The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-13 00:00:00

MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRI-

CULTUI?AL SOCIETY.

The dinner to celebrate the 30th annual meeting of the
Manchester and I iverpool Agricultural Society took place
yesterday at Bolton under a tent, in a field opposite the
show.. ord._ It was a cold collation, laid out on nine long
tables, with a cross table for the President and invited
guests. There were nearly 500 persons present. Viscount
Newport, M.P., the president of the society for the year,
took the chair, and was accompanied by Lord Stanley, M.P.,
Mr. Legh, M.P., Major Gray, M.P., Sir James P. Kay-
Skuttleworth, Bart., the Mayor of Bolton (Mr. John
Orton), the Vicar of Bolton (Rev. Henry Powell), Colonel
Blackburne, Major 'Bourne, Capt. R. Bridson, Revs. J. S.
Birley, A. Packer, Lindon, Thicknesses Turner, &c. ; and
Messrs. Thomas Cross; Martin, Peter Ainsworth, Ormrod,
John Fletcher, R. H, Ainsworth, &c.
The PRESIDENT gave the usual loyal toasts, and after-
wards the "Bishop and Clergy," which was responded to
by the Vicar of Bolton.

The PRESIDENT then gave the " Army and Navy"—
(cheers)—and having made some remarks on both services,
thus alluded to the Volunteer'movement :—There is another
branch—l may call it a new branch—which has lately been
added to the army. I allude, of course, to that magnificent
body of men which has come forward during the present year
to tender their services as a volunteer unpaid army—(great
cheering)—and it requires nothing more than the most
ordinary common sense to see the enormous value of that
body in this country, not only physically, but on account of
the spirit which it shows still lies in the heart of every
Englishman. (Hear, hear.) I think I read, a day or two
ago, in an article upon what is called the Volunteer move-
ment, one or two words which appeared to me to put the
case very clearly and appositely. It was this—that nobody
ever doubted that Englishmen wars full of courage, collec-
tively and individually; but the Volunteer movement has

caused an union and a discipline which was hitherto un.

known, except in the regular army of the country; and
that, in a military sense, two and two make a great deal
more than four. (Cheers.)
Col. BLACKBURNE responded to the toast.
The PRESIDENT proposed the health of the patrons of the
Society, Lord Derby and Lord Egerton.
Lord STANLEY (who was received with loud cheers) re-
plied on behalf of the Earl of Derby, and in the course of
his observations he referred to the volunteer movement in
the following terms :—Gentlemen,—My friend, Lord New-
port, made some allusion, when speaking of the Volunteer
movement, to tLat review which lately came off at Knows-
ley. I do not know if many of those whom I
have now the pleasure of addressing were present
there. If they were I hope they enjoyed the sight;
but of this I am sure, that no one of the vast concourse
there assembled can have enjoyed it half so much as he by
whose invitation some 150,000 of his neighbours came to
pay him the compliment of a visit at home. (Hear, hear.)
I don't know that this Volunteer movement is precisely
the subject which is uppermost in our minds on this occa-
sion, but it is a subject which I think is very much in all
our minds; and perhaps, as I have alluded to it, you will
allow me to express a hope that, after that marvellous dis-
play of patriotic, feeling which has been witnessed in this
country during the present year, the Volunteer move-
ment will not die away when the memory of the cir-
cumstances that gave it ;;firth begins to fade—(hear,
hear)—but that it will become a permanent part of
the institutions of this country. (Cheers.) I believe
it has done more than any increase to the regular army
possibly could have done to elevate the position of England
among the nations of Europe—(cheers)—and I think so for
this reason, that it has shown to every foreign population
and to every foreign prince that in this country, however
it may be elsewhere, the Government and the nation are
one—(hear, hear, and cheers)—and that whoever con-
tends with England has to do not merely with the
Government, not merely with the army, but with the
united nation in arms. (Renewed cheering.) It is a
purely defensive movement; it has nothing of aggres-
sion in it; it causes no fear of jealousy in any foreign
country ; it is:nothing new, but is only what our fathers
under similar circumstances did before us ; it is only a
practical recognition of the sound old principle that in
case of emergency, in case of invasion, or danger of inva-
sion, the State has a right to the services of every a, le-
bodied man. (Cheers.) We cannot have great reviews
and great Volunteer demonstrations every week or every
month in the year, and it is not desirable on many ac
eounts that we should, but there is'one kind of demonstra-

ion which we may have very often, and with compara-

tively little trouble—l mean those shooting matches which
are so common abroad, of which the first example in this
country was set at Wimbledon, and which I hope before
long we shall see introduced into every county in Eng-
land. I hope to see: them take a place amongst our na-
tional amusements, and if they become an amusement, as
well as a means of military discipline, I am sure that Lan-
cashire will not be left behind. (Much cheering.) I have
wandered from the subject of the toast; but I have been
talking of what I know is foremost in my father's mind.—
(C heers .)

SHIPS OF WAR ON THE cll-12v4 STATION.

(From the London at
BRITISH.
Acorn, brig, 12 guns
Actwon, surveying., 26
Adventure, steamer
Atalanta, steamer
Assays, steam sloop
Beagle, screw, 4
Cambrian, frigate, 44
Camilla, brig, 16
Centaur, paddle frigate, 6
Chesapeake, frigate, 51
Cooper, despatch steamer
Coromandel, desp. steamer
Cruiser, steam sloop, 17
Encounter, screw, 14
Esk, corvette, 21
Feroze, steamer
Furious, steam frigate, 6
Fury, steam frigate, 6
Hercules, hospital
Vesper, steam transport, 2
llighflyer, steam corvette, 21
Imiierieuse, screw frigate, 51
Inflexible, steam frigate, 6
Magicienne, steam frigate, 6
Melville, ship, 6
Mhor, steamer
Minden, hulk

Id China Telegraph.)

FRENCH.
Alarm, gunboat, 6
Alon Prah., gunboat
Andromache, ship
Avalanche, ship, 6
Calvados
Capricieuqe, frigate, 40
Didon,' frigate, 40
Dieruldes, steamer
Dordogne, steamer
Dragonne, gunboat, 6
Driade
Du Chayla, steamer
Durance, steamer, 12
Ent reprenante, steamer
Forbin, steamer
F. do Norzagaray, steamer'
Fusee, gunboat, 6
Garonne, steamer
Gironde, steamer
Jura
Kienchang, steamer
Renommee, frigate
Rose, steamer
Rhine
Rhone
Saigon
Saone, steamer
Shanghai, steamer
Vengeance, steamer
AMERICAN.
John Adams, U.S., sloop
Hartford, U.S., sloop
Saginaw, frigate
La Place, corvette
Le Forte
Lilly, steamer
Marne
bla seau, steamer, 6
Mariano, gunboat, 6
Meurther, steamer, 12
Nemesis, frigate, 50
Nievre
Peiho, steamer.
Perseverante
Phlegeton, steamer, 8
Pregent, steamer
Primanguet, steamer, 8
Rajah, steamer
THE CHINA WATERS.
90 Flamer
91 Bustard
92 Weasel
93 Bouncer
94 Grasshopper
95 Banterer
96 Snap
Sparrowhawk

Nimrod, desp. steamer, 4
Odin, pad. frigate, 16
P. Charlotte, hulk
Prince Arthur, steamer
Pearl, screw, 20
Pioneer, screw, 6
Reynard, screw, 4
Ringdove, screw, 6
Roebuck, desp. steamer, 6
Sampson, steam frigate, 6
Scout, screw, 21
Simoom, screw transport, 8
Snake, screw, 1
Sphinx, paddle frigate, 6
Touzo
Urgent, screw transport, 8
Vulcan, screw transport, 6
Waterman, steamer
Zenobia, steamer

BRITISH GUNBOATS I.
Dove 80 Havoc
Kestrel 81 Haughty
Slaney 82 Forester
Leven 83 Opossum
Algerine 84 Starling
Clown 85 Cockchafer
Woodcock 86 Firm
Drake 87 Staunch
Janus 89 Watchful

In addition to the above there are ten steam transport
vessels mostly belonging to the Indian navy, and 130
chartered sailing vessels for transport purposes. The
Feroze, which has been placed at the disposal of Lord Elgin
and suite, also belongs to the Indian navy. The P. and 0.
steamer Granada is under the orders of Sir Hope Grant.
MERCHANT STEAMERS IN CHINA WATERS.--Engaged
in the Canton, Hon.. Kong, and Macao traffic—British:
Fei Ma, Sir J. Jeejeebhoy, Iron Prince, Mee Lee, Ziagari•
American : Pak Wan, Willamette, Cumfa, Spark. Portu-
guese : Inveigado, Shamrock.
ENGAGED IN THE COAST TRAFFIC BETWEEN SWATOW,
AHOY, FOO-CLIOW, AND SHANGHAL—British :—P. and.
O.'s steamers Chusan, Formosa, and Rajah; Messrs. Jar-
dine, Matheson, and Co., Hellespont ; Messrs. Dent and
Co., Yangtze ; Mr. Lapraik's Undine.