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SATUJtDAY.
The first great gathering of this Association within the Principality has been held this week: hitherto its annual meetings have been confined to the West of England, wheie it has flourished since the year 1777, being thus the oldest Agricultural Society in the King- dom-the second in point of age, being a Welsh Society —that of the County of Brecon. It was from the peram- bulating anniversaries of the West of England Associa- tion that the idea of the constitution of the Royal Agricultural Society of England had its origin. A pro- posal that the operations of the association should be extended so as to include South Wales, has been warmly taken up on both sides of the channel; but we owe the practical form which the movement has taken, to the pub- lic spirit of Chas. Crofts Williams, Esq., of Roath Court, the present Mayor of Cardiff, who at once guaranteed the sum of JE800, required as a subscription from the locality to cover expenses, and threw his personal in- fluence and exertions into the work with characteristic energy. We feel assured that the splendid success that has followed his efforts will be his best reward, though we hope that the occasion will not pass away without some public acknowledgment of a public service so eminent, and so practical, and enduring in its effects. The inhabitants of Cardiff have also responded with energy to the appeal made to them, and the appearance of the town on the days of the Cattle Show, had abun dant proof of the interest excited by the event. Triumphal arches, garlands, and flags gave the town a most lively and festive appearance. Under the superin- tendence of Messrs. J. Pride, W. Luke Evans, and William Davies (Borough Treasurer), appointed as a decorative committee, arches of evergreens had been erected in all the principal streets and thoroughfares. On entering the town from the South Wales station, a large arch of evergreens, surmounted with flags, met the view, and on each side of the street from thence to the Queen's Hotel, latge masts had been planted, clothed to the tops with evergreens and flags. The large arch at the Queen's Hotel bore the mottoes on each side—"May we ever he united," and "Prosperity to the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society." The whole street was also decorated with garlands and flags, hung from aimost every house. At the top of the street stood the Russian gun presented to the town, and on this occasion it was surmounted with a trophy, being gracefully formed of the allied flags, and grouped by Mr. William Devies. Each entrance to High-street was decorated by an arch, with arches also leading into Angel-street End Duke-street. In the 'former there were some very handsome banners from Mr. John Hopkins, grocery warehouse, and from the Globe Inn. Ovei the centre of the street, in front of the latter, was suspended e, very large globe." Duke-street appeared to be entirely roofed with flags and banners, and a triumphahuch had been erected at its upper end. Bute- street had also a very fine douMe arch, besides a com- plete forest of waving flags and garlands, presenting a scene of great gaiety. The Hayes wes very tastefully decorated in a similar manner. In fact, we might in- clude every street in town m a. simile catalogue, for they "were all more or less similarly decorated. At the commencement erf Crockherbtown, near the tunn-el, there was a very fine arch, and the sides of the streets were lined with masts, similar to those in St. Mary-street. At the entrance to Fark-place, leading to the show-yard, there w*s a very large arch, splendidly decorated with evergreens and flags, and bearing on one side the inscription— The Earths the Lord's, and the fulness thereof," and on the other side, Speed the plough." In Plucca-fene, ontiie road to the Plough field, there was also .sot-arch. The following geatltmen till the offices attached to their names President The Lord' Courtenay. Director of the Show John Widdicombe, TorrhiSl, Ivybride. Stewards of Departments :— Stock'—C. Gordon, jun., GHttieham, Honiton Wm. 'Wippell, Rudway, SDliovorton; M. Farrant, Growitig. Cullompton. Implements in the Yard-John Gray, Kingweston. Somerset. Implements in tlx Field—J..E. Knollys, ¥itzliead; Taunton. Steward of the Shedding—Jonathan Gray, St. John's Wood, London. Finance Committee—T. D.. Acland, Broadclyst; W. E. Gillett, Taunton.; T. Hussey, Waybrooke Gabriel Poole, Bridgewater. Steward of Poultry Department-S. Pitman, Ruraweli Lodge, Taunton. Honorary Secretary to the Poultry Show—John Kings- bury, Hammett-stieet, Taunton. The Society's Secretary—H. J. St. Maule, 16, teney-street, Bath. SATUJtDAY. TRIAL iQF.FIELD IMPLEMENTS. In this department, which, according to the (pro- gramme, comprised cultivators, drags, harrows, clod- crushers and hay makers, the number of implements for trial was not equal to what might have been antici- pated on such an occasion. This, we have reason tc think, is the resalt-of an understanding among the agii- cultural implement makers to decline any other than a triennial trial of implements of the same class—a regu- lation which has been adopted by the Royal Agricultural Society of England in deference to the strong repre- sentations made to. them by the manufacturers of the heavy cost of annuel trials, as well as of the advantage that would accrue from limiting the number of the. classes of implements each year, an giving judges an opportunity for more mature deliberation on their eom- parative merits. The experience of Saturday would seem to confirm the soundness of this reasoning, as, despite the paucity of implements on the field, the judges were incessantly at work—and. no light work had they-from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., in testing the merits of the cultivators, drags, and harrows out of the five classes assigned for the day's labours. The first steam-engis-e tried was that belonging to William Buntlin, of Northampton. It is a six-horse portable engine, invented and manufactured by the exhi- bitor. Being a new implement, it is designed for sim- plicity in management—reach part being «o easily got at -in case of derangement.; economy so far fs not to inter- .fere with the durability Iff the article. PAce, S210. The next engine belonged to.Messrs. Wm. Brawn and Chas. N. May, Devizes, Wilts, ;1t is an ei^ht-hon&c power port- able steam-engine, manufactured by the .exhibitors; .and adapted for driving any description of machi- nery, and fitted complete Avith every requisite. Price, JE230; water-heated, £ 10 extra. The Judges of the steam-engines were Mr. V. V. Gooc., manager of the Great Western Railway W&rvks at Swindon .and con- sulting engineer of the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society; and Mr. Edward Easton of the firm of Easton and Amos, the Prove, Southwark, Lon- don, .engineers to the Royal Agricultural Scanty of England. The threshing-machines were next -tried. The £ wt one taken in hand was that belonging:^ and T. Humphries, Pershore4 Worcestershire. It £ C de- signated by the exhibitor a combined threshing, shaking, riddling, ihorning, winnowing, and sacking machine, in- vented, improved, and manufactured by Messrs. Hum- phrics. Price, £ 93. The next machinc'tried was that belong- ing to Iff. e. Cambridge, St. Philip^ Ironworks,.Bristol, and possesses all the properties of a,combined threshing; shaking, riddlin?, winnowing, and -dressing machine. Price, £100. The third machine was that of Messrs. Brown and May—of their own nianufacture-and com- bing all the pjanerties of threshing, shaking, riddling, horning and winnowing, Price £ 90.; with patent beater, j693 The Judges of the threshing-machines were Mr. H. B. CeMwelI, of Hiborowe, near Brandon, *Wolk J and Mr, Owen Wallis, of Overton Grange, ?[0rthamptonshire. The power required by rthe thresh- nim^achines was ascertained by means of 3 -very lnge- tinat^Pparatus, invented by Mr. W. Froude, of Dar- smother d otness' and 4hat of the steam-engines by manufacturer°meter' also invented by Mr. Froude, and The trial Inaraj',engineer, Westminster-road, town, near the^T^tlle ^•rwJ's farm, a mile from the stubble, ploughed in a^e waggon works, was a grass, a field of stiff jWintei'» and over-grown with eoueh for the objects of the°^' altogether admirably adapted to trial were the large ^i ^e first class submitted with broadshares, to each of wh^Uitivat0rs' or 8rubbers horses were attached. The woiv 'our powerful heavy the ground, was such as to task th £ TOI? ,the nature of these fine animals—in fact it ^Joe energies of double the number of horses to have ilf reqTed day's work of nine hours, with the i«4i *:r°ush a tinder trial. The work was well done, and u "aS no™ dent that the implements of the several makers w their special favourites among the lookers on. Surf quently for the broadshares were substituted the narrow" or "grubber" tines. This, though reducing the draught, left ample work for four horses. Still there Were also trials of small sized cultivators, both with and grubber tines. Some difficulty was experienced by several of these implements in keeping Clear of the couch. 6* °f drags and harrows there was no new +i_n to the agriculturist, with one excep- Se'altLn 33, in which the lines had asepa- rotolrHftpS ^'kich. they were capable of being sepa- m ,behind' 80 to keep the implement S-wLl n °f .C!oda weeds. There were two In t^e workino- i ^^bridge's, and a spike chain. '/>« ,i ,e 8P1^e harrow got out of order, and SKHT/TE! •» *»™ TOTO late in the day. The features in these trials were of a purely technical character, and uninteresting to the ge- neral public. MONDA Y. The trials of implements in the field were resumed on Monday morning, by testing the capabilities of ploughs. A large n#mber was entered for competition, with va- rious preliminaries, such as applying the dynamometer, &c. The trial of this class of implements fully occupied the judges up to 5 o'clock p.m. The sole novelty in this department was a plough of Messrs. Fowler and Fry, of Bristol. In this implement, by the application of a wheel at the heel of the plough, the friction and draught are said to be lessened. Under the head "new imple- ments" we observe an ingenious and much admired breast plough, shown by Mr. Woofe. The share was that of the common plough, but there were added to it two front and one hinder wheels. Turnwrest ploughs were competed for by Messrs. Wright and Eddy; and subsoil ploughs by Messrs. Bentall, Eddy, Comins, and Wright. Paring ploughs were next produced on the field, and had, as competitors, Messrs. Bentall, Carson, Coleman, and William Hoof, (of Grove Villa, Gloucester.) Horse hoes (for ridge and flat) were next brought into the field, the imple- ments of Messrs. Fry, Carson, Comins, Wright, Bentall, Hole, anll Lewis while hoes for hill side were alone competed for by Messrs Wright, Comins, Carson, and Fry. Turnip-thinners had no competitors against Mr. John Eaton, Jurwell Works, Kettering, Northampton- shire. His implement was awarded a prize at last year's show at Newton. It will thin cut turnips or other crops on the ridge or flat, to any required distance, preparatory to singling by hand, and by simply raising the handles will pass the plants in their places. TRIALS IN THE YARD. Mr. Robert Boby's (Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk) pa- tent corn dressing machine, which was invented by T. C. Bridgman, of Bury St. Edmunds, but improved and manufactured by the exhibitor, was employed a con- siderable portion of to-day in testing the qualities of the various threshing machines which were in competition. Among the many articles which command the atten- tion of the spectator, as he wends his way from shed to shed and from stand to stand, is Thorley's food for cattle, at stand 49.
THE PRIZE LIST.
THE PRIZE LIST. PRIZES FOR CATTLE, SHEEP, HORSES, AND PIGS. CATTLE. DEVONS. For the best bull above three-years-old, a silver -cup—T. Webber, Halberton Court, Devon. Best bull not exceeding three-years-old, £ 12—R. Corner, Turweston, Williton, Devon second best ditto, £ 5— Godfrey Morgan, Ruperra Castle. Commended, J. Tan- ner Davy, Rose Ash, Devon. Best bull notoxceeding two-years-old, £ 10-— J. Merson, Brinsworthy, Devon second best ditto, £ 5—T, Webber third best ditto, £3 -J. W. Buller, M.P., Downs, Crediton. Best cow in calf (or in milk, having had a. calf within six months next preceding the first day of tha exhibition,) £ 8—J. MerSon second beBt ditto, £ 4-^J. T. Davy. Best lieife-, in calf or in milk, not exceeding three-years- old, £S-T. Strong of Duncbideock, new Exeter second ditto, £ 4—J. T. Davy commended, T. Strong. Best pair of heifers not exceeding two-years-old, belong- ing to the same owner, £ 8—J. W. Butler, M.P.; second ditto, SE&—J. Merson. SHORT HORNS. For'Íhe best bull above three-years-old, a silver cup—J. Logan, Maindee House, Newport. Commended, Captain Blethwayt, of Dyrham, Chippenham. Best bull not exceeding three-years-old, £ 12—R. Stratton, Broad Hinton second ditto, £ o—The Hon. Pleydell Bou- verie, Brymore, Bridgwater. Best bull not exceeding two-yeers-old, £ 10—W. Heiver, Sevenhampton, Wilts; second ditto £ 5—R. Stratton. Ccmmended, E. Holland, Bumbleton Hall, Evesham. Best cow in calf or in milk, having had a calf within •cix months next preceding the 6rst day of the exhibition, ^8—It. Stratton; second ditto; £ 4—R. Stratton. Highly •xsomtnended, E. Bowley, Siddington House, Cirencester. i) esJt,1Ileiier' in calf or in milk, not exceeding three-years- MtlVw c Stratton; second ditto, £ 4—J. Bayotoa 'PiU'oa?' iw Chippenham. Highly commended, J. °^ nds' Cowbridgo.; J. Logan and J. ShaUoWs, ra sonage Farm, Long Ash ben. Commended, It. Stratboa. rortne best pair of heifers, not exceeding two-years, belonging to the same owner, £ 8—R. Stratton: second ditto, £4-J. Logan. HEUBFORDS. For the best bull, above three years old, a silver ocp Right Hon. Lord Bateman. Shobdon Court, Leominster. Bred by the Earl of Radnor.—Highly commended, Trede- gar Iron Works. Bred by the late Mr. D. Williams, of Newton, Brecon. Commended, W. Taylor, Showle Court, Ledborough, Hereford. Best bull not exceeding three years old, £ 12-»Ree3 Keene, Pencreeg, near Newport Bred by the late Lord Hereford second ditto, W. Taylor. Best bull not exceeding two years, £ 10—W. Ferry, Cholstrey, Leominster;; -secsnd ditto, £ 5—W. C. Marris, Whitwick, Hereford. Best cow in calf (or in-milk, having had a calf within six months next preceding the first day of theexhib; tion) £ S—JET. Morgan, Mam hi lad House, Abergavenmy:; Eeoond ditto, £ 4—R. Keene. girefoung David by Sir David.— Highly commended, W. JEvans, Llandowlais, UiJk. Beet heifer, in caiforin eailk, not exceeding three .years old, £ 8—W. Perry; second ditto, £ 4—W. Perry. 11 Best pair of heifers, not exceeding two years told, be- I longing to the same owner, £ 8—Right Hon. Lord Bate- mau 2nd ditto, JM—W. Williams, Red House, Ely, Cardiff. Bred by Walter Maybery, E-q., of Brecon. LEICESTER, LONG^WOOZ-LED (NOT QUALIFIED TO COMPETE. AS COTSWOLD.) For the best yearling ram, £ 6—J. Bodloy, Stoftlaley, Pomeroy. Crediton.; second ditto, £ A—J. Partridge, Bower, Crediton third ditta, £ 2-T. Potter, Yellorcfard, Thorverton, Devon. Best ram of any other .age, £ 5—J. Partridge secand •ditto, £ 3 J. G. Wl&tkins, W^oodfield, Ambersley, 1;Foit- wich. Highly commended-^J. Kiugdon, Lyach. Devon. Best pen of five ewes, £ 4—J. Kingdon, Lynch. Best pen of five two-teeth ewes, £ 5—R. Corner, <Tor- weston second ditto, £ 8-^J. W.duller. •COTSWOLD. For the best yearling ra,m, R5 -T. Brown, Haropflen, Andoversford, Cheltenham.second ditto, a-E. H"dy, Gderford, Cheltenham. Best vain of any other age. £ 4—E. Handy., Gierford, Cheltenball1 second ditto, —J. K. Tombs, Landfotd, Leihlule, Gloucestershire. .livist pjD of five ewes. £ 4— W. Smith, Binary, Glouces- tershire. Best pen of five two-teeth ewes, £ 5—T. Brow-ii; second ditta, £ 3—W. Smith COTSWOLD DOWN OE OXFOUD DOWtT. JF.ar the best yearliog ram, Fleming, of Golda- cctt, Moreton in the Marsh 2nd-ditto, £ 2—J. K. Tombe. Beet pen of five two-teeth ewes, £ 4—J. K. Tomba. SOUTH DOSVSJS. For the best yearling ram, £ 6— R. N. Granville, .of Butleigh Court, Glastonbury seaond ditto, £ 3—HuiGraoe the D^:k«of Beaufort, Bidminton. I For the best yearling ram, £ 6— R. N. Granville, .of Butleigh Court, Glastonbury seaond ditto, £ 3—HuiGraoe the Duke of Beaufort, Bidminton. Best, ram of any other age, -His Grace the Duke of 1 Beaufort., Badminton; seeond ditto, £ 2—His Graee the Duke of Beaufort. Best pen of five ewes, £ 4— His Crace the Duke of Beaufort. Best pec of five two-teeth ewes, —W. Lucas, of East Cocker, Yeovil second ditto, £ 3—The Duke of Beaufort. SHEOPSHIEK DOWN, OR HAMPSHIRE POWN, NOT QUALX- FiED TO COMPETJJ AS SOUFp DOWNS. For the best yearling ram, £ i— J. Aaore, of Littleeot farm, Pewaey, Wilts second ditto, £ 2 — J". Moore, LittLe- cot farm, Pewsey. Best ram of.any other age, £ 3-G, Trafcerne, St. Hilary, Cowbnu^e; second ditto, £ 2 ~G. Gataaxi, Mo rlande, Cow bridge. Best pen of five ewes, £ 4—J. Harbin, ifewton House, Yeovil. Best pen of five-two-teeth ewes, £ 4—J. Harbin, Newton House; second ditto, £2-J ollll Moore. SOMERSET AND DORSET HORNS. For the best yearling ram, 25 T. Danger, Bridgwater. Best ram of any othar age, £ 2—T. Danger.. it Best pen of five ewas, £ 4-W. Tempieman, North Par- jott, Crewkerne, Somerset. Best pen of five two-teeth ewes, £ 5—T. Danger, ar. MOJJNffAIN SHEEP. ,.o6 T i,raiQ any age, £ 4—J. Mersom seeond ditto, hi— J. Mersom. Pen ewes of any age, £ 4—J. Mersom :2nd ditto, £ 2—J. Mersom. HORSES. FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. For the best mare and foal, or in foal, £ 10—W. Lowrie, Cadoxton-j uxta-Barry second ditto, £5 -J. Logan. Best twc-years-old colt, £ 10—J. Logan second ditto, £ .5 — W. J. Cocka, Chiltorn, All Saints, Haytesbury, Wilts. Best two-years-old filly, £ 5—W, Lowrie; second ditto, £ 3—L. and H. Thomas, Tydraw, Llantrithyd, Cow- ^Best yearling colt or filly, £ 5-E. Holland; second Aittn H—J Lo»an commended, W. Lowrie. ditto, £ 3 J. ^ACKg) 0R HUNTEEa, For the best mare and foal, or in foal, ^-H Entwistle, Marlborough Grange, Co.^rldff ^^outhslilra H. Cuthbertson, of Llangibby, Monmoujthshi^ Best two or three-veav^old fil y, Blakemore! M,P. w. rajmMj-. second ditto, £ 3- H. Entwistle commended, H- ^^4, Best two or three years-old colt or c/ Stoddard, St. Fagans; second ditto, £ 2 J» a Fagans. PONIES. • the best mare pony of any breed, not exceeding tourteen hands high, £ i- G. M. Traherae, Cowbridge K ditl0' £ 2~ J- Thomas, ditto. hands i??a £ e Sony any breed, not exceeding thirteen second Williams, Splott House, Cardiff; mended, Rev Leyshon, Bridgend highly corn- Devon. C. Buttell, Holberton, Yicarage, Best stallion po,y fourteen haDds «r0 1>reetl» not exceeding ditto, £ 3 R. GriffiM« Blakeraore, M.P.; second H. Anthony, Pandy, Ca«phu[i(,ge ^ig commended, PIGS." BRZZD. For the best boar not ^xceedinff'tw Heiver; second ditto, £ 2—W. Heiver° ye#rs Best breeding sow in fartow, ot that vitbxu four months of the first day of the —E. Bowley second ditto, £ 2—Sir R. G. Throckmorton, Bart., Buckland, Berks. Best pen of three breeding sows, not exceeding nine months of age, £ 3—W. Heiver; second ditto, £ 2—W. Heiver commended. SMALL BREED. For the best boar not exceeding two years old, X4- Rev. G. F. Hoilson, North Petherton, near Bridgwater second ditto, £ 2—ditto. Best breeding sow in farrow, or that has forrowed within four months of the first day of the exhibition, £ 4 Rev. G. F. Hodson second ditto, £ 2-ditto. Best pen of three breeding sows, not exceeding nine months of age, £3-L. Williams, Mertbyr second ditto, 22-J. Homfray, Penlline Caqtle, Cowbndge. om WELSH CATTLE. (ANY BREED.) For the best bull not exceeding three years old, £ 6-No eiBest bull not exceeding two years old, £ 5.—No entry. Best cow in calf, or in milk, having had a calf within six months next preceding the first day of the exhibition, £ 5._G. T. Clarke, Dowlais. Best heifer in calf, or in milk, not exceeding three years old, £ 2.-GL Good, Carmarthen. SPECIAL PRIZES. (ANT BREED.) OFFERED BY C. C. WILLIAMS, ESQ. For the best cow in calf. or in milk, having had a calf within six months next preceding the first day of the ex- hibition, £ 5.— Rees Keene. Commended J. Logan. Best pair of steers not exceeding three years old, £;J.- Sir Charles Morgan, Part. EXTRA STOCK. CATTLE. Hugh Entwistle, of Marlborough Grange, Cowbridge, for a white short-horn cow and calf, £1. J. Logan, Maindee House, Newport, for a roan short- horn cow, jE2. The Tredegar Iron Company, for a brown and white- faced Hereford heifer, jgl. Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., of Tredegar Park, Newport, for a roan grey pair of twin short-horn heifers, 22. HORSES. James C. Wall, of Redland Lo Ige, Bristol, for a black Welsh ponv, S2. IMPLEMENTS. LOCAL EXHIBITORS. For the best corn drill, £ o; the prize awarded to Mr. Hugh Bird, Cardiff. For the best turnip cutter, £ 1 equally divided between Messrs A. and T. Fry, of Temple Gate, Bristol, and Mr. H. Bird, Cardiff. SPECIAL PRIZES. OFFERED BY CHARLES CROFT WILLIAMS, ESQ. For the best and most useful collection of agricultural implements, bona fide the property of the exhibitor, £10 to Mr. Hugh Bird. Cardiff; and a second prize of £ 1, to Messrs. A. and T. Fry, Bristol. OFFERED BY JONATHAN GRAY, C. C. WILPIASIS, AND T. D. ACLAND, ESQRS. For the best specimen of 10 yards of real South Wales white flannel, three yards wide, £3; to Mr. David Lewis, Pandy, Machen.—Second prize, JEI; to Mr. W. Smith, Tonyrevail, Pontypridd. The prize to be decided by tex- ture and durability. For the best specimen of 10 yards of blue and white, or red and white striped flannel for gowns, woven in the na- tional style of South Wales, £ 3; to Mr. David Lewis Pandy, Machen, Monmouthshire.] The prize to be decided by its quality, pattern, and colours.—Second prize, £ 1 • to Mr. Wm. Smith, Tonyrevail, Pontypridd. Fcr the best specimen of 12 yards of Welsh fancy plaid flannol, adapted for ladies' dresses, £ 5 to Mr. David Lewis, Pandy, Machen, Monmouth.—Second prize, zel to Mr. Wm. Smith, Tonyrevail, Pontypridd. AWARD OF CERTIFICATE 0-S" MERIT. For a spiked chain harrow; to Mr. Thomas Lemon ICarLliff. POULTRY. LOCAL EXHIBITORS. CLASS II. DORKIN (Coloured.) Highly commended, Mr. Richard Forman, Merthvr- Tydfil, Glamorganshire, age unknown, price £ 8. Ditto, Mr. D. Williams. Railway-hotel, Merthyr- Tvdfil, age unknown, price E10 10s.; ditto, Mr. Robert Crawshay, Cyfarthfa Castle, Glamorganshire, age 18 months, price E24. CLASS VI.-COOIIIN ";cyjnTA (white and black.) Silver cup, Mr. Robert Orawshay, Cyfarthfa Csstle, Glamorganshire, cock's agel3 months, hen's age two years, price JE20. CLASS XX—ANY DISTINCT BREED. Commended, Mr. C. H. Oliver, Commercial-street, Newport, Mon., black Hana-burgh, age 12 months and 1 week, price, £ 5 5s. ditto, Mr. It Crawshay, Cyfarthfa CaBtle, Glamorganshire, black Hamburgh, age 18 months., price £ 20. CLASS XXIV.-G-AME (single cock). Silver Cup, Mr. E. G. i7arvis, Iltoo, nearChepstsw, age about two years, price' £ 5 5s. CLASS XXV.—SANTAMS (gold laced.) Highly commended. Mr. R. Crawshay, Cyfarthfa Cuatle, age 1-6 months, price JE20. CLASS XXVIII.—BANTAMS (black.) Second prize, Mr. George Warren, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, age about 18 months price & 10s. CLASS XXX.—DUCKS (Aylesbury.) Commended, Mr. E. Payne, Wharf, Cardiff, aged 12 months, prioe £ 10. CIJASS XXXIII.—GEESE. Second prize, Mrs. LSewellvn, Court-Colman, Bridgend, Emdeo, ago 12 months, price E2. OliA«S -IXXIV. -TUEKETS. Second prize, Mr. E. Colston, Cherry Orchard, Aberga- venny, age 2 yearB, price £3 13s. 6d. TUESDAY. The fine weather continued, and the town assumed a very active and animated appearance. The cattle, horse, and poultry sheds received their proper complements, and the judges were -engaged in examinrng- the various competitors that have appeared. The trial field has been the scene -of contests in respect of corn drills, turnip drills, manure distributors, and new implements. The following implements were on trial to-day. Horse hoes, ridge and fat, Messrs. Carson, Comins, Wright, Bentall, Hole, and Lewis. -Horse hoes, hillside, Messrs. Fry, Carson, Ceaiis, and Wright. Chain harrows, Messrs. Lemon and Cambridge. Corn drills, small occupation, Messrs. Smith and iAehby, and Bird. Turnip-Mid man- gold drili-s, Mr. Reevee, two implements. Geaea-atand liquid drills, Mr. liees. General manure distributors, Messrs. Brown and May, Bird, James, and Reeves. Turnip thinners, Mr, Enton. The kitchen- range, or cooking apparatus, adapted for farm kitchens, attracted much attention. It was exhibited by Mr. John Gliddon, of Williton, Taunton. It is adapted to cure-a-smoky chimney, and aHbrds facilities for every variety of cook- ing with a. bright opes fire, The oven is large and effectual fox baking bread, meat or pastry, having both an upper and an under fcie, ventilators, and an extensive and efficient hot plate. The boiler is spacious and pecu- liarly adapted for cooking meat, vegetables, &c., and also for scalding nwlk by .s-team, without an extra suppiy of fuel. In a domestic way, next in point of attraction, was the close top cooking :range exhibited by Messrs. T. H. Lowder and Soji, Cardiff. It consists of circular Ir front, close top, two wrought iron ovens, back boiler, wind up bottom grate, s» that the fire may be reduced as desired, and is complete with iron chimney piece, back covers, and plate rack. Mr. Edward Haigh, of Manor .Row, Bradford, exhibited a variety of washing, wringing,; ,and mangling machines. One, in particular, is fitted for hand or steam power has self-acting motiola to work -the dolly; six-inch rollers elliptic spring, with additional: itahles for mangling, WEDNESDAY. This being the first day appointed for opening the ■show-yard, much anxiety was ;felt with regard to the state of the weather. Having experienced four odive days of brilliant summer-weather, it was hoped that a continuance of sunshine would add materially to the suc- cess of the meeting; but wnfortumat^y these anticipations were doomed to be disappointed, for the clouds gathered heavily, and in the course of the day were several thunder storms, which, while they laid the dust in the streets, rendered the grass in the park unpleasantly damp for the lady -.visitors, who therefore confined their attention principally to the poultry and pigeons, which were shown within capacious marquees. The site selected for the show could not be surpassed either for beauty or convenience, and the thanks of the public are additionally due to the Mayor far the exer- tions he made to secure it. Sixteen acres of the Cathays Park fcad been allotted for the purpose, and were entered by .a gateway leading out of Paxk-place, immediately after crossing the feeder bridge, so that access might be obtained in a few minutes from several ittf the principal parts of the town. Within the iaelosed :Mea, five sheds with a frontage of 2000 feet, had been erected for the exhibition of live stock, and there were sheds extending over 2,500 feet appropriated for the machinery and agricultural implements. There were besides spacious marquees and tents for the accommo- dation of the feathered tribes, for refreshments, &c. while a range of substantial offices had been erected for the transaction of business and the accommodation of the various officials. Near the centre of the ground, a spacious orchestra had been raised for the use of the celebrated band of the Grenadier Guards, who performed choice selections of music during the three days of the show. While the weather was fine, the promenade in the vicinity was thronged by ladies and gentlemen, in- cluding members of the leading families of the adjacent district of South Wales, besides numbers from the coun- ties of the West of England. The Park is itself a spot of great beauty, and the various colours streaming from the tents, and the varied character of the buildings ren- dered the whole scene very picturesque and striking. Among the cattle exhibited, the Shorthorns were by far the most numerous but more local interest was felt in the class of Herefords, many of which were shown by Glamorganshire farmers. Among them were some very fine animals. The bull Carlisle," shown by Lord Bateman, was the great centre of attraction, and was a really surprising animal. In the same class was a very fine bull shown by the Tredegar Iron Company, and bred L the late Mr. David Williams, of Newton, near Brecon. Ufwr-' Gcneral Wyadh™ »bow by M,. Kee», of Pencreeg, Caerleon, was very much admired and presented in perfection the superior points of tha Heie- ford breed A very fine animal wa* shown in thte same clMS^y Messrs. Lawrence, of W^t House farn^ Pen- artb. Among the two-year-old bulls, Mr. Ferry i "Monk" attracted much attention, as did also Islan- der," shown by Mr. Leyshon, of Island farm, Bridgend; he was descended from the Newton blood. Mr. W. Lourie, of Cadoxton-juxta-Barry, exhibited a very hand- some bull in this class, as did also Mr. W. Gwillim, of Crickhowell. A cow in milch, shown by Mr. R Keene, of Pencreeg, was considered by the agriculturists present as very su- perior in every respect; and "Pretty Maid," the pro- perty of Mr. Brown, of Hampen, Cheltenham, found many admirers. In fact, all the animals shown in this class were very superior. In the class of heifers in milch, a heifer in-calf, shown by Mr. Williams, of Red House, Ely, and bred by W. Maybery, Esq., of Brecon, attracted great attention, as did also a heifer shown by Mr. Rees Keene, of Pencreeg, and a heifer shown by Mr. Leyshon, of the Island, Bridgend. Both the latter descended from the Newton blood, their dams being descended from the celebrated bull Sir David." The heifers shown in pairs were all very good, but those of Lord Bateman attracted the greatest attention, as they were perfect pictures. There were very fine animals shown by Mr. Keene, of Pencreeg, and Mr. Williams, of Red House, Ely-one of the latter, Dar- ling," having been bred by Walter Maybery, Esq., of Brecon. Among the exhibitors of Shorthorns, Mr. Stratton, of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, as usual took the lead, and carried off the majority of prizes. THE MAYOR'S BANQUET. On Wednesday evening the Mayor of Cardiff, Charles Crofts Williams, Esq., of Roath Court, entertained a party of upwards of 200 gentlemen to a sumptuous ban- quet in the beautiful assembly-room, at the Town Hall. The task of catering devolved on Mrs. Wood, of the Cardiff Arms Hotel, and her success was most complete, leaving nothing to be desired. The orchestra was occu- pied by the Band of the Grenadier Guards, who dis- coursed most eloquent music in the course of the evening. The chair was occupied by the worthy host of the day, and Mr. B. Matthews, Town Clerk, ably sustained the duties of vice-chairman. To give anything like an accu- rate list of the company present on such an occasion would be manifestly impossible it included the Mem- bers of Council of the Bath and West of England So- ciety, the Corporation of Cardiff, and the members of neighbouring Agricultural.Societies. Among them, we noticed- The Earl Courtenay, Lord James Stuart, M.P., Colonel Stuart, M.P., H. A Bruce, Esq., M.P., John Boyle, Esq., Henry Thomas, Esq., Chairman of Quarter Sessions; J. Bruce Pryce, Esq., Dyffryn J. D. Llewellyn, Esq., Bag- Ian Hall; Captain Hawkius, Shirenewton House; G. T. Clarke, Esq., Dowlais House; T. B. Booker, Esq J. P. Booker, Esq., R» Q. Jones, Esq., Fonmon Castle R. F. Jenner, Esq Wenvoe Castle Howel Gwyn, Esq Dyf- fryn Rev. George Thomas, Ystrad Rev. Canon Morgan, Acland, Esq., F. X. Gwynne, Esq New House; Charles Gordon, Esq the Dean of Llandaff, Alderman W. Vachell, — Little, Esq.) Llanvair; H. H. Vivian, Esq M P. Perkins, Esq., Eniscoie; M. Grover, Esq., A Langley, Esq S. D. Jenkins, Esq., W. North, Esq., Henry Lewis, Esq., Greenmeadow; G. R. G. Relph, Esq Usk; Thomas Powell, Esq., The Gaer Thomas Powell, Esq., jun.; E. David, Esq., Radyr J. S. Cartwright, Esq., Rev. T. Stacey, Rev. Cyril Sticey, E. P. Richards, Esq., R. Bassett, Esq., T. C. Fowler, Esq., W. Williams, Esq., Dyffryn Frwd; Rev W. David, T. Goddart, Esq., G. Fisher, Esq., Mr. Alderman Lewis, Mr. Alderman Vachell, Dr. Edwards, J. Batchelor, Esq W. Bird, Esq., E. David, Esq., jun., C. E. Bernard, Esq., Thos. Watkins, Esq., T. E- Heath, Esq., J. H. Insole, Esq., W. Stewart, Esq., National Provincial Bank Captain Wylie, John Lloyd, Esq., Dr. Edwards, Dr. Vachell, H. J. Payne, Esq., W. A. Bradley, Esq., Captain Jennner, F. Goddard, Esq J. Pride, Esq. Messrs. G. Watson, E. Thomas, R. Cory, W. Pe.ike, E. Bowen, W. Alexander, D. Jotham, — Sloper, &c., &c. A very good dessert, and abundance qJ champagne, claret, &c., of first quality, followed the dinner. The Chairman successively proposed the healths of the Queen"-(God save the Queen)-" Prince Albert," as a farmer and exhibitor—" The Prince of Wales"— (Welsh air)—and Army and Navy"-(The British Grenadier and Rule Britannia.) Colonel Stuart, M.P., returned thanks for the Army, and Captain Scobell for the Navy. The Mayor proposed The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese." The Dean of Llandaff rettrrrred thanks in a very eloquent speech, referring to the natural connection between the West of England and South Wales—the one as eminently an agricultural district, and the other abounding in mineral wealth. The Mayor proposed The Lard Lieutenant, U. R. M. Talbot,V who had written to apologise for his absence. Mr. Henry Thomas beihg called upon, returned thanks for the Lord-Lieutenant in one of his eloquent addresses. The Mayor said that in the town of Cardiff, there was one toast which would always be responded to with enthusiasm. Knowing the benefits they had derived from the family of Bute, he had peculiar pleasure in proposing thanks to Lady Bute for the gift of the ground granted for the use of the show, Mr. John Boyle returned thanks for Lady Zute and the young Marquis. The Mayor proposed the health of the President and Council of the Bath and West cf Englant Society. Lord Courtenay acknowledged the toast, thanking the town of Cardiff for the welcome afforded, and the Mayor for his munificent hospitality. He said that he never remembered a better exhibition, and dwelt upon the mutual advantages that would be derived from increased intercourse between the mineral districts of South Wales and the agricultural counties of the West of England. He concluded by proposing the health of the Mayor of Cardiff. The toast was hailed with deafening cheers, again amd Again renewed. The Mayor expressed his thanks, and then proposed the healths of the Members for the County. Mr. H. Ilussey Vivian, M.P., returned thanks and Colonel Stuart, M.P., responded on his health being given from the chair. Mr. iELA. Bruce, M.P., acknowledged the toast of the other Borough Members. Mr. Aciwud (son of Sir T. Acland), delivered an able speech in leturning thanks after his health had been warmly honoured, referring to the subject of edu- cation, withtVfhich his name had been coupled by Mr. H. A. Bruce, M.P. A large number of toasts were drank, and the yro- ceedisags werej prolonged for some time. TB URSDAJY. To-day the town presented a gay appearance, and there was a g!at influx of strangers. The trial of steam ploughs, &c., was continued en the Crwys Farm, in t-he presence of a large number of spectators. In the Show yard likewise various machines were at work by steaic power asid notwithstanding th.e slight rain which occa- sionally fell, the attendance wu very fair, comprising a numerous assemblage of ladies. The bend of the Grena- dier Guards And that of Mr. Crawshay played at inter- vals during the day. TEE CWNCIL MEETING Was held in & tent fitted up for the purpose on the ground. Amocg those present were th; aayor of Car- die, Messrs. T. Newman, J. Sillifan-t, Davy King, Acland, Farrant, J. Gray, Gillett, G. Smith, R. P. Gil- bert, Titman, Thsmpsoij, Widdicome, Whipp^l, Dowding &c. Lord Courtereay thefPresident of the Society, pre- sided. After some formal business, the Hoq.Secretary, Mr. :Jt- St. John Maule, read the report which stated that the members had inore&sed. It added that the pre- sent inhibition had received contributions from 01 exhi- bitors of implements, viz., IS from South Waleq, 8 from Somerset, 14 from Devon, 0 from Cornwall, 5 from Gloueestor, 0 from Dorset, A. from Wilts, and 4.4 from other counties. The total number of articles in the im- plement department were 800, including two stands of manure. iGf stock there was IS.7 exhibitors, viz., 74 from South Wales, 15 from .Somerset, 18 from Devon, 1 from Cornwall, 10 from Gloucester, 0 from Dorset, 6 from Wilts, and 13 from other .counties. The document, with tho recommendations regarding the committee, having been unanimously adopted, Mr. Ailand proposed Mr Siliifant as president for the ensuing year, and in doing so referred-to that gentleman's services in the cau86 of the Society. Captain Scobell .seconded the motion, which was car- ried with cheers. The President eieet briefly acknowledged the com- pliment. Upon the suggestion.of the noble Chairman, Mr. Jonathan Gray moved a vote of thanks to the various railway and stearn packet companies who had afforded facilities for attending, and exhibiting at the Show, Mr. Acland would have seconded the motion with more pleasure, had the railway companies afforded them the facilities of previous years. They were grateful to the companies for the assistance they had given them when the society was in its infancy; and now that it had extended its operations, whether rightly or wrongly he did not say, the arrangements had been altered, so much so, perhaps, as to prevent intending exhibitors attending. The committee had gone to great expense in providing suitable and sufficient accommodation. They were disap- pointed, however, in finding that the sheds were not filled and he wished it to be publicly known that every effort had been made for the success of the meeting, and that the falling off was not attributable in any respect to them, but to the alteration in the railway arrangements. He seconded the resolution, trusting that in future the requisite facilities would be afforded, and the necessary arrangements be made. The Chairman said the only line upon which any al- teration had been made was the Bristol and Exeter. Mr. Gray acknowledged the general courtesy shown him by the railway companies. The resolution was then agreed to, and a vote of thanks to the noble chairman brought the meeting to a elose,
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The Committee of the Monmouth Athenseam have decided on holding their annual soiree at Raglan Castle in the second week in July. FATAL ACCIDENT AT TOXDU WORKS. On Sunday morning, a poor fellow was killed at the above works by a large iron door falling upon him. He was a married man, and leaves a widow and eight children to deplore his loss. TENBY.—This pretty watering place is preparing for the season, which is expected to be a very good one. Several families have arrived, and houses and apartments have been secured for many more. LANDUDNO. -This beautiful and continually improving watering place, has during the past week, obtained the ad- vantages of gas light. SUNDAY TRAVELLING.—On Tuesday last, Mr. II. Brown, proprietor of the circus, which was performed in Newport, was fined by the mayor and borough justices of Aberyst- with, the sum of 5s. fur travelling wiih caravans on Sunday week. WREXHAM: RACES.—The memorial signed by seventy- eight tradesmen of the town of Wrexham, requestitle the Mayor to convene a meeting for the purpose of restoring the races, has been presented; that gentleman, however has refused to acquiesce in the request of the meeting. On Tuesday a dew cemetery for the interment of Roman Catholics, situated near the Prior Park Road, Bath, was consecrated by the Bishop of Clifton, as- sis'ed by a large body of priests, who appeared in full canonicals. There was also a large concourse of spec- tators present. An Eisteddfod was held on the 24th ult., in a spacious pavilion built expressly for the occasion, at Llangathen. Contrary to all expectation, and although the weather was very unpropitious, there was a large and respeotable attendance. Mr. Prytherch took the chair, and then ad- dressed the audience in Welsh for a length of time. BRISTOL —The trade of the port is very brisk at pre- sent, the favourable change of the wind having created a large influx of shipping with valuable cargoes of rum, guano, timber, and other commodities. The labourers, who have been standing idle for some time, are now fully employed. LORD STANLEY FOR BRISTOL.-It is rumoured in London political circles that Lord Stanley will be put in nomination for Bristol in the event of a general elec- tion, and that his Lordship would receive the support of many Liberals as well as Conservatives. — Clifton Ghronicle. A few weeks since, the local papers contained a re- ference to a case of alleged infidelity, on the part of a married lady, of Clifton (whose husband is in business in Bristol), with a military officer stationed in the neigh- bourhood. We hear that a respectable solicitor, of this city, has received instructions from the husband to com- mence a suit, with the view to obtaining a divorce, in the Matrimonial Causes and Divorc eCourt. It is contemplated by Mr. Richard White, of Mit- cheldean, and others, the proprietors of the Yorkley Hill Iron Mine, Forest of Dean, to commence working it. From the large extent of this award, amounting to upwards of 700 acres, the ore extending to the land or crop, and being so well situated for a level to be driven into the mine at a very small outlay, there cannot be the least doubt but a good supply of rich iron ore will be produced from this property. On Wednesday a horse that had been placed in a horse van at the Cardiff station was taken out dead when the train arrived at Gloucester station. The ani- mal, it is supposed, commenced plunging soon after the train started, and getting his hind legs behind one of the divisions of the horse-box had, in trying to recover him- self, fallen on his side, when his whole weight pressing on a strap belonging to the head stall, occasioned sum- cient pressure on the windpipe to cause strangulation. Partial particulars concerning the Triennial Festival to be held at Hereford are announced. The service on the opening day will include the overture to Spohr's Last Judgment" the Dettingen Te Deum (Handel); Festival Jubilate (Townshend Smith); the 42d Psalm (Mendelssohn); and an Anthem by Sir A. G. Ouseley. -For Wednesday morning the Elijah" of Mendels- sohn is the selection and for Thursday the Athalie," of the same composer in conjunction with an English version of Rossini's Stabat Mater," and parts one and and two of Haydn's "Creation."—For Friday morning's performance The Messiah" 'of Handel is selected.- The arrangements for the evening concerts will depend upon the engagements, not yet, we believe quite com- pleted, with the vocalists who will have to take part in them. DEATH OF A AIAGIST &AT s. -intelligence wasre- received 3t Taunton on Friday of the death of Mr- Francis Popham, one of the oldest magistrates of the county, and for many years chairman of Quarter Ses. sions for Somerset. The deceased gentleman, who was in his eightieth year, was regarded as the father of the old Tory party in the Western Division of Somerset, and for half a century he assumed the position which is happily dying out, even amongst the stiffest of our squirearchy, of dictating to the electors whose name should be submitted on the hustings in the election of Knights of the Shire. He was for many years one of the most active trustees of the extensive feofee pro- perty administered in the neighbouthood- How FAR IS IT FROM A RAILWAY STATION?"— It may serve as a hint to our neighbours in Breconshire, near the line of the contemplated Wye Valley railway, to mention a little circumstance of recent occurrence which has come within our own knowle-lge. The owner of a small domain, possessing the available appliances of a convenient furnished mansion and the accessories of "-shooting and fishing," was desirous tofind a temporary tenant duringan intended ubsencecn the continent, with an alternative of possible sale. He put an advertisement in a very popular London journal, and by the next post into shire received about five-and-forty letters of enquiry as to domestic accommodation, terms, &c., and with the invariable query, How far from a railway- station ?'' The stereotyped iteration of this inquiry, rather posed our advertising friend, though of course there was nothing for it but to reply to the little packet of letters, and supply the required information. Twenty-fi ve miles" being the inevitable answer in each case, supplies the moral of the story not a single further response came from the five-and-forty anxious correspondents the distance from the railway-station'' had beaten them off! Owners of available property in the Breconshire district, see ye nothing "relative" in this?—Hereford Journal. AN ELOPEMENT.—Our neighbours in the vicinity of the little town of Weobley have been somewhat startled from their propriety during the pist week, by an esca- pade in which a young lady, the daughter of a farmer in the neighbourhood, and an unknown gentleman with large maustachios and other hirsute appliances, have been the principal actors. The fair inconstant—so the tale is narrated to us by a sympathising damseI.-was engaged" to the son of a neighbour, and provision for the impending hymeneals had been made in the shape of a newly-furniahed house, which, in the course of the week before last, the young lady had duly inspected, in company with her hypothetical intended," and had made not infrequent suggestions to the proposed ar- rangement of mirror, chellouier, and "Erard." Thurs- day last wasc-xed for the happy day but in the brief interval, a mysterious stranger—the subsequent Lothario it is presumed, of the hirsute appendages,—had been observed in colloquy with the fiancee in the vicinity of her father's house, and ominous conjecture in the miuds of the village gossips appears to have been been the resulting consequence. On the following Wednesday the very eve ot' the apocryphal nuptials,—Miss S came to Hereford in company with a married ladv I friend, accompanied her to Broad-street on a shopping -expedition, made the excuse of an errand at Widemarsh -far quitting her unsuspecting chaperone, failed to return to the appointed rendezvous, and after sundry consulta- tions, and the interchange of mutual misgivings, was traced" to the railway station and a London train,— «hall it be acknowledged ?—in companionship with the tnoastachiosaforesaid. Of course there was "mounting 'mcng Grames of the Netherby clan," and racing and chasing o'er Canobie lea,"—that is to say, the friends" of Miss S made all inquiries at the station and up the line," but with the same result as in the case of the lost bride of Netherby and the young Lochinvar,-so far as the knowledge of our informant extends.- Ibid. ExPtCSION AT BRYNDU COLLIERY, AND Loss OF TWELVE LIVES.—On thursday week, at fire p.m., one of those direful calamities occurred at the above colliery the property of Messrs. Ford and Song, by which the lives of twelve human beings were sacrificed. It is supposed that there \a8 an accumulation of gas in a heading in the nine- foot mine but how it was exploded is unknown, as the only parties who could solve the mystery were killed: a strict lnves'igetiou. we have no doubt, will be made. The inquest was opened on Saturday, at the Prince of Wales Ion, before Alexander Cuthbertson, Esq. It was adjourned until Monday, June 8th, and the Government Inspector will, in the interim, visit the colliery. The following is a list of the names of the unfortunate victims:—William Morgan, (leaving a widow and five children), Thomas Grif- fiths, (widow), Jenkin Lewis (widow and# two children), Morgaa Lewis, (single), Joseph Morgan, ("single), Edmund Thomas, (single), Jahn Rees, (single), John Hopkins, (widow and four children), Evan Morgan, (widow and five children), John Thomas, (widow and five children), David John, (widow). From the above it will be seen that there are eight widows and twenty-three children deprived of their support. We trust that a subscription will be opened and feel assured that if the matter is taken up, by some influential persons connected with the works, a liberal sum will be collected for the relief of the widows and orphans. CLIFTON FLOWER Snow.-The first horticultural fete of the season took place at the Zoological Gardens, Clifton, on Wednesday. The weather, which has a most important influence on the pecuniary results of these shows, was pretty favourable, though not altogether without inconvenience, arising from extreme sultriness and some slight showers. A large number of elegant equipages and public convey- ances aided in transporting visitors to the show; and in some cases persons came by rail from the adjacent towns. 1 he gardens were in excellent condition, and had an ap- pearance of freshness most inviting to promenaders. Throughout the afternoon the attendance of visitors was extremely large, and must have been equal to the best of preceding exhibitions. The low price at four o'clock brought an immense number of persons to the show, and from that hour until closing time the gardens were crowded. the fasbionable part of the company-that which paid a high price and arrived between one and three o'clock, thrcngedthe gardens between those hours, and afforded a good illustration of the description and quality of people who form the iiit. of Bristol and neighbourhood. There seemed to be an unusually numaous, asemblage of ladies, whose light and many coloured garments conferred a bril- liance Upon the scene without which the mere display of floral beauty would hare pawed off as a tame owner of business. t
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(t--I)itome of General !'('\t+$. Mr. Brune), the engineer, is suffering from severe illness. Mr. Augustus Braham is now in receipt of £1500 per annum as chief vocalist at Canterbury Hall The Did newspaper has postponed its promised com- mencement of business for a time. The Critic intends a fierce opposition to the Atkenecum and comes or., henceforth weekly. Mr. Nliall, of the Noncmformist, has publicly denied that he writes for the limes on church matters. The Queen of Spain gives 500,000 reals to the poor of the towns through which she passes on her tour. Blink Bonny is slowly recovering, and she has been pronounced out of danger. The re-construction of the buildings, churches, &c., of Sebastopol is going on with rapidity. Twelve new Queen's counsel have been made in Ire- T -L Du&iber ten are Conservatives and two are Liberals. The Count de Flandres, second son of the King of the Belgians, is about to marry a daughter of the King of Saxony. Mr. "W eguelin, late governor of the Bank of England has disqualified, and joined the firm of Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co., bankers. The singular fact of a dividend of six per cent. is an- nounced to the proprietors of a theatre-to wi', the Bristol house. A deputation of colonels has wai'ed on M. Espinasse to ask him to suppress the Figaro utterly. He has refused. The Emperor of the French is said to have spoken feelingly respecting the late Duchess of Orleans. We learn from Vienna that the Dowager Empress, Caroline Augusta, who is 66 years of age, is suffering from an attack of measles. Advices from Alexandria state that Ach net Pasha, the Viceroy's successor, was accidentally drowned in the Nile, with his suite, or. the 14th inst. Auriol, the celebrated clown, has written a letter to the journals, dated "Champ de Foire de Versailles, May 17," contradicting the statement of his death. The sthtement that the Russian newspapers will be allowed to discuss freely all that. appertains to finance is unfounded. Sir Archibald Alison, the historian of Europe, has joined the corps of leade writers for the Morning H■ raid. Gj_e,'eral Sir John Inglis, the defender of Lucknow, landed at Dover ou Saturday morning, from Calais, and immediately left for London. The Empress Eugenie has interceded for the Roman patriot, Dell Oneraro. He has had his leave to sojourn in Paris prolonged. It is stated that the Right Hon Sir S. R. Ijnshington, aged eighty-five, has just married a young domestic in his establishment. The decree appointing Prince Napoleon to the gover- norship of Algeria is expected to appear in an early number of the Moniteur. Count de Baa!, says a Vienna letter in the Cologne Gazette, has deferred his departure for the baths of Carls- bad until the settlement of the Montenegrin affair. The Pays, afier commenting in strong terms on the intrigues of the late coalition in our Parliament, ap- proves of the conciliating policy of the present Cabinet of England. The Moniteur publishes a despatch from Prince Danilo giving a very detailed account of his battles with the Turks. He denies that the Turks could infer that an armistice had been proposed. The Pera has arrived at Southampton, with the heavy P°*tlon East India and China mails. She brings 198 passengers, among them being several ladies and gentlemen who have narrowly escaped destruction in India. It is stated that Brigham Young has abdicated, and that Governor Canning was within 30 miles of the Salt Lake City. The Roval Botanic Society's exhibition of flowers, fruit, &c., took place on Wednesday and the fineness of the day drew together a large assembly of rank and beauty in the ground of Regent's Park. There were about 15,000 visitors. Mr. Caple is preparing a Shaksperian Dictionary, which is to contain an invaluable collection of expres- sions in prose and verse, with an appropriate synonym prefixed to each extract. The Right Hon, B_ Disraeli was sworn intooScoas Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday morning before the Lord Chief B.ron Pollock and the other Barons of the Court of Exchequer. A family of the name of Mackeral, residing at Ley- .pofi \nCar •res',on> have just come into the possession of t'-o,000,which had been the subject of a suit in Chancery for a considerable time. A few days ago, in Birmingham, a child putting his haud into a hole down which a mouse had disappeared found a tin box containing one hundred it notes issued by the Birmingham banks about the year 1815. The City of London Lying in Hospital has been bene fitted by a contribution of 24,000 penny pieces collected by a lady of rank within the last twelvemonths from her friends and visitors. The great catalogue of the British Museum Library, > now in progress, has just receIved the important addition » of two more letters, G. and H., the former consisting of I eighty-eight the latter of thirty seven folio volumes. 1 The Duke of Manchester h"1I received a most elabo- • rate despatch from Ida Pfeiffer, giving a detailed ac- count of Madagascar, which Ida intends for publication, under the patronage of her distinguished guardian. Mr. Dickens purposes, on the 10th of June, to cive a. reading entitled "Little Dombey" which will con- sist of those passages in "Dombey and Son," which relate solely to the life of little Paul, and which Mr. Dickens has arranged for the purpose. A book has just been published in New Orleans with the title, How to get a Rich Wife," which contains a list of all the rich marriageable ladies and gentlemen in .Louisiana and the adjoining estates, with the amount of wealth possessed by each. A London servant girl of 17, under the pretence of having her fortune told, has been enticed to give up to an old gipsy the area door key of her master's house. The gipsy has been committed to hard labour for three months. Incongruous marriages have been quite common of late, and last week an instance of the kind occurred in Colchester, in which the bridegroom was on.the wrong side of seventy, and the bride had barely reached her majority. An advertisement has been going the round of the newspapers addressed to the public by the Quakers. The friends offer B150 in two prizes to the successful authors of two essays in which the causes shall be best set forth of the decline of numbers experienced by the Society. The Sunday Leaiue Record states that the Committee are making the necessary arrangements for a renewal of the bund the season is now rapidly approaching." Mr Justice Coleridge is about to retire from the Court 5en sBench. and Lord Chelmsford has selected fi' .i Ug HJ 0f ^e Northern Circuit, to suc- ceed him. Ihe appointment seems to have given general satisfaction. Mr. Hill is a native of Ireland. The Hussian Navigation and Commercial Company, established at Odessa, have announced that their steamers from the coast of the Caucasus will henceforth run as far as Trebisond, and those from Constantinople as far as Smyrna. According to a telegram from Frankfort, the Diet has adopted a resolution embodying the proposition emanat- ing from Hanover, the effect of which is that the ques- tion of" Denmark and the Duchies" remains as far from solution as ever. Mons. Brown-Seqnard, who has been promuWine ii- sr 3 I," '"EAL,E OF"'°KORAL COLIEB' J'J? K fin,al!,y arranged that the estate of un nnS'pf: ? 1° e brevvers. shall be wound Spec 0rshiP' tbe re<l«:e number of credi. tors, viz., six sevenths in number aud amouut, having executed the deed. The Qutbec Chronicle describes the arrival in that city of 630 men of the 100th Regiment from Montreal. The j. commandant and staff of the garrison were on the wharf when they landed, and the band of the 39th Regiment played them up to their quarters. At a recent confirmation by the Lord Bishop of Car- lisle at one of the new churches in Belgravia, a gentle- man and lady attended with seventeen sons and daugh- ters, nine of the former and eight of the latter, all of whom were confirmed by the right reverend and most noble prelate. Bl^ckfriaJlroad? wafburntTo''death )yellingt°n'Pjace' SuT.lMS'Arf"6 S"a »axrt^?. a similar character. accideut within a few days of wa? a £ n?dtay after,noon>as the Rev. "Boatswain" Smith drunken fhe>'ld,a? foIks on B1«*heath, arunken man suddenly drove his cart on the turf Mr hk lpLWiS.^uCked down a?d -th-e ca,rt Passed over both rnu w'uch were severely injured. The roof of one of the Garnkirk Company's clay-pits gave way on the afternoon of Friday the 21st inst., by which three men, two of them brothers, were buried or enclosed. #"Sn^aStem s,te.am Navigation propose to raise the £ 220,000 required for the completion of the Leviathan by granting annuities of £ o terminable iu eight years' for a payment of £ 20. 'I hey h -sve also determined that the vessel shall be permaner employed in the traffic between England and Americ w Her Majesty's Government has given a formal to the sub-division of the diocese of New 7Bnlnn^ the creation of anew bishopric, t' e seat nf lvA ul beat Wellington. The Veil ArS, "'h«chshaU B.I)., formerly Fellow of King's College,0Cambrid5! Welfington? 4 £ t0D' Wl!l be thf first Bishop*of Wellington. Ieon MARKET, TUESDAY.-— The Lb! i i«i 52s to 52s. 6 J.; mixed numbers (maker^ iron ) 52s. to 52s. 3d.; mixed numbers, (war- rants ,53s. to 53s. 6d.; No. 2, 51s 3d., to 51s. 9d. Shin- ped this week, 15,452 tons j corresponding week last year, 13,379 tons. A MAN KILLED BT LiaHTNiNG.-On Saturday £ St aJounK named Edward Sims, in the emnloT of Mr. Barrett, as a carter, whilst at work with soma barrows in a field at t rampton-on-Severn xnt .truck b, lightoiM^ kjW.po.' H.X.id W be struck in tfie head, and the electric fluff passed down his right side destroying his clothes and forcing a nail out ofhu boot. An inquest was held on tlie body Monday, when a verdict in tccordtuw with tha «n<koce was returned. t u