Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1862-05-14 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—OD Wednesday the council of the Royal Agricultural Society received at their rooms in Hanover-square the deputations from Worcester, Hereford, and Cardiff, soliciting the society to hold its county meeting next year at each of those places. Lord Portman presided; and among the council were the Duke of Marlborough, Lord Walsingham, Earl Cathcart, Hon. W. Cavendish, M.P., lend Leigh, ike. The deputation from Worcester was headed by the Bishop of Worcester, Hon. F. Lygon, M.P., Sir J. Pakington, M.P., Sir T. E. Winnington, M.P., Sir E. A. 11. Lechruere, Mr. Vernon, M.l'., Mr. Ricardo, M.P., Mr. Padmore, M.P., the Mayor of Worcester, &c. Among the Ilereford deputation were Lorill Llatiover, Lord W. Graham, Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, M.l'., Sir G. Cotterill, Mr King King, Ml'., Mr. Mildmay, M.P , Mr. Clifford, Ml'., Mr. Clive, M P., the Mayor of Hereford, the Lord-Lieutenant or Monmouth, Brecon, and Radnor, oke. On the part of Cardiff, the deputation consisted of Mr. Talbot; M.P., Mr. Bruce. M.P., Mr. Vivian, M.P., the agent of the trustees of the Marquis of Bute, the agent of the Taff Vale Railway Company, &a. The Worcester deputation was heard ling, Sir J. Pakington being the leading advocate. Next followed the Cardiff deputation, whose case was ably laid before the council by Mr. Talbot and Mr. Bruce, alter which the Hereford deputation had an audience, Sir G. Cornea-all Lewis being the principal spokesman on their behalf. After half-an-hour's deliberation the council decida in favour of Worcester.  Majority . . The clause was therefore agreed to. Mr. Locke moved the omission of clause 12. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would consent to give the sum of 71. for every ewe. of British hops in stock on the 15th of September. If the opposition to the clause was waved he would undertake to make provision for a drawback to this amount.  The house met at five o'clock. Mr. Hilolwrt took the oaths and his seat for Oldham. In reply to a question from Mr. Scully, Sir It. PEEL stated that the parties suspected of the recent murder in Tipperary had been arrested the following evening. On the motion for the second reading of the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill, Sir S. &WHOM E said the bill dealt with twenty five millions of taxes, or nearly one. third of the total ievenue, but it WES only to be in forc?. for one year. It was not, however, satisfactory to keep so large a portion of the revenue in so provisional and uncertain a state, and although he had no doubt that it was felt desirable to have the tea and sugar duties and the income-tax reduced from our present high rate, still this uncertain state of things was both inconvenient and unsatisfactory. It was a very serious thing to have the finance minister going about the country stating that the finances were in an unhealthy state, and that the Government was unable to control the expenditure unless supported by a pressure from without. This was a most serious charge against the House of Commons, whose chief duty was to look after the finances of the country, and ought not to he passed over without notice. There were now some doctrines in vogue which he considered most dangerous with respect to ministerial responsibility, for even the Chancellor of the Exchequer was in the habit of countenancing the idea that neither the Government nor the House of Commons was responsible for the expenditure, hut that the blame rested with the country itself. If this theory was correct, the phraseology of the Queen's speech ought to be altered, and instead of her Majesty saying that the estimates were framed in accordance with the necessities of the public service, it onght to be in accordance with the wishes of the people. There was another practice equally pernicious. Much of the recent reductions in the revenue were said to be in opposition to the opinion of the Government; and it was whispered that so and so is the Chaniedlor of the Exchequer's doing, and that his colleagues won't like it, and by this they affected to get rid of their proper responsibility. His right hon. friend claimed that he was following up the principles of Sir Robert Peel, but Sir Robert Peel always took care to provide a surplus, holding the incometax in reserve, and to slowly and cautiously reform the taxation of the country. Mr. W. E. FORESTER warmly defended the policy of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Hunimin complained of the irregularities of the income-tax.