The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-10 00:00:00

TAB EARL OP CIAMPI.' ON IRISH

AGRICULTURE.

At the evening meettag of the 'Royal Dublin
Society's Cattle Show, which was opened to the public on
Wednesday. the Loaa LiartgWANT (the Baal of Carlisle), in
to a vote of thanks for the interest he had
oemiitested is **welfare cif the amiety mad is every sub-
jest which leaded to the ieduetrial improvement of Ireland.
rid—We cunt have advanced thus far in the year 1863
without permitting ourselves to noogratulate on another
span the very improved enmeteir of the amen, sa far sa
we hare hitherto bed expesimatie of it. I know that upon
almost all human things there are two sides and pular—
an which takes the best
.porible, wed the other the worst
passible, view of everythurg. This her }sea the are with
respect to the coodition sad general peeped' of Ireland
the truth generally will be fend to Be between the two
amuses ; but I thisk that la one or either side, the pen-
end or optimist aide, will be found to differ as to the ex-
tremely unseals] and notoward &neater of the three rum-
mers through which *shave bistpme. It is not to be denial
that bid 'Recta naturally resulted in almost every deport-
ment of agriculture from those causes. lam far from at-
tempting to dogmatise on so lanterns' a sebjeet se the
weather, but I believe there is a growing pennuion,
partly derived from observance arid edema, partly from
iodependent scientific speculatioas—amoapt others, from
observations of the spots ea the sun, sad of the magnetic
*orients of the cur* that there is some law which
regulates the returnees tiepins of more or leas favourable
weather. Therefore, when we have experienced a 'Wog
which in its warm dryers monads ate of what we all some-
hew or another imagine to be the spring of our youth,
I teapot help indulging le pure videos of night summers,
glowing harvests. sad ~Senn pasaine. (Appian'.)
One point, however, genleescre, is clear, that until we
obtain a more accurate keeling* of the laws which regu-
late the season and the 000dition of the threats, and con
set more securely upon them, our canine ought to keep
close company with ear inetance, and pellfying ashes hoes
the Eight presented to as is ear yards to-day, these lonj
re aps of well-limbed, sleek 'kissed ciatile—them pens
soft sad entry Soccer—those ingenious 116711011111 of skieki-
sery—an fresh as I sat Irmo Aside, ssi was her
handling Royal Butterfly end inebedor, yet I manse feint
that within a very few days back I indeed a communica-
tion from my ows.seiglibooriseed of Yorkshire respeniag
a grievous complaint which has lately prevailed in cattle
imported from Itind. My oorempoodent says :—" We
have been suffering very serious loss foe some thee pant,
I have no doubt not here aloes but throughout the when
seighbousiood, os account of the diseusedistate of the inis
ported Irk& cattle. It was thought the nun areas from
the trestaneat trash got ea ship board, end during their bin
tamed about, whin would, of nurse, banns the com-
ppt, But I have been informed that the reel sours* and
fdation of it was laid is Ireland 1 the want of can is
breeders in net pintails( proper shelter for the cattle during
whiter.* Now 1 always, and an without lemming
some whiter hr.*
laid peat strew upon the adaptability of the
Irish sett end climate far peeten, sad the rearteg of flecks
ad herds, and I dos% sow in thy way depart from my
onions in that respect ; brat it 111 obvious that it must
be • dethigieg sad ent-persiging preens to employ to
any great attest the growth mei !raring of flocks end berth ,
without taking one that due provision is made, both far •
saffieleat quantity of green non for their food, end for
shelter against any unammi men and severity of our cli-
mate. (Year.) There is irag like INIUtiOD and care in pre-
venting those_ lapses to Wlllok I don't call it the caprices of
bat which the realinseiof name must impose ta all.
(Hear. There is on alter still more grave ad mere unfor-
tunate drawback to Irish spiaulture. and, indeed, to Irish
prosperity is general, which I don't like to pass entirely
without sotichig, although I feel this is not the proper
plane so, the oppetuinty to dilate upon it. Bat I
cannot help onernag epos an evil which ie mon
mischievous and demegiag than the damp of the wettest
' summers, or the blasts el the obilliset winters, I mean the
spirit of dieffestios In the laws, red the remorse to deed.
of violence
I and ,agrarien crime. (Hear, hear.) However,
comparing the Intend dtoday with the Ireland es it case
was, and, indeed, se 1 myself remember it, it meld be •
gross injustice sot to admit that • tepid sad manifest pro.
pees has bees made, ast merely in those material improve-
ment% and is those varied nommen to which your exhibi-
tion has bone sack eplemild testinsoey, hot, the both in the
wettish= and chunky of the peo* sad ia the foam
of different clime tennis each other—then. hear)—end
do trust that bent with respell to the turbulence end crime
of man, as well as to the riper sod disturbance of mature,
we may my with as neat UAWg of security :
Think'et them, yea manias and
Raised by thy hawk ohs um& the erb of day -
To-morrow he rename ins
To warm the nation. with redoubled ray.
His ensibort nom* lib etall miles loud applause.

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