The Press. — London, England, 1853-12-17 00:00:00

772 ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENULAND. THIS society held its half-yearly meeting at the rooms iu llituover-square on Saturday. Mr. Pusey presided. The finance account fur the previous half year, eliding July 1, showed a gross receipt of 6,3241., including cash balances of 1,1201. Thu disbursement; included 416/, for prizes, 200/. chemical investigations, :Mi, veterinary investigations, 7001. on account of the Journal, and WU. expenses of country meetings. Polo/. had been invested in stock; and the cash be lanees in hand had besides increased to nearly 2,3001. Ituring the proceedings the Duke of IticilmoNn took oeeasi .n to offer some details regarding the conduct of the Peruvian Government iu relation to the guano trade, and the elforts which successive Ministers in England, and especially the late Secre tary for Foreign Affairs, had made to place the traffic upon a fairer footing towards the British agriculturist. lie observed : " With retard to the question of guano, he for one thought it a matter of the greatest possible importance to the fanners of the empire. lie did think that the 'wive they went now ',eying for guano was a great deal more than they ought to be cloargssi. lie knew there went very considet•alole difficulties in the way of elfeeting a reducti aaaa in the price of that article. The Government of Peru was not coinposed of men whom it was so easy to treat with as it was with tionn, Other I iofilinnents, for it was emit inually creating or suggesting diflirulties ; and, although every means had been tried Hp to the present mismo•nt, they had lwen tried iu vain. When Lord Malmesbury W.Ol at the Feireignsiffiees ho procured an analysis of the ditlerent inte noires, and sent copies of the analysis, with mania in structions, to the governors of • colonies and our consuls iu foreig n nat . . They were also transtuitted by the Board o f Admiralty to all the captains of our mewed-war, oho were informed that, if they discovered any island where guano sir other tontiont•e existed, the Admiralty a wild consider that the surgeon or awastrint•surgis on who mettle the discovery of the existence of such manure would have a very just claim on them for mane Malin!. lie believed that in more than one instance our ernisers Intel culled at various islands, and gained a good deal of information. lie had hoped that betOore this tine• more of these manures would have beau discovered. lint, at all events, the great object was to show the Peruvian Govet•maient that it NUN their interest to deal fairly awl hurt •ably with Its, and not to insist tipson alargoa• profit than they were entitled to ; and he had no doubt that Lord Clarendon, or any other Foreign Secretary, would do his best to settle the question in ft satisfou•tsory Manner. Still he thought , we could by auy means discover any other munuir, it would be a very ottani stick fisr us to hold in kro sore m sic e r the heads of the it t osayi a a thoverninsait. near, hear,' used a hough.) lie believed, if the price or :_titalio Were 10111444 I2Vell to 01. per ton, more thout double the quantity would be used in thus country; and he fo•It esolailleed !here Was not a practical farmer iu England also wow laid out 1001. in that article who would not in future boy suit if he could procure the additional quantity at dial price. (War, hear.)" The principal lottsine!..s of the 'fleeting was, how ever, the presentation anti otoloption of the periotheal report. The following are thtt inure important para graphs of this document :- 1 hiring the past lialryear the t•oeiely has lost by 41vatlia or resignation , . 41 of Its memiterr, while IAU new ilielnlierd lia.e, doting the tome perlo.l. been ctirolle.l on 11% lisl, Which it now Cullrlltllled 111/4 :.--1414 lire ipoertior i s, IIS annual go% ertior , ., 764, life members, 4,m;3 4011111d1 141violiers. and 21 1 11.0noritry ment• bers. The society at present voildisl44 of 1,44:1i members re. siding in England. 2 1 54; troolatel, 4I iu Ireland, i . in the Channel Islands, and 29 abroad, untking a total of 3, 009 members. The country generally Ir well aware of the great ser% iee the society has rendered, in linviim raked up, , by its prizes on the one hand, and iir t ctleetive t..rti oil the other, a 144 issly of agrietiltural talent 111111 workinatt• ship new aurae' general attention. The c.•toecil have spared no 411 11Idy of money, nor their ineuthera either personal 'cal or anxtrty, to auxin Ibis grest 01,01 ; soul, toeing ottatnord 11. they feel it their doily to &Ilse means by uhlel. the some result.' maybe 11101111 1 11111 44 1 ill a lesr summit of animal expenditure. The tilouceater meeting, notwithstanding the Very nitfavour able state of the %ember on the principal day of the show, folly satimie.l the expectation...if the ....until. The -.mini• sho% ink Of intiaeineetti nod lice %dock tome drawn ap remoi4vonneeted w ith their rodpealrie ileparlinciata for publication in the hociety'a journal. The eon. 111;Ye derided oil Ille following '4010,11110 Of cattle 1.014.% lo le 01Ter...11.v the ..oekty nt the Unroll!' meeting. h i the week rommisiteing , Monday, the 1; ter of dilly next :—short home, !NU.; I lerefords, Pad.; other breeds, ;Ill.; honer. 1 6:4, ; I xi... , AviN, 1211 i. ; 5011i11410W144, or other short. woolled sheep, : I .ong•moolled sheer (not I .eieester4), I !. ; improve,' I.lneolii mit. ; $Ol. ; total, 1,..!•;:ti. The prlimm for implements 11101 for polars will be devided on the reports of reipective committees,. on the lit of February u. %1, when the emniitions 141141 general regulations :uf the priz.e• sheets will he arranged. 'floe 001111411 14ilmesawith 11111011 Plitidfdetion the steady support wind. the society reesi%l.4 111 111111 11,011118i1i1 1 11 new 11101111.ers 1111.1 Z 14110114 eo•opernlors, Ilid 114 ely interest created in the dis trlrts 440.14.914N1 for the sti.,se..4%e country tneoliii7,., and the in ereak'ng intelligence which distiteutishes the agriettltural eon'• iiktinity of the country. treienee is no longer re:!ardeti 114 an 1111411111indi4le nrgnirenlent, bill 11114 become 1111 114•11 e which, like the titagnetie 1114.1111., 1101111 M (1111 lie 4.11111 111 he steered when All Armin,' 144 dark and uncertain; it has. indeed. been found to be that knowledge while) , is power. Tnr. foundation-stone of a new Roman Catholic cathedral was laid on NiMiolny lasi, at shrew s buty, by the Hight Her. Dr. Brown, Resisted by about thirty clergymen. amongst whom were several canons of the Homan Church. The ground chosen for the site is situate at the north side of the town. anti over looks the Severn. The present Earl of Shrewsbury, who only attained his majority on Sultda, has giyen 15,000/, fry the erection of the cailive. THE PRESS. NEW 131 RIAL.OROCND REGULATIONS. LORD I'vt.mEnsroN has issued an o.;cial series of regulations which are to be rigidly observed iu aU new burial-grounds hereafter established, as also in all, whether new or old, which come within the scope of the Metropolitan Burials Act, passed last session. The following arc the titles, a; appointed by the late Home Secretary : _ - " 1. No interment shall take place within ten yards of any part of the boundary of the cemetery, and the space of ground intervening between the boundary and the ten yard limit above described shall be planted with shrubs, evergreens, and trees, iu such manner as, while it will pro mote the absorption of any deleterious emanations, stall not interfere with a free circulation of air. "2. The area of the cemetery shall bo under-drained to retch depth and in such effectual manner as shall be suffi cient to prevent the accumulation of water in any vault or grave therein. Tle,re shall be a sufficiency of roads and pathways within the burial-ground to afford every access to the seve ral graves without walking over other graves; and such roads and pathways shall be constructed of hard materials, and be properly guttered and drained in such wanner as to carry away surface-water. " .4. The whole area of the eemetery, which may from time to time be used for interments, shall be divided into gravc-spaees in such manner that the position of every , wave-space may be readily distinguished. " 5. A plan of the cemetery shall be provided, on which every grave•space shall be marked. " 6. A register of graves shall also be provided, in which shall he reg►stered every grave-space, together with the name, the age, and the date of interment of every occupant of stu•h gray, 7. Every grave•space in the cemetery shall be desig nated by letters ur numerals, or by some other convenient mark, which shall correspond to similar marks designating such grave-space in the plan of the cemetery and in the register of graves. " S. The gray.•spece allotted to each person of the age of 16 and upwards shall be at the least 9 Let 6 inches long and 1 feet 6 inches wide. " 9. The grave-space allotted to each young person from 7to 16 years of age shall be at the least 7 feet 6 inches long anti 3 feet 0 inches wide. " 10. For children under 7 years of age the grave-space shall be at the least 5 feet U inches long by •!, fret 9 niches wide. _ _ " 11. Each grave shall be dug as near as may be in the middle of the grave•spaee. " 12. With the exception of purchased vaults and graves, interments shall take place in eve►y alte►nate grave•space until the whole urea of the cemetery devoted to interments shall have been buried in ; and thereafter the alternate grave•spaces, which have thus in the first instance been left vacant, are to be buried in till they shall all have been used. is. Nu more than one IH►dv shall )w► buried in any grave, except in lottrehas4 d vaults taut graves, under con &Wis hereafter stated. 11. The 4114111 of graves, excepting purchased vaults end graves, shall he as follows :—For of 10 years of age and upwards the depth shall not exceed 0 feet, and in no (4141' shall the coffin have a covering of earth of leas depth than 31 feet, measured hum the tipper surface of the coffin to the level of the ground. For persons betweeu 7 and 10 years of age the depth shall not exceed 1 feet ; and the covering of earth over the coffin Audi in no ease be less than ;1 feet, measured from the upper surface of the coffin to the level of the ground. Fur children un der 7 years of age the depth sindl be 3 feet 9 inches, as near as may be. " 14. Nu grave in which a burial has taken place, except ing purchiewd vaults and graves, shall be reopened for another burial until after the lapse of the following periods of time. that is to say :—No grave in which a person of 10 votes of age and upwards has been buried shall lie reopened hir another burial until after the lapse of •.21 years from the when soda person was buried. No grave in which any young perms' between the ages of 7 and lti yearn has been buried shall be reopened forfora second burial until after the lapse of 14 y ears Brim the time, when such young person was buried. No grave in which a child under 7 years of age has been bnrled shall he reopened for burial within a shorter period than 10 years from the time when such child was lit. l'urelialted vaults and maws are excepted from the preceding regulations ; butt, when more than one body is 1141 Is 101161 . 11 in such graves anti vomits, each body must be enclosed in an air-tight leaden coffin, and 110 coffin is to be deposited in any such vault or grave nearer the slitiliee than 4 feet 11 inches, incoming front the upper surface of the ( Nan to the level of the ground. " 17. Whenever a burial has taken place (except in a private vault) the grave shall be forthaith filled up with earth, and the am-thee shall be immediately covered, either with a suitable stone, if such shall have been provided, or with fresh turf, or the surface shall he suitably planted; but in no case shall the bare earth be left exposed. " U. fare shall be taken that the grave-spaces, monu ments, walks, buildings, ci‘e., and the whole surface of the cemetery, be kept in a proper state of neatness. " PALMERSTON." THIC London Corporation Commissioners will resume their sittings after Christmas, when they will proceed to the examination of witnesses favour able to the existing system, and desirous of rebutting evidence previously given. Ar a general meeting of the members of Lloyd's, held on Wednesday-, the sum of 501. wag voted in aid of the subscription for the monument to Lieutenant, Bellot, HAILEYBU'RY. Tux half-yearly distribution of prizes—the last cere mony of the kind in which the Board of Directors a. at present constituted will officiate—took place at Haileybury College on Monday. Before the expire • tion of the next term the new charter will come into operation, and the privilege of nominating students to the college will no longer appertain to the magnates of Leadenhall-street, but merit or proficiency of some kind form the title to admission. More than usw 1 interest was accordingly excited by this last ceremc. vial under the expiring regime, and a large attend ance of visitors was the consequence. The prize distribution commenced at noon, Mr. Russell Ellice being in the chair :•—• MEDALS, PRIZES, AND HONOURABLE DISTINCTIONb OF STUDENTS LEAVINO COLLELiE. Mr. Mangles—Medals in classics and Persian, and prize iu Sanscrit. Mr. Trotter—Medals in political economy and history, prizes in classics and Hindustani. Mr. Master—Medals iu law• and Teloogoo. Probyn--Medal in mathematics. Mr. C. P. Elliott—Prize in Hindi. Mr. Skinner—Prize in Persian. Messrs. Moriarty, Bonne, H. S. Alexander. U. W. Elliot, M &anise, and A nderson—H ighly distinguished. Mr. NVeltster—Passed mith great credit. TIMM TEEM. Mr. Baiiihridgo—l'rizes in political economy, histay, and Saiiscrit. Mr. ,Moriis—Prizes in mathematics and Teloog.l. 31r. R. U. Mehill—Prizes m law and Pursian. Mr. Hunter—Prize in Hindustani. Mr. Gordon--Prize in Hindustani. Mr. Waterfield—Prize in classics. Messrs. Simeon, Martin, W. Lane, Sheppard, Coghlan, liosanquet, Hall, and Larrent--Highly distinguished. Messrs. Robinson, Fairfax, Thornhill, and Wyueh— l'assed with great credit. SECOND TERM. Mr. 11'Neile—PrizesVmathetuaties, political economy and history, law, and Sanscrit. Mr. Clifford—}hire in Persian. Mackenzie—Prize in Sam,crit. Mr Harrison—Prize in classics. 31essno. Thomas, t". Lane, Roswell, W. Robertson, 4. C. Colvin, Arbuthnot, Crawford—Highly distinguished. Messrs. Smith, Paynter, Lindsay, W. W. Robertson— PtliV , A.4 with great credit. FIRST TERM. Mr. M. Melvill—Prizesirtelassk4i, mathematics, lair, and for the best English essay. Mr. Browne—Prize in Sansoit. Messrs. Sharpe, O. N. Barlow, Cockerell, J. H. P. \Vaud, Nisbet, Can. Lynn, Kindersley, Prinsep, Hooper. E. Col vin. Macgregor, and C. J. distinguished 'Messrs. li. W. Barlow, Coulson, Borrowdaile, (hunt, Held, and Thompson—Passed with great credit. RANK OF STUDENTS LEAIINO COI.LLOE. ... _ _ BENoAL.-Ist Clas*-1. Mr. Mangles; t Mr. Trotter; 3. Mr. Probyn ; 4. Mr. C. P. Elliott ; 5. Mr. Skinner. 2nd Class-6. Mr. Magician ; 7. Mr. Anderson ; N. Mr. Web. .ter; 9. Mr Daniell. M%nr lass-1. Mr. Master. Ind Class-2. Mr. Alexander ; 3. Mr. E. F. Eliott. BonnAv.—lst Class-1. Mr. Moriarty; I. Mr. Donne. 2nd Class-3. Mr. W. Elliot. An essay in English was afterwards read by Mr. M. Melvin, son of the rev. principal of the college, who had carried off four prizes, although only in his first term. Subject, "Is it justifiable for other na• tions to compel China and Japan to open their trade to the world ?" In his subsequent address to the students, the Chairman dwelt upon the nature of the duties which awaited them in the country whereto they were destined : " The service they were about to enter was second to none in importance and honour ; and, as promotion depended upon themselves, they must be careful how they discharged their duties, as they might depend upon it their conduct would be most closely and carefully watched. The y were about to proceed to a country where they would food everything different to what it was in England. It was in habited ley races of men differing from them in religion, lammage, and manners, and they must be careful when they came into contact with the natives not to offend their Kee jeulieese. Ile was happy to say that the natives were rapiAily emerging from that apathy into which they lead for b 0 long appeared to be sunk. and they were now making great advances in the attainment of the various branches of European studies. It wee the duty of those who were proceeding to India to study the character and respect the religions prejudices of the natives. in order tee gain their confidence and re spect. The natives were possessed of feelings as sensitive as their own, and they must at all times be careful not to give them of brace. Though they would be so fur absent from home., he could assure them that their conduct would be most closely watched. The' rapidity of communication now existing lead brought them into such close contact with England that the eyes of all intelligent and thinking men were fixed upon the Indian Government, and the conduct of Indian officials. They must be active and zealous at their several posts—try to attain excellence in everything they undertook—and we member that the Indian civil service was a field in which the best men got the twat situations. They must try hard to improve their position, or they might rely upon it they would be outstripped in doe race. an that probably by the natives, who, as he had informed them, were making most rapid a4lvances in the attainment of knowletlp.. It SA' JRDAYs