The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-16 00:00:00

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( Cheer;.) I can say no more than I have said tvirt fern:air
oceasiens, that I owe to the farmeils of England ie. deep-deb-t-
-or gratitude—a debt. so heavy that I-osan never vain., et to repuy:
it ;-but.."tike the will for the deed,"..and y-ou wilt fiiid no man
more anaieus to promote the improvement of agriculture than'
the individual who thanks you now; ann asks you if you
with him to rise. and, with really true British cheers,*inethe
health of the agricultural labourers of lEngland,—( Che ers.
'I he Duke of CA atwttlnox prepOsed tire health of the Chair-
man, who was also the President of the S,lciety.
The CH.% IRMA N returned thanks. .
Mr. limit, 11. P., proposed, " The Highland and Ageita).
tural Society of Scotland."
Mr. 'Salmi, of liranstown, in the absence of the Duke of
Bu: cleneh, returned thanks.
The Earl ot Ducie proposed, " The Royal Agricultural Ise-
provement Society of Ireland."
The Marquis of Dowissurat returned thirriks.
The Duke of Ca meuinGe proposed the health of Earl
Spencer, who, having been one ot' the original !sunders of this
Institution, might be regarded as a benefactor of his country.
Earl SPENCER—II is very much the fashion for a man,
when he has to return thanks fer the drinking of his health,
to begin by saying that the honour WtIS unexpeeied by him.
1 say so now, and you may be perfectly aware that I do so
with the most complete sincerity, because I could no.; have
expected that any other healths would have been 'hunk
than those which were named upon the printed list. of
toasts.. which is in every body's hands.—(Apt lause.) I beg
to let urn my most sincere thanks to his Royal Highness for the
kindness. which he' has leiineed towards me. in coming for-
. wardn4l,4l4`att this proposition ; for I will own to you that
it is to me a seurce of the greatest gratification to feel that 1
am popular with such an assembly as this.—( Cheering.)
must certainly attributea great part of the warmth and kindness
of my receptoin to the pelt I took in the establishment of Haag
institution. It is quite true that the Duke of Richmond. Mr:-
Handley, and myself. were the first who took a lead in the
formation of the Society. We did so because we felt that such-
a Society was wanted in this country—we saw the advantage
which the Highland Society of Scotland had produced in that
country—we thought there was no reason why such a Society
establi,hed in England should not produce the same beneficial
results in this part of the country.( Applause.) Of late I
have observed ,amon;,•st those who had previously taken little or
no interest in the improvement of their agriculture—amongst
those who never thought of accurately investigating the effecte
of the course of farming they were pursuing, a disposition to
be more Watchful and more alive to the advantages ot an atten-
tive observation of what they were doing themselves, and of
what their neighbours may be doing upon a different system..
Since the establishment of this Society I know that many men
who never made observations before are making them now. 1
will not detain you further. 1 return you icy most sincere and
heartfelt thanks for the honour you have done me in drinking
my health.—.( Loud cheers.).
The dinner party, one d the largest ever assembled in this
county, almost immediately afterwards broke up, and those who
had been fortunate enough to secure a bed in the town hastened
to take possession .of it.