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cultural Society at luncheon at the Court House,- Warwick. 
The Mayor proposed the toasts of “ The Queen,” and “ The 
Prince and Princess of Wales, and the other members of the 
Royal Family,” after which Lord Leigh (Lord-Lieutenant of 
Warwickshire) proposed “ Success to the Royal Agricultural 
Society.” As his Lordship had taken an active part in promoting 
the success of the Society’s former Meeting at Warwick, in 
1859, he was able to entertain his hearers with interesting 
reminiscences and with instructive comparisons. The toast 
was acknowledged by the Earl of Feversham, who, as the 
retiring President, spoke in enthusiastic terms of the record of 
work wliich the Society had to its credit, and predicted for it a 
future not less honourable and praiseworthy than its past. The 
last toast, that of “ The Health of the Mayor of Warwick,” was 
proposed in happy terms by His Royal Highness Prince Chris- 
tian of Schleswig-Holstein. In responding, the Mayor expressed 
the hope that at no very distant date, the ancient town of 
Warwick would again have the pleasure of extending a cordial 
welcome to the ‘Royal Agricultural Society. On the same 
afternoon, which was beautifully fine, the Mayor and INlayoress 
of Leamington gave a -garden party in honour of tl)e visit of 
the Society. 
After the deplorable loss sustained by the Royal Family and 
the nation generally at the beginning of the year, it was with 
no ordinary gratification that agriculturists learnt that His 
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accompanied by his son 
the Duke of York, had decided to honour the Warwick Meeting 
with his presence. As a matter of fact, their Royal Highnesses 
not only paid an early and informal visit to the Show on the 
Saturday afternoon, but spent several hours upon the ground 
both on the Monday and on the Tuesday, making a thorough 
inspection of the live stock classes and of other departments of 
the exhibition. Both their Royal Highnesses were the guests 
of the Earl and Countess of Warwick at Warwick Castle, where 
the house party also included Lord and Lady Brooke, the 
President of the Royal Agricultural Society (th e Earl of 
Feversham), and the President of the Board of Agriculture (the 
Right Hon. Henry Cliaplin, JM.P.). 
The only regrettable feature of the Meeting was, as has been 
intimated, that arising from the gloomy skies and di’enching 
rains of the Thursday, which, as the first of the shilling days, 
is usually marked by the largest attendance. The number of 
paying visitors on that day was scarcely two-thirds of 
the average, nor can it be suggested that the shillings which 
failed to reach the gates on the Thursday came on the Friday, 
