Iteim'is of Commiikes. 
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p<ainting was supposed to be the only 
pdrtrait in existence of that celebrated 
agriculturist. The picture wa^ sold 
by Mr. John Richards, F.S..\., on his 
leaving Reading fo!ty-five years ago, 
to Mr. John Snare, the principal 
bookseller and publisher of Reading, 
and its authenticity as a portrait of 
Tull was vouched for by the eminent 
Mr. Cnthbert Johnson, F.R.S. On 
the death of Mr. Snare the picture 
passed into the possession of his 
widow, from whom he (Mr. Sutton) 
had purchased it. 
Earl Cathcart moved that a 
cordial vote of thanks be given to 
Mr. Sutton for this valuable gift. 
As he was interested in the matter, 
he had been desired to say how 
much obliged the Society and the 
Council were to Mr. Sutton. Mr. 
Sutton had been most liberal on this 
occasion, and he must say patriotic, 
because he desired to safeguard the 
portrait of one who in all probability 
had done more for British agriculture 
, than any other man that ever lived. 
He was sure that the Council would 
join with him in a grateful expression 
of thanks for Mr. Sutton's gift. 
Sir Nigel KisGSCOTE.as Chairman 
of the House Committee, seconded 
the motion, which was carried unani- 
Iinoasly. 
■ Mr. StJTTON thanked the Council 
for the very kind way in which they 
! had received the picture he had had 
the good fortune to ask them to 
accept. Lord Cathcart had been, as 
usual, far too kind. The fact was 
I that the picture would not have been 
I there but for bis Lord.ship"s paper 
appearing in the Journal. The 
i thought which arose in his Lord- 
I ship's mind, that Jethro Tull ought 
1 to be commemorated in their Journal, 
had brought about the discovery 
of the portrait. Some had thought 
that, as Tull was a Berkshire 
worthy, the picture ought to be in 
the Berkshire Museum. But Tull was 
not a local or provincial character : 
his work had been of national 
i use in agriculture, and the home 
I of their great national society 
was, he (Mr. Sutton) thought, 
the proper place for the portrait. 
, He was very glad that all the 
I members of the Council thought so 
( too, and it was a very great honour 
for him to hare helped in the 
discovery of the picture, and to 
have presented it to the Society. 
(Cheers ) 
House. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote (Chairman) 
presented various accounts for pay- 
ment in connection with the house. 
The Organising Committee of the 
International Congress of Hj-giene, to 
be held in London next August, 
having asked whether the Society 
would be willing to place its Council 
Chamber at the disposal of the 
Congress for the deliberation of one 
of the sections, the Committee 
recommended that this request be 
complied with. 
Journal. 
Earl Cathcabt (Chairman) re- 
ported that the first part of Vol. IL 
of the Journal had been published 
on March 31, and was now in 
course of distribution to members. 
The Committee had referred to the 
Finance Committee various payments 
in respect of the printing and postage 
of, and literary contributions to, that 
number. An application by the 
Dowager Duchess of Bedford for 
permission to reprint, in a volume of 
memorials of the late Duke, the 
Editor's article on " Agriculture and 
the House of Russell " in the last 
number of the Journal, had been 
readily acceded to. The Committee 
recommended that the offer of 
the Secretary of the British Bee- 
keepers' Association to send regularly 
to the Society's reading-room the 
" British Bee Journal " and the " Bee- 
keepers' Record,'' be accepted with 
thanks. The arrangements for the 
next number of the Journal had 
been discussed, and directions given 
thereon. 
Earl Cathcabt, in reference to 
the letter from the Dowager Duchess 
of Bedford, said the Committee 
thought it very satisfactory that the 
Editor's paper was so highly appre- 
ciated by the family, as it deserved 
to be appreciated generally. 
He had to proffer a request which 
was so often made, viz., that they would 
be very much obliged if members of 
Council and members of the Society 
would kindly suggest subjects 
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