The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-23 00:00:00

I 11 WWI GREAT MEETING IN LIVERPOOL OF THE AGRICULTURAL ENGLAND. ROY AL SOCIET\ After a political contest throughout the kingdom, now happily terminated, in which antagonist feelings have been roused to a degree of excitement which; in some quat ters, threatened the very foundations of society, and which we should hope, for the general weal, will never again be exhibited,—we hail, with heartfelt delight, the advent of a meetin the proceedings of which will furnish a cheering Passage in the records of our country to which all good men of whatever party will hereafter revert with pride and satis faction, demonstrative of eminent improvement in agricul r science, the pursuit of which, though primitive, is it valuable to which human energy can be directed, and which, by the chtmical and mechanical appliances of in times is calculated, abOve all others; by increasing the product of our own soil, and, consegnently; with our increasing population, extending, as it were, our terrestrial boundaries, to conserve and consolidate our national happi ess, security, and independence. It has been well said by a distinguished writer, that that man deserves well of his country who makes two blades of grass to grow where only one before raised its bead ; and how much more then ought we to commend the trium phant exertions of those by whose skill and perseverance, even the heath-covered moor, before scarcely conscious of verdure, and the bill side, " with blossomed furze unpro- fitably gay, ' may be blended with the fertile valley into ono common and prolific garden ! We entertain but a sorry opinion of the patriotism of the man who would draw upon foreign states for those articles of consumption which, by a proper appropriation of the gifts of Providence, he can pro duce upon the land of his fathers ; and we shall never yield to the senseless clamour for unrestricted importation from abroad, until we have brought into full cultivation every available spot of ground at home. This we conceive to be a principle neither invidious nor unjust, but wise and po litic ; and we would commend the same spirit, the same preference of home production in others, as the most bene ficial, by its promotion of industrial habits, for the general family of mankind. It is a feeling, indeed, essentially phi losophical, and peculiarly English. The fragrance of the rose that is plucked at the door of the cottage is sweeter in odour to the peasant, who has assiduously reared it, amidst difficulties and discouragements, than if it were culled from the parterre of the palace : the root which he has dug from his own little garden, is more grateful to his palate than if it were the purchased produet of unknown hands; and the same argument, though simple, if it be true as applied to individuals, is equally valid on the broad principle of nation ality. What vintage of a sunnier clime can yield a beverage so refreshing —so health-inspiring —as our own " home brewed nut-brown ale." And (we may further inquire), what foreign pasturage—as witness the present exhibition— can produce stock to compete with the home-fed beef of old England ! Truly it may be said, indeed, that whether as regards the necessaries of life, or the employment to millions which their production creates, " there is no place like home." With these impressions, the meeting of the Royal Agri cultural Society of England, at our western metropolis of commerce, is an event of much interest and gratification, and will, we doubt not, beget a more jusb and kindly feeling towards the rural population, amongst the ultra-advocates of free trade, than they have for some time exhibited. They will learn from it, if they be accessible to conviction, that much as has already been accomplished in the cultivation of the soil, much more may yet be achieved ; and that we should cease to be true to ourselves if, by neglecting to husband well our own resources, discouraging the home producer, we forward one interest to the ruin of another, and become thereby dependant upon foreigners for any portion of our supply of food, beyond an occasional fractional amount in the rare occurrence of seasons of scarcity. The primary object of the society is second to none that have hitherto engaged the attention of man individually or collectively, and is strictly compatible with the soundest and most un deniable principles of philosophy and political economy. It is, by the encouragement of new and scientific improvements and discoveries, to bring agriculture to the highest possible degree of perfection ; in a word, to ensure to the husband man the greatest possible amount of the produce of the soil at the least possible expenditure of capital and labour. A Purpose more beneficial, or more honourable, can scarcely be found amongst the range of human influences ; and we regard its originators with a degree of respect akin to that universally awarded to the magnanimous Roman senator, Cineinnatus, who, when his services were again in requisi tion in the guidance of the helm of the state, was found in unobtrusive retirement following the plough ! The first great meeting of the Agricultural Society was held at Oxford, in 1837, and the second at Cambridge, in 1840, both of which were patronised by a vast and influential body of our agriculturists and others; and the generous emulation which they excited, extended its beneficial effects to the most remote, as well as to the proximate districts of England. The present is the third meeting, and from its central position, as regards England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and the facilities of conveyance from every point by railway and steam-vessels, the attendance of strangers from distant counties, as well as the immediate locality, is conside rably greater than that atany former gathering, exceeding, pro bably , 40,000, amongst whom were many of the nobility and gentlemen of distinction, with their families, and a vast concourse of rearers of horses, cattle, &c., growers of corn, nursery-men, horticulturists, cattle dealers, agricultural im plement manufacturers, amateurs, and others interested in such exhibitions. The proprietors of railways, (particularly those from the south,) and of steam-boats, coaches, &c., have for some days reaped an unusually abundant harvest in the conveyance hither of passengers, implements, specimens of grain, roots, plants, and specimens of rare and extraordi nary vegetable production ; the principal and even secondary hotels and inns, and the principal streets, are more than usually animated and bustling. tkrnongst the distinguished strangers we may enumerate the follo;% .. i n g AT THE AnF,Lrtit.—Lord Dude, Lord Miltown, the Dean of 'l'uam, Sir C. Morgan, Sir John Guise, Sir C. Cuffe, Messrs. Skerrrur, Tyson, Penrice, MacFarlane, Young, Barker, .Purey, Kinker, Lawton, Cheap, Brown, Gray, Ir ving, Scarlett, Palmer, M.P., Pusey, M.P., Knatchbull, Jaund, Shaw, and Falcon. AT THE WATEnloo.—General Swaithworth, Sir R. George, Messrs. Connal, Weaver, Deighton, Stone, Todd, Grey, Bless, Proctor, and Ranson. AT THE ROYAL HOTEL.—Sir R. Langrish, Captain E. L. liolsey (Charleston), Captain Ferris (New York), the Right lion. Brown, M.P., Messrs. Robert Stewart, Joseph Gillis, John Gasgarth, Fishbourne, Maguire, Comport), Avonel, Gibson, Joseph Price, W. Phillips, E. B. Warner, Davis, Willoughby, Yorke, Clarey, M'Evoy, Slameton, T. Peterson, Roche, Champion, Waite, Dowles, and Jones, Mr. O'Connor, family, and servant, Mr. and Mrs. Chadwick and family, Mr. Mitchell and family, Mr. M'Clelland and friend, Mr. Arthur Guinness and family, Mr. Mortage and friend. _ _ . _ _ AT . THE gerEEN ' s ARMS.—Lord St. John, Colonel Eger. ton, Rev. W. Egerton, Colonel Sandamon, Col. Crichton Richard Swan, AT THE ANGET —Lord and Lady Flemming, Messrs _.... _.. ~ Adshead, Littlewood, Ashman, Biddle, Hearne, Heath, Gray, Green. Adkins, Steel, Gabell, Pearce, Garret, Bod dington, Whitey, Bright, Passenham, Bolt, Jones, Brether ton and friend, Mr: and Mrs. Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Miller and friend, and Mrs. Ermer. AT THE GRECIAN.—Messrs. Sparling, Suffolk, Cook, ditto, Crisp, ditto, Thorpe, Newark, Marfleet, Lincolnshire, Griffin, Peterborough, and Litchfield, Cork. AT THE NEPTITNE.—Sir S. Lawson, Captain Taylor, of York, Mr. and Mrs. Clarke and family, Messrs. MI - leek, Smythies (2), Townsends (2), Richardson, Badsford, - Whyley, Ledger, Parkinson, Smith, Leddenhall, Melzler, Laidlaw, Stables, Grundy, Lindsay, M`Chine, Mr. and Mrs. Bury. AT THE MONKS' FERRY HOTEL.—Mr. Hayter, M.P., E. Buller, M.P., P. D. Cooke, Hon. R. Clive, M.P.. J. W. Childers, M.P., Hon. W. B. Baring, M.P., Mr. Divett, M.P., IV. Miles, M.P., Sir J. Johnston, M.P., G. Legaw, IL J. Thompson, R. F. Shawe, Wilson Patten, M.P., J. Villiers Shelly, R. M. Milnes, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Vavasour, Messrs. Miles, Sir Richard Puleston. Besides these numbers of the gentry, not only of this and the ftd.ininino• counties, but from different parts of the three countries forming our United Kingdom, and not a few from the European Continent, and even from the United States of America were present at this truly great national meet ing, in which much interest was excited apart from poli tical feeling. at home, or national jealousy abroad. To these latter in particular, and to strangers generally, the immense and rapid increase of "the good old town," within compa ratively a few fleeting years, in splendid streets, public buil dings, elegant shops, docks, and other structures, and above all in its vast mercantile marine, from which it may be said, no inconsiderable fleet is daily sent forth to prosecute com merce in every part of the world, will doubtless form objects of curiosity and admiration ; and for:their guidance in in specting them, we furnish in another part of our paper a brief sketch of a morning ride, or ramble, which will enable them, within a few spare hours to visit all the "lions" of this modern Tyre, and its immediate neighbourhood. We learn that the Committee of the Lyceum News Room passed a resolution to admit 'to the room during the week all members of the Agricultural Association, and the example will no doubt he followed, not only by the other news rooms, but by all the public institutions, all of which are well worth inspection. Aleantime, the Theatre Royal, with a talented company, the Amphitheat re w ith a d m i ra b le equestrian en tertainments, the Zoological gardens, with a splendid repre sentation of the Siege of Acre, Exhibitions of paintings, &c., will present attractions for both the grave and the gay ; and aquatic trips to the opposite shore of the Mersey, or to the Floating Light, Rhyl, or the Menai Bridge, will invite those who have more leisure at command. At the last monthly meeting of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society, Captain Challoner submitted a general programme of the business of the meeting in the daily order of its occurrence, of which the following is a copy, amended by the council, on Monday, at their meeting, a t the Mechanics' Institution, with sonic observations appended by ourselves:— PROGRAMME FOR TIIE WEEK AT LIVERPOOL. of the council for th e general Monday, July 19. —Meeting arrangements of the society. Tuesday, July 20.—The judges will this day determi ne the prizes i n the implement yard. The members of the coun eil will dine by invitation with the mayor, in the banquetting_ room of the Town-hall. Wednesday, July 21.—The judgos will. implements the prizes in the cattle yard. The exhibition of will n be open fro m e i g ht o'clock in the m in the e ven i ng — a d m i ss i on ss. Trial of until six o'clock f the implements will he made in the fields. The council of the association will dine in Lucas's Repository (at five o'clock), and the award of prizes by the judges will be announced. Thursday, July 22.—The show of cattle and implements four will be open from eight o'clock in the morning until o'clock in the afternoon—entrance 2s Gd. The grand dinner of the society will afterwards take place in the great pavilion, for the members, at four o'clock. Friday, Jul, 23.—The show of cattle and implements will be open from eight o'clock in the morning until two o'clock in the afternoon—entrance ls. [The pr ice is this day reduced with a view to gratify all classes. In the after noon there will be a splendid s h ow o f flowers, fruits, &C, at the Botanic Carden, Edge-lane, when a large tent will be pitched, and a band of music in attendance. The Royal Agricultural Society is not, of course, connected with this exhibition, which will be by tar the most extensive and beau tiful ever seen in this part of the country.] Saturday, July 2-I.—The sale of stock in the show yard will take place—entrance Is. [lt is expected that the greater portion of the extensive collection of fine cattle will be dis posed of, •is many of them a re b roug h t from d i stant parts at a grea t expense. The sale of horses, pigs, sheep, Sze, will, no doubt, be also great, and the occasion will be highly inte resting to connoiseurs and others.] For many weeks past preparations on a most extensive and, scale have been in progress, for the and the publio diunnora that will 1,9( No ;;Qt :4t,01 gyanti SUPONOIIt GRATIS.] and covered with sheds for the exhibition, in an airy and con venient part of the outskirts ; and the erection of a large building was determined upon, for the grand public dinner on Thursday, there being no room in the town that would ac commodate one half of the anticipated guests. Both these erections are now completed, and though they were built solely for the occasion, and are destined ere long to be re moved, their respective magnitude and peculiarly appropriate design have excited much interest and attention, and we therefore supply a description of each somewhat in detail THE SHOW GROUND. The ground enclosed and arranged for the show is in Wind sor, a short distance to the eastward of the Mount Cemetery. It occupies the entire vacant space or square which is bounded on the south by Upper Parliament-street, on the east by San don-street and Faulkner-square, on the north by Canning street. and on the west by Bedford-street. It is nearly on a dead level, is of a light sandy soil, and is for the most part covered with grass. Considerable expense was incurred in levelling inequalities of the surface, and where the grass was deficient, cinders and other substances were spread down, and the whole compacted by frequent rolling. The entire length of the ground is 550 feet, and its breadth 494 feet, so that it comprises upwards of six acres, and forms nearly a perfect square. The site is elevated and open, being, as it were, though in the outskirts. in the open fields, where there are few houses yet built, and these at some distance from it. It has also the advantage of proximity to the Edge-hill rail way station, from which the cattle Stc can be taken without passing through any portion of the ground. The approaches, too, are numerous, and uninterrupted, so that all confusion will be avoided. The whole area is enclosed with boards, and the interior is laid out with every attention to the convenience of exhibitors, and the accommodation of visitors. There are no fewer than 13 very long sheds or tents of woodwork covered with canvass, the greater part of which is perfectly water-tight. Each de partment, such are the arrangeinents, will be - s'eparate and distinct. The portion of the area appropriated to the exhibi tion of implements of husbandry, seeds, roots, &c, is at the north end, next to Canning-street, and contains four sheds, running parallel east and west the whole breadth of the ground. These are sixteen feet wide, and the pillars that support them back and front are twelve feet asunder. A portion of the south shed is fitted with tables for the show of seeds, roots, vegetables, curious or rare forest trees, &c. The long avenues between are each twenty feet wide. The south side of the fourth shed from Canning-street is at pre sent boarded up, and will remain so, the better to separate the implements and the cattle, until Wednesday, when the boards will be removed in the night, so that the whole area and its contents will be seen by the public as far as possible in one uninterrupted view. The ground southward of the implement sheds (and which comprises about two-thirds of the whole square) is occupied by nine long sheds running parallel with each other from north to south, and each also of sixteen feet wide. Five of these, on the west, are appropriated for cattle and horses, and four, on the east side, for sheep and pigs. The avenues between these are thirty-nine feet nine inches in width, and as well as the others in the implement yard form delightful promenades. The cattle sheds are peculiarly constructed and railed off in stands or stalls below, so that visitors may walk along close to the animal's heads under shelter of the roof. On each side of all the sheds, and at a short distance from them, small trenches are dug, to drain off any rain that may fall, and con duce to the dryness and comfort of the footing. The roofs of all the sheds for implements, and of the most of these for cattle, &c., are covered with large sheets of semi-tran sparent waterproof cloth, of an amber colour. The remainder, on the east side, are rendered almost as secure, in the event of showers, by vessels'sails,—chiefly topsails, and top-gallant sails, that have erewhile borne many a gallant ship across the ocean. All these coverings are neatly and tightly secured, and the whole erections suggest the idea, of a new settlement or town for emigrants in Australia, or some tropical country. An immense quantity of timber was, of course, required to complete them. The sheep pens are remarkably well ar ranged. Where there are four pens together, a pole is fixed in the centre, surmounted by a square box or four-sided placard board, resembling a lantern ' each side facing oue of the pens, and each bearing the number of the pen, and the description of the sheep on a large placard, and the reward, if any, on a large card over it. Every single stall or standing will be also numbered on tickets, with the description of the animal in like manner. At our former shows for this and the adjoining counties this satisfactory manner of indexing the breed, &c., was not fully or uniformly attended to. At the centre of the south end of the enclosure, and outside of it, there is a reception or entrance yard for the cattle, &c., of eighty feet in length by forty in breadth. The ground is here so excavated that carts, &c., with cattle, pigs, or sheep may back up with the body of ie machine on a level with the cattle yard, so that the animals may walk out without being lowered, or driven down an inclined stage or scaffold — which will be a great convenience. The inner corners of this yard (on the north) are occupted by two commodious rooms built of wood, for the accommodation and meetings of the council of the association, the committees, the clerks, and others connected with the conduct of the proceedings. On the south side of the yard are four erections resembling large sentry boxes, each having an opening or window to the south, at which admission tickers to the show will be sold to applicants on the two first days of public admission. For Friday, when the pr:ces will be lowered to ls., similar acco modations are provided at the north-west corner of the en closure, which is the nearest to the town. . . The whole, now that it is filled with cattle decorated with ribbons, and implements, &c., presents a highly animated and most interesting appearance. The society is indebted for the entire plan and arrangements to Mr. Thomas Gibbs; and to 'Mr. Humphrey Gibbs, the dierector of the show, assisited by his brother, Mr. B. T. B. Gibbs, all belonging to the old established and well known concern of Messrs. Thomas Gibbs and Co., nursery and seedsmen, Half-Moon-street, Piccadilly, for superintending the erections. Mr. H. Gibbs, who was also director of the two former meetings of the asso ciation, at Oxford and Cambridge, and is director of the Smithfield Club, has acquired much experience in this line, and has gone through the arduous task con amore, and with that persererance which enthusiasm in the cause could alone supply. The show of cattle, horses, sheep, &c., is, we may venture to say, the finest, whether as regards numbers or quality, which has ever yet been witnessed. It were impossible for an alderman to look at the fat horned cattle without feeling his mouth water, and longing to see before him smoking on the board one of those prime pieces of beef (of which the stalls would supply hundreds) upon which James 1., in his penchant for such substantials, conferred the honour of knighthood, while he sojourned at Hoghten Town, in this county. The visitor to the implement yard will be struck with the beauty and ingenuity of the vast number of machines and instruments, some of complex, others of simple construction, and all of indubitable utility to the husbandman, that there meet his astonished sight. We have obtained a passing glimpse of the whole. Most of them are entirely of new invention, and many of them ex ceedingly neat and ingenious ; but it were premature to notice them fully until they are put to the test of trial, or to name the inventors in detail until the respective prizes are awarded. Suffice it here to say that they comprise numerous descrip tions of harrows, ploughs, drill-sowing, harrowing, grubbing, rolling, cutting, threshing, winnowing, grinding, bruising, and other machines; all sorts and sizes, in fine, of apparatus for horse and man power, to torture the poor soil into mel lowness, to prepare it for, and impregnate it with, the seed, to gather in the harvest and prepare it for use—in fact, to do all but masticate the food for her majesty's lieges, when it is cooked or baked, which operation alone is left to their own jaws. One contrivance struck us as admirable,—a cart with machinery, that canbe thrown out of or into gear at pleasure, to cut turnips for sheep or cattle in the field, and leave them on the ground as it proceeds of about the size of potatoe sets. There is also a portable threshing machine (on wheels) worked by a five-horse power high-pressure engine, by a manufac turer in Birmingham. We also noticed churns, cheese presses, and turners, many of " Ransome's" celebrated im plements for sowing turnips, corn, clover-seed, trefoil, &c., &c., and great numbers of machines for cutting straw, hay, turnips, and other fodder, and for crushing the same. Amongst the numerous articles exhibited are also several specimens, in large flags, of the Blue Lias, or Warwickshire Stone, so much approved of for the laying of barn floors, &c., from the birth-place of the immortal Shakspeare. The nursery stands or tables will be viewed with great in terest. At that of MessJs. Gibbs, (before noticed) some fine specimens of dried grasses, the seed of which is adapted for permanent pasture, will be shown ; also a variety of roots and plants of extraordinary properties and dimensions. Our townsman, Mr. Skirving is, as usual, up and doing. He will show fine samples of seeds, roots, rare forest trees and shrubs, and various kinds of manure, the properties of which will be explained. Amongst the trees we observed a fine specimen of the Araucaria Imbricata, a species of pine tree from the mountains of South America, which has recently been introduced into this country, and is not only highly decorative in lawns and pleasure grounds, but is sufficiently hardy to withstand our climate, and produces a timber much superior to our native fir trees. It is a beautiful evergreen with hard leaves closely placed and completely enveloping the trunk and branches. Here too, under one of the sheds, is pitched a handsome round portable tent, from the manu factory of Mr. Edginton, marquee, tent, and flag manufactu rer, of London. THE PAVILION This building, in which the great dinner of the members of the.society will take place on Thursday, is, though but temporary, the largest and most unique that has ever beet constructed in this town. It is on the vacant ground where stood the Old Infirmary, in Lime-street, in part of which the excavation for the New Court House has already commenced ; and, from its magnitude and peculiar appearance, has for some weeks attracted much curiosity and attention. The architect is T. Wild. Esq., of London, and the general form is that of a huge tent. In the exterior wall of wood-work, it is a twenty-four sided figure, described equilaterally within a circle ; it appears, and is almost in reality, owing to the obtuseness of the angles, perfectly circular. The diameter is 171 feet—and the height of the outer, and only visible, wall is 14 feet. The roof resembles that of a tent, rising to an apex ; but with this difference, in order to obtain light and ventillation, that there are between an outer circle and a centre piece (both rising on the same angle) a succession of twelve radiated risings, of the ordinary roof shape, the outer ends of which form perpendicular gabels or pediments, which are left open, with the simple protection of calico curtains or blinds, to be drawn only in the event of the wind blowing in any rain that may chance to fall while the guests are at the banquet. As the centre circle of the roof rests upon the ridges of these radiated portions other similar triangular, but smaller, openings are left between the slopes of this part of the rooffing, wi curtains of same material, hanging lower down and forming decoJative drapery. The opepings are therefore, in all twenty four in number, and admit an ample volume of light. The covering of the roof is of immense large sheets of canvas, prepared for the purpose, with composition or varnish of a reddish hue, totally impervious to water, and nearly so to light. The appearance of the structure is remarkable and by no means unpleasiug ; though in the absence of what may be called architectural decoration, we confess we should like to see the Royal Standard of En land that a flag in the middle land floating from the cen tre. We may here, by th e wa of the Show Gro un d, and a sma y ller one at each corner , wou l d , add show the extent of the area, and tend greatly to enliven the general appearance of th e whole. The interior of the pavilion is of imposing extent, and when peopled by the guests, with the numerous tables amply furnished witn the good things of this life, the effect will be magnificent. Within the outer circle or wall are two smaller cicrles of pillars diminishin g in diameter, supporting the roof. These are so slender and so far apart compared with the ge neral extent of the building, (170 feet in diameter,) that they form little or no obstruction to the view, and none to the sound. Those of the centre circle are 3.4 feet in height ; those of the inner 42 feet. The central portion of the roof vesatilli,liN an immense e x t en d t 4 partiN i f rises, on a slight acclivity to its apex, 73 feet frera the ground, anti strollgiv Pikkr OW 119 I.:Plitffri T TO (ibt oot FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1841. The seats and tableS Within in the inner circle are level with the ground in the cock-pit; or lowest part of the ground, and run parallel from east to west. The great ring beyond this space to the walls rises gradually to the wall, on broad steps or stages of strong plank, supported on solid brick walls, radiating from the centre circle, and all, even to the back, provided with tables and fixed seats. The whole, con sequently, forms an immense amphitheatre, in almost strict accordance with the celebrated structures of that designation in ancient Rome. The tables are 18 inches in width, which may appear a little scanty, until it be stated that there is but one seat to each, the whole being so arranged that, with the exception of a few immediately behind the principal table, all the guests will face the chairman, the table for whom and his more distinguished guests is elevated on the north of the inner circle, and is of great length. That for the vice-chair man and his friends is directly opposite, nearer the wall, and is on a still higher elevation. There are 13 parallel tables in the centre circle,. and 14 circular tables ranging beyond them to the back all round the building. The tickets to be issued will be for 2,800 individuals (so far as has been yet arranged) ; but, allowing 20 inches of room for each person, no fewer than 3,510 may be admitted. At the back of the chairman's and vice-chairman's tables are pantries and cel lars. There are also pantries at the other two cardinal points of the compass. In the cellars there have been depo sited four butts of excellent wine, and an immense quantity of prime ale, porter, &c., for upwards of a fortnight. There are seven entrances to the building—those to the higher or gallery part, by exterior stairs, and each will be labelled or lettered in accordance with the tickets,—after the system adopted with aegard to polling-booths, in order to prevefit all confusion. THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ENGLAND AND WALES CITIES AND BOROUGHS. Con. Rad . 1 This building, and also the erections on the show ground, are the work of our townsmen Messrs. Samuel and James Holme, of Seel-street; the only parties, in this locality, who could undertake structures of such magnitude. They have been superintended by the principals themselves, as well as, more immediately, by Mr. Arthur Holme, and their clever and attentive foreman Mr. Rushton. Considered as temporary buildings they reflect on them the highest credit, and a regret naturally arises that they must be pulled down immediately after their appropriation to the uses of the Agricultural Society. The pavilion might for years to come form an ad mirable and much wanted place of public meeting on a large scale, and might, with some few improvements, also serve for many years as a theatre for exhibitions, lectures, &c., of which this town, considering its extent and importance, is often wofully in need. If a similar permanent building were erected in an equally convenient site, we have no doubt, (un less the contemplated St. George's Hall be proceeded with,) but that it would prove a lucrative speculation, and we know of no builders better qualified to erect it than Messrs. Holme. AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. Names of Places. Names of Members Flintshire . . . Mostyn r . . . . Glamorganshire . Adare c Talbot c . . Gloucestershire, East, Codrington c Charteis c Gloucestershire, West, Berkeley r Hale c . . Hampshire, North Lefevre r Heathcote . . Hampshire, South Fleming c Compton c . Herefordshire . . Hoskins r Baskerville c Bailey c Hertfordshire . . Grimstone c Smith c Ryder c . Huntingdonshire . Fellowes c Thornhill c . . . Isle of Wight . . Holmes c Kent, East . . . Plumptre c Knatchbull c . Kent, West . . Filmer c Lord Marsham c . Lancashire, North Lord Stanley c Patten c . . Lancashire, South Lord F. Egerton c Wilbraham c Leicestershire N . Manners c Farnham c. . . . Con. Rad 1 .1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 TUESDAY This day the judges determined the prizes in the imple ment yard, but the award of the prizes was not published until the following evening, when the council dined together in Lucas's Repository, the proceedings at which, together with all the subsequent particulars, will be found in the STANDARD. Names of Places. Names of Members. Abingdon Duffield c Andover R. Etwall r Lord W. Paget r Aylesbury Arundel Ashburton Jardine r........ Ashton-under-Lyne, Hinley r Barnstaple Hodgson c Gore c Berwick Forster r Hodgson c Beverley Townley r Hogg c.. • • • • • • • • Beaumaris . Bodmin .. Leicester c Vivian r Boston Brownrigg c Duke r Brecon .. Morgan c.... . Bridgnorth Whitmore c Pigot c .. Brighton.... Pechell r Wigney r Ranbury H. W. Tapered r Bath Duncan r Roebuck r ........ Bedford • . Polhill c Stuart c Bewdley Sir T. Winnington r Birmingham Scholefield r Muntz r ........ Blackburn Fielden c Hornby e Bolton Bowring r Ainsworth r Bradford. Bridgewater Broadwood c Forman c Bridport • . Warburton r T. A. Mitchell r Bristol Buckingham Sir T. Freemantle c . Sir J. Chetwode c Bury St. Edmund's,Jermyn c Fitzroy r Bury Caine Cambridge . ... M. Sutton c Sir A. Grant c . Cambridge University, Goulburn c Law e Canterbury Bradshaw c Smythe c Carlisle Howard r Marshall r Cheltenham Berkeley r Chippenham J. Neeld c Boldero c .. .... , Christchurch Rose c Cirneester Colchester Sir G. Smith c Sanderson c.. Coventry Cricklade Cardiff Carmarthen Morris r Chester Grosvenor r Jervis r ...... Chichester Lennox c Smith r Cockermouth .... Aglionby r Horatian r Carnarvonßoroughs,Huglies c Chatham Clitheroc Cardigan.. Derby Devizes .... ...... Sotheron c Heneage c .... Dorchester Ashley c Sir J. Graham c Durham Fitzroy c Granger r Dartmouth. Seale r Devonport . Tuffnell r Grey r Dover Reid c Rice r.. Denbigh Boroughs, Mainwaring c Droitwich ........ Pakington c Dudley Hawkes c East Redford Vernon c Duncombe c.. . Exeter.. Eye Evesham .. Finsbury .. Flint Frome Sheppard c ...... .. .. .. . Gateshead . Hutt r Gloucester. Grantham Welby c Talmarsh c .. .. . Greenwich . Dundas r Bernard r.... Grimsby Heneage r Great Marlow .... Williams c Clayton r .. Guildford Harwich . . Attwood c Beresford c.. Hastings Haverfordwest .... Philips r Helston Vyvyan c. Hereford Halifax High Wycombe Dashwood r Bernal r . Hertford Lord Mahon c Hon. W. C Honiton . Horsham Scarlet c Hull Huddersfield Stansfield r Huntingdon Pollock c Peel c. . Hythe Ipswich Wason r Rennie r Kendal.. . . Wood r . Kidderminster .... Godson c Knaresborough.... Lawson c Farrand c .. , Lambeth ..., .... Hawes r D'Eyncourt r Lancaster ... .... Greene c Marton c .. . Launceston .... Sir H. Hardinge c Leicester .. ..... Easthope r Ellis r Leominster Greenway r Wigram c .. Leeds . Beckett c Aldam r .... Lichfield Lincoln Sibthorp c Collett c Hartford r Elphinstone r. Stallion c Cresswell c .. .. Buller r Lyal c Masterman c Wood r Russell r Pinney r Lord G. Bentinck c Canning. Lymington Stuart c Makinnon c Ludlow Macclesfield Grimsditch c Brocklehurst r. Maldon Dick c Round c Malmesbury Howard r Melton Childers r Denison r Marylebone Hall r Napier r Merthyr Tydfil.... Guest r Monmouth Blewitt r Morpeth... . Maidstone ........ Hope c Dodd c Manchester Marlborough Lord Bruce cH. B. Baring c.. `4 Midhurst M'gomeryßorough Cholmondeley c 1 Newark Newcastle-u-Lyme Buckley c Harris r Newcastle-u-Tyne. Ilinde c Ord r Northampton .... V. Smith rR. Currie r Norwich. Marquis of Douro c B. Smith r 1 Nottingham Newport. Hamilton c Martin c. Northallerton .... Wrightson r Oldham Fielden r Johnson r Oxford University Esteourt c Inglis c Oxford City ...... Maclean c Langston r Pembroke Owen c.. Penryn &Falmouth Plumridge r Vivian r Peterborough .... Sir R. Heron r Fitzwilliam r Peterstield .. Sir W. Jolliffe c Plymouth Poole Portsmouth .. F. Baring r Sir G. Staunton r Pontefract Lord Pollington cM. Milnes c 2 Preston Radnor Price c 1 Richmond Dundas r Colborne r Reading Russell c Lord Chelsea c.. Reigate Lord Eastnor c Ripon Sugden c Pemberton c Rochdale Crawford r Rochester Douglas c Bodkin c Rye H. Ourteis r St. Alban's Repton c Lord Listowel r .... Sandwich Shrewsbury .. Towline c D'lsraeli c Southwark........ Humphrey r Wood r Stafford Carnegie c Buller r Stamford Stockport H• Marsland r Cobden r Stoke -upon-Trent. Ricardo r Copeland c Sudbury .. Salford Brotherton r Sheffield Parker r Ward r Scarboro Johnstone r Trench c Salisbury Brodie r Wyndham c Shaftesbury ... ... Howard r Shoreham Sir C. Burrell c C. Goring c Southampton .. • Bruce c Martyn c South Shields .... Wawn r Stroud Sunderland Thompson c Barclay r. . St. Ives .......... Praeds Swansea.... Tamworth Sir R. Peel c Captain A'Court c 2 Tavistock Tewksbury Dowdeswell c Martin r Thetford • . (double return) Thirsk .... : .... Bell r Tiverton. Taunton Labouchere r Bainbridge r Totness Seymour r Baldwin c .... Tower Hamlets Clay r Fox r Truro ........ Tynemouth .. Metcalf r Wallingford Blackstone c ...... Walsall Wareham Drax r Wakefield Holdsworth r ............ Warrington Collins —... ; Warwick Wells B SBi l ir a a c Cc k k. mb Douglasuor n se e e c i . l c. a . yt : r r Wenlock Westbury ....... Westminster Rous c Leader r ...... • . Weymouth Villiers c Hope c .......... Whitby Chapman c ................ Whitehaven Wigan.. G r eenall c Cross c ..... . Lord Fitzharris c ......... Wilton Winchester Windsor J Rarnsbottam r R. Neville c Woodstock Thesieger c ............... Worcester.. c Wilder ........ Wolverhampton VByialillieers r Thornley r .... Yarmouth Wils hire r Ruinbold ;r York Low ther c Yorke r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4. 2 .. 1 2 1 1 1 G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 ;owper r 1 2 Liverpool Liskeard. London . Lyme Regis Lynn 1 1 1 1 COUNTIES . 2 1 2 G 1 1 1 G 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Anglesey. . . . Stanley r Bedfordshire . . Alford c Astell c Berkshire . . . Palmer e Barrington c Puse c 3 c Brecknockshire . Wood • • • • Y ••. . 1 Buckinghamshire . Young c Du re . . 3 re c Mur ra y c . . 3 Cambridgeshire . York c Eaton c Alli s e • Carnarvonshire . Pennant c . • Cardiganshire . . Powell c Carmarthenshire . Trevor c Jones c . Cheshire, South . Egerton c Tollemach c c . . . 2 Cornwall, East . Eliott c Rashleigh Cnmberland, West Stanl e y c Irton c • • • . 2 ,.., Cheshiic, North . Egerto n c Le g h c Cornwall, West . Pendarves r Boscawen c . Cumberland, East Howard r James r • ' Derbyshire, South MundY c Colville e .2 • • • Durham, South . Vane r Bowes r -• • Denbighshire . . Wynne c &Tot c 2 Derbyshire, North Cavendish r Evans r . . . Devo n shire, North Acland c Buck c Devonshire, South Buller c Lord Courtenay c . Dorsashire . . . Lord Ashley c Sturt c Bankes c 3 ntichum 'North , Liddell 0 Larabton r , , i Lsox, south , , Brovit" o l'alMet 0 1 I ' V Irlooox Neth , 'firog 0 Rouo4# , , , ', ' a , , , THE MAYOR'S DINNER TO THE COUNCIL In the evening the mayor, Thomas Bolton, Esq., invited the members of the council to dine with him in the Town hall. The dinner took place in the Grand Banquetting-room, and was of the most splendid description. The mayor pre sided, and at his right sat Philip Pusey, Esq., M.P., presi dent of the Royal Society of Agriculture ; on his left were the Right Hon. the Earl Spencer, the Right Hon. the Earl Talbot, and the Right Hon. Lord Sandon, M.P. The fol lowing gentlemen among others were also present :—Sir Francis Lawley, Bart., Major St. Paul, Mr. Slaney, late M.P. for Shrewsbury, Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P., Edward Buller, Esq., M.P., the Rev. Dr. Buckland, professor of geology in the University of Oxford, T. Law Hodges, Esq., Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, the Rev. James Martineau, David Barclay, Esq., M.P., Mr. Childers, M.P. for Malton, Sir J. Johnson, Bart., the Hon. Captain Spencer, the Hon. R. Clive, the Rev. Archer Clive, the Hon. Spencer Montague, Sir Joshua Walinsley, Thos. Thornely, Esq., M.P. for Wolverkampton, Mr. Geo. Wil braham, late M.P. for South Cheshire, G. H. Wilson, Esq., of Harperley Park, near Bishop Auckland, &c., &c. Alto gether sixty-nine gentlemen partook of the mayor's hospi tality. The toast of " Success to the Royal Society of Agriculture" was proposed by the mayor, in a very neat speech. Mr. Pusey responded in a suitable address, which was loudly applauded. The health of the mayor was pro posed by Lord Spencer, who spoke in warm terms of the cordiality with which the visit of the society had been re ceived, and said he had no doubt it would be attended with the most beneficial effects. The mayor thanked the noble lord and the company for the honour conferred upon him, and said that it always had been, and ever would be, the pride of Liverpool to pay respect to any association the ob jects of which were so praiseworthy as those of the Royal Society of Agriculture. Many other toasts were given, and by eleven o'clock the company departed, highly gratified with the entertainments of the evening. ESSAYS AND REPORTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. PREMIUMS FOR 1811.-PRIZE ESSAYS. 1. VARIETIES OF WHEAT.—Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for the best re port on the comparative merits of different varieties of wheat. 2. VARIETIES or BArtr.HY.—Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for the best re port on the comparative merits of different varieties of barley. 3. VAP.IETIES OF TORNIPS. — Ten Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for the best re port of the comparative merits of different varieties of tur- 4. EFFECTS OF CERTAIN CROPS ON SUBSEQUENT CROPS OF WBEAT.—Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for the best account of the comparative effects of crops of beans, clover, vetches, po tatoes, rye-grass, or any other crop, upon a subsequent crop f wheat. 5. Foon FOR LABOURERS. — Ten Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for the best directions to enable labourers to prepare wholesome, nutritious, and pa latable food, in the most economical and easy manner. ON MANURES AND SOILS 6. APPLICATION OF LIME.—Ten Sovereigns, or e Piece if Plate of that value, will be given for the best account of experiments on the application of lime as a manure. 7. NITRE AND CUBIC NlTRE.—Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for the best account of experiments on the application of nitres as ma nures,including saltpetre (the nitrate of potass) and cubic nitre (the nitrate of soda). 8. IMPROVEMENT OF PEAT SOlLS.—Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for the best essay or report on the most successful means by which the improvement of peat soils may be effected. ON AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS AND IMPLEMENTS. P. SUBSOIL AND TRENCH PLOUGHING. —Twenty Sove reigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for the most satisfactory experiment on the comparative merits of the to processes of subsoil and trench ploughing. 10. SINGLE-HORSE CARTS.—Ten Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for the most satisfactory account of any experiments to compare the relative advan tages of the single-horse carts which are generally used in Scotland, with any mode of conveying agricultural produce which is practised in any part of England, or in any foreign country ; having regard to economy of labour both of men and animals, quickness of work, and facility in loading and conducting the carriage. 11. AGRICULTURAL MECHANICS. —Fifty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for the best essay on the present state of agricultural mechanics, and on the improvements of which the various implements now in use may be susceptible. NEW MEMBERS. The following is a list of the names of those gentlemen ; •esiding in or near Liverpool, who were elected members oi society at the monthly council meeting on the 7th o: July : LIVERPOOL.—Riehard Formby, M.D. ; James Gaskell, Smithdown-lane ; Elias Mozley ; George Smith, Bold street ; J. Marshall, M.D., Islington • Francis O' ' Neil ; Henry Croft ; James Hallady ; Robert Crosbie ; William Henry Gilliat ; Thomas Adams ; Wm. Price, Cleveland square ; Charles Mozley ; Enoch Harvey ; John Walton, Seel-street; Robert Lindow Carr, St. Anne-street; Matthe w Wilson, North John-street; John Preseot Heys ; Sir John Sainsbury • James Mander, Castle-street; Edward Little dale, Rodney -street ; James Aspinall ; Rev. Jonathan Brooks ; Robert Bagott ; John Hayward Turner ; Thomas Murray, Rumford-street ; John Ripley, 23, Canning-street ; James Muir, 12, Great George's-square; Edward Guy Deane, Mount-pleasant; William Maddy, Childwall-street ; Thomas Durio, Moore; P. Ramsay, M.D., 69, Chatham street; George W. Frazer, Rodney-street ; Richard Phibbs, Faulkner-street ; Robert Woodward ; and John Johnson, EVERTON.—J. H. Mather • John Hodgson ; Thomas Shaw; Robert Broadhurst Hill, Breckfield House ; Joseph Hornby ; and John Grantham, 9, Everton-road. KIKKD LE.—John Brown, Pleasant-street ; William Nixon : William MacCormick ; and Edward Clark, Devon shire-terrace. WEST DERBY.—Samuel Bright; Thomas Banks, West field House ; and James Rigby, Moss House. AIGBURTll.—William Joseph Myers ; Richd. Harrison ; Richard Scholes, Aigburth Hill ; William P. Bushby ; Cot tingham Moss ; and John Bevan. WAVERTREE.—John Pagan. OAKLEIGH.—Adam Ashton. OAK VALE.—George Cunningham. ALLEETON.—S.yarner Shand, Springwood BRIARLEY.—John A. Tinne. WEST DINGLE.—Joseph Brooks Yates. HILLSIDE IlousE.—Archibald Sinclair. NEWSIIAM HousE.—Thomas Blayds Molyneux MUCH WOOLTON.—John Croswaite. OTTERSPOOL.—Thomas Moss _ _ _ PRESCOT. — George Hendrie, Knowsley ; and John Heys. (For the remainder of the proceedings of the Society see the STANDARD.) FATAL. EFFECTS OF A WOUND RECEIVED IN DISSECT ING A DEAD BODY.—M. Boitens, a French medical student, expired in great agony a few days ago, from mortification which ensued from a slight wound in the hand, received while dissecting a dead body. On the third day from the accident, inflammation appeared, and the virus overpowered its victim in two days. On Friday last, a cat, which had fallen in with a hare near St. John's Church, Keswick, gave pursuit to the timid ani mal, and they ran a desperate course through a part of the town ; but the hare eventually escaped from puss by taking shelter in a timber yard, where it was shortly afterwards cap tured by one of the workmen. STREETS, ROADS, TURNPIKES, AND OTHER HIGH WAYS IN LANCASHIRE.—From a parliamentary return, recently printed, we extract the following particulars, rela • tive to the roads, &c., in this county, in the year ended March, 1839 : —Th e length of the streets or roads paved or repaired under local acts was 256 miles (omitting fractions) ; length of turnpikes, 627 miles ; length of all other highways, 2,220 miles ; making a total length of all other highways in this county, two years ago, of 4,105 miles. It is worthy of remark, that the length of the streets or roads paved under local acts is greater in this county than in any other in Eng land ; Suffolk being the next, 252 miles ; Middlesex, 232, and Yorkshire, 167 miles. The amount of highway rates levied in Lancashire was, in 1837, £134,712 ; in 1838, £142,548 ; and in 1839, X 147,991. Of these amounts, the following sums were expended in repairs in the same years respectively :—X108,858, £126,427, and £ 130,744 . The amounts expended in law an d o ther expenses (exclusive . of repairs occasioned by presentment or indictment) were 51 / , 4 4;1,130, 'Vii total 411111 R expended in tiO MOO 4h(oe Nv0V04319,34141044001644,413111174, South . Halford c Packec Lincolnshire N Christopher c Worsley r South . Turner c Trollope c . . . • Middlesex . . . Byng r Wood c Merionethshire . Richards c Monmouthshire . Lord G. Somerset c Morgan c Montgomeryshire. Wynn c Norfolk . . . . Bagge c Chute c . . • • Norfolk East . . Woodhouse c Burroughes c . Northumb South . Bell c Ogle r Nottinghams. N . Knight c Holdsworth c . . Nottinghams. S. . Earl of Lincoln c Rolleston c Northamptons. N. Maunsell c O'Brien c . . . Northumberld N . Ossulston c Cresswell c . . Northamptons. S. Cartwright c Knightley c. . Oxfordshire. . . Norreys c Harcourt c Henley c Pembrokeshire . Evelyn c Radnorshire . . Walsh c Rutlandshire . . Heathcote r Dawney c . . . Suffolk East . . Hennilier c Vere c Shropshire North. Hill c Gore c Shropshire South. Earl of Darlington c Clive c . Staffordshire N . Russell c Alderley c . . . Staffordshire S. . Visct. Ingestre c Col. Anson r Suffolk West . . Rushbrooke c Waddington c. Sussex West . . Earl of March c Col Wyndham c Surrey West . . Denison r Trotter c . . . . Somerset East. . Langton r Miles c Somerset West . Acland c Dickinson c . . . Surrey East . . Kemble c Antrobus c . . . Sussex East . . Darley c Fuller c Wiltshire North . Long c Burdett c Worcestershire E. Barneby c Taylor c Warwickshire, N. Dugdale c Wilmot c . . . • Warwickshire, S. Mordaunt c Shirley c . . . . Wiltshire, (South) Herbert c Bennett c . . . . Worcestershire,W.Major-Gen. Lygon c Knight c . Westmoreland, . . Lowther c Lowther c . . . . Yorkshire, (East) Broadley c Hotham c . . . . Yorkshire,(North) Cayley r Duncombe c . . . . Yorkshire, (West) Wortley c Denison c . . . SCOTLAND. Aberdeen . . . Bannerman c Ayr Boroughs . . Stuart r Ayr County . . . Kelburne c Aberdeenshire . . Gordon c Argyllshire . . . Campbell c Banffshire . . . Duff r Berwickshire . . Campbell c Brecknockshire . Wood c Buteshire . . . Rae c Caithnessshire . . Trail r Clackmananshire . Abercromby r Dumbartonshire . Smollett c Dumfries County . Johnstone c Dumfries . . . Ewart r Dundee . . . . G. Duncan c Edinburgh . . . T. B. Macaulay r Craig r . Edinburghshire . Ramsay c Elgin Boroughs . Hay r Elginshire . . . Bruce c . , Falkirk Burghs . Baird c Fife Forfarahire . . . Gordon r Glasgow . . . . Dennistoun r Oswald r . . Greenock . . . Wallace r Haddingtonshire . Hepburn c Haddington Burghs Balfour c Inverness . . . J. Morrison r Invernessshire . Baillie c Kilmarnock . . Johnston r Kirkaldy . . . Ferguson r Kincardineshire . Arbuthnot c Kinross . . . . Abercrombie r Kirkcudbright . . Murray r Lanarkshire . . Lockhart c Linlithgowshire . Hope c Leith Rutherford r Midlothian . . Ramsay c . . . . , Montrose district . P. Chalmers r Orkney . . . . Dundas r Paisley . . . . Hastie r Perth F Maule r Peebleshire . . . Mackenzie c . . • • Perthshire . . . Drummond c . . . . Renfrewshire . . Stewart r Roxburghshire . Scott c Ross & Cromarty . Gore r Ross, &c. . . . Mackenzie c Selkirkshire . . Pringle c Stirlingshire. . . Forbes c Stranraer. . . MiTaggart r Sutherland . . . Dundas r St. Andrew's . . Ellice r Stirling Burghs . Lord Dalmeny r . . . Wick Boroughs . Lock /- Wigton Burghs . W. Taggart r Wigtonshire . . Dalrymple r IRELAND. Antrim County . Alexander c Irving c . . . Armagh . . . . Randon r Athlone . . . . Beresford c Armagh County . Acheson r Verner c . . Bandon . . . . Jackson c Belfast . . . . Tennant c Johnstone c . Cavan . . . . Young c Clements c . . Clare County . . Macnarnara r O'Brien r Cork . . . . Murphy r O'Callaghan r Cork County . . O'Connell r Roche r . . . Carlow . . . Layard r Carlow County . Bruen c Bunbury c . . Carrickfergus . . Kirk c Cashel . . . . Stock r Clonmel . . . . Pigot r Coleraine . . . Litton c Donegal County . Conolly e Mayes c . • • Down County . . Castlereagh c Hilborough c Drogheda . . . Somerville r Downpatrick . . Ker c Dublin University Shaw c Lefroy c . . . Dublin . . . . Grogan c West c . . . . Dublin County . Hamilton c Taylor c . . • indalk . . . Redington r Ingannon . . . Northland c Sheil r Bridgman r miskillen . . . Cole c JrmanaghCounty.Archdall c Brooke c . . alway . . . . Blake r ,alway, County . Bodkim r Martin r . . Kildare, County . O'Ferrall r Archibold r . Kerry, County . . O'Connell c Browne c . Kilkenny . . .J. O'Connell r Kinsale . . . . Watson r Kilkenny County . Butler Bryant • . . King's County . . Westenra r Armstrong r Limerick . . . Roche r O'Brien r . . Lisburne . . . Meynell c Londonderry . . Ferguson r Leitrim County . White r Clement r . Limerick County . O'Brien r Powell r . Londonderry County Bateson c Jones c . . Longford County . «hite r White r . . Louth County . Dawson r Mallow . . . Norreys r Meath . . . . D. O'Connell r Grattan r Mayo County . . Blake r Browne r Monaghan County Westenra r Shirley c . . Newry . . . . Newry c New Ross . . . Gore r Pertarlington . . Darner c Queen's County . Coote c Vesey c . . Roscommon . . The O'Conner Don r Frenc Sligo County . . Percival c Gore c . . . Sligo Borough . . Somers r Tralee . . . .M. O'Connell r . . Tipperary . . . Cave c Maher r . . Tyrone County . llamilton c Corry c . Waterford County Carew r Swart r . . Waterford . . . Christmas c Reade c Westmeath County.Tuite r Chapman r . Wexford . . . Esmonde r Wexford County. Halton r Power r . . Wicklow County. Acton c Howard c . . Youghal . . . Howard r Dungarvon Ennis . . THE ELECTIONS COMPARATIVE LOSS AND GAIN. Places. Members. Lib gair ndover Paget v. Pollen 1 Argyllshire Athlone . .. Barnstaple.. Bedfordshire Bolton ..... Gore v. Chichester. Astell v. Russell.. Bowring v. Bolling Duncan v. Powerscourt )itto... 3edford Roebuck v. Burges. Stuart v. Crawley . 3erwick Forster v. Holmes 3everley 3radford Townley v. Fox .. Hardy v. Busfield Blackburn. Brighton. Buckingham. . Caithness Cambridge ~ Cambridge (county) Carlow (county) Cornwall (W.) Cornwall (E.) Cricklade Cheshire (N )...... Cheshire (S.) . Dorsetshire Dublin (city) Ditto Dublin (county) Ditto.... .. Dumbartonshire Edinburgh (county) Falkirk Falmouth..... Flintshire , Mostyn V. Glynne Gloucester Gloucestershire (E.) Charteris v. Moreton Greenwich Guildford Mangles v. Scarlett . Haddington, Harwich .. Balfour v. Stewart Attwood v. Ellice Hereford Herefordshire Hobbouse v. Burr... Baskerville v. Price .• • Hertfordshire Ryder v. Alston ....... Honiton Horsham Hull v. Hanmer Hutt ....... Ipswich Ditto Kent (W.) Marsh= v. Hodges... Kilmarnock Johnson v. Colquhoun. Kinsale Watson v. rilionlas .. • , KtsfirosboropAll ~ ~ ~ Isawrigo y, Rich; • t, s, s Pitte, 1 ss is yl tt tl to v I recilitid V, 101144gett , Ca'inpbell v. W.F. Campbell 0 Beresford v. O'Connell... 0 Hornby v. Turner Wigney v. Dalrymple 1 Chetwode v. Verney 0 Traill v. Sinclair . Sutton v. Pryme . 0 Alix v. Towneley 0 Bunbury v. Yates Boscawen Rose v. Lemon. 0 Rashleigh v. Vivian Howard v. Goddard 1 Lezh v. Stanley 0 Tollemache v. Wilbraham . 0 Bankes v. Strangways • 0 West v. O'Connell. Grogan v. Hutton Hamilton v. Brabazon Taylor v. Evans .... ...... 0 Smollett v. C o l qu h ou n.... 0 Ramsay v. Craig .......... Baird v. Gillon . • ........ 0 Plumridge v. Freshfield. • . 1 1 [POSTAGE FREE. Members Lewes. Ditto Lincoln . Lincolnshire (S.) Ditto London Ditto Leeds. Ludlow .... •• • • Montgomery .... Marylebone Midhurst Elphinstone v. Fitzroy Harford v. Cantelupe Collett v. Bulwer Turner v. Heathcote Trollope v. Handley Lyall v. Crawford Masterman v. Pattison Beckett v. Baines Ackers v. Salwey Cholmondeley v. Edwards Napier v. Teignmouth Seymour v. Spencer .... ......-- , Newark N'castle-under-Lyne Harris v. Miller ... N'port, Isle of Wight Martin v. Hawkins Ditto Northumberland (N)..Cresswell v. Howick. Nottingham Petersfield Joliffe v. Hector Pontefract .......... Pollingson ♦. Stanley Preston.. Queen's County Reading Ditto Vasey v. Fitzpatrick Chelsea v. Talfourd Russell v. Palmer .. Renfrewshire Stewart v. Houston Rochester Ditto.... Douglas v. Bernal.. Bodkin v. Hobhouse Roxburghshire Rutlandshire . Rye Scott v. Elliot Dawuay v. Heathcote Curteis v. Moneypenny Scarborough St. Alban's . Johnstone v. Sty le Repton v. Musket, Staffordshire(North).. Adderley v. Buller 0 Sliaftesbury Howard v. Matthew 1 Shrewsbury. ' Tomline v. Slaney 0 Somersetshire (West)..Dickenson v. Sandford.... 0 Southampton Lord Bruce v. Lord Duncan 0 South Shields Wawn v. Ingham Stirlingshire Forbes v. Abereromby .... 0 Stockport Cobden v. Major Marsland 1 Stoke upon Trcnt Ricardo v. Davenport ..... 1 Sudbury Sombre v. Tomline Fallen v. Cavendish March v. Lennox . Wynham v. Surrey . Holdsworth v. Lascelles . Scott v. Gladstone 1 . Drax v. Calcraft . Christmas v. Barron 0 . Reade v. Wyse . Lopez v. Briscoe Rous v. Evans Dalrymple v. Blair Acton v. J. Grattan Escott v. Mildmay Neville v. Gordon Greenall v. Standish Crosse v. Ewart.. . Knight v. Winnington Wortley v. Morpeth Dennison v. Strickland C Sussex (East). Sussex (West) Wakefield ... Walsall. Wareham.... . Waterford city Wigan Ditto.. Worcester (W) Yorkshire (W. R.) Ditto MEMBERS RETURNED TO THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ENGLAND AND WALES. onservative members • OSA Jeral ditto 196 Total members for England and Wales.. - 500 SCOTLAND. Conservative members Liberal ditto. ... Total members for Scotland IRELAND. Conservative members returned up to last night Liberal ditto.. • Total members for Ireland .. Total members of the House of Commons Total conservatives returned...... 368 Total liberals returned . 288 Total conservative gains up to last night Liberal ditto 22 31 rs,/ - 105 658 Total conservative gain 41 votes, equivalent to 82 on a vision (as compared with the last parliament.) As soon as the return for the county of Wexford is received we shall repeat the numerical list in extenso. :PPERARY ELECTION.-DREADFUL WORK (From the Dublin Evening Packet.) JULY 12.—An atrocious and savage outrage was this day perpetrated upon a body of gentlemen, who were proceeding to Clonmel, for the purpose of recording their votes for Messrs. Maude and Barker. The party, which amounted to forty-one persons, left Roscrea at half-past four o'clock in the morning, and proceeded pretty quietly as far as Kilcooley Abbey (the seat of Mr. Barker), when they halted for a short time ; on again setting forth they were reinforced by a few policemen. They arrived without any important interruption as far as a place called " Birmingham," when a formidable mob were perceived posted on the brow of the hill, and fields, and ditches surrounding which were exceedingly high, and completely lined with the peasantry. They had evidently been arranging a systematic and murderous attack, for, on turning an angle of the road, several cars, laden with coals, were found completely drawn across the road, faced and flanked with stone barricades, and surrounded by at least 1000 of the mob, thany of them nearly naked, and every one of them armed with large stones and other mis siles. The gentlemen immediately left the carriages and proceeded to remove the barricades amidst the yells, hootings, and clouds of stones, many of which took effect ; nevertheless, the gentlemen intrepidly forced the barricades, and beat back the mob—not, however, before the riot act was read, and the police and party, quite in leir own defence, were obliged to fire upon them. This alternative was avoided until the most brutal treatment was inflicted upon the party. The mob having been beaten back, and the passage cleared, the carriages were regained and the cavalcade had resumed their route, when an alarm was given from the extreme rear that some freeholders had been dragged off the hinder cars and were savagely attacked, when the party again quitted the carriages and rushed to the rescue of the police, who were engaged with the people, and endeavouring to save the lives of a few old and defenceless freeholders. On coming up to the rioters, two old gentlemen, named Cor coran and Davis, were found lying on the ground, and the savages brutally beating them with stones. Again they were beaten back by another ♦olley from the police and the party ; but on returning to look for the carriages, he mob had literally smashed them to pieces. Two of he horses were lying dead on the road, and the drivers n full retreat. Here there appeared no alternative but :o return to Kilcooley Abbey, which was effected by the party fighting their way, inch by inch, for a considerable part of the road. We regret to state the humane anxiety to avoid an unnecessary sacrifice of life, and which was the first object of the gentlemen comprising the party, even in the midst of such a fearful scene, was not as effectual as we could wish, as several of the peasantry were severely wounded ; however, before a shot was fired, very many of the gentlemen were knocked down. The greatest credit is due to the magistrate who com manded the police, and to the gentlemen, for the coolness and forbearance they exhibited. P. S.—Two of the gentlemen injured are in great dan• ger. Mr. Davis has lost his eye, and Mr. Corcoran nar. rowly escaped being murdered, as one of the ruffians whc knocked him off the car, rifled him of his pistols, an( fired one of them at his head, but the bullet of whit] only perforated his bat. He is now lying at Kilcoolcy in a state of extreme weakness. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE MANCHESTER-TUESDAY EVENING The attendance was good this morning ; but no business of importance done. The settling seemed to .pass over very well. GOODWOOD. — For the Stakes, 9 to 2 taken on the field. The same odds offered on the Cup field. As nearly as we could glean, at a late hour, the prices ran thus : THY GOODWOOD STAIRS. 5 to 1 against Lord Eglinton's Dr. Caius 10 to 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Henri Quatre.—t 11 to 1 „ Lord Albemarle's Exit.—t 12 to 1 „ Mr. Goodman's Isabella. THE GOODWOOD CUP. 5 to 1 against Mr. Greatorex's Pocaonthas 5 to 1 Duke of Orleans's Nautilus 9 to 1 Mr. Johnstone's Charles XII. 14 to 1 „ Marquis of Westminster's Maroon. DONCASTER CUP.-500 to 400 offered on the field, 9 t against Tan Amburg taken. TATTERSALL'S—MoND AY With a trifling exception, the betting was confined to the Goodwood events ; it was far from heavy, but in the list of prices given below will be found two or three changes of some interest. For the Stakes, which is still a bad race for the book-makers, Dr. Caius was in great favour with influ ential parties, who not only took 9 to 2 freely, but offered to lay 2 to 1 on him against the late premier, Welfare, against whom there is a strong feeling at present. Monops and Henri Quatre were backed at improving prices. and Orelia at the Liverpool quotation ; the layers against the latter being numerous. For the Cup, Pocahontas, upon the strength of a bet of 530 to 100, was, at one period, first favourite : the French, however, " bore up," and at the close Nautilus was half a point a head. Colwick stood for some time at sto I, but ultimately fell 6 to 1, laid, and afterwards offered. Charles XII. was not backed currently. " I am acquainted with the particulars relating to the fatal collision which caused the loss of the William Brown. We felt the collision below, but did not think of hurrying on deck, especially as we were not called. Near twenty minutes, I think, elapsed before we were called, and then the not un usual cry of All hands shorten sail. roused us on deck. The topgallant sails, foretopmast studding sail, and other sails were taken in, and the topsails dewed dowm, and reef tackles hauled out. The captain then went down in the forecastle in order to ascertain what damage had been done, and, upon ascertaining, he exclaimed, ' My God, we can't save the ship. It's no use—clear away the long boat.' The pumps had previously been rigged, and every effort used to keep her afloat, but without effect. " The long-boat was cleared away, and provisions, water, a compass, quadrant, and several other articles were put on board of her. One or two of the passengers secreted them selves in her while she was yet on board, and were hoisted out in her. When she was in the water, the passengers made a rush, and I believe that several of them perished in their haste to get on board. In the meaatime the stern boat was lowered down, but I did not see what transpired, I will not state anything upon hearsay. The boats both dropped astern, where they remained fast by their painters to the ship until she was on the eve of sinking, when they were cut adrift. The ship went down in about three hours, I think, after she struck. There were forty-two in number in the long boat. _ . "At daylight, Captain Harris told the mate the latitude and longitude, and advised him to steer N.W. The captain then took the names of the passengers and crew, after whick the mate told him that the long boat was leaky, and could not live. Some communications, which I did not distinctly hear, then passed between the Captain and mate, to which the captain replied, I will not hear such talk.' The mate then distinctly said, We must cast lots—we all cannot live —some of us must die, the boat is so leaky.' The captain again remonstrated with the mate._ " During the whole of the day the weather was extremely cold, and the sea very rough. We rigged a drag with our ours, in order to keep the boat's head towards the sea, and to break the force of the waves. Towards night-fall the mate consulted, in a low voice, with several of the crew, about lightening the boat. I was aft at the time with my back against the stern, At last he said to me and another man who was near me, ' Well, I suppose you have no ob jection to lending us a hand to lighten the boat ?' I inquired how he intended to do so, and while I was speaking, I heard a splash alongside, and the whole boat was in uproar—the work of death had commenced. The other man and myself had both remonstrated against such cold-blooded proceed ings, and said, ' If we are to die, let us die fair—let us cast lots.' Very well,' said the. mate, they will throw you overboard next.' I then drew my sheath-knife, and swore that whoever should lay a hand on me should share my fate. The mate then called a tall negro, one of the crew, to toss me overboard, but when he saw my knife, he went forward again and lent the others a band. My companion stuck close to me during the whole of the heartrending scene, determined to defend himself to the last. " One old man, a native of Ireland, when about to be seized, fell upon his knees and entreated them to spare his life, and he would give them all he had. He then drew from his purse a number of sovereigns and offered them to the crew, but they were thrown aside and himself passed over board. A lad, about eighteen years of a age, requested time to say his prayers, which was granted, and when he con cluded, he said, lam now prepared—l do not wish you to throw me overboard—l will go myself,' and he stepped off the gunwale into the sea. Of all who were thrown over board, not one, to my knowledge, succeeded in getting on board again. There were no hands cut off, nor any blood spilt ; neither did any one, excepting the young man already mentioned, jump overboard voluntarily. " The unfortunate passengers offered no re,sistence; prayers and entreaties where all they used. Oh! spare me! spare me!' several of them cried, even when they were half over board. I will not attempt a description of this awful,scene; it would melt the heart of stone. I believe there were six teen thrown overboard. " The boat was bailed out after she had been lightened ; she then rode very well, and made but little water. The following morning I discoverd a sail, and communicated the fact to the mate, who said, ' By God, Jack, you're a lucky fellow ; you have saved your life.' The ship that picked us up, as is already known, was the Cresent. So strong was my indignation against the negro that, upon reaching the Cresent's deck, I seized a heaver and threw it at his head. " All the crew in the boat, excepting the mate and another man, were foreigners, or, as sailors say, Dutchmen, that is, .., . . men belonging to the continent of Europe. " Upon our arrival at Havre, in the Villa de Lyon, the American consul, when made acquainted with the facts, ad vised me and my companions to remain and give our evidence against the mate and crew i but we declined, upon the ground that we conceived the testimony of the passmigera sufficient. As we was not very urgent, we were liberated after an ex amination before the board of police. " After my health was somewhat recruited, I shipped on board the Angelo, Captain Jacques, bound for Newberyport, where I arrived on Wednesday last. I arrived in Boston on Thursday, and have made this statement for the information of the public. _ _ _ TERRIFIC STORY JOHN MESSER, Seaman -HYDROPHOBIA (From the Perthshire Ativertiser.) About a month ago, a dog belonging to Mr. Fenwick, George-street, Perth, - gave pretty strong symptoms of being ina rabid state, by biting three or four of its own species, without anything like provocation, and immediately there after fastening on a horse belonging to James Rollo, a li censed carter in Bridgend. The aggressor, as well as those he attacked, with the exception of the more noble animal, were drowned or otherwise killed with all convenient speed, to save probable consequences. The horse, a fine stallion, was bit on the upper lip ; but the wound, which seemed trivial, soon healed up, and was quickly forgotten. On the evening or sabbatb last, his owner, on going into the stable, found him in rather a feverish state, frothing at the mouth, and perspiring copiously. This circumstance, however, did not at the time bring to mind any recollection of the injury done by the dog, as natural causes might account for those manifestations of excitement. On Monday morning, Rollo rose about four o'clock, to cart a quantity of clothes to the North Inch for bleaching. On entering . the stable, he was immediately struck at by the horse ; and ou essaying to put on the harness, the enraged animal caught hold of his left shoulder by his teeth. By dint of superior strength and for titude, however, he succeeded in extricating himself, and ad. justing the harness ; but no sooner had he cleared the stable door, when the infuriated animal again rushed upon his ma ster, seized him by the arm, and throwing him down, tram pled and tore at him alternately, and would have made him a mangled corpse in a short time, had not a house carpenter and a policeman rushed to his assistance, and striking the maddened brute on the head with a hammer, forced him from the prostrate man. The horse was now yoked by the assistance of the carter's son, and the clothes taken to the Inch. On returning, he was driven knee deep into the river ; but though showing no marked repugnance to water, he re fused to drink, and without taking off the harness, he was. again placed in the stable. In about three hours afterwards, the young man, thinking the animal would now be somewhat cooled, re-entered the stable, but found him wilder than ever —striking out furiously, and making every imaginable effort to bite. After great risk and exertions, however, he succeeded in taking off the harness, with the exception of the collar. Throughout the day, every succeeding hour added to the in tensity of the animal's fury, and by evening his contortions of rage and agony were absolutely terrific. By that time, the door was strongly barricadoed, in the fear that he should make his escape. Two or three individuals anxious to see the animal in the heat of his paroxysms, made way into the loft above him. The scene was appalling in the extreme. Be low them was the infuriated brute, which was dimly seen through a d ense c l ou d of steam fed by the fires that raged through and distended his nostrils. Every vein and muscle was frightfully swollen. He had broken his binding, torn his collar to tatters, and was kicking and stamping furiously up and down the stable. Now he would neigh, now heave e groans of the deepest agony, then, shaking as with an ague fit, would gather himself up, and suddenly it spring aloft, making the very house shake with w . h s is and groan again, or, gnashing his teeth, roll his with his teeth the savagely around. He ever and anon tore e ent the quiver tlesh from his breast, would shake for a ni if be found relief ing carrion, and then dash it from him , _Thawsalls of the stable e li h k , ;all. Then in the intensity of his sufferin were e d n fl o il w state di d about two o'clock on the gave way. The poor brute t. mina ion, d t h a u i n t d i b e l x o h o a d u : taendd nature t h i s the carter's arms were following morning- On exa lited, and other parts of his body found to be dreadfully yptwene,sareef dheaupgpeyr,tobusttabteeatrhaetvehriys give sooner than could have been s w e o v u e n re d l s y n i injured. j yetlir e .n uflowerer,amsceurnick appearanceexeted of bolding cow I s. co. ~.....---~--r- Sir Edward Su, The reported 4:1! 'mous singe 30 AM ST. LEGER Offers to back the field at evens, or to take 6 to 4 six Coronation. Closing prices : 12 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Middleham (taken) sto 1 „ Coronation winning this and the Cup (take GOODWOOD STAKES. 9 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Dr. Caius, Bst 21b (tk) 10 to 1 „ Mr. Payne's Welfare, Bst 71b 12 to 1 ~ Lord Albemarle's Exit, 6st 111 b (taken) 12 to 1 ~ Lord Chesterfield's Henri Quatre, Est 41b 12 to 1 Captain Gardnor's Monop s , 7 st 21b ~ 12 to 1 ~ Mr. Allen's Orelia, Bst 31b (51b extra) GOODAV OOD CUP. 9 to 2 agst Duke of Orleans's Nautilus, Gst 121 b sto 1 „ Mr. Greatore x ' s Pocahontas, 7st Illb (tk) 6t o 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Colwick, Bst 31b Bto 1 ~ Mr. Johnstonft's Charles XII., Bst 121 b 20 to I ~ Lord Westminster's Maroon, Bst 511 20 to 1 it Mr, tiateram's Vapour 0 to 6 on tho field against tin WOildff SUPPLEME 1 1 1 2 1 1 Westbury Westminster Wigtonshire Wicklow ... Winchester. Windsor ... lONIAN ISLANDS. SIR HOWL)) DOUGLAS'S DEPARTURE FROM CORFU'. 23, 1841 CORFU, JUNE Sir Howard Douglas took his departure in the lonian steamer on .the 16th instant. The day before he left I went to - take leave of him, and on entering the palace I found it crowded to suffocation with people, all in tears, and so eager were they to get a last sight of Sir Howard that I had great difficulty in coming near enough to shake hands, and when I did so Sir Howard spoke very freely to me, and was deeply affected at seeing such strong demonstrations of regret amongst the people. There were crowds outside the palace . who, when he left the palace followed him to the waterside, and there he was gratified with a very pretty sight—there was a beautiful barge waiting to convey 'him to the steamer, manned by eighteen officers of the warriSon, in sailor's uniform, each having an oar, and Sir George terkeley officiated as cox swain. As Sir Howard stepped into the barge the citadel fired the usual salute, and on leaving the steamer the officers gave three cheers. I never saw a multitude show such unfeigned grief as on the day. Sir Howard Douglas departed. Captain and. Mrs. Douglas, Mrs. Duckworth, and Lieutenant Forbes, Sir Howaid's aide-de-camp, ac companied him. They will join lady and Miss Douglas at Trieste, and thence proceed to the baths at Carlsbad. (From the Government Gazette of June 12.) In delivering the Government into the hands of his Ex cellency the Right Hon. J. A. Stewart Mackenzie, Sir . Howard Douglas thus addressed him :•—• " In placing in your handi the office of Lord High Com missioner, in the presence of the most Noble Senate and its President, I wish you all success, and trust that your Administration will be prosperous in every respect, honour able alike to your country and yourself, and advantageous to the inhabitants of these States, and I sincerely hope that your residence in these islands will be agreeable to your family and yourself, as it has been to my family and To which his Excellency the Right Hon. J. A. Sewart Mackenzie replied : " Allow me, Sir Howard Douglas, to express my most sincere thanks for the anxiety you have so kindly mani fested relative to the prosperity of my government, and the ministration which I am about to assume " It will, indeed, give me great satisfaction if, at the end, my administration shall obtain that prosperity and good success of which you have to boast, and which has signa lised the progress, and distinguished the close of your long and arduous career in these States, whose interests and permanent well-being you have promoted with so much ability, so as to secure you the high satisfaction and ap proval of the protecting Sovereign of your measures, as well as the general voice of a grateful people. " I thank you likewise for the kind expressions which you have used towards me and my family." THE SHIP WILLIAM BROWN ) John Messer, one of the crew of the ship William Brown, [ Captain Harris, which was wrecked in the ice on the 19th of L April, called on the editor of the Boston Post, and furnished him with a statement relating to the loss of the ship and the ) circumstances connected with the heart-rending affair in the ) long boat. He spoke in the highest terms of Captain Harris, 0 as an able, experienced commander, and a generous, noble -1 hearted man. Messer is still in a very weak state of health, I from his sufferings in the boat, and he fears that he will never I perfectly recover. ' STATEMENTS OF JOHN MESSER 37 .. 78 a i l - 4