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    1338 THE LEA DEB. [No. 507. Dec. 10, 185...

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    THE SMITHFZELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. The ann...

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    all warrant officers and sailors who may...

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    VOLUNTEER COUPS. Within the last week an...

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    been . published , either by the writers or by the I ? rench Government , was that its terms were so curt and brief , that its publication would have reflected credit on neither party . We understand that , after the usual formalities of address ; the contents were merely " We , the undersigned , respectfully request your Majesty to inform us what are your intentions respecting England . — - "Si gned , & c . " The Liverpool Lav Society , at their last meeting discussed the subject , and adopted the following resolution : —" That the president be requested to inform her Majesty ' s Attorney- ( General , that in case it be the intention of her Majesty ' s Government to take anv proceedings against thetfour Liverpool merchants ' who recently made a communication to the Emperor of the French , this committee will be happy to render the Attorney-General every assistance in its power . "

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    The Smithfzeld Club Cattle Show. The Ann...

    THE SMITHFZELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW . The annual exhibition of the club has this week been held at its old quarters in Baker-street , and has attracted the usual number of admirers of fat stock . With respect to the merits of the show , the general opinion of the initiated " yesterday evening was that it was about an average one , nothing more —perhaps something less . The short-horns are pronounced to be well represented , comety in shape , broad of back , stupendous of quarter , and tranquil in deportment . They are all of superb quality ; but the pearl of the short-horns is Colonel Townley ' s milk-white heifer " Beauteous Butterfly , " which came to town with her Birmingham gold medal

    round her neck , and which has obtained a similar decoration from the Sniithfield Club . This unique animal is pronounced to be the finest specimen of the breed to which she belongs that was ever exhibited at the annual show . The judges and visitors were never tired , at-the private view , of feeling and pihchr ing her fat sides , and walking round her in wondering admiration . So flat in the back ^ so silky in the hide , so "symmetrical in the form , so high bred in the head , so complete in all the " points" of gentle heiferhood , one enthusiast pronounced her to be perfect , all but a pound of beefsteaks , which it seems should have filled up a little chasm . situated j ust over the tail , and which cruelly cuts the line of

    aristocrat of Southdowns . So even is the strife between the Duke of Richmond and himself that they take the gold medal year about , and this year it is Mr ; . Rigden ' s turn to obtain the much coveted decoration . The Leicesters are also of a high quality , but the most marked advance is observed in the Cots wolds , which this year come out in greater strength than on any previous occasion . In pigs the Prince Consort carries everything before him , his pen of Yorkshire hogs being everything that could be wished in preparatory bacon . There is also in this department a stupendous Berkshire hog , so fat that he must have a pen entirely to himself , but he is unhappily like a pig , whereas he ought to be like a barrel , and consequently he

    obtains not the slightest notice from the judges . But for an accident the show would this year have been enriched by an attractive novelty , in the shape of an importation of the diminutive cows and sheep of Basse-Bretagne . The former are not more than 36 inches in height , and the latter weigh not more than 25 lbs ., so that they would suit admirably for the farms of four and twe > acres , now so much in fashion amongst ladjes of an agricultural turn . In the galleries , the machinery and roots are in about the usual quantity and variety , but , as they do not compete for prizes , they do not call for more detailed description . The 1 ' rince Consort visited the show in the course of Monday afternoon , and Lords Camden and Berners were also amongst the visitors .

    beaut j . Her delicate waist measures justjiiue feet one inch iri circumference , and her expansive forequarter would require the outstretched arms of a man to span it from end to end . One man said she was a " picter ; " another , that she was a model ; while a third , still more enthusiastic , embodied his praise in the expressive remark that she was " All Beef . " The Herefords are naturally larger and coarser than the short-horns , but they seemed to take their fatting much in the same order , that is to say in table land in the back , and an even swell down the sides and quarters , Mr . Shirley takes off the laurel in this class , but , on the whole , the general description of average" will satisfy its claims on the critics .

    Of the Dcvons even so much cannot be said . Last year they were the pets of the bazaar ; this year nobody stops to admire them . Even the Prince Consort , who used to get gold medals in this class as a matter of course , ia this year " no where , " and is obliged to throw himself entirely on his pigs for a share in the distinctions of the club . In this class , as amongst the short-horns , the gentler sex carry off the principal triumphs , the £ 20 prize and silver medal being taken by Mr . Heath ' s cow , of the mature age of ten years , and who lias had five calves . This animal is considered very nearly to approach perfection . The Sussex steers , which are a sort' of enlarged Devon , being pretty much of the same shape and colour , are . rather more numerous than usual this year , and are pronounced to bo of high quality ,

    In the miscellaneous department will be found some magnificent specimens of the Scotch polled breed . Mr . M'Combie has his usual success in this class , his magnificent black steer complotoly passing all competitors . But , in our judgment , the most attractive animal in this department is a gigantic animal , tawny in colour , tremendous in limb , and with a head which would make the fortune of one of Rosa Bonheur ' s pictures . But , alas ! he had no points—that is to say he had too many points or angularities ia his circumference , and so the judges passed this noble animal by with contempt , uniformity

    and amount of beef being the only standards by which they guide their decisions . The public will , we expect , see much' to admire in this tawny monarch of the heather , which he may , perhaps , be spared to see again , in consequence of his inaptitude for adlposo accumulations . A Wclah ? ' runt , " a prizeholdor of 201 . and the silver medal , exhibited by Colonel Pennant / so recently her Majesty ' s host Wb ; Ponrhyn Castle , will probably attract nearly as much attention . . The Southdownb are the aristocracy of mutton « na wooVnnd Mr , Rigden is this yeur the great

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    all warrant officers and sailors who may have com pleted forty months of service in all , whatever Zt be eir length of service since the last lew Thi news is to some extent a confirmation of a rumour that although Lord Cowley had not been the bearer of any proposal for a mutual disarmament , he had been empowered to assure the English Government that France meant to reduce her militarv pq + o blishment . v esta " The arrival of another inventor ( says a letter from Paris ) has set all the cafe and politicians wonder-ins and proposing , as usual . The new lion is , as usual oil the war path , for no invention of a peaceful nature seems to attract attention . The name of the individual is Hochstaetter

    . He comes from Darmstadt , and is on his way to England , which circumstance has created the belief that he has been called by the English Government , and that liis object is to make experiments of his invention at Woolwich The invention consists of a substitute for gunpowder , much cheaper , and far more effectual than the material at present employed for the destruction of the human race . The substance is grey in colour , leaves a greasy impression to the touch , and possesses a strong alcoholic smell . It was tried last week with great success on the Place du Tir at Wiesbaden , and the conviction of the numerous band of military officers gathered to -witness the experiment was decidedly in favour of its

    adoption . The first battery of Armstrong guns , , six 12-pound breech-loading rifles , was yesterday prdved at the Royal Arsenal butt , Woolwich , in preparation for transit to China l > j r the overland route . The proofcharges employed on the occasion , as ordered by the War Department , consisted of the largest amount of powder with which it was i > ossible to cram the chambers of each gun ; , and a couple , or double shot . The terrible shock - which the excessive charges produced brought the guns ofi ' their position with a perfect leap , and gave a recoil of about twenty-fi vofeet ; nevertheless , the thoro ugh temper of the materials and the remarkable character of the guns luil ' ily resisted the shock . They were accordingly pronounced impossible to hurst under fair usage , and were immediately packed for

    transport-BTAV-AIi OD MILITARY . The mutinous behaviour on board the Princess Royal has been visited with a heavy sentence . 103 men have been sentenced to three months ' imprisonment for participating in the disturbance ,.- Some-of them have been discharged from Her Majesty ' s ship Victory , in Portsmouth harbour and forwarded by train to the gaol at Winchester to undergo their sentence . * The launch of the Duncan , 101 ,-screw two-decked ship " , is to take place on Tuesday , the 13 th inst ., at 11 a . m . The result of experiments on board Her Majesty ' s iron paddle-wheel steam vessel Bloodhound , the Parramatta , Tyne , and other ships , with Messrs . Day and Company ' s patent marine cement fur coating the interior of iron vessels , having proved satisfactory , the Lords of the Admiralty have directed the application of the cement over the bilge bottom plates and rivet-heads on the inside of the iron paddle steamer Harpy , lately from the Mediterranean . The process was commenced yesterday at

    Woolwich , and will be carried out on board other ships in the Royal Navy . The cement consists of an enamel , which resists the influence of moisture and the destructive effect of the chemical action of acids in bilge water , and is produced from salt , sugar , coal-dust , guano , and other materials . It requires about five hours to melt into a hot lava state , is applied after a preparatory coating of patent composition over a clean and dry surface , and is pronounced cheaper and better than paint .

    The Admiralty will issue a circular to the navy in a few days , adapting the late regulations of the Horse Guards respecting flogging in the army to the naval service . The new floating batteries now building , nominally for China , will mount seven rifled G 8-poundcrs each . The guns are now ready to be placed on board . The two transports purchased in England are to carry to China the twenty-four iron-cased gunboats , intended for river operations , and it is thought that a third vessel will bo bought for tho same service . They are to leave France about the middle of January , and to use all the steam they can , so as to arrive in good' time . General Cousin

    de Montttuban , Comraander-in-Ohief of the troops to be employed in China , has arrived in Paris from Toulon , where he was present at the embarkation of the 101 st and 102 nd Regiments of Infantry , tho 2 nd Rifles , and a detachment oi' Engineers , composing the greater part of the expeditionary force . The frigate Dry ado sailed from Toulon on tho 1 st inst . for China , having on board General Cullinoau , his staff , and the 102 nd Regiment of tho Lino . General Jamin and Colonel O'Mailey embarked at Toulon , on the 3 rd , for China , on board tho screw transport Garonne .

    Tho Boston Transoripthaa tho following !— "Speaking of guns , the Yankees havo been doing a very profitable business of Jate in supplying John Chinaman with iron guns of large size . There have boon some shipments from Boston , which have paid very handsomely indeed . " Orders have been given out this weck . frQm tho French Ministorc do Ta Marino for the immediate construction of four floating batteries on a new model . The papers are ordered to say that they are intended for China . The monitettr du la Flotto states that tho navy is to be reduced by the discharge , on December 31 , of

    The Steam Shi }) Chronicle remarks upon the new warlike engine , " the steam-ram " : — "As to the power of running down a hostile vessel at sea ( setting aside the cold-blooded idea that it-implies of wholesale assassination , like smoking Arabs in caves , or flinging poisonous compounds ) , experience will show that there are two sides to the bargain . Theoretically , it is like putting the pinch of salt on the bird ' s tail , or the recipe for cooking the hare . In the first place , in order to accomplish the schemo successfully , the steam battery must be faster than the vessel she ia chasing ; but as steam batteries , whatever the power of their engines , must always , from their immense displacement , be sluw vessels , there is not much probability of their outsteaming ordinary vessels of war . They might , it is true , catch an old sailing vessel asleep in a calm , and will not

    run into her , but the opportunity readily be afforded to them , inasmuch as the conversion of sailing vessels to screw vessels is proceeding rapidly in every navy in Kurope . And even betwocn running into a vessel ami running nor down , there is , wo humbly suggest , a very wide thtference . Tho ability of one vessel , whaiovor her power , to run down another , depends n \\ pn circumstances over which little control can Iw exercised . In nineteen out of twenty collisions at susi tho-result is simply to damage one of tho vessels , or both , find it is only when a vessel is struck by another stem on , on her broadside , or in somo Other vulnerable part , that she is so damaged as to sink . Hie momentum with which steam batteries would strike an opposing body would , no doubt , be immense , but ui munv cases this would simnlv cause- tho two vessels

    to becomo locked , and it would require conslderauio forco to separate them . Thcro is another clangor lurking in theso " running clown " aptruluUons . « a man like Nelson had found himsolf pursued by one of those battories , what would his ready genius ana daring havo suggested ? What , but to got ready his boarders , and on the contact of tho vessels , in um . first moment of collision , to send tliom swarmiug ovor tho bulwarks of tho foe ,. to hoist tho w' » 0 U'J ** r on . the shrouds of tho enemy ' s ship , la such a cixse , the commander of a stoam buttery might nna i »»" ho had caught a Tartar . Wo throw out those bub * gpstions , not with tho view of dotractintf " ° l " j raWlt of these vessels of wur , but for tho purposo oi guarding the public against attaching to thorn i »» overweening importance "

    Volunteer Coups. Within The Last Week An...

    VOLUNTEER COUPS . Within the last week an increased impulse , has boon given to the movement , and in various parts oi i »« kingdom new companies have boon " > rn » oo »« volunteers enrollod . The list of places whoro am bodies of artillerymen and rifleman tiro springs

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 10, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10121859/page/6/