The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-24 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL SHOD•

The Spring Show of the Stranraer and Ruins of 6allo
way Agricultural Association took lace at Stranraer, hilt-
Friday last, the 17th instant.. The show of horses was
et''
small, the fame of Mr. Robert Anderson's horse" Far:- a
having prevented several from competingg The Pfril'd;es.
silver
medal, was awarded to Mr. Anderso'n, by the "-
Messrs. King, of Stranraer, and Al ic, of Glendri'adio
The members of the Association having agreed t° etc
together in the King's Arms Inn, preparations eitio
made accordingly. It had been understood that title
Earl of Stair, who has lately succeeded to the.n tits
and extensive estate of that family, would arrive i:via
course of the day; but an uncertainty as to the bogr ",:je to
arisen, it was. not known whether he would the
attend the dinner. Indeed his Lordship only arrived ab"co
lodge leading to Culhorn about four o'clock, bevin.,g, die-
detained a considerable time at Ballantrae (is °ile-
that
" taut), in Ayrshire, by the tenantry of his estates i,r9eg
county, who met him there, and having taken the " A
from the carriage drew his Lordship through the to" his
deputation from the Agricultural Societ was waitinfig of
Lordship's arrival at the Lode, to request the h°°,°,: his
by his nephew,
his attendance at the dinner-; and his Lordship
Edward Hatrbe
carriage, and, accompanied
man, Esq., M. P., walked into Stranraer, and jejo,edhafe
party, which was highly respectable, but weak. on
beer. much more numerous had it been generallY "ample
that Lord Stair had arrived. Sir Ja-mes
Hay, Bart., was the Chairman on the occasion, Joel,
Maitland,
ported by Lord Stair and Mr. Horsman ; and Pa was
I I and patriotic toa.te'r
removed, the Chairman-gave to
; et'
which were • d
receive the greatest enthusiasmr fthe
Treasure to
Esq., of Freugh, croupier. When the cloth
3. _,
which, Alexander M'Neel, Esq., the our
Society, craved a full and flowing bumper to d° twluce
the Right Hon. the Earl of Stair, Lord Glen
Stranraer.—( Loud cheers.)
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speeches were made, which we are unable, from want
e
space, to notice.
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Many other appropriate toasts and several

annually to be held at Easter and Whitsuntide on a plot °_,,
Till within the last two or three years a fair used
ground facing the Maid and Magpie public-house e Steplile!ei
and was known as Stepney Fair. The police have Teo,
and
instructions to exercise their authority to suppress the fair,
t"in
this in a great measure they have succeeded in doing, hu_.at
holyday-time there still exists a vestige on the same spot of iv.; ii
of
was wont to be the favourite resort of the tag-rag and bobtr n
the east nd o town. Betwen four and five o'clocg. %
Tuesday evening a man named Hutchinson, a journeg.rna
brazier, was swinging in a sort of car erected on the gr°.'os
alluded to, when in endeavouring to vie with some compa°' .0
as to who would swing the highest, he was suddenly two:, _
afternoon sku11,
his sustained
death
,s.aos
momentarilyma many out with such violence that he received a severe fracture ofdh:
London Hospital. internael expected.
London
We understand that the • • opinions of tvo
joint of
the most eminent men at the bar has been taken on the que'..
tion whether attorneys are liable coroners ' juies+
to serve on 1.... k.
and the zini
°n ;being that they are not liable, Mr. N ,
has
Icy, the . oroner for Middlesex acquiesces in it, and
given directions to the summonin ' flit' nun°P them
g o cer not to su
in future. t hiaite
lyi
ee fractures tact!' t
t2e
Heaviside
TIE LARDNER AFFAIR.—Capt•
has returned to Briehton, having left his wife with her father
at Boulogne; but he has not yet made his appearance in public.
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