The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-06 00:00:00

BACIEWELL AND NAILSEA AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY.

Yesterday the annual ploughing match of the
ogricaltand amealation for Bathersll, Bailin, and the ad-
jacent district of the smutty of 8011111,11 it took plate on a
two year old clover ley is the occupation of Mr. Goa Wane,
at Ashton hill. The morning was se wet that may of the
ploughs entered did not evens upon the ground, and only 18
carted for the prisee—namely, 12 la the first, three in the
secend, and three in the third class. The work was cleverly
performed, and the premiums were awarded by thalami
as follows:—First duo, for pluegSemen : let, Junes
2nd, Jame. Spitler; 3rd, S. Waite; 4th, W. Harebell; 6th,
W. Yowl's; and a luanty of 7e. 6d. to Thomas DM.
Seemed glees, far youths not being fanams' seas : lst, Heavy
Stockwell; dad Joseph Coles. Third elms, for farmers'
Boner let, John
mHeeler; 2nd, Thomas Goldstone. The pros
mimes offered by the society for the beet acre of turnips aid
the hen sere of seangeld warted were both awarded by the
judges to Mr. Menu Nicholls, of Waters:roes farm, mid a
bounty f aseniold wastrel was likewise. apportioned to
George Wood, el Ashton, whose ruts were exceedingly fine,
bat grown en a lime of 'resod of lees messamment than an
asyet _ _

After the plowskieg had hoes essapleted, the numbers sad
friends of the asseeladen eat down to dinner at the Aegel
lan, Long Ashen ; the Ask wee Clod by Henry Lucas 8e..,
Esq Btakwell.olll, its praddest, and the visesehaie by
Mr. TOMllell Jolla', a large prasdrl farmer of Ashton.
The President in proposing "Prosperity to the Awe-
Maims," expressed regret that there was not a larger &Mesd-
ames 01 tenant farmers ; because he thought that pressing
man should avail themselves of the opportunities which these
evasions afforded, of meeting together and discussing
matters cmneeted with agriculture. He should have
been gl .d if they had attended to consider the existing
agricultural distress they were all suffering (bear
hear, and a votes, " So we are") —and he should
have bees glad if some bad been present to consider
the sow sad its ressedy. They had had an abundant har-
vest, gad were thankful for it. Bread was cheap, and meat
was sheep, sad yet sauy were starving in the midst of
pleaty. (Hear.) The most of them felt it in their pockets
at I. sat It had been ascribed to various muses, to the
potato rot, to other matters, and to free trade. He was aot
going to touch upon politics, which, at such meetings, had
bettor be avoided, but he should have been glad if time
one had been present to tell them how to gat out of their
difficulties (Hear, hear )
Mr. lobate, the via-president, In respantUag to the tout
of his heal h, said the chairman had been asking what was
the moody for the present bad times. He would say "Please
begia to lower your recto gentlemen." iCheen.) They
had aot sees the plot/chosen flinching in the field that day,
and they would not flinch from the 1 indlords it they wouM
only treat them kindly. (Hsu ) For the ram th
should get union, which was strength. A sort of anti-rent
league bill, like the corn law league might not do liaise.
(Cheers) Smoothing of the kind had been begun he Ire-
land, but it was a bad example and he did not think the
English yeoman would &WINO to do anything wrong. nth,
landlords would est lower the rents he did not know where the
goveruseat would get the taxes; the tenants coa'd not con-
tinue to pay them. (Cheers.) Taxes and rut a were press-
lag; antis rates, android rates, and highway rates, and aU,
bad to come oat ed the land. The foreigner, with present,
rents, would drive the English termer out of the market ;
but if the landlords would lower them, thew would try to
give the foreigner a kick. (Cheers.) At ilithfield, last
week, there were 11,030 head of cattle from foreign places.
Now, the foreigner paid the labourer only 21. Bd. per
week—is Norway, for instance—while the English farmer
had to pay 10e. per week. If the Mg men at the Isela would
not help the farmer, he did aot 'know where they could
themselves begin. As he had said before, they meat have
an anti-high.reat league movement and all combined to-
gethsr.
Various other taste were drunk, and a harmonious even-
ts; was spent.