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THE NAVY.

Her Majesty's new paddle yacht, Alberta, recently
launched at Pembroke, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday,
and will be immediately taken in hand to complete her out-
fit for the service of her Majesty.
Considerable progress has been made in fitting the heavy
portion of the screw machinery on board the iron steamer
Achilles, at Chatham dockyard, in anticipation of that
vessel being floated out of dock. The heavy metal castings
for the screw propeller arrived at the dockyard from the
establishment of Messrs. Penn and Sons, Greenwich, last
week, and yesterday the mechanics commenced fitting them
on board. The Achilles will be fitted with engines of 1,250
horse power (nominal), but, in reality, capable of being
worked up to three times that power. Her screw is four-
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ever landed at the dockyard. Its finish is in every respect
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kind. The diameter of the boss is 3ft 9in, and its total
weight is 3 tons, 19cwt.:11qr. 151 b. The inner diameter in
which the screw shaft revolves is lft 10in. Each of the
screw blades is 10ft 6in in length, by 6ft in width at their
widest part, and their total weight, exclusive of the bor-
ings, is 54 tons, the weight of each blade being as nearly
as possible 3 tons 4 cwt. As some apprehension exists as
to there being a sufficient depth of water to enable the
Achilles to be floated out of dock on the date named for
that event, only a small portion of the heavier parts of the
machinery will be placed on board during the time the iron
frigate remains in dock. It is computed that fully six
months' work will remain to be effected on board after the
Achilles is afloat before ehe can be in all respects completed
and fit to pioceed to sea.
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dockyard officials in order to ascertain whether her general
condition is such as to render her available for a guardship
at Chatham, in lieu of the Wellesley, 72, which is to be
removed to a more eligible position near the entrance to the
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selected the Diamond, 27, to succeed the Wellesley as
guardship at the port and dockyard, and she will be
fitted for that service as soon as a sufficient number of
hands can be released from the other vessels now in
progress.
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W. Cosser, paymaster of the Portsmouth division of Royal
Marine Light Infantry, on charges of defalcation, &c., will
assemble at the Royal Marine Barracks, Forton, near
Gosport, on Friday, the 11th inst.
liThe following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. Henry A. Grimston, to the
Salamander ; John §. Moore, paymaster, to the Salaman-
der ; Henry S. Pemberton, second-class assist.-engineer,
to the Edgar; William H. Hemming, clerk, to the Sala-
mander ; and William J. Oliver, assist.-clerk, to the Ex-
cellent.

On his estates he had built some for which he ought to have
a return of £ti a year. Rut they could not afford to pay
more than four. Well, his tenants came forward and said
if he would sacrifice £1 they would pay the other, because
they both would benefit by the improved moral condition of
the labourers. He hoped to see the day when small cot-
tages would be built in all parts of the country.
Mr. RANSOM, of Ipswich, denied that the large manu-
facturers of agricultural implements wished medals and
prizes to be abolished for the purpose of checking talent.
It was their interest to bring it out and employ it, for the
more they could obtain the greater would• be their profit.
Mr. ROBERT SMITH differed from the last speaker, and
attributed all the success which the Royal Agricultural
Society of England had achieved to their prize system.
Mr. llAmmicic regretted that the paper had not touched
upon tho importance of agricultural statistics. He hoped
that during the next session of Parliament some member
would bring forward a well-digested scheme for obtaining
agricultural statistics. (Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN, after paying a high compliment to Mr.
Morton for his able paper, said he could not agree with him
that there was less acreage of food for cattle cultivated than
formerly. His experience led him to a different conclusion.
The use of guano had greatly stimulated the growth of tur-
nips for cattle. He thought that no man ought to be asked
to cultivate land without the security of a lease. (Hear.)
A vote of thanks was then returned to Mr. Morton for
his valuable paper, and the proceedings terminated.

THE PROPOSED CONGRESS.

THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.

, The following is the reply of the King of the
Belgians to the proposed Confiress:m-
monsieur mon Frdre,—l have received theleiter handed
to me on the part of your Imperial Majesty by M. le Baron
de Malaret, and I can but approve the sentiments which
dictated it. It would certainly be most desirable if, by the
effect of a pacific agreement, the existing causes of anxiety
in Europe could be settled ; and, without at present express-
ing an opinion upon the means of coming to an understand-
ing with the different States interested to attain without a
collision so noble an object, I am happy to assure your Im-
perial Majesty that my Government would be quite inclined
to join in it in ao far as I could do so. As regards my own
personal feelings, I should take advantage of the cordial pro-
posal of your Imperial Majesty with the greatest satisfaction.
I take advantage of this opportunity of renewing the as-
surances of the high esteem and inviolable friendship with
which I am,

Monsieur mon frere, your Imperial Majesty's bon frere,
Chateau de Laeken, Nov. 20. LEOPOLD.

THE KING OF ITALY.

Monsieur mon Frere,—The letter which your Imperial
Majesty has addressed to me is inspired by a grand and
generous idea which will be appreciated by all those who
understand the tendencies of the age we live in.
A permanent struggle has been established in Europe be-
tween public opinion and the state of things created by
the Treaties of 1815. Hence has arisen a sickly state of
things which will increase unless European order is placed
upon the basis of the principles of nationality and of liberty,
which are the very essence of the life of modern nations.
In presence of a situation so dangerous to the progress of
civilisation and to the peace of the world, your Imperial
Majesty has become the interpreter of a general sentiment
by proposing a Congress to settle the rights of Sovereigns
as well as those of nations.

I adhere with pleasure to the proposal of your Imperial
Majesty. My concurrence and that of my people are assured
to the realisation of this project, which will mark a great
progress in the history of mankind.
As soon as the international Conference takes place I shat
take part in person, or at least send a representative.

Italy will appear at the Congress in a spirit of perfect
equity and moderation. She is convinced that the justice
and the respect of legitimate rights are the true foundations
upon which a new balance of power in Europe can be
founded.

It is my most sincere wish that the initiative of wisdom
and concord which your Imperial Majesty has taken in
hand may prevent the dangers of war and increase the
friendly relations between nations.

I take advantage of this opportunity to renew the expres,
sions of my inviolable friendship, and of the high consi,
deration with which I remain,

Monsieur mon frere, your Imperial Majesty's bon frere,
Turin, Nov. 22. VICTOR EMMANUEL.

THE KING OF THE NETHERLANDS.

Monsieur mon Frere—The courteous and cordial letter
which your Majesty has addressed to me, under the date of
the 4th of November, has for object to unite the Powers of
Europe in a Conference to advise measures to settle the
affairs of Europe on a peaceful foundation. I respond to
the .generous idea of your Majesty, and am willing to join
all the other Sovereigns of Europe in realising the noble
object your Majesty has in view.
I take advantage of this opportunity to renew the assur-
ances of the high esteem and inviolable friendship with
which I remain,

Monsieur mon ft ere of your Majesty, (Le sic) bon frare,
The Hague, Nov. 29. WILLIAM.

VIENNA, Dec. 9.

The following is a summary
of the letter of the
Emperor of Austria in reply to Napoleon 111.,
dated the 15th of November :

THE FRENCH SENATE.

Throne :

The Emperor acknowledges' the important objects of
the Congress for the settlement of the political questions
at present pending and the security of the future; but
wishes, before taking part therein, to learn with some ac-
curacy the bases and programme of the deliberations of the
Congress. Should the questions to be discussed be indicated
beforehand, and the Powers agree upon the tendency of the
deliberations of the Congress, unforeseen accidents, which
might overthrow everything, would be less to be feared.
The dangerous and insolvable problems, which would create
fresh instead of removing existing complications, would
then be set aside.

This idea is more fully explained in a despatch of Count
Rechberg to Prince bletternich, of the same date as the
Emperor's letter. It says—lt is not sufficient to put forward
a programme of a negative character as the bases of such
important discussions. The Austrian Government wishes to
know how the declaration of the Emperor Napoleon relative
to the treaties of 1815 is to be understood. These treaties
have been partially modified; but so far as they have not
been altered, they are considered as the foundation of public
right in Europe. Some improvements are necessary, Let
the French Government point out those it considers desir-
able. Certain remedies might be more dangerous than the
evils themselves. The programme of the Congress might
fulfil all the conditions for the maintenance of peace, which
is the principal object to be attained.

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The following is the text of the Address of the
Senate, in answer to the Speech from the

" Site,—In presence of a new Legislature, and of
the grave questions which are agitating Europe,
France impatiently awaited the solemn moment
when your Majesty yearly puts yourself in com-
munication with the country. Your voice, Sire,
enlightens, appeases, and strengthen spublic opinion.
It prevents it from straying in a policy of conjec-
tures and false interpretations which disturbs the
public mind and injures the public interests. Your
Majesty has spoken, and the country now knows
that in entering on a period which leads it to the
eleventh year of the Emperor's reign it will find in
it, as in preceding years, stability, progress, and the
loftiest ideas of concord and civilisation.
"It is not that France has to fear the want of
stability arising from street tumult. Our popula-
lations are quiet, and applied to their labours ; they
move only to throng around your Majesty, and
accompany you with their acclamations.
"Neither have we reason to fear anything from
instability—always so pernicious—of political in-
stitutions. The, understanding (accord) between
the great bodies of the state has never been more
complete, and France has responded to your ex-
pectations by elections which have shown the
force of the dynastic feelings of the country.
Happy results of a constitution so well adapted
as that of 1852 to the interests of our nation, and
which by a wise system of conciliation has organised
a power strong without excesses, combined with real
liberty, and devoid of license. It is your Majesty's
will that that constitution be faithfully protected.
The Senate will the less forget it that it is convinced
without that constitution France would behold
the days of prosperity, which it owes to it for the
last eleven years, grow darker and darker. No
doubt, Sire, that constitution is perfectible—your
government, Sire, has shown it by proofs precious
to the liberal spirit of our epoch. But that consti-
tution is not an ephemeral convention which can be
altered by transformations antagonistic to its prin-
ciples. The people has willed it ; it has voted its
bases, and a people that knows the value of its word
makes no stipulations for a day ; its compacts are
made to last—they extend afar into the perspective
of its future. The history of your dynasty, Sire, is
a proof of this. Notwithstanding reverses, in spite
of exile, in spite of death and revolutions, the suf-
frages given to the First Consul might be traced
after the lapse of half a century, in the suffrages
given to his nephew. The reason of this is that,
whatever may be said to the contrary, the French
nation is not fickle in its affections or beliefs, and
when it restored the Empire in 1852, it measured
no less the depth of its resolution than when it
first created it 50 years before. Let us, therefore,
gather round the popular work—round that consti-
tutional compact which is the true manifestation of

uetertndiostawith
inconsistency, We give it,
biconceteifstossiueonlnfa eight millions of votes. We should be
the Imperial regime. That comtpshayecstpteirsmo:moritanonwmheofh
trial
thhoel en
one
politicalh a hand
d
taoonwthe throne, and on the other the
—it
esxi
and which is often
after the lapse
inexcusable if, more versatile than that immense
of eleven years, the example of mobility in a matter
mass which is the people itself,
where every day records its perseverance.
" But what shall always be well received by the
Senate are the ameliorations claimed by public
wants—also the liberal reforms, whenever they
leave unimpaired within your hands the power in-
dispensable for the tranquillity and prosperity of
the country: Progress has penetrated everywhere
since 1862, both as regards our institutions and our
moral and material interests, and nothing has been
able to arrest its advance, not even the sufferings
occasioned by the events in America, in important
manufacturing districts—sufferings, whin)), unfor-
tunately, have not entirely ceased, but which may
always rely on the constantly beneficial efforts of
Government and private charity. Progress, there-
fore, will pursue its career
" As regards the financial situation it would have
been still more satisfactory if the two expeditions of
Cochin-China and Mexico had not brought about
extraordinary charges caused by unforeseen compli-
cations, unavoidable delays, and imperative neces-
sities. The force of circumstances often imposes
sacrifices on a nation which wishes her name to be
respected, and keep up her rank in the world.
France hopes, however, to be reimbursed her ad-
vances by the war indemnity which your Majesty
requires from Mexico. Generosity does not stand
in the way of right and justice.
"Moreover, everything in the documents before
us contradicts the hypothesis that the expedition
was undertaken with a view to create a Mexican

empire under the sceptre of a foreign prince.
What is but a possible end must not be mistaken
for a cause—to protect our countrymen, to de-
fend our honour and our interests, to strike a deci-

sive blow in a distant country, whither commerce
invites, and where an inhospitable government
has so often deceived us, such has been the
Emperor's fundamental and patriotic object. France
is a democracy, ardent in its labours, and which
would consume herself in sterile activity-if, for want
of a vast outlet, she was compelled to fall back upon
herself. It is to favour her immense labour that
your Majesty has taken steps to extend her commer-
cial relations by means of treaties. It is also watch-
ing over, to create for her beyond the seas secure
communications, open new markets, and show her
speculations and industry protected by the powerful
hand of France. What your Majesty and the
country now desire is that the undertaking glori-
ously commenced should, as soon as possible, receive
a solution worthy of the Emperor and of French
interests.. Then our heroic soldiers and sailors,
proud of• the to©k they have fulfilled, will return,
like their brothers of the Crimean and Italian
armies, and receive at the hands of the country the
tribute of admiration and gratitude which their
exploits have deserved.
" Allow us now, Sire, to arrive at the great idea
of your Majesty's speech.
" In the course of last session the affairs of Poland
assumed unforeseen gravity, and the Senate, in an
order of the day, the sense of which woe entire
confidence in your Majesty's policy, associated itself
with your lively sympathy for the misfortunes of
that country, for every blow that strikes it
awakens a powerful echo in France. Your
Majesty, on entering upon a collective diplomatic
action with England and Austria, was justified in
hoping that Russia, yielding to friendly counsels,
and to the voice of humanity, would grant favour-
able terms to an oppressed people. But Russia did
not come to an understanding with the three Powers.
It was then that your Majesty conceived the wish
to exhaust all means of conciliation, and that,
dgrelvissnh
eg
a wider scope to your pacific views, you d
to the Courts of Europe the proposal of a addressed
embracing in its arbitration the aggregate of those
questions which are leading a disturbed period like
ours through difficult transitions and desires
of re-
novation. Sire, France, who has followed your
arms with enthusiasm on ths battlefields of the
Crimea and Italy—France, who always and every-
where will be looking on—will accompany you with
happiness to that areopagus invited to regenerate
the European compact by
the spirit of moiern times.
At the commencement of this century the Col:Tress
of Vienna was more disturbed (se pr coceupait) by
the then recent dangers of French revolution than
by the quiet, • but formidable transformations the
leisure of peace was about to introduce into the
ideas and interests of nations. \-7
-,OW time has
ruined cr undermined these combinations, so that
the equilibrium of 1814 and 1815 is everywhere
compromised. It is not Franc France that can com-
plain of the downfall (decadence) of the
painful treaties of that pericd—but neither
is it she who can rejoice at beholding Europe pur-

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sue its perilous career on a precarious and vacillating
basis. France has therefore applauded with trans-
port your proposal for a Congress—a provident idea,
which offers to onr country satisfaction exempt
from ambition, to Europe guarantees of peace and a
disarmament, to civilisation a wide and free field of
development. May the Sovereigns, guided by their
high wisdom, and the enlightenment of the century,
unite with your Majesty in a task which by meet-
ing struagles, instead of awaiting their outbreak,
will settle pretensions, and place the right of go-
vernments ia harmony with the legitimate wishes
of peoples. England, however, has decided thatshe
would abstain—her exceptional situation possibly
enables her to be less moved than your Majesty by
the dangers of the afatu quo, but the other govern-
ments cannot but gain, in presence of a crumbling
past, in founding a situation which shall be neither
threatened nor unackowledged. The peoples will
also gain in entering with them in a future of com-
promise and concord. Happen what may, the
country will not disown your Majesty, when you
have divided responsibilities , and when, after
uttering the words of wisdom,. you told Europe—
( I speak in the name of France.,

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Lord FEVERSHAM, in proposing " The health 44.,.15.....7...-
the Chairman" (Lord Walsingham), said his 10. rod'. 4 4.1 S.
ship had been so fortunate as to obtain the sit% 'er
cup for the best pen of Southdown sheep, and th.at
was a department of the show in which on former
~
occasions he had been eminently successful, so that
.
he now bid fair to rival in that respect the fame 0 f
the Duke of Richmond, Mr. Rigden, and the laui
Mr. Jonas Webb. (Hear, hear.)
The toast was drunk with acclamation.
The CHAIRMAN explained that he began origi-
nally with a very moderate flack of Southdut.vn, his,
prime object being to raise geed mutton, but he was
afterwards tempted to exhibit, first at the meetings
of local societic,.s, and then at tille annual shows of •
the Smitt.field Club.

The Smithfield Club Cattle Show,

Notwithstanding the extremely unfavourable state
of the weather yesterday, the Agricultural-hall at
Islington was well filled, and it is believed that a
larger number of visitors attended than on the pre-
•vious day. The sale of prize stock was tolerably
brisk, considering that so large a portion had been
sold on Tuesday, but the " commended" and " highly
commended" stock had mostly changed owners.
Sales were no doubt stimulated by the offer on the
part of the Club of a silver cup to the butcher who
should make the largest purchases, exclusive of the
extra stock.
The following is a list of the sales effected, in ad-
dition to those which appeared in The Sun of yes-
terday :
In class 1, Devons, No. 1, the winner of the third
prize, had been sold to Mr. Hull, of Kensal-green.
In class 5, Hereford steers, under three years, No.
35, the winner of the first prize (exhibited by Major
General the Hon. A. N. Hood, and bred at the late
Prince Consort's farm, Windsor Park), had been
sold to Messrs. W. and A. Waldham, of Torquay.
In class 7, No. 58, the winner of the third prize
among the Hereford heifers, not exceeding four
years old, had been purchased by Mr. Shopland, of
Knightsbridge. In class 15, the winner of the second
prize, No. 136, had been sold to Mr. G. Wood, Ter-
minus-place, Eastbourne. In classl6, Norfolk or Suf-
folk polled breed, the winner of the first prize, No.
149, had been sold to Mr. John Horwood, of Esher,
Surrey. In class 19, No. 159, the winner of the first
prize, among the long-horned heifers or cows of any
age, had been sold to Mr. J. Roberts, of Kenilworth.
In class 23, No, 182, the winner of the first prize,
had been sold to Mr. B. Smith, of King's-road,
Chelsea. In class 24, N 0.184, the winner of the first
prize among Irish steers or oxen of any age, had
been sold to Mr. George Ball, of Norwich. In class
26, Welsh breed, No. 187, the winner of the second
prize, had been purchased by Mr. H. Squires, of
Watford. In class 27, Welsh heifers or cows of any
age, No. 190, the prize winner, had been purchased
by Mr. Parsons, of Leather-lane, Holborn. In class
28, No. 191, the winner of the second prize, had
been purchased by Mr. H. Edwards, of Tunbridge
Wells. In the extra stock, No. 33, prize winner
with silver medal among the shorthorns, had been
purchased by Mr. H. Keeble, of the Lion-tavern,
New Cattle-market.

Lord BERNEU,S, in sneaking
course of the evening, nlentioo':,dto .'1
toast in the
ire•oldentkllly that
the balance in favour of the Club
and that there- 071;i4 nil meant
that the prizes this year had been 7.7);11917 4:aal:::t'
than on any former ore,
to increase them still more next year. He dwelt
ut
some length on the encouragement Which A,I, ~,,,,„,.
given to steam cultivation, and upon its Treater.---"-
efficiency and economy, compared with o;:dijn
modes, provided due regard was had to the ext-,nrY
of farms and to the quality of the soil in regulatinl
the depth of drains, end in the use of implements.
The Ca:AIRMAN stated, by way of contrast as to
the extent to which recourse was being had to steam
cultivation in Scotland and England, that, whereas
he had heard that in a particular parish in England
three farmers had clubbed their funds together to
buy a steam cultivator, there were three steam cul-
tivators at work in a parish with which h 8 was
acquainted in East Lothian. (A laugh.) In proposing
the toast of " The Labouring Classes," he said \ vhat-
ever might be the improvements in agriculture, Vlore
must always be a large number of men engaged in
cultivating the soil. "The poor they had alwan'
with them ;" but cultivation by machinery had been
attended with these, among other d t
raised up a class of men from among those en*
ande itihaaate we fla eereegv a van ages, that
it
tgh•age,di in digging the land who were able to taße
ienr e emr sa c andhin e workersry had
been
eo
ef
n lama
t. had resulted in improving rcgheinlyeriyn!
troduced f
the physical
condition
of the labouring classes. All that, he
said, wag now being well understood even by th e
classes who had boen ever
the most prone to regard
the use of machinery with jealousy; and he con-
trastedthat which led to the deplorable
gfeeling upon the subject with
in the southern and south-
agrarian outrages
western counties of Eng-
land many years ago on
tho introduction of the
threshing machine.
Lord FEVERSIIAM, in responding to the tc ast of
" The Royal Agricultural Society," with whicl'i his
name had been connected as President,Y"ra
istated that
he had that very day received a communication
General Knollys intimating that his n
Royalcation E rom
ness the Prince of Wales had been pleasd toair-
come a governor of that society. The Royal A ri:
cultural Society, he said, had now a greater iauT,a_
bcr of members than at any former period. It ear•.
cited universal interest, and had not only itself
tended directly to the improvement of agricultre,
but still more by calling into existence a number
of kindred societies throughout the country.
It was stated in the course of the proceedings
that Lord Tredegar had been chosen President of
the club for the ensuing Tear, and that Lord Spencer
was the President elect for the follosaing one.
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Among the sheep the following additional sales
had been made :—ln class 31, Leicesters, IN°. 248,
the pen winning the second prize, had been sold to
Mr. C. Harman, of 397, Hackney-road ; and 247,
the pen winning the third prize, to Mr. W. Stepto,
of Walworth. In class 32, N 0.255, the pen winning
the second prize, had been sold to Mr. A. H. Tones,
of Tottenham-court-road ; and No. 257, the pen
winning the third, to Mr. P. Jackson, of 6, White
Conduit-terrace, Islington. In class 40, Shropshire
fat wethers, No. 325, the winners of the first prize,
had been sold to Mr. Swann, of 78, High-street,
Hoxton. In class 45, cross bred, short wooled fat
wether, No. 374, the pen winning the £2O silver
cup, as the best pen of Shropshire, Oxfordshire cross
or any other breed of sheep in any of the classes,
and likewise winning a first prize and silver medal,
had been sold to Messrs. Comfort, of 77, Farring-
don-street ; and the second prize pen, No. 382, to
Messrs. Brown and Davis, of Bedford. I❑ class 46,
cross breds, No. 385, the pen winning the first prize,
had been sold to Mr. G. Pope. Among the extra
stock of cross breds, No. 388, the sheep winning the
silver medal had been sold to Mr. Tyrrell, of the
New-road, Hammersmith. Mr. King, a large buyer,
who was stated to be of Farringdon•street, resides
in Paddington-street, Marylebone.
Among the pigs the following further sales had
been effected :—ln class 48, No. 415, the first prize
pen of pigs, not exceeding eight months, had been
sold to Messrs. Watling and Son, Pimlico. In Class
50, No. 433, the second prize pen, had been sold to
Mr. F. Robinson, of 246, Westminster-bridge-road.

Last evening the annual dinner of the Smithfield
Club was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, the Right
Hon. Lord Walsingham presiding. There were also
present Lord Feversham (president of the Royal
Agricultural Society), Lord Berners. Lord Trede-
gar, Sir J. H. Maxwell, Col. Fane, M.P., Mr. Hum-
phery Brandreth, Professor Simonds, Mr. Fisher
Hobbs, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Col. Green, Mr. C.
Stokes, Mr. W. Torr, and other persons of note as
agriculturists. The company was not so numerous
as in former years, though the club was never m
ab-
ore
wealthy or prosperous than at present, and the
sence of exhibitors, especially the most of those who
had gained prizes, was a subject of comment in the
course of the evening.
On the removal of the cloth,
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the toast of "The
Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and the rest
of the Royal Family," took occasion to say how
much the members of the club had been gratified by
the visit of the Prince at the opening of the exhibi-
tion in the Agricultural-hall on Monday, and by the
keen interest which his Royal Highness had taken
He hoped that some day his
in the show. Royal
of
.wh.N
Highness would become an exhibitor in his ownperson, now that he had an estate of his
own, and
that he had been enrolled a member of the el ,b
Later in the evening, the 1
-Antmi gave " Suc-
cess to the Smithfield Club,"
had long been a member, and of lateu years an exhi-
bitorh at.its annual gatherings, e congratulated
the
thismembyeera_the entries members on the complete success of the show
of
beauty and quality
of the animals exhibited
numerous than usual, and
The growing interest taken in the proceedings of
the axing
been more
societies fully up to an average.
agricultural s was a source of gratification
to their
and
irpromoters. ()n this occasion they had had
viuoye nobleunusually
sitors, but what had pleased him
most
was th
(Hear
classes rushing to behold and admire their exhibi-
tion.
These were signs of progress
in the
right ,hear.)direction,
added to which was the fact
that, for the first time, the club was now managed
by a
council appointed by the members in general,
He trusted that the new constitution would be found
to work satisfactorily, though it was remarkable
that the fist eff,:ct of the iotroduction of the ballot
had been to exclude from the council, for two years
at least, many ef the best and most useful men, and
those who had taken the greatest interest in its
proceedings from the first. Without expressing
any opinion of his own upon the subject, he thought
lit woulu be well for the members to consider
1 whether that was likely to tend to the welfare of
the club, though he must admit that it might be of
great advantage to infuse new blood into its govern-
ment. He understood that the club had becomese
rich that it Was at tt lose how to spend its money,