The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-23 00:00:00

HEREFORDS.

For best bull; P. Morris, Newbury, Ist prize-30 sove-
reigns.

Second prize ; J. Walker, Worcester-20 sovereigns.
Best cow ; Earl Talbot-15 sovereigns.

Best heifer in calf , Sir li. Hoskin.;-15 sovereigns.
Best bu'l calf ; J. Walker—lo sovereigns.

DEVONS.

For best bull ; C. Gibbs, Ist prize —3O sovereign•.
Best cow in milk ; T. Umber, Warwickshire-15 sove-
reigns.
Best in calf heifer; to W. C.-15 sovereigns.
Best yearling Lifer; George Turner, near Exeter-10 so-
vereigns.
Best bull calf; George Turner, near Exeter-10 sovereigns.

CATTLE OF ANY BREED.

For best Tull ; Ist prize, John King, Sussex-30 sovereigns.
Second prize ; William Daniel-20 sovereigns.
Best 2-year-old, T. Ellman-20 sovereigns.
Second best 2- year-old ;W. S. Wynne, Sussex-15 sove-
reigns.
Best cow in milk ; W. Ellison-15 sovereigns.

Second prize ;J. King-10 sovereigns. -
Best heifer in calf ; J. King-15 sovereigns.

Best yearling heifer; JoFepri. Wolf-10 sovereigns,
Best bull calf; Air. Hayward-10 sovereigns.

HORSES FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.

For best cart stallion, 4-years .old ; Mr. Crip-30 sovereigns.
Second best cart stallion ; Earl Talbot-20 sovereigns.

Best 3-year old cart stallion; Mr. Crisp-20 sovereigns.
Best 2-year old cart stallion ; Earl of Derby-15 sovereigns.
Best cart mare and foal ; Earl of Derby-20 sovereigns.

SHEEP.

For improving the breed of sheep (Leicester) ; Earl Talbot
—3O sovereigns.
For improving the breed of sheep (Bedfordshire) ; J. Penny
—l5 sovereigns.
For best ram ; Earl Talbot-30 sovereigns.
For second-best ram ;S. Penny, Bedfordshire-15 sous.
For best pen of ewes ; J. Yorkiss-10 sovereigns.
For best pen of yearling ewes ; ditto-10 sovereigns.
For South-down and other short-woolled sheep ; J. Webb-
-30 sovereigns.
For ditto, second best ; J. Webb-15 sovereigns.
For long-woolled sheep not qualified to compete with the
sixth class of Leicesters

For the best shearling ram.; Mr. Large-30 sovereigns.
For the second-best shearling ram ; J. Ewer—lb sovereigns.
For the best ram of any age; E. Smith, Oxfordshire-30
sovereigns. _ _

For the second-best ram of any age; Mr. Webb-15 sove-
reigns. _ _

Best pen of five ewes ; Mr. Large-10 sovereigns.
Best pen of fire shearling ewes ; Mr. Smith-10 sovereigns.

PIGS.

For the best boar; Mr. Humpers-10 sovereigns.
For the second-best boar : Mr. Barnard, I.ssex-5 sove-
reigns.

For the best breeding sow : J. Day, Flintshire-5 sove-
reigns.

For best pen of breeding sows, same litter : Mr. Higginson,
York-10 sovereigns.
The CHAIRMAN next, after alluding to the excellence of the
stock exhibited on the present occasion, and to the advantages
which had accrued to this country from the efforts and exertions
of the Smithfield Club ; and after dwelling with happy effect
upon the state of agriCultural stock 300 years ago, as recorded
by the historian Hollingshed, proposed as a toast the winning
candidates in the first class, and coupled with the toast the
name of Air. Bates, of Kirkleavington, in the county of York.
Mr. BATES returned thanks, and congratulated the numer-
ous and influential assembly by which he was surrounded upon
the unanimous feeling which excited all present in their endea-
vours to promote the prosperity of agriculture, which formed the
foundation of all that could be good on earth. He trusted that
the efforts which had already been made by this Society would be
increased ten thousand fold, and to those efforts he should be
most happy in every way to contribute.—( Applause. )
The health of " Earl Talbot" (the next name on the list of
successful competitors) having been proposed from the chair,
and received and drunk with every demonstration of respect
and esteem,

Earl TALBOT acknowledged the compliment paid him, and
proposed in turn the health of the " Mayor cf Liverpool," and
coupled with that toast a sentiment which embodied success to
agriculture and commerce.
Mr. T. BOLTON (the Mayor), in responding to the toast,
said, he was happy to have his name associated with a toast
which recognised the principle that the success of agriculture
and commerce must go hand in hand.—(Loud applause.)
The healths of Mr. Webb, the successful competitor for the
prize for short wool sheep, and of Mr. Large,. the winner of
the first prize for long woolled sheep, having been received
with all the honours and responded to in appropriate terms by
those gentlemen,
The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of the winners of
the third class prizes (the first breed of cart horses), and after
repeating the names of Mr. Crisp and Earl Talbot, as success-
ful competitors in this class, begged to connect with the toast the
health of the Eat' of Derby, who had, by the decision of the
judges, been equally fortunate.
Lord STANLEY, on returning thanks for his father, said,
that he could assure the meeting that when he entered the
room to-day, the thing farthest from his imagination was that by
possibility he should have to return his grateful thanks for the
toast of the health of one most near and dear to him in the
character of a successful competitor on the present truly in-
teresting occasion. The description of horses in which he
(Lord Stanley) was concerned, was very different from the
description of horses by which his Noble Father had gained
the prizes awarded to him this day, but he confessed, looking
at the contrariety between the result of last week (alluding to
the Liverpool races) and those of the present week, he must
confess that though his horses might be more showy and
speedy, yet after all it was more safe and sure to be the pos-
sessor of a cart breed.—( Cheers and laughter.) He had but
little expected the honour and the success of this day. It
might be that the farm at Knowsley had been managed with
considerable prudence—with a laudable appreciation of the
-value of the stock upon it, and though only two animals
had been thought worthy to enter the lists to-day, yet one of
them had been held to be worthy enough to carry away the first
prize. He assured the meeting that the circumstance would be
most gratifying to his noble father, and would lead him to in-
creased exet lions, in which he was bound to say his noble rela-
tive was not wanting, to increase the comforts and happiness
both of his neighbours and tenants.—( General applause.)
The next toast proposed from the chair was the health of
the successful competitors in the production of articles of agri-
cultural mechanics—a toast to which

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honours the health of the President, Mr. Pusey.—( Great
applause.)
1 he President (Mr. PUSEY) returned thanks, but in so low
a tone of voice as to be almost wholly inaudible to the re-
porters, but his address was most enthusiastically cheered by
those who were near him.
Mr. HANDLEY read the report, and having finished, he was
asked by the reporters to favour them with a copy; the late
Hon. Member, however, excused himself from complying with
their wishes, on the ground that it was to be received for an
agricultural publication belonging to some of the society. The
report, however, was useless, so far as any information could be
derived from it for the instruction of the farmer. It was
formed
Pout of a number of communications speculative as to
the cause of the disease in cattle, some attributing it to the
prevalence of a north wind, and others to a south east; but
it was evident that neither Mr. Handley nor his correspon-
dents knew anything about it.
The CHAIRMAN next announced that two prize essays, as
to the best mode of improving the condition of agricultural
labourers, had been awarded to a lady, Airs. Barker, and Mr.
John Charles Mann. In allusion to tt-ese prize essays he men-
tioned the name of Earl Spencer and his family, who had done
much to further the interests of agriculture ; and concluded by
drinking that Nobleman's health, amid loud cheers.
Earl SPENCER then rose amidst the plaudits of the com-
pany, and said that he thanked them for the honour they had
conferred upon him by the toast, and for the manner in which
it had been received. He was still more obliged to them
for the increased support they htd given to the Agricul-
tural Society. of England. He was highly gratified to per-
ceive tl'at an increased number of members belonged to it com-
pared with the last year, and that its extension throughout
the kingdom had become so general. He (the Noble Lord)
had stated at the first formation of the society that even in
those parts of England where the best mode of farming was
adopted, improvements might be still made, and the results
of the operations of the society had fully borne eut his ob-
servation. The President had told them of the progress of
the society, but as yet they had not done enough to deserve
the name of such a society. A great. deal, however, had been
done by directing the attention of farmers to the subject of
improving the mode of cultivating their farms; they had done
that which he was sure all of them, who like himself were
in the habit of frequently mixing in the society of farmers,
must rejoice at—they had extended the desire for know-
ledge.—(Cheers.) Whether, however, the society would
within a year er two lead to any great result was more than
he could say ; but one thing was certain—it must ultimately be
beneficial to all classes. When the epidemic which had spread
among the cattle first became general, he thought that the So-
ciety ought to circulate amongst the farmers a paper which
would teach them how to treat it. They had applied to some
of the most eminent persons in the country, and having ob-
tained their opinions, a paper on the subject had been circu-
lated, and it had been attended with the best possible effect.
He (the Noble Lord) thought, from the great number of
cattle attacked, that by receiving reports from different parts
of the country of the way in which the disease had affected
cattle, some conclusion might be come to as to the mode of
1 treating it.—( Hear, hear.) They had heard the Report read
which had been founded on the communications received
from competent men to give opinions on the subject.
Those reports (read by Mr. Handley) had been placed in the
hands of Mr. Sewell, but from the contradictory and conflicting
statements which had been made, the society had not been