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

SEPTEMBM ISM

no means n. question with him as' tlOiiheie!othe:f. men
came from. They had;ntaay men frail' the neighboltr•
ing county present, and they were pro id to'ste. theftt
but it would be his endeavour to do the beit he could
foi the improvement of this county—of the ebinindieiali
the agricultural, and the manufacturing inte?ests. He
hoped they would not look upon his want of words.
as a want of feeling; altcl he thought he wont' not
be wrong in taking that opportunity to propose the
next toast—" The Vice-presidents." There was one
sitting- on his left whom they all knew, and that was lt'•
Blackburne, of Hale.

Mr. JOHN IRELAND BLACJIDVICNE returned thanks on
behalf of the Vice-presidents in a brief speech.

The CHAIRMAN again rose, "and after alluding to the
arduous nature of their duties, proposed' The grudges,"
coupling with it the names of Mr. John Grey, one of
judges of horned cattle, and Mr. John' ktarinann, one of
the judges of horses.
Mr. Gitty, of Boilston, Northumberland,,in acknow-
ledging the toast, thanked.the- noble ptesident for the
mariner in which he had alluded to the laboriMis and
delicate nature of the duties of the judges. Hle'vtould he
a very bold man indeed' who, acting as a judge' on' such.
an occasion as that, where the competition rati,sOiclose,
could say that in every instance he hadi judge
correctly. But ke could assure the meeting' that all
tie' judges had done wlrat they thought was the 'best,
atni endeavoured to do justice to :individual a§ well
as; to' their own judgment:- (Hear, - hear.). Stifle h6'
repeated that the judges would be held, were they to'
saythat, in such an influential society as this, where the.
convetition had been so great, they had given a right'
decision in all cases, when it was considered that the merits'
of competing specimens were sr, ecinal as to have come!,
indeedoorithin the shadow of a difference. If he told'
them that and two made font; he:should only be'
telling them' that which they knew'. as, well as.limself;•
but when'lie; as a judge of stock, told' them that one'
animal -Was, better than another, they would agree
with hint,, that cautious judgment and a lengthened
experience were necessary, in reference• to the subject
upon which that-judgment was brought'to bear. It was
not for the judges merely to be able tolorm an opinion
as to what was'the best form of an aniiiiatH-to be able
to discern the 'outlines, above and below, lief Ore and. be-
hind ; but there'was something more intrii ate. than that.
It was necessary-on the part of 'a' judge, that when he
placed his haral on an containing either beef or
mutton, he should' be enabled to form a correct opinion,
as to whether wliatwas-within was Of such &nature as to
be calculated to Vtiiig the animal to maturitrin Such
period of time as to be'' beneficial to the
a judge .wasproperry- instructed in hisiinties, he
would immediately' eirabfed to discover • that one
animal would be at` maturity- at eighteen months' old,
whilst another would' not be in that condition: before
arriving at the age• or twoyeari, He was stile that
his friends, the juilgTs,., would' agree with him the
gratification afforded' by seeing- so many superi* ani-
mals in the field, andtlie‘ manner in which they bad
been bred. Many of -them, were• animals of the'very
best breed. It was &ire, thatas-a: general practical, rule
in rearing stock, high. lireedlrig- HT cattle woulenet
:pay,' and' therefore he-would nut,. Syr the purposes' of
'practical farming, recommend the• breeding of such
stock, 'as a whole,' many- of tfre animals which
had been exhibited' during-. the- day; but thoug,b:
such stock might net. pay; lip• thought that au
farmers were indebteeto • those- gentlemen who
liibited them, because 'it-"was- calbalated to keep am'
improve the general breed' of. stock. He urg2l upolv
ail farmers the desirability of ' rearing- such stock LlB'
would come to maturity the soonest ;. and by that meaes-'
give the farther a qiiicicreturn for-liii,ou-tray. In addi'•".
tiOn to this, good cultivation' was essentially necessary
ire gave it as his opinion that; •• in the -_ preseer'
condition of this country-,- cattle and' sheen. combined
with good cultivation -of -the'soil; was4he.most profitable'
for the farmer: .= He was partionlarly.thvomable to the
rearing of Sheen, inasmuolf=as the wool' which could be
predUeed from them, in addition: to- the• mutton, could
he.matle so profitable to, the farmer:. There was ne
country- in the world more :favourable. than ours for
the production of beef antLinuttoni.and'it mg in every-
sense- remunerative. If,- therefOre, it-was' so remunera-
tive%a produce to the country, it'-was,ourdnty to encou-
rageitto the utmost. -

nARMANN (of Wetherby, Yorksliiic; and secretary
to the- Yorkshire Agricultural Society7,:one‘of the jade!.
of horses, also aoknowiedgc&-the toast, and'eongrateiteu
the society on the successfuNharacterorthe show.
Tffe CHAIRMAN next proposed;. "The. Cbsnmittee of
Management."

WHITE acknowledged 'the toast; 'and; in reference
to the- exhibition of the day,- said' that- the number of
entries altogether for 'prizes, were 1;597; "against • 1,546
during- the last year.

me, CHAIRMAN next, is a compliinentary speech,
proposed, " The Mayor and' Corporatibn• of *Liverpool."

Tile MAYOR said, he thanked them. very sincerely fur
the manner in which his health had-been: proposed in
connexion with the Corporation of. liiVerpool. The
corporation had very onerous and" important duties to
perform, which they discharged to: the best of their
power. The noble lord had Spokenof -the. great riches
possessed by.the corporation.; but he regretted to sal
that a. neighbouring town had Succeeded' in diminishing
theif-income to the extentnf £40;00‘1.. He had only
to hope that the same good. feeling that had existeo
between the noble house of 'Sefton and the Corporation
of Liverpool would still continue .; and he had no doubt
that their noble chairmanwould follow-the example set
to hair. lie hoped they would. fill' their glasses for the
purpose of drinking to thti-toast which he Was about to
propose, as he .would ask: them- to,dnhomage to those
parties who had devotecrtheit- tiine- and attention .og'
legislative members for the borough, by drinking the
healths of Mr. HOrsfall. and' Mr. Ywart..

1V3,4r. T. B. IlonspALL, At. P.-, rose to acknowledge. the
toast, and was received with enthusiastiecheering, waleh
lasted for several minutes. Oh the, applause subsiding
the hon. gentleman said—My Lord' Sefton, and gentle
merryl beg to thank you . for the compliment which yea
have been pleased to pay-to my honourable colleague an
myself—a compliment which. we hena right to exPee'
but a compliment, whieh, I'mar be permitted to say'
my- honourable colleague, who, is not present, all:_
,
tieipated might have, been paid to us ; beano*.
Iliove received a note from.hirit whieh he states thati
if had the opportunity; r was to express the dee?
re...1-et which he felt at being unable to be present her
?to-day, being detaimed,by-an important engagement-in
itondon. My health 4 'and that of my hon. colleagn„ei
'has been drunk in the relation which we hold to thw
town. The relation-is a. political one ; and lam nur:e'
my lord, you will agree.with. me that the less of pelit''',..s
introduced in a meetingof this: kind the better. (Cheeill•l
I shall therefore content- myself with joining th.7o.
congratulations which may-be afforded to the meerwl'
in the success orthis. day's: exhibition. It is a succea:s,
in which I rejoice as an individual, having the- hapri
ness, for the firstAiine• in my life, of being a sueeessd;
competitor. (Maraud' cheers.) I rejoice, my lord; as
representative, of this great commercial community' 'n
the success which the society has met with in...„7-ph.
town, as giving-a practical denial to the charge which
has sometimes been. brought forward, that the cell.,
mercial and agricultural interests of this country ‘0
antagonistic, think, my lord, they thrive, a
together. I. have looked with pleasure on the eilllthe
tion in this- yard. I have looked with pleasure onlC
improvements in agricultural machinery, and I °lad
that the day is not far distant when the
this country will stand in a proud positions If we 1:1
at the improvements in ploughing, in mowing,. an is
reaping; it, is impossible to say when those. improvere the
will cease. I have listened with great- pleasure °font
practical observations which we have heard today t
these; gentlemen who have taken so- deep an interesthis,
behalf of this society, and I am trimly convinced 0'
that if those practical suggestions are carried Tltbeue-
provements will take place whieh will be not 011.1
itcial to the landlord, not only- beneficial to the 'ar the
but above all, to that large class of the pop.ulatioa, seat
consumers. The hon. gentleman resumed his
agricultureo'

amidst loud cheerint.r.

alt'
The CHAIRMAN next proposed" the Local Cool
,
tee," which was acknowledged by Alderman Garber.
tc,
On the motion of the chairman, thanks were vet for
the London and North-western Railway Company

The CHAIRMAN, in a humorous speech, proPc's.ed "
Lancashire Witches," ternun"
and the proceedin. gs

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In addition to the /„Isast op'S
_..,... exmoition of wax-work, isoirtt.lll(ptuillirri4:l-tercr-
musical promenade, &c. Teutonic Hall, Lime-strcet, li, ~,,
pool, the numbers have been greatly augmented this
drawings taken during his trial, ylvecor1(111.-
the introdnction of Dr. Smethurst to his dread- we. tu
renowned establishment. The figure is a full-length nnaciled
wax, and is positively a perfect and faihtful likeness, nio_,.eful
by that rbnowned artist D. Bruccian, of London, freaL;;Odel,
taken. So great has been the excitement caused by thF,_ ~it
Dr. Smethurst, that upwards of 5,000 persons have paid a:2;i.
to this very gorgeous and interesting exhibition in three CT
Open from ten a.m. to ten p,m. Admission 6d,
and is certainly the on.jcase a

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