The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-15 00:00:00

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

onnitil Meeting of this teocie'y took place on
&tun cat the offices, Hanover-mune ; Earl Deets in the
chair. sehe renort, of which the following is en abstract,
was . y the secretary, Mr. Hudson
" finances of the society en in a highly favourable
state : the floating cola balance in the hands of the bankers
being , goal to the discharge of current claims, while nkthe
mune: hive been enabled to purchase stock in government
seceri• •s to the amount of 11,190/. The Windsor meeting
has be n hell under 1120111 gratilying circumstances and
with r• rfict lacers. The council have arranged that the
Lewes nese ting shall be held in the week commencing Mon-
er 12th of Jul next. They have also decided on the
to be attireda y at tth meeting tor agricultural imple-
menu sal machinery and for live stock intended for breed-
ing purposes. The Corner include important additions, in-
tended to draw the attention of airriculturil engineer. and
machinist more strongly to the different delves of motive
powe.. 1.-quired by farmers under different circumstances,
and w its convenient adaptation to agrieneuiral purposes.
The latter comprise distinct classes of prizes for the Suss':
breed of cattle, the Romney Marsh or Kentish sheep, and
lIIMIVItk poultry; having refeemce resiectively to the
mantis* of Sasses, Kent, and Surrey. coustituting the dis-
trict cf the country meeting to be held next year at Lewes.
They have made the rule more etrin,:ent by which fines are
levied 0.. eshibitors for not sending to the shoat the stock
they )...s.. entered, and for which the society provde worn-
sition in the show yard. They have reso'.ved that no price
se the society shall be given to bulb. exceedino five years old;
they have limited the competition amongst the class of :mei-
Mateand stallion hitherto knows as that of soy age, to
bones Ott are above two yeses old; and ticy have decided
to re q ATP in the case of in-call heifers not in milli, the lame
senile no as in the ease of in-c l cows not in milk, before
}nein:• the amount of the pries, namely, a certificate that
such i. eallheifer had is due course produced ia live calf.
The roomed have under their anitioue consideration two
most impel int questions connect:A with their country
mettio • ; manly, the hod mode of appointing the judges,
and is tooditions under which them noenfion should be
direct el to a veterinary inspection of the animals. The
council ejlaillOT that the stock to which the prizes of the
eatery are awarded ought not only is the opinion of the
judge. to be hest specimens of their particular clue in the
'sot that in condition amt function they ought also to
be fly qualified to propagate their species without corn-
mut., ,ing to their offid,ng any tendency to hereditary
dip.. or imps election ; and, in order more clearly to call
atom' ion to the circumstance. under which sad' tendency
mirth he apprehended, the council have off, red a prise of
201. rth • best cony on the subject.
1 . nuke of Richmond has reported to the council
the j rogrem of the communications he van requested by
them to enter into with Viermint Palmerton, her Majesty's
Prin..iml Secretary of State tor the Foreign Dopartment,
on th seibieet of a cheap and abundant supply 01 guano to
this e matey. Ills lordship ban signified his entire willing
mess P. lend every aid in furtherance of this important ob-
ject, by r.miening the Admiralty to instruct the comman-
der of every ship in her Majesty's navy to search for deposits
of game m the rainless regions within the tropic., and
every surgeon of such ships to be prepared to examine on the
spot the amount and quality of each deposit of guano that
may bo discovered the search for mineral phosphate of
lime is. easy pat of the world being also included in this
inertortini. The council have taken mean* to bring before
the :oh. TA various suggestion made during the past year
for tetenillog in this country the growth at tete as an agri-
tidbit sl crop."
On the motion of the Rev. .I.lllli LiNSON, th^ report
eras adopted unanimously.
11. h ilance sheet, re... 1 by Mr. 11. HAI/SIRS, the chair-
man ot the finance committee, showed that gait the half-
yearly secount there is in the heads of the bankers u sum of
eel'. 'Je.
A inverintann ensue il with regard to the supply of
:old hops. were expreeseil that the Peruvian govern.
mew inieht Ise induced to lower the price, and taus increase
the .1, stand.
On the motionef the Duke of Rteittioteo, a vote of thanks
was eleven to lb. drintua, and the neetiag then separated.