The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-15 00:00:00

the first two, the _
ticipated will leave them far behind in the concentra-
tion and magnitude of the agricultural talent which it
will elicit. Liverpool, our western commercial metro-
polis, was on this occasion chosen as the site of the
grand gathering, from its central position, amidst a dense
population, and its proximate and consequently convenient
position as regards Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, as well as
the north, and great part of the south and west of England.
The modern facilities for conveyance by railways and steam
vessels, render too the selection the more judicious; and the
vast number of strangers which the show and its attendant
festivities will draw together, will, in the present pressure of
the times, prove of no inconsiderable benefit to " the good
old town," not only in a pecuniary point of view, but in, we
trust, bringing about a better understanding between the
agricultural and commercial portions of the community,
whose interests, notwithstanding the opinions that are un-
happily abroad, are inseparably bound up together. Not a
few strangers are also expected from the continent of Europe
and from America.
The show of Stock, &c. is advertised for three successive
days, but will probably be continued for a week. There
will be two grand festive entertainments on the occasion,
if not, indeed, three, should the accommodations prepared,
great as they are, be found inadequate for tne gratification of
so large a body of guests. The first is fixed for Wednesday,
the 21st of July, for 462 members of the society, at Mr. Lu-
cas's Repository, Great Charlotte-street. The company on
this occasion will, we presume, comprise only the presidents,
the principal officers, the committees, and more active
friends. A hot dinner with dessert of fruits, confectionary,
&c., and a bottle of wine to each person, will be provided.
The grand dinner will take place on the 22d, in the new and
spacious pavilion now in course of erection in the vacant
ground in Lime-street, on which stood the Old Infirmary.
This will accommodate 2800 guests. A great interest is
already excited towards the coming meeting. We have vi-
siled the pavilion and the ground now being laid out for the
show of cattle, &c.

THE SHOW GROUND

The ground selected is in Windsor, in the immediate out-
skirts of the town. It is nearly square, being 550 feet in
length from north to south, and 494 in breadth from east to
west. Its boundaries are Upper l'arliament-street on the
south ; Sandon-street, (and Falkner-square) on the east ;
Canning-street on the north; and Bedford-street on the
west. It is nearly on a dead level, is of a light sandy soil,
for the most part covered with grass. A better site could
not have been chosen, and the approaches to it are wide and
numerous, so that all confusion will be avoided. This large
space, comprising, (if we rightly compute it), upwards of
six statute acres, is substantially enclosed with boards. The
interior accommodations (already in a state of forwardness)
will be all that can be desired—far more commodious, in-
deed, and more carefully constructed than we should have
expected for a temporary purpose.
The area will comprise no fewer than thirteen very long
sheds or tents, of woodwork covered with canvas, prepared
on purpose, with wide avenues between them, and so arranged
that each department will be separate and distinct. The
portion appropriated to the exhibition of implements of
husbandry, &c., is on the side next to Canning-street, and
eontains four shads; running parallel east and west, the
whole width of the ground is 494 feet. These are each 16
feet wide, and the pillars that support them, hack and front,
are 12 feet asunder. The avenues between are 20 feet wide.
The remainner of the ground is occupied by nine sheds,
running parallel from north to south, between Sandon-street
and Bedford-street. These are each about 500 feet in length.
Five of them on the west side will be fitted for the reception
of cattle and horses and four of them on the east side for
sheep and pigs. The avenues between these will be 39 feet
wide. Accommodations will also be made for the exhibition
of roots, vegetables, grain, seeds, &c. &c. The carpentry
in these extensive erections is good and uniform, and when
the sheds are filled with cattle, &c. and the avenues crowded
with spectators, the whole will present a scene of great indi-
vidual as well as national interest. The quantity of timber
required is necessarily immense, and considerable waste is
unavoidable.