The Express. — London, England, 1851-09-24 00:00:00

gbe Court. BALMORAL, BeNDAT, San. 21. her Majesty and I'rinee Albert attended divine tervice thi. morning in the pariah church of entitle. The service was performed by the Her. Dr. Wm. Muir, one of her Majesty's chaplains in Scotland. The Marchioness of Douro, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, and the gentlemen of the household, were in attendance. P./patches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office how the Governors of Hong song and Ceylon, the Gover nors of South Australia, Western Australia, and the Mauri tius ; from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and from the Governor of /delta. TIIE REGISTRATIONS. CITY OF LONDON. Yesterday Mr. .ll.Chriatie, the revising barrister, Sat at the Guildhall, and having completed the revision of she lists of the livery of the several companies, commenced the revision of the lists of householders, and disposed of the several lists for the several parishes contained in the wards of Aldersgate Within and Without, Aldgate, Bassishaw, and ERE 14 Fisher Jackson, of "3, Crowneourt," in the parish of Et. Betelph, Aldersgste, was objected to by Mr. Brown. ; Mr. Ledger said the question would arise in this case whether the notice could by possibility, in due course of post, have been served within the prescribed time, namely, en the 25th of August, The notice was simply addressed "Mr. Fisher Jackson, 3, Crown-court." There happened to be fifty-two " Crown-court" in London, and seventeen in the City of London. In consequence of this ambiguity in the add .rm, the notice had been to four Crown-courts before it got to the party himself. Proof most therefore be given that it reached the Cuter on the 2.lth; and that could not be done, for it was not delivered till the 20th. It bore the post mark of " Aug. 25th, 2 p.m.," being the hour at which it was first sent out from the post-office. It was taken to Crown-court, l'hilpot-lane, and then taken beck to the post-office, with an endorsement by the postman. It was next taken to Crown-court, Cornhill, and again sent back. It then visited Crown-court, Threadneedle-street, and was again returned. It was ultimately sent to Mr. Jackson, in Crown-court, in the parish of St. Ilotolph. In "Birch r. Edwards," the Lord Chief Justice had held that the post man, iu delivering nutiets of objection, was bound only to look at the exterior, and not at the substance of the notice. It was evident that this notice had not upon it sufficient to indicate clearly where it was to be delivered, so as to ensure itsreaching the voter on the 25th in due course of post. Mr. Brown relied on the fact that the address on the notice was a copy of the description of the voter's place of abode, as stated in the list; and this was all that was neces sary under the 17th section of the act and the accompany ing schedule. The notice of objection must of necessity comply with the description in the list, which in this case was "Fisher Jackson, 3, Crown court." fled the objector made asy addition to this, his notice would have been held to I* had, as not complying with the prescribed form. The Barrister called Mr. Brown's attention to the case of " Alien T. tireensill " (4 C.B , part 1, p. 100), where no tice of objection to A., described as of his place of abode at L., was left there: it turned out that he had no residence there; and it was held that the notice had not been ghee' or left at Ins place of abode ; and the judges said, " If an objector chooses to select the place of abode as described ill the list to be the voter's place of abode, ho must take the riA of its turning out not to be the place of abode." It was clear the notice must be correctly addressed. If the objector took the place of abode as described in the list, he must do so at his own risk. Mr. Brown contended that that cam only referred to per sonal service or delivery of the notice at the place of abode. This was evident from the additional words of the jtidg, " The objector can always guard himself by sending the notice by post." If this meant anything, it meant that it was only necessary to copy on the address of the notice the place of abode, as stated in the list. How could the objector guard himself, if it were to be held that there were 52 Crown courts, and dl of them were wrung ones? The 100th section of the ikaistratbm Act distinctly provided that no tices seat by post were to be sent to the party "at his place of abode as de ,e,ibtil in the said list of voters." In tins case the words "St. Butolph" were not in the list; it was "Crown-court' ;only ; hence the objection was correctly taken. The Rarriater add he wee inclined to think that the C 11.40 be had referrs it to only related to persorwl service. The both ,ectiou &reeled that the notice should be given at *t' place of ub ale n. described in the said list of voters," and it slid not iro [unlit r. Here the notice had been posted is -tinniest time to base reached the voter on the 2.5 th of August, hail it been taken in due course of post ; but, either by mistaks or arcident, it had gone round to three or four places, which uccupi.d time, and rendered it impossible that the w:•aiee should have reached Mr. Jackson on the 24;.h. It had been decided over and over again that that was not to invalidate the notice, provided it hail been posted in s:ue time; h^ must therefore bold the notice to be goad. The vote can then expunged. Nl.t ItYLEIR)SE. Yesterday, John Fraser Macqueen, Esq., the bar- , Aster appointed to revise the lists of voters for the borough , of MaryLebow:, named his sittitrept the Marylebone Court house. lIAT DATE N ECUS MT TOR A QUALIFYING CLAIM TO HE HATED. George Shaw, of 33, John-street, Edgware-road, claimed to be on the regsdia fora shop mid parlour he hail occupied for ten or eleven years of a Mr. NS right, landlord of the above house, tor which he paid lls. per week. The claim was made on the flub of July last, and at the same time a claim was also made in gvueral terms to be rated to the poor, with an oiler to pay any rates that might be due.— The learned Barrister was about at once to admit the claim, when one of the poor-rite collectors said it was very important to have the learned bey sister's opinion explicitly ou this point, in order to save great incoavenience for the future and disappoint • nt to the claimant, The practice had been in that pa rish, relying OH the word. of the 27th section of the Re form Act, which enacts it that no person should be entitled to be on the register who had not been rated 12 months to the relief of tke poor. Now in this instance the claimant hail not boon rated to the poor at all, although his occu pancy of the shop and parlour more than 1S months was admitted. Mr. M' Dowell and Mr. Duflleld,who supported the claim, Paid they relied on the wording of the 30th section of the lkform Act, which held that ou a lodger making a claim to Is rated, he shall be chimed to be rated from the period at which the last rate should have been made. It was stated that the mode of making the rates in Maryle boi.e was prospective as well as retrospective. In answer to a question, the collectors stated that the las rate made, which was not the qualifying rate, was on the 2hth of ILI LI , : last, the claim being made about three weeks after. The injustice to house holders, if they were compelled to be on the rate-book, Li months before being entitled to be on the register, whilst a lodger only claiming on the 19th of July could be ou the register for a r i te only made on the 28th of June, was submitted fur consideration of the court. The learned Barrister said the claim to be rated was in 'funeral terms, and taking into consideration the wording of the 30th section, " shall deem him to be rated from tho period at which the last rate shall have been made," the question was, whether the claim wee to bo held to be a claim to be rated in Arum or retrospectively. If the claim only applied to the rate last made, namely, on the 2Sth June, then it was clear he could not be rated long enough to be ou the register if the wording of the 27th sec tion was to be relied upon. Ile understood that he was called upon to give an opinion on the construction to be put upon the 27th and 30th sections of the Reform Act, and as the point was a vary important one, and he believed entirely new, he wo u ld take time to con sider it. Judgment deferred. Vourteca of the claims were disallowed, and after a dis cussion on the propriety of giving notice to claimants to attend the court, the proceedings were adjourned till Thursday. HERTFORDSIIIRE.—The Revising Barrister's Court I, was held at Bishop's Stort!ord on Monday. In the parish of Ili.hop's Stortford the name of Charles Hawke was rraek out by the liberals, his property being in the adj to oin g parish of Thorley, to which the claim ought to have beta sent. In the parish of Sawbridgi worth the name of Thomas Patti was struck out, he having become the owner of the property for which he stood on the register as occupier. The following is the result of the day's revision: Liberal gain:: Manias, 23 ; objections, 20; total, 43. Tory gain: Claims , 1S; objections, 13; total, 31. Liberal gain to this time, 300; tory ditto, 236. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (Irmo the Mehl lepert.) The health of London was list week rather below the average. The deaths of 1,097 persons were registered, of whom only 208 had attained the age of 00, 496 were children under 15 years of age, and 394 were in the 'middle period of life. The age of one person was nee deer& Th e deaths o f ma l es (360) moreeded the deaths el hawks (52.1) by 41. The births of 1.697 children were eri.eseed, tad the girls c 8.5) exceeded the 90P (742 ) i b 7 Cholera is decrea s i ng ; it wee on ly to 7 posens, 6 children and 2 adults, in the week; whereas in the fire pre m.:ll9r weeks the deaths from this &seam were 28, 19, 28, 1 7, 14. Diarrhoea is returned es the cause of 97 deaths; 87 in children, 30 in adults. Besel4pea wee Aral in 23 eases, measles in 13, hoo • in 19. ficerlatina is ty 27ineresa phus ing sad ; it 41 dea was inths. the Ise weeks the nue et 18, 20, 29, , TM hos has fradeally tattooed ; cheat IS p vontality oem died of the kw weal' , la kraal the beglealopeflelp. The dollhouse to 19 weakly la A. is the poem* mask the Ibsen has 9701111 eft wan fat 4 sad lest weak is desaaped the LOOS of 61 pIOONIO-24 cUben,3 ebil people, ad r S sons in the palms etlik. Aka imams et this in wii= enidunio if to be appreheniluL 13 Toms died eldld• birth, 4 of dm et mettle sr &Mike Amt; f AMU were referred ee horns and =WSW laegbag, 9 to drew's lae. 11 to helium 1 to wands. ISB ofthedeethslu Loadsaaoseaseila peak institutions; 121 in waahhetwei, fin ofillsep mai asval whom, 42 is k4‘piuds, Bla hurtle esplamo, la adliteny awl salel hos pitals, sad 4 ia palaces. - - GLASGOW A:11) SOUTH WILITILILN RAILWAT.—Ted fie for the week ending 2041 tieptainber, 4,1771. 134. Id. ; corresponding week in last year, 3,2361. 144. Id. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1851. EPISCOPAL ORDINATION. TIIE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND MR. Tho followin .g correspondence between the Rev. W. Palmer and the Archbishop of Canterbury has been published : Whitehurth Canonicorum, Sept. 17, 1861. "M) Lord Archbishop,—llas ing seen in the public journals a letter addressed b 7 your grace to Mr. Oawthorne, end being under the impression that the purpose and mean ' ing of that communication has been in some degree misun eh. rstood, I venture most respectfully to inquire of your grace, first, whether the letter in question is to be considered as an official and authoritative document, or os an informal ex pression of private opinion; and, secondly, whether it was your grace's intention in that letter to state that the bishops and clergy of the church, of England generally are of opinion that episcopal ordination is simply non-essential to the validity of orders, in which case it might be dispensed with amongst ourselves ; or whether your grace meant to include in the majority of which you spoke those who would be reluctant to pronounce positively on the invalidity of all ordinations to the ministy performed in foreign parts, where episcopal ordinations could not be obtained, though they would not consent that such ordinations should be in troduced into the church of England, or recognised as con veying power to officiate in that church. " I have the honour to be, " My Lord Archbishop, " Your very humble servant in Christ, " Wm. PaLmEn. " His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury." " Addington, Sept. 19, 1841. " Reverend Sir,—A letter to me in a spirit of Christian candour would be entitled to attention, independently of the advantage which it derives when contrasted with other notices which have been taken of the communication frau dulently obtained from me by Mr. Gawthorne. " In regard to that communication, I take the opportu nity of mentioning that it is nut unusual for me to receive inquiries from persons unknown to me respecting matters concnected with the church, to which I consider myself bound to reply when there appears no ground for suspecting the motive of the writer. Mr. Gawthorne's letter came to . me as one of these, and whether concocted by himself, or with the assistance of others, I cannot think that it was otherwise than cleverly composed, or that it contained anything to excite suspicion. " My answer was expressed in a manner which I certainly should mt have adopted, in au authoritative or official document :' or if I had believed that I was smiting any other than a rivate letter. Still, inferences halm been drawn from it, for which it furnishes no ground whatever. Other wise, it would be impo.sible that you should ask me whether ' it was my intention to state, that I myself, or the majority of our clergy, look upon episcopal ordination as non-essen• tial to the validity of orders, so that:it might be dispensed with among ourselves,' or so' that any others than those episcopally ordained could have power to officiate in our church.' Ihis was no part of Mr. Gawthurne's inquiry—his inquiry was, whether in 'my opinion, or that of the majority of my brethren, these foreign clergymen were not truly pastors of the church of Christ, but were to be considered as mere laymen.' This I thought equivalent to the question whether we held that no person, in any country, or under any circumstances, could he entitles! to minister iu the church of Christ, except through the imposition of episcopal hands. " I replied that I imagined this to be as far as possible from the general opinion, either among our bishops or clergy. I knew that neither our articles nor our tortnu larici maintained such an opinion. I knew that many of our eminent divines had disclaimed such an opinion ; and I knew that such en opinion, if pursued to its consequences, would amount to d, airing that no valid sacrament or other ministerial act had ever been performed, except under an episcopal form of government. And therefore I could nut believe, and I still do nut believe, that many of our clergy would venture seriously to maintain such an opinion. "To be convinces! that episcopal government, and there fore that episcopal ordination, is most agreeable to Scrip ture, most in accordance with primitive practice, and itself the ' more excellent way,' is perfectly consistent with the judgment of Hooker, that the lineal descent of power by apostolic sucet•ssion is not, in certain casts, to be urged ab solutely, and without any possible exception.—llook vii., chap. 11T. See also boccie ini., chap. xi. " Unable as I am to account for the misrepresentation to which I have been subjected, I ant glad to find so proper an opportunity of correcting them as your letter affords. "And I remain, reverend sir, your faithful servant, J. IL CANTVIII." THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The weather, which in its present aspect realises ! all we read of the peculiarsolluess and comfort of the Indian ' summer, continues to attract daily increasing crowds to the Crystal Palace. Upwards of 60,000 persons passed the barriers yesterday, and comfortably filled every nook and corner of the vast edifice. A peculiarity in the attendance now begins to develop itself, which was not perceptible in the early days of the Exhibition. While the throng of om nibuses and cabs continues as dense as ever, the tide of pedestrians swells daily, so as to render the thoroughfares nearly impassable to any one who attempts to breast the current. There can be no doubt but that the London tradesmen and mechanics now begin to flock thitherwards in right earnest. There were immense numbers of them, with their families, among the visitors yes tenlay, and the number of babies in anus was such as to render all fears for the consequences of the emigration drain quite superfluous. A universal squall pervaded the interior throughout the day, blending curiously enough with the tremendous groaning of Gray and Davidson's organ, the perfor.nance upon which is looked upon as a common enemy by all the exhibitors whose hard fate has located them in its dreaded vicinity. The solemn peal of the organ is a very good thing in its way, when employed in giving voice to appropriate music, but when a gentleman employs himself from morning till night in playing " Poor Old Ned," and similar appropriate selec tions of organ music, in a gamut of thunder, the ear is deafened, and the taste outraged by the desecration. Seve ral exhibitors have complained of the nuisance, and one person whose duties place him in the hottest of the fire, has actually been mice sr twice invalided in consequence. A specimen of the lengths to which human folly will go was exhibited in a lithographel drawing of the aerial pontoon bridge, which the projector circulated and gravely tendered as an ocular proof of the soundness of his invention, and certainly its appearance was cal culated to disperse at once any doubts which might still have linge.ced in the minds of scientific men on the subject. But the fact is that, although hitherto overlooked in the presence of more substantial nttractione, a large por tion of the Exhibition consists of models not a whit more rational in conception than the aerial bridge; aerial loco motives that won't steer, immenie collections of wheels that won't turn, and models of machinery for various purpeses that display an entire ignorance of the first principles of mechanics. One great good that the Exhibition has done has been to explode the notion that an immense amount of unnoticed talent lies buried in the various towns and vil lages of England. We indict ewe arc safe in asserting that not a single new principle, not a single novel application of an old one has been brought to light, in the thousand and one models which have been sent in by work ing men and amateur mechanics. On the contrary, they exhibit the most whimsical conceits and pue rile contrivances, aud must have coot a melan choly waste of time which would have been prevented by a little elementary education. In this point of view the collection is instructive, and may well occupy one of the closing days of the season. The quota of schools was rather Isee, and comprised the St. Matthew's, Denmark-hill, 39 National, Stockwell, 38 boys, 36 girls; Crown-street 'fish, 24 boy; Harlow, Essex, 26 girls and boys; Ken sell-green National, 32 boys; $;. John's (versants), 22 beers; Barnard and Fawbert's, Barlow, Essex, 87 boys and girls ; St. John's Wood, Roman Catholic, 24 boys , ; Southampton National, 24 boys. Amongst the general visitors the only group requiring particular notice was the Chinese family from Albert-gate, who appeared in full cos tume, and had quite as many admirers as the Koh-i-noor. Another point of attraction was a large board which the executive committee had caused to lit placed at the southern entrance, and noon which was displayed in large conspi cuous figures the number of visitors for each day of Ws week, and fur every successive hour of the day. Its utility soon became apparent to the various officials, who were saved the trouble of telling everyone who went out the exact figure up to his or her departure. The arrange ments for the final closing of the Exhibition become of maitre interest as the day fixed for the purpose approaches. We believe that, as they Stand at present, the 11th, which falls on Saturday, will fie no otherwise distinguished than by au absolute prohibition of invalid chairs, and the open- Mir of the doors at 9 o'clock, instead of 12, as at present. Tb• evening. closing will be final as regards the public, end on the following Wednesday Prince Albert will attend M distribute the medals, and to take his leave of the exhi bitors and jurors. This, we believe, will comprehend the satire closing ceremonial. The police numbers were 60,382, "sad the receipts, 2,8591.75. The following shows the temperature yesterday, as recorded by Mr. Bennett's thermometers, being the mean result of 100 readings ;-10 o'clock, ,as; 12 o'clock, 63; 2 o'clock, 64 ; 4 o'clock, 1111; 6 o'clock, 67. :them tempe rature, 61.4. only 61. or 71., and enabling one man and two boys to make about 1,800 pipes per day. These were sold at 20s. per thousand. Fo r about 100/. or 130/. a tilcry with one of these machines may be estab lished. Since 1813 considerable improvements have been made in draining-tile machines, so that the pipe-tiles may now be produced at about 15s. per thousand. In three years, namely by 1846, machines were made capable of producing 20,000 tiles per day. The various machines of the moat approved kinds are all to be seen at the Exhibition. Ainslie's machine No. 5, class 9, is for moulding drainage pipes and tiles, and bricks, and is shown with the model of a kiln; while the Ainslie Brick and 'file Company show a similar machine, with various specimens of their per fected goods. Clayton (N0.:47) also has machinery and tools fur the manufileture of drainage pipes, and for making drains, with drawings of kilns, drying sheds, and other requisites for a filmy. Brodie, from Airdrie, Scotland. has a registered machine for the same pur- po-es. The other exhibitors in this department we observed were Jones (135), Grimslcy (136), Dean (199), Goodwin (202), Seragg (228), and Whitehead (239), and all of these are well worth the attentive inspection of landowners, agriculturists, and manu facturers of tiles and bricks. The Earl of Ennis killen also exhibits some extremely well-made drain ing pipes and collars, draining tiles, and roofing and flooring tiles, as well as a specimen of the clay from which the goods were manufactured The prices at which his lordship's tiles are sold are extremely moderate, particularly as they are unusually light, well burned, and hard. Indeed, so good is the quality of the clay, that the deputy-chairman of the Board of Works in Ireland has suggested that beds of white potters clay are likely to be found in the pits. and may be applied to the manufacture of the common white earthenware. At the works the one inch pipes melba. per thousand, at Enniskillen 125., and at Newry and Belfast 16s. The 11 inch pipes are 145., 155., and 21s. respectively, per milk, and other sizes in proportion. At the late Exeter meeting five of these machines were selected for Arial, and the result was that in a trial of ten minutes White head's machine made 724 pipe tiles, one and a half inehe in diameter and 13 1 . , inches in length, two men and two boys bring employed; Clayton's ma chine made 539, also employing two men and two boys ; Seragg's made 350, employing two men only : a:r.l Williams's 180, employing one man and one boy. Clayton's machine required least power to pro duce certain results, and on that ground received the prize ; but the judges reported that Whitchead's pipes were superior, and a much greater number was produced in a given time. Probably . , little can be done beyond mere details in the further improvement of these machines, and that pipe-tiles will scarcely he made cheaper flan the present price of 15s. per 1,000; though in many districts they are still not to be bought for less than from 20s. to 235. per 1,066 1) inch pipes. Modern experience has proved that in order to secure effective drainage, the drains should be laid four feet deep, and, on strong land, not wider than 21 feet apart; thus requiring 1,700 pipes to the acre, with the coat of cutting and laving. The expense of draining is still very for midable, seldoni less than 4/. to 5/. per acre. This has naturally turned the attention of rural inventors to the possibility of cutting the drains by , machinery. Various implements have been tried for that purpose, i roost of them proposing to cut out and remove the soil to the required depth in somewhat the same way ns it is now done by hand ; the immense power, how ever, required to work such machines, apart from other practical difficulties which are serious, scent to 'preclude any hope of success in that direction. A more promising machine for the purpose may be seen (No. 28, class 9) in Mr. Fowlers draining plough. The mole plough, of which this is an en largement, has long been used for draining pasture land on clay soils at moderate depths, say 18 or 20 inches; but as the aperture made by the mole con sisted solely of a channel formed in the clay soil by compression, its use was almost confined to uniform, clays, and the drain was exposed to injury from the action of water and air, and from vermin. The depth of the drain, too, was insufficient. Mr. Fowler has now invented a powerful implement of this sort by means of which a channel may be made at any depth down to five feet, the plough is worked with ropes by a windlass or capstan, for applying either horse or steam power; and the exhibitors assured us that by means of two horses a depth of four • feet may be attained with case. The instrument has such power that stones of considerable size arc completely broken, so that the plough is applicable to a wider range of soils than the uniform clays. 'lke perfection of this invention, however, consists in the plan by which the pipe tiles are drawn in after the runner of the plough and remain placed in alto with a precision greater than when placed by hand. The contrivance by which this is effected is simple, and, we should think, effectual. It has been recently shown at work at Wormwood Scrubbs, and we understand its performance is quite satisfactory. The cost of laying drains with this machine at four feet deep is stated to be 30s. per 1,000 feet, and of course at less depths the cost is proportionally smaller. Another machine exhibited which may for the pre sent be deemed experimental, and to point to the probable future of hnglish husbandry, is Lord Wil loughby do Eresby's machinery for ploughing by steam. Upon the level land and good working land of his lordship's estate in Lincolnshire, where it has been principally tried, its work is reported to have been well done. Tho machinery employed consists of a locomotive engine, weighing 3, tons, and of 26- horse power. It has a double capstan attached, removable when the engine is required for other purposes. The engine moves across the centre of the field on a light portable railway.; the ploughs advance and recede on either side of the railway, at right angles to it. The plough employed consists of four ordinary, and the like number of sub soil ploughs, fixed in a frame ; and it is directed by a person standing on a small platform attached to the frame. Two such ploughs, ono on either side of the railway, alternately advance and recede, the advanc ing plough working, the other idle, until it regains its proper position for ploughing the next four furrows. On the completion of the four furrows both ways, the engine and side frames advance each three feet. The ploughs are attached to an endless chain 150 yards in length ; and they can be detached at plea sure, or shifted from ono side of the chain to tho other ; and they travel at the rate of five miles an hour. Provision is made to prevent derangement in use the ploughs strike against any impediment ; and there is also a provision on the carriage for tightening the chains at the fences, by which the length may be varied forty feet, to suit irregu larly shaped fields. Should any further alteration be necessary, it can easily be dune , as the chain is made in th irty-feet lengths, one of which can be added or taken out as required. The number of ploughs or blades may be increased should it prove, on further experience, desirable, for the full power of the engine is not exerted with the four ploughs as above described. It is estimated that this machi nery, with the power and arrangements described, would perform the work usually done by sixteen ploughs, driven by as many men, and drawn by thirty-two horses. Requiring itself the at tendance of eight men, and a horse to draw water for the engine, it would thus save the labour of thirty-one horses and eight men. Tho cost for coals is ss. a day. The cost of the machinery altogether is about 5001. At present this machinery is only calculated for the cultivation of fiat land, but should it stand the test of further trials, and tome to have the ingenuity of our agri cultural implement makers and of our practical far mers applied to it, and be adapted to undulating grounds, it is difficult to estimate the economical value of the invention. The saving of horse labour is one of the most important and difficult problems in modern agriculture, and steam ploughing made generally practicable seems the indispensable thing required to effect any large saving of horse labour on farms. , The last machine we shalt notice is that which has attracted such general notice amongst our farmers during the last few months. We allude to the reaping machine. Of this there are two different kinds in the Exhibition. That which first demand ed atten s n was M'Cormieh's. It is an American 'mids t, the use of which has been rapidly increeong the United States, the inventor having sold no less than 1,800 of them in that country last ye ar. Such machines have been casually mentioned by travellers, inh n ,but bad not beep thought of practical importance in this country, and had excited no interest here. Few travellers are agriculturiats, or surely we should have heard before of so obviously useful a machine. Professor Johnston, in his recently published " Notes on North America," writing of an agricultural meet ing at Syracuse, in the state of New York, thus refers to reaping machines : - 7 Of reaping machines there were several varieties on the ground, (tad several arc actually in use in the Western States. Hussey's, which I saw on the ground, was said to cut 25 acme of wheat a day. My friend, Mr. Stevens, who went round the yard with me assured me he had seen one of them cut sixteen acres. M'Cormich's maehine, I sup pose, must be a good one, from the information here given me that as many as fifteen hundred of them have been made at Chicago in Illinois this last year, and sold fur cutting wheat on the prairies of the north-wes.ern states. Of course it is only on fiat lands that they can be advantageously employed. But where labour is scarce, and the unwoodea prairie plenty, the owner of a reaping and a threshing machine may cultivate as much land as he can scratch with the plough and sprinkle with seed. _ _ From the above quotation it would seem that even so acute an agricultural observer as Professor Johnston considered this implement rather as a con trivance adapted to the peculiar circumstances of America, where labour is scarce, and to be adapted even there only to certain situations. When, how ever, the machine came to be tried in this country— and to Mr. Weld is due the merit of having it first tried on his corn not yet ripe—it was found to be likely to meet one of the most urgent wants of our farmers. The getting in the harvest, always ex pensive, and often difficult, from the simultaneous demand made for lunaspad this year been found to be unusually expensive and difficult from the absence of much of the Irish labour we used to obtain, and from the full employment into which our own population had got. Hence a reaping machine which promises to save full one-half both of the cost and time hitherto expended in harvesting the grain crops, came to our farmers like a friend in need. Nir. Mead's report of its performance was to the effect, that it will act perfectly on level ground with a standing crop, and will cut from ten to sixteen acres a day; that the quantity cut depends more upon the activity and strength of the man who has to remove the corn by a rake from the platform on which it fulls, it being hard work to remove one acre and a quarter per hour; that open furrows and deep water furrows presented a considerable impediment to the machine's action. The American machine has a kind •of reel or vane or paddle wheel, which presses the corn towards the cutting part of the implement, which is turned by the action of the mechanism as the implement is drawn on, and some persons apprehended that it would heat out the grain, but this Mr. Mechi re ports not to be the MSC. Afterwards the same ma• chine was tried on a farm at Farningham in Kent, in the presence of a large party of fanners, who were quite satisfied with its value. A third trial took place on a farm of Mr. Mangles, M.P., near Guild ford, Surrey, which was attended by a numerous and important party of landowners and tenant far mers. The ground on which the trial took place is stated to be very strong and uneven, with deep fur rows, end but a slight crop, being, in fact, as bad a piece of ground for the purpose as could have been selected oa the farm. It had undergone no prepara tion for such a trial, by stone picking in the spring, and so forth. All present agreed that, in spite of all obstacles, the machine did its work admirably. The time occupied m cutting an acre of wheat was forty-four minutes, and the experiment was admitted to be conclusive as to the great amount of saving, both in time and money, that would be effected by its introduction into gene ral use. It has since been tried on the farm belong ing to the Agricultural College at Cirencester, in Gloucestershire, with equal suerces. The other reaping machine in the Exhibition is that made by Messrs. Garretts, of Liston Works, Suffolk, and rs somewhat different iu its arrangtment, dispensing with the vanes for pressing the standing corn to wards the rutting kt:ives. }or the practical value of this implement a great number of the leading agriculturists of the district who have seen it, at work vouch. The makers state that it will cut wheat with great facility, and in a manner superior to that reaped by hand. Two horses and two men, or a man and a lad, will cut about an acre in the hour, or perhaps a little more, where the crop is not heavy. The corn is delivered in heaps of the proper size to form a sheaf, and is evenly laid, so that it can be tied up as easily as if cut by the sickle. It is stated to be very easy of management and not liable to get out of repair, a must important point in any agricul tural implement, and especially so in such as reaping machines. The man who manages it stands on a small stage at the back of the left had side of the machine behind the horses, and he rakes the corn as cut off the p'atform by placing his rake on the stand ing. corn just as the cutters reach it, and that by one action it is swept across the platform and delivered on the ground ready fur tyeing. This has been de scribed to us by a man who has done it as not being particularly hard work, requiring only a knack and a steady attention; and we apprehend that the seve rity of this labour spoken of by Mr. I‘lcelti arose rather from its newness than anything else. The shape of the knives is such as to keep them in good cutting condition. The corn is cut by a series of triangular knives placed on a horizontal sliding bar, intersecting or working between a like series of iron tines, which are fixed to Ca wooden plat form provided to receive the corn as it falls. These knives it is said will work for a whole season without requiring to be sharpened. Motion is communicated by means of a crank shaft worked by the revolution of tho travel ling wheel of the machine. As the implement pro ceeds in its work, the corn is received and cut be tween the knives and tines, and falls on the stage merely by its own weight, and without any extrane ous pressure, from which it is raked off by the man attending on the machine. It has been tried on lands ploughed fiat as well as on stetches or ridges, both lengthways and across the furrows, and in each tho result has been deemed satisfactory. Six men are required to follow the machine so as to tie up the corn as it is cut. From 12 to 13 acres of wheat a day can thus be cut by a pair of horses and eight men, or seven men and a lad, and the same number of persons would scarcely be able to accomplish the same quantity in three days by manual labour. Al lowing for the extra horse labour and the cost and wear of the machine, we think the saving of money in reaping by machinery may be estimated at one half, and the saving of time at two-thirds. If the agricultural part of the Great Exhibition had done no more than bring the reaping machine into use, it would have accomplished that which will be of immense value to British husbandry, but in fact it has given an enormous impulse to the use of good implements and to agricultural machinery, as may be tested by the numerous orders the machine makers have received. We should mention that a groat medal has been most justly awarded to Weer nuek's reaping machine. And now, having brought this our final notice of the agricultural implements and machinery of the Exhibition to a close, we may safely ask our non agricultural readers, and the visitors of the Exhibi tion, whether they had any notion that our rural in dustry was so much developed as they find it to be? Did they imagine that so much ingenuity, skill, ca pital, and activity, as the agricultural department indicates existed amongst the interest which its .eudo friends has so long represented as helplessly depending on legislative protection, and shrinking from, and trembling at, competition with the compa ratively rude agriculture of other nations ? Who ever may have wandered into that department, whether practical agriculturists or not, can scarcely fail to have noticed the great variety, the ingenuity and numbers of the articles there exhibited, or avoid the reflection that such things must be made for no unskilled hands, for no merely rude husbandman. They are obviously the results of the requirements of agneulturists,who combine "science with practice" in connection with the use of much capital. And these implements ege and machines, which are in the greatest the produce of scientific researches, e v e fa r i:in da e farmer. who is at once an eminent scientific, and practical g ore farmer, that of all those useful implements, and all a 7e d t i practicallyd a t .I h l a leas b e n m v very applied r djm tools and remarked of mtre bt British ' M r Puny, that complete and elaborate rural machinery, scarcely a single article was in existence twelve years ago. Thus have our greatest improvements in husbandry been coincident with the discovery by our foremast husbandman, that nothing but self-reliance and im provement would bring them success. That inquiry into "agricultural distress" which took place in 1536, and then satisfied all rational landowners that the days of protection were num bered, became the origin of that immense progress which our agriculture has since made. TIIE ADVERTISEMENT DUTY. (From the Maideoter Grer-trr.) We recently called public attention to a notice which wo received from the Stamp-office authorities, warn ing us that the advertisement duty would be charged on all li,ts of "arrived.," if the names of th,: inn, at which they heal arrived, were mentioned. This notice was ably commented on by the Daily News and our paragraph was copied into most of the metropolitan and principal provin cial papers. 'lb subject is again referred to in the Daily News of yesterday, from which we extract the following article : " Tuw Anvz tens EU EXT D Y.—On the Bth of this month we published a list of arrivals at the Clarendon Hotel, for the vxlarexs purpose (as it was stated) of testing the sound ness of the law laid down in the following circular of the Maud of Inland Revenue to country newspapers, and par ticularly to the Maklstoste Ga:elte : It having been the practice of some of the publishers of newspapers of inserting a list of " Arrivals at Hotels," I sin directed to inform you that the advertisement duty at. taehes to such announcements in respect to each hotel, and that any such list, with the hotel named, will be charged it it appear after this notice. ' t. It has not been our habit to give prominence in this newspaper to that description of news which consists of arri vals and departures, but as constant opponcats of the ad vertisement duty, we felt that we were bound to resist every extension (which appeared to us to be illegal) of a tax already painfully oppressive, and were glad to be enabled to fight the battle of the contemporary press on a question which has not in itself so much importance to our selves. In reply to our inquiries whether the authorities at Somerset House intend to charge the proprietors of this journal with advertisement duty in consequence of the list of arrival's° inserted in this paper, wehave receivedthe ful- lowing communication Inland Revenue, Somerset Ilnuse, Sept. 13, 18.50.- 1 have laid before the board your letter of the 11th instant requesting to be informed whether an article whisk ap. peered in the Daily News of the Bth instant havisclie ference to certain announcements of arrivals at the " endon" Hotel is considered liable to the adlerthanaant duty, and in reply 1 am directed to acquaint you that It is not intended to charge the announcements in question to the advertisement duty.-1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, " TMOUVI KEOGH.' It will be sten from the letter of Mr. Keogh that the view taken by the pro, proprietors of this paper, and confirmed by the eminent eounsel to whom the question was submitted hes bass esselemed in by the Board of Inland Revenue, end we prams that their threatening notices may be con sidered to be withdrawn. t• It is to be regretted that any attempt should have been made to extend the operation of this oppressive act, unless the alleged construction was clear and indisputable; and the present instance, while it shows the importance of re sisting every such at tempt, confirms our belief in the erro neous interpretation which the Board of Inland Revenue ascribes to the Advertises. nt Duty Act in other parties lan, and which it may be desirable to bring to an early decision." We beg to express our obligations to the Daily News fee the good service which it has thus rendered the newspaper press; for we feel convinced that had not this new inter pretation of the law been met by remonstrance and oppo sition of more weight than those of a provincial journal, it would have been fully carried out, first, perhaps, in the provinces, but afterwards universally. One of the worst features connected with this duty is its uncertainty. No man can positively aver to what articles it does, or to what it does not, apply. Year after year some new law comes into operation, the advertise ments for carrying out which, it is declared by the legis lature, shall be free of duty. Such is the case with all advertisements issued by boards of guardians, by boards of health, by the Tithe Commissioners, by the Inclo sure Commissioners, for insolvent debtors, and in many other cases. Now in these acts of parliament, there is a virtual condemnation of the principle of the advertisement duty. If this duty be an impediment to the business of the Queen's government, it is etwally indefensible as an im pediment to dill aIIiDISS el "my ono of the Queen's sub jects. Why amnia keentefiniudians be able to adver tise fora Oinka magna, a motor, a matron, a relieving officer, a .Iscoter, or a porter, free of duty, when every one daub persons, in adver tising for such as ep *Aaulet pay ditty, perhaps 25 per e Cent. duty, on lm advertisement The injustice of Ow duty, when the comparatively small sum which it la revenue is considered, will surely soon be. some inteiseable. Our present complaint, however, is of its eneenelaay. In the we of every other tax some adequate provision exists kr elheeking to application, but in the case of the =air as week seeszity mine. At the end at every - melee sahlosidja_ char ar advertisement duty amenela te earn& rem. Mr dm advertisements which =exempt may, peffilbly, however, be shenged, power on oar West el correcting the niailske. Sum Isms ekes, the Beskaiihe eollector of this Markt =w t ; e i s t i t t a L m ahr i esstaz y t!te a = i nseelay of teMelt ewes behmplhl him ; utit wee heICZ to us thsellib ameenseeli most not be eamidered as a painainne. !lb Aloft aid kw left Use M= said kg Ober ipallesatis le Ws mire ' eiatelea, of Om we here weer kb Jared IS Wei wok ea hal theassigimas b, that we see Is* r i b; dark SS In Whet is 'barged and whet ie t t li t e a am steed= we illeinewed, en station, that a effillb s ithe time Idle of one of endways), whiak wbai is purely ea mews, whitest doer, was not drape able, yet th at it bail bees lamseporly charged fee several months. We appal le Wei lie overpaid duty messed. It is scarcely meson to ail that we never got it. Bad a weekly account bssa misled of the advertiemeents charged, we shoal s of cease s have detected this NM at once. If a tans pin a 'setae quantity of hem emelt, of soap, of ewe ef etephits, however opressM dr tax on these midis goy be, be always knows, to a hastion, what he shall have to psy. In addition to the prewase of the advertinmat duty as its mysterious uncertainty. We believe thee time evils only require free and temperate im palas. to is the general public, who are so much in terested In the lesetice, to insist on its immediate repeal. AGRICULTURAL MACIILNERY. In former notices of agricultural implements in the Exhibition, we adverted to such classes of implements and machinery as may be considered to be in practi cal use amongst our roremost cultivators. But it has been observed with truth, that many, perhaps most of the kinds of implements found on ordinary farms are not to be met with in the present Exliihition. For instance, the ploughs and harrows are compara tively few, while the wooden roller and other every day and very useful articles are not to be found at sIL Most implements shown may bo desig nated as " improved," and such implements are every day coining more and more into ordinary use. We now purpose to refer to times which are closely connected with the improvement of land, and farm buildings; and to such as may, as yet, be termed experimental, in dicating farther progress, but not at present com plete. And first amongst the machines which have promoted the improvement are to be ranked the draining tile machines. To understand the importance of machines for making draining tiles, we should bo aware of the wide extent of land throughout the United Kingdom requiring to be drained before it can be farmed with advantage, and the enormous cost at which all drain age works were necessarily accomplished whilst draining tiles were solely hand-made. That, when the soil is surcharged with water, it cannot be so worked and mechanically divided as to produce per fect crops—it is comparatively unimproved by manure —its temperature is so much lowered as to retard and often prevent healthy vegetation, and the en trance of atmospheric air is precluded—are all matters well understood even to those unacquainted with practical husbandry. But it is not so generally known that the lands habitually surcharged with moisture aro not confined to those absorbent and tenacious soils designated clays. Mr. Parkes, the eminent draining engineer, tells us " that fully as large an area [of the soils of Britain], consisting of learns, and of earths still more silicious need drainage quite as much as the stiff and compact clays. Water is permanently maintained too near the surface pf many soils, whose natural texture for • few feet deep would allow to it a free pas age downwards, were it not for the existence of a clay, or of some other impassable medium, at depths more or less great, Which uphold the water. - " Perhaps more than one-third of the land of this country demands artificial d • s and a considerable portion of it when drained completely changed in character, the surface soil having been naturally light and friable, but was kept wet by en impervious band, or sub-soil. On mach land draining effects a complete revolution, and adds immensely to its value. On the heavy and clay lands also, though no such alteration can be effected in the nature of the soil, by draining, as we meet with on lighter land relieved by topping the sub soil, the results are most important, and add greatly to the amount of produce, the certainty of cropping, and the range of crops to be grown thereupon. Draining, however, is no new prao tice in England; not to go further back then the time of the Commonwealth, we have recorded his tory of its use from that time in the eastern counties of England, but the materials used were perishable, such as bushes, wood, or straw, so land required to be re-drained at least once in eight or ten years. Tile drains have been occasionally found about perks and mansions, but the cost of them which amounted to 9114. he 1,000 feet of tiles-60s. and soles 30s. per Lase—gras absolutely prohibitory :of their use in samba drainage works. The Stag ratehine for making drain tiles was that, a b Midst, invented by the Marquis of Tweed sielas vim obtained a patent for his invention, and a =for working it was established. This was exhibited at the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, and it appeared that worked by a sea and a stout lad, with two boys to carry the tiles to the drying sheds, about 600,000 tiles were made in a season, The price at which these tiles then sold was Nub 235. 6d. to 40s. per thousand. The tiles were borsomhoe shaped, and soles, ceding half the price of the the, had to be used. This still' left the price of the the and sole together at about 433. per thousand. Mr. Etheridge, at the same mooting, Foamed a tile machine, worked by horse power, which made about 8,000 or 10,000 a day. Mr. John Read at the same Bans exhibited a.eylin idrit, cal whi o e r h p w ipe as til of e, v an ery d the hand oonstruo machin tian, e for mgong aking IRELAND. DI:ALIN, SEPT. 23. Tho only notice yet received of last evening's glorification of the Irish brigade at Cashel is that contained in the following paragraph in the Free man of this morning, a full report being promised for the next publication: Last evening Messrs. Maher and Scully, the patriotic members for Tipperary, were entertained by their con stituents at a splendid banquet in Cashel, at which over 200 freeholders of that county sat down. The chair was taken by John Sadleir, Esq. : M.P. At hie right end left sat N. Maher, Ebq., and }rancid Scully, Esq. • and among the guests of the evening were John Reynolds, Esq., M.P., W. Keogh, Esq., M.P., O. 0. Higgins ' Esq., M.P., Sir T. O'Brien, Bart., M.l'., A. O'Flaherty, Esq., M.P., the Very Ker. Dr. Burke, Clonmel ; Charles Biancoui, Esq., Long field; the Venerable Dean McDonnell, Cashel ; Archdeacon Lalfan, Fethard, &c. The proceedings of the evening passed off in the most harmonious and sutiefactory manner. - - Yesterday the citizens of Cork were on the tip-too of expectation for the arrival of Mr. Abbot Lawrence, the American Minister, from Killarney. The public boards assembled and commenced preparations fur his reception; and it was resolved that Mr. Law rence and party should be invited to a trip down the river; to a thyruner on board the steamer, and to a public entertainment in the evening in the city. It was agreed that the packet station question should be set aside altogether, and that Mr. Lawrence should be entertained as the representative of the American people. The Cork Examiner of yesterday has bad accounts of the potato crop. The heavy togs that prevailed during the preceding week, are stated to have done extensive damage; and according to some reports 23 per cent. of the crop would be lost; while others carried their apprehensions even so far as to estimate the probable loss at 51) per cent. The movement among the poor law guardians in the south and west to relieve themselves from the pressure of the Consolidated Annuities is pushed most vigorously, and seems almost exclusively to occupy the attention of the local gentry. The peo ple, however, to a very large extent, seem to feel that It is au exclusively landlord affair. The statement which I noticed yesterday, that Prince Albert was about to place himself at the head of some project fur converting the Irish encumbered estates to a source of public profit, has naturally at tracted a good deal of attention here ' although not looked upon as very probable. The Erenlay Mail takes credit to itself for having suggested something of the kind a good while since, and says : We are consiuent that a more effectual means of C01110ii• dating the union between Ireland and Brest Britain could nut be devised, than to give the Royal family a direct per sonal iaterest in the welfare of this country. The time is gone by when uuy fears or jealousies of rival claimants to dominion might be interposed to restrain is acquisitions either of property or of influence within the woollen walls of Old Eugland. Such apprehensions never had much ' foundation in the reality of things, but proceeded in a great measure from an ignorant prejudice, suanthing akin to that which confined the juvenile members of the Islam race to the precincts of the harem. A. prince of the blood at the head of largo estates in Ireland would possess no more political power than he would ander similar circumstances in the Isle of Wight ; whilst if he were a wise and generous proprietor, his influence would greatly increase the attachment of our people to his royal house. Even the temporary residence of the Duke of Cambridge in Dublin, although lie is in no wise conuected with the soil, has tended much to endear the royal family to our community. Ms deserved popularity has extended its prestige to the other members of his illustrious race ; and we are less surprised at the striking manitCstations of pi r : sonal attachment which ire incorporated with the senti ment of loyalty in England. Let them conic amongst us, then, and identify themselves with our soil. They may depend on't they will taut this is the true way to outbid the lope. • •. • • * * We do must devoutly hope that there may be a good foundation for this statement. 'Tito energy with which the Prince carried out his great project of the Exhibition is a guarantee that whatever he under takes shall not fail fur lack of strung purpose and earnest sincerity. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC WOUKS. The following are extracts from the annual report of the commissioners : " In making this our annual report of the works in ope ration under the Landed l'roperty Improvement Act, we have the pleasure to state that during the year ISA the act has continued to work in the same satisfactory manner as during the three previous years ; and, as will appear by thu extracts from the reports of our several inspectors of drain age hereinafter quoted, the spirit of agricultural improve ment, which revived in some measurethrough the operation of this act, has continued unabated throughuut the country, the proprietors, as well as many of the tenant Enviers, be ing convinced by experience that deep thorough draining, followed by subsoiling, effects such au increase in the pro ductive qualities of the soil as to enable it, when mode rately excited by manure, to produce returns sufficient to repay the entire expenditure, in sonic cases iu one, and fre quently in two years. But we must again repeat the caution expressed in former reports, that if the operations under the Land Im provement Act be confined to thorough draining alone, comparatively little advantage will be derived from the expenditure, excepting perhaps in pasture lauds of superior quality. In our last report we suggested that improvements might adnunageously be carried 011 jointly by the landlord and tenant, the landlord to uudertake the cost of the thorough draining, and the tenant the subsoiling; by this arrangement both would be benefited, the land would his more than doubled in value, at the average cost to the pro prietor of about 31. per acre, and thus his rent would be amply secured, and the tenant, receiving a double return would be transformed from a struggliug pauper to a thriv ing farmer. " Several successful examples of this joint arrangement have come under our notice during the last year, and we have the pleasure to state that they arc on the ilicrease ; and we feel assured that the extension of the principle, by cre ating a unity of :intereat stied action between the landlord and tenant, will tend much to the agricultural improve ment of the country. "At the present moment a feeling of hope has succeeded to apathy, and a spirit of industry prevails from the highest to the lowest. All agriculturist agree that dependence can alone be placed on an improved system of husbandry. "The cultivation of tlas, hitherto confined to a few of the north-eastern counties, has now become more general. The extent sown this year, exclusive of the northern district, will more than double that of the last or any previous year, and the quantity would have been euusiderably increased if scotch mills had existed at convenient distances throughout the southern and western districts. One ton of dried flax straw is reduced to 5 cwt. by the process of scotching, and it is to be observed that wherever a scotch mill has been erected the proprietors and tenant farmers of the neigh bouring district have this year sown flax extensively. "There can be no doubt that the mild and humid climate of Ireland is peculiarly suited to the growth of flax, as well as of root crop. of every description ; and as this country has been at all times proverbial for its pastures, it becomes evident that the attention of farmers should be directed, in addition to the flax crop, more to the breeding and feeding of cattle, sheep, and pigs. In fact, except in a very , few favourable loca lities, oats is the cereal crop which is best suited to the insist climate of Ireland, and in the production of which it can compete with any country. Barley and rye succeed well, bat owing to a deficiency of heat at the season when it is most required, samples of wheat are rarely produced which will bear comparison with those grown in more fa voured climates. " lf the foregoing view be assented to, deep draining and subsoiling become doubly important, for unless the soil and subsoil be dry, finely pulverised, and accessible to the influ ence of sun and air, the root crops, as well as flax, will be deficient in quantity and quality. " The only novelty which has occurred connected with our land improvement operations during the lust year is the authority given by the act 13 and it Vic., cap 31, to make loans for the erection of farm-office buildings, iu addition to the loans for thorough draining, fencing, fife., given by the original,uet 10 Vic., cap. 32. " This power was necessary to enable landed proprietors who possessed large tracts of land at present unoccupied to fit them for letting in extensive farms to superior agricul turists, by the erection of farts buildings suited to the modern , system of improved husbandry. " At the time of passing the act it was anticipated that a considerable number of experienced tenant farmers, posses sung sufficient capital, would have taken large flame in the country, but hitherto such has rarely been the case ; in muse . queue.) the applications for loans for the erection of eaten . eve ranges of farm buildings have been limited to a few. " But perhaps under the circumstances of the country it • is fortunate that such has been the case, as by this means more time will be allowed for maturiug plans, and the pro portions and internal arrangements of those buildings in process of erection will have been tested by experience as well as criticised by farmers of the modern school. " Up to the end of the year 1850, though many personal inquiries were made, and much correspondence took lilacs relative to farm buildings, still only thirteen regular ap plications for loans were received. The schedule gives the names of the applicants and amounts applied fur, together with the loans made or declined in each case, from which it appears that up to December last only seven loans, amount ing in the aggregate to 5,0:41., were actually made. Seve ral of those are now in progress, and will be completed dur lag the present season. " Up to the present time, April, 1851, the total number of applications which have been received are thirty-three, of which fourteen have been approved, amounting in the whole to the sum of 76501. We have found much greater difficulty in making final arrangements relative to the pro portions of the buildings connected with the small loans, va rying from 2001. to 4001., than for the a ones, but still matters are progressing regularly and s and We feel assured that on the completion of a feiv spares of farm offices in any district, that the number of applications will increase in proportion as the benefit detived-hom lbfrbaild inp becomes apparent to the neighbouring proprietors astl principal tenant farmers. t4l )1111 1