The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-10-02 00:00:00

0 B'ER. 2 1835, NIT c LIVERPOOL AGRICULTFRAL SOCIETY This society held its fifth annual meeting yesterday, and the. encouraging tone of last year's report was fully justified in the result of the day's exhibition. A very considerable number of claimants appared for the seve ral premiums, and it was gratifyir gto remark, that not only did the winners evince much excellence, but there were scarcely any instances of very inferior animals being iixhibited as heretofore. This is a circumstance of much importance, proving not only the introductionnf better stock into the district, but also a more matured judg ment amongst our farmers, who have now in somedegree learned to estimate the qualities of their stock at home, without submitting them to the condemnation of a public exhibition. These remarks apply peculiarly to the cat tle, many of which would not disgrace any exhibition in counties where the. production of superior animals has longer been an object of attention. With respect to this portion of the exhibition, we cannot avoid expressing a hope, which is by no means intended as a censure, that as the members of the society, and other exhibitors, ad vance in the knowledge of stock, they will become sen sible of the absurdity of preparing their animals for .exhibition by a mode of feeding which competent persons 'declare to be destructive. Great injury is done by this proceeding, which in fact answers not even the purpose intended. Skilful and unprejudiced persons are ap pointed as judges, and can discriminate at once the superior merits of a good animal in store condition. In deed, such men are always rendered suspicious that there has been much defect to hide where so great pains is taken to lay on fat. The exhibition of pampered ani mals has also the bad effect .of discouraging the less wealthy breeders, who imagine they have no chance of success unless they resort to artificial measures; and it not unfrequently justifies, in their own estimation, those ,who withhold aid from such societies, because they wrongly imagine they tend to encourage extravagance and waste. We trust these remarks will be taken as they are intended, in good part. It is not our intention 'to particularise where all was so good, but we cannot ,avoid making one exception in favour of a stallion, the property of Mr. Greenall. We have heard much of horses for general purposes, and on inspection of ths candidates have generally been disappointed. The :horse in question is the very thing. He possesses great _power without the slightest clunisiness—beautiful light action, and though• strong enough for every description .of draught, is sufficiently • easy and quick in his paces for -the saddle. This desirable union of qualities, so rarely combined; must render him a great acquisition to the . neighbourhood. Lancashire has been hitherto little appropriated to the breeding of sheep, but there are doubtless many farms 'on'which small flocks would be advantageously intro duced, We were therefore glad to see a considerable • increase in the number exhibited, and also an improve ment in the quality. The pigs were, as usual, mon ..strous as to fat, and the head of one that took the prize - last year, exhibited in a preserved state , e xceeded any we had ever seen.or conceived of obesity. The exhibition of implements was small. Mr. Skir ving had a splendid assortment of dried grasses, cab bages, roots, &c.' .Mr. Whalley produced some very :superior specimens of apples ; and Mr. Gibbs, from Half-moon street, Piccadilly, had a good collection of grass seeds for laying down lawns and permanent pas ture, as well as seeds and grasses of other descriptions. The following is the REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOB , 1835. The sixth anniversary of the Liverpool Agricultural Society ~brings the committee once mote before its subscribers and the public, with a repetition of the satisfactory assurances contained in the report for last year. Every expectation then held out has been amply realized—new subscribers have been enrolled -newe prospects of advancement of the society's best interests continue to open upon its friends —improved methods of culti• vation are-daily gaining ground, and an exhibition of stock, &c. has to-day been presented, on the character of which it is un necessary to comment. The public is well able to form its own approving estimate. • Where all connected with the society is of an encouraging description, it would be superfluous to dwell upon particulars; Amt there is one subject, the importance of which may justify the committee's solicitude, and a more marked notice. It is im possible for any one at all conversant with farming to sui vey the district embraced by the society's boundary without recog nising the, absolute necessity of very great exertions in drain ing, to bring much of the land into anything like a productive state, or to justify the application of capital or skill in any of the iuiproved modes of cultivation which the society may be in - strumental in recommending. The committee is therefore par ..ticularly anxious to impress, equally on the landlord and to- . nant, that draining is the first 'essential step towards improve ment and profit; and that until it has been extensively and efic malty accomplished, skill, labour, and manure are alike unpro fitably expended on the soil. . To such members of the society as are not cognizant of the fact, it 7ill nut be superfluous to state, that a ploughing match, under the auspices of the society has taken place at Newton, -attended by circumstances higtily.gratifying.and eucourat,ging as regards the number of competitors.an d s p ectators, as well as the manner in which the ploughing was performed. This in teresting and- useful application of a-. portion of the society's , energies and funds is proposed to be continued annually, and as it must tend to improve and perfect one of the most important ~operk t, ioo4uf.agricil.ture, scrit,is trustekhe ploughing matches to be held in future will obtain that attention and countenance ` - to which they are manifestly entitled. • The thank; of the committee are again due to the Mayor and corporation of Liverpool for the accommodation of the yard in which the exhibition has been held, and to Mr, Lucai for the use of the Commodious room in which. the society and its friends dined together. THE DINNER. The plan of the dinner was conducted on a scale combining elegance, economy, and luxury. The extensive coach reposi tory, as heretofore, was fitted up tastefully for the occasion by Mr. William Horne, of the Mersey Hotel. Tables, five in num ber, ran parallel from one end of the room to the other, and were '6 averedby the choicest delicacies of the season , embra cin g . turtle, venison, game, fowls, ducks, geese, and every other de scription of excellent substantials, which the hungry guests did ample justice to. The chair was placed in the centre, as before, and above the president's head, on a board covered with green cloth, were exhibited the numerous silver cups; tankards, and prizes awarded during the day. Above the door at the entrance were the loyal initials, W. R., formed of various coloured dahlias, and branching from them, on each side of the repository, were festoons of the same beautiful flower. The wines were decidedly A 1 at Horns':, and the attendance of the waiter's was such as to give great satisfaction to the assembled many. Each table was calculated to dine upwards of one hundred guests, and the number that sat down might be about between' five and six • hundred. On entering the room the noble chairman was re ceived with three distinct rounds of applause, and the falling of several of the seats, caused by the anxiety of the company to do .honour to their president, gave a salute in due form. His wor ship the Mayor was also loudly cheered on his entrance. His worship sat at the president's right, and John Ireland Black barne, Esq., M.P. for Warrington, on the left. Amongst the - gentlemen present we noticed Sir Edward Mostyn, Bart., Wil -son Patten, Esq., M.P., Bootle' Wilbraham, Esq., M.P. for ,South Lancashire, Hesketh Fleetwood , Esq., M.P..fo r Preston, Bold Houghton, Esq., John Formby, Esq., Colonel Hornby, (brother-iu-law of Lord Stanl,) Rev. Mr. Blackburne, the Rey. R. Rawsthorne, France, Esq., Clarke Hildyard, Esq., president of the Northampton Agricultural Society, T. B. Cross; Esq., of Shaw Hill,— Bailey, Esq-, Birmingham, Esq., of I re faml3ll. - Chrichely, Esq., Richard Pilkington, Esq., Peter Greenall, Esq, of Saint Helen's, and the Rev. Henry Berry. Amongst the judges of cattle and sheep we noticed A . Jones, Esq., of - NVelshpool, J. WOOd, Esq., Kimbleworth. Dur ham, Benjamin Crawshaw , Esq.' .Byram, Ferrybridge, -York shire. The judges of horses wereThos. Scott, Esq., of Preston, and J. Oakden,Esq., of Knutsford. The cloth being removed, the chairman gave " The Duke of Lancaster." " His-Majesty. the King." (Cheers.) " Her Majesty the Queen." (Cheers.) LORD STANLEY then rose and said that he did so for the pur pose of calling upon them to do honour to a toait, which he hart on many similar occasions called upon them in that room to drink with three times three. It might not be necessary for him to preface the toast with any remarks, but when he wished prosperity to their society, he felt that he . could hardly allow it to pass without offering a few obserVations on their continued success and improvement. This improvement must be seen when, on looking round, they observed so many agriculturists from different and distant parts of the kingdom who had done them the honour of visiting their infant society. The society certainly was in its infancy, but he could appeal to 'the gratify ing show that had been exhibited that day to prove that a de cided improvement in the society had taken plate over last year and all preceding years. (Cheers.) The surest way to obtain real improvement in any undertaking was to persevere and show a progressive advance. He saw, and it was a source of infinite satisfaction, that a spirit of excitement for competi tion amongst the farming population was becoming general, and they did not only see their own farmers carrying away the prizes, but their distant neighbours also. Their neighbours in Wales, fur the satisfaction of the Lancashire farmers, he was glad to ;say, would not carry away all the _ M prizes this year,. and ' although he saw the names of Mr. Dawson and r. Bloor, as successful exhibitors, he would tell them to look pretty well .to the next year or they would certainly be beaten. (Laugh ter.) Mr. Greene'', d St. Helens, had evinced great judg ment in the rearing of his cattle, and had taken away four prizes, and Mr. Pilkington was not satisfied with taking less than nine prizes for cattle only. He (Lord Stanley) did not in the least grudge these gentlemen their treasures, for those who saw the cattle must be convinced that they were well deserved. (Cheers.) With respect to ought to be given for cattle produced bone fide by the farmers of the county, as it 'could not be. supposed that they could with any chance enter` into competition' with opulent gentlemen who made agriculture a favourite amusement and a favourite science. (Cheers.) If that were done he considered there would be a greater encou ragement given t 6 the farmers to improve their stock, as they would then enter into a spirit of rivalry with each other, meet on •equal grounds with a fair field and no favour. (Hear.) Look ing retrospectively, he did not think that in any respect the meeting -had deteriorated from that of last year, but had im proved.. The show of cattle was much finer, and they had not fallen off with their pigs, the latter circumstance being an assurance that they would not be undersold by the Irish market. (Cheers.) Horses for agricultural purposes were shown by the farmers in their teams finer than ally he had seen this year. To another subject connected with the society . he would now turn with feelings of the highest satisfaction, which, although expressed year after year, .would loose nothing by re esetition, as it affected the interests of both high and low : he meant the distribution of premiums given to the farmers' ser vants and labeurers, for meritorious and long services rendered under the roofs of their masters. (Cheers.) Amongst the,pav rnents made to this class there were six, not one of whom claimed for less than twenty-nine years—two for thirty-nin‘ years, two for forty-one years, and two for fifty years faithful service to their employers. (Cheers.) Whatever deficiency might arise in the success of agriculture, this was a feature they would never have occasion to be ashamed of, and they might challenge competition iu this branch of the society's good works with any county in England. (Cheers.) The society's funds, it was pleasing to see, had so far increased that they had been enabled to discharge the debt of last year, and a surplus would have been left in the hands of the treasurer had not a new and praisewor thy undertaking been entered into—he meant the cultivation of a spirit to excel, atnongst the farmers, by establishing a plough ing match, which would be continued annually, and be the '~„~"~"x„~ L crLie"r4+wr. means of showing farmers their deficiencies, and capitalistS the i, method of improvement. (Hear.). Without suet► st►mulants to exertion men were satisfied.with their own works. (Hear.) ' A man glanced at his stock of cattle, and thought them perfect. He looked "at his iffiplements; and considered there was no room for improvement, but when they were brought into competition then the farmer discovered that _his neigh bour's plough worked better than his, and the labourer found that his felluw labourer pauaged the plough with more dexterity than Ike did. This.was the way to excite emulation, and to carry the - ibjects of the.sociyty toil successful issue. He had no doubt buti,ifhey would sliortly see the plough managed as effectually by.stie man and one horse as it has been hitherto managed by two men and two horses. His lordship remarked, in conclusion; that he had known the society at the time of its commencement, that lie had witnessed its progressive advance year after year, and thattlie hoped, by the mutual assistance of landlord and tenant, - attire years would bring forth even still greater iinprovemanti. He then gave " Success and pros... perity to the Liverpool Agricultural Society." The toast was than drank with three times three. His Worship the Marini then rose and said, with the per mission of the chairman, he craved their attention to a toast Which he was about to propose. After the able and splendid manner in which their •noble chairman had prefaced the last toast, it would ill become him to trespass on their time with any attempt to add to what he has said. The distinguished indi vidual whose name he was about to propose would have felt rea son to be proud of his own stuck, could he have witnessed the able manner in which they had heard the interests of that society advocated and set before them that night. He begged to propose—" The health of the Earl of Derby, the Patron of the society." (Loud and reiterated cheers.) Lord STANLEY said it was needless for him to assure them how highly gratified his father must have been had he been present to witness the enthusiasm with which his name had been received. For many years it had been his great pride to endeavour to obtain, and his great satisfaction to believe he had obtained, the approbation of the inhabitants of Lancashire, for the faithful discharge of his duties as representative of the undivided county. (Applause.) In the situation in which his father was now placed, deeply connected as he was with the agricultural interests of the county, he could not but feel much gratified with the tribute of respect paid to him that evening. (Cheers.) His interest, his duty, and all his feelings led him warmly to participate in the interest that was felt in the welfare of that society, and he (Lord Stanley) could safely say,' that his noble father desired as cordially as himself, (and no one could desire more cordially,) the increasing prosperity and suc cess of the agriculture of this great community. (Much ap plause.) Mr. JOHN 'WILSON PATTEN said they had just drank of the worthy patron of the society, and, considering his long services, they had done no more than justice in the manner of drinking it. .But when they looked at the number or members then col lected, and saw in that an indication of the flourishing progress of the society, and when they listened to the excellent speech of his noble friend, detailing the benefits already derived from the operations of that society, they must all be aware that there was something in the conducting of the Liverpool Agricultural Society eminently conducive to the admirable purposes to which it bad been made subservient. (Hear, hear.) Under this impression, he congratulated hiinAlf on having been de puted to give the health of one of the officers, than whom none had contributed more to the credit and the advancement of the society. They had all heard the speech of his noble friend, their president, and know the interest he had taken from the commencement of their existence as a society, and he was not calling upon them to do more than he was convinced they would be very ready to do, in calling upon them to fill a bumper, and drink his health with three times three. The toast was drank with rapturous applause. Lord STANLEY, in rising to return thanks, said, be had heard that in former times, when farming in Scotland was not quite so good as at present, and fish was more plentiful, farming ser vants, on entering a place, were wont to make a stipulation teat they should not be fed upon salmon more than three days in a week. (A laugh.) He thought they would be inclined to enter into a similar stipulation with him—not to have more than three speeches in the course of a night. (Laughter and cheers.) As it was, he was afraid they would think they were coming ra ther thick. (Cheers.) Yet after the reception they had given to the last toast, he would belie all the best feelings of his heart —he would be utterly insensible to the common emotions of hu manity, if lie failed to say how deeply be was penetrated with a sense of gratitude and delight at the enthusiastic kindness they had shown him on that occasion. (Much applause.) What return could he make to them ? Was it by occupying their time with lengthy, though not heartless thanks? Or was it not ra ther by endeavouring to deserve their kindness and confidence by fulfilling to the best of his power the duties, here and else where, with which they had been pleased to entrust to him. (Loud cheers.) He was of opinion that they would be better satisfied with practice than with profession. (Cheers.) And though he could not claim to himself that merit which his hon. friend had been pleased to ascribe to him, and which might with more justice be ascribed to those who fulfil the pains-taking and laborious duties of conducting the affairs of that society,—he meant the members of the% managing committee, (cheers,) vet he believed he•could say that as far as his humble abilities Lad enabled him, he had endeavoured to promote the interests of the society. He had watched its progress with increasing at tention;—during the six years it bad been in existence he had presided on four, and he had been prevented from attending the other two by , business of more deep and . general importance. (Hear, hear.) And he trusted that no circumstances, except it might be those ofa more public and general description , would - prevent him taking the chair at each succeeding anniversary. (Loud cheers.) He might be satisfied, he might be proud, to anticipate such an attendance as he saw before him. (Hear, hear; hear.) He would not entertain so much as a thought of a falling off in the attendance. (Hear, hear.) He anticipated a decided improvement, and if it were possible that he could merit anything at their hands this would be the highest reward that he could receive,—to see that while he continued to hold the office which he then filled, the society gradually and steadily improved. (Loud applause.) Once More he thanked them for the kind manner in which they had received him, and from the bottom of his heart ho drank in return all their good healths. When' the applause following the speech of the noble lord had subsided, Lord STArsttv again rose, and observed, ft could. not 'hut be a matter of sincere congratulation, not only to themselves, but to all who took an interest in their proceedings, that an as sociation like that was patronised and supported' by the first magistrate of the first commercial town in England. (Rap turous applause, continuing for some time.) From the first institution of that society, nothing but liberality had been ex perienced from the mayor and corporation, in the way- of ac comniodation. (Cheers.) To them they were indebted for one of the most commodious places fur the exhibition of their stock that the kingdom could boast of. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) He knew not, and he would not speculate upon, what might be the alteration effected by a recent enactment of parliament. He trusted the same liberality would be exhibited on the part of future functionaries; he felt satisfied it Would, because in doing so he felt assured they would consult the best interests of the population of Liverpool itself. (Cheers.) Of this'he was sure, that however he might fill the chair, it could be filled by no more substantial citizen—(much cheering and laughter)—and he knew they would agree with him when he added, that it could be filled by no inure worthy man than the present Mayor. (Re peated cheers.) Under a deep sense of the obligation they were under to him and to the corporation for their liberality, and for his worship's attendance on that and, he believed, former occasions, he begged to propose to them the health of The Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool." The MAYOR rose amid loud cheers, and said that, as the Mayor of Liverpool and a member of the corporation, he felt proud iu returning thanks for that body whom they had done the homiur to toast. lie could assure them, that as it had al ways been the study and wish of the corporation to promote the interests of the town, so it had been to promote the great agri cultural and commercial interests of the county generally. For himself he could say, that 'he proudly felt the honour conferred upon himself. Whilst he had filled the civic chair, he could say, without fear of contradiction, that he had to the best of his. ability, if not to the extent of his wishes, clone all that he could to serve the inhabitants of the borough, and he was ever ready to benefit, if possible, the county at large; and whoever might succeed him, he would say, that he ought not only to consult the interests of the town, but the county also. The three great interests should go together, and, if they were considered, the feelings of so respectable, a community, of which those present formed so prominent a part, would be better consulted. (Cheers.) In return for the compliment, as the Mayor and a member of the Common Council, he thanked them, and had the pleasure of drinking their good healths. (Loud cheers.) Lord STANLEY rose, and said that, as the premiums were not then ready for presentation to the successful candidates , he should c4l upon the poet-laureate, Mr. Shaw, to favour the company with a song. Mr. Shaw then sung the following song : My Lord, we're right pleased here to meet ye, Your smiles are the best of our cheer ; %Let these good-natured looks that now greet ye, Express what we think on ye here. As for me, tho' I've work I ne'er grudge it, For to none in respect will I yield, So I think I'll take out my new budget, And finish my five-acre field. • Tol de rol de col, Sze. It wor well I found nut just in time, Before th' bishops and tithemen wor sown, That we'd more than could live in this chine, Of that orthodox produce now grown. So I caused all my workmen to stop, And with members again sow'd my farm,; But before I could house my new crop, They'd burnt down my political barn. Tol de rol, &c. But the King heard what crop I'd got ready, And not liking things to run waste, He applied for some counsellors steady, And all his owd tribe were displaced. All the wits of the state it' still bothers, To know what his reasons could 6e ; They've blamed Wellington, Peel, and some others, But ne'er thought on a bu►nkin like me. To! de rol, &c. But they hadn't much power to get root. And longevity's what I can't urge, For before they'd got time to teak' shoot, They'd three doses of John Russell's purge. It is thought he'd a kill'd um with four, They wor now got so languid and weak, For there ne'er wor state doctor before Ever did so much work in a week. Tol de roi, &c. On Monday he talk'd urn aw blind, On Tuesday renewed the old strife, On Wednesday his patients resign'd, And on Thursday he took him a wife. On Friday they sent him to seek, Fro' Woburn he reached the King's Mews, And he danced out the rest of the week, When he geet in Sir Robert's owd shoes. Tol de rol, &c. But in Lunnun they tell such great lies, To cause whip and tory' misdeeds, A mon connot trust his own eyes, Nor believe more than half what he reads, They've caw'd Joseph the pride of the nation, Whose saving schemes yet are unmatch't, Thu' his plans are but yet incubation, They'll speik when his chickens are hatch't. Tol de rol, &c. They've sed th' member fro' Oldham wor honest, And to change sides ne'er gen his consent ; That the member fro' Dublin wor Modest, And went to exact no more rent. That one had a spirit so . blest, Whose pure inspirations can't fail, And one lie they've tolvd sowing th' rest, They've tow'd us, sny Lord, you'd a tail. Tol de rol, eze. Now, what can they gain by such ends, Without 'tis a figure of speech, If the toil means )(Air Lordship's true friends, They'd better keep out of its reach. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. _'~t3~sTT~ sA~*`~ ta~a;:r-s~^va~~;~r~es'+.-w~as~ For Lancashire lads did not fail, When they wore the red rose in their bonnet, And if Stanley return'd with his tail, 'They might think 'twor a Lancashire comet. Tol de rol, Bre. But let Lunnun chaps talk in their rav, • While we sing about live stock and Teedin;4 , ; - We s• :v one in our show-yard to-day, ngod sample of Lancashire breeding. e disputed what points wor' the best, Jut there's one in which all of us share, I'Vor a kinder pulse ne'er warm'd abreast Than now beats in the heart of our Mayor. Tol de ro,l, Sze. Lord STANLEY . said to carry on the metaphor in the song, alluding to his tail, he might say that there were three gentle- Men whom he had hoped to have had the pleasure of seeing there, who were absent. They were Mr. Fiel din g , Mr. Geor g e Wilbraham, and Mr. Joseph Ashton. He begged to propose the healths of those gentlemen, in their absence, with a wish for their attendance on the next occasion. The toast having been. drank, his lordship said,that amongst those vroin they had been accustomed to see cheering with their presence that great and inspiring meeting, he missed one whom he knew fully intend , up to a lute period, to be present, and who, he believed, had only been detained by an occurrence some time expected, and which he knew would command all their sympathies. (" Hear" and cheers.) But for this he doubted not they would have seen Lord Molyneux on that as on most occasions; and he felt that he should only do justice to their feelings if, from respect and regard to him, they were to hope the cause of his detention was what he suspected it to be, and on that ground to drink, with three times three, " Lady Molyneux, and luck and a lad." The CHAIRMAN here rose and observed that they must now proceed to the immediate business of their meeting, which was to distribute to the candidates the various prizes. He then handed to the successful agriculturists, with becoming observa tions, the prizes which will be found below : AN ACCOUNT OF PREMIUMS AWARDED AT THE LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S GENE RAL ANNUAL MEETING, HELD ON THE IsT OF OCTOBER, 18.35. CLASS 1.-THE BEST CULTIVATED FARM, ETC. Premium I.—To Mr. Thomas Littiedale, Esq., of West Derby, as owner and occupier, for the best cultivated_ farm of 80; acres —the society's silver medal. 3.—To Mr. John Owen, of High Legh, as tenant and occupier, (being snlely dependent upon farming,) for the best cultivated farm of 158 acres—a piece of plate, value ten sovereigns. 7.—Tc Mr. Thomas Whitley, of Broncoed, near Mold, as tenant and occupier, (not solely dependent upon farming,) for the best cultivated farm of 112 acres—a piece of plate, aliie 'five Sovereigns. -- B.—To Henry Critchlev, Esq., of Haydock, as tenant and occu pier, (not solely dependent upon farming,) for the best culti vated farm 0f47 acres—a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. 10.—To Mr. Henry Occleston, of I'abley, as tenant and occu pier, far improving seven acres of meadow land by irrigation —a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. 13 . .—T0 Mr. Henry Mawdsley, of Tarbuck-hall, as tenant and occupier of a arm of .265 acres, for laying 11.920 yards of stone drains,and for most effectually draining 182 acres there- of—a piece of plate, value ten sovereigns. 14.—T0 James Heath Leigh, Esq., of Grappen-hall, as tenant and occupier of a farm of 141 acres, for laying 10,462 yards of drains, and for most effectually draining 20 acres thereof — a piece of plate, value seven sovereigns. 18.—To John Burgess, of Utkiugton, near Delamere,for laying down 15 acres of land for permanent meadow or pa sture laud —a piece of plate, value four sovereigns. 21.—T0 Mr. Robert Webster, of Litherland, as tenant and oc cupier of a farm of 98 acres, for having most judiciously covered with marl 17 acres, after the rate of 150 cubic yards to the acre—a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. 23.—T0 Mr. Laurie Fuir, of Sandican, as tenant and occupier of a farm, for making the best reservoir on his premises fur the reception of dung-water—a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. • CLASS IL—CROPS OF TURNIPS, ETC. Premium 4.—Mr. John Dawson, of Grunant, near Holywell, Esq., as tenant and occupier, for the best crop of mangel wortzel, (4 acres)—a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. 6.—To Mr. Richard Hammond, a Standish, as tenant and oc cupier, for the best crop of Swedish turnips, (4 acres)—a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. 7.—To Mr. Edward Webster, of fluyton, as tenant and occu pier, for the best crop of Swedish turnips, (3 acres) —a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. B.—To Mr. John Dawson, of Gronant, near Holywell, as tenant and occupier, for the best crop • of common turnips, (10 acres) —apiece of plate, value three sovereigns. , CLASS 11L—REWAROs. Premium 4.—To William Tipping, of Toxteth-park, farmer's man-servant to Mr. Samuel Scotson, of Toxteth-pas k, for' ploughing 105 statute acres of land, with a pair of horses, double, without a driver—the sum of three sovereigns. 6.—To John Smith, farmer's man-servant to Robert Roskell, of Much Woolton, for 27 years' servitude, and for having con ducted himself to the satisfaction of his employer during that period—four sovereigns. 7.-I'o William Hughes, of Colton, in the county of Chester, farmer's man-servant to Mrs. Mary Keay, of Colton, for 22 years' servitude, and for having conducted himself to the sa tisfaction of his employer during that period--two sovereigns. - B.—To John Glover,. farming labourer to John Okell, Esq., of Little Woolton, for 50 years' servitude, and for having conducted himself to the satisfaction of his employer during that period—four sovereigns. 9.—To William Pemberton, of Poolton-cum-Seacombe, farm ing labourer to Thomas Webster, Esq., for 43 years' servi tude, and for having conducted himself to the satisfaction of his employer during that period—two sovereigns. 10.—To Mary Moss, of Orniskirk, farmer's woman-servant to Mr. Richard Appleton, for 31 years' servitude, and for hav ing conducted herself to the satisfaction of her employer dur ' ing that period—three sovereigns. 11.—T.0 Mary Charlesworth, of Minshall Vernon, farmer's woman4ervant to Mr. Joseph Fairhurst, of —, for 19 years' servitude, and for having conducted herself to the sa tisfaction of her.ensnloyez,two sovereigns. 1.5.—T0 Edward -Tay*, of Billinge. labourer in husbarary, for bringing up 10 legitimate children (all living) without parish relief—six sovereigns. 15 —To James Rowlands, of Arrow, labourer in husbandry, for bringing Up 10 legitimate children (seven of which are living) without parish relief—four sovereigns. CLASS [V.—T.IVE STOCK.-1-101[Nsp CATTLE. Premium . l.—To Richard Pilkington, Esq., of Windle, for the best short-horned bull, 3 years 4 Months oia—fifteen sove reigns. 3.—To Mr. John Dawson, of Gronant, near Holywell, for the best 4hort-liorned bull, one t ear old, bred within the limits of the society—apiece of plate, value five sovereigns. 4.—To Mr. Charles Rimmer, of Lydiate, (being .solely depen dent ppon farming,) for the best short-horned bull, 3 years 101 months old, and bred within the limits of the society—a piece of plate, value eight sovereigns. s.—To Mr. Edward Webster, of Bold, (being solely dependant upon farming,) for the second best s hort-horned bull, 2 years and 11 months old, and bred within the limits of the society— a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. 6.—To Mr. William Bloor, of Holywell, (being solely depen dent upon farming,) for the third best short-horned bull, 2 years 6 months old, and bred within the limits of the society —a piece of plate, value two sovereigns. 7.—To Mr. William Bloor, of Holywell, for the best bull, 1 year six months old—a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. B.—To Mr. William Howard, of Knowsley, for the second best bull, 1 year old—a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. 9.—To Richard Pilkington, Esq., of Windle, for the best dairy cow—a piece of plate, value seven sovereigns. 10.—To Mr. Thomas Picton, of Liverpool, for the second best dairy cow—a piece of plate, value tour sovereigns. 11.-10 Peter Greenall, Esq , of St. Helen s, for the best two year old heifer—a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. 12.—T0 Richard Pilkington, Esq., of Windle, for the best one year old heifer—a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. 13.—T0 Mr. Edward Webster, of Bold, (being solely dependent upon farming,) for the best two year old heifer, breu within the limits of the society —a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. 14.—T0 Mr. Richard Jackson, of Knowsley, (being solely de pendent upon farming.) for the second best two year old heifer, bred within the limits of the society—a piece of plate, value two sovereigns. 'lB.—To Peter Greenall, Esq., of St. Ylelen's, for the best fat cow, showing the most symmetry, fat, and weight —a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. 19.—T0 Mr. Thomas Pickton, of Liverpool, for the second best fat cow—a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. 20.—'l'o Mr. John Dawson, of Gronant, near Holywell, for the best cow for feeding after milking—a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. 21.—T0 Mr. Thomas Pickton, of Liverpool, for the second best cow for feeding after milking—a piece of plate, value two so vereigns 47.-,t Mr. James France, of Liverpool, fur the third best fat 'ig ; thirteen months old-a piece ut plate, value one sovereig,m EXTRA STOCK. .". 48.-To Richard Pilkington, Esq., of Windle, for the best cow of any breed-the sum of five sovereigns. 49.-To Sir Edward Mostyn, Bart., of Talacre, for the best • two year oh& heifer--the sum of four sovereigns. 50.-rl`o Peter Greenall, Esq., of Saint Helen's, fur the best one year old heifer-tire sum of two sovereigns. 51.-To Edward Greenall, Esq., of Saint Helen's, for keeping the best stalliro of the cart breed, to serve the mares of his tenantry gratis-the society's silver Medal. 52.-To Sir Edward Mostyn, of Talacre, near Holywell, for keeping the best boar, to serve the sows of his tenantry gratis -the society's silver medal. 53.-To Mr. fohn Meacock, of Liverpool, for a dairy cow-the society's silver medal. • M.-To Sir Edw. Mostyn, Bart., of Talacre, for a dairy .cow the society's silver medal. - 55.-To Itichd. Pilkington, Esq., of Windle, for a dairy cow the society's silver medal., 53.-To Mr. Samuel Scotson, of Toxteth-park, for a superior • ,fat ox-the societY's silver medal. 57.-To Mr. John Meacock, of Liverpool, for a superior cow for feeding after milking-the society's silver medal. 58.-To Thomas Wm. Coke, Esq., of Holkham, for a ram and six ewes of the improved Southdown breed-the society's sil ver medal. Much admired. 59.-To Mr. Jas. Heaps, of Little Holton, for a superior stal lion-the society's silver medal. 60.-To George Booth, Esq., for a very superior 3 years old colt-the society's silver medal. IMPLEMENTS, ROOTS, SEEDS, &C. 61.-To Mr. Abram \Tickers, of Manchester, for a hay and straw cutter, and also for a cream extractor on a new con struction-the society's silver medal. 62.-To Thos. flobt. Wilson France, Esq., of Rawcliffe Hall, near Garstang, for a superior implement for cutting and raising turves for drain covers, and also for other tools for cutting the drains-the society's silver medal. 63.-To Mr. J. Orrell, of St. Helens, for exhibiting a probe and conductor for relieving choking cattle-the society's silver medal. 6-1.-To Mr. William Cartmel, of ----, for a superior hay cutting machine-the society's silver medal. 65.-To John Aspinal, Esq., of Netherton, for exhibiting a glass of honey, containing 10albs., ,collected on Mr. Nutt's system in one mouth-the Society's silver medal: 66.-Mr. William Skirving, of' Walton, for exhibiting et - ne superior specimens of the khol rabi, Swedish and other tur nips, and mangel wortzel-the Society's silver medal. 67.-Mr. William Ashcroft, of Raisall, for exhibiting a quan tity of roots of superior mange 1 wortzel-the Society's silver medal. 68.-Messrs. George Gibbs and„llo., London, for some superior nipeciumns_of the Turkey onion grown in this country, and for some Egyptian clover anTtit her superior grass seeds-the Society's silver medal. 69.-Mr. William Skirving, for some superior specimens of the 'ltalian grass and other seeds. SWEEPSTAKES. No. 1.-To Richard Pilkington, Esq., of Windle, for the best short-horned bull-£2 2s. 2.-To Richard Pilkington, Esq., of Windle, fur the best two years old short-horned bull-£1 Is. 3.-Te Mr. Win. Blow. of Holyweil, for the best one year old short-horned bull-El is. 5.-To Richard Pilkington, Esq., of Windle, for the best short . horned cow in calf or in milk-E3. 6.-To Sir Edward Mostyn; Bart., of Talacre, for the best cow of any breed-El Is. 8.-To Sir Edward Mostyn, of Talacre, for the best two year old short-horned heifer-El ls. ' 9.-'l'o Richard Pilkington, Esq., of Windle, for the best one year old short-horned heifer-£I lie. 6d. 10.-To Richard Pilkington, Esq., of Wiudle, for the bast bull calf under one year old-£1 Ils. 6.1. 11.-To Mr. Wm. 13loor, of Holywell, for the best cow calf un der one year old-£2 The prizes having been taken into the custody of their re spectiVe owners, his lordship said there were many who had won the society's medals for short-horned cattle, ands, he could not select a better from that class than Sir Edward Mostyn, whom they saw at the meeting last year: He begged td propose the health of Sir Edward Mostyn and the agriculturists of Wales. (The toast was drank with cheers.) It was here intimated to Lord Stanley that Sir Edward was not present. His lordship then said that as he saw him at the show yard he had hoped to have seen him at the dinner. He was übsent he understood from indisposition. He felt happy in proposing to them ano ther toast, which was to drink .the healths of the successful candidates, with a wish to meet them again under similar cir cumstances next year. (Cheers.) The toast having been drank, Lord STANLEY again rose and said that he hoped he should be excused in rising to propose the health of a gentleman pre sent, nearly connected with himself. He did so, however, as one of the members for the southern division of the county, he meant Mr. R. B. Wilbraham. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Wiremaunsfreplied. Ile thanked them for the very flattering manner in which they bad received the toast just pro posed to them. Their excellent president had been considerate enough to say that he needed rousing; he could only say, that in that part of the country, at least, he needed no rousing when he met with so many friends as he then saw around him. (Cheers.) With regard to the object of their Meeting, he was only sorry' to sa y . that at Latham they had not carried away one of the prizes. Last year they did, and by another year, he toasted, they would show that they only required "rousing." in order to put forth both formidable and successful exertions. (Applause.) Mr. BOLD HOUGHTON proposed the health of the members for the northern division of.the county. The toast having been drank with great enthusiasm, Lord STANLEY, in rising to return thanks, remarked, that al. though his colleague was perfectly able to speak for himselt; and be, therefor", did not intend to speak for, him, yet he -had given the precedence to him in fulfilling the pleasing duty of returning their grateful thanks, as , represents tives of the .northern division of the county. And, though not immediately representing the great majority of the assemblage he was then addressing, his services, such as they were, would be equally ftglad Ii both dtataintraa - which irea forameashunid - never be able to consider - as separate, except nominally. (Much cheer ing.) He conceived it was the desire of both parts to keep it united as closely as possible. (Cheers.) He offered no apology for saying, in a commercial rather than a manufacturing towo, though he should make no apology . in the latter—that that Member of parliament would very ill discharge the duties of his station, with•reference to the interests of the empire, who did not consider it one main branch of his duty to protect and guard, as far as might be, the agricultural and manufacturing interests. (Cheers.) They were the honest and the sincerest friends of the agriculturists who restrained them from enter taining exaggerated opinions of the relief that parliament was competent to afford them. The sooner that delusion. for such it was—should he dissipated, the better it would be for both land le and tenant. (Cheers.) He did believe there was some thing in the power of parliament fur the relief of the agricul tural interest. He did believe it possible to serve them by an equalization of local burdens, at present pressing more heavily on -land than on any other interest;, but, before agricultural, before manufacturing , before commercial men, he would fear lessly assert thathe should be shrinking from the duty which he ought to perform as an independent representative of all classes, if.he did tint declare his belief that the expectation sometimes entertained, that parliament either would or ought to keep up high prices of agricultural produce for the exclusive benefit of the agricultural interest, was erroneous and pernicious. (Hear, hear.) He said, therefore, that while the landed interest had a right to be protected in parliament, and-so long as he had a seat there he would at all times do his best to protect it, in the man ner most.consisteut witH enlightened policy, they ought to look for the relief of the agriculturist, less to anything to be done in parliament than to a proper understanding between landlord and tenant, (cheers,) and to augmented skill, activity, and energy on the part ef both—to make the most of those abundant materials which were placed in their hands for advancingthe nat i on al prosperity. (Loud cheers.) Ile begged pardon for entering upon any topic of that kind, but having had his h e al th drunk as a member for. an agricultural division, lie did think it his duty to state what ought to be done and what ought not to be expected to be done for the improvement of the agricultural interest. (Cheers.) He thanked them heartily for their kind ness ; and he begged them to believe, that whatever county or district of the country he might hereafter serve, his heart and his exertions should be always at their disposal. (Much ap plause.) Mr. WILSON PATTEN, M,P., said that he could not help regretting that his noble friend, Lord Stanley, in returning thanks for the toast, did not return thanks for both the members for North Lancashire, for in every sentiment he had expressed he (Mr. P.) most heartily concurred. (Hear.)' Although, like his friend, he was one of the representatives fur the north ern division, he hoped that South Lancashire would ever claim the services he could render. He,knew that, when he was legis lating for the division he represented, he was only executing his duty when he sought to promote the agricultural interests of both divisions, as they were, he considered, only nominally separated. (Cheers.) He agreed with Lord Stanley that the I legislature could not realize the anticipations of some persons in benefitting the agricultural interests. They must depend upon their own resources for permanent prosperity, and. when they saw the rapid improvement in other counties, it ought to excite the farmers of this to keep pace with them. (Cheers.) Lord STANLEY said it was always a satisfaction to perceive that these annual meetings were attended by strangers fromslis taut parts of the country, and he was glad to sea present Mr. 1l ildyard, the president of the Northampton Agricultural So ciety. He was proud to propose lila hea th, and - thanks to him for his visit. (Cheers.) The toast was drank with three times three. Mr. HILDYARD returned thanks for the very flattering man ner in which his health had been drank, and concluded by giv ing his opinion, that, as the Liverpool Agricultural Society was at present . going on, they might successfully vie with every similar society in the kingdom. Lord STara Lay then called upon Mr. Shaw for another song. Mr. Shaw, after modestly excusing himself, was at length pre vailed upon to favour the company, and, jumping upon the ta ble, dressed as a countryman, gave a song with infinite humour. Lord STANLEY then rose to propose the health of the gentle men who had been called upon to perferni an important duty, that of awarding prizes to the successful candidates. In the performance of that arduous duty they had given equal satisfac tion to the successful and the unsuccessful candidates, and he had great pleasure in stating that the sounduess of their judg ment had not been in any one instance questioned, or could be open to the slightest imputation. His Lordship con cluded by giving the health of " The Judges of the Cattle, who had perfor me d rheirduty with entire satisfaction to all parties." Mr. JoNsis rose to return thanks. In doing so, he said, he had been deputed by those with whom he had the honour of of ficiating, as one of the judges of cattle, to return their col lective thanks for the honour conferred upon them. Were he to attempt to eulogise the conduct or the splendid talents of their noble president, be should only he attempting to describe what every person in that assembly was perfectly conversant with. Ile congratulated his brother agriculturists upon what they had to expect from the wealth, rank, and talent there as sembled to support the falling farmer. He had that day met a brother agriculturist who had travelled nearly two hundred miles to attend that meeting. They had been told they would see nothing worth seeing, but they had seen stock that would have done credit to any part of the country or of the world. If allowed to make the observation, he would say thatthe cows -were far superior to the balls which bad been exhibited that day. This he saw no good reason for, and doubted not that future exhibitions would exhibit the male part of this portion of the creation in a more favourable point of view. ( Hear, - hear.) So long as he saw the emulation which prevailed,— so long as he saw their noble president at the head of their association he felt satisfied that it would continue to eclipse all the other societies of a similar description which had been esta blished in- this country. Their society could never sink into ob livion so long as it was supported by Lord Stauley and the com pany whom he had time honour of addressing. Upon one part of the exhibition he had a few remarks to make. The horses were nor, as Lord StanleY hail told them, so good as might have been expected; indeed. in the course of his agricultural expe -1 rience he never saw so bad a show of horses ; and with respect I to the sheep. he observed that he expected to have seen a better breed than those v high had been exhibited.. Mr. Jones con , eluded by thaukiug the company for the himuutir done him and his coadjutors, and for the cordiality with which they had been pleased to drink their heaiths, Lord SrANI.EV then gave "The Lancashire Witches," which was followed by the standing agricultural toast of "Breeding i❑ all its branches." The health of Lady Stanley was then proposed and drank, for which Lord Stanley returned thanks. The next toast was-" The health of Mr. White, the secre tary, and the managing committee of the association." Mr. WHITE returned thanks. He said, us secretary to that important society he had td return his most grateful thanks for the honour conferred upon him. :It was most gratifying to the supporters of the society, generally, to find that their efforts were so zealously seconded by the important town of Liverpool. Mr. White concluded by repeating his thanks, and drinking health and prosperity to all who were then and there assembled. Lord STANLEY said as he was on his . way to Liverpool that day he had the good fortune to be accompanied by his friend, Colonel Hornby, who told him that he had a bad cold, and ex torted from him (Lord Stanley) a pmtnise that he would not call upon him for a song. ffaving given that promise he was not at liberty as a man of honour to violate it, but the company, he would observe, were not bound to abide by his engagements —and, therefore, they were at liberty to do as they pleased. A song from Colonel Hornby was then called for, and in com pliance with the call the colonel sang " The fine old Country Gentleman." This was followed by the health of " C3loner Hornby," who returned thanks in a short speech. Lord STANLEY then reminded the company that they were indebted on this as well as on other occasions to the liberality of Mr. Lucas for the accommodation which, at great trouble and inconvenience, he had afforded them by the use of the room. There were, he believed, but few, if any places in Liverpool where so large a party could have been assembled as he had the pleasure of addressing. His lordship concluded by proposing the health of " Mr. Lucas, with thanks to him for the use of his room." Mr. Lucas, junior felt great difficulty in addressing so large a meeting, yet he felt reluctant, that he should be wantino; proper feeling, were he to permit the toast to pass without some observation, and without returni.,,,3 thanks ou the part of his father, who was, he regretted to say, absent from indisposition. His father, he would observe, had the good of the society at heart, and he might say that there was no one prese - et who feat more anxiously for the prosperity of the association than he did. Mr. Lucas concluded by repeating his thanks on the behalf of his father. Lord STANLEY then gave the health of a gentleman who had in his tartvoida.ble absence on a former occa s ion tilled th e o ffi ce of Chairman; he meant Mr. Ilesketh Fleetwood. • Mr. FLEETWOOO returned thanks. The next toasts given were, "The Town and Trade.of Liver pool"—The Earl of Sefton and liberal landlords," and "Liberal landlords and industrious tenants." . . • Lord Sr.% N tEI then reminded the company that he had some distance to travel, and announcoct that Mr. Greenall would talc the-chair, which he was under the necessity of.quittitm , On this intimation being given, M 4 JONES rose and claimed the attention of the company to a toast which he begged to pro pose before the nobly chairman left the room. The health 01 the noble lord had already been drank, but he wished to give it again, coupled with the aristocracy of the country. He had been engaged in agricultnial pursuits all the days of his life, and his experience taught him the mutual dependence of the landlord anti the tenant, of the aristocracy and the people, neon each other. As an agriculturist, and anxious for its prospeuty. he would say, " God prosper the aristocracy, upon whose ex ertions in its favour so much of its success depended." Mr. Jones concluded by proposing—" Lord Stanley and the Aris tocracy of England." (Cheers.) This toast was drank by the company, up standing and with loud and long continued applause. Lord STANLEY, after the cheers had subsided, again rose, and with much feeling hoped he should be forgiven for again obtruding himself' upon their notice. - The toast which coupled his name with the aristocracy of England he hoped excited the feeling that the aristocracy of England was not an exclusive body, but one to which every man, however humble his origin, might be raised. This country alone could furnish an instance of a man, whose father had risen from a humble rank, rising by his talents to fill the first station which a subject could aspire to. God grant, continued his lordship, that it may ever be the boast of England to have an aristocracy so created, open to censure, inaccessible to none, and identified with the people. So long as it was thus constituted it would continue to be an inestimable blessing to the country. The noble lord concluded by saying that he hoped the day would never core when the aristocracy and the people would forget their mutual dependance and iden tification with each other. [We regret that the great length of these proceedings pre vent us from giving the noble lord's speech more Lord Stanley then left the room, and the chair was taken by Mr. Greenall. At a general meeting of the clergy of Birmingham, held on Wednesday last, the following resolutions on the subject of so lemnizing the third centenary of the Reformation were unani mously adopted:—" 1. That there is manifested throughout the kingdom an intention of solemnizing the 4th of October next (falling on the Sabbath) as the day, in the - year thas, when the first entire English version and publication of the Bible were accomplished by Myles Coverdale, Bishop of Exe ter; it is their duty to observe that day as a day of special thanksgiving to Almighty God for the blessings of the hefor mation, anti of prayer for the continuance of them. 2. That in case lm prescribed form be issued by authority for the pur pose, the clergy feel it their duty to call upon their respective congregations and ptrishioners to observe it privately ; and that they should make the blessings of the reformed religion a pro minent feature, of their sermons in the ministrations of the day, determined however, to keep the question entirely clear of every political bias. Lastly. That suitable hymns be selected and printed for the occasion, and a cheap medal be struck to commemorate the celebration, to be presented to the Sunday school children and teachers." In accordance with the latter part of this recommendation. medals, we understand, have been struck, and hymns prepared to assist in a devout and grateful celebration of the day. There appears now no doubt that the event will be generally celebrated throughout the country, and in many places collections will be made for the relief of the dis tressed Irish clergy.—Birminglteni Gazette. NATLRAI. Cit tricisst.—l always listen with pleasure to the remarks - made is reountry people owl he—habies of animals.— • A ceuntryman was- shown Gainsburough's celebrated picture of the pigs; 4`'l'o be sure," said he, "they he deadly like pigs; but there is one fault—nobody ever saw three pigs feeding to gether, but what one on'um had a foot in tlie•truugb."—Jesse's Gleanings. The Censors employed under the new law in Paris received, a few days since, a somewhat bulky manuscript, signed with the names of two authors already successfully known. It was retained for examination for two days, and then returned to the authors, with upwardS of 15(k) erasures. They were required to modify 3(X) lines, replace 500 words,. shorten 12 scenes, and change 20 names, which were' considered v4inoxious to the pub lic tranquility, political older, and dramatic. propriety. On re ceiving the manuscript, the presumed authors immediately transmitted the following reply to the Censors :—" Gentlemen, we have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of our censured manuscript, with the accompanying lettei. We agree with you in thinking that the passages marked for erasure may be of that disturbative character which you have supposed; lint as we do not dare to cut or modify the verses of Pierre Corneille, we pre fer foregoing the representation Nice/nth/a at theComedie Fran- caise." , Acte: THE DUKE DE Ngmouns.—llis Royal Highhess the Duke de Nemours and suite left Grilliou's Hotel at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning for Ramsgate, to meet his brother-in-law, the King of the Belgians, who was expected to land at that port yesterday from his majesty's packet Ferret, Captain Hamiton, which had been ordered to bring over his majesty on a visit to his illustrious sister, the Duchess of Kent. The duke was ex pected to remain one night at Ramsgate, and thence proceed to visit ltrighton, on his way to Dieppe. . Puny' DING FOE THE WORST.—The Journal Ile Calais states that an inhabitant of Soutnampton has recently been amusing, himself. by filling 1400' bottles with 60(X) - copies of an abridge ment of "Universal History." These bottles well corked mid sealed, have, by his order, been placed in deep cavities in the icy caverns of Greenland, in the hope, should a partial destruc tion of the globe again ensue, that they may sin vive the wreck and enlighten future ages, who would otherwise be ignorant of .the events which have come to pass in this world. It is not stated in what language this bottle conjuror has chosen to pre serve the knowledge of the present race of mankind. • PonstY.—The Hon. and Rev. Spencer, (brother of Lord Althorp,) has been appointed to a Ceti - 1)1k chapel in Westbrom wich, Staffordshire. Soon after his appointment he called on all the dissenting ministers, stating that he had been named " by God" to the charge of the district, and questioning the said dis senting ministers as to their prejudice against the ancient church. Among others he called on the Rev. Mr. Hudson, the respectable minister of the Independents in that populous parish. During the interview, Mr. Hudson asked this new servant of the pope whether it was true that the Catholic church had undergone any change in its doctrine since the olden time, when the con vert distinctly denied that it had undergone any change what ever; and that it was its own especial and peculiar boaSt that " it was a church without schism and without change,' this being the proof with the faithful, and it was therefore the only true church. Ile offered likewise some arguments in defence of all that the church had done, sanctifying the sword of state, &ea Mr. Hudson, like a faithful Protestant, defended the reformation regretting that the character and the interests of English dis senters bad retrograded half a century by the political alliances which numerous dissenters had entered into with the enemies of true religion, as well as with the scoffers of all religion. It is said that the different Protestant ministers of the above parish are about to challenge the honourable apostate to a public dis cussion as to the real doctrines of the eternal and infallible chu rch."—Albion. The length of the paved streets in England and Wales is 20,000 miles; that of the roads which are not paved is 100,000 miles. The extent of the turnpike-roads is about 30,(X)0 miles To BE Da LINK' ON THE PREMISES.—The words" To he drunk on the premises," required by the new act to be placed over tile door of beer shops, is, to say the least of it, as silly and equivocal a specimen of legislation as could well be devised. The corres pondent of a provincial Journal says, " 1 really found it difficult to convince some labouring. men in Norfolk, that the beer was the thing referred to, and not themselves. Pointing to the sign over the door in a remote village, they maintained that, pro vided they strictly adhered to the terms, they might be drunk on the premises; an& I have no reason to believe that on that occa sion the beer-house keeper attempted to undeceive them." A BON-MOT WELL A oet.laD.—We have heard a pleasant snot ascribed to Lord Brougham. " I had," said his lordship, "been waiting to see. for the experiment sake, how a cabinet, without a particle of energy or talent, could run through the session—just as a crowd waited upon the decision of a wager of Colonel Hanger, that he would find a carriage of the simplest construction, and one wheel, to go without horse or cattle of any kind, five times up and down the ride at Hyde Park; and I find myself diaappointed, precisely as were the gulls of the colonel': waggery, w hen he exhibited a nightman's wheelbarrow, driven by a big Irish beggarman hired for the occasion," We cannot say positively that it was Lord Brougham who applied this anec dote; but all will admit the justness of the application.—Stand ard. STEAM NAVIGATION TO INDIA.—The sub-committee of the steam fund have made a report respecting the cause of the lengthened passage of the Forbes to Madras,-and of the delay of the other stages of the voyage to Suez. The delay in the voyage to Madras they find to be ascribable to the giving way of some stays fixed in the boilers to strengthen them; no blame in this is attributable to the engineer. They could obtain no satisfactory explanation of the diminished speed of the vessel, or of the non-embarkation of a sufficient supply of coal, to the bail quality of which the engineers impute the inferior rate of steaming of the Forbes on this voyage, Ihe comaritte acknow ledge the result of their investigation to be unsatisfactory. Though they cannot pronounce " with any degree of certainty" that there has been mismanagement, "they have abundant tea son to believe that justice has not been 'done to the vessel." They say, " From the inquiries we have made of all the indi viduals employed ou this trip, there appears to be nothing in the voyage, either as regards winds or currents, to frustrate the. permanent establishment of steam communication between Calcutta and Suez. Were the good anchorage at King's Island, on the Maldives. as mentioned by Mr. Woodley, or Minicoy. available, no difficulty would exist. In fact, there is no part of the passage that might not be satisfactorily accomplished by a sea-going steamer of moderate power."—Asiatic Journal. :015RT FOR THE REVISION OF THE REGIeTIA DION LIST YeiteTilay the arljottrned court for hearing ohjettiors to the list of voters for .the county vras held at the t...!.e.. ,, 5i00s house, Chapel-street, before Mr. Greenwood, one of the revising bar risters. DUKCAN-§TREET CHAPEL After several Haines had been struck otf fu r default of attend. ance on the part .of persons objected to, the ease of the licv, John Kelly, independent minister, which had been previously argued. was brought up for decision. Dr. illackbiirue . produced the trust deed of the ch apP.,l in Duncan -street, of which Mr. Kelly was the minister. 1.3 y the terms of the deed the trustees with two assistants, to be ;omit- . ally appointed; were empowered to collect the rents of the pews. which were to be employed in defraying the expenses of the chapel, in liquidating the debt upon the building, to the extent; of at least £lO a-year, iu pay ingthe interest, and afterwards in "salary or stipZul" to the minister. The present amount of debt was stated to be f;500, the receipts from pews between VW and £490. Mr. Peacock, on the part of the objectort(contended that the trustees of 'the chapel •in Duncan-street were nut trustees in the sense of the act. They were merely persons apPointed for the management of the affairs of the chapel. The Barrister could not view thein in any Other light than trustees for certain purposes, Which purposes were specified in the deed. Under any circumstances, however, distenting chapels not being rateat:de property, no vote could arise upon them. By the reform act, no person is entitledto vote for the borough except upon rateable property. Since then, diSsenting places of worship hoeing been exempted from the rates, did not entitle to a vote for the borough; and only property conferring a vote for the borough would confer a vote for the county. Mr. Kelly, however, appeared to be onit, , the servant of the trustees, receiving a certain remuneration . for the performance of cer tain duties. Supposing they refused to pay him his salary, he would be clearly entitled to an action at laW for cork am( tabour performed, and, therefore, could not, though he had stated that he was allowed to receive the rents himself, consi , (lered as a trustee. If it were true that the trustees under the deed had authorised him to collect the rents, he (the Bar.; rister) could only say that they had neglected their duty. Vote disallowed. The Bev. J. H. Stewart appeared to answer to en objectiod put in against him, but which necessary attendance on the bishop nail prevented him answering at the-proper time. Tire Barrister was perfectly wining„ to enter into Mr. Stew art's case provided the objectors consented. A general rule had been laid down, that no case in which objectlon had been suf fered to go by default, should afterwat'ds be re-opened except with the concurrence of the objecting; parties. Mr. Atherton, on the part of theidijectors-, could not Consent to thei-e,opening. Mr. .Stewart was accordingly struck off. wai.sH raisi: unarm.. David NV,itkins, one of nineteen trustees. erthe Welsh hap rist chapel in Great Crosshall-street(craimed to he registered. He was objected to by Mr. Peacock, and supported by Mr. Atherton. From the evidence it appeared that the trustees were not in receipt of pew rents to a value more than £7O, the chapel being supported principally by the voluntary Contribu tions of the communicauts. There was a mortgage on the cha pel of .£5OO, the Money lent on notes of hand signed by the con- zregation as well as the trustees. Out of the £7O there Were disbursements to the amount of £5O, which left only £1 to be divided between the nineteen trustees. Mr. Greenwood, the revising barrister, having perused the chapel deed, said that it was quite clear that the claimants were not entitled to vote, and it did not distinctly appear that they. had the power to receive the pew rents, but that the legal estate was vested in the con gregation. The vote was then declared to be disallowed. Mr. William Renshall claimed to be registered as receiving one-fourth of the rents of certain freehold property situate in Castle-street, in the occupation of Messrs. Mawilsley. The pro perty it appe`ars on which he claimed was left by the late air. Gore to his four daughters, Mr. Renshall having married one of them. Mr. Atherton objected to the vote on the ground that the property was vested in four trustees, but in consequence of an informality in the notice of opposition the vote was allowed. -TRUSTEES IN POSSESSION. John White claimed to vote as trustee in possession of cer aiu houses and lands in Bridgewater-street. Mr. Peacock submitted the claim, and Mr. Atherton opposed The house,. it seems, is leasehold fur life letting for £3O per year, the claimant receiving the rents in trust, which he placed in the bank, from which annuities were paid according to the will of the testator. The testator was the late Mr. Harriman, cooper, and the claimant said that he had an uncontrolled power to receive and disburse. Mr. Atherton wished the will to be produced: Mr. Peacock contenued that the case was precisely similar to that of Mr. Clay, Whose vote had been allowed. Mr. Greenwood said that he would rather see the will and judge for himself. Throughout the circuit he had found many fraudulent attempts to be placed on the register by evading the production of deeds ; he was happy, however, to say that they had in no instance succeeded. The claimant expressed his willingness to produce the will.—The case was adjourned. PARADISE-STREET CD DEL; The next objection was against the claim of Edward Willmer to be placed on the list in virtue of his interest in pew No. 2.5 in the Unitarian Chapel, Paradise-street. The attorney. was pro ceeding to quote from the deed, in order to prove Mr. Williner's title, when he was interrupted by Mr. Greenwood.—Have you an act of parliament? Mr. Atherton.—No. Mr. Greenwood.—Then you cannot create by deed. Mr. Atherton.—The trustees do not collect the rents for them selves. They hold for others. For instance—A holds a pew for B, and C holds a pew for D. Thus B and D are not merely the proprietors of a pew or pews, but of so much of the property constituting the chapel. Mr. Greenwood.-1 cannot allow time to be wasted in this manner. It is. impossible that you can create any such interest. I will put the case clearly in the form of a question. Do you, Mr. Willmer, conceive that you have a right to go to this pew of yours any day in the week, dig up the ground, and set pota toes, or any thing else that you may choose? (Laughter.) Mr. Willmer was understood to reply in the negative. Mr. Greenwood.—The thing is ridiculous; it is qtitq_prepos teroui. Mr. Atherton.—You will perceive, sir, that the deed proceeds to speak of " the estate." Mr. Greenwood.—Yes; and if they were to convey the estate of all Liverpool, I would refuse to allow it. They may pat it in words large enough, but that will not make the instrument legal, Mr. Atherton.—it goes on, sir, (reading,) "to him, his heirs, administrators, and assigns." Mr. Greenwood.—And, being done by themselves, it is per fect nonsense and useless. If they were to convey it to his heirs, administrators, and assigns for ever, and to the end of all worlds that may be created, they will never convey it into the shape of a legal right. The case was accordingly dismissed. ntsTAKEs or OV itaSEERS. Four persons, whose names were omitted in the overseers' list, wee objected to on that ground: It appeared that their names had been sent in to the overseer, but either by his mistake or thatof the printer's; they did not appear on the list. Mr. Greenwood, the revising barrister, having conferred with his colleagues, gave it as his opinion, that the parties were en titled to vote if there were no other objection to them. It had been decided all over England that a ma❑ was not to. be dis franchised in consequence of the negligence, intentional or - otherwise, of overseers. The ❑ames of the parties being called Over, and not answering, the advocates on both sides were of opinion that it was through having their names oat of the list. Mr. Greenwood said that if a person were deprived of his vote by the mistake of the overseer, the overseer would he liable to an actio❑ at law. Ile would not, however, advise any one to tiy the experiment, .as the remedy would be worse than the disease, as the Complaining party would not get more than no. minal damages. The remainder of the business consisted of unimportant cased, chiefly errors of description, and objections confirmed from ne glect of appearance. At halt-past one, the whole of the over seers' list having been disposed of, the court broke up. With regard to the registration for the borough, which is fixed for Friday, the 9th instant, it is entertained that Mr. Greenwood will take the old freemen's list—Mr. Heywood the borough list, 'and Mr. Abrahall or . Mr. BlansheA the out townships. At the last revision the old freemen's list Was sub mitted to Mr. Heywood. NAMES STRUCK OFF THE LIST OF COUNTY VOTERS AT LIVERPOOL. CONS. 12 A DS. Liverpool llO 174 Wavertree.. Garstun . Kirkdale. Litherland. (heat Crosby. I 4 West Derby Bootle Toxtetb-park....10 46 Everton 6 l5 152 297 152 Total majority ll5 TIM TEA TRADE.—By an official statement published by the British Chamber of Commerce et Canton, it appears that the quantity of tea exported from that city to Great Britain between April a-16.14. and March 31,1835, amounted tip 43,641,200 lb., of which 36,382,0001 b. were black, end 7,259.2(411b. were green. The quantity sent to London was 31,903,468 lb.; to Liverpool - 5,051,867 lb. ; to Bristol 1,295,066 lb. ; to Ireland generally 2.197,067 lh.; and to Scotland 1,462.533 lb. The whole was exported in 67 ships, being on an average about 651,361 lb. to each. THE DUCHESS OF KLINT AND THE PRINCESS VICTORIA.— On Monday evening her It liiiitness the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, and their suite arrived at the Fountain Hotel, Canterbury. Soon after their arrival the mayor sum moned a special meeting of the corporation, at which an address to their royal highnesses was agreed to, and presented at an early hour on the following morning. Another deputation, consisting of the vice-deacon and three of the prebendaries of Canterbury also waited on the princesses, requesting them to inspect the cathedral. This, being inconvenient on account of their previous engagements, was declined. The duchess and princess then proceeded to liamsgate, where they intend to remain for some weeks. STREET ROBBERIES.—The neighbourhood of Great George street is, we are informed, inf es t e d by a gang o f j u v e nile pickpockets, to whom we take , leave to call the especial attention of the police. On TueMav evening, about half-past eight o'clock, a lady, accompanied by her daughter, in passing. through Great George-sheet, when opposite Dr. Reffies's cha pel, was surrounded by four or five young thieves, one of whom contrived to abstract from her picket four sovereigns and a half-sovereign. The thief, in the act of withdrawing his hand from her pocket, slightly touched her shawl, but before she had time to recognise -him, be ran off in the direction of Nelson street. The money was loose in the pocket with some silver and"' other articles ; and it is rather singular that he should have selected the gold only, and left behind the less valuable coin. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.—On Tuesday the livery of London elected Mr. Alderman Cupeland to the office et' Lord Mayor of the city of London for the ensuing year. At the close of the business Mr. Dillon, a cheap-shop dealer in , smallwares, but a mighty great patriot, proposed to nodtess the hall on the subject of corporation reform in the city; he was, however, cut short by the Lord Mayor, who ordered the com mon crier to dissolve the ball. After the civic au; kir nies had left the hall, one Richard Taylor, of the " Lumber Troop," or colonel of the Codgers, or some such respectable body, was called to the chair, and Mr. Dillon had it all his own way. The Lord Mayor gave great offence to the little knot of radical li verymen who remained to hear Mr. Dillon's oration, because he gave strict orders that none but liverftnen should be admit ted into the hall. HORSES.. 22.—T0 Mr. Thomas Robinson, of Bold, 'for the best stallion for the general purposes of agriculture—a piece of plate, value • ten sovereigns. - 23.—T0 Messrs. J. and J. 'Ulmer, of Scarisbrick, for the second best stallion for the general purposes of agriculture— a piece of plate, value seven sovereigns. 24.—T0 Mr. James Shepherd, of Kirby, for the best brood mare, for the general purposes of agriculture—a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. 25.—T0 Mr. John Gore, of Knowsley, for the second-best brood mare for the general purposes of agriculture—a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. 26.—T0 Mr. James Cook, of Eccleston, for the best brood mare of the waggon kind—a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. 27.—T0 Mr. Joseph Swift, of Eccleston. for the best yearling filly for the general purposes of agriculture—a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. 28.-I'o Mrs. Ann Brownhill, of Kirby, for the best two-year old colt for the general . purposes of agriculture—a piece of plate, value four- sovereigns. 29.—Mr. James Cook, of Eccleston, for the best two-year, old colt for the general purposes of agriculture—a piece or plate, value four sovereigns. 30.—T0 Mr. William Howard, of Knowsley, for the best three year old filly for the general purposes of agriculture—a piece of plate, value five sovereigns.. 31.—T0 Mr. Henry Hesketh. of Kirby, (being solely dependent upon farming,) for the best pair of horses for the general pur poses of agriculture—a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. 32.—T0 Mr. William Knowles, of Bootle, (being solely depen dent upon farming,) for the second hest pair of horses for the general purposes of agriculture—a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. SHERP. .33.—T0 Sir Edward Mostvn, Bart., of Talaere, for the best pen of three )•earling Leicester ewes—the society's silver medal. 34.—T0 Mr. Robert Jenkinson, of Mold, for the best pen of three yearling Southdown ewes—a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. 35.—T0 Sir Edward Nfostyn, Bart., of Talacre, for the best Leicester ram under three years eld—the society's silver medal. 36.—T0 Mr. Richard Johnson, of West Derby, for the best Southdown rain—a piece of plate, value two sovereigns. 38.,-To Mr. John Clifford Etches, of Liverpool, for the best pen of five fat ewes—a piece of plate, value two sovereigns. 39.—T0 Mr. Samuel Season, of Toxteth-park, for the best pen of five Leicester ewe lambs—a piece of plate, value £2. lOs. 41.—T0 Mr. John Dawson, of PIUS Gronant, near flolywell, for the best boar, eleven months old—a piece of plate, value four sovereigns. 42.—T0 Mr. John Watkinson, of Manchester, for the second best boar, eleven months old—a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. 43.—T0 Mr. John Clifford Etches, of Liverpool, for the best breeding sow, two and a half years old—a piece of plate,. value three sovereigns. 44.—T0 Mr. John Dawson of Gronant, near flolvwell, for the second best breeding sow, eleven months old—a piece of plate, value two sovereigns. 45.—T0 Mr. John Davi . son. of Gronant, near flolywell. for the best fat pig, eleven months old—a piece of plate, value two sovereigns. 4G.—To Mr. Thomas Palmer, of Walton, for the second best fat pig; seventeen months old—a piece of plate, value I. lOs