Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-09 00:00:00

DARESBURY AND FRODSFIAM AGRICULTURAL
EX EIIB ITION.

The fourth annual exhibition of Live Stock, (including
Poultry,) agricultural produce, and implements, in con-
nexion with this society, took place yesterday, at
Frodshem, near Chester The exhibition was held in a
commodious field, adjoining the Railway Station. which
had bees kindly granted for the ozession, by Mr. Church.
The day was very unfavourable, in the early psrt of the
forenoon, the rain f in t 'rrents, but about noon, the
weather cleared up, and the visitors to the show ground
were very numerous.
As compared with former-years, there was not a yelp
numerous dreplay of stork, but the different animals exhibi-
ted were of very superior ceuality, especially the horsee, buhLa
and pigs. Of the latter, several of the specimens exhibited
were amongst the finest ever seen and would have done
honor to any agricultural show. The brood mares and the
stallions commanded the warmest praise of the judges, and
the same' rematk applies to the' bulls. The display of sheep
was limited, and the quality not very superior In the
poultry department there were acme specimens of Spanish,
Cochin Chime. and Dorking fowl, the prieciper exhibitor
being our townsman, Mr. Stretch, of BOotle. who exhibited,
wa will venture to say, as noble a pen of buff Coeein. Chins
pullets as were ever.seen at any poultry show. Mr. Stretch
deservedly obtained the first prize for' this splendid' pen of
birds Amergst the other exhibitors were Mr. Bailey, of
London; Mr. dof TU/1 ___encore, Mr. Wright,. of
Runcorn, and other noted breeders.
There was a tolerably good show, of agriculture/
implements, the chief exhibitor being Mr. Chivas, of
Chester, and Mr. Whitehead, of Preston, vim respective
attainetlthe first and se and prizes in this department.
The eaetifilial manures were represented`by the Lanett,
shire Manure Company, and Mr Royston, of the Padding-
ton Chemical works, near Warringt)e. The. Lancashire.
Manure Company exhibited some monster specimens of
turnips and manged wurzel, grown on land to which their
manures hadiesea applied.
Mr. Peter Linaker, of Aston, near Preston Brook,
exhibited a very interesting neodel and plan of
a farm-house and outbuildings for a dairy farm of
230 acres. The estimated mt.' of a farm built Ile re the
model was £2;OOCr.

The hornel cattle, horses, pte; Sheep, an i Venitry
prizes were %warded to the folio wr2g.:garolemen—
llottNED C A.TTLI!. --W. Pritchard, H, I,owe, W. Broome,
T. Taylor, J. Ptrr, J. Hewitt, J. Taylor, J. L. Wiigh P.
Beceroft, P. Pi estiter.

Honsis.—J. JohnsorP,. J. Wriglif, Tr. F.: J. Whitlow,
H. Lowe, S HiFson, T. Ford,' W. Broome,
Wright, J. H. IcayeF,.R. Teerroft, T. Rite, -P. Pricstner.
PIGS.—J. S. Wils'on.'3.. Rigby, S. Wocdhoc;se, T. Wrighr,,
J. Taylor, J. Iloyiott, J. WOoils, J. Wade,. W. Rossboliome3.
J. Hewitt.

Suctr.—T..ToT-,nson, FL Lowe. J. S.

POULTRY —W. Btundrit„ G. F. 311, J. WithisFp T. Stretch.
J. Parr J. L. Wrigh,, T. BurgosF, jun., C.. Moulton, W..
Pritchard.

TIT g DINNER

Took place in the Torn-hall, shortly of :bur o'clock in.
the afternoon, Gilbert Greene], Etq , M.P ~for Warrington,
in the chair. There were upwards of 200 gentlemen
present. The cloth having been removed, the usual loyal
and other toasts were proposed.
The Rev. J. Therelay, the Vicar of Reneorn, in an
eloquent and eulogistic speech, then proposed the health
of the president. (Cheers )
The Chairman, having acknowledged the toast in feeling
and appropriate terms, proceeded t propose what might
I emphatically be called' the toast of the day, end 'the toast of
the occasion. He wished as warmly and as heartily as
any one present that• the words of the tenet might be
carried on and verified, and that they might al: live to sea
the day when the Daresbury and Frodsham Faemere
Club had indeed prospered. (Cheers.) And when he
used that language, he thought he might say with some
feeling of satisfac-ion boil as regarded himself and them,
speak favourably of the past, and say that it had prospered.
He had been told to day, by those much more competent
to give an opinion than himself, that the exhibition at which
they had been present, had been upon the whole highly
satisfactory. (Cheers.), In speaking to each other let
them use the words of- truth, and not of flattery. He was
of opinion, that in some parts of the exhibition the show
might have been conoiderably better. (Hear, hear,) But
he did agree, as far as his kaowleCge of animals and cattle
would carry him, that the opinion given to him by the
judges was a right and fair one. (Hear, hear.) And, that
the cows and the bulls indicated art improvement upon any
previous exhibition that the club had ever held. They
looked in the Dares'ottry and Frodsham Society for animals
that were useful rather thau—if they would allow :rim to use
the expression—ornamen'al. They looked for animals that
would yield them butter and produce them cheese, and he
believed that the stock to-day in that respect was satisfac-
tory. The weather had been rather unsatisfactory, but he
was glad to say that it had had no detrimental effect on
the exhibition of the day, the number; who had visited
the exhibition being more than they were two
years ago. (Cheers.), After some remarks on the
duty of farmers attending to the social improvement
of their servants. The Chairman observed that it was,
perhaps, his duty.to confine himself to the proceeding; of
the day. He wiseed to speak with truth of the past and
the present, and he felt that he could speak with confidence
of the future. (Cheers.) Next year, he hoped„ there
were those in the room who intended to measure their
strength at Chester ; and, he had strong. suspicion, that
the £lOO prizes for cheese, would come into the district of
the Daresbury and Frodsham Society. (Cheers) He
could only say, that if there WAS a £lOO prize to the per-
son who would produce the best barrel of beer, he would
certainly try for it. (Much laughter and cheers.) He
concluded by. moving—" Success to the Daresbury and
Frodsham Farmers' Club." (Applause.)
The list of premiums was next revel by the Secretary,
after which several' other toasts were propesedt including
" The successful Candidates," " The Judges," " The Vice-
Presidente," "The Town and Trade of Frodsham," " The.
Cheshire Dail.). Maids," &c., &c.
The proceedings terminated about eight o'clock,

REMUNEIINTION OF PUBLIC SERVANTS.

TO.THE EDITOR. (F THE NaRTHERN: TIMES-

• Sta,—The article in to-day's Nol HERN Timgs
brings into. stroni rAef the opCci of our repre
sentatives in the. Town Coi:ocil, on, the question,,
of the remuneini.tion of their servants. The maxim.
of "A fair day's. pay for a;air day's work," is now
so generally accepted, that. few wilt deny it prac-
tically. Well, sir, it was .resolved, at the last meet-
ing of the Town Council, .to present the To-m
Cluliswitb. 11,000, for cztra services clone for the
burgesses,, in promoting. the settlement of the
Town Dues. question. May faskon What principle
this gift was made ?. Was it a legal act? If so,
why not make it £loC,ooo—where is generosity to
stop ?• Cannot some other of our valuable oat era,
who have been the ready tools of the Water Com-
rnittec-,, h presented with 000 each ?• fyvish
that our- representatives .woull try it vii.

I renaexn6r one deed of ottt Town-Cie which
should never be forgatienhy the burgesses. When
the memorial, which
,was signed by about 18,000 of
the inhabitants of, Liverp=xkl, against. the Pike
so-hew, was presented to the House of Lords, it
was defeated by the Town-Clerk, who lodged 114. s
petition in opposition to that of the burgesses,
and by this means accomplished the .object of the
Pike job, which ia.now being brought pretty clearly-
before the vision of the town. the objoation
the said Town-Clerk made against the
memorial of the burgesses was, that there
were some fv,lse signatures attached to it. And
pray by whom?- Certainly not by.its promoters,
for most especial care was taken,to keep it as free
from error,- as passible. Who, then did it, bait
those who were opposed to it, and desirous: to-
forward the job? Query : Did the Water Com-
mittee pay the Town Clerk 4ioe.for extra services
in promoting the scheme ? Is it true that, a man
who forged signatures to the memorial, !,i4sbeen
in the pay of the Cnrporatiian since that time?
Will :you enlighten the hungessses, and
Q IN TII:4 CORNER.

A MAD AMERICAN Post —Every vise or of intelligence
who enters the Asylum calls to see Hoffman. He receives
them all with a hearty greeting will ask them to sup and
drink with him, and when they leave invite them to
call often." Oa the last occasion that we saw him,
after sitting in his cell and indulging in a pleasant chat—
no, not plea-ant, for the feeling el his condition prevented
this—he ordered at se►eral times some of his fellows to fetch
wino and glasses. They would just stare at him, and be
would stem to forget it, until suddenly the order would be
repeated, and again forgotten. He gonerally labours under
the Wet that his place of confinement is a garrison, of
which he his the oommander, and is only prevented from
enjoying the outside by advice of his physician.. He will
frequently endeavour to prevail on the Superintendent to
grant him liberty to roam through the country for a
while, and when this is refused will submit quietly.,
Hoffman wears a cocked hat continually, and walks with
a cane, His appearance bears the mark of eccentricity
and genius, but the former may not have been the case,
before his insanity. His voice is clear, commalkdiag, 444
still cheerful.—.Harrisburg Herald., Aug, 18,
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