The Sun. — 1851-08-28 (London, England)

EXHIBITION OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE.—CIIESTER, AUG. 26.—Notwithstanding the violent gale of Sunday last, which did considerable damage to many of the subjects intended for exhibition to-day, and the unpropitious state of the weather throughout thi- forenoon, the attendance of visitors and exhibitors in the beautiful grounds of Tarvin Hall, about five miles from hence, was highly respectable and comparatively numerous. The announcement for many weeks past of .his exposition of the products of the field, the garden, the poultry yard, and the cottage, together with agrieul,ural and horticultural implements, and whatever is useful and ornamental in the cultivation f the land, had created quite a sensation, not only in Cheshire one Lancashire, but also in more remote parts of the kingdom ; and the various railways from the principality, as well as the English lines, brought their several quota of visitors to Chester throughout the day. This bring the first of the three days fite, the judges and jurors for the several &taw:were appointed. The exhibition was especially patronised by the Earls of Derby, Sefton, and Grosvenor, Viscount Hill, Sir P. De Malpas Grey Egerton, M.P., Sir Richard Brookes, of Norton Abbey, Sir Edward Walker, Mr. Tollemache, M.P., Mr. G. Cornewall Legh, M.P., Mr. Brockleburst, M.P., Mr. Duncuft, M.P., and a great number of other noblemen and gentlemen of the adjacent counties. For the successful ex hibitors in the several divisions, a variety of prizes, consisting of gold, silver, and bronze medals, with certificates of merit, were liberally placed at the disposal of the judges in the various sections; but, owirg to the ungenial state of the weather, and unlooked-for delay in a e delivery of some of the exhibitors' cases from the railway, it was deemed advisable to postpone the adjudication until to-morrow.  FRUITS OF ilonmoNism.—A correspondent of a contemporary, writing from Ohio (U. S.) says—" On our way to and from the convention, we were compelled to spend part of two days at Detroit, Michigan. At the time we were there, two very important criminal trials were' going on in that city, one in the circuit court of the United States, and the other in the supreme court of the State. In the former, one Strong, a Mormon prophet, with a large number of his subjects, were being tried for such crimes as the following :—lnterruptivg. forcibly, the United States mail; passing counterfeit money, and murder. For want of proof, they were finally acquitted. Soon after the death of Smith, the founder of the sect, this Strong gave out that the prophet had visibly appeared to him, and formally constituted him his (Smith's) successor. By this means Strong drew after him several thousands of " the Latter-day Saints," and settled them on Beaver Island, in one of the upper ikes. Just before his arrest his followers had formally crowned bin as supreme sovereign of the world, and as God's vicegerent on earth ; swearing not only absolute subjection to him, bat, by solemn oath, dissolving all allegiance to all other eirthly 66 principalities, potentates, powers, and governments of every bad." . • • t _ .