Tbe innttator, 3futp 17tb, 1852 The Royal Agricultural Society has
held its yearly show of agricultural live-stock and farming implements, at Lewes, the agricultural capital of Sussex. The concurrence of the climax of a general election and of most oppressive heat in the weather tended to make the attendance of visitors thinner than usual; but these drawbacks did not prevent the exhibitors from mak- ing a very excellent show of stock, and a show of implements unprecedented either in quantity or quality. Notable improve- ments have been made in all sorts of steam-engines for agri- cultural purposes, and in reaping machines.
At the grand dinner of the Society on Wednesday, Earl Ducie presided; and Sir John Pakington, Lord Palmerston, and the Earl of Carlisle, were present and made speeches. As usual, the late Foreign Minister was facile princeps: he discoursed delightfully on Roman agriculture; on the value of foreign guano, but the superior value of the home fertilizers which we still keep in our cities and away from our fields; and on the peaceful spectacle of social calm, and happy scientific emulation, amidst and contrasted with the strife of political elements now waging throughout the kingdom.
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