The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-21 00:00:00

By order,

C. BURLS, Secretary.

ADVOWSON.—FREEHOLDS UPTON AND ROTHERS-
THORPE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
MO BE SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the
High Conrtof Chancery, in a cause of Donaldson v.
Fairfax,with the approbation of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley,
in Five Lots, by Messrs. Holloway and= Son, .at the George
Hotel, Northampton, on SATURD.A.Y, the 26th day of Octo-
ber, 1861, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon, very valuable
Freehold Estates, situate at Upton and Rothersthorpe, in
the county of Northampton, consisting of 374 Acres of Land,
Water Mill, and the perpetual Advowson and Right of Pre-
sentation to the Vcarage of Rothersthorpe,• part of the
Estates of the late Sir Thomas Samwell, Baronet.

Particulars and conditions of sale, with plan, may be had
gratis of "Alessrs. King and ML3lillin, No. 4, Danes-inn, St.
Clement's, Strand, London, solic;tors"; at the George Hotel,
Northampton ; the Swan Hotel, Bedford ; the George Hotel,
Huntingdon ; the Royal Hotel, Kettering ; the Angel Hotel,
Market Harborough ; the Spread Eagle, Rugby ; the White
B art Hotel, Leicester ; the Crown Hotel, Leamington ; and
of the Auctioneers, Pitsford, near Northampton.
EDWD. WEATHERALL; Chief Clerk.

NATIONAL CHORAL SOCIETY.
Season 1861-2.

Conductor, Mr. G. W. MARTIN.

FIRST MEETING of the SEASON, WEDNESDAY
NEXT, 23d inst., for the REHEARSAL 'of the ELIJAH.
The following ratorios wilt also be included in the pro-
gramme of the ensuing season The Messiah," " The
Creation," "Israel in Egypt," and "Judas Maccabnus."
Ladies and gentlemen wishing to join the choir may obtain
particulars by enclosing a stamped envelope to the secretary,
Wm. Hammond, at the Offices, 14 and 15, Exeter Hall, W.C.

ARGYLL ROOMS.:-GREAT SUCCESS !!-
The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc.
tion of M. BOULCORT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In
addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss Zuadrille, and novel-
ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Bonlcourt, the
Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission
Manager, M. P. Grenet.

LORD 1. MA!'NERS, M.P., ON POLITI-
CAL TOPICS.

' LOUGHBOROUGH, FRIDAY.
The annual meeting of the Loughborough Agri-

cultural Association was held in this town— to-day,

when prizes were awarded for stock, ploughini,
and to farm labourer's for length of servitude. The
show was of a much superior description to that of
any former year, and there was also a larger.num
ber of visitors, among them being Lord Berners,
the Right Hon. Lord J. Manners, M.P., Mrs. C. W.
Packe, M.P., Mr. E. B. Hartopp, M.P., Sir G.
Palmer, Mr. W. P. Herrick, Mr. J. Storey, the
Rev. R. J. Bunch, Mr. E..C. Middleton, Mr. J.
Martin,'Mr. S. B. Wild, &c. In the afternoon a
dinner was served up in. the Bull's Head Hotel,
Mr. C. W. Packe, M.P., presiding.
The customary loyal toasts haying been given,
Lord. J. MANNERS, M.P., proposed " The Bishop
and Clergy of the DioCess," which, he observed,
was a toast that could never be -proposed in any
assemblage of English farmers without meeting
with 'a most hearty and cordial reception. He be-
lieved that there was no great, good, and beneficial'
object connected with the welfare of any cora-

mu' nay in this country which did not find its
warmest supporters in the parochial clergy.
(Cheers.) The same remark might apply to the
clergy of all times and of all places, but it was
especially true of the English clergy of the present
day. (Hear.) They had all witnessed, in every
part of the country, with the greatest pride and
satisfaction, the renovation of the material fabric
of our churches. He, for one, never looked at any
great work of church restoration -without feeling
that tit, after all, only sy,mbolized the: great renova
tion and restoration which had taken ilace in the
inner life of the ChurCh. Speaking,' however, as*
he was, to an agricultural assemblage, she would
confine himself on the present occasion to those
two or three more salient points on which the
beneficent influence of the English clergy had
of late years made itself felt in this , country..
They all knew, for statistical returns in abun-
dance proved the truth of the assertion, that
at the present moment the state of national
education in England, satisfactory as it was,
was mainly owing to the untiring zeal and the
pecuniary self-devotion of the clergy of the English
Church. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) It had trans-11
pined, in the course of recent investigations, that
.
the clergy were paying far more than a fair pro-
portion of their means for the education of the
children of the humbler classes, • (Cheers.) Then,
again, what had they done in regard to the re-
vivals which had taken place of late years, and
which were still going on—the revival and im-
provement of those old English festivals, harvest
homes ? (Hear.) Wherever those revivals had
taken place, it would be founii.that_ the clergyman
of the parish had played the most important part.
There was no necessity for dilating on other matters
in which the influence of the clergyman had been
advantageously •felta' Every •person connected with
a rural population knew full well that in, all good
works, among all classes, the parish clergyman oc-
cupied the foremost' place: (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
in speaking to a Loughborough assemblage he
knew that no argurneut, was necessary to recom-
mend the toast, inasmucli'as they were fully aware
that in the present bishop` of the diocess they had a
Loughborough "man, (Cheers.) He begged to
propose the health of the bishop and clergy of the
diocess, coupled with the name of the Rev. Mr.
Bunch, the rector of Loughborough.
The Rev. R. J. BUNCH briefly responded to the
toast.
Mr. WILD next gave " The Health of the Army,
Navy, and Rifle Volunteers," to which Mr. PICK-
WORTH, a corporal in the Loughborough Volun-
teers, responded.
"The Health of the Lord Lieutenant, the Duke
of Rutland," having been drunk with cheers, and
Lord S. MANNERS having briefly responded,
The CHAIRMAN gave " Prosperity to the Lough-
borough Agricultural Association." He congra-
tulated them upon holding their present anniver-
sary under very different auspices from the last.
Last year the prospects of the farmers were
gloomy and depressed, in consequence of the very
unfavourable season they had passed through, but
this year it had pleased a munificent Providence
to bless them with a succession of the most beau-
tiful weather for housing their crops. With re
gard to the association itself, he trusted that it
might long continue to confer the greatbenefits upon
agricultural labourers which it had hitherto con-
ferred, The agriculturists prided themselves upon
being enabled to say that they took more care of
those they employed than any other class of her
Majesty's subjects. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He
ptrruoTsuhtded The toast
ootashisettyi
ohnwa.Noiun(l long
having been
hbeeeerns
)co to occupy that
ntinue
drunk with great enthu-
siasm,Nicoxrtphreorpnospediv‘i‘sTiohne
oHealthc oofu tnht
bj e. \Asir. rfa.oni Irn teEhrnsel e
Lordd
and Mr. Hartopp." Whatever diffe-
rences of opinion might exist upon political matters,
the agriculturists of Leiceswtehlo-shire were always
best of their ability in public ready, to do honour to those
Lord J. MANNERS, M.P ,
and private. (Cheers.)
served them to the
was received with great cheering.rillsine said,
on • • g o respond
I be;
to thank you, gentlemen, for the great compliment
you have been pleased to pay me as one of the mem-
bers for the northern division of this county. This
is the first time that I have been able to attend the
meeting of the Loughborough Agricultural Asso-
ciation since I had the honour to
b ecoms one of
your representatives in Parliament, and I assure
you that great as is the pleasure I have receive.
from what I witnessed in the show-field to-day, and
ti~hat I have heard at this convivial board this
evening, the presence of several gentlemen of the
press in my immediate contiguity somewhat damps
that courage and ardour which under other circum-
stances might have induced me to endeavour to go
over the oratorical fences which lie in my way.
(Laughter.) No one who has been in the habit of
reading the newspapers for the last six or eight
weeks can have failed to be struck by the remark-
able fact that in nearly every paper there appears
a column or two headed "Lord So-and-so," or. " Mr.
So-and-so, on public affairs." (Laughter.) ,If the
curiosity of the reader of the journal induces
him to cast his eye over these columns in
order to see what Lord So-and,-so or Mr. So-a.na-so