The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-08 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.

of Heifers of the short-horned breed, bred by exhibitor,
aged 1 year and 4 mrnth9. 2nd prize.
James Dickinson, of Iloilolland, Wigan, pair of Heifers
of the pure short-horned breed, bred by exhibitor, aged 1
year and 7 months. Ist prize.
Premiums 21 and 22.—T0 the farmer, not being a cattle
dealer, who shall show the best lot of Mitch Cows, not
less than six in number, .4'5; ditto for second best. ditto,
-e2 . _

Samuel Clough, of Ashton, near Warrington, 6 111ilch
Cows of the short-horned breed, bred by exhibitor and
others, aged 4 years and upwards. Ist prize.
Jarnees Gorton, of Seedley, near Manonester, Cows,
aged 4 and b years and upwards. 2nd prize.
Premiums 23 and 24.—T0 the tenant farmer, not being a
cattle dealer, who shall show the best lot of calves, of
his own rearing, not less than six in number, nor more
than ten mouths old, el ; ditto for the second best
ditto, el 10s. _

James Dickinson, of.Upholland, Wigan, Calves of the
short-horned breed, bred by exhibitor, aged from 3 to
5 months. Ist prize.

Silas Doming, of Little Wardly, Swinton, near Man
Chester, Calves, bred by exhibitor, aged from 2 to 6
months. 2nd prize.

EXTRA STOCK: HORNED CATTLE

Mortimer L. Taite, of Heaton Mersey, near Stockport,
Bull of the short-horned breed, bred by Mr. James Gor-
ton, aged 1 year and 1 month. Commended.

HORSES

Premiums 25 and 26.—Open to General Competition.—
For the Stallion best adapted for agriculural purposes,
"X. 6 ; second best ditto, R 3.
James Robinson, of Broughton, near Manchester, Stal-
lion Young Napoleon, bred by Messrs. Barber and Worth-
ington, aged 5 years and 2 months. Ist prize.
George Wilson of the Albert Hotel, James-street, Liver-
pool, Stallion Champion of England, bred by Mr. Dar-
vil, Oxfordshire, rising 7 years old. 2nd prize.
Premiums 27 and 28.—Open to General Competition.—For
the best Stallion for dray purposes, R 6; for the second
best ditto, £3.

James Robinson, of Broughton, near Manchester, Stal-
lion Champion, bred by Mr. John Bush, of Newark, aged
8 years. Ist prize.

Thomas Forshaw, of Chorley, Stallion Young Kirkby,
bred by Mr. Hollingsworth, aged 8 years. 2id prize.
On sale.

Premiums 29 and 30.—Open to General Competition.—
For the best Stallion adapted for road purposes, .w 6 ;

second best di, to. £3

Robert Alty, of Pitting, near Fleetwood, brown Stallion
Prime Minister, bred by exhibitor, aged 5 years. tat
prize.
John Cross, of Woolston, near Liverpool, Stallion, bred
by exhibitor, aged 3 years and 2 months. 2nd prize.
Premium 31.—T0 the landlord who shall keep the best
Stallion for agricultural purpm:es, to serve the mares of
his tenantry gratis, the Society's Silver Medal.
The E.trl of Derby, Knowsley, Stallion Briton, of the
Suffolk breed, bred in Suffolk, aged 8 years off. Prize.
Premiums 32 and 33.—For the best brood Mare for agri-
cultural purposes. £5; second best ditto, s 2 104.
The E irl of Derby, Knowsley, Mare of the Suffolk
breed, aged 9 years and 2 months. Prize.

John Owen, of Green Barn, near Blackrod, Wigan, Mare
bred by exhibitor, aged 6 years off. 2nd prize.
Premiums 34 and 35.—For the best Brood Mare for
roadsters or for coaching, £5; and for the second best
ditto, £2 10s.
Thomas Townley Parker, of Astley Hall, Chorley, Mare
Mistletoe, need 15 years. Ist prize.
William Tipping, of Wigan, Bly Mare (with Foal by
Rolla), aged. 2nd prize. On sale.
Premiums 36 and 37.—For the best three year Gelding or
Filly for acicultural purposes, £5; for the second best
ditto, ,e 2 10,4

The Earl of Derby, Knowsley, Gelding, of the Suffolk
bred, aged 3 years off.
John Birch. or Orrell, near Liverpool, Gelding, bred by
Mr. Joseph Webster, aged 3 years off.
Premiums 38 and 39.—For the best two year old Gelding
or Filly for agricultural purposes, £4; second best
ditto, £2
Robert Birch, of Netherton, near Liverpool, Gelding,
aged 2 years and-3 months. Ist prize.
James Kerr, of Knotty Ash, near Liverpool, Filly, bred
by Mr. Thomas Atherton, ag-d 2 years and 1 month.
2nd prize.
Premiums 40 and 41.—For the best one year old Gelding
or Filly for agriculural purposes, £3; for the second

best ditto, L 1 10s.
James Latham, of Bi'linge Hi her end, near Wigan,
Grey Ft.'', (by Welsh Hero, dam Tinker), bred by exhi •
bitor, aged 1 year and nearly 5 months. Ist prize.
Isaac Hesketh, of Boothsto mil, near Manchester, Geld-
ing bred by exhibitor, aged 1 year and 3 months. 2nd
prize.
Premiums 42 and 43.—For the best three year old half-
bred Gelding or Filly, £5; for the second best ditto,
£2 10s. .

James Worsley, of Lowton, near Warrington, Gelding
bred by Mr. Thomas Gregory, aged 3 years aad 3 months.
Ist prize.

George Boulton, of Harrock Hall, near Wigan, Filly,
bred by exh'bi,or, aged 3 years and 2 months. 2nd prize.
Premiums 44 and 45.—For the best Mare or Ge'dlnz, in
actual use in the district as a roadster, JO ; second
best ditto. .€2 10s.
William Tipping, of Wigan, Chesnut Horse (by David,
dam by Seraglio), aged 6 years. Ist prize.
John Lord, of Standish Hall, near Wigan, Gelding,
aged 7 years and 3 months. 2nd prize.
Premiums 46 and 47.—For the best pair Draught Horses
employed in the district and belonging to one party or
concern, .e 4 ; for the second best ditto, .4"2.

Samuel Bank, of Westleigh Mills, near Leigh, pair of
Horses, bred by Mrs. Pierpoint, and Mrs. Clewortb, aged
7 and 8 years. Ist prize.
Richard Lupton, of 4, Parr-street, Liverpool, pair of
Bay Horses, aged 6 years and 3 months, and 7 years and

3 months, respectively. _
Premiums 48 and 49 —To the tenant farmer, principally
dependant on farming, for the best Fair of Horses for
agricultural purposes, and which are his own property,
e 5 ; ditto for the second hest ditto, X 2 10s.
John Birch, of Orrell, near Liverpool, pair of Horses,
aged 6 years off, one of them bred by Mr. James Woods.
Ist pr'ze.
J. H. Tattersall, of Rhodes House, Middleton, near
Manchester, pair of Horses, aged 4 and 5 years respec-
tively. 2nd prize.

2nd prize,

EXTRA STOCK: HORSES

John Lord, of Standish Hall, near Wigan, Filly bred by
exhibitor, aged 1 year and 2 months. Highly commended.
Lister Cockshott, of Addingham Moorside, near Utley,
Harkaway, by Shales Merrylegs, bred by C. A. Harvey,
Esq., Walton, near, Liverpool, aged 4 years. Highly
commended.

exhibitor, aged 1 year and 9 months. Generally com-
mended. _ - _

Premiums 77 and 78.- For the best Sow of the large breed,
not mere than three years old, .4'3, and for the second

best ditto, e 2.

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Thomas Robinson, Blackbrook House, Levenshulme,
near Manchester, Sow, bred by James Eardley, of Sand-
bach, Cnesilire, aged 2 years and 3 months. Ist prize.
Samuel Munro, of 21. East Stanley Street, Manchester,
Sow, bred by Mr. Josiah Taylor, of Kersall, aged 2-years
and 3 months. • 2nd prize.
Samuel Munro. of 21, East Stanley Street, Manchester
Sow, bred by exhibitor, aged 1 year and 6 months. Com-
mended. _ . _ _

Premiums 79 and 80.—For the best Sow of the small
breed, not more than three years old, £3; and for the
second best do,, 4e2.
Samuel Munro. of 21, East Stanleyatreet, Manchester;
Sow, bred by exhibitor, aged 9 months. Ist prize.
The Earl of Crawfor land Balcarres, of Haigh Hall, near
Wigan ; Sow, bred by W. B. Waitiman, Cross Hills, Leeds,
aged 1 year and 1 month. 2nd prize.
Jas. Buvklev, of Devonshire-street, Higher Broughton,
Manchester ; Sow (with litter), aged 1 year and 10 months.
Commended.

Liverpool ; and Salford, Manchester ; articles numbered
36 and 37. Prize.

Premium I3l.—For the best Machine for dressing corn
'for the market, 5.

Richmond, Chandler and Norton, of South John Street,
Liverpoll% and Salford, Manchester, articles No, 10 and
45, stand No. 1. Prize.
Premium 132.—F0r the best Chaff Catter,

RiehmOnd, Chandler and N .rton, of South John Street,
Liverpool, and Salford, Manchester, articles numbered 2,
and 3, stand No. 1. Prize.
_ _

Premium 133 —For the best Turnip Cutter, £2

Richmond, Chandler and Norton, of South John Street,
Liverpool, and. Salford, Manchester, articles, No. 6,7, 8,
13, and 14, stand No. 1. Prize
Premium 134.—Fa, the best Churn, £3.
_ _

Richmond, Chandler and Norton, of South John Street,
Live-pool, and Salford, Manebester, articles No. 40, 41,
42. 43, and 44, stand, No. 1. Prize.
Premium 135.—F0r the best collection of Agricultural
Implements, which shall be exhibited by either landlord

or tenant, being his own property,
John Lord, of Standish Hall, near Wigan. Prize,

REAPING MACTIINE

Premium 137.—T0 the Exhibitor of the Reaping Machine
which shall be found the most efficient,on trial at.
Wigan, on the 6th day of August, on the ground pro-
vided by the committee, £l5.
Dray and Co., of Swan Lane, London, entered on their
behalf by Robert Birch, of Netherton, Aintree, near
Liverpool, a Dray's Champion Reaper. Prize.

being of the community in general. The toast was received
with the most enthusiastic applause.

tAir—The Brunswick Waltz.
The Chairman said he had now to propose the health of
a body of men whose devotion to their duties had com-
manded the admiration and approbation of the community
large—he meant the " Bishop and Clergy of the

at .
Diocese." and with that toast he intended to connect the
name of his reverend friend on the right, " the Rector of
Wigan." (Applause.) They all acknowledzed, on every

opportunity, the va
rendered to the community--men of every denomination
did so—and he sincerely trusted it never would be other-
wise. (Hear, hear.) As to the gentleman whose name
had been coupled with the toast, he ha I bern Rector of
Wigan for a considerable number of years, and he had
performed every duty which had devolved on him in a
manner which entitled him to the love and affection of
them all. (Applause.)
The Rev. Rector, on rising, was greeted with general
applause. He said he was extremely gratified at the
compliment which they had paid to the Bishop of Chester
and the clergy of his diocese. It was one of the toasts
which they were kind'enough to make on most pulAti
occasions a prominent and leading one, and it was one
which always met, as on this occasion; with a kind and
ready reception. (Hear, hear.) He could assure them
that the Bishop of Chester was always most anxious to
promote in every way he could the spiritual interests of
mnrn agnonially w,-fo belonged to his diocese, and he

ervices w

could also assure them that he might truthfully say the
same of the clergy of his diocese. The clergy felt also
deeply interested about the temporal welfare of
the society, and were ever ready as far as their mans
and opportunity permitted it, to join in those occupations
and pursuits which were both interesting and beneficial
to both of them, and he believed there was none more so
than that of agriculture. (Hear, hear, and applause.)
He owned that it had given him unfailing satisfaction to
have witnessed the scene, which that morning presented,
perhaps one of the most interesting that had ever been
seen on the ground which belonged to the rectory of
Wigan, and he trusted that it would not be the last of the
kind which would be witnessed there. (Rear. hear.)
Mr. John Lord proposed " The Army and Navy," a
toast which was received with the most vociferous
applause, and drunk with all the honours.—Air : " Rule,
Britannia."
The Chairman said, it devolved upon him to return
them his most sincere thanks for the honour they had just
conferred upon both services, for he did not see, on looking
around, any officer of the navy present there who might
return thanks for his own part of the service. In regard
to that gallant ser vice. he could only say that he felt sure,
if the opportunity had been afforded, they would h ye sig-
nalized themselves as much as they did in former wars-
With regard to his own branch of the service, it was not
his fault that he was not able to serve his country in the
Crimea. (Loud cheers.) He had laid before the Com-
mander-in-Chief his desire to serve his country there,
but the battalion to which he belonged, was not selected
for that service. His duty lay, therefore, principally in
prep ring recruits for that service, and he was, therefore,
better qualified to discourse of drilling men, than of
drilling turnips. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He
expressed a hope, that any defects that service
possessed might be remedied, so that it could be
rendered, comparatively with its extent, a military
power at least equal to that of any other country whatever.
(Cheers.)
The next toast was "The Patrons of the Society." The
chairman in proposing the toast observed, that it ought to
be rather the patron of the socioty, for since their last meet-
ing one of the two patrons had departed from among them.
The patrons at that time were the Earl of Derby, and Mr.
Wilbraham Egerton. The latter gentleman had since been
removod from envoi.; them. Lord Derby unfortunately
was at that moment laid up with a fit of the gout in London,
and was therefore unable to be present.
The Rev. Rector Gunning said the next toast had been
introduced to his care, and it was fortunately one
which required no comment whatever. The toast was:
the chairman of the association, for the present year, the
Honourable Colonel Lindsay. (Loud cheers) The
chairman was not only connected with the town of Wigan,
but he had taken a deep and a lasting and livelv.interest in
the welfare and prosperity of the town. (Hear, bear.)
He was quite ante, therefore, that they would agree with
him that their friend Colonel Lindsay, who took not only a
deep interest in that town, but in the country's affairs in
general, and more especially in its agriculture, well merited
that his health should be drunk with the cordial accla-
matiOn of the whole company. (Cheers.)
The Chairman, on rising to return thanks, was received
with renewed and cordial acclamation. He proceeded to
say, that in returning his thanks for the kind manner in
which they had been good enough to receive the toast pro-
posed by his friend Mr. Gunning, he could assure them that
he felt it a great honour to be placed there as chairman of
the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society. He
was perfectly aware that it was by no claim of his
own he found himself occupying that position. He
was perfectly aware that he was placed there in
consequence of the position he held in that town and that
neighbourhood. It was indeed a peculiar satisfaction to
him to find himself the president of the association during
the year in wlrch its meeting was held in that town, and
he had revived that day the greatest pleasure in seeing the
result of the exertions which had been made by his fellow
townsmen. (Hear, hear ) In speaking their praises he
thought he might, very fairly appeal to those present who
did not belong to Wigan. (Hear, hear.) Wigan had
endeavoured to carry out, 's far as it was possible for it to
do, and he thought on the whole with much success, the
object which the parent society had in coning there that
year, and by doing so Wigan gave some inducement to hope
that after a. certain term of years had gone round, they
should find the Liverpool and Manchester Society again
holding their meeting in that town. (Hear, hear and
cheers.) When the numbels were announced to them it
would be found, be thought, that they had in Wigan
rather exceeded than fallen short of the proportion which
had been found to exist in other localities where the society
had held a meeting. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He had
always been the strongest advocate for societies
of that description. They had a society of the
kind formerly, not very far removed from that
town, which he had endeavoured to support to the best
of his ability, and which had been successful up to a certain
extent. (Hear, hear.) This he only said to show the
feeling which existed in that neighbourhood in favour of
such societies as that. He had himself no doubt whatever
of their advantage. It was not only the country districts
which would benefit by these societies and by the competition
which they created. The towns would also gain a very
decided advantage from the existence and the operations of
these societies. If the quality of agriculture were improved,
if more land were brought into cultivation, and if the land
were better cultivated, the farmer would, as an obvious and
necessary consequence, be better off, and consequently more
able to make purchases for his own convenience and benefit.
(Hear, hear.) Therefore such meetings as that must
produce a general benefit throughout all the country. All
were endeavouring to improve each other, and the benefit
derived went through the whole community. (Cheers.)
Mr. r. Ainsworth, in proposing the health of the vice-
president, said that he could not avoid tendering his con-
gratulations to the present meeting, on seeing so numerous
and influential a body of gentlemen, met to support the
agricultural interests of Liverpool and Manchester. (Hear,
hear.) Nay, more, he begged also tender his congratula-
tions, as one, for the liberal support the institution had
received from the gentlemen of the ancient borough and
neighbourhood of Wigan. (Hear, hear.) The cattle show
was an evidence that they were greatly improving in stock,
and he considered that Wigan had no reason to find fault
with the exhibition which had been that day presented to
its notice. (Hear, hear.) But that was not the only
evidence of the progress of the society, fir, if they looked
around them, they would see them in every locality coming
forward, and the farmers also, and from mutual concession
and mutual good feelings they saw a very different aspect
in the appearance of the country, to what some of them
remembered a few years past. (Hear, boar.) When, also,
they looked to the exhibition which the Royal Society's
meeting presented at Chelmsford, the character of the stock

shown, and the high prices which that stock procured from
various persors, who attended there from the Continent of
Europe, the United States, and the distant colonies of
Australia, but particularly when they considered that one
bull of Mr. Townley's fetched the lam sum of £1,2601 he
thought that such societies as theirs were beneficial in their

effects, and that, when properly pursued, farming would
amply repay the farmer, (hear, hear.) He remembered
when the late Sir Robert Peel brought forward his great
change in the import duties of the country, which led to
the repeal of the corn laws, that one, at the time seemingly
singular, remark fell from his lips in the House of C .mmons.
He said that he did not despair of seeing the day when
this country instead of being an importing country, would
also become an exporting community, and, when they re,
ferred to the Chelmsford meeting, he thought they would
admit that in some degree that prophecy had been fulfilled,
inasmuch as they had produced a stock so unrivalled as to
be worthy of transportation to the distant regions of the
globe. (Applause.) How far the remaining prophecy of
the right hon. baronet would be fulfilled as to the export of
the produce of their soil, that was a subject for future time,
but if they once infused the commercial spirit into the agri-
cultural interest of this country, there was no telling the
extent to which they might progress. (Hear, bear ) That,
however, was a consideration for future time, and he would
turn to that which more immediately claimed‘their atten-
tion. They were surrounded by a dense population, eagerly
demanding from them the means of subsistence, and with
sach a market at home, and at their very doors, it behoved
every landed proprietor, and every farmer, to COMO forward
and meet the demand so strongly pressipo.
on them. (Hear,
hear.) The agricultural and commercial interests of the
country ought to be united, and when nnited he hid no
doubt they would work together for the commoa good and
prosperity of the united kingdom. In conclusion, the
speaker dwelt on the impnrtanco. of draining as applied to
farming, which ho observed the cultivator should always
demand at the lAnds of the landlord, and declared that'
unless the land WAS well drained, the farmer might rise up.
early and take no rest, and eat the bread of caref4lness,and
yet have from the seed which be threw on the land no
remunerating harvest. (Applause.)
Mr. Acton responded to the toast.
Mr. Ryder, the 'secretary, then read the list of prizes,
which occupied a considerable time.
The Fight Ron. gdward Cardwell was called upon by