The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-16 00:00:00

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

GLOUCESTER, JULY 15.----The unfortunate weather
which marred the show yesterday changed this morning
to a brilliant sunshine and a pleasant breeze from the
west, which speedily dried up the moisture with which
the yard was overcharged on the preceding day. In the
incorrigibly miry parts the application of sawdust, of
which an unlimited supply was procured from some
neighbouring steam saw mills, rendered something like
a passage possible, and in consequence the whole exhi-
bition, from the magnificent short-horn to the common
gander, and from the newest reaping machine down to
the model for an improved wheelbarrow, had their re-
spective quota of admirers. The reduction of the price
of admission from 2s. Gd. to is., as from the first an-
nounced in the programme, contributed with the fineness
of the weather to bring out visitors, not from the town
only, but from all the neighbourhood ; and special trains
from Cheltenham, Stroud, and other towns were arriving
every hour. By twelve o'clock not fewer than 13,000
persons had entered the grounds ; and it would be a
very moderate calculation that should assign 20,000 as
the number that would enter the show-yard to-day.
Yesterday, notwithstanding the wet, the number of visi-
tors amounted to more than 11,000.

GENERAL MEETING.
The closing act of the society at Gloucester was the
general meeting of the members, which was held in the
Shire Hall at ten o'clock in the forenoon. The attend-
ance was very thin, and the business for the most part
was of a formal nature. Lord Ashburton, the president
of the society, occupied the chair. Thanks were voted
in succession to the Mayor and Corporation of Glouces-
ter ; to Mr. Jones, of Sheep Farm, on whose lands the
show was held, and who had sown a field of rye for the
express purpose of having a crop early enough to test the
reaping machines in the presence of the members ; and
to the railway company, for the facilities they had
afforded in conveying the implements and stock. Mr.
Raymond Barker, seconded by Sir Matthew White Rid-
ley, moved a vote of thanks to Lord Ashburton, for the
attention he had devoted to the society during his year
of office.

Lord ASHBURTON returned thanks, and after some
further conversation the meeting separated.

THE QUEEN AND THE LITTLE ITALIAN BOY.—Another
instance of her Majesty's benevolence and kindness of
heart evinced itself on Tuesday last, at the Windsor sta-
tion of the South-Western Railway. The Queen's ma-
ternal anxiety for her children at Windsor Castle in-
duced her to travel from London in private to see them
on 'the day in question; consequently, the customary
guard of honour and the usual state formalities were dis-
pensed with upon this occasion, and her Majesty's arri-
val at Windsor was witnessed only by a few persons who
happened to be strolling about the precincts of the sta-
tion. The Queen proceeded to the Castle through the
private grounds on the north side of the park, the en-
trance to which opens immediately upon the South-
Western station. On her Majesty's return, about two
hours afterwards, some people had congregated to wit-
ness her departure, and among them stood a poor Italian
boy, with his rude frame of images upon his head. The
fine expressive countenance of the lad was observed by
the naturally quick and scrutinising eye of the Queen,
and she herself beckoned the youth to follow her, which
he did to the vestibule attached to the elegant suite
of apartments provided for her Majesty at the sta-
tion. The boy, conscious that it was the Queen who had
summoned him, hurried to the porch, in a state of be-
wilderment, with his images upon his head, when one of
the officers present seeing his confused state assisted in
bringing him and his board of images to the feet of the
Sovereign. With that benignant and gracious smile so
peculiar to the Queen she gazed for a moment upon the
youth, and then selected from his little stock the infant
Daniel, praying, a Venus, and the lady at her bath.
After liberally rewarding the little fortunate vendor of
the fine arts, the Queen had her purchases placed in the
train, in which her Majesty in a few minutes afterwards
took her departure. This act of her Majesty is another
of the many proofs of her great condescension and good-
ness of heart.
NEW CURATIVE AGENT.—A countryman, the other
day, called on a doctor here, complaining of a pain in his
leg, and beseeching hirii that as he thought his spine
was affected, he would give him a touch of the Electric
Telegraph ! The doctor advised him to apply at the
Railway Office.--Elgin Courant.