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London, England, 1863-09-26 00:00:00

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took their departure from Chatham garrison yester-
day, and embarked at Gravesend, on board the
chartered troopship Chariot of Fame. Prior to
leaving head-quarters the men were medically
inspected, in order that those only possessed of sound
constitutions might be despatched to the colony.
In order to guard against the possibility of an
accident by fire at the Government powder maga-
zines and shell stores, Upnor Castle, Chatham, the
authorities have given directions for the construc-
tion of a reservoir of large dimensions, -in close
proximity to the magazine and store rooms, the
mains leading from which are to be kept constantly
charged at. high pressure. The contract for the
erection of the proposed works-has been taken by
Mr. K. Spicer, and the undertaking is to be im-
mediately proceeded with.

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proposed form of agreement which has beenpreparea „,.
by your special committee. I am not calleallsl, N.,,,,,f,' , •
give an opinion on the subject of the various' auseTikk---Pc--'
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of the proposed code, but I believe that any arrange-
ment which may be found practicable, and which
may induce a larger outlay on farming, and inereasce
the safety of the investment of capital in farming, is
a step in the right path. (Applause.) The code may
introduce some more complications than the mere
verbal or common written agreement ; but improve-
ments often make complications. Is not the rifle
with which your soldiers are armed a more compli-
cated thing than the old" Brown Bess ? ' (Laughter
and cheers.) The steam plough on your farms—the
various implements now used on your farms—are
certainly less simple than the aratruin which Vim./
so beautifully describes, and which 1 have seen at
work just as it is pictured by the immortal author
of the Georgics, under the lofty olive trees of Sicily
or though the plains of Algiers. I have named the
steam plough, end this brings me to another point--
I mean the application to agriculture of induotrisl
and scientific means. I read the other day an el-cel-
lent speech made by Sir William Armstrong at
Newcastle, in which it was stated that England
produced 84,000,000 tons of coal last year, which
represented the labour of 100,000,000 horses, and:
horses, too, which did not require to be fed. (Ap-
plause and laughter.) I hope that every year agri-
culture will claim as its own requisite a larger pro-
portion of that immense self-feeding productive
power. It is by taking a larger share of that un-
measurable force that agriculture will be able to
increase its produce and fulfil those increasing-
demands upon it which are the result of the indus-
trial activity of the day, and of the progress of
universal welfare, that it will be able to keep pace
with industry on the tract of progress, for the bene-
fit of mankind. The use of steam power and of
artificial manure answers a double purpose. Where
hands are deficient they supply the deficiency.
Where hands can be easily obtained, and where there
is no lack of capital, I think it is admitted that the
use of steam increases rather than decreases the
demand for manual labour. (Applause.) Then with
the help of man's labour and capital it gives the
means of drawing out of the land an increased pro-
duce, for which in the present state of trade, indus-
try, and commerce outlets will always be easily
found. When I consider what progress has been.
accomplished in the last 50 years, and since the
adoption of a proper course of cultivation, I am rather
induced to believe that if a large additional produc-
tive power be made use of the result will be a more
constant employment for labour—(applause)—
more profit for the farmer, and even in the long
run, which we won't forget, higher rents for the
landlord—(laughter)—and more prosperity for
the rest of the community at large. (Applause.)
As regards institutions similar to this society,
which by a peaceful combination stimulate the pros-
perity of all classes, and afford an occasion for the
exchange of opinion, I am glad to say that they
now exist in many places abroad, and that they
have been attended with success and the happiest
results. (Hear, hear.) There is a circumstance
connected with these undertakings which I may
notice, and which is peculiar to this country—l
mean the entirely unofficial character of the meet-
ings. You manage for yourselves here your own
business. (Laugher and hear, hear.) You do not
require any superior assistance or interference, and.
1 believe that upon the whole the advantages of
this system are greater than its disadvantages. I
heard the other day of a meeting that was held in
a place of which I like better to talk than to name,
at which a friend of mine will was presiding said
something which did not answer the purpose of a
high official, and who was suddenly stopped in his
speech by the tremendous beating of drums.
(Laughter.) Happily nothing of that kind is to be
found in this country, for if any one trespasses be-
yound the boundaries of his oratorical rights you.
perfectly well know how to bring him to order.
(Laughter.) But, as I have said before, laws and
customs cannot be the same everywhere ; still, I
hope upon these points your example will be fol-
lewed more and more every day. I trust that every-
body will become more and more convinced that the
first necessities of agriculture are peace, security,
and liberty. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the life 1 have
led has accustomed me to be a good deal in the open
air, and I like to go through your fields and follow
a covey of birds, wild as they are, and I venture to
gallop sometimes after the hare or the fox over your
hedges and ditches and your heavy clay. (Laugh-
ter.) And when I see a good piece of turnips or
mangolds I like it the better, not because I know
that the birds will lie better, but because I see good
husbandry. (Applause.) And at a time when the
scent is good and the hounds will run, when I feel
under the hoofs of my horse good elastic ground I
am glad, because 1 know that the clay has been burnt
and the land drained. When I have to clear, instead
of a blind fence, a good clean ditch and a well trimmed
hedge, I am certainly pleased, not only in having a
safer ground before me, but because I notice the im-
provement in agriculture. And when at luncheon
time or during a check I meet with a nice cottage or
a commodious farm-house, it is not only the pint of
cider or the glass of sherry which soothes my thirsty
soul—(laughter)—but it is the sight of the happi-
ness, the comfort, and the hospitality shown by the
cottager or the yeoman which cheers my heart.
(Cheers.) Well, gentlemen, I hope that every year
I may meet in this neighbourhood with straighter
fences, cleaner ditches, better drainedand finer cattle,
more comfortable cottages, and happier people, and
it is because I believe this society has promoted and
will promote all these improvements that I offer yon
my best wishes for its prosperity and success.
(Cheers.) So, gentlemen, I fill my glass with what
I may call, and what I am proud to call, the agricul-
tnral produce of my own merry and beloved land.
(Cheers.) It is a produce which Worcestershire men,
with all their skill, cannot grow in their fields.
(Laughter.) I now fill my glass, then, with what I
may call a genuine countryman of mine own, and I
drink to the prosperity of the Evesham Agricultural
Society.
His Royal Highness, 'who spoke with great
fluency, concluded his very elqouent.address amid
great cheering.
Mr. HOLLAND, ALP., responded to this toast, and
is the course of his remarks briefly alluded to the
topics of the dwellings of the agricultural labourers.
He expressed his opinion that it was absolutely
necessary, now that they had implements that
required snore skilled labour, that they
should have a more intelligent race of labourers im-
bued with self-respect, which self-respect they could
not attain under their present condition. He traced
the history of the labourer from his boyhood, and
showed how the want of home accommodation
drove him to the beerhouse, and how the crowding
of families of all ages into a common sleeping roam
must lower the tone of morals in the class. He
thought landlords should not look to a large direct
return in rent for their cottage property, but that
they should consider the indirect advantages which
these cottages afforded to an estate in having the
supply of labour close at hand and under direct
supervision. In conclusion, be proposed the
" Health of the Duo and Duchesse d'Aumale and,
the Prince Conde," remarking that the address of
the Duo led them to forget that he was a foreigner.
Drunk with tbree times three.
The Due D'AUMALE replied, and said it was be-
cause he felt deeply interested in the prosperity of
agriculture and the rural population that he had
always been happy to promote any improvement in
his own neighbourhood. It was tine that his heart
and thoughts were very often on the other side of
the w atei —( hear, hear)—bat if anything could
soften the regrets of the exile, it was to find in a
foreign country that hospitable weleerne which he
and his family bad found here. (Cheers.)
Several other local toasts were proposed and
speeches made, the party breaking up at about 8
o'clock.

NOT A BAD Purr.—A witness of a murder in
France was asked by the President, this week, what his
name was, and he replied, as every one thought, " J'en
fremis d'horreur" (I shudder with horror—namely, at the
recollection of the deed). The judge cut in severely, and
said, " I don't want to have any expression of your feelings.
What is your name ?" " I repeat what I said before," re-
plied the witness, tartly; "guy name is Jean Frenzy,
donur " (gilder),