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the roof of a house, and the decision arrived at was 

 that the steam plough would not answer. Notwith- 

 standing all this, he was prepared to prove that he 

 could plough at half the cost of horsepower. It was 

 plain they would get no assistance from the public or 

 iroin the landed proprietors, who would, after all, 

 derive the greatest benefits in the improved rental of 

 their estates. As f;ir as steam ploughing was con- 

 cemed, he considered his task was done ; but it was for 

 such men as Messrs. Romaine and Boydell to carry 

 their experiments further in another direction, and he 

 was strongly of opinion that the public at large ought 

 to help them in their work." 



Mr. Smith, of Wool^to^, in answer to this, would 

 receive no aid — neither from a society nor an individual 

 — but stand or fall on his own merits. Mr. Smith's 

 speech, which promised at first to be amusing enough, 

 ended by becoming insufferably tedious. With an un- 



pardonable want of discretion he fairly talked his 

 audience out of the room ; and when he came to 

 reading long letters in his own favour, the effect pro- 

 duced was precisely similar to that of reading the Riot 

 Act — " the crowd at once dispersed." We regret this 

 the more, as Mr. Boydell, Mr. Romaine, and Mr. 

 Halkett should all have had the opportunity, smd 

 were all, we believe, prepared to say something. The 

 Society, however, has a very excellent rule of closing 

 Ihe proceedings at ten o'clock ; and at a few minutes 

 past that hour Mr. Fairburn left the chair, with Mr. 

 Smith still, of course, in possession. 



As the Chairman liimself said, we are now clearly 

 " in a state of transition as regards the cultivation of 

 the soil;" while the result of this meeting would point 

 to the more general introduction of steam power in 

 this wise : — The union of the common portable farm 

 engine with either Fowler's or Smith's system. 



ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 



A Monthly Council was held on Wednesday, the 

 3rd of February : present, Lord Berners, President, 

 in the Chair ; Lord Southampton, Lord Portman, Lord 

 FevershaM, Right Hon. the Speaker, Hon. William 

 George Cavendish, M.P., Sir Waikin W. Wynn, Bart., 

 M.P., Sir Archibald K. Macdonald, Bart., Sir John V. 

 B. Johnstone, Barf., M P., Mr. Dyke Acland, Mr. 

 Raymond Barker, Mr. Barnttt, Mr. Barthropp, Mr. 

 Bramston, M.P., Mr. Brandreth, Mr. Caldwell, Colonel 

 Challoner, Mr. Druce, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. 

 Hamond, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. James Howard, Mr. 

 Hudson (Castleacre), Mr. Jonas, Mr. Lawes, Mr. Law- 

 rence, Mr. Milward, Mr. Pain, Mr. Pope, Mr. Silii- 

 fant, Mr. Robert Smith, Mr. Banks Stanhooe, M.P., 

 Mr. Thompson, Mr. Torr, Colonel Town'eley, Mr. 

 Turner (Burton), Profess ;r Way, Mr. Jona-- Webb, 

 and Mr. Wilson (Stowlangtoft) 



The Rev. Henry John Ingilby, of Ripley Castle, 

 Yorkshire ; and the Rev. Archer Clive, of Whitfield, 

 Herefordshire, were elected governors of the Society. 



The following new members were elected : 

 Astbury, Johu Steadman, Oulton House, Milwich, Staffs, 

 Bates, George, Blackhall Hall, Wickbam-Market. 

 Bushel, Christopher, Hinderton, Neston. Cheshire. 

 Butterfield, Rev. G, B, B., Great College-street, Westminster. 

 Craue, James, Shrawardine, Shropshire. 

 Davies, D. R,, Mere Old Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire, 

 Dodwell, Joseph, Manor Farm, Long Crendon, Tcame. 

 Gould, John, Hyde Hall, Deuton, Lancashire. 

 Grantham, Stephen, Paragno, New Kent-road, Surrey. 

 Lloyd, John, Belsize, Hampstead, Middlesex. 

 Malcolm, Matthew, Manor House, Kiueton, Warwickshire. 

 Neame, Percy B , Solestreet House, Feversham, Kent. 

 Norris, John, Fully, Shrewsbury. 



Paxton, Robert, Marsh Farm, Lower Winchetiden, Ayleshy. ' 

 Paddock, Heury, The Trench, Ellesmere, Shropshire. 

 Peel, Edmund, Bryn-y-Pyss, Wrexham. Deubigbshire. 

 Shackletoii, John, Leeds, Yorkshire. 

 SfDith, Michael, Cefu, Isla, Usk, Monmoiithshire. 

 Thomas, Rev. Lewis, St. Hilary, Cowbridge, Glamorgan. 

 Thomas, Thomas, St. Hilary, Cowbridge, Glamorganshire. 

 Warner, Charles Borham, Jewin-creacent, A.!dgat3, London 

 Williams, Rev. Edm. Turberville, Mount Balam, Chepstow 

 Vilhers, Hon. Fred. W. C, Sully Hall, Northamptonshire. 



Finances!.— Mr. Raymond Barker, Chairman of the 

 Finance Committee, presented the report on the 

 accounts of the Society, from which it appeared that 

 the current cash-balance in the hands of the bankers 

 wa8£-'4.'54. He laid on the table the usual quarterly 

 statement for the information of the members, and re- 



ported that the authorities of Chester had transmitted 

 Exchequer Bonds to the amount of £1,800 (payable on 

 the 8th May next), as their contribution towards the 

 expenses of the Chester Meeting in July next. The 

 Council ordered, agreeably with the recommendation of 

 the committee, that a circular letter should be addressed 

 to such members of the Society as were in arrear of 

 their subscription. 



Editorship of Journal. — Mr. Thompson, Chair- 

 man of the Journal Committee, presented the following 

 report, which was adopted by the Council : 



1. That the Council he recommended to appoint a paid 

 Editor, but that the Journal be published, as hitherto, 

 under the general superiuteadence of the Journal Com- 

 mittee. 



2. That the Journal Committee, or such other Committee 

 as the Council may appoint, be requested to make such 

 inquiry as shall enable them to report to the next monthly 

 Cuuneil the name of some competent person or persons 

 to undertake the duties of Editor; and also to report the 

 amount of salary which they think adequate to the re- 

 quirements of the office. 



On the motion of the Right Hon. the Speaker, 

 seconded by Mr. Jonas, the very cordial and grateful 

 thanks of the Council were voted to Mr. Thompson, 

 Mr. Dyke Acland, and Mr. Wren Hoskyns, for the 

 manner in which they had performed the laborious and 

 responsible office of Joint-Editors of the Journal. 



Consulting Chemist.— Sir John V. B. Johnstone, 

 Bart., M.P., Chairman of the Special Chemical Com- 

 mittee appointed at the previous Council, presented the 

 following report, which was also adopted. 



1. That the fixed salary of £300 per annum hitherto 



given to Professor May be given without alteration 

 to the person who shall be selected to fill the vacant 

 post of Consulting Chemist to the Society, for which 

 he will be expected to make analyses for members, 

 on terms approved by the Chemical Committee ; to 

 give three lectures annually, if called upon so to do ; 

 and to attend the meetings of the Council whenever 

 required. Also, that f200 per annum, allotted to 

 specific subjects of investigation, be, as heretofore, 

 offered in the first instance to the Consulting 

 Chemist. 



2. That Dr. Augustus Voelcker, Professor of Chemistry 



to the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester, 

 be recommended, to fill the vacant post of Con- 

 sulting Chemist to the Royal Agricultural Society 

 of England. 



Chester Meetino.— Lord Portman, Chairman of 



