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DURHAM COUNTY AGRICUL-

TURAL SOCIETY.

SUNDERLAND, FRIDAY, SEPT. 26.—Yesterday the fourth
annual meeting and exhibition of this Society was held at
Sdnderland. The show took place in the park attached to
the rectory of Bishopwearmouth, which was granted for the
occasion by the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Wellesley. The cattle
shown were not so numerous as at the preceding exhibitions
at Durham, Darlington, and Stockton, but some of the
animals were considered by competent judges the best ever
exhibited in the kingdom. The exhibitors were almost
entirely from Durham, Northumberland, and Yorkshire.
There was a large attendance of visitors on the ground,
amongst whom we noticed the Earl of Hardwicke, the Hon.
H. T. Liddell, M.P., Mr. I. J. Wawn, M.P., Mr. Crofton, of
Holywell, the celebrated breeder of Durham short-horns, and
several ether influential gentlemen connected with this and
the neighbouring counties.
At the close of the show, the members and friends of the
society dined together in the Polytechnic Hall of the Athe-
naeum. Upwards of 170 sat down to an excellent dinner,
provided by Mr. Donkin, of the Bridge Hotel. In the ab-
sence of J. Bowes, Esq., M.P., the President of the Society,
the chair was taken by J. Fawcett, Esq., of Durham. The
vice-chair was filled by T. Shaftoe, Esq., of Whitworth. On
the right of the chair were the Mayor of Sunderland (James
Allison, Esq.), R. E. D. Shaftoe, Esq., Rowland Bunion,
Esq., (Chairman of the county), J. H. Avlmer, Esq., John
Eden, Esq., of Beamish ; Wm. Robinson Robinson, of Silks-
worth ; J. Brown, Esq., M.D. ; and Joseph Simpson, Esq. ;
on the left, the _Earl of Hardwicke, Hon. Henry T. Liddell,
M.P. ; Henry Liddell, Esq. ; Henry John Spearman, Esq.,
of Newton Hall ; Colonel Beckwith, of Silksworth ; Colonel
Tower, of Elemore Hall ; Hon. Archibald Cochrane, of
Cleasby, &c. We also observed M. H. Chaytor, W. Fe a-
therstonhaugh, R. Fenwick, H. Morton, Esqrs., &c. Grace
was said by the Rev. Mr. Leefe, Senior Curate of Bishop-
wearmouth.
After the usual loyal toasts,
The Hon. H. T. LIDDELL, in proposing " Success to the
county of Durham Agricultural Society," apologised for his
neglect in not having hitherto become a member, but for_
to repair the fault before another anniversary. His
Noble Father, however, was a patron and subscriber, and
this might perhaps induce the meeting the more readily to
accept his apology. He regretted that the stock shown,
though distinguished for excellence, was only small in
quantity, and he looked forward to a better exhibition next
year. The Royal Agricultural Society would hold its
meeting, in 1846, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and he had
no doubt that an additional stimulus would be thereby
given to local interests, and that the Durham Society
would be found growing in numbers and importance
as years roll on.—(Great cheering.) He could not sit
down without making d Jew observations on a subject
in which he bad been in some degree forestalled by his Noble
relative (the Earl of Hardwicke), who had spoken so
much to their satisfaction, and who was himself a practical
agriculturist, and a distinguished member of the Royal Agri-
cultural Society. His Noble Friend had, with great truth
and judgment, shown that it was in vain to look for benefit
to be derived from modern improvement and the discoveries
of science, unless, in the first place, they applied themselves
to what might be termed the rudimental points of agriculture.
The land must be laid dry before they attempted to apply to
it the aids of manure. Much remained to be done in many
portions of this county. No one could take the short journey
from Sunderland to Gateshead without seeing on both sides
of the railway fields flooded with water which ought to be
carried off by drawls; and if ever there was one year which,
more than another, showed the advantages of draining to the
most unobservant eye, and in which the spirit and enterprise of
the farmer who has bestowed his capital judiciously on his
land will be recompensed, this is the year.---(Loud applause.)
We have had in the northern counties a cold and backward
summer, yet in the north of Northumberland, and particu-
larly in those luxuriant districts on the other side of the
Tweed, blessed by a fertile soil, but still more by an indus-
trious and wealthy tenantry and landlords who have devoted
their attention to the improvement of their land, he had never
seen such magnificent crops, and which, by the blessing of
God, were now almost entirely housed in the garners of the
growers. Why, 30 years ago, before those cold and wet lands
were properly drained, cultivated, and' manured, the crops
would have been drowned in the soil.—(Applause.) It be-
came the duty of all who are interested in the land, but
particularly the landowners, to give their attention to these
points, and to promote by every possible means agricultural
improvement, that production may keep pace with that rapid
increase of population of which his noble relative had spoken.
—(Applause.) He (Mr.' Liddell) agreed with the much-
canvassed proposition, that property has its duties as well as
its rights, and there was no duty more incumbent upon those
who are the possessors of property than that of assisting
their tenantry in making the:most of the soil which they are
deputed to cultivate, and thereby conferring those blessings
on the farmer in the first instance, and the community at
large in the second,
.which may be attained, and which,
under the blessing of Providence, I trust will be attained.
He had brought before their notice the magnificent crops to
be seen in situations where the land has been properly
drained and cultivated ; he held up the growers of these
crops as examples for the farmers of Durham to follow ;
he was sure they had the inclination—he doubted not that
they bad skill and indfuftry—he hoped they had the means
to benefit by it; so that by those exertions not only them-
selves, but the whole population of this mighty country might
be benefited, and so they might more and more keep pace
with the exigencies of a greatly increasing population. He
believed that if this country were properly cultivated, they
would be able, with occasional assistance from foreign markets,
to supply the wants of their fellow-countrymen, and thus by
their exertions, their children's children to the remotest pos-
terity would receive advantage from their labours.—(Drank
with loud and reiterated cheers.)
Several other toasts were proposed, and speeches made on
the occasion.

LICHFIELD and MIDLAND COUN-

TIES AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

This show, though in number not great, was in point of
quality good. Mr. Arkwright, son of the celebrated manu-
facturer of that name, took the chair, and Lord Ingestre, the
eldest Eon of Lord Talbot, officiated as Tice-Chairman.

Mr. ARKWRIGIIT addre'ssed the agricultural labourers with
very great effect. He urged upon them the necessity of in-
dustry; he also pressed upon them the necessity of attend-
ing to their children's education, and said they had exhibited
that day proofs of what could be done by attention to the in-
structions of their landlords.

Lord Ingestre and Captain Dyott, in the course of the
evening, addressed the company, and were much applauded.
Colonel ANSON (the Member for South Staffordshire), on
rising, said he regretted extremely that he had but little
property in the county—that, in consequence of his having
so little, he had been induced to take other pursuits; but
that, if he had been a landed proprietor, he should have
followed another course of procedure. He (Colonel Anson),
however, always thought, as regarded the landlord and
tenant, there were mutual obligations; that a landlord
had a right to ask what terms he pleased for the price of his
land, and a tenant had just the same right to make terms as
to its occupancy. The Gallant Officer proceeded to say, it had
always struck him that there was a great mistake existing
between the landlord and the tenant. If the land was worth
anything, it was worth the price which the tenant could af-
ford to give for it ; and it could not be expected that the
landlord would ask more than the land was worth, for it was
great nonsense to suppose that people could let land or take
land, except upon mutual terms.
Captain Drum, the late candidate for the southern divi-
sion of the county, said he had the honour to propose the
health of Lord Anson and the Queen's Own Stafford.
shire Yeomanry. It was to him a matter of sincere
congratulation, although he had opposed the family
in the representation of the county, to see the scion
of that worthy house present upon that occa-
sion. He (Captain Dyott) believed he might say, that
however they might differ in politics from the Earl
of Lichfield, whose absence on account of indisposition they
extremely regretted, they could not do otherwise than ex-
press pleasure in the presence of his son. The Gallant Cap-
tain concluded by proposing, " The health of Lord Lichfield,
Lord Anson, and the Staffordshire Yeomanry."
Lord ANSON, apparently a young and diffident nobleman,
then rose and said he felt much obliged by the compliment
just paid to his father by the company. It was to him a
very high degree of pleasure to find his father noticed by the
gentlemen of Staffordshire, and all he (Lord Anson) could
say was this, as a young man, although he was reluctant to
do so, he would be happy to take the chair on the next occa-
sion.—(Loud cheers.) o.
So soon as the routine of these toasts had taken place, a
gentleman, apparently a stranger to the company, walked
down the centre of the room, and addressing the chairman
said, Mr. Arkwright, we have heard a great deal of landlords,
and we have also heard a great deal of agricultural labourers,
and we have had a very pleasing exhibition of those persons
to-day ; but I want to call your attention to agricultural
tenants, of whom we have heard little or nothing. The
Noble Lord (Lord Ingestre) has been pleased to talk about
leases, and also of game—
The gentleman was about to discuss the question, but was
interrupted by Captain Dyott and others, members of the
association, who contended the question could not be legiti-
mately introduced. We understood the gentleman to be a
Mr. Boddington, of Erdington, and it was ascribed to him to
be one of the Anti-Corn-law League; but unquestionably
so soon as the chairman called hini to order he sat down
apparently content to abide by the rules of the association.
There is little doubt but this was the first introduction of
young Lord Anson, the eldest son of the Earl of Lichfield, to
the farmers of South Staffordshire. He is apparently a young
nobleman of promise, and destined, if family influence can
carry it, to be the future member for the southern division of
Staffordshire.

It is well known that the meetings at Lichfield the last
three or four years have derived their principal importance
from the expected presence of the Premier, Sir Robert Peel.
Last year he was to have been president of the dinner, but
owing to the illness of his daughter he was legitimately
e,xused. This year he had a call from her Majesty, and on
Saturci:v,
with Lady Peel, left Drayton Manor for Osborne
House, Mt;
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of Wight. The absence of the Premier. had a
although there were influence upon the presetruaeseti3n4: for,
although suchun gentlemen
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ARUNDEL AND BRAMBER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
—The anniversary of the above institution was celebrated at
the Norfolk Arms Hotel, Arundel, on Thursday: This pretty
and ancient town was all alive, in consequence of the fair
happening on the same day. His Grace the Duke of Nor-
folk presided at the dinner, which was a very excellent one,
and we noticed near him Lord Edward Howard, Sir Harry
Dent Goring, M.P., and several influential gentlemen and
farmers of the surrounding country. After dinner the can-
didates were called in, and his Lordship distributed to them
the prizes awarded for breeding of stock, good character, long
servitude, &c. The proceedings of the day were final an-
livened by the comic vocal talents of Mr. J. Bruton and Mr.
Hare. The Noble Chairman stated that the prize of 501.
offered by him last year to that farmer who should have the
best cultivated farm at the smallest expense must be with-
drawn in future, in consequence of there being only two
applicants in the field. He intended, however, to offer two
prizes in lieu thereof—onefor drilling,:the other for thatching.
His Lordship recommended the eating of turnips to the
tenantry during the prevalence of blight amongs the pota-
toes, and stated he had tried the effects of the diseased vege-
tables on one of his own pigs. The animal was fed on them
for ten days consecutively, and appeared to suffer to a certain
degree, but it did not die ; and, after this, he thought "poor
piggy" should have a better fate, and he was reinstated to
his former food. Sir Harry D. Goring spoke in advocacy of
the usefulness of the institution, and the day was spent in the
utmost harmony.
RECRUITING FOR THE ORDNANCE CORPS.—Be-.
crniting for the Royal Artillery and Royal Sappers and
Miners is rapidly proceeding, and a great nunther of fine
young men are daily received at head-quarters (garrison at
Woolwich). This may solely be attributed to the i)ountZ
having been raised from 21. 12s. fid. to 5L 15s. 6do ea
recruit when approved and attested at head-quarterS.