The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-09 00:00:00

had been affected by disease, yet there'were symptoms which
led his medical advisers to believe, and his anxious friends

to entertain the confident hope that a

me would come, which

was once despaired of, when he would again recover the use
of them, and be enabled to receive, as formerly, his friends
around his board.—(Loud continued cheering.) lie could

only thank them cordially for the manner in which they had
drunk his father's health, and he trusted he need not assure

them of the depth and sincerity of the feeling with which he

J. 1. BLACKBURNE, Esq., after a few introductory observa-
tions on the services which his lordship had rendered to the

society, gave,

" 0-ur Patron—Lord Stanley."—(Long-continued cheer-
ing.)
The CHAIRMAN, in rettirning thanks, said it gave him the
greatest pleasure to preside at the meetings of the society,
and he would always do so unless his duty called him else-
where. He wished that on this occasion he had been sup-

ported by all his vice-presidents; but Lord Francis
one of them, was absent;—Mr. Harper, another vice-presi-
dent, was, he was afraid, absent also;—hut a third, Mr.
William Earle, whom they had very nearly missed, as he
only arrived yesterday from the Continent, had just returned

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in the nick of time to return thanks, as he was sure Mr.
Earle would do very ably, for drinkin•, as he hoped they

would do, "the re ice- sidents, and mar future Vice-Pre-
sidents'. P -.'
follow the laudable example of Mr. Earle, at whatever
distance they are, by taking care just to be here on the eve
of attending their meeting."—(Great applause.)
Wm. E,ll, Esq., briefly returned thanks.
The CHAIRMAN said that though they bad been disap-
pointed by the absence of- some of those .whom they might
have expected to attend, they had the satisfaction of seeing as
their guest the-Chief Magistrate of this important town, and
the ;;realer satisfaction as, from his recent avocations, there
had been great doubt whether they should see him at all. He
understood that the Mayor of Liverpool had been so actively
engaged for the last four-and-twenty hours in shipping off,
Cabinet Ministers for Ireland— (great laughter)—and up to
five o'clock, that evening in shipping off the Secretary to the
Treasury, that he had been afraid that they would not have
the honour and advantage of the Mayor's presence. All he
(Lord Stanley) could say was, that if the Mayor, in dealing
w•ith these great people, had not obtained some signal advan-
tage for Liverpool—(muchlaughter)—be must have greatly
misapplied the opportunity, and no doubt the Mayor would
by and by give an account of what .had been the result.—
(Loud cheers.) In the meantime he might say, in the.striet-
est sense of the wont, that the Mayor had arrived exactly in
pudding time, but he was most happy to see him there, and
most happy in expressing to him and to tilt Corporation of
Liverpool, the grateful sense which the society eutertained of

their, liberality in affording such extensive accommodation in
the show'yard.—(Great applause.) If the society went on in-
creasing as it had done, he was afraid that the premises, ex-
tensive as they were, would hardly be large enough for the
show; but they knew that the wealth of the Corporation of
Liverpool was unhoimded—they knew that its liberality was
equally unbounded--(laughter)--and therefore he looked with-
out thB least apprehension to the future. If they required
moreohe was confident the Corporation would give them more.
Political gratitude had' been defined to.be a lively sense of
favours to come, and whilst they felt the deepest gratitude for
favours already received, they also had so much of political
gratitude as tolook forward with great confidence in the an-
ticipation 4 receiving inure accommodation if it. should he
necessary. It had been often said "ask for nothing and you
shall get nothing," and he hoped that in making this direct
appeal to the chief magistrate of the town, he had duly dis-
charged his duty as the mouthpiece of the society, and also
that it would be responded to in a manner worthy of the li-
berality and magnanimity of the Corporation. "The Mayor
and Corporation."—(Drunk with great applause.)
The MAYOR, in returning thanks, said that if he did come
at pudding time there was a good reason for it, and he would
much rather be at the end of a feast than at the beginning of
an affray.—(Laughter and applause.) I3e hoped that his
lordship would not be disappointed in the anticipation of fa-
vours to come. It was a great gratification to him to see an
agricultural meeting in this commercial town ; the inhabi-
tants felt it as an honour, and they felt, moreover, that the
greater the union between the agricultural and the commer-
cial body the more closely they would find that their inter-
ests were identified.—(Great applause.) It was time that
that absurd jealously which would separate the two classes
should be done away with, for they must live together, they
• must hang together, or hang separate.—(Hear, hear, hear.)
His worship expressed his strong approval of the premium
for merit in the class of servants, and said that the welfare of
socity depended more on the morality of the lower orders
than ondhe aristocracy. Be returned thanks on behalf of
the corporation, of which he was the head, but in that capa-
city he should soon be dead, and he left as a legacy to his
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successor the fulfilment of the promises he had
laughter and applause.)
The CHAIRMAN, after a few appropriate remarks on the
arduous and inarduons nature of the duties to be performed,
and the able manner in which they had been discharged, and
after alluding to the award of a prize in a particular instance,
,which had excited some surprise and dissatisfaction, though
he himself was quite convinced that the judges were right,
proposed the healths of " Hush Watson,Esq. of Perthshire,
•Wrm'Wr,the-rell, Esq. of Durham, and ThomaS Jackson,
Esep.,•Of Bowich flail, Lancaster, judges of cattle; Mr. W.
Caken, of Knutsford; and Mr. John Gardner, of Gar tang,
judges of horses; Mr.'Peter 'Eastwood and Mr. J. Chaddock,
cf Liverpool, judges-of,ipigs ; and 'Mr. Murray-, of Liverpool,
and Mr. ericfrie, li.rir!ey, judges (d. agricultural iniple-
ments.''—(Drunk'sicith'iiioch applause.)
WnTifitntras, ithriathrniros thanke, justified the deci-
sion its the case alluded to; and described the animal to which
the prize had been awarded as being., in the opinion of the
judges and in that ot'all competent judges, unquestionably
the hest.

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the judges

Mr. JOHN FORMBY said that, in his opinion,
had decided judiciously and well.
The CHAIRMAN said they bad now come to the
of the prizes, but previously he begged leave ti propose th
health of " the successful candidates this day." (Great
applause.)
The CnAIRNTAN then proceeded to distribute the numerous
prizes to the successful competitors, some of whom were for-
tunate in several departments, particularly in the breeding of
stock. The noble lord complimented the respective parties
on receiving their prizes,•and addressed to -them facetious
remarks that excited much good humour to the company.
Out of the 62 prizes, 31 of them, as the noble chairman
remarked at a subsequent period of the evening, had been
carried off by Welsh competitors.
The CHA4RMAN then gave the health of "the Members for
the County," which was drunk with much applause.
In returning thanks the noble lord expressed his gratitude
'to all parties, and his-anxious desire to promote theiriuterests
by his best exertions His oWllinterests were connected with
both divisions of the county, and to both were his services
equally due. He concluded by proposing the health of "Mr.
Blackimrne, the member for Warrington." (Applause.)
Mr. BLACKBLAINE expressed his grateful acknowledgments
and his anxiety to promote the welfare of the society by every
means in his power.
The CH A instAN then proposed the health of a gentl
near hint who now represented a borough which he himself
had formerly the honour to represent, and in the prosperity
of which he should never cease to take a heartfelt interest.
(Hear.) He proposed the health of "Sir P. Ilesketh Fleet-
wood, member for Preston. (Cheers.)
Sir P. H. FLEETWOOD, in returning thanks, expressed a
grateful recollection of the kindness with which he was re-
ce.•...d some years ago, when he had the honour to occupy
the chair now -so ably filled by his noble friend; and added
that though he was not a competitor on the present occasion,
he hoped to he so in future, and should take blame to himself
diddle nut give what encouragement he could to so useful a
society. (Cheers )
The CHAIRMAN remarked that the railways, in one of
which the honourable member was much interested, would,
in another year, bring Rossall (Sir P. H. Fleetwood's estate)
within two hours' distance of Liverpool. (Hear.) He pro-
posed, after a handsome aubezium, "Tile health of Mr. Cor-
bett, and the Agriculturists of Cheshire " (Cheers.)
Mr. CORBETT returned thanks in very neat terms—
that he might have become a competitor, and perhaps a sue
cessful one, had he felt inclined; for he was a practical far-
mer, and had on his farm formed upwards of sixty miles of
drainage, as well as manured it almost throughout with bone
dust. But his object had been example to others, and that
object he rejoiced to say had been most successful in his
neighbourhood. (Applause.)
The CHAIRMAN noticed .in due terms the great services of
the Managing Committee, without whose exertions the society
Would be unproductive of its beneficial results. He proposed
their healths.
Mr. LEDGER, the Secretary, returned thanks in a very nea t
speech, in which he assured the meeting of the satisfaction
the committee had in promoting the interests of the society,
and their confidence, from the state of the funds, and the ea
couragement it had received, its increasing success.—

distribution

(Cheers.) -
The CHAIIIMAN proposed the thanks of the meeting to Mr
Lucas, for the kind accommodation he had afforded thf;m.
Mr. Lucas, juii.,-returned thanks in the name of his father•
The next toast's from the Chair, facetiously introduced,
were, " The Lancashire Witches, and breeding in ail its
branches."-" Agr"culture, ManufactuNs,
.aud Commerce,''
were drunk with three times three.
Sir P. H. FLEETwOOO proposed, after a brief address,
" The future generation of the House of Stauley."—(Much
applause.)
The CHAtamAisr returned thanks. Ile hoped the tie that
bound him and his fainily to those around them would not be
dissevered, either as respected property or those reciprocal
acts of neighbourship and kindness that had hitherto existed
between them.—(Cheer=.) He thanked the company for the
manner in which they had drunk his health and those of his
family, and begged leave to bid them farewell, hoping to see
them on,the next anniversary, and wishing them all possible
success in their agricultural pursuits. •
The Noble Lord then retired, with the Mayor, Sir P. II-
Fleetwood, and other gentlemen, and the 'fleeting soon after-
wards broke up.

THE PRIZES.
It was stated that out of 62 prizes, 34 had been carried off
by Welsh competitors.
The following were the awards:—