THE FIELD 
355 
POULTRY. 
DATES OF SHOWS. 
A LIST OF MR. BELLI Eli’S FOXHOUNDS. 
three 
Entries 
—Royal Dublin Society'* Sprlns Show, April 18, nnd 
JSSS Assistant Secretary, W. E. Steele, Esq., M.I1. E 
Cl °i^vc P — The West Kent Domestic Poultry and Flower Show will b 
» war Farnlngham, the first week in June, 
c rrraiBBR —Malvern, In the Pioincnmlo Gardens, Wednesday an l 
the lllth and Hth of September. Honorary Secretary, T. 
ut-Aii” I so . Graham House, Malvern. Entries close August 19. 
!.tn Colchester Second Anuual Exhibition. 
I Harbinger . . . 
Warlike ....) 
IWoMsmnn . .( 
DtCKMBEK 
PnoFlTABX.B Poci.tii y. — F our liens, belonging to Mr. 
Wm. Aslibninct, Colton, laid lust year no less than 080 
eggs- 
Fleecer Harriet 
Uuiljwortli Woodman L.i \ oly 
[To the Editor of “Tub Fiei.d.”] 
g Ilt Tlio subjoined article, “ The Dorking Fowl,” bns 
been cut from u recent number of tlio Derby and Chesterfield 
Bcnorter. I should nothavo troubled you with it hud I not 
accidentally louliit that u Dorking Cockerel and two pullets, 
of the are/ breed, h ive lately been sold by a person residing 
0 t VVillinaton, u village somewhere in the neighbourhood of 
Derby fur the enormous sum of £18, and that the same 
person has sold eggs at 30s. per dozen. Your readers may 
probably be disposed to doubt the truth of this statement, as 
I myself was, but I am assured by the gentleman "’ho made 
il tome, thut it is authentic ; and, believing it to be so, I, 
without hesitation, beg the favour of your inserting it in 
vour next publication, uml am, sir, 
A Subscriber from the first. 
4. 
THE DORKING FOWL. 
The common sense of the public bns brought hock the Dorking 
Fowl to its wonted pre-eminence. At the salo after the Metro- 
politan Show, and also at tlio Ihrrninghnm Exhibition of this 
year, the Dorking Fowl met with readier disposal at large prices 
than any other bird. Tlio public voico has recognised it as the 
bird for the English farm-yard ; it is altogether the pet of John 
hull, as possessing "rent and good qualities, without ostentation, 
011(1 clamour. The history of our county town records no less 
than three poultry sales by public auction, and at each of those 
tlio Dorking Fowl obtained tlio highest bidding— good hens 
gelling for ns much as thirty shillings each; and further, tlio 
most successful breeder of Dorking Fowls is at this moment 
selling their eggs readily nl three guineas per dozen. These and 
tho Game Fo\vf arc the true British poultry. They arc racy of 
tlio soil, and dine down to us, like many other good things, 
from a reinoto antiquity. If it were possible to engraft the 
hardihood and quality of the latter upon tho sizo mid early 
maturity of tho former, perfection would bo obtained. The 
veriest gourmand could ask no more, for there would lie quantity 
and quality enough to satisfy tlio most capacious and capricious 
of appetites. Tenderness nnd plumpness would go hand in hand 
with a juiciness fitted to enrapture an alderman who had passed 
the chair, or even a Metropolitan bishop. These are great and 
critical authorities in matters of tnslo. Bland, unctuous, and 
rosy a3 they appear, they arc nevertheless excessively fastidious, 
the terror of cooks, and the final appeal in nil matters appertain- 
ing to gustntivenoss mid alimentary delight ; hut even such an 
ordeal could bo borno by the fowl that comhinod 111 itself tlio 
respective excellencies of the Dorking and Giuuo breed. The 
delicate tasto of an Ariel who could sip only whore the bee sipped, 
and tlio greediness of un Esquimaux, might be contemporaneously 
f ratified under such a combination, nnd short only of this, tho 
lorking Fowl stands pre-eminent us the fowl tor tho table 
Those persons, nnd those only, who saw and studied pen ICO at the 
Birmingham Poultry Show of 1853, can form an nccnruto idea 
of the size, quality, and beauty of a lirst-roto Dorking Fowl. 
They were tlio birds of tlio exhibition, nnd before them the whole 
tribe of Spanish and Cochins, black, while, brown, nnd bufl, 
“ paled their ineffectual fires;” thirty-fivo pounds weight of the 
most delicate inoat under heaven wero there enshrined in beautiful 
forms, and robed with a plumage in which richness and grace 
struggled for ascendancy. 
Although this fowl was described by Pliny, by Columella, and 
by Aldrovundiis, “ a thousand years ago ;” although it has been 
long known to naturalists as the “ Gullus Pentadnctylus,” or 
live-toed lien, and recognised through this quality by every good 
housewife, who sought a good fowl in Leadcnhatl Market, yet, 
strange to say, it Inis been little patronised by tho farmers in 
general, or even by persons of greater pretensions. Mr. trotter, 
who has recently received a prize from the Royal Agricultural 
Society for the best essay on Poultry, devotes eighteen lines only 
to tho Dorking fowl, and 111 this quarter page commits several 
errors respecting tlicui. lie says, “ This breed degenerates when 
removed from its unlive place.” Now it is n fact, that birds bred 
in Lancashire have hitherto beaten all competitors. The Rev. 
Mr. Boys, of Biddcnden, in Kent, took the chief prizes nt ltcigutc, 
in Surrey, (the very homo of the Dorkings) ; but his birds, which 
he valued at £200, wero beaten utterly at Birmingham by fowls 
from Lancashire, Derbyshire, nnd Shropshire. 11 I were Cowrite 
thut the Dorkings of Derbyshire may challenge the world, it 
would appear like a big, burly, blustering sentiment, “lull of 
Bound nnd fury signifying nothing;’’ but it is nevertheless not 
very far from the truth. Take not one county away, or one 
division, or one town, but remove tho birds of one individual 
from the competition, and then itisthe modest opinionul 11 Derby- 
shire yeoman, that the Dorking fowl, within a ten-mile radius nf 
his county town, may safely vie with all England, and therefore 
with all the world. To the proof : in judging of public questions, 
we can bo guided only by public results. If asked, where arc t lie 
best Leicestershire sheep in England, the reply nt once is, ut Mr. 
Sandy’s, Holme Picrrcpoint, Nottingham — nnd why? because, in n 
royal competition open to the United Kingdom, lie carries off tlio 
pnzo. There is no other standard. People limy hug themselves with 
self-complacency, and ilattor themselves that they have better at 
home; but let them compete, nnd perhaps they will discover 
that there is something in u home atmosphere which leads to 
optical illusions, nnd thereby to defective judj'mont. A little soli- 
tary hill in n wide plain looks wonderfully large for want ol 
others with which to compare it; and both cattle nnd poultry 
have been known to look much larger by themselves than by the 
side of their rivuls. But to return to tlio Derbyshire Dorkings ; 
it was something that, in our own county show, open to general 
competition, tho first and second prizes iu tho ndult classes, and 
the first prize iu the chicken cluss, should be borne away by 
the native birds of the district, more especially when it is known 
that they evoked the admiration of so experienced and able u 
judge as Mr. Bond, of Leeds, and that not simply in comparison 
with Uie birds with which they were then in competition, but as 
line specimens of their class. ’ The Collage Hardener (a great 
authority) moreover state I, that the prize chickens ** were ad- 
mitted by all to be tbe finest pen of young Dorking Fowl ever 
exhibited.” I11 the show of world-wide reputation, und almost 
world-wide competition at Birmingham, the fowls from tins 
neighbourhood were only second to those, of which exception lias 
been mudo, and indeed tlio first prize for tbc best cock nnd pul- 
lett was carried off by Mr. Dicwry, of Newton Mount, near 
Burton. Those facts are related to show, that the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society's prize Essuy was incorrect in speaking of tho 
degeneracy of the Dorking Fowl when removed from Surrey, nnd 
to justify the opinion of a Derbyshire yeminn, that (with the ex- 
ception of the Knowsley breed) there are three poultry yards 
within eight miles of each other, and all within ten of our county 
town, that might safely chaltcDgo any other threo yards in tho 
United Kingdom for tho display of Dorking Fowl. 
Actor .... 
Archer . , 
Hentrieo ....'. 
Freeman 
Flighty 
t.nyuian 
I’coress 
Prophetess .... 
Truelove 
I Venus .. . 
Vestrla . 
Virgin ... 
Mr. Voljambo’* Albion H SK §SS?* 
Traiinr Baroness 
Mr. Foljiiinbe'i Iutter . ..I Mi* Fallacy 
Duke ol Rutland's Bertram .... His Fanciful 
Cranberry Lively 
Duke of Rutland's President .... Hit G-dden 
Cranberry j Heroine 
Hector iTrlltnto 
Benedict ....) 
Blameless ..) 
Crystal 
Dealer 
Piercer . , . . ) 
Forester ....( 
Rarity 
Bridesmaid . 
Cuillinus .... 
Countess. ... 
Crafty 
Crazy 
Halifax .... 
I’oilct 
Vanguard .. 
Victory .... 
Violet 
Vnulter .... 
Vengeance . . 
Duke of Rutland's General 
. His Vanity 
Howler {Vanity 
Duke of Rut and’* Itaglnnd 'Caroline 
Lord H. Deminck’* Dumper .. 
Lord Yarborough's Fleecer .... 
Lord Yarborough'* Ratty wood.. 
Admiral .... ] 
Agent | 
Artful I 
Arlist J 
Bluecup . . . . j 
Boaster .... 
Careful .... I 
Conque-t. . . . j 
Chanticleer | 
Cheerful .... I 
Glory r | 
Grasper . . . . j 
Policy j 
Purity ] 
Vesper 
Vocal 
. Frenzy 
Midnight 
■ Hopeful 
. Howler 'Bashful 
Lord II. Bentinck’s Counts Betsy 
. Lord H. Bentlnck's Camus Hopeful 
.Traitor Gum tress 
Valiant 'Modesty 
Howler ... Vanity 
j trailer Brimstone 
Hector Baby 
'Curollno 
Clinntrcss 
Gay lass 
Proserpine 
Vanity 
geomimrji anb plitiit. 
Commissions signed by LoftO-LtKOTBN A NT*. 
(From Tuesday's Gaulle.) 
Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry— William Martin Powell, Esq., lato 
April 5* 01 Ilml *klllou Dragoons, to be Adjutant, with rank of Captain, 
2nd Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia -Charles John Sanford, 
Gent, to bo burgeon, April 5. 
.1 C V-!t\\ rtic ',‘' > is ,u h"'tutcd for that which appeared In the Gaulle of 
tho 1 ith March last.] 
« or P. uk ? of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal I.ancaahiro 
Militia— Lieutenant Robert Kershaw, to be Captain, vice BlundoP, re- 
signed ; Richard Trevor Irwin, Gent., late '.'1st Fusiliers, to bo 
Lieutenant, vice Gardner, appointed to the '-'ml Regiment, April 8 ; 
\vm! H w rh i r .‘ De'amero, Gent., to bo Ensign, April 7; Kynnston 
, K ' “i" ‘ 0c ! u -> *0 bo Ensign, Aprils ; John Robert Leigh, Ucnt, 
to be Ensign, April 10. ' ’ 
rw f lc g 1,, \ en * ° f R »y«l Lancashire Militia -George Smlrtliwaltc, 
iicnt., to be Assist ant. Surgeon, April 10. 
ApriU ly ° f CRmbvlt,K °' Charles James Llndnm, Esq., to bo Captain, 
vili iC fvr, nt <5 Y <wk Militia— Thomas Frederick Charles 
un I , " nrtl * t0 1m ; Lieutenant, vice Hartley, who retires; 
Ensign riieodos u* Stuart Unwell to bo Lieutenant, vice Chamberlain 
promoted, March 7. ’ 
2nd Regiment of West York Militia -Richard Johnstone, Gent . to 
be Ensign, April 4. 
3rd Regiment of West York Mllltla-Hcnry William Heaton, Gent., 
to be Ensign, March 24. 
6th Regiment of West York Militia— Captain George Ilodlcy, to to 
First Major; Captain Charles Cooley Craven to bo Second Lieutenant, 
March 24. 
titli Regiment of West York Militia Godfrey Armytugc, Esq., Affiu. 
taut by her Majesty's Commission, to bo Captain. March 23; Charles 
Henry Connell, Esq , to bo Captain ; Hylton do Cardoimell Lawson, 
Esq-, to bo Captain, March 24. 
2nd Regiment of Royal Surrey Militia-William Pontlfcx, Esq., to 
bo Lieutenant, vice Barclay, resigned, April 3. 
Albion . 
Why not 
I Albion . 
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bell ..) 
Alula 
Barrister. . . . , 
Uluster 
Bonny bell 
Clara 
Chaser......' 
Ciilder ( 
Clansman . .( 
Concubine 
Marksman . . , 
Marplot 
Mariner .... I 
Messmate ..| 
Monitor ..... 
Petticoat 
Plunder 
Rally wood .. 
Vexer 
Vixen ; 
Vulcan .... 
Waspish 
IVlilmsey .. 
Wonder 
WYodmiin .. 
, Lord Iludesdale's Atillu 
Lord Redcsdalc-'n Hannibal 
Damper . 
Lord RcdCidalc’s Hannibal . 
inagnut 
Barmaid 
Charmer 
Melody 
Modesty 
LirJ Redesdnle’s Hannibal , 
Lord Rcdosdule's Attlla ... 
Wliy not . 
Whvnot . 
Baliful 
Bellman . . . . f 
Bluebell ....( 
Bouncer .... J 
Bravery ....) 
Butterfly.. . .J 
Diligent 
Mn rin ion 
Melody ..../ 
Musical ....( 
m inner 
Riiclet 
Ratiiipolo . .) 
Reveller 
Roderick ..l 
Royal J 
Tapster ....( 
Telltale ....) 
I Lord Rcdesdulc's Hannibal . 
Duke of Rut- 
land’s Peeress 
Rakish 
Vanity 
( Duke of Rul- 
l land's Venus 
Baby 
;e} 
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Abelard 
Alia bli 
Amazon 
Barbara ....) 
Brilliant ) 
Cliantnss .... 
Cluspcr 
Cracker 
Cruel 
Chorister 
Climbauk . .k 
Crier ) 
Comely . . . . ) 
Constant. . , . > 
Contest ....) 
Duster 
Friendly ... 
Graceful 
Handmaid . 
Handsome . 
Hecuba ... 
Heroine . . . 
Hopeful ... 
Mi rrvinan . 
Playful ... 
Playmate . 
Prompter . 
Ruby 
Ruler 
Storme 
Stretcher. 
Striv 
Lord Yarborough's Bellman.. 
Oakley Pilot 
rmer ....) 
dcher.... > 
Lord Retlesilule's Hannibal ... 
Lord II. Binlinck's Denmark . 
Lord Redcsdalu'o Hannibal 
Forester 
Lord H. Bentlnck's Admiral 
Grappler 
Lord Yarborough's Claspcr . 
Sir Talton Sykes's Carver 
Harbinger . 
Mr. Drake's Duster 
Archer 
Grappler 
Lord Yarborough’s H arper . 
Rail Weinyss’s Marksman . 
Oakley Pilot 
Lord Yarborough’s Hector . 
Earl Wemy.s's Viceroy . . . . . 
Lord Yarborough's Rattler 
Earl Wemyss's Rasper .... 
Baby 
Baby 
Ruby 
Modesty 
Termagant 
Beatrico 
Virgin 
Earl Wemyss's 
Columbine 
Vanity 
Countess 
j Eari Wemyss’s 
) Ringlet 
Flighty 
Pullet 
Mis Magic 
His Resolute 
Prophetess 
TWO CLAUSES FROM TUB WILL OF PETER THE 
GREAT. 
“ 13. When Sweden is ours, Persia vanquished, Poland sub- 
jugated, Turkey conquered— when our armies nro united, nnd tlio 
Buxine mid tlio Dnltiu are in the possession of our shins— then wo 
must tnnkti separate and socret overturos. first to tlio Court of 
Versailles, nnd tlien to tlml of Vienna, to share with lliom tlio 
dominion of tlio world. If oitlior of thorn nccopts our pro- 
positions — which is certain to happen if their ambition nnd self- 
interesl arc properly worked upon — wo must make use of (Ids 0110 
tonnnihiluto tlio othor; this done, wo have only to destroy tho 
remaining 0110 hy finding n pretext for a quarrel, tlio issue of 
which cannot bo doubtful, ns Russia will thou bo jilrcndy in tlio 
absolute possession of the Enst nnd of the best part of Europe. 
“ Id, Should tlio improbable enso happen, of both rejecting tho 
propositions of Russia— then our policy will bo to set <»no against 
tbe oilier, nnd make thorn tear each other tv pieces. Russia must 
then watch for and seize the favourable moment, nnd pour hor 
already ussoinblod hosts into Germany, while two itituionso Hoots, 
laden with Asiatic hordes und convoyed by tho armed squadrons 
of Euxino nnd tho llnltie, set snil simultaneously from tlio Fen of 
Azoft’and the luirbour of Arelinngol. Swooping along tho Medi- 
terranean und the Atlantic, they will overrun Franco on tho ono 
side, while Germany is overpowered on tlio other. When tliflso 
countries are fully conquered, tho ro-t of Europe must full oij*ily 
nnd without a struggle under our yoke. Thus Europe can nnd 
must be subjugated. 
IIunKDiT.vnY Pauisu Clbuksuip.— T he ofileo of parish clerk 
of Seal, near Sevenoaks, lias been bold by successive members of 
tbc family of Walters for up'words of two hundred yea vs, ever 
since the times of Archbishop Land. Mr. John Waller, tho last 
of his race, who died on Tliuvsdny, was dork ut tlio church for 
about forty years . — Kentish Gazette. 
Escape, op a Soldier idiom a Lion — A detachment of (ha 
ICtli Lancers, under tlio command of Captain Grant, en route to 
Dublin, halted in Carlow on Saturday. During tho ovoning a 
private, nnmod llonry Ranks, visited Manders's menagerie of 
wild beasts, ami thrust his arm through the bars of the cage, 
when tho lien made 11 sudden spring, fixed his teotli in tho fleshy 
pin t of the intruded arm, and hold it fast without motim. Tho 
giddier, with great firmness nnd prcsonco of mind, made no 
nlurin — no attempt to withdraw his arm. Tlio blood flowed 
copiously from tho arm. Tlio spectators obrorvimr the oc- 
currence, called loudly for tho keeper, who was quickly on tlio 
spot, nnd having procured a bullock's bead lie cast il into tlio 
den. Tlio lion immediately relaxed his bold, Sprung upon tlio 
bullock's head, and tlio soldier withdrew his arm. The soldier, 
who was congratulated on his coolness and nidi courage by tho 
spectators, withdrew, nnd tho wounds, which wore not sovero, 
were subsequently dressed, and bo was onablod to resume bis 
march on Monday. 
Roast beef, serenity of mind, a prettv wife, nnd cold water 
baths, will make almost uoy man “healthy, wealthy, nnd 
wise.” . 
The Emperor of Russia lias forbidden tlio exportation or 
hemp from his dominions. 80 much tbc better for civilisation : 
I'ivc him rope enough, uml lie'll reali.10 the old odnge. — 1‘uneh. 
A “Legal” I’auhambnt.— ' T here are twenty members of 
tho Irish bar M.I’.’a for Irish constituencies viz..: Messrs. 
Nupicr, Q.C., Whiteside, Q.C., Keogh, Q C.. UuU, Q.C., Moore, 
Q.G., Fitzgerald, Q C., George, Q.C., Bland, Q.C., Scully, Q.C » 
Rail, Esmondo, O'Connell, Grogan, Cogan, O’ linen, Kennedy, 
Russell Goold, Duffy, nnd Fir 0. Forster. Seven members of 
Its Rarity 
Rakish 
His Stately 
01,1 Hounds 45J Couple*. 
Young Hounds 10 » 
New Title. — P almerston, in consequence of his strong ad- 
vocacy of Turkey, goes by tho name now of “Tho Judicious 
Bottle-holder of the Porte.” — Punch. 
According to the annual report of the American PoMmnslcr- 
Gonernl, recently issued, there are in the United States 22,638 
post-offices. Tlie aggregate length of the mail routes is above 
200,000 miles; the mileage is 3jd. During the year the mails 
are conveyed over 13,000,000 miles on railways, the mileage or 
which is Old., and over nearly 7.000,000 miles in steamboats, 
the mileage of which is 4Jd. In California tbe mails traverse 
annually nearly 000,000 miles, the cost of which is £30,000. 
Soctu Middlesex.— T lio 4th or Roynl South Middlesex 
Militia, Lieutenant-Colonel Begot, will assemble, for 28 days 
training, on the 15th of May, at their new storehouse. Hounslow. 
This regiment lias enrolled Ibo full complement of 1,040 volun- 
teers, nnd, as appears by the Army List, has its three field 
officers and its ten captainB, all old officers of the line. 
ill.l'. S, VIZ . DICMin. .... . - — 
and James Sodleir. Four 8cotch hi wyers : Ale.srs Mom:.. mII, 
hnnU Fvvnrt. and Lockhart. Twenty English Q.O. n, viz.. 
"Wigram, Q.C.’, Palme/ Q.C., besides fifty-six other members of 
the outer bur, and solicitors. , , 
Royal Suiirby Militia.— I bo 1st Regimont of tbo Roy u 
Surrey Militia, under Ibo command of Colonel William Holme 
Summer, is appointed to be trained nnd exercised for r days at 
Richmond, the bead- quarters of the Regimont. i lie training will 
commence on tbe 8th of May next, and nil men enrolled tn he 
corps ore directed to attend nt ninoo clock in the morning of that 
day. The fid Regiment, under the command of Liculcnant- 
C0I0110I C.B. Clmlloner, will bo called out for Iroinmg on 
dav, April 21, ut Kingston-on-Thames. All men who do not 
attend us directed will ho arrested and deoil with ^4^ r era - 
Coax wall Militia.— The staff of the Roynl Cot "«»11 on 1 
Devon Miners’ Artillory Mililw usaoinWod a few Jn >“ “ l 
Truro for instruction, preparatory to the calling out ol the regi- 
ment on the 3J of May ut Falmouth. This plan bos been adopted 
inconsequence of "maovornme.it havmg notified that no.«bt- 
niico in Die truinin" of the regiment could this year bo expected 
from the line Tim staff of the Royal Cornwall Rangers huaulso 
which is expected to take place about the lllh u Mu\ . 
drunkard's nose is said .0 be a ” light- 
house, warning us of the little water that passes underneath. 
