The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-16 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1850.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

At the annual meeting of the above society, held
on Saturday, and of which • summary appsarea in Ifs
Express of the same day, the tollowiag report of the council
was adopted :

"The council have again the satisfaction of reporting
favourably of the progress made by the socitty In the at-
tainment of its practice), and useful objects. The number
of its members at the probing time differs by only 18 fr.m
its amount at the date of the last general mestise, 174 names
having hese removed by death or otherwise from the Het,
while 156 sew inamben ease during the same period been
sleeted into the society, which now consists of 90 life
governors, 167 animal governors, 649 life memben, 4,315
annual members, and 19 lsmorary m, mben, making a total
of 5,239.
" Among the governors lost to the society by death the
wooed have to record a name illurrious from its coanexiou
with the Royal family of England, and endear. d to toe
nation as borne by a prince distinguisned by so many virtues
as his It lel Highness the Doke of Cambridge; a nun, too,
familiar and friendly in ati especiel m moor to the Royal
Agricultural Society of England, on account of the deep
interest taken by his Royal Ltighnies in the formation and
welfare of the society, and h.s participation in the promotion
of its country meeting..
" The council have to report favourably on the state of the
finances of the society ; and to submit to the members the
hall-yearly balance-sheet of the general account, and the
special balance sheet of the country meeting at Exeter, alorg
wita the q .arterly statements of income and expenditure,
assets and liabilities, funded property, and current cash as
count, laid before the council by the finance committee and
auditory.
" The journal of the society, transmitted postage free to
the members in August last, will have borne to thrill in its
own pages the best evidence of its intrinsic value. The
thecoodang part, now en • the eve of publication, will no
lose, the council believe, sustain the high °Waver of its
predecessor, and still furt: r evince to the a misty the high
privilege is members enjoy in being favoured with so
Mega an amount of the devoted ettention of Mr. Posey.
who, in his capacity of ebairman of the journal com-
mittee, effects that scission, arraegement, and elthora
ton of matter for its pages, which results in so valuable
a collection of data for immediate application in given
eases, and for the further advancement of agricultural know.
ledge. ' Boots,' it is true, MI Mr. Poesy himself rearierks,
will not teach farming ; but,' he adds, they describe
the pr:cticee of the best taxmen, they well make men think,
and show where to learn It. If our farmers will inquire
what is doith by the foremost of them, they will themselves
write su-h a bock of agricultural Improvement as never
was writeen elsewhere in le,ible characters, with good
straight furrows, on the broad per of Ragland.' The
council trust that the best practice, whether ob.ained from
the page* of the journal, or from personal inspection of the
oast farming, will be thin transferred to the hitherto.
neglected lands of the kingdom, sad lead to results alike
satistaetory to all parties connected with them. Toe council
are gratified to find that of all the journals sent to the
members by poet, amounting In number to nearly 30,000
oopies,enly one case has been made known to them it which
the journal has not evenivally neehed its destination ; they
regard this fact as both important to the society and as reflect.
ing the highest audit on the postal establchatent of the
country.

" The council have only to refer to the country meeting
of the society, Id at the city of Exeter in July last, with
the liveliest satisfaction, and to pronounce it as eomplete
in all its detaali as the council could desire; the excellence
of that meeting having been witnessed by all who had the
pleasure of being present at it, and made known by public
report to all others interim ed is its success who were from
various causes unavoideb'y absent. Those only, however,
that were present on that occasion could be impressed
frith an adequate ides of the eewoostratioes of hearty
welcome given to the society by the inhabitants of that
• ancient and loyal city;' an expression of respect only
equalled by their disinterestedness and genuine hospitality.
The mayor and corporation, and the local committee,
anticipated by their prompt and judicious measures every
wish of the society during the preparations 100 the meeting,
and the period of bolding It. Sir Thomas Arland, of Biller•
ton, and Mr. Carney, at Barton, each gave • kind and
friendly reception to the member), and submitted to their
ie.pection their respective water and catch meadoes, which
treated • lively interest la all who witnessed thew The
principal railway cowponies, with their usual liberality, c..n.
veyed the lies stock free along the respective lines to and
from the show, and the implements at half the ordinary rates.
The members were indebted to Professor Simonds for
valuable lecture on the diseases of the liver in domesticated

animals. Messrs. Taxford, of Bostoo, and Penn. Barrett
sad Co., of Beading, kindly pined at the disposal of the
stewards sad judges their respective st•an-enginae for
denials the machinery under trial in the show yard. The
metisty conveyed to all time respective parties at the time
their grateful acknowledgments for the valuable services
they had rendered to the society by their cordialco operation.
The Boner meeting was also distinguished by a still further
improvement iarroduced into the dynamometricil tasting
of the ouriculteral machinery, by which new results, of
great Inapurtaine in guiding the judges to their decisines.
were obtained; and the rival exhibitor. of implements "melded
themselves to judge of the actual power and working of
their machines by simple inspection of the mechanical
ragietration of results. Col. Cballoner, the senior steward
of implements on that OCZafioll, has made to the society his
report of the exhibition and trial of implements at the
Baiter meeting, including a descriplos of the testing
apparatus employed, sad enemata illustrating the momen-
tary variation of the actual power either pmeessed by the
steam engines as prime movers, or required to work the
various agricultural machines submitted to the test Cl trial.
If anything further were required to prove the excellence
of Ike Baster meeting, it would be the occurrence, for
the fins time Ia the records of the society, of the emir'
being equal to, or "'reedier, the payments on acoonat of
a country meeting, Independently of the pries awarded
on the occasion ; the Buster balance sheet sow laid before
the members 'lowing a balance of 861 2s. 9d. in favour of
the society.
" The counell, agreeably with the bye-laws of the society,
prepared, oc Thursday last, a list of the prism for breeding
stock to be offered for competition next year. This list
having been printed, copies of it are now laid on the table
for the information of the members.
" The nand have appointed a special committee to take
into considention the whole question of nominating, select-
ing, and appointing the judges for the country meetings,
with a request that they will f he council with their
report on the subject in February next. They have also
appointed • certain number of their members to moat the
governors of the Royal Veterinary College, for the perms
of conferring with lh.m on the ben mode of carrying oat
the common object of the two bedies-aanialy, the applies.
lion of veterinary seiance to the cinemas of cattle, sheep,
and pigs, with a request that they will report the result of
their conference at the same date. Professor Simonds, the
veterinary inspector of the society, has reported to the nun.
eit the result of his inquiry into the occurrence of several
Important cases of disease amongst the stock of members In
different per's of the country. These reports, whoa fully
completed by further multi of direst experiments in the
feeding and treatment of the animals, will be placed is the
hands of the journal committee.
Protease, Way, the connaltiog chemist to the society, has
coatinued to prosoare his intermit's, researches on the
sheeniest °Destination of plants and substances of agricultural
an, the results of which us la the some of publicatioo is
the 110104 dof the society. Profaner Way has also favoured
the society since the last general mooting with a lettere on
the chemical olarasner of water as essasesed with its agricul-
tural uses.
" The entnell ban denied since the last general meeting
to gin nine for essays ea the following subjects to he sent
is by the lot of klatch next :-Finalag of Shropshire. 601.;
Fermin: of Northampton, 601. ; Diseases from mismanage-
ment of horses, 201.; Diseases dunk after parturition, 201.;
Agrimataral geology of England and Wales, 601.; Prod.°.
non of butter, 101.; Any 'abject in agricultural chemistry,
201
"The council have been favoured by 11fientant Pelmet=
with important communnatiams ma the sadist el the supply
of guano; sad the Duke of BkAargirad, lesidas the groat
important., to the laymen of Ma exestey that es valuable a
manure should if possible be eopplied not only it its 'main"
state but Ia abstia, sad at a cheaper rata, has kindly
undertaken, at the request of the oessail, to make with
Lord Palmerstos n tho subject.
" By order 'tithe Cowell,
"London, Dn. 14.1860." "largess Unison, Sec.
The following mak statement" mere laid on the table :
The sash statement tee the kilt'-year ending the 30th
of Julie, 1830. showed that the receipts, including the
basun in the Bank, on the Ist of January, 1850, amounted
to 1,0421 170. Ild. ; the dividend' on sink annual sultmerilt-
tions of governor' sad members, end receipts es snout of
country mentor, to 1,4711 19.., making a total of receipts
of 7,0881 10a. lid. Oa the: ether aide were penalise of stock,
1,2471 ; ntablishemest, 6361 4s. Bd. ; payments ea wont
of jaunts!, 1,4161 6i. Bd.; payments on mount of smutty
meetings, 6611 Ita. 11d. ; prises, 2481 10s. 6d. ; and other
akarges, nuking a total in 4,6331. 10e., and leaving a balance
In the heads al the hasher of 2,4361. 3a. Bd., and of the
secretary, 191. 70. 35. The statement with regard to the
Butte meeting showed :-Sabieriptions, 1,2601. ; Pavans
dicer tickets, 6011 10s. ,• show-yard receipt., 2,6761.19a4d. ;
sale of catalogues, 3281. Se. ; share of Implement shedding
p id by exhibitors, 2111. 10.. ; other receipts, 671. 125. ;
making the total resalpts, 4,9411. 61. 441. The payments
were :-For Pavilion, 6401. ; 'entreat for the Pavilion din-
ner, 4421. ; show-yard, and trio! of implimests,
2.6101. 16e. 2d. ; judges, 3661. 2 6d.; other charges,
8861. 41. Ild.; learns; • balsas of 961. 2a. fid. in favour of
the sonny.

ROYAL Couioa or Bosomtat.—The Moeda'
gestlemeu, havtogeedergoe tha seeessery exuaisatkaa,
wets admitted webers if tag eeßm on the 13elt hut :
Nemo. A. H. Behluee, Newbury ; Z. L. Hodes. Beep
F. H. Plumpin, Quen-equate, Bleasashouy ; J. P. Lsei
Lau, Fore. of Des; R Bigots, Calet-phe, Cesintrefal•
red; Hoary Hued, Bromeove ; J. D. Weaver, Chester;
J. Craves, York; J. C. Diadem, Leaks; 0. Webster,
Dee'. ; A. G. Osborne, Mehemet. ; sad J. Earle,
Oreevenovereet Wee At the same weds/ at the wart
Hears. G. Barest, H. W.l.', sad D. L. Nargsa,pmed
dues azantaatiate he sisal saaresa
Emirerriox to 1861.—Mr. Cooke oa Thursday
last &Mad the remise at the Royal Cam, Brietoliattra
lases if the eldhitisa of tudwary, lad bra, we leer
ewer le the genii OEM the was of fifty meta The per-
Ihmosea woe ender the patronage of the mayor sad expo.
Mita.
Tux MAIMS Azon.—lt is rammed that a lasi
deteratastias Las beta erase te that Ode mak dug be
wood at Chusbeeisadiatt. HydePask.

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