Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-08 00:00:00

NORTTIERN DAILY TIMES.

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street;—=Mr. president;-elect,•prescdinn%
The business conimeneed by the President reading- tlie
usual opening address, which was an 'essay. on the
characteristics of the, 4)resent- Ile first showed.
the tendency of people to form asseciations, arapointed
out the length le, which the system was carried by in_
stancing the Tailkray companies, the •gas companies, and
the Yarions other public associations: He next showed
the upward tenancy of the great middle classes to

by recent changes in legislation now that merchamts
were the representatives of mercantile constituencies;
and also in the arena of literature, as 'instanced in the
case of Dr. Johnston and his friends ; and that with the
exception of Lei& Byron, all the great men of this
g€neration ivere of the middle class of society. The
next characteristic was the respect in which things of,
the past were held, and the existing tendency to take
our models from monuments of past excellencies_ On
this • head he more particularly mentioned theology,
music; •and architecture ; but his remarks. ex-
tended to the 'arts generally. He • considered
that the imitation of the faults of the ancients
was carried to a vicious extreme, which ought
to be avoided. He showed that the law 'of progress
was a sort of action and re-action, and illustrated ,his
point by reference to the days of Charles I. and Crom-
well, when military despotism, iniquity, and revolution
prevailed. He went on to point out the changes of
customs and fashions in even the most common-place
matters, and concluded his 'address by referring to the
usefulness of
,the society. Mr. M'Laughlin, the secretary
to the society, moved a vote of thanks to the president,
and said that the paper should be inserted in the society's
journal.- Mr: Payne seconded the motion. The sub,
ject for discussion was, " Has the Progress of Art been.
Aided by the Writings of Ruskin ?" In this debate
Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Ford took the leading parts—the
former for the affirmative, and the latter for the nega-
tive, of the question. At the conclusion, the votes were.
in favour of Ruskin. The meeting then separated. .
CATTLE FEEDING.—No one, we think, can visit the
great Cattle Show to-day without being convinced of
the importance of Cattle-feeding. By this term we mean
the fattening of cattle in the best, most wholesome, and.
most profitable manner,—a secret certainly worth know-
ing by all who have- to do with the rearing of cattle,
and more especiallv by such as finish the work by pre-
paring them for the market. •We advertise to-day a
new form of food for this purpose, which is considered
by some of the first practical men in the country to be,
as it is described, "a sound beneficial innovation upon
the fast-exploding faith in feeding cattle upon oilcake ;"'
and, as it is explained, for this good and sufficient:
reason, that " the excess of oleaginous matter with
which it is supplied, the gross adulteration to which it
is constantly subjected, and its tendency to scour the
animal system, have created a demand for improvement,
as they have been frequently found to thwart the
efforts of the feeder." Another reason is, that a
mixed diet is absolutely necessary for the animal
organisation, if feeding is to be effected successfully and,
profitably. And it is one of the great advantages of tr_e
new form of food to which we refer, that it contains.
that admixture, being, as we are assured, " composed of
various valuable ingredients, unequalled in the proper-
ties essential for nutrition ; yet so- distributed in their.
combination, than the highest condition may be pro-
duced by a legitimate process which applies itself to re&'
der ease to digestion and support the system." The
name of this new food for cattle, as will be 'seen by the
advertisement, is " The Royal Patent Cake ;" and from
the great popularity among farmers and. graziers which
it has already acquired, there is every prospect of its
getting into universal use. It may be a seasonable hint,
therefore, on such anoccasion as the present, to call the
attention of those who are interested in the subject, so
many of whom will be present at the show to-day and
to-morrow, to so important an article. • •

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MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL
CULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW

AGRI:

The proceedings in connection with this important
agricultural meeting and competition continue to make
favourable progress. As our readers are well aware, the
display of stock, implements, and produce, will be open
to the public this morning at ten o'clock. The show
yard, as they are also cognizant of, is in the finely-,
situated field directly in front of Clare-terrace, Edge-hill;
which Geo. Holt, Esq., its owner, has very kindly allowed
the use of for the occasion. The preparations to secure
full accommodation for all kinds of stock, and the'
great variety of implements and produce which will be
brought forward, have been great, and, so far as ap-
pearances can warrant, seem to have been so judicious as
to secure full satisfaction to all parties. The committee
and their indomitable director of the show-yard, Mr.
John Ellis, have been indefatigable in their, exertions to
get everything into full working trim, and, at the time
we visited the ground yesterday evening, their judicious
labours seemed rapidly bringing matters into a satis-
factory shape.
The entrance to the show-yard is to be in Clare-
terrace, a little nearer to Wavertree-road than Church-
street. A little to the right of the entrance is the

booth allotted as the secretary's office, in which
Mr. Ryder will be found, as is his wont on such
occasions, zealously and intelligently discharging the

duties of his important position. ImMediately in front
of the secretary's office is tlle s

pace set a'

part for the

spectively by'Ueasrs. Biset, Leason, anti Richmond and
Chandler. The mower and reaper, driven by Mr.
Cranston. aaeit for Mr. Wood, performed its work in so

efrieimt a style as to elicit general nonitrimcbtion: 'The
others worked well, and by all of them t4A.e work wag ae-
eonitylished' in a most satisfactory manner.
mimns were not awarded' in V

eless, nor in the cam-

petition of grubbers and ploughs..
From all the circumstances which MT allowed to
transpire, there can be no)doubt that this. will hone of
the .most important exhibitions ever held and r' the
auspices of the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural
Society.