176 THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION, December 9, 1856. 
Croydon, Surrey. Highly Commended.—Master Edmund Chalmer 
Stretch, Marsh Lane, Bootle, near Liverpool. 
Brahma Pootra.— First, Mr. Richard Teebay, Fulvvood, Preston, 
Lancashire. Second, Miss Emily Breavington, Bath Road, Hounslow, 
Middlesex. Commended.—Mr. Christopher Dain, Southampton. 
Pencilled Hamburgh. —First, Mr. William Bankes, Weston House, 
Runcorn, Cheshire. Second, Daniel Harrison, Esq., Singleton Park, 
Kendal. Commended.—:Mr. William Bankes, Weston House, Runcorn, 
Cheshirfi. The Rev. T. G. M. Luckock, Upper Berwick House, 
Shrewsbury. Mr. Frederick Armstrong, Hawnes West End, Bedford¬ 
shire. 
Spangled Hamburgh. —First, Mrs. G. C. Adkins, Edgbaston, Bir¬ 
mingham. Second, Mr. Thomas Barber Wright, The Quarry House, 
Great Barr, Staffordshire. 
Game. — First, Mr. Richard Swift, Southwell. Nottinghamshire. 
Second, Mr. Edward Nichols, Hamley House, Rugelev. Third, Mr. 
John Yardley, Cumherford Hall, near Tamworth. Highly Commended. 
—Miss Baker, Dordon Hall, Atherstone. Master George Baker, Dordon 
Hall, Atherstone. Mr. R. S. Arnold, Coombe Fields, near Coventry. 
Mr. George Smith, 53, Aston Street, Gosta Green, Birmingham. Mr. 
William Mansfield Bill, Hoyter’s Heath, Xing’s Norton. Commended. 
— William Yate Hunt, Esq., Clarendon Square, Leamington. 
Polish. —First, Mr. John Brundrit, South Bank, Runcorn, Cheshire. 
Second, Mrs. G. C. Adkins, West House, Edgbaston, Birmingham. 
Commended.—Miss Emily Breavington, Bath Road, Hounslow. Mr. 
George Kay, Ivy Cottage, Minestead, Lyndhurst, Hampshire. 
PIGEONS. 
Silver Cup. —Almonds, Carriers, Pouters.—Mrs. E. A. Lingard, 
Snow Hill, Birmingham. Very Highly Commended.—Miss Clara Adkins, 
West House, Edgbaston, Birmingham. (Almond Tumblers and 
Carriers.) Commended.— Sir. Jones Percivall, 13, Queen’s Row, Wal¬ 
worth, Surrey. (Pouters.) 
Silver Cup. —Fantails, Nuns, Beards, Jacobins, Trumpeters.—Mr. 
Frank Bottom, Sherwood Hill, Nottinghamshire. 
Carriers. —First and Second, Messrs. W. Siddons and Sons, Aston 
Road, Birmingham. Highly Commended.—Mr. John Simkins, Parlia¬ 
ment Street, Nottingham. (A good class.) 
Almond Tumblers. —First, Henry Sandys Salisbury, Esq., The 
Lawn, Kcmpsey, Worcestershire. Second, Mr. Edward R. Maddeford, 
Staines, Middlesex. 
Balds.— First, Mrs. Lingard, Snow Hill, Birmingham. Second, Mr. 
John W. Edge, Aston New Town, Birmingham, Commended.—Mrs. 
Lingard, Snow Hill, Birmingham. Mr. Jones Percivall, 13, Queen’s 
Row, Walworth, Surrey. Mr. George Edge, Aston New Town, Bir¬ 
mingham. 
Beards. —First, Mr. James Smith, 9, Sale Street, Paddington, 
London. Second, Mr. George Edge, Aston New Town, Birmingham. 
Commended.—The Honourable Rowland C. Hill, Hawkstone, Shropshire. 
Mottled Tumblers. —First, Mr. Jones Percivall, 13 , Queen’s Row, 
Walworth, Surrey. Second, Mr. John Percivall, Clint Villa, Harbourne, 
Birmingham. 
Owls. — First, Mr. Harrison Weir, Lyndhurst Road, Peckham, 
London. Second, Mr. Arthur P. Pressdee, Belgrave Street, Balsall 
Heath, Birmingham. Commended.—The Honourable Rowland C. Hill, 
Hawkstone, Shropshire. Mr. Isaac Reeves, Over End, West Bromwich. 
Mr. Edward Langley Corker, 11, Queen Street, Clieapside, London. (A 
good class.) 
Nuns. —First, Mr. Arthur P. Pressdee, Belgrave Street, Balsall 
Heath, Birmingham. Second, Mr. Thomas Henry Adkins, West House, 
Edgbaston, Birmingham. Commended.— Mr. John W. Edge, Aston 
New Town, Birmingham. Disqualified for trimming.—Mr. W. H. 
Holmes, Bridgewater, Somersetshire. 
Turbits. —First, Mr. Edward R. Maddeford, Staines, Middlesex. 
Second, Mr. Harrison Weir, Lyndhurst Road, Peckham, London. Com¬ 
mended.—Master J. E. Mapplebeck, Ilighfield, Moseley Road, Bir¬ 
mingham. 
Archangels. —First, Mr. Charles Richard Titterton, Snow Hill, Bir¬ 
mingham. Second, Mr. Thomas Henry Adkins, West House, Edg¬ 
baston, Birmingham. 
Jacobins. —Fiist, Miss Julia Milward, Newton St. Loe, near Bath. 
Second, Mr. Harrison Weir, Lyndhurst Road, Peckham, London. 
Fantails. — First, Mr. Harrison Weir, Lyndhurst Road, Peckham, 
London. Second, Mr. George Ure, Rosebank, Dundee. Commended.— 
Mr. John W. Edge, Aston New Town Birmingham. 
Any other new or distinct variety. —First, Mr. Edward R. 
Maddeford, Staines, Middlesex. (German Letz.) Second, Miss Elizabeth 
L. Lavender, Biddcnham, near Bedford. (Frillback.) Commended.— 
Miss Elizabeth L. Lavender, Biddenham, near Bedford. (Hyacinth.) 
Mr. Jones Percivall, 13, Queen’s Row, Walworth, Surrey. (Swallow.) 
(The whole show of Pigeons are highly creditable.) 
Judges of Poultry. 
The Reverend Robert Pulleine, The Rectory, Kirlcby 
Wiske, near Thirsk. 
George James Andrews, Esq., Dorchester. 
Mr. John Daily, Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, London. 
Mr. Edward Hewitt, Eden Cottage, Sparkbrook, near 
Birmingham. 
Mr. Thomas Clialloner, Burnt Leys, "Whitwell, near 
Worksop. 
Judges of Pigeons. 
Mr. T. J. Cottle, Pulteney Villa, Cheltenham. 
Mr. Edward Hale, Handsworth. 
THE HOUSEHOLD. 
Imperial. —Three ounces of cream of tartar, two pounds 
and a half of loaf sugar, three gallons of boiling water, a 
dessert-spoonful of grated ginger, three large lemons sliced, 
and added before it is quite cold. It must stand three days 
before you bottle it, stirring it two or three times a day. In 
twelve days after bottling it will be fit to drink. 
Stuffed Onions. —Take some large onions, boil them till 
tender, but not to break them; take out jest the middle; 
have ready some minced veal, ham, a little parsley, sweet 
herbs, pepper, salt, a little nutmeg; fill the middle of the 
onions quite full with it; brown them before the fire. When 
sent to table pour a little good gravy over them. 
OUR LETTER BOX. 
Creve Cceurs.—Weight of Dorking Chickens. —“ Will you in¬ 
form me through whom I can obtain the names and addresses of the 
exhibitors of Crfeve Coeur fowls at the late Paris Exhibition of Poultry ? 
I have some of Captain Squire’s Dorkings, hatched 18th of July this year. 
A cockerel weighs 5 lbs. 4 ozs., and a pullet 4 lbs. 6 ozs. on the 18th of 
November (four months old). Is this good, and, if kept well, are they 
likely to make birds of first-rate size and weight ?—E. E. P.” 
[Cr&ve Cceur fowls were exhibited at Paris by M. Chomee Adam* 
Boulogne-sur-Mer; M. Ribeaucourt, fils, Aumonciades de Lignv 
(Marne); M. Dubecu, au Thuit-Simer (Eure); M. Letalles, fils, a 
Chemeeviferes-sur-Marne (Seine et Oise) ; M. Gerard, Avenue de -Se-gur, 
Paris; M. Beaufils, Rue des Fosses St. Marcel, No. 45, Paris; M. 
Fabre, Directeur de la Ferine Ecole de Saint Privat (Vaucluse) ; M. 
Fontaine, h Maisoncelles (Seine et Marne); M. Lehol, Rue Royale, No. 7, 
Vincennes (Seine) ; M. Marc.ais, il Apignd, pr&s Rennes (lie et Vilaine); 
M. Deshameaux, h Baveux, Calvados. You may he well satisfied with 
your Dorkings. Captain Squire’s fowls are known to be good ones. 
One pound per month is a capital weight. The only thing against 
them is the time of year, as they do not grow in the winter as in the 
summer. They must, however, be good birds. See that they arc fed 
early and late.] 
LONDON MARKETS. —December 8th. 
COVENT GARDEN. 
The frost during the week lias somewhat interfered with the supplies ; 
but still they have been sufficient for the demand, as business is now, 
and will be for another week, less brisk until Christmas approaches. 
Some cargoes of excellent Oranges have come to hand with the foreign 
goods, and also a few boxes of the Sweet-scented Tangerine variety. 
Pears now comprise the Nelis d’Hirer, Glout Morceau, Beurre d'Arem- 
berg, and Chuumontetle. The Potato markets are well supplied, and the 
advance of last week fully maintained. 
Trumpeters, —First, Mr. \V. H. Holmes, Bridgewater, Somerset¬ 
shire. Second, Master John Edwards Mapplebeck, Highfield, Moseley 
Road, Birmingham. Commended.—Mr. Francis Adkins, Edgbaston, 
near Birmingham. 
Pouters or Croppers.— First, Mrs. Edward A. Lingard, Snow 
Hill, Birmingham. Second, Mr. Henry Child, jun., Sherbourne Road, 
Birmingham. Commended.—Mr. Thomas Bridges, Bridge Cottage, 
Croydon, Surrey. 
Barbes.— First, Mr. Thomas Henry Adkins, West House, Edgbaston, 
Birmingham. Second, Mr. Edward R. Maddeford, Staines, Middlesex. 
Highly Commended.—Miss Caroline Titterton, Headley Heath, King’s 
Norton. Mr. Edward Langley Corker, 11, Queen Street, Cheapside, 
London. 
Runts.— First, Mrs. Edward A. Lingard, Snow Hill, Birmingham. 
Second, Mr. Thomas Henry Adkins, West House, Edgbaston, Bir¬ 
mingham. 
Dragoons.— First and Second, Mr. Edward Snow, jun., 56, High 
Street, Birmingham. 
POULTRY. 
There will he little variation in the markets till Christmas, unless it he 
that senders may hold back, and that a small advance may he the result. 
Trade, however, will he dull till then. 
LargeFowls 4s. fid. to 5s. Od. each 
Smaller do 3s. 6d. to 4s. Od. ,, 
Chickens .. 2s. 3d. to 2s. gd. ,, 
Woodcocks 2s. fid. to 3s. Od. ,, 
Snipes .... Is. Od. to Is. 2d. ,, 
Partridges.. 28. Od. to 2s. 3d. ,, 
Hares.2s. 9d. to 3s. Od. ,, 
Pigeons. 
Pheasants .. 3s. 3d. to 3s. 6d. each. 
Ducks .... 2s. 9*1. to 3s. Od. ,, 
Geese.6s. Od. to ~s. 6d. ,, 
Rabbits.... Is. 4d. to Is. 5d. ,, 
Wild ditto. lOd.to Is. ,, 
Turkeys.. Cs. Od. to 10s. 6d. ,, 
Larks. lOd. per doz. 
.8d. to 9d. 
London: Printed by Hugh Barclay, Winchester High-street, in 
the Parish of Saint Mary Kalendar; and Published for the Proprietors 
at Tiie Cottage Gardener Office, No. 20, Paternoster Row, in 
the Parish of Christ Church, City of London.—December 9, 1856. 
