the above statement, that only five
Governments since 1754 have exceeded that of Lord
Palmerston's in its duration, viz., the Duke of Newcastle's,
Lord North's, William Pitt's, Earl of Liverpool's, and Lord
Melbourne's.

102
352
307

18
180
239
300
45

111
128
249
233
281

• MI?. GLADSTONE AND THE WELSHMAN.

A correspondent of the Liverpool Courier relates the

following tale :

" Now that Wales has in so marked a

manner come to the front in support of Mr. Gladstone and
. the Liberal policy, the following may not be uninteresting
to your readers as an instance of the simple, honest, and
hearty enthusiasm with which the working classes in the
Principality regard Mr. Gladstone. We got the story from
the Welshman himself, who is a resident at Llangefin, in
Anglesea. He says that, having read so much of the

great statesman, be became very desirous to see—only to
see—the great man. One day last summer he set out early
for Mr. Gladstone's house, in Penmaenmawr. It was
with many misgivings that, carrying carefully a small
basket with him, he walked up to the house ; for,
having but an exceedingly small stock of English at his
command, he feared it would avail him but little
with the servants. In that fear he was right ;
for, on asking to see Mr. Gladstone, he was informed
.. ..

by the maid-servant first, and by the butler
afterwards, that their master was then very busy, and
could not be seen before night. Nothing daunted, the
sturdy Welshman expressed his readiness to call again at
night. Just then another maid-servant, a countrywoman
of his, came to his rescue, and led him to Mrs.
Gladstone. The kind lady was much amused
to see the Welshman's determination to see--only
to see, he said—Mr. Gladstone. The object of
his admiration was told of this singular visitor, and
coming to him, laughed heartily to hear the enthusiastic
Welshman say that he only wished to see Mr. Gladstone,
of whom and of his great services he had read so much ;
and, thereupon, he begged Mr. Gladstone to accept the
small basket of eggs which he had brought with him,
and which were placed together in a very artistic
style. Mr. Gladstone, of course, had the good taste
not to regard this as in anywise a display of eggsuberant
admiration, but took them kindly from the simple
man, presented him with a book in return, asking
him to take some lunch and making kind inquiries
after the Welshman's family. It was with great re-
luctance that the visitor partook of food, for he frequently
assured them that he came there, not to eat anything, but
to see Mr. Gladstone. However, this warm-hearted son
of Wales left highly pleased with his successful visit, and
bearing with him the book he received, and a portrait of
the great Liberal chief which Mrs. Gladstone gave him,
with kind assurances that he would be always welcomed
there."

At Alfreton eight persons have been com-
mitted for trial at the next Derbyshire qualieer sessions on
the charge of rioting at Clay Cross on the 20th of November
last, which was the polling day for East Derbyshire.

THE NEW ARCHBISHOP.—At a meeting of the
Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral, on Friday last, the
Dean presiding, her Majesty's conge d'elire nominating a
successor to the late Dr. Longley in the archiepiscopal
chair, was read and acted upon in the unanimous election
of Dr. A. C. Tait, late Bishop of London. The bells of
the cathedral were rung during the day in celebration of
the event.

A TITLED PREACHER.—Lord Cecil has advertised
preaching twice each Sunday, and on Tuesday and Thurs-
day evenings, in the theatre, which he has rented at
his own expense for those days. It appears his religion
does not consist merely in preaching, as it is stated that
a few days ago, in a neighbouring township, while visiting,
he found a widow who was in danger of losing her farm,
it being mortgaged for 100 dollars; Lord Cecil presented
this poor woman with a cheque for the amount, and secured
her a receipt in full.— Toronto Globe, Nor. 17.

THE WHIPPINC-POST. —The whipping-post is still
among the cherished institutions of the State of Delaware.
An old man, 70 years of age, was put to the torture of the
lash, for some petty offence, at Newcastle, on Friday last,
as well as half a dozen other offenders. The report of the
case says that the punishment was " strictly in accordance
with the laws of the State." So much the worse for the
State. We are very glad that Delaware did not vote for
Grant. We hope she will remain democratic while she
remains thus barbarous and semi-savage.—Ncio York,
Times, Nor. 23.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO OSBORNE.--Her Majesty
the Queen, with their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince
and Princess of Prussia, Princesses Louise and Beatrice
and Prince Leopold, attended by the ladies and gentlemen
of the Court, will, according to the most recent arrange-
ments, leave Windsor Castle on the lGth inst., en route
for Osborne. Her Majesty, it is expected, will proceed
southwards by special train on the Great Western and
London and South Western Railways ; and the arrange.
rnents for the royal trip in that case will be under the
control of Mr. J. Grierson.

THE RIVAL BISHOP.—On Sunday morning the
Rev. William Kenneth Macrorie, r.A., vicar of Accring-
ton, who has been appointed Bishop of Afaritzburg, and
who is about to proceed to Natal to do battle with Bishop
Coleus°, preached a farewell sermon at St. Lawrence.
Jewry, a church which has become so well
known in connection with the services which
preceded, accompanied, and followed the late Arch-
bishop of Canterbury's Pan-Anglican Synod of
last year. He selected for his text the third chapter of
St. Paul's Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, verse 1:
" Brethren pray for us, that the word of the Lord may
have free course and be glorified, even as it is with you."
In the afternoon the bishop-nominate preached at St.
Matthew's, City-road, and in the evening at All Saints,
Notting-hill. He will leave England on Wednesday next,
and will be consecrated at Cape Town Cathedrvaiis soon
as Possiblo liftqr his arrival in south Africa.