The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-14 00:00:00

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
LEWES, TUESDAY EVENING.-1 he sexual see er of
the Reyai Agricultural Seciety will be helot, during the
Present week, in the !tele toeo of Lewes; and tee: e is
every prsepect of the occasion proving a highly sails-
fee ory one. It is herdlynsoessary to remark that the
10ta'ity is itself coeepieuoes in the sneals of agricul ure,
and the situation is such as to render it highly probable
that the agriculturists of the surrouedieg counties will
concur with amateurs anti the public, in rnskieg the
meeting a worthy successor at that held last year at
Windsor. Brighton, situated within half an hour's ride,
may be expected to send its full quota of amateurs sod
pleasure seekers; while the London and Brighton Rail-
Wsy Company have announced arrangements which will
probably have the effect of attracting a large number of
visitors from the metropolis.
The picturesque scenery around Lewes forms an ad-
ventitious feature in the event, but one which will
no doubt be appreciated by all who may now see it for
the first time. The structures erected for the reception
°I the cattle and implements are, as usual, capacious and
judicious in detail. To-day is aointed for the receps
tien of clock, and the
work isp progressing rapidly.
Seversl refreshment booths are erected near the show-
Yard; and to judge from their number and size, there
will be no lack of accommodation for any imaginable
acc.!ssion of visitors. It is rather unfortunate tor the
society that the elections in the district are now in pro-
gre'ss, and will continue to be so until the show has
terminated. The nomination for the county occurred
no later than yesterday, and the election will take place
at the latter end of ten week. This may operate pre-
Judicially as regards the attendance; but, amidst the I
wordy contests which are heard at intervals at the dif-
ferent places of resort between opporing
the objects of the Royal Agricultural Society appear
to form a common and cordial bond of union which
prognosticates well for the practical results of the future.
As to the character of the show, it may be observed
generally that the display of cattle is very excellent. In
the Sussex breeds there is, as might have been expected
Material for favourable comparison with any preceding
show; and the breeders in the neighbourhood have so
far justified the selection of Lewes by the council and
Upheld their own fair fame in a particular department.
The site of this year's show being so remote from the
short-horned districts, it would have been unreasonable
to expect an extraordinary display of short-horned
animals,- but, taking everything into account, there is
nosround for disappointment.
The implement-yard, however, seems to exhibit the
Most marked progress in the path of improvement. All
nocur in praising that department, and the judges will
doubt make a most satisfactory report. The appli-
cation of steam-engines to ploughing has been facili-
Mtated. As regards reaping, the machines of
essrs. M'Corwick and Hussey have recently
ceived improvements from English manufac-
turers, by which most, if not all, of the defects which
they exhibited have been removed. After careful trials,
they are new believed to supply almost all the require-
"tents of the agriculturist in the various circumstances
„and in the vari us localities in which they may be
fed- The implsments are still in course of trial; their
number and the interest attached to the results pro-
t
raating the experiments longer than was anticipated.
The show will be thrown open to the public to-mar-
row; the implement yard from eight in the morning till
and the cattle-yard at one o'clock, with the proviso
the latter case that " the judges shall have delivered
4,1 their awards." Both departments will be open on
hursday and Faday, from six in the morning till six
in the evening; and on the former day the dinner of the
seetety will take place in the pavilion.
e Lewes being a small town, the double attrac'ions of
Agr ~uyural
election, and the annual gathering ot the Royal
Socisty are using up all its accommoda-
&toes
•th The inns in the town have increased the bulk of
toe beeh; and the tariff of sleeping apartments, according
b a laW which appears to be of universal operation, has
e,e,nrl Proportionably elevated. It is impossible to say
cdat will be the state of things to-morrow; but as the
ehessahe nearly all engaged before the commencement of
nw, it is probable that Brighton will benefit to
Some extent by any
in the visitors who may wish to be located
neighbourhood. Should any one be unfortunately
left behind by the last train, the booths near the show-
'ard may be put in -requisition. The heat to-day has
been intense, and those who are not compelled to be out
are keeping in the shade.

ST. STEPHEN'S HAND. .
,h(-)a the 4th inst. the Emperor Fdr..ificiss
t.Jo.ss-tepphheinn;-,
Which the " wonder-working
,-uleh is in the chapel of the castle at °Buda. A singu-
lar story is connected with this relic. In. 1081, that is
2°° years after the different Hungarian races had
been united under ono ruler (the Duke Arpad), Pope
Gregory or-
-5 canonized the first king, Stephen, and his
remains were to be removed from the vaults of the
Cathedral of Stuhlweissenburg. When the stone coffin
was opened, in the presence of the then reigning king,
Ladislaus, it was discovered that the skeleton had no
right hand. A terrible noise was made about the miss-
ing member, and a very valuable ring which was on
one of its fingers, but no tidings were heard of either of
theta until some years afier, when a certain Abbot Mer-
au‘la, who had formerly been treasurer at the cathe-
lal, communicated to the Monarch, a romantic story
i'n B°lnething having
been committed to his safe keep
tkg hY a beautiful youth " dressed all in white;" further,
uat on examinin hand o the saint
what it was, he fourd is to be the
f --- f ring and all being in perfect order,
Iti-at is, Well preserved. The worthy historian Fessler,
rqt:4lf. an ecclesiastic, says. "Ladislaus saw through
of Tlrias. but left God to deal with him." At the time
Loorai .'''fortnation, the precious hand was sent to the
Theresa at 113gusa, and in 1771, the Empress Maria
had
Where 1111 it deposited with vast ceremony on the spot
her deseeadant has recently seen it.

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11:According to the American advices received, it ap-
ars that the harvest promises extramelv well in almost all
othe States. In California it is thought *that enough barley
fbe raised this year to meet the demand, but the growth
wheat Will not be more than will be required for seed.
The following memorandum is from the C.,mrnit-
tee of Mexican Bondholders :—" Messrs. Baring, Brothers,
and Co., have by the Mexican mail, per Thames, received on
account of the 800,000 dollars advanced by them for the
Payment of the last January dividend on the Mexican debt,
from Vera Cruz, 90,000 dollars; from Tampico, 23,595 dol-
lars 92e. ; and advice of a shipment from San Bias of 12,000
dollars. This makes the remittances arrived on this account
523,315 dollars 69c.; and the advices of shipments not yet
arrived, 42,8'24."

SHOAL OF HERRINGS OFF THE ISLE OF MAN.-088
of the most beautiful sights which has been seen for perhaps
half a century was witnessed on Tuesday evening (week), at
the entrance to the bay of Derbyhaven, Isle of Man. About
eight o'clock there was observed an immense bottle-nosed.
whale, or what is called a " Perkin moor," amusing himself
about a mile to the eastward of Fort Derby, on St. blichaei's
Isle- Some of the spectators affirm that he was at least 60
feet in length, and when on the surface, for the purpose of
respiration, he threw a considerable volume of wator full 40
feet in height. He gradually arproached the hay, eviuently
in pursuit.of an immense shoal of fish, which were observed
on several occasions actually in thousands to burst out of
the water at least a couple of feet. Tois continued for up-
wards of an hour, until part of the shoal (which proved to
be full-grown herrings) ran themselves on the rocks
imme-
diately
under the lighthouse. A pair of amateur
fishermen,
who were at the same time plying their occupation with some
of Royal Charlie's " whim gees," not far from the scene of
action, were terrified at the sight of the monster fish,
and one of them, who is deaf, and who could scarcely hear
his companion at the other end of the boat when
shouting at the top of his voice, declares that he heard the
spouting of the whale like distant thunder. They took
refuge from the monster of the deep in a small creek at the
Point of Fort Island, where they remained in safety, gazing
with astonishment at the terrified shoal of herrings and their
relentless pursuer, until his majesty of the deep, finding
himself
himself in shallow water, made once more seaward, when
prey ventured out and succeeded in bagging a fine lot of
itne herrings.—lsle of Man Paper.
40RTING EXTRAORDINARY.-088 day last week,
nthe coachman of J. W. Ernpson Esq., of Ripple Hall,
„Itt Tewkesbury, was walking round the fish-pool of that
Eentleman, with a gun in his hair', he heard a noise in the
toshes, and thinking it was caused by rats, he fired in the
direction from which the noise proceeded. Oa walking up
to the spot to bag his game, he found that he had killed 11
very fine tench.— Gloucester Chronicle.
Comrosmox OF A SERMON.—Dr. South, a man of
great learning and virtue, relieved himself of his clerical
duties one summer, by travelling rather incog. Ile went
into a country church in the north of England one Sabbath
morning, and heard the rector read a sermon. In coming
from the church, the rector suspected him to be a brother of
the ministry, and spoke to him. He received the rector's
courtesies, and thanked him for the very edifying sermon he
. had-preached, suggesting that it must liave been the result of
a good. deal of labour. " Oh, no," said the rector, "we turn
off these things rapidly. On Friday afternoon and Saturday
s morning, I produced this discourse" "Is that possible,
• air?" said Dr. South. "It took me three weeks to write that
very sermon."
'•
EXPENSE OF THE MONEY ORDER OFFlCE.—Yes-
terday a return to Parliament was published, from which it
appears that the expenses of the money order department of
the Yost-office for the year ending the 31st of December last
were 69,4921., and the amount of commission received was
77,4291. In England and Wales the commission received was
64,714 f. ; in Ireland, 6,2831 ; and in Scotland (including 631.
intereston the Bank account), 0,4121.
MONEY .ORDERS.--According tO 8 return yesterday
issued, it appears that in the year ending the 31st of December
last
there were 4,661,025 money orders issued in the United
to 8,880,420/. l 6s. ld. The Great Exhi-
the number° t occasioned an increase. In the preceding year
was 4,439,713, and the amount 8,494,498/.los. 7d.
Adviees from Odessa to the. 2d instant state, that
owing to the 67ne
seasonwi
theca resent weather recently experienced the crops for
are reported as abundant beyond
prdent, are now considered ered safe. The rye would be ready
tor cutting in two or three
terwards. The arrivals of 't‘hveeek,' and the wheat shortly af-
extensive for some day old stock of wheat had been
s, but were nevertheless firmly
St.
and large tra
ar:st had taken place. From
' St. Petersburgh the ,ccounts
exoeitlhe sth July, but they
contain no news. The rate of
ange had lately expe-
,
to ship gold. r it rienced a slight rise, whin. would rende not worth while
The letters from Nantes regar iin the the West of France state that there will be
• harvest for barley and oats, and an indifferent
and rye, while that of wheat is still doubtful. The breadth
beans
d .
of land sown was larger than usual, but it suffere in the
persons who
early gntm onet abundantf crops
in
part of the season, and is now endangered by the
scorching heat. There are, consequently, some
do not anticipate a larger yield than in 1851. From the
south of France, and especially on the Mediterranean coast,
IT? accounts are said to be highly satisfactory. In the
the of Bordeaux, and on the Spanish frontier
lh harvest is considered a good one, but in the Lai,guedo-
it. is described to' be indifferent ; and from Toulouse the
statement is, that both the wheat and rye crops are below an
average.

GLEtiGARRY. --A-1101A one hundred person; from
this district are to sail for Australia this week. They will
embark at Birkenhead. It is to be regretted that larger
funds are not available for the conveyance of great numbers
of poor Highlanders who are eager to better their condition
by migration.--inverness Paper.