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people are not likely _iron the ties of
And thus lam led the manner in Ju al
to these sentimi if friendship to c, -tulate my..,
and to congratu, you, that we live in an age when ns-
tions exult ie the prosperity of one aim ter.— (Cheers.)
rejoice that we live in an age when all the trees that
planted in the ground the husbandman of all lands ibi (1
yokes the choicest blessing of Providence on the tree of
peace—(Cheers)—praying that its roots may strike to
the very centre of the earth, and that it may be so
firmly rooted that its boughs may but rustle in the
breeze of the stormiest revolutions.—(Loud and reitera-
ted cheers.) It is with .these sentiments and with this
feeling I stand before you to-day. The kindness of yeitr
president has favoured ;me with a toast, but I do not, .in
putting myself forward as a diplomatist, speak as a pri7-
vileged spy. I can only say that any one who comes
from any quarter of the world to spy out the nakedness
of the land of England, will have to go home again for
his pains. He will find here nothing but an united
people—(Loud cheers)—he will s, e nothing hut a nation
that loves English liberties, and is determined to main-
tain and advance them under the influence of judgment
and reason and the ' public will.—(Loud rs.) He
will s,e nothing but society in the firmest arch in which
the keenest eye cannot detect a crevice. And I, gentle-
men, speaking as an American—spealting as the repre-
iken.ative of my c,,tintry, tell you that we rejoice in your
prosperity .—(Cheers.) I should be denounced by ray
country if I did not utter that sentiment.—(Loud
cheers.) I tell you that the ureatest delight I haveos.d
in this my happy visit to this far•famed valley—this
wide, rich, vastly extended valley, which has not its
rivil till you pass the Alps, and come upon the valley
of Lonihardy—l tell you the greatest pleasure I have
had in this visit is, to see that everywhere the fruits
of your industry are likely to be rewarded—to see
everywhere your teeming fields promise you a redeem-
ing harvest before which the sorrows of the past year,
which I too witnessed, will pass away like, the shadow
of a summer's cloud.—(Loud and continued cheering.)
I think I have in my eye the architect of the bridge over
the river Conway. I shall say, then. in referenee to the in-
dustry and perseverance of the English people, that
their prosperity is assured; it is like the beautiful bridge
over the Conway, which, by the heaviest burdens that
can be imposed upon it, cloes not bend so much but that
the first gleam of heaven'resunshine restores it to its true
level.—(Cheers.) And now, gentlemen, that I have
shown to !you my sympathy in your occupations and
pursuits, you will allow that the President has not done
wrong in giving me the distinguished honour of
proposing the health of your President elett.—
(Cheers.) I shall not attempt to pronounce his eulogy,
for there are cases in which to speak the praises of
enother might be deemed an arrogant presumption.
In his presence the voice of truth might be too likely
to be interpreted as the language of eulogy. Suffice it
to say, that in making their selection of the succeeding
president the voice of the electors fell upon the Earl of
Chichester, not merely because he was a landowner—not
because he dwelt upon his estate among his own people,
but because he has known how to secure to himself the
esteem and affection of all the farmers of his native land.
—(Cheers.) I, therefore, invite your Royal Highness,
you, Lord Yarborough, and you, gentlemen and farmers
to join with me in a hearty cheer as we drink the health
of the President Elect of the Royal Agricultural Society
of England.—(Loud and long-continued cheers.)
The toast having been drunk,
The Earl of CNICHESTER duly responded to it, and, in
doing so, gave as a toast, " The Railway Companies, and
thanks to them for the facilities they have afforded the
society."
Mr. HuDsoN returned thanks for this toast, and
thereupon
His Royal Highness Prince Albert withdrew, and the
proceedings of the dinner closed.
In the evening his Royal Highness honoured with his
presence a grand ball given by the Lady Mayoress.
shortly after eight o'clock this morning his Royal
Highness returned to town by special train, having been
received during his visit to this ancient city with un-
bounded cordiality and enthusiasm.
The proceedings of the Royal Agricultural Society
terminated to-day with the general meeting of the
society in the Guildhall, at which the usual formal busi-
ness was transacted.

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The following figures connected with the present
meeting will tell their own story :—On Tuesday the ad-
missions to the implement yard were 1,113; on Wednes-
day 6,006. On Wednesday evening there 'were 60 ad-
missions, at a guinea each, to the cattle yard. On
Thursday the admissions to the show were 25,733, mak-
ing the total number of persons attracted by this exhibi-
tion 34,912.

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This account of the proceedings would not be com-
plete without a special acknowledgment of the politeness
with which the secretary to the society discharged dur-
ing this trying week the duties of his office.

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