The Sun. — London, England, 1852-07-17 00:00:00

his Bono =able Colleague, Mr. DuprE, interrupting him where all interruption was wholly uncalled for, an d throwing every obstacle in the way of the Hon. Gentleman; but for his part he was a friend to free dis cussion, anal quite ready to submit his views and princi ples to the freest criticism.—(Hear, hear.) He there fore hoped. those who professed liberality would, for the sake of consistency, extend a patient if not an indulgent hearing to what he had to address to them.—(Hear, hear.) Let them remember that insolence was not wit, and that uproar was not discussion.— Well, then, with this brief preface he begged leave to say that ho did not agree with those who disagreed with Dr. Lee in thinking that the suffrage ought to be extended to the fair sex.—( A. laugh.) He had always been of opinion that if universal suffrage was to be granted there should be no distinction of sexes.—(A laugh.) Certainly he would not support what was called universal suffrage with that limited and disgraceful restriction.—(Hear, hear.) A lady sat upon the throne, while many of her fair subjects were occa sionally called upon to discharge the duties of chw:chwardens and overseers. and therefore, when the whole subject of universal suffrage was brought forward, he would not consent to suppee. it except upon the con dition that the ladies were allo•ved to participate in the benefits of the extension.—(L..ug,hter.) ia next topic in orde r , h e cams to the, at t ack which to hich the an Hon. Baronet h a d Iride upon the Ministry, but the Hon. Baronet must have been smarting under. the influence of the hot weather when ho thought of introducing them to the !Inject of Tuscan polities.—(oh, ob, and cries of " Gammon.") Let bins tell the worthy elector who cried gammon, that when parties melee attacks in a spirit of gammon they must be answered in the same manner.—(A laugh.) Well, now, with regard to the subject matter of this attack, what does if really amount to? Why all he could tell them was this, that the main circumstances all occurred before he came into t ns t ta h te e office; and he begged to tell the Hon. Baronet forei that was not prepared to go to war beeause Bible.— a g would not allow the cir culation of the En glish (Hear.) He regretted that the Hon. %motet had lest his seat for Bedfordshire, because his speech to-day would have been reserved for Parliament.—(Hear, and cheers.) Now, four months ago he was returned for this county w ith ou t opposition , and he thought, under the circum stances in which he now found himself, he had a right to ask what he had done in that time which should have forfeited their confidence?—(A V o i ce— " You have done nothing.") The moat, then, that oould he acid a gainst him was that he had done nothing. Surely no candi date had ever appeared before a constituency with snore advantage than he did now; but he defied any man to lay his hand upon his heart and say that the Government had done nothing.—(Hear, bear.) The electors would remember that the first night he took his seat after his re-election he was submitted to a severe cross-examination from Lord John Russell; and the object of that cross-examination Was to prevent the Go vernment doing anything, and produce a precipitate die solution.—(Hear, hear.) The Government, however, resisted the attempt, and eventua ll y the y were enabled to pass many measures of reform, and make provision for the efficient defence of the country.—(Hear, hear.) They brought forward other measures, such as those of law reform, which their predecessors could not carry, and, after the lapse of three months, which were taken up with the discussions on these measures, no less a per sonage than Sir James Graham, either the friend or the r i v al of Lord John Russe ll , ca ll ed t he attention of the House of Commons to the then state of public business, and called upon the Govern ment to confess that they were incompetent to carry on the affairs of the country.—(Cheers.) They, however, refused to make such a confession, and within the brief space of another month all those impossible measures were passed into a law, and received the approval of the country.—(Hear, hear.) Bat it was said they had passed measures, b u t did not prepare them —(Hear, hear.) Now, was t h at rea ll y so? Was the . great reform of the Court of Chancery the work of their predecessors? Certainly not. They Chancery never could C ca o rry out the recommendati ons of the missioners, and on one occasion Sir Jame s Graham m while allowing th e i m p ortance of the refo rms recom mended, exclaimed in despair, where can you find the man to carry th em out?—(Hear, hear.) Now, - the pre sent Government did find that man in the Lord Chan cellor, and besides that they gave one of our colonies an important constitution and passed two extensive e measures of sanitary reform.—(Hear, hear.) Could it be said then that Government had done nothing within the past four months, or that ho had been guilty of any thing in that brief space which should induce them to vvithhoA their confid,ne3 from him for the future? So much then for the past, and now for that something which looms in the fnturr.—(Hear and a laugh.) A VOICE—TeII u 9 whati:; is._ _ Mr, DISBAZLI—First, then, what he saw looming in the suturo was this, that in a few days he should be one of the Members far the county of Buckingham.—(A laugh.) But joking aside, hs must say a word or two as to the future policy of the Government.—(Hear, hear.) No one could suppose that the present Administration had any intention, or ever had any intention of re storing protection.—(Hear, hear.) Neither be nor they had ever expressed any desire or intention to bring back the laws which wore repealed in 1846, but he had never shrunk either in or out of the House of Commons from expressing his opinions as to the effect which the repeal of that law must inevitably produce. He always held that the law repealed in 1846 was repealed in panic and precipitation, and he had never hesitated to confess that in assisting to accomplish what might have been a necessary end the interest of one great class was not only wholly lost sight of, 'but absolutely sacrificed.— (Hear, hear.) The moment they resolved upon that change he Collie to the conclusion that they must sooner or later have to consider the financiel a, stem of the country, with the view to its aljestment.—(Hear, hear.) That wits the principle which be held now, it was the prin ciple which he advocated in opposition, and which as a Minister he was prepared to put in practice —(Cheers.) With respect to the suOject of lees! taxation, he must be allowed to say, that the views which he advocated some time ag e in the House of Commons had been pretty extensively a:lopted during tee elections, not only by candidates for counties, but for boroughs and towns too, and he now found that those views now enjoyed the sympathy and sepport of both town and county. Too long had these inequalities of texation separated class twin class, and it was his hope, and the wish of the Government to which he belonged, to briog forward measures founded in justice and applied with policy, which should terminate that strife of classes that had so long inured and degre:lee the high moral tone of Eng land.—(Hear, hear.) Lot them not, however, misunder stand him; ho did not pretend that a revision of our local taxation would give that amount of relief to the agri cultural interest, and they must stilllook forward to the time when the Government would be in a situation to bring forward sneer measures which should have a ten dency to reduce the grieeancea of the cultivator of the soil, and matte him to compete with his foreign rival with advantage to the country and satisfaction to him aelf.—(flear, hear.) They should remember that the old pvciei would not be found in the next Parliament, t would rather ho composed of parties who would re present new principles, and in spite of the influence of party politics, the Minister of the day would be enabled to carry his measures with far less ditfieulty than ho had hitherto had to encounter.—(fiear, hear.) A VOICE—Bat what measures do you propose? Mr. Drsaehee did net feel that the present was either the time or the place to go into deteils.—(Hear, hear.) Toe proper audience for that would be the House of Commons, and when the time arrived ho should be prepared to unfold the particulars of the plans which the Government would propose for the country.—(;leer, hear.) All that h e h a d now to do was to state the tone of policy that he was p repared to recommend, and rea d y to adopt.—(Hear, h ear.) /le told them whet was thespirit ofhepolic y that animated the Government iit and the remained for objet,ia to hope wo they wished to obtain, that the explanation ana l se cure alike the approval of the country and the cons t it ue ncy which he sought t o represent.—(Flour.hea r.) There W 33 one interest which be must no w b e a ll ow ed to refer to. He alluded to those who were engaged in the cuitivati" of the soil, and who had hithertoo been too anxious to look to an artificial price for their wheat.—(Hear hea r ') But there was a ething tar more ia the cost arti ficial pried, and that was a reductson, veluabie, than au roducer to of production, which should enable the producer compete with his rivals.—(Hear, hear.) rl la he uuJ w " a w s then, and the object of the party towhic h attached, was to bring about such a reclhetiohtilmaraind be asked the county of Buckingham to give;h he had opportunity of carrying out the principle which feebly attempted to explain.--(Bear,) the • them question of religion, he would not detain With regard to further than to remark than in issuing tel recent. Proclamation the Government had been actuated b * a sincere desire to secure the, peace of the country; and with these observations he begged leaveagain to assure them that i they heir representative he would do returned him as t duty ; and his ides of the duty of a Member in hi o s country great and re-perouPs• (°slti6)nheers.) Dr. La g , who P was was, to make his greeted . with loud appl ause, sa id that he h a d been charged with being a common distur ber of the publics ') and peace,—(Laughter.) was (Langahidterb.e) had Re had b een called a wild fanaticcrotchet, with respect to conferring rrin the franchise tiP D ' a a men won, that wee an insult to th e women of the country u ti e' —(0a! and laughter.) The m e l o di ous nightingale o tr " . the Chiltern Hundr e d s h a d justified bins from thatf charge.—(Great laughter.) Ile had been asked if he did not know that the high Tories of the county had agreed with the Whigs that if they made no opposition to the return of Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Dupre they (the Tories) would, as a favour, allow M r . C avendish to be returned. He (Dr. Lee) could only say that the Whigs b a d done more to prevent him from Coming before them to day than his honest and open-hearted opponents e,°'--(Oheere and laughter.) He must say th at the 1 little enceuregement from the Whin -- he bad ver y • ie Dr. L then proceeded Lee at wen- political views, stating (Renewed tape desirable length to expl , tn ee hia trade, of Inc ballot, of the that he w 55 in f l v ; 3"r or I British - born t o f asubjects, and admission to s. arsaamen of an extension of th" e oi a l e e , which in certain eases he would center upon women. lie was also an advocate for the sep arat i on of Church and State, and he was anxious to promote the rekrinof e cclesiastical and leg a l liberty of the preoe, and ilVtlit'°". was for th e remova l o f -Ile stamp t duty upon news. papers, advertise ments , and paper, and of every impose He at the which impeded th e extens i on o f know - same time preferred septenn i a l to quinquennial or trien nial Parliaments, lie had, from conscientious motives but ho refused to employ any paid agents b e li ev ed his principles w ere so f ar a pproved IT as their tors of the county that they would or canvasserse elec. return him representative. Mr. Banta wished to auk the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chanecltor of the Exchequer what the p resent; Atthiatvy t acant to do Is tit A nati ona l rate for tae s u e r pat of the pour? ... . ci ...... . _. _ ~~_ . a: _ . TILE SUN, Mr. DISRAELI—The poor-rates being a branch of local taxation, I cannot give a general opinion on the subject, o r make any statement upon the poor -rates without reference to all other rates. It is a part of the local taxation we shall consider. I cannot give any opinion now on the course we shall take upon a question like that. The SHERIFF then called for a show of hands for the several candidates. For Mr. Dupri the hands of the majority were held up; for Mr. Cavendish there were not so man y ; for Mr. Disraeli the show was almost universal; but for Dr. Lee there were very few. The Sheriff declared the election by the show of hands to be in favour—first, of Mr. B. Disraeli; secondly, of Mr. Dupr6; and thirdly, of Mr. Cavendish; upon which a poll was demanded on behalf of Dr. Lee, to be taken on Monday, the 19th inst. A vote of thanks to the Sheriff for his impartial con duct of the proceedings was proposed by Mr. DU PRE, se conded by Mr. DISR AELI , an d carr i e d unan imously; and after several rounds of cheers for Mr. Disraeli, the proceedings terminated and the crowd left the hall. DMIDLESEX. A very crowd e d, hot, and turbulent meeting was held last night, at half-past seven, in the spacious room of the Com mercial-ball, Chelsea, ostensibly fcr the purpose of promoting the return of Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. R. Osborne. On the platform were Mr. M'Gregor, M.P., Mr. Mowatt, ex MP., Mr. Hume, M.P., and Baron Rothschild, M.P., ap peared towards the close of the proceedings, which were of a very unhisineselike and disorderly character. Mr. Hum e , M.P . , on t a king the chair , said he was anxious to addre ss t h e meet i ng , because, having been one of those who had recommended Mr. Osborne to the Middlesex elec tors, he hoped they were not now prepared to take a retro grade step after so many years of progress. Lord Blandford complained of the with strong Church and Mr. Osb orne . —(C co nduct of Mr. Osborne.—("e hoped Shame!") see hisown sHteatheadrenfoormerhe w hesitation in saying that, as a was Perfectly satisfied one voice, "I am not.") H re form eventually carried, an d on all of on past occasions, g i ven his sup po, points a d of them Mr. Osborne had, , port. They wer e told Mr. Osborne was o f ultra-demo cratic opinions, but if he (Mr. Hume) had any credit he might tell them that all the approved of were his (Mr. Hume's), and if there was eter/gee in those doctrines it The Reformers did not wish to destroy p rr oints Hume), and not Mr. Osborne, who was the was he (Mr. tuner.zmusuueetng : but institutions. Those to purify our _ who formerly opposed him now admitted he had done a great deal of good, and the dangerous man. ~.etest enemies. Let hot the electors' of re form already adopted had been of the greatest service ac e'c'e desert their tried friend, but judge of him by his ac cording acts. What had Mr. Osborne done? To his certain know ledge Mr. Osborne had refused place under the late Govern ment, in order that he might serve his constituency with all his energy.—(Cheers.) He considered himself the greatest Conservative living—(Cheers and laughter}—and he told them not to believe those who said Mr. Osborne, who was one of his supporters,- would destroy our institutions.— (Cheers.) They had a cry raised about " Protestantism," but it was an attempt to return t o an d t o i ncrease the abuses of the Church.— (Hisses, cries o f " No," and chee rs .) M r. Osborne belonged to the party w h o had set free the Dissen ptoporvtotteheforMtahrqeiuris two of oßlldanclford. candidates— His Dissen ters, and he regretted that so me o f th ose Dissenters had no advicecom e f forward to wassu (Cheers)—and toput those tried men, Lord R. Grosvenor and Mr. Osborne, once more into Parliament. —(Cheers.) Mr. OssoaNE w as rece i ved with loud Cheers. which were mingled with hisses from a knot of persons at the end of the room, and some disturbance took place, which was repressed for the time, but which was renewed at intervals through out his address. When he could be heard Mr. Osborne was calling on his fellow-citizens, in the words of the Athenian of old, to " Strike bat hear him."—(A Voice—`• Say what you mean, and keep your word !"—Cheers and hisses.) His friend and late colleague, Lord R. Grosvenor, was prevented from attending by indisposition (" He was ashamed of being seen with you !"), for, though the stronger candidate, he was physically the weaker vessel ; but he was glad to say the best understanding existed between them, and that Lord R. Grosvenor expected that those who voted for him would support his former colleague also. i They had seen that an ad vertisement had been inserted n the papers calling on th e Roman Catholics “ You're a Roman,"to plump for him.—(" Oh ! We did 1" &c.) He saw a gentleman there—a re lative of Mr. Spooner —he remembered his face—(Cheers and laughter)—who started up to his feet the moment he heard the word Roman Catholic.— (Shouts for and against.) The instant he saw the advertisement, he called on the gentleman whose name appeared at the foot of it, and, said if he had issued it; he (Mr. Osborne) would at once retire, whereupon that per son had assured him, on the honour of a gentleman, that he had had nothing to do with it.--(. yes, the honour of a Romish priest.") He supposed they would admit that even a itomish priest had the feelings of a Christian.—(" Oh! you're half a Catholic.") He particularly owed an explana tion of his past conduct to this district, because he had re ceived from them on former occasions a cordial support, and there was no question he would shrink from and no vote he was nut prepared to defend. He was not a wolf in sheep's clothing, nor should he, under the specious guise of a Pro testant champion, show the cloven hoof and long tail of bigotry and intolerance. [Confusion, which was not at all allayed by several temporary orators addressing select bat agitated circles, and by all the persons who were not ad dressing audiences shouting silence and cheers in chorus. Mr. Hume several times appealed for order in vain, but no order was forthcoming, and Mr. Osborne was obliged to get in a sentence now and then at intervals as well as he could.] He suspected there were certain persons there who knew they could not face him, and that he could tear the veil from the visage of their false prophet. They endeavoured to drown his voice, but all who were not the slaves of magistrates would listen to him, and have some sparks of conviction brought to their under standings. [Here a stout gentleman rose up in the gallery at the end of the room, and commenced to gesticulate most violently and eccentrically, so that Mr. Osborne confessed "he was alarmed for tho otato of his health." Wo could not hear what he said, but we understood he was a county ma gistrate, under the influence of political excitement. When lie was tired he sat down, but soon started up again, and re peated the performance several times during the speech. Mr. Osborne sat down, and Mr. Hume threatened to vacate the chair.] After a lapse of ten minutes or more Mr. Os borne proceeded to comment on the pretensions of Lord Blandford, who had avoided meeting his constituents, except at some hole-and-corner meeting —(Keep to the truth, sir.) Ile recognised the well-known accents of his friend Harry Tovey, and, well knowing his sporting propensities, was satis fied he would run well after the drag ot a young Marquis with a " No-Popery" cry and well rubbed with aniseed.— (Laughter and confusion.) Amid interruptions of this charac ter the speaker proceeded to review the votes of the Marquis of Blandford in Parliament and his pretensions to liberality of opinion. Lord Blandford wore a No-Popery mask, but under it were the hideous lineaments of Protection. While he was leading them awa y with the cry of "Down w i t h the Pope," let them beware of the promises of the Pretender. It would be impossible t o give a report of his speech on the had a s understood vot ed for t h t ei o r call permanence, present occasion, but an h d eparticular Lord Blandford had su o attention to the fact t hat p rted the grants to Maynooth, had ever been opposed them on while he (Mr. Osborne) of Blandford came forward principle. The andMarg yet his votes were in favowuarrdofasha Protestant champion,_ Talk of the Pope's brass band! If ever ta Maynooth grant. performer in that celebrated or chestra, there was an unblushing .fter trying in vain to play on the cracked who, a .protection, had taken refuge in beating the big trumpet o f nen - " it was Lord Blandford.l - en deavoureddrum of " Nns P° r --, ' falseand • s sneak in on acry with false pre to b a d not voted for Mr. Villiers' free-trade tenceS. He motion, and he gave why bu,t_f o ev Ti e s s, breaches was d po c k e t.' ) No ; the Duke had no breeches p would be very much obliged to the speaker to show m he had.—(Laughter.) Ile voted for Maynooth.—(A man in the crowd—"l d eny that statem e nt.") Then ,he begged that gentl eman t o come up on the platform and make the stateme nt openly. — (Cheers, amid which the person addressed came up on the platform and remained till Mr. Osborne concluded.) On his reputa tion a s antlema n he affirmed that the Marquis o f Bland fordge wa s one of the 216 Members who carried Sir R. Peel's motion to make the endowment of Maynooth permanent on April 3, 1845, and that on several distinct motions, made subseque n tly to deduct the repairs of the college from the vote on the estimates, the Marquis of Blandford did not vote at all. It was not till 1852, when Mr. Spooner, changing his threatened motion, moved for an inquiry, that Lord Bland ford, on the eve of a general election, came out as a Pro testant champion, and seconded the motion for an inquiry which he well knew could not take place. He (Mr. Os borne) had never voted to put Maynooth on the taxes of the t peop le, but was ready to of pl Ireland. ace its c Lor haes on the i r oate d Church rd Derby's nenunent professed moderation, but how had they _ u treated the _people? At Stamford, whe re th ere was an promise e' meeting, there being, he s u pp ose d , severa l magistrate s Teesiger wh gesent—(Laughter)—Mr. Herries and Sir F. questions of t ,. they were elected had refused to answer the elect grs , an d i people on the ground that they were non they were a. e ;saecretary-at-War told the people of Essex crisy,” o t w ni ci Arbble. ' True to the " organized hypo- General had gone flo was the legal exponent, the Solicitor return. Would th ey 7 to his constituents with a cooked they not mark their deft t the men of this party ? Would the great Minister whoi° n of the man who had hunted with the poor man's best 4kra oh e would ever be associated then reject this Noble Lord,4"•er, to death? Let them one who was not the nomineeond return to Parliament county magistracy. He suspected a Wiseman or of a alike,' and he was as. little inclineck Ale . intelligence of both stockings of a Wiseman as to bend t .c. bow to the red of a pownall. ' He implored them 'n om . Protestantism great Liberal party by any small factio l e, to split up the compromise small matters in order nu a but to to carry en g , When Lord J. Russell offered If their prin ciples. drefused to take • him plate 1 - est No bar he had • flight the . versa No constituents, though he was bound to declare that lv o his constituen , conjunction with the equally h is Lord's name, in . connected great n ame of „ Jame, was indissolublywith the hist ory Josep" d progress. If dissatisfied with his conduct r; of reform an better man • but he, at all events, should rlet them choose a tisfaction of knowing he had done his duty, tire with the s h a e consciousness of having endeavoared t o and proud in t . constituents with faith and honesty. -. 7(Cheers.) serve his Th e confusion, which had indeed never thoroughly ceased, wieehere raised to its climax by the p erson (whose nam e we understood to be Mason) on the platfo rm comin g fo rward to make a speech. ' w ith him, and the gentlemen on blr.'Henstx ex postulated the pl a tf orm used a ll pe rsuaeitre and minacious arts with him in vain, till d in a temporary lull, said, Mr. Ceasonerz, coming forward it is all a mistake ; Gentlemen, I am happy to te ll you but he has the ge'atlensau misu d stood what I said, _ I withdrawn his contradiction,nerahas ma de an apology, and have accepted it." Mr. MASON protested, i n frantic pantomime, that he had not apologized, b u t, after airn was t , tired out, and re tired. A vote of confidence having time passed in the late mem bers in vary disorder,little-to-be-adnaired the stormy as" , sernblage broke up, and rushed out into the rain and lightning. LINCOLNSHIRE NT (- ORTII). The nomination for the northern division of the county . of . Lincoln took place yesterday in the C - d Lincoln, in presence of a large number of spectator? tie yar , By mutual agree ment no flags or banners were displayed the occasion, and, generally speaking, the supporters of the various candidates took up their positions in front of th quiet arid unostentatious manner. e"stings in a very Shortly before th h of nomination about 500 of the Su e our supporters of Sir M. Cholme ley entered the Castle-yard . in procession, but th • ance ea u their appear sedno excitement whatever . Precisely , the er. at 11 o'clock three candidat es, viz., the Right Hon. R. A. Christo pher, the hunter, rn h eley, and Mr. J. B. Stanhope, appeared followed, not waine at no manifestations of popular feeling The u sua l pro t m eheer or groan having been given. through, Mr. G. T o 1 Y Proceedings having been gone a fair and impartial !' M•P., the High Sheriff, called for sir R. sfiEr_______ hearing to all parties. 1 ' P r qwPd. Ur gentleman who had alyray& been a distinguished advocate I of the agricultural interest , and who was now a member of a Government pledged to promote their interests to the utmost. Mr. SHIPWORTH, of Moretown, seconded the nomination. Mr. W. Burrow, of Gate Burton, proposed Sir M. Cholmeley, and denied that he was a Free-trader. He was in favour of a moderate fixed duty on corn.—(" Look at the company he keeps."—Laughter.) But if they were to have free trade—as no doubt they would have—then, he thought, thew ought to go further, and relieve the farmer by a great reduction of taxes.—(Cheers.) Mr. W. CaACROFT, of Hackthorne, seconded the nomina tion. This was not a contest between Sir M. Cholmeley and Mr. Stanhope, but between Toryism and Liberal principles in the district of Lindsey.—(Cheers and disapprobation.) Mr. A. BoucuEriErr nominated Mr. J. B. Stanhope. The issue which the electors had to try was, whether two stanch Protectionists and Protestants were to be returned, or whe ther the nominee of Lord Yarborough was to represent them in Parliament.—(Cheers and confusion.) Sir M. Cholmeley was a Protestant for whom all the Catholics of the county would vote, and he was a Protectionist for whom all the Free traders would vote. Mr. W. LOFT, a tenant-farmer, seconded the nomination. No other candidates being proposed, Mr. R. A. CHRISTOPHER then addressed the electors, and • though frequently interrupted, received, on the whole, a ' fair hearing. He said be again appeared before them that day as a candidate to represent them in Parliament. It would be much more agreeable to him, and more consonant with his own feelings, were he merely called upon to lay be fore them a statement of the politi ca l principles that should actuate him in his future career rather than enter into those personalities of which he had been the object, or upon any comparison of his own humble merits with those of any other candidates. Bat before he gave them a short, clear, e and intelligible explanation of his political principles, re ferencehmust brie fl y allude to the position which he held wi th the suf frages.—(Hear, hear.) It had fallen to his lot to b e, b y e years in to the, other two gentlemen who sought th ei r electors, associated with Sir M. Cholmeley for some was he had always sure, would bear him oat in saying that t he had never the representation of Lindsey. The Hon. Baronet, he shown to him the greatest courtesy, and he bad ever the constituency—(Hear,. hear) because . udges of his thought that the constituency were the best t J on any occasion attempted to misrepresent his opinions to con public and political conduct. He was no par fs , I had be test in which they were now engaged, and r" • e the county the been more active in maintaining throughout s y sih t y o the ascendancy of those principles which he profes d ed . , be might (Cheers.) have now stood in a better position than he di But he thought it more consistent with more respectful associated him with Sir M. Cholmeley, and from the to their independence, to hold himself entirely aloof of contest; and when insinuations were thrown out only say that under hand combinations and conspiracies, he could n to him on his duty, as they had there were no combinations or conspiracies knoys to hnn, and when pro . the present occasi on . -(Ch eers .) Certain portions, howeve r, of the elector s o f Li n d sey , un known h e was abroad, had fo r med themselves into com mittees to professed the same political principles with himself. — (Cheers mote his return along with another gentleman who on his return from fusion..) He was the first person who , heers and con fusion..) formed without any instructions from him. It was too much, therefore, to & the Hon. Baronet. abroad, announced to Sir M. Cholm e l ey the formation 'of these committees, and that they had say that he had acted unworthily tow ar ds —(Cheers.) exceedingly but he reg —(Cheers.) At every election they must a great deal of party feeling; n ette d look for after the last elec. misrepresented to the electors. Even after consisted of gentle tion, the only committee he appointed them all, not one of that on this occasion his conduct should have been so much men highly respected and known (2 e as much as he did whom had signed the requisition hear.) • He valued his Own independen c he thought it unworthy to t Mr. Stanhope.—(Hear, the independence of any elector, and covert or . him with having underhand.— (Cheers •• and interruption.) e in nf th p e nlie c y ou t n h t n y t t n o nul c d h airr considered Having said so adopted o u p u t y ed pa a r i t in y much with regard to himself, appeale d to them again to return him to Parliament as .their representative—(Cheers; . and " No, no")—to return him entirely with reference to an those political opinions, which he had always professed a nun 14 years ago.— acted uPon since they first elected • d • principles . tiring (Cheers.) He had never deserted his he thought it might have, the whole of his public career, and been acknowledged even by those gentlemen opposed to him in this conflict that in the whole course of that career he had been, at least, an honest and consistent politician.—(Cheers.) he He declared himself without reserve a Conservative poli tician.—(Cheers principles, not from any tician.--(Cheers and confusion.) o the He supported Conserve desire.atothicsontrol tor bat' barrass barrass the free expression of because he believed that they lay ePiniun the foun dat io n eunr i at under its Mon archy, constitution of ibis country, and that ad a f I House of Commons the its ancient hereditary House of Lor d s, n ree y-e ected this country were able to ' get a larger share Of liberty than had !sver use fallen to the lot of any people.-(Cheers.) it was beca he wished to maintain the nicely-balanced constitution under which this hed that he was in favour of a country had so long Nouris hed . accordancewiththis principle, • policy, :and it was in this principle, . maintain this principle that he principle, and the desire to m people of Noble Earl did him y.— the (Oh, oh, and cheers.) When that • honour to offer him o ffi ce, he equally un derstoo d with him . had accepted office in the Administration of Lord , Derb • self the principles on which he accepte d It was then ' also w e ll un d ers t oo d th a t whenever Lord Derby should be able to strengthen his Governmen t by any new arrange ment, he would he ready to resign the o ffice he held into hi s hands, in order that he might be enabled to fortify and He strengthen the Conservative cons titution of the country. maintained that it was mean for any person to declare that he was in a more dependent position before them as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster than he would have been as simply the representative of Lindsey.—( Hear.) . He valued his own independence ; be did not undervalue the high position he held in her Majesty's councils, and he de spised the man who would undervalue it; but at the same time he would not consent to occupy it at the sacrifice of his' own independent principles, or of the principles which he be lieved animated the district of which he was the representa tive.—(Clieers and confusion.) He had invariably, in the • - course of his public life, opposed Papal aggression, come from- whstioTor quArtor it micsht_ Tn IR9R mud 18z9 tie op posed the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. He opposed it not from any intolerant feeling towards his Roman Catholic fellow-subjeets—the friendship of many whom he proudly acknowledged—but he opposed it for the same reasons that he supported our free and enlightened institutions, because he thought that if they were to admit to the House of Lords and the House of Commons a large portion of gentlemen pro thbeaetncomncalduesioun p .; pro fessing the Roman Catholic f a ith, th e resu l t would be that they would find it exceedingly difficult t o carry on the go vernment of this country.—(Cheers.) S u b sequent events (Hear.)had shown s ithatnce thathe wastini time notfar aggressions wron g in had institutions p te s e n b t y e the t n t P n o e p m e n o s f a Rmeimseer,ahalando,ldtmhoaunghwhhae mightour here d held a small territory under the su ff erance of ' 10,000 or 20,000 French bayonets, yet, though he did not rule over a great many people and had no armies or navies, he governed the feelings and wishes of a gre at portion of the world opposed to civil and religious 1" .) These were•the grounds on which he liber ty.—(Cheese .) grant for the endowment 'of the Roman Ca d th r o e li u c se C d hurch. —(Cheers.) He had always opposed the vote to al ooth ayn_ when it was an annual g rant, and he did the same when the forward Bill of Sir R. Peel was brought in 1845. Consider ing the consistency of his former this conduct, therefore , on question, it was rather unfair at election to placard th e county with blue bills containing a garbled correspondence with an individual elector, who never intended, he believed, to g ive him any support.— (Hear, hear.) However influen tial that elector might be, or however vain in his own conceit, he had no more right to dictate to him the policy he ought to pursue than the humblest individual now before them. (Mr. Christopher was here understood as alluding to a correspondence with Sir C. Eardley.) It was at variance with the British Con stitution to exact pledges from candidates about to repre. sent them ; but at the same time it was right and proper that representatives should state clearly what their course of policy would be.—(Cheers and confusion.) In this coun try, from the Queen on the throne to the humblest free holder in the State, they were all attached to the institu tions of England—all equally bound to maintain them, and all equally responsible to the public for the exercise of the duties they had to discharge. In these circumstances, he asked if they would not send him to Parliament, not as the pledged delegate of any individual elector, but as the free and unfettered representative of a great and intelligent con stituency.—(Cheers and cries of " No, no !") He need hardly assure them that the principles which had actuated him during the last 25 years of his public career, whether in connexion with the civil policy or with the financial and commercial policy of the country, remained entirely un changed.—(Cheers.) He held, in connexion with the Go vernment, the same opinions that he did in opposition, and he should do his utmost to give effect in the Government to those principles and opinions.—(Cheers, and " Oh, oh!") He would now say a very few words as to the position of Lord Derby's Government with regard to protection to native industry and capita). On every occasion on which he had addressed the electors of that division of the county—on every occasion on which he had addressed the House of Commons with reference to those great interests—he had invariably maintained the duty of a fair protection to native industry. But he never pre tended to deceive them that, after the fatal Act of 1816, at which period they had a duty on foreign wheat varying from ls. to 20s. the quarter, it would be an easy matter for any Government to restore such a state of things.—(" You never can.") Be remembered well that a chivalrous noble man, whose memory ought to instigate every honest Eng lishman to fresh exertions—Lord George Bentinck —( Cheers) under whose banner he had so lung contended, told the elec tors at the last election, "This is the period at which you must exert yourselves, for, depend upon it, if you return again to Parliament a majority of representatives pledged to' a free-trade policy., you will increase the difficulty of every succeeding Administration to reverse that policy."-- (Hear, hear.) Unfortunately,.that Parliament did approve of the free-trade policy. But now a plain question was put to the electors of this kingdom, and that question was, whe ther they would return to Parliament a sufficient number of representatives to enable the Government to attempt to at tack and reverse that policy.—(Loud cries of "No, no. s ) The question did not rest with the Administration —it rested with the electors of this great country to say whether they were prepared to maintain free - trade measures.—(Cries of W e are') Her Majesty's Prime Minister had declared his views upon this question in language so clear that no per- So u could mistake them.—(Ohoh)—and it rested with the to elect Say-(Chef n -ether that policy was to be modified or continued. rs and confusion.) He held it to be a safe principle in general term s , th t they ought to levy from the foreig ne r the sh ape oecust in a oms duties as large a portion of reven ue as y Possibly could, without interfering with the com forts of the People, by which means the foreigner would ' .he made to contribute Co the taxation of the country, and nativ e y would, air s , to that extent be p rotected.—(Che e rse and disapprobation.) which he thought Thos e were the broad principl es the based. He would not, policy of this country ought t o b e however ' attempt to deceive th em by any claptr ap electioneering argument. He would not tell them that if they ' returned him to Parliament they should have no duty on tobacco or tea, because he held it to be the duty of the country, in looking at the ques tion of taxation, to t a k e care that the public creditor was paid ; and in doing away with a revenue of 7,000,000a1e or 8,000,000 1 ., . one of two . things must arise—eth . that they did not intend 1 0 - ler pay the debt which, mushnest men, they were hound to do, or that the levy the i evenue by a system of taxation upon the y pe ople far more onerous than the present.—(Hear, ) hear •, As tea and tobacco . were articles of foreign produce, any one professing t Prot principl es would come with a very to Parliament, and ask that b a d grace we should be relieved upon those articles while we retained of the duty hops and barle a duty di articles as 3 7.—( Hear, hear.) He upon su b e distinctly understood that he e wished it to . . made no rash be subject of taxation, further than to pledge on t would Hie to carry into effect if he h a d st ate the views he Weil- I " and confusion.) With r the power. —(" You never can, f government, and our financi al er d d to gene ral principles 0. resolved to maintain to the bestwinmer cial policy, he was all those principles w hich of his powers and humble a bility . d invariably and constantlytv ich uon professed to those questions he ha d invariably his professions, and them. He had never des er ted should he on any future occaa° • n form other convictions or from any cause, feel it necessary to desert them, he would take the first opportunity of resigning his seat into their hands, so as to enable them to elect some one more worthy of their con fidence.—(Cheers, and " you won't get in.") The Right Honourable Gentleman concluded by thanking the electors for the fair hearing he had obtained, and assured them that if there was truth in man he would be at the head of the poll.— (Cheers and disapprobation.) Sir M. CHOLMELEY next addressed the electors, and was very favourably received. He said they had now come to play the last act in the second edition of that old comedy, All in the Wrong.—(A laugh.) They had been all in the wrong. He was in the wron g w h en h e b e li eve d t h at h e h a d the approbation of his Ri ght Hon. Colleague. or of Mr. Boncherett, who, after subjecting him to a severe examina tion, had expressed himself satisfied with his opinions. Then they were all in the wrong when they thought they would drive him from the field; and the farmers were all in the wrong, because they believed when this Administration came into power that they would obtain a return of the corn-laws.—(A laugh.) He complained of the Government that they were carrying on a double purpose—one for the boroughs, and one for the country. They were acting upon the advice of the old man to his son, " Jack, get money— honestly, if you can; but get money."—(Cheers and laughter.) The orders from Downing-street seemed to be Get seats—honestly, if you can; but get seats."— (Hear.) Ile must say he was exceedingly mortified, when the Go vernment came into power, to see the tergiversation and truckling which they exhibited. He thought that they would have gallantly nailed their colours to the mast, so that, when defeated, they would have been able to exclaim, like the old French King, " All is lost but our honour." They had aced, however, in a manner very different, and he believed that, in the end, they would receive from no party whatever such galling reproaches as from the very farmers who were now their great supporters.--(Cheers and uproar.) He considered it unnecessary, after the many meetings ho had held, t o say much i n explanation of his sentinients, or to defend himself at any length from the attacks 'which had been made upon him. But he thought it too bad, after all he had said and done, to be told he was neither a Protectionist nor a Protestant.—(Hear, hear.) He had no hand in the publication of the correspondence with Sir Culling Eardley; and the only inference to draw from the letters was, that Sir C. Eardley, whose anxiety for Pro testantism almost amounted to a monomania, was convinced that he was the most Protestant of the three candidates. — ( Hear, hear.) Lie cou l d appeal to his Right Hon. Colleague in the late Parlia ment to say if he had ever g i ven a vote in op position to the i n t erests of agriculture • and, as to his being a supporter of L or d J ohn Russell, no doubt he bad 'been so. He had been a Liberal for 30 years, and he gave the late Go vernment support when he thought it deserved it. But he had been no servil e supporter of that Administration, for he voted against them on many questions —on the subject of the malt-tax, on the amendments made by the present law ad visers of the Crown •on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill; also against the proposed increase in the property-tax, and for its continuance for one year only. He had also voted in favour of Mr. Disraeli's motion for relief to agriculture, and against the late Government on the navigation-laws.—(Hear, hear.) Of twenty votes which he had given since the present Go vernment came into office only two had been opposed 'to them, and one of those was in opposition to flogging in the militia.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet then went into an explanation of various matters that had occurred during the canvass, and complained of the course taken by Mr. Christoe pher. He accused Mr. Stanhope of having told a voter that, if he voted for Sir M. Cholmeley, be would be voting for a Roman Catholic. (The voter, named Malcolm, who stood in front of th e h ust i ngs, was here appealed to as to the truth of the statement, and without hesitation confirmed it, but Mr. Stanhope asserted that it was not true.) There was no doubt now that protection had been abandoned, though they were told by their poetic Chancellor of the Exchequer that something stilt "loomed in the distance." What they wanted, however, was something tangible, something they could lay their hands upon —not promises such as Mr. Disraeli gave them, and which, like slippery eels, were ever eluding their grasp.—(Laughter.) Protection was aban doned, and the only tangible thing that remained was a stern reduction of taxation.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet went on to say he wculd do all in his power to effect this object, and also expressed himself in favour of an extension of the franchise, and of universal education, though he would be no party to handing over education entirely to the clergy. In conclusion, he asked the- electors to pump for Cholmeley. Whatever was the result of the contest, they must have one Tory Member. He therefore asked the elec tors to secure one Liberal representative, and let their oppo nents choose among themselves which of the other two they would have.—(Cheers 'and confusion.) Mr. J. 'B. STAguorE, in addressing the electors, said he did not come forward as a great landowner, but as the tenant-farmers' • candidate.— (Cheers.) He appeared there for no party p urpose , b ut w i th the view of promoting only their interests. He • came among them with the name. of Protectionist, with the name of Pro testant, with the name of Conservative.—(Cheers, and " Oh, oh Under those- colours he had lived, and he hpped to live .under them to his dying day. He wished to protect not only the farmer, but every kind of Bri tish industry. If they would not have a duty on wheat, surely there was no reason in the world why they should not give the farther the benefit of a duty on peas and beans, so as to enable them to make a profit on some portion of their produce, and thus 'be able to cultivate their land in such a manner as - would' put it in their power to grow wheat cheaper than they were now in a position to do. The whole taxa tion of thin country was virtually a bread-tax. The whole taxation of the country • was laid on the land, and a great part of every shilling they paid for the quarter of wheat' went, therefore, to.pay the taxes, so that it became virtually a bread -tax,—(Laughter and cheers.) If they wanted cheap bread they must remove that portion of the burdens that now pressed so peculiarly upon the farmers.—(Cheers ' and confusion.)l He was a true Protestant ; and he would support Lord Derby, because, as a friend of agri culture, he believed that in him alone all their hopes and expectations' were placed ; and he believed that in the next Parliament'he would fulfil the pledge he had given to introduce measures of relief for the suffering agricultural in . terest.—(Cheers and confusion.) He then denied the state ment of the elector Malc o l m , that I. hen crrar call e d Si r M . k,nottnerey.... Roman Ualhohc, and went on t o s h ow t h at though the Hon. Baronet might be a Protestant in his pri vate character, he would not be entitled to the name of a Protestant representative. In the same way he might be a Protectionist in a private sense, yet not deserve the name of a Protectionist representative.—(Cheers.) After an explanation from Sir Culling Eardley as to the correspondence already alluded to, The Henn SHERIFF took a show of hands, which he de clared to be in favour of Sir M. Cholmeley and Mr. Chris topher. A poll was then demanded on behalf of Mr. Stanhope, a nd a vote . of thanks h av i ng been given to the High ' Sheriff, the proceedings terminated in a very orderly ma nner. . The polling is fixed for Monday and Tuesday. GENERAL -- ELECTION NOMINATION AND POLLING DAYS. BEDFORDSHIRE—Mond ay, July 19. --- % ) l — onday, July 19. Monday, July 19. Monday, July 19. CARLOWCCOL (FORK KRE(e( co ( ou C uN O NT t T ry N y :_ ..) DONEGAL (COUNT!)—Tuesday, July 20. DOWN (COUNTY)—Tuesday, July 20. DUBLIN (COUNTY)—Monday, July 19. GLOUCESTERSHIRE (WEST) —Monday and Tuesday, July 19 and 20. . HEREFORDSHIRE—CIosing day, Saturday (this day). HERTFORDSHIRE—PoIIing, Monday, July 19. ISLE OF WlGHT—Monday, July 19. KILDARE (CouNTr)—Tuesday, July 20. KILKENNY (COUNTY)—Monday, July 19. KING'S COUNTY—JuIy 20. LEITRIM —Tuesday, July 20. MAYO (COUNTY)-..Tuesday, July 20. MEATS (COUNTY)—Monday, July 19. MONAGHAN (COUNTY)--Tuesday, July 20. MIDDLESEX—Saturday, July 17. NORFOLK (WEST)—Saturday, July 17. NORTHUMBERLAND (NORTH)--Monday, July 19; and po lling days on Thursday, the 22d, and Friday, 23d. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (NORTH)—At Mansfield, Saturday, July 17. ORKNEY AND. SHETLAND—Monday, July 19. QUEEN'S COUNTY—Monday, July 19. ROSS AND CROMARTY—Saturday, July 17. ROSCOMMON—Monday, July 26- S UR REY (WEST)—At Guildford, Saturday, July 17. TIPPER ARY —Tuesday, J u ly 20. WEXFORD (CouNTr)—Tuesday, July 20. WICK LOW— y, July 17. WILTSHIR E (Noßnt)—Saturday, July 17. yolucs HIR E (WEST RlDlNG)—Saturday, July 17. acciioepa3rrPineese COURT CIRCULAR. gejesty and his Royal Highness Prince Alfred'Albert OSBORNE, Far D o. of Salerno, the Dacheis of Kent, and the anied by the Prince of Wales and Prince , the and Duchess d'Aumale, and attended by th e Duke afternoon, at pier yesterdays , a quarter-past five o'clock Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, embarked at Osborne. r i uise in the Royal yacht Fairy. OT a c T h e Royal party returned at half-past seven o'clock.. .The Earl of 'Derby arrived from London on a visit to the Queen' Emile Chevalier had an interview yesterday jeleGureneral Board of Health, at their o ffi ces, Whit wit M h o t n h hail, on a mission of inquiry from the French Gover , as 0 the construction and operation of 11 went model dwellings and. lodging-hoirses. His Excellency M. Drouet had an interview yesterday will the Earl -of Malmesbury at the Foreign-o ffi ce. Sir Gilliam Maxwell had an interview with Mr • Sep Dr Binney had an interview with Sir John Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. cretary Lird Colchester arrived in town yesterday, from hie seat, Kidbrooke, Sussex. Pakington The Rev.yesterd the Colonial;oflice. Dispatches were received from'the Governors of Hong. the Mauritius. and' the Falkland Islan ds; Kong, Ceylon; at the Colonial-office; dispatches were also India ni al-offi Islands ce , yes. aod yesterday, ftrhoem Westt hel Colo reeeiyed from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. . Dispatches terday to the e North. American the.Goveraors of th provinces. • wGeorvee:rotrsoofff SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY COMPANY.—On Tuesday an extraordinary.general meeting of the shareholders in this the capital of the company, to be comp an y was held at the company's office at the Plymouth station, when Mr. T. Woollcombe presided. It was de. off the mortgage and bond debt of termi ne d a t the meeting, without any discussion, to create a an pp d l th e The sum to be raised is 150,0001., comp a ny. part of i i e ss d u t e o newward s sli i) a a r y e shares n g f in off , the mortgage and bond debt, by the issuing of 30,00 0 shares of 5/ each, and there is to be attached to these shares, and to the stoc k into which such shares sh all be converted, a •fixed dividend of 4 per cont. per annum to be .appropriated, paid, and payable in perpetuity and in Priority o f an y other dividend upon any other class of shares or stock in the company. ' rheresolutions ordering the issue of such shares were unanimously agreed to. This was all the business. • • . • • [ADvearnssmeNT.]-11olloway's Pills a most general derange. ex cellent reme dy for a D isordered Liver an d ge ment of the system' —Mrs. Eliza Davies, of ordered near Carmarthen, had been troubled for years • h wit a d liver,which de r anged her system that • so , ?it produced severe attacks of ague, combined with which she be tible of colds that she was seldom or ever f came so suscep ree from them, and thereby was a great sufferer. She tried various remedies without deriving relief, but ultimatel y take Holloway', Pills which in a f she was persuaded to an d finally re stored ' her to _ew days greatly relieved her, druggist, Carmatthen, can eryet health. Mr. Treharne, r aent.—Sold by a ll Drub . ce rtify to the truth of this state - Est • abhstnent, 244, strand, London. gista and at Professor Holloway's LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 17, THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY., LEWES, THURSDA.V.—Another day of dreadful heat has been added to the reception of the Royal Agricultural Society in Sussex. Never before has this society in the course of its summer peregrinations experienced weather so overwhelm ing. Added to the influence of the elections and the secluded position of Lewes, the chalk hills in the neighbourhood seemed positively to smoke under the burning strokes of the sun, and the public, under all the circumstances, will not be surprised to hear tbat the attendance in the show-yards was smaller than usual. The award of implements has been so unavoidably pro tracted that the list is not yet filled up. The subjoined list supplies the awards already determined : For the plough best adapted for general purposes, 71. Messrs. Ransome and Co. For the plough best adapted for deep ploughing, 71.—Mr. William Bushby. For the best one-way or turn-wrest plough, 71.—Messrs. Ransome and Co. For the best paring plough, 51.—Mr. Thomas Glover. For the best subsoil pulveriser, 51.—Messrs. J. Gray and Co. For the best drill for general purposes, 101.—Messrs. R. Hornsby and Son. For the best steerage corn and turnip drill, 101.—Messrs. R. Hornsby and Son. For the best drill for small occupations, 51.—Messrs. R. Garrett and Son. For the best and most economical small-occupation seed and manure drill for flat or ridged work, 5/.—Messrs. R. Garrett and Son. For the best turnip drill on the flat, .101.—Messrs. It. Hornsby and Son. For the best turnip drill on the ridge, 101.—Messrs. R. Hornsby. and Son. For the best drop drill, for depositing seed and manure, 101. Messrs. R. Garrett and Son. • For the best manure distributor, 51.—Messrs. R. Garrett and Son. For the best portable thrashing machine, not exceeding 5-horse power, for larger occupations, 201.—Messrs, Garrett and Son. For the best portable thrashing machine, not exceeding s machine, 6-horse power, witb shaker and riddle, to be driven by steam, 20/.—Messrs. Clayton and Son. to willb For best e t s t driven p hr b e e p s t a b For the best fixed thrashing machine, not exceeding 6- horse power, with straw-shaker, riddle, and winnower, that prepare the corn-dressing nh-ed steam,croes s r corn on f l o g. r —m t finishingh al e cehsisnr es:ol. Garrettedressinglasnsdr s o n. FHornsby and Son. ' For the best grinding-mill for breaking agricultural pro e duce into fine meal, 101.—Mr. Hurwood. For the bestelinseed and corn-crusher 5/.—Mr. Stanley. For the best chaff-cutter, to be worked by horse or steam power, 10/.—Messrs. Richmond and Chandler. ' For the best chaff-cutter, to be worked by hand power, 51.—Mr. Cornea. The proceedings of to-day reached their climax in the dinner which took place in the pavilion attached to the show-yard. It was not so well filled on the occasion as it has been of late years, though the attendance was far from being meagre. The Earl of Ducie, President for the year, officiated as chairman, and among the company present were — The Chief Officer of Lewes, Viscount Palmerston, his Ex cellency the Chevalier Bunsen, his Excellency the Hon. Abbot Lawrence, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Bart., the Earl of Carlisle, his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglioehis Excellency the Baron Bentinck, Major-General Sir Harry Smith, Bart., his Excellency General Count Groeben, Earl De la Warr, Lord Walsingham, the Earl of Sheffield, Lord Berners, Lord Hastings. Earl Talbot, Count Perponcher, the Chairman of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway, Mr. Richard von Holtzendorf-Viel-Mansdorff, Mr. Hampton Langston, M.P., the Chairman of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, the Chairman of the South-Eastern Railway, the Chairman of the South- Western Railway, Mr. Fay, from the United States, the Chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway, Mr.. E. Vernon -Harcourt, Sir Edward Baker, Bart., Mr. Davey, late Chief Officer of Lewes, Mr. Lover, late Chief Officer of Lewes, the Earl of Leicester, Viscount. Gage, Sir Henry Shiftier, Bart., Colonel Davies, the High Sheriff of Sussex, Professor Simonds, Professor Way, Junior Chief Officer of Lewes, Captain Stanley Carr, Sir Archibald Macdonald, Bart., Captain Hepburn, Baron Martens, Mr. Wood (of Culmington) , Lord Rivers, 111, Malezieux, Captain Mark Huish, Mr. C. A. Saunders, Mr. R. Moseley, Mr. Slight, Mr. Sturt, Mr. Bridgeman Simp son, the Earl of Darnley, the Earl of Chichester (Vice. Chairman). The usual loyal toasts were appropriately proposed and acknowledged, Prince Albert's health being pleasantly asso ciated by the chairman with his claims as a farmer. The Chevalier BerNsEle.replied to the toast of "the Foreign Ministers,"and in doing so expressed his confidence that he stated accurately the feelings of his colleagues, as well as his own, when he bore testimony to the importance of the Royal Agricultural Society. They.saw there united not only the landlords and tenants of Sussex,' but warriors and dis tinguished 'civilians and statesmen of all parties, all assem bled for one good and great purpose.—(Cheers.) The repre sentatives- of foreign Powers in such an assembly became aware that they had come to the heart's core of British life. —(Cheers.) He attributed a large share of the enterprise of. the United. States to the emigration of the agricultural classes from this country—those classes which, in his opinion, were carrying civilization round the world mainly because their impulse was to solicit from mother earth a due reward for labour.—(Cheers.) In Prussia there was no occupation so much respected as that of agriculture, and in Piedmont also great attention was paid to this pursuit. He had to propose as a toast, " Prosperity to the Royal Agricultural Society."—(Cheers.) As a proot of what had been done by • the society he had only to refer to what had been done by its • journal, the excellent articles in which were as much read and known- in Belgium and Holland as here. Last year they had in the Exhibitation a memorable display of what had had been done in the way of machinery for agriculture, but the chief exploit of the society had been to bring the land lord, the tenant, and the labourer more together than had ever been the case before. It had inspired them with the sense that they were members of a great community, and he connected with this sentiment the event of the 10th of April, 1848. At that very moment there was an election going on, which elsewhere would have shaken the very framework of society, though here it hardly ruffled the surface.—(Cheers.) There were events of which they read in past times which changed the whole nature of things, and even now around thorn . "es" 6 .• ."." - .6 pt.. .not,aerv.d. He alluded to the subject of emigration. If the Saxon farmer went out to the ends of the world, he would carry with him the love of order, the respect for law, and that feel ing of piety which• above all things distinguished the na tion. This society doubled the soil of the country when it doubled its resources, but the future before it was far greater than its past, career had been, and with the peace of the world apparently secured by the combined prowess of their forefathers, he gave them "Prosperity to the Royal Agricultural Society."—(Loud cheers.) Sir J. PAKINGTON gave the health of the President, the Earl of Ducie.—(Cheers.) Though there had been subjects on which the friends of agriculture differed in opinion, there were other objects, Connected immediately with the Royal Agricultural Society, in which every friend of the English soil and of the British farmer were cordially and entirely unanimous.—(Cheers , ) All must feel that the highest con sideration of national policy required that the interests of the landowner and .of the tenant-farmer demanded a com bined effort in order by any possible improvements in agri culture to produce from the soil the largest crops they could yield.—(cheers.) Such ware the objects of the Royal Agri cultural Society, and there was no one more competent from time to time to preside over these annual meetings than a obleman who had rendered himself so conspicuous in the cause of agricultural improvement.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman eulogized the share which had been taken by Earl Dude in teaching the British farmer by a good example. Ile bore testimony to the beneficial effects which the Noble Earl's m o d e l f a rm .and his patronage of the best iniple. merits had p ro duced. The fame of these were not confin ed to Gloucestershire, but extended over the whole country, and he concluded by asking the company to drink the N o bl e Earl's health. Earl DOCIE, in reply, said that his right hon. neighbour had rather gone beyond the rigid line of truth, and h ad allowed his colonial associations to lead him into sweetening him (the President) in their eyes.—(Cheers, and laughter.) He expressed his regret that there was not a larger attend :ance on the occasion. The • dis p la y of cattle was moderate ne merit, but the display of implements had been unprece dentedly good. There was but one thing which was a draw back, and that was the extreme fatness in which they showed their animals.—( Hear, hear.) He had not heard of any beasts that had become beef, but he had heard of many pi gs that had become pork since the meeting.—(Cheers and laughter.) He wished to know their opinion of the State in which animals were • shown, for these annual meetings were not only an exhibition of the best animals, but they drew together a number of the best purchasers, and if that class was disappointed they would, like wise men, cease to come. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Now, it was a most difficult thing to change customs that time had sanctioned, and which had the approbation of public opinion.—( Hear.) It w as impossible suddenly to run counter to existing pre judices, but he thought, and he asked them to consider and reflect if it was not possible, not to stop and change the ex. isting current of opinion, but gradually to lead agriculturists to show animals in a more natural state.—(Hear, hear.) It Was out of the question asking any stewards or judges to immolate themselves on the altar of their country's good in this matter, and therefore the only means of reformation was to ask the council to have a spare stock class. The breeders would soon find that the wealthy purchasers would go to that class, and where the money went there the breeders would be gathered together.—(Cheers. ) The society had been doing its best for the interests of agriculture, and in no respect had It been more practically useful than in the lectures delivered by Professor Way and Professor Simonds at the ordinary meet ings of the council in town. The lectures had been ably summarized by the indefatigable secretary and right-hand of the society, Mr. Hudson.—(Hear, hear.) Th e society had also taken into • consideration the enormous price now given f oe guano. As they were aware, a dep utation had waited d in the en the Prime Minister to induce him to give his ae Matter. H e promised to do all in his power, bat he (Earl n Ducie) did not believe that much w— had, "h L ei h t i lel e f w or e e r , t e subject.--(Hear, hear.) The society had the matter into their own hands, and theyproposed a premium of 1,0001., and a gold medal for the discovery of a m anure equal to guano, and ca p able of being sold at a mo derate priCe. He was inf or med that if the price of guano was reduced to one-half, it would be of the greatest benefit to the tenant farmer; and whether success was attained or not the society would have shown to the public, and to the culti vators of the soil that it was anxious to support them in t heir exertions in the •cause of agriculture,— (Ch eers.) The in troduction of poultry into the show-yard he feared would cause dissatisfaction, and difficulties were to be encountered froth, the season.of the year. .The society, however, to encourage this source of profit by showing the best• wished of poultry, wh i c h would lay most eggs a n d I breeds fat. _(Cheers,) . The .Noble Earl sat down,thankingay on most y for tho.cordial manner in w h ich comeaa_ the they had drunk his health. Lord WALSINGITAM Proposed as a oast, g4A ricult ure, ma nufactures, and commerce." The toast having been cordially drunk , e d with voci f erous applause, PALM was received ERSTON rose, a n d , applause, which was renewed several times after s ilence had been established, and when he He said was about to s peak. —My Lord Ducie and gentlemen top repose a , I beg leave toast, which lam sureith pleasure and you will accept ay drink with the greatest to you to 'drink "Pr • cordiality. I propose thanksto the esperity to the boro , and enough of Lewe• worthy magistrate wh seisteci the operations of this d ay." — (Cheers e l has so greatly a iled gentlemen, that lam the. management those who have had to ) do h the •uesnagement of the ar rangements of this • w no justice to the meeting no other place, a at authorities of Lewes, and will fa .!` in t ties afforded for 'and no former period, were grea ter the ar e:-ng of this kind—(Cheer ) rangement necessary fora In „ s e e rs i vaded, independentl fans— and upon that account aqh.'i be i pleasure in off • y oy other eonsideration, You wl t-to the chief Ina • ering your gistrate of the testimony of acknowie4gm de e ed, gentlemen, thi town.of Lewes. •1311% mration. For I be!' this town has pe culiar claims to cons! e h - hole island. t ew— ieve it is one of the most anc i en t towns ' of..historical (Hear.) I believe tr . a events which carry back that it hats even to the t' our recollection .1, Romans, as time of the Romans. Now, we , gentlemen,, in , were a great people, un stiipassea thin gs — in literature d an t he arts--a people who made great works. Those great works, indeed, were, as we have been told— " Imperial wonders wrought by nations spoiled;" and though we cannct, perhaps, surpass them in literature, or in the fine arts, yet I think we may boast that we have surpassed them in our public works. (Hear, hear.) They could boast of nothing to compare with the railroads which multiply the communications of this country; and those railroads, instead of being the work of " nations spoiled," are the works of individuals who, I trust, have not been spoiled—(Laughter) —but will be ample gainers by their in vestments.—(Cheers and laughter.) Now, gentlemen, the Romans also were great agriculturists, and I believe they drew great supplies of grain from this island. But to them was closed that wonderful book of knowledge which the scientific investigations of the present day have opened to you in that mysterious science of chemistry, which to them was an unknown book ; and if ever there were a case in which it was true that " knowledge is power," that maxim is peculiarly true in reference to the aids which chemistry affords to agriculture. My Noble Friend has alluded to the question of guano, and he has mentioned what is per fectly true, that when I held an office which would have enabled me, if it had been possible, to assist the farmer with regard to guano, my endeavours proved fruitless. In fact, the Peruvians were not more disposed to let us put a price on their guano than the British farmer would be dis posed to put a price upon his corn.- -( Great laughter.) But, gentlemen, I cannot but think tha- the progress of chemical science, and the applicati, n of that science to practical agri culture, may lead you to something which will render you less anxious and solicitous about. this same guano, and that instead of sending to the other end of the world for more manure for our fields, we shall find something nearly. if not quite, as good within a tew hundred yards of our dwellings. (Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, I have heard a definition of dirt. I have heard it said that dirt is nothing but a thing in a wrong place.—(Hear, and laughter.) Now, the dirt of our towns precisely corresponds with that definition (Hear.) The dirt of our towns ought to be upon our fields, and if there could be such a reciprocal community of interest between the country and the towns—that the country should purify the towns, and the towns should fertilise the country (Laughter)—l am much disposed to think the British farmer would care less than he does, though he still might care something, about Peruvian guano.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Now, we all acknowledge that there are certain laws of nature, and that those who violate those laws invariably suffer for it. Well, it is a law of nature that nothing is destroyed. Matter is decomposed, but only for the purpose of again assuming some new form, useful for the purposes of the human race. But we neglect that law.—( Hear.) We allow all decomposed substances in towns to poll Ute the atmosphere, to ruin the health, to pro duce premature misery, to be pestilent to life, and destructive of existence. Well, gentlemen, if, instead of that, there could be a system devised by which these substances, which are noxious where they now are, could be transferred so as to fertilise the adjoining districts, I am persuaded that not only would the health of the town populations be thereby greatly improved, but the finances of the agricultural population would derive considerable benefit from the change. You all know, gentlemen—all who have attended to the subject and read recent publications must know—that for an expenditure per acre far less than that which produces one manuring of Peruvian guano, you may establish permanent arrangements, by which, bringing from the towns fertilising liquids, you would improve your property, and a permanent improve ment would be made in the land at a far less expense than is now required to produce a single crop.--(Hear, hear.) I therefore recommend you, gentlemen, to ponder the maxim that" knowledge is power;" and, as the diffusion of the most useful kind of knowledge is one of the main objects for which the Royal Agricultural Society was established, I am persuaded it will tend mainly and most efficiently to the ad vancement of the interest and the power of the agricultural class of the country.—(Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, there is only one other topic to which I shall take the liberty of ad verting; and it is a topic which has already been alluded to by my respected friend the representative of the kingdom of Prussia. I remember to have read in a book published by a foreigner, who visited this country at a period when Parlia ment had been dissolved, an account of the dreadful disorders of an English election. Here we are, gentlemen, in the midst of an English election—(Hear, hear) —and I would ask any man who should have dropped from a balloon and found himself in the showyard, and thence have come to this meet ing, whether he could have supposed it possible that there was any topic of diccussion or difference existing among the people of England.—(Hear, and cheers.) It is our good English rule, gentlemen, for men to shake hands before they fight—(Cheers and laughter)—and if they have no malice in their hearts they shake hands after the fight is over.---(Renewed laughter.) But, gentlemen, we are shaking hands in the midst of the fight—(Cheers and laughter)—for during the elections—aye, and during the elections for the counties, which, for reasons that I shall not dilate upon, naturally excite a peculiar interest among those who have turned their attention to agricultural pursuits— (Cheers and laughter)--in the midst of the county elections, which take place all over England in the course of this week, here you have assembled men of all parties, differing upon every possible subject, and I would defy any man who came as a stranger among you to find any difference whatever, ex cept as to the merit of some particular machine, or as to the over fatness or indifferent breeding of some animal which has been exhibited.—(Cheers and laughter.) Well, I say this is a glorious day, if on that account alone, for the Royal Agricultural Society, and it is a fine moral lesson given to • the world, to show that Englishmen, however they may • differ on subjects which are deeply interesting to them in a, material point of view, yet can lay aside all their party Animosities, and can meet upon common and neutral grounds as brethren and as mutual friends, with no party but their country and no interest but that of the nation.—(Cheers.) Mr..NEAL, the senior chief officer of Lewes, briefly re turned thanks. Lord BERNERS proposed, " The stewards of the yard and judges of the show.' Mr. THOMPSON said—ln returning thanks for the compli ment that had been paid to the stewards and judges of the show, I beg to state that the great object of the stewards has been to make such arrangements as should secure to every exhibitor a fair field and .no favour; and the judges have endeavoured to make their awards strictly in accordance with the merits of the animals or the implements brought before them. The opinion formed respecting the general character of the show is, that though in the classes of short horns and Herefords the numbers are not so great as on some previous occasions, the horses, sheep, and pigs about make nn the werl the riedit:37 of the of ,e 1: i n some classes is remarkably good, especially the Heretords, the female classes of shorthorns, some classes of Devons, and the Southdowu sheep. In the implement department the stewards and judges are unanimous in thinking that the present is decidedly the best show that has yet taken place, that, not only is there less rubbish, but that many of the standard implements have had im portant improvements made in them, which add much to their value without at all increasing their cost. On the whole, therefore, it may be considered more than an average show. The facilities given by the town and neighbourhood deserve to be gratefully acknowledged by those who hav e taken any part in the arrangements, and I am only aware of one cause of complaint--viz., that the elements should have conspired with our good friends of Sussex. and lent their aid in giving an unusually warm reception. A few days ago I had the pleasure of seeing at work, on the farm of a neighbour in Yorkshire, a threshing-machine made by Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth, and the owner of the farm informed me that this machine threshed, winnowed, and weighed the corn into sack s at a cost of Id. p er bushel. Now, by the old process of flail and winnowi ng machine, the cost would hav e b een , ou an aver age, about 6d. per bushel, making a difference of 12s. 6d. pe r acre o n a crop of 30 bushels m ere ly i n pre paring the corn for market..--(Cheers.) No long period has elapsed since the time when; throughout a large district not many days' journey from the fair town of Lewes, any farmer who was rash enough to set up a -winnowing machine was pretty sure to receive notice of a speedy visit from a certain Captain Swing, whereas at the present time it is difficult to find a farm of any size where a threshing machine is not used. —(Cheers.) Twenty years ago the flail was universally recognised as one of the standard emblems of agriculture; in twenty years more, if anyone curious in antiquities should wish to see a flail, he will have to seek one in a mu seum, where it may possibly be found side by side with the bows and arrows of the ancient Britons, or other similar relics of bygone days.—(Cheers.) These proofs of rapid progress might be extended to considerable length, but I will confine myself to one which I should be very sorry to omit, because it involves a principle of importance viz , the adaptation of the more important i mp l ements to th e means of small farmers. Three years ago we were told it was impossible to reduce the price of the better class of implements, but we live in an age which makes us doubt whether the word "imp oss ibl e " ever ought to have been admitted into the English language. Messrs Garrett have this year brought o u t a. drill, sm a ll but efie_ tive, a nd at ; such a price as really to bring it within the means of sins!! occupiers. This step having been taken, I trust its success will be such as t o l ea d to its being generally followed by the 'other implement m a k ers , I beg to eirpress our sincere thanks for the compliment that has been paid to the stewards and j u dges.—(Applause.) The Earl of CARLISLE proposed "The l a bouring classes." hich they If there were any one feature of the times liargra i tifi w cation, and lived, which ought to give them 1)! which he should be tempted t.onratnhkeepaubroogvreesesvoefn scienceits striking and marvellous improvemen a ta s- i the increased thought, care, agriculture, that feature and honour bestowedutptoonwlabour and the labourer.—(Loud labour, .he believed it was every cheers.) Wi t h respect found and felt to be a Di vineday more . and t m the heaven-ordained means and appointment, main material of human wealth, human happiness, and human virtue.--(Lotid cheers.) With regard to the labourer, he felt there were few indeed who would not recognise the truth, that the workman should rank in value above the work—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—that heehould not on the one hand be considered, by the mere feudal rich, only as an item in the retainer of the landlord— (Hear, hear)—or, on the other hand, in the mercantile light of a machine, out of which 8,) much work was to be ex tracted, but that as he did much for others, so other should do much for him.—(Cheers.) He must also remind them that the Legislature itself had shown by a recent enactment that it entertained no unworthy jealousy of the English la bourer. It had shown that it aid not scruple to put arms in his hand, and to entrust to him the defence both of our hum blest and our proudest homes. Should any invasion ever take place on the southern shore, they might trust to the men of Sussex to take the post of honour. His Excellency the AMERICAN MINISTER proposed "Agri cultural societies throughout the world," and in doing so he expressed his regret that that was probably the last occa sion on which he would enjoy the opportunity of attending a meeting of the society. Mr. SHAW, proposed " The Railway Companies, and thanks for their-co-operation in promoting the objects of the society." • • • Mr. CHAPLIN, chairman of the London and South-Western Company, returned thanks. The company' then separated. LENVEs ' FRIDAY.—The proCeedings of this year's country meeting terminated to-day, and, in a pecuniary point of view; the results are leas - satisfactory and successful for the society than they have been for many years past. Partly owing to the situation of Lewes, which certainly was not a happy selection as the scene of such a display; partly owing to the extreme heat, which rendered locomotion, even in its most convenient forms, oppressive, and sight-seeing, however attractive, a bore ; chiefly, however, on account of the elec tions, which naturally preoccupied everybody's attention, this show has gone off 'with less than the usual éclat. N it more than 5,000 people visited the yards yesterday: o ,a o n , d t t h o o - u d gah y, tthhe de numbers could not have much - exceeded 15 ou (sides anand charge for admission was only a shilling, and stock and pl emen ta were both on view. There was no crowding round round favourite animals or novel machines, g j O dexterous and eager handling to ascertain the prospectiv e beef, mutton, or pork; no twisting of tails,of other devices to make recumbent prizes stand, pi gs squeak, and public c enkeepers sullenly indignant at the exit t pu riosity. A languid listlessness pervaded th the ing h n o essof a nimals and their visitors; the shaded aid were alone frequented eople saunwteinredd abeosuot the f the yards, stalls t urn ing gratefully toeverypuff' of hats' 'and " wide-awakes' of the coolest ble w ; construction ' that straw abounded, and it was no unusual spectacle to see pigs and their keepers snoozing comfortlbly shelter of the tarpaulin. Nat ura l together under the 4N7acannot be violated 1852. with impunity, as Lord Palmerston rightly slid yesteercll.ol, and some of th e over f a ttened beasts died from the exe eeeL. heat, or were killed to save them the trouble. On c r oo mense Southdown ram, a victim of sun stroke, vieig he f t he less than 4841 b. p er quar t er . A remarkable effec t o btt weather was its tendency to send the country 'Te o , into the refreshment booths rather than the the yard The former were largely patronised by loti smockfrocks, who seeme d to think their Nu' t he far more wonderful and far more desirable thaP accumulated triumphs of the stock breeders and the 01}11, 0 )( ment maker. The truth would seem to be that, apart the unfortunate concurre n c e o f the elections, Lewes Zotti injudicious selection as the sit e f o r the society's °i n t e nt meeting. Brighton would have been a far more c ee/e the and appropriate choice. Standi n g midway betw eell ou ld eastern and western divisions of the county, its position,e have enabled the society to do justice to both, while tunleit tensive railway accommodation would have been ILSasi facil , ty to visitors, and the proximity of the sea svetu'l the helped people to keep themselves cool, Instea d of thlg;legt society and its friends have been doing penance for ti v eloPe on the side of a chalk hill, singularly well placed to de_ od i, the full force of the sun, in a quiet country WY/11%1'We turbed by any ambition of progress, and with a Et., the little temporary railway station at comma nd— v ials o ver arrangements were not very good nor the offieiadid obliging. The worthy inhabitants of Lewest the best they could under the circumstances, hovel:tsirly the society, while it has gained little financially, h' b o par' sustained its reputation for utility. It would serven.to, ypose to re enter upon the distinctive textures of the, jeto ard, as these have already been described in sufficieD`for but to agriculturists the publication of the prize-list ot' plements in a complete form will, no doubt, pr ove re r cit able. The awards of the judges in this department 0 11 t bU finished till late last night, and not announced_td s morning ; consequently the list has hitherto APP pt imperfect manner. set 7V For the plough best adapted for general purp ose' Messrs. Ransome and Co. 71- 1 P For the plough best adapted for deep ploughing , William Busby. 88%.313( For the best one-way or turn-wrest plough, 7-* Ransome and Co. For the best paring plough, 51.—Mr. Thomas GlW ler 'atsi For the best subsoil pulveriser, 5/.--Messrs. "' and Co. For the best drill for general purposes, 101. — Hornsby and Son. Se ° For the best steerage corn and turnip drill, 10/0 " - R. Hornsby and Son. MOO if' For the best drill for small occupation, Garrett and Son. it a For the best and most economical small OCCUIIIO,- and manure drill for flat or ridged work, Si.—' Garrett and Son. For the best turnip drill on the flat, 10/.-.-a" P Hornsby and Son. ; ilf" For the best turnip drill on the ridge, 101.-- - Hornsby and Son. tio aSe ls ' For the best drop drill for depositing seed tn. t 10/.—Messrs. R. Garrett and Sou. 6s9' For the best manure distributor, 51.—Messrs and Son. 6 ,bor° For the best portable steam-engine, not exceeding if power, applicable to thrashing or other agricult ural poses 401.—Messrs. R. Hornsby and Son. tt For the second best ditto, 201.—Messrs. Barr ett, and Andrewes. fl.bolff For the best fixed steam-engine, not exceeding pa' power, applicable to thrashing or other agricul tist poses,2o/. Messrs. Barrett, Exall, and Androreg• 3 , For the second best ditto, tol.—Messrs. Ransom e jiagf t For the best portable thrashing machine, not eat osfr" horse power, for small occupations, 10/.—Messrs. and Son. axe ,tt For the best portable thrashing-machine, not —Go - 6-horse power, for larger occupations, 20/.—Mee srl. and Son. For the best portable thrashing-machine, not r es tev' 6-horse power, with shaker and riddle, to be driven v/ 20/.—Messrs. Clayton and Co. -LOS For the best fixed thrashing-machine, not e ":„00 , " - 6-horse power, with straw-shaker, riddle, and 0 , 1 3 ; 1 20; that will best prepare the corn for the finishing %tt machine, to be driven by steam, 201.—Messrs. 141 " .- Son. oortog For the best corn dressing-machine, 10/.—Messrs'' and Son. ~i P For the best grinding-mill for breaking agric—t duce into fine meal, 101.—Mr. Hurwood. go al _ d el' For the best linseed and corn-crusher, 51.--Arr• - nr otor For the best chaff-cutter, t o b e wor k e d by horse power, 101.—Messrs. Ri c h mon d an d Chandler. d 400,0 For the best chaff- cu tt er , t o b e wor k e d by ban 51. —Mr. Comes. For the best turnip-cutter, 51.—Mr. Samuelson. For the best oilcak e breaker for every variety of Om df. Mr. Hornsby. For the best one-horse cart for general purposes, 14 William Busby. tg fir For the best light waggon f o r general purposes' merit—Mr. Croskill and Mr. W. Ball. iPd For the best machine for making draining-tiles 01. for agriculture, 20/. -- Mr. T. Scragg. F— thr -ments for hand • drainage' .!or the best instru___ -- use in drau...... Messrs. Mappleback and Lowe For the best heavy harrow, Si.. _Mr. W. For the best light harrow, 5 /.—Messrs. J. and F ; soy For the best cultivator, grubber, or scarifier, O Ransoms and Co. fort. tt For the best pair - horse scarifier, 5/. — M r . Charles or° For the best horsehoe on the flat, 10/.—Messr°' dt. and Son. so For the best horsehoe on the ridge, 51.—Messrs. 1/ ' Howard. For the best ho rse rake, 5 1.---Messrs. J. and E.-lowstd:A For the best hor se dibbl er or seed depositor, not 04 drill, 101. For the best gorse bruiser, 54—Messrs. Barrett, %E Andrewes. . n 0 For the best and mos t econom i cal steam i ng APP" tv,bo general purposes, 5/.—Mr. W. Stanl. to For the best dynamometer, specially ey applicabl e traction of ploughs, 51.—Mr. Bentall. ~3 1, 3 t t Reaping machine, silver medal—Messrs. K. `".- J. Son. geto Improvement in plough wheels, silver medal--• and F. Howard. ate- Or mr.it oa.vr medal Ta.ker Digging forks and farm tools, silver medal —less' Air gess and Key. Iffr r Patent double mill for hand po we r, silver ph! Ransoms and Co. Id 1 " The usual general meeting of the society was ba il to County -h a ll thi s morn i ng t o p ass a vote o f thsllPho 1) 0 borough officials, the local committee, and all others 'j o g 0 assisted in the proceedings of the week. In eone lll 0 notice of these proceedings, we must bear testimonl oo , '3 excellent arrangements of Mr. Brandreth GI of honourary director of the show, and to the exertion .. connected with the Society to give public satisfactlol" KAILWAY SHARE MARK°I44,',/ BRISTOL, JULY 16. of Niece" Stout EXCHANGE.— A considerable amount. Pr o y was transacted in our share market to-day st ,40 8 r, 4) The transactions were as follow : Bristol and _boa Greet Western, 106 1 / 2 — Shrewsbuy and BirMi l3 b W A —South Devon, 203. LIVERPOOL, JULY 16. ttero STOCK EXC F I A NGE .—Th e s h are mar k et opene d be , 14 morning, but afterwards declined, and closed heaVicallll, transactions were as follow:—Aberdeen, 15 1 4 3 Bir;b1 11 T. Lancashire, and Cheshire (late Chester and Birin? 20% —Ditto, 22/. Shares, 4% dis.—Blackburn 0 516 6 o' burn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire), Prefereoc a .l a d cent., 25YA—Caledonian, Preference, 10 %—ehester h .7 - 6 lyhead, 245/B—Etstern Counties, 11;/t i —East Lanc a Z i sb):,,ill —Lancashire and Yorkshire, B..3—Liverpool, ift Southport, 213/4—London and North- Western, 1 33 7,e11,71 New Quarters, 33% Malton and Driffield, ",, L ;T... 4.1 Buxton, Matlzck, and Midland, 3—Midland, 7 ZierlY British, 9 —North Staffordshire, 5 1 4 dis.—South-o'" Dover, 2314—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 11 6 clO and North Midland, 57%—Dutch Rhenisb, 1 1 5 ' Western of Fiance, 4 1-16 p. of NIANCHMTER, JULY 16. o pot STOCK EXCHARGIL—There has been a fair a""...11; 0... business done in the share market to-day,The transactions were as follow : Birke n h ea d, La 4 ;0 but at 10 0 4 / and Cheshire Junction, 9 1 / 1 dis.— Ditt o , 221. Sh a res, 1 1.1 Blackburn (No. 1 ) 75 / B —Eastern C oun ti es , 11 0 40 0 , Caledonian, 23%—London and North-Westernt4 ) , Ditto, New Qarters, 33%—Manch es t er. Sh ef fi e ld, _„, colnahire, 34 Ai—Ditto, Preference, 13% Smith-Eastern a ternd Dover, 23 7-I6 — E ast Laneasbi 56405, ference, Quars, 9% —Edinburgh and Glasgovif i e„o t North Staffordshire, 54, die , --Scottish Midland, westry and Chester, Preference, 1 7 / B —West Ridiolb2l4l). 2 dis.—Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters' Leeds, 88%—.Ditto, Fifths 2% die. JULY 16. 0 14 eel STOCK EXCHA NGE ,—T he share market wa sllll4 r , A buoyant to-d ay , b ut the business done was ve'-:a vhl) The only transactions reported were—Manchester, D et and Lincolnshire, 131/I—Midland (Birmingham and 45 —Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 9t • COURSE OF EX(: Amsterd .21 • • 12 0 Ditto, throe months 12 1 Ratterdac, 12 14 A.ntworp•• •• •• ,• •• •... 25 55 B riißsels • • . 23 65 Ilimbure •• - 13 9% PAris, 3 days'sight 25 30 .311 A N GE.- FRIPAI' • SO 6 0 Leghorn • • •• lenoa •• •• •• •• " Milan •• Venice.. •• 44 gaples i'alermo,peroz...• •• Messina . `)porto. ............ / :tie Janeiro Ditto, 3 months .. Mirseilles •• •• .• ranlaorton Z1A1116.. • • 8........ Vkara, effec. Triegt, ditto. Petersburph Madrid Cadiz bo 25 52% !;uenos Ayres •• v •• Yew York, 60 days'slgi Philadelphia....••.••• O.O p PRICES OW BI7LLION. eoreign Geld in bars •• 0 0 Portugal Gold Coin •• 000 A oanish Doubloons 4 Ne w Dollars •^ 0 5 Silver in bars " - ar b° l4 AN OUT-AND-OUT DERBT ITE .—At - D yesterday (Friday), Lord Seaham, in returning then 0 0/i his unopposed return for the northern division of the ° • declared himself unprepared to v o t e f or a re- impoSltio the corn-law—" under existing orcumstances ;" subsecl`V; addiogr.tbat, not being in the Cabinet, he did not 1 11 , might be intended by Lord Derby; taut, addtor what ne w.fiedged Membe r . •i whatever they may be," lam ready to support his Me." 12 6 12 9 37% • •• .• .• 4941; I - Lreebro, Seville.. 11. 1 1triloi. OF A SON. Y d J On the 12 th inst., a t t h e M ans i on - house, York, the L Mayores,i. Ds tvi On the 14 th inst., the wif e o f th e R ev . G. W. rector of Fersfield. OF A 7/AI3OIII7ER. St. George's -place, Hyde-p ar k- corner , th e Lag ort zr e At vienson. Oa the 14 , h inst ,at Wades-mill, the lad of th e Charles Rae Hay. y b o RRIED- .1° On the 14th inst., at Edgeware Church, Willoughbi te Lake, Esq., Commander R.N.. third son of the P I,.itie of r James Wi n t er L a k e , B ar t., to Alm er i a, eldest dau W. Phillimore, Esq , of Deacon's-hill, Elstree PLED 01 __6 11c f On the 12th inst., at Aldeburgh Suffolk. Henry , Rig., Lieutenant 11. A., aged i 5. le 0 On the 14th inst., at Southampt on , Virginia, , s ' il , o f , t 1 Arnold, R- - Lieutenant-Genera , Engineers, KH. Act On the 14th ißet.. at Baker street ' Martha Cecilia, re Sir Lewis Moeller, K.C.H., aged 92. On the 14th inst., at I3urwood, J. N. F. Keeley, E'''l'„f the On the 13th inst., Jane M artha Lancaster, wife • Rev. Iti. 11. Lancaster, rect,r of Warnford, Hants. 4nby de On the 13th inst.. at Edi n b urgh, Anne, wife o f Jo Courcy A. Agnew, Esq, R.N. London: Prinsad and P u bl ished by AWED° TO,Un. 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