The other rich sweepstake of 200 sovs will, I fancy be 
placed to the credit of the Duke of Bedford by the aid of his 
Alcyone. 
For the 100 sovs Sweepstake over the new mile, the rude 
Boer may renew his Ascot contest with “Gentleman” Pelham, 
and probably with the same result. 
On the Wednesday, another Sweepstakes of 50 sovs would 
seem to hold out encouragement to Nutriment. 
For the Stamford Sr. Leger, iny choice is Weathercock. 
The Gold Cup to the representative of Lord Exeter’s 
stable. 
For the Ketton Stakes, mile and three quarters, for 
throe year olds, I confide In Phaeton. 
Nottingham Meeting commences on Thursduy. In tho 
Ronix IIood Stakes, Sylvia, Lady Alicia, and tho Epirus 
Filly, may chance to pay their respects to tho judgo, in the 
order I have named them. 
For the Nottingiiamsh ibe Handicap, with its 25 
acceptances, Jacqueline shall be my selection, with Cleveland 
for her attendant. For the off-chance Whalebone should not 
be overlooked. 
Sherwood Handicap. Freedom or the Surveyor. 
Chesterfield Handicap. Knight of St. George. 
The Castle Handicap. Domino. 
And for the Bunney Park Stakes Katorfelto ought to 
be first and Ethelbald second. Yours, Tory Peeps. 
Friday, July 14, 1854. 
Goodwood Cup. — The weights continue without alteration 
to the present time. 
Scratchings at Liverpool. — We subjoin the fol- 
lowing : — Ethelwolf und Determination, on the Gth 
inst., at 11.10 a.ra.; Glaucopis, Julian, The Norseman, 
Luinprocles, Erycthon, and filly by Touchstone out of Bee- 
wing, 2 yrs, on the 7th Ht 9 a.m. ; Rabgill out of both 
engagements, on the 8th, at 4 p.m. ; Monimla, out of 
Lancashire Oaks, on the 10th, at 9.30 a.m.; Morning Star 
and Lo Naif out ofTrainors’ Stakes, on the lltli, at 9 a.m. ; 
Lough Bawn out of Bentinck Memorial, ou the 11 tli.nto p.m. , 
Cuptain Cornish, Jack the Giant Killer, and Braxev, out of 
all engagements ut 5 p.m. on tho lltli ; Marc Antony out of 
tho Cup, and Sir Joseph Hawley’s fillies out of their engage- 
ments on the lltli ut half-past G p.m. ; Ulster out of the 
Cup on the 12th at 2. 15 p.m.; Indian Wurrior outof tlieCup, 
on the 12th at 2.55 p.m. ; and Ladybird, out of the Cup, at 
3 p.m. the same day. 
Horses Struck out of their Engagements. — 
Typeo out of Chesterfield Stakes at York, on the Gth instant; 
Ethelwolf out of Bcniinck Testimonial, and Determination 
out of Licensed Victuallers’ Plate, on tho Gth instant, ut 11.10 
a.m.; Qluucopis, Julian, The Norseman, Luinprocles, Eryc- 
tbon, uml Beeswing filly, two-yrs, out of all their engage- 
ments at Liverpool and Goorlwood, on the 7th inst., at 9 a.m. ; 
Heapy out of Liverpool Cup, on tho 7th instant, at 3.40 p.m.; 
Moniraia out of Lancashire Oaks, on tho 10th instant, at 
9.30 a.m.; all Mr. Copelund’s horses except Phylace out at 
Goodwood, on the lltli instant, at 1 p.m.; Aurora out at 
Goodwood, on the 1 ltli instant, at 9 a.m. 
Mr. Lister has sold The Knight of Gwynne to Mr. Thomas 
Groves, of Plumpton Hall, Harrogate. 
The annual general meeting of the Jockoy Club was held 
on Wednesday in the July Meeting (July 5). Present: 
Marquis of Exeter, Hon. F. Villieis (stewards) ; Mr. Payne, 
Hou. Capt. Lowther, Lord Maidstone, General Pcel^ and 
W. Wigram. The accounts for the past year were presented 
and passed. The Earl of Zetland was appointed steward of 
the Jockey Club, in place of the Marquis of Exeter, who 
retired by rotation. Mr. Gratwicke was appointed a mem- 
ber of the Bentinck Fund Committee, in place of the Earl 
of Zetland, who retired by rotation, but becomes again a 
member as steward of the Jocky Club. The committee for 
the ensuing year consists of— Mr. J. M. Stanley, Hon. F. 
Villiers, Earl of Zetland (stewards of the Jockey Club); 
Duke ot Rutland, Mr. Payne, Lord II. G. Lennox, and Mr. 
Gratwicke. 
J Lord Eglinton has bought a yearling colt by the Flying 
Dutchman out of Fantastic, by Touchstone, which has re- 
ceived the name of Glen Lee. 
Mr. Smith has named his chesnut colt by Uriel out of the 
mare by Falstaff, Vesuvius; and his brown filly by Uriel out 
of Flora Hastings, Lava. 
J. Godding lias been appointed private trainer to Mr. Mare, 
in the room of G. A. Bloss. 
Change op Quarters. — Mr. Walker’s horses, viz., Mrs. 
Birch, Tho Event, Cordelia, and Ilydaspes, havo arrived at 
Elliott’s stables, Richmond, Yorkshire. 
Ulster was sold on Thursday last, and has left Fobort’s for 
Wilkins’s stables at Aiutree. 
PROVINCIAL. 
Doncaster. — At the Wentbridge petty sessions, held on 
Monday, Mr. George Greaves, of Eimsull-hall, pretiding, 
William Stone, gamekeeper in tho service of tho Rev. T. 
Cator, of Skelbrooke-hail, was charged, at the instanco of 
tho Royal Society for the Pieveution of Cruelty to Animals, 
with having wantonly tortured a cat. From tho evidence it 
appeared that game-presorving was so rigorously carried on 
over the Skclbrooke estate, that it had become almost Impos- 
sible to keep a cat on any of tho farms in the neighbourhood. 
No sooner did an animal of this class wander a few yards 
from her master’s homesteud than she was ruthlessly shot 
down by the guns of Mr. Cator’s keepers. This hud been 
goiug on for some months pust, and the feline raeo promised 
to become well nigh extinct in the district, when, on the 
evening of tho Gth ultimo, Mr. Kitchen, a respectable farmer, 
while walking within a few yards of his own house, was 
startled by the report of a gun a few yards in advance of him. 
Looking over an adjoining fence, he saw his own cat wounded 
and crawling towards tho hedge, tho defendant standing near 
her and reloading his gun. Mr. Kitchen picked up the ani- 
inal, and was in the act of conveying it home, when the de- 
fendant followed, and with menaces and by force took tho cat 
from him. The defendant then whirled it round over his 
head, and, after striking it against his foot several limes, threw 
It on the ground and trod upon it, exclaiming, at the same 
time, that ho was prepared to serve in the same manner every 
other cat that wandered from its own doorstead. Mr. Forster, 
who appeared for the prosecution, informed the bench that 
the cat, when shot, was almost in a public road, and at least 
half a mile from the nearest game preserve. He hoped the 
Dench would bear in mind the circumstances under which the 
cruelty took place, aud the fact that with a person of less mild 
disposition than the owner of the cat had proved, tho most 
Oreadtiil consequences might have followed the keeper’s con- 
duct. In defence, Stone urged that he considered a cat a wild 
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animal, and that having been once attacked by such a crea- 
ture, lie felt himself justified in destroying it. Al'ier a few 
minutes consultation, the bench said they were unanimous 
in considering the charge of cruelty made out, and as the case 
presented some very bud features, the highest peualty utnlei 
the act, viz., £5 and costs, would be inflicted, with two months’ 
imprisonment in default of puymeut. An application by Mr 
”• E * S,ni ‘ h * solicitor, of Doncaster, on behalf of the owne. 
o 11,0 cat. 'or compensation, under the 4th section of tho Act, 
was granted, and tho defendant was ordered to pay £2 in ad- 
dition to the penalty. Tho Rev. Mr. Cator, who is a ma- 
gistrate of tho district, occupied a scat on the bench during 
the hearing of the case, ami more than once interrupted Mr. 
Forster in his opening observations. The reverend gentleman 
declared his intention of paying tho fine mid costs for tho de- 
linquent. 
Dudley. Tho final meeting of the ironmasters of this 
district for the current quarter wus held here on Saturday 
afternoon, when there was a general disposition to concur in 
tho pricos already declared. 
POULTRY. 
The progress of the incubution of the chicken in the natural 
way, is a subject curious and interesting. The hon ha> 
scarcely set on the ogg twelve hours boforo 6omo lineament.- 
of the head and body of tho chicken appear. The heart may 
bo seen to beat at the end of tho second day ; it bus, nt that 
time, somewhat tho form of a horse-shoe, but no blood yet 
appears. 
At the end of two days, two vesicles of blood arc to be dis 
tiuguished, the pulsation of which is very visible ; one of them 
is the left ventricle, and tho other the great artery. 
At tlio fiftieth hour, the auricle of the heart appears, re- 
sembling u noose folded down upon itself. The beating oi 
the heart is first observed in the uuricle, and aftorwurds in 
tho ventricle. 
At the end of seventy hours the wings are distinguishable; 
and on the head two bubbles are seen for the brain, ono for 
the hill, and two others for the fore and hind part of the head. 
Towards tho end of the fourth day, tho two auricles, tiheidv 
visible, draw nourer to tho heart than before. The liver 
appears towurds the fifth day. 
At the end of a hundred and twonty-ono hours, the fivst 
voluntary motion is observed. 
At the end of seven hours more, the lungs and stomach bc- 
como visible ; and four hours after this the intestines, the 
loins, and the upper jaw. 
At the hundred and forty-fourth hour, two ventricles are 
visible, and two drops of blood instead of the single ono which 
was seen before. 
The seventh day the brain bogins to have some consistency. 
At the hundred and ninetieth hour of incubution, the 
bill opens, and the flesh appears on the breast ; in four hours 
more tho bicast bone is seen ; and in six hours after this, tho 
ribs appear forming from the back, and tho bill is very visible, 
as well ns the gall-bladdor. The bill becomes green ut the uml 
of the two hundred and thirty-six hours ; and ft' tho chicken 
he taken out of its covering, it evidently moves itself. The 
feathers begin to shoot out towards tho two hundred and for- 
tieth hour, and tho skull becomes gritty. 
At the two hundred and sixty-fourth hour the oyes uppear. 
At the two hundred und eighty-eighth, the ribs are perfect. 
At the throe hundred und thirty-first, the spleen draws over 
the stomach and tho lungs to tho chest. 
At the end of three hundred und fifty-fivo hours, the bill 
frequently opens und shuts ; and at tho und of tho eighteenth 
day, the first cry of the chjeken is heard. It afterwards gets 
more strength nnd grows continually, till at longth it is cuubled 
to set itself free from its confinement. 
In the whole of this process, we must remark that every 
part nppcuis exactly at its proper time: if, for example, tho 
liver is formed on the fifth day, it is founded on the preceding 
situation of the chicken, and on the changes that were to 
follow. No part of the body could possibly appear sooner or 
later, without the whole embryo suffering ; and ouch of the 
limbs become visible at the fit moment. IIow astonishing 
must it uppear to an observing mind, that in the substance of 
the egg there should be all tho vital principle of an unlimited 
being ! that all the parts of an animal’s body should bo con- 
cealed in it, aud require nothing but heat to unfold and 
quicken them ; that the whole formation of a chicken should 
be so constant and regular; that exactly at the same time, the 
same changes will take place in the generality of egg > ! and that 
the chicken , the moment it is hatched , is heavier than the egg 
was before . Rural New’ Yorker. 
AGRICULTURE. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY’S MEETING 
AT LINCOLN. 
Tho annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of 
England commenced on Thursday week ut Lincoln, with tho 
trial of implements. The following was the programme of 
the week’s procedure : — 
Thursday, July 13. — Trial-yard open at twelve o’clock at 
noon ; tho public to be admitted, at ten shillings for each per- 
son, to view the trials of tho steam engines. 
Friday 14, Saturday 15, Monday 17, Tuesday 18. — 
Trial-yard open at nine o’clock in the forenoon ; tho public to 
be admitted on each day ut ten shillings for each person, to 
view the trials of the Sieain Engines, Burn Works, aud other 
Agricultural Implements, and machinery generally. 
Wednesday, 19. — The Implement Yard open to tho public 
from seven in tho morning till six in the evening ; admission 
2s. Gd. each person. The Judges to inspect the Livo Stork 
and award the prizes. At one o’clock the public to be admitted 
into the Cattle Yard, on the payment of 10s. each person, ut 
the special entrance. Members of Council and Governors of 
tho Society being admitted by tickets to be purchased at tho 
Financo Department of the Society nt t lie Show Yard. At 
eight o’clock in tho evening tho yard to he closed. The dinner 
of the society in the Pavilion adjoining the Show Yard, at 
four o’clock : open at threo. The Judges’ awards of prizes 
for Live Stock will be road. 
Thursday, 20. — The Cattle and Implement Yards open to 
the public from six o’clock in the morning, till six in the 
evening ; admission 2s. Gd. oach person. 
Friday, 21. — Tho Cattle and Implement Yurds open to the 
public from six o’clock in the morning, till »ix in the evening; 
admission Is. each person. General mooting of the members 
in the Guildhall, at ten o’clock, in the forenoon. 
The endorsed show-ground and buildings on the South Com- 
mon display methodical arrangement and completeness. Tho 
whole enclosure is 800 feet long by GOO wide ; the special 
entrance being on the west side, where there were two revolving 
2!!! # W . Uh j nd «*‘» attached, to noto tho number ol visitor* 
who entered tho yard. Tho Implement Yard 
whatVh^an 1 11116,1 U|> With l<>ng tdu,d *< " ud ambling some! 
..lie, vi. “PPearanco of a largo canvas town, the shede being 
all covered with canvas to prevent the ruin or sun from iu- 
rnrhu the implements. I.. this yard tliero ere 19 sheds, each 
;.?«.3I l | ° ng , , .“ ,,d . 30 fe0t wid ** fop ,he ’•eceptlnn of all kinds 
.t ugiicultural ,m pi,, , non , N . wh ,|„ (( , ttce( , „] 00K tho entlre wesl 
8hcrt for ‘be display of seeds. The Trial 
. ,| .1 ^ c 5 d 01 ‘ l ’ 10 60 »‘h side of the ono for Implements, 
the ana 1 r ? m 11 “ woodon partition similar in height to 
£S JT“. Cl0 ? Ur 5- V"* • vurd which is 350 feet long and 
ulneR in it * °’ S f° r tho purposo of trying tlio dlfforont cm - 
!l PI '° iHlf ° °/ , tbo j» d 8W. A now Couture this year 
vaiS to t o 8 n»Mi? 0f ,« 0 T ie, y >"• 11,0 ope»l»K of the trial- 
A1 , * ub,k wbll ° 11,0 ®"glnes oro ut work, it having 
In,, n closed on former yours while the judge, wore linmoollmr 
Ihe working of the various machine*. The Cnttlo Yard N 
TT d Tot/" 8 ' #W - of * b « ‘’■'Closure, and contains 17 
died-, each 252 f. ot long nnd 20 frut wide, for tho accommo- 
dation of cattle, horse-, pigs, See. Along tho entire side of ft 
running north and south, Is ashed fined up with 304 commo- 
dious cages, for the reception of poultry, with un iron rail in 
ront to prevent visitors from approaching too near to disturb 
the birds. Tlio cattle sheds ato also covered with canvas to 
protect the animals from (ho wcuihor. There is u division 
between this yard and that lor implements, which was taken 
down on tho second duy of exhibition, so ns to throw tin- two 
compartments into one spacious whole. Tho Dining Pavilion 
i* on tho north side. It is 11)0 foot long and GO foot wide, und 
constructed to dine comfortably 800 persona Tlio imorlor is 
- loguntly fitted up for a temporary hull. ling, and is lighted by 
i wo spacious windows, one ut eucli end, covered with coloured 
transparencies to rosemldc atuinod glass, the centre puno» hav- 
ing tlio initials ol the society in bciiutilul ornamental loiters. 
I hero l» h raised duis ut tlio uorih side for tho chairman und 
dislingiiishod visitors, and opposite ou tl.n south sldo is a 
smuller one for the vice-chairman nnd frlonds, Wlihln ihu 
enclosure tlioro aro numerous olllcos for the transaction of the 
society s business, all neatly filled up with ovary requisite for 
comfort and convenience. Wbdp the an angouiui.is for tlio 
exhibition ol stock, implements, Si e., uml the comfort of visi- 
tors were highly satisfactory, not less so were those for sup- 
plying tho cuttle with water. A resorvoir had been constructed 
ut the south-eastern corner of tho Common, containing 20,000 
gallons. It is supplied with puro ami wholesome water Iron! 
the spring on Cimwick-hlll-sido, ut tho rate of ten gallons per 
minute continuously. The height of the reservoir abovu the 
lovel of the site ul the show forces the water at ono eupply- 
end of tho pipe 18 feet high, and uuothoi 11. Fur the apply 
ol (ho engines tlio water requires to ho forced 20 foot high, 
and for this purposo a wooden cistern cupnhlo of holding GOO 
gallons had boon placed upon a tall fra. no over the reservoir, 
and from tlio reservoir tho cistern wus Oiled by moans of a 
pump. The water is conveyed to the show ground, a dis- 
tance of several hundred yards, in leaden piper, to that them 
is u continual supply. The resolution restricting tlio condition 
of the stock shown, wa-. abandoned. This wus ugretd to ut u 
general meeting of the members, held on the 22nd of May 
last. The report on this point suys: — ”Tlic council lust year 
appointed u committee to report Suggestions ou the subject of 
that over-fed condition of animals, which In many instances 
at previous meetings hud been animadverted upon os being 
inconsistent with tlieip vuluo lor breeding purposes. Tho ar- 
rangements, however, made by tliut cominiHOe liuvu not at- 
tained Ihe object in view. The disqualifications pronounced 
at Gloucester wero not eventually confirmed in every cu*o : 
animals apparently over-fed at the time having subsui|iiontly 
been proved to he breeding stock. Tho council liuvo, hereto- 
fore, reverted to the society’s original rule of pluclng on tlio 
judges of tlio show tho responsibility of awarding prizes to 
those animals which in their opinion are t lie hot adapted for 
tlio purposes of breeding.” Had Eurl Dude’s scheme, adopted 
lust your nt Gloucester, been persisted in, the shows of the so- 
ciety might probably have been irretrievably injured. 
Tlio city was decorated for tlio occasion in emulation of 
Exeter and Gloucester. Triumphal arclius wore erected iu 
various parts of tho city. One wus fitted up ut tho east end of 
Guildhall Street, another ut tlio South But, und a third In 
Pelham Street, ut St. Mary’s Bridge, aud u fourth neur S . 
Mark’s church. The Muyor’s house wus also dccorulcd. Th • 
Stonebow illuminated, and tlio Corn Exchange had an ornu- 
ineiital front. Mr. Fisher, of the Durham Ox,uud other inn- 
keepers also “ came out ” stylishly. 
List of Prizes. 
The plough best adapted for general puposes, 5/. ; Ransom" 
and Sims. 
The plough be*t adapted for ploughing more than 101 ii. dec >. 
61 . : J. and F. Howard. 
The best machine for making draining tiles or pipes for agr - 
cultural purposes, 5/.; Thomas Scrugg. 
The best cultivator, grabber, uml scarifier, 6/.; E. II. Bentall. 
The best drill for general purposes, 1 Of. ; ftichurd Hornsby nml 
Son. 
The licst corn and seed drill, 10/. ; ft. Hornsby and Sou. 
The best and most economical corn drill for small occupation-, 
51. : J. Smyth and Son. 
Tho best and most economical small occupation seed and tu - 
nure drill, for flat or ridged work, 5/. ; ft. Garrett und Son. 
The best turnip drill on the tint, with manure, hi. ; ft. Hornsby 
and Son. 
The bast turnip drill on the ridge, with manure, 6/. ; R. Hornsby 
nnd Son. 
The bast liquid manure or water drill, 51 . ; Hugh Canon. 
The best manure distributor. 10/.; T. Chambers, jun. 
The best horse-hoe on the flat, 51 . ; ft. Garrett and Sou. 
The best liorse-hoe for setting out or thinning turnips, 51. ; ft. 
Garrett and Son. 
The best reaping-machine, 20/. ; \V, Dray und Co. 
The best portable steam engine, not exceeding 8-borsc power, 
applicable to thrashing or other agricultural purpose#, 2(K ; 
Hornsby nnd Son. 
The second beet ditto, 10/. ; ftnnsoinr and Sims. 
The best fixed steam engine, not exceeding 10-hora- power, ap- 
plicable to thrashing or other agricultural purposes, 20/.; ft m- 
80inc and Sinn*. 
The .second best ditto, 10/. ; W. Drav and Co. 
The best portable thrashing-much iuc, not exceeding C-hor c 
power, fur larger occupation*, 10/. ; ft. Hornsby and Son. 
The heft portable thrashing-machine, uot exceeding t)-h>i 
power, with shaker, riddle, and winnower, that "ill •**‘t prepare 
the coni for the finishing dressing-machine, to be driven by sttiii;, 
20/.; Clayton, Shuttleworth, and Co. 
The beat fixe. I thrashiug-unu bine, not ex- .rduig J- horse pow r. 
with -baker, riddle, ami winnower, that "Hi best prepare ije 
com for market, to be drive,, by steam, M i Clayton, Dbut.le- 
wortli, nnd Co. . 
The beat com-drea»ing machine, 5/. 
The best grinding mill for breaking agricultural produce into 
meal, 5/. ; Clayton. Shuttleworth, and Co. 
