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Shrewsbury; John Hudson, Esq., of Castleacre ; Mr. 

 Overman, of Norfolk ; and Mr, Marden, Aberdeenshire. 



Mr. Wni. Vorloy had stock of very fine quality for- 

 warded by Mr. Ilutchcson, of Aberdeen ; also by Mr. 

 George Philip, of Inverary, and Mr. Yorke, of Thorp- 

 stone. 



Mr. Thomas Dixon had some fine breeds belonging- 

 to the Marquis of Exeter, Messrs. Little, Walsham, 

 Taylor (Long Sutton), Siielton, Marshall (Aylesbury), 

 and Mr. J. Rippin. 



Mr. Senior, of Broughton House, near Aylesbury, 

 had on offer 40 very prime Devons. 



The above comprised the leading and best portions 

 of the supply of Beasts. 



Tiiere was a full average supply of Sheep for the time 

 of year, and their general quality was good. Prime 

 Downs and half-brcds moved off steadily at full quo- 

 tations, the top figure being 5s. per 81bs., whilst most 

 other breeds may be considered steady, on former terms. 



Messrs. Weale showed 20 very prime Downs, belong- 

 ing to R. Oakley, Esq., of Luton ; 10 from Mr. White, 

 of Rickmansworth ; 50 from Mr. W, Bates, of Harpen- 

 den; 80 Gloucesters from R. Rowlands, Esq., of Cres- 

 low, and various lots from Bedfordshire and Berkshire. 

 Mr. Gurrier had a fine collection of Cotswolds, together 

 with some fine Sheep sent by Lord Radnor and Sir R. 

 Throckmorton. Some of the Cotswolds sold at £5 10s. 

 each. 



Some unusually prime Downs were sold by Mr. Lin- 

 tott, the property of His Grace the Duke of Richmond, 

 and of Mr. Sanders, of Watercomb, Dorset. 



Mr. Lathbury exhibited Hampshire Downs of great 

 weight, bred by Mr. King, of New Hayward, Hereford, 

 and Mr. Humphrey, of Chaddleworth, Berks. Mr. W. 

 Collins had a very good supply of Sheep. 



The were seven West Country Downs, of splendid 



weight, disposed of by Messrs. Still and Son. They 

 were fed by A. Darby, Esq., of Stoke, near Windsor. 



There wers some remarkably fine Down Lambs on sale. 



The finest specimens of the Lincolnshire iong-wooUed 

 Sheep, direct from that county, were exhibited on the 

 stands of Messrs R. Eland and Son, Hancock, Wood- 

 ward, Mawer, and Smith. They numbered about 180, 

 and were fed by Marshall Ileanley, Esq., R. G. Chat- 

 terton, Esq., Messrs. Byron, Everington, Parker, 

 Seals, Everard, Wilkinson, and others. 



The supply of Calves was good, and the Veal trade 

 ruled steady, at full prices. 



There was a moderate demand for Pigs, at extreme 

 rates. 



A Statement .a.nd Comparison of the Supplies and 

 Prices op Fat Stock exhibited and sold in thb 

 Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on the 

 Great Daks in 1857 and 1858. 



1857. 1858. 



P«r Slbs.to sinktheoffal. s. d. s. d. 8. d. ». d 



CoarseandiuferiorBeaats 3 4 to 3 6 .. ., 3 4to 3 8 



Second quahty do 3 8 4 0.... 3 10 4 2 



Prime large Oxen 4 2 4 4 .'. ., 4 4 4 8 



PrimeScots.&c... ., .. 4 6 4 8 .. .. 4 10 5 

 Coaraeandinferior Sheep 3 2 3 8 .. .. 3 4 3 8 



iacoud quality do 3 10 4 0.... 3 10 4 4 



Primeaoarse-woolleddo.. 4 2 4 10..,»44 46 

 PrimeSouthdowndo.. =. 5 5 4.... 4 8 5 

 Large coarse Calvea .. », 4 4 5 .. b, 3 8 4 4 



Primesmalldo 52 56.. .. 46 50 



LargeHoga ....... 4 4 6 .. .. 2 10 3 4 



NeatamallPorkers... .. 48 52.... 36 42 

 Supplies on Sale Dec. 14, 1857. Dec. 13, 1858. 



Beasts............. 6,856 6,424 



Sheep.............. 18,450 23,200 



Calve*.....,... = 69 115 



Piga........c,, 330 380 



THE SMITH FIELD SHOW WEEK. 



You may generally trace the changes in a man's 

 fortunes from his change of habitation. The biogra- 

 pher is especially fond of noting such land-marks in 

 the history of his hero, whether it be from the humble 

 cottage of future greatness, or to " the worst Inn's 

 worst room" of fallen splendour. Let us at such a 

 season follow out the more pleasing picture of the two. 

 Let us take the industrious apprentice who has begun 

 life by bringing his Bessy home to quiet lodgings. But 

 the family soon increases, his means rise with it, and 

 in a few years they have far more comfortable quarters. 

 They are good tenants, too, and the landlord does all 

 he can to keep them — builds out a drawing-room, 

 enlarges the offices, and adds every improvement that 

 the premises are capable of. His efforts, however, are 

 of little avail. The family is large and thriving, and 

 they have crowds of visitors coming to see them. 

 Indeed, after the crush of last Christmas, Bessy, now 

 a buxom matron, will put up with it no longer. They 

 must have a bigger house, a better place to welcome 

 their friends, and where they may really enjoy them- 

 selves. To be sure, buying a mansion in a good part 

 of town would be very expensive, and building one 

 even worse. Paterfamilias quickly sees what she is 

 hinting at, and the suburban villa is eventually decided 

 upon. A place with plenty of room for their visitors to 



stroll about and see everything worth seeing — the fat 

 pigs, the shorthorn cows, the girls' poultry and pigeons, 

 and so on. And, when they are tired of these, tliere are 

 plenty of nicknacks to amuse thtm in-doors, with, of 

 course, a good lunch or dinner ready to be served 

 before they leave for town again. 



The Smithfield Club is the industrious appren- 

 tice, or rather, just now, portly Paterfamilias, in 

 the very zenith of his prosperity. We hear him 

 often boast, with pardonable pride, how he started 

 in life with those humble lodgings in Goswell- 

 street. Then, as he found he could afford it, he re- 

 moved his people to a far better house in King-street, 

 Portman-square, where he has been very comfortable, 

 and where the landlord has certainly done all he could 

 to make him so. But his family is still increasing; and 

 as for his friends, it would be quite absurd to attempt 

 to entertain them here much longer. They can only 

 push, and jostle, and tread on each other's toes, with- 

 out half enjoying the good things he has provided for 

 them. Something must be done; and he straightway 

 declares that he is on the look-out for a bigger place. 

 Many of his acquaintance advise him to build, and have 

 a house all his own. Our friend, however, is a tole- 

 rably cautious man, with all his ambition. He has heard 

 what a costly business building in London really is, and 

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