The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-12 00:00:00

TRIAL OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

ti decree appears in. the Parisian 3,foniteur,, sa
.4mdfing thiA2 French meothers of the international jury
The trial of the agrimiltuml iank.
c Eaibitiest of Londnas They are as.follows :-For
ing 6.r the prizes of the Great Exhibition-lases -
of're;" sew materials; I. Mines anhauarries, mineral and metallic
judges appointed to ascertain their merles the whole
Moriducts • M. Pufrenoy, Mesubc rof the Institute, Inspee-
; terday and to-day. The expe lam Bien mach oa ' •
• tokileneranif Mines.-02. Chemical sad phimensecutio pro-
' the land of Philip Pusey, E5q.7.141.1, and themeetings of -- . . • .
ceases, chards:al products general ; Dumas, Member
I both days have been attended by a great many of the • •• •
of the Institute, tce-ice of the Central Jury, ex-
neighbouring gentry, as well as several distinguished mem-
Ministerof
.Commeree.-3. Substances employed as food ;
bees of the Royal Tociefy, in addition to mast- M. Herm Lergolay, Secretary of the Central Jury.-4
titudee of farmers from the surrounding country, whose
Vegetable or animal Matters employed in manufactures,
I was happy to ace, still looked cheerful and rubicund
or instruments, and decoration ; M. Paycn,
even in spite of free trade. Nearly all the agricultural machints,
Member of the Institute, Secretary of the Central Jury,
jury were present, and likewise the judges of the Royal
Professor at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers.-
Agricultural Society, who took an active part on the present
For machines. : 5. Machines immediately employed, cone-
ootasion. I prising carriages, and naval and railway mechanism ; Col.
Testerday the following ploughs were tried:-
Morin, Member of the Institute and of the Central Jury,
1.-Two-wheel ploughs, for two horses. ! Professor, Director of the Conservatoire des Arts et Me
The trial consisted of six rounds, the first three five inches tiers. 6. Machines and tools for manufactures ; General
deep, and the second eight inches deep. I Poucelet, Member of the Institute. 7. Systems applicable
No. 1. Bushy, Newton-le-Willows-Plough for general to machinery, civil engineering, architecture, and buld-
purpoees, I.Y.L. I logs; M. Combes, Member of the Institute and of the Cm-
2. Howard, Bedford-Patent single X. teal Jury. 8. Military engineering and naval arehitec:ure,
3. linwarl, Bedford-Patent double X. ship building, ornaments, equipments ; M. Charles Dupin,
4. Williams, Bedford-Plough for general purposes. Member of the Institute, President of the Central Bury.
S. W. Balls, Rowell, Northamptonshire-Ditto. 9. Agricultural and horticultural machines and implemerts;
6. Hinman and Son, Woburn, Ikels-W. No. L M. Moll, Professor of Agriculture at the Conservatoire des
The merits of those of Bushy, Balls, and Howard:appeared Arts at Métiers. 10. Mathematical and philosophical in-
so nearly equal that they were tried again to-day upon a; strurnents, divers apparatus comprising the processes result-
different kind of soil, for the purpose of testing their merits , ing ;rem their use, musical clock making and acoustic in-
more severely. struments ; MM. Matthien and Seguice, members of the
Institute and of the Central Jury. Manufactured Pro-
ducts.-11. Cottons; M. Mimerel, member of the Central
Jury, President of the Council General of Manufactures.
'el 12. Woollen stuffs and wove wool ; M. Randoing,
member of the Central Jury. 13. Silks and velvet. M.
ArlZe Dufour, member of the Central Jury. 14. Tissues
and products of flax and hemp ; M. Lagentil, member of
the Central Jury, President of the Chamber of Commerce of
Paris. 15. Mixed tissues, comprising shawls ; 31. Gavvsen,
member of the Central Jury. 16. Leather, comprisiire sad-
dlery and haruees, skins, furs, hair ; M. Chevreuil, member
of the Institute, Professor at the Museum of Natural His-
tory. 17. Paper, printing, binding ;M. Firmin
member of the Central Jury. IS. Woven, spun, felt, and
printed objects, as specimens of printing and dyeing ; MM.
Person, member of the Central Jury, and Sallandrouse
de Lamornaix, member of the Central Jury, Commissary-
General of the French government at London. 19. Tapestry,
carpets, moquettes, lace embroidery, and fancy object.;
Lairel, member of the Central Jury. 20. Objects of
clothing of personal and domestic use; M. Emile Dolfus,
member of the Central Jury. 21. Surgical instrumen.s
cutlery and cutting implements; M. Leplay, member of the
Central Jury, Professor of the National School of Mines.
W. Hardware, comprising lecke and grates ; M. Goldenoerg,
member of the Central Jury. 23. Works in precious metals
jewellery, trinkets, and all objects of luxury not comprised
in the other sections ; 31. Albert de Lnynes, mem-
ber of the Institute. 24. Glass ; 31. Pelieot, Pro-
fessor at the Conservatoire des Arts et 3lZtien. Li. Commie
products, earthenware, porcelain pottery, &c; M. Ebefinen,
Director of the National Manufactory of SZ.vres. 26. De-
coration furniture, room paper, papier master, and varnished
articles; M. de Nieuwerkerke, Director-General of the
National Museums. 27. Mineral manufactured substances
employed in building and decoration, such as marble, slate,
porphyry, cements, artificial stones, &c.; 31. Ilericart de
Finery, Meeker of the Institute and Central Jury. IS.
Vegetable and mineral manufactured substances, but not
woven or felted ; M. Ballard, Member of the Institute.
29. Products of slivers manufactures and small works; M.
Woloweki, Professor of the Comore:stole° des Arts et Métiers.
Object+ of art. 30. Sculptures, model., casts, nus:dm enamels,
&e.; NI. Loon de Laborde, member of the Institute. In
case of the alwenee of any, of the foregoing jurymen. the
following are named to supply the vacancy :- MM. Henri
Barlxt, Seydoux (representative), Le Chatellier (member
of the Central Jury), Aubry (dn.), F. Bernoville (manufac-
turer), Berlioz (composer), Natulis Itoudot (member of the
central jun). M. Charles Duple, president of the Central
Jury, M. Dumas, vice-president, Dud MM. Payee and de
Kergolay, secretaries, will fulfil the same functions in the
French committee.

PCRST, APRIL 9.

One-wheel Ploughs.

1. Pram's one-whirl plough.
2. Abbott, Medford—Light land plough.
3. Wilkit and Co., Uddingston, 61
plough.

Swing Ploughs.
1. W.Thills,ltowell,Northamptomhire--Critcrionplough,
2. John Barrowann, Srline, Fib:shire—Swing plough.

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3. Clarkc, Blantyre—Swing plough.

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Trial. were alert made yoterday of a French Belgian
plough, by S. T. Berekman., Blaesvelt, Antwerp ; but
using to a peculiar feature of the foreign plough., which
have but one handle to guide with, and were upon this oc-
ra.inn placed in the hands of Engli.h ploughmen, there
Wtl, not a fair ommortunity of testing. their merit.: it was,
however, very apparent there was great want of steerage
power.

Subsoil Ploughs-4 horse-.
1. Barrett mail Co., Reading—Subsoil.
2. Comnis, South Mutton, l)evon—Subsoil pulvcriser.
3. BentaWs, Ileybrialarc, hhildon, Essex—llough.,
4. Gray and sons, tiddingston—!'lough.
t. lloward, lb-Mind—Plough.
6. Coleman, Chelmsford—Plough.
7. Drummond and Sons, Stirling—Plough.
S. Ititchii , of Ardee, through Ikan, and Dray and Dean
—Plough.
0. Belgian subsoil plough.
10. Itmeome, Ipswich—A salmon ploug:a.
Earl Dui ii 's dray--erawskill, maker—A subsoil plough•
The Belgian plough ;appeared to do its work very well.
The following impla aunts were likewise tried yesterday :
Wilkie and Co., Cddingstion, Glasgow—Seariffer.
I)'Gmaliu• a Autbisne, Liege—Skim plough.
(This Belgian plough has gained 2- prizes in Belgium.)
Griffin—Skim plough.
Lomax Patent skim plough. —J. Smith, l' abridge, maker.
Beata, lleybridge, Malibm—Skim plough.
Smith's improved cultivatie..
Crowskill's Norwegian harrow.
This day trials have been made of the following drills:
Garnet and Son, Leiston Work., Sazmundham, Suffolk.
1. General purpose drill, with improvements for side of
lull drilling. Gained prize at Exeter, 1840.
2. Four row turnip and manure drill fur hilly ground,
with recent improvements.
3. Ten row corn drill with fore steerage, which enables
the machine to be guided with greater accuracy.
4. 'lwo now barrow drill, with lever for mangold and
turnip weal, a very beautiful piece of mechanism. Gained
a prize at Exeter,
S. Seed hand barrow far rye, grass, and clover seed,
drilled separately. This is also a very admirable imple-
ment.

TILE SHEFFIELD DEPUTATION TO THE
ROYAL COMMISSIONERS.

llornshy and Son, Spittle-gate, Grantham, Lincoln.
1. 1/rill for general purposes, with chruige of gear fur
‘ll, without ...topping.
H. Cons and Net d drill for hill sides. This has never been
calliliited, and in our opinion was a better implement than
that of Mes•ra. Barrett.

A few weeks ago a meeting of the Sheffield exhi.
Mums was held on the subject of the preference given in the
Exhibition to MORI% Joseph Rodgers and Sons; and the
m tyor, with the Local Cornmi.sioner,, were requested to
solicit an interview with the Royal Commissioners, to pro.
test strongly against the arrangt mont, as unjust to the other
exhibitors, and detrimental to the town. On the return of
;the deputation a meeting was held, at the Cutlers'-hall, to
, receive their report. In the absence of the mayor,

R , ltidge drill for turnip and mangold, with a reverie
movement ; nevi r exhibit. 41. This it a moat admirable im-
plement, dcpo.iting seed and manure at th.: saute time, and
afterw.ints ridging the ground.

4. Drop drill eith ri ; has been exhibited at
Faxtvr.

ro. Turnip drill for flat, with power of changing speed.
ti. Patent ,tecrage for corn drill, exhibited att lizettr•
with rci.vnt improccmceta.
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WILSON OVEREND, Esq., took the chair, and
said, that on the previous Wednesday they had an
nterview with the Royal Commiinioners, and stated
, the objections of the Sheffield exhibitors to the
arrangement which had been made. They first saw
Lord Grimily, who admitted that the privilege that had
been given was a great mistake. but said that the arrange-
ment, had now proceeded so far, he did not see how they
could he changed. Lord Granville's first proposal was that
they would not remove Messrs. Rodgers and Sons, but they
would give another place in the central avenue in which
might be exhibited a selection of the Sheffield goods.
The deputation repudiated that offer. Lord Grin-
ville said that attic all the trouble and expense
Messrs. Rodgers and Song hail incurred he did
not think the RovulCommissioners could make any change.
The deputation then propo.ed to repay to Messrs. Rodgers
• and Sons the expenses they had incurred, and that in the
• place prepared for them they would exhibit a selection of
, goods from Messrs. Rodgers and Sons and other manufac-
toren, (Cheers.) On this another consultation took place;
", but the result was, that the Commissioners were so far
' pledged that they could not give way. They afterwards
saw Prince Albert, when they went to hear the result of
the consultation among the Royal Commissioners. The
Prince read over a number of names of hinrys to whom
preferences hail been awanled, among whom was Mr. Job-
'son Smith. The deputation objected to that, hut they were
in the same dilemma there as in the case of Messrs. Rod-
gers and Sons, and they were °Minted to submit, as the time
, was now too much advanced to permit of an altendion. The
error was admitted, but it was too late to remedy it.

7. W. and J3llllll Bunter, Saunelston, near Iladdington,
Scotland—Corn drill.
Ilemnian and Son, Woburn, Bcds--Drill.
9. Claes, Lemberg, Belgium—Drill (No. 2). This drill
worked ern olingly well, and as it is leqa complicated and
Ccpcs.eve than our co..tly drills, might be in-
troduced with advantage on our *mall farms.
10. Busby--Drill.
Dibbling Machines.

Lampitt, Nvithrop, umr Banbury—lmproved dibbling
machine.

itaremnic, Ircmirli—Patent dropping machine. Wm lied
admirably.

Sander :out Newberry, Norton, Ozon —Patent
l'handlt r's Liquid manure drill, made by T. 11. and J.
'Levies, Bratt,m, Wilts.
'turn-wrier or Turnover Plouglu.
1. (trap and Sous, Uthlingston, tilivgow. 1.
2. Cousins, S.' .11111 3101 ton, Devon. 1.
3. Wilkie and Sone. I.
4. FAlousnl van :quit, Thiolt, Belgium. 1.
(of these Cousins' appeared the most ingenious: it has
gained several prizes.)
5. Belgian turnover plough. Maker unknown.
t'anadian Plough.
1. S. Hulbert, Prescott, Canada.
Foreign Ploughs for common purposes.

Alderman DUNN added Etat Lord Granville, in expres-
sin,/ his sorrow that this measure had been taken, hinted
that in mitten of this kind the details must be managed by I
suliordinates, and that the Royal Commissioners knew no-
thing of this MO till they received the remonstrauce from
Sheffield. The Prince hinted, but not in the way, of com-
plaint, at the amount of labour and anxiety that the Exhi-
bition had cost him, and made a sort of appeal to the She!:
field exhiiiitorr not to allow this circumstance to iuterfere
with their contribution to the Exhibition. The Prince
hinted also, but did not speak in the distinct terms
used by Lord Granville, at his regret at what had oc-
curred. The deputation replied that they should deceive
hi. Royal Highness very much if they did not say that the
Sheffield exhibitors would feel very much ilisappouited with
the result, and that they had a right to do -o ; but that
they would not, especially after the desire expressed by his
Royal Highness, fail to do their utmost to promote the
success of the Exhibition. Among other things, they were
sneeringly told by a member of the esecutive, that it Sha-
fie:fl did not like it, they could have put a London house in
the plate. To this the deputation replied, that was a gra-
tuitous insult to Sheffield, for no London house could have

1. J4'3,1 Valhi, u thleus, ltarlume, LiMberg, Belgium.
2. 111)m:dens, Arabi-me, Liege, Belgium.
(This Lis an ivacriptiou purporting that it has obtained
15 prim.)

Tlork,hoe.

1. II ill. liorsc-hoe.
2. Ontsins, South Motion.

3. 11%07, Newtot.-le-Willows.
All these have been exhibited before, and have gained
prizes.

Neon. Garratt had ►ikcwisc a hone-hoc, which has ob.
Wiled orscrul prizes. _

Among the Mivellsnenns Implements were:

Tearer'. improved clod ember.
Col. Mar,ball, of Ezeotland.—nantina, sowing, and roll-
ing nvuebine. Never exhibited; made by Gilbert, 79, War
dour-street, Soho.

ort spied it without the aid of sheffiehl. (Cheers. The
Prince and Lord Granville did not attempt to justify what
had been done : but the Prince said he wa. instructed to say,
that in the opinion of the conni,ioners they could not lio-
nnurably withdraw from what had been done.

Read's patent bee-engine.
Hayward, enwkerne, Somerset.—Flongh, with drilling
machine attached. fur sowing all kinds of grain.
Henry l.oeosk, Tiverton.—lough.
Dr. Newington's hand dibble was pronounced a failure.
Clumiller's liquid manure distributor, for grass lands.
This appeared an admirable implement, and elicited warm
praises from Cul. Chaloner, one of the committee.
Fowler's patent draining apparatus: Fowler and Fry,
Bristol.—A most ingeniousmachine,whicheutsthedrainand
deposits tubular drains at the same time; it can lay three guar-
ters of a mile in length of pipes per day, with the labour of three
men and three horses. It has been exhibited at the egri.
cultural show at Exeter, 111111 will answer on perfectly level
or hilly land• ; but will prove incapable of laying the pipes
at a regular inclination, where the surface of the ground
is at all undulating. This apparatus excited the greatest
interest: during the day its operations were witnessed by
several hundred persons. There were various ploughs and
minor implements to which I have not alluded, but I be-
lieve I have not omitt, el any of importance.

Mr. RORT. JACKSON adverted to the fact of London
houses exhibiting Sheffield goods as their own manufac-
ture, and suggested that every person exhibiting as a manu-
flu turrr ,hould be required to state whether the goods were
hie own make.

Alderman Di NN regretted that the goods were not to
be priced at the option of the exhibitor, for he was tore
the London houses dare not show their prim besides those i
of Sheffield. The Sheffield manufacturers should set
themselves right by a resolution to stamp no names but
their own. Perhaps it might be a very invidious thine, if
a Sheffield manufacturer saw a Sheffield article exhibited as
the production of a London manufacturer, to complain.
Mr. Overend and he were quite willing to bear the respon-
sibility, and where any distant manufacturer was exhibiting
as his own an article that could be proved to be of Sheffield
manufacture, they would be ready, on the evidence being
furnished to them, to bring it before the Royal Commis-
sioners. He suggested that a committee should be appointed
on this subject.

I have seen sufßeient to convince me that the agricultural
section w ill make a most respectable appearance, and that
our foreign visitors will be greatly surprised at the per-
fection to which we have attained in agricultural im-
plements.

Pusey's steam thrashing machine, made by Meson.
Garratt, reae in operatiun during the day, and excited much
attention.

The award or the judgcs will not be given before the
epeniai er thy