The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-26 00:00:00

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY.

MEETING AT SOUTHAMPTON.
SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24.—The show, with
all its concomitants of business and pleasure, hurry and
racketting, heat and smother, is progressing. Southampton
was full yesterday—is fuller to-day; and the crowd here al-
ready, although great, is a trifle to what is expected to-
morrow. Every householder has turned a lodging house-
keeper for the nonce, although—except in the matter of
charging—they do not seem very au fait to their extempore
vocation. Indeed, so outrageous have been the demands that
a great many people have been fairly frightened away and
taken refuge in the neighbouring villages—most of which are
crowded.
The Duke of Cambridge arrived at nine by the regular
extra train—if the expression be not a bull. His arrival was
announced by a royal salute from the battery. His Royal
Highness was received by the Mayor, Colonel Henderson,
but not officially by the Corporation, as was originally pro-
posed, in consequence of a wish being expressed that the
formality of a regular civic reception might be avoided. The
Duke proceeded to breakfast with Colonel Henderson, and
afterwards visited the implement yard, round which he was
attended by the stewards.
The judges of the live stock are now busily employed in
making their award. The most scrupulous silence has, of
course, been preserved as to its results, which will be an-
nounced to-day at the council dinner. No one, of course,
except the judges has as yet been able to penetrate the in-
tralia of the cattle yard; but, from the appearance of the
stock as they were being transported thither, the knowing
in these matters prophecy a great display of short horns,
long horns, South Downs, Leicesters, &c.
We have just returned from a second view of the implement
yard. There are a greater number of visitors there than
yesterday, but not near so many as are expected to-morrow.
Most of them appeared to be practical men—substantial,
top-booted, square-built farmers, who lounged from tent to
tent, and machine to machine, attentively examining the
implements ; approving of some, wondering at others, and in
some cases shaking their heads despondingly, before complex,
and abstruse-looking instruments, full of wheels, and hooks,'
and levers, and all manner of formidable-looking mechanism ;
and saying, as clearly as looks can say anything, "This is far
too clever for me." However, we do not mean to say that
this was the general feeling apparent. A number of gentle-
men—evidently practical farmers—examined the implements
with care and intelligence, criticised their different parts and
probable performances with that acuteness and confidence
which showed how thoroughly their various excellences were
understood and appreciated. The exhibitors were, in many
instances, present, working sand explaining their machines.
A considerable number of ladies were also present, adding
life and variety to the appearance of the criticising groups,
clustered in lines along the columns of machines. On the
outside of the show ground a considerable number of imple-
ments were at work, surrounded by groups of admirers or
depreciators, as the case might he. There were clod-breakers,
drain-tile makers, scarifiers, and all manner of novelties, hard
at work.
A perfect city of booths for the dispensation of creature
comforts, and boasting all manner of pompous titles, has
sprung up round the fenced-in yard, like suburbs round a
walled town. There are eating booths, drinking-booths,
dancing-booths, gay with coloured lamps—at least they will
be so when night comes on—and caravans and tents in which
curiosities without number are hourly exhibited. To give
you some idea of the charges at which the good folks here
exhibit their hospitality, we may mention that in one of the
common canvas-roofed booths :surrounding the exhibition
ground, a plate of chicken and ham is marked up and dis-
pensed there for the moderate sum of six shillings I The
owner of the ground at Portswoad must be making some-
thing comfortable—at 2s. 6d. per foot of frontage, and an
additional sum for extension beyond a certain point in the
rear, is paid by the booth erectors. A pretty constant
stream of omnibuses, coaches, cars, and cabs, some of them
of most primitive construction, is kept up between South-
ampton and the ground. The road is hilly—the heat and
dust almost unbearable, and whoever may have cause to
bless the Southampton show, certainly the unfortunate
horses have not.
A number of the London police are here—many of them
in plain clothes, and the precaution is necessary, as
the inspector stated that a number of very suspicious
characters are about, who have left town in the exercise of
their vocation. We have not, however, heard of any depre-
dation being committed. with th.e exception of the temporary
abduction of a horse and cart—rather unwieldy, not to say
dangerous, booty—and which was recovered by the exertions
of the police.
While we are writing, the trains from London continue to
pour in additional visitors. There were two extra trains
this morning, each of which performed the distance within
the two hours. The Duke of Cambridge arrived by one of
them, expressed his satisfaction to Mr. Gunnell, the superin-
tendent here, at the speed at which he had travelled, adding,
that he had never performed a railway journey of a similar
length so easily or so pleasantly in his life. Three extra
trains are expected this evening, and to-morrow a great
number will be dispatched.
One of the features in the proceedings of to-day will be
the meeting of the Cirencester Agricultural College.
The authorities of several of the neighbouring towns—
Winchester, Newport, Gosport, &c., have issued addresses

Stirring an sprightly as the town is during the day, it is
almost still more so at night. The heat during the sunny
hours is quite overwhelming, but in the cool of the evening
people appear really to enjoy themselves.. The pier last night
was crowded with promenaders inhaling fresh •breeze—
and the picturesque irregular old high street, ,sparkling with
lights, 'and almost overhung with flags—every window open
and crowded with loungers—the pavement covered with
groups chatting, laughing, and recalling the scenes of the
day, made up, as may be imagined, a really lively and 'plea-
sant sight. Passing over Houndwell, in the dusk of last
evening, we observed an itinerant preacher holding forth at
a great rate, surrounded by an auditory who appeared to be
very much in doubt whether to listen or laugh, and ended
by doing both. The orator was inveighing against the show,
as being one of the abominations alluded to somewhere in the
prophecies.
Leaving this recondite expositor of tbeology, we found it
more pleasant to listen to the number of street bands—good,
bad, and indifferent, which were performing at every corner.
Southampton is very musical, as well as very agricultural, at
this present moment. Every species of peripatetic organ ever
built appeared last night to be in full grind, and its was late
before the usually quiet town settled down into its ordinary
state of nocturnal tranquillity. -
The council dftraer takes place In the Archiry-tooms, at
five o'clock.
The Pavilion is being rapidly fitted up for the great banquet
to-morrow. It is almost impossible to give, with any-
thing like exactness, a list of the names of the company pre-
sent. They include a great number of our nobility and
scientific agricultural men.

MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING
AN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
A public meeting for the above purpose was held at the
Freemasons' Hall, at two o'clock. The attendance was not
very numerous, which indeed was to be expected, as most of
the agricultural visitors were engaged in the implement yard.
What, however, the meeting lacked in point of numbers, was
made up by the great respectability of the parties present,
among whom were the Duke of Richmond, Lord Ducie, Mr.
Pusey, M.P. ; Mr. Escott, M.P., Oxford; Professor Playfair,
Mr. Goddard, Dr. Buckland, Dr. Daubeny, &c.
The chair was taken by Mr. PUSEY, who briefly stated the
object of the meeting, and pointed out the advantage that
would accrue to the agriculturist from the establishing such
a college. The project had been taken up by many of the
leading agriculturists, not only in the immediate district in
which it was intended to establish the college, but in other
and distant counties. Lord Bathurst had, in addition to pro•
-
viding a suitable farm of 400 acres, on which the college and
other, buildings were to be erected, advanced 2,0001. in fur-
therance of the object.—(Cheers.)
The Duke of RICHMOND, in proposing the first resolution,
said that he appeared before them not as a member of the
Royal Agricilltural Association, for the rules of that Society
precluded the members from interfering in anything but the
immediate object for Which they periodically met, but he
stood before them as a country gentleman, anxious to
.pro-
mote an object so laudable, and so beneficial to the agricul-
turists of the kingdoln.—(Cheers.) They all must :egret
that their early education had not given them the advantages
of the knowledge of chemistry, as practically adapted to agri-
cultural purposes. He had declined to take shares in that
Society, upon the principle that every shareholder should
have time to attend to the details of the Society to which he
had put his name, so that by so doing he might not mislead
others to add their names, upon the faith of seeing his name,
and thereby supposing that he would attend to its practical
operations. He would avoid that evil, as he was aware that
his many other avocations would prevent him from giving
sufficient attention to the details. He, however, so highly
approved of the Society, that although he could not become
a subscriber for the reason he had stated, yet he most gladly
gave a donation to promote its establishment.—(Hear, hear.)
He would not have the Committee be too sanguine of making
any profit from the farm. He was a farmer himself, and he
was aware that farming was not so prosperous as most other
pursuits. He was of opinion that schools of agriculture were
much wanted in the country, and he had great pleasure in
proposing the first resolution (which was seconded by Dr.
Playfair) :—" That schools of agriculture are much wanted
in this country; in which a knowledge of the sciences now
admitted to be essential to the successful pursuit of agricul-
ture may be learned, in connection with the practical working
of a farm on the most approved principles."
Mr. EscoTr proposed the second resolution, and said that
he gladly availed himself of joining a meeting that had so
important an object in view. He, in common with many
other persons, had long deplored the want of a proper esta-
blishment for the education of the agricultural population in
pursuits adapted to their after life. A most important fact
was developed and published by the agriculturists themselves,
as the wish to establish a college originated from a farmers'
club.—(Cheers.) The object of the meeting -had his most
cordial support, and be moved the following resolution (which
was seconded by Mr. N. Goddard) :—" That the plan for the
establishment of an agricultural college, near Cirencester,
explained by the deputies attending that meeting, is calcu-
lated to effect that desirable object.'
The next resolution was to have been proposed by Lord
Spencer, but the Duke of Richmond explained to the meeting
that that nobleman was unavoidably absent, in consequence
of being in attendance on his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, who was inspecting the show-yard.
In the absence of Lord Spencer, Dr. BucimAtep proposed,
and Mr. EYLE seconded the resolution :—" That this meeting
warmly_ recommends the agricultural community to give
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farmers generally the importance of securing to their children
intended for the same occupation, the great advantages to be
derived from the kind of education provided by such an insti-
tution.
The Duke of RICHMOND proposed, and Dr. DAUBENY se-
conded, a vote of thanks to Mr. Pusey, for the service he had
rendered to the agriculturists generally, and for his conduct
in the chair.
Mr. PusEY briefly replied, and congratulated the meeting
upon the object they had in contemplation being fully car-
ried out, when they saw the noblemen present, and the Mem-
ber for the University of Oxford, as well as two of its distin-
guished professors, come forward to take them by the hand.

THE COUNCIL DINNER.
The festival took place at the Victoria Assembly Room, a
plain, but large, light, and handsome ball. Nearly 400
gentlemen sat down to dinner, Earl Spencer presiding.
Among those present we observed the Duke of Richmond,
the Duke of Leinster, the Marquis of Downshire, Lord For-
tescue, Lord Lilford,'Lord Ashburton, Lord Camoys, Lord
Ducie, Lord Somers, Earl of Essex, Earl of Scarborough,
Lord Egmont, Lord Sandon, Lord Chichester, Sir T. D.
M.P., Sir C. Lemon, ALP.,., Lord Hatherton, J. B. Shelley,
Mr. Handley, Mr. Hayter,
Acland, J. T. Hope, Esq,, m.p.,
Esq., R. W. Blenco, Esq., the Honourable Mr. A'Court
Holmes, M.P., Right Hon. Sturges W. Bourne, Lord Marden
of New Forest ;
Sir W. Heathcote, M.P., Mr. Pusey, M.P.,
Mr. Escott, M.P.' Sir Charles Burrell, M.P., David Barclay,
Esq., M.P., G. C. Courthorpe, Esq., Sir R. Price, Bart., Mr.
Bramston, M.P., W. Long, Esq., Mr. Sotheron, M.P., Dr.
Buckland, Sir C. Morgan, Colonel Chaloner, Hender-
son (Mayor), Capt. Ward, Lord Hardwick, Lord De Lisle,
Mr. Napper, Mr. Stephen Mills, Sir John Ogilvie, Mr.
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CHAIRMAN excellent
Hillier, Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid.
proposedwasone, "The Queen"—a
done due justice to.
rTitoast,
he was sure, they would all drink with enthusiasm. On all
occasions they would have received the toast with the
cordiality ; but, in the present circumstances of her
greatestm u jesty
there
was a further inducement to do honour to it,
which, he was sure, would not be lost sight of.—(Great
cheering.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the Queen Dowager, Prince
Albert, the Prince of 'Wales, and the rest of the Royal
Family." They were aware that in drinking this toast they
were doing honour to the members of the Royal Family, who
were members of the Society, and he was sure that the
whole of that illustrious family wished it well.—(Cheers.)
The Duke of Cambridge had been to-day among them.—
(Hear.) He had had the honour of showing him the imple
ment yard, and although it was against the rule of the
Society to allow any gentleman to enter into the yard in
which the cattle were placed, 'waiting for the award of the
judges—except the judges themselves—still he had judged
that he would carry the feelings of the Society along with
him if, on this occasion, he made an exception to the general
rule, and conducted their illustrious visitors through the
cattle-yard.—(Lond cheers.) He confessed that in this he
had been guilty of an irregularity, but it was one which he
thought that the Society would be very ready to pardon.—
(Loud cheers.)
The toast was drunk with great cordiality.
Lord ASHBURTON proposed the next toast, that of the
"Professors of Science. If our ancestors thought that
we should begin the proceedings of an agricultural dinner
with such a toast they would have, perhaps, thought us out
of our mind ; but no person who was aware of what in
modern times science had done for agriculture—how it
had applied its recondite researches to the practical culti-
vation of the earth, would hesitate to pay to science the
tribute which was so justly its due. The plough, like the
ship, had been one of the earliest inventions of civilised man,
but the most perfect form of its structure had never yet,
perhaps, been discovered, and it would be for mechanical
science to go on from improvement to improvement until the
most perfect form should have been attained. For this they
would be indebted to science—the application of science to the
common arts of life. Ihe Noble Lord concluded by propos-
ing the " Professors of science who had honoured them with
their presence."
Dr. BUCKLAND rose to return thanks. He thought that
the best way in which he could show his gratitude would be
by stating to them some information connected with the
application of science to that particular branch of industry
with which they were connected.—(Hear, hear.) The coun-
ties of Hampshire, Dorset, and Surrey were perhaps more
susceptible of agricultural improvement than were any other
counties in England.—(Cheers.) True, they had long sterile
tracts 'of heath ; but heath lying at so low an elevation as to
be very different from the uncultivated moors of higher eleva-
tions, and capable of being brought into a higher state of
fertility.—(Hear, hear.) The Learned Gentleman proceeded
to enter into details of the soils in the county of Hampshire—
pointing out the proper manures for each variety, and parti-
cularlylilsig
ington, the management of the property of the
Duke
between Reading and Basingstoke.—
keofet
Wellington,
(Cheers.) The Learned Gentleman went on to recommend
the use of the subsoil plough, by means of which the produce
would be doubled and trebled. They had heard much of arti-
ficial manure, but that of guano, existing as it did in enor-
mous strata in the earth, came more particularly under his
I observation as a geologist. The present dry season bad been
almost fatal to experiments with guano. He, therefore, en-
treated those who had this year been making experiments
I ' with guano, to let them go for nothing.—(Sear. hear.)

Guano next year would be cheaper than any other manure
in the world. It would never be so cheap again.—(Hear,
hear.) He entreated them to lay. in a stock, and. only to put
it upon the ground in wet weather. He hoped that next
year they would all manure with guano, and they would
soon be convinced of its wonderful effects. They must not,
however, expect the effect of guano to last more than one
year, but if they found it to pay one year, they ought to
peat the experiment season.—(Hear, the next hear.) The
Learned Gentleman concluded by expressing his gratitude
for the honour done to him by the meeting.
The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to read the awards of the'
judges of stock, as subjoined : •
At the conclusion of the reading of that part of the award
relating to cattle, the Chairman jocularly remarked that he
thought they would all be the better for a glass of wine. He
therefore begged to propose, " Success to the competitors in
cattle."
Mr. PETER acknowledged the toast, expressing his satis-
faction wikh the decision of the judges. In the coarse of the few
remarks made by the Hon. Gentleman upon cattle breeding,
he took occasion to advert to the importance, in this branch
of agricultural matters, of paying partichlar attention to
the blood of the sire.-r-(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to read the award as to the
sheep—a strong feeling of interest being displayed in the
meeting whenever he came to the Southdown breed. The
reading of the awards was'concluded with the toast of " The
successful competitors in sheep." •
The Duke of RICHMOND returned thanks. His Grace Nes
received with marked applause. -He said he endeavoured to
return thanks as the holder of the second prize awarded to
the rams, and the first awarded to the ewes.—(A laugh.) He
was grateful for the acclamations which had hailed the award
of the judges in his favour. He had long been a candidate,
and he hoped had shown himself a good beaten man when
he had been unsuccessful. He could not have ventured to
suppose that the animals would have won the prizes which
had been awarded to themria
best short-wooled sheep in the universe. He would grate-
fully take hdine to his own county the premium awarded to
him. He returned thanks on behalf of Mr. Cambridge and
Mr. Grantham, as well as of himself—gentlemen whom he
had found it 'difficult to beat. He hoped, before sitting down,
that he would be allowed to allude to a report which he
had just heard, that some of his cattle had died from the
effects of poison ere they had reached Southampton. Dearly
would his success in any branch of agriculture have been
bought, had it been purchased at the expense of so foul a
stain upon the peasantry of the county which he was parti-
cularly connected with.—(Hear.) It was true that some of
his cattle had died, but there did not exist the slightest sus-
picion'that poisoning had anything to do with their death,
or that anything of the sort had ever been attempted.—(Loud
cheers.) He feared that to some of their lean stock shows
they were apt to send beasts somewhat too fat, and he really
believed that his had died of inflammation.—(Cheers.) Per-
haps lie would be allowed for a moment, before he sat down,
to say a few words upon the subject of farm-labourers. He
would recommend every man present, both landowners and
land occupiers, to do their utmost for the amelioration of the
condition of that most deserving class of the community.—
(Hear.) It was not only their interest, but their bounden
duty to do this.—(Cheers.) He recommended the adoption
of the system pursued in his county, of giving adequate re-
wards to meritorious agricultural labourers--of inviting them
upon those occasions to sit down to dinner with themselves,
and generally of doing their utmost to induce the labourers
to look up to their employers as their best friends.—(Loud
cheers.) -He himself recommended the adoption of a similar
system all over England.—(Cheers.)
The reading of the awards was then resumed, and con-
cluded by the toast of " The Successful Competitors in Pigs
and Extra Stock."
Mr. PUSEY returned thanks.
The CHairtmax then gave "The Implement Makers," re-
marking that the show in this respect was an improvement
upon that of last year at Derby.—(Hear, hear.) The exhi-
bitors were finding out every year what sort of machines
were wanted, and that the exhibition of inferior implements
was of no avail.—(Cheers.) He had great confidence in the
application of science to agriculture—he had great confidence
in the application of geology, chemistry, and botany ; but he
had still more in the application of mechanics.—(Cheers.)
The toast was acknowledged by Mr. Comix, who dwelt
upon the kindness with which the implement makers had
been received by the judges, and challenged the whole world.
to produce such an exhibition of mechanical skill as applied to
agriculture, as they had seen that day.
Mr. HANDLEY proposed " The Stewards of the Yards."
Mr. Muss, M.P., returned thanks, as one of the stewards
of the implement yard. He urged upon the constructors of
implements the importance of simplicity, and congratulated
the company upon the invention of what had been long a
great desideratum—a plough eqtially adapted to light and
heavy soils.
The Marquis of DOWNSNIRE proposed "The health of the
Judges who awarded the premiums."
Drunk with three times three.
Sir W. HEATHCOTE then proposed " The health of the
President." .

The toast was most enthusiastically received.
Earl SPENCER returhed thanks. He was overpowered with
the reception which he had received, and the expression of
hearty goodwill which the toast of his health had received.
He congratulated the Society upon the exhibition of imple-
ments. He had not seen the show of stock; but from allthat
he heard, he thought that it was very likely to prove a most
satisfactory one.—(Hear, and cheers.)
He proposed " The Earl of Hardwicke ;" the toast was duly
acknowledged, and the company broke up at a reasonable
hour.
We must not omit to compliment Messrs. Bathe and
Breach, of the London Tavern, who furnished the dinner,
upon the excellence of the entertainment, both with respect
to serving and substance.
The following is the list of the awards of the judges of the
cattle :

SHORT HORNS.
(Judges, Messrs. Watson, Tore, and Stokes.)
Mr. John Cooper, of Brentwood, the owner of the best
bull calved previously to the Ist of January, 1842, 30 sovs.
Mr. Hayter, M.P., the owner of the second best ditto,
15 sovs.
Mr. W. Foulds, of Kirklington, Notts, the owner of the
best bull calved since the Ist of January, 1842, and more
than one year old, 20 sovs.
Mr. John Booth, of Catterick, Yorkshire, the owner of the
best cow in milk, 15 sovs.
The Duke of Devonshire, the owner of the best in-calf
heifer, not exceeding three years old, 15 soya.
Mr. R. Booth, of Wallerby, near Northallerton, the owner
of the best yearling heifer, 10 sovs.
The judges highly commend Mr. John Forrest's four
years, two months and twenty-five days old short-horned
cow; also Mr. John Booth's two years and a half old short-
horned in-calf heifers.

HEREFORDS.
Judges, Messrs. Smythies, Peeke, and Mr. W. Perry, of

Monkland, Askdown.)
The owners of the best bull calved previously to the Ist of
January, 1842, 30 sovs.
Mr. G. Brown, of Avebury, the owner of the second best
ditto, 15 sovs.
Mr. J. N. Carpenter, of Gardisland, near Leominster, the
owner of the best bull calved since the Ist of January, 1842,
and more than one year old. 20 sous.
Mr. George Drake, of East Tytherly, the owner of the best
cow in milk, 15 sovs.
Mr. J. N. Carpenter, of Eardisland, the owner of the best
in-calf heifer; notexceeding three years old, 15 sow.
Mr. John Walker, of Burton, near Worcester, the owner of
the best yearling heifer, 10 sovs.
The judges highly commend Mr. Hobbs' two years four
months nine weeks two days old Hereford bull.

DEVON&
(Judges, Messrs. Hudson, Druce, and Franklin.)
Mr. George Turner, of Barton, near Exeter, the owner of
the best bull calved previously to the Ist of January, 1842,
30 soya.
Mr. T. Nurcombe, of Hopcott, Morehead, the owner of the
second best ditto, 15 soya.
Mr. Thomas Reynolds, of Raddon Court, Exeter, the
owner of the best bull calved since the Ist of January, 1842,
and more than one year old, 20 soya.
Mr. G. Turner, of Barton, near Exeter, the owner of the
best cow in milk, 15 sovs.
Mr. G. Turner, the owner of the best in-calf heifer, not
exceeding three years old, 15 soya.
Mr. J. Hole, of Ktiowle, Somerset, the owner of the best
yearling heifer, 10 soya.
The judges highly commend Lord Portman's five years two
months old Devon bull.
CATTLE OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.
(Judges, Messrs. Brown, Clayden, and Gilbert.)Rev. Mr. Phillips, of Ealing, near Southampton, the owner
of the best bull, calved previously to the Ist of Jan., 1843,
15 sovs.
Mr. W. Woolcock, of St. Peter's, Hants, the owner of the
best bull, calved since the Ist of January, 1843, and more
than one year old, 10 sovs.
Mr. C. W. Robin, of St. Heliers, Jersey, the owner of the
best cow in milk, 10 sovs.
No stock shown for the best in-calf heifer, not exceeding
two years old.
Mr. John Hume, of St. Heliers, Jersey, the owner of the
best yearling heifer, 7 sovs.
The judges highly commended Col. Le Couteur's one year
five months old bull ; also Mr. Gates's tivo year old bull, and
Mr. John Rougier's four years Jersey cow.

CATTLE OF ANY BREED OR CROSS.

NOT QUALIFIED TO COMPETE IN THE FOREGOING CLASSES,

(Judges, Messrs. Hall, Smith, and Palfrey.)
Mr. W. Brine, of Tolpuddle, near Dorchester, the owner of
the best bull calved previously to the Ist of January, 1842,
30 sovs.
Mr. Thomas Jenner, of Cowdray Park Farm, Petworth, the
owner of the second best ditto, 15 sovs.
Mr. Thomas Dowden, of Micetheldever, Andover-road, the
owner of the best bull calved since the Ist of January, 1842,
and more than one year old, 20 sovs.
Hon. M. W. Nugent, the owner of the best cow in milk, 15
sovs.
Hon. M. W. Nugent, the owner of the best in-calf heifer,
not exceeding three years old, 15 sovs.
Mr. W. I. Calhoun, of Banderton, near Chichester, the
owner of the best yearling heifer, 10 sovs.
The judges commend Mr. John Allsop's one year old short-
horn and Devon cross bull ; also the Duke of Buckingham's
two years old long-horned heifer.
SHEEP.
LEICESTERS.

(Judges, Messrs. Metcalf, Bateman, and Major Brown.)
Mr. J. G. Watkins, of Woodfield, Ombersley, Stonyport,
the owner of the best shearling ram, 30 soya.
Mr. T. E. Pawlett, of Beeston, Beds, the owner of the
second best ditto, 15 soya.
Mr. T. E. Pawlett, the owner of the best ram of any other
age, 30 sous.
Mr. T. E. Pawlett, the owner of the second best ditto,
15 sous:
Mr. W. C. Watkins, of Woodfield, the owner of the best
pen of five shearling ewes, 10 sova.
Mr. John Beasley, of Chapel Brampton, near Northamp-
ton, the owner of the second best ditto, 5 sous.
LONG• WOOLLED SHEEP—NOT QUALIFIED TO COMPETE AS
LEICESTERS.
(Judges, Messrs. Gillett, Elliott, and Elliot.)
Mr. Charles Large, of Burford, Oxfordshire, the owner of
the best-shearling ram, 30 sovs.
Mr. Charles Large, the owner of the second best ditto, 15
pOITS.

Mr. Pusey, M.P., the owner of the best breeding sow of
a large breed, 10 sovs.
' Mr. A. P. Falconer, of Christchurch, the owner of ditto,
of a small breed, 10 sovs.
Mr. Joseph House, of Wareham, Dorset, the owner of the
best pen of three breeding sow pigs of the same litter, above
four, and under nine months old, 10 sovs._

The judges highly commended Mr. Hobbs' Essex boar,
and his Essex sows. They also commended Class 2 ge-
nerally.

In the short-woolled sheep the judges commended Mr.
John Pope's old Dorset horned rams, thirty-one months old
each; also Mr. James Rawlence's two rams of thirty and
forty months old; also Mr. Thomas Goodwin's and Mr. John
Pope's Hampshire down ewes.
In the extra stock the judges awarded 10/, to Mr. Charles
Large, for his four years old Oxfordshire ewe. Also 71. to
Mr. M. Goodall, for his five years old cow of the Indian and
French cross. Also 21 to Mr. George Drake, and 11. to ditto.
Also 4/. to Mr. T. B. Northeast, for his Southdown ram, and
2/. to ditto ; and 4/. to Mr. W. Sainsbury. And for pigs,
2/. to Mr. Hobbs, 21. to ditto ; and 3/. to ditto ; and 1/. to
Mr. Calhoun.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS,
MOM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. -
STANDARD.—Mr. Fitzroy Kelly last night, in con-
sideration of the advanced period of the session, with-
drew his Bill for providing an appeal in criminal
cases. Sir James Graham, on the part of the
Government, gave a pledge that the subject
shall be seriously considered during the re-
cess. We are willing to believe that by the
arrangement thus come to, the valuable reform
contemplated by Mr. Kelly is not likely to suffer, in fact,
any delay ; if pressed forward a month ago, the Bill
would have raised an opposition, sure to render impos-
sible its passing this session ; whereas, introduced as it
may be after mature consideration by the Government, it
is almost certain to succeed upon an early introduction
next year. We have observed, and if our readers take
the trouble to look back to the progress of legislation
during the last few years, they will find that mea-
sures, postponed under circumstances similar to that
in which Mr. Kelly has postponed his Bill, pretty
generally arrive at harbour more easily, and in effect
more promptly than others. The writer of an ungra-
cious, if not ill-natured notice of Lord Ashley's motion
in this morning's Times, would have done better
had he taken into account this important truth.
The writer in question complains that Lord
Ashley delayed his proposition to the close of
the session. It was not from want of zeal or
foresight, all the public will easily believe, but, as we are
convinced, in the exercise of a sound discretion, and with
a view to ensure its success at the earliest period possi-
ble. Besides that such a proposition could not be pro-
perly canvassed until after the passing of the New
Poor-law Amendment Bill, still in progress, what
reason is there to suppose that the Queen's Mi-
nisters would or (indeed amid the countless occu-
pations of the session) could give it, the attention
which the importance of the subject merits? Or was it
to be supposed that Ministers could adopt the measure
unexamined? By proposing his measure in that mag-
nificent and affecting speech in which he did propose it,
Lord Ashley has secured to the subject of it the at-
tention of the country and of the Government
for the ensuing half year, and ensured the pass-
ing of a remedial law. But the writer in the
Times says that Lord Ashley is not a states-
man, alleging in proof that the Noble Lord will mount
no hobby but his own (that is, he will not get behind the
Times upon its hobby), and that he will not press even
his own hobby to a gallop. In our opinion the very best
proofs of the statesmanlike qualifications of the Noble
Member for Dorsetshire •can hardly be more clearly
seen than in this very complaint of the Times.
By concentrating his energies upon one object
at a time, his Lordship always secures the
moral victory, sometimes the practical victory too, as in
the cases of the Mines and Collieries Bill, and as in
the case of the Factory Bill, upon which he had
the practical victory, though he was deprived
of it by a coup d'etat—perhaps a necessary
coup d'etat—but one which certainly acknowledged
defeat ; while by early provision and patient waiting
he obtains results which he could not otherwise
obtain. The best general is he who organises and
secures his victories before he opens the campaign ;
and surely he is not the worst statesman who
long beforehand organises and secures his vic-
tories, as Lord Ashley has uniformly done. Doubt-
less Lord Ashley might have evaded the sneers
of the Times, had he postponed his motion un-
til next February, and then introduced it with an
almost certainty of being defeated, after having
contributed his share to the waste of the session.
This, however, does not suit Lord Ashley's notions of
statesmanship ; he wants his Bill to be carried, and
carried with as little waste of the public time as
possible, and therefore he introduces it for consider-
ation, though at the risk of the disapprobation
of a journal which has, indeed, not been
much in the habit of encouraging his Lordship's
exertions for the good of our fellow-subjects.
Lord Ashley will, however, in the end beat the
Times and his other opponents and detractors. There
gains ground rapidly in the country an opinion that the
Noble Lord has struck out the-true road of statesman-
ship, and though his Lordship may not have, and we
suspect he would disdain to have, a party—a deficiency
with which the Times reproaches him ; he has the people
of all parties.
GLOBE.—It will be seen by reference to our Parlia-
mentary report, that Mr. Kelly's Bill for providing a
Court of Appeal in Criminal Cases, was last evening
postponed to next session. The Hon. and Learned Gen-
tleman who introduced the measure was driven, with
manifest reluctance, to consent to the postponement, in
consequence of the threat with which Sir James Graham
concluded his request, that if the Bill were pressed, he
(and of course those who perform his bidding) would
vote against it. We regret the fate of this very use-.
ful measure. It was received on its introduction,
with cordial approval both by the House of Commons
and the public ; for it seemed calculated to supply an
acknowledged deficiency in the criminal code of this
country, which does not exist in the criminal juris-
prudence of any other civilised nation ; the necessity
for supplying which, in some such way as that pro-
vided by Mr. Kelly's Bill, had become increasingly
evident, to obviate inconvenience to the Judges, and
to prevent injustice in the administration of the law.
To provide an appeal in civil cases, from the decisions
of Judges and the verdicts of the juries, to the united
wisdom of the Judges sitting in banco, who revise the
law of the Judge and the evidence in the cause, and
who may reverse the judgment of the Court below, and
to refuse such an appeal where liberty and life are at
stake, is really so monstrous an inconsistency as may
well excite astonishment that it has been so long suffered
to exist. The Hon. and Learned Member for Cambridge,
in the speech with which he introduced his Bill, adduced
several instances in which, there was every reason to fear
innocent persons had been executed for alleged offences
of which they had been convicted, but whose non-
participation in the ,commission of those
had
cases
swaess
subsequently shown ; and whose lives, d their
been revised by a competent tribunal, would
hive been saved. Other instances—equally con-
firmatory of the necessity for establishing a court
of appeal in criminal cases, were al so adduced ;
some of them having occurrednd
Learnedawithintheprofes-
sional experience of the Hon. Gentleman,
and others with which he had been furnished from the
testimony of credible witnesses who were acquainted
with the facts—in which circumstances were brought to
light, at the eleventh hour, that showed the innocence of
parties convicted upon mistaken or perjured testimony,
persons who were waiting, in all the agony of antici-
pated death by the executioner, the doom to which
they had been consigned, and who were only pre-
served from execution by the most strenuous
exertions. The memories, if not the actual per-
sonal knowledge, of most persons who have watched
the administration of justice with attention, and have
examined the grounds on which the conviction of persons
for grave offences have rested, will supply many instances
in which doubts have arisen as to the correctness of ver-
dicts, in which the revision of the cases, by a tribunal
constituted for the purpose, empowered to investigate any
additional facts which had been elicited, would have
tended to satisfy the public anxiety as to the justice of
the sentence. On the other hand, it may be reasonably
assumed that the result of such a revision in some cases
would be, that the convicted party would have escaped
the infliction of the sentence which followed conviction
or corrupt evidence. It is no satisfactory answer
to the well-established facts and arguments in fa-
vour of providing such a tribunal, to say, thpt

sor Castle. • • .
EXTENSIVE FAILURE.—A sensation has been pro-
duced this week in Congleton and Macclesfield, by the
failure, under rather extraordinary circumstances, of a pet-
son in the former town, connected with the silk trade. The
exact extent of the liabilities we have not heard, though
rumour stdtes'thein to amount to about 20,000/. It appears
that forged bills have been paid in a great number of in-
stances to the creditors, in amounts varying from 90/. to 7001.
A number of those bills have been forged on a house in Mac-
clesfield, With whom the party had had transactions ; and, it •
is said, the various signatures have been counterfeited so ex-
actly, that it is scarcely possible to detect them. So late as
Monday last the gentleman obtained a considerable quantity
of silk from a firm in Macclesfield, no suspicion having been
entertained. On Tuesday, however, the matter got wind,
and a messenger was dispatched to Congleton, who, with
sonic difficulty, recovered the silk, and brought it back to
this town the same day. The individual has not been seen
in this neighbourhood since very early on Tuesday morning,
when, it is said, he passed through Macclesfield, and it is ru-
moured that he has sailed for America.—Macclesfick/ Chronicle.
BANKRUPTCY OF ALDERMAN THOMAS JOHNSON.—
Wednesday being appointed for the proof of debts at the late
banking establishment of Messrs. Thomas Johnson and Co.,
at Romford, it being also market day, considerable excite-
ment prevailed throughout the town, and as early as ten
o'clock in the morning the doors of the late banking-house
were besieged by the creditors who held notes of the firm.
The sub-registrar and three clerks were in attendance, to re-
ceive the elaims of the applicants. The class of persons who
thronged the counter to offer proof of debts were principally
small farmers from the neighbouring parishes, who held secu-
rities to amounts varying from 501. to 1501, and many of
these cases were of a most distressing character, as several of
these hard-working and industrious men had sold their
cattle and other commodities in the market, in order to meet
the half-yearly demand of their landlords; and in many in-
stances had taken their notes in payment for the sales
they had effected only a day before the bank suspended
payment. These poor fellows were not only unable to
meet their demands, but are reduced from comparative
affluence to the greatest penury, the disastrous failure hav-
ing completely effected their entire ruin. To the usual
question put to the clerk by the different creditors, as to
whether " they held the notes previous to the bankruptcy,
and had given full value," the response given was generally
a sullen " Yes," and that they had parted with the sub-
stance for the shadow, and were afraid " they'd get nought
in return for the bits of waste paper." A general impres-
sion prevailed throughout the town, that besides the
proof of debts, there would also be a meeting of cre-
ditors, and an examination of the bankrupt in person
by the Learned Commissioner who opened the fiat, Mr.
Sergeant Goulburn ; but this is an error, as the next
examination is appointed to take place in London, on the
12th of August next, at the Bankruptcy Court, Basing-
hall-street. Had Mr. Alderman Johnson made his ap-
pearance in Romford, as was expected, his reception would
have been far from a courteous one; some very uncompli-
mentary expressions were made use of by the unfortunate
men in the vicinity of the bank; and curses, both loud and
deep, were bandied about in no measured terms. One
unfortunate farmer, who held notes to the amount of between
3001. and 400/., caused great merriment, by declaring " He'd
never wait for a dividend, and would go to t'other end of
town, and tell Mr. Auctioneer to sell 'um outright, and would
go and buy 'ship' (sheep) for what they would fetch, as he
reckoned the laywers would get all." We did not hear the
amount of debts proved, but we know it was considerable,
and as we have before stated, principally by small farmers,
who have been in the habit of taking the notes of the late
firm in all their business transactions, and eves preferred the
notes of the Alderman to those of the Bank of England. The
sale of the bankrupt's effects will take place at Romford, on
Monday next, by order of the assignees, which consist
principally of the household•furniture, plate, linen, wines, and
lease of the banking premises, but it is not anticipated that
the sale will yield any great amount. It was currently re-
ported in Romford, yesterday, that owing to the large amount
of notes in circulation, there will be little or nothing for the
creditors. At any rate, what they do obtain must evidently
come from the Aldgate establishment, as there is next to
nothing at Remford.
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENTS ON THE EIVER.---
An inquest was held on Wednesday at the White Hart,
Millbank-row, before Mr. Higgs, on the body of John Bur-
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hired a boat of Mr. Tomlinson, of Hungerford-market, and
with the deceased, rowed up the river to the Swan at Chel-

sea. Being joined there by an acquaintance, they started
again for Putney-bridge, and, at a late hour, arrived there.
They all drank rather freely at the last-mentioned place,
and it was stated by one of the witnesses that the deceased
was not sober. However, they got into the boat again, and
though it was almost eleven o'clock, and . quite dark,
thought they could reach Hungerford-market. They ar-
rived at the Horseferry, near Milbank, in safety, but at a
time when much confusion and excitement prevailed on
that part of the river, in consequence of the upsetting of a
cutter, and the loss f three lives. Before they were in the
least aware that they were in any danger they found their
boat come in contact with a barge, which, owing to the
darkness of the night, they were not able to distinguish.
The boat suffered no injury, and they would probably have
sat in her with safety had they not been called to, and tried
to get into the barge. Just after the others had got in de-
ceased was missed, but the prevailing darkness prevented any
one from seeing in what manner he disappeared. It was sup-
posed that he fell in his attempt to climb on to the barge. On
Tuesday morning his body was found off Lucas's wharf by a
fisherman named John Collins, who was then dragging the
river for the three persons upset from the cutter. Verdict—
Accidental death.
THE"-NELSON MONUMENT.—It was stated on Mon-
day night in thg House of Commons, by Sir R. Peel, in
reply to Mr. Wyse, that an offer had been made by an
eminent artist to complete the Nelson Monument, which
offer the Government had rejected. Most of our Con-
temporaries, in their report of the following morning,
stated that the artist who made this offer was named
Parsons, and that he stipulated to receive 5,0001. This
statement is wholly erroneous. The artist who made
this offer was Mr. Patric Park, the sculptor. The offer
was made to the Nelson committee, and not to the
Government, and Mr. Park, with a public spiritedness
and generosity seldom equalled, offered to complete the
monument on his own responsibility, and at his own
cost, rather than that any further difficulty should occur
in the matter, or that the committee should be beholden
to the liberality of a foreign potentate for the means of
completing a national testimonial to a British hero.
HORSEWOMANSEIIP.-4t is fashionable for ladies in
Philadelphia to ride out on horseback without the attendance
of gentlemen. Groups are seen galloping through the streets,
dexterous and fearless. Independence in such matters may
be carried too far—dangers of various kinds may result from
such a course. The ladies cannot well do without the gen-
tlemen.—New York Sun, June 29.
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