The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-23 00:00:00

Royal Agricultural Society of England.

The annual general meeting of the above society was held
yesterday, in Hanover-square—the President, Viscount
Eversley, in the chair. Among those present were Lords
Berners, Portman, Tredegar, and Walsingham ; General
Hood, Sir A. Macdonald, the Hon. W. Cavendish, Alder-
man Copeland, M.P., Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Owen Wallis,
Mr. R. Barker, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, &c.
On the motion of Lord PORTMAN, seconded by Mr. R.
SMITH, Lord Feversham was elected president of the society
for the ensuing year.

The house list of the council was adopted unanimously.
The Secretary, Mr. H. HALL DARE, then read the report
of the council for the last year, which was as follows :
" The council have the satisfaction of reporting favourably
of the progress made by the society in the attainment of its
practical and useful objects. The number of its members
at the present time differs only by six from the numbers at
the date of the last general meeting, 205 names having been
removed by death or otherwise from the list, while 211 new
members have within the last five months been elected into
the society, which now consists of—life governors, SO ;
annual governors, 88 ; life members, 1,263 ; annual mem-
bers, 3,735 ; honorary members, 17; making a total of
5,183. Mr. Bowly, of Siddington-house, Cirencester, has
been elected a member of council in the place of the late Mr.
Jonas Webb. The funds of the society are in a highly
satisfactory state ; every claim against it has been regularly
discharged as it has become due ; and while £16,488 17s 10d
remains invested in the New Three per Cents., an ample
cash balance is available for current purposes in the hands
of the bankers. A deposit account having been opened with
the bankers, the society will receive interest on the funds
which accumulate in the early part of the year, and will not
be required till the show-yard is erected. The council have
to report the favourable progress of the preparations for the
country meeting of the society, to be held this year in
the city of Worcester, in the week commencing on Mon-
day, the 20th of July, which will be the day on which
the judges will award the prizes in the classes of live
stock. The show and trial-yards will be opened as fol-
lows :—Wednesday, July 15 : The trial-yard opened from
noon till 6 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, July 16,
17, and 18: The trial yard open from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m.
Monday, July 20 ; Cattle 'yard open from 8 a.m., when the
judges will commence inspecting the live stock and making
their awards ; the implement-yard, open from 8 a.m. ; the
show-yards will close at 6p m. Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday, July 21, 22,'23, and 24. The gene-
ral show open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mr. Dent, M.P., has
accepted the office of steward of stock ; and Sir Archibald
Macdonald that of steward of implements in the place of
the Honourable A. Vernon, resigned. The entries for im-
plements are more numereus than in any previous year in
all the three departments of shedding, seed and model sheds,
and machinery in motion. Papers have been read at the
weekly meetings by Mr. Taylor, of 88, Parliament- street,
on Materials for Cottage Building, by Mr. Bailey Denton,
on the Effect of Underdrainage on the Rivers and Arterial
Channels of the Country ; on the Adulteration of Oilcakes,
by Professor Voelcker ; on the Animal Parasites, by Pro-
fessor Symonds ; and by Mr. Ruck, on Steam Cultivation.
The council have decided, subject to the usual conditions,
to hold the society's meeting next year at Newcastle-upon-
Tyne. The country meeting in the year 1865 will be held
in the district comprising the counties of Cornwall, Devon,
Dorset, and Somerset."

The report having been adopted, a vote of thanks was
given to the chairman, and after a reply from the noble
lord, in which he congratulated the meeting on the great
benefits which the society had rendered, and was still ren-
dering, to agriculture, the proceedings terminated.