The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-10 00:00:00

At a dinner of the Worcestershire Agriculture
Association, held on Wednesday at Worcester, Lord
Northwick in the chair.
Sir Joni PAKINOTON, after explaining that he
thought the rule excluding politics applied merely
to party politics, spoke on American affairs :
" He did not believe that in Europe there was any
one who had a head to think and a heart to feel who
had not been filled with horror at the manner in
which human blood was being shed, human misery
being created, and every element of national pros-
perity being destroyed in that aimless and profitless
war, with a recklessness which caused feelings of
the deepest disapprobation in Europe. He believed
that those feelings were universal, and he main-
' tained that he was Not violating their rule, that he
was not touching upon party matters, when, as an
avowed opponent of the present Government, he
said that he was perfectly willing to give the pre-
sent Government credit for the caution with which
they acted in this delicate matter. He imputed no
blame to them, he acknowledged the great difficulty
of the question which they had had to decide ; but,
on the other hand, they had all a right to thing
for themselves, and he spoke for himself alone,
when he said thct he considered that the time
was now come when some efforts ought to be made
by the great Powers of Europe to put an end
to that fearful struggle. He thought the time had
come when, not England alone, but England in
conjunction with France, and if possible with
Russia, ought to offer mediation, of course upon the
basis of separation, and with a clear understanding
that if mediation was not successful recognition of
the South must follow. (Hear.) He could not but
express the hope with which he had read that day
the telegraph summary of the words which fell from
one of her Majesty's Ministers, from Mr. Gladstone,
at Newcastle- He was deeply struck, as it was
possible they had all been struck, with the expres-
sion in the telegraphic summary—that Mr, Jeffer-
son Davis had created a nation in the Southern
States of America. These words, as coming from
the lips of a Cabinet Minister, were words of great
significance, and he hoped he was not too sanguine
in drawing from them the inference that the present
feeling of her Majesty's Government did not differ
very widely from that feeling which he had now
taken the liberty of expressing. (Hear.) They
must remember their own interests ; irrespective of
general feelings of humanity, and he might say the
general feelings of civilised nations, there were spe-
cial interests immediately touching the welfare of
the country. There was a vast district which had
hitherto been one of the most prosperous parts of the
country, while thousands of men were suddenly, and
without any fault of their own, thrown into deep
suffering by this unfortunate and terrible war. He
that he fully sympa-
from the newspapers
tc
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with r e fwr ahiant fromhe l
esaaryniendg
had been said by Mr. Disraeli at a meeting similar
to that one, which was held at Buckingham, where
he expressed a hope that the landed interest would
not be indifferent to the sufferings of their Lance.
shire fellow-countrymen. They had every reason
to be thankful. After a cold and wet summer,
which had caused much alarm, they had had a won-
derfully fine harvest. What was the result of that
harvest in actual produce it would be premature to
say, but at all events he thought they might say
this—if it was not generally satisfactory throughout
the country, Worcestershire had been favoured, so
far as his knowledge went, with a very fair har-
vest ; and, taking the wider view, it was impossible
to deny that the agricultural interest of England
was now, and had for coma time been, in a state of
great prosperity, He would not reopen the question
as to whether the fears of the farmers with regard
to the passing of the great measure of free trade in
corn were exaggerated, but the great influx of gold
had enabled them to overcome the dangers which
had threatened the agricultural interest. It was for
them now to consider that a great number of their
fellow-countrymen were in a state of great distress.
It was time that the Legislature before they broke
up had made provision, as far as the Poor -law could
make provision, for that suffering body of their fel-
low countrymen. But they must recollect that the
men who had to pay the rates were also suffering;
that it worth' be a painful thing to expose so large
a body of men to pauperism ; and that even the as-
sistance which the Poor-law would dole out to them
was so small that this was one of those cases in I
which, it
the Ulisery continued, public charity might
be appealed to, and i
which he hoped and trusted
the sympathy of the
:hole country would be elicited.
They all remembered
the time when want oppressed
the agricultural districts, nd when the cotton trade
was in the ascendant.
°l'lr the case was reversed
—while the agriculturists were prosperous, the la-

The autumn inspection of the Portsmouth Divi-
sion of Royal Marines Light Infantry, by Major-
General Stransham, Inspector-General of the corps,
terminated on Wednesday afternoon, on Haslar-
common. The inspection lasted four days. The
first day's inspection was devoted to a strict exa-
mination of the boys' and girls' schools of the
division. The Pay Barrack, Quartermasters',
and Pay Captains' Departments were next sub-
jected to the most searching scrutiny, particular
attention being paid to the men's accounts. The
ship gun drill battery, manned by privates se-
lected at random from the division, underwent a
lengthened inspection, and the day terminated by
an inspection of the party undergoing rifle instruc-
tion at Brown-down. On Monday a brigade of one
battalion of Royal Marine Artillery, and two bat-
talions of Royal Marine Light Infantry, assembled
on Southsea-common (as noticed in The Sun of
Tuesday), under command of Col. Ayres, Comman-
dant Royal Marine Light Infantry, and performed
a series of well-executed matceuvres. On Tuesday
the captains and subalterns were tested as to their
knowledge of manual., platoon, and bayonet exer-
cise, company and light drills; and subsequently
the field officers were called upon to perform seve-
ral intricate r-
Aanceuvres, selected by the Inspector-
General, N''..no afterwards lunched with the officers
of the division. On Wednesday, at 10 a.m., the
divir.;ton, numbering upwards of 1,100 bayonets,
formed three sides of a square on the barrack parade.
A general examination of the kits took place, fol-
lowed by sword drill for the subalterns and non-
commissioned officers, the General selecting the offi-
cers from among the subalterns to drill. The Gene-
ral next proceeded to the adjutants' offices, and exa-
mined the various records and defaulters' books, At
3 p.m. the battalion in line, under Colonel-Com-
mandant Ayles, received the Inspector-General
on Haslar-Common, and went through the usual
routine of a field day. At the conclusion the Inspec-
tor- General expressed his entire approbation of
everything he had witnessed.

In consequence of the old colours of the 73d Regi-
ment having been worn out by a service of 21 years
her Majesty has been pleased to send a new set to
Plymouth. This regiment having been raised origi-
nally in Perthshire, the title of that county has now
been bestowed on it. The regimental colour, which
has a ground of dark green, like the facings of the
men, has its new title in the centre, surrounded in a
circle by the rose, thistle, and shamrock, worked in
gold. The upper corner is ornamented with the
Union Jack, and the words "Mangalore," " Sering-
apatam," and " Waterloo" are worked in gold on
the ground. The other colour exhibits the crosses
of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick, con-
joined on a blue field, and has in its centre in gold
the Imperial crown and the number of the regiment
in bold Roman characters. These standards are
lunch lighter and more elegant than their predeces-
sors. Having been duly consecrated by the military
chaplain, Mr. Sykes, Mrs. Hutchinson, wife of the
Tajer-general commanding the forces in the West,
"livered them yesterday on Plymouth Hoe to the
two ensigns s
.kneeling. The gift was dulacknow-
ledged.
Lieut.-Col. Jones, who is in active com-
mand. The number of the 73d in Plymouth Citadel,
the heed u
ters is about 600. A detachment of 100
R y
Bristol, under the command of Major
iseonTin du.4 t
The 11th tu,a
which have bee, for companies of Royal Engineers,
Mauritius, 'will 6: some time past serving in the
of r relieved early in the -ensuing
spring by two
headquarters, chathatettneempanies now attached to
Intelligence has bee, receivedth at Chatham garri-
son by the overlandmail the following vessels
are now on their passage bto
men and invalid troops---Thl:llWith time-expired
Shepherd and
the Liverpool, from Calcutta ; theaGry
from Bon
etZulittongkong.
from Madras; and the Urgent,
'the Mary Shepherd sailed from
18th with upwards of 200 troops on bowie' tml May
be daily expected at Gravesend. land may
Yesterday the non-commissioned Officela and men
of the !loyal Eagineera selected from the corap,,,ies
at has cinarteis, Chatham, for transfer to the com-
li
panic, ,Dgmed on the Ordnance survey of Great
Britain, were inspected at Brompton Barracks by
Lieut.,Col. Browne, CA, orders having been re-
ceived from the Horse Guards for them to proceed
to join the surveying compenies at Southampton.
The non-commissioned officers and men selected for
transfer have undergone a complete course of in-
struction in the topographical and other schools at
the Royal Engineer establishment.
The concluding lecture of a series on "Electricity

bowers in the cotton trade were in a state of the
deepest distress and the most painful privation. He
hoped that these facts would not be forgotten, and
that it would be remembered that in this country
when one interest suffered all must suffer, and that
they would all work together as one people in this
cause. This was a great local distress, and as the
agriculturists were in a prosperous condition, they
would do what they could to alleviate it. The right
hon. gentleman concluded by wishing for the Wor-
cester Agricultural Society a long continuance in
prosperity and success.

THE RIGHT HON. SIR E. B. LYTTON,
M.P., AT HERTFORD.

HERTFORD, THURSDAY.

The annual meeting of the Hertfordshire Agri-
cultural Association took place to-day in this town.
The show of stock and implements, &c., took place
in a field near the town, and was a very successful
one.

America—Maryland and Virginia—which possessed
the most fertile soil in the world, the yield was of
course enormous. But the cultivators were not
tenant farmers. They were esquires, they were gen-
tlemen, and they unhappily forgot manure. They
took from the earth the alkalies and salts, and never
replaced them. The consequence is that those dis-
tricts, even now, are so hopelessly sterile that they
have been altogether abandoned. Thia shows that
the fertility of the soil depends on the nourishment
bestowed on it. Gentlemen, I turn from these pros-
pects—which I hope the agriculturists of this coun-
try look forward to with confidence—l turn from
them to express the deep sorrow with which we
must all contemplate the unmerited distress of our
fellow-countrymen in the manufacturing districts ;
and our sympathy is rendered more active by our
heartfelt admiration of the patience and fortitude
they have shown. I would fain hope that the
princely capitalists of Lancashire, who owe their
fortunes to the hands which are now stretched out
to them for work or for bread, may show to the
world that their gratitude is in some proportion to
their wealth. (Hear, hear.) It is not only benevo-
lence, it is policy, it is wisdom, to win to them-
selves the hearts of those mechanics at a moment when
those hearts are most responsive to acts of kindness.
It will strengthen between employers and operatives
that tie that never can be loosened without danger,
and perhaps with more danger in the great popula-
tions of the great manufacturing towns than in any
other combination of labour and capital. (Hear.)
My noble friend has intimated to you that next
year we may be called upon to celebrate the nup-
tials of the heir apparent to the throne. May those
nuptials be solemnised under the brightest auspices
which can connect the happiness of princes with
the felicity of nations. (Cheers.)
Several other toasts having been drunk, the pro-
ceedings terminated.

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Acts of Parliament; it should rather be regarded as
the mouth-piece of the nation—the arena in which
the great principles of our domestic, colonial, and
foreign policy were promulgated for the satisfaction
of our own people at home and the increase of con-
fidence on the part of foreign nations—the publicity
given to the proceedings of the house being the
surest guarantee for domestic union and peace
abroad. (Cheers) Some reference had been made
to the preservation of game. Now a bill had been
introduced and had recently become law which was
generally spoken of as the Poaching Act ; and he
regretted to say that there was a very strong oppo-
sition to that act in the House of Commons. He
himself supported that bill. (Hisses and cheers.)
If hon. gentlemen would hear him out he was sure
they would themselves agree to the conclusion
to which he had come. The opposition to that
measure was raised on various grounds, but the
principal point to which he wished to refer
was this —he believed the bill was not
wanted for the county of Norfolk. (Cries of
Oh.") It was wanted, however, for counties in
the middle of England, and it was for the sake of
those counties that he mainly supported the mea-
sure. (Renewed hisses.) Where it was carried
into effect with judgment and discretion it would
be of the greatest possible use, not only in support-
ing laws which has long remained laws ought
clearly to be supported, but it would also have the
effect indirectly of preventing many positive crimes
intimately connected with violations of the laws to
which he had referred. The bill was also opposed
on the ground of expense ; but he believed that in
Norfolk, which had a chief constable of great judg-
ment and discretion, there was nothing to fear on
that head. Upon the new highway bill he need
not say anything, as it rested with the ratepayers
whether they put it into force or not. Another act
passed would be of the greatest use in preventing
collisions between class and class, so far as rating
was concerned ; he referred to the Parochial Assess-
ment Act, which was the first of two years' legis-
lation in the House of Commons. Great trouble
had been taken with that measure, and the house
had also been impartial, as the act would impose no
slight trouble upon the counties concerned.
(Laughter.) An amusing episode had been intro
duced in relation to the pig and the pig feeder, and
to the corresponding relation between constituents
and their representatives. Whatever might be the
support given by the constituent to his representa-
tive, the position of the latter was not a bed of
roses, as the very high position of an M.P. involved
danger and disgrace, if he did not use every effort
to promote the interests of his constituents, and
through them of the community at large. ,Cheers.)
The remaining proceedings of the evening scarcely
call for notice.

After some further evidence,
• verdict •
The Jury returned the following special. '
" That deceased, Amelia Castle, took her life in .11
state of unsound mind, and that the said Amelia
Castle was induced to destroy her life in consequence
of the improper connection subsisting between her
and Henry Holdane, and the ill-treatment she. re-
ceived from him."

GABIBALDIAN RIOT AT BIRKENHEAD.

ATTACK ON A CHURCH.
(From the Liverpool Mercury.)

Last evening the township of Birkenhead was
the scene of a disgraceful disturbance, in which
about three or four thousand Irishmen, composed
chiefly of dock labourers, took part. Connected
with the township there is a small association called
the Parliamentary Debating Society, which met last
winter in Brooke-street, in the institute attached
to the Holy Trinity Church, of which the Rev. Dr.
Baylee is the incumbent. During the last week
placards were posted on the walls announcing that
the society would meet last evening for the first
time this season in the institute, the subject to be
discussed being "Sympathy with Garibaldi and
Italy." A resolution on this subject, it is said, was
to be submitted by the " member for Bristol." This
announcement seems to have given umbrage to a
portion of the Irish Roman Catholic population of
the place, and, following the example of their coun-
trymen in the metropolis, they determined that the
Parliamentary Debating Society should not have an
opportunity of expressing sympathy with the great
Italian patriot.
The door of the institute in Brooke-street was
opened at seven o'clock, at the same time that the
usual weekly service was to commence in Holy
Trinity Church. No sooner was the gas lighted
in the schoolroom than a number of rough men,
dressed in slops, assembled in front of the building,
and from their appearance it was evident that they
were bent upon mischief. Only two or three
" honourable members" of the society had arrived
when a stone was thrown at one of the windows,
smashing a pane of glass. Inspector Gregory, who
appears to have anticipated a disturbance, now en-
tered the institute, accompanied by three or four
officers, and suggested to the person in charge of
the room that the lights should be extinguished,
This suggestion was immediately acted upon, it
being deemed impossible to hold a meeting under
such threatening circumstances. The crowd of
ruffians outside rapidly increased, and in a few
minutes there were some thousands of - people on
the spot, many of whom were women and children.
Although the lights in the institute were extin-
guished, stones and other missiles were thrown at
the windows, and whenever a smash of glass took
place it was accompanied with " Three cheers for
the Pope." Mr. Superintendent Birnie and nearly
the whole police force of the township were
promptly on the ground, but the efforts of 40 or 50
officers to disperse the crowd were of no avail,
Upon addressing the mob the superintendent was
hooted, and it required the greatest discretion on
his part to prevent a collision between his men and
the rioters—a collision in which the police, from
the paucity of their number, must certainly have
been worsted.