444  Report  on  the  Exhibition  of  Live-Stock  at  York. 
Those  who  had  the  privilege  of  seeing  him  in  his  home  must 
often  have  been  struck,  for  instance,  by  the  bond  of  friendship 
which  existed  between  the  Hall  and  the  village.  The  two 
seemed  rather  to  be  one  large  family,  with  him  at  its  head — 
all  having  common  interests,  common  joys,  and  common 
sorrows.  And  as  at  Sudbury,  where  everything  tending  to  the 
comfort  as  well  as  the  moral  well-being  of  his  tenants  and 
poorer  neighbours,  including  the  excellent  school,  was  sedu- 
lously promoted  ; so  also  at  Poynton,  in  Cheshire,  where  his 
collieries  were  situated,  the  like  vigilant  care  in  the  same 
direction  wras  exercised. 
Among  the  colliers  at  Poynton  he  was  very  popular,  and  an 
interesting  account  is  given  in  a Stockport  paper  of' a threatened 
strike  being  avoided  by  his  personal  influence.  “ He  met,”  the 
account  says,  “ a deputation  of  the  men,  listened  patiently  to  all 
the  arguments  that  could  be  adduced  on  behalf  of  the  miners, 
pointed  out  the  mistakes  they  had  made,  and  the  result  was  a 
reconciliation,  the  full  import  of  which  can  scarcely  be  appre- 
ciated by  those  unacquainted  with  the  consequences  of  a work- 
man’s strike.”  And  it  may  well  be  added  here,  that  perhaps  one 
of  the  most  touching  letters  of  condolence  received  by  the  family 
on  Lord  Vernon’s  death  was  from  a working  miner  at  Poynton. 
Such,  then,  is  a very  brief  outline  of  the  life  and  character  of 
one  whose  earnestness  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  and  of  his 
self-imposed  tasks,  to  the  utmost  of  his  abilities,  was  very 
remarkable  ; and  if  occasionally  a disposition  arose  to  look 
upon  his  anxiety  as  extreme,  and  his  conscientiousness  as 
excessive,  it  was  quickly  lost  in  admiration  of  the  noble  spirit 
and  generous  motives  which  produced  in  him  those  feelings  of 
perhaps  over-sensitiveness. 
But  the  quality  and  value  of  a man’s  career  must  be  judged 
mainly  by  the  effect  it  leaves  on  the  minds  of  his  fellow-men  ; 
and  Lord  Vernon  had  this  seal  set  on  his — that  in  his  death  he 
was  as  much  and  as  widely  regretted  as  in  his  life  he  had  been 
honoured  and  beloved. 
XXII. — Report  on  the  Exhibition  of  Live-Stock  at  York.  By 
S.  P.  Foster,  of  Killhow,  Carlisle,  Senior  Steward. 
The  Meeting  of  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society  held  on  the 
Knavesmire  at  York,  and  so  looked  forward  to  with  feelings  of 
mingled  hope  and  doubt,  will  long  be  remembered  ; for  was  it 
not  one  of  the  greatest  exhibitions  of  live-stock  ever  held, 
whether  we  consider  quantity  or  quality  ? 
