854 
THE FIELD 
THE BIRMINGHAM POULTRY SHOW, 1854 
T N addition to the PRIZES enumerated 
in the List issued on the 2Srd of February last 
the GENERAL PURPOSES COMMIIJEE ol 
the COUNCIL have resolved to offir I irst Iflzes 
of jL' 2, and Second Prizes of .CL for Single Cock 
Birds, of any age. of all tlie following vane lies, 
namely : — Dorking, Spanish, Cochin < Inna. Bramah 
Pootra. Pencilled Hamburgh. Spangled Ham- 
burgh. Game, and Polish; and that the same shall 
be entered under Letters A to II on the ordinary 
Certificates. ... . „ 
JOHN .MORGAN. Jun., Secretary. 
Offices— 3«. BennetlVhill. Uiruiingham, 
.September Oth, 1851. 
INSTATE in SWEDEN for SALE, 
I j situated in one of the finest and most fertile 
Provinces, near to the Western Lnke and Gotha 
Canal, consisting of about 1,200 Imperial Acres, of 
which about 400 are under cultivation, and the 
remainder (a great portion of whieh is easily im- 
provable) iu Pasture, Meadow, and Woodbind. 
There is ready and cheap facility for the trans- 
mission ot produce, by dolly steam-hoot communi- 
cation with Stockholm, Gothenburg, and other 
principal towns. 
For further particulars, apply to Messrs. C. A 
JONAS and Co., Merchants, 52, Graceohurcli- 
street, London. 
TO SPORTSMEN AND OTHERS. 
n EER for SALE.— To lie SOLD by 
PRIVATE SALE, in small or large J.ols, 
to suit purchasers, a considerable number of RED 
and FALLOW DEER, fro n one to six and seven 
ycurs old. and in good condition,— Apply by letter 
to Mr. RALSTON, Shirley wich, Stafford. 
D l CKWING BANTAMS for DIS- 
POSAL, the birds that took First Prizes nt 
llaker-street lust January; ulso some YOUNG 
BIRDS, bred from the same. The above are 
matchless.— To be seen by appointment at W. S. 
FORREST’S, Eagle CHIT. Greenhltlie, Kent. 
/ 1 RASS for IIORSES. — Gentlemen 
VJT having Horses to turn out can be accommo- 
dated within a mile of I ho Godstonc Stat on, and 
twenty miles from London. There is abundance 
of good Grass, Water, and Shed Room, with the 
best attention and euro. 5s per Week. 
Apply to THOMAS MOCKFORD, Bailiff to It. 
Green, Esq., Tundrldge, Surrey. 
CRYSTAL PALACE. 
T?REQUENT TRAVELLERS can IN- 
1’ SURE AGAINST RAILWAY ACCIDENTS 
by the Year, Terms of Years, or for the Whole ol 
Life, on application to the Booking Clerks at the 
principal Railway Stations, nnd nt the Office of the 
Railway Passengers’ Assurance Company, 3, Old 
Broad-street. 
WILLIAM J. VI AN, Secretary. 
ALLEN’S 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, 
CONTAINING SIZE. PRICE. AND DESCRIPTION OF UPWARDS OF 100 ARTICLES. 
/CONSISTING of PORTMANTEAUS. TRAVELLING RAGS, LADIES’ PORT- 
Vj M ANTE A US, DESPATCH BOXES. WRITING DESKS. DRESSING CASES, and other 
travelling requisites, forwarded on receipt of two stamps. 
Messrs. ALI.E s'S Registered Despatch Box and Writing Desk, their Travelling Bag (with the open- 
ing as large as the bag), nnd tho new Portmanteau containing four compartments, are the best articles 
of the kind ever produced. 
J. W. a T. ALLEN, 
MANUFACTURERS OF PORTABLE FURNITURE, & MILITARY OUTFITTERS, 
18 & 22, STRAND. 
CHAFF ENGINES AND CORN BRUISERS. 
RICHMOND AND CHANDLER'S CELEBRATED MANUFACTURE. 
IT M . DltAY ami Co. have always 
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a large Stock of these Machines, of 
nil sizes Steam Engines. Agricultural Im- 
plements of every description. Dairy Uten- 
sils. Stable Furniture, and Machinery of nil 
kinds, supplied from Stock, nud may be teen 
at Wm. DRAY & Co.’s 
■WORKS AND WAREHOUSES, 
Swan-lane, Upper Thames-street, 
(Losdon-uuiuok K'D.) 
Estimates furnished for Machinery, in- 
cluding Fixing, &c — Price Catalogue (con- 
sisting of 13G pages) forwarded on receipt of 
12 postage stamps. 
Wm. DRAY & Co., Manufacturers, Swan-lane, London. 
BANK OF DEPOSIT, 
No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. 
Established A.D. 1844. 
I D ARTIES desirous of INVESTING 
MONEY are requested to cxninine the Plan 
of this Institution, by which a high rate of Interest 
may be obtained With perfect security. 
Interest payable in January nnd July. 
l'KTER MORRISON, Managing Director. 
Prospectuses and Forms for opening accounts 
scut free on application. 
w 
WESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE and 
ANNUITY SOCIETY. 
3, PARLIAMENT-STREET, WESTMINSTER. 
Established 1842. 
DIOECIOUS. 
Henry Edgeworth Bicknell, Esq. 
T. Somers Cocks, Jun., Esq,, M I’. 
George Henry Drew, E 6 q. 
William Kvant, Esq. 
William Freeman, Esq. 
Francis Fuller, Esq. 
Joseph Henry Gondliart, Esq. 
Thomas G rissell, Esq. 
James Hunt, Esq. 
Edmund Lucas, Esq. 
Augustin Robinson, Esq. 
James l.ys Scngcr. Esq. 
John Blizlcy white. Esq. 
Joseph Carter Wood, Esq. 
ACTUAIIY. 
Arthur Scratchlcy, M A., F.R.A.S., 
Author of a "Treatise on Assurance Associations, 
Freehold Land uud Building Societies" Sto. 
Every variety of Policies granted on any number 
of lives, and to any amount. 
Endowments nud Annuities granted on equitable 
terms. 
No charge on Policy Stamps. 
Policies indisputable except in cases of fraud. 
Travellers, Mariners, and Emigrants assured on 
moderate terms. 
Creditors assured on tho lives of their debtors 
with special advantages 
The Second (,'uinqiienninl Division of Profits will 
take place at the close of the year 1854, of which 
parties assuring their lives by the Society's luble 
II will be entitled to three-fourths or 76 per cent., 
without partnership liability. 
All necessary forms, with every information ns 
to the mode of effecting Assurance, may be ob- 
tained either by letter or personal application to 
the Actuary. 
ACTIVE AGENTS WANTED. 
I OANS. — Persons desirous of obtaining 
J ADVANCES from £60 to 625D, upon ap- 
proved personal security, repayable by easy instal- 
ments, extending over a lengthened period, are 
invited to examine the principles of the BRITISH 
MUTUAL SUBSCRIPTION LOAN ASSU- 
RANCE CLASSES. Prospectuses, Reports, and 
every information, may be obtained on application 
at the British Mutual Life Office, 17, New Bridge- 
street, Blackfrinrs. Rules fid. each copy, or Is per 
port. CHARLES JAMES THICK li, 
Resident Secretary. 
T?ISII CULTURE by SCIENCE AND 
I ART. — BOCCIUS, the original successful 
promoter of Artificial Fish Culture, has his Patent 
Breeding Apparatus, made of Gutta Percha. ready 
for Sale and Delivery, nt Messrs. Thorn nnd Co.'s, 
Sole Manufacturers, No. 98. New ltond-strect, 
London. Mr. Boccius begs to inform the Nobility, 
Gentry, and the Public, that he eoutinues to make 
Surveys of rivers, streams, and ponds, on moderate 
terms, nnd gives directions and instructions for 
restoring and re-stocking the same after his econo- 
mical system. Fisheries can be re-stocked in one 
season, as the apparatus, although requiring but a 
small space, is capable of breeding out tens of thou- 
sands of salmon, trout, nud other lish. 
MESSRS. THRUPP 
I NVITE attention to tlieir improved Four-wheeled DOG-CART PHAETONS, now 
now in so much request, from the superior safety and capacity uf a vehicle on four wheels. The 
prices will be found mode rate for iJog-Carts, built to order, or selected from the superior stock, in 
different sizes and colours, kept at 209, OXFORD STUFF 1 ; where may also be seen Messrs. Tnni/rr's 
newly-invented SHAMROCK DOQ-CAItT, for small horses in England, India, or Australia. 
PRESERVATION of LIFE from 
JL DROWNING.— Simplicity nnd effiouoy com- 
bined.— We beg to coll the attention of Members 
of Royal Yacht Clubs, Pleasure-boat Parties, &c , 
to a sure safeguard in case of casualties on the 
water. Yachts and Pleasure-boats fitted to order. 
Also to our Nautilus Wnlstcont for the Protec- 
tion of Life, or for acquiring the noble Art of 
Swimming. 
TURNER and Co., 129, Strand, London. 
pi ELD’S WEDDING, BIRTHDAY, 
B and CHRISTENING PRESENTS, ut the 
great Bible Warehouse, 06, Regent-street, corner 
of Air-street. Splendid illu-irntcd large type 
FAMILY BIBLES for One Guinea, rich velvet 
Church Services, in lock case, lor 15s ; elegant 
Pocket Reference Bible, with mans, and rim, and 
olnsp, 1 0s. Gd. The complete Bible and Prayer, 
bound in morocco, with rim and clasp, 9s. Gd. Also 
the Bible and Prayers. 2 vols.. with clasp, for 
2s. Gd.. suitable for children. John Field has the 
largest, cheapest, nnd best stock iu the kingdom.— 
65, Regent-street. 
WEBSTER’S NATIONAL ACTING' 
* t DRAMA 
No. 191. THE DISCARDED SON. 
This edition contains nil the best Dramas of mo- 
dern times, by Sheridan Knowles, Buckstone, C, 
Mathews, Tyrone Power, Mark Lemon. J. u. 
lMnncluJ, T. H Bayly, B Webster. Mrs C. Gore, 
T J. Scrle, R, B. Peake. Bourolonult, Coyne, J. M 
Morton, T Morton, Poole, Kenney, Lovell, Mars ton, 
C. Dance. Lover. Bayle Bernard. Mrs S. C. Hall, 
Oxcnford, M. Barnett, T. Parry, Ac. Each Number 
is illustrated, nnd each Volume tins a highly-finished 
Portrait of a popular Author. Among the series 
will be found The Serious Family, the Wreck 
Ashore, Green Bushes, Rory O'M. ire, the Bridal. 
Oliv-r Twist. White Horse of the l\j»pers, Nicholas 
Nickleby, Mariicd Life, Grace Darling. Isaac Wal- 
ton, Dr. Dil worth. School for -caudal. King O'Neil. 
His Last J.egs. Victorine, Brian Boroohine, the 
Fortunes of Smike, Grandfather Whitehead, Cw<nr 
de Bn/, an, Peter Wilkins. Cricket on the I-lcnrtli. 
Old Heads and Young Hearts, Used Up, Hamlet, 
Sweethearts nnd Wives, Hearts are 'Trumps, the 
Vicar of Wakefield, Belphcgor the Mountebank. 
Tart u fib, the Stranger, the Ainu of Law, Mind 
vmir own Business, Slave Life, or Uncle Tom's 
Cabin, the Camp of Chohhum — Price rd. 
W S Johnson, Ol), St Martin'* lane. 
SARSAPARILLA nnd CHAMOMILE 
H RECTOR A IT VE PI1.IA for Purifying the 
Blood and Strengthening the Digestive Organs, 
ore suited for either sex, and will prove a certain 
cure for Indigestion, loss of appetite, dimness of 
sight, fainting fits, wasting of the flesh, languor, 
skin diseases, rheumatic nnd nervous affections, and 
all impurities of the blood arising from whatever 
ettnsc. By the diligent use of this purifying medi- 
cine the energies of t he whole nervous system will 
be augmented, a more powerful healthy action of 
even faculty produced, feebleness and all the 
deplorable symptoms of discuse will vanish, and 
strength and health be restored. They have also a 
specific action on the secretions and excretions, and 
assis; nature to expel from the system nil humours 
and impurities through the lungs, liver, kidneys, 
and skin— u.power possessed by no other medicine. 
I bey arc also especially calculated to cure scrofula, 
mercurial diseases, scorbutic eruptions gout, rheu- 
matism. pains in the bones, ulcers, sores, or any 
long-standing chronic mnludy. 1 hey will speedily 
cure the muny distressing diseases peculiar to 
women. 
Prepared by W. A. FRENCH, or at the Labo- 
ratory. 309. Holborn, two doors west of Chancc'V- 
ane. Price Is. IJd . 2s. 9d„ 4s. Gd.. and Us. per 
box. Either size cut free per post, on receipt of 
the price in each or stamps. 
HENRY PEAT, 
HUNTING SADDLER, 
14, OLD BOND-STREET, 
LONDON. 
tJTEVENS’ OINTMENT, the only sub- 
k ' stltute for Firing Horses, retains it' celebrity 
ns the most speedy and certain remedy for the 
Cure of all Diseases of Horses’ Legs, in which 
Firing was formerly had recourse to, without 
blemishing. 
Prepared by HENRY It. STEVENS (late of 
Newmarket), at Ids Infirmary. 8 a, Park-lane, Lon- 
don, where lie may he consulted in all ense* of 
Lameness in the Horse. Sold in Boxes, with full 
directions for use, 2s. Gd. each, or 3s. free by post ; 
also In As. and 10s. Boxes. 
Sold also by Barclay, 95, Farrngdon-street ; 
Ilunnny, G3, Oxford-street; Rogers, Newmarket; 
and all respectable Druggists. 
BY HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL LETTERS 
M AJOR’S REMEDIES for theHORSE, 
the best and most effectual ever discovered, 
superseding the “ burning iron” and the torture of 
“ cautery." 
MAJOR'S BRITISH REMEDY for the Cure of 
Ringbone, Spavins. Splints, &c. A single bottle 
sufficient to cure from four to six Spavins, price 
xi. ns. 
MAJOR'S SINOVITIC LOTION (the Remedy, 
No. 2), for Grogginess, Weak Joints, Sprains of the 
Back binews, Ruptures of the Sheaths of Tendons. 
Suspensory Ligaments, Shoulder Lameness, and 
In (lamination ; also for the cure and prevention of 
breaking down, &c. In bottles, large size. X'l. is.; 
small, 10s. Gd. each. The above invaluable reme- 
dies can now be forwarded to any part of the 
United Kingdom. Pre-payment, by Check or Post- 
office order, made payable to Joseph Major, Post- 
office, Charing-cross. 
Letters addressed to Joseph Major, Horse Infir- 
mary, British -yard, Cockspur-street. 
Agent for Newmarket, Mr. Thomas Dunning ; 
for Scotland, Messrs Gardner ami Ainslic, Edin- 
burgh; Mr. W. F Wells, chemist. 62 . Snckvillc- 
stroet, agent for Dublin; agent for Glasgow, Mr. 
W. A Preston, IG. Stoekwcll-strect, and 4t, 
Adelplii-street 
DEAFNESS. 
D eafness.— D r. manfred’s im- 
portant DISCOVER Y-the New Trent 
ment for instantly restoring Heuring without ope- 
ration. use of instruments, blistering, leeching, 
physicking, probing, syringing, or the usual absurd 
treatment One consultation is sufficient; a per- 
manent cure is guaranteed to any sufferer of forty 
or fifty years' duration. 
This truly wonderful discovery is known and 
practised only by Dr. 11. Manfred, w ho lias made 
diseases of the car his entire study both in hospital 
and private practice. The new treatment is applied 
by him daily on numbers of applicants with perfect 
success in every case, enabling persons to hear con- 
versation with ease and delight, and almost in- 
stantly removing those noises in the head urn) 
cars. Thousands of letters from persons cured, 
any of which may he seen. Dr. Manfred, Mcmbei 
of the Royal College of surgeons. Consulting Sur- 
geon in Diseases of the Ear only, will receive patients 
daily, from ten until live*, free of any charge, ex- 
cept In those cases where restoration of hearing is 
positively certain. Dr. Manfred, MR.C.S.. 72. 
Regent-street, London. 
NOTICE! (Entrance, first door in Air-street.)— 
Just published, free by post for eight stamps, a 
Method for Self Cure, tor couutry patients only. 
GUNS. RIFLES, AND REVOLVERS. 
T LANG has an extensive assortment 
• of Second-hand GUNS, by all the first 
London Makers, at half their original cost, which 
he has taken in exchange, in addition to his own 
superior GUNSand RIFLES, ns turned out by Hie 
late Joseph Manton, for the superior finish of which 
J. Lang obtained a prize-medal at the Great Exhi- 
bition. Hi flea on the most approved plan for the 
Conical Ball, for Dccr-shooling or long distances. 
Revolting I’istols on J. Lang’s own plan, ns also 
Dean and Adams', Colt's, &c. ; but a trial is re- 
commended before risking money or life. 
22 , Cockspur-street, London. 
TUESDAY'S SALE of HORSES. CARRIAGES. 
&c . BY AUCTION.— Upwards of 140 HORSES 
each week nt the 
( 1 REAT CENTRAL HORSE ami CAR- 
\ 7 Rf AGE REPOSITORY. ST. GEORGE'S- 
KOAD, LONDON.- Tub most Extensive Com- 
mission Madt in London. 
The Proprietor begs respectfully to inform the 
Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that the above 
Establishment Is open forcnirying on a legitimate 
Commission Business in the disposal of Horses, 
Carriages, &c., by Private Treaty, Daily. Also BY 
AUCIION, EVERY TUESDAY, commencing nt 
Twelve o'clock precisely, according to Conditions 
exhibited on the Premises, which have been built 
regardless of expense, w ith latest improvements 
for ventilation, drainage, &c. The Accommoda- 
tion and Attention are admitted to be superior to 
any similar Establishment in London; the situa- 
tion is central— at a junction of seven leading 
thoroughfares to all parts of the Metropolis, and 
One Mile from the Loudon Bridges. 
The Proprietor assures the l'ublio there is no 
dealing permitted by himself or any person con- 
nected with liis Repository, or misrepresentation 
of ownership of horses resorted to: thus the in- 
terests of both Buyers aud Sellers are equally and 
completely protected. 
Horses hikm from any of the London Railway 
Stations without any charge to the owner. 
It. D. ItEA, Proprietor. 
A choice of over ) no Horses, varied Daily, con- 
sisting of Hunters, H neks, Cobs, Harness Horses, 
Ponies, &c., also Carl and Van Horses, may bo 
inspected, nnd trials allowed for every purpose on 
the Premises, prior to Purchase. 
(Adjacent to the Elephant nnd Castle.) 
rpO COACHMAKERS, SADDLERS, 
l HARNESS MAKERS, and the Public — 
The GREAT CENTRAL HORSE and CAR- 
RI AGE REPOSITORY. ST. GEORGE'S-KOAD, 
LONDON, with spneious floors, galleries for Car- 
riages, Harness, &c., is now complete, nud well 
adapted lor the sale of tuoh. New Carriages nnd 
Harness sold at this mart arc not chargeable with 
rent or standing. It. D. REA, Proprietor. 
P S — Upwards of 100 horses are weekly on view 
and sale. Auctions every Tuesday. Sales 6 per 
cent. If not sold, 6s. for nuction expenses. 
CHARLES LENNY, 
Coach and Harness Manufacturer, 
20, NORTH END, CROYDON, 
] > EGS to call attention to liis Broughams, 
7 Clarences, Barouches, with his registered 
noiseless wheel-plate, thus shortening the distance 
between the wheels, and lessening the draught for 
the horse, allowing the wheels to lock quite under, 
nnd having high front wheels. 
O. L. has constantly on sale Cab and Driving 
Phaetons, Stanhope nnd single 11 orse ditto, Pony 
Carriages, nnd Park Plinetons. He nlso solicits 
nttention to liis Newport Pagnel and other Carts, 
either with panels or wickerw ork sides, nnd to his 
Bagot Cart, in panel or wickerwork, easy of access, 
and possessing nil the advantages of the Malvern 
Cart, but less expensive. 
He has also a large stock of Croydon Basket 
Carriages, cheap and elegant, nnd in every variety 
of shape, either for sale or building to order, with 
or without heads, to suit either the Shetland Pony 
or the Horse. 
C. L. would nlso invite an inspection of his re- 
gistered Phaeton in basket-work, suitable cither 
for one or a pair of ponies or horses. 
Carriages of all kinds let on hire for long or 
short engagements. 
BLACKWELL’S PATENTS for 
SADDLERY, HARNESS, See. Vulcanised 
India-rubber Springs for Saddle Straps, Girths, 
Rollers, Belts, &c.. 2s. Gd. each. Gutta Percha 
Dumb Jockeys, for Breaking Horses, Bitting, 
Exercising, &c. Spring reins for do., 12s. Gd. a 
pair. Patent Springs for bearing-reins, driving- 
reins, riding-reins, & c., recommended for Ladies* 
Bridles. Attached to both Bits nnd only one rein 
in hand. Patent Crib-biting Straps. Vulcanised 
Web, Fetlock, Speedy Cut, and Leg Boots. At the 
Patentee's Saddlery and Harness Manufactory, 
259, Oxford-street, near the Marble Arch; South- 
west Gallery, Crystal Palace ; and of all Saddlers. 
Licences granted for France, Belgium, Holland, 
and other Continental States : or the three Patents 
to be disposed of for those Countries. 
r DMIE BUCEPHALUS NOSEBAND.— 
B. A simple and easy remedy for hard-pulling 
horses, rendering inveterate borers tractable and 
light in hand. Suitable to any curb-bridle. Ex- 
tensively patronised by the officers of her Ma- 
jesty's cavalry, the sporting world, &c., and 
strongly recommended for ladies' use. Price, for 
saddle-horses, 8s.; for harness-horses, 12s. Sent 
(post free) on receipt of a money order, payable at 
i he Piccadilly Post-office, to \N itiiam M Btwateb, 
Saddler, & c . 99. Piccadilly. London.— None are 
genuine unless stamped— '* Bywateb, London.” 
SEWAGE CHARCOAL MANURE. 
r I ''Ills highly fertilising MANURE, 
I which is Peat Charcoal, completely saturated 
with London Sewage, will be found most efficient 
for every species of crop, more especially for Peas. 
Beans, Turnips. Mangold Wurzcf, and other root 
Tops. It will produce a greater return for the 
outlay than Guano or any other manure at nil 
equivalent va'uc ; it also possesses the property of 
retaining its fertilising power longer than oilier 
Manures now in use. It maybe obtained at the 
'EM’ AGE MANURE WORKS, f-tanley-bridge. 
Fulham, nt £4 per ton, nnd, in quantities less than 
half a ton, nt 5s. per cwt„ for ready money only ; 
and In quautitics not less thnn a ton will he deli- 
vered at the Loudon Termini of the Railroads free 
of charge for carriage. It may also be had from 
Messrs. G. GIBBS and Co., No. 20, Down-street, 
Piccadilly, Agricultural Seedsmen, Agents lor 
London ; and Irom ull flic other Agents of the 
Company. 
