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Leith Hay, Sir J. H. Burnett, Sir Alexander Bannerman, 

 Sir George Abercromby, Sir Thos. Gladstone, Sir George 

 Macpherson Grant, the Hon. T. C. Bruce. Mr Torr re- 

 turned thanks for the Royal Society of England ; M. 

 Dutrone, who was present from Paris, responded for the 

 Agriculture of France. M. Dutrone was a great admirer 

 of the Polled breed, and as secretary of the Society in 

 France for the prevention of cruelty to animals, he was the 

 bearer of a medal, which he gave to the best bull of the 

 Polled breed (Mr M'Combie's), on the ground that animals 

 without horns were less likely to injure either animals or 

 human beings. Mr Wetherell, Durham, returned thanks 

 for the Judges, and in his remarks counselled the breeders 

 of Shorthorns to attend less to size than to quality and 

 symmetry. He urged them to visit some of the stocks of 

 the leading breeders in England, and he suggested they 

 had the example of Mr Douglas, Athelstaneford, before 

 their eyes. The Hon. Arthur Gordon gave the toast of the 

 Peasantry. Mr Harvey, Tillygreig, returned thanks for the 

 Tenantr>% which was proposed by Sir William Forbes. Mr 

 M'Combie had the honour of returning thanks for the Suc- 

 cessful Competitors, proposed by Lord Haddo. 



