The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1851.

Try him by what he knows of his own busineea, not by
what he knows of his neighbour's. Put a plough into his
hands, and, although be cannot define a straight line like
others taught by rule in set forms of speech, he wil' run a
furrow mathematically exact between its extreme points, •
though they be as distant as the eye can reach. (Loud'
sheers.) Is there no education there ? What say you of
the training of that eye, of that hand, of that head, which
can not only see the line, but follow it so truly, making an
unerring instrument out of two rude horses and a plough—
, (loud cheers)—or do you hold that only to be education
which is to be gained in books—that only to be knowledge
which is the development of abstract rules and general
idea? (Cheers.) Take another ease. Give one of then
ignorant peasants a quartern of corn, bid him sow it over
six, or eight, or ten acres; he will not sit down to pen
and ink, and consult hooks. If be lost hours at that
work, the world would forthwith dub him • scholar,
and doff its hat to him ; but he goes straight
into the field, and distributes the grain so exactly over the
space assigned, that at the harvest you shall see no spot un-
occupied—no spot more crowded with plants than another.
(Cheers.) Is there no education in this? Is there no edu-
cation required to give so exact an appreciation of quantity,
an intimate a knowledge of the capacity of a given space ?
(Loud cheers.) Propound the same problem to a philoso-
pher. (A laugh.) I believe the labourer would sow a
whole farm before the other could make out his rule ;
and when he had his rule I doubt if he could ever
teach a scholar to apply it. (Loud cheers.) But this
is not all ; I have, as yet, spoken only of the mechanical
skill of the labourer. 1 come now to that knowledge
which be possesses in common with yourselves the
knowledge of the art of farming—an art which has ever
formed the delight of the noblest and most elevated charac-
ters of all times--an art which exacts from those who prac-
tise it, the power of dealing with the incidents, occasions,
and emergencies, as presented by the varieties of the sea-
sons, by the nature and constitution of domestic animals,
by the nature and properties of plants—an art which ele-
vates and dignifies the mind by the perpetual study and
constant contemplation of God's most interesting works ; and
yet the labourer so gifted, so trained, is held to be a boor
because he cannot talk. (Loud cheers.) But you are
not led away by this sophism. Whatever you may do
on the hustings—whatever you may approve in parlia-
ment, you have never chosen your shepherd for his
talk. Yon judge the agricultural labourer by what he
can do ; you love him for his honest worth ; you reverence
him for his wondrous sagacity, fur the genius of his in-
stincts; and now when we are met together at this high
festival, with the magnates of the land, with the distin-
guished in arts and literature of the civilised world ; now
that we have expressed our loyalty to the throne—(cheers)
—our respect for the illustrious Prance, our patron, and the
patron of all that elevates society—(loud cheers)—now that
we have expressed our gratitude to our distinguished guests
for their presence—(cheers)—to our especial leaders and
benefactors for their services—we find no toast so satisfac-
tory to our judgment, so grateful to our feelings, as the
toast of " The Labourer," even though he cannot talk.
(Great cheering.)
Mr. EVELYN DENISON, M.P., proposed "The Sister
Societies of Agriculture," and, in enforcing the toast, dwelt
on the harmony which existed between the three in-
stitutions. The advantage of the extensive diffusion of
information by means of such societies was illustrated, he
observed, by the fact that about ten years ago the article
of guano was positively not known for practical
. purposes in this country. (Hear, hear.) The other day
a distinguished compliment was paid to the society by the
Emperor of Russia. That monarch sent to the society .a
set of maps of his whole empire, distinguishing the cones in
which the different grains were produced, anal he had further
promised that the It widen Agricultural Transactions, which are
now published in Russian and German, should in future be
published also in English. Let them not undervalue such in-
dications of progress. (Hear, hear.) They had heard that
evening that those mysterious red boxes and leather trunks
which issued from the public offices, big, as they had
supposed, with the fate of nations, really contained
, only comparisons beta cen short-horns and Herefords
(laughter) —and estimates of the value of diffe-
rent kinds of manure. (Loud laughter.) It should
continue to be the object of that and the sister societies to
constitute the focus of all such information. (Hear, hear.)
The toast was well received.

The Marquis of ABERCORN returned thanks for the
Irish Agricultural Society. That society had had, he
said, difficulties to contend with which this more for-
tunate institution had escaped ; yet it hail sown the
seed of future progressive improvement, and laid the
foundation of an advancement which he trusted was yet in
store for his unhappy country. It was satisfactory to know
that out of evil had sprung good—that the ears which had
brought famine and desolation to Ireland had leR
a legacy of increased industry, and greater prudence, and
stronger determination as regarded the improvement of
agriculture in the minds of all classes. (Cheers.) He be-
lieved ho was correct in stating that at no period for several
years had the agricultural prospects of Ireland been so
promising as they were at this moment; and that under
Providence, no small share of this advancement was attri-
butable to the continued exertions of that society, in whose
name he begged onec more to tender his thanks. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks for the High-
land Society of Scotland, oh/erred that, with regard to
improvements, he had always felt that it was the duty of
the landowner to try the experiment—(hear, hear)—and
that no tenant ought to be expected to make a change,
unless he could be satisfied that he would be remunerated
for his outlay. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.)

The CHAIRMAN then proposed the " Railway Con-
nies, and thanks to them for the facilities they have afforded
to the society?'

Mr. THOMPSON, Chairman of the York and North
Midland Railway Company, returned thanks for himself
and his colleagues, the whole of them standing up. Con-
spicuous amongst these gentlemen were Mr. C. Russell and
Mr. Chaplin, M.P., the chairmen respectively of the Great
Western and South Western Companies. Mr. Tl,ompson's
remarks tended to illustrate the identity of interest which
exists u between railway companies and the districts which
they traverse.
The Earl of POWIS proposed "The President Elect,"
Earl Ducie.

This toast, which was cordially received, was the last on
the list.

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It was shout eight o'clock when the list of touts termi-
nated, and immediately after the vast assembly dispersed,
having, before it broke up, given several rounds of cheers
for the Prince on his retirement.

Prince Albert, on leaving the pavilion, proceeded to the
South Western terminus, and thence departed for London.

THE SHOW.

The cattle show was visited yesterday by many thousands.
Trains were running the whole day, as fast as possible, on
both the tines of railway, a considerable diminution of fare
having been made for the occasion. Yesterday the charge
for admietion to the show was 2a. 6d. ; to-day it will be Is.

THE ORANGE

IN LIPERPOOL-

Many eases of • serious character, arising out of this riot,
came before Mr. Mansfield, the Liverpool stipendiary magis-
trate, yesterday. Patrick Rea, an Irishman, was charged
with stabbing a police-constable, named Green, in Peuryhn.
street, about 10 o'clock on Tuesday night. Green and his
wife, it seems, arc known to hold Orange views. They reside
in a court in Penryhn-street, every inhabitant of which court
, holds the same opinions. On Tuesday evening, at • late hour,
' Green returned home from duty, and shortly afterwards his
next door neighbour, • hairdresser, named Jones, came in
and entered into conversation on the prevalent topic, the
recent collision between the Roman catholic' and the
Orangemen, Jones also being one of the latter. Green's I
wife then went out for a quart of ale. She had scarcely
got into the street when the two men were alarmed at her '
cries, and her husband ran out into the street, where he I
found his wife in the midst of three men and • woman, who I
, were assaulting her. Green advanced to her assistance,
when, as he says, he was stabbed in the lower part of the I
back by the prisoner Res. His cries brought out Jones, I
who gave the constable his stick, which the latter had left
in the house. As sooa es Jones made his appearance, the
other two men rushed upea him, and he received two abs,
ens in the breast, and the other in the lower past of the
stomach; the lotto: is a the most serious description, the
instrument having the entrails, which protruded
from the wound. ma has never spoken since, and I
now lies at his own Inca without hope of recovery. The '
policeman subsequently nailed several other wounds, I
though he pursued and Mg Rea, the man (he says) who I
stabbed him. As yet the other two have not been appre- I
headed. As neither Jaws nor the policeman could
attend, the risme was reematied for seven days.
Oa the seam ma* • meet wanted assault was
esnamitted ea as ewe d the Town Mission (a dimwit
big local inikalonia eadety), in Crosbie-street, by three
Roman eatbdig& The thsplainant was pursuing the daties '
of his conks In the that referred to, which on that parti-
cular occasion miiiiiisi In a,YeaYaf data me to the num-
ber of nalob. the armalern et bibles in the locality,
and einelise inthemeths relative to the religious condi-
tion et the nelebbeetheod, which is one of the most '
welshed la IA serpent, and was in a cellar, putting
certain questions to the occupants, when he was re-
=by • boy outside, who informed two men
wee Ong es, and no sooner had the missionary come •
sae ed the then he was amanita by a mob. The '
penes sem I. Ids amleMase, and succeeded in capturing
Patrick Murphy, Patna Crosse, and Martin Moran. Mr.
W. Wright, the assanlind , when found wee in a state
at issemibility, and the rather; having at-
✓ia ell'a portion dMB Mabee. red Mass were
lined seek 61., or la lamb tee fespelmearmat.
Crouse was tined 21. 101., or ono month's Imprieonnient.
About half-past eight o'clock on Tegoday evening, as Miss
Hardy, a lady from the country, who is at present visiting
at a house in Kent-street, wee • along Pitt-street,
wearing an ember shawl, an rash girl came be-
hind her, sad aimed • risks' low at her head. The
lady was thetched pralines in a state of insensi-
bility, in ea instant. MMatnally she was conveyed
home, and from • dentigties of the girl the police
stioceeded in srrsu bun. The prisoner's name is
Jane Colony; the in a made= ehametsa. Mr. Maier
debt said it was thseesehl that • lady could not walk
seeugb the theses wiliest her et violence, became she
might happen to weer • thew! of a particular dour.
was tined the.; is Yeah, six weeks' impriemmest.
The man Malley, shit t 'Wlisatsheat public-home, is net
yet eat of danger. Jeanne, the policeman, wounded on
Monday, is slowly progressing.
NATAL CarroN.—Twenty Wm. of Natal oottan,
, consigned by a London hones to Mr. Planting, secretary to
the Manchester Commercial Association, for sale, arrived in
, Maaelmiter a few days ago, and have found purchaser at
t 4,1 d• The mm ple was prosaism& to be of very good
quality.—Mmter Enantherr. •

ARUNDEL ELECTION.

Yesterday (Wednesday) the election of a repre-
sentative fur the town of Arundel, on the acceptance by the
Earl of Arundel and Surrey of the Chiltern Hundreds,
took place at that town. The occasion excited little notice,
not more than one hundred persons having assembled to
witness the proceedings. Mr. Strutt, of Kingston-hall,
Nottinghamshire, having been proposed with the usual for-
malities, and no other candidate being proposed,
Mr. STKUTT addressed the burgesses, and said that in
coming forward to offer himself to succeed one whose
ancient name and illustrious family were so intimately as-
sociated with Arundel, he felt that he was placing himself
in a peculiar position, and in one that might excite the op-
position of the burgesses. But he had been received in a
I kind and cordial manner, and his gratitude was, therefore,
due to them. Although ki.own to but few in Arundel, he
trusted he might claim the suffrages of the electors from
the course he had pursued during the many years he had
sat in parliament. He appealed not to professions, hut to
the votes he had given in the Mouse of Commons ; and, if
they referred to the record of those voter, they would
find that he had always been the supporter of
those liberal principles which the town of Arundel had
invariably maintained. Mr. Strutt then explained the
course he had adopted during the twenty years he had sat
in parliament, PA having been dictated by the principle of
causing those who governed to be responsible to those who
were governed. With regard to the frauchiac, his views
had been favourable to its extension as far as the progres-
sive enlightenment of the people warranted, and he be-
lieved the time was now come for a sale extension of the
power of the people. lle was rejoiced to know that a
measure to that end was in preparation. (Cheers.) The
cause of free trade, especially in corn, he had always de-
fended ; even when it was not in favour with either of
the two great parties of the state, and against any
reimposition of protective duties he should always give his
vow. He regarded the prosperity of the country so intl.
mately bound up with the maintenance of the present
policy, as also the comfort and contentment of the great
bulk of the people. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he would
sae that in his previous career in the House of Commons ho
had paid considerable attention to what was called the pri-
vate business of the House of Commons ; and it had pleased
the house to place him in a responsible position in regard to
that business. Since then, too, he had also held an official
position of some weight ; and if, as member for Arundel, he
could apply his experience to the interests of the town and
to thu furtherance of its prosperity, he should feel it his
duty and pleasure to do so. (Applause.)
Captain H. HOLMES (late of the Madras army, and a
resident in Arundel) said it was evident that Mr. Strutt
would go into parliament as a mere follower of the present
government, totally unprepared to support any measure for
the relief of agriculture. lie (Captain Holmes) wished
that their late representative, instead of sending out his letter
of resignation along with the address of the honourable
candidate, had given them timely notice of his intention to
vacate his scat, as then they might have found some one
for a representative who was not an entire stranger to
them. They had heard a great deal about reform, but he
would ask the inhabitants of Arundel if municipal
reform had given them an independent corpora
Lion? (Laughter.) Did not the corporation blindly fol-
low the Duke of Norfolk ? The speaker concluded by
threatening to aid in bringing forward, at the next general
election, some one in opposition to the system that had
been generally practised at the elections for the borough of
Arundel.

Mr. F. COOPER, law steward to the Duke of Norfolk,
defended his grace from the attacks of Captain llolmes,
which he characterised as being prompted by desire to
raise enmity between the duke and the towns-people.
The MAYOR then declared Mr. Strutt to bo duly
elected as representative of the borough of Arundel in par-
liament.

Ur. STRUTT having returned thanks, the proceedings
terminated.

LAUNCH AT SOU IMANIPTON.

A correspondent says :—Tho Parana, one of the
five monster steamers building for the Royal West India
Mail Steam Packet Company, was launched on Tuesday,
from the ship-yard of Messrs. Wigrain, the eminent ship-
builders, at Northam, near Southampton. Forty years ago, a
74-gun frigate was launched from the same slip. Consider-
able curiosity wu excited respecting the launch of the Pa-
rana in consequence of the slip pointing towards Northam-
bridge, which crosses the lichen river close to the ruins of
the ancient Roman town of Clausentum, and the residence
of Mr. Urquhart, M.P., which bridge would be only a few
feet from the ship when she fell into the water. About
20,000 persons were present to witness the launch.
The Parana will be 2,250 tons burden, and her horse power
will be 800. Her length on deck is 280 feet ; tread of
keel, 275 feet ; length over all, 316 feet; extreme breadth,
nearly 41 feet; breadth, including paddle boxes, 7.5 feet;
depth, 3.5 feet ; height between decks, 8 feet. She has four
decks, and double lights in her stern (which is round), to
light the main deck and saloon. The saloon is 75 feet long,
and 20 feet broad. The paddle wheels are 40 feet in dia-
meter. The figure-head is a gigantic figure of a South
American hunter. Her form is the same us the Amazon,
but rounder in the bilge.
A stage in Messrs. Wigram's shipyard gave way, on
which some ladies and gentlemen were standing to see the
launch, but a lower stage caught those who fell, and no one
was seriously hurt. The anchor, which was sunk into the
ground, and to which the cheek chain cable was fastened,
was torn up by the Parana, but it did no damage, although
a number of persons were standing near it. The anchor
effectually answered its purpose of checking the ship from
approaching Northam bridge. The Parana will be fur-
nished with the most improved lightning conductors. Her
masts are so enormous that they could not be lined while
she was building, and they will have to be hoisted and
fixed by means of the large shears in Southampton Docks.

ACT OF MUNIFICENCE.—THE QUEEN'S HOSPITAL
AT BIRKINGIIAM.—At the weekly board of this charity,
held on Friday last, at which the Rev. Prebendary Gray
presided, a communication was read by Mr. E. Armfield,
from Mr. T. Eyre Lee, enclosing a donation of 8001. from
an anonymous benefactor. It was resolved that the
communication from Mr. T. Eyre Lee be entered on the
minutes, and that the committee accept, with the
warmest gratitude, the munificent donation of E. P.
the unknown benefactor, on the conditions stipulated,
and beg leave, at the same time, to express their
earnest hope that the benefit thus resulting to the institu-
tion, entrusted to their care, from so timely a supply, may
be amply recompensed to one who so nobly delights to do
rod in secret. It was resolved, on the motion of Professor
Sands Cox, seconded by Mr. David Barnett, that, in coni•
pliiince with the donor's wish, no inquiries be made as to
his name or address, and that Mr. Lee do enjoy the privilege
of a subscriber of 101. per annum.
FINSBURY FREEHOLD LAND SOClETY.—Tuesday
night a public meeting of this society was held at the
King's Head Tavern, Holloway; William Hall, Esq., in
the chair. It was stated in the course of the proceedings
that the society had effected a purchase of land at Waltham-
stow, near the railway station, and that the allotment
would very soon take place.
ARRIVAL OF THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN YACHT
P/ITTAHOIM IN Loaooe.—Our readers may perhaps re-
adied that this vessel, which was expressly built in Lon-
it last for the Emperor of Russia, was wrecked and
to have been totally lost on the rocks of the desert
ed Olneel, while on her voyage outward to St.
It October last ; that attempts were made to
pelftlinerVby her captain and crew, and afterwards by the
Illsore of the Russian government, without success. She
was then abandoned and given over to the insurers, who
paid 15,0001. to the Russian government as the price of her
insurance. Hopes were still entertained that she might be
saved. Accordingly Captain Fell was sent to endeavour to
save her; and it gives us great pleasure to announce that
his efforts and energies have been rewarded by complete
success. The vessel was lifted off from the rocks and sunk
in deep water, to preserve her from the action of the waves,•
and there she lay in a sandy bay immersed in water, and
frozen in all the winter. On the return of spring she was
raised, and conveyed. by Captain Fell to Riga, where she
underwent a partial repair; and early in this month she
left Riga by means of deem and sails ; reached Elsinore in
40 hours on the 7th inst. ; Hamburgh, 9th ' • between which
plans she encountered a heavy gale of wind, and made her
passage by steam to Blackwell, a distance of nearly 500
miles, in 36 hours. She is now safelyi moored in the Eat
India Docks, a curiosity in her way.
SHIPWRECK.—On Sunday last, the Joseph Ander-
son, of Plymouth, a vessel belonging to the Devon Coal
Association, was lost on the Culver sands, near the Steep
Holme, and bad her captain and four of her crew drowned.
The vessel left Newport on Saturday night laden with coal,
and was proceeding ea her voyage to Bristol, when on Sun-
day morning she got on the sands, and after beating for
some time went to pieces. Only two of her hands were saved,
Matthew Crake, a seaman, and Charles Sweet, an appren-
tice. One of them lashed himself to a studding sail boom
and the other to two boat-oars, upon which they Boatel
about till picked up by the Oannymede, a boat belonging to
Weston-Super-mare. captain, Richard Holtin, has left a
widow and eight children. The others drowned were John
Tope, mate, William Shepherd and Francis Drake, seamen,
and a boy name unknown.
CAPTURE OF THE CARLISLE HIGHWAYMEN.—
The men who have recently caused much asaelersation in
Cumberland, by that &rag relsberiaa, ass et whisk was
referred to in Taming% *prose, haws hoes apeared.
From their sudden iikegyearamse andaustiesable sharao-
ten, suspicion fell T. Tinyen, well-known in Carlisle,
especially to the of the gaol ; and H. Monteith,
dismissed by his lanandayen for dishonesty. The captors
was rather Maly allasted. Polies-constables Snowden awl
Anderson, usual is pada clothes, set off from Carlisle ea
Sunday aineasen, to a gig. They had previously MOW
Mined that Meataith's lived at Gretna, so they ailed
there na their,, esti aesavad to moat that both he
and Tiny's Menweilawa, *V aPellied
both prisons% is dialed hams of the sans neat. lea
ha as pollee won area Om so
Oda. hat as lime he nehleass. Mon-
Abet le mesh his ns-tasseled " esselver,"
whisk was am the bed, whilst ens al as senelellss was
essaing Me dean; but a woad same mad Yin and
ge
e= tad minket; for all the bands st the MOM were
with powder and ball, with a esp an era *gin Ist
Ideateith'e imam were head the grata seeks Sea the
farmer, and a pima wash the eennealal trawler had
thrown to him Ida MAR swag in his penes. Tiara bad
a brace of pistols Wad, sad two boas containing ballets
and cape. The passers wan tarried to the county peliee-
station for the sight, ad as ant (Tuesday) mendag
taken to Carlisle he sundatisa.