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alone by me. I have on my right one of the moat dis-
tinguished statesmen of the United States, and, 'what is
better, one of the best and greatest farmers of the United
States.—(Cheery, 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 representatives 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-President of the New York Agricultural Ass 4 )cia-
tion—a gentleman who has been purchasing the s cock
of England very largely that we in the western world
may improve our own.—(Cheers.) 'Whatever you
may think of those on the othcr side of
the Atlantic, I can only state to you, as their im •
presentative, that they are proud of their origi,i,
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—(Cheers)—tor we have room enough,
and food enough, and 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 your 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, and in this renowned county of Devon, distin-
guished for its rich Ted roil, its beautiful red cattle, and
in olden time for its fine and 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 in English history, and who will live as long as
history exists. I cannot sit down without offering my
bumble thanks to the inhabitants of the city of Exeter,
wherein this exhibition has 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 bne feels at home the moment one
comes here.—(Loud cheers.) It is the first time that I
have ever set soy 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 ot " The
Mayor and Corporation of Exeter."
The MAYOR of EXEIER, in a very spirited and appro-

THE FRENCH _REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and
yesterday.
The Moniteur publishes the new law on the press,
signed by the PRESIDENT of the Republic.
The organs of the Elytea express great fear lest any
independent members of the Assembly should be ap-
pointed on the committee of 25 appointed to watch over
affairs during the prorogation of the Assembly. They
are particularly anxious to exclude all Legitimatists
and professed and known Republicans, and more par-
ticularly do they desire the exclusion of General LA-
MORICIERE. The following from the Constitvtzonnel, the
organ of the Elyse, reads marvellously like a note of
preparation, from the Empire
"Let the Assembly (says the Constitutionnel) reflect.
Let it consider the advantages -which the opposition party
have contrived to derive from the condemnation of the
director of the Pouvoir. It has been said and repeated
that it was not merely a journal which was aimed at. It is
declared that such condemnation had a more lofty direc-
tion. These we feel assured are calumnies. Surely the
Assembly could not in presence. of the incessant war di-
rected by the Red party against society itself, think of
putting itself in an attitude of hostility towards the Presi-
dent of the Republic. It is nevertheless true that the jour-
nals of the opposition have not ceased this condemnation as
directed against the Elysee. Now, if under such circum-
stances the Assembly should nominate a Committee of Pro-
rogation, composed of such a list of names as has been cir-
culated, will not this consequence ensue, that these rumours
of a smouldering kostility between the powers of the state
would take a certain consistency and sow new agitations in
the country."
On Saturday evening the Government received a tele-
graphic dispatch, stating that the Queen of SPAIN was
proceeding favourably. The National, however, states
that the gravest fears are entertained for her MAJESTY'S
safety.
In the Assembly, on Saturday, the Minister of Fo-
reign Affairs stated, in answer to M. NAPOLEON BONA-
PARTE, that a refuge would be afforded in France to;
CEnanscni, from the persecutions of the Papal Govern-
ment He also stated that the Roman Consistory was
engaged in preparing the laws promised in the motu
proprio.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JoLy_2o..

SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER
COLOURS.
The FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION WILL CLOSE at
their Gallery, 5, TALL-MALL EAST, on SATURDAY next,
July 27.

.Admittance, One Shilling. Catalogue, Sixpence.
GEORGE FR IPP, See.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS,
TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.

LAST WEEK,

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Notice is hareby given, 111;i-the EXHIBITION of the ROYAL
ACADEMY will dually CLOSE on SATURDAY next, the 27th inst.,
at Seven o'clock precisely.
Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling.
Catalogue, One Shilling.
JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Sec.
Exhibitors are requested to send for their Works on Wednesday,
the 21st instant, or Thursday, the Ist of August.

East Indian, 754 exin.—Luxembourg, 2%—Northern of
France, 14% ex in. and ex div.—Paris and Strasburg, 634

priate manner, acknowledged the toast.
Lord WODETIOUSE 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. Iu other countries of Europe there

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 16th have been received.
The Patric" has been seized for an article on the Pa-
lace question; and General PAVIA, the proprietor of the
journal, has been arrested and sent off to the Canary
Islands. Several'', priests have been arrested, charged
with being engaged in a Carlist conspiracy.
The Gafeta publishes a decree, imposing additional
restrictions on the Press.
MADRID BOLSA, JULY I6.—The Funds were feeble,
Three per Cents., 321

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 eutogium on the energy and fidelity
of the labouring classes.
The Earl of YARBOROUGH proposed the health of the
President.
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks.
Mr. SILLEFANT gave " The Judges of the Cattle 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 observations, which were cordially received in
every part of the pavilion, by suggesting that means
should be taken to avoid so great an evil.
Mr. LisrEn returned thanks for the judges of
implements. Mr. Chamberlain had said that educa-
tion was wanted fur the suns of tenant-farmers ;
but would the landlords excuse him for saying that
it was necessary they should be educated too ?—(Loud
cheering.) Ile had found 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. Rivas, the American
Minister at the French Court, proposed " The Great
Agricultural t7:ocieties of Scotland and Ireland."
Sir R. PRICE briefly returned thanks, and
The proceedings terminated with an expression of
thanks to the railway companies for their services, which
Mr. BULLER, Chairman of the Bristol and Exeter Com-
pany, acknowledged.
During the beequet in the pavilion a severe thunder-
storm, accompanied' by torrents of rain, swept over
Exeter. 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 body of the metropolitan police
force under Inspector May.
The usual meeting of the society took place this
and
dtl ea dd to
morning in the Guildhall, and the customary votes of
f
EXETER, JULY 20.—T0 all intents and
thanks passed to the mayor and corporation of Exeter.
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 woo were entrusted with
the
accommodation goodw
chairman'si l
the management of the different departments of the show,
and to the local authorities of Exeter.
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-
tTabhifeeo fur hauecnsmitisma yab'onere°
cor-
poration of Exeter were placed, and the raised side
s
and gentlemen, anxious to be present on so interest-
ing
an occasion. The good things provided were done
Pb
aboutreen S
CS hi 7nsog0of
f furnishedA tmutual
most ample justice
_to. Indeed, it was delightful to see
the celerity with which the-plates were cleared, and the
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 huge piles of
meat, at one of which M. Soyer presided, and at the
other his able co-adjutor in the pastry department, Mr.
Read, and the rush of plate bearers—far 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 lamb,. And so the Baron a la
Magna Charta melted like a snow-ball in an oven.
After dinner the Maxon 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 eulogiutn upon the 'excellent and orderly
conduct of the working men 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 notion of the en-
tertainment first originated. The Regenerator accepted
the proposal with enthusiasm, and, stationing himself at
the principal exit, had his hand shaken until it was all
but shaken off by the enthusiastic guests. Altogether
the occasion was an interesting one and a peculiar one,
and it is to be hoped that the hint it affords will not he
lost upon the Royal Agricultural Society at their future
festivals. of fencing other enter-
In the evening a display •
tainments attracted a large orewd to the Pavilion. M.
Soyer was agate the lion of the occasion, and, appearing
in the insignia of his profession, cooked a profusion of
cutlets with his magic stove, amusing the audience at the
same time with an admirable pastronomic predilection.
The display was applauded to the echo; and -it is grati-
fying to
,be able to add that the la te
lan presentfact.thesociable
caused the
cutlets to disappear in no time.
whole proceeding was most
and '
sans facon style of the
7ef• Soyer will leave a great
amusingly characteristic. -r
name behind him in Devon•
s of the Royal Agricultu-
Thus, then, the proceeding
ral Society have for this :year been brought to a very sa-
tisfactory termination. The Exeter Festival was full of
new points and characteristics,and has no doubt created
a very salutary impression, and sown
much good seed in
the minds of the agriculturists of the Far West of Eng-
and.

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The manner in which the proceedings of the past week
have been reported in the Westera Times
greatest credit on the enterprise of Mr. Latimer, and on
the ability and assiduity of his coadjutors. Not only
has he published a faithful aod full report of all the pro-
c e e d i n
describedg s —t nh oe t
doingsonl has
at this
g, but he has,
agcrceuarta
after the excellent example originally set by the Illustrated
News, presented them visibly to the eye in a series of
illustrations, which as works of art are entitled to high
praise, and which adorn in great profusion the colurenb
thhies
of the Western Times and its supplement.
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It has been announced, to the great satisfaction of
the people of Kilkenny, that the Government have decided
upon zaalsing that tova a Place RI Waded attu4 iDefuture.

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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE

I3RADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.

Sir,—On Wednesday the 17th, the Copyhold En-
franchisement Bill, and Landlord and Tenant (Ire-
land) Bill, " dragg'd their slow length along"
through a few contortions towards whatever may be
their end. The Smoke Prohibition Bill puffed out,
and vanished for the present.
On Thursday, the Mercantile Marine Bill was fur-
ther considered in Committee ; a Bill which must be
watched with considerable interest in the maritime
quarter of your town, which is at Hull. It is very
probable there is a good deal which wants mending,
and the Bill may mend it. But it would be much un-
proved by more demonstration of holding the balance
fairly between the contending parties of shipowner
and seaman. When some insertions were proposed
in this direction, objection was made from official
quarters, that the object of the Bill was to improve
the discipline of the seamen; and yet the very part
where the additions were proposed, was one giving a
remedy against masters and mates in case of miscon-
duct extending to endangering life or limb. Man or
boy may be seriously injured, and perpetually have
been, without either life or limb being found absent
on the inquest. All this is ill-devised ; for no better
way could be discovered of exciting resistance to a
law, than giving it the appearance of being directed
all to one side, and leaving the other side to get
remedy where they can find it.
Some important but considerably intricate pro-
ceedings took place on the subject of a Royal Com-
mission of Inquiry into the state of the Universities
and Colleges of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin.
The " boys that don't like to be washed" of course
mustered strong, and dwelt vigorously on all the
arguments which can be supposed to proceed from
people in their unhappy condition. There must be a
great deal of dirt, where there is such terrible appre-
hension of soap and water. How earnest this appre-
hension is, may be collected from the fact that ,many
of the particular ,Colleges administer an oath to their
members, that they will divulge nothing they can
help. The wording of it may be different in different
places, but this is the spirit of the bond. Of course
the House was pathetically implored to reflect upon
the cruelty, of trying to make inquiry where men
were sworn not to divulge. It would be interesting
to know, what would be the inferences drawn, and
what the conduct of the law, if this case of conscience
was set up in other places where inquiry was by
public opinion called for. If men will put them-
selves into questionable positions by binding them-
selves by suspicious-looking oaths, there is no stop-
ping the tide of human inferences, or quarrelling with
the results.

After the debate had been continued for a long
time on the motion of the original proposer, for an
Address praying that a Commission might be issued,
a motion for adjournment was made and withdrawn,
and then an Amendment proposed, to the effect that
the issuing of such a Commission would " tend to a
violation of the Laws and Constitution of the King-
dom, and of the rights and liberties of her Majesty's
subjects." So that it is plain the unwashed take
high ground. This Amendment being also finally
withdrawn, motion was made for adjourning the de-
bate ; which was carried by 160 against 138.
The explanation of all this for the benefit of the
unlearned, appears to be that the Government means
to act on what it maintains to be the ascertained
right of the Crown, without waiting for an Address
from Parliament at all ; and therefore wanted the
motion out of the way.
The sticklers against inquiry, stand much on the
resistance made to certain inquiries with totally op-
posite purposes, attempted in the time of James the
Second of unhappy memory. Entirely overlooking
the fact, that on that occasion public opinion was
against the purposes, and now it is with. Samson
with or without his locks, is but an imperfect type of
the difference between the cases.
The Attorneys stoutly hold their ground, though on
one point they had only a majority of 105 against
103, so that a single vote given the other way would
have floored them. The thing is a good in one way
if no other ; which is, in its being a step towards
forcing the finance department of the Government
into laying the taxes upon property as they ought
to be.
On Friday at twelve o'clock, more of the Mercan-
tile Marine Bill. At five the motion fur a grant to
the Duke of Cambridge. The Amendment for re-
ducing the grant from twelve thousand to eight, was
supported by 53 against 205 ; and the subsequent
motion for making the grant ten thousand, by 55
against 177. It is not impossible that a proposal for
ten thousand might have been carried without a divi-
sion, if the two parties had previously communicated.
A long and lively debate on a vote for the Coast of
Africa, including ten thousand pounds for the pur-
chase of the DaniAh forts and settlements there, was
concluded by a division in favour of the proposal of
the Government, of 138 against 42.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, July 22, 1850:

REASONS IN SUPPORT OF SIR W. VERNER'S

MOTIONS

RELATIVE TO THE PETITIONS AND PRINTED PAPERS :
WATERFORD, WEX., WICK, AND DUB. RAILWAY.
These motions are unaffected by, and do not affect, any
Chancery suits or other litigation, which relate only to the
payment of calls, and not to the abuse and defeat of Parlia-
mentary powers—the public interests—the privilege and
dignity of the House and its Members—gross and un-
paralleled impositions on Parliament—complained of, and
soaght to be inquired into.
The motions are unaffected by any private " resolutions"
of the parties complained of to wind up the company," but
which are not enforceable, nor satisfactory— or other than
delusive..
The directors have, pending these notices of motion,
" withdrawn their Bill" from Parliament, but expressly
" without prejudice to these motions ;" they thereby de-
prived the petitioners of the power to establish their
grievances before the usual Committee, after delaying them
nearly the whole session.
First. The petitions presented on the sth and 9th July, on
behalf of nearly all the genuine shareholders, are signed by
men of the highest respectability and position—they pray
for an investigation, and remedies, for very gross practices
and abuses by persons who are at the same time directors of
the three W.'s., the South Wales, and the Great Western
Railways, and Members of the House.
The allegations in these petitions are distinct from those in
the printed petitions Nos. 777 and 903, and the printed papers
No. 297. They call for the special interposition of Puha-
:l-lent, with reference,
(1.) To the public interests involved, and the defeat of a
public measure sanctioned by Parliament.
(2.) To the character and dignity of the House and its
privileges.
(3.) To the impositions on Parliament and the public, and
the abuse of Parliamentary power and trust fraudulently
obtained, and under which gross iniquities have been perpe-
trated.
(4.) The abstraction of documents (material against the
directors) from the offices of this House.
(5.) To the proceedings of the "Commissioners of Rail-
ways.,
(6.) To the necessity for remedial measures for the better
protection of public interests.
ABUSE OF POWERS, &c.
The line was projected in 1845-100 miles-150,0001. has
been collected and all expended—not three miles of line are
half-finished, and now abandoned altogether. The share-
holders are reduced front 100,000 shares to less than 20,000
in responsible hands—not 50 out of 1,300 holders support the
directors—thus a public project defeated by the directors'
acts.—( Vide P. Papers 297, page 34.)
At every half-yearly meeting the Acts of Parliament are
defeated, and the shareholders' powers and control destroyed
by illegal voters—by breaking up the meetings without
transacting all the business, &c.
The petitions charge systematic oppression— fraud—abuse
of powers, &c., for which there is no remedy but by Parlia-
mentary interference.
Sir R. Peel (Debates, 1846) said—" If it should appear
that provisional committees or directors traffic in shares in
order to overpower the sense of shareholders at any
meeting; if undue means are resorted to for the purpose of
counteracting the intention of Parliament with respect to
railway Bills, Ido not believe such parties will be exempt
from Parliamentary inquiry and censure ; and it will be the
duty of Parliament and the press to expose their transactions
and lay them before the world."
Second. The abuse of Parliamentary regulations and
powers, and defeat of a public measure authorised by Parlia-
ment—by the conduct of the parties carrying out its resolu-
tions and Parliamentary powers—by fraudulent and fictitious
" Registers of Shareholders"—in violation of Parliamentary
faith—by buying up, and hiring, shareholders to attend and
overpower the genuine shareholders—contrary to the Statutes
of Parliament—misapplication of capital, whereby not a
mile of a line of 160 miles authorised in 1!46 has been made
—by putting upon Parliament in 1848 a fictitious "subscrip-
tion contract," a fictitious " deposit" for shares - and pre-
tended agreement of the South Wales Co. to take 12,500
shares—and obtaining an Act of Parliament for a "future
subscription by the South Wales Co."—and their appoint-
ment of a " permanent 'majority of the directors of the
3 W.'s Co."—whereas the whole was illusory and fraudulent
—the funds of the South Wales Co. being in 1846, illegally
and fraudulently, taken to buy up votes and shares, and to
defeat the shareholders—and no future subscription has eve
been made.
A similar course of concocted signers to the deeds—fie

tious deposits—and packed meetings—was pursued to defeat
the Parliamentary "resolutions," impose on Parliament, and
obtain incorporation.
Third. The absence cf documents from the Journal Office
demands a fair investigation—those documents are material
to the shareholders against the directors, and were in use
against them.
It appears from printed papers 297 (ques. 112 and 175),
that
search for them was made by Mr. Dickenson ! A copy had,
however, been secured before the loss. An attempt was
made (Papers page 19) to impeach that copy; yet it has
been proved for the last four months before the ;Blaster of the
Rolls—and no attempt by the company to impeach or deny,
its existence there, though the opportunity- was offered.
Inquiry was made at the bar of the Lords as to the loss;
but it is due to the parties—to the officers of this House—
and to the better protection of the public interests—to have