The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATUWAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1861,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BRIGHTON RACES--FRIDAY.

This, the third, or Club Day, was infinitely the best of
the meeting. Not only were there more races, but more in-
terest was taken in their results than had been evinced
either on Thursday or Wednesday. The weather was the
only drawback, its fog having deterred many visitors.
Several closely-contested and interesting races took place,

the most noteworthy of them all being a plate of £lO-0, for

which eight 2-yr-olds contended. The favourite, Lord Bur-
leigh, had been previously sold for a large sum, and was
backed as though the purchaser had resolved to win enough
to pay for him. The old adage of "cup and lip" was herein
proved to a demonstration ; a colt frrm the stable of Wm.
Day, thought but lightly of by his owner, defeated the great
favourite with ease, and found a customer for himself after
the race. Lord Burleigh, backed during the morning at 40,
receded in the afternoon to 1,000 to 15 for the Derby of next
year. On that event and the forthcoming St. Leger a few
bets were laid in the course of the day, Lady Ripon seeming
to grow in favour for the latter.

Each race was run at the time prescribed, and by 6 o'clock
the company had quitted the downs.

Third Brighton Club Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, with
50 added, for 2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b.
Winners extra. T.Y.C. 7 subs.
Lord Stamford's Ensign, Bst 71b (A. Edwards) 1
Mr. IL Ten Broeck's Santa Claus, Bst 71b (G. Fordham) 2

Betting-2 to lon Ensign.
The non-favourite made running to within the distance,/
when the favourite went up, and the pair raced home toge-
ther. Ensign on reaching the stand got his head in front
and won, after Avery close race, by It" nAck:

The Brighton Club Plate of 50 sovs ; 2-yr-olds, 7st 71b ;
3-yr-olds, 9st 31b ; winning penalties, and maiden and
selling allowances. Last half mile.
Lord Coventry's Antwerp, 3 yrs, Bst 51b (£5O)
(L. Snowden) 1
Mr. Hoof's Misfire, 2 yrs, 6st 61b (£5O) .... (Woodhouse) 2
Mr. Morris s Rufus, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (£5O) .. (G. Fordham) 3

The following also ran :—Sister to Corumba, Strike,
Guaracha, Grant, Brother to Isthmian, Dr. Fusey, and
Court Martial.

Betting-7 to 4 each agst Antwerp and Misfire, 7to 1
agst Rufus, and 10 to 1 agst Dr. Pusey.
In consequence of the heavy fog that hung over the course
it was impossible to discover the colours of the riders until
they neared the distance. The flag was lowered after a
tedious delay, caused by several of the light weights break-
ing away, in the first of which Dr. Pusey, Sister to Co-
rumba, and Court Martial ran to the distance before they
were stopped. On the word being given, Antwerp, on the
rails, obtained a lead of several lengths, followed by Strike,
Rufus, Misfire, and Dr. Pusey, in which order they ran to
the half distance, where Misfire joined the leader, but was
nover enabled to quite reach him, Antwerp winning by a
neck; three lengths separating the second and third; Dr.
Pusey finished fourth, Sister to Corumba fifth, Guaracha
filly sixth, and Strike next.

The Claret Stakes (handicap) of 5 sous each, with 50 added,

winners extra. T.Y.C.

Mr. Payne's Rockley, 4 yrs, 9st 51b (Mr. Edwards) 1
Mr. Cartwright's Ripon, 4 yrs, lOst Slb (Mr. W. Bevil') 2
Ellen and Greenwich Fair also ran.
Betting—Even on Ripon, 3 to 1 agst Ellen, 4 to 1 agst
Rockley, 10 to 1 agst Greenwich Fair.
Ellen made play at a good pace, followed by Ripon, Rock-
ley, and Greenwich Fair nearly to the distance, where Ellen
gave way to the favourite and Rockley, the pair running
locked together to the stand, where Mr. Payne's colt ob-
tained a clear lead, which he held to the end, and won a
good race by three parts of a length. Greenwich Fair and
Ellen finished with a dead heat for third.

Second Brighton Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50
added, for 3-yr-olds, colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b, winners

extra. Bristol mile. 15 subs.
Mr. Alexander's Will-o'-the-Wisp, Bst 716.. (J. Goater) 1
Count Batthyany's Prince Plausible, 9st 111 b (E. Sharp) 2
Mr. Rayner's Conundrum, 9st 111 b
Sir C. Rushout's Conqueror, 9st 1116 (Payne) 4

Betting—Even on Prince Plausible, 3 to 1 agst Will-
o' -the-Wis p.
Prince Plausible made running up the distance, where
he was joined by Will-o'-the-Wisp and Conundrum, the
three running abreast to the stand, where Will-o' -the-Wisp
obtained a slight lead, and won easily at last by a length.
Conundrum finished a bad third, and Conqueror last.

A Plate of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs
each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b ;

penalties and allowances. T.Y.C.
Mr. W. Day's Schehallion, Bst 31b , (J. Adams) 1
Mr. Fisher's Lord P""".4, Q,' "•LU (iliblUtl• SID extra)
(G. Fordham) 2
Mr. Hoof's Golden Grape, Bst 31b (Woodhouse) 3
The following also ran : Draghound, Bacchus, Guerilla,
Thunderstorm, and Peignoir.

Betting-7 to 4on Lord Burleigh, 10 to 1 each agst
Golden Grape and Thunderstorm, at first 5 to 2 and at the
finish 20 to 1 agst Peignor.

Thunderstorm, with the favourite and Peignoir laid up,
made running to the turn into the straight, where they
were passed by Golden Grape and Schehallion, Thunder-
storm going on third, and Lord Burleigh fourth ; the others,
with the exception of Draghound, who was outpaced, lying
close up. At the distance Thunderstorm disappeared from
the front, and halfway up Lord Burleigh joined the remain-
ing pair, the three running together to the stand, where
Schehallion drew away and won a good race by two lengths,
the favourite beating Golden Grape by three lengths for
second, Peignoir was fourth, Bacchus fifth, and Draghound
sixth, the others were pulling up as they passed the post.
The Brighton Club Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovs each, h ft,

with 60 added. Winners extra. New Course.

Mr. Payne's Shipwreck, 3 yrs, 9st 121 b (Edwards) 1
Count Batthyany's Loiterer, 4 yrs, lOst 51b.... (Owner) 2
Mr. S Jacob's Ipswich, 4 yrs, lOst 131 b (inc 61b extra)
(W. Johnson) 3
Betting-6 to 4on Shipwreck, 3to 1 each agst Ipswich
and Loiterer.

Loiterer was the first off, followed by Ipswich and the
favourite to the Bristol mile turn, where Loiterer ran wide,
and Shipwreck coming up on the inside went on in attend-
ance on Ipswich, the pair running together to halfway
down the hill, when Shipwreck fell into the rear, and
Loiterer joined Ipswich. At the distance Shipwreck ran up,
and at the stand enclosure obtained a clear lead, which he
held to the end, and won in a canter by two lengths. Ips-
wich finished a very bad third.

A Plate of 100 sovs, added, for 3-yr olds and upwards ;
weight for age; the winner to be sold for 120 sovs.

T.Y.C.
Mr. Brayley's Gauntlet, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b.... (Lambourne) 1
Mr. J. Dawson's Gloom colt, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b.. (Fordham) 2
Mr. Murphy's Sir Philip, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (J. Adams) 3

The following also ran :—Count 8010, Lisbon, Auricula,
Enfield, and Gaylad.
Betting—Even on Gauntlet, 5 to 1 agst Lisbon, 6 to 1
agst the Gloom colt, 7 to 1 agst Gaylad, and 10 to 1 agst
Sir Philip.
Immediately after starting the favourite took up the run-
ning, followed by Lisbon, the Gloom colt, Count 8010, and
Sir Philip, Gaylad lying last, a long way in the rear. On
reaching the distance Gauntlet increased his lead, waited
upon by the Gloom colt, Sir Philip, and Lisbon, in which
order they ran to the distance, where Lisbon was beaten and
his place taken by Auricula and Count 8010. At the stand
the Gloom colt got to Gauntlet's quarters, the pair finishing
a close race home, and the favourite winning by a neck; a
bad third ; Auricula was fourth, Count 8010 fifth ; Lisbon
and Enfield, side by side, were the next two. The winner
was sold to Mr. Whitaker for 135 guineas.
Match ; 100 sovs. each. Six furlongs.

Mr. Copperthwaite's Twilight, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (Fordham) 1
Capt. Rhys's Doncaster, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Grimshaw) 2

Betting-5 to 2on Twilight, who waited upon Doncaster
until half way up the hill, when she quitted him, and won
in a canter by three lengths.
_ _

A Plate of 50 sovs ; 3-yr-olds, 9st 101 b; 4-yr-Olds, lOst
101 b; 5-yr-olds, 6-yr-olds, and aged, list; mares and
geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 400 soya ;
to be ridden by members of the club. One mile.
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Satellite, 5 yrs, 11 st.. (Capt. Little) 1
Lord Portsmouth's Vinegar Hill, 3 yrs, 9st 101 b
(Mr. Edwards 2
Sir C. Rushont's Conqueror, 3 yrs. 9st 101 b (Mr.C.Boyton 3
Mr. Mellish's Gaylad, 4 yrs, lOst 71b (Mr. Wood 4
Mr. Hepworth' s White Wave, 4 yrs, llst 21b (G. Fordham) 0
Betting-9 to 4on Satellite, 3to 1 agst Vinegar Hill, 4
to 1 agst any other.

After one false start the lot left the post in close order,
White Wave having the lead, followed by Satellite, Vine-
gar Hill and Conqueror to the bottom, where the favourite
came out and took a clear lead, and, with Conqueror on
the rails and Vinegar Hill on the whip hand, came on to
the entrance of the stand, where the favourite drew away
and won in a canter by two lengths. Vinegar Hill caught
Conqueror on the post, and beat him by a head for second
place; Gaylad was fourth, and White Wave last; the latter
did not pass the post.

...._ _ .
A Plate of 50 sous, for beaten horses during the week (2 -
yr-olds excepted) ; the second to receive 10 sous out of
the plate; gentlemen riders. T.Y.C.
Mr. Hepworth's White Wave, 4 yrs, list 61b (in. 61b ex.)
. (G. Fordham) 1
Mr. Craven's Enfield, 3 yrs, list 51b (in. 61b extra)
(C. Bennett) 2
Mr. Gulliver's Count 8010, 3 yrs, 9st 101 b.. (Mr. Bevill) 3
The following also ran :—Ellen, Greenwich Fair, Fore-
top, Strike, and Clementine.
Mr. Morris's Rufus was weighed for by L. Snowden, but
his number was afterwards taken down, and he did not
start.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Ellen, 4 to 1 agst Count 8010, and
6 to 1 each agst Greenwich Fair and Clementine.
White Wave, in company with Enfield, Count 8010, and
Ellen, made the running to the distance, where Ellen was
beaten, leaving the first three to finish the race home, which
was cleverly won by White Wave by a length, Enfield ob-
tailing second place two lengths iu advance of Count Delo;

the others were beaten off;onio distance, the last of all being
Ellen, who did not pass tle post,

LATER BETTING.
THE DONC4STER ST. LEGER.
3to 1 agst Ketthdram (taken)
10 to 1 agst Lady lipon (taken)
14 to 1 agst Aurelin (taken)
16 to 1 agst Kildolan (taken)
1000 to 60 agst:Big Bei (taken)
20 to 1 agst Pagoda (taken)
TERIty.
45 to 1 agst Typee:;olt (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Lord lurleigh (offered)
1000 to 15 agst Spite taken)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER, FRIDAY.
There was not a large auount of business done on the
Great Ebor Handicap, but, judging from the number of
horses supported, the handicap must be looked upon very
favourably by the public. Virgilius retains his position,
and the next in request were Stockade, Cape Flyaway, and
Moorcock ; all the odds that could be obtained at 20 to 1
being taken about the latte% For the St. Leger 9 to 4
was offered against Kettledrum, and 100 to 7 was asked for
agst Aurelian; but 12 to 1 "dug the highest offer, it was
declined.

EBOR. ItINDICAP.

10 to 1 agst Virgilius (taken and offered)
16 to 1 agst Stockade (taken)
20 to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (taken freely)
20 to 1 agst Moorcock (taken freely)
20 to 1 agst Umpire (taken).
20 to 1 agst Doefoot (taken)
20 to 1 agst Hetman (taken)
20 to 1 agst Voltella (taken)
20 to 1 agst Viscount Brignall (taken)
20 to 1 agst Prologue (taken)
20 to 1 agst Rising Sun (taken)
25 to 1 agst Caahio (taken)
25 to 1 agst Pax (taken)
25 to 1 agst Volatile (taken)
25 to 1 agst Rapparee (taken)
25 to 1 agst Pergus (taken)
25 to 1 agst Lady Trespass (taken)

ST. LEGER.
9 to 4 071 the field (offered)
12 to 1 agst Aurelian (offered, take 14 to 1)
16 to 1 agst Kildonan (taken)

IRELAND.

BELFAST, THURSDAY EVENING.

Lord and Lady Lurgan gave a grand ball yester-
day evening at Brownlow-house, in honour of the
visit of the Lord-Lieutenant. A large number of
the nobility and gentry of the north of Ireland and
of the most distinguished persons from other parts
of the country attending the agricultural exhibition
in Belfast were invited to meet his Excellency. From
400 to 500 invitations were issued, and the greater
number attended the ball. For the accommoda-
tion of those who came from some distance special
trains were started from Belfast and Monaghan
to Lurgan. The avenue leading to the fine
Elizabethan mansion was lighted by gas lamps sus-
pended from the old trees, producing a peculiarly
beautiful effect. Two marques were erected in front
of the house door as cloak rooms, and thence along
a covered passage led into the hall. The weather
has been very favourable to-day, and the show-yard,
extensive as it is, was crowded with visitors, many
of them evidently more intent on business than
pleasure.

The banquet of the society was held in Mr. Char-
ter's factory, on the Falls'-road, a new and beautiful
building, admirably adapted for the purpose, and
placed at the disposal of the committee by the pro•
prietors. It was not inappropriate that the banquet
held in connexion with a society established to deve-
lope the agricultural resources of the country should
take place in a structure the erection of which evi-
dences the manufacturing and commercial spirit
and enterprise which have placed Belfast in its pre-
sent prosperous condition. The immense apart-
ment in which the banquet was given has been
recently put out of the builder's hanas, uu “.v wtt-
chinery has not yet been introduced. The walls
were tastefully decorated for the occasion, the pil-
lars supporting the roof were ornamented with gar-
lands of evergreens and bouquets, and all the
arrangements were well carried out. Eight tables
ran the whole length of the floor, with ample space
between them.

The chair was occupied by the President of the
society, the Marquis of Abercorn.
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant sat at the
right of the President, and among those present
were Lord Lurgan, the Earl of Erne, the Earl of
Clancarty, the Earl of Longford, the Lord Bishop of
Down and Connor, Lord Charlemont, Lord Talbot
de Malahide, Lord Monck, Lord Dufferin, Sir
Henry Harvey Bruce, Sir Percy Nugent ; the Mayor
of Belfast, Mr. Edward Corey, J.P. ; Mr. James
Hans Hamilton, M.P., Colonel Taylor, M.P., Mr.
Mervyn Archdall, M.P., Colonel Leslie, M.P., Mr.
J. W. Naper, Mr. J. A. Boyd, Mr. Sharman Craw-
ford, Mr. Richard Challoner, Colonel Caulfield, Mr.
Hans H. Woods, Alderman Roe, Mr. H. J.:MTar
lane, J.P., &c.

The cloth having been removed, and the usual
loyal toasts having been given and drunk with great
enthusiasm,

His Excellency the LORD-LIEUTENANT rose to respond,
and was received with loud applause. He said,. —Mv Lord
Abercorn, my Lords and Gentlemen—I return you my very
sincere thanks for the honour you have paid me in drinking
my health, which has been on this occasion so very kindly
proposed and so warmly received. (Applause.) I thank
you also for coupling my name with that which I claim to
hold very dear—the prosperity of Ireland—(hear, and ap-
plause). Allow me to remark that these words have their pe-
culiar weight and meaning at the present moment. If this
siulyrvey of passing
it is not, for a
merewere tphaerttyimepeeaenchd,oecrcaesieoenrt,
ewfhipcehlitical ,
events, I might probably light upon one or two considera-
tions and incidents connected with Ireland which might
not seem to be altogether of so comfortable and reassuring
here as the guest of
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a visitor to the splendid
show of the year 1861 in the town of Belfast—l feel, I
thankfully feel, that I am placed on a higher level and com-
mand a far wider field of a noble horizon. (Cheers.) From
this 'vantage-ground, thus—l say it with all the experience
of my 12th year of direct connexion with the Government of
i
Ireland—(applause)—I say t with the reservation that some
elements of future uneasiness and disturbance may not even
now be wanting—yet, in my judgment, Ireland has never
exhibited such an exemption from general crimes, from
politicalagitation, or from physical distress and privation, as
tiwdhich far outweigh
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full consciousness how small any personal contribution
might be to these mighty blessings, itis enough for happi-
ness and for gratitude to have been allowed to witness them.
(Load cheers.) But I can almost fancy that some one
might here interpose and say, " Talk to us of prosperity,
when the returns of last year undoubtedly show a falling
off in some kinds of agricultural produce, especially, perhaps,
in the yield of wheat ; and when the census of the last de-
cade or interval of 10 years shows a decrease of nearly a
million souls I" Now, with respect to this decrease of the
population, there can be no doubt that the famine and pesti-
lence which worked such fearful havoc upon the imme-
diately preceding decade left its mark al so upon that which
has succeeded it ; but there is no question that the continu-
ous flow of emigration is the chief cause of the great reduc-
tion which has ensued in the number of the people. If the
number of emigrants from Ireland itself, exclusive of those
who have left other parts of the United Kingdom, is allowed
for, there would have been in the last decade from 1851 to
1861 an increase in Ireland close upon 40,000. (Cheers.)
This decrease has been least observable in the province of
Ulster, which seems mainly, I imagine, to be attributable
to that mixed agricultural and manufacturing industry
which there prevails. I need not tell you that no such de-
crease at all has taken place in the town of Belfast. (Cheers.)
With respect to the place in which we are now assembled, I
shall give only the dates of three successive periods, which
sufficiently tell their own story. The population of Belfast
100 years, in 1760, amounted to 8,600 souls ; in 1831, 30
years ago, it amounted to 48,224 ; and in the year 1861, in
which I now address you, it amounts to 119,200 souls. (Loud
cheers.) Nor has wealth been left behind population. I
find, in the valuation for local assessment, the fixed capital
in building and other rateable property in Belfast was a
quarter of a century ago (in 1836) £115,000; in. 1861 it has
risen to £305,000. (Hear, hear.) History bears record to
the efforts of successive Viceroys, from the Earls of Straf-
ford to the Earl of Clarendon, to advance the linen manu-
factures of the North of Ireland. Probably the moisture
of the climate—may I admit se much ?—is more favour-
able to the production of flax than of other cereal growths.
I need not remind you in Belfast how much that place
owes to her Murlands, and Mulhollands, and many more.
It way be sufficient to mention that in tho last year

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and this without any aid from public grants—(loud cheers)
—and within the same comparatively short period the ton-
nage of vessels and the harbour receipts have been much
more than doubled. Now, it may be inferred how material
a contribution this liberal and splendid community, to-
gether with its group of connected and associated towns,
must have made to the consumption of agricultural pro-
duce ; but I have already stated to you, gentlemen, the
amount of decrease which has occurred on, the whole popu-
lation of Ireland in the last ten years. Now with respect
to the preductiveness of the country within the same
periods :—The land under cultivation, either under tillage
or in meadowing and pasture, in 1841, was 13,000,000 of
acres; in 1851,—1 suppress the slight addition that the old
hundreds would make—it was above 14,000,000. In 1861 it
is above 15,000,000 of acres. The live stock, which form so
interesting an item in the exhibition of the Royal Agrieul-
tural.Society, was valued in 1841 at £21,000,000 ; in 1858,
at £27,000,000 ; in 1861, at £33,000 ; and this independent
of the improvement of quality, the extent of which, I. be-
lieve, is by every one admitted to be very great, amount-
ing, perhaps, to 25 per cent. Along with this great in-
crease of production, there has been a very striking dimi-
nution of the small holdings, and of the wretched cabins
of the peasantry.- Now, gentlemen, these figures which
I have passed in rapid review—l am afraid not quite
sufficiently ,rapid A.. In.‘w that figures are apt.' to be

tedious, especially after dinner—they surely show that
with largely increased productions and a largely increased
producing area, there has been a considerable diminution
of population. Now, taking these two together, we must
look upon the result as being occasioned by better labour
better directed, with a larger application of capital to the
soil ; and the necessary consequence of this is that the
working classes must obtain better wages. They are better
fed, better clothed, better lodged ; they can get better
education for their children—(loud cheers)—and most gra-
tifying it is to me to find that in Ulster, or, I believe, to
speak with more strict accuracy, in the two counties of
Down and Armagh, one-sixth of the population is in atten-
dance in the primary schools,—either those under the
National Education Board, or under the Church Education
Society, which is an average equal to that of Prussia,
where the attendance of the children is compelled by law.
(Cheers.) I referred before to the diminution of physical
suffering. Now, what is the case with respect to the direct
expenditure for the relief of the poor all over Ireland ? The
fund from which it is drawn has, there is no doubt, largely
increased. The value of property rated to the relief of the
poor in 1851 was £11,614,000. In 1860 it had increased
nearly a million—it was £12,280,000. Now, with this
large amount of funds for the purpose of drawing upon, I
find that the total expenditure of medical as well as ordi-
nary Poor-law relief in 1851 amounted to £1,150,000. In
1860 it had fallen to £558,000, being less than half of what
it was 10 years ago. And lastly, with respect to crime, to
which I also referred, it appears that the offences specially
reported to head-quarters in 1850 amounted to 10,639 ; in
1860 they had fallen to 3,531. Now, my lords and gentle-
men, it seems to me that all this constitutes a summary of
which Ireland may be justly proud—(cheers)—not indo-
lently proud. I would advise her to be grateful for the
past, and alert and emulous for the future. There are
many here, some of whom will follow me to-night, who
can speak with far greater knowledge and authority of
the characteristic features of the show which we have wit-
nessed in the show-yard for these two days. They will
be able to tell you of any shortcomings—if shortcomings
there are—and those excellencies which I feel no doubt
in my own mind are great and striking. If the condition
and prosperity of agriculture in Ireland suggest any
prominent point of advice, in my judgment it would
be, I would say to you, to take care of your green crops,
of your provision of winter food for cattle, so that you
may be supplied with a greater quantity of manure than
is now possessed in many districts, which is an indispen-
sable groundwork of increased tillage ; and I think it may
be worthy of some consideration whether planting might
not be resorted to with advantage in some of the more
hilly and exposed districts of this country for the shelter
of cattle. However, gentlemen, I feel most thankful that
the genius of Ireland is becoming every day more and more
awoke to the manifold and multifarious requirements and
claims of her agriculture; and most pleasing, indeed, in
one point of view, though painful to excess in another, is
the contrast which is presented by such a one
showyarci now open in neuast, with the scenes which are
being enacted among that great people which has so many
common ties and common interests with us across the
Western waters. (Hear.) Here, gentlemen, we see in an
area itself connected with all the operations of busy and
extended commerce, now spread before our gaze, the x epre-
sentative specimens of every form of peaceful agriculture—
the sleek herds and fleecy flocks, the iron implements
and lustrous damasks. There, gentlemen, we read of
nothing but masked batteries and the angry glare of
bayonets, and the fierce charge and the panic rout.
(Laughter and cheers.) May the time soon come which
will enable us and other friendly well-wishers—as 1 am
sure in our hearts we all are—of that great country—(loud
cheers)—to interpose with advantage our friendly mediation,
if, which would be far better, they do not themselves com-
pose their sad and guilty quarrels I But, however that
may be, I trust, gentlemen, that we at least, with humble
and hopeful hearts, may long preserve the inestimable
blessings we enjoy, and strive to transmit them bright and
undimmed to the earning generations. His Excellency re-
sumed his seat amid loud and reiterated applause.
The LORD LIEUTENANT proposed " The Health of the
President of the Society, the Marquis of Abercorn ;" and
the toast was very warmly received.

The Marquis of ABERCORN returned thanks, and in doing
so was warmly applauded. He could assure•them that he
felt sensible of his many shortcomings in the office he filled
that night, and however he endeavoured to perform his
duty he could hardly feel that he was the right man in the
right place ; but he yielded to no man in his desire to bene-
fit the country and to perform his duty as a landlord in
that part of it which Providence had placed under his
charge. He congratulated the meeting on the success of the
show. It was above the average in many things, and one of
the best ever held by the society; the subscriptions were
larger than they had ever been in any former year, and
much of the success of it was owing to the exertions of the
local committee, to whom, with the council and officers of
the society, they owed a deep debt of gratitude, and also to
Mr. Charters for his liberality—(cheers)—in placing that
apartment at their disposal for the banquet, and also to the
mayor and corporation of Belfast for giving them the site
for the show. (Cheers.)
Lord DUFFERIN proposed " The Health of the Mayor
and Corporation of Belfast." Having been long absent from
the county, he candidly confessed that he was astonished at
the improvement, not only of the town, but also of the
agricultural district which surrounded it. Whether
he looked to great things or to small, from the ships that
choked their port to the crinoline that choked up their
streets, there was expansion everywhere. (Laughter and
cheers.) _ _

The Mayor of BELFAST returned thanks. He observed
that it was now eighteen years since the Royal Agricultural
Society held a meeting in Belfast, and he trusted seven
years would not elapse before they would return the visit.
(Hear, hear.)
Lord Viscount MoNcx proposed " The Royal Dublin
Society and Sister Societies in England and Scotland."
The Royal Dublin Society was one of the oldest institutions
in the country. It was now upwards of one hundred years
since the attention of that society was directed to the im-
provement of the country. Within their own memory they
took the lead in the institution of annual cattle shows,
which, commencing from very small beginnings, had de-
veloped themselves into what, as an Irishman, he had pride
and satisfaction in saying was, on the whole, both as to
quantity and quality, the best exhibition of cattle and stock
that was shown in this country. (Hear, hear.) His lord-
ship concluded by coupling with the toast the health of the
Earl of Clancarty.
The toast having been duly honoured,
The Earl of CLANCARTY returned thanks, and said, with
regard to the recent differences between the members of the
Royal Dublin Society, while he held his own opinion, he,
as one of the majority, was glad that those who thought
with him yielded to the high authority of Parliament, and
to no other authority could honest and independent men
ever yield on a question of the kind.
The Earl of ERNE proposed " The North-East Agricul-
tural Society."

Lord LURGAN acknowledged the compliment. His lord-
ship was received with continued cheering, and said that
all the members of their community, whether the tenant-
farmers, the landlords, or the labouring classes, have directly
or indirectly derived benefit from the establishment of the
North-East Society.
Colonel CAULFIELD proposed " The North-Western and
the other Societies in Connexion with the Royal Agricul-
tural Society."
Mr. T. W. D. HUMPHREYS returned thanks.
" The Trade and Town of Belfast," " The Judges,"
" The Linen Trade," " The Successful Competitors," and
" The Press" were next given.
His Excellency then retired, and returned by special train
to Brownlow-house, the seat of Lord Lurgan.
THE SOCIETY'S AGRICULTURAL SHOW FOR 1862.
It has been resolved by the Council that the ex-
hibition for next :year shall be held in the city of
Limerick.

The Vienna correspondent of the Journal de
Frankfort again denies positively the statement recently
made that a convention between Austria and Itussia had
been concluded.