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London, England, 1850-07-22 00:00:00

DEFERRED A

STUITIES.

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death ; while by giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of
borrowing two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk
of forfeiture from inability to continue premiums, besides affording
an ample resource during sickness and want of employment ; and
should the purchaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, two-
thirds of his payments will be returned to his representatives.
The following Table is a specimen of the great and varied advan-
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through this Society.

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.
EXETER, JULY 19.—Yesterday afternoon, after the
early part of the day had been spent in visiting the
show-yard, the members and friends of the society, to
the number of 2,000 and upwards, assembled in a spa-
cious pavilion, erected for the purpose at the bottom of
Queen-street, to celebrate, in the way most suitable to
the habits of Englishmen, the agricultural meeting of
1850 in Exeter. The banquet, which forms an indis-
pensable part of the society's proceedings, is always an
imposing spectacle, but yesterday it took place under cir-
cumstances of peculiar cc/at. The reception which the
citizens of Exeter hadigivenfto their visitors made every
one anxious to attend what was, using Cromwell's
expression, to be the " crowning mercy" of the
occasion; and, moreover, the fame of M. Soyer, the
furnisher of the feast, drew many who might other-
wiie have been indifferent to taste the culinary wonders
he had announced his intention to prepare. His bill of
fare premised, among other things, " rounds of beef a la
Garrick," " a new pudding a /a Exeter," "a baron, with
saddle back of beef, a la Magna Charts," and a " grand
agricultural trophy of agriculture." It was impossible
for farmers to resist such appeals to their local attach-
ments, their profession, and their patriotism, so that
tickets to the dinner were in as great demand as railway
scrip during the mania, and at 4 o'clock, the hour when
the festivities were to commence, many found themselves
unable to gain admission. Every part of the pavilion
was filled, but, owing to the judicious arrangement of
the committee, there was no overcrowding or confusion,
and M. Soyer having managed his share of the pro-
ceedings with his usu4l ability, the dinner went off in the
most satisfactory and successful manner. The chair,
behind which was a large transparency of the Royal
arms, was of course occupied by the Marquis of Downe-
shire.
The usual loyal toasts were proposed by the Crum-
max and accepted by the company in a becoming

manner.
The PRESIDENT then rose and gave " The health of
the Foreign Ministers." The Noble Marquis concluded
by inviting his Excellency the French Ambassador to
acknowledge the toast.
His Excellency M. DROUYN DE LHUYS, who was re-
ceived with loud and enthusiastic cheering, said—My
Lords and gentlemen,—l beg leave to respond, both in
the name of my colleagues and my own, and to offer
you our best thanks for your most welcome toast. I
respond with the feeling of gratitude so fully due to
your kind reception. Without any pretension to a
practical knowledge of the details of agriculture, I have
held it in the utmost esteem for its manly and useful pur-
suits. Even as a passing traveller through this delightful
county, so properly called the garden of England, I
have had reason to admire and feel the energy displayed
by your landlords and farmers, who have rendered
increasingly productive the land in proportion with
your increasing population.—(Cheers.) I was struck
with wonder at the sight of those alterations brought
about through the labour of your experimentalists and
the researches of your men of science. Whether I con-
sider your superior breeding of stock, your improved
implements of husbandry, your rapid systems of crop.
ping, your bold processes of draining and subsoiling—
(Flear, hear)—and your happy application of chemical
discoveries for remedying the defects or adding to the
natural capabilities of your different soils—whether again
I behold around me your sturdy Saxon yeomen—
(Cheers)—l say again your sturdy Saxon yeomen and
their blooming daughters—(Renewed cheering)—when,
may I say, did Divine Providence grant a more pro-
mising land to a more deserving race?—(Continued
cheering.) Once more I have the honour to return our
thanks for your cordial hospitality, and I beg your leave
to couple with the expression of those thanks a toast
which, I am sure, will be received well by all of you, the
toast of " Success to the Royal Agricultural Society of
England."—(Cheers.)
The AMERICAN MINISTER sail—My Lords and gen
tlemen, I have placed in my hanis a toast which I shall
offer with very great pleasure, inasmuch as it relates to
the great interests of this country—the whole of this
country—inasmuch as to me there is no want of har-
mony in these interests if properly regulated; and with-
out touching on any point that could give, or wouLl
give, the slightest umbrage, or the slightest ill feeling to
any human being at all. Without further remark, I will
introduce the toast at once toyou; it is, " Agriculture,
manufactures, and commerce."—(Cheers.) A friend as
I am to all those interests—believing that the power and
the glory and the interests of this country have been
promoted by the encouragement of them all—l rejoice
that agriculture is first.—(Great cheering.) Gentlemen,
I come here not es a foreigner—l come here to claim re-
lationship, for the first time of my life, to see the
farmers of England with my own eyes—(Cheers)—
believing that when I saw the farmers of England
I saw the back-bone of England.—(Great cheering.)
I know too well the history of my ancestors, and of my
kindred in England, not to know that the farmers of
England have always been loyal and true to the Crown.
—(Cheers.) I know history too well, not to know that
the battles of England and the glories of England, are
indebted to the patriotism, the prowess, and the sacri-
fices of the farmers of England.—(Cheers.) I come
here because my ancestry were all farmers, and English
farmers too—and I come here first as the representative
of a country whose great material interests are founded
in the soil—(Hear)—l come here to pledge to you, and
to offer to you, in that kind, in that fraternal feeling that
should exist between two great nations, the sympathy
and -the kind feelings of the great body of the
farmers of the United States of America._(
cheers.) I come here as their representative, to tell you,
and to make you feel and realise, that they feel under
great obligations to you for the experiments which you
have tried here—which we, being young, and not rich—
(A laugh)—are not able to try—while you, baying the
capital and skill, and what is more, the science which
has been applied to the art in Great Britain, are well
able to do it all. When I lock at the state of agricul•
ture in 1850, and compare it in England with the state
of agriculture in 1820, I am perfectly amazed. I have
been overwhelmed to-day. I have heard so much, and
have seen so much, that I have not had time to digest it.
—(Cheers.) When I look back to this country only 30
Years (and in the annals of time that is but a day).
I look to that period when the average production
of wheat, I believe, in this realm, was not more than
20 or 22 bushels of wheat to the acre, and now high
authorities, of all parties and shades of political opinion,
agree that the average produce now is from 24 to 28
bushels to the acre.—(A voice—" 30.") Thirty then, if
you please. If it were 40, I should rejoice and thank
God for it.—(Cheers.) We of the United States have
not the slightest jealousy of the agricultural interest in
England.—(A laugh.) We rejoice at every new agri-
cultural implement you bring out, suitable to your con-
dition—we rejoice when you can, by the aid of agricul-
tural chemistry, produce another shear of grass. It has
been said that be who can produce two blades of grass
where one grew before, is a benefactor to his country. If
that be true you are all public benefactors, because you
are increasing the product of the nation.—(Cheers.) It
is a matter for you and not for me to decide on those
great questions which agitate the nation now, fir I do
not come here to enter into such discussion. I may be
allowed to have my own opinions on them, but those opi-
nions will never be expressed in Great Britain, so far as
regards the internal policy of Great Britain.—(Cheers.)
But I tell you the more food you produce—the nearer
you supply the necessities of this great people—the more
rejoiced I shall be, or the country which I represent.—
(Cheers.) With regard to commerce, I apprehend there
is not a man within sound of my voice who will not
agree with me that commerce, trade, or whatever name
you give it, is essential to the prosperity of the agricul-
tural interest. Commerce has been the great pioneer of
civilization, and what country has done as much as this
to civilize the world through the instrumentality of com-
merce? In regard to manufacturers, it would be idle, it
would be futile and foolish, for me not to acknowledge)
that the manufactures of England—the spindles of Eng-
land, if you please—have in conjunction with this great
and powerful body of men, the agriculturist interests,
fought the battles of Great Britain. There is no discre-
pancy whatever in my judgment in maintaining all those
interests which are vital to the prosperity of this nation,
and to all great nations—l believe these three interests
are identically the same. It is for you to decide how
far you may be willing to be dependent on foreign nations
for your food.—(Cheers.) This is a question, gentle-
men, which belongs to the English political constitution,
and not to a man representing a great nation on the
other side of the Atlantic. This is a question I shall
not touch. I do not rise for the purpose of expressing
opinions with regard to the internal policy of this groat
nation, but I should deem it a misfortune to my own
country, and to the world, if anything, whether by the
legislation of your own Government, or from any other
cause, this mighty nation of Great Britain should lose
any portion
dbount I
Angle
- desire
spaoxw to
oensr e in the family of nations.—
(Cheers.) There is room for us all. I should like to
seeconapetition amongst liberal, in fact, amongst all
nations;o
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ande,
Anglo-Saxon, b
be-
tweenut
let it be upon one
principle—how
twhee
shall advance
and diffuse civilization
cheers)—which of us shall extend justice to other na-
tions feebler than ourselves. Education—religion—the
Bible—let that competition be which •
as to nation will do
the most good.—lam happy to state to you on this oc-
casion that the United Otates is net represented

alone by me. I have on my right one of the most dis-
tinguished statesmen ssf the United Sates, and, what is
better,-one of the best and greatest farmers of the United
States.—(Cheers, and cries of " Name.") The gentle-
man is the American Ambassador at Paris, and came
here to meet you—(Cheers)—his Excellency William
C. Rives, of Virginia. Mr. Rives and myself are not
the only representatiees of the United States. I am
proud to say that in this room there is a gentleman, one
of the greatest breeders of stock, Colonel Morris, the
Vice 'resident of the New York Agricultural Associa-
tion-3 gentleman who has been purchasing the stock
of England very largely that we in the western world
may improve our own.—(Cheers.) Whatever you
may think of those on the other side of
the Atlantic, I can only state to you, us their re.
presentative, that they are proud of their origin,
and rejoice to be descended from Devonshire men.,
I hope at no distant day, increasing as we do at the rate
of a million a year in population—and we rejoice that
we do increase—(Clicers)—for we have room enough,
and food enough, alai labour enough for all—(Cheers)
—I say, I hope at no distant day, that we, your humble
cousins, may return to you the farmers of England, to
some considerable extent (it must be done by instal-
ments), the debt that we owe you in the agricultural
line, for the improvement that you have made, for the
instructions we have received, and the great benefit the
whole .country • has derived from sour exhibitions. I
beg to thank the president and council for the opportu-
nity afforded me to-day of being in this old Roman city
of Exeter, amid in this renowned county of Devon, distin-
guished for its rich red soil, its beautiful red cattle, and
in olden time far its beautiful red cloaks, cele-
brated in poetry as well as in prose.—(Cheers.) This
is the land of that great and mighty man, Sir Walter
Raleigh—(Cheers)—the man who first went to the
country of my respected friend, Mr. Rives—a man re-
nowned English history, and who will live as long as
history exists. I cannot sit down without offering my
humble thinks to the inhabitant 4 of the city of Exeter,
wherein this exhibition lira taken place.—(Cheers.) I
think you fortunate in finding a city presenting so much
neatness, so much simplicity, so much taste, and so much
cheerfulness, that one feels at home the moment one
comes here.—(Loud cheers.) It is the first time that I
have ever set my foot in the renowned county of Devon.
I hope that it will not be the last.—(Loud cheers.)
The Earl of CHICHESTER proposed the health of " The
Mayor and Corporation of Exeter.
The MAYOR of EXETER, in a very spirited and appro-
priate manner, acknowledged the toast.
Lord WeDEHoUsE proposed " The labouring classes
of England." There was one circumstance in this
country which distinguished it from all countries in the
world as regards the condition of its labouring classes.
It was that the condition of the labouring classes of this
country was, so to speak, universally the condition of
labourers for hire. In other countries of Europe there
was a large number of peasant proprietors. In France,
for instance, he had heard there were not fewer than
4,000,000 of peasant proprietors. In Germany there
was a still larger proportion, so that the condition of la-
bour for hire was a condition of the labouring classes in
a manner peculiar to this country. He did not wish to see,
or expect to see, this state of things superseded. He ac-
cepted it as the condition of the labouring classes here,
and it had this advantage, that it was peculiar to the
carrying on of production on a large scale. Referring
to the physical condition of the labourers, the Noble
Lord, from personal experience, declared that their
houses were badly constructed, badly ventilated, and
badly drained, and that they were crowded together re-
gardless of decency or cleanliness. He concluded by
pointing out the importance of cultivating friendly rela-
tions between the employer and the employed, and by
pronouncing a high eulogium on the energy and fidelity
of the labouring classes.
The Earl of YARBoItoUGH proposed the health of the
President.
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks.
Mr. SILLEFANT gave " The Judges of the Catt!is and
Implements," especially mentioning the names of Mr.
Lister and Mr. Chamberlain.
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN, in returning thanks, expressed
his great fear-that while the education of labourers'
children was now more attended to, that of' the families
of small farmers remained very much neglected. He
pointed out that, being often situated at a distance
from schools, the small farmer could neither afford to
keep a tutor nor support his sons in town, and he con-
cluded his obiervations, which were cordially received in
every
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Mr. LISTER returned thanks fur the judges of
implements. Mr. Chamberlain had said that educa-
tion was wanted for the sons of tenant-farmers ;
but would the landlords excuse him for saying that
it was necessary they should be educated too ?—(Loud
cheering.) He had fiund in his experience that where
a landlord thoroughly understood his business he was
a kind and considerate man.—(Cheers.) Now, the
great colleges of the country ought to teach their great
•people a few more practical lessons than they did.
His Excellency Mr. W. C. RIVES, the American
Minister at the French Court, proposed " The Great
Agricultural Societies of teotland, and Ireland."
Sir R. PRICE briefly returned thanks, and
The proceeding's terminated with an expression of
thanks to the railway companies for their services, which
Mr. Bueettn, Chairman of the Bristol and Exeter Com-
pany, acknowledged.
During the biaquet in the pavilion a severe thunder-
storm, accompanied by torrents of rain, swept over
Ex-ter. Thanks, however, to the substantial manner in
which the pavilion was constructed by Mr. Manning,
the company experienced no inconvenience. It is cal-
culated that the visitors to the exhibition yesterday
amounted to 24,000 or 25,000, and this morning to 7,000
or 8,000, so that altogether the number of spectators on
the three days which the show has lasted must be
upwards of 40,000. No inconvenience or accident has
arisen in connexion with the management of this large
mass of people—a circumstance in no small degree due
to the presence of a bodyhaoenfdslohtcehieet metropolitan police
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EXETER, JULY 20.—T0 all intents and purposes the
Great Western Agricultural Festival was over with the
conclusion of the Pavilion dinner. Exeter next morning
was thinning rapidly, and one by one the flags and
arches, which made so gay a show all the week, disap-
peared.
The proceedings at the meeting of the council upon
Friday morning were little else than nominal, being
confined to passing and recording votes of thanks to all
the various classes of officials who were entrusted with
the management of the different departments of the show,
of mutualwjEAuixsthettaitchneweerxThgeithi,o,hcc,:eu,hraesidgrrteothlrewooneaidpdl
and to the local authorities of Exeta.
At one o'clock the dinner given to the humbler classes
in the Pavilion took place, and the affair went off with
the greatest possible eclat, and the most gratifying ex-
e
pressions
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hearty enjoyment visible upon every face engaged in the
process. The baron of beef formed the great feature of
the entertainment. It was cut into two hugs piles of
meat, at one of which M. Soyer presided, and at the
other his able coadjutor in the pastry department, Mr.
Read, and the rush of plate bearers—for to some extent
every man was his own waiter—amply proved that
the courage of the guests was not abated by preliminary
trifling with fowls and lambs. And so the Baron a la
Magna Charta melted like a snow-ball in an oven.
After dinner the MAYOR proposed the loyal toasts, and
most loyally they -were drunk in beer and cider. The
"Prosperity to the Royal Agricultural Society—the
founders of the feast," was drank, after which the Mayor
passed a high eulogium upon the excellent and orderly
conduct of the working well of Exeter during the
meeting. The speech was replied to by a working man
of the name of Upright, who spoke sensibly, with good
taste and feeling, and very much to the purpose.
At the conclusion of the proceedings a wish was ex-
pressed on the part of the guests that they should shake
hands with M. Soyer, with whom the notioa of the en-
tertainment first originated. The Regenerator accepted
the proposal with enthusiasm, and, stationing himself at
his hand shaken until it was all
butthe principalshaken
off
exitb y , hadthe enthusiastic guests. Altogether
the occasion was an interesting one and a peculiar one,
lturalhi Socety atffords their future
lost upon the Royal Agr
and it is to be hoped that
icu the nt itia will not be
festivals.
a display of fencing and other enter-
In the evening
" he lion of the occasion, and, appearing
in the insignia of his cooked a profusion of
Soyer was agate t
profession.
the '
tainmenta attracted a large crowd to the Pavilion. M.
cutlets with his magic stove, amusing audience at the
same time with an admirable pastronomic predilection.
tended to the echo; and it is grati-
fying display was app.--
no time. In fact. the sociable
cutlets to disappear in
whole proceeding was most
and sans facon style of
the
M. Soyerwill leave a great
to be able to add that the ladies present caused the
name behind him in Devon.
amusingly characteristic.
this year been brought to a very sa-
tisfactoryral Society have for
The Exeter Festivsl was full of
terminatior.
• s and has no doubt created
Thus, then, the proceedings of the Royal Agricultu-
new points and characteristiaco,c
sown
much
good seed in
a very salutary impression,
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Eng-
land. the minds of the agriculturists of the Far West of

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The manner in which the proceedings of the past week
been reported in the Voter:* Times reflects the
greatest credit on the enterprise of Mr. Latimer, and on
the ability and assiduity of his coadjutors. Not only
has he published a faithful and full report of all the pro-
ceedings—not only has he accurately and picturesquely
described the doings at this great gathering, but he has,
after the excellent example originally set by the Illustrated
News, presented them visibly to the eye in a series of
illustrations, which as worlis of art are entitled to high i
praise, and which adorn n great profusion the columns
of the W i
{Western Times and its supplement.

It has been an to the great satisfaction of
the people of Kilkenny, that the Government have decided
aulkios that to A place for bonged Mores