The Express. — London, England, 1851-05-22 00:00:00

I aging several of the numerous common fields which had existed throughout the country. Good farming, however, such as we now see in the best cultivated districts, was unknown in 1815, and so far from the improvements which all admit to have been made since that time, following " a rise in prices," they have been made is the face, and, as I firmly believe, in sonsequence of a gradual fall of prices. True it is there have been fluctuations of price, but from the end of the war there has been a constant downward tendency of what, in the language of our corn law legislators, was called the pivot—the average— price of grain. Whoever has attended to the history of British agriculture, and agricultural legislation, since 1815, must be aware that at every succeeding period of low prices there has been a loud clamour of agricultural distress, plentiful prophecies of rural ruin, and the moat authoritative statements by prac tical farmers that some range of prices, higher than were ever afterwards obtained, was absolutely neces sary to remunerate the farmer and keep the land in cultivation. Yet in every instance such predictions have been falsified by the event, and though the required prices were never received, farmers went on extending and improving their cultivation ; and, taking any period of seven years from 1815 to the present time, it will be found that the land had become more productive at its termi nation than at its commencement. I am half ashamed to re-argue this settled question ; but when men like Sir Edward Lytton condescend to falsify agricultural history it may be useful to restate the facts. I shall show that there has been no inferior land abandoned since 1815; but, on the contrary, a constantly increasing quantity of inferior land has been brought into cultivation, and a steady improve ment in culture has been going on, notwithstanding the constant subsidence of average prices, and the no less constant failure of successive corn laws to realise the hope of high prices promised by the authors of each. 32 bushels per acre, or more than double the rate obtained in 1812 under the incentive of war prices. And other grain and sheep have increased in equal proportions ; for in this district all the old sheep walks have been broken up, and the land is all cultivated on rotations which have prodigiously increased the food for stock (by turnip and green crop culture) as well as grain. And is it supposed that these Yorkshire weld farmers have obtained from their farms " all that can be wrung from them ;" and Sir Edward Lytton in one place says, and throughout his pamphlet implies, has been done by the farming body ? Far from it; I learn from the report that the weld farmers are only just beginning to try the effect of giving some dry food with the turnips to their lambing ewes, and that the feeding their lamb-hogs with corn or cake so as to sell them fat at from twelve to sixteen months old, is only slowly and timidly being undertaken by the more enterprising, because "it involves a little more capital, and rather more confidence in results than falls to the lot of the majority of farmers." Then, again, while their straw is wasted, few of the weld farmers adopt the Lincolnshire plan of feecUng beasts in yards through the winter on straw and oil cake, which has done so much for the improvement of the land and the pockets of the farmers on the Lincoln shire wolds. I affirm, without fear of contradiction, that on these welds there is room for profitable improvement by means of good farming, which will be fur more than equivalent to the fall which has taken place in prices; and that though the outcry of ruin may seem as loud as it was in 1814—which it is not—the farmers have the meal's in their own hands, or at all events by arrangements with their landlords, of meeting the present alteration of prices with no more difficulty than the change from war to peace prices has been met. I now turn to Lincolnshire, and I find, on the authority of Mr. Pusey, that on the chalk hills and heaths of that county, nearly 300,000 acres have been " added within our own times to the corn lands of England;" and Mr. Pusey, in 1813, states in great detail, the particulars of the cultivation of these light land farms; the land has been chalked twice over, at the cost of 665. per acre each time; bones to the extent of 41. per acre have been used; while on a farm of 1,000 acres, 110 beasts were yearly fed in the straw-yard with eighty tons of oil cake, and from ten to twelve large long-woolled sheep to the acre are wintered on one-fourth part of the farm. And this was stated as a specimen of the ordinary system pursued by the hill farmers of Lincolnshire, and Mr. Pusey refers to the celebrated farm of IVithcall, formerly occupied by the late Mr. Dawson, consisting of an entire pariah of 2,000 acres of ploughed land, as being in 1835, under Mr. Dawson's management, " the perfection of farming." I saw that farm last autumn, and I was told that its cultivation by the present occupier is much superior to that of Mr. Dawson, and that throughout the district the cultivation of all farmers had been wonderfully im proved. Mr. Pusey tells us also that some of Mr. Chaplin's land on Lincoln Heath was enclosed " as lately as the year 1823, a year of the lowest depres sion for agricultural prices and spirits, so that the undertaking was spoken of as an act of absurdity." Yet Mr. Chaplin was "not disturbed or discouraged," and the system from that time steadily pursued by the tenant of one of the newly enclosed farms was deemed by Mr. Pusey " so admirable," that he felt bound to state its details. The account is too long for me to quote, but that and other particulars stated by Mr. Pusey " on the agricultural improvements of Lincolnshire," demonstrate the fallacy of the notion that improvements follow high prices. In the actual state of English agriculture the very reverse is the truth, for all our great modern improvements have originated in a period of agricultural depression. It cannot fail to be remarked that the system pursued on the light lands of Lincolnshire, is infinitely superior to that of the Yorkshire Welds, and that the farmers of the latter district have a large margin between their own and the Lincolnshire practice, in which they may find compensation for lower prices. Nor can any practical fanner doubt, that good as the system is in Lincolnshire, there is yet room for great im provement; or that the enterprising and intelligent farmers of that county, who have done so much in spite of falling prices, will be able successfully to cope with the present state of agricultural markets. The most detailed statements of farming accounts and estimates, as amply vouched by practical farmers, as the like documents Sir Edward refer, to as lying before him, were presented to the Lords' committee of 1814 to show that nothing less than tills. a quarter for wheat and corresponding prices for other grain would enable the English farmer to continue his occupation. Mr. lienett, the member for South Wilts, then a great agricultural authority, pro duced to the committee a detailed statement of the expenses and produce of a farm of 943 acres in Wiltshire; and, taking the price of wheat at 965. the quarter, and barley at 485., he showed a posi tive yearly loss of 664 Now, from 1813 to 1822, with the exception of the years 1817 and 1818, which were years of scarcity, the price of grain never reached the point which had been alleged to be indispensable to agricultural success • and by Au gust, 1822, the price of wheat had fallen to 425. a quarter. Again there was agricultural distress, and a parliamentary committee. 'That committee—the Commons' committee of 1821—referred to former periods of low prices fur agricultural produce, and saw that the statements and opinions then given as to the " ruinous operation of low prices strikingly con firmed" the evidence received by the committee, but that such fears had been dissipated by the natu ral course of seasons and events, and recommended the trade in corn to be thrown open. This report was too toxin advance of the opinions of the legisla tors of that day to be heeded : and in 1822 another committee was appointed, upon whose report, the limit of absolute prohibition on the import of wheat was reduced from s4)s. to 71)a., with a duty of 12s. a quarter lithe price was less than 80s , with a fur ther duty of 3s. for the first three months. At thin time several witnesses stated that it was of no use " to assist poor tenantsb d y deductions of rent ;" farmersthat " who hacommenced with little capital must give up their farms :" that "no abatement of rent would enable many of the (then) present tenants to go on ;" and that wheat could not be grown at a profit "even if no rent was paid;" of each and all such complaints we hear at present the exact echo. An adjustment of rents, which had not been materially, if at all, reduced since the war, was at this time very generally deemed necessary, yet, except temporary reductions, there has been no abatement of rent., but rather an increase since 18t2. By 1827 the price of wheat had risen to the average price of 60s. a quarter, and a strong public feeling against the corn laws was expressed, and the sliding scale of IR2B was adopted in the place of the abso lutely prohibitory law which had been in existence. The object of that law was to keep the price of wheat about 6.)5., but except in periods of occasional scarcity that object was not effected. In 1833 the price of wheat was from 51s. to 545. per quarter, and agricultural distress was again made the plea for the appointment of another committee. This committee reported that clay land farmers were suffering from several wet seasons; that our own produce of corn was not on an average of years equal to the consumption of the country, and th at the con dition of the labourer was improved, and the main tenance of the corn law of 1828 was recommended. Then followed the abundant seasons of 1834, 1835, and 1836, when wheat was lower in price than it has been since the trade has been thrown open. This low price produced the usual agricultural distress and a committee of inquiry; but though there was the same attempted array of statistics to prove that agri culture was ruined, so much counter evidence was offered, and looked so much more like the truth, that the majority of protectionists on the committee ven tured to mike no report, but contented themselves with preventing a free trade report, which was justi fied by the evidence. Shortly after this time, seasons preyed bad, and prices rose from scarcity, and then that agitation commenced which ended in 1846 by repealing the corn laws. I have gone thus minutely through the history of corn law legislation, because it shows that, taking the parliamentary aspect of agriculture, farmers and' landowners were so often in distress, that, if real, their distress with loudly proclaimed rain must have been little better than a chronic malady. At each succes sive paroxysm, they had their pamphlet writer, their farming statistics, and their confident prophets of is il, to prove the depth and utter hopeliaisness of their distress; yet I will show you by the testi mony of agriculturists, writing not with a party political object—testimony protectionists cannot im pugn—that there has been a constant advance in husbandry and a regular increase of produce from land, the result of increased capital and intelligence applied to its cultivation. The passage from M'Culloch which Sir Edward Lytton quotes, in seeming ignorant e of its effect on his argument for protection, says that "since 1823 it [the progress of agr iculture has been rapid beyond all former precedent , " yet if the dolorous testimony of protectionist farmers offered to the va rious committees had been true, there must have been a great decline, not a rapid p , since 1825. I will take four districts of li ro g f r s land, the chalk bills or wolds of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, Lincoln heath, and the chalk hills and downs of Wiltshire, and ace what has been the progress of agriculture in each district since 1813. And it is admitted that these light soils, requiring as they do expensive or " high " farming, form one of the extremes likely to be most injuriously affected by lower prices than the occupiers anticipated. I find'in the " Report on the Farming of the East Riding of Yorkshire "—and I have myself heard similar statements in all the dis tricts I have named, which obtained the prize of the Royal Agricultural Society—a reference is made to Stnckband's survey of that county published in 1812, when the average price of wheat was 1224., barley 665., oats 445., and beans 2s. per quarter, and beef and mutton 8;c1. per lb.: and the writer of the report observes—" During the twenty-four preceding years, these and other causes had operated as most powerful ineentives to agricultural enterprise." We should have been prepared, then, to find that the cultivation of the soil had proceeded pan pastu ; whether this was the case let Mr. Strickland 's pages telL War prices bad done their utmost; but what Liebig de nominates the day of " rational culture" had not arrived, In Wiltshire I find a large tract of chalk land, the farming on which is for the most part as much be hind the Yorkshire Welds as that district is behind Lincolnshire, but still it is since the war, and more especially during the last 15 years, that the greatest advances have been made. Referring to the Royal Agricultural Society's prize essay on the farming of Wilts'aire, written in 18-14, I find the writer, under the head of " Improvements since 1811," the date of the report to the Board of Agriculture, says, " then a considerable portion of the land was in com mon field husbandry," but now most of these have been enclosed. " Since that took place improvements have been continually making in the agriculture of the county. . . . The land is now in a much higher; state of cultivation than at that time, and produces much better crops of corn, both in quantity and qua lity. . . . The introduction of bones and other artificial manures has wrought a great change in the agriculture of this county, more particularly on the lightest soils, which were formerly considered too poor to be cultivated. Their use has greatly contri buted to bring the agriculture of the southern divi sion [the light land district] into that superior state which has excited the surprise even of some of the farmers of the Lothians, and the commendation of _ . all who are capable of judging on the matter, for the farmers of South Wilts, taken as a body, are excel lent farmers.' And I could prove a similar progress has been made since 1823 on most other kinds of land, when occupied by tenants of fair capital, did your limits permit ; and even the clay land farmers whose prospects are so frequently treated as dark and dreary have not stood ; much land of that ' description has been drained, more or less effectively, within the last ten years, and there is scarcely an owner or occupier of clay land who does not now ad mit the necessity of driuuing, and whose only ques tion is how is it to be effected. Then have we not public money draining acts, and draining com panics, and acts for facilitating the drainage of land by means of private advances of money ? All of which bespeak the determination of the landed in terests to bring up the culture of clay soils to a par with that of the light lands of England. There are some other points in Sir Edward Lytton's pamphlet I could notice did space permit, but I have shown the futility of his affected fears on behalf of agriculture from present prices, and the complaints thereon, by reminding you that every depression in the price of grain since 1815 has been accompanied by fears as great and predictions as woeful as those we now hear, and that in each in stance the fears have proved groundless, and the predictions have been falsified by the steady and continuous advances of English husbandry down to the present hour ; and that at this moment there is more silent and substantial improvement going on, and a more deep and general conviction amongst landowners and occupiers that further improve ment is absolutely necessary than at any former period. The writer then makes some quotations ?rem Mr. Strickland, illustrative of the then state of hus bandry on the wolds, from which I take these facts: That the produce of wheat was then from 12 to 24 bushels per acre on the wolds, and that the land, in stead of being improved by having been ploughed upl (as about two-thirds of it had then been), was of less value than when principally in sheep-walk. True it was that warp • had done their stalest for the halms, ' to their then system, but had not led to the improvement of the land t that remained to be done as they became compelled by lower pr• cea In adopt a "rational culture.' And theresult bee leen, according to the prise report, that the produce et! wheat On the Yorkshire Wade is now from 24 to THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1851. THE DERBY DAY. The only successful rival to the Great Exhibition is, unquestionably, the Derby—theatres, concerts, and the thousand other media of easing people of their loose cash during the London season scarcely draw money enough to pay rent and taxes—parliamentary debates are carried on with all but empty benches, or are bucked by a "count out"—Exeter Hall orators find no audiences, and even the linendrapers' and mercers' shops have become mere lounges for idle shopmen, our lathes passing by them without deigning to cast a glance at their, at other times, attractive displays. " Every body," say the London people, " goes to the Exhibition, and all the spare cash is spent there." The Derby day was an exception to this rule —or, if every body went to the Exhibition in Hyde Park yesterday, everybody must have had a double at Epsom Downs. We have been present at many crowded Epsom meetings, but never saw so many persons assembled on the Downs be fore. This may be accounted for by the vast number of foreign visitors brought hero by the great industrial exhibi tion, the leisure of the London tradesmen, the fine weather, and, above all, by the facilities for cheap conveyance the railways afford. But though the crowd on the course was so much greater, there appeared to be a much smaller show of dashing equipages than usual. Omnibuses, stage coaches, vans, and carts of every description, there were in plenty; but the carriages and four, with postilions in bright silk jackets, and their smiling, bright-eyed, and showily dressed occupants, were few and far between. The road from the earliest morn presented a scene of the most lively animation, notwithstanding the counter-attractions of the two railways had so great a share of public patronage, that the innkeepers must have been agreeably reminded of olden times. From every part of London, across the several bridges leading to the south, vehicles of one description or other were seen wending their way. From Kennington gate onwards the stream of carriages of all sorts was from 8 till 12 o'clock continuous. Barouches, broughams, gigs, dog-carts, omnibuses, cabs, stage coaches (in such numbers that one wondered where they had been dug up from), tax carts and donkey tandems, all mingled together, not in con fusion, for the turnpike-men and the police prevented that, but on a footing of equality which wanted only an occa sional changing of places to be all that any communist could desire. The number of persons which some of these vehicles carried was astonishing. The old-fashioned stage coaches, for instance, which in their "day of life" with some difficulty accommodated 13 outside passengers, had from 20 to 25 people piled up on, and hanging about their ' roofs and sides—a weight which, were it not for the heavily laden provision baskets below, which acted as ballast, must have capsized them at the first turn of the road. The vans and omnibuses, and all that bad the appearance of public carriages, were equally over-filled; nor less numerous or varied in their appearance were the pedestrians. Groups of economical Frenchmen, with long beards, full trousers, and curiously fashioned hats ; showily dressed Lasears, here and there a Chinese (whose walking powers did not seem calculated to carry him very far beyond the sound of Bow bells), Italian organ boys, bending under the weight of their instruments, Bavarian broom-girls, working men in feethan jackets, labourers in smock frocks, pea and thimble rigzers, vendors of "Darling's correct cards," and others who combined pleasure with poverty, or desired to earn their money before they spent it. Every cross road on the route added to this moving mass, and long before Epsom was reached the way was frequently blocked. All the houses of entertainment on the road were crowded; the dust made everybody thirsty, to the delight of " mine hosts," who must have reaped a harvest that should induce them for the rest of the year to look complacently even on their great enemies, the railways. Of the railways, the London and Brighton, as offering the greater facilities, of course was the favourite. The early trains, which commenced running at five o'clock, carried down a vast number of people at the cheap fares—and the high price trains, which from nine until two were started at intervals of about a quarter of an hour, were all tilled. The arrangements of the company were admirable—and in con sequence the crowds who were all the morning besieging the terminus at London Bridge, following each other in continuous succession, were accommodated without con fusion. The South-Western Company not having the advantage of a line into Epsom, endeavoured by their low charges to compete with their more fortunate rival, and not altogether without success. Their trains, which ran every quarter of an hour from Waterloo terminus to Kingston, were exten sively patronised. For those who may have • conveyance waiting at the station to carry them on to the Downs—a dis tance of seven miles—this probably is the most agreeable route ; but those who have made no such provision will find the charge for coach-hire between the rail and the course far more than counterbalance the low fares of the railway company. In point of weather the seventy-second anniversary of the Derby was remarkably fortunate ; a shower fell early in the morning, enough to lay the dust, but neither heavy nor long enough to have any effect on the course, which, as may be imagined from our report of the first day, was anything but favourable for horses with doubtful fret. Great care wu taken by the heads of the police to prevent stoppages on the three thoroughfares from Epsom to the Downs, by placing horse patrols in different points ; in short, all to whom the management of the course, or of matters connected with it, was entrusted, carried out their orders in a business like and efficient manner. With reference to the great event, we may observe that it is many years since the race up to the day was looked upon as so " open." Of this the number of starters ione may be quoted as a proof ; the " million," in fact, arrived on the course pretty gene rally impressed with the idea that " some outsider" would win; they had bad no Flying Dutchman or Vol tigeur on whom to pin their affections ; and nett to that (to the ring) very useful animal Lightfoot, the only horse to whom they evinced a decided leaning was the Marlborough Buck, and on him, owing perhaps to the recent list defalcations, their investments were much lighter than would have been the case bad the "money market " been in a healthy state. The first race of the day got over, the paddock became the centre of attraction; the starters speedily emerged from it, and within a few minutes of the time fixed—three o'clock—were mounted, the course having previously been cleared, with • tact, temper, and rapidity highly creditable to the police. Having taken their preliminary canters, the horses, thirty-three in number—one more than ever started for Derby, Oaks, or St. Leger—returned to the paddock, were conducted from it to the post, and got off without the slightest failure, at ten minutes past three. The race may be described in a very few words. Teddington waited in front to the turn, was never afterwards headed, and won in • canter, the Marlborough Buck beating Neasham by a length and the latter de feating Hernandez for the third place by a neck. Sir Joseph Hawley and his party win an immense stake, and most of the gentlemen are on the right side ; on the other hand, the " ring " loses almost to a man. And Mr. Davis, who had something like an 80,0001. book, admits that the winner and the Marlborough Buck were the worst horses he had in the race ; his loss is very heavy. Job Maroon won , this raoe last year on Voltigeur, and it is somewhat re markable that the five leading favourites were the first past the winning chair ! Of the other races it is only necessary to refer to the Exhibition Plate, in which lanthe made so ridiculous an example of her horses, that she imme diately became • prominent favourite for the Oaks. Thanks to the abolition of heats, the racing was brought to a close shortly after six o'clock. The densely crowded state of the stand and the enclosure rendered it quite impossible to obtain a list of the company perfect. We give • few names, however, to show that the Turf still has patrons in the higher classes: Their Royal Highnesses the Ditt.e and Duchess of Nemours, his Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Serene Highness the Prince of Saxe Weimar, the Marquis of Waterford, Mar quis of Worcester, Lord Granville, Lord Glasgow, Lord Enfield, Lord March, Lord Eglinton, Lord Zetland, Lord Besborough, Lord Strathmore, Lord George Manners, Lord Wilton, Lord Newport, Lord Uxbridge, Lord Maid stone, Lord A. Fitzelarence, Lord Stanley, Lord Exmouth, Lord Bateman, Sir Joseph Hawley, Sir W. Codrington, Sir G. Armyusge, Sir Hume Campbell, Sir R. Peel, &c. &c. The racing commenced • few minutes after two o'clock with 111:110H STAKES of 3 son. each, and 40 added ; for 3-yr olds, 7st 101 b; 4 yrs Bst 71b ; five and upwards, fist 81b; mares and geldings allowed Jibs. Winner to be sold for 100 lOTA &T. Half-a-mile. (11 subs.) Mr. Horisby s Ths Old Fox, 3 yrs —..(C. Morsalty, Jon. 1 Mr. Osteldsston's J,e o' Sot, seed (81ropron 2 Mr. Shrintytoies'Arlette, 4 yrs (When Won eleverly . by s length ; a bead between anon and third. Run in 51 sees Daisy STALKS Of 50 son. each, h ; for 11-r-olds ; oohs ) Bst 71 6 ; fillies, firt2lb ; the secoad to receive 100 son. and the winner to pay 100 son. t owar d s th e p o li o . an d rigida tions of the assess, and 60 son. to the Judge. One mile and • half ea die sew come. (182 subs.) air I * a =e Mt. J. Itshotrost lir. 11111••••••Iblihns 3 lard (IL Mans n•= ll =:2;iiiiia";;Wiioe — iicert r. J. Porney's Wartlike (A. Day) ; Mr. Salf ord's Prime Minister (W. Sharpe); Mr I.Mawle The Ban (Pearl) • Lord Chesterfield's Heartbreaker (F. Butler) ; Mr. Wig ler's c by Epirus out of Entetprke (Wakefield) ,• Mr. Ore ville's Ariosto (Flatmate); Mr. G. Illrgins's Theseus (8. Rogers); Mr.H.Hill's Mountain De er Maton) ; Mr. E. R. Clark's Glenhawk (Dockery) ; L or d 'tette, Midas (Nor man) • Mr. Moore's Alomprre (Simpson); Mr. Wentworth's Agee; (Bumby); Mr. A. Nichols NewminsWr (Pettit) ; Mr. Delamere's Guy Mannering (Bartholomew) ; Mr. Mar re's Hungerford (Penn) ; Sir Thomas Burke's Brother to Chanticleer (H. Robertson); Baron Rothsehild's e by Tear away, dby Aleaston (Robinson); Mr. Neville's Telescope H. Bell) ; Lord Eglinton's Bonnie Dund e e (Cartwright) ; Lord Eglinton's Hippolytus (C. Marlow) ; Mr. Meiklam's Constellation (Templeman) ; Mr. Saxon's The Black Doc tor (W. Abdale) ; Mr. Thompson's Gholab Singh (Winter ingliam) ; Mr. F. Garner't Serus (H. Edwards); Mr. Wor thington's Ooliah (Osborne); Mr. Merry's Louis Napoleon (J. Howlett) ; Duke of Richmond's Buckhound (Kit chener) ; Sir R. Pigot's .Eolus (W. Boyce) ; Sir R. Pigot's Runnymede (Sly). Betting 3to 1 agst Tcddington ; 7 to 2 apt Marlbo rough Buck; 7to 1 apt Hernandez; 7 to 1 agst Prime Minister; 1.5 to 1 agst Constellation ; 15 to 1 agst Theseus ; 15 to 1 apt Neasham; 22 to 1 apt Black Doctor; 30 to 1 apt Lamartine ; 30 to 1 apt Ilimmlytus ; 40 to 1 apt Bonnie Dundee • 150 to I apt Ariosto; and 1,000 to 15 apt any uther— Bu ckhound took the lead from the post, and with the Enterprise colt in his wake, the latter waited on by Teddington, Constellation, Herod:am, and Ariosto, led the way nearly to the t o p o f th e hill, the running being then taken from him by the Enterprise colt, Teddington following, Buckhound in company with Neasham and Ariosto neat to the latter, lying CIO. 'fellation, Heartbreaker, the Marlborough Buck, and Eglia ton's two. This order lasted only to the mile post, Ted dington then quitting his horses, and going on with a decided lead, the Enterprise colt and Buckhound giving way to He rn andez, the Marlborough Buck, Neasham, and Ariosto, to which lot the race, after making the turn. was confined. Marlborough Buck took the second place at the road, and held it to the distance where Newham went up, and by sufferance got within a neck and shoulder of the favourite, by whom, however, he was ver y s p ee dil y di spose d of. The Marlborough Buck and Hernandez were thus left within half a length of the favourite, who, having had the race in hand from the time he took up the sunning, left them without an effort, and won in a canter by two lengths, the Marlborough Buck beating Neasham by a length. Her nandez, why would have been third, but for a disappoint ment opposite the stand, finishing a neck from the latter. Prime Minister was fifth, and Theseus, Ariosto, and Lamar tine well up. Run in 2 min. 51 sec. Ersom TOWN PLATE of 50 sows. (handicap), for 3 and 4 yr olds ; the winner of any race after publication of the weights to carry slb extra. One mile. Lord Sum era t.roapier, 3 yrs, est lelb (Charlton) I Mr. bouelass's Leybourns, 3 yrs, eat (a . ..Pavii) 2 Lord H. loa's e . m. 3 Yr. , S yr.., R 4 310 (Carre 3 Mr.GTOTllleastaktte, 4 yrs, let 71b (cat. 7ai Mb) (!Tatma n 4 Peones Fernando, 4 yrs, Set 310 . _ Mr. Parnses Guardsman, 8 Rib ........... (Weal Betting: 2 to 1 agst Croupier, 5 to 2 agst Fernande, 4 to 1 agst Theorem, and 4to 1 agst Estufette. Fernande took a clear lead at starting, and, with Estafette and Leybourne in attendance, cut out the work to the road, where she was beaten, and Leybourne took up the running. At the stood, however, Croupier went up, quitted hint without • struggle, and won in a canter by two lengths. Run in Im. 46 see. 1 6BEAT EXHIBITION PLATE of 100 sore. (handicap) ; a winner subsequent to the publication of the weights to carry 51b extra. One mile and a quarter. Mr. JOBele. lanthe, 3 yrs, Bet 211, (Preece) I Copt. Areeders Bodaysz, 3 yrs, 511 10th (W. Teens) 3 Mr. Dennett's Subterfuge, 4 yrs, Got (T. Sherwood) S Mr. Magenthes Ingratitude, 3 yrs, Set 121 b (Pacts) 4 Betting : 2 to 1 on lanthe, who made all the running and passed the winning chair twelve lengths first. Run in 2 min. 15 sec. s'.cxew STAKES of 3 soy.. each, with 40 sovs. added; 3-yr old., i'st 6lb ; four, Bst 71b; five and upwards, fist 111 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 150 sous., if demanded. Three quarters of a mile. (7 subs.) Mr. llorasbyh The Old Pox. 5 yrs (C. 'Wrathy, Jun.) I Mr. Burnes ;'s (lowborn* Doe, 4 yrs (Burn 1 Mr. Csreseenoellte, 3 yrs (Barbara ) 3 Mr. Thocnco's Derdans, 3 yrs (Donaldson) 4 BETTING ON 711 E OAKS. 7to 2 agst Payment (t) I9to I *est Iris 4to 1 Home Itnnsburg 9 to) tenth* (t) 7 to) Aphrodite (1) 11 to I Miami= (0 Wouneura STAKES.—EIcot was examined before the races yesterday by Mr. Field, who pronounced him to be only two years old. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF TILE NORTHUMBERLAND CLUB. This great match, long looked forward to by the inhabi tants for many miles around Newcastle-on-Tyne, was com menced at that place on Monday, in the presence of a large assemblage of spectators. It will be seen by the state of the score at the conclusion of the ploy on Tuesday that the Eleven have obtained a number which has placed it beyond all probability that the Northumberland Club—many though they are—can have the slightest chance of making even a fair appearance against upon the paper. The score stood thus: . ... . Ti.. &kyr,. . i Wiiden, 1 b tr, b Paberwood 7 • Guy, b Wright 2 Darya, e Trotter, b Wright ... 23 Mayer, c Peacock, b Wrigbt 3l Parr, b Usberwool 55 Clarke. • Sopp, b Wright N. Fax, KN., ron not ........23 Day, not out. Box, b Sopp ll 0,7;1 DO; w,21 112..rtingell, ron oat 21 A. Mynn, eq., 1 b w, b 303 Wright • -. 32 Clotke I I Anderoon, not out Alkinoon, b Windt% Trotter, e Dar, b I.Lrke The match was to be yesterday. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.—The following yachts have been entered to contend on Monday next, in the first match of the SCUoll s of this distinguished club nut CLASS. o Ysekts. Toss. Owners. Hauls 3$ Tsetse Musquito se .... ... Lord Landesboroul Cyntals "".""'. ... • ." A MIDLAND COUNTIES FARMER. Me. FERNAND AT AnEsSUßY.—Yesterday, the proteetioniets of Aylesbury ant to entertain their defeated candidate, Mr. W. B. Ferried, at a public dinner. The dinner took place at the George Hotel ; about 300 persons were presen ; and Mr. W. Lowndes occupied the chair. After the usual toasts, the chairman proposed the health of their guest. Mr. Ferrand thereupon made a speech re markable for its tameness down to near its close, when he broke out into his more peculiar strain Who feared a rebellion ? God would defend the right. (Great cheering.) Let the free traders hoist their standard of rebellion to morrow, the spirit of England would destroy tkem in a month. Bright would be hanged at Manchester, Cobden at Leeds, and Sir James Graham at Carlisle. (Laughter and cheerio.) Theo, too, a new reform bill was talked of, but he winked the government that the reform bill which swept away the protectionists would sweep the Dub of Bedbri out of Woburn Abbey; would, in alrobehi- Hey, 'weep the crown from her Majesty's bead ; if were sot cautions, sweep Lord John Bomors= from his shoulders.'' EXTENSION OF PILESTON.—Daring the kit twat* scathe upwards of six hundred dwelling-hews have beet greeted in Preston. Judging frees the extenalveprepars thine that are being owls ea all sidle, it le mere this pro beige that a much larger amble melba balk dazing the preasst mummer. Nee dam the giggly ma Ns* he seem time to ono to opal the desead, espeelehrY *Vegs pro , fir houses of that dose ere fro* *Wig Ist beim the briabwwb ~boa the lee door, sad is as me we believe, do the owners need to want tenant le, Whey the hewer are finished. As a named lIIMOSIMOM elite 'hike cotter nuts have for ums imp pot boo oitoosios fa ea pooto of the town.--Pnehis goordfoo. be Court. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Princess Royal, left Buckingham Palace at nine o'clock yesterday morning to proceed with the inspection of the Exhibition of the Works of Indastry of All Nations. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Prussia, Prince Frederick William and the Princess Louisa of Prussia, the Duke of Saxe Cobourg- Gotha, and Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg. The royal suites were the Countess A. de Hacke, Count Pukl er , Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Lieut.-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, and Lieutenant on Heins. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, also visited the Ex hibition. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, paid an early visit yesterday to the Exhibition. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with their illustrious circle, returned to Buckingham Palace at half-past tea Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prus sia, Prince Frederick William of Prussia, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Clothe, and the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, leR Buckingham Palace at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, to witness the Epsom races. In attend. ance on the illuatr.ous party were, Countess A. de Hacke, Countess Oriolla, Lord Alfred Paget,Count Pukler, Colonel Fischer, M. B. de Treskow, and Lieutenant von Heinz. The royal party travelled in three open barouehes and four, and returned to Buckingham Palace at half-part seven o'clock. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Helena, took a drive yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage and four ; the equerries us waiting, Col. the Hon. C. Grey and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour attending on horseback. The Queen's dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia and Prince Frederick Wil liam, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saae Cobourg Gotha, his Royal Highness Duke Ernest of Wur temberg, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiniigen, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Constance Leveson Gower, Lady Fanny Howard, Countess A. de Ilacke, Countess Oriolla, Baroness de Wangenhcim, Baroness de Speth, Count Piilker, Major Von Boyen, Count Goltr, Colonel Fischer, Lieutenant Von Heinz, and M. B. do Treskow. Her Majesty afterwards gave a concert. His Royal Highness the Duko of Cambridge arrived at ten o'clock at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands arrived, attended by the Chevalier von Rappard, the Che valier de Casembroot and Captain May. The following is the programme : Part I. Overture (Le None al Plasm) Mozart. Eallatte, "Der Wirtbia Toelterlele," Herr Pie ehek C. Kreuther. 11.1 t, 11. the Rotuma "Mynas," Madame Marra Vulmer / Duke o' here Coburg (Puha Deasy, " Der leettotterigeBeirdetten" Thom sad Veriasheten, 31•411 e. Anna Zen IL Pro& Pm 11. . , . 11looter. Fantasia, via - wenn, Ilerr Ycnter Spanire Lied—llerr Reichardt. Prattling& ... Mae. An Zar. Vielaw obligato—llerr Lied. Die Urine," Minikes Lied (300 :aloe nit) Herr Pinchea. ILK Kirwan," Iravaithes Nail Die \a• htigall," Madame Marra Vonmer. Tenet°, Trehne nicht du Wad der Lieve," Mdlle. Anna, &cc, lien Reichardt, and Her ?Whet (Dan Nach lager In Granada) I Mrs. Anderson presided at the pianoforte. Her Ma jesty's Private Band attended. The following had the honour of receiving invitations : His Serene Highness l'rince Edward of Saxe Weimar, His Excellency Monsieur and Madame Van de Weyer, His Excellency the Chevalier and Madame Bunsen, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Truro, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, the Earl and Countess Howe, the Earl of Denbigh, the Earl and Countess Grey, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge , . Viscount and 'Viscountess Palmer ston, Viscount and % iscountess Canning, Viscount and Viscountess Barrington, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lord and Lady Blantyre, Lord and Lady George Lennox, Lady Caro line and Miss Barrington, the Right Hon. Sir George and Lady thwy, the Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Hon. Mr.. Grey, Sir George Couper, Lieut.-Col. Francis Seymour, Rear-Admiral Mey nell, Mr. Birch, and the Gentlemen in Waiting on Prince Henry of the Netherlands and the Duke of Cambridge. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. Monsieur Zohrab, the Commissioner for the Ottoman Empire, was unavoidably prevented from being present at the dinner given at Richmond by the Metropolitan Com missioners. A deputation from the Borough of Wolverhampton, headed by Lord Lewisham, M.P., had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of the Mayor of Wolverhampton, Hon. C. Villiers, M.P., Mr. Thornely, M.P., Mr. B al ky, M.P., Mr. Dimmock, and Mr. Baldwin. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. If the Derby-day had any effect on the flow of visitors to the Crystal Palace, yesterday, it was that of in creasing the number, which was greater than ever, 3,612/. being taken at the doors. The sale of season tickets amounted to 2791., and the total receipts were 3,7921. 11cr Majesty and the royal party at the palace arrived at the building shortly after 9 o'clock, and remained fur nearly two hours, during which they examined the French, Spa- nish, Turkish, and Egyptian compartments. In the after noon the nave was, as usual, the scene of favourite resort, and in the promenade we noticed several leaders of fashion. The Duchess of Sutherland, with Lady Blantyre, was pre ' sent with a party, and among others we observed the Earls of Jersey and Wilton, and many others of the aristocracy. The chief point of attraction to the 16%641(.4 of the Exhibi tion constantly on the search for the newest accessions to the collections was the Lyons Gallery. The productions of the Lyons looms now begin to extend down the gallery to wards the eastern end, and the beauty of the fabrics scarcely excited more admiration than the skill of the ar rangement. An artist must have presided at these disposi tions as much as in the original formation of the designs. As yet the Lyons men have not occupied their whole domain, and already it is felt they stand unsur passed, and few things in the Exhibition are likely to draw around them a greater crowd of gazers. Many persons gave their families a treat at the Exhibition, as a compensation for the Derby trip, and this tended to increase the number of spectators. Those gentlemen from the City, who did not make holiday at the Derby, assembled in force in the afternoon. But already it be comes a subject of complaint that by the time gentlemen get away from the exchanges and the law courts, many de partments of the Exhibition are virtually closed--some of the goods being covered up, and the steam shut off in the mechanical section. This grievance will be felt more se verely when the shilling times come ; and those dames who can only attend late in the afternoon will find some objects of interest arc invisible, and others so crowded as to be unapproachable. This morning her Majesty again visited the Exhibition, accompanied by Prince Albert and several of the visiton at the palace. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. THIS DAY. I I The general May meeting of the members of this society took place at the rooms of the institution in Hane -1 ver-square ; the Duke of RICHMOND in the chair, supported by the Earl of Duck, Lord Camoys, Sir C. Lemon, M.P., the Hon. J. J. Carnegie, Mr. R. Barker, Mr. F. Hobbs, Mr. Brandreth, Don Domingo Savignon, Mr. Milwood, Col. Challenor, Professor Way, l'iofemor Simons, Sir R. Jod rell Mr. J. Sillifant, The Earl Ducie was elected president for the ensuing year. The usual complimentary votes of thanks were given to the 12 trustees, and the vice-presidents were re-elected. A lengthy report was read by the secretary, which stated that the council had every reason to congratulate the mem bers on the continued prosperity of the society, and on the undeviating manner in which it steadily pursued those practical objects connected with the improvement of land, the management of crops, and the general advancement of good husbandry, in which all its members were more or less deeply interested. Sir R. JODRELL, Bart., moved, and Mr. WINOATE seconded, the adoption of the report, which was unani mously sgreed to. Some formal business having been disposed of, thanks were voted to the Duke of Richmond, and the meeting aeparated. AN EXPLOSION OF A NOVEL CIIAILICTES took place on Sunday last, in the house of Mr. Edstard Andrews, a grocer, at Ward-terrace, Hendon-road, Sunderland, which has been attended with dangerous consequences. Some of the family occasionally had a bottle of hot water placed at their feet in bed, and for that purpose a stone bottle, filled with water and tightly corked, was placed in an oven ad joining the kitchen fire on Saturday evening. The bottle was not required, and was forgot by the *errant, comae quently it remained in the oven. While the family were at church on Sunday afternoon, the water, having ex. with the heat, exploded with a tremendous noise. I lbottle burst and broke open the iron door of the oven, dionoying TII4OIII articles of furniture and crockery toge• Ike with several squares of glass in the kitchen window nu servant, who happened to be sitting nearly opposite to the oven, was struck on her head, rendered Wennble, and wee unable to speak for several days ; she was removed to the infirmary, where she remains in a dangerous state. • ehild of Mr. Andrews, sitting upon the servent's knee at the time, was thrown by the force of the explosion under ate kitchen pato, but escaped ashurt.—Nmecastio Jamul. Phantom .. . ......21 - Whimper if Secret ... . S$ Lanc, T. Evelelgh, Em. 1• _ '""•. . 11111/1 MAIL Prone Alfred Con, Fig. S.w II C. Wheeler, Jun., Esq. Maaeppa Mouse It will be, as usual, a time race—half a minute per ton being allowed to the smaller craft. Of the first class, the extraordinary powers of the Musquito render her the object of first chance; but the beautiful sailing qualifications of the Cynthia make her a most formidable opponent. The other two arc fast boats, and are entitled, the one to seven minutes time, and the other to seven and a half; but it is questionable whether they will be found, even with that handicap, contending sue. cessfully. The second class race creates a corresponding degree of interest with the first, and the best judges are lost in conjecture which to choose, so evenly are the yachts matched. The Whisper defeated both but recently, but it must be borne in mind that the l'hantom carried away her halyards when well to windward, and her reasonable chance of victory was snatched away by the accident. Of the third class, the Frolic and Mazeppa appear most in request, but what the Mouse, which is new, and has only made a alight start before, may do, it is difficult to say. The Ruby steamer and the band of the Royal Artillery have been engaged by the clnb, and will leave London bridge at an early hour in the morning, calling at Blackwell on the way down to Erith, where the race commences, the distance ex tending to the Nora light and back. THE REPRESENTATION OF ROCIIDALL-A public meeting was held on Tuesday night in the Pub Rochdale, to hear Mr. E. Miall, editor of the Nonconform ist, deliver his sentiments upon political affairs, with a view to test his fitness to succeed Mr. Sharman Crawford in the representation of the borough. Mr. Mall made a clear and impressive speech; he was supported in an address from J. Bright, Esq., M.P., who moved—" That this meet ing recommends the committee appointed at a previous meeting to prepare a requisition to Mr. Miall, and by a careful canvass of the borough to procure the signatures of as many of the electors as may be disposed to sign it, with a view to test the opinions of the constituency, to ascer tain how tar Mr. Miall would be acceptable to the electors of the borough as a candidate at the next election." Mr. Gibson seconded this resolution. It was opposed by Mr. Livsey, the chartist leader, not on the ground that Mr. Miall was not a proper man, but merely that to pledge the borough in his favour before other gentlemen's claims to , become candidates had been considered would be premature. However, on the understanding that no steps should be taken in pursuance of the resolution until atter Whit-week, when Mr. Sharman Crawford would have been among the electors, it was passed unanimously. Manchester Examiner. ----- • PEEL STATCL—A meeting WAS held on Tuesday at the Alliance Life Auursace Office, for the purpose of entering into resolutions for the erection of a memorial in honour of the late Sir Robert Peel, Bart., Sir Moses Monte fibre, Bart., in the chair. There were present Mr. Shepherd, chairman of the East India Company, Sir James Hogg, deputy-chairman of the East India Company, Baron Gold smid, Baron Rothschild, M.P., Mr. Hume, M.P., Sir Peter Laurie, Capt. Fitzroy, Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., Alderman Salomon*, Alderman Wire, Mr. John Dixon, Mr. Bennoch, &e., &c. After some discussion, it was determined that a committee should be appointed, consisting of 12 members, to act upon the occasion; that the memorial should be a bronze statue, 10 feet in height, and that the amount to be paid for it should be 2,0001., and that the committee should have the appointment of a sculptor. With the permission of the Lord Mayor the models are to be sent to the Mansion house, and to be considered on the 16th of June. The site, it is believed, will be either at the west end of Cheapside, or in the space at the east end of the Royal Exchange ; but that question will also be decided on the 16th of June. THE CROPS IN THE NORTEL—GRELNooL—The weather during the past week took • highly favourable change. The air has become comparatively mild and genial, while, from the continued sunshine throughout the day and the dews at night, vegetation has been making rapid pro. &ir. Wheat and oats show a healthy brurd, and already ately potatoes are beginning to peer through th e so il. Great breadths have been planted we understand, during the peasant season with this valuable esculent, which, from the expenence of the past season, seems to have thrown off i in • great measure the disease which formerly threatened ita aatiaction.—North Brilialo Mail. BRITISH LADIES' FEMALE EMIGRANT SOCIETY. Yesterday, the second annual meeting of thi s so ciety was held at the Hanover-square Rooms; the Earl of iI•RHOWAT in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said the meeting was aware of the increasing efflux of emigrant@ from this country to distant colonies, and that those emigrants would constitute the parents of future communities, possi bly of future empires. It was true that sorao abuses had occurred upon the passage outwards; but the object of this society was to protect the female passengers from insulting danger. This was done by the selection of religious and moral matrons, who were generally appointed by the government, and by providing the female emigrants with suitable employment en the voyage. The society required support and sympathy, the more particularly at present, when emigration was greatly upon the increase. It appeared, from the report, that the society had from its corn mencement proposed to itself four objects:— " I. To establish homes for the reception of the female emigrants, where they may be instructed and prepared, prior to their leaving their native country. 2. To presidia visitation at the ports, where the emigrants arc formed into industrial classes, and supplied with means for their in struction and employment during the voyage, through the agency of the visiting committees. 3. To secure the ap pointment of judicious and efficient matrons for the super intendence of the young women on the voyage, through the agency of the matrons' committee. 4. To form correspond ing societies in the colonies for the protection and alisistunce of the female immigrants on their arrival. " During the past year twelve matrons have been ac cepted by her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, and five by the committee of the Female Emigration Fund, on the recommendation of the Matron's Committee. From many of these letters have been re ceived, and others may be now daily expected. The com mittee are anxious to have a supply of matrons in readiness, that they may have leisure to prepare for their duties be fore they sail. Such matrons as are approved by the committee, while waitiag their appointment, meet the secretary weekly, to go through is course of religious reading, such as they will find useful with the female emigrants, and also to arrange the needlework which will be committed to their charge during the voyage. " The following briefly shows the state of the finances for the present year : From A:iril, 18,50, to April, 1851— Total receipts by annual subscriptions, 308/. 4s. ld. ; dona tions, 3601. 14s. Gd. ; collections, 621. ss. ; balance re maining from last year, 401/. 19s. Id. Total, 1,1371. ls. Expenditure, 8111. 12s. 2d. Balance in hand, April, 18.51, 32:i/. 10s. 10d." The report was adopted ; and, after the passing of reso lutions in favour of continued support being extended to the society, the meeting separated. BROOK-STREET RAGGED SCHOOL. Lost night the seventh annual meeting of tho subscribers and friends of the Ragged, Industrial, and Free School, Brook-street, New-road, St. Pancras, was held at the Music Ilan, Store-street, to receive the report of tho past year, and for other business. The Earl WALDEGRAVE (in the chair) stated that not only was he, but all others who had attended to the subject, in favour of ragged schools. Au industrial school was now added to the institution, which inculcated habits of industry in the children, and enabled them to procure their own living by habits of industry. Society could only be serried on by mutual assistance ; and by assisting these poor children they were doing a service which would bo reroid to tweiety. The SECRETARY read the report, from which it ap peamd that the &serve attendance at the day school was 130, and that an industrial school was now established, at which the children were taught trades. Seven children had been enabled to emigrate to America, and one to Australia. The committee regretted that the school had suffered severely front the want of funds. The children of the industrial class were employed in boot and shoe making, tailoring, and other trades ; they received three mealsdady, were partially clothed, awl sever a l were lodged, enjoying also the use of a library. Many had been rescued front poverty and crime, and brought to habits of industry and good conduct. The total amount received during the last year was 2181., and the sum owing to the treasurer was 401. The Rev. J. ROBINSON moved the adoption of the re port and the appointment of the managing committee. 110 regretted that the schools, which were so instrumental is rescuing 130 boys from that state of degradation in which they were found, had not been better supported by sub scriptions. The schools, so far as they had been brought to bear, hail caused a considerable diminution of juvettilo crime. They had met with great difficulties in their la bours from the necessities of the poor children, who wero thrown upon their wits to obtain bread and clothing ; and it would be well if a scheme could be devised which would take them away from the temptation to obtain their living by preying upon society. It was found that the expendi ture of the small sum of threepence a day had the elket of inducing them to obtain their living in an honest way and, whatever was done for them, they showed much gratitude. Mr. GARVEY seconded the resolution, and compared the state of society at the commencement of the present century with that of the close Of its first portion. It began with war, it had closed with the prominent feature of ragged schools, devoted to rescuing a class of society, which it had been thought was too deep to be reached, from a state of brutal degradation. It had been found that evety criminal who leR our shores co , t the country 1401., but it cost much less to prevent him becoming a cruninal; and ho did not think that the Anglo-Saxon race with their astute ness would give up such a menus of improvement of theso poor outcasts, but that they would go on quietly till they ha I done their good work. The state took no notice of these outcasts of society till they had broken the laws, but they wished to act upon the great principle of step ping in and taking charge of these children before they were fallen so low. THE CENSUS ENUMERATORS. Last evening a large meeting of tho enumerators employed in taking the census of Hackney parish was held at the Old Mermaid Tavern, Church-street (the use of the room being gratuitously given by Mr. Ilawkes), to take into consideration the propriety of adopting a memorial to her Majesty's hon. Home Secretary, with the view to obtain an adequate scale of remuneration for the onerous uud respon sible duties they have perfonned. Mr. HANDY was unanimously voted to the chair, and after detailing the purpose of the meeting, declared it to ho his conviction that the mere purpose of ascertaining the extent of the population was not the only one contemplated by the government; some other and more important object, and one perhaps hereafter to affect the interests of the com munity, was no doubt their principal intention. (Hear.) Mr. JOSEPH WAItE next addressed the meeting, and felt assured he expressed the sentiments of the whole body of enumerators in stating they had been " entrapped" into the performance of duties, the remuneration for which ho considered to be exceedingly paltry, and yet the labour was ' expected to he well and etheiently perihrmed, and that, too, by respectable and intelligent men. With very few excep tions the enumerators were induced to sign a contract, binding themselves under a penalty to fulfil the duties im posed by the " instructions" previous to their receipt, and that of the official entry book. Ile might safely affirm that not a single enumerator would have undertaken the task if aware beforehand of the immensity of labour to be performed. Besides the miserable pittance doled out, he had boon informed that (as if to top the climax of official mean ! new) the fractional numbers above every GO notccompkted names, and other information required, would not be paid for. The speaker then urged the necessity of a vigorous m we- meat en enforcing the claims of the enumerators upon the I government, and concluded by submitting for adoption a memorial to the Home Secretary. Mr. ANDIIEWS, in supporting the memorial, con demned the miserable spirit of parsimony which prevailed in the census department. There was evidently, in the scale of allowances to enumerators, the efforts of a close- fisted calculator, bent upon inverting the right of a fair re muneration for hard labour well performed. In the Registrar-General's machinery there was a rapid descent from the sublime to the ridiculous. The registrars were enjoined to engage none but respectable men, supposed to possess a degree of intellect, tact, and aptitude, above the common order; and fur their labours they were about to receive a pittance which, niece time considered, would barely compensate a street labourer. The grievances of the enumerators were imperfectly understood, alike by the press and by the public. Ile (Mr. Andrews) had re turned upwards of 1,180 names—a work excessively heavy. First, there was the counting of houses, inhabited and unin habited, and the return thereof; then the delivery of 230 schedules at 180 houses, accompanied by incessant explana tions ; next the collection, in which was involved the duty of partially or wholly perfecting the schedules, besides com bating no ordinary amount of ignorance, insolence, and studied annoyance; further, the correction and filling in, first, of 920 lines of indorseineot, and afterwards the copy ing inn book of upwards of 10,000 lines of column matter, fur which as a compositor, he had an especial claim—(laugh ter)—and, lastly, there was the casting, perfecting the co lumns, and completing the summary.) For this labour, trying the temper, and patience, requiring much physical effort; and a vigilant watchfulness, he was about to receive the very munificent sum of If. lls.—he was going to say and 4d., but that it appeared from Mr. Ware 's statement, was the perquisite of the Census-office—(laughter)—and this for eight days' employ in a government situation. lie, the speaker, had no hope from the Hume Secretary, who w.iuld no doubt remind the enumerators that they were pledged to the scale with open eyes, and worse still—were tightly bound by act of parliament. The young enumera tors of 1851, if alive at the next census, would not be so readily gulled ; and the middle-aged victims would do well to bequeath to their rising boys, by way of caution, a re cord of the liberality of the managers of the census fur the year et Exhibition. An animated discussion followed; after which the me morial was adopted and signed by the chairman, and ordered to be forwarded by Innate Sir George Grey. REPRESENTATION OF AROYLESHIRE.—Mr. D. M'Neill has published his farewell address to the electors of Argyleshirc, and Sir Archibald Islay, a conservative, has come forward as his successor. A LADY'S REASON POE LIKING TILE GREAT EXHIBITION.—" My dear, it is so very agreeable. You cannot tell how aniusinCit is ! It is much better far than going a shopping. The whole place is full of some of the , prettiest things in the world—lame, silks, brocadea—anil such lovely jewels—and the beauty is, you may loot , them ever so long, without being expected to buns .. : 4 . ; , ._ t f: 4 thing !"—PsoicA. ....;.\ ‘. 4 , ..:.. ~..,..4 .7i tki....."•..4 5(1 4.1 ) 11 ft,