The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-23 00:00:00

TEE LOYAL AGRIGCULTURAL SOCIETY OP
ENLANO.

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A general meeting of the members of this plenty
was held yesteedo at their rooms, ilanover-square, for the
purpose of electing the president, vidaprosidento, trustees,
and other ofikere of the soehrty fur the ensuing year. Mr.
W. limas, M.P., in the unavoidable abusnoe of the Right
Iles. I. Z. Denbo.. Speaker of the Ileum of Commons,
prosidegt, took the chair. There was a very full Woodson
of inembere;,_ and on the motion of Mr. BARROW M.P.
=by M. MILWAID, Lord Demo,, Wm o;wAh.c6 1,17;
RA BlaStatatiftritZ7:l—a-e. t2l,lf.'he ..Mail
nit,.
islosioneell wee don
voLielotebeled.
..hich
lbat err wsitaty tiedolol at polont time of 6,068 tom-
=4 sa lawasee at algtarobla woes since the hat
The heeded Ise of the society was
I Ulla Ile 1 ldmthita Now Thotopw , and the curried
cash talancenves 1,087 L The report ado dated that the out.
rutting chemist was engaged in investigation. on the mina
' Mlity of subeteness In the soil supplying a nourishment to
pleses,
_. sad that the omen had again to mooed their dose
air 1•84 of cumin's interest m promoting the object'
dim seelety. ly eleslithkg from the maiden and morale
abed let antrbeimaikta on the occurrence of guano sad
Ohm umnitgankteee" bat also details connected with
lie des of illma.prolatala and contagious typhus
meg- Tr osidala pert part. of Europe. The council
Wog received boa the Royal Agricultural Int-
=Society d Wend a suggestion that it would be
for the three eirricultural societies of the United
to unite In the common object of de.
attend a ovoid veterinary unpecter,for the purpose
1 es77-...maisilmieg the wart nature of the contagious typhus.
.tt ore concurred with the Highland and Agricultural
MI Sentland in adopting that diggention and on the
;rabid menet Professor Simonds, fumishe'd with • dr-
ead latter eras the Rad of Clarendon to the several
thecom
.11heaps, WI Bagland as tha veterinsuy inspector of
Sae seilmal otabdoe, and on the 30th forwarded his doe
eameondeatieta la 'hie be reported that he found to aped
OWN" Oa *a had been mistaken for the
mows trier of typhus; and that he had to
ceteris Yr !bleat la ceder to meet with maw that
aisle hoof& adiness for hi. study and report. Ile Ida
peered lb lase opinion that them woo at preeout no for
1 d dr oseleap~ typhus being introduced into this country
tires if Ihing animal., whatever danger might rise
the larrilliSS RC hide. or other integumentary for.
t ewe eddemblereil cattle.
Tig sgssegsmierds for the Salisbury mooting were pro-
a esibiderfly. Next year the meeting will be at
affatetord le WOO the dintnct would combine the coun-
t ter elfideg ned Surrey. The late Chelmsford meeting WI/
nowt eatiosekl, bat in a financial point of view MM g .
et cap meeting hitherto held. biome were being
1 reesbece the expenditure at the same time maintain-
lig Orallioney of their meetings.
Mr. L Hoses, in reference to that part of the repot"
which dated the expenses of the Chelmsford meeting to
have been excedive, explained that in former years the ipso
minas were paid out of the general income of the society,
but that at the Chelmsford meeting the premiums for imply
marts end cattle were paid out of the reocipto at the show.

Mr. T. It. Retina, chairman of the finance committee,
than read the MU-yearly &mount, from the lot of July to
tbo Dat dDecember, 1856, showing that caah in hand and
tesillo areustsi to 1,6924. too Bd., and that the payments
mimosa to 7,e761. learns in the hands of the secretary
se petty owls balance 171. la. Bd,
The CMAIRKAN said, although it was not competent for
the sesethe to adopt any new regulatiotut, yet it was open
is soy esottleman to make ouggestions for the consideration
of the awanail. It had been thrown out elsewhere that the
gedity sight he much better employed than they hitherto
bad low now, tharefine. was the time for any member
sepals. inggeotions to make to bring them forward.
Mr. Puna would avail himself of the invitation of the
ehollinan, and humbly suggest. that a consulting botanist
nen to be appointed by the society. They had a veterinary
mere and a chemical professor, but they had no one to
when they could refer es to the nature and habits of a weed.
or the variety in the formation of a [lower or • knit.
Tbe CHAIRMAN raid, although no professor of botany wee
moaned by the Inner, nevertheless the habits of seethe
w a subset frequently discuseed in the pages dCwai as
publication of the eociety. The suggestion, however,
woe cos etdok no doubt would receive attention form the
coomalL
After zoom cosvarwation as to the expediency of more exo
tanively advortiong the pries, and also the time and pies
of the steolingo of the society, a vote of thanks to the chair-
sea was preyed by Lord Beepers, seconded by Sir 3. V.
Shelley, and carried unanimously.
The CH•1101.01, in acknowledging the compliment, took
the oppostazity of adverting to the very great service which
had been rendered to agriculture by their late preident, the
Speaker of the Honig, of Commons, not only in this country,
but else in France. That right hon. gentleman we chiefly
instrumental in obtaining an alteration in the French tariff
in regard to the importation into that country of agricultural
impleosenta, Use consiquence of which had been the intro.
duction into Dunce of some of the best English-made ints
plementa, to the advantage of ell parties. Ho congratulated
the messing on the large accession which had been made to
their numbers daring the past year, and declared his belief,
notwithstanding the gloomy rumours that bad gone forth
of their retrograding. =stood of progressing, that the
Agricultural Society of England stood high and well In the
cotimation d the public. (Matra)
Thalmann, then broke up.

'RANCH SUPPLEMENT TO A STOCK SHOW.

A somewhat characteristic mode of testing the
merits of the various Isla animals at the recent fet stock
show at Prissy, near Paris, ma adopted by the jurors of tat
exhibitka.
After the animals had been slaughtered as WILSOSedI7
the nerelniene under which the exhibition took Flom
end the Inked had bean samtained, the jury wets
ettertained at a dinner in which portions of the VOSIOOS
prise animals were served up; the „object being to test
which breeds give the best quality of meet. The flesh of the
first prise animas wee selected to undergo the ordeal. A par-
non of each animal was cooked separately; the time takes
to make ready, the weight before and after cooking, de.,
were gone into with considerable minuteness." The writer
to the North Britilk Agriculturist, from whom we take the
rartl of this novel 'uncultured competition, says—
Than ewhe have not paid much Mamas to this
esteeming meat simply as fat or ken, would be astoniegrjedel
the different* in the taste of the soups, and of the mat trots
which they were prepared, were they to make the experiment.
They would find that the Bah of certain breeds is better
aspen than that of others for boiling—others for roasting:
On each dish the jurors ante to • diadem which war
efts vary close—amen to seven—the votes being taken by •
show of hands. Each juror took notes by the numbers—the
washer being the only distinguishing mark The votes were
pet alter each division of mope or meat was partaken of.
Pint came the trial of *ems, of which eight apecimees
were prepared from the flesh of oxen—English and French.
The Delis of Beauforre prize shorthorn ox wee considered by
a essjority to have made the best mop. So the best boiled meek
-that from which the soup had been made—wee maiden&
to be that of the acme on. Next was the trial of road
peek... And the first quality woe
found to be that from a
axes a • new Leicester peg with a French breed called
=era. Th
total en came rest mutton, of which
ination. Mtcoetaw
vas placed first, =rib the competition was very close, the
first division being anal, one juror on • second division
giving his adheden to the Cotswold rout. The repottm
&nosily a Bookiewien amen lo the mutton decision.
Last of ell was the trial et reed beet, of which there were
no Sae then thirteen spechnem, " all very good, requirirs
on the peat of the jurors eases ado ordinary
=I merit." Zia wee the difficulty of thr=l
by the eirosememee of " the ap beiattwara
whet palled by the hod pevionaly of."
seek Mel GOMIS here in some non
slam seek as Ish,, Lewis, emetkeens sad asparaTurel
is he&
The reset beet had hem cooked "before a smell grate cm-
taming charcoal, with • bachelor's oven behind'" end the
colour of several of the resets "was not
the
SCOW,
however ...mkt have gratified the tame of s most Mae
dims fizz.;
The ere the results .—The West Highland ox of
the Duke at Beaufort was drat; the Devon ox of the Eel el
Leicester, seemed ; the Charolsiec, third; the errs ox of Kr.
Dudgeon, Shorthorn-Angea, fourth ; Mr. leComble's ox.
Angus, aged, fifth; the limouMn sixth; the Duke
Beaufort. Shorthorn ox, seventh ; Pert mews, eighth. The
others were not chased. Probably the testing ppeewwss
of the jurors! had by this time been o
" After voting on the roasts, which was attended with MOW
eldmable excitement, esehjsror appeanng to acquireinmemil
otendence in his judgment end Mete es the testing pro-
ceeded," the dinner conehned with finite and pastry.

Nzw CAVALRY COLLEGE, RICHMOND, 5t11.1114
The foundation stoned this new institution will be laid as
Monday amt., by Vise:Punkas Combermers. The b
which le to be erected by Messrs. Lavers, of Bele derel-S
will be tastefully oonstrurtei, with light brick
stone dtwaringe. Mr. C. Broadbridge, of Warwick-street,
l'nstreet, is the architect. The ceremony on Monday
takewQl t
place inn very large marquee. which is in mune
of erection by B. Edgangton. In the lecture-hall the ammo-
Nage will partake of en elegant elejr6raer alter the ceremony.
The land of the Ist Life (Maids will attend.
ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—Mr. and
Mn. Getman Reed continuo to repeat their new entertain-
ment every evening with uninterrupted sueress. The lady
having now acquired the facility of individualising the
various characters she ropreweette, each Fe...oat:Mu has
become a more complete portraiture than it could possibly be
lon the occasion of the first performance. Whether the
entertainment be recanted eddy in a musical point of view,
' or as a dramatic exhibition In which music and comedy cone
bine to produce a wholesome and agreeable effect, it is well
deserving of the general applause bestowed upon it.
SINGULAR DEATH OF A GIRAFFE.—A few dap
ego one of them beautiful and interesting creatures met its
death on board one of the steamboats lying off the London
Custom-house in a singular manner. It forced its head and
Ipitg neck in such a way out of its cage as to cause its death
ere it could be extricated. The body was purchased by one
of the London societies (the Zoological &clay we believe)
for the ',typos° of dissection, and preservation of the skeleton,
and utdEn‘ of the splendid Ain. The animal was, we an
informed, in tended tore Beet!
Glearfiss

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