contour to superficial observers, and by concealing a defective form from the eye, winning a favourable first impression that often goes a long way with inexperienced judges. The class for sheep under 200lbs. live weight is remarkably meritorious, and therefore " generally commended." The Duke of Richmond's prize sheep are wonderfully handsome, and of superb quality; Mr. Marjoribank's highly commended are extremely good; Lord Walsingham's beautiful, and very good mutton; Mr. Rigden's small, but very pretty, and of nice quality; but we did not like the handling of Mr. Kent's secondprize sheep anything like so well as that of some others. The Earl of Radnor's prize older sheep are of great substance, and of the right form and quality; Lord Walsingham's second prize most excellent in shape, and longer and bigger than Mr. Kent's highly-commended beautiful wethers. The Duke of Richmond is also successful here in getting the third prize. In the class for short-wools, "not being Southdowns," the first-prize Hampshire Down wethers of Mr. Sharp have good backs; of very large size, said to weigh 24 stone each. Mr. Pain gets the second prize; but the pen is not a level lot, one sheep being a beauty, and the other two having defective loins and rumps; and we are of opinion that Mr. Canning's sheep-of great size and expansion, as well as handsome looks-ought to have had this prize instead of the third. Mr. Humphries' west-country Downs are highly-commended, doubtless for their beautiful form, great substance, and splendid backs. Mr. H. Smith's Shropshire Downs, which took the prize at Birmingham, do not handle so well here as they did there, but are of very good form, with capital rumps and good wool. Tuc extra-stock short-wool class comprises a great many sheep. The wethers are extraordinarily good; and we need only mention as of first-class character and quality the Duke of Richmond's, which won the silver medal; Mr. Kent's, highly commended; the Earl of Radnor's, highly commended; Mr. Marjoribanks, highly commended; and Mr. W. King's, commended. Mr. Foljambe's silver-medal Southdown ewe is a beauty; Lord Walsingham's and Mr. Rigden's very good.

The gold medal for long-wools is taken by Lord Berners for by far the handsomest and best shearlings in these classes. The rest of the sheep in class thirty-one do not present any very remarkable points. In class thirty, Mr. Foljimbe's prize wethers are remarkably good, very good frames, handsome backs, though rumps too short. Mr. Bradshaw's second-prize pen are open to a similar criticism. Mr. Hopper's are extremely good sheep, which were commended at Birmingham. In the class for Fat wethers not Leicesters, Mr. Hewer's prize Cotswolds are particularly good; and the secondprize Cotswolds of the Royal Agricultural College of Cirencester are of great size, but rather long in frame. Lord Berners gets the silver medal in the extra-stock class for long-woolled wethers; and the Marquis of Exeter also shows well here. In the extra-stock class for ewes, Mr. Bradshaw's Leicester ewe-a real beauty, and exceedingly good in back, plaits, ramp, and forequarters-wins the silver medal.

PIGS.

This year we have four classes of pigs instead of three, in addition to one for extra stock, the alteration providing separate competition for animals of a younger age; and, except in the last class, all the stated ages are much earlier than was formerly the case. Last year there were 25 pens of three, and 13 single animals, or 38 entries altogether: this year there are 40 pens of three, and 19 single animals, making a total of 59; which is a very large increase in one year.

Pig-breeding and pig-feeding have simultaneously progressed at such a rapid rate, that we are every year

more and more astonished at the earliness of maturity they manifest. It is really wonderful how so much meat can be accumulated upon the tender, unhardened frames of mere porcine "babes and sucklings." Mr. Morland's first prize white Chiltons are not 4 months old; and Mr. Baskcomb's second prize little beauties, of the white Kent breed, are only 15 weeks old. Mr. Druce's small black Oxfordshire pigs (highly commended) are only just 3 months old. In the class for "Pigs not exceeding 8 months old," Mr. Barber's prize Middlesex pigs deserve the highest praise. Sir J. B. Mills's second-prize white pigs are very fine in quality. We admired Sir John Cathcart's black ones (highly commended), and also Mr. Crisp's 6 months old (black), which were sucking at Salisbury in July.

The next class, for "Pigs not exceeding 12 months old," is not particularly meritorious. Sir W. Booth's white Woodburys are good, and also the pen shown by Mr. Underwood and those of Mr. Marjoribanks; and there are three pretty good Neapolitan black pigs, exhibited by Lady Pigot.

The class for "Pigs not exceeding 18 months old" is "generally commended," being certainly very magnificent.

Mr. Morland's first-prize Improved Chiltons are very perfect in form, of splendid quality, very deep, and thick both in neck, chine, and hind-quarters. Mr. Betts's second prize Improved Suffolks are also particularly good. Mr. Tombs's highly-commended black Berkshire and Essex pigs are beauties; and Mr. Sadler's Berkshires, and the Rev. J. Holmes's Norfolk and Essex pigs are remarkably good in form and quality. His Royal Highness shows some excellent pigs in this class; and there is a pen of enormously fat ones, of a black breed, from the Parkhurst Prison Farm, in the Isle of Wight.

The Extra Stock single pigs form a famous class. The silver medal is awarded to Mr. W. Davey, jun., for No. 354-small black Leicester breed, very fat, and of most beautiful quality; in symmetry uncommonly wellformed. No. 349, shown by Mr. Barber, is highly commended, having a wonderfully fat neck. No. 351, shown by Mr. Hemming, is highly commended, and is certainly of extraordinary substance. Mr. Crisp's white Suffolk sow is also highly commended-a magnificent animal, of very great size, deep, wide, and beautifully proportioned; in quality also very fine.

Taken as a whole, we do not rank the show of pigs above the exhibitions of some former years, in respect to superbness of quality and high fattening; though there are certainly several very grand specimens to be found among the unprecedented number of pens entered on this occasion.

AWARD OF PRIZES.

FAT CATTLE.

JUDGES.

S. ANSTEY, Cornwall.

J. BUCKLEY, Normanton Hill, Loughborough. J. B. THOMPSON, Arnaby, Hull.

DEVONS.

STEERS, not exceeding 3 years old.

First prize, £25-John Overman, Burnham Sutton, Burnham Market, Norfolk. Silver Medal to breeder, Mrs. Clark, Burnham Market. Purchased by Mr. Jeffery, Foubert's-place, Regent-street.

Second, £10-His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. Purchased by Mr. Jeffery.

Third, £5-The Earl of Leicester, Holkham, Norfolk. Purchased by Mr. Jeffery.

STEERS OF OXEN, above 3 years old. First prize, £25, and Silver Medal as breeder-The Earl of Leicester. Purchased by Mr. Jeffery.

Second, £10-William Heath, Ludham Hall, Norwich. Purchased by Mr. Spencer, of Southampton.

Third, £5-Henry Hine Ball, Hankridge Farm, West Monkton, Taunton. Purchased by Mr. Harry Frampton, of Blandford, Dorset.

HEIFERS, not exceeding 4 years old.

First prize, £15-His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. Silver Medal to the breeder, James Hole, Knowle House, Dunster, Somerset, Purchased by Mr. Jeffery.

Second, £5-Walter Farthing, Stowey Court, Bridgwater. Purchased by Mr. J. W. Cowell, Colchester, Essex.

Cows, above 4 years old.

First prize, £20-John Coate, Hammoon, Blandford, Dorset. Silver medal to the breeder, Edward Boucher, Jews Farm, Wiveliscombe. Purchased by Mr. Clifton, Wimborne, Dorset. Second, £10-John Bodley, Stockley Pomeroy, Crediton, Devon. Purchased by Mr. T. M. Smith, Westbury, Wilts. Third, £5-John C. Halse, Molland, South Molton, Devon. Purchased by Mr. W. Stone, Holloway Road.

HEREFORDS.

STEERS, not exceeding 3 years old.

First prize, £25-William Heath, Ludham. Silver Medal to the breeder, William Stedman, Bedstone Hall, Aston-onClunu, Salop.

Second, £10-His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. Purchased by George Reed, Burnham, Somerset.

Third, £5-John Naylor, Leighton Hall, Welsh Pool, Montgomery.

STEERS OF OXEN, above 3 years old.

First prize, £25-John Shaw, Hunsbury Hill, Northampton. Silver Medal to the breeder, Richard Shirley, Bancott, Shropshire. Purchased by George Gutheridge, High-street, Poplar.

Second, £10-William Heath, Ludham. Purchased by Mr. W. Pointing, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Third, £5-The Earl of Darnley, Cobham Hall, Gravesend, Kent. Purchased by G. Freemantle, Upper Hill-street, Richmond, Surrey.

Commended-E. Wright, Halston, Oswestry; C. Duffield, Marcham, Abingdon; J. Ford, jun., Ruston, Blandford: and the class generally commended.

HEIFERS, not exceeding 4 years.

First prize, £15-Henry Higgins, Woolaston Grange, Lydney, Gloucester. Silver Medal to the breeder, William Raester, Withington Court, Hereford.

Second, £5-Samuel Walker Urwick, Linthall Starks, Ludlow.

Cows, above 4 years old.

First prize, £20, and Silver Medal as breeder-Edward Thomas, Colebatch, Bishop's Castle, Salop.

Second, £10-Richard Thomas, Ryton, Dorrington, Salop. Purchased by Mr. Tomline, 2, Queen-street, Pimlico.

Third, £25-John Naylor, Leighton. Purchased by Mr. G. Stanley, 10, Cambridge Road, Mile-End Gate.

SHORTHORNS.

STEERS, not exceeding 3 years old.

First prize, £25, and Silver Medal as breeder-Robert Lynn, Stroxton, Grantham, Lincoln. Purchased by W. Bottrell, Rochester-row, Westminster.

Second, £10-Earl Spencer, Althorp, Northampton. Purchased by W. Lambert, Victoria-road, Pimlico.

Third, £5-Joseph Stratton, Manningford Bruce, Pewsey, Wilts. Purchased by Smith and Son, Salisbury.

STEERS or OXEN, above 3 years old.

First prize, £25, GOLD MEDAL as best steer or ox in any of the classes, and Silver Medal as breeder.-Edward Wortley, Ridlington, Uppingham, Rutland. Purchased by Messrs. Davis, Black Bull, New Cattle Market.

Second, £10-W. de Capell Brooke, Geddington Grange, Kettering. Purchased by W. Jones, Merthyr, Glamorganshire.

Third, £5-Henry Roberts, Paxford, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucester.

Commended-Lord Southampton, Whittlebury, Towcester.

HEIFERS, not exceeding 4 years old.

First prize, £15-Joseph Phillips, Ardington, Wantage, Berks. Silver Medal to the breeder, Richard Stratton, Broad Hinton, Swindon. Purchased by Thomas Collingwood, Abingdon, Berks.

Second, £5-Earl of Radnor, Coleshill House, Faringdon, Berks. Purchased by William Jones, Merthyr. Cows, above 4 years old.

First prize, £20, GOLD MEDAL as best cow or heifer in any of the classes, and Silver Medal as breeder-Lieut.-Col. Charles Towneley, Towneley, Burnley, Lancaster. Second, £10-Sir Thomas Whichcote, Bart.. Ashwarby Park, Falkingham, Lincoln.

Third, £5

Edward Wortley, Ridlington, Purchased by Mr. Thomas Phelp, 10, Seymour-place, Camden Town. Commended-T. Garne, Broadmoor, Nothleach.

LONGHORNS.

STEERS OF OXEN, of any age.

First prize, £10-R. H. Chapman, Upton, Nuneaton, Warwick. Silver Medal to the breeder, the late Samuel Burbery, Wroxhall, Warwick. Purchased by Mr. Newbury, Southamp ton-street, Camberwell.

HEIFERS or Cows, of any age.

First prize, £10-Joseph Holland Burbery, of The Chase, Kenilworth, Warwick. Silver Medal to the breeder, the late Samuel Burbery, Wroxhall. Purchased by Mr. Newbury, Southampton-street, Camberwell.

Second, £5-John Jackson Burbery, Ibstock, Ashby-de-laZouch, Leicester. Purchased by Mr. Newbury.

SCOTCH-HORNED.

STEERS or OXEN, of any age.

First prize, £20-Mr. Alexander Goodman, Willow Hall, Thorney, Cambridge. Purchased by Mr. Smith, King'sroad, Chelsea.

Second, £10-Mr. Thomas Duckworth, Park Farm, Finchley, Middlesex. Purchased by Mr. James Horne, Highstreet, Camden Town.

The class generally commended.

HEIFERS or Cows, of any age.

First prize, £10, and Silver Medal as breeder-The Duke of Beaufort, Badmington, Chippenham, Wilts. Purchased by Mr. Thomas Pawsey, Bath.

Second, £5-Mr. John Naylor, Leighton. Purchased by Mr. H. Squire, Watford, Herts.

SCOTCH POLLED.
STEERS or OXEN, of any age.

First prize, £20-Mr. William Heath, Ludham. Purchased by Mr. S. Mann, Croydon.

Second, £10-Mr. William McCombie, Tillyfour, Aberdeen.
Purchased by Mr. Joseph Bannister, Windsor.
Commended-Mr. R. Oakley, Laurence End, Luton.

HEIFERS or Cows, of any age.
[No entry.]

IRISH.

STEERS OR OXEN, of any age. [No entry.]

HEIFERS OR Cows, of any age. [No competition.].

WELSH.

STEERS OF OXEN (Runts), of any age.

First prize, £20-The Hon. Colonel Pennant, Penrhyn Castle, Bangor, Carnarvon-Silver Medal to the breeder, Mr. Richard Evans, Tal-y-braich, Bangor. Purchased by Hall and Son, Liverpool.

Second, £5-Mr. Isaac Williamson, Greenhill, Pembroke. Purchased by Mr. Petherbridge, Hastings-street, Brunswick

square.

The class generally commended.

HEIFERS or Cows, of any age.

The prize of £10-Mr. John Ewins Bennett, Bosworth Grange, Rugby. Purchased by Mr. G. Hatch, Croydon.

CROSS OR MIXED-BRED.

STEERS, not exceeding 3 years old.

First prize, £15, and Silver Medal as breeder-The Earl of Radnor, Coleshill House, Faringdon. Purchased by Mr. Field Waghorn, Cheltenham.

Second, £10-Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Towneley. Purchased by Miss Abbott, Wimborne.

STEERS OF OXEN, above 3 years old.

First prize, £15-Mr. Richard Thomas, Ryton, Dorrington, Salop-Silver Medal to breeder, Mr. J. K. Smith, Radbrook, Shrewsbury.

Second, £5 — Henry Bone, Avon Farm, Ringwood, Southampton. Purchased by Mr. John Ridout, Poole, Dorset. HEIFERS, not exceeding 4 years old.

The prize of £10, and Silver Medal as breeder-The Duke of Beaufort. Purchased by Mr. Thomas Pawsey, Bath.

SHEEP. JUDGES.

S. ANSTEY, Cornwall.

J. BUCKLEY, Normanton Hill, Loughborough.
J. B. THOMPSON, Arnaby, Hull.

FAT WETHER SHEEP, of ANY LONG-WOOLLED BREED, 1 year old (under 22 months.)

First prize, £20, and Silver Medal as breeder-Mr. G. S. Foljambe, Osberton Hall, Worksop, Notts. Purchased by Mr. Newbury, Southampton-street, Camberwell.

Second, £15-Mr. C. J. Bradshaw, Alstoe House, Burleyon-the-Hill, Oakham, Rutland. Purchased by Mr. Wm. Hawkins, 6, Johnson-place, Harrow-road.

Third, £5-Mr. John Hopper, Brompton Green, Pickering, York. Purchased by Mr. E. Bassett, Crown-court, St. James's.

FAT WETHER SHEEP, of any long-woolled breed, 1 year old (under 22 months), each sheep not to exceed 220lbs. live weight.

First prize, £20, GOLD MEDAL as best long-woolled sheep in any of the classes, and Silver Medal as breeder-Lord Berners, Keythorpe Hall, Leicester. Purchased by Alfred Gorton, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.

Second prize, £15-Richard Newman, Harrowden, Bedford. Purchased by Mr. J. Parfitt, Old Manor-road, Stepney. Taud prize, £5-G. S. Foljambe, Osberton.

FAT WETHER SHEEP, of any long-woolled breed not Leicesters, 1 year old (under 22 months).

First prize, £15, and Silver Medal as breeder-William Hewer, Sevenhampton, Highworth, Wilts. Purchased by Mr. Samuel Bridge, Manor-street, Chelsea.

Second prize, £10-The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. Purchased by Mr. Rebble, Chapel-street, Edgewareroad.

Third prize, £5-no competition.

JUDGES for cross-bred and short-woolled sheep

J. CLAYDEN, Littlebury, Saffron Walden.
H. LUGAR, Hengrave, Bury St. Edmunds.
E. POPE, Great Toller, Dorset.

LONG AND SHORT-WOOLLED CROSS-BRED FAT WETHER
SHEEP, 1 year old (under 22 months).

First prize, £15, and Silver Medal as breeder-George Hine, jun., Oakley, Bedford. Purchased by Mr. Spinger, Southampton.

Second prize, £10-Adam Corrie Keep, Wollaston, Wellingborough. Purchased by Mr. Worley, Kensington.

Third prize, £5-Charles Howard, Biddenham, Bedford. Purchased by Mr. S. Knight, Union-street, Clarendon-square, Somerstown.

Highly commended-E. Edmonds, Longworth, Faringdon. Commended-J. Overman, Burnham Sutton.

LONG AND SHORT-WOOLLED CROSS-BRED FAT WETHER SHEEP, 1 year old (under 22 months), each sheep not to exceed 220lbs. live weight.

First prize, £10, and Silver Medal as breeder-John Overman, Burnham Sutton. Purchased by Mr. Sacks, Crawfordstreet, Marylebone.

Second prize, £5-Charles Howard, Biddenham. chased by John Stevens, Oxford.

Highly commended-The Earl of Leicester.
Commended-G. Hine, jun., Oakley.

Pur

FAT WETHER SHEEP, of any short-woolled breed, 1 year old (under 22 months).

First prize, £20, GOLD MEDAL as best short-woolled sheep, and Silver Medal as breeder-The Duke of Richmond, Goodwood, Chichester. Purchased by Mr. King, Paddington-street.

Second prize, £10-The Earl of Radnor, Coleshill House, Faringdon. Purchased by Mr. Stimpson, Wandsworth. Third prize, £5-William Rigden, Hove, Brighton. Purchased by Mr. Davey, Brighton.

Highly commended-Lord Walsingham, Merton, Thetford. FAT WETHER SHEEP, of any short-woolled breed, 1 year old (under 22 months), each sheep not to exceed 200lbs. live weight.

First prize, £10, and Silver Medal as breeder-The Duke of Richmond. Purchased by Mr. King, Paddington-street.

Second prize, £5-John Kent, Goodwood, Chichester. Purchased by John Stevens, Oxford.

Highly commended-S. Marjoribanks, Bushey Grove, Wat ford.

Commended-Lord Chichester, Stanmer, Lewes; and the class generally commended.

FAT WETHER SHEEP, of any short-woolled breed, 2 years old (above 22 and under 34 months).

First prize, £20, and Silver Medal as breeder-The Earl of Radnor, Coleshill. Purchased by W. Jeffery, Foubert's-place. Second prize, £10-Lord Walsingham, Merton Hall, Thetford. Purchased by W. Jeffery.

Third prize, £5-The Duke of Richmond. Purchased by W. King, Paddington-street.

Highly commended-J. Kent, Goodwood.
Commended-W. Rigden, Hove.

FAT WETHER SHEEP, of any short-woolled breed not South
Downs, 1 year old (under 22 months),

First prize, £15-James Sharp, Remenham, Henley on Thames; Silver Medal to the breeder, John Piggott, Harrow Farm, Froxfield, Hungerford. Purchased by W. Jeffery.

Second prize, £10-J. T. F. Pain, North Houghton Manor, Stockbridge. Purchased by Alfred Gorton, Great Windmillstreet, Regent-street.

Third prize, £5-William B. Canning, Chisleden, Swindon, Wilts. Purchased by W. Bottrill, Rochester-row, Westmin

PIGS.

JUDGES.

J. CLAYDEN, Littlebury, Saffron Walden.
H. LUGAR, Hengrave, Bury St. Edmunds.
E. POPE, Great Toller, Dorset.

PIGS of any breed, not exceeding 4 months old.
First prize, £10, and Gold and Silver Medals as breeder-
George B. Morland, Chilton Farm, Abingdon, Berks. Pur-
chased by John Lewes, Bristol.

Second, £5-George Henry Bascomb, Manor House, Chislehurst, Kent. Purchased by Mr. Ketteman, King-street, Bow.

Highly commended-S. Druce, Eynsham, Oxon.

PIGS of any breed, above 4 and not exceeding 8 months old. First prize, £10, and Silver Medal as breeder-William Mills Barber, Sunninghill Wells, Berks.

Second, £5-Sir J. B. Mill, Bart., Mottisfont Abbey, Romsey, Southampton. Purchased by Mr. Benny, Camberwell Gate.

Highly commended-Sir J. A. Cathcart, Cooper's Hill, Chertsey.

Commended-T. Crisp, Butley, Woodbridge.

PIGS of any breed, above 8 and not exceeding 12 months old.
First prize, £10-Sir Williamson Booth, Bart, Woodbury
Hall, St. Neots. Purchased by Mr. G. Glock, Broadway,
Deptford.
- G. Underwood, Ashbridge, Berk-

Highly commended hampsted.

Commended-S. Marjoribanks, Bushey Grove.

PIGS of any breed, above 12 and under 18 months old. First prize, £10, and Silver Medal as breeder-George B. Morland, Chilton. Purchased by Mr. Tinkler, Knightsbridge. Second, £5-Edward Ladd Betts, Preston Hall, Maidstone. Purchased by Mr. John Lewes, Bristol.

Highly commended-J. K. Tombs, Langford, Lechlade.
The class generally commended.

EXTRA STOCK.

Silver Medal, for the best Beast in extra stock-His Royal Highness the Prince Consort (Devon Steer). Purchased by Messrs. Comfort and Sos, 77, Farringdon-street, City.

Silver Medal, for the best Long-woolled Wether Sheep in extra stock-Lord Berners. Purchased by Alfred Gorton, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.

Silver Medal, for the best Long-woolled Ewe in extra stockMr. C. J. Bradshaw, Alstoe, Burley-on-the-Hill. Purchased by Mr. Ford, Kenton-street, Brunswick-square.

Silver Medal, for the best Cross-bred Sheep in extra stockMr. Adam Corrie Keep, Wollaston, Wellingborough (Southdown and Cotswold).

Silver Medal, for the best Short-woolled Wether Sheep in extra stock The Duke of Richmond. Purchased by Mr. King, Paddington-street.

Silver Medal, for the best Short-woolled Ewe in extra stock-Mr. G. S. Foljambe. Purchased by Mr. Turpen, Barking, Essex.

Silver Medal, for the best Pig in extra stock-Mr. William Davey, jun. (Leicester.)

The Cattle in extra stock generally commended.

In extra-stock Sheep, highly commended-Mr. J. Overman, Burnham (Southdown and Leicester), Mr. J. Kent (Southdown), Mr. S. Marjoribanks (Southdown), Lord Radnor (Southdown), and Lord Walsingham (Southdown).

In extra-stock Sheep, commended-Lord Leicester (Leicester and Southdown), Mr. J. B. Twitchell, Wilby (Down Cotswold and Leicester), Mr. W. King (West-country Down), and Mr. W. Rigden (Southdown).

In extra-stock Pigs, highly commended-Mr. W. Mills Barber, Sunning-hill (Improved Middlesex), Mr. W. Hemming, Coldicott, Moreton-in-Marsh (Improved Coldicott), and T. Crisp, Butley (Suffolk).

EXHIBITION OF IMPLEMENTS, ROOTS. &c.

We will certainly try to give some report of this exhibition, but the crowded state of the galleries contain

ing the specimens exhibited forbids any approach to accuracy in detail; and much as we should like to oblige our many exhibitors by an extended notice of their interesting collection of implements, machinery, articles of dairy and domestic use, and the various root, seed, and other stalls, we find it is utterly impossible to do so with any satisfaction to ourselves or to them. If want of space characterizes the cattle show below, how much more is it felt above! There valuable implements are packed one above another, and others are never seen at all. We inquired for Bentall's well-known scarifier, and, large as it is, it was hidden amongst the surrounding implements. This department of the Smithfield Club Show is now becoming a most important feature; the immense offshoot is fast outgrowing the stupendous tree, and must be provided for. We are well aware that the implement show is independent of the Smithfield Club, and forms no part of their operations; but as it has now become in real fact a prominent part of the show, the public look to the Club to make provision for suitable accommodation. Last year the charge for space was one guinea for every 4ft. 6in. frontage; this year the same charge is made for 2ft. 9in. frontage. We were told that one of our leading firms paid from £33 to £37 for standing, another a similar sum, another £22, and so on according to the engaged space. We do not know the area of these galleries, but they contain about 100 exhibitors, few of whom pay less than from two to ten guineas each. We never heard a complaint so general of bad accommodation, for which they paid so dearly. The proprietor has done what he could to divide his space between the applicants; but not having enough, the consequence is that the implements and machinery are imperfectly shown, they thus obtain a doubtful reputation, and dissatisfaction is the result. We commend the subject to the Smithfield Club. Something enlarge his space by adding more upper galleries, and must be done. The proprietor must be induced to the steam-engines below must give place to the stock. We admire the general arrangements made by Mr. Boulnois for the accommodation of all parties, and we think the site of the show-yard very desirable; but as the thing continues to grow, the space will not suffice, and it will ultimately be for the Club to provide for its increasing exhibitors. We think the neighbourhood of the Metropolitan Market could point out a good place. We have now every convenience of rail and other modes of transit. It may not be visited by so many of the London citizens as a show place; but the attendance of agriculturists would be larger, as it would undoubtedly then include the Great Metropolitan Marketday, when great numbers from every part of the kingdom attend. It is precisely at this period of the year when a national implement show is of most value: the various operations of thrashing, chaff cutting, cake-breaking, root-steaming, &c., are now going on, and farmers are not always so provident as to provide these things in the summer for the requirements of the winter. We urge these matters upon the favourable attention of the Club.

We will now elbow our way through the rows of machinery. The usual place below-stairs was appropriated to the exhibition of steam-engines and thrashingmachines, but so pressed have the club been for room, that they could not allow any firm to show both an engine and machine; so that Messrs. Garrett and Sons, Clayton and Shuttleworth, Barrett and Exall, Tuxford and Sons, Ransomes and Sims, Oliver Maggs, and Hayward (of Derby) exhibited their well-known portable engines; whilst Hornsby and Sons, Wedlake and Dendy, Humphries, Roby and Scott, Foord (of Lenham), and Smith and Co. preferred showing their combined thrashing and dressing or finishing machines. Holmes and Son (Norwich) had also their cloverseed-drawing machine; and Heywood's two-and-a-half-horse engine,