The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL THE OVERLAND MAIL An extraordinary express, in anticipation of the over land mail from India, arrived in London on Tuesday. Our advices from Bombay are not of a more recent date than reached us by the last mail. The news brought by this conveyance is of little political interest. From the north-west we bare no , fling, but vague rumours, on which it is i m possible to place any dependence. It is said that the Sikhs h;ve determ . should the British cover permit them to do so ; and that, under the stances, the I the army o longer perio earnestly General. Ghoolab Singh has of late la j rzely increase his army, and having been called conjunction of a Khan, he has ri irs, tt to reds herefore. that in thi ahore garrison stands no chance of being released this year. t of 03 From China •we learn Lted in some very trivial cause. 'IL Morning Herald complains that i Spani,h peopl Am ERI later than t At Jamaica, on the 25th of July, the remarkable spec tacle was presented in the heavens of four rainbows, two of which, those in the centre, being nearly perfect, and of exceeding brighness, while the outer ones, which were cons derably more apart, were faint and imperfect. After some time, the centre ones were seen to amalgamate, while those on either side faded away. The Count de Montemolin and General Cabrera arrived in London on Saturday week, vid Dover. .His royal highness is residing for the present at the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-square, and leads a very retired life theugh hP t enough to gie is supposed to be concerting measures for car rying out the declaration contained in his address to the —On Friday the ship St. Georg Alersey, Captain bringing papers or the Ardmore Relief Committee, was forced back by the mob, who had collected at an early hour. , The military and constables were ordered. The bread shops were again attacked, and several of them Are), and the military had to remain under arms the whole day. Towards evening, the greater part of the people again returned home. It is stated that the Roman Catholic clergy again strenuously assisted the executive. A meeting of the authorities and others was held in the evening, and steps taken to afford extensive employment to somehundreds of the poor. On Wednesday, some hundreds of men, who had entered the town v __l spades and bhovels, were met by numbers of the relief committee, who succeeded in setting them to work in cutting down a hill on the road to Fermoy. Others were employed on bye-roads. Another large party of men were dissuaded from violence, by aprotm-se setting some of extensive and continued employment, anc of them to work. Up to half-past three the town re. mained quiet. The merchants were in a state of apprc- York . . London UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL NEWS. Dr Parkinson yesterday commenced his duties as prin cipal of St. Bee's College. The congregation of St. Matthew's Church, Birming ham, met on Tuesday, and presented to the Rev. G. S. Bull, their minister, a purse of one hundred guineas . __ _ The Church and State Gazette says that Dr. Slade, vicar of Bolton, and prebend of Chester, is to be the new Bishop of Manchester. The Rev. Hugh Stowell, incumbent of Christ Church, Manchester, has been presented with the munificent sum of £2,000, as a token of respect for his exertions in the cause of Protestant principles during the last twenty years. CHURCH AFFAIRS.—We understand that, in conse quence of a representation made to the Bishop of Wor cester, by a reverend gentleman who was visiting at Leamington, the Rev. Mr. Bittlestone, one of the curates of this parish, has been suspended, in consequence of his holding the Roman Catholic doctrines of auricular con fession and tran.ubstantiatinn.—Record. THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.—The occasion of his Grace's return from Nunehatn Park, Oxford, to Bishops thorpe, on Wednesday, was an occasion of great re. joicing. The horses were taken from the carriage, and it was drawn forward to the,palace by the villagers. The entrance to the palace was decorated with a triumphal arch, bearing across its centre the inscription, " God save our gracious benefactor." REMARKABLE LONGEVITY IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR DIVINE MASTER.-1 he present minister of the vale o‘ Seathwaite, the Rev. Mr, Tyson, justly held in the high est respect by the whole of his parishioners, and his pre decessor, the Rev. Mr. Walker, surnamed for his many surprising aril inestimab!e qualities, " Wonderful Walk er," have held the living of Seathwaite for one hundred and twelve years; the former having succeeded Mr. Walker in 1802, who then died in the sixty-ninth year of his ministry. BURIAL SERVICE.—By the act 9 and 10 Victoria, c. 61, which came int ) operation on the 26th of August last, provision is made to enable the burial service to be per formed in one chapel, where contiguous burial grounns are provided for two or more parishes or places. The Bishop of the diocese may declare, in the sentence of con secration, that a chapel is intended for the use of the se veral parishes or praces. The act is to be extended to any parish or place already or hereafter to be formed un der the provisions of the Church Building Acts, and also any new parish already or to be hereafter constituted by or under the proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Commission ers for England. NEW CIIURCHES.—The 26th annual report of her Ma jesty's Commissioners for building New Churches, was issued on Thursday. The commissioners in their last report, stated that 343 churches had been completed, in which accommodation had been provided for 402,259 per sons, including 225,217 free seats appropriated to the use of the poor. They now state, that 27 churches have, by the aid of grants from the sum placed at their disposal, been since completed, in which 27 churches accomodation has been provided for 20,826 persons, including 12,879 free seats appropriated to the use of the poor. Thus, in the whole, 370 churches have now been completed, and provision has therein been made for 423,085 persons, in cluding 238,096 free seats appropriated to the use of the poor. There are 33 churches now in the course of build ing, and plans for more than 18 chu ches have been ap proved of, and they have under consideration other plans. The commissioners state that "it will appear from this report that during the present year considerable progress has been made by the board in the important branch of duty intrusted to them, of forming new parishes or dis tricts. Numerous other divisions of parishes are under consideration." The Committee of the National Society for Promoting the Education of the poor in the principles of the Esta blished Church, have resolved on the establishment of two examinations yearly, analogous to those in the Uni versities of Oxford and Cambridge, with a view to impart an additional stimulus to persons preparing themselves for the office of schoolmasters. To those who creditably pass-, formal certificates will be given, and there will be immediately afterwards an examination of a higher kind, in which candidates who shall have passed the first trial will have an opportunity of showing their proficiency in any additional branches of knowledge, directly or indi rectly useful to an elementary teacher in the exercise of his vocation. For the " pass" examination, the subjects are to be reading, writing, grammar, the Liturgy and Scriptures, arithmetic, geography, history, vocal music, and the theory and practice of teaching. In the " exa mination for honours," most stress will be laid on high proficiency in the branches above enumerated—on skill in English composition, the elements of history and philoso phy, and knowledge of classics and mathematics. The first examination is to take place in London at Christmas next. THE SEE OF CHESTER.—ORBER, IN COUNCIL.-Fri day's Gazette contains an order in council made on the 27th ult., varying the amounts proposed by former schemes of the ecclesiastical commissioners to be contri buted by some sees and to be received by others. These alterations are based on later returns from the several sees. The sums payable to or by the commissioners are to be those stated in the fourth column of the ft.llowing table: such payments to take effect " from and after the avoidance of the said sees respectively Intendea Contributing avera, e Income _ . Annual sum by former Annual sum by this Scheme. Canterbury .. 15000.. Scheme 10000.. 10000.. Receiving Sees Chestec ..... 4500 1450 Chichester... 4200 .... 650. Lichfield..... 4500 ....... 850, Lincoln .... . 5000 1250, Another part of the scheme takes the jurisdiction of pa rishes, churches, and chapels, out of various peculiar jurisdictions, or exempt from jurisdiction, to vest the jurisdiction thereover in the bishop and the archdeacons only. This provision has been carried into effect in the diocese of Canterbury, London, Chichester, and Lincoln, and the present order in council extends it (with the con sent of the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Ches ter) to all parishes and places locally situate within the limits of the diocese of York, Chester, and Lichfield, and of the several archdeaconries respectively. The exceptions are the cathedral churches of and within the said several dioceses, and the Collegiate Church of Manchester, which are to remain and be subject to the jurisdiction and visi tation of any, to which they are now by law respectively subject, and to none other. 1100 150 900 500 seems to have c corresponc this, as on a former occasion, the British inhabitants were solely dependent on foreign vessels fcr assistance, not withstanding that a British squadron is maintained on that station for the purpose of protecting British com merce. A bad feeling towards the Englibh still exists at Canton, but is confined, for the most part, to the lower orders of the people. FRANCE The Paris papers are principally occupied with the Montpensier marriage; arid the affairs of Spain. The Courier Francais declares that the flight of the Count de Montemolino and General Cabrera is connected with a vast plan, the principal supporters of which are in Eng land. The Journal des Debats speaks in guarded and moderate terms,—La Presse with assumed confidence in the conclusion of the marriage. The Constilu!ionnel seems to anticipate a compromise between England and France, and suggests the renunciation of all claim to the French crown by the Duke de Montpensier. The National is, if possible, additionally energetic in its opposition to the marriage. "Up to the moment at which I write," says the Paris correspondent of the Times, " no commu nication on the subject of the Montpensier marriage has, I am assured, taken place between the British and French Governments." * * * "Alarm has at length begun to make itself felt in Paris,—at Court, in the Ministry, among the public, and at the Bourse. At the very mo ment at which I write tbere is sitting under the presidensy of the King a council—not of ministers, but of the friends of his Majesty—to deliberate upon the present state of the Montpensier marriage question. The result will be, probably, a mission given to the Duke de Broglie to pro ceed forthwith to London, to endeavour to reconcile her Majesty Queen Victoria and her Minister to the Mont pensier marriage; for the affair has assumed a most serious aspect. * * * The escape of Cabrera and of the Count de Moatemolin has wonderfully embarrassed and compli cated the question. The Progresistas are possibly by this time on the eve of revolt. It is true that the present Spanish army is an excellent one,—devoted to the Queen, —but, if the Carlists rise in the provinces, the garrisons of the large towns must be reduced, in order to send against them an overwhelming force. The strength of the Carlists lies in the fields, and in the villages ; that of the Progresistas in the cities and large towns. The Carlists must be opposed. To oppose them, the garrisons of the towns and cities must be weakened, and thus give to the Progresistas the very opportunity for which they pray. This will be all very lamentable if it takes place, and may, in its results,—supposing the double insurrection to suc ceed.—produce the dethronement of the Queen, and the placing on the throne of Don Enrique, or the Count de Mon►emolin. The Paris journals of Tuesday are on the one absorbing subject—the Spanish marriage. The mi nisterial papers dwell with much satisfaction upon the unanimous vote of the Cortes upon the address approving of both marriages, which they say is demonstrative that the feeling of the Spaniards is favourable, and not hostile, as assumed by the London papers; they also affirm that the British public is unmoved on the subject, and, in fine, appear quite confident that the storm will blow over, without leaving any permanent trace behind. The oppo sition papers, on the other band, pretend to know that all overtures of conciliation made to the British Cabinet have been met with the most repulsive coldness, and augur very serious consequences from the present embroiled state of relations. SPAIN. The Tim., of Tuesday says, that preparations for the marriage of the Duke de Montpensier were nearly com plete, and it was still deemed that government had gone too far to recede. Nevertheless, a misgiving about the af fair was entertained somewhat generwly, because. of the silence of the British cabinet, and of the probability of an insurrectionary war in Spain. The funds continued to fall, under this impression, on Sunday, and attempts were of course made to check that tendency. Among the means resorted to with that object was a report that the King of the French had announced to the British %govern ment his readiness to renounce all claim of the descend ants of his son to the Spanish crown. This, if true, would put an end to the question ; but it was not credited. Our correspondent states, however, on what he deemed excel lent authority, that King Louis • Philippe wrote from La Ferte Vidame, on Friday last, to her Majesty Queen Vic toria, a deprecatory letter of 12 pages, in which he detailed the progress of the Montpensier marriage, and described it as a matter long resolved or. He, of course, prayed his august ally to acquiesce in the match, and concluded by expressing his intense anxiety to learn the views and the resolve of the British cabinet. " This letter," says our correspondent, " left Paris for London yesterday by a Cabinet courier, after having produced, I am assured, very serious disapprobation among his Majesty's advisers. The King, who was to have remained longer at La Fcrte Vidame, returned to St. Cloud last night. lam assured that it was intended that, instead of the 24th instant, the Duke de Montrensier should have left Paris for Spain this day, and that his departure bad been postponed in consequence of the arrival of a messenger from Madrid with a copy of the instructions sent Mr. Bulwer by Lord Palmerston, a report of what passed between our minister and Senor Itturiz on communicating those instructions, and despatches from M. Bessan, Queen_Christina, and Isturiz." The Infante Don Enrique had addressed to the Presi dents of both Chambers of the Legislature a protest ageinst the marriage of the Infanta Luisa with the Duke de Montpensier. He had done so as a member of the Royal Family of Spain, and as such interested in the luestion of the eventual succession to the throne, decreed to his family by the Constitution, in case of the failure of direct issue from the daughters of Ferdinand the Seventh. A telegraphic despatch, dated Madrid, 18th instant, announces that the Cortes adopted on that day, unani mously, with the exception of one vote (159 to 1,) the address in reply to the message from the Queen. It was believed in Paris that the Duke de Broglie was about to leave for London on a mission from the French government. The departure of the Duke de Montpensier was said to be fixed for Saturday. The Paris correspondent of the Herald, in a postscript to his letter of Thursday evening, says :--as It is asserted positively, by persons generally well informed, that the French Government received last night a telegraphic despatch, announcing that Mr. Bulwer had, in conformity with instructions from his Government, protested form ally against the marriage of the Infanta with the Due de Montpensier. To this rumour may unquestionably be attributed the heavy fall that took place to-day in all public securities on the Bourse." TEIE RIVER PLATE Intelligence has been received via Falmouth, from Monte Video, to so recent a date as the 28th of July. Matters continued in the same unsettled state, and there was little prospect of a speedy adjustment of differences betwee❑ the opposing factions, who remained in the field without making any decisive movement. Mr. Hood, the British Commissioner, had gone to Buenos Ayres, but whether be had been able to accomplish anything had not transpired, though it was supposed something bad been done, as an improvement had taken place in Buenos Ayres paper currency. The general opinion was, that there would be no peace with Rosas. On the 18th of July, the grand anniversary of the country, the government sent a flag of truee to'Oribe's camp, to propose an ex change of prisoners, but the humane appeal being consi dered deficient in respect to Rosas' Lieutenant was not admitted. The enemy has evacuated the department of Maldonado, and marched towards the lines. Rivera is still at Las Vacas. Thirty-three thousand copies of the sacred Scriptures have been sold by the colporteurs of France during the last three months. _ _ . SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—This eminent diplomatist, has been gazetted Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and the adjacent territory belonging to Great Britain. A druggist and his pupil have recently been brought up before the tribunal of Correctional Police of Paris, on a charge of manslaughter for having sold syrup of poppies to a woman for administration to her infant. The child died, and the accused have been remanded. Count Sternberg, the celebrated German geologist, has ordered in his last will, that his body shall be inclosed in the hollowed-out trunk of one of those gigantic antedilu vian palm-trees, which have assumed the hardness of the most compact sandstone. We are not aware whether his desire has been already carried into effect. Mr. Newman is on his way to Rome, where he will re main some months. The Univers contains an account of his reception at Paris, which was most cordial on the part of the ecclesiastical authorities. The Archbishop of Paris and the Nuncio of the Pope paid great attention to this distinguished theologian. It is rumoured that the ticklish question of Tahiti is entirely settled between Lord Palmerston and M. Gnizot ; that the French protectorate is to remain as at present established, and a line of demarcation to he agreed on between the two governments. Queen Pomare is to be reinstated in part of her dominions. COLONIAL GOVERNORS.—Friday's Gazelle contains the appointment of Sir Chit-les E. Grey to be Governor of Jamaica ; Lieut.-Col. Reid to be Governor of the is~ l of B a rb- G, urenada, St. Vincent, Tobago, and St. Lucia; and Captain Elliott to be Governor of the Bermudas. SWITZ BRLAND.--DREADFUL I —Un the night of the 15th S 'IRE AND eptember a contlagra- Switzer Ja r, xserne. There w ere thirty three strangers staying at the hotel, six of whom perished in the flames. M. Immer, engineer in chief of the Can ton of Tbun, was on the point of jumping frame window, when the floor fell in with a loud crash, and he perished. Two more persons have since died from their wounds. Molt of the travellers were Englishmen. arrived in the hose previously received. There is nothing om Mexico or the seat of war, and some s thrown on the reported proceedings in Cali'or. tent. had died on the prairie, of cor.gestive fever. The anti-Mormons, fully armed and 1000 strong, were to march upon Nauvoo on the 26th ult. An engagement and bloodshed were deemed inevitable. EXICO.—New York been received, three days later than those brought by the steamer. These advices fully confirm our previous anti cipations as to the probability of another change of government in Mexico. Paredes, the late president, has been overthrown and imprisoned, and Santa Anna is once more at the head of affairs. As to the effect which this new revolution will have on the relations between the United States and Mexico, nothing is yet known. Santa Anna is reported to have declared himself favourable to peace, but ready for war if his fellow-countrymen desired it. TUE SPANISH FUG.TIVES.—As soon as the French Government had ascertained that Cabrera and Count de Montemolm had arrived in England, it sent off to Lon don four agents of the secret police, who are to com municate, uay by day, accounts of their movements. The governments very active in preventing either carlist or Progresista refugees from entering Spain. Villa Real, Bargaz, and Casa Eguia have been arrested at . Bortieaux, and will be imprisoned in the castle of Blaye. A royal ordinance has been published, calling into active service 53,000 recruits of the class of 1845. 45,782 are intended for the army, and 7.218 for the navy. venor, &C to come into the town. One merchant had a notice posted that the corn on his store was for home consumption. The trade was in a great measure suspended. On Thursday, a mob of thou sands marched down to Mr. Fisher's mill at Pil'town, pers to the 3d instant have just opposite Youghal on the county of Waterford side, vowing vengeance if Indian meal was not sold for Is. per stone from the mill, and corn ground for 1 d. per stone ; they then proceeded. armed with sticks, spades, hammers, (such as are used in repairing roads) and other weapons, to the Ferrypoint just opposite the centre of the town, and considerable spore hension was excited, that they meant to attack it. The Magistrates had the military in readiness immediately to repel them, but they contented themselves with threats of vengeance against the ferrymen and boatmen should they carry corn or provisions over to the Youghal merchants. A farmer's house of the name of Wynne, was plundered, several other farmers were sworn not to take their corn over to Yougbal, and again they marched down to the Ferry Point to show themselves. The military were, however, soon in readiness, and if the people attempt to pillage the town or seize any of the Goverment stores, the magistrates have fully made up their minds to repel them by force. In the town itself all are greatly excited, the shops all closed, the bank doors closed, and the porters stationed at the doors, as a report was abroad that they'were to be attacked. On Friday, a requisition came in from Killeagh for the military, as it is reared the mill will be attacked again, and two stacks of corn were burnt belonging to a farmer named :Gotaell a requisition came from Dungarvan, but a man cannot be spared. The merchants held a meeting on Friday, at which a strong memorial was adopted to the Government, calling on them to send in food and make the town a Commissariat Depot, or the consequences will be fearful ; a resolution was come to immediately to bring into the town some thousands of barrels of Indian corn. A deputation left for the pur pose of purchasing it, and a subscription list of between two and three thousand pounds was signed to gua rantee any loss arising from a fall in the markets. In the affray at Clashmore, Thomas Joseph Fitzgerald, Esq., J.P. of Ballinasparka, a Roman Catholic gentleman of considerable property and influence, had a narrow escape for his life, and hut for the timely protection of James Power: Esq., of Clashmore, would, no doubt, have been severely injured. He was in favour of Lord Stuart's pro position' and against advancing the rate of wages. On Friday afternoon the military were still under arms, but no violence has taken place. THE CaURT Zj• FASHIONABLE WORLD. The Court arrived at Windsor on Tuesday from the Isle of Wight. The Qui-en Dowager and the Princess of Prussia have been the guests of her Majesty at Windsor since Tuesday. They leave the castle to -day. Her Majesty gave a grand dinner party on Wednesday. Among the guests were the Queen Dowager, the Princess of Prussia, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Robert Gros- The Court is expected to leave Windsor in the course of this week for Claremont, where it will remain for about a week or ten days, to enable Prince Albert to enjoy the sport of shooting over the preserves of the Belgian Sove reign. The Queen Dowager has caused to be issued cards fora grand entertainment to the Princess of Prussia on the 30th instant, at Marlborough House, the Princess having ap pointed the fol;owing day for her departure for Berlin. The Earl of Wilton is at present staying at the Vice regal Lodge, Phoenix Park, Dublin, on a visit to the lord lieutenant of Ireland. The vacancy in the representative peerage created by the death of the Marquis of Thomond is to be filled up by the election of the Earl of Desart. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and Ladies Grosvenor have arrived at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, for the autumn. The arrangements for the approaching festivities, in celebration of the coming of age of the Earl of Grosvenor, will shortly be determined on Her Majesty has a bracelet, ornamented with four mag nificent diamonds formerly the property of female royalty, the death of each of whom has been unhappy. One of them belonged to the Princess Charlotte, two to Maria Antoinette, and the fourth to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. UNSOPHISTICATED LOYALTY.—During Prince Albert's stay at Kvnance Cove, several little children, belonging to a poor woman residing in a hut near, picked up a few of the choicest pebbles of the beach, and with infantine sim plicity presented them to his royal highness. They were received in the kindest manner, and every pebble enriched its giver with a sovereign, a return of which they knew not the value. I R B 1, A N P. INCENDIARY FIRE.—On the morning of Wednesday week, a dreadful conflagration took place at Springfield Castle, in Limerick, the seat of Lord Nluskerry, where a vast quantity of prime hay, wheat, and oats, value over £5OO, was maliciously consumed. The mills in the Royal William Victualling Yard, at Plymouth, are immediately to commence grinding, night and day, Indian corn, for the supply of the distressed Irish. It is expected they will perform about eighty quarters, or 38,1031bs of meal per day. Very recently, at Dungarnon, in the county of Cork, where the average rate of wages is from Gd to Bd. a.day, the people were quite indignant, in fact, riotous, at learn they were only to have 10d. a day on the public works, and they modestly demanded 2a. On Wednesday, Co!orael Westenra and Mr. Palmer Doolin. of Shinuw, and a magistrate of King's county, were out shooting, when, by some accident, the Colonel's gun exploded, sending its contents through the lungs of Mr. Doolin, who only survived an hour, REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—At the usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association, on Monday, the rent amounted only to .£6l. A letter was read from Mr. O,Connell re lative to the existing distress in the country, and the mea sures to be adopted for its relief. One of the sth Dra goon Guards was proposed as a member, but his admission was suspended until legal advice could be taken. TRADE OF DROGITEDA.—The Drogheda Argus of last week says :—During the week ending yesterday, no less than nine steam-ships left our port, besides several sailing vessels. We du not recollect any week in which so large a number of live stock was shipped hen"e. There were of horned cattle, 2,670 ; sheep, 2,065 ; pigs, 2,342 ; horses, 46. THE RENTAL. OF TRELAND.—Lord Mountcashel, in a letter to the Cork Constitution, says that the income arising from Ireland is £13,000,000. This sum, when compared with £85,800,000, which is the annual rental of property in England and Wales, will show how limited the resources of Ireland are, independent of the capital, commerce, trade, and manufactures possessed by the sister country ; independent also of the charges and lia bilities affecting Irish estates. On Thursday, a number of men, women, and boys en tered the village of Castlemartyr, Cork, and after match ing through it, entered the baker's and huxter's shops, and seized on all the bread 'hey could lav their hands on. They then went to the residence of the Earl of Shannon, and threatened to pull the castle down, but a troop of the Ist Dragoons coming up, they were prevented. the agent of his lordship had been sent that very morning to Cork, to buy £lOO worth of meal for gratuitous distribution among the poor of the village. Such is Romish gratitude. Jam! DlSTRESS—Government have resolved upon employing all the available steam vessels in her Majesty's service in carrying food tom the English and Scotch poits to tho,e districts of Ireland in which the people are most distressed. The price of food will, it is expected, be much lower in a few months than it s at present, from the numerous heavy orders sent out to America for Indian meal and flour. On the arrival of those provisions in this country or in Scotland, they will immediately be tran shipped in the government steamers to the different ports of Ireland to which we have referred. Tun POTATO CROP—GRATIFYING PE AT trass.--Sorne curious facts respecting the condition of the potatocrop in Ireland have been elicited within the last few days. It is ascertained that in consequence of the continued run of fine weather a sanitary process had set in, and that those which were sickly (wet and soapy) have recovered. A gentleman residing in the county of Wicklow, for instance, has two acres of potatoes planted on mountain land, which a month age he gave up as totally and irretrievably lost; on trying them again last week, be found but few rotten, and the rest rostored to health, forming an abundant crop, though still small in size. He reports the same of all his neighbours' farms; in short, in that district it is asserted there will be no want, if an artificial cne is not created. It bas been also discovered that where a single stalk has not survived on the ridge, and that the whole field ap peared blighted, the tubers are yet to be found healthy, with a comparatively small per centage of loss. In one case the actually rotten did not exceed 10 per cent. upon the whole. This is not an isolated case ; subsequent trials have led to similar discoveries in the immediate neighbour hood of the metropolis. _ _ RIOTS.—On the 24th instant. the extraordinary ses sions took place at Clashmore, Tipperary. Lords Hun tingdon, Stuart, and several magistrates attended. An immense concourse of people collected, some of the crowd asked would they be put to work next morning? They were answered that every arrangement was making to give them employment as soon as possible. This exasperated them and they got furious. They abused Lord Stuart when he came out of the court, and it was with difficulty he was enabled to get on his car, and escape. Several called out "to kill him." They followed his lordship along the road, but the horses in the carriage were kept at the fullest speed, and thus his lordship esciped. Sir R. Musgrave had to take shelter in a house. The dragoons were pelted with stones from all directions. There are a number of high walls in the neighbourhood, which af forded great facilities to the mob of attacking the military with impunity. The dragoons bad to retreat for the pur pose of loading, one man was knocked off his horse, and several were severely cut. Lord Huntingdon, used every exertion to pacify and calm the mob which his lordship ultimately succeeded in doing. Such conduct must be put down, or there is no knowing where it will end. W e understand that a very fine Durham cow, value £3O, was taken by the mob from the demesne of Muckridge, and roasted in the town of Youghal, where it was speedily devoured. THREATENED RIOT AT KILWORTIL—It is with regret we have to state that a disposition to riot and intimidation, in parts of this county hitherto peaceable and orderly, is every day more visible. On Monday night fires blazed, and horns sounded throughout the districts of Fermoy, Kilworth, and Araglin. Meetings of the relief committees had previously to be held in Fermoy and Kilworth on the Tuesday. Early in the morning a threatening notice was round thrust under the hall door of the Earlof Mount cashell ; at the hour of twelve, his lordship walked from his mansion to the town to attend the committee, where he found thousands pouring in in bodies from the adjacent lens and mountains. Fearing a serious breach of the 2e, he lost no time in sending a requisition to the officer in command of the 77th regiment stationed at Fer moy, and took other precautions for the maintenance of public order. Dense masses of the people with imple ments of husbandry in their hands, soon collocted in front of the Police-barrack, where the Relief Committee had met, filling up every space in the broad street ; at first they appeared to be peaceably inclined, but when their numbers increased to some thousands, their riotous intentions became more apparent ; shouts, yells, and threats were loudly uttered, and when the Rev. Air. Daly, the parish priest, interposed, his advice was unheeded, and on one occasion he was insulted. The mob now, determined to attack the shops : they first went to a baker, named Barrett, who, to protect himself from violence, delivered up what bread he had in his premises. Putting a loaf of bread on the top of a long pole, they then paraded the town, bodies of labourers following in procession with their spades shouldered like firelocks. Next they proceeded to the house of a publican, named O'Brien, whose windows they broke, and from whom they extorted food : a violent woman, named Nancy Hyde, on this occasion took a leading part, and made herself very conspicuous in heading the rioters. After this they proceeded in great force to Lord Mountcashel's demesne gate, which the porter refused to open for them, and which they, with vociferations, attempted, but vainly, to break. At this critical moment a body of the police made their appearance, inside his lordship's grounds, and the rioters immediately retired. Almost at the same time a strong body of the 77th Regiment marched into the town, and having taken up a position in front of the Police Barracks, the rioting ceased. Soon after the rioters began to retire to their homes, and the magistrates, military, and police, having remained until all was quiet, some time after returned to their quarters.—Cork paper. hal, to consider ihe-ine;nbs'of;e liefforthe distressed vopulation, a large ConjoirseOf ditatin; mischief In the after- n to carry their intentions into exe They pro quay ; and buipping of grain at the Ted at the corn merchants' aker's nd all business town that ZV , t closed was rifled, were ordered out, and endeavoured to persuade them to leave the town, which they did at tr,'ght fall'. In th e night, the po r t c ullis of the bridge, connect:lg the cou n ti es of Cork and Waterford, was raised and tak,:m possession of, On Tuesday, a quantity of Indian meal, in'tended for APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE We have to announce a marriage, stated to be on the tapir, between Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor, daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, and sister of Lady Prudhoe and Lady Parker, with the Hon. Mr. Lawley, son of Lord and Lady Wenlock. We have reason to believe that a matrimonial alliance is positively determined between the Marquis of Sligo and the Hon. Miss Smythe, daughter of Viscount Strangford. Among the marriages in high society on the eve of tak ing place, we can announce that of Mr. Hugh Horatio Seymour, only son of the late Lieut -Colonel Hugh 11.1. and Lady Charlotte Seymour, and nephew of the Marquis of Cholmondeley, and Miss Ellice, daughter of Lieut.- General Robert Ellice. The day is not yet appointed for the marriage of Miss Drummond, daughter of Mr. Andrew and Lady Elizabeth Drummond, and granddaughter of the Duke of Rutland, and Mr. Lumley, who has inherited the valuable property of the Dowager Countess of Scarborough. Lady Margaret Grey, sister to the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, who, it has been stated is to be married to Mr. Milbanke, second son of Mr. Mark and Lady Au. gusta Milbanke, and of phew to the Duke of Cleveland, is staying with Sir John and Lady Jane Walsh, and at pre- sent no precise day is appointed for their union. . .. There is not any day appointed for the nuptials of Lady Charlotte Herbert, second daughter of the Earl and Coun tess of Powis, and Mr. H. Montgomery. of Grey Abbey, county Antrim. SPORTING 1 N TEL LIGENCA. A VETERAN ST. LEGER VISITOR.—Mr. Mapplebeck, of Dot: aster, now seventy-eight years of age, has seen every St. Leger run since its institution, with the ex ception of last year, when he was confined to his bed. SALES.—Brocardo, to the Earl of Strathmore, for, as reported, 1,500 guineas ; Miss Sarah, to the Earl of Glasgow, for 1,200 guineas; and Grimston, to Sir John Gerard, for 1,200 guineas. LANERCOST.—Mr. Kirby, of York, the worthy owner of the celebrated stallion, Lanercost, the sire of Van Tromp, and other first rate runners, has refused 3,000 guineas for this valuable stallion. The offer was made on the 15th instant, at Doncaster, with a contingency of 500 guineas more, should any of the Lanercost stock win the Champagne. CRICKET—THE EDGE-HILL V. THE ROCK PEARY,— The return match between the two first elevens of these clubs was played on Thursday, the 17th instant, on the ground of the former. After a game, which excited con siderable interest, the Edge-hill Club beat their oppo nents in a single innings. LANCASTER REGATTA.—This crack event of the North came off on Tuesday. The races were well con tested, and all passed off to the satisfaction of the nu merous spectators. The Trial Stakes, for youths not ex ceeding eighteen years of age, in four-oared boats, first bcat four guineas, second £l, was won by the Lune, beat ing Leander and Moonbeam.—The Borough Cup, value £4O, second boat to receive £lO, was won in three well contested heats by the Manchester boat, P. and B. R. C. The Open Race, for watermen and others, in tour-oared boats, for a plate of £lO, second boat £5, was won by the Lancashire Witch, beating three others.—The Ladies' Purse of £5, a.scullers' match, for gentlemen amateurs, was won by the Manchester boat S. C., beating the Fanny Ellsler (Liverpool boat.) THE BAY OF DUNDRUM The disaster which has unfortunately happened to the noble steam-ship Great Britain will, says the Dublin Mail, rivet the attention of the public to the necessity of constructing a safety harbour, long since projected (and strongly recommended in the report of Mr. W. Makeu zie, C. E), in the bay of Dundruin. The import ance o f th i s bay, whether as a fishery station, or as a refuge for the channel trade, or as a packet station between the North of Ireland and the West of England, cannot be over-esti mated ; nor the want of a sufficient B arbour , as ev i nce d i n the numerous shipwrecks and the ser ious loss of life w ithi n the last few years, be exaggerated. W ithin the time al luded to, no less than 63 vessels, involving a l oss o f £251,415, bare been wrecked here; and it is no longer ago than the 15th January, 1843, that a whole fleet of fish ing boats belonging to the coast which stretches between Annalong and Newcastle, were swept away in one fell storm, and no fever than SO souls perished in the catas trophe for want of a refuge in this dangerous bay. This importint improvement was taken up last year by a company of Liverpool merchants, and arrangemepts for the building of a harbour—towards the cost of which th e government was to have contributed one-third, had pro ceeded to a considerable extent; but for the want of some Demon cf enerev to carry on an enterprise so well besun. the project fell to the ground ; and now in one night a greater amount of property has probably been lost than have completed the work. 2nt time is particularly favourable for resum ing the project. Public works must be provided for the employment of the • a n d w . itnow of none in w3-' would The pres ale people; a, ,e the public money could be more usefu Ily, more humanely, han in providing a harbour . . of refuge at this fatal, but, if duly improved, most favour able station. We therefore presume to call the attention of the Board of Works to this part of the coast of Ireland, not merely for the protection of life and property, but for the sake of the fishing interest, and as the means of not only relieving the present distress, but of increasing the future supply of food and money to the people, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. RAILWAY INTELLIUENCE. Upwards of sixty projected railways, lost last session, are to be brought forward in the next. The Ashton and Stalybridge Branch Railway was opened on Wednesday. Reports have been circulated that the Great Western are about to reach Shrewsbury, and proceed thence, vid Oswestrv, to Chester. The Whitehaven and Harrington Railway is - in so for ward a state as to be likely to be opened for public traffic in the early part of October. SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY.—The £30,000 has been paid over to the North Kent, who are now returning 3Us. per share, to begin with, to the shareholders. The turning of the first sod on the works of the North Staffordshire railway was celebrated on Wednesday, by great rejoicings at Stock-on-Trent, the day being kept as a general holiday. The gigantic tunnel at the Edinburgh end of the Edin.. buagh, Leith, and Granton railway is nearly completed. Mr. Cubitt and the directors walked from end to end a few days since. SERIOUS FIRE AT THE CROYDON TERMINUS.—At an early hour on Tuesday, a fire broke out at the Croydon Railway station, which was not extinguished until about eight o'clock. Thirteen carriages, most of them of the first and second classes, have been totally destroyed, and two greatly injured. The damage is esti rated at £lO,OOO. From our official returns, it appears that the amount of traffic for the last week, on nearly 1,800 miles of railway, was £177,914, thus accounted f0r:—£95,061 for the con veyance of passengers only, £37,304 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £45,679 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned; be ng an increase over the corresponding week of last year of £35,362. The opening of the railway, originally known as the Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale railway, but, from the recent additions, assuming the name of the East Lanca shire Railway, was opened on Friday with great eclat. The line, as may be known to some of our readers, is in tended to connect the manufacturing districts of East Lancashire with the town of Manchester, and, with its extension, has been completed in a space of time (consi dering the nature of the country) almost unequalled. SUMMARY OF RAILWAY LINKS GRANTED.—It ap pears that the net total amount of railway capital autho rised to be raised during the last session was £90,802,550, for the purpose of constructing 4,705 miles of railway, averaging £19,399 per mile. There are 101,814 lineal yards of tunnelling to be executed (59k miles), being 1.27 per cent. of the whole length. The nuchber of turnpike roads exceed 209, and of common roads 1,240, to be crossed by railways on the same level. The total quantity of land required for occupation is stated to be 53,356 acres, nearly 111 acres per mile. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAIL WAY.-0a Tuesday evening, as the 4.45 train from Paddington neared the Swindon station, the rate of speed was, as usual, reduced ; whereupon, from some un explained cause, a luggage van placed between the first passenger carriage and the engine got off the line, and forced its way through the first compartment of the car riage, causing the instant death of two passengers, and injuring several others who were in the same or adjoining carriages. The head of one of the passengers was lite rally dashed to pieces, and his fellow-traveller in the same compartment received sn severe a concussion of the brain that almost instant death was the result. According to the last report of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, it appears that the total number of accidents during the last six mouths of 18-10 was 28, with 22 persons killed, and 131 injured ; in 1841, there were 29 accidents in all, 24 killed and 72 injured ; in 1842, 10 accidents, 5 killed and 49 injured ; in 1543, 5 accidents, 3 killed and 3 injured. While the number of accidents was than diminishing, the number of miles open, and still more the number of passengers travelling, were greatly in creasing. In 1840 there were 1,330 miles open, in 1813 there were 1,798; in 1840 there were about 12,000,000 of passengers, in 1843 there were about 25,000,0 00 . In 1844 there were 32 accidents, in which 10 persons were k;lled and 74 injured. During the first six months of 1815 there were 15 accidents, 2 killed and 30 injured. FEARFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—As the nine p.m. train was leaving Rugby station for Leicester on Satur day week, an engine belonging to the London and North- Western ilailwav Company was standing below the points at which the Alidland line diverges from the former; no following directors were, on the motion of Mr. Cheetham, appointed in their place :—Fur Glasgow, Messrs. Peter Blackburn, of Kilearn ; J. Ord Ewing, of Bromley ; Henry Dunlop, of Cra , gton ; A. G. Adams, of Denny, and John Henderson, of Park. Fur Edinburgh, Messrs. Jkmcs Maitland Hog • Alex. Clappetton. and John Maitland. For England, Messrs. J. B. Smith, Rosson, Rawson, Openshaw, Coston, M`Kay, and Cheetham. The whole business of the meeting, a report of which oc cupies nearly nine columns in the Glasgow Constitutional, was conducted with great gcod temper. The strength of the respective parties would, on a division, have stood thus :—deputation, 580 proxies, 7,283 votes; directors, 148 proxies, 1836 votes. Majority against the directors, 432 proxies, 5,447 votes. This does not include the votes of the deputation, nor those proxies which arrived too late. sooner had the engine and tender passed the points, than to see what advantage we can derive from the amount of the engine-driver of the London and North-Western misfortune; and it will be no small advantage to one part Company turned on his steam, and the result was that of this empire, and I will venture to say even more—no the engine ran into the train before it had cleared the small advantage to this part of the country in which lam line, broke tour of the carriages, throwing them off the now speaking, if the uncertainty, or rather the general rails, and tearing up the latter for some distance, whilst failure, of the potato crop shall lead the farmers—small several of the passengers were seriously shaken and farmers especially —to rest their attention and their trust bruised. Mr. Hudson, the chairman to the Midland less exclusively upon potatoes as a green crop, to the Company, but better known as the " Railway King," exclusion of many others that might be adopted. (Hear, was in one of the carriages, but escaped unhurt. After and applause.) I think we have in this country, and I a detention of about an hour, the passengers were placed know it to my cost as sn Irish landlord, relied too eaten in carriages belonging to the latter company, and for- sively upon the cultivation of the potato. That sole stay warded en their journey. The guard was so seriously in- failing, distress has grievously increased. I recollect the jured that he was obliged to be left behind. time when it was confidently declared that the turnip Ems:lmmo"' AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—The seven- would not grow in this country—that the soil, climate, teenth half-Nearly general meeting was held at Glasgow, and I know not what, were so adverse to its cultivation, on the 22d inst. The report was" received." and ordered* that to expect to grow turnips was looked upon as the to be laid on the table, and the directors resigned. The i height of absurdity. I will now Venture in env tt,at the district of this society throughout, there is no dis trict in England which, with proper cultivation and proper attention, will yield a more remunerative—perhaps there is hardly any one which will yield an equally remu nerative—return, i❑ crops of turnips, than the district comprised in the limits of this society. He proceeded to impress upon farmers the necessity of cultivating the tur nip, for which the soil of this county was well adapted, now that the potato had failed. His lordship next re ferred to the attendance of the :how. The money taken at the door last s ear was £63, this year it reached £lO3. He alluded to the poverty of the show, more especially to the wretched display of horses. This was not a sheep growing county, but it might become so when the culti vation of turnips was extended. He impressed upon the farmers the necessity of draining. He concluded in the following terms :—Permit me to say that while I see in the cause of this society much to encourage, and much to induce us to be thankful for the exertions made, and to be pleased with the progress that has been made, I see, also, we have still much brfore us, and my earnest hope is that, stimulated by the emulation produced by such so cieties, both landlords and tenants will exert themselves, band in hand, to meet the difficulties to which they may be exposed, whether by visitations of Providence, by the legislation of man, or by difficulties to which they may be unused. Let them exert themselves with true English spirit to meet all these difficulties with corresponding exertions; and my belief and confidence is, more especially in this district, where we have the advantage of an abundant supply of manure, and the still greater advantage of con stant and overflowing markets close at our doors, those exertions, if applied to the soil, will not be invested in a treasury that will yield no return, but one which will yield a liberal return to both landlord and tenant. More than this, these increased exertions, and the increased in terest felt by both, will tend to that which is most for the interest of all classes of the community, namely, to a cordial and thorough good understanding between land lords and tenant farmers. (Cheers.) With these senti ments and apology for the length of my observations, I 1)g to propose, as a bumper toast—" Prosperity to the Liverpool Agricultural Scciety." (Loud cheers.) Sir RICHARD BROOKE proposed the health of Lord Stanley. The noble CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and in doing so, proposed the health of his father, the Earl of Derby, the president of the society. Tile CH AIRMAN then gave the Mayor and Corporation, which was responded to by Mr. Alderman Lawrence, and the health of Thomas Weld Blundell, the senior vice president_ which was responded to by that gentleman in a suitable speech. The Chairman, with a flattering eulo gium on Mr. Robert Neilson, proposed his health. Mr. NEILSON responded. He thanked them for the manner in which the last toast had been received, and as a member of the committee, he felt it to be his duty and privilege to give all the information in his power to every member of the society ; he would accordingly state the result of some experiments he had made, as to the advan tages connected with the sowing of large and small grain, and when he mentioned the name of Mr. Woodman Earle as an authority on the subject, they would be well assured that that was a sufficient recommendation for the sugges tions he was about to make. He alluded to a paper he held in his hand, which had been furnished by that gen tleman, and he had given him liberty to make it public if he thought proper. He would, however, call their atten tion to one or two points as to sowing. There was a por tion of land, of twenty-four square yards; a number of grains of large and small seed were taken from a sample wheat, of the large 296, and of the small 2e9, those were placed in rows six inches apart, and the return on the large wheat was three bushels per acre over that of the small ; the value per acre was as is. 9d. for the large, and 3d. for the small. He instanced a number of other improvements for the purpose of showing how much might be gained by paying attention to the quantity of wheat placed in the ground. It was also necessary that the seed should on no account be placed in the ground until it was in proper order to receive it. It should be well tilled and well cultivated. He next alluded to t culture of Italian ryegrass and 'red clover, and stated that in April he tried the experiment of sowing one bushel of the grass and 12lbs. of red clover. The result was, that be had a sixth crop on the ground, and before Christmas expected to get a seventh. That w s a proof what might be produced by proper attention. It was manured twelve times, ten of which were with liquid manure, and so con vinced was he of the efficacy of the liquid manure, that be gave it ten doses of the one against one of the other. Such was the result of using that portion of the produce of the farm yard which, in nine cases out of ten, tv as suffered to go to waste. He urged the necessity of erect ing proper tanks for preserving the li q uid manu re, which was quite as necessary. and ought to be as much the duff of the landlord as proper drainage. There was another subject, and he was interested with the ob tiona that had fallen from their noble chairman as to touching upon politics ; but he did think that in consequence of the repeal of the corn laws it became the duty of agriculturists to take into consideration whatever might be conducive, under the circumstances, to !heir own interests. He re ferred to the restriction on the growth of barley, owing to the malt tax. (Hear.) He had heard opinions favourable to it from many of the greatest farmers in the country. With reference to the disease which was so prevalent amongst the cattle, and from which he had suffered to a great extent, he stated that, from experiments which he had made, the disease might be mitigated, if not entirely removed by the use of mashed malt, and which, if the duty were taken off, the malt ,tight be used to a large extent. Mr. Harold Littledale, who kept about 100 cows, had told him the effect of grains as a food for coivs, which increased the milk fifteen per cent., and the dimi nution was perceptible to that extent when the food watt changed. The consumption of malt would be ve r y gr eat if the duty were removed, and it might be cultivated with preater advantage than other grain, especially on some descriptions of land, and would be advantageous to the labourers, by opening a wider field for their operations. He recommended the repeal of the malt tax upon certain conditions, and felt convinced that it would be for the benefit of the farmers and the country at large. It might be objected that the repeal duty on an article from which an intoxicating beverage was manufactured would be pro ductive of evil results to the people ; but he trusted to the movement which was now going on for improving their tastes and habits, as a check to any of these cala mities which might be apprehended on that score. In conclusion, he thanked them for the patience with which they had listened to him, and the honor they bad dons him by drinking his health. (Applause.) Several other toasts followed, amongst which was the health of Messrs. Lucas and Co., and thanks to them for the use of the room for the dinner. Lord STAN LEY and his son, the Hon. E. Stanley then left the room amidst most enthusiastic cheers. So large a number of premiums were awarded in every department, that the full list would occupy more space than we can spare, and, moreover, be tedious to peruse- We shall, therefore, confine ourselves chiefly to the principal prizes awarded to parties in our own more im mediate locality. BEST CULTIVATED FARMS, &C.—To Richard Watt, Esq., of Speke, as owner and occupier of 117 acres—the Medal; to Mr. Birch, of Orrell, £6; Mr. Ashton, of Speke, £4; Mr. Birch, of Sefton, for h e d ge pl ant i ng , £3. CROPS GROWN IN 1815.—Sir P. Mostyn, Bart., best Swedish turnips, the Silver Medal; Mrs. Ardern, of Penketh, ditto, £3. • HORNED CATTLE.—Mr. Atherton, Upholland, the best bul, £l5 ; Sir T. de Trafford, Bart., best, ditto, under two years old, the Medal ; als other prizes—G . Greenall, Esq., best cow, the Medal; also other prizes -- ; Mr. Birch, Sefton, best cow in milk, £5; Mrs. Howard , Knowsley, 2d best, ditto, £3. Hoasss.l—Mr. Thos. H. Hardinge, Liverpool, (best stallicn for agricultural purposes, £6; Mr. Hew"; Knowsley. best filly for ditto, £1; Mr. J. Ashcroftl3. iN%cri, vertree, best three-year-old ditto, £5 • Mr. I Haig b Sefton, best brood mare for ditto, £4; i Thos. a i Wavertree, best pair of horses for general agrcultur purposes, the silver medal; Mr. Howard, Knowsley , for ditto, --Cg. Pios.—Mr. Gilbert Halsall, of Balwoood. and Mr. Alfred Bower, of Aigburth, obtained £2 10s. each for fine sows. EXTRA.—For the best pair of draught horses employed in Liverpool Mr. Harbridge received £1; for the second- Rat, Messrs. Woodall and Jones, £2 ; and for the best pair of draught-horses at all, the Earl of Sefton. Rewards were given to James Howard, carter to Air- Ashcroft, of Bank-hall, near Liverpool, and to James Harrison, labourer to Colonel Williams. Woolton, far 3 1 years faithful service each—to the first £4, and to the se' cond, £2. IMPLEMENTS.—A silver medal was awarded to each of the following makers, &c., for general assortments :-- Mr. William Thomas, Liverpool. Mr. Robert Elliot, Liverpool. Mrs. Cartmell, Liverpool. Robert Neilson, Esq., Halewood, for his liquid manure cart and pump. &c. The following implements were commended by the judges : Mr. William Thomas, Liverpool, for an oil box O r wheels. Mr. John Craig. Liverpool, for an improved cacti weighing machine. Mr. John Cr Liverpool, for a household weighing Mr. R. Elliot, Liverpool, for a turnip cutter. Mrs. Cartmell, Liverpool, for a four-knife bay All a straw cutter. r;mell Liverpool, foi 'n, Toxteth-park, for an atmospheric urnip cutter bert, Liverpool, for a set of true Sept. 29, 1846. LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY society held its annual meeting, on Thursday, at the New Haymarket, which has been recently enclosed. and the dinner took place in the evening at Lucas's Re pository. The show of cattle wns not better than usual. A bull belonging to Mr. Atherton, of Upholland, gained the principal prize of £l5, and to one of Mr. Cropper's, of Melling, the prize of £lO was awarded. The show of pigs was good. There were few sheep on the ground, but some were good specimens of Southdowns. Mr. Whalley, of the Crescent, Mr. Peake, of Dale-street, Mr. Newton, of Manchester, Mr. Cawson, of Salford, and other gen tlemen, showed a variety of ploughs, harrows, and other agricultural implements. A curious atmospheric churn, by Mr. A. Weston, attracted some attention. The report of the committee spoke warmly of the ac commodation which the Corporation had provided, by enclosing the Haymarket—regretted that circumstances had prevented the junction of the Liverpool with the Manchester Agricultural Society—stated that the ar rangements for doing so would be submitted to a general meeting—and that the society had sustained a loss by the contract for the dinner last year, owing to the limited attendance. The report of the inspectors of farms spoke of the ex cellence of the first and second grass and clover crops— described the hay se4son as having been most favourable — said that wheat would prove a full average—that oats were under an averave crop—that the bean crop is a failure — and that potatoes, as every one knew, were in a lamentable state. The committee wind up by declaring that the crop of weeds has been the most abundant and flourishing of any. The accounts showed the receipts of the past year to have been.. And the expenditure 5ll 17 7 Leaving due to the treasurer £2B 12 ' At the dinner upwards of three hundred sat down, which was considered a much better attendance than that of last year. The tables were literally supplied with every thing that could contribute to the enjoyment of the company. The chair was occupied by Lord Stanley, and at the principal table were the following gentlemen amongst others :—John Ireland Blackburne, Esq ; the lion. Edward Stanley, son of the chairman ; H. Lttledale, Esq. ; Robert Neilson, Esq. ; Weld Blundell, Esq. ; Richard Blundell. Esq. ; Sir B. Brooke, Bart. ; Mr. Alderman Griffith ; Mr. Alderman James Lawrence, Richard Brook, Esq.; Hardman Earle, Esq. ; William Eccles, Esq. ; William Grierson, Esq.; Captain Mor gan ; Bartholomew Bretherton, Esq.; Gilbert Greenball, Esq. ; William Rawson, Esq. ; William Heyes, Esq. ; Philip Whiteway, Esq. The cloth was drawn at a quarter after six o,clock, and after the usual loyal toasts, Lord STANLEY then rose, amidst loud cheers, to pro pose the principal toast of the evening. The noble lord spoke nearly as follows :—Gentlemen, it now becomes my ' duty to propose to you a bumper toast. I propose to you to drink prosperity to that society whose anniversary you are now met to celebrate, and whose progress, from very small beginnings and by very gradual steps, to its present advanced stage of prosperity, 1 have bad the satisfaction of witnessing through the period of sixteen years, during which I have had the honour of filling this chair as presi dent. (Hear, hear, and applause.) I had hoped, when I addressed you last year, that before this time we might have effected a combination with another and a sister so ciety in this county, by which the means of usefulness of both, by which the sphere of emulation of both—which is the means of usefulness—might have been considerably extended. That arrangement has not been brought to a conclusion. Unforeseen impediments have, for the pre sent, prevented it. But I trust that it is for the present only, and that before another year has expired, those dit fieulties may be surmounted which have hitherto pre vented the union of the Liverpool and Manchester Agri cultural Societies. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I address you at a period of no small difficulty to me in my present po sition, and of no small anxiety to the agricultural inter ests of the country generally. (Hear.) I address you at a period when it has been thought right by parliament to withdraw that legislative protection—or at least to make provisions by which that legislative protection shall shortly be withdrawn—which the agricultural interests of this country, have hitherto enjoyed. And I address you also at a period when it has pleased Providence to visit this country and the greater part of the civilized world, with a mysterious visitation, in the almost entire failure of a crop essential to the maintenance and support of the poorest portion of the community. (Hear.) But gentlemen, these are topics upon which, here, I can hardly dwell. I cannot speak to you of the measures which it has pleased parliament to adopt, for several reasons. First, that it is a wise and judicious rule of this society. that it should exclude from its discussions everything that can lead to political dissension, or political differences of opinion ; next, that it is yet doubtful, and it remains to be proved, whether the change which parliament has decreed is a change which will be sanctioned and made perpetual by the feelings and opinions of the community at large. Thirdly, the operation of the measure has not yet come into effect— (hear)—for 1 need not tell those that I am addressing, that, at this time, and for the next two or three years, there still remains a duty of 10s. per quarter upon the in troduction of foreign wheat ; lastly, I will not speak upon this topic, because whatever may be, even ultimately, the operation of this legislative measure, its even partial ope ration has been, in a great degree, counteracted and im peded by other and temporary causes. The enormous,— I will not say the exaggerated, I will not say the danger ously large, but I will say the unprecedentedly large— amount which is now being invested in various spe culations, and In various works, tending unnaturally to raise the price of labour, and, consequently, unna turally to increase the demand for provisions, at the time when that very visitation of Providence to which I have referred, presses upon this country and upon the continent. Therefore, even were I not precluded as I am, from dwelling upon this topic, and upon the legislative measures which have been passed, by the rules of this society, I should be precluded by a conside ration that the effect of those legislative measures—if le gislative measures they are ultimately to be—must stand the test of time. This, alone, I will say, that, having ex pressed in another place, where it was my bounden duty , to express it. my opinion, unhesitatingly and unreserv edly, upon the policy of those measures, the wisdom and the soundness of that opinion remains yet to be tested by time—(hear)—and no man will rejoice more than I shall, if the apprehensions I entertain should be found to be un founded or exaggerated. (Hear, hear.) Nay, more, gen tlemen. No man in his sphere and position shall do more, by increased exertions, to render those apprehen sions less founded than I believe them to be. (Hear, hear.) I also must abstain from offering to you, gentlemen, any observations upon the almost general, I may say the universal, failure of the potato crop—a failure so universal, not only in this country, but in every part of these united kingdoms, that in passing, about ten days ago, through the city of Edinburgh, I was assured there had not been exhibited for sale in the market of Edinburgh, a potato for at least ten days or a fortnight. (Hear.) I shall not dilate upon this topic. for the best of ail possible reasons, because I know nothing about it. (Hear, and a laugh.) I believe if all the most learned men in Europe were to make an honest confession, the result would be that they know no more about it than I profess to know. (Hear, bear.) They know it is general—they know that it is fatal, most dangerous in its tendency, and most lament able in its effects. But as to its cause and origin—as to the mode of preventing or palliating the evil, there are many different opinions; but none of them have stood the test of experience, and none of them can be pro nounced upon with the smallest degree of certainty. (Hear.) Gentlemen, I do venture to hope, notwith standing, from indications which came in a remarkable manner under my own cognizance, some three or four years ago, when I had the honour of holding th e o ffi ce o f Colonial Secretary, that this visitation will not be conti nuous. (Hear, hear.) I was applied to at that lime from the distant island of St. Helena to consult w e ll- s kill e d persons in London as to a mysterious disease which bad broken out three years ago. is I say nothi ng o f t h e uni versal prevalence ot disease in the potat oes . I believe— and I trust the fact so—that the disease does not owe its origin to any permanent failure of, or deficiency in, the root itself, but to some extraordin ar y a t mosp h er i ca l influences, and that as it has been the will of Providence to afflict us with this visitation, so we may look forward with an humble confidence to the withdrawal of the visita tion by the act of the same Providence, against which, it at present appears, no human skill or foresight can guard. I am the more led to entertain this conclusion, because I feel that those among us vsho are practical farmer, will see, in the course of the pr es ent y e ar, whether it be from atmospherical influences or not, that other crops are similarly affected, though not to the same extent potato crop, I regret to say, in this ^ ,nty, and I hear ), to a great ex- in other districts. the turnit;'crop is tent, a failure. Even in the gardens (I do not ther any of you will have remarked it) there i ordinary disease, similar to that in the potato, exhibited upon a small scale in the celery beds, the }eaves being sliotie7l,biaCk, and withered, and the r t itself rotting crops of pots I do rwt pretend to offer you any observations upon either of these two topics, which yet are matters of the deepest interest to those who, like many of you, are en d practical farmers in cultivation. I rather turn Mr. Alex. \Vest Ir. James C wWPPIe trees for two horses. Mr. James Cuthbert, Liverpool, for a set of equalising' a treus for three horses. It. T. Whalley, Liverpool, for a patent lever horse ..„. Mr. T. Whalley, Liverpool, for an improved subsoil plough. M r. W. H. Peake, Liverpool, for a gate Many of our neighbours got pr superb Swedish turnips. for the growing of