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 Court of Chancery, in a cause of Donaldson v.
Fairfax, with the approbation of Vice-Chancellor Kiudersley,
in Five Lots, by Messrs. Holloway and Son, at the George
Hotel, Northampton, on SATURDAY, 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 Vmarftge Rotherstborpe.. part of..ttle
Estates of the late Sir Thomas Samwell, Baronet.
Particulars and conditions of sale, with plan, may be had
gratis of Messrs. King and M'Millin, No. 4, Danes-inn, St.
Clement's, Strand, London, solicitors'; 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
Hart Hotel, Leicester ; the Crown Hotel, Leamington ; and
of the Auctioneers, Pitsford, near Northampton.

EDWD. WEATTIERALL, 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 ELIJAII.
The following Oratorios wilt also be included in the pro-
gramme of the ensuing season :—" The Messiah," " The
Creation," "Israel in Egypt," and "Judas Maccabxus."
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. BoLLCOIST, Conductor and principal Cornet. In
addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss 2uadrille, and novel-
ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the
Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission Is.--
Manager, M. P. Grenet.

LORD J. MA!'NERS, 711. P., ON POLM-

CAL TOPICS.

LOUGHBOROUGH, FRIDAY.
The annual meeting of the Loughbcrough Agri-
cultural Association was held in this town to-day,
when prizes were awarded for stock, ploughing,
and to farm labourers 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 having 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 com-

munity 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 it, after all, only symbolized the great renova-
tion and restoration which had taken place in the

inner life of the Church. Speaking, however, as
he was, to an agricultural assemblage, he 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-
pired, 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 bad 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 found 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 felt. 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 argument was necessary to recom-
mend the toast, inasmuch 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. S. 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 J. 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 g reatbenefits 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
prMajesty'sTouhd e position.toast su
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hb(eele-lernes.a r, hear, and cheers.) He
trusted they would long continue to occupy that
)drunk with great enthu-
siasia' Mr. HERRICK proposed " The Health of the Mem-
bers for the Northern Division of the County, Lord
S. Manners and Mr. Hartopp." Whatever diffe-
rences of opinion might exist upon oliwticearlemaalttearss,
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twoaLtshorarendekeSiy;eolVidu, 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 become one of
your representatives in Parliament, and I assure
you that great as is the pleasure I have received
from what I witnessed in the show-field to-day, and
what 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 eght
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 )vlaat Lord So-and-so or Nr, SO•al1C1•50

has been saying, he will perceive at once that they
are mere agricultural speeches made at agricultural
dinners, which have been dignified and honoured
by being treated in the way I have described.
Now, though flattering and complimentary to the
speakers, I am bound to say that a reflection of that
sort is anything but agreeable when ono rises to re-
turn thanks. (Cheers.) At the present moment, there
is, most fortunately, a decided. dull in everything
approaching party, politics and Party agitation, and
I suppose it is in consequence of this complete and
decided lull that we have these copious references
to the unfortunate speeches of unfortunate agricul-
tural members. (Laughter an cheers.) Polities;
as we have already been told i 4 the course of the
evening, are most properly and rigorously excluded
i
from your meetings, and, a persqn like myself being
totally incompetent to addressmeeting
like this
with any effect upon purely ag icultural matters,
the unpleasant question occurs t
my mind, " What
am Ito say in return for the co pliment you have
been pleased to pay me ?" (Laughter.) With
cautious tread I must retrace tac dull path which
Mr. Hartopp and myself trod during the last session
of Parliament, and carefully andlingerly avoiding
any reference which may savour of pure party
politics, I must endeavour to discover, if I can, if
there was anything done or attempted to be done
in Parliament last session whieWevas calculated to
influence in any material degree the agricultural
interests of the country. Polio "ng that course, in
the first place I must congratul our worthy and
excellent chairman that no Agri ltural Statistics
Bill was proposed. (Laughter, a d cheers.) Well,
ti
gentlemen, it is true we had a H hway Bill, which
I suppose would have interaged influenced the;
fortunes of English farmers cons erably ; but that
bill was dropped. Therefore I can say nothing
about it. (Laughter.) Then we h a bill for facili-
tatingt the erection of agricultura ;cottages—a most
admirable and laudable object ut, as that bill
didn't pass into a law, perhaps 'may be excused
from saying anything about it. 'Then we had a
bill which did become law.— *bill, I have no
-1,
doubt, directed to the best p Bible object, and
an object which I sincerely tru will be attained
by it—l mean the bill called
,the Irremovable
Poor Bill. (Hear, hear.) The ject of that bill,
no doubt, was to increase the eine of the labour
of the poor man, and to raise im in the social
condition which he occupies. sincerely trust
that, whatever differences of opini n were expressed
during the progress of that bill th ani
gh Parliament,
1
these great and laudable ends,i, will be carried
into effect, and that we shall see fear after year the
social condition of the English asant raised and
improved. (Hear, hear, and che rs.) I have said
that the Agricultural Statistics 8.11 was not heard
pc
of during the past session of Parliament, but al-
though that was the case, and although great dif-
ferences of opinion undoubtedly existed as to the
best means for procuring agricultural statistics, 1
think every one in this room will admit that it is
of the greatest importance to farmers, no less than
to other classes of the community—but principally
to farmers—that they should, if possible, know in
time the recourse which may be obliged to be had
for the necessary supply of corn. (Hear, hear.)
Last year we are told on the highest authority that
not less than 40 millions of money were sent out of
this country in order to purchase corn for the con-
sumption of the people. (Hear, hear.) We are
witnessing at the present moment the terribly evil
results which follow from a dependence on foreign
countries for a supply of the raw material for any
one of our great industries. (Hear, hear.) And if,
in addition to that slackness of labour and that di-
minution, if not cessation, of wages in the cotton
districts which I fear we must regard as too pro-
bable during the ensuing winter, we should have to
add an enormous drain of something like 30 or 40
millions of money for the purchase of corn, I say
our prospects would indeed be most gloomy and
alarming. (Hear, hear.) But, as the chairman has
justly and righteously said, thanks to Almighty God
we are not threatened with that second and greatest
of dangers, and, owing to the harvest having been
secured, we may hope to be spared that enormous
drain on our resources for foreign corn. (Hear, hear,
and cheers.) I see in Ireland—where agricultural
statistics are obtained—l see there, with some sur-
prise, that during the last ten years the breadth of
land under wheat cultivation has very greatly di-
minished, and there are those who are good autho-
rities in that country who take rather a gloomy view
of the state of things there in consequence of the
great diminution of the breadth of land under
wheat cultivation. (Hear, hear.) But, gentlemen,
as I have said, our harvest in these islands has been
on the whole a good harvest, though not equal
to an average, and I trust we may look forward
with hope and confidence as to the future. (Cheers.)
I have said that this is the first time I have been
able to attend a Loughborough agricultural meeting,
but I can assure you that it was with the greatest
pleasure and interest that I walked through the
show-ground to-day, remembering that it was in
the district of Loughborough that one of the great-
est improvements in one of the most material
branches of farming operations sprung up. Using
"alliteration's artificial aid," it was here that you
I made mutton available for the million ; and I was
glad to see in your show-yard to-day the beautiful
specimen of a sheep of the old Leicestershire breed
to which a prize was awarded. (Cheers.) It is
impossible for me, as I havealready said, to presume
to speak to you upon agricultural matters in an
assembly such as that which I have the honour of
addressing. I can only say that whenever any
measure is introduced into Parliament affecting the
interests of the agriculturists of the northern divi-
sion of Leicestershire it will be my pride and
pleasure, so long as health is given to me, to attend
to that measure, and do what I believe to be my
1 duty to my constituents. (Cheers.) So long as an
English member of Parliament endeavours to do
his duty to his constituents their kindness will in-
duce them to overlook any trifling shortcomings.
I Allow me to thank you again for the manner in
1 which you have received the mention of my name
this evening, but I cannot sit down without ex-
pressing my confidence, derived from the past—that
is, in past struggles and in past difficulties—that it
is the good feeling, the sympathy one for another,
and the mutual forbearance which have been dis-
played among all classes that have carried the agri-
culturists of Leicestershire s ely through their
difficulties. (Cheers.) As for the future should
dangers arise, then hand in ha and heart in heart
i the different classes who comp e the agriculturale,
interest of this country will m fully face and sur-
mount
them, and I sincerely treist that under the
good Providence of God we may all look forward
to the prosperous and happy condition of the
farming of what I must, speaking in his room, term
the district of Loughboroughshire. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. HARTOPP, M.P., also acknowledged the
toast. He said he could not expect from them that
credit for the active performance of his Parliamen-
tary duties which his noble colleague could so
justly claim. It was not, however, every member
of Parliament who possessed -the abilities of his
noble friend, or who could use 'them so eminently
to the advantage of those who had honoured him
with their confidence and the country at large. The
only claim he could lay credit to was that he had
endeavoured honestly to fulfil his duty. (Cheers.)
He had attended regularly in his place in Parlia-
ment, and he had never given ti. vote upon any im-
portant measure without the flattest and most careful
consideration. The number of nights which Par-
liament now sat during the session, and the length
of the sittings, necessarily prevented a member
from being among his constituents as frequently as
he desired, and he knew there were many who
thought they did not see their members as often as
they had a right to expect., (Hear, hear.) He
had attended the present meetingr with the great-
est satisfaction, and he con ratulated them on
the excellence of their sho He also congratu-
lated them on the harvest.,` ith which it had
pleased Providence to b e midland counties.
He agreed with his noble friend that the harvest
though good was not an average one, as in Scotland
and Ireland there had been much rain, and it had
been difficult to house the co . in proper order. In
the western part of Ireland e wheat crop would
Ise be an average, and in e he hardly thought
t
the hay was yet got in, but, at the same time, there
was at present no ground for very great dissatis-
faction.
Several other toasts were subsequently given,
and the proceedings terminated.

A VALIANT MATon.—As the Mayor of Newport
was proceeding to his residence at Maindee, at a late hour,
after the funeral of the Lord Lieutenant at Pontypool, he
saw two fellows 'walking before him, one of whom, a tall
man of colour, came up boldly and said him, "have you
any money ?" " Yes, I have," Mr. Brown replied. " How
much ?" " More than you and your friend could take from
me," was the spirited rejoinder. " Oh, you are an officer,
and are armed" (the mayor wearing his unform of an artil-
lery officer). "I am only armed by nature," said the
mayor ; " you are rather bold and dangerous fellows, and
had better take care you do not get into trouble." The
mayor then called upon a tradesman, and reconnoitred the
movements of the travellers, who ultimately proceeded to-
wards Chepstow,

The report of the directors states that. ,the total
traffic receipts for the year endirg 31st of August
last amount to £15,102, to which is added £1,571
brought from the accounts of last year, making
£16,673. From this is deducted £7,042 for working
expenses and the rent of Aberdeen station, and
£2,036 for interest on loans, leaving a balance of
£7,595, out of which the directors recommend pay-
ment of a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum, leaving a reserve of L 1,657.
The Deeside Railway Extension revenue account
showed that the receipts for the year amounted to
£5,327, to which is added £67 from the preceding
account, making £5,394. From this is deducted:
£3,338 for working expenses, and £2,107 for inte-
rest on loans, together £5,445, leaving a balance
against the company of £5l. The revenue of the
Deeside Railway, shows an increase of .0.33 over
that of the preceding year, the greater part of_which
is derived from goods traffic. The working
,ex-
Penses are 342 per cent:,. of 'the gross receipts, as
compared with 352 per cent. last year. The increase
of revenue is principally, absorbed by the additional
dividends payable on the balance of the share capi-
tal called up daring the year, and by the additional
interest on loans from bankers caused by the high
rates prevalent. The result, however, enables the
directors to recommend a dividend of 6 per cent. on
the whole paid-up capital, and to make a further
addition -to the, reserve. The permanent way, works,
and-rolling stock-hare- beer, itsini tattled in effioient
order. The total expenditure on capital account to
the 31st of August last amounts to £160,729, while
the powers conferred by the company's act autho-
rise only £141,650; showing an excess of expendi-
ture beyond the powers to that date of £19,079.
This excess has been rendered necessary to provide
plant for the working of both lines, for workshop
and other accommodation, and for capital sub-
scribed to the extension line. In last year's
accounts the extension line contributed part of
the plant from its capital, but it has been found
inadequate for this purpose, and the whole has
now been transferred and charged to the capital
account of the Deeside Railway. In order to pro-
vide for the liquidation of this liability it is pro-
posed to apply to Parliament in the ensuing ses-
sion for power to increase the capital of the Deeside
Railway by the issue of preference, shares at a rate
of interest not exceeding 41 per cent., and at the
same time power will- be taken to convert the de-
benture debt into debenture -stock. The revenue
account of the Deeside Extension Railway shows
a balance of £969 after paying the working ex-
penses, feu duties, rates and taxes, passenger duty,
and denbenture interest, but a sum of £llB is re.
quired in addition to this balance to meet the inte-
rest due to the bankers of the company for advances
obtained from them for the completion of line.
Deducting from this sum the £67 brought from last
year's accounts, there remains a balance of £5l to
the debit of next year's accounts. The traffic for
the last year has not realised the expectations which
were formed of it, but the deficient harvest has no
doubt materially interfered with its development,
and accounts in a great measure for this result.
The abundant harvest of the year now current, and
the general tendency of the traffic of all new lines
to increase, afford good hope of more favourable
results in future; and the directors look forward
with confidence to considerable improvement in
this respect. The cost of the line has exceeded
the original estimates, but it was found necessary
to extend the line to Aboyne in order to make the
terminus there more convenient. It is proposed to
cancel the unissued shares of the extension line,and
to apply to Parliament for power in the Deeside
Bill to issue in lieu thereof preference shares bear-
ing a fixed rate of interest not exceeding 4 per
cent. to pay off the liabilities of the extension line.