The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-02 00:00:00

[Stamped, H. Additional.]

res MEMBERS FOB SOUTH DEVON.

At the annual dinner of the Tavirtock Agriaal•
tuna Society, on Wednesday, Lord Cimarron proposed
the heath of the "Members for the southern divides et
Devanahirs." . .

Sir L. PAUr., lf.P., mid that it wee now nearly dean thus
ago that he had fad the piths* of =hag the athasant-
otos of the good people of Tavistock. Great change bad
elm taken plum, and he was prod to ea that he had had
the honour of sitting so their tegaa 're in warmth
without any °parities for that time. He was still
to mention that during the whole of that period he prouderi
considered politico in any way whatever ; but whenever
his services had been of we to any eoestitthat or voter of
Dessehire they had been freely and unremittingly placed
stasrindis It was always wealth to meet a large body
of and espasielly the friends waft whom they
and with when amociation they wide identified. It
• however, still more agriumbie to meet there'd a time
when prosperity had tidied Math sad whet they could
congratulate themselves upon a great and firma. harvest
If be inOt venture to draw a mast hem that day, he
thought he could shortly point out to them bow red and
good a country England was—when is times of great
viaisaitudes, such as the inaanfacturing districts passed
through last winter, England still remained at peace, still
preepercns and energetic is the comes of its labour sad
enterprise. He attribeied meth d that to the laws and
institutions of this oguntry—to its free and liberal coo-
thistles, and fhosi ides msesures which far yen had
been pumped by whisk they tithed. If they
looked to other eciethelgs„ weal see that there were
I.l=eiguaritiella th±mt
the, but war own wnssedle=nd peaosful.
There were no great
caw to db
He believed that the eajZs parliament totorint eri It
the het series was • very wise saga Althea& they paned
au new laws of greet bluPorftW. they still maintamed the
°aesthetics of the country, and they did what was passible
to dada, the taxation, and to rider the sentry nide
from faoita invasion,and Prollicrotw in all its uthertak.
imp. Sir Lwrenas alluded to the valuable service ren-
dered hi those agricultural meetings, and mid that he knew
that of lass them bad been a good deal of discussion
in this asentry as to the value of abort horn, and North
Devoe& Being a large farmer himealf, he
itheztatilic:t
the matter was sot one of my very deep
Upon mina farms where they had rich had, and when
the climate was favourable, he was inclined to think that
a shod horn was probably the best animal; but ware
tha
_had a thorny climate, and the land was not e
of feeding these larger stook, he had not the least=
that there was no animal is the world so valuable or well
bred as the Meth Doyen oaths. (Hear, hear.) Every
nation of the world came to &liked to buy stock to
improve their own breeding, and English farmers got the
highest pries for their bulls and cattle, sod what was
meroliisgaler, that stock mad be renewed, for it dots-
ringed year after year. Shat horns, Deems, and other
breeds, all brought =mimeo prior in Frame. Many of
their best horses went also exported to Frame and °a-
nnoy. Hs thought that this was a great fact, aad
showed that there was both talent, judgment, and enter-
prise in mrimftrists. (Hear, hear.) lie did not think
they oenld too highly cherish the vales of that society, and
he was glad to we among them that day the member for
the borough of Tivistack, who, he hoped, bad lent
by hi primes, he mantic* aad patrousge to the theta
they bad mode to establish this any sthosedal show in
that part of Deathlike. The hon. member then retorted
to the slat* of the wg death and ea habitations.
He said he bay el thepies when that tutted weld
he mentioned with MOW happiness than in Tavislook—
(hear, bear)—beans the Duke of Bedford was Wooed
ss sit the but .ate, by building several adages for
krmene Mattress. 16 might be in their rocolledith that
some two or these years since he paned through the
Roam of Omentsts a bill to enable lathed proprietors to
charge their pethethy be the 111006111 sad lasprovsnatt
of egileoll -headings. in the mem way as the kw per-
aided them to charge their properties for drainage and
apothem* of their Metes. He regretted to say that
the bill did net meet with the sandisa of the Hems of
Lords, and he math confer that be felt • mat dad of dis-
appoiataisat that be should have than Med. Month
dances, kowever, had lauded him to think that Mal was a
very happy osethreass, for he maw that thee able heads
and peas had taken up the gladioli. and he was sure that
it would be well ventilated and dimmed. He felt con-
dead that the tins was approaching when the dissiden-
t's would be accomplished, and that some means would
be found for an alteration in the law of settlement. When
the time arrived for the matter to be again dammed in
the Soon al Commies he should ssl fir to move the
quake sad be hoped It would he received with better
malt' than his earlier attempts. (Loud applanie.)
Mr. lizthwica, ILP., referred to the inexemingL2:
kith of the country, sad observed that the great
to solve was as to the maw in which the grea problem
Wan of the fears was to be fed. He wished to see them
fed vary muck better than they were at present. He
feared that many of their poor population from week to
week near tasted a bit of animal food. In his opining,
the answer to the (pathos of how they should supply
the. weals, was by cralivaling every pieos of land that
could posit* be brought into saltivation. Yet there
were t,seeds d three sow in that county bestirs
nothing, which if properly cultivated might be applied to
augment the food for the amain. population. He be-
lieved the time would °oath even during the lives of many
who were then preset, whoa the whole of our country
would he brought into cultivation. If they could not grow
corn they would vow heed; and if sot grain, pth.
By so doing they might produce • greater quantity of
beef to feed the poor. (Hear, hear.) He did not
think the period was far distant when instead of seeing
iron ploughs go throe& the soil, they should witness the
deem plough introduced everywhere. Referriagl to
agricultural statistics, the hoe. gentleman said he was the
of thole, and perhaps he differed from many who were
present, who coesiderod that it would be very difficult
indeed to coiled tame Attain. He doubted very much
whether they would find anyone who would do it acme.
rahtly. B. was quite sae that the overseen of the parish
sold not do it, and be should never consent to employ a
issinan to area in the work. (laughter and apparel.)
erefore. if it could not be done imourritely, and it was
a isles return, he thought there had better be no
urn at 611 (Hear. beer.) Be did net think that tam
• statistics would lead to any sitisfactory rieula In con-
death, the boa member remarked that he concurred with
the rouse which the government had taken with respect
to the American strspia.
L Dr. HABNI73B having proposed " The borough members,"
A. RUseILL, Es., ILP., responded, and other toasts fol-
lowed.