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advance the interests of the honest and indns- 

 ioiis men who are now present. 'I'o yovi, the 

 riiifrs, mid to you, the honest men at the oilier 

 id of iho roi>ni, who huve So heartily respomled 

 the toast, I return my thanks. The manner in 

 hich yon received it will always make nie an.v- 

 ns to do my dnly in the station in which I am 

 aced by Providence ; and I entirely agree with 

 I that fell from Archdeacon Manninijon this siib- 

 ct, that serious responsilulities devolve upon pos. 

 ssors of property. I see around me many sons 

 the old farmor.'i, who, in times past, rallied round 

 c; and I drink to your health and happiness in 

 lur domestic circles. (Wis Grace s:tl down amidst 

 ud cheers.) 



Mr. Ide rose to return thanks on behalf of the 

 Sncccsslul Candidates," for their health beinij 

 unk ; and in their name to propose the health of 

 Her Grace the Duchess of Richmond," with 

 roe times three. (The cheers of the honest hi- 

 rers made the Tenjiis Court ring.) 

 Ills Grace aeknowledjred the toast ami said — I 

 ank my kind friends for the cordiality with which 

 e Duchess's health has been received. When- 

 er she had been informed of such a circumstance, 

 has always given her great satisfaction, and it 

 ill now be greater when she knows that the suc- 

 ssful candidates requested Mr. Ide to give her 

 allli ; they know they cannot pay me a greater 

 impiiraent than thus to con'pliment one I so sin- 

 ■rely love. As F am unwilling to trespass on 

 )ur time, I shall say no more, but simply thank 

 111 for the honor you have done her Grace. 

 yieers) 



The laborers then left the court, headed by the 

 ind, and marched oil" in high spirits, greatly de- 

 ghted with the proceedings of the day. 

 Hij Grace next proposed the health of the 

 Members for the Western Division of Sussex." 

 Colonel Wyndham returned thanks. 

 The Noble President then acknowledged the 

 ast on behalf of the Earl of March, and said that 

 le reason why Ir,! was not present was his having 

 iceiveJ ail ottier from the Horse Guards to attend 

 e inquiry recently instituted at Perth into the 

 rcumstances of the disturbance there. His Grace 

 fain rose and said — I beg to propose the health 

 ' a gentleman from the United States. I have 

 uch pleasure in introducing him to the farmers of 

 usse.\ as one who was engaged in the inquiry in- 

 ' the agricultural affairs of America. I have seen 

 le report of that inquiry, and know that no one 

 luld have written such a work on the subject, un- 

 ss he had been well aware that agriculture was of 

 le fir«t importance in all countries. I had the 

 easiire of introducing him as an honorary mom- 

 ■r of the Royal Agricultural Society ; and I now 

 itroduco Mr. Colinan, who sits by Mr. Dickens, 

 It as a stranger, but as a descendant of those who 

 ere one with us, and as a brother citizen. The 

 isputes with America have been happilv settled ; 

 id let us hope that we may long remain in ami- 

 ible relations with the United States. I ask you 

 ) drink the health of " Mr. Colinan," with three 

 mes three ; and then show your respone to the 

 !ntiments which I have uttered, and may oiir only 

 valry with them be, who can produce the best 

 en and the best fanners. (Loud cheers.) 

 Mr. (Jolinan, on rising to return thanks, was very 

 uilly cheered. He said — It is with iinmixi d gra- 

 ficaiion th.it I return thanks for the kind ■ i^nner 

 I which you have received the toast, and the only 



difficulty I find is in giving utterance to the senti- 

 ments which oppress me. The noble duke has 

 truly observed that I do not; conic before you as a 

 stranger. Kngland is tha land of my fathers ; and 

 I feel that I can come home to them, and im land- 

 ing nn your shores could say, in the language of 

 one of old, " V'ou are my friends and my bretliri;n." 

 Vou do but echo the sentiments the enlightened 

 .Americans entertain ; they are such as the en- 

 lightened men of England feel towards them. I 

 passed through the war from 1812 to 1S1.5, and can 

 assure you that there were none but felt that it was 

 an unnatural war, and that a thrill of joy, like an 

 electric shock, pervaded all ranks of the enlight- 

 ened Americans at the communication of peace. 

 Since then there have been a few clouds in the 

 sky ; but I have no doubt they will soon pass away. 

 I am sure there was not a respectable man among 

 us who did not rejoice at the successful settlement 

 of the late agitated questions. Permit me to say 

 that my intercourse with farmer^! h»s been very 

 great, but that I have attended no meetings with 

 greater delight than I have experienced on the pre- 

 sent occasion, because so inucli moral effect has 

 been produced. I may say, with the poet, 



" Man is the nnliler i^rowlh your realms supjily, 

 And souls are ripened in a northern sky." 



[ iiave been delighted with the distribution of the 

 premiums. I come from a country whose institu- 

 tions diiTer from your own ; but the different insti- 

 tutions are mostly artificial. There must be subor- 

 dination. The head cannot say to the feet, " I 

 h.we no need of you ;" neither the hand to the 

 head, "I have no need of you." It is in the com- 

 bination of the various members that Heaven de- 

 signs there should be harmony. My lord, permit 

 me to observe that from a recent period we may 

 date the feeling of how intimately the welfare of 

 the highest members of society is connected with 

 the improvement of the condition of the lowest. 

 We cannot too highly estimate the effect of the 

 measures pursued this day. It is not merely the 

 distribution of the rewards of industry that consti- 

 tutes the whole; yn-i are now e.o-.ving seeds which 

 are hereafter destined to yield a rich harvest. 

 There is not one of those who have now received 

 their testimonial of your approbation, who will not 

 show his testimony with honest pride to bis chil- 

 dren, who will say, "On such and such a day, my 

 father or grandfather wns an honest competitor at 

 these Associations." There it is as " bread cast 

 upon the waters, which," by the blessing of God, 

 " shall be found again after many days." I feel 

 that I have detained you long. I rm delighted to 

 contemplate the inventions of art, the enterprise of 

 commerce, the advanced improvements of agricul- 

 ture, the accumulations of honest wealth, and the 

 contemplatiim in any form of the heaped-iip trea- 

 sures of science ; but I do sincerely assure yon, 

 that the greatest of all these glories is insignifi- 

 cant in comparison with the advancement of moral 

 virtue and piety. To the promotion of these ends 

 the efforts of your Association have boen directed, 

 and these enhance my feelings of gratitude to 

 God, which have never been more called for than 

 on seeing thi; aged receive the reward of a long 

 life of honesty and integrity. The best object we 

 can have in view, is the advancement of the moral 

 good of our fellow beings. I have taken great in- 

 terest in agricultural pursuits, and the endeavors 

 to elevate the condition of the rural classes ; for in 

 proportion as you endeavor to make them reflect, 

 you not only assist the act, but elevate their minds. 



Will it be said that any evil would arise from edu- 

 cation ? Is it supposed that education will make 

 Ihem more dissatisfied ? I think not ; but, on the 

 contrary, that they will he better satisfied with 

 their landlords, and if their landlords are not what 

 they should he, God forbid that they should be sat- 

 isfied. 1 come before you with a full heart ; and 

 I do say, that be our condition high or low, our 

 power enlarged or limited, it cannot be so nobly 

 employed as in the advancement of the welfare of 

 our fellow beings. Gentlemen, you have already 

 drunk the health of the chairman; but I now re- 

 peat and call upon you to drink sncceas to the be- 

 neficent landlord, and success to the honest and in- 

 dustrious laborer. (Mr. Colman during the deliv- 

 ery of his address was louilly applauded.) 



The Noble President then proposed " Prosperity 

 to the Navy of this Country." 



Lieutenant Webber and Commander Pilkington 

 returned thanks. 



The Noble President then gave "The Duke of 

 Wellington, [loud cheers) and long life to him ; and 

 may the army of England always look back and 

 emulate the soldiers whom he so often led into vic- 

 torious action." [Loud cheers.) 



The health of " the Judges" was then given : 

 Mr. Fielder King acknowledged the toast on be- 

 half of himself and Mr. Drewclt and Mr. Smith, 

 and remarked that there was a great improvement 

 in the shearing this year. 



The Noble President next gave '' Prosperity to 

 the City of Chichester," and coupled with it the 

 name of the Mayor, one of the subscribers and a 

 most earnest supporter of this Association. 



W. Tichenor, Esq , Mayor, returned thanks. 



The Noble Chairman then gave the " Vice Pre- 

 sidents" — "The Stewards." 



"The Secretary, with thanks for his arduous 

 services," was ihen given. 



Mr. Mason acknowledged the toast, and said 

 that although the company might have the oppor- 

 tunity of seeing more of the successful candidates 

 than himself, yet that he had peiuiiai' opportuni- 

 ties, by personal intercourse with them all, of wit- 

 nessing their honest pride, and the delight they felt 

 at the success they had met with and the kindly 

 feeling called forth towards the supporters of the 

 Association. He regretted, however, that the 

 funds were not sufficient, and called upon all to 

 renew their exertions. 



The Noble President next proposed " Prosperity 

 to agriculture." I always told you, he said, that 

 the welfare of millions is based upon the success 

 of agriculture, and if agriculture should be much 

 depressed, I feci that our country will be in great 

 danger, because on agriculture is based our com- 

 merce and manufactures. I do not trespass upon 

 politics in saying thus much. I could not suffer 

 you to do so, and will not do it myself; but it ij 

 not a political matter to drink, with three times 

 three, " Prosperity to agriculture, as the basis of 

 the freedom and the independence of our country" 

 — and to assure you that I will do all in my pow- 

 er to support it. 



The toast was received with loud cheers ; after 

 which the Noble Chairman left the chair, and the 

 meeting broke up. 



Horses should never stand long on a dry plank 

 floor. Their fore feet, particularly, should rest on 

 something pliable — Mass. Plough. 



