. Vrtuiltrut. The Royal' A g ricultural Simiety has this week held

its show of cattle and implements at Gloucester; Which city was gayly tricked out with triumphal arches and ether adornments inhenteur of the occasion. The show is described as above the -average in regard to implements, un- der it in Stock; but a notable improiement is recorded in the show-yard. Excessively fat cattle were rare: -this, is attributed to the stringency of the rules devised by the' late Earl of Dude: There were some, however, disqualified on thezeore of ever-fatness. Unfortunately, a great fall of rain spoilt the pleasure of the show. - The annual dinner was celebrated. on Wedneeday. Some eight hun- dred persons sat down, end Lord Ashburton presided. The noticeable names are those of Lord Harrowby, Mr..Slaneye the American Minister, GenerallAeieta, Sir 'John' Shelley M.P., -11r. Mechi, and Judge Hallibur- tote Mr: PhiliP Pusey ewes too unwed/ to take the vice-chair; which was filled by the Hononmble It. H. Clive M.P. . One of the early toasts 'Met dinner was the health of Mr. Ingersoll. In his acknowledgment, Mr. -Ingersoll praised the father of the chairman as havieg been the annotate of good-wil and the Nubinger of perpetual friend- ship between England and America. rte spoke of apiculture as "not only the most ancient but the most hoimerable and natful employment of our race." ; and he pointed to the 150,000„000 -Berge of unappropriated waste lands in the United States as a home for the British population should it grow excessive. Lord_ Ashburton made an eloquent weeeh. France, he observed, produces better silks, Switzerland more -beautiful cottons, America equals us m ship- building; but there is-oneenr,oduce which no other .country can approach in excellence, and that produce pi. the produce of the British farmer.' 'While • foreigners assist our nitumfaciererre "(lie inhabitants of the world come to us to learn termini." TheBritesh farmer has raised agriculture from being "a mere empirical pin-suit to a master science." Like the steamer, agricul- turalists have' almostlearned to defy the elements. But the dayp of the lag- ging farmers Who "still live in, darkness" are numbered; they cannot be

exempted, from their -doom. ,

Lord Ilarrowhy eneposed.. "The Labourers." Referring to the use of ma- chinery, he mentioned an instance Where, in the Place of ten, thirty men era employed on eteferen, since 'the introductien of machinery. He exhorted the farmers not tobe jealous of the labdureieliit to encourage his education. Improved implements would teed th a bigher oeder of labourers. Following up a remark of the chairman; he urged. en-landlords the necessity of pro- vidingbetteraceomimidatiostand more Comforts:for their labourers. Sir Re_derick Mtireleison proposed: " Agricultural Societies all over the world," coupling with-the toaat.the name of Judge Halliburton ; and alluding to; General Aristire,wlio leedebotight me of their fineet inventions and in- tended tetake be Mexico, wIterelatiel is te be:bought for three halfpence

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Judge Halliburton delivered' a' jocular 'speech: the serious point of it wu the vast improvenient in the lower classes. As an instance he quoted the notice in St. James's Park.: it does. net epeakof "men-traps and spring- g-uns,"hut says "the public are requested to protect the gardens and trees m this place."

The Bishop of Roebeeeer opeeed.his visitation in the Chapterhouse of thechester Cathedral on Tuesday: All the. Chapter:were present, except the Honourable and Revareinlgrseletiek Hotham, who has not been at the 'Cathedral_ for several years, In„ reply to a formal inquiry from the Bishop, several presentments otpievances were handed in. The Reve- rend Mr: Shepherd complained that the Miner Canon e are unjustly treated by an unequal distribution of the revenues ou the part of the Dean and Chapter, in violation of the statutes, The Reverend Robert Whiston presented a succinct account of those grievances which he has made fa- miliar to the public by his famous pamphlet on Cathedral Trusts; and he claimed th be heard. • The Bishop said he could not be heard then, bu Pethape he Might at a future time : at present it would be Sufficient for-him to leave aistatement of his piev- ces in writing in the hands of the Bishop. This 'conree Mr. •Whiston ' =fly adopted. Presentments were also made Ifthe Lay Clerks;' all'ecnidemting the Dean and Chapter. day will.bnappointed by the Bishop for their consideration.

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, .The Liberals of North Lineolnsbire• held, a meeting at Lincoln last week, end resolved to put up two Liberal candidates instead of one at the nest, election. •

Spite, of &momentary enthusiasm when the project was broached, the anhseriptions.for the restoration and iinprovement of the Wellington co- lumn at Wellington have been insufficient for their Object, and the work is, at a stand.

- The Archaeological Institute held its introductory meeting on Tuesday, In the-Town-hall of Chichester. Lord /lilbot de •Malahide presided. An -address of 'welcome was preileiated front ebefiretiOn.

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The spinners and manufacturers of tlie` anehester district have held meetings to ferrnem association for the 4" hibile'Agulation of the wages 'amen employed in the trade, which tie, ,v4iiy 'ffi*fferent places; and for the mutual protection of the employeter a'gainst unreasonable demands. They have invited niantelbetiereis to' form local associations in connexion With the Manchester vented body. '

- :'-. :...p..f ,-;:...i.tly1.-Eit: I:44 It is now a matter of complaint at Leicester that there are no able- bodied paupers in the workhouse ; that washerwomen are hired ; and that the officials have to work at the pumps !

The Watch Committee of Leicester have chosen this inopportune time to stop certain " perquisites " to policemen, and to require super- numeraries to do extra work without extra pay. The result might have been foreseen : the supernumeraries at once struck, and were temporarily reengaged on the old terms on the responsibility of the Town-Clerk ; while the regular constables demand an increase of is. a week to their wages.

The shipbuilding trade in the North-east ports during the last six months has been very active. The Wear sends forth timber vessels, while the Tyne is weekly adding to the iron ships. The workers in tim- ber get 308. a week. At South Shields the poor-rate is extraordinarily low. sit the present moment there is a check to the shipping trade, from the owners being "very shy" of taking freights to Russian ports.

Parkinson has been the defendant in another action. Newman, a horse- dealer, sold him a horse, said to be the property of a "gentleman," for 1501.; Newman representing it to be a very fast trotter. Parkinson gave a check in payment, and the check was dishonoured when presented. Hence the action to recover, tried at Chelmsford on Wednesday. In his defence, Parkinson said he had been imposed on ; the horse really belonged to New- man, and not to a "gentleman " ; besides, he was unruly and lame. The Jury found for Newman, damages 801.

At Winchester Assizes, William Wheeler Yelf pleaded guilty to several charges of forgery and embezzlement. Yelf was actuary of the Isle of Wight Savings-Bank ; and he took advantage of his position to appropriate to his own use, in the course of ten years, no less than 8000/. His counsel ap- pealed for a merciful sentence, on the score that the prisoner had shown every contrition for his offence and had made all the amends he could. But Air. Baron Martin said he must pass the most severe sentence the law allowed, for the crime was a most heinous once. Yelf is therefore to be transported for life.

At the same Assizes, on Wednesday, Aaron Crawcour was convicted of steal- ing forty-eight pounds of gold on the high seas. The theft was committed at Rio, on board the Lady Flora, bound from Australia to London. Crawcour was a passenger, in a destitute condition. The chief witness was a prisoner, John Gore, formerly second mate of the Lady Flora. According to his state- ment, Crawcour, three other passengers, and himself, were engaged in the robbery ; the gold was sold at Rio. Crawcour sold it, and he seems to have kept the lion's share. Sentence, two years' imprisonment.

Mr. Le Feuvre, a tradesman of Southampton, brought a qui tam action for penalties against Mr. Lankaster of that city, for having acted as Mayor, he being at that time a contractor in the service of the Town-Council. The case was tried at the Winchester Assizes. The action arose out of a personal pique ; Mr. Lankaster, as Mayor, having on one occasion called Le Feuvre to order in the Town-Council. Proof of the supply of small articles to the Board of Health was given by Mr. Le Feuvre—the Board of Health being the Town-Council. Mr. Justice Talfourd thought a case had been made out; and suggested that a verdict should be entered for the plaintiff for one penalty, 501., with leave to move. Both sides concurred.

A boy only nine years of age has been tried at Abingdon Assizes for placing three plates of iron on the Great Western rails near Maidenhead, where the line runs on a high embankment. A train passed over one plate; for- tunately, the weight of the locomotive cut it in two, and the train kept on the rails. It appeared that these plates were lying about the railway, for daily use. The prisoner's education had been greatly neglected. Mr. Justice Coleridge directed the Jury, that unless it was clear to them that the boy had a "malicious" intent in putting the plates on the rails, they must ac- quit him. The verdict was "Not guilty' ; which the Judge approved, but he gave the boy a caution before he liberated him.

At Oxford Assizes, Hannah Pratley has been acquitted of the murder of her infant, at Burford. This was the case where the father of the child, flea, hanged himself after the woman had been taken into custody. At the trial it appeared probable that the mother had no intention to destroy the child by neglect, for she had no assistance at the birth, and it is very likely that theehild seemed to her to be dead.

At Lincoln Assizes, three men have been convicted of the garotte robbery effected on Mr. Winn, in his own garden at Lincoln, in April last. A fourth man who was suspected is yet at large.

Mr. Jesse Oldfield, whose name was familiar to the public by certain Chancery suits with William Cobbett, has been killed while returning to his residence near Croydon at night. He was found in the morning with his skull fractured and his body mangled : he had, apparently, been pitched out of his chaise by its striking against a post or rail.

Herefordshire, Brecon, Radnor, and Salop, have suffered considerably by the overflowing of the Wye and its tributaries, caused by the torrents of rain which accompanied a thunder-storm last week. Crops and houses have been much damaged, and animals have been swept away. A villa belonging to Mrs. Lawrence at Aberddw, near Builth, was washed away. The houses in Usk suffered a great deal, and a bridge was destroyed. From later accounts it appears that all the inmates of Mrs. Lawrence's villa perished—the lady herself and four or five other persons ; their num- ber and identity are not yet clearly ascertained. In Newbridge, a man, his wife, and the child of a person living in a cottage with them, were drowned. Many narrow escapes are recorded. The devastation seems to have been more extensive than was at first reported.