XXVlll 
MonlJdy Council, Fehrvarij 3 , 1892 . 
Westminster and said that it was 
very important for the Cheshire 
farmers that the Society should, if 
possible, arrange to hold their Show 
at Chester next year. 
Inritai ion from Manchester. 
The deputation from Chester having 
withdrawn, Lord Egeeton of 
Tatton introduced a deputation 
from Manchester and the county of 
Lancaster, consisting of the Earl of 
Derby, K.G., the Right Hon. Sir 
James Fergusson, Bart., K.C.M.G., 
M.P., Sir Humphrey de Tratlord, 
Bart., Mr. Alderman Mark (Deputy 
Majmr of Manchester), Mr. Edwin 
Guthrie (of the Lancaster County 
Council), Mr. George E. Davies, 
Captain Heaton (representing the 
Earl of Ellesmere), and Mr. Frank 
Whitworth (Local Secretary). 
The Earl of Deeby said their case 
was so simple, the facts so few, but 
their arguments from these were so 
convincing, that he did not apologise 
for putting the matter before them 
very briefly. Owing to the absence 
of a number of gentlemen, some from 
illness, others from engagements, they 
were a smaller deputation than they 
had expected to be ; but their import- 
.ance was not to be measured by the 
number present. They represented, 
as they believed, all the leading agri- 
culturists of the county of Lancaster, 
and a very considerable proportion of 
an enormous population. In asking 
that the next Meeting of the Royal 
Agricultural Society should be held 
in Manchester, they were not request- 
ing it as a favour, though, of course, 
they would be very glad if they ob- 
tained what they asked. But he thought 
they were advising them to do that 
which was distinctly in the interests 
of the Society they represented. If 
the question arose as to where a Show 
should be held, he supposed there 
were three requirements that were 
mainly looked to : firstly, that the 
place chosen should be central to 
a large and populous district, easily 
•accessible, and with good railway 
accommodation ; secondly, that there 
should be suitable accommodation 
for the conveyance of visitors from a 
distance, and for the various articles 
which were to be exhibited ; and, 
thirdly, that the neighbourhood where 
the Show was to be held should contain 
a large, well-to-do, and intelligent 
population, who might be expected 
to take interest in the proceedings, 
who would crowd the Showyard, 
and materially contribute to the re- 
ceipts. lie ventured to think that in 
all those points there was no place in 
the North of England which could 
put forward a stronger claim than 
Manchester. The population was 
more in the habit of going about by 
rail than in some other counties, and 
the number of towns and urban dis- 
tricts, as well as rural, from which 
visitors might be expected was very 
great. It used to be said, and he be- 
lieved that it was almost, if not quite, 
equally true at the present time, that 
a radius of thirty miles from the 
Manchester Town Hall contained a 
larger population than could be found 
within the same radius from St. Paul’s 
Cathedral. It was certain that there 
was no place out of London where 
there was so large a population 
within easydist.ance and conveniences 
of communication as was the case in 
Manchester. Like most people wdio 
lived in a very busy place, the Man- 
chester people were fond of seeing 
sights of any kind, and were ready to 
pay money to see them ; and he 
thought they might rely upon it that 
they would have a larger crowd in 
the yard, and a larger number of 
people from the dhtricts round than 
anywhere else. On a former occasion, 
when the Society met in Manchester, 
the surplus amounted to t),000Z., the 
largest profit ever realised at a Meet- 
ing of the Society. The Society h.ad, 
in fact, never held an unsuccessful 
Show in Lancashire. A great many 
Shows had been held in other parts of 
the countrj" where the results had not 
been so favourable, and it was thought 
that if they determined to hold the 
next Meeting in Lancashire the}’ 
would have an opportunity of wiping 
off any deficiency incurred through 
losses sustained at financially unsuc- 
cessful Meetings held elsewhere, and 
in all probability the bahance would 
be larger than any they had had 
before in Lancashire. There were 
500 Members of the Society in Lan- 
c.ashirc out of a total of 1,100 ]\Iem- 
bers in the whole of the district. 
Therefore it was reasonable to expect 
