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p) R. E.-A-HiN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM,
4, Coventi-y-street, Leieester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen
o:ily) from 10 till 10, containing upw:rds of one thousand models
awl preparations, illust;ating every part of the human frame in
kealth and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12,
2, and half-put 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and a new Pnd
highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of deliver/
by Dr. Kelm, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One Shilling.

-ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.-
AI. JU'LLIEN'S CONCERTS. —Positively the Last Week of
the season. THIS DAY, Sept. 21, Performance of Locke's magnifi-
cent Mu le to MACBETH, vocal and instrumental. Principal sinters
—Miss Poole and Miss ',tan:tell ; Mr. l'errin and Mr. Leffler (their
Sixth appearance.) The Chores conducted by Mr. Land. Admssion,
is.— M. Jullien's Benefit will take place on Monday, Sept 29 ; partl-
duly announced.

'ROYAL GARDENS, CREMORNE.—DaiIy,
One Shillinc. - The Last Week of the season.—MONDAY,
Sept. 22d, and during the week, Concerts, Ballet, Burlesque Opera by
the Southern Troupe of Sable Ilarmonists, Dancing on the Vonstre
Platform, Y.qvcstrtan Scenesin the Royal Ci*que, by eminent artistes,
Grand P•yrotechnic Displays by the Chevalier Mortram, Brilliant
Illtunin'ations, and a host of v,rird amusements. Open on Sundays
for Prrimenade. Table d'llota at 6,2 s. 6d. eaah.

CA.NTERBITRY HALL, Westminster-road.
EVERY EVRN'ING.—The celebrated HUNGA-
RIAN BAND, under the direction of Herr KALOZDY, will perform
every Evening at 9 and 11 o'clock, in addition to the usual Vocal
Entertainment. The following company of talented Vocalists are
permanently engaged for the perform ince of Selections from all the
Popular Opetas, Mairigals, Choruses, Duets, &c., viz.:—Mrs. J.
Caulfield, Miss itrunel, Miss Sommers, and Miss Pearce ; Sam Cowell,
Mr-• L. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans S. Jones, T. Farrant, W.
XelArigsg, Harker. Russell Grover. and P. Corrle ; Masters E. Con-
nell, Austin, and Bennett, an 4 Mr. T. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr.
Harroway, B.A. , harmonium, J. Caulfield, Jun. ; director, Mr.
J. Caulfield. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c.,
snail twelve o'clock.

NEW ZEALAND.-FREDERICK YOUNG
and CO.'S LINE.—One of the finest and fastest vessels ever
engaged in the passenger traffic, to follow the Rose of Sharon, for
Wellington direct, and Canterbury under engagement to the Fro-
vlncial Government of Wellington, New Zealand, for whom Frederick
Young and Co. are the duly appointed agents in England, the magni-
ficent new, high-classed, British-built Clipper Ship, HEROES OF
ALMA, A 1 for 13 years, 1,200 tons burthen, Thomas Silk, Comman-
der, now loading in the East India Docks. Intending passengers are
invited to an inspectlon of this truly noble vessel. She was con-
structed last year by the celebrated ship-builder, Mr. White, of
Cowes, upon the most recent lines, and the beauty of her model has
commanded the admiration of all who have seen her. Will carry an
experienced surgeon, and be des atched on the sth November.
FREDERICK YOUNG and CO ,
New Zealand Colonist's It,oms, 74, Comhill.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.—AUTUMN ALTERATION OF 'RAINS.
NOTICE FOR OCTOBER, 1856.
The 9 cm. Express Train from London to Scotland Wi'l be die-
Continued during the winter.
Passengers to all parts of scoiland are conveyed by the Mail Train
leaving the Euston-square station at 9 15 a.m.
The Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Train leaving London
stt 9.30 a.m. will be despatched at 9 o'clock, and call at Winslow
and Bleester.

By order. MARK BUISH.
General Manager's Office, Euston Station, Sept , 1856.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
EXCURSIONS to Birmingham. West Bro inwich, Wednes-
bury, Bilston, Wolverhampton, Wellington, Shrevsbury, Oswestry,
Llangollen-road, Wrexham, Chester, Itirkenhcao,, and Liverpool.—
Trains will leave Paddington on Monday, 29th 'September, at 8 a.m.,
returning on 6th October, from Liverpool (laAtllng stage) at 8 a.m.,
rind intermediate stations as per hand-bills.
FARES.

Birmingham *••• • • • ******* •• • • .. 20s. .. 9s. 6d.
West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and P:llston 21s. Gd. 10s. Od.

Wolverhampton 22e. Gd. .. 10s. 6d.
Wellington ......••••
Shrewsbury .. ... ... 275. Gd. .. 13s. Od.
Wrexham, Llangollen-road, Oswestry and Ches-
ter
Birkenhead and Liverpool. • •
Children under 12 yews of age half price. Tickets not transferable,
and only available for the, trains specified.

GREAT WES.TE-R-N RAILWAY._
EXCUT.r.SIONS to the SEA SIDE, commencing July 30,
ending 15th actober.—Tickets, available by any train for 28 days,
are issued to, Isle of Man, Bangor, Lland,,dno, and Carnarvon, via
Great Western and Shrewsbury Railways, to Birkenhead and Liver-
pool, therjeri by any of the steamers leaving Liverpool for the Isle of
-Man, or to Bangor, Beanmaris, LlAndudno, and Carnarvon, by the
Prince of Wales steamer, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
FARES THERE AND BACK.
Ist Class and 2d Class and
Best Cabin. Best Cabin.
Tram London to Isle of Man.. • • .... £3 0 0 .. £2 5 0
,Oxford to ditto ..... .............. 25 0 .. 115 0

LoiLdon to Bangor, Beaumarls, Llan-
dudno, and Carnarvon ...... 310 0 .. 210 0
Oxford to ditto ditto ditto.... -. 210 0 .. 115 0
Passengers must return from the Isle of Man by the same Corn-
TanY's boat that they proceed there by ; also from Carnarvon, Llan-
dudno, Beaumaris, and Bangor, by steamers, on Monday, Wednes-
day, and Friday. They may on their return stop at Llangollen, but
must complete their journey within 28 days from the date of ticket.
These tickets are available by any Train, bat are not transferable.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
TOUR( .TS' TICKETS (Great Western, Hereford, and South
Wales Railways) available for Three Weeks from the day of issue.
These Tickets will be issued until the 15th October, at ['Addington,
Oxford -or Leamington, over the Great Western Lines, via Glouces-
ter, to ?toss and Hereford, and over the South Wales Line, to Milford
Ilaven, and back, with the liberty to stop at Ross, Hereford, Chep-
stow, Neatb, and Carmarthen.
FARES.

Ist Class. 2d Class.
From London and back........ .. •.£3 10 .... £2 10
„ Leamingtoo and d 0.... • • .... 215 .. • • 2 0
•• Oxford and d 0... ..... •• • .... 21 0 .• .. 115
Tourists' Tickets are available by any train, but are not trans-
ferable, and they do not entitle the holder to travel twice in the
same direction over any portion of the lines of railway.

GREAT WESTERN and SHREWSBURY
R A ILW .ITS.
NORTH W ALE S TOURIST TICKETS available for Three Weeks
from the (1„y of Ism.
These tickets will be issued until the 15th October, at Paddington,
Oxford, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton, to Chester and back,
-with permission for the passengers to stop at Shrewsbury either going
or returning, to proceed either from Llangollen-road to Cornwen, or
from Oswestry to Welshpool by coach, the Landon passengers hav-
ing the option of calling at Leamington and Warwick. and returning
to London either via Shrewsbury, Hereford. Ross, and Gloucester. or
ila Shrewsbury, Birmingham, and Oxford.
• let Class and 2d Class and
Fares. Inside Coach. Outside Coach.
From London and back £3 10s. •• £2 105.
From Oxford and back .. •• • • 2 10s. .... 1 15s.
From Birmingham and back ...... 2 Os. . 1 103.
Evan Wolverhampton and back 1 15s. ... • 1 75.
The se tickets are available by any train, but are not transferable,
and 'they do not entitle the holder to travel twice in the same dime-
tiOr, over any portion of the lines of railway.
Passengers can proceed into the interior of Wales by coach from
Corwen or Welshpool, by arrangement with the coach proprietors
from those places.

SCHWEPP'S MALVERN SELTZER
WATER.—Having leased the Holy Well Spring at Malvern,
renowned for its purity, J. S. and Co. can now produce a SELTZER
WATER with all the Chemical and Medicinal Properties which have
rendered the Nassau Spring so celebrated. They continue manufac-
turing SODA, M.AGNESIA, and PO I'AS4 WATERS and LEMON-
ADE, at Lon':ion, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby.
Every Bo;tle is protected by a Red Label bearing their signatures.

1111LNERS' HOLDFAST and FIRE-
-21 2° RESISTING S .FES (non-conducting and vapourising),
with all the improvements, under their Quadruple Patents of
MO- 5144 and 1+55, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock
Mid Door (without which no We is secure).
THE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT.
MILNERS' PHCENIX (212.) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the
most complete and extensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8,
Lord-street, Liverpool. LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE-
STREET, City. Circulars tree by, post.

GREY HAIR RESTORED to its ORIGINAL
COLOUR with ease, safety, and certainty, by the PATENT
GALVANIC COMBS and BRUSHE4, which are ale) an unfailing
remedy for nervous headache and all neuralgic affections. limns-
trate.d pamphlets," Why Hair becomes Grey, and its Remedy," gratis,
Or by post for four stamps. Neuralgia, and all Rheumatic affections
are perfectly eradicated by the Patent Galvanic Flesh Brushes, the
most safe, .imple, and efficient galvanic instruments extant : patro-
nised by the faculty. Offices :—F. M. HERRING, 32, Basinghall-
street. Agents :—Child. South Gallery, Crystal Palace; Savory and
Moore ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-street ; Godfrey and Cooke, Conduit-
street ; Dendrie, 12, Tickborne-street ; Twinberrow, 2, Edwards-
street, Portman-square ; Saunders, 315 is, Winter, 205, and Kennedy,
166, Oxford-street ; Ross, 119, Bishopsgate-street ; Rimmell, Ger-
rard-street, Soho ; Worn, 17, Dawson-street, and Birch, 1, Moles-
worth-street, Dublin. Sold by all chem;sts and perfumers of repute.

IrOITRISTS and TRAVELLERS exposed to
11... the scorching rays of the sun, and heated particles of dust

most refreshing preparation for the Complexion, dispelling the
cloud of languor and relaxation, allaying all beat and irritability,
and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored
elasticity and healthful state of the skin.
Freckles, Tan, Spots, Pimples. Flushes, and Discoloration fly
before its application, and give place to delicate clearness with the
glow of beauty an] of bloom. In cases of sunburn or stings of
insects its virtues have long been acknowledged.
Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle.
ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL.

A delightfully' fragrant and transparent preparation, and, as an
Invigorator and miller, beyond all precedent.
The Prices are 3s. 6d., 75., faintly bottles (equal te foar small), 10$.
6d., and double that size, 21s.
ROWLANDS' ODONTO,

or Pearl Dentifrice, compounded of the rarest and most fragrant
exotics. It bestows on the Teeth a pearl-like whiteness, frees them
from tartar, and Imparts to the gums a healthy firmness, and to the
breath a grateful sweetness and purity.
Price 2s. 9d. per box.

Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by
Chemists and Perfumers.

A NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE

Patent Mice Seal of Greaiil;itain. Diplome d'Ecolc do Pharmacia
Pharmacien do Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna.

- •
TRIE•IE MAR No. 1,-2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge
devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket
Fold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by
Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c., &c.
TRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE-
LAXATION, SPE lIMATORRIRE A and all the distressing
cons-iuences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too
long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual
strength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are
now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and
whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR
WAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery.

TRIESEMAR No. 11.,
effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely
eradicates all traces of Gonorrheea, both in its mild and aggravated
forms, Gicets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of
Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which
Copaivi and Cubehs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the
min of the health of a vast portion of the population.
TRIE3EMAR No. 111., _ _ .

lithe great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp-
toms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scsrvy, Scrotula, and all
Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup-
tions and impurities irons the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate
the virus of disease, and expell it with the insensible perspiration
through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a
never-failing remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately
the English Physician treats with Mercury, totlie inevitable destruc-
tion of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in
the world cannot restore.
Price 1 le, or four cases in one for 335„ which saves I Is., and in M.
cuss, whereby there Is a saving of 11. 12s. To be had wholesale and
retail in Loudon, of Johnson, Gs, Cornhill; Hannay nod Co., G 3, Ox-
ford-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford .street ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46,
Market-street, Manchester; 11. Bradbury, bccr'iseller, Deansgate,
Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 51, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell,
bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; bookseller,
Zugivitreet,l3lrminsham.

Unity Joint Stock Mutual Banking Association, Chief
Offices, Unity Buildings, 10, Cannon-street, City,
London, September 27, 1856.
TO the SHAREHOLDERS of the UNITY
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
It appears that your Directors d d not consider my inter.
ference for a reconciliation sufficiently made.
Therefore, fearing that my letter of the 23d may have led
you to an erroneous conclusion on that subject, I beg to with-
draw it.

I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Faithfully yours,

J. -J. MECHI.

ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY
(Limited). For establishing Steam Naviga-
tion ou the Rivers of India.
Capital 250,0001. hi 25,000 Shares of 101. each, with power
to increase it to 1,C00,0J0/.—Deposit 10s. per Share.
TRUSTEES.
_ _ _

JAMES ALLAN, Esq., Managing Director of the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
The Honourable W. WILBERFORCE BIRD, ESQ., late Deputy-
Governor of Bengal.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Hon. W. WILBERFORCE BIRD, Esq., late Dep.-Governor
of Bengal.
Captain BOLD, K.T.S., Belvidere Villa, Millbrook, near
Southampton.
HARRY BORRADAILE, ESCI., late Civil Serriee Bombay.
Joint BOURNE, Esq., late a Messrs. John Bourne and Co.
Lieut.-General JouN BRIGGS, Madras Army, la.° Political
Agent in Candeish, and officiating Resident at Nagpore.
Colonel A. COTTON, late Chief Engineer of Madras.
Capt. COTTON' R.N., Alport House, Whitechurch, Salop.
Major-General DICKINSON, late Chief Engineer of Bombay.
Moyr.tauE GORE, Esq., South Audley-street, Grosvenor.

square.
Lieut.-Col. GRIMES, Hon. E.1.C.5., lately stationed at
Nagpore.
Capt. HurcurNsoN, lion. E.1.C.5., Asst. Civ. Eng.Godavery.
Col. ATWELL LAKE, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, late
Engineer of the Kistnah Irrigation Works.
G. MAY, Esq, (Messrs. May,
Mathewson, and Co,), London
and Calcutta.
Colonel the Hon. R T. ROWLEY, 47, Berkeley-square.
(With power to add to their number.)
MANAGING DIRECTOR--JOIN BOURNE, Esq., late of Messrs.
John Bourne and Co., Glasgow and Greenock.
ENGINEER—JAMES KENNEDY, Esq., late of Messrs. Bury,
Curtis, and Kennedy, Liverpool.
SOLICITOR—HENRY R. HILL, Esq., 23, Throgniortou-street.
BANKERS—Messrs. WILLIAMS, DEACON, and CO,
SECRETARY--JOIIN MATHEWSON, Esq.
Offices, 9 Billiter-street, Loudon.
This company is established for two reasons—first, because
it is wanted ; and second, because it will pay. India wants
cheap means of conveyance for her produce; water conveyance
is cheaper than any possible mode of conveyance by
land ; and
ten thousand miles of this cheap water conveyance will be
afforded by the great rivers when properly navigated by steam.
The last dividend of the Gauges Steam Company was 4S per
cent. per annum, and the latest returns of a Navigation Com-
pany on the Godavery was 55 per cent. The field, however,
is far too large to be adequately filled by local effort, and an
English Company is necessary, which, with adequate capital,
will render available the resources of European science.
Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be
obtained at the offices 9, Billitet-street, London.

The annual meeting of the Northamptonshire Agricul-
tural Society was held on Thursday last, in the county
town. The morning was occupied with the inspection
of the stock, the show of which surpassed the exhibitions
of late years. The dinner afterwards took place at the
George Hotel ; Lord HENLEY in the chair. After
dinner,

The CHAintrAit gave "The Queen," " Prinoe Albert
and the rePA of the Royal Family," which were drunk
with three times three.

Tlie Right Hon. R. V. SMITH, M.P., rose, by per-
r.elesion of the chairman, to prop )se " The Army and
Navy." (Cheers.) With what recollections it filled
them when they remembered the endurance and achieve.
ments of those devoted services. Though, at the outset
of the war, we might, from unpreparedness, have exhi-
bited comparative failure—though we were not able to
pour in our myriads of men like the Emperor of Russia
and of France—still, with the pride of Englishmen, we
could remember the high position in which we stood at
the conclusion of the war. Our army at the close was
better accoutred, better fed, better equipped, than the
armies of either of the powers engaged in the war. Let
England always remember this, and in talking of her'
navy, let them remember that, though our seamen had
had no opportunity of distinguishing themselves in ac-
tion, yet it had been the proud privilege of the navy to,
chase from the seas every beadle flag, and thus to per.:
form most useful and efficient service in the war.!
(Cheers.) He looked with regret at the heroes we-
lost in that war ; but again he rejoiced at the return
of others. The right hon. gentleman proceeded to'
say that he was anxious to propose the toast, because
it enabled him not -only to state his conviction of the!
indomitable valour of the men composing our army, but!
to express his -hope that the militia, which bad doner
the country such good service, would now, upon
their return, become ss useful labourers in peace as
they had been beneficial soldiers in war. But in
speaking of peace, if the subject had been mentioned in
his presence ten years ago, he should have spoken of
peace as likely to be permanent. He was afraid, how-
ever, that was not the case now. Events were occurring
on all hands preventing any firm reliance in the prospect
of peace. But by those events, we also, being fore-
warned, should be forearmed. (Hear, hear.) He did
not tbiuk it necessary to keep together a large and use-
less military force, but a sufficient force ought to be
maintained to uphold the dignity of the country in criti-
cal periods. Lit no one suppose that such periods were
not likely to happen. And though it might be impolitic
to maintain a very numerous standing army, it wouki
yet be most unwise for the country to disarm to the ex-
tent that it had done in years recently passed. (Hear.)
Every unjust and unlawful expenditure ought certainly
to be cut down. It would be necessary to have a good
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and a goad Secretary-at-
War, but he did not hesitate to say it would be wise
policy to be always prepared with such an army and
navy as would do honour to England in time of need.
Therefore, in time of peace, as in time of war, be was
most happy to propose the toast " The Health of the
Army and Navy of England." (Cheers.)
Colonel CARTWRIGHT, as an old Peninsular officer,
returned thanks.

The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " Prosperity to thel
Northamptonshire Agricultural Society," said that he
defied any man to find a place in which the agriculturist
could beat the British farmer in the production of corn.
But even if it were found that the English farmer were
beaten in corn production, he had still another staff on
which to lean. The British farmer could still breed and
feed cattle better than any other nation in the world—
proved by the falling off of the importation of foreign
cattle, about which so- much apprehension was at one
time entertained. And why, he would ask, should they
not cease to import corn as they had ceased to import
cattle, and become the monopolists of their own markets,
by producing the best articles in the greatest quantity ?
There was another matter. Five or six years ago, when
it was questioned whether the English farmer would be
able to continue to produce corn, landlords were called
upon to erect buildings for the reception and feeding of
cattle. His lordship reminded farmers that landlords thus
called upon would naturally expect to be sharers in the
profits, and that it would be to their mutual interest for
occupiers who required buildings to tender to the land-
lords a proper percentage on the required outlay. His
lordship remarked that there were other imperfections in
the social system, and pointed at once to a vast burden
raised upon the land alone, amounting to six or seven
millions, paid by the holders of real property. Why the
tax was so charged he had never been able to discover.
He was always told that it was a most difficult thing to
assess funded and personal property, hut allowing that,
there could be no such difficulty in dividing the burden
more equally amongst themselves. He hoped they
might live to see a new system in assessing the poor rate
—parishes in a larger area, or minimum rate fixed for
parishes. There was also ar.other rate—the county rate.
Those who paid it appeared to imagine that the magis-
trate had power to fix the tax and spend the money
without reference to the rate-payers. Let him undeceive
them. The ratepayers had already directed the sum to
be spent through their representatives in Parliament.
If, therefore, Parliament ordered the building of a gaol,
a lunatic asylum., &c., the magistrates sere only the
agents in carrying out the act, and those who asked for
a voice in that agency were asking for more than the
constitution intended to give them, for they would not
only have a voice in ordering the expenditure, but in
spending the money also. The noble speaker concluded
by proposing " Prosperity to the Northamptonshire Ag-
ricultural Society." (Cheers.)
Mr. AUGUSTUS STAFFORD, M.P., proposed the next
toast, " The Agricultural Labourers," and in the course
of his speech referred to the subject of agricultural sta-
tistics. Alluding to the remarks of Sir Edward B. Lytton
at Hitchin, that the bill of last session was founded upon
the recommendation of a committee of the House of
Lords, the evidence of which was collected, not from the
representatives of the feelings and habits of the tenant
farmers, but from Government officials, and that the
said committee were "green" enough to believe the re-
presentations of these men, he (Mr. Stailord) would
venture to add that, in the opinion of the, majority of the
tenant farmers, so odd a "green creep" was never pro.
duced as the bill on agricur :::1 statistics in the last
session of Parliament. (Lord laughter.) He (Mr.
Stafford) had bad some experience of the collection of
agricultural statistics in Ireland. It was not done there
by the Governmel.ie ;
the police were simply requested
to ask the different neighbours certain questions, which
they ;nigh. answer or not, and on the answers to those
questioes were founded the stetistics which were sent to
Parliament. The tenant farmers of Ireland did not
o'oject to this system, beceuee there was nothing inquisi•
tor ial and compulsory in it ; and he believed that if the
Government would bring in a bill which• should not be
inquisitorial and compulsory, the tenant farmers of Eng-
land would readily respond, and the agricultural statistics
of the empire would be generally collected, perhaps not
so minute.y as to catalogue every egg that was laid, but
sufficiently accurate to afford to the country and to the
world all necessary information as to the agricultural
capabilities of the island. (H, ar, hear.) It was urged
by the press that a return was made of every pound of
cotton imported. But did the manufacturer give an
account of every pound of cotton be bought, spun, or
wove, or ' did every shopkeeper tell the extent of his
sales ? Well, then, lumen would say that agricultural
statistics might, or might not, be useful to the commu-
nity at large, but that they at all events were able to
manage their business without them. (Hear, hear.) The
statistics of Ireland were no more guide to the occupiers
there as to the state of the market than the Georgics of
Virgil. What really would influence farmers, as well
as the community at large, would be a knowledge of the
quantity of coin to be expected from foreign parts, but
of this it was impossible to have anything more than
vague rumonrs. The returns from Scotland, too, of
agricultural statistics formed no guide for the market,
as it was known that they referred only to the crop of
1855, and not that of 1856. Well, then, the farmers
felt this, that as a class they were not more likely to
benefit than any other class by the provision of agricul-
teral statistics, and that, if the process were to be com•
pulsory and inquisitorial, if they were to be annoyed and
harassed by its exactions, they would one and all protest
against it, and direct their representatives to resist it in
every possible way. (Cheers.)
Several other toasts were drunk, and the meeting
separated.