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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE, 



Johnson — his box-churns in variety, improved from 

 the Yankee pattern. 



Imi'EY — turnip and mangold graters, Taylor's inven- 

 tion. 



Bradley exhibits samples of his fattening food lor 

 cattle, &c. ; horse orcaltle 428., pig ditto 24s. per cwt. 



The mincing machines exhibited by Taylor and 

 Buckingham must not be omitted— so simple and 

 effective. Richmond's box-chum is worthy of better 

 notice than we can afford. Humphries' double cider- 

 press is a valuable aid to cider-makers : their winnowing- 

 machines and perforated riddles are well known. Their 

 clover-machine is good ; and here we notice Smith's 

 patent steam cultivator, of which they are agents, but 

 which we cannot stay to describe. It is now before the 

 world. 



A. and T. Fry make up an interesting stand. Their 

 double-press plough by Cousins, their corn-crushers, 

 kibblers, root-grafers, churns, draining tools, hand 

 hay-rake, and other implements, demand an extended 

 notice ; but our space is more than filled. 



F. M'Neil and Co., as usual at all our great meet- 

 ings, bring forward their asphaltic felt, so admirably 

 adapted for cheap roofing. 



GENERAL MEETINGS. 

 Tuesday, Dec. 8 1837. 



The Duke of Richmond, President, prevented attending, 

 in consequence of being with his regiment of railitia. 



Cases of doubtful qualificatiou of animals referred to 

 Stewards. 



OtTicers re-elected : President; vice-presideuta ; trustees; 

 hou. secretary. 



Mr. Quartly elected Steward of Cattle and Long-woo! Sheep 

 in place of Mr. Hole, who retires by rotation. 



Mr. Henry Waters elected Steward of Short-wool Sheep, 

 Cross-bred Sheep, and Pigs, in place of Mr. Frost, who retires 

 by rotation. 



New Members elected. 



Thursday, Dec. 10, 1857. 

 Report of Stewards on cases referred to them presented. 

 Mr. B. E. Benuett's motion for a new Class for Welsh 

 Steers under four years old, was not carried. 

 ■ The Prize Sheet to remain as settled last year. 



THE ANNUAL DINNER. 



The annual dinner of the Smithfield Club took place on 

 Wednesday eveniug, at Freemasons' Tavern. In the un- 

 avoidable absence of the President, His Grace the Duke of 

 Richmond, the chair was taken by Lord Berners. 



The attendance was larger than usual, the cumber pre- 

 sent being about 160. The company included Lord Fe- 

 vershara. Lord William Lennox, Vice Chancellor Kindersly, 

 Mr. Western, M.P., Lieut. Col.-Towneley, Mr. Henry Wilson, 

 Mr. C. T. Tower, Mr. H. Brandreth, Kev. Mr. Tooke) 

 Mr. W. Fisher Hobhs, Mr. Mechi, Mr. W. Hole, Mr. Sandy, 

 Mr. Torr, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. J. Raymond Barker, Mr. 

 R. W. Barker, Mr. S. Druce, Mr. G. P.Tuxford, Mr. R. W. 

 Baker, Mr. Jonas Webb, Mr. Wilmore, Mr. Badham, Mr. 

 Buckley, Mr. Corbet, Mr. Wortley, Professor Simoiids 

 &c., &c. 



The dinner, an excellent one, was admirably served. 

 The musical arrangements were under the able direction of 

 Mr. Genge, who had the assistance of Miss Wells, Miss J. 

 Wells, Mr. Shoubridge, and Mr. Smythson. 



On the removal of the cloth, the grace from the " Laudi 

 Spirituali" was sung. 



The Chairman then rose and said he had to express his 

 deep regret, a regret which lie was confident they all shared 

 with him, at the unavoidable absence of the noble dnke their 

 President, in consequence of which he (Lord Berners) had, 

 in compliance with the request of the committee, accepted 



the office of chairman that day. It was now his pleasing 

 duty to propose to them " The Health of our illuatrious and 

 gaacious Queen" (cheers). This was a toast which ought 

 always to stand upori its own merits, and it required no 

 eulogium from him to euiUie for it an enthusiastic reception. 

 It might not, however, be unbecoming if at this particular 

 juncture he added his fervent aspiration that an Almighty 

 Providence might so direct her Majesty's councils that they 

 might tend to secure a speedy restoration of peace in her 

 foreign dominions, and increase the social happiness and pros- 

 perity of her people. 



The toast was drunk with three times three, and followed by 

 the National Anthem. 



The Chairman would now give them •' The Prince Consort, 

 the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." The 

 Prince Consort, he observed, had claims upon their respect, 

 not only as the husband of our beloved Sovereign, and the 

 father of that family in whom the hopes of England centred, 

 but as the patron of arts and agriculture, and as a member and 

 a successful competitor at the Smithfield Show (cheers). 

 Serenade. — "Bless'd be the Home." 



The Chairman again rose, and said that there were certain 

 times and circumstances which rendered the next toast 

 especially interesting, and he thought it should.be given on 

 the present occasion in that assembly, although it had not 

 been the custom at these annual gatherings to do so. The 

 toast he had to propose was "The Army and Navy of 

 England" (loud cheers). When he considered that the mind 

 of every Englishman and every Englishwoman, and he might 

 add of every man and woman in the civihzed world, had for 

 some time, and was even now, turned with absorbing interest 

 to t!:e achievements of our army in the East, be felt that he 

 should hardly be doing his duty if he did not, at a meeting 

 of British faimers such as this, give them an opportunity 

 of expressing their respect and admiration for the mili- 

 tary and naval services of their country (cheers). All 

 hearts had of late been painfully affected by the unparalleled 

 atrocities and barbarities that had been committed by the 

 rebel troops in India. Their blood had run cold in their 

 veins as they read the accounts which had reached them of the 

 barbarities which had been perpetrated upon innocent and 

 riefeneeless women, with children hanging at their knees, and 

 infants at their breasts. The foul deeds which had been 

 committed were, in short, such as were unrecorded in 

 history. But as they contemplated them with the feelings 

 of emotion they were calculated to evoke, they turned with 

 hops to those gallant bauds of our countrymen who were 

 engaged in avenging the cause of outraged humanity, and to 

 whose exertions alone we should owe it, if ever the territory 

 of India was restored to the authority of the British crown 

 (cheers). When thty reflected on the comparatively small 

 numerical force of the British troops in India, and the diffi- 

 culties they had had to encounter in a climate and at a 

 season of the year when it was thought almost impossible 

 for European soldiers to traverse that country ; when, 

 notwithstanding this, they reflected upon the rapidity of 

 their marches, tiitir indomitable courage and perseverance, 

 and the military skill which had been displayed by their in- 

 trepid commanders ; that, unaided by reinforcements from 

 home, they had contended successful!}', not with an undis- 

 ciplined rabble, but with troops disciplined by our own 

 officers, armed with our o«'n weapons, and having an artillery 

 force in the city of Delhi alone that numbered 270 guns, 

 manufactured in our own arsenals; that the military defences 

 of that and other cities in revolt in India were all constructed 

 by English engineers ; and that the magazines and munitions 

 of war in the hands of the rebels were almost unprecedented 

 in amount — then he did say that the army of England in India 

 was entitled to the gratitude and thanks of the country at 

 large (cheers). And here he would mention the high com- 

 pliment which had been paid to our government and array by 

 the Emperor of the French — a compliment such has had never 

 before been kno,vn, and which ought to be sounded in terms 

 of praise from one end of the kiugdom to the other ; for it 

 was a guarantee of the fidelity and of the friendship which the 

 Eiaperor entertained aud had expressed towards us (Hear). 

 AVhen the rebellion broke out iu India, and it became 

 necessary to send tut reinforcements by the quickest 

 route, the Emperor Napoleon, with the magnamimity 

 for which he had rendered himself conspicuous, offered 



