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the Queen, the Royal Patroness of the Society ; and his Royal 

 Highness Prince Albert, as one of its Governors, evinced a lively 

 participation in the proceedings of the Meeting, and with kind 

 condescension sat down to dinner, in the Pavilion, with 2000 guests 

 of the Society, whom he most heartily bid welcome to the Home 

 Park. The Mayor and Corporation and the Local Committee, 

 with the most zealous co-operation, anticipated and executed the 

 wishes of the Council on every point connected with the con- 

 venience and accommodation of the Society, and the perfect pre- 

 servation of the peace of the borough. The railway arrangements 

 were in every respect as complete as the increased pressure of 

 traffic and the multiplicity of details would allow ; and the Stock 

 of the Exhibitors was liberally conveyed free of charge, in both 

 directions, by the principal railway companies throughout the 

 kingdom. The number of the stock, the variety of the breeds, 

 and the high character so great a proportion of the animals exhi- 

 bited, rendered the Show at Windsor one of the most remarkable, 

 perhaps, that has ever taken place in this or any other country ; 

 and, notwithstanding the increased expenses attending so large an 

 exhibition, the balance-sheet of the Meeting will be found to 

 present a result more favourable to the Society than on any 

 former occasion. 



The Council have arranged that the Lewes Meeting shall be 

 held in the week commencing Monday, the 12th of July next. 

 They have also decided on the Prizes to be offered at that meet- 

 ing, for Agricultural Implements and Machinery, and for Live 

 Stock intended for breeding purposes. The former include 

 important additions, intended to draw the attention of Agricul- 

 tural Engineers and Machinists more strongly to the different 

 degrees of motive power required by farmers under different cir- 

 cumstances, and to its convenient adaptation to agricultural pur- 

 poses : and it is hoped that an opportunity will be afforded for 

 obtaining a satisfactory trial of the efficiency of those reaping 

 machines which have attracted so much attention subsequently to 

 the period when the Prize Sheet for Implements was arranged 



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