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the field. 
' -i^Ti^Tprize of 
Mr. Ford, 'Vialiford. charlea Plowden, shepherd 
Third ditto, a prize of £h 
to Mr. E. Waters, Stratford-aub-Cartle. 
t RAN a>d Breeding Stock. 
£5 ,° non. Sidney 
the bi. y ^ ^j 8 possession mno months, 
h! Water, MM 
C DlL S -A Premium given hy Lord Folkestone, to the 
£«/« member! who shall produce the best Bull, Cow, and 
Offspring, all from the same dairy, a piece of Plate, value £5, 
value £5. No °“ ro P 0fcltlo ^^„ bv J ' Sir E ^trobue, Bart., 
under one year old, a piece of 1 late, value *o. 
riven bv T. Assheton Smith, Esq., 
ami wv 6 teeth, from a breeding Flock exceeding 300 Eu es 
^^^^ix^-teeth^nndTix ^tc^th) rom a breeding Flock 
S MraifcX ss as A f o 
Si .ttrt;^%£353S 
or^oVnTontS.l^ “W"> too good ‘ 
ccerfttm 300 Ewes, the whole to hr kept on for Stocky % piece of 
Plate value £5 to Mr. George Sutton, Winterbourne. 
Cl Js 1 o!-1a Premium given by Mr Bennett to the owner 
(a member), being the Breeder of the Twenty host Doa n 
Chilver Tegs, from a Flock above 300 breeding Ewes, a piece 
of Plate value £10. to Mr. S. Dear, Duruford. 
JS.11.-A Premium giveu by Mr. Bennett to the owner 
(a member), being the Breeder of the Twenty best Down 
ChBverToRB from a Flock under 300 Ewes, a piece of Plate, 
vdui £5, to Sr Henry Bennett, Chernton Farm, near 
"'cto’T-A Premium given by Sir T H. . Batbumt B art 
to the owner (a member), being the Breedei ofthe brat 
Southdown Ram above one year old a 
competition. — Highly commended, Mr. J. Moore Eitt ^ot 
Class 13. — A Premium given by H. Dauby Seymour Esq 
M.P., to the owner (a member), being the ^N^onmnetition 
Southdown Ram, under one year old ; £5. No compet 
— Commended, Mr. J. Moore, Littlecot. 
Down ltam, above one year old, a piece of Plate value £5, to 
Mr. J. Moore, Littlecot. , _ _ . \r p 
Class 15.— A Premium given by T. Barm^ E8q., MT., 
the owner (a member), being the Breeder °f th Q <best Hamp- 
ahire Down Ram under one year, a piece of Plate value £5, 
to Mr. W. Taunton, Redlynch. . ;=« Pan 
Class 16.— A Premium given by F. J. E. Jervoise, Esq., to 
the owner (a member) of the best Boar, kep ^/°p 1 ^ < *^ 
the use of the Public at 10s. per Sow, a piece of Plate, value 
£3, to Mr. Harris, Teffont. . . ,v 
Class 17.— A Premium given by A. Mormon, Esq, to the 
owner (a member) of the best Sow, which lias produced one 
or more litters and kept on for Breeding, a piece of Plate, 
value £5, to Mr. Freemantle, Houghton. 
Class 18.— A Premium given byJ. H. Camphell Y y P^.^’ 
Esq., to the owner (a member) of the best Mare J or ^gTicul- 
tural Purposes, and which has been in possession of t ho owner, 
nine months, a piece of Plate, value £5, to Stephen Mills, 
E ciarn 19. - A Premium giveu by W. J. Chaplin, Esq-, M.P., 
for the beat Stallion for Agricultural Purposes, which shall 
be kept by the owner (a member) for Stock, and shall bo at 
the use of the members of this Society at 21s. per Mare and 
2s. 6d. the groom, a piece of Plate, value £o, to Mi. Budd» 
Stoneham Farm. 
EXTRA STOCK. 
Commended— Mr. Pain, Houghton, three fine wether 
sheep. 
The Games of the New Zealanders. — Young persons 
have a great variety of games, some of them not unlike those 
of European children. I may mention one in which a string, 
tied together at both ends' is passed over tho hands and 
fingers in a way to form a variety of intricate figures, anglice 
“ eats'-cradles." Poroteteke is the name of a game in which 
boys are the actors. Several having arranged themselves in 
a row, suddenly, at a given signal, stand on then- heads, and 
then move their legs about in the air, kicking the heels 
against a buttock to the time of a song, m which they all 
join. It is a sort of war dance on the head, and lias so lu- 
dicrous an appearance, that no one who saw it performed 
could refrain from laughing. Their other favourite pastimes 
are fifing kites, throwing reed spears, running races, walking 
on stilts, wrestling, and mimic contests In these contests 
however, they never strike a blow with the hand or fist » but 
leaping at them opponent, kick at lam with the wle of the 
foot. In this mode of assault they are very expert, dealing 
knock-down blows with tlic heel about the stomach and 
chest which might astonish a member of the prize-ring. 
Hhortlandt Tradition* and tiaperetitions of the Hew Ma- 
Umdcre. 
im COUfiTRY HOUSE. 
In this department we propose to arrange the in-door 
amusements and occupations of the country; and we hope 
that we shall have in this the encouragement, and even the 
a Stance of the ladies. Necessarily, the greater port, on 
of tlm department will have reference and be interesting to 
them • and we know that there are not a few who would gw e 
a great amount of useful information on many of the tomes 
that will here find a place. We, therefore, ask die ladies 
of the country-house to become our correspondents, mul 
through this medium to communicate to one another the 
information they have acquired upon all household matters, 
in which they feel that they can teach or he t aught. 
THE LIBRARY. 
To know the true value of books, a man must live out of 
town. The library is tho most luxurious room in the 
Country house. Everything within it has an aspect of 
peace, and subdues the mind to calmness and contempla- 
tion. The light of the clear blue sky, stealing in at the 
windows, is toned down to a soft grey by the sober brown 
of the ranks of books upon which it rests-and is not re- 
flected. The footstep is not heard upon the thick carpet 
that tells of warmth and comfort. The volumes Chat clothe 
the walls are silent friends, whose affection never fails, and 
for whom our love grows with our years. Then the rich 
odour of old bindings and leaves that time has tarnished, 
but cannot destroy ; tho broad massive table, strewn dis- 
orderly but not untidily, with a miscellaneous gathering of 
intellectual attractions ; the last Quarterly Review the 
new magazine, with its leaves partially cut, the literary 
journal, the newspaper, interspersed among hooks open 
and closed, which, if the visitor will inspect, lie will hud to 
be as various as the topics of the Review ; the new 
novel, the latest history, the tmvels that are talked about, 
the book of the season or of the day. lo tempt lum 
to read, there is a luxuriously easy char, before a 
fire bright with a flaming log, and maps offering rea- 
diest references to the studenl, and perhaps, a lew— very 
fe W — busts of the favourite authors of the owner 
standing upon pedestals in nooks and corners. In town, 
people have too many occupations to permit them to read 
much ; they only talk about hooks, they do not peruse them. 
But in the country the parcel (hat brings the latest issues 
from the bookseller is eagerly opened, its contents are 
curiously examined, whatever i attractive is seized upon 
and reallv read. 1 1 is one of the many mistakes made by 
publishers, in common with mo»t dwellers m the metropolis, 
to contemplate London as if it a cre the world : to assume 
that "the season” there is the only time when there are 
book buyers and book readers, and, therefore, to produce 
their best works just when, in truth, they are not likely 
to he read, because there are no firesides, no evenings, 
and the world of London is plunged into a whirl of 
pleasure by day and hy night, that leaves no time for 
any other occupation, and especially unfits the excited 
mind for reading. But, in the country house, reading is 
one of the amusements; everybody reads more or less. 
Nor is this all; it is by the country houses that books arc 
bought. In towns, everybody borrows lus books, and one 
copy supplies the needs of fifty readers. In the country, it 
is difficult to borrow, and the book desired is bought. 
Hence, the best patrons of the publishers are the country 
houses. Besides, almost every person living in the country 
is a member of a book-club, and in this shape also a consider- 
able book buyer. . .. 
Now we, who have spent a great portion of our lives in 
the country, and know its needs, remember well how wel- 
come to us would have been a short but faithful guide to our 
library: how acceptable a journal, such as The Field is to 
be, which should not only collect for us every kind of infor- 
mation relating to country life, its pursuits and pleasures, hut 
should honestly tell us, week by week, what new books ap- 
pear, which it would advise us to buy, or to order in our 
book-club. And the Indies of the family, in the country, 
are especially desirous of being informed what new novels 
they might place upon the list, to be applied for at the cn- 
cidating library. . 
It is the design of The Field to devote a portion of 
the department which it purposes to term the Country 
House, to that most pleasant room in it, the Library, 
and to supply to its readers the impartial intelligence 
required there ; not by long reviews of books, except 
on rare and special occasions, but m the shape of a 
short article of news, briefly informing them, as a matter of 
intelligence, what new books have made their appearance, 
what they are about, what is their value, and it they are 
worth buying or borrowing. This will be done in a familiar 
manner, as a friend in London would answer the en- 
quiry of a friend in the country ; and we trust that this, 
among other matters in which they are interested, and 
which we purpose to cater for them in tins department, 
will recommend The Field to the regards of its readers, 
and make it the favourite of the country ladies as well as of 
the country gentlemen. 
The war has so absorbed the public mind that 
prudent publishers are withholding the issue ot their 
pruaent puimouem 0 
new books until the present excitement has somewhat sub 
sided. Hence there is very little to report for the library 
and tho book-club. The works that do make their appear- 
once have reference chiefly to the war, or to subjects con- 
nected with it. We are deluged with descriptions of Russia 
and Turkey, by travellers who furbish up their memories of 
visits paid long ago, in hope to supply the present demand. 
But we suspect that the market is already overstocked and 
that publishers are already tired both of the numbers of the 
"War Books,” as they are called, and at tho worthlessness 
„f most of them. Lord Carlisle’s “ Tour is the best of tho 
books of this class which has lately made its appearance, and 
it is well worthy of a place in the library, for las lordship 
had unusual opportunities for observation. He is an observant 
man. and, upon the whole, impartial— his failing, if it be one, 
being to lean too much to the bright side of tlnugs and per- 
sons. But it is a charming volume, nevertheless. Novels 
have shared in the general depression, and very few have 
been sent forth of late. The best of the recent ones comes 
from America— Mtb. Stephens's “ Fashion and Famine," which 
those who have not yet read ought to read, and it can be bought 
fora billin g. “ The Curate of Overton" has attracted some at- 
tention ; perhaps, because it is violently controversial, being 
throughout an attack upon the Roman Catholics. We can- 
not but regret that fiction should thus be made the medium 
for sectarian strife and bitterness. Argument is the proper 
weapon for disputants. One of the most amusing hooks of 
travel we have read for a long time has just been published 
by Mr B. St. John. It is an abridged translation of tho 
" Travels of an Arab Merchant in Loudon," and contains 
some extremely curious accounts of the manners and cus- 
toms ofthe people of Durfur, a country in the interior of 
Africa, which has been visited by only one European as a 
traveller. We recommend this volume as an acceptable one 
to the book-olub. This is all to he reported of the present 
week ; but-, as Christmas approaches, there will doubtless be a 
larger issue of new books to engage our attention. 
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. 
Colleoe of Domestic Economy.— A new description of 
college, under this designation, has been opened ill Devon* 
shire-street, Portland-place. On Thursday a series of lec- 
tures was commenced by Mr. G. Read, who took for his 
subject “ the general usefulness and application of cooking 
to our physical necessities and domestic enjoyments. The 
lecturer in his address showed that the knowledgo of the 
culinary art hy a woman was indispensable to the happiness 
of the home where she presided, and that it was no degrada- 
tion fur a wife, however high her station, to know how to 
manage her own household. The audience was composed 
almost entirely of ladies. 
Manners and Customs in the Eighteenth Century.— 
Some ladies took their footmen with them into their box at 
the play ; others married actors, and their noble fathers 
declared they would have more willingly pardoned their 
daughters had they married lacqueys rather than playGva. 
A daughter of the Earl of Abingdon married Gallmi the 
ballet-master, of whom George 111. made a “Sir John ;" and 
Lady Harriet Wentworth did actually commit the madness 
of marrying her footman, — a madness that had much method 
in it. This lady, the daughter of Lord Rockingham, trans- 
acted this matter in the most business-like way imaginable. 
She settled a hundred a year for life on her husband, bnt 
directed her whole fortune besides to pass to her children, 
should she have any ; otherwise, to her own family. Sho 
moreover " provided for a separation, and ensured the same 
pin-money to Damon, in case they part. Sho gave away all 
her fine clothes, and surrendered her titles : “ linen and 
gowus,” she said, “ were properest for a footman s wife ; and 
she went to her husband’s family in Ireland as plain “Mrs. 
Henrietta Sturgeon." The Duchess of Douglas, in 1765, 
having lost a favourite footman rather suddenly in Paris, she 
had him embalmed, and went to England, with the body of 
“ Jeauies" tied on in front of her chaise. “ A droll way of 
being chief mourner,” says Walpole, who adds some droll 
things upon the. English whom lie encountered in journey- 
ing througli France. When half a mile from Amiens, lie met 
a coach and four with an equipage of French, and a lady in 
peagreen and silver, a smart hat and feather, and two 
suirantes. — Dr. Doran's Halits. 
Something for Winter— N ettles arc an excellent vege- 
table. This extraordinary spring vegetable production, of 
which few know the value, is at Once phasing to the sight, 
easy of digestion, and at a time of the year when greens are 
not to be obtained, invaluable as a purifier of the blood; the 
only fault is, they are to be had for nothing ; it is a pity 
that children are not employed to pick them, and sell them 
in market towns. The way to cook nettles is thus given 
Wash them well, drain, put them into plenty of boiling 
water with a little salt, boil for twenty minutes or a little 
longer, drain them, put them on a board and chop them up ; 
and either serve plain, or put them in the pan with a little 
salt, pepper, or a bit of butter, or a little fat and gravy from 
a roast ; or add to a pouud two teaspoonfuls of flour, a gill 
of skim milk, a teaspoonful of sugar, and serve them with or 
without poached eggs. This dish may be had during five 
months in the year, for even when the plant grows rank the 
tops are tender. Nettles may also be used for making a 
kind of tea, which, we are informed, is very refreshing and 
wholesome. Mangel-wurzel is another neglected vegetable ; 
its young leaves, dressed like nettles, are extremely good. 
The common weed, too, called tho sweet dock, makes a 
capital dish when it is boiled with one third of nettles and 
u little carbonate of soda. When done, strain them, and to 
about one pint-bason full, and one onion sliced and fried, a 
sprig of parsley, a little butter, pepper, and salt ; put into a 
stew-pan on the fire, stir, aud gradually add a handful 
of oatmeal ; when you think the meal has been sufficiently 
boiled, dish up, and serve as a vegetable. — Chambers's 
Journal. , 
Contrivances for Window Flower-beds. — The thing 
really required has not yet been invented, at least I have 
not seen any advertisements on the subject. The object 
to be attained is to provide space for a little flower-bed 
extending all along the outside of the window, and project- 
ing ns far out as the taste of the amateur gardener may 
suggest- This bed should be filled with fine leaf mould, aud, 
if planted with bulbs in the winter months, and geraniums 
in the summer, would become a very pretty object, affording 
a constant subject of interest and employment to the ladies 
of the family. A large slab of stone, or slate, should first bo 
firmly set, and on this a bed might be formed of tiles of 
earthenware or terra cotta expressly made for tho purpose. 
The tiles might be made in pieces, so as to be capable of 
fitting to window-sills of any size : Borne should be flat, others 
at right angles to form the sides, and the outside tile3 should 
have holes, or a gutter terminating in a hole, conveniently 
placed, to allow of the surplus water draining off. Iron 
castings should be adapted to the support of these tiles, so 
that when all wore laid there should be a firm flower-bed of 
not less than say Bix inches in depth. Might not a thriving 
branch of industry spring up in the Bupply of those flower 
beds, to assist in gratifying so universal a taste as a fondness 
for flowers? — Correspondent of the Builder. 
“I say, Frank," said a fast guardsman to another at Alnin, 
“ this is something I A Russian is a better mark than a 
partridge !” “ Yes, that’s > all very true— but a partridge 
dosen't shoot at you again ! ’ . 
A butcher in Queen-street, Limerick, has a musical pip 
which rushes out in its style every time it hears tho hand of 
the American Circus, aud follows it through the streets, 
On Tuesday evening last it followed the baud of the 72uu 
Highlanders from Queen-street to George-street. If the 
door should he closed against it when it bears the music 
it makes violent efforts to burst through it and got out. 
