The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-12 00:00:00

of Liverpool and its Vicinity.

"Dear Children in Jesus Christ,—We have read with
pain and sorrow an advertisement in the public prints
calling upon you to assemble in thousands on Sunday next,
in the outskirts of this town, and thence to walk in funeral
procession throug,h its principal thoroughfares. For many
years the mayor and magistrates of this borough have
most wisely ordained that no party procession or demon-
stration should take place within the limits of their juris-
diction. We have always considered this a most wise and
salutary regulation, and have given our aid and assistance
to enable the authorities to carry it into effect. The
result is that there has been no strife, no contention, no
struggle for the mastery, no rivalry, and that in place of.
such sad evils there have been peace and good fellows'4p
amongst all who are content to work side by side with
hue
another for their daily bread, without distinction of creed
or country. To disturb this peace, to call into existence
party distinctions which are well-nigh forgotten, to light
up the embers of civil discord which had almost burnt
themselves out, to excite and arouse feelings of rancour
and hatred which are only remembered that they may be
deplored, would not only be foolish and impolitic, but very
sinful to Him whose children we all are, who has made the
sun to shine alike on the god and the bad, and who would
have us dwell together in iutual charity and ferbearanc.e.
We earnestly and affect. s.:.ely exhort you, and if need
be we command you, by the authority which we kohl
from God, and in virtue of our sacred office, that you
abstain from joining any procesttesi, and that you
cheerfully obey the commands of the chief magistrate
of this town. Listen not to those who unhappily may
not heed the counsels, but rather to us whose voice his
been ever heard to console you, and whose bands are ever
raised to bless you. When you shall have returned from
church remain within your own homes, and go not out,
lest you be led by misguided men into harm and 'Along.
doing. May God in His mercy bless you. May He give
you abundance and plenty. tray He give happiness to
your fair but afflicted country, and may He give you thzit
peace which our Lord bequeathed to his disciples as the
last pledge of hie love.

" Given at St. Edward's College, Everton, December
11, 1867.

(Signed) " AtExAmmt Goss, Bishop of Liverpool.)
TheFeniansympathisers in Glasgow with Allen, L-11,-in,
and Gould, recently executed in Manchester, hal.e inti-
mated their intention of holding a funeral procession on.
Sunday next. This notification appears in the form of a
large placard, surrounded with a black border, in which
men and women are invited to meet on the Green on Sunday
afternoon, for the purpose of marching in funeral pro-
cession to Dalkeith Cemetery, a Roman Catholic place a
burial in the eastern suburbs. Meanwhile, the Orangemen
of the city and neighbourhood, having intimation of the
proposed procession, have already announced their resolu-
tion to oppose its progress. The Glasgow Herald says
" The demonstration would be considered most offensive,
by, and insulting to, the great body of the people. Mis:
chief would almost certainly ensue, and the Fenians
would assuredly get the worst of it. Hitherto Fenians
and anti-Fenians, Protestants and Roman Catholics, have
lived in peace in this city. The Fenians, for their own
Lakes, should be the last to declare war. It is not likely
that the sheriff and majist'ates will sanction what the
Liverpool authorities have prohibited.

The soldiers belonging to the 86th Regiment on furlough
iti Dublin, who took part in the funeral demonstration
thvre on Sunday have got into trouble, and will no doubt
bs tried by court-martial. They have been taken into
custody by order of the military authorities, and in-
quirks are being made concerning their conduct. Fol.
lowing the example of Cork and Dublin, it is announced
that another mock funeral will take place at Clonmel next

Sunday.
Sergeant Kelly, one of the policemen shot at some time
ago on the quays, has so far recovered from his late
dangerous wound that he is now able to move about, and
it is expected that he will be shortly able to leave the
hospital.

ROYAL AGRICULTTIPAL SOCIETY OF

ENGLAND.

The annual meeting Of the Royal Agricultural Society
was held on Wednesday, under the presidency of the
Duke of Richmond. Amongst those present were--Major-
General Hood, Colonel Challoner, Sir Walter Stirling,
Messrs.Bowley, Bandon, Brandreth Gibbs,
0. Wallis, Baldwin, Read, M.P., Thomas Willson, S.
Sidney, Arkell, Corbet, Morton, and Pell. The attend.
ance of members was unusually limited. The following
were the more important paragraphs contained in the re.
port presented to the meeting :
" Since the last general meeting in May, one governor
and 97 members.have died, and 177 new members have
been elected, so that the soe...tv now congsts of 76 life
governors, 82 annual governor, 1.383 life members, 4,001
annual members, 15 honorary members, making a total of
5,557. In consequence of the :.roe expenses attendant
on the show at Bury St. Edmunds, and the protracted
trials of implements, the council has been compelled
to sell out £2,000 of the funded property, which now
stands at £16,027 19s. 7d. in the New Three per Cents.,
and the cash balance in the hands of the bankers on the
Ist instant was £369 Ss. Ed. Notwithstanding the unavoid-
able absence of cattle, the show-yard at Bury St. Edmunds
was well filled with a fine display of horses, sheep, pigs, and
poultry, and was remarkable for the most extensive collet.
tion of implements and machinery yet brought together.
The council have settled the live stock and implement
prize sheet for the country meeting to be held next year
at Leicester, and have arranged that the show shall open
on Thursday the 16th and close on Tuesday 21st of July.
Prizes amounting to £225 will be offered for the best ap-
plication of steam power to the cultivation of the soil.
The sum of £2,595 is offered in prizes for live stock, to
which 2227 has been added by the Leicestershire and
Waltham and the Loughborough Agricultural Societies ;
and £lOO has been offered by the Spar!cenhoe Farmers' Club
in prizes for cheese. It has been resolved by the council to
apportion England andW ales into eight districts,aa follows :
A. Durham, Northumberland, and North and East
Ridings of Yorkshire. B. Cumberland, Lancashire,
Westmoreland, and West Riding of Yorkshire. C. Derby-
shire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire,
Nottinghamshire, Rutlandshire, and Warwickshire. D.
Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire,
Huntingdonshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. E. Berkshire.
Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Ox,,
fordshire, Surrey,. and Sussex. F. Cornwall, Devon
shire, Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, and Wilt sh're:
G. Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire,'
Worcestershire, and Sounth Wales. H. Cheshire,
Shropshire, Staffordshire, and North Wales. The
council have .determined that District B, comprising.
the counties of Cumberland, Lancashire, Westmoreland,
and the West Riding of Yorkshire, be selected for tho;
country meeting of 1869. During the course of this year
alterations have been made in the scheme of education
adopted by the council ; it is no longer connected with the
Cambridge and Oxford middle-class examinations. The
next examination is fixed to take place at the society's
house in Hanover-square, during the week commencing
April 20, 1868. On this occasion it is not thought
advisable-to place any limit on the ages of candidates.
The adoption of the report was moved by Mr. SIDNEY,
who, after paying a tribute to the memory of Mr. John
Baldwin, a member of the Council who has died duriag
the past year, congratulated the society on having deter.
mined to call in the aid of practical men to pronounce
upon the value of the agricultural implements to be exhi.
bited at the next show, and highly approved the apportion.
ment of England and Wales into the eight districts men.
tioned in the report. _ _

Mr. NIF.LD having seconded the motion, the report was
unanimously adapted.
Referring to an observation made by Mr. Nield,
The SECRETARY stated that the society numbered thirty.
two more members than it did last year.

A vote of thanks to the auditors, Messrs. Ashbury;
Corbet, and Sherbourne (who were re-elected), was pro-
posed by Major-General How), seconded by Colonel
CILALLONER, and unanimously carried.
Mr. ASKELL urged that the council should devise soma
means by which farmers could be assisted in the discovery
of the character of, and the remedies for, the numerous
diseases to which plants are subjected.
Mr. SIDNEY strongly urged the necessity of the society
undertaking an agricultural survey, by means of questions
addressed by a committee to the best-informed persons in
various parts of England.
Colonel CILALLONER reminded the meeting that tne
prizes the council had offered had brought forth some
most important papers on the agricultural character and
cultivation of important districts.
Mr. READ, M.P., thought the idea of a treatise being
prepared on the subject of plant diseases was a good one,
and had no doubt it would be considered by the council.
After some observations by Major-General Hood and
Mr. Warry,
The CHAIRMAN, referring to Mr. Askell's suggestion as
to the action to be taketil-030_,the council in connection
with the discovery and cnre of plant diseases, reminded
the meeting that the society's Jou.knal cintained some
very important papers on the stibMt.- The idea of an
egalcultnral survey, mooted by Mr.. Sidney, his
Grace held to be of great value, bUt.At was not
to be forgotten that there was nothing upon which so
much diversity of opinion prevailed as upon agricultural
topics. In the department (the Board of Trade) over
which he presided, the chairman stated that he was en-
deavouring to procure statistics from all parts of the
country, which, although of course only permissive, would
prove of the utmost use to farmers.
A vote of thanks to the chairman was proposed by Mr.
TELL, seconded by Colonel CHAUONER, entliusiasticallr
carried, and duly ac/kuowledsc4