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litics at all, uut who always wished
everything for themselves, They w_
own ships, although Mr. Laird could do OIL for.
infinitely better, and when they wanted cannon they
applied exclusively to Sir W. Armstrong. He was.
not finding fault with Sir W. Armstrong, but he
contended that any system which confined the Go-
vernment exclusively to Sir W. Armstrong, and
excluded them from the market where they could
find men of genius like Mr. Whitworth, must be
based upon a bad principle. In these times it was
necessary that we should avail ourselves of indivi-
dual and independent enterprise and talent, and we
might depend upon it that we were on the wrong
tack when we allowed the Government to become
manufacturers, instead of dealing in the open
market.

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he (Mr. Clive) hoped to have one at work on his
own grounds next year. He believed the introduc-
tion of the steam plough would be found necessary,
not only to keep their land in a consistent and por-
ousretentive,dit
freely,s
so as to let
but
also
the
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to enable them by increased produce to meet what
state,a n d and
water also firm
passthrough and
he considered would be found to be the perman-
ently depressed price of corn. (Hear, hear.) In
conclusion he proposed "The Committee of Manage-
ment for the year."
Mr. C. WREN HOSKYNS, replying to the toast,
alluded to the late harvest, which he said was pro-
bably the best that had ever been gathered in this
country. No doubt many of his hearers had read
the remarks of Mr. Lawes in the columns of the
limes, in which he had given the results of the
harvest, as ascertained on his experimental and
ordinary farms. The result was that an extra
produce had been raised, amounting to 20 bushels,
or he would put it lower—say, two quarters per acre.
He spoke of this excess as extending over a very
considerable area of land, and it would be a very in-
teresting problem to solve what was the total gain
in increased produce in England this year. Out of
the 37 millions of acres of land in England 18 mil-
lions, or nearly one-half, were under arable cultiva-
tion, of which nearly 4,000,000 were under wheat
craps alone. They could, therefore, roughly estimate
the surplus crop of wheat in this country—two
quarters per acre over 4,000,000 of acres making
8,000,000 quarters of wheat in excess of the average
produce. The natural produce of the country was
estimated at five months' consumption. After some
further remarks on this subject Mr. Hoskyns ex-
pressed an opinion that the pastures of England were
not so well managed as the arable lands, and he
especially advocated the use of lime and road scrap-
ing on them to restore those inorganic substances
which were being continually taken out of the soil.
He next came to the subject of agricultural statistics,
and expressed a hope that they would soon be ar-
rived at. It had been objected to this proposition
that these statistics would afford an advantage to
the landlord, and might lead to rents being raised;
but he (Mr. Hoskyns) believed that rents were
already as high as the market would bear. What
he recommended was, not that they should take the
statistics of every farm, but that they should obtain
the returns of the growth of each particular grain
or other produce in each parish, so as to be enabled
to compare the produce from year to year. He
hoped they would succeed in obtaining this before
the expiration of another year.
Other toasts of a complimentary and local charac-
ter followed.

Mr. COBDEN next proposed the toast of the event
piveensOefs of the
theirig pfil'aProsperity to the Warehousemen and Clerks'
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amounted to £17,100,
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had been subscribed in the room, in sof £l,OOO
addition to
£7,000 received on the occasion of thelaying of the
foundation stone of the new institution by the
Prince of Wales in July last.):
Severalother toasts followed ; among others 4, The
Health of the Chairman," which was proposed by
Mr. Morley and briefly acknowledged by Mr. Cob-
den. The hon. gentleman said he had always la.
boured to promote liberty of action in men, to re-
move obstructions, to break away fetters, to give
free scope to the human mind. His leading idea a
a politician was admirably expressed by the great
poet of liberty, Cowper :
" 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume.
And we are weeds without it; all constraint,
Except what wisdom lays on evil men,
Is evil,"

During the evening a selection of vocal music was
performed, under the direction of Mr, Edwin Gray.

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ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDE-N.
Under the ilanacy,eruent of Miss Louisa Fyne and
Mr. W. llarrison.
THIS; EVENING, Wallace's Romantic Opera, THE'
DESERT F LOWER : Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss Susan Fyne
Btessrs. N. 74. Vireiss, U. Corri. A. Cook, and W. Harrison.
Conductor, 317.*. A. Mellon.—Doors open at half-past Seven.
Commence at Eight.

IflE ATILE ROYAL DRURY- LANE.
Manageni, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVEIIING, GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy
and Miss Murray.
After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED.
Messrs, r helps, Ryder, Rayner, Meagreson, Ward, Spencer ;
Miss Heath, Miss R. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E.
'Falconer. VosTalists—Miss Poole, Miss hitter, Miss Cicely
Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift.
To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER.