The Sun. — London, England, 1851-07-15 00:00:00

thqt I would rspoPet leserip nitiable ifferent pIo ge. 7ALS. SuPPI/ ►us the inh hat& Ifforda It bier t of ril e the q t. on 'hie sc hool. the e.r urn shed 3ocoples: caber e l e o grt. togethe r ols con' dui eel"' to & Llw Proposed thought in Co®' pursued :low *hi these 1 0 ' nt, wbil e n wets nts. 11 .! could be I off 13 0 / 1 was 00 1 ,01untsti enticing's lon. rigtnelll that Oil cithdrale of rajor hospital. ; and 1 1 ° rated the ,nts vers . , they hit' ros eibie o r that tb. in on the Id. ()tumid.? 0 . that 111. 'reneguer , ding nag bad bee° lee). 111 regarded ntry 6 0 . 1 proposi`• ng of an' spf.sking , the pre' n to the F 3 circa'', those ot, settlemen t land. Al eland, b e ould ation. i ts •ants from llor dal e one cal, lye yvar 6 sod tbq 03 ceo3islo ey. a sp-cv ut to Ire' could be se grant!. knew cou tribtl, ed bwe 01 He would' brin4 loo %tvourubl° queatioo► the Ir llP. were-- 43 106 —63 1. Member, fly &nowt ;Icermotit 9 wester, t° where 0 1 )n. Frien d d in s tat' wer to tl3° 3 the pub,; thin coUR a was nO O be teal piepaire l° r. 1e a state' fare stateme o4 ]i4aionerOt bat state' had bee? comtnUni . pitic - tett evid,nl reed is matte' to do soP ither on each WV H e noWO ad mods' that the Asewberet asible n. If the t made ill satisfied evidone. ; was De' he 13o,ho? raw their re anxious anstanOf es put thell s cation wo g :o another ember for the Hon ,ions that tonsisteOt Qllsider eu on. 51r03° bibbr.P' m ew ber 'tither La' .te u nder' a at 0 0 It for to" to him t, ust, 0 0 [her w it h the s tate' )ugned OP 1 he Enlis t a f tber ith gre st OD. bled" .h,re hed for 0 Elishop , 1 - TrESDAY EVENING, avtlotmester.—(Flnitn) Still he sai i it %multi br, notwith a;44'44 the completo au- 4, r to tip. chlrg.'A Lua" 4uat ht®. for tho b, , ncfit, of alt p ir'it:s that, t ii, re nhould : fun her di , cussi:4l on this su+et• R... f. '" a few words from Mr. lIUME, the conversation '49Ped. TH`E_ f the present sum. A municipal government, hk. , of eof the Scotoh burghs. would afiC si r stl the pa( ros,i(?... Mr. HA WES said the subj , :c'. was under the c,nsi &ration of his Noble Fr.end at toe head of iha office. fie c , itild n,..5? state that while in 1849 12 ships o' an average of 9,200 tons touched at the islands, in 1850 no fewer than 23 touched there, with au average tonnage l 3 622 ions. The vote was agreed to. 15 5001 fair Hong•K mg. Mr. COS rr said, lookieg at Hang-Kong in any point of view, no colony belonging to dais country cost so mach. The population was 33,000, of whicn fifteq.i. sixteenths were Chinese, and ab (at 500 Europeans at :d Americans; and for the government of these 29,000/. were paid by Englatel. There were only 20 acres of land under cultivation in the whole colony. the trade had fallen ,tl' from 294 ships in 1849 to 159 ships in 1850; while th.a number of persons gatlitied to serve as common and special jurors had fallen off v ry consider ably likewise. Toe wivernot and his aide-de camp, however, received 6 0001. a year; the col mist,' secretary and treasurer received nearly the same; and the sur veyor. tor surveying these 20 acres of tillsge, received 1,200/. a year. The harb cur master receive I 1.1161. a year, while his duties were performed by a Lascar at 300/. per annum. The place was. so unhealthy that people would not live there; but neverheless the salaries of official persons etuount4 to 12 0001 a year. The only reduction of expense was that of public works of utility, the roads being. in fact, allowed to fall into de city. while the cost of government remained at the same figure. He proposed, therefore to reduce the vote by 5,0001. T he Hous e t h en resol Y. vtd SUPPL itself into a Committee Tee fallowing votes were agreed te : 5 0 49/. ter Bermuda, 1,501. the charge M for Prince ee trd's Island. tia711,617‘,/r.tftir the e c el es i ast i cil estsb l is h ments of the Br i • 13 11 h American pr ov i nces . 70 6 601. f tr. the Indian d e p ar t men t o f C ana d a . 1 ter B:hetna a oft ds 8L,.028/ char ge f o r gt n e: . raors and lieutenant-governors o,!e West Leila Islerels. ,6_t i 7sl. for th e st i pendiary justices in the West India and the Mauritius. of t .. 2 .01. for civil esta b lishments oa the western coast nr a, 10 8 781, charge for St. Helena. U 6 35 91, charge fir Western Australia. 10 31 fer settlem ent at Port Essington. in the n ext vote, 20,0001. for New Zealand, being proposed, Sfr. V. SMITH said he wished for information, if it ;h i? erethen c onvenient to give it, as to the position in igh the Gov ernment stood with respect to this colony. n taken from the New Z !eland Company the eol‘.eny with all its liabilities. ihr ll % HAWES deprecated discussion on the subject at moment, as in a few d a y s p i p ers wo u ld be laid on ` 4 !ttable ef the House giving the most full information. z p D lr• COBDEN cnnsidered that the outlay on New T i .,"nd was a sp-cimen of their c blonial Gevernm-nt. z'_ e ,re were not more than 30 000 Europeans in N e w .'4land, and let the people of England were paying for Rove r , eove d rnor, 800/ nor 2,500/, a year, for a lietrentant thee' f()1 ' a chief. justice, 1 000 L. for law o ffi cers end also 5 00/, and tor a bishop from 5001 to 6001. They Paid for a naval establiehment and an army, and Z urlie t han all 10 530/ for public works. All the New for not make them and pay tor th r 8 wanted roads, why the pu bl i ce He considered all this a gratuitous waste of Peopl e neeney, end he could tell them, that when the it, money, a voice in that House they would nut submit o I, t 4 . r e PLIIMPTRE believed there was no colony that th,; ° 'tter deserving of the support of that House %lee N ew Zealand. There the blessings of Chris inoLY, were manifested in a manner that was almost tire;elous amungst a people that a fee, years ago lter u le can nibals. He would tell the Elononrahle that - Z).l nearly Loßtishop of New Z saetry was a year, he els° received an addi ei"ital income irons the contribu'iona of a religious so t•enY* The vote now proposed was one that he heartily cured in. 111 r. pik W WILLIAMS wished that the religious society ti ler the whole of the bishop's salary, or if not that hi, h e Was a reduction in the enormous salaries of the the at home, and some portion of them given to itloop , j 1 Icy w ae Zealand, who he believed to be a irl;roticeeent man. He moved that the vote be reduced X e li r i '• FIUME observed, that every viper received from tee ethi e aland contained conpl lints of the heaviness of were t i n ' The people, to avoid the pressure of taxation. th e u f one the colony. He wished to knew from 4relliteler S..c retary i f many persons o f late ha d not lea ving the celotly ? k ; W Ei—Yes• going to California.—(Laughter,) at t i,C 'LUXE believe!, i t was to avo id taxation . Th e p rppc4 e ter wo therks were coneidere 1 by the New Z wanders as to reti oceolla mad vot e by uncal o led I ir : l and he therefore proposed Ah 9351 ti. er , ll few words from Mr. MACGREGOR, lend" ttAWES admitted that there were in New Z 4a- Diti_Persons complaining of taxation, but their coin tee 41 1 were not justified. In the colony the Govern erplttas ,eXpenditure had been reduced and the revenue in reni(jr. The colony, he could say, was advancing very r hir 'Y in a career of prosperity. th et M. FOSTER observed that the colony was one equirsd very great indulgence. It had te-n inter with by the Coloilial-office, and many of its in• tielitittits had been thereby reduced to very great distress. r ' COBDEN observed that Great Britain derived no k ulb ale advantage from the trade with New Zealand. 14 4 ( :; . 1 Y who sold cheaper thin the Eligliso would Ve le 'ay exclusive advantage of its trade; but how if English people t o se ll their gods cheap th ere 1 to be burdened with taxation caused li e each useless ex p en di ture as this? Tne Hon. 6: l %er (Mr. Plumptre) ought to look to the condi 47 11. 0 1 the people of Kent. and see whether they would $ tile burden of Canterbury as as of New Z e :,, n _ b ieeted to their covering their bloody misdeeds with h itt i l oriiii or a chapel, as the Spaniards and Portuguese th e eP i nated a cross in the midet of tortured nations that ik tyrannised over , objected to the spreading of see e we , or tk _, trines of their faith either through the operations I,tr'ee,te Government or by force of arms. He would ti ees spread of Christianity to the voluntary exer ( ..1 benevolent itelividuale. As to their experts to ix,sw___4:.ttlend, they were to be accounted for by their titC°olture upon the army end ny vy there. He be tzetvd_that onwards of 2,000 000/. had been spent in N °"' Zeeland aince they first set f,sot on its soil, that *oule m , il , li ," 4 had been wasted, and that they never C hants " per cent. on their outlay. Individual mar dieid 8 allght profit by the trade to New Z-aland, as in e.„,enal merchants amongst them might profit by the they carried on with the west coast ot Africa. fte, h i ld„ . . l • RUSSELL remar k e d t h at t h e H n. M em b er tee " west Riding co u ld not agree w i th t h ose who too k I,itbechant's view of this subject, nor could he agree se e the Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Plumptre), who Wfonted the vote on the gener a l groun d o f charity. _ u leri hear.) He did not think that the Hon. Member It „ n isch * out a case for reducing thi s vot,v.—(Hear.) 14 - PPottred to him %lilt the subject was one that might ie.„ 4 Soken to without reference either to immediate e t Zt or loss.—(Hear, bear.) What was the general itrO New Zealand before England took pessession of t ett , T he natives in a savage state, and the country a It t° for the worst characters from New South Wales. toi,',, °l proposed by certain persons in this country to the - ,; n ns New Zealand, and persons went thither; but te l l Could not legally establish laws or government with he the consent of the Crown. This was given them, and ti;i(lierd J. Russell) thought it was not unworthy of 14.00nntry to redeem that colony from a state of bar tie:tit/a on the one hand, and endow it with represents the ins titutions on the other. It was for this purpose le ek l tt auta were made yearly; but he (Lord J. Russell) et 4 41 to the ti me w h en th e co l on y wou ld su pp o rt itself Ne w ant period. He had appoin' ed the 13ishop of kti eh 4 daittl, and he thought 600/ a year was not ton tf t 'r men who wo rked sincerely at the holy work de:e li ding the G os p e l, With r e s pect t o trade no pro 140d,,c'r New Zealand had any advantage over foreign Ity :9e; and it seemed to hitt), therefere, that the coon teels"lght still very justly go on paying these sums for t ime inn ti t n ger„- Non, HUMS said these grants were destroying the e ieloLl"tween 79 000/. sod 80,000/. were expended, -.'e p e of the cost 0; the army tied navy, for the be he e h 6 1 10,000 European colonists. On that ground °ls 04 ° I ti 'd oPPose the grant. The cost of that mis.ra -I°4. °II Y Was some 300,0001. or 400,0001. a year to this ter ; 1 , 1 , 1 N pr S IPTHE believed the missionaries employed slop e % ze'sland had been sent Crum the Church Ws -4°4 suciqy, and he w a s inf orme d they had great th e 4:1 4i • Good r easons h a d b een adduced for exten di ng jesti G ni lion to New Z4eland, nod the Government were %N e el therefore, in the grant as far as they were con % k ek i :I 4 .I)ENISON was incli ne d to agree w i t h t h e H on. see n e r s for the West Riding and Montrose, that roads th e Pub works were not items which should figure in th ou estue ete. He should not oppose t h e vote, b ut h e the,V. l i the House should express its opinion that ase ne tas should not be charged to the people of this M r to tr, kE wo u ld th e refore give the people of Kent tehg o rtunity of taking the sense of the House on the Th e Committee then divided, when there anpeered— For the amendment... ••• *** 23 Against i t 52 27 ••• ••• te• The Majorit y • ••• ••• kieed gallery was then cleared for a dtvi - ion on the te el , Mein t f the H on Member for Lsmbeth; but none b iwn Pkee as it was u u d eretood the mot i ou wa s with. The vote was then weed to, o 001. for the Falkland Islands. reply t o a question by Mr. COBDEN, 41. AWES said th 4 de e actual p .pulation of these is. ,r very small.--(A laugh.) • •COBDEN, said the p, put. tin was little mere th 9 , 100 Perseus and yet here were ' ; 1 0001. a year for fOrerfin), , n't 44 10 , e the W : , e ne sent Heated that it would be better u"' Population to Canada, as had been oelnfullt.l the ca se o f P ort Essington. They might be ti ,kr, ta blY maintai ne d at halt the cost of their govern o this country. RURE thought the House should not go on 111 "P "a, the m oney o f the country in that manner. b. ..r eon4. a regular governmental establishment for 100 le VC' th e e WILL lAMS said 700/. a y ear was co ll ected the 5 to for the p urposes of government, as well as tee to u i rs paid by thi s country. It was time to put an ' I Ihe . ., I:I4 .WES said the F a lkl an d Islands could not be tjuered simply as se colony, bet as a naval station. eery red si mp l y circumstances an establishment was neces sepe't'nd it could not be maintained without a certain If England gave up these islands there were or • Pe re ot her nations ready to take them for the same ITh e .5 they were now held —namely, a naval station. 3 4e r 0 P : 132 : of the government had been reeuced since lttenl 9.0001. to 5 0001 per annum. The station he 4 1 , 4 ,.. 1 . : more resorted to now than it was before. and inheni to. u ri ul Produced a greater amount of food for the k. s r .''' . wha t ~,,;( )O NEI, said the surveyor cost 1.200/. a year; to re his d u • amen les to justify the receipt of that sum in alp it w ,a Peeniatiehe ` l , l 4 „ W _ B %i d . wherever there was land for sale p lace than Depiford tor the 01 , el bi, M d., .. s.b G i f ia )U oie LD thought teat Southampton would `nee w - . Y 5 necessary Lt. have a curve ul. The pope- of emi z rauts. The ch-16. at Depifurd was amo 1 001,,T1y. tuereaeing, an d so were t h e s a le s of land i n t h e convenient one. vo e was then agreed to. iturnig eatt „ s n i T i e 2 s „, 4. DENISON a the meaning of the sum 60 0001. for the expense, t htt hoced tnoebgero Me HUME thought is BL v c ole of ou c g a b ' k an ' w ,.. ti ce- A. le W to E d S e s s e a r i v d e th m e en s u tt m on was so exceedingly small to until the Committee were informed whether the to r * COED k • • oched ask e d how many merchant vessels t also to hear some statemAfrican squadron was stil e l n t t o l b s e t :o w ni b i tt e t ue b rl a . d Fi be e en during the tse9g.reed le es year. at EN Falkland Islands last yea, ? The year with re'erenc , - to the si i.ve trade ,hc, PPS e ves.el h • ON said the Committee would Ai r, t H o chte Governor ed teuched there, according Viic twit PAL tit . i i ilea dune nb•eet l at '.l3r recollect that in the diseu,sion on the s j 3 rent 111 "VES wa s n ot , " to u . . P re Par"(l fn say exactly, ins dist twelve months than had ".4rt"hut assurances were given thut .sure w s h w ic o h u i lif ba l ( i i e t t o a r ke so n m to e add to the rfficiv , ncy of the force of that greater vfitp FUME thought the time b'-en employed. In consequence QM the eo may might still be retained .stringency a o d o h goTernmeoi ooetbig .. uato l64 Que . fg ......h iew of I Af t which, be was glad to ji ad the be ou en sit e .9 7 ,. r o c r is itil ed, , both on the coast of Mr. HAWES said there seemed little encouragement to the G , ►verriment to Durso, a course of seionom v. The paper !ail on the table showed a reduction o 4 5001 on the estimates of last year. The c ,st :4 Nelar'o4 alone in 1845 6 was 35 800/. while the coat in 1849 50 •was only 29 1001, b,ing a reduction ut 6 6001 to volt period Wilh respect to public works, OA Hon. m , !n would find by the paper before the House, that, though there had been a great reduction, there hid been no negli ct. The colony was, no d .übt, an extravagant one; but the reduction marle in the cost of us govern want had been from 1849—when it was 49,0001—t0 1851, when it was 15,2001. There had been a great in crease of trade in the colony, and from 1848 to 1849 the Population had increased by 8,000. He trusted, tnere fore, the House would not agree to the amendment, considering the great importance of th.t colony to the country. _ _ Mr.HUME was very much misinformed if the whole object of the colony had not failed. It was expected to concentrate the trade of Canton, but it had not done so. The time was, therefore, come for the entire review of the establishments of this country in China, especially that of Hongkong. Viscount PALMERSTON said that as a commercial depot Hong-Kong had answered to a great extent. There was a direct tra.ie with many parts of Chins. But it should not be considered as a commercial station merely —it should also be considered in connexion with its po litical bearing on Chino. It bad been pressed upon him by the Commissioners at the settlement of the affairs of China, that some spot free from Chinese caprice should be secured to this country, and Causer' was mentioned; but authorities in this c ontry thought Hong Kong pre ferable. It, was in his opinion, h twever, necesstry that there should be some spot on the coast of China where Briti.h m , reh nits coal I be free from Chinese capr and not placed at the mercy of whatever party halt the governmenf, of Canton. Of late ih.-re had been a re action in Chinese policy against European int-rc , mrse, and alt , mp:s had been mad • oven to infringe he treaty, which, it was hoped, ;voted need no hing more than re monstrance Bat if the Cninese threw ti,tficul•ies and onstructi ns in the way, it was of itnrat nse importance to have a c.-ntrel authority for the protection or British trade and commerce. Tne Governor of Hong-K mg had civil mud criminal Jurisliction. and that formed a consi derable portion of his duties. Under these circutnstances, and seeing the importance of Hong Kong in a politics! as well as ta commercial point o , view, he did not vita the expense was greater than the oonsiderations which were pleaded for i s trosioten.t. Mr. W. WILLEAMS said Dr. Bowring got only 8001 a year, while the Governor of Hong-Kong, wao could not be for a moment compared to him in point of experience and ability, got 6,0001. That was prepos terous, Viscount PALMERSTON slid Dr. Bowring had per formed his duties with great ability and great success. Ha should protest against the compsrisons drawn be tween the Salaries given to S?cretaries of States at home aad those serving abroad. It should be considered that those tiff !era who were sent to a foreign station often went to an unhealthy climate, were banished from home, and were frequently under gr..-at expense. Many vain ahli lives had aeon sacrificed on these stations, and Hon Gentlemen were often eblieei to leave in cons qut-nce of ill health. Those who understood the scale of -official salaries could bear testimony to the fact that those ap pointed for Clina were very reasonable. Mr. CI.AY said it was highly unjust to compare sa!a ries of offices at home with those anroad. Mr. HUMP: thought that 3.0001 was toe much to pay for receiving a duty of 22,0001.; and 1,2001. was too high a salary for the surveyor-general of an island 20 miles in ex eta. Mr. HAWES said the salaries had been well consi d. red. ono Viet' fix,d at a rate which was thought rea s..nable. Considering the climate of the place it wits most urjust to mth.sure the salaries with these in England. Mr. SCOTT said they thought 39 0001. was too large a sum for the government of such a place. Mr. MACGREGOR was confident the Noble Earl at the head of the Wound Department would carry out the reductions which he had con:menet d. When he thought of 'the contifience with which ships went out now to China, he a.serted that Hongkong should be by no means held in light estimation. rate. ways Captainwhethere thoughtSC ° t h a e E cLtohLi e o n e s y: could o r u: l h do a fb t teh they had n h eer a dn d oar t t o aw e ca o ha n e s ma i consi der extravaeant. Mr. LI AWES said it wail not as governor alone he had that palary, but as geueral superintendent of 'our trade in China. . . . After a few words from Mr. HUTCHINGS, the Committee divided, when the numbers were— Fir the amendment Against it ... 39 :.. 65 M..jority in favour of the original vote —26 The vote was ihen agreed to. A sum of 5.5001. was then proposed for the governor and deput%-gov. rnor of Labusn. Mr. HUME thought the vote was too large fol. its obket. Mr. H AWES said Sir J. Brooke was governor, and Mr. Scott deputy governor; end that thar. vow had been deerPaiing every sear. In 1849 it war, 7,8001.; in 1850, 6,7001., while, in 1851 it was uuly 5,5001 Atter some discussion, in which Mr. Urquhart, Mr. Williams, Mr. Hume. and Mr. Anstsy, took part, the vo.e was awe , d in without a division. A sum of 25,3311. was then pr iposi-d to d. fray the eXp , -qISeS of the Colonial Land Emigration Board and offices. Mr. SCOTT said that vote was about 12,0004 more than it had b-en last year. But when it was considered that about 280,000 emigrants last n 4 every year, he did not teink th« coin prop seed was too great t. , r the objects, b cause, eut of tbst 280 000, about 120,000 were under the Colonial Land and Emigration B eine The services or these Enrgration Commissioners were by no means commensal- rte with the salaries paid to them, because in proJortion as the expense went on the number of emi grants to th-ir colonies &creased, while those that went to other parts of the world bad in proportion increased. Ht attributed this state of things to the inactivity o f their Commissioners. fie trusted that the Hun. Gen tleman would consider seriously whether the Board might not be made more of ci nt for the carrying out of these obi- eta for which it was formed. Mr. HAWES said, that since the year 1847 emigra tion had increased considerably to their Australian co lonies. He must remind him that the emigration whit' was going on absorb , d o .noderaoly more than the funds that we re appropriated for the purpose by Radian:tent. It should also be recollected that the colonists, who were, of course, consulted on the matter, desired that only a partieular class of emigrants should be sent out namely, the able bodied men, and those that were enanled by their knowledge of certain mechanical arts to confer per manent adventsge upon the colonies. As Pa , iainent had not allowed funds enough to meet the whole ex neuritis of euagraion, it was it emed necessary to raise more funds by land sales in the colonies. With these, however,„, the Comnit.sionera had nothing whatever to "". "..1 Colonial office had considered this question t i h r e . a pr u es m en E t Emig rat i on Board. th on m 'S t Cully , and alt er th e utmost deliberation th , y came to t h e opini on that it was impossible the busiiie , s ot emi gra""n could be carri e d on i n a better, more econ .micidt o r more sunties-ful m anner than under the system adopted by Olt that as the Hon. Member had s tated that h e knew to whom the contract would be s h a e l' a i sa c ra that s tendersre had been offered he fi g i ven , a charge was made a ga i nst a pu bli c d epartmen t, a nd that Some explanati on was required. file. to repeat that from t k h n em w o t S m n e e en ° ga t e r h r t e i, man whose r en d er would be accepted, although oles that tender Was 30 per eent , higher thau the hr. lie wished, also, to know, as th e num b er Mr. HUME thought that such a s t atement reqnired some answer. of Commissioners had been increased, whether they were all fully employed? Mr. HAWES, in answer to the first remark, said, be thought when the Hon. Gentleman opposite sa i d he knew to whom the contract wou ld be given, th at , he merely meant to say that he supp os, d it would be gi ven to a certain person. He was sure the Hon. Geutletram did not mean to impute to the Commissioners any uutair dealing in the matter. la selecting; which tender to ac cept. the Commissioners had to consider not milresely the Witn ect amonut, but various other circuinstanCes p to the duty et the Commissioners, he could a.sure the Hon. Member for Montrose that TIO public “fficerki were more laterriously employed than the Cotntutssionera .\- StrN, LONDON, say, had h ten attended with vary gri at success; intieett, I vessels. He was gratified at the good that had already with a mere rapid success than c tuld have been ex- i been dene, but he die not place entire reliance in the peered. Ou the cast of Africa the slave trade might exerctetiens erseerteined of suppressing -the slave trade be said to be tor the cuotneet aenest ext•nguiebed north altogether, though certainly such a consummation would of the line. With the txceptien ef only two nieces, be most agreeable to him. .Lagoa and Porto Novo, near Whydah, the British Mr. HUME wished to know what proportion of the cruisers had spoilt the slave trade at other places; 34,000 captured slaves had been liberated and sent to so much en, that those who had hitherto traded in the West Indieq slaves now dealt in ivory and other products of the Mr. HAWES was not prepared to answer the question country. Persons connected with the natives stated at that moment. that the slave trade existed only •in the minds of The vote was then agreed to. those chits'. who got presents and profits from the On the next vote, for 14 7501. f the expenses of the adave dealers, but that the bulk of the pe pie were ex mixed Commission for suppressing the slave trade with ceedingly commercially inclined, and were anxious to foreign pot. era, buy European commodities with any produce of the Mr. HUME asked if the vacancies which had recently country which Europeans would take. Fur a long time occurred were to be filled up? they had never tikeu anything but slaves; but now they Viscount PAL M ERS TON said he hoped the expenses pref -rred ivory and other products of the country. En- of the commission would be reducedvery soon,.and no dea,vours were also making to extend the cultivation of unnecessary vacancies would be filled sip. the cotton plant, and specimens had been sent to Man- The vote was agreed to. chester, which had been 'reported to he of a - very value- On the next vote for 148,4901. for the expenses of the We kind, likely to tech a high price in the Manchester consular estahlishments abroad, marker. As far, therefore, as related to the coast north Mr. URQUit Aar moved that the - -chairman report ef the line, the slave trade had been almost put an end progress, as it was understood no money was to be voted to. In the Portuguese settlements the slave trade had after twelve o'clock, and this motion was a sort of retalia , also very much diminished. The G o vernment o f p er . Lion for what Government had done the other night. tugal had cerdiel:yeand be believed sincerely, co-operated Lord J. RUSSELL hoped the Hon. Member would with the British officers. Seine of the ine rior officers allow the votes to proceed. ef the Portuguese settlements still yielded to the temp- Mr. URQUHART said there was- a matter of great rations of the slave-dealers; but'at Benhuele and L oa n. importance involved in the vote the House were about to dos the slave trade might be said to be paralysed. Many enter upon; and exhausted as the House was by pre of the slave traders had suspended their business, and had vious discussion, he should press his motion fur the turned to traffic of a differ, nt kind. On the sou kern coast chairman to report progress, the Imaum of Mumat, during the last year, had safferded Colonel SIB CHORP thought the vote important, and facilities far checking the trade, and the result had been that the motion ought to he acceded - . to, that in one river in the south of the Imaum's dominions, After a few words from Mr. C. LEWIS in explanation, where a crest trade was carried on f o r the supply of Mr. BRO rnERTON explained the motive for moving B azil, barracoorts bad been destroyed capable of holding the adjournment the other night, which be declared was 5 000 elavo s. On the toast of Africa, therefore, by the done without any concert with Government. greater vigilance of the cruisers, by meals of 'hose Mr. HU VIE thought the .ULKI. 'Member's motion for tresti s made with the native chiets, and which he was reporting progress was reasonable. happy to say many of them had °beery- d with great The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped fidelity—by the progress made in Liberia—and by the estimates would have been finished by F. iday night, the co-operation of th e et eh o reeee in the Portuguese but if the Howe progressed at the present rate he was settlements—great progress had been made in chocking afraid the estimates would not be t i ese d before next tee trade. He was happy also to add, that the met week, instead of the present week. Be bad hoped the cordial and perfect co-operation had prevailed between House would have been able to adjourn the first or the British cruisers and those of France and America, second week in August; but he feared if the estimstea and that our commodore had expressed in the strongest were so protracted it would postpone the adjournment of terms the great obligations he owed to the active and the House to the middle or the end of August. zealous supp art and co-operation be had received from Mr. WILLIAMS bald it had been the practice of the the French and American threes employed.—(Hear.) House for years not to vote money after twelve o'clock, The great place to which the slave trade of Africa hart and he considered the practice ought not to be departed been directed was to the coast of Brazil, and statements from. had been made before the Cominittee on this subject of After a few words from Colonel SIBTHORP, the enormous amount ef slaves that were larded on that Lord J. RUSSELL said ho should have no objection coast. In the early part of last year the British cruisers to agree to the rule of not voting money after twelve which bad been for a long time detained in the River o'clock at night; but it must be recoll e cted that when Plate in consequence of our differences with the Go- the estimates came on it frequently happened that three vernment of Hu- nos Ayres, were concentrated on the or four hours were devoted to discussion.; coast of Brazil, where their operations began to be The Committee then divided, when there appeared— much more ecive and eff.ctual. Communications had Fir reporting progress ... 26 taken place with the Government of Brazil, and the result, Against it ... ... 107 as had been stated by his Noble Friend in the early part of Majority the session, was, that the Brazilian Government, in Mr. HUNI B moved that the Chairman report progress. September last, passed an additional law for the preven- Lord J. RUSSELL said it would be impossible lion of the slave trade by declaring it to be piracy, and to proceed it the Honourable Member persisted with had at last exerted that vigilance, and put forth that his motion. power, which, in his opinion, it was always in their The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said power to have done it they chose.—(Hear, hear.) The it would be impossible to say when the te scion would effect lied been the almost total extinction of the slave terminate if so much time was occupied with motions ?rade in Bryrl. The number of slaves imported into preliminary to going into Committee ot Supply. Brazil ii 1850 was not above half the number br o u g ht Mr. HEY NoLlee denied that he had been a party to the country in former )ears. The greater number wasting the time of the House. was al easy, brought in the early part of the a ear, but Ater some discussion, in the first quarter of the pre,ent year, up to th e Ist o f The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained April, very few slaves had been breught to Brazil. The leave to sit again. number heed been stated at only a fsw hundreds, instead The report of the Committee of Supply was then ..f the thousands that used formerly to be imported, brought up and agreed to. The Government of Brazil had co o p era t e d must i ce On the motion fir the second reading of the Convey cerely and most off -ctuelly in fulfilling the obligations ante of Mails by Railways Bill, of the treaty between Brazil and England, in carrying Mr. REYNOLDS said there was a long list of op into eff cc the law. They, in this country, bad always posed Irish Bills on the paper, and be therefore moved leboure I under ti great mistake in euppesing that the the adjournment of the House. Brazilian nation, as a motion, would cline to th e s l a v e Lot dJ. RUSSELL said he had no intention of press trad-e. The fact was, that it was only a certain number log on any opposed Irish Bill. of Portuguese families, of great influence, that main- The motion fur the adjournment was then withdrawn tensed the traffic ; and the opinion in leveler of it and the second reading of the Bill postponed. was a e a etitieus opinion, and taut the opinion of the All the Irish Bills were then postponed. with the ex- Brhzilians ,theuselves. Within the last two years ception of the Constanularary Force (Ireland) Bill, there had grown up in Brazil a powerful, active, and which was read a second time. , intelligent anti-slave trade parry, with newspapers The Merchant Seamen's Fund Bill passed through devoted t e their ciuse, and eneireteg their opinions is Committee, and toe money clause was added. the Per 'lenient ot Brazil. He believed he might say Sir W. SOMERVILLE obtained leave to bring in that a large majority of the Brazilians were opposed. to Bill to continue certain temporary provisions relating to the shave trade, and that the p arty in its favour was a the collection of grand jury cess in Ireland; and also to very small one, and consisted chit fly of foreigners. The provide for the due annexation of an isolated District, result had been, that the Brez iivt Government had torrnerly of the county of Dublin, to e barony of the employed seve ral cruisers to co-operate with the British aunty of Wicklow, for the purposes of grand jury cos: cruisers in sexing slave-trading vessels. They had de- ant other purpete a. stroyed the baracoons along the whole extent of their Mr. BAIN ES obtained leave . to bring in a Bill to con tinue the Act for charging the maintenance of certain coast and had brought to trial the persons accused of slave-trading. 'They had captured slaves who had been poor persona in unions in England and Wales upon the landed and dispersed in plantations, and they had exer - common fund; and to make certain amendments in the cised, in one or two cases, the powers given them by the laws for the relief of the pour, constitution, if banishing persons notoriously engaged The other business was then disposed of, and the in the slave trade. who, from some technical difficulties, Huuse aojeurned at. a Qeerter past One o'clock. eettle not be bough( under the jurisdicion of the courts. Having been Inferuied that a great number of these Peraugueee triad rs had left Biwa and had g ne to Por algal, he hid writreu to our consuls at Uporto and Lisbon on the subject, and had learned tha; no 'ewer than 140 of thetae traders had gone to Portugal—had there invested their gales, giving up the slave trade in despair —(Hear, hear.) He had also been told by a naval offi , er who arrived from Brazil the other day, that one person engaged in the slave trailer had lost, from first to lest, in that trade, 65 vessels by capture, valued at 2,5,101 each; so that the Committee might judge the loss inflict .td by our squadron, when this one trader had lost in cotteequenee of it vessels of the value of 200,0001. —(Hear, hear.) Another proof that the Brozilians had given up the practice ot slavery was to be found in the tact of a capital ot 1,200,000/., which had been engaged in the slave-trade op. rations, having been invested in a bank in Lisbon. A most fortunate oh ange.—(Hear.) In a debate recently in the Brazilian Parliament, his found the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senbor Olinda, expressing in the strongest terms his censure of the slave trade, condemning it, and declaring it had been so condemned by the voice of all nations. 0 hers, toe, dwelt upon the pernicious and demoralising effects which the slave trade had produced in their own countries.— (Hear, bear.) And, indeed, they had received a pretty good lesson on the subject in the terrible pestilence which had been imported from Africa, and that had carried away so ninny persons of influence as well as such numbers of the populace. In fact the results %ere far greater than ner Majesty's Government mild have hoped to have found them It was hoped trey would be permanent, previded there was the same pro vieiens and watchfulness kept up for a time. Iu Africa the natives were finding the advantage of being engaged in a legitimate trade ; they found it more profitable than a slave trade, whilst in Brazil it was begun to be seen that slave labour was more costly, more expensive, arid more dartg , rous than tree labour. The Government discover , d thi-, in the explesien of a powder mag-ziue, which had been werked by slaves—they found it, toe, in their arsenals and other places where slaves were employed, and where a considerable cost was occasioned by having persons to °verse- slaves, and to use the whip in le- , epieg them to their work. The change of opinion in Brazil was most encouraging and gratifying, atid he believed be might congratulae- the House upon the sue csss of their long •contitaued elf arts to put down the slave trade. Sir J. PAKINGTON heard with satisfaction tha statement of the Noble Lord; but he doubted that they would succeed in suppressing the chive trade, when they encouraged it by tAing the produce of shave labour.— (Chevrs.) He wished to know from the Noble Lord when the dooutnents referred to in the Q 1-en's Speech would be laid on the table, and also whether there had nut been en increase of the slave trade in Cuba? Mr. Scully p;i►ed lor, *itti Mr. B ,uvrrie acfainPt. Mr. Re) noldb's motion on the grant to the Dublin hobpitais. Mr. Slisirt, Knox was accidentally shut out from voting in favour of the annual grant to the Dublin hub- Lord PAL VIERSTON replied—The papers were in prep iration, and would be laid on the table in a few days. As to Cuha. they had the promi eof the Spanish Government to discountenance the import of slaves. After a sew words from Mr. VENISON, Mr. HUME considered that the change on which the I drop, thh 0 but, squadron ri vfreaoueiesttr,ramhtgnetiaam.ltdiin p g b e l lteltrut, Noble Lord congratulated himself might have been est i-ailed long since if the Noble Lord bad withdrawn the fleet, and induced the Brazilian and Spanish Govern ments to fulfil their engagements—to act iii the manner in which they appeared to have hem doing of late. Mr. M. FORSTER emeidered the Noble Lord and the Government emit!. d to great credit for havii.g per severed in their policy. notwithstanding the opposition that had been made to it by a considerable party in that Utilise. Sir T. ACLAND also joined in the congratulations of the House upon the success of the policy of the Noble Lord. Sir E N BUXTON also congratulated' the Noble Lord on the suce-ss of his efforts in the suppression of the slave trade. It was said this would hay been done without the fleet on the coast of Africa. That was a mistaken opinion. The change in Brazil was produced by its having been seen last I ear that this was made a Government question, and that the best exertions would be male to trut an end to this horrible traffic.—(Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL would hardly have thought it necessary to say a word on the present occasion, had it not been me-Geary to prevent the House from being led away by what had fallen from the, Hon. Member for Montrose. The Hon. Member advised the House to consent to withdraw the African squadron—which, .if done, the Hon. Member considered the slave trade would now cett‘e. He must beg the House to believe if this advice were taken that the result would not be as sup• posed, but that we should again behold all the horrors of the slave trade fully revived.—(Hear.) He was not giving his own opinion only, but he was also giving that of the gallant admiral who had just returned from the coast of Africa, and who said if we continued the Afri can squadron for a fav years more we should find that we were able i-Jeatly to dimish the expense of that equa. ffu. h a up t tt, prpf fiH i ttr t sheei isen wou l d setrnautt rh slave, ,Ifteo,, n rdf aco s lav e force were tradeti b wie, e nae tt: s ret a aom • tdk e hieeaet t . pati o tupu r lpr . u - tre, d p) . present c hatn n ee:, aviog hitherto supported the G iveronnent in their at tempt to induce the Brazils to discontinue the slave trade, would continue their suppo r t, as the progress that had hilarity been m ad e afforded the greatest encouragement f :lfi t qle: r irist.ttta p isg( e il antr e hotica . n) . :vt Sir G. PECti ELL wan of opinion that, if the African te ' l . : o,pus e t ttlang r h s hould not succeed in convincine France we were in ear owing to the power to take slave-vessels from under the was satisfied we should soon see the total annihilation of the slave t rade. He th anked the Noble Lord for to the co- o p erat i on o f t h e in a great degree, the the support he had g iven to thi s question.Braz Is rather than to the effees of the squadron. If s u p L p o r r e d s - i a o n "f t A I N h eEbiitv slave attributed, irade we cultivated a good understanding with the Brazils we should be able to attain our object much earlier than by t h e , a d opt i on o f the proposition for constructing near '4UI ;T ! The Queen and Prince Albert visited the showyard yesterday while the ju,lges were eneageel in making their ! awards. This is, we believe, the first time that her Ma jesty has honoured a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Saciety with her presence. She wa<received by the Duke of R,iehrnonCtlirPiesident; Mr. Branireth Gibbs, ho norary director of the show ; Messrs. Stokes, Jones, and Milward, the stewards of cattle, &e. ; Mr. Barker, the steward of finance, and Mr. Hudson, the excellent sec•etary of the society, who was presented to her Ma jesty by his . Grace. The royal party remained for some timA in the yard, and the Q teen appeared espe cially interested and delighted with her visit, wnich was even extended to a survey of the dinner pavilion. Her Majesty paid most attention to the South Down sheep, the horses, and the pigs. After the adjudication of the awards yesterday we were enabled to take a hasty survey of the display of suck, and now proceed bri, fly to r ecord our general impression as to its character. In the first place, then, and as a whole, the Show is not only in quantity, but in quality, which is more important, decidedly su perior to any of its predecessors. The South Down sheep, the short-horns, the Herefords, and the pigs, are its strongest points, and are of surpassing excellence. In the first Mr. Jonas Webb car rises everything before him, and completely beats out of the field, with his Cambridgeshire stock, the Sussex breeders. The first prize short-horned bull is an exceedingly showy-looking and fine animal, but has one defect which it seems questionable whether the judges were right in overlooking. Io all the classes ot cattle the female specimens are particularly good, and excel the male. This is an unusual characteristic of the so ciet)'is shows, but is regarded as satisfacioty, and as indi• eating increased attention and success in breeding. Of the porcine display. the public will hear with pleasure that it possesses its usual attraciveness. Mr. Fisher Hobbs does not present himself this year in the field fOr couipeti ion, but his item -Eyed •Eseex stock is there in in. creased force modified occasionally by the admixture of other blood, and fresh christened accordingly iu the ca talogues. The multiplication of names for entirfly similar descriptions of the animal threatens soon to be come a serious nuisance, and to create confusion in one's estimate, not only ot porkers, but ot pork. There is a film show of Leicester and of Cotswold sheep which will attract Much attention. Suffolk puechee carry off the chief priz-s in the clues of horses. The toilets cows from the Ceannel Islands and tram Ayrshire deserve especial notice. It the present meeting does no other good than to draw attention by a large display of these unreels to the gross neglect of the milk supply of the metropolis, which the agriculture of Surrey, liect, and Essex pre sents, it will have done a vast public service. Of all artificial systems that of producing milk in town dairies is the most objectionable. It is equally unjust and cruel to the animal which yields the fluid, and to the human being who imbibes it. One other point remains to be noticed before we give the list of prizes. It is that Mr. Simonds, the veterinary surgeon of the society, attended the judges yesterday and pointed out to them such detects in the constitution or health of the animals as disqualified them for being included in their awards. These awards are as Ulises:— AWARD OF PRIZES. LONG HORNS. CLASS I. In this subdivision the first prize of 101. was withheld on account of insufficient merit. SHORT HORNS. CLLiS L-BULLS CALVED PREVIOUSLY TO THE IST OF JANUARY, 1849. First Prize of 401-36, Ar. Tbomas Wetherell, of Kirkbridge, bear Darlington, York, a 4 years and 9 months old short-hortod bull, bred by Mr. Henry Lister Maw, of T• tley, near' Crowle, Lincolnshire. Second Pr.s • of 201-6. The Right Honourable Lord Ha'oings. of Melton Constable, near Thetford, Norfolk, a 6 years and 1 month old short-horned bull, bred by his Lordship. CLAB3 IL-BULLS CALVED *SINCE THE IST OF JANUARY, 1849 Fast Prizs of X 51 .-47. Mr. John Kirkham, of Hag nabs,. near Otley, Yotkshire, a 2 sears nod 5 months old short horned bull, brrd by himself. Second Priz, of 151-53. Mr. Thomas Rame, of Geinsford, near Darlington, a 2 sears and 3 months old short-horned bull brrd by himself. Third Prizs of 10L-70, Mr. Thomas Bentley of Pan nql-hall, Pennal, sear Wetherby, Yorkshire, a 1 year and 10i mon•,hs old short-Horned bull, bred by Mr. F. H. Fawkes. of Fartilel-hall, near Otley„ CLASS HI -COWS IN MILK Olt IN CALL First Pima of 201.-97. Mr. Richard Booth, of near Northaltem°, Yorkshire, a 4 years and 4 months old short-horned cow, in calf and in milk, bred by him self. Second Priz9 of 101-110. The Right Hon. Viscount Hill, of Elawkst, ne, Slrewsbury, Salop, a 6 years 1 month and 24 days old short•horned cow, in milk, bred by his Lordship CLASS IV.—IN CALF HEIFERS, NOT EXCEEDING 3 YRS OLD. First Prizq of 201.-122. Mr. Charles Towneley, of Towneley•park, near Burnley, Lancashire, a 2 years and 4 months old pure ahort•horned in calf heifer, bred by himself. Second Prize of 151.-121. Mr. Charles Towneley, of Towneley-p-it lt. near Burnley, Lancashire, a 2 ) ears and 9 months old pure short-h"rned in calf netter, bred b) sir. Rtcb*rd Esstwood, of Swinabow, near Burnley. ':'hird Prizt of 101.-130. Mr. James Douglas, of Atlielstaneford, New Mains, near Diem, Haddiugton a 2 years and 1 month old short•hurneil in calf heifer, urea by Mr. Turner, of Jidkullen. CLASS V.-YEARLING HEIFERS. First Prix:, of 15/.-162. Right Hun. Viscount Hill, of Hawkstone, nPar Shrewsbury, a 1 year 10 months and 16 days old short-horned heifer, bred by his Lordship. Second Priz3 of 10L-156. Mr. Henry Ambler, of Watkinson Hall, near Halifax, Yorkshire, a 1 year and 6 m inths old short-horned heifer, bred by himself. Third Priz eof 51.-163. The Right Hon. Viscount Hill, of Hawkstone, near Shrewsbury, a 1 year 10 months and 23 days old short-horned heifer, bred by his Lordship. HEREFORDS. CLASS I,—BULLS CALVED PREVIOUSLY to JAN. 1, 1849. First Prize of 401.-177. Hight Hon. Lord Berwick, of Cronkill, near Shrewsbury, a 4 years 6 months anil 23 days old Hereford bull, bred by Mr. Thomas Long more, of Walford. Second Prutl of 201-178. Mr. Edward Price, of the Court-house, Pembridge, near Leominster, Hereford, a 3 years and 20 days old Hereford bull, bred by himself. CLASS 11.—.. BULLS CALVED SINCE TUE IST OF JANUARY. First prize of 251.-189. Mr. F. B. Price, of Hunting don, near Hereford, a 1 year and 10 months old Here fml bull, bred by the late Mr. John Jones, of Lower Breinton, near Heref Ord._ Second Vriz! of 15L-188. Mr. Sylvanns Archibald, of Holmer, near Hereford, a 1 year and 10 months old Hereford bull, bred by himself. Third Prix • of 10/.-191. Mr, J. Moolchouse, of The Stow, near Hereford, a 1 year and 10i months old Here ford bull, bred by himself. CLASS 111.—Cows IN MILK OR IN CALF. First Prize of 201-196. The Roght Hon. Lord Ber wick, of Croak-hill, near Shrewsbury, a 3 years 8 in ntha' acid 28 days old Hereford cow, in milk, bred by his fradship. Second Prize of 10/.-197. The Ray. John Robert smyihies, of E ist• hill, near Colchester, Essex, a 4 years and 6 mouths old true Hereford cow, in milk, bred by Mr. Samuel Aston, of Lynch -court, near Leo minster. CLASS CALF HEIFERS. First Prize of 201.-202. Th., Right Hon. Lord 111.- wick. of Cronktull, near Shrewsbury, a 2 3 ears 8 months and 19 days old in calf Hereford heifer, bred by his Lordship. Second Prix4 of 151.-201 The Right Hon. Lord Ber wick, of Cronkhill, near Shrewsbury, a 2 years 7 months and 14 days old, in calf, Hereford heifer, bred by his Lordship. Third Prize of 10/. 206. Mr. Philip Turner, of the Lem, Pembridge, near 10 , ominsier, Hereford, a two Sear and nine months old, in calf, Hereford heifer, bred by himself. CLASS V.—YEARLING HEIFERS. First Prize of 151.-215. Mr, Fowler B. Price, of Hun tingdon, near Hereford, a 1 year and 9 months old Here f•Tii yearling heifer, br,d by Mr. J. N. Carpenter, of Eardisland, near Lizominstee, Second Priz of 10L-209. Mr. Walter Maybery, of Penlbin, near Brecon, a 1 year and 8 months old Hereford yea , hug heifer, bred by himself. Third Prize of 51.-210. The Right Hon. Lord Ber wick, of Crot.khill, near Shrewsbury, a 1 year 7 months and 16 days old Hereford yearling heifer, bred by his Lord3hip. DEVONS. CLASS 1.-BULLS CALVED PHEVIOTISLY TO THE IST OF JAN., 1849. Flrst priza of 401 —226. Mr. Jon gaartly, of Champ ion Molland, near South Molton, Devon , a 3 years and 5 months old N or th D,, von b u ll, b re d b y himself. Second prize of 201.-219. Mr. James Davy, of North Molton, near South Molton, Devon, a 5 years and 10 weeks old pure Devon bull, bred by himself. CLASS 11.—BULLS CALVED SINCE JAN. 1, 1849. First prizi of 251-229. Mr. Samuel Farthing, of Stowey Court. near Bridgewater, Somerset, a 2 years and 6 months old Devon bull, bred by himself. Second Priz) of 151.-237. Mr. Thomas Miller, of Castle Farm, near Sherborne, Dorset, a 2 years and 4 mouths old Devon bull, bred by himself. Third prize of 101-228. Mr. Thomas Bond, of Bi shop's Lydiard, near Taunton, Somerset, a 2 years and 5 months old Devon bull, bred by himself. CLASS 111.—CONVS IN MILE OR IN CALF. First prize of 201-244. Mr. George Turner, Of Bar ton, near Exeter, Devon, a 5 years and 7 months old pure North Devon cow, in milk and in edit, bred by the late Mr. Tremlett, of Cheri ton, Devon. Second Prize of 104-239. Mr. Frederick Hogg, of 40, St. James's street, London , a 7 years and 3 months eld pure Devon Cow, in milk, bred by Mr. Matthew. Paull, of Burstock-range, Broad winver, Dorset. CLASS I V.-IN CALF EIF E RS, NOT EXCEEDING 3 YRS OLD. First Prize of 201-261. Mr. George Turner, of Bar ton, near Exeter, Devon, a 2 years and 3 months old, in calf, pure North Devon heifer, bred by himself. Second Prizv of 15/.-262. Mr. George Turner, of Bart 3n, near Exeter, Devon, a 2 years and 6 months old, in calf, pure North Devon heifer, bred by himself. Third Prize of 101.-265. The Right Hen, the E ar l of Leicester, of Elolkhatn hall, near Wells-next-th e -S,>, , Norfolk, a 2 years and 9 months old, In-calf, pure North Devon heifer, bred by Lord Portman, of Bryanaton, near Ble.ndford, Dorset. CLASS V.—YEARLING FlEirEns. First Prize et 151 —284. Mr. William M. Gibbs, of Bishop's L 3 (hard, nest. Taunton, Somer se t, a 1 year an d 9 months old Devon yearling;heifer, bred by himself. Second priz4 of 101-291. Mr. John Quartly, of Charepaon, Molland, near South ISlolton, D evon , A 1 ROYAL AGRICUL7 URAL SOCIETY. The annual meeting of tete important society ekes place this week in the Heine park of Windsor. halt surrounded by ancestral trees, and look, d down upon by the north terrace of the R. tyal Castle, the encamp ment of agriculture presents an unusually striking and picture,que ippearanee. Close at hand is the station of the Soutti-Western Railway, of erding every facility for the arrival and departure of visitors. Never before has the society had a site better adapted ( or its purposes, and never before has it presen , ed itself before the public under a more favourable and encouraging aspect. BY arrangements early adopted in connexion with the great Exhibition, the show yard is relieved of the implement department, the contents of which occupy a conspicuous place in the Crystal Palace. Yet it appears little, if at all, curtailed of its usual proportions, and the space which has hitherto be en d evo t e d t o agr i cu l tura l ma chines is now filled with a magnificent display of live stock. Instead of ploughs, scarifiere, p or t a bl e steam • e ngine` s and such like, we have an enlarged exhibition of breeds in all the divisions, and a greatly increased entry of stock for c tmpeution. The society have extended the number of their classes, and have, w i t h b ecom i ng sp i r i t , harmony with the year 1851, g i ven a w id er sco pe and character tonumber of beasts their show. Toe and in exhi bited is 1,267, an altogether un p rece d ented a - noan t, the entries last year being only about 700. Then an im proved arrangement of the classes has been adopted, which gives more distinctuess and value to the who le display. Formerly, in cattle, for instance, it was cus tomary to distribute the animals into four dirisions,— one for short-horns, a second for Herefords' a third for Devons, and a fourth f or m i xe d breeds. Under this latter head cune a confused gathering of every kind of 13,414 reeteed a-0m the three favourite descriptions, and thus attention was diverted from those peculiar excel lences which several kinds of stuck possess , and which entitle them to the reg a rd and eonstderati on of the egri culturist. Now teis is changed, and there is no longer a miscellaneous grouping recognised. Instead thereof, we have the lone -horns, the Sussex, the Channel Islands breed, the horned and polled Sc,:tch the Welch and Irish, all properly cleseifi er l. Foreigners who visit the show may collect there with pert*, cc ease a correct idea of the various ki n d s of cattle with which the United Kinder)] is supplied. Th e y may est imate fairly their various qualities, and the manner is which they are adapted to fulfil their different uses in our agricul tural system. For the fi rst t i me .s i nce i . s annua l s hows began the society presents the public with on epitome of British stock. Until this, eventtul year, they appeared re lu c tant to pa,s beyond the T wee d for illustrat i o ns of Scotch breeds, though these wer e e a ten the f avou rites of the eastern counties' graziers, and in the same w ay the peculiar advantages of the Channel Islands' cows for d dry purposes wets almost entirely ignored. Now we have all sorts represented in the Home Park of Windsor, and it is to he boped that our agrtculturists will profit by an occasion which brings prominently before their notice descripiens of stock the, merits of which they may have previously overlooked or undervalued. Nature, Islet n in her bounty she supplied our favoured country with a variety of breeds adapted to its climate and boll, did so for beneficent and woeful ends It is, therefore, our duty to further and fulfil her intentions, by en couraging in each class, without favour or preference, those excellences of shape or size upon which their merits reap ctivuly depend.. Thus in the completeness and in the extent of the shoe" made by it, the Rsyal Agricultural Society pre sents itself this year to the public under the most fa vourable and hopeful aspect. From its organization poliice are rigidly excluded, and in the condu ct o f i t s b u siness no member, however influential , can ent e r u p on that debateable territory without being immediately snubbed for his audacity. Yet to those who stand without its pale observation and comment are open, an d it certainly is a most remarkable circumstance that while the Lauded interest are represented as suffering from an une xampled and hopeless depression, the Royal Agri cultural Society should come forward so buoyant, so full of increased strength and of future promise. The force of events is always superior to the influences of party, and while Protection bemoans the uselessness of improvements which can never be remunerative, the Royal Agricultural Society . day by day becomes a more powerful machine for securing to the p eo p le the bles sings of untaxed food. It revives by its ac tion that confidence iu the land which perverse lam e n t ations over the repeal of the cora-laws tend to destroy. By its journal it is constantly supplying fresh streams of acientific and practical knowledge to the farmer, and by es annual shows it stimulates to increased excel lence and increased production—our only true protec. non ageing competition, whether it comes from home or from abroad. As an example of what British agri culture is capable, and as illustrating the impoit i n ce which is te teched to superior breeds of stock, we may mention a fact which came within our cogiozance yes terday when visiting the show-yard. Mr. Jonas Webb, who, it will be seen from the list appended, is a winner of seven prizes for his Southdown sheep, has, at hi s usual annual letting this year, received as hir e f or the use of a ram, which , though exhibited at Ex eter, was not successful there, the sum of . 99 guineas. Our great breeders now have their flecks eagerly sought a f ter b y foreign purchasers. So much is this the case , t h at at an agricultural show recently held in ,France all the b e st animals exhibited had been imported from England, and at the pre.. nt meeting an extensive cornmaebiou " 3 been given by Prince Deaudoile the owner of the malachite o rnaments in the Crystal Palace, to have a good breed ing stock bought f eim, which he intends bending out to Russia . such is the estimation .m which our breeds of live` stockare bald by the' foreigners, w h om.competi . tion ec; alarm the faiußiestied humor. - 15; - 1851. year and 5 months old North Devon yearling heifer, bred by himself. Third Pr iz •of 51-279. Mr. George Turner, of Bar ton, nesr Exeter, Devon, a 1 year and 7 months uld pure North Devon yearling heir's-r. bred by himself. LONG - HORNS CLASS IL-BULLS CALVED SINCE THE IST OF JANUARY, 1849 Prize of 101.-293. Mr. Richard H. 'Chapman, of Upton, near Ather6ione, Warwick, a 2 years and 4i months old loiiiz•horno-d bull, bred by hitusPit. CLASS 111.-CONS IN MILK OR IN CALF. Prize ut 101.-294. Mr. Thowas Brands, of Stowe, Buckirigham, a 4 years and 11 months old long-horned Cow, in milk, bred by himself. CLASS CALF HEIFER, NOT EXCEEDING THREE YEARS OLD. Prize of 51.-296. Mr. Thomas Beards, of S owe, Buelto,ghain, a two Sears and 10 months old long-horned heifer, bred bv CLASS V.—YEARLING HEIFERS. Prize ut 5 /-297. Mr. Thomas Beards, of Stowe, BLekingbsm, a 1 year and 8 months old long-horned heifer, bred by himself. CHANNEL ISLANDS. CL ASS I.—BULLS CALVED PREVIOUSLY TO JANUARY 1, 1849. Prize of 101.-302. The Right Hon. the Earl of Egmont, of Coadr.ty, near P.-tworth, Sussex, a 3 years aid 13 days old Channel Islands bull, bred by his Lord ship. CLASS II: BULLS CALVED SINCE THE IST OP JANUAR!, 1849. Prz•?. of 101-308. Mr. John Gregory Watking, of Wooddeld, Worcester, a 2 years and 4 months old Channel Is!ands Bull, bred by himself. CLASS lII.—';OW9 IN MILK OR IN CALF. Prize of 101-315. Mr. Georoi Turode, of tr:e F orest, Guernsey, a 3 years end 6 m intbs old pure Gueros.y c in c.lf, bred by Pa -1. Le ?Age, St. Martin Guernsey. CLASS IV.—IN CALF HEIFERS. Prize of 51-321. Sir Juh - n Cathcart, of Conper%•hill, Cnertaey, Surrey, a 2 year uld Alderney, in calf, heifer —breeder CLASS V.—YEARLING HEIFERS. Prize of 51.-327. Mr. William Heny Chapman, of Wrai.bury, near S Sines, Bucks, a 1 year aed 6 months old Aldwruey yearling heifer, bred by Mr. W. Levi,ut W oughton-on tbc- Green, N. wport I'agnel, Bucks. SUS••EX. CLASS L-BULLS CALVED PREVIOUSLY TO THE IST OP JANUARY 1849. Priv, of 101-332. Mr. Henry Catt, of West Firle, near Lewes, Sus s ex, a 3 years and 5 mouths old Sussex bull, bred by himself. CLASS IL-:BULLS CALVED SINCE THE IST OF JANUARY, 1849. Prins of 104-335. Mr John Waters, of Wer!combs, near Eastbourne. Sussex, a 1 year and 3 months old Sussex bull, bred by Mr. James Gorringe, of Selmes ton, Sussex. _ _ CLASS lll.—Cows IN MILK OA IN CALF. Prize of 10/.-341. Mr. Thomas Cnild, of Micitelham, near ilsilsbans Sussex, a 6 years and 5 months old Sus sex cow, in milli, bred by bimbelf. CLASS IV.—IN-CALF HEIFERS. Prize of 5/.-346 Mr. Wm. Marsball, f Bolney-plsee, near Cueltfceld, Sussex, a 2 years and 3 months old Sue sex in-calf hof.r, ored by himself. CLASS V.—YEARLING HEIFERS. Prizl of 51..-350. Mr. Win. Niaribile, ot t3olney-place, near Cackfield, Suist x, a 1 year and 5 months old year hng heifer, bred by sbo FOR HORNED. CLA..B NO wry.) CLAS3 lI. — BULLS CALVED I.INCE THE (ST OF JANUARY, 1849, ONE YEAR OLD. Prize of 10Z— Mr. Charlee Fielder, of Sparshott, near Winebester, Souinacop .on, a 1 year 3 inuni.he and 13 days old pure Ayrshire bull, bred by Mr. David Glen, Oi Fleichwoud Farm, Eling, - near S,iiitnetoptonl. CLASS 111 —Cows IN MILK OR IN CALF. Prize of 101.-358. Sir John Ca heart ' of Cooper's hill, near Chertsey, Surrey, a 6 y ears o ld A)rshire cow, in milk, breeder unknown. CLASS IV.—IN-CALF HEIFER. In this class, pm., of 101. withal-Id. CLASS V.—(No entry.) SCO I'CR POLLED. _ _ _ CLASS 1..-BULL CALVED PREVIOUSLY TO THE IST OF JANUARY. 1849. Priz , of 101.-361. Mr. W illi:MM'Combie, of Tilly - four, near Alford, Abe , deen, a 5 years and 2 mouths old Angus polled bull, bred by Mr. Hugh Watson, if CLASS IL-BULL CALVED SINCE THE 18T OF JANUARY, 1849. Prizq of 104-362, Withlpid. CLASS 111.-COWES IN MILK OR IN CALF. Priz , of 101.-364. Mr. R ,bert S.Critt, of Balwyllo, near Montrose, Forfzr; a 7 years ands months old pure Aberdeenshire cow, in calf, bred by Mr. W.lll‘Comble. of Tillyfour. CLASS CALF HEIFERS. Prize of 10L-366 Mr. W. of Tillyfour, near Alford, Aberdeen, a 2 years and 5 mouths old Angus polled in calf heifer, bred by CLASS V.-YEARLING HEIFERS Prize of 51.—S6S. Mr. Wliltam M•tit mtne, of Tilly four• rear Alturd, Aberdeen, a 1 y• ar end 5 months old Angus polled yearling heifer. bred by himself. W ELCEI, IRISH, &c. CLASS I.—BULLS CALVED PREVIOUSLY TO JAN. 1, 1849 Prze of 10/.-372. Lieut.-luta-General Str Edward liprrison, Birt., of Oakley-pink, near Eye, Suffolk, a 4 years and l month oln Sutf tk bull, bred by him)elf. _ _ CLASS 11.-BULLS CALVED SINCE JAN l. 1849. Priz- of 101-375. George David Badhaw, (f Thurlston, near Ipawich, a 2 years and 5 months old Suffolk bull, bred by hirnsplf, CLASS 111.—Cows IN MILK OR IN CALF. PrizA of 101.—Lieutenant General Sir Edward Ker rison, Bart., of Oakley-park, near Eye, Suffolk, a 3 years and 11 months old Suffolk cow, in calf, bred by himself. CLASS IV.- IN CALF HEIFERS. Prize of 51-383. Lieutenant-Geueral Sir Edward Kerriaon, Bart., of Oakley-park, near Eye, SOFA a 2 years and 11 months old Suffolk heifer, in calf, bred by himself. CLASS V.—YEARLING HEIFERS. Prise of 5/ —384. Mr. George D. Badham, of Thurls- On, near Ipswich, Suff.,lk, a 1 year and 11 months old Suffolk yearling heifer, bred by himself. HORSES. CLASS 1.-STALLIONS OF ANY AGE, FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. First Prize of 301.-407. Mr. Thomas Catlin, of Bat ley, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, a 5 years old pure Suf folk stallion, bred by himself. Second Prize of 151-406. Mr. Thomas Catlin, of Batley, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, a 2 years old pure Suffolk stallion, bred by him-elf. CLASS 11.—Two -YEAR-OLD STALLIONS FOR AGRICOL- TURAL PURP SES. First Prize of 201-420. Mr. Frederick Thomas Bryan, Kuussingtoo, near Witham, Rutlandshire, a 2 } ears old cart stallion, bred by Mr. William Wry" , t, of Stanesby, Leicestersbiro. _ _ _ Secorid Nisi of 151.-434. Mr. Henry Taylor, of Bishopstone, near Farringdou, a 2 years old cart stallion, bred by hinnk‘lf. Third Prize of 101.—Mr. Samuel Clayden, of Little Linton, near Linton, Cambridge, a 2 years old Suffulk italliun, bred by him-Of. CLASS STALLIONS. Priv) of 201.-436. Mr. Robert Brown, of Farleigh Wallop, near Basingstoke, Hants, a 6 years old dray talliou, bred by himself. CLASS IV.—HUNTEII, STALLIONS. Prize of 30/ —449. Mr. Tnomas Groves, of Manor house, Numnontk ton, near York, a 5 years old thorough blood Hunter stallion, bred by Mr. Metkism. of London. CLASS V.—CARRIAGE STALLIONS. Prize of 301.-467. Mr. Thomas Holtby, of Brandes burton, near Bev.-rley, Yorkshire, a 5 years old coach stallion, bred by Mr. Whiting. of Hempholwe. CLASS VI —ROADSTER STALLIONS. Prize of 15/.-472. Mr. Thomas Grves, of Manor house, Nunmoil«in, Yorkshire, a 6 years old pure roadster stallion, bred by Captain Viner, of Newly•hall, Ripon, or one of hi 4 tenants. CLASS VII.—MARES AND FOALS. First Priz7of 201-484 Mr. John George Sheppard, of the High-house, Campsey Ash, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, a Suffolk mare and foal; the m are bred by him self; sire of Coal belonged to Mr. Nathaniel G. Bar thropp, of Crettugharn, near Framlingham. Second Pr z-+ of 151.-488 Mr. John Smith. of Crown- thorpe, near Wy mondham. Norfolk, a Norfolk mare and foul; the mare bred by himself ; sire ut toal belonged to Mr. Cordy, of Shipdarn. Third Prizl of 10/.-493. Mr. William Thompson, of Thorpe-le-Sok.n, near Colchester, a Suffolk mare and foal; breeder of mare unknown; sire of foal belonged to himself: CLASS VIII.-FILLIES, TWO•YEARS OLD. First Prix., of 201.-502. Mr. NaLhaiiiel George Barthropp, of Cretingbam Rookery, near Weodbritig , , Suffolk, a two years old Suffolk filly, bred by Mr. Read, Laxfield. Second Prize of 151.-497. Mr. Thomas Beale Browne, of Hampen, near Andoverford, Gloucester, a two years old Suffolk filly, bred by himself. Third Pm) of 51.-499. The Right Hon. Lord St. John, of Melcbbourne, near Higham Ferrero, Beds, a two year old cart filly, bred by his Lordship. LEICESTERS. CLASS I.—SHEARLING RAMS. First Prizs of 351.-520. Mr. William Sanday, cf Holme Pierrepont, near Nottingham, a 17 months old Leicester ram, bred by himself. Second Prize of 201-521. Mr. William Sanday, of Holme Pierrepont, near Nottingham, a 17 months old Leicester ram, bred by himself. Third Prizt of 101.-518. Mr. William Sunday, of Holme Pierrepont, near Nottingham, a 17 months old Leicester rim, bred by himself. CLASS II —HAMS of ANY OTHER ACE. w ... First Piz , of 301-578. Mr. Tnornas Edward 1 : 4 4 28 lett, of Beeston, near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, months old Lein ster rem, bred by himseif. Second Prize of 201.-SSO. Mr. Tbom Edward 40 mouths old Paw l.tt, or Bei aton, near BigAleswade, a Leicester ram, bred b% himself. Tniro Prize of 101-581. Mr. toss Edward Th rt ° d 40 months lett, of Beeston, near Biggleswild% --` '' a old Leicester ram, bred by hign" ll , a pen of five 17 months old CLASS EW ES.III.—SngAI'?Jr*a _ First Prize of 201•-634• Sir. Wi lli a m. Sanday, of Holme Pierrepon t , Leicester shearling Second Prize of 15/. old Barnetby -le- W . Ti,ird 636. Mr.. William. h I months old L.icebter s ear log ewes, bred by himself, Abraham, of n ear Bing, Lincoln, a pe n o f five 16 Pris. 3 of 10/ —632. rev,MW ll Mame Yierrepollt, Notts, a p en of Leicester obeariiug ew• Ps bred by himself. SUP In. DOWNS. ew bred by himself. CLASS I . — SHEARLING RAMS. First Prize of 354-651. Air. Jonas " !.. , am &ridgy, of five 16 months old Webb, of Sabra- tr (1" , ".\"- -, I jr7 - ..".. , >7**/ --; \ -fr. 4114 -0 ; r i7by barn, near Cambridg e , a S out h D own rata, .17 , mews T old, bred by himseh. , Second Prz9 of 201-700. Mr. Jonas Webb, of na br:shAns, near Cambridge , a South Down ram, 16 months old, bred ley b ime-f. Third Pr z, of 10L—Mr. Jonas Webb, of Babrabam, near Cambridge, a South Down ram, 16 months old, bred by himself. • CLASS 11.— RAMS OF ANY OTHER AGE. First Prize of 304-711. Mr. William Rigden, of Hove, near Brighton, a South Down ram, 28k months old, bred by himself. S,cond Prize of 201-744. Mr. Jonas Webb, of Ba brahstn, near Cambridge, a South Down ram, 2 years acd 5 m-nths old, bred by himself. Thiid Priza of 101-748. Mr. Jonas Webb, of Be brabam, near Cambridge, a South Down ram, 3 years and 4 months old, bred by himself. CLASS 111.—SnEARLINO EWES. ' • Pirst Prize of 201-772. Mr. Jonas Webb, of 'B s ,• brahom, near Cambridge, a pen of five South Down sheirling ewes, 16 months old, bred by himself. Second Prize or 151-770. Mr. Jousts Webb,' Cif Bs. hr.:sham, near Cambridge, a pen of five South Dowa shearliag ewes, 16 months old, bred by himself. • Third Priz-v of 104-755. Mr. William Rigdmi of Hove, near Brighton, a pen of five South Down shear ling ewes, 16ir mouths old, bred by himself. . • LONG WOOLS. CLASS I.—SHEARLINO RAMS. First Prize of 251.-779. Mr. William Game, of Aldo• worth. near Nortbleach, Gloucestershire, a Cotswold ram, 16 osonths old, bred by himself. Second Prize of 154-786. Mr. William Line, of Essting , on, mar Northlauch, Gloucestershire, a Cots wold ram, 16 months old, bred by himself. CLASS IL—RAMS OF ANY ()THEE AGE. First Prize t,f 251.-794. Mr. George Hewer, of Ley Gore, near Noribleach, Gloucestershire, a Cotswold raw, • • ' 4u months old, bred by Mr. Williato Hewer, of North. S-eond Prize of 10L-790. Mr. William Game, of Aidmworth . near Northlettob, Gloucestershire, a Cots wold rem, 40 months old. bred by himiklf. Fret Pris e t..' ( I,r 111 —SHEARLING EWES. 10/.-802. Mr. William Lane, of g a s. ting Lon, 'near Noithleach, Gloucestershire, a pen of; five Cotbwuld ewe., 16 months old, bred by himself. o ' r ni3 u v al lf. b s erian4, a Cheviot Sound Prize of SL-801 . Mr. William Lane, of Ems iington, near Northl eacn, Gloucestershire, a pen of five Cotswold ewes, 1 6 mor,thi. old, bred by himself. MOUN CAIN SHEEP. ' . CLASS I--RAMB 4F ANY A GE. First Prize of 201 .- B us. M r . J o h n Do dd , o f Cat oorldia bred by h -810. M r . J oh n Robson, of East n!eugh, near Otterburn , Northumberl an d, a pure Ch ev i o t ram, 27 7 n m p on n ts Kidder, near Bellingham, sth ram, 3 years and 4 months old, bred by h imself. CLASS II •--SHEARLING EWES. Prize of 101.-86. Mr. John Nuroombe, o f Hopeott farm, near Minehead, Somersetsbire, a pen of 5 pare Exmore horn shearling ewes, 1 year and 4i months old, bred by himself. CLASS M.--EWES OY ANY AGE. First 'Prise of 101.-821. Mr. Jobn Rdbicw , of East Kielder, near Bellingham, Northumberland, a pen of 5 cteviot ewes, 2 years and 4 months old, bred by himself. PIGS. CLASS I.—BOARS OF A LARGE BREED. First P )ze of 151-823. Mr. H. Broadhurst Hill, of Bache Hal, war Chester, a large bear, 3 years and 11 mutitbi old, bred by Mr. Ashby H. Wilson, of Abbey._ . Third Prize of 51-826. Mr. John B. Sraring, of Chilton, n.•ar Hungenurd, B,rks, an improved Berks, Sussex, and Neapotitun crossed boar, 2 years and 6 mortals old, bred by himself. Second Prize of 101.-84 L Mr. George Ed ward Taylor, ~ f Oarlands Mill. near Letd-, Yorkshire, a large boar, 2 sears and 3 months old, bred by Mr. James Martin, Alean.vood, near Leeds. CLAS4 IL—Boaus OF A SMALL BREED. First Prize of 151-847. Mr. Jame. Dixon, of West brook-place, Horton, near Bradford, Yorkshire, a small boar, 2 y ears and 1 month old, bred by Mr. John Rad wen, of liobroyd, near Ilali , ax. Second Yrs s of 101-857. Mr. William Ludham, of Bradford, Yorkshire, a small boar, 2 years and 4 months old, bred by hims , ll. Third Priv, of 51.-868. Mr. John Radmore, Thor verton, rwar Collumpron, Devou, a Leicester boar, 10 months old, brt✓d by himself. CLASS 111.-BREEDING SOWS OF A. LARGE BREED. First Prize of 15 —902. Mc. Joseph Tuley, of Kmpley, Yorkshire, a largo sow, 1 year 2 months and 6 dila old. bred by himself. Second l's)ze of SL-920. Mr. Charles Jackson, 40, Goodrarogate,.Yolkshire, a large sow, 1 year and 11 inon , ha aid 2 weekm bred by himself. CLASS IV —BRIO:DINO SOWS OF A SMALL BREED. F►rct Prize of 15L-943. Mr.. Samuel Druce, jun., of Eynsham, near Oztord, an iknpror.d Ox►'ordahire sow, 1 year bud 2i (months old, bred by Mr. Thxnaa Bower man, of Eynham. Second Priz • of 51.-952. Mr. George Edward Taylor. of On•lai , de Mill, near Leeds, YulkAur., 1 year and 2 month o'd, bred by binnelf. CLASS V.—BREEDING BOWS OF A LARGE BREED. Fir.t Prizi of 10L-964 Mr. Joetph Inky, ot Keigh ipy, Y i►kehire, a pin of large eow pigs, 7 months and 2 , A* tkt old, bred by himself. Seuurid Yds •of SL-964. Mr. Matthew Newman, of Court Farm, Hayes. near Uxbridge, Middlesex, a pen of three improved Berkshire and EiStX sow pigs, 7 months and 5 days old, bred bv himself. CLASS VI.—BREEDING SOW PIGS, OF A SMALL BREED. First Ynz or 104-976. Mr. E. G. BArnard,.M.P. (now sleceascd), o• Gostield Hall, near ILtstead, Essex, a pen of three improved Essex sow pigs, 22 weeks old, bred by himself. Second Prize of 51.-977. Mr: E. - G. Barnard, M.P. (now deceased), of Gosfield Half, near Halstead, Essex, a pen of three improved Essex pigs, 32 weeks old, bred by himself. To-day the show-yard is open from six in the morn. ing till :unser, at a charge per head of ss. To-morrow the price of admission fairs to 2s. 61., tied at four o'clock in the afternoon the Pavilion dinner will take place, at which it is understood that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will be present. The yard is to be open on Thursday for ls., and with the general meeting of the society in the Guildhall at ten o'clock on Friday the proceedings of this annual gathering close. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. We are requested by Mr. Paxton to publish the Aluwing letter : "TO THE RICIIT nor:. LORD CAMPBELL. "My Lord,—l take the liberty at addressing the pre sent letter to your Lordship, feeling confident you will be. glad to receive any information likely to correct the mis , ppri hene ions under which yen appear to labour re specting . construction, siabiliiy, and suitableness of the Crystal Palace to be retained as a permanent ouilding. " From your L'irdship'a reported speech in the House of Peers on Friday last, it appears you had founded your princidal objections to the building remaining as a wilit-r park and gar en upon information derived from an anonymous pamphlet, very much cakulsted to mislessil you. and which, it tau., would furnish grave objections to the continuance of the structure for the purposes I have suggested. The erro , ato which I aged) are these—that the bui!diiig, as at present constructed, is not stable enough to be put to any permanent use, being both frail and transient; an 1 that the only way to pi werve it would be to take the whole of it down and rebuild it. " 'Fhst two•thirds of the columns of support are made of wood, which will in a short time perish, and, the girders being of the same, are only calculated to endure tor one season. " That the sashes and other portions of woodwork would endure only for a very limited period, and would then have to be replaced at a great cost. " lii adding my correcions to these mistakes I might just mention that from the very commencement, when preparing my original plans of the budding, my views were to make it in ever) way suitable to be appropriated to a p-rmatient use, whien. tact I mentioned to Lord lircugham and many others. The entire framework sad strength l f the structure, as it now stands, is therefute composed of wrought and cast iron fixed securely loge• ch.-r, and firmly b dded in a concrete foundation, and, with ordinary attention to painting, this, the most illy portal t tilt of the edttic-, will last f r ages to eotne,wiat but 11 , 11 e repairs of any kind being necessary. ti de of " Every column on which the h..u , e reale is re ~,,,, iron; the intelmed ate on , s in the e vertor row .. m-rely placed tt.ere fur effect, and to divi le theaw's, _ of out have nothing to do with the support or sta bi li ty the builling. " All the girders which form part o f the e d of wroug framework ht and security ..f the structure ate eompo l s_ _ ders, but they aed cast iron. There are some wo odeo g ' are only intrAuced for r ff ct. upwards "Of the permanence of b d and st• d atom Ali ed to wood work, it kept properly Pto be able to form a oci . :: o r f lilt have :uffiAent experienooco _ use lights at chats go Chatsworth opinion; there are some. " wnich have at least been , r 3 to endure for a lung time to 100 years, and appear likely oowo net f d a e n u t ugaseshie for i r tor.duration for the sash and glasswork come. e is 50 years, i P ro l e care and attention , V tersest. v s ision was made fu ' 111 in " ats r . a renewal every 25 years; boweviic7: le be nearer the reality. ion, my belief is that The duration of of of e th x lie pe ye n r u eYs i t t' u ilma re la P ljea 100 years wo ul d be depends very to it mutih upon its woodworkposition, and t h e attention p aid, . We must not forget that many ~ o ur must enduring public buildings have wooden r o o r ot i, ; for instance, Westminster -hall, Lincoln's Inn-hall. s o the dome of St. Paul's, all of which are in excellent preservation. In order to render the buildinr , as it now stands fit , for a winter garden, considerable expenses must be in curred, au estimate of which 1 shall ationly be able to lay hetoro the public; but, without at this time enter ing into financial particulars, I am convinced that when once formed the after expenses for main tenance could be easily sustained without a public grant, and that the terms of admission could be made such as t . suit the position and wants of all classes of individuals. " 1 have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your Lordship's obedtrnt s.rvant. " JOSEPH PAXTON. I " 36, Gloucester-place, Portman-equate, July 14, 1851." ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW AT WINDSOR am The tow,i of N 1 ionsor presents at the present time an un e usually gay and splendid appearance; the inhabitats. v to evince their loyalty and deli g ht at having the Fhow 64- jac,nt to their town, are displaying flags and banne rs tom almost (wry huuae, ai well as at 'he cattle; the deeorativt emmittee traving obtained a sufficient supply for that Dup pose at the Emporia= of Dlr. Benjamin Ed i iington, of Lon . dos-bridge. b