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THURSDAY EVENIN(3-, AUGUST 12

ment of agriculture, seemed to him to be carrying
forward the science of
production in a manner
hitherto unheard of —(Cheers.) There were many
improvements which had only been recently thougt,t
of or made, which tvere calculated to produced.
most important re-sol's, e therefore trusted
society Would continue to rec, ivc from the pro-
prietors, from the occupying. tenants of the
county of Northumbe:End, the same energetia sup
port which it bad hitherto done, and that they should
might be all exert themselves to maintaia the ancient fame of
this county, and that all their efforts
suc-
cessful. He begged leave to give as a toast, ~ The
Agricultural Society Of Northumberland.,'—(Cheers
Sir GEORGE GREY, in proposing the hearth of the
High Sheriff of Northumberland, said he might, per-
haps, be permitted, though not directly connected
with that toast, to make one single observation, with
the view to express the gratification he bad felt in
taking part in the present anniversary of the society,
which had for its aim the improvement of agriculture,
in which they were all so deeply interested.
(Cheers.) They had been told that the show of the
stock in the show-yard that day was not so large as
they had witnessed on former occasions, but he had
seen enough to satisfy him that the interest
taken in this society was not declining, and that
its benefits continued to be felt and appre-
ciated.—(Cheers.) But it was not in the
show-yard
that they were to look for the advantages resulting
from this and kindred associations; it was rather in
what they saw around them that they were to trace
the course of improvement. lie had had opportu-
nities of observing the marked and rapid improve-
ments which had taken place in the northern division
at least of Northumberland in late years. Lie spoke
only of what had come within his own observation,
and he was proud to say that he saw in what was
going on around him the lest and most satisfactory
evidence that Northumberland was not behind other
parts of the kingdom in the energy and the skilful
application of capital and industry which were essen-
tial to the prosperity of agriculture. (The Right
Hon. Baronet was enthusiastically cheered both on
rising and on resuming his seat.)
The Hon. H. T. LIDDELL gave "The Duke of
Northumberland," the patron of the society, to which
Lord LOVAINE, M.P., responded, and proposed at
the same time " The Health of Earl Grey," the
society._
lord-lieutenant of the county and the president of the

Mr. CLARKE gave " The Members for the County,"
which was acknowledged by Lord LOTAINE, M.P.,
and Mr. LIDDELL, M.P.
The meeting was subsequently addressed by Sir M.
W. Ridley, Mr. C. W. Orde, Mr. 0. Cresswell, Mr.
Cookson, Mr. P. Selby, and other gentlemen present,
and the proceedings terminated shortly after eight
o'clock.

THE ABD-EL-KADER CORRESPON-
DENCE.

THE FRENCEE AMBASSADOR TO LORD LONDONDERRY.
L'Ambassadeur de France se fera un plaisir de faire
parvenir a M. le Ministre de la Guerre depecbe que
le Marquis de Londonderry a bien voulu lui adresser.
Londres, le 3 Mai, 1852.

LORD LONDONDERRY TO PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON.
Copy•)

Holdernesse House, May 3 1852.
Mon Prince,--Your Highness cannot be surprised
if I again call to your mind the position in which a
peculiar fate, under circumstances, has now embarked
me, and I must first respectfully represent that I
could not believe my letter of the Ist of February
last, officially sent through your Minister of War, and
by his reply, laid before you, should have remained
for two months entirely unnoticed. lam convinced,
however, that this has arisen from entire forgetfulness
under the immense occupations of the vast empire
over which you have been destined to rule with entire
dominion—or, otherwise, the usual courtesy between
gentleman and gentleman would never have been
omitted ; more especially when, under your own hand,
you have assured me—" Qua le pouvoir n'a rien
change de votre eceur."

Under the impression, nevertheless, of a seeming
oblivion, I hope, with the most perfect respect to the
President of the French Republic, and the magnani-
mous French nation, I may venture, for the last
time, to place my petition before your Highness for
the liberation of the brave warrior at Chateau d'Arn-
boise. I fervently hope that in the heroic and gallant
hearts of all Frenchmen, soldiers as well as citizens,
and of all Europe, I shall stand acquitted of impro-
priety in the measure I am now pursuing.
My letter, Feb. 1, here annexed in copy No. 1, and
the answer of the Minister of War, No. 2, will certify
as to the cause of regret I have experienced at my
late communication being neglected. I come now to
your Highness's autographs of September, 1851, and
May 29, 1851. I need not now make them known
to the world ; but if your Highness refers to them,
you will not wonder that I wrote in my last epistle
to you, that I had a " lettre de change, payable A
vue ;" and what does this consist in ? or what is the
value thereof? your honourable recorded never to
be blotted out words, " Je veux, tot ou tard, mettre
I'Emir en liberte, parceque je crois 11honneur de is
France y'est engage."
adds,
Your Highness then most sagaciously that it
would be more difficult for
you to accomplish the
object if urged by any foreign power, any influence
of the press, or any discussions in our Parliament.
For more than one year and a half, sire, undoubtedly,
from your opinions known, no one has breathed the
great captive s name; but this cannot last for ever.
But then, further, what were
next
declared impediments? The Ottomon Porte ? No! By
boy
the vigorous and praiseworthy efforts of your enlight-
ened Ambassador, they were ready to facilitate an ar-
rangement equally honourable to France, Turkey,
and humanity. your Highness's
Your own former Ministry and objections, by your
own splendid career, are no longer in your way ; you
are absolute, supreme, omnipotent, accountable to no
one but yourself; and between you and your con-
science, Abd-el-Bader still lingers !
Beyond all this, and more forcible than all I havestir
urged, as regards your brave army, I hear from
thority not to be doubted, that the last remainingsignally
tribe of Kabyles have been entirely and signen"d,
defeated, and the war in Algeria for ever at
an
thus affording no reasonable, or even politic, ground
for further delay.
The time and moment, then length, to
, seems, at
have arrived in the eventful year of
1852,
which You
to
proclaimed to me would be a period easy for
lyorious,
carry the object into effect, to take the bold, g
and courageous decision of liberating the fall" chief,
your noble prisoner.
deli"-
Away then with all chimeras of difficulties,l. ens
pounce and consequences—your decrees
are
finlaKader's
flounce "Le President le veut," and Abd-e - IT
effect a i ,e,
prison doors fly open ! And you will give wail] The
by this proceeding, to your wish and to your 0 •
unsullied honour of France, and the desire
will
be
powerful ruler (the chosen of eight millions) ill
accomplished.
I have the honour to remain, with the highest con-
sideration, and most perfect respect and regard, your
Highness's constant friend and well-wisherhoneral.
VANE LONDoNDERe rtling all re-
r
P.S. It is right I should add that,
waiting
spectfal and due time, if my humble P_
feel it due
T
receive (as my last) no attention, I
shall
circumstances
to myself, my position, and to all the
correspondence,
TreS
of the case, to place the whole of our cod .n
i no degree
Which from the first has been official,
Ifihper, before the
marked as private, by one or the 0-d
molt be
public and Europe, when the best ill
gortant affilr.
formed of all that has passed on this
LOUISirnP NAPOLEON.
LORD LONDONDERRY TO PRINCE
.Auust 9, 1852.
Wynyard-park,
g it pos-
sible, Prince,—l could not have conceived and my letter
after our former intimate relations,
of 3d May last (sent through rtl,. Ambassador in
London), that you should have shown me so littlereply. Such
vouchsafe any
courtesy as again not to
e ident or occupation,
a course cannot now be from Bc have only to leave
but must be from design ; and I by the immediate
the world and Europe to i g
slid- eLesween my humble
publicity of our correspondence,
word of honour,
and repeated solicitations and your
pledged to me that, sooner or later, Sou would liberate
.A.bd- el -Kaden hasten your mind
Mon Prince, if any event could
another, it
to adopt the Emir's liberation
death of moreyour than
would be the sudden and lamented
le companion, Alfred
former intimate friend andh(Ve
d'Orsay. You cannot but know, mon Prince, he
"anon and unceasing
anxiously aided me in our
common
to a clear sense of
efforts to bring your comet
own hand and, this im-
portant was promised under your attested copy. I fur-
portant letter I now annex
lin former details that have
bear adding the lengtenei
I would place on record
been already published; but
highly-talented spirit that
nemrnunicatioes from that i before which we must
has flown to that Tribune
deep sympathy, together
all appear. If, to show his ci
with my own, ought o move your Highness ton ,
nnot bravely, it will be the
act nobly, generonslY, - Girardin, your great
words of your departed friend.l4med, "Palaces hare only
and gifted writer, has proclaimed, door of friendship and
two cloore open to truth,
nf friendship, which is to ad-
the door of adversity--; to thunder, invisible justice,
versity What lightning Is
The justice of which death
equal justice for all. •hen it does not measure
holds t he scales cour=ts days when
gifts."
Prince, there is but one step
between us andßemember death. -1-` mon e,
the Emir languishes and
dies in prison, who wen-
Id be in your imperial robes--
faith and broken promises ?
who would envy blighted -
--I remain, mon prince, an Irish soldier, devoted to
ed
military honour and well-deserved glory.
VANE LONDONDERRY.

A woman (Bed lately at York. A bottle of nitric
acid, which had been for twelve years unopened in her room,
having been accidently broken, the deadly effluvium poi-
soned her.

SPORTING NOTES.

No. CCT_XXXET.

THE YORK MEE i ING,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,--Tae two principal ruses at Reading, esterdaY,
trominated in the defeat of the lay.7urites. Vau;tress,
isv)i,tfihariictoof4orbet
itletedA
hoone3h.esr,3lflknels,hieldama
twiret;otcl;ht d
iaa faohadrtphotgo
Orreck actually giving her the go by. It is evident that
her nuzaerous preparations this year are beginning to
tali; and without she is boxed up at once will train off
altogether.
~ Lamartine, an immense pot at:s to 4 against thefieldfor
the Berkshire Stakes, and booked a certainty, finished
a very indifferent third to Old Dulcet and Waterfall, the
former winning very cleverly. It must be understood,
however, that Ethelwolf passed the chair first. but as he
went on the wrong side of a post, ho was, according to
the laws of racing, distanced.
The racing fixtures for next week are four in number:
Lichfield on Monday and Tuesday; Plymouth, Devon-
port. and Cornwall on Tuesday and Wednesday; Pinner
on Wednesday; and York, the meeting of the week, on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
The attractions at York being of:so superior a nature,
it is very probable that the other meetings will be dis-
carded by the sporting public generally, in favour of
ancient Ebor. It is my present intention to touch upon
Wednesday's races only. They commence, as usual,
with the Dundas Stakes, which old RADULPHUS may
possibly win.
The Ebor St. Leger Stakes of 25 sous. each, with 100
added for the benefit of the owner of the second horse,
two miles over the old course, will, so far as I can ascer-
tain at present, be contested by Longbow, Caracas's,
Frantic, Sackbut, and Leopold; to whom may be added
Lucio, the Golden Age, and Alfred the Great. Daniel
O'Rourke 's name also figures among the entries, but I
have good reason to believe that he will not be pulled
out on this occasion. Frantic, with the Ebor Handicap
Ifosrh
thatould stake—wouldal in o fancy—ifbe
chanceday in vgood they consider
for this event; if he runs he must finish first or
drawn
seco •
Golden Age, Alfred the Great, or Lucio. Cara-
nd Sackbut I have no fancy for; neither have I
weight will allow a jockey of some expe-
rience as the
will finish forward—probably third.
• nee to be up, l
/le
t's coup e, Longbow, with 31bs extra, or
One of Scot
look most like winning,
Leopold, LONGBOW
for the
on the folldoewrinhgis

for choice.
The Yorkshire Oaks, with its various penalties and
allowances, strongly resembles a Handicap. It has
this year t btained an entry of sixty-six; and, as usual,
will be run over the mile and a quarter course. It is
impossible to give a list of the probable starters to-day,
but which will eventually include, I have no doubt, the
names of Evadne, Snowdrop, Merry Bird, Galvanism,
and Bird-on-the7Wing, (31b extra). Bird-on-the-
Wing, Merry Bird, and Evadne look the most like
business ;
BIRD-ON-THE-WING

being my selection from the trio.
The Convivial Stakes of 10 soya, each, h ft, with
50 added, over the T.Y.C., a straight run in of five
of one gsandforty-four yards, has the tremendous entry
hundred and seventeen two years old horses.
The most formidable-looking names entered for this
stake seem to me to be Mr. Bower's Auld Acquaint-
ance and West Australian, and Mr. Gratwicke's Sit-
tingbourne ;
WEST AUSTRALIAN

being the most hopeful-looking of the lot; his running,
however is not altogether certain.
I shall &ash my observations on this meeting to-
morrow,—I am, Sir, &e.,
Aug. 12, 1852. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

spoRTIN G INTE LLI GEN CE.
_ _ _ ________.— .. EDNESDAY.
NVOLVERRAMPTON RA rys w
The Wrottesley Sakes of 10 sovs., and 30 aided; for
two yrs old bat 121 b, an.d three 9t 21h; winners 31b
extra; fillies and geldings allowed 2ib. Straight
half-mile. (9 Subs).
Mr. Shelmerdine's Eveninz Star, 2 yrs (Knott) 1
Mr. Eyke nach fby Faugh-a-Bollagh, 2 yrs (Elughes) 2
Lord Wrotteslq na Romeo, 2 yrs (Sqinvruy) 0
Lord Warwick's Balloon, 2 yrs . (Crouch) 0
Lord Caledon's br cby Suroom out of Verbena, 2 yrs 0
Captain Little's Athena Payal, 3 yrs 0
Mr. T. Taylor's Game Chicken, 2 yrs 0
Mr. Flintoff's Whalebone, 2 yrso
The Foal Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 20 added; colts
Bst 61b, andfillies Bst 31b, winners extra. On round.
(6 Subs.)
Mr. J. B. Minor's Old Mau (Whitehouse) 1
Mr. Copeland's Director 2
Mr. Elalford's Harvest Home
3
The Holy oake Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only
if declared, with the Stand Purse of 50 sovs. added;
the second to save his stake. Twice round and a dis.
(18 Subs., 9 of whom declared.)
Mr. Hesseltine's Lough Bawn, 4 yrs .........(Crouch) 1
Mr. W. Palmer's Doubt, 6 yrs
Mr. J. Merry's Ringleader, 4 yrs
The Theatre Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft, and 20 added.

Three-quarters of a mile.

Mr. Copeland's Ludy 13ibiiaa, 6 'irs .......(Cliff) 1
Mr. C. F. Sparrow's na Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs... 2
Mr. Eglington's Carrier, 3 yrs
Mr. Eglington's br f by Faaigh-a-Ballagh, 3 yrs. 0
The Innkeepers' Plate—Na race.
READING RACES.—WEDNESDAY.

The Easthampstoad Park Stakes of 5 scars. each. and 25
added. Once round aid a distance. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Wortley's bg by Idas, 3 yrs (Cowley) 1
Mr. S. Scott's br fby Kremlin, 4 yrs ...(Wakefield) 2
Mr. Stevens's Sleeping Partrur, 4 yrs (Yates) 3
Mr. Warrener's emits, 4 yrs (W. Abdale) 4
Betting-5 to 4 agst Sleeping Partner, and 6to 4 agst
enwas. Won by a head. bleeping Partner a bad third.
The Berkshire Stakes of 20 toys. each, h ft, and 5 only
if declared, with 50 added; the second to save his
stake. Two miles. (34 Subs., 22 of whom declared.)
Mr. Drinkald's Dulcet, aged, 6st 131 b (Paw) 1
Mr. J. Dsy's Waterfall, 4 yrs, 7st 2lb ...(Wakefield) 2
Mr.
EP.o
Jones'.wney' Lia,oniniacr,ti4ney,:yBr: Bst slb ...(A. Day) 3
Mr. Conroy na Stamford, 4- yrs, 6st 101 b (Filet° 4
Mr. Burgess's Narcissus, 5 yrs, Bst lib ...(W. Day) 0
(Thick) 0
Mr. J. Oliver's Ethelwolf, 3 yrs, 6et 31b ...(Kendall) dis
Betting-5 to 4 agst Lam mine, sto 1 apt Dulcet, sto
apt Waterfall, 6 to 1 agst Stamford and Ethelwoli' and
7to 1 agst Narcissus. Ethel wolf came in first, but hav-
ing gone on the wrong ride, of a post was disqualified,
and the race awarded to Dulcet.
The Abbey Stakes, of 10 sow. each, h ft, and 50 added,
for tiro and three yrs old. Straight run in. (14
Subs.)
Mr. G. Dame's Defiance, 2 yrs (Hiatt) 1
Mr. Endaburgh's flambletc onian, 3 sire (A. Day) 2
Lord J. Scott's Pug Orrock:, 2 yrs. (Barker) 3
Mr. Howard's Vaultress, 2 yrs (Cowley) 0
Mr. E. R. Clark's Plumstc:id, 3 yrs (Abdale) 0
Betting-7 to 4on Vaultress, sto 2 agst Defiance,
and sto 1 agst Pug Orrock. Won by half a length;
the same between second and third; Vaultress a bad
fourth.

The Ladies' Plate, added to, a sweepstakes of 3 says.
each. One mile.
Mr. Bingley's Christihns, 6 ys, 7st 101 b (Graz brook) 1
Mr. '`'Cow's Avia, 4 yrs, a;st 9:b
Mr. Hothaw's Abbess, 7st 4lb (car. 7st 61b) (Poole) 0
Mr. Jordau's Buckhound, 4, yrs 6st 1216 (Hiett) 0
Mr. Warrener's Comas, 4 yrs, Bst
Mr. Williams's Amber Witch, Est 121 b ... (Kendall) dis.
Betting---5 to 2 agst B ackhound, 4to 1 each agst
Amber Witch and Avia. Amber Witch came in first,
but, having carried short weight, was disqualified, and
the race awarded to Christiana. The race, however, is
in abeyance.
The Borough Plato was; won in two heats by Rage,
2 yrs (Steele), heating A,:lette, Lady Isabel. f by Bird-
catcher out of Wadastra, The Incurable, Flounce, and