The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-23 00:00:00

ROY AL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OP

BNOLAND.

Yesterday the half-yearly general meeting of this
mists wu held at their house in Evonver-square, Lord
Poetics, the president, in the chair. Lord Be,rean, Lord
Fevenbam, Mr. Brewton, M.P.. Mr Raymond Barker,
Mr. Fisher Rohl's, Mr. W. Pickle, Mr. H. Wilton, the
Rev. Thomas Cator, the Rev. C. T. James, and several
other eminent practical egriculturiats were among the mem-
ben present.
Mr HUDSON, the secretary, road the retort, which Aided
that the society consists at the present time of 86 Ifer
governors, 139 annual governors, 839 life wog era, 3,896
I and 20 honorary members, fuming a total of
4,979 members, or 97 more than the cumber at the previ-
ous artniVeTeM. The limp, ror of the French hulas been
graciously pleased to permit Cis name to he plat *4 on the
list of honorary members of this society, is compliance
with a request made on the pat of the council, his luiperial
Majesty has bees unanienoudy elected arc irdihgly, in s. rate-
feel recognition of the deep interest which he bad so effec
tively taken in the promotion of international agriculture.
The finances of the society have on no former occasion been
is so favourable a condition. The funded pro,,erty consists
of 9,2641 la the New Three per Cent sto,a, and the current
oath balance in the bend. of the bankers is 3,6671. The
Chelmsford meeting, to be held in the middle of July, pro-
mises to be equal Is every reopen to the moat successful of
former country meetings of the society in (Aber parts of the
kingdom. Tee entry of agricultural impt,inen• a and en-
ebinery is large beyond precedent; and, as a ere.t number of
these, instead of lying inactive, as hitherto, in the yard, will
be at ordinary work during certain hours of the show they
will presentnew sad testier ive feature in the exhibition.
The council have been Induced oa the representation
of a very large proportion of the implement manulacturen
who exhibited last year at Carlisle, to apportion their prizes
and trials in the implement dip irtment over three ran
instead of including them all is single successive yeses. The
implements for prizes and trials have accordingly been
divided into classes for this three yeses' rotation under the
following heads :-1 Implement, and machin. ry fir the
%Siege and draiaage of land. 2. Implements and machinery
for the cultivatioa and harvesting of crops. 3. Implement.
and machinery for the preparath n of rrops for market and
cattle food. Those under the first of these heads will form
the prize and trial implements for the Chelurf ird meeting,
in addition to the aural prizes of 6001. for the best
steam cultivator, prises fir reaping amble's, and prises
for new gad miseelitheou implements. The mouthing
engineer of the society has c instructed for the Chelmsford
meeting new dynamometers, se to the me aaaa of fore*
required to overcome the resistance offered by the soil to the
different chimes of field imp) ments. The amount of re-
sistants. compared with the work actually done, will enable
the judges more aoeurately to sellouts the relative 100110-
mie value of competing implements intended for the culti-
vation of the soil. The live stock portion • f the exhibition
will theludie foreign catte and sheep belonging to foreigners,
and bred abroad. For the purpose of making e for
',reign animals during the eppriaebrog Groat In-
ternational Show at Parte, in the first week of June, the
council have extended the date of entry in their case from
the Ist to the 12,h of that mouth. The local Chelmsford
committee have liberally placed at the disposal of the
conned the sum of 2001. to be ewer:tea as extra prizes
for thoroughbred hunters and roadsters. These prizes will,
no doubt, attract a large amount of cuepetit lin, end greatly
haoreue the interest of tte show. Agrerably with a re-
quest from the French government, the council have ap-
pointed Mr. Evelyn Denison, M.P., chairmen of the WI lc-
meat amnion at the ensuing Paris meeting, and ton English
jurors to represent this country in the different depart.
manta of live stook on that occasion.

The report wee unanimously adnpted.
On the motion of Mr. RAYMOND B , seconded by
Mr. Ba•MSTON, 11. P., Mr. Bv.lyn Denison, M.P., was
unanimously elected president of the society f. r the ensu-
ing year, commencing at the ruing of the Cbelopford meet-
ing. The rice-presidents, traits's, and ther officers were
alio appointed, and on the motion of Mr. H WiLsox,
seconded by Mr. GIRD•OOD, a TAO of thanks wee passed
by acclamation to the chairman.