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THE COTTAGE GARDENER 
December 19 
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Class 7 .— Silver-spangled Hamburgh. —For the best Cock and 
three Hens exceeding one year old.—160. First prize, The Rev. Frederick 
Cartwright, Oakley, Thame. 157. Second prize, Mrs. William Beach, 
Monument Lane, Birmingham. 1/2. Third prize, Mr. James Whilock, 
15, High-street, Birmingham. (This class meritorious) 
Class 8 .— Silver-spangled Hamburgh. —For the best Cock and 
three Bullets, Chicken of 1854.—220. First prize, Mr. Josiah B. Chune, 
Coalbrookdale. 188. Second prize, Mrs. Dixon, North Park, Horton, 
near Bradford, Yorkshire. 180. Third prize, Mrs. Thomas L. Fcllowes, 
Beighton Rectory, Acle, Norfolk. Commended. — 204. Mr. Joseph 
Symonds, Gorwell, near Dorchester. (This class meritorious.) 
Class 9.— Polish Fowl (Black, with White Crests).—For the best 
Cock and three Hens, exceeding one year old.—241. First prize, Mr. 
Thomas Panton Edwards, Railway Station, Lyndhurst, Hampshire. 237* 
Second prize, Mr. George C. Adkins, West House, Edgbaston, Bir¬ 
mingham. 245. Third prize, Mr. Thomas Panton Edwards, Railway 
Station, Lyndhurst, Hampshire. 
I Class 10.— Polish Fowl (Black, with White Crests).—For the best 
Cock and three Pullets, Chicken of 1854.—250. First prize, Mr. E. B. 
Guest, Ivy House, Broadwas, Worcestershire. 257. Second prize, Mr. 
Thomas Battye, Brownhill Upper Mill, Holinbridge, near Huddersfield. 
248. Third prize, Colonel Clowes, Froxmer Court, near Worcester. 
Class 11.— Polish Fowl (Golden).—For the best Cock and three 
Hens exceeding one year old.—264 First prize, The Silver Vase, 
1 Joseph Conyers, 42, Boar Lane, Leeds. 260 Second prize, Robert H. 
Bush, Esq., Litfield House, Clifton, near Bristol. 2G7 Third prize, 
Cyrus Clark, Street, near Glastonbury. 
I Class 12.— Polish Fowl (Golden).—For the best Cock and three 
! Pullets, Chicken of 1854.—273 First prize, Mrs Mills, Bisterne, near 
Riugwood, Hampshire. 276 Second prize. The Rev. Richard Greenall, 
Grappenhall, Cheshire. 293 Third prize, Thomas Masser, Sawrey Place, 
Bradford, Yorkshire. 
Class 13.— Polish Fowl (Silver).—For the best Cock and three Hens 
! exceeding one year old.—304 First prize, George C. Adkins, West House, 
. Edgbaston, Birmingham. 300 Second prize, Miss Emily Breavington, 
Heston, Middlesex. 307 Third prize, Cyrus Clark, Street, near Glaston- 
I bury. 
Class 14.— Polish Fowl (Silver).—For the best Cock and three 
Pullets, Chicken of 1854.—327 First prize, P. Jones, Iligh-street, 
Fulham, London. 317 Second prize, Edward William Haslewood, 
Bridgnorth. 325 Third prize, William Barker, Crowle, Worcester. 
Commended.—315 William Cox, Esq., Brailsford Hall, Derby. 326 
Robert Chase, Moseley-roud, Birmingham. 
• Class 15.— Polish Fowl (Of any other variety).—For the best Cock 
! and three Hens exceeding one year old.—331 First prize, Miss Vivian, 
I Singleton, Glamorganshire (White). 330 Second prize, Miss E. Eden, 
Bryn, near Swansea (Blue). 334 Third prize, Henry Churchill, Gloucester 
' (White-crested White). 
Class 16 .— Polish Fowl (Of any other variety).—For the best Cock 
| and three Pullets, Chicken of 1854.—338 First prize, W. Graham Vivian, 
, Esq., Singleton, Glamorganshire (Yellow). 337 Second ditto, Mrs 
Vivian, Singleton, Glamorganshire (Laced). (Third prize withheld.) 
Class 17-— Spanish. —For the best Cock and three Hens, exceeding 
one year old.—340 First prize, The Silver Vase, Mrs Stow, Brcdon, 
near Tewkesbury. 357 Second prize, Thomas Cole, Lord’s Wood Road, 
High Ilarborue, near Birmingham. 351 Third prize, Joseph Allison, 
Friar’s Place, Acton, Middlesex. Highly Commended.—344 George 
j Botham, Esq., Wexham Court, Slough, Buckinghamshire. 3/3 William 
Plummer, Brislington, near Bristol. Commended.—349 Michael Potter, 
I Prestwicli, near Manchester. 366 Edward Simons, Dale End, Bir- 
| mingham. 367 Arthur Allison, Friar’s Place, Acton, Middlesex. 369 
j Edward Simons, Spcedvvcll-road, Birmingham. 
Class 18.— Spanish. —For the best Cock and three Pullets, Chicken of 
1854.-398 First prize, Joseph Rake, Bristol. 404 Second prize, 
William Saunders, Egypt Cottage, Cowes, Isle of Wight. 430 
i Third prize, William Plummer, Brislington, near Bristol. Highly 
Commended.—382 Mrs Stow, Bredon, near Tewkesbury. 388 Mr 
John Harrison, jun., Snelston Hall, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. 391 
! George C. Adkins, West House, Edgbaston, Birmiugham. Com- 
j mended.—3/9 Mrs Stow, Bredon, near Tewkesbury. 386 James 
Bell, Woodhouselees, Canonbie, Carlisle. 390 James Bell, Wood- 
| houselecs, Canonbie, Carlisle. 400 Peter Eden, Cross Lane, Salford, 
j 401 Thomas Cole, Lord’s Wood Road, High Harborne, near Bir¬ 
mingham. 405 Richard Cox, Highfield Road, Edgbaston, Bir¬ 
mingham. 424 William Plummer, Brislington, near Bristol. 
Class 19 .— Dorking (Coloured).—For the best Cock and three Hens 
, exceeding one year old.—52 First prize. The Silver Vase, The Rev. 
j Stephen Donne, Oswestry. 466 Second prize, Edward Lister, Esq., 
I Cassia Lodge, Northwich, Cheshire. 433 Third prize, The Lady Eleanor 
I Cathcart, Cooper’s Hill, Chertscy, Surrey. Highly Commended.—437 
Mrs Thomas Townley Parker, Astlcy Hall, Chorley, Lancashire. 477 
Edward Lister, Esq., Cassia Lodge, Northwich, Cheshire. Commended. 
—441 Miss Elizabeth Steele Perkins, Sutton Coldfield (Speckled). 444 
Mrs Donne, Oswestry. 450 The Reverend Frederic Thursby, Abington, 
near Northampton. 458 William J. Drewry, Newton Mount, near 
! Burton-upon-Trcnt. 
Class 20.—Dorking (Coloured).—For the best Cock and three Pullet?, 
J Chicken of 1854. — 533 First prize, Mr Henry Smith, The Grove, Crop- 
j well Butler, near Bingham. (Single-combed.) 507 Second prize, Mrs 
I George C. Adkins, West House, Edgbaston, near Birmingham. 529 
j Third prize, The Rev. James Boys, Biddcnden, Kent. Highly Corn- 
| mended.—486 The Lady Evelyn Stanhope, Bretby Hall, 490 The 
; Right Honourable Lord Berwick, Cronkhill, Shropshire. 498 Mrs 
Townley Parker, Astlcy Hall, Chorley, Lancashire. (Grey.) 503 Miss 
Steele Perkins, Sutton Coldfield. (Speckled.) 513 Mrs Mason, The 
Old Hall, Great Barr. 522 The Rev. Stephen Donne, Oswestry. 
541 Mr James Bell, Woodhouselees, Canonbie, Carlisle. 580 Mr 
William Wright, West Bank, Widnes, near Warrington, Lancashire. 
(Grey.) 588. Edward Lister, Esq., Cassia Lodge, Northwich, Cheshire. 
Commended. — 497 Townley Parker, Esq., Astley Hall, Chorley, 
Lancashire. (Grey.) 509 Mrs Hanbury, Thorn Bank, Leamington. 
600 Mr Edward Gwynn, Wem, Shropshire. 601 Messrs. Thomas 
Ullock and Daniel Harrison, Kendal, Westmoreland. 602 Mr William 
Smith, May’s Hill Farm, Henlcy-in-Arden. (The whole class very 
meritorious, and deserving the highest commendation.) 
Class 21 .— Dorking (White).—For the best Cock and three Hen* 
exceeding one year old.— 607 First prize, Mrs Jennens, Moscly, near 
Birmingham. Q13 Second prize, Mr Charles Edwards, Brislington, near 
Bristol. 6l0 Third prize, Mrs Jennens, Moscly, Birmingham. Highly 
Commended— Mrs Mills, Bisterne, Itingwood, Hampshire. 
Class 22.— Dorking (White).—For the best Cock and three Pullets, 
Chicken of one year old.—623 First prize, Francis James Coleridge, Esq., 
Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire. 616 Second prize, The Right Honourable 
the Countess of Dartmouth, Patshull, near Shiffnal. 630 Third prize, 
George Barker, Madresficld, Worcestershire (Double-Combed). 615 
Highly Commended—His Grace the Duke of Sutherland, Trentham 
Hall, Staffordshire. 
Class 23. — Cochin-China (Cinnamon and Buff).— For the best Cock 
and three Hens exceeding one year old.— 641 First prize, The Silver 
Vase, Mr Charles Punchard, Blunt’s Hall, Haverhill, Suffolk. 653 
Second prize, William Beuch, Monument Lane, Birmingham. 658 
Third prize, George Meakin, Burton-upon-Trent. 
Class 24. — Cochin-China (Cinnamon and Buff). — For the best 
Cock and three Pullets, Chicken of 1845.—737 First prize, Thomas 
Burnett, Hutton, near Preston, Lancashire. 737 Second prize, Thomas 
Smith, Stableford, near Bridgnorth. 673 Third prize, Mrs Herbert, 
Powick Worcestershire. Highly Commended. —682 The Rev. George 
Gilbert, Chedgravc, near Loddon, Norfolk. 686 Alfred Sturgeon, The 
Elms, Grays, Essex. 713 Alfred Sturgeon, The Elms, Grays, Essex. 
667 Mrs Herbert, Powick, Worcestershire. Commended.— 690 John 
Mcll, Hcssle, near Hull. 698 Joseph S. Stock, Bourn Brook, near 
Birmingham. 663 The Right Honourable Lord Berwick, Cronkhill, 
Shrewsbury. 670 Mrs William Wright, West Bank, Widnes, Warrington. 
(An excellent class.) 
Class 25.— Cochin-China (Brown, and Partridge-feathered).—For 
the best Cock and three Hens exceeding one year old.—751 First prize, 
Charles Punchard, Blunt’s Hall, Haverhill, Suffolk. 748 Second prize, 
The Rev. Grenville F. Hodgson, Banwell, Somersetshire (Shanghae). 
749 Third prize, Thomas Lowe, Whateley, Tamworth. 
Class 26.— Cochin-China (Brown, and Partridge-feathered). —For 
the best Cock and three Pullets, Chicken of 1854.— 76 4 First prize, The 
llcv. Grenville F. Hodgson, Banwell, Somersetshire. 763 Second prize, 
The Rev. Grenville F. Hodgson, Banwell/Somersetshire. 766 Third 
prize, Peplow Cartwright, Esq., Oswestry. 
Class 27 .— Cochin-China (White).—For the best Cock and three 
Hens exceeding one year old.—7/6 First prize, Cyrus Clark, Street, near 
Glastonbury. 772 Second prize, Mrs Herbert, Powick, Worcestershire. 
7/8 Third prize, CooksonStephenson Floyd, Sands, Holmfirth, Yorkshire. 
Class 28.— Cochin-China (White).—For the bsst Cock and three 
Pullets, Chicken of 1854.—799 First prize, James Turner, Northbrook, 
near Exeter. 803. Second prize, James Turner, Northbrook, near 
Exeter. 785 Third prize, Mrs Cattell, 53, Worcester-street, Birmingham. 
Highly Commended.—786 Miss C. Alcock, Edgmond, Newport, Shrop¬ 
shire. /88 Edmund Herbert, Powick, Worcestershire. 800 James 
Buckley, Penyfai House, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. 782 Mrs Herbert, 
Powick, Worcestershire. Commended.—793 Cyrus Clark, Street, near 
Glastonbury^. (A very good class.) 
Class 29 .— Cochin-China (Black).—For the best Cock and thrccHens 
exceeding one year old.—809 First prize, Charles Thomas Nelson. The 
Lozells, near Birmingham. 807 Third prize, Valentine Walshman Blake, 
6, Old Square, Birmingham. (Second prize withheld.) 
Class 30.—CocniN-CniNA (Black).—For the best Cock and three Pul¬ 
lets, Chicken of 1854.—820 First prize, Thomas Smith, Stableford, near 
Bridgnorth. 816 Second prize, William Wanklyn, jun., Green Bank, 
Bury, Lancashire. 815 Third prize, Joseph Bent, 35, Monument Lane, 
Birmingham. Commended.—812 Valentine Walshman Blake, 6, Old 
Square, Birmingham. 
Class 31.— Bramah Pootra Fowls. —For the best Cock and three 
Hens exceeding one year old.—827 First prize, Joseph Allison, Friar’s 
Place, Acton, Middlesex. 826 Second prize, Arthur Allison, Friar’s 
Place, Acton, Middlesex. 823 Third prize, Mrs. Frederic Thursby, 
Abington, near Northampton. 
Class 32.— Bramah Pootra Fowls.— For the best Cock and three 
Pullets, Chicken of 1854.—850 First prize, James Aldridge Dcvenish, 
Weymouth. 839 Second prize, Robert H. Bush, Esq., Litfield House, 
Clifton, near Bristol. 857 Third prize, W. G. Simons, Speedwell Road, 
Birmingham. 
Class a.—Dorking. —For the best Cock of any age. — 919 First 
prize, William Wright, West Bank, Widnes, near Warrington (Grey). 
921 Second prize, Messrs. Thomas Ullock and Daniel Harrison, Kendal 
(Coloured). Highly Commended.—864 The Honourable and Reverend 
Henry Noel Hill, Berrington, Shrewsbury. 8/0 Miss Elizabeth Smith, 
The Grove, Cropwcll Butler, near Bingham, Nottinghamshire (Single- 
combed Grey). 8/3 Miss Elizabeth Smith, The Grove, Cropwell 
Butler, near Bingham, Nottinghamshire (Single-combed Grey). 902 
James Drewry, Newton Mount, near Burton-upon-Trcnt. Commended. 
—909 Henry Smith, The Grove, Cropwell Butler, near Bingham, 
Nottinghamshire (Single-combed Grey). (A very excellent Class.) 
Class n.— Spanish. —For the best Cock of any age.—941 First 
prize, Joseph Rake, Bristol. 932 Second prize, JohnS. Henry, Wood¬ 
lands, Crumpsall, near Manchester. Highly Commended.—933 E. W. 
Wilmot, Hulme Walfield, near Congleton. 935 Henry Opcnshaw, 
Wilton Polygon, Cheetham Hill, near Manchester. 950 Joseph Rake, j 
