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THE CULTIVATOR 
Sept, 
during the dinner, gave many capital hits, which elicited 
rounds of applause. 
The next toast proposed, was Prince Albert, Prince 
of Wales and Royal family, &c. The Duke of Rich¬ 
mond, in proposing the toast, spoke of his Royal High¬ 
ness as the patron of the Society, and as an example of 
domestic virtues in all his relations, which had made the 
home of their beloved Queen the abode of comfort and 
happiness. The toast was received with great enthusi¬ 
asm. Prince Albert rose and made some very interest- 
ing remarks in answer to the toast. In alluding to the 
holding the show in Windsor Park—he drew attention 
very happily to the scene where King John, trembling 
among bis subjects, unwillingly signed that great char¬ 
ter which has ever since been the birthright of English¬ 
men. Your present sovereign, he said, came confiding 
among her loving and loyal people—she came to admire 
the results of their industry, and to encourage them to 
persevere in their exertions, and the gratification the 
Queen has felt at the sight of the splended exhibition, 
must be participated in by all who see it. 
His remarks were received with great applause. The 
Prince is a fine looking man, very graceful in his move¬ 
ments, and speaks with much readiness—is very self-pos¬ 
sessed, and the impression made on those who had not 
before heard him, was of the most favorable character. 
The health of the Foreign Ministers was next propos¬ 
ed, and was responded to by M. Van de Weyer, the Bel¬ 
gian Minister, in a most capital speech, in fact the speech 
of the day. He speaks English without a foreign accent, 
and his manner was very pleasing. He alluded very 
handsomely to the agriculture of the Flemings, and paid 
a tribute to that early improvement of agriculture 
among his own people, which has placed them high on 
the lists of agriculturists. He alluded very playfully to 
the despatches that foreign ministers are now in the habit 
of sending home. Instead of containing diplomatic des¬ 
patches, he said, the red boxes that are now sent from 
the minister here to his court abroad, more frequently 
were composed of matters relating entirely to the agri¬ 
culture and stock of England. 
The Duke of Richmond responded very effectively to 
x toast to his health as President of the Society. Lord 
Portman made a very good speech in introducing a toast 
to agriculture, manufactures and commerce. Mr. Law¬ 
rence, U. S. Minister, spoke very well indeed, on intro¬ 
ducing a toast to the Mayor and Corporation of Wind- 
ior. Mr. Lawrence’s fine personal appearance, as well 
is his address, secure for him attention. He alluded 
most happily to the consanguinity of ties between a large 
portion of his countrymen and Great Britain j expressed 
ais and their desire, that peace and commercial inter¬ 
course should continue. He alluded to the ancient cas- 
„le near which the great exhibition was held, as dear to 
Americans from its associations, for the great rights of 
.reedom which had here been secured j and also to Eaton 
Hall, that ancient seat of learning, from which had come 
iorth so many great and distinguished men in every de¬ 
partment, whose fame belongs to America as well as to 
Great Britain. The Mayor reponded to the toast in a 
,ew remarks suited to the occasion. 
Mr. Miles, M.P., (who, from the applause with which 
ae was received, I conclude is a great favorite with the 
farmers,) introduced a toast to the Judges and Stewards 
of the Show. It was responded to by Mr. Fisher Hobbs. 
Lord Ashburton proposed the health of the Laboring 
Classes, and accompanied it with some very interesting 
remarks. Mr. E. Dennison, M. P., proposed the 1 Sister 
Societies of Agriculture In rising, he was greatly 
cheered, and I doubt not he is well known to the farmers 
present. He said the customary toast to the Sister So¬ 
cieties of Scotland and Ireland had always been received 
with great favor by the Society, but at this time he 
would present it on more extended considerations—to 
Societies wherever they existed, engaged in the same 
great work with themselves. He alluded to Germany 
whose agriculturists and scientific men had done so much 
for them. He alluded to Lord Stanley as introducing 
to the British farmer guano, now employing 100,000 tons 
of British shipping to bring it to our shores. (At the 
mention of the name of Lord Stanley, who is the can¬ 
didate of the Protectionists for Prime Minister, the hall 
rang with cheers, which continued for a considerable 
time and some difficulty was experienced in restoring 
quiet. This shows the feeling of this class of the Eng- 
lish on this all absorbing question here.) He spoke of 
the important discovery of dissolving bones in sulphuric 
acid, as having been made by Liebig, a German chemist, 
which had proved of so much advantage to the farmers 
of England, and following up this discovery he said 
there was present to-day a.gentleman from across the 
Atlantic, whom he had in his eye, (Mr. J., of N. Y.,) 
who had announced to the Royal Society the discovery 
of a mineral stratum, in the State of New-York, rich in 
the same compound as that of bones, and which could 
be brought to our shores at such a price as to place it 
within the reach of every farmer. (Prolonged cheers.) 
(I had presented at the last meeting of the Council of 
the Royal Society, a sample of the phosphate of lime 
received from Prof. Emmons, from Crown Point, in our 
State, and received from the Duke of Richmond a letter 
thanking me for the same, and expressing himself as 
very anxious to receive from our country this valuable 
mineral,should it prove, as it is believed it will, a valuable 
fertilizer.) Lord Abercorn responded very'Lappily. in¬ 
deed, in behalf of the Irish Ag. Society. He is an un¬ 
commonly fine looking man, and his address very pre¬ 
possessing. In alluding to the great famine which had 
brought such distress upon that unhappy country, he 
said an allwise Providence had overruled it for the good 
of that Island, and that the prospects of agriculture had 
never been so full of promise as at present. The Duke 
of Richmond, in the absence of the Marquis of Broad- 
albane, responded for the Highland Society, of which 
he had been President three years. He said, being half 
Scotch and half English, he claimed the right on behalf 
of the farmers of Scotland to respond to this toast. 
It was peculiarly gratifying to me during this whole 
meeting to witness the good feeling and the hearty ap¬ 
plause with which every allusion to the United States 
was received, and it seems to me, that whatever feelings 
may prevail elsewhere, among the farmers of England, 
that of friendship and good will to us is most apparent. 
I have found this everywhere I have been among the 
farmers, and 1 cannot doubt that it is truly sincere. 
The remaining proceedings were a toast to the Rail- 
