The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-22 00:00:00

.111 10111) LISUTNKANT dv P THE I I tlBlt
sOrAl deItICCLIVIIAL EOCIZTT.

At the annual banquet of the eniety, held at
Winched ea Wednesday eight, the Martinis a Weterford
le the their, Meer the anal loyal times. the health of the
Ind Lindens& was drunk, and Lie Excellency in reply
ern es hien
lly Lord Waterfonl, my lonise and gentlemen, I return my
need Mime thane to tbi. very uniiiermis and most di..
=glaroempeay fee the wand and kind mincer in
e? ban hem pleased to receive soy name, and
ft Min my health. I moire *het the minuet eple of
die amid trite Agrindtural Society has be sight us on
Ilds ereseisa to the preeinceis county and ple oing city
el Weeented. (Climen.) We ore here essernltlci at llso I
my pirate of ear land. Time WAY, Mitred, when that aiss
Mel preshorty their elineweennie, end when Waterton Was
nereacemisealy ens the place of arrival horn the Mlle
gemen then the wimple itself. (In., hear.) Fork ling
es Weemeed. am many will remember, that King Henry...lb
Zig. Joha and Kin Ilichni IL erg plannd their
det ape the attend of Ireland ; aml I make ne doubt Ai
V be thew Jaye they eon! Mee been *um of tinting here
seketted as goodly a muster of beeves and ebeep a. hem
thie day greeted and gliellemel our elm, It,, estiu of the
Perna and I'llintaniset kings would have been Atli node
encessat, end their armee still mum drone then they were.
Flinn and laughter.) However. in tie-soirees of peace and 1
settlement, se tar, indeed, as rebore to the European world,
I think it will he admit tiel the a totter locality could twenty
lore been seinen for the exhibition of your oociety, with
eV oar guru island re a Mk country to furnish its es aimed
a grim!. u ral advievement, and inviting the whole outmle
weeW to eend its sedate in through your rot and nolds
deer. Using to the time at which these annual exhibitions
ere held, I ant empowered to gain the earliest iruddlst int., 115
abetted of the agricultural statistics for the year Just l luessi,
wink are always furnished be the industry and tattler the
mliglatesed euperiteemleore of the Itegierran(eenerel, Mr.
O'Donaelly. (Ilea, Ma.) This is a branch wof know-
ledge In obeli our °epode neiglibeurs in el( big England
fin still rontent to lig tar behind you in Ireland. I will
Only present )ou Mitt ii very drat summary / 4 the healer
molts of whet haii toms ascertained recipeting the growth
el mend crops and green mope, sod the quantity of
rips sleek in the year that hes juste -1.4, se composed with
dee yam immediately preceding. In the growth of dog
=the zmr ending in lean, as compared with the yen
in 1I 0, there is an inerene of the acres under oak
ration of 3.1,000. In barley end rye crops of 27,1110 ewes
This la net by • decrease in the quantity of acres maw Sell
M the event of 85,000. Bat the whole Menem el Ilm
west mope in 18.17, mannered with 111 6, meg he essbned
at 3,000 sine. (Hear, Merl With impel to pen seep,
keel is on tense of 41,000 acres under ndtiv.Y.n ke Ihe
In Miser green mom except turnips, in Ada then
moo.
a well decrease, there le an increase of aka 0,000
=ad an the whole the teeel Me see of ewes oder nil- 1
foe grim crepe I. 49,000. (Cheers.) The increase
k theartmber et acres widow mean mad clover amount. to
11,111101. red the total Same Is the extent of land antler
Ellenend this nee as misspend with the Last year I.
erns. (Cheers.) With vemeetto the quality ellen
be Ireland, there is an in erase in the number Mbases
estlitrt, ►
of settle 30.000, ....A there is en increase he the
of pigs to lb dent of 332,000-(loud cheers)-
NI thet le Set by a demos in the number of sheep mood-
Ifttlitillsll. (Chelk) Thin &cream in the number of
skim sem her le he worthy of pare consideration. I
ilsol inane Is Wimt nom it is made to be attributed.
?whop die nest ghenten saws te shire to smarms it is
theme& ankel kr oftees-cleted Awes red laughter)-
and In eneeginnsil se with& then bee lees a premature ran
ages boa sheep. New, them nisi omen le ree.u........deeegli
an whale Of a astlef:ctory sad ememsteg
IA te be malt se eleosid mete me arks with theoaiod
advonemeall to which yes heft efts* ardebed, bed web
este ellsoifte yes to tendered and beaseed rendre be
.imazi
kik pessalft diet se Imalkesl it ihe , good In the
• gin& whithemmay hosanna rah& wed
seisihke we Tray swim dee ft is a
kis embed eftelA IA le bad wpb and
Stkikektlee. Mows) Ido not keg shekel Ite
isheasi sae d the peps functions of • Meng le wee the
elle d ednesitios es well es the wore greielid sod royal
• ells elf sepevol. (Hear, hear.) Perhope this may be one of
sa macre Timmy which we have lewd called in question.
faros sad laughter.) A Vice may admonish where am-
on e.. ly could approve. Well, I WWII heard it Insinueted,
that even in this faaad emote. of Waterford,
Idiom my, may sdied the nos condition of things es
Eel the ether wiesthe ef Inked. that while there hes
a v.e50,7.r.v....i-P-.Tair- .:,,mtler.itnevrnige,arOdkni:
Ossidag of fence, yet still lftelevds and tenants an lo
le Mad who allow themselves to he negligent about the
*ft of eggs min desire (Hear, boar.) It is a subject, I
tele d, ef wry likes concern to the well being of their
ftletee-(" War, beer," and cippleuse)-end I elm think that
Soterltbstsadion the settee ant even elohusisetie ezertione
of my friend Mr. Dounelly-whom many public services I
Ima happy to see her Majesty has lately been Oman
be nemignme, although some think not quite aa appropriately
We tin saint have been men-Companion Mthe ask
sad sot of the Thistle. (Laughter and ckeera.) Still it le
bad that. notwithstanding them exerting.. the rani
mks of Indeed does still continue to exhibit more thew
ad WM its peps proportion of weeds. I know the& the
Illiel wtlnettw et weeds must be a work of time mil et
lend em drat, like all other meakemerks.
Iseen) Dal, geetlemen, Deihl has rest fens yet
ma• se we kaser-er I bleb weeds nee nut yet emir-
gels& sal 1 bellow the erne he be se werstied to the reel
kgerresioe of kik dertadtiusola the other . to the
Minna glory sad seelekty 14 the empire. (Applause.) With
d. the ealifteitkin of this day, I believe we shell all hi
in regarding it with natoixed fellinp of append
aid tomplaceney- (beer. hear, red applause)-and I am sum
chi there can be but one opinion as to the admimble ase-
psis" ti the arrangement. end of the arsommodatiota that
bit been supplied. (Hear, bear.) However, gentlemen,
as Owe points yen will have more preeiee and diserimi-
galleg opinions from those who are far more competent to
meek aeon such subjects then I can Le. I find that in the
new of the maim, the Libitum of which are not yet
bees& to a close, I woo something very like denounced, be-
lame it warn presumed (bet I could ilidinguids • now from a
sheep. (Laughter.) I don't know what will be said of my
viteregelikerterscy le-day, when it become bruited that I
line had-what 1 conceder a great ho neur-that I have
lied • prim signed to me for a breeding sow. (Laughter
and applause.) However, gentlemen, I conioder that
• vary shallow eriticism which would represent an Uttered in
agriculture and • pride in its advancement es qualities not
inane of an Irish ruler-(hear, hear) -for you cannot take
boo coneidemtion the whole condition end eireusattinees of
beheed-her fertile but veiled coil-her wealth of rivers end
herbogue-the habits and character of her population
end even Veer changeful climate, and her weeping skies
Lk, however, have been in such happy stugemion this
,) -(beir, hear, and applause)-you_cannot take all three
ilMtnies and ehereeteriaties of Ireland into eonsideestion
without coming to the conviction that agriculture is the
nrfield for the development of behind • pnaperity and. 1
even add, of Ireland's ;neatness. (Loud and punned
eggiesse.) I consider her destinies are very much bound up
be the in inner in which she turns to advantage the capacities
with which Providence has endowed both her mil and her
=(hear, Door)-and if this wee the latest Mitt of the
PkVicerey -a came, however, lam far from wiehing to
anticipate-''tremendous epplenn)-I should feel neither re-
gret nor ,hams if that wish could be embodied in the form of
prosperity to Irish sgrimlture. (Lund and prolonged cheer-
ing, ,during which his Excellency resumed his mat.)