Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-08-14
Great Agricultural Meeting In England
Speech ora. Stevenson, ESQ, American Mi

Great Agricultural Meeting In England
| Speech OLA. Stevenson, Esq, American MI
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The Grand Agricultural Society held a great meet
ing at Cambridge on the l4th Of July. After the
cattle show there splendid dinner, the Duke
Of Richmond beng in the chair.
Among those present were-The Dukes Of Rich
mond, Buckingham, Rutland and st. Adams; Mar
Quisses Of Northampton, Salisbury, and Downshire,
Earls Hardwicke, Spencer, Lincoln Chichester and
Lucan; vscounts Brdport and Neville Barons
Bray brooke, WoodhoIse, Hatherton. LytteltOn, and
| Monteagle Lords G. Manners, Darlington, and
Loame; together with Sir II. Peel, the American
Ambassador, Sir James Graham, Sir Alexander
Grant, and nearly all the distinguished men
| ticed as having dned at Trinity on the preceding
day.
On the right Of the chair sat the Hon. and Rev.
Neville Grenvile, master Of MagdaIene ollege, the
senior head of house present. aud next to him the
Dukes Of ST. Adams ard Buckingham the left
the Duke of Rutland, the Hon. A. Stevenson, the
American Ambassador, and next to him Sir Robert
Peel who throughout the evening seemed to pay the
profoundest attention 20 the proceedings and to the
effect any toast or Important expression had on the
meeting.
Precisely at four o'clock the grace Of. Praise the
Lord very beautifully sung by the chors OF the
different colleges, and the work of demolition in
stanty commenced; the rattle Of the immense num-
Der of knives and forks occasioning most peculiar
sound. The dinner served in a manner highly
creditable to Mr.. Peeling, the cook of the college,
who has favored us with the following account OF
the BILL OF FARE.
56 Lambs 100 Hams
$50 Chickens, 100 Tongues,
100 Pieces OF Roast Beef 500 Salads,
100 Pieces Of Boiled Beef 500 Dishes Hot Potatoes,
100 Pieces of Roast Veal, Cheshire Chceses
loo haised fies, 20 S.i3sa, S uito'
.W ri5e 80 r 49, m pa.rois ns alIo
And upwards of 1880 pints OF Wine
N''' '"e Wv" INV ~ ' nav ''e
gwen,
The noble President in proposing the next toast,
which the health Of distinguished individual
present, the Hon. A. Stevenson, Minister of the
United States, and honorary member of the Socie-
ty, said that he well knsw the farmers Of England;
and thew woud ali warrant him in saying that they
wished one and all for peace and tranquility.
(Cheers) When war and danger desoated the fair
est portion Of the world, and when their horrors
seemed to threaten homes from abroad, the far
mers and laborers of England were found ready to
risk their lives in defence OF their country. They
were ready again 10 make the same sacrifice should
the occasion arrive to call Tor NJ but peace at home
and abroad was what they wished for; they did not
long other nations laid waste that they might
be rosperous it was not their interest or desire
that other peoples farms should be destroyed, their
barns burnt and their towns and villages pluDdered
(Cheers) Those who wished for the blessings of
peace W e met half way, and in that spirit did they
meet the good wishes of the American people whose
representative at the court Of our Sovereign did
them the honor of being present that occasion.
(Cheers) The honorable and distinguished iSdvi-
dual to whom he alluded was OF that great nation
which had sprung from ourselves; and he, the Duke
of Richmond in the name of the farmers of England
wished it every prosperity, and that il might long
continue in peace with this country, cultivating
with her those arts and sciences which tended TO
better the condition Of the human and make 1t
more happy. loud cheers) With respect to the
honorable gentleman himself, Mr. Stevenson, he had
great pleasure in ing to his character in public
aud private life and he was moreover a tried friend
of agriculture He felt in the
Of agricultural science in England as they should
that the same good should extend to America; for
the object was not only the agriculture of the land
we live in but the agriculture Of the world cloud
cheers)
The Hon. A. STEVENSON, the American minister,
rose to return thanks and wa, received with great
cheering He said that il would be orthy affec-
tation il he did not say that this one Of the most
remarkable and imposing assemblies that he had
ever witne ssed in the course of a public life, not
very short He feared that he should be able to
do Justice to his feelings the occasion The kind
and hospitabe reception which had been given to
him. and the very gratifying manner in which his
name had been associated with that of their two
countries, demanded his grateful owledgments.
He received it with pride an satisfaction, greatly
enhanced as il was by the kind motives which had
PROMPTED il, and the fattsring manner in which il
had been received by such distinguished assem-
bly. (Cheers.) Deeply sensible, however, as he
was of the high honor done him, he should but in
adequately convey what he felt if he confined him
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