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The following is a list of the premiums awarded :— CATTLB. ' _ ‘ l.f~lBORT nouns. ' For the bestbnll, calved after 1st January, 1337, one hundred Iovereigns, to Mr. Ferguson, Simpson Mains, Pitfour, Aberdeen- wfla. This hull was sold afterwards to Messrs. Tempest and hittaker, Yorkshire, for £200. For the second best ditto, thirty sovereigns, to Mr. Thomas Howey, Lilburn Grange, Northnmberland. ' For the best bull, culved after 1st January, 1840, twenty sove- rei us, to Mr. John Mason Hooper, Newborn, Durham. , < or the best cow, fifteen sovereigns, to Mr. J. Booth, Killerby, ' Yorkshire. For the second best covv, ten sovereigns, to Mr. Christopher , Bambridge, Lumley Park, Durham. For the best three cows, fifteen sovereigns, to Mr. Wm. Smith,

Shedlaw,Northumberland.

5. For the best heifer, calvedafler 1s?“ uary, 1.839, ten 50“- tei its, to Mr. Thomas Crofio’n, Holy ell, Durham. .

C’ or second best do., sevén s‘vucigns, g: MrLJohn Booth,Kil-

3,, lerby, Yorkshire. , 4,. v,

' ' For the third_best do‘.,’fiv,gf$overeigns, to ghomas Forms,

Brudwood, Edinburgh _ I y -' ' ,‘ “ ved after 1st January, 1840, ten soveh‘ n! rei us, to Mr. Thomas Croflon,$olywell, Durham.

, or the second best do., five (greigns, the said M", Crof-

ton.. r :1 For the‘ best two oxen, delved, after 1st January, 1838, twelve sovereigns, to Mr. \Villia‘tii Sliedlaw, Northnmberland. ‘For the second best two dog, sovereigns, to Mr. William Smith, 'un., Benton,Nrntbuiit _'f nd. Fort to best two oxen, calved after lst January, 1839, twelve sovereigns, to Mr. John Wilson, ofCumledge. ' ll.—OA1.LOWAY, ANGUS, ssn aaeansss roman BREED. For the best two oxen, calvcd alter 1st January, 1837, fifleen soverei ns, to the Earl oflIaddington. For t e second best two oxen,’ ten sovereigns, to John Miller, Esq., of Bulluinbic, Forfursliire. ‘ iii.—wr.sr HIGHLAND BREED. For the best two oxen, calved after l_st January,’ 1837, fifteen Ioverei ns, to Sir John Hall, of Dunglas, Bart. For t is second best two oxen, ton sovereigns, to Mr. Thomas Saunders,rFenwic_k Head, Northumheriaod. For the best two oxen, ciilved after 1st January, 1839, bred by t . xbibitni', and never housed, ten sovereigns, to Col. Malcolm,

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, _ . : [Var—ANY sitar-m. two oxen, pure or crossed, calved after 1st January, ‘ migns, to the Duke of Richmond. ': ' ,_ oxen,calved after 1st January, 1838, ten so- V vereignsfid diaeorgQZMofi'at, Doddington, Northumberlaiid. a; o the owners ofthe five best steers, valved after 1st January, is" 1840, fifteen sovereigns, to the Earl of Haddington. To the owners ofthe five b at heifers, calved after lstJanuary, 1840, which, in the opinion 0 he judges, will best remuneraie the

is,“ feeders, fifteen sovereigns, to John Wilson, Esq. of Cumledge. ' ‘ W: '

nonsns. , Thetnumber of horses entered for competition amounted to 81, ofwhich 21 consisted ofcart stallions, 19 ofcart mares, and 23 cut fillies and colts. There were 4 blood stallions, and 14 mares for breeding buggers. The awards of the judges were as fol- ovvsz— n q, Fontb'e best cart stallion, not exceeding eight years, fifty so- vereigns, to ,Mr. Robert Bowie, Gilmidlaiid, Stirliugshire. For the second best do., thirty sovereigns, to Mr. Richard ,Thomson, Doddington, Northumberland. " For the third best do., twenty sovereigns, to Mr. David Broatcli, Hsithwaite, Cumberland . For the best thorough-brad’stnllion, twenty sovereigns, to Da- vid Robertson, Esq., Ladykirk, for his horse “ Durdanolles.” For the best cart inure, fifteen sovereigns, to Mr. James Elliot, Laniberton,‘ Berwickshire. Forthe second best do., ten sovereigns, to Mr. Alexander Hen- derson, Long Niddry, East Lothian. For the best more for breeding hunters, ten sovereigns, to Mr.

I , John Hosick, Ilutton MaingBerwicksliire.

For the best filly or colt, for agricultural purposes, fouled after 1st Januar ,1838, ten sovereigns, to Mr. William Buchan, Rathe- hall, Edin urglisliire.

« w For the best filly or colt, fouled after lat January, 1839, ten soverej ns, to Mr. James Grahame, Cubbyliill, Cumberland. ‘ Fort ebest filly or edit, fouled after the 1st January, 1840, five soverejgns, to Mr. John Wilson, Edington Mains. ‘ " 11.—511EEP. was very large, far more so than at tiny, former exhibition ofthe Societ —tlie entire number amount- , 1111;“) 572 head. Ofthis number the Leicester sheep alone com- ““‘prts,ed 250, consisting of88 trips, 220 owes, and 3t) (linmonts. The awards of the judges ofthe class ofslieep were as fiillows :— ' LEICESTER SHEEP. For the ‘best tup, forty sovereigns, to Mr. John Simmons,

Brookmill, North Durham.

For the second best tup, fifteen sovereigns, to said Mr. John

Simmons.

For the third best tup, ten sovereigns, to M r. Andrew Thomp- son, Highriilgeliall, Roxburglishire. For the best sheariing tup, forty-sovereigns, to his Grace the

Duke of Buccleuch. *

For tgisecond best tup. fifteen sovereigns, to Mr. John Bess

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O don’, riot Field, Berwickshirc. ort‘b third best tup, ten sovereigns, to Mr. George Reid, lelancriefi', East Lotliian. For the best so of five ewes, tcn sovereigns, to Mr. George Brown,IIulls, addington. For the second best ewes, five sovereigns, to Mr. Andrew Thompson, Highridgehnll, Roxhurghshire ’ For the best on of five gimmcrs, ten sovereigns, to Mr. George Brown, Halls, Tiaddingion. For the second best gimuicrs, five sovereigns, to Mr. John Sim- ' mons, Brockmill, Dnrlnun. For the best pen offivc dinmonts, fivo sovereigns, to his Grace the Duke of Northumherliind. cur.va BREED. For the best thrco ittps, twoiity sovereigns, to Mr. William Rid- dell, Cappuck, Roxburghsliiro. “‘“For the second best three tops, ten sovereigns,to Messrs. Youna and Cruig,'Bigliouse, Stlllicrlumlshirn. ' a For the best three shearliiig trips, fifteen sovereigns, to Messrs. Toring and Craig, Bigliouse, Sutlierlandshire. ‘ For the second best three shearling tups, five sovereians, to Mr. Thomas Elliot, Hiiidliope, Roxburghshire. ‘ " For the best pen often ewes, ten sovereigns, to Mr. Thomas ' Elliot, Hindhopc, Northumbcrland. ' For the second best ten ewes, five sovereigns, to Mr. Andrew Anderson and Mr. John Grieve, Glcndinning, Diiinfries~shirc. For the best pen of ten giinincrs, ton sovereigns, to Messrs. Young and Craig, Bighouse, Sutherlandsliire. For the wound best tcn giuimers, five sovereigns, to Messrs. Anderson and Grieve, Glendenning, Dumfries-sliire. For the best ten fat weddcrs, lanibcd in 1838, five sovereivns to Messrs. Young and Craig, Bighouse, a ’ sues-ricer) arisen. ‘ t the best three tups, ten sovereigns, to Mr. Robert M‘Turk, Hastingshall, Dumfries-shire. ~ sov’rn-nown asst-:0. Fo‘r the best top, ten sovereigns, to his Grace the Duke ofRich- mon . '

For the best en offive ewes five soverei s to his G th Duke of Richidbnd. ’ 8n ’ “me e

.cnoss BREEDS. For the best pen of five dinmonts, cross and Cheviot ewe, five sovereigns, Ildcrton, Northumberland. For the best pen of fine wedders, of any cross and age, five sovereigns, to Mr. James Skirving, Dufl‘ness Mains, East Lo- thian.‘ .

between Leicester to p to Mr. Christopher Howey,

~» swrsa. 5,- Ten hours and eleven sows were entered for competition. The awards ofthe judges were as follows:— '

For the best boar, five sovereigns, to Mr. John Wilson, Eding- ton Mains, Berwickshire.

For the second best boar, four sovereigns, to the Duke of Buc- eIeuch. .

For the bést sow, five sovereigns, to Mr. George Smith, New Ladyk-irk, Berwickshire.

_ For the second best do., four sovereigns, to Mr. Sober Watkins, Plumpton Ho‘use, Cumberland. I sans. or" CATTLE, Honsss, near, Gas.

The congregation of breeders and others, from all parts of the kingdom, at the Highland Society’s exhibi- ‘1098. have led to the establishment of sales by auction, ofvarious descriptions of stock: and though thesesales

do not form a rt of the official prbceedino‘s of the So- ciety, they urginerally well attended, endeare found to be a very great convenience both to buyer and sellers. , horses, sheep, pigs,

implements ofhusbandry, &c., were entrusted to Mr,

Wetherelk'fer‘disposal by auction, and the salecommen- ced thismorning, (Friday), in the‘ Show Yard of the Highland Society. The attendance was very numerous, and a spirited competition prevailed,i;early the whole of the lots havin;5 been disposed of ate/g‘bod prices. We

subjoin a list ogthe first lots sold and the prices obtained 7

for each,:— , Lot 1.1? A Roan Bull, dyesrs old, descended from the blood of Robert Culling, Esq., of Barmpton. 22 guineas. 2. Riclig, Roan, calved May 4th,1836, bred by Robt. Jobson: Esq., Turvi aware» 30 guineas. . _3. Bowmont, 5 years old, was bred by Mr. Hunt, of'I‘hormng' “tho, Northumherlsnd. 42 guineas. Chancellor, bred by and the property of Mr. Ewart, Northumberland. £25. , Galewood, Red Roan, bred by and the propain Oer- A“““' son, owaart, Nortliumherlarid. £50." 7. A,Roan Bull, Morton. 39 guineas. 8. Newham, bred by Mr. John Mason Hooper, of NeWham' 115 guineas. ~ ' 9. Pedestrian, bred by Captain Barclay, ofUry. . 39 guineM- 10. Regent. 27 guineas. v . A White Bull, by Counsellor. 20 guineass», ‘ 11. White Beaumont, by Mr. Smith's, oféhcdlaw, Bordel’erv 70 guiness. 13. Bred by the Duke of Buccleucli, Albert,got by ThOIP- 27 guineas.

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snon'r Hortirsn cows AND nErrEns. 1.4. A roan cow, Dunstan, by Bachelor. 51 guineas. . 15. A roan cow, Young Cresswell, by Regent. 19 gulneas- 17. Cow, 10 years old. 18 guineas.

Mr. Simpson’s bull gained the first premium Drone hundred sovereigns, the sire and dam ofwhich were held by Mr. Walker, Ferrygate, and has been sold for some hundreds to a gentleman in Yorkshire. Lord Hadding- ton’s five steers, one-year old, were sqki for 100 guineas, and the two Angus-shire sold for .1790. Sir John Hall’s pair of West Highlanders were sold for 5670. Mr. Hume’s steer and heifer were by Chieftain,which gained the Society’s premium at Glasgow in 1838, by an Aberdeen cow. Chieftain was purchased by Mr. Home from Mr. Walker when a calf. ' The lot was sold at 70 guineas. A pair of steers, competing in class 15, was sold by Mr. Maddison, Wandon, for 90 guineas, to Mr. Brown, Sunderland.

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THE GREAT REFORM IN IRELAND.

Perhapsthere is no man living at the present moment who occupies a more elevated position as a philanthro- pist, or who has contributed more to the moral reform of his fellow men, than the Rev. TheobaldWMathew. His name and services cannot but be dear to the heart of every lover of the human race. The progress, of the Temperance Reform in Ireland, under his immediate superintendence, has been wonderful, and more like a modern miracle than anything in our immediate history. He has regenerated millions of people; has chased the fiend ofdruiikenness from the domestic circles ofa vast multitude ofhis countrymen; has brightened the hearths and family firesides, and has raised up from the depths and the darkness ofa most oppressive degradation, thou- sands and tens ofthousands who will bless his name and revere his memory long after his mortal frame shall have passed among the clods of the valley. It is With this view of the Apostle of Temperance that we believe a few particulars of his history, in connection with the pro- gress of tee-totalism in Ireland, will be read with in- terest.

Father Mathew is now in his 5lst year, and was born in Thomaston, in the county of Tipperary. He was left an orphan at an early age, pursued his BCClPSir astical studies at Mnynootli, and was ordained in Dub- lin in IBM. His biographer, the Rev. Mr. Birmingham, states that the moment Mr. Mathew i'éntered on his mis- sion, be commenced his career of useiulness; and that in the pulpit ,and at thqdeath-bed he was alike indefa- tigable. He has ever been devoted in his friendship to the poor, and has acted as Executor to the Wills of hun- dreds, who had no friends. It was under these circum- stances, and with this character, that the friends ofthe Temperance cause invited him to enlist in their laudable enterprise. He cheerfully accepted the invitation, and established a temperance Society at Cork, to which a number of the most obdurate drunkards ofthe neighbour- hood speedily attached themselves.

From that point, the fame of Father Mathew speed- ily began to travel; but the great scene which first gave to it the character ofa national movement occurred on his visit to Limerick. His arrival there was hailed with great rejoicing; and so rapidly had his fair fame extend- ed among the people of Ireland, that hundreds from the surrounding counties began to pour in, until the streets were crowded with a dense multitude. The public mind seemed especially turned to this great reform; and the unbounded confidence ofthe population in the virtue and integrity of Father M. seemed to give a new impulse to the feelings ofthe people, at once incomprehensible and without precedent. The evil ofintempcrance had, more- over, beeu widely denounced from the pulpit at the time; its effects were visible all through the country, and thus every thing seemed to conspire, to render the movement auspicious and successful. In short, the Temperance movement, as identified with Father Mathew and his missionary labors through the country, took an extraor- dinary hold of the minds of the multitude. It became popular, the hearts of the people seemed to respond to it, and thus they rushed furward by thousands.

The manner of Father Mathew is also described as admirably suited to his vocation. In person he is of the middle stature, tvell built, without being corpulent, straight and erect, a fine complexion, and as good an illustration of th ects of temperance on the consti- tution as could b Selected. He has a soft, animated, blue eye, an intelligent and benign expression of coun- tenance, a fund of good humour, while his suavity and self-possession are said never to leave him. Perhaps the visit of the Rev. gentleman to Dublin was one'of the most remarkable of all his missions. His chief ob- ject was to advocate the cause of a Female Orphan In. stitution. He preached a sermon in the Church ofthe Conception, the tickets , of admission to which were bought up two days before his arrival. About 600 per- sons of all persuasions attended. His text was, “ Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat 7” We have only room for one or two passages:

“ IfI were to ease,” said the Rev. en a enumerate but thephundreilth part of the ginartilyflgzgémltj: deeds of mercy performed even by the more; of the poor, of which I myself have been witness, I would no. cupy the whole of the time which this discourse should last. Permit me, however, to state one simple case of facts;—A poor woman found in the streets a male infant which she brought to me, and asked imploringly whai she was to do with it? Influenced unhappily by cold cantiop, I advised her to give it to the church wardens. —It was then evening; on the ensuing morning, early I found this poor woman at my doors.—Sliewas a pooiz water-carrier; she cried bitterly and said,—“I have not slept one wink all night for parting with the child which God had put in my way. and ifyou will give me leave, I

’ through thisgigfigpre

. i: ‘ ~- t at the pious tenderness of this poor creature, and I we"

with her to the parish nurse‘ fo; the; infant, which 3:19 brought to her home withjoy4 exclaiming, in the may; words of the prophet, “ Poor child, though thy mo

has forgotten thee, I, will not forget thee.’ hgr “ Eight years have elapsed since she brodgbt to I ad humble home that exposed infant, and she is now blin from constant exposure to wet andeold} and .ten miles a dav may be seen that poor water-carrierpassmg Wltlp her madness, led by this little foundlihg boy. Ohd. merciful Jie‘siis, Iwould gladly sacrifice the, wealth an- power of this wide world, to secure to myselfthe glori- ous welcome that awaits this poor blind wafer-carrier, on the great accounting day! Oh! what, compared to charity like this, the erotined robe, the ivory sceptre, the golden throne, the je‘weli. !” There were

V, ,diadem d h beautiful a‘htt iafl'éctin passages scattere many 0! er a ' ‘ course.g I shall add only the i we benevolence and the 2—” Blessed are the

following, as exhflr high course ofthdu . a . _ “ b merciful, for they shall obtain mercy; and again, y this shall every mad’iknow' that you are my disciples, that you love one another,” words though repeated tr thousand; 'mes that should delight each human hes M. Christiaf’" “what'motives to peace and brotherly fort}, disciples of Christ, engaged in the same glorious pursuit —heaven and immoi'ltality—“ by this shall all men know warps are my disciples, Vthatyyog: love one _another. we are children of the same father: the same current ofbhiodfiows in our Veins; we are all believersm the saine‘Saviour. redeemed atone priced-followers of the same gospel of fpveg Oh! that its sweet and. .ben‘efi-l cent spirit woul diffuse from pole to pole, uniting all mankind as one family and making a world happy. The heart of man would then be the noblest altar,.and cha- rity the richest incense it could offer to the Deity.”\ ' About £350 were collected immediately after the ser- mon. The next morning was the day fixed upon for, the pledge; and in the course of one week, 70,009 of the citizens of Dublin, of all classes and denominations in society, and of different religions persujasions, went forward and took the Temperance pledge. This 5|"ng fact will afford the reader an adequate idea of the extra- ordinary career ofthis extraordinary reformer. We Will conclude our article with thefollowing passage from one ofthe addresses of Father Mathew to the people of Dub- lin. It is simple and forcible: . “ I do not know how it is possible, but I can assure you there is very little difficulty in adhering to the pledge. I have been told by numbers in all parts ofthe kingdom, that they had not the slightest trouble in adhering to the pledge' or the least wish to break their promise. The pledge appears to be, in fact, as fast binding as‘sithe strongest oath, though nothing could be more simple than it is in detail. Simplicity, however, never takes away from the efficacy of any proceeding. It reminds me ofthe case of Naaman the Syrian, who, when he Went to the ,porphet to be cured ofthe leprosy, was told to go and wash hiniselfin the Jordan. fiised. on account ofthe simplicity ofthe cure, and said that he had rivers enough in Syria to bathe in, if he thought bathing; could do him any good; but his servant at length said to him, ‘Father, if the prophet had hid thee do some great thing, sureiy thou shouldst have done it, how much rather What :hath said to thee: wash and thou shaltbe clears: ,n then went and did as he was desired, and he was” a .ri ured, and his skin becameas. the skin of arr-infamy ' ,

CURIOUS Tsnrgeau OF JOSEPH AND _, “iiiRE'rnnisN.

The Wcstminstcr Review gives a 1in and interest- ing paper on Egyptian antiquities, and particularly re— garding those relics of arts and memorials ofthe customs of ancient Egypt which have been amassed in the Bri. tish Museum. The writer notices one monument of a most remarkable kind :—-A grand tableau, supposed to advert to the important event of the arrival of Joseph’s brethren in Egypt, discovered among the excavated tombs of Ben Hassan (not very distant from Cairo), is perhaps’the most remarkable acquisition of modern Egyptian discovery. We will briefly explain its de- tails.

A royal scribe, or a secretary of state, whose name has been read phonetically Nosuf and Jusuf, followed by the jailor Kori, is introducingto a Viceroy of Osir— tesen (which fixes the epoch at .25 n. c. and about six generations before the comm 'ement of the eigh- teenth dynasty) ten Hebrews, clearly indentified by their physiognomies and costume, and one lad ; making eleven males altogether, accompanied by females, possibly the wives of the male personages, two children, and by at- tendants to the amount of thirty-seven.

The secretary of state, wearing the large wig pecu- liar to the aristocracy, similar to, the specimen in the British Museum,displays a scroll in which is written the arrival of these strangers, described as “ bond slaves,”. in the sixth year of Osirtesen.

It is obvious that they are Hebrews who have just crossed the desert. They are accompanied by two asses of the desert, panniered and covered with a peculiarly ornamented housing, one of which conveys two children (possibly those of Judah) and the arms of the party, and both the others the leathern water bottles, exactly such as are now carried by camels and asses in cross- ingthe desert. They bring with them presents to their great-host, such as are recommended by Jacob in the Mosaic account of the arrival of Jospph’s brethren} one camera and performs on a lyre, made after the pri- mitiveGreek fashion, which has been bygptiquarians indentified with the Jewish “ Cbinnor,” deriiv‘éd perhaps from Jubal, the lyre’s scriptural inventor; two other of the-brothers lead animals, which sufficiently indicate. their Judean locality, the antelope and the i'bex of Le- banon. The men are clad in many coloured woollen tunics, wear the Greek sandal, and are well armed with clubs, spears, and bows and arrows. Two carry the desert water bottles slung over their shouldersxl‘ The females, whose resemblance would seem to indicate that they are sisters, and at all events members; of one and the same family, wear tunics of the same primitive character, dyed with a pecular pattern of stripes, inter- mixed with waved lines, and short leathern boots