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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



1 November 20, 1865. 



the parties ; and if the assets were insufficient, the plaintiffs and 

 defendant might be ordered to contribute in such proportion 

 as should be just to a fund to be raised for the payment of such 

 debts and liabilities. 



" The defendant, in answer, filed a statement in which he said 

 that the partnership, called the Suffolk Poultry Society, was 

 formed on June 17, 1863, that no dividend had been declared 

 at any time, nor had the Society ever been dissolved. He ad- 

 mitted that a show was held in Hay, and some entrance fees 

 paid, but others, and also other monies were still unpaid ; that 

 he had received some of the entrance fees, and other sums of 

 money which he had placed to the credit of the Society, and 

 applied in paying prizes awarded, and in other debts and de- 

 mands incurred in the working of the Society according to a 

 balance-sheet and account of receipts and expenditure he filed, 

 and that he had received certain other sums not inserted iu 

 the accounts and balance-sheet, which he was ready to account 

 for, and charged himself with as credits against the balance due 

 to him from the Society. He denied that frequent applications 

 had been made to him fur accounts, or that be had neglected to 

 furnish the accounts, but on the contrary, had furnished the 

 plaintiffs with a balance-sheet and accounts, and also sent a 

 printed copy to every pvizctaker at the show, and every member 

 of the Society who had paid his subscription. He admitted that 

 he had the books, &c, in his possession, and divers writings, I 

 &c, but not all of them, which he was ready to produce to any 

 Court having jurisdiction in the matter. He alleged that the 

 credits of the Society exceeded £500, the present ascertained 

 amount of such property, stock, and credits being£515 8s. 10</., \ 

 and to this was to be added other monies not included in the 

 balance-sheet, and he therefore submitted that the Court had 

 no jurisdiction. He further submitted that divers other mem- \ 

 bers of the Society and co-partners Bhould have been joint 

 plaintiffs in this suit, and that upon the winding-up of the J 

 Society and a dividend being declared (if any), every other mem- 

 ber of the S had not forfeited his membership would 

 be justl; .■• ' itably entitli d to a proportionate share of such 

 dividend as well as the plaintiffs, i: they were equitably en- 

 titled; that two of the plaintiffs— namely, R. W. Allen and 

 G. Bannister, had forfeited their privileges as members of the 

 Society in not having paid their annual subscriptions. He 

 further stated that he was solicited by the plaintiffs to be secre- 

 tary to the Society, with the understanding that he was to be 

 paid for his time and services, and he had only charged the 

 Society clerk's wages for his time, and he was entitled to be 

 paid £32 10s. id. due to him, and the remaining debts and 

 liabilities should be equally borne by all its legal members. 



" A voluminous account accompanied the answer. The de- 

 fendant charged at the rate of 10*. , or U. an hour for 

 his services. 



"Afteralongar ' e, J. Worlledge, Esq., decided 



that the ex] ent of nil the 



previous exhibitions, and he should order that the Society he 

 dissolved as from O- -t, and that it be referred to the 



Registrar to take the f< counts: 1st, an account of the 



credits, property, and effects now belonging to the partnership : 

 2nd, an account of the debts and liabilities of the partnership ; 

 3rd, an account of all monies received by the defendant on 

 account of the said partnership since the 9th February, 1S66. 

 The subscriptions of former years would not be on account of 

 this partnership. He would put it ' on account and in refer- 

 ence to the Poultry Show held in May, 1866.' 4th, An account 

 of what would be a reasonable remuneration for his services as 

 secretary to the partnership, oth, A similar account for the 

 three previous years, taking each separately. The next question 

 was the appointment of Receiver. 



" Mr. Wright, accepted the office without remuneration, was 

 appointed, and the further proceedings adjourned to the January 

 Court." 



pens might be acoemmodated were it found requisite. That 

 every encouragement may be given to exhibitors, not only do 

 the managers print the names of a most respectable and re- 

 sponsible Committee on their prize sheet, but also state the 

 addresses of the three gentlemen engaged as the Judges. 



A HINT. 



I AnvEr.TisEi. for Ducks in " or.r Journal," and amongst a 

 host of offers, selected one which appeared very tempting. 

 The writer said he " had much pleasure in offering me a pen of 

 very first-rate Aylesbury Ducks bred from first-prize Birming- 

 ham; drake weighing 9 lbs. 7ozs. an i ibs. each: 

 four birds for 30s." The address given was 115, Albany Street, 

 Regent's Park. Having occasion to be in that neighbourhood, 

 I wrdte to the address, making an appointment to call aud look 

 at the birds : and I discovered that the house is a post-office, the 

 letter I had written was there with ethers awaiting a claimant, 

 and the post-master told me no one of the name given \vn 

 known in the neighbourhood. The name of the person writing 

 to me is " Wm. D. Griffin," and he requests a money order to 

 be sent to G. P. O., as "he goes into the City laily." It is 

 needless to say I neither sent the money one r. n r have I 

 heard anything more of the man or his Ducks.— Eaourr. 

 Pm ..'. i . 



THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF GAME FOWLS. 

 [Concluded from page 376.) 



Bed Fcrnesses, or the Red Mullingar Game, as they an 

 often called, are marked with large tire-coloured patches, or 

 red cinnamon patches on a white ground; have red or yellow 

 eyes, and yellow or white legs. They are a rare sort, and are 

 nearly as quick birds as the Piles when good. Red-eyed are 

 the best birds of course. 



Cuckoos are also rare, I have not met with an- of them pure 

 bred, but have seen the Cuckoo Pile cocks, or Yellow Cuckoo 

 Piles, as they are culled, with yi How legs, and the yellow or daw 

 eyes generally. All the span led-1 led cocks of the Black- 

 breasted Red colour are crossed with the i ies, but are 

 not first-rate birds, nor are any Cuckoo-coloured Game. 



Spangles or Spotted Game are of various colours, generally 

 having black spaugles on a cinnamon or silver ground colour. 

 I These are too much crossed to be good. 



Polecats are of various colours, but are generally of the 

 Partridge mixed with black or dark-coloured patches, and are 

 i most commonly dark-legged, while the Spangles are most fre- 

 quently blue-legged. These two sorts have all the different 

 colours of eyes, except black eyes, which are peculiar to the 

 sorts that hatch the dark chickens. 



Blacks. I omitted to state, were probably originally bred 

 from the Black-breasted Reds crossed with the black-eyed sorts, 

 to which they are certainly allied by the colour of their eyes 

 being black. There are also the Dark-faced or Gipsy-combed 

 Blacks, nearer still to the black-eyed sorts, and these are, 

 perhaps, the best, truest-bred, and gamest sort of the Blacks, 

 but are not common. Some breeders say that Blacks are bred 

 from the Black -breasted Bed cocks with the black-bodied Brown 

 Red, or Dark Birchen hens, which is probable. 



The Hen-tailed sorts o£ (lame fowls are generally small, and 

 are mostly found in the north of England, but are rare. They 

 are of various colours in the hens — Partridge, Cinnamon, 

 Polecats, Spangles, Pied, and other colours, and are very hard, 

 active, and good [Game birds, but are not at all beautiful, 

 wanting the Game long tail. 



The Tassel or Tufted Game fowls are of various colours, 

 "Brown Beds, Ginger, Partridge, Duckwings, and others," 

 and are good birds. — Newmarket. 



The Walsall Poultry and Pigeon Snow. — The Committee 

 of the Walsall Poultry Show have just issued the prize sche- 

 dule for their next meeting. The Exhibition last year having 

 proved a complete success, its promoters have now published a 

 prize list that will tend greatly to advance it to the foremost 

 ranks of such undertakings. Fifteen silver cups are comprised 

 in this year's schedule, besides a very considerable amount of 

 money prizes that must tend greatly to increase the number of 

 entries. The Volunteers' Drill Hall, at Walsall, presents every- 

 thing that could possibly be required for the purposes of a 

 poultry show, and so spacious is it that no doubt two thousand 



MANCHESTER POULTRY AND PIGEON 



SHOW. 



We remind intending exhibitors at the Manchester Show, 

 that entries close on the" 28th inst. That this year's meeting 

 promises to eclipse its predecessors is generally admitted, and 

 when we again call to our readers' recollection, that in a great 

 number of instances prizes of the value of £10 are offered as 

 first premiums, supported by additional prizes of £4, £2, and 

 £1, we cannot doubt but that a great amount of competition 



