The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-17 00:00:00

IRELAND.

CATTLE SHOW OF THE ROYAL IRISH AGRI-
CULTURAL SOCIETY.
DUBLIN, AUG. 14.—The annual show of cattle, farm-
ing implements, &e., of this Society commenced to-day,
and was held in the Coburg-gardens, a field of nine
acres at the rear of St. Stephen's-green and Harcourt-
street, in this city. The quantity of all kinds of stock,
exceeded any similar exhibition ever held here, but upon
a close inspection, it appeared that a large portion of the
cattle was of an ordinary kind, the superior and first-
class animals bein,, comparatively rare. But certainly
there were several very fine bulls, and many cows of the

primest kind.
The arrangements for the exhibition were on a scale
of great magnitude. The stalls for the cattle exhibited
ran round three sides of the ground, serving the purpose
of an inclosure, and the centre of the are% was literally
covered with farming implements, sheep-pens, &c. The
judges appointed to adjudicate the premiums in the
various classes and sections were :—Messrs. Booth, of
Killerley; Watson, of Keyler; Kirkaldy, Charge, Dud-
geon, Archbold, Roberts, &c.; and though these gen-
tlemen commenced the discharge of the difficult task
assigned them at an early hour this morning, they had
not completed their labours until long after one o'clock,
the hour at which the public were admitted. The con-
sequence of this was, that no one present, with the ex •
ception of the judges themselves, knew to what animals
the prizes were assigned. It was a very general remark
that the Irish breeding-stock was of the most superior
description. The prizes will not be declared until this
evening at the council dinner, but it is understood that
the following are amongst the successful competitors:—
Mr. Robert Borrowes was awarded the first prize of

thirty sovereigns for his short-horned bull Narcissus,
four years ,dd, as the best of his class; and also the
challenge cup, given by Mr. Peter Purcell, as being the
best bull in any class.
The Hon. A. F. Nugent, of Pallas; Mr. John Camp-
bell, of Louth; Mr. Alexander Bannerman, of Lanca-
shire; Mr. Robert Borrowes, of Kilcullen, also obtained
prizes for the bulls entererd by them.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert's cow, of the Bake-
well breed, five years old, was assigned the first prize,
as being the best in its class.
Mr. 'William Henry Carter, of Kilcullen ; Mr. Martin
Winder, Dunlavin ; Mr. Samuel Winter, Tullaghard,
Trim; Mr. William Garnet, Donover House, Moynalty;
and Mr. Wade, also exhibited animals, which obtained
prizes.
The show of horses, sheep, swine, poultry, &c., was
extremely good, but we were unable, for the reasons
above stated, to ascertain the names of the persons who

received premiums.
The Lord Lieutenant arrived at three o'clock, and
attended by the Marquis of Downshire, and other mem
bers of the council, went through the exhibition.
His Excellency seemed much struck by a Kerry bull,
one year old, named Paddy Blake, bred by the Rev. B.
O'Connor, parish priest of Miltown, the sire from the
Knight of Kerry's stock, the dam from that of the late
Maurice O'Connell, Esq., of Derrynane Abbey. This
animal, although a very fine specimen of the Kerry
breed, was not much larger than a good Newfound-
land dog.
The attendance of visitors throughout the day, not-
withstanding the heavy showers which fell at intervals,
was very numerous.
Among those present we observed:--The Marquis of
Downshire; the Earls of Clancarty, Charlemont, Erne,
and Miltown; Lords Farnham and Castlemaine; Sir
Lucius O'Brien, Sir Joseph Copley (of Yorkshire), Sir
Arthur Brook, M.P.; Honourable Henry Cole, M.P.;
Robert Archbold, Esq., M.P.; Archdeacon Torrens ;
William Ratlibone, Esq.; John 11. Talbot, Esq.; William
D'Arcy, Esq.; J. Garnett, Esq.; Sir R. Langrishe, Sir
John Power, James Power, Esq., M.P.; Sir Robert
Bateson; Duckett, Esq.; Robert Bourke, Esq.;
George Woods, Esq.; Thomas Seymour, Esq.; Rev.
Henry Westby.
LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMISSION.
The Land Commissioners are about visiting this dis-
trict. They have fixed upon this day (Wednesday) for
Birr, to-morrow for Roscrea, and Friday for Nenagh.
With what extraordinary velocity do they not go through
their unaccountable movements, and what a libel is it
upon the common sense of the country to suppose that
the least possible amount of good can be anticipated
from the hurried, and necessarily crude, investigation
of these gentlemen Commissioners. —Tipperary Via-
. dice (or.