The Sun. — 1844-08-14 (London, England)

TILE LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.—The Commission for the southern division of this county will be opened in this town on Thursday next, before the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Cresswell, and the trials will be proceeded with on the following day, at twelve o'clock. There are .81 prisoners for trial at these assizes, of whom 1 (Owen Leonard) is charged with the murder of his wife, 5 are charged with attempts at murder, and 7 with manslaughter. The other offences in the calendar are of the usual description, such as burglaries, highway robberies, aggravated assaults, &c,—Liverpool AU ion.  to speak of that eminent individual further than Co say-, that you know well he is reputed, in every part of the United Kingdom, as the farmer's friend.—(Applause.) You know well that he is one whom the farmer admires, and honours, and loves.—(Cheers.) You know well that he is one whom the farmer entirely trusts, and on whom he securely relies.—(Cheers.) You know he is one possessing a high and honourable, and straightforward character—a man whom we look up to, and who, we know, is as well worthy as any man can be to preside over such an institution, combined for the promotion of such important objects.—(Cheers.) Therefore, in conclusion, and apologising for the length of my remarks, I beg to propose this toast— " Prosperity to the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and the health of the Duke of Richmond, its respected President."—(The toast was drunk with all the honours.) The Noble CHAIRMAN said—l rise, in the first place, to express the gratitude of the Society for the manner in which you have received the proposal of their prosperity ; and, in the next place, to express my own thanks for the kindness with which you have received the mention of my name. Sir Charles Fergusson has told you that I am anxious to serve the farmers of this country ; and in telling you tllat he has explained to you the feelings which ever have animated me—(Loud cheering)—because, in promoting the interests of the agriculture of this empire, I feel the most heartfelt conviction that I am, at the same time, doing the best I can for its commercial and manufacturing interests. In this great commercial city—the nursery, I may say, of steam navigation—it gives me the greatest pleasure to stand before my brother farmers, and to stand before you, who are engaged in the honourable pursuits of commerce and manufactures, and to say, that our interests are one and the same—(Great cheering)— that the one cannot flourish if the other be depressed. I have never advocated selfish views.' My greatest pride is to be a subject of the Queen of England; and, in being a subject of the Queen of England, how can I but express my brotherly feelings to those who are my fellow-subjects, engaged in pursuits which are for the advantage of the country, to which -we all owe allegiance. I must congratulate you on the splendid exhibition which we saw this morning in your show yard, an exhibition more numerous than any that has yet graced the meetings of the Highland Society, and I will answer for it, with fewer bad animals shown than upon any former occasion—a matter which I conceive to be, after all, the greatest praise I can bestow.—(Loud cheers.) We, the agriculturists, meet in this great commercial city gentlemen' engaged in other pursuits. We meet each other with mutual kindness, and on neutral ground can converse on the great foundation of all the prosperity of the country—agriculture.—(Cheers.) IV' have no party politics ; there are places where we may speak on these subjects, but here we meet as cordial friends, to make new friends, and, I trust, not to lose any old ones.—(Cheers.) I believe, therefore, that this assembly is of great importance, and I feel that when we hereafter meet on grounds where we disagree with one another, the recollection of this day may tend to soothe those asperities which party debate and party politics too often engender; and if we go to our homes anxious and eager to profit by the experience we have acquired in the show yard, I trust also we will go back to our friends with true Christian feelings of friendship, resolved to live in charity with  We regret to learn, from accounts received in town on Saturday, that Lord Keane is suffering from severe indisposition, at his Lordship's residence in Hants.