The Bee-Hive : — 1869-08-21 (London, England)

THE BIRMINGHAM HORSE SHOW.  The fourth Annual Exhibition a Horses, Ponies, Carriages, &c. (under the presidency of Lord Coventry) opened on the 17th inst. at Bingley-hall, and promises to be one of the most successful held in the Midlands. The -entries exceed those of last year, and altogether the show is pronounced a -decided improvement upon that of 1868. The judges commenced their labours shortly after nine o'clock, confining themselves to the hunter classes; and, from the keenness of the competition, must have experienced considerable difficulty in making their award. Not the least interesting feature of the show was the exhibition of ponies, of which there were altogether 55 entries, many of them remarkable for their symmetry and high,ccmdition. The agricultural class was fairly represented, and the drays, although not numerous, include some useful animals. Two arab ponies attracted some notice, and in the extra stock there is an insignificant gelding, said to have been the ;property of the late King Theodore, which, with an exhibition of Abyssinian trophies, also drew visitors. During the afternoon the hunters were ridden round the ring, and Miss -Carey tested their leading capabilities. The judges of the show are Messrs. Cookson, Bennett, Topham, Welby, Randell, -and ISwale. Mr. Stanley, of Birmingham, acted as Iveterinary referee. *Lord Coventry was at the show !during the day. This year the exhibition of houucis was abandoned.  1 SHAM FIGIIT.—A sham fight took place at Hartfordbridge Flats on the 13th inst., with the flying column I and the remainder of the troops at the camp, under -the command of Sir Alfred llorsferd.  EMIGRATION TO CANADA.—A third party of emigrants left Deptford and .31illwall on the .17th int. for the Victoria Docks As' routelor Canada. They were accompanied to the Docks by the lion. -Arthur Kinnaird, 31. P., Dr. Carr, Rev. Mr. Kitto, and other gentlemen. The number of emigrants who left in, the 'vessel was nearly 200,-they.being ,suCli artisans, with their families, as wiil be likely to-obtain employment in Canada during the winter, those sent hitherto being .mostly- of the labouring class. The accounts received from those who have already roathed Canada have been most encouraging. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A HUEBAND.—On_the morning .of the 17th inst. a woman off-middle age, named Bridget Wheeler, was placed before the magistrates at Shrewsbury,,charged with stabbing her husband. Prisoner and her husband had words, and he struck her with the top of a Wellington boot. She said she would go and throw the boots on the .fire. She threw one of them into the flame. An altercation thereupon ensued, upon Which the woman seized hold of a large butcher's knife, and, with great violence,, struck him in the breast, inflicting a frightful wound from the shoulder downwards, narrowly escaping the heart. The man was removed to the infirmary, were he now lies in a very precarious state. The prisoner was remanded. MYSTERIOUS RODBERY.—An extrorilinary robbery is reported to have been committed .between Patricroft and Liverpool. The 6.2,3 a.m. train from Victoria station having taken up cash bags at Ordsall-lane, Weaste, and E-:ch:s, stopped at Patricroft, and the box containing the money was placod on the platform to await the arrival of the Liverpool train, which left Victoria station at seven o'clock. The Liverpool train arrived at Patricroft at the proper ti le, and took up the box in which the money was sapposed to have been safely .deposited. On the arrival of the train at Liverpool the -Ordsall-lane bag, which contained between £9O aril £lOO, was missed. How the robbery was effected is a mystery which it will probably be dillicult to solve.  EXTRAORDINARY S WARM OF LADYBIRDS.— Ramsgate on the I(ith inst. was visited by a vast swarm of ladybirds. They .filled the air and covered the earth at every conceivable point. Their number was greatest about noon, when they were to be seen upon projecting corners of houses, collected so as to form one red patch. Later in the day the air got somewhat thimied of them, owing to the traffic of the streets and the destruction which they met with. The streets then presented a peculiar appearance. The number ,of these bodies sttown about caused the roads to look as though newly gravelled. It is a somewhat curious fact that these insects paid Ramsgate and its neighbourhood a visit in August, 1849, in great .numbers, upon which occasion the only noticeable effect of their visit was the extinction of the aphides, which was of great advantage to the hop crop. REATH or A LUNATIC LADY.—On the 16th inst. an inquest was held at the St. Luke's Lunatic Asylum, on the body of Mrs. Sarah Solomon, aged 46 years. About a month ago deceased became insane and attempted suicide. She was sent to the Asylum, but would take no food, and an attempt being made to force her to do so, she struggled violently, and expired from heart disease, accelerated by the excitement. A verdict of death from Disease of the Heart was recorded. A FACETIOUS MAGISTRATE.—E. Muller was charged at Westminster Police-court with being drunk and incapable, upon the testimony of Police-constable 77 B. Prisoner—Please your. worship I went to CroyClon, and. _ coming back I ink,/ two .glasses of whisky and wate which lam not accustomed to. I have been very-Innen . punished by being locked up all night. I hope , your worship will act ,dne me. Mr. Selle—Oh, yow must .pay forlodgings at this eaa.blistiment. You are fined 55., 

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