The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-04 00:00:00

SOUTH DEVON AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIA-

VON.

The annual meeting of this society, which includes
the whole of the South of Devonshire within the sphere of
its operations, was held last Friday, at Newton Abbot.
Thor. was an ealtibition of prime settle, aid • ploughing
matt& on an intensive seale—no less than thirty-eight
ploegho having competed. The dinner was hold at the
Globe Hotel, and there wen upwards of two hundred agri-
onituista present. Mr. J. N . BriviNsoit, • magistrate of
lbsomffity, pruided. Several interesting labiate commuted
with sgricolture were dimmed. The feeling of the
farmers penned to he la favour of a fair and efficient
eystent for obtaining agricultural statistics. Mr. Pilk,stembor
of psalmist for South Dena, addressed the meeting on this
and other subjects, and made soots observations in opposi-
tion to the proposed wenn for obtaining ogrlcultural
statistics, which was introduced in the lost session of par.
Ramat. These remarks of the hon. member were re-
ceived with wielded expiration of approbation and disap-
probation. The chairmen alluded to the Independence of
the present nee When labourers, sad it:preload his opinion
that U this *motioned they would have no labourers ti
the
a
few lean. This led to • discussion on the education of the
'showoff, and on this point a large tamer of the district,
Mr. Thomas Willi, made some characteristic observation,.
He said he should lite to NO education t 'ogress, but they
must not begin to educate at the wiles mid.
They must not pot the labourer's is. In boot
of the farmer's sen, but let proper mine be
raised Ur agricultural labourers, aid he was sure that sea
a resp,nse would be gives by the tenantry of Ragland *AI
the outlay would be readily reimbursed. He was WOW
that the best labourers were those of the old school, win
could neither read see write ; but many of these 'Unarms
bad spout Shaul years' appeentionhip, and when they west
0.; to work they were not sin years a age. (Cries of
t. theme.") Still, that was not the sync= which would
suit the present day. (Cheers.) Mr. Elias Ford, an
airiceltartet, contended that the labourer who did his
work best was he who had remised the best education. He
also meationed that assay labourers, without •thiesUon,
were searoely able to work the simplest agricultural twig,-
meats of recut inuaSois. The establishmeat of scanty
boards was also unseated by Mr. Wills, who said that the
gatemen ought to have their representation at the comity
board, espeeially sow that the rural pollee about to be esta-
blished would surly disable the meaty rates.

RZIRESENTATION OF LANCASTER.—MS. William
J. G wow, of B!soodele Tower, has issued au address to As
freemen sad electon of the borotgh of Laseasesr. offerhig
himself so a candidate LOT their Aft's.% es the 001:411011 of
the rstiremest of Mr. Gnaw at the does of the premed
parlissest.—MoseAserer Otordyes.
UHF/MAL PROTIDENT lIFE ASSURANCE CON-
PANY.--Yestorday. a mortis, is this Nastier was held to
settle the hot of sostributerior. The hatabla shiorat to
about 6,000 i. _ . •

THE WesTHii.—The weather daring the put
week boa, with sows ezeeptlats, been annually fine. Fogs,
es
invariably atteadaut as parthralat Hann, have enure
Of loos previstsit is the oalfy aserniage, but they ban been
fully enapeasitted by the brilliant sunshine of the subse
quent portion of the day. Such weather his, of course,
afforded a highly propitiens opportunity to the fanners, who
have boss very busily at work out of doors. A large
breadth of Ind has been got in for wheat, and, except os
way heavy end wet edte, ender very ignorable auspices.
Teraina and assagold mural look very satafsatoeily, sad
the fins dry weather bee tended to make the pntaree " eke
oat " well, cosaidering the date of year.—ffneea Ad-
vertiser.