The Press. — London, England, 1853-09-24 00:00:00

1,(i1:1) .101 IN I:I'SSEI.I. AT GI:EV:NOCK. (1% Monday fiord John Russell visited tareenock, upon insaustiots of OW WWI antliontios and odier in- Imbitatst" of the Oars., for the purposse of receiving a complitnefitary address. Ili+ lordship way fteetnn ponied by hi% 'was, and travelled from itosieneatti uu losard a pr-u) liuld did/venoms-tit screw-steamer whirls the .Iclosiralty had played at his diarraal. The nicetitiv wu% held in the Mid Clistreh in fireennek, the l'own-Isall not Is!ing deemed large etirmgh for the expeeted erowsk. l'rovorst Slartio, when the ar settaLly e0tt%'4 , 114.41, pre..enb.sl the following ad it with a brief speech, exprese.ive itse high nonosisleratinn with which hist brother costneillors said fellow-unviegnett regarded the career and character of the ,eande lord. 'The Town Clerk read the astlre.,s, st., follows : " My Lord —We. 11... 14.1stinratPs, and ermnrilkws of the tows .4 ireroweh. a rouse 41 artelahled, alrall im/awlves of the y 01..r.1.-.1 by poll/ 1,04141110 • 4 1.41111•41711ty r 0441416.1 0 ..• iss sow nrseriabourosyst as es pr.'s, the J.ep es-sp... .A which we se. ',nails be' your losd,b.p Irlll■4lllLl 11111/ At Ler. awl AO your as a atatemhals. " It hfies hewn ;our lordship . ' era rsent distiuction to contribute b. Ow the pvesie•rity, Wel the happisoner of this empire is • Itiatauer worthy .4 the libiAtrares. howl Imam whirls you are 4..0441.164, awl t.• which Euuland i• w, larggly " lu the toklst of party aobtlirta, It Meat 're yratif)ing to yaw losalwisq. to fret awsisstra 1144 the panty p.ur tu'.ucrs , slid the Cities OA V it• m sod high, .I.lrit by whir+ "Ins sr. aftliated, too. only fsUy appreesszed. but has.. securest to y o ur lurdshir the lasting, uratn.4.l.• of yollf country. " ,hest your lorddJp f.w the great sorwlces you base r.n. 41.11W01 w the rause. of ...sal mud religsuus 1.1...rty; and ut. o n ly Isnioei to the litolvereStl prase Polio, when we posy that p.us loott preserved by Insets , I'rovaltues t.. Is. a lob' 10 , 411141 I.' 11114 11.41.1.." - - . bird iotIN ltrmsEt.t. etnnmetiet.4l him speech in reply with a due to•ltitowledgment of the honour done him. and a confession of hie inability to express all the gratitude which it inspired. lle proceetled - I tram, in a whin expressive utanner than by words-- by in, public ....wilful —I may multi 1111 l • to de.erve the ate prandial' assl good opinion of cities and communities such an thin. I 4 iiire n.l 1 . 1/11 hay t• &HIP the the e lumoor of ing dial it has been my lot to contribute to the liberties, the happiness, and the prosperity of this 4X/Illitry. 1 feel deeply such a compliment. I cannot but look lau-k at the time alien I first etin-redl Seotlatid, and had the ;phalange of receiving pint of my education under distinguished men in the metropolis of your country. (Chem,. ► At that period there was uutliing like real repreiantation of the people of thi% part of the l'tiiti%l Kinolom--thotte excep tion% of popular election which pre‘aileil elsewhere did nut find their !awe in Seotlattil , and the freedom of the press wax aulele 11141111 . ; for I do not trwenulici tltst t hole tiny newspaper at that l • which really condneted public discus...ion% with treeillaii and with openness. (('herra.) I maws) hat ho.k at that tilt s , to congratulate you, and to congratulate toself, that times are so greatly altered. ehrers.) " Your l'nsvont Ines alluslisl to institutions in other come tries a Welt have failed—to lihertieis which have nourished for a tuns- and bate ilesliyed, or without bringing their fruitmi to nottstaity. Hut the difference Is-meets those ruuuUier. and this is, that there is here suet a temperate enjoyment freedom—sneh a Issrlseartifire in pushing rights to et lEl,l,6ly—tomb a welhisonsidered appreciatisat of Ilse %Moe of liberty, that the institutions derit e all their force and all tistir grandeur from the character of the peo ple 111111.011 g w 114,111 they are introduced. L'+u Arens. ) It is thus that, it' I ali ally time have been enabled to add to the privileges us. the psswer the people, I have felt lit the 111.01114.111. and I have been essittirmesl by experience since. that I was additsg sit the same t' to the strength and security of the throne. ( Liort.l cheers.) I sin sure that such will elillillllll. 111 Ile the while you value and 4,,duciaa those privileges %hid' yon sisjoy, and Ow*. Olivia you may hereafter tolitain, you will at the same time is stisisler that it is by the temperate use of li- Iserty *lett mil these privileges can be beat maintained to a remote p 1 sterity. ti lorera.) "lour l'Euvomt has alluded to measures which have liven moles. slim-motion with regard to the extension of the prin. gilds. of 1+ prs•St'llillt* awl 1114.10.111,1.4 %ilk regard to the extension of the freedom of con 1111 l Tee. 1 ant happy, at lo.tost, to say, wit Inuit entering inns slaty argument upon these subjects. that your address confesses this inesease, I should not say essidestatxs, but rather loudly proelitims the increase of the prosperity and happiness of the is.ople— fehrer4.--anil the reloy at the same time pit selttints [that those measures were not ill devised, and have not heels we 1411.1.4•SSIIII. (I lorrrg.) With ivgnnl In the 'limns, although I may take lint for a short time any farther part in the sie liberatisats of Parliament, I trust that much that excited ploy slis.emsiois n1441114'11114 hat ing passed away , that nitwit a HMS 1111111tT 511 ilmtlot having been twilled, thole will Is.. a lib regard to flIII111• if not an ab %ono.. aro% • And I dim.t tiny thine when there shall Is' an R.11,4•11t.e of party in this country. or when an lissitest difference of opinion should not be expmstostsl—yet I trust there will la• that agreement that the eourite of le gislation may Ise still further einulucive to the happiness of tll+'people'ltthunge. ( I " And let Ills' say, owever import/nit the quest ions t hat we hmr lisru. rd in 1,3•4 aisl it would he ilittieidt, per haps, to lied a tittle in the lii.tory of any country %Owl' many measures of importance have Isbustiswal hate 1,11.11 nitsl established in this c 1111 l dry sinee I s:1:1--t 1,41,1 , 11.s1— I sny, this is the ease, there still it tttt ins toilets the consideration not only of all state-torn lent ~f men who nrs' levers of humanity. of justice, and alio 113‘.e a regard to the a elfare of ths it essuntr‘ men. It is thus with regard to legislatures, its the poet describes it with regard to the Wavily): in a mountain country. Although you THE PRESS. scent to have mounted a .lerable ascent, them are still far - ther ascent, herdic you ' tulle robe on Lath, and Alps on Alp. arise.' (( Accr,,. / Thin it no time—l contemplate no time--in which there will not he mach for an enlightened and Ilene vokut Lc-inslature 4, disclaim. to arrange, and to establiali. Loud ise,r..) Very unfortunately. the very increase of civilisation. the very gatherings together of population, whirl' ars- the fruits of industr,, of comuwree. of Bourne manufsetuceil, and increased trade, bring with them their attendant evils ; and while we am occupied. while many benevolent men are occupied. in extending into re mote regions the light of Christianity, there are too iron) almost at our own doors who. from the imperfection and the 41elleteasy of education, on the one hand, and from the crowded and ill•ientilated dwellingii which they inhabit, on the ollo.r, are almost a. much depri%ed it the means of obtaining religions knowledge and instruction as the heathen in the most distant lands which our 14/voted toissi iiii *tries have visited, and where they have been ready to eacritice their lives in the promotion of Divine truth. I Load cheers.) . These questions ifere rise to numerous and im portant matters, upon which men again nisy differ. but upon which I hope the conclusion to which they anive may be conducive to the happiness of Our c trymen. (cheer..) I will not give any opinion upon these ques tions, I will merely glance at their nature. Our very freedssiu stands in the way of many regulations which of themselves are beneficial. IVhile, in a foreign country., where despotic rule prevails, you find that there is an op' ligation to provide for the good ventilation, for the ordering and maintenanee. by measures of police, of that which contributes to the health of the population of a city, our isessple, naturally—l must say I find no fault with such jealousy—object to the interference of any central authority ; and, when the nutter is left to their own government, they do nut always provide those measures which it is for the good of our people they should provide. (CLeero .1 What should be the limit? Should you inter fere ? What should be the measure of interference'' How far can you limit the freedoru i pf the people in thi s r e s p ec t ? How far should legislation be lidroduced into such matters? These are important questions which the Legislature should esaissider. Then, in segued to education, what vast matters are opening, upon which men of the greatest in tellect have already given their opinion to the world. Can we rely upon the voluntary efforts of individuals in order to provide sound education for the people at large? Should you interfere, as the Government of America has interfered, in order to provide education ? If yon do inter fere, how far should you insist that it should be a religious education ? Can you. on the other hand, provide a secular education, and leave others, the ministers of religion, to give religious instruction? " I only glance st these 'mentions, in order to show that there are weighty matters still for the consideration of the Legislature and statesmen ; and I utsly pray to tissd that they may be resolved its a nintins•E befitting the intellect, befitting the elatracter,befitting the spirit of an enlightened and a constant people. (Lewd theera.) Let me only say, that while these matters of internal legislation are of the suss..-.1 imp srtance, while they must occupy from day to .lay the minds and the time of those who are called to represent you in the l'uninionss' House of l'arlismient, while there are other questions of internal likewise of vast importance, upon which I have already. for my part, given my opinion that further measures ought to be adopted. it is also to be considered, and 1 trust we shell important position among the nations of the world. t('hrers.) It is not 01114', but nosily thaws, sh.• has snood forward to resist oppression, to maintain the inderadence of weaker minims, to preserve to the general family of me ti that freedom, that power of governing themselves of which others have sought to deprive them. (Math amid load cleerring f I trust that character will not be forgotten, will not be allendoned by a net' which is 11011/ stmngs-r ire means, which is more populous. noire wealthy, than she has been at any former period. This, then, visit will agree with use, is slut a period to abandon any of those duties towards the amid, towards the whole sat' mankind, which (treat Britain has hitherto performed. ( Lord chem.) it us perform them, it' possible', by our moral influence — let us perform them, if' possible, while we maintain the intotti mable bleaaingss of voice ; but, while w e endeavour to maintain pence. I certainly should In. the last to forget that if that 1.1.111 e cannot be maintained with honour it is no longer pestee—(e"rdittnell applantte)—h becomes then but a truce, a precarious truce, to be denounced by others whenever they may think tit—(eheenal—whesiever they think an opportunity has occuned to enforce by arms their unjust demands either upon us air upon our allies. (Mach cheerio'/.) I trust that, so lung as I can in.ar any plait in the isublie councils of this kingdom, such will he my sentiments, and suds will he my conduct. Happy am to find that you have done me the honour to signify your agreement with nie in those sent' (ehrers.) I shall conclude, therefore, thanking you again t'or the gnat honour that you have done me, by tuning that I shall remain attached to that cause which has beets ex tinseled irl plain words—in that which used to la' the toast at our 11* la, wherever I.:nglishmen met. namely— ' The cause of Civil and Religions I.ilserty over the world.' (('herry.) I trust that, wherever the influence of threat Britain extends, that Will lie lnaintninogl by her. I feel it is her altered fimetion; and. when she lets fall that standard from her hands, she will no longer sheerve to bear her part in the concerns of the world. (Lewd and renlinoed cheering. )" Mr. lnlit.or, M.l'., moved a vote of thanks from the inhabitants to the imovost and corporation, for having paid so just a tribute to one so isonouresl, and so deservedly honoured, as the noble lonl, and for having permitted the community to witness the gaming Proceediugs• SATIIIDAY, The proposal was carried by acclamation. Th e L i mp FY'., „sr haring adintleffledged the eom pliment, the meeting separated. HERTS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. THE proceedings at the annual meeting of this so ciety, which took place on Wednesday at Watford, were strictly limited to agricultural business. In the morning the exhibition monopolised all attention the show of stock being pronounced excellent, and that of horses a fair average ; but the collection of implements and machinery was somewhat scanty. The afternoon was signalised by the dinner, at which Mr. Cluuerbuck presided, in the absence of the Earl of Esser.. The chairman's speech was principally addressed to the tenant farmers, whom he stre nuously enjoined not to be afraid of novelty : " There were two points on which farmers were particu larly apt to go astray—one was their proneness to look upon everything which they themselves did as perfect, and the other was their prejudice against the introduction of anything like novelty. The time had come now, however, when they must look ahead. They must read history merely as a guide for the future, and it they found that thev had been acting upon a system which bad 'actually deterred improvement, why, they must throw it over at once and for ever. t rio , rrs. ) It was useless longer to adhere to preju dice. The experience of the last to years had established as recognised facts things which then never would have been believed or attempted ; and this it was which ren glered it necessary fur them to investigate the simple truth, and to act upon it. As a proof of their progress of late years, he might point to the proceedings of the Royal Agricultural Society. believing that no society had ever been established which had more honestly or more rapidly promoted the real interests of agriculture, whether as regarded manures. implements. or its various operations." The health of the county members—Sir E. E. Lytton, Sir H. Meux, and kr. Halsey—having been drunkjwith enthusiasm, Mr. Mechi returned thanks for the following toast of "The Visiton. - His ad. dress dilated, as usual, upon the mechanical arrange• ments and improvements which had lately been introduced into husbandry, with the promise of extensively ameliorating the condition of all who depended upon apiculture. The rapidity with which the classes in question, in many districts, bad adopted these inventions was cordially recognised by Mr. Mechi : " Ile was glad to find that they were getting a little into steam, for he thought that very shortly they would get much deeper into it. (Hear, hear.) It was not a little gratifying tee him to know that, though. when a few years ago he first put up a steaneengine in his district. his neighbours thought that he was vets crazy, steam-engines were now becoming quite common. and a couple of rural craftsmen in his village were so busy makiog ateaueengineei for people in the vicinity, that they were obliged to build ki new shop upon au enlarged scale. He measured the agricultural progression of a district by the quantity of steam that it possessed. (Hear, Cr.) He said this quite ecerienisly. If they went into Lincolnshire or Norfolk, they would find men with one, two. or three engines upon a farm ; and when be saw the position which those men occupied in society, and the means they possessed, he was quite sure that they did it not as a matter of Taney, but of sound calculation and profit. (Hear, hear.) There was no branch of manufactures or mode of travelling which had escaped the force of steam. They went down from Lonelon, perhaps, to that meeting with the power of VA, horses contained in a piece of machinery not longer than an ordinary table ; and if they could concentrate such at mighty power in so small a space aed weight, surely that was something which might be applied to the benefit of agriculture. They knew that if they wanted tee plough to a depth of twelve inches instead of five inches, they must put on five or six horses, and that the great weight and pressure of those horses counteracted the effects of the cultivatiem, while the expense was ruinous to the flamer. If they could reduce that expense by means of steam to los. on acre, he believed that agriculture would be benefited tee the extent of something like 10,000,110. sterling, while they would greatly increase their production. There was nothing magical in a depth of five inches of soil, but they ploughed that small depth simply because a plough could not go deeper with a pair of horse's. If they could succeed. then, as Ike believed they could, in concentrating the power of lii e,r Ire borers in the small weight of a teen scud three quarters, they might depend upon it that cult ivutioi would la' conducted by steam power. (Hear, hear.) . ' Much, however, he confessed, remained to be done, and he proceeded to offer some suggestions as to the proper mode of doing it:— " It was intisessible to go faun one part of the kingdom to another, to observe the green lanes shut in by high hedges, to see the great want of drainage, the great waste of manure, the little fields and great fences, and the old cumbrous and unniechanical waggons—it was impossible to sec all these things. and the uneducated peasantry, nine out of ten whom could not read or write, without consider• ing that their show of fat stock was the sunny side of agriculture. and that there was much in it which still re quired amendment. That could only be done by a long pull, a strong pull. and a pull altogether; and it was impos sible that it could lee' carried out without the hearty co operation both of landlords and tenants. He had seen gnat umbers of both those classes, and he had heard landlonls possessing 10,000 or A.lOll acres say, ' I can't aflurd it..' His answer tee that had been, ' Why don't you sell one-half of it and put the other half to impmvements?' (Hear, hear.) That had been done by the great Coke,