ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. ' Committee Meeling, Ms:-ch19, i856.

1’ en t--lIenr Lon wortli,Es .,Presidsnt; Hon‘. Jiid Peterys , Iiugn. Geo. Coiies. lion Moose , I n. Mr. Bagnall; Daniel llodgson, Thos. ’ethick, Geo. Wright. James Robertson and.Jcremlah Sim son,Esquires ; Messrs. Isaac Tbunipson and Joiin Johnston.

Road Minutvs oflast Meeting.

Resolved, That Jeremiah Simpson. Esq.._be elected an Iionorary l"'leniber for the ensuing

yeilgsoliied, That Messrs. Thos. Dodd, George .|nd Samuel Collings be requested to of Fat Stock at the Show to he held this ay.

The Secretary informed the Board, that Mr.

Goo. Smith had returned the Turnip Prize “,1

pursuant to a Resolution of the Comiuittee ol the 6th day‘ of February last. The Secretary also laid before the Board a letter received from Geo. Smith,relative to the Resolution of the Committee censurlng himself and Gen. Lewis for their conduct as Turnip Ins ectors. which together with a letter from the sa d Geo. Lewis, the Board observe, has appeared in the ublic prints. Ihlere abuse, the Committee won (I not of cohrse. condescend to notice, but they observe these persons state, that they were condemned without’ a hearing. llowevcr conclusive the evidence of their misconduct, the Committee are sensible, that to have condemned them an- heard would not have been correct. 'I‘lie Com- mittee therefore, deem it proper to show, that this statement is entirely untrue. On the com- lain‘t being made to the Societ , the Secretary, iiy 0 er of the Board,-informs Messrs. Smith and win of the charges made against them, and notiﬁed them to attend before the Commit- tee oil th'e 2d January. to explain them : they both attended. The Aliidavits of Charles Binns, James Dean, John Jackson, Christopher Cassidy and n as McLeod were read to them. and they both enied the charge.und asserted. that all the Turnips weighed by them had been left nntailcd. Mr. Smith saying, that he would make his Af- fidavit that such was the case, and Mr. Lewis, that he would not swear to it. but that he had acted impartially, and the Committee might makc'the best of it, and he would not attend again about the matter. After hearing all they had to say. the Committee were of opinion, that the Aliidavits sutﬁeicntly substantiated the charée, but in order to prevent the possibility of any injustice bein done to the Inspectors, be- fore assing any esolution against them, the Boar directed the Secretary to write to one individual competitor whose Turnips they had measured, to ascertain whether his Turnips had been tailed or not. At the sitting of the lonrd on the 6th day of February, the Secretary in- formed the Committee that he had received vor- bal answers from the following competitors :- Mr. James Howatt,{of Crapaud, stated, that the Ins ectors uiude him “ trim his Turnips l , by cutting oﬂ' both to s and roots. oseph Wise stated, that e was told to trim his in the same manner as the above, and add- ed, that“ they were trimmed. and well- trimmed too." Mr. John Wright, of West River, in- formed the Secretary, that his Turni s had not been tailed previous to weighing. ( he weight of Mr. Wright's Crop was 0 tons l3cwt. 4lbs.) Mr. Patrick Berrigan also stated, that his Crop, which weighed 18 tons ldcwt. 3qrs. Glbs., were also untrimmed, previous to being weighed.

The following written replies were received from other competitors 2-- — Belmont, Jan. 19, 1856.

W. W. Irving,Esq.;

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Sir;—You wish to know whether the Inspec- tors had my Turnips to ped and tailed previous to weighing, or whet or they merely top them, and weighed them with all the roots on?

I was resent, when my Turnips were pulled and weiggied ; tberoots were all cut oil‘, as well as the tops. . I observed one of the men cuttin away-too much of the Turnips at tl,ie‘,root, and told him in hearing of the Inspectors, not to cut away so much of the Turnips.—One of the In- spectors held the bag, while the Turni were put into it, and unless they shut their eyes, they could not but see the roots were cut oil‘; but I am inclined to think, they had them pret- ty wide open. ‘

Yours, &c., (Signed) ‘ nm. E. _Waicu'r.

Goose Pond, St Peter's Road, Dear Sir ; January 25. 1856.

I am not surprised that complaints should have been led it against the Turnip Ins ctors.

r. Smith, w ien examining mine,eoIsldFscaroe- ly get a drill but was -roo coon, as he said.

I am not sure, that they forbid the tailing, but they allowed -me to do so The _also.sbow me the wei ht of a, Mr. John ,riglit’s, and stated, that would be before him‘; notwith- standing, he obtained a Prize and,I did not.

. ' am, &.c., &.s., (Signed) Ann. llonsn-rsoit.

P. S.-—I measured ﬁe same s as they did, and m wei hlngs averaged loblbs. and and theirs a ut 7 lbs. A. ROIIITION.

W. W: Irving, Esq., Secretary R. _A. Society. J

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nasziinirs cazn w. w. Irving 5th Jan. "xiii.

P . I have ‘received your letter. and in reply have to state, that some of in pa was

" wei bed with the roots on. but the greatest

efore weighing. This was done in presence of the Inspectors, Messrs. Smith and Lewis, and not ob‘ cted to by them. It is quite true also. that r Smith offered me a sovereign for m chance of the first pi-ize—slI of w ioh I wil swear to, if necessary.

portion were trimmed and made lit for market

Yours tho. &0. (Signed) "Jenn Tnoazts. _~ " Jain. I'.'th I856. Sir, In answer to your note of 2nd Jan. inst: nesting me to state, for the information of the Agricultural Society. whether my Turnl s were "topped and laile " at the time of t 0 ins ection; I was present in the ﬁeld. assisted to prepare them for the Inspection. and cut oil‘ the tops and roots. and so they were weighed. ‘

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Your ob-.lt. svt.

(Signed) inns D. Iisszauo.

The Committee also observe, that Mr. Lewis attempts to throw blame on the Secretary. Mr. Irving, for informing Mr. Binns that Messrs. Smith and Lewi’s turnips had not been tailed, but there is no round for the im utation. Through the unwue re resentationso Messrs. Smith and Lewis, Mr. rving had been induced to measure theirturnips with the roots uncut. believin that they had measured the turlii of Mr. Einns and the other competitors in th: same manner. On paying Mr. Binns, the second prize, he very properly remarked, that to weigh turnips wit the roots on, was not a roper mode of ascertaining the crops‘; and ut for this accidental remark, the improper conduct of the Inspectors might have remained undstsctod,—Both Messrs. Smith and Lewis were well paid by the Society for snaking the inspection, and a ‘

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(I the Secretary suspected them of unlhir dealing, and remained silent, he would indeed have been to blame. 4

Moved and Seconded that the above be insert- ed in the Minute Book, and published in line- sard’s Gssette. ,

Read Tenders for printing the Annual Ile- port and transactions of the Sociey for the past

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Resolved that Mr Whelaii’s 'I‘end..r be ac-

,‘ cepted, being the lowest

the tollowing letter from Judge Papers Sidiiiouht I-‘uli. I-llli I851}. Dear Sir, ‘ -

I think our September cattle show would be much increased, if a prize was given for year- ling IIeifsrs—I lest ear gave the Socictv 40s. to be oﬁbred as a prize for ploughin in Back- wheat, wliich was notconi eted tor , Ftberefcre esiro, that it may be c ered as it priic at the next cattle show. for the best lleifer calvsd in 1855. I also enclose 30s., which I wish offered as a prize for the second-best Heifer calved in the same year, 1855.

I remain &c. Your obt Servt. Jain: K. Psrlss. To ll’. W. Irving Esq. Secretary R. A. Society.

Moved and Seconded, that the thanks of the Board be given to His" Honor Judge Peters for his liberality.

OOBIESPOHDBIOB. -

MUTUAL FIREl.lIISIIRAliCP.:

Ma. Em-ros ; _ Amon the few com nice that hsvebeen formed in our City, I 0 not see one that has _rospered so well, and promises to be more use- ul and beneﬁcial to the Communit than the Mutual Fire Insurance Company. n enquiry I ﬁnd that this Institution has now been in operation about 7years : that a few individuals who had made the, calculations and every alr- lowance.became satisﬁed that nearly three times the amount of money was rawn from the Island, in the shape of Premiums, that it cost to pay the losses incurred in it, and therefore determined to t up a Mutual Insurance Com- pany among t einselves, for the first two or three years, their business was very limited, owing to a want of conﬁdence in the system; the promoters however determined to rec- yers, feeling that as they had such a limitd! income in the shape of Premiums, they had only a limited number of risks to run. The system now appears to have gained confidence,’ and no wonder. when we ﬁnd the rties in- sured in this compaiiy only pay '/ c premi- oreign companies, and as a proof of the correctness of the calculations made by its early romoters,I observe; can they have paid al ‘ t eir lossei and expenses! working the company; and should no accident happen them this year, they will have cleared L in the bar ‘in ! and that the interest their Cash Capita , now overpsys the annual _ex _ so; this also shown their company isvnry yu iciously and economically worked. A

son insuring in this Company pays aboissralf - 1 ; .

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the nice of Premium chsrgetlin the other Com- anion. slid signs a Bond to pa the extent of. E 1- cent, on the amount’ he case of ii‘ loss‘ that would absorb‘ that aisount over the amount of Cash in lnsnd: consequently ifit should do happen that after insuring ill the .‘ Oompgny "vent ' oars, onevsiss called on to pay even to the full extent of his Bond. |-e"0l_Ild- be no‘ worse oil‘. than if be insured in a l-oreign Company. " ’

I am ofcpinion. your money and inter'estlln__csse o equivalent to the risk of h,sv_mg to ply tour or even five per cent. in case 0

that the advanta of llllvlltg ' no loss, is three or a heavy

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in dividing the‘ amount the Company have insured, by the number of pdicien issued, they average only about £200 etch. end at that average 9 or 10 buildings would be burnt down. before a party could be called on for 5 per cent. ' It is uito evident to me, that unless the foreign ninpanies were making handsome ro- an out of us.-they would not continue I eir Agencies, might we not therefore make and keep this money among ourtslvec—slsoulll_ we not all in this Company, and as soon as we haven pitalof two or three thousand pounds —havs tho Premiums reduced to one guarter r cent. Although I have been alwa s insured in the foreign oﬁoes, 1 mean to with raw from

them and insure in the above. Yours ¢ke., ' A Crrizan. -—--o

(For I-lasasrd'e Gassite.) Tun Scnooi. Acr. (c¢0ci.onsn.) In l\'os.l and 2 eoaimunieliioas, i took into consideration the sclsoolmssier’s labour and res- ponslblliiygcoiupsrsd his position and pI'0lp°°_l| in life, with those. of other piibliowllieeis. Ind glanced at education in the U. States and Silesia. All tending to show, that he is not dealt with according to his deserts, and n rlue regard to the meliuiatiou of this country. It is true, that intlny teachers get their board by subscription. but in many Districts it rests with a few spirited indivi- duals in bear the burden, while others equally beneﬁted, manage to slink, and: “pay nothing by liootorbycr .” _ , - In addition to the qualiﬁcititin, or the First class. the Second class teachers must know Al- gebra. Geometry, Trigonometry, Monsuralion, Land Surveying, Navigation. Astronomy, an

' Geog rnphy with the use of the ‘Globes. for which

they-are psidtliw , ' "sum of £5!!. Is this n sntiicicni inducement to study the necessary branches lu become a Second clhsn tenclscr? I’ll leave the public to decide. , '

I|hsve just read , a suggestion or the lion. Colonial Secretary in the House, that all teachers should pay a pound yearly laid a Fund, and, in case ulcuntinued sickness or old age, should be entitled to £20,yca_rly._ Accoding to this scheme one person's contributions in 20 years would amount to £40 for which he gets nothing, if he has not the Incl: to get sick, ordld. If Mr. Coles were a Schoulnisster, I think '.IIO would prefer being paid a suliieieni salary, that he might pro- vide againatold age etc. .

Verily I say unto Legislators, if you done! say £100 for the Second class teacher this session, you will be remembered nsxtlisﬁ~efresponsihiliiy_.

"But I fancy I hear you asking with a smile. whence thcfunds are to come. Every judicious thinker will accord, that education is the pillar of the lII|i0_n:‘lhll the Revenue ol'a,counIr_v should be devoted, not only to serve its present wants and pi-otectisn,_ but to isise its ‘people-to intellect-' uality, reflection and rdnsruent ; for in proportion as intelligent: increases. so do auciabllity '3 lnd'll!O protectioncf lift and properly ; also in the same ratio do prejudice, superstition, Ilice and crime, decrease. Therefore iftheseincaleulsblc advan- tages are desirable from education. is it too such to say, that the halfof the Revende of any people should he dedicated to the ‘attainment of this . momentous object? their own enlightenment?

At present (according to Mr. Whelan's speech) only about 2-7 of the Revenue, meisooo ‘out of £42000 are expanded on cducstieh in this Island-

Hence, the maintenance of (268) persons and the Central Academy, as well as some (other ‘incidenlnlcducstionsl expedilures, would satisfy only thiﬂycfcur £d® gentlemen.

0 ye law-makers, do not harbour the viper’ of Iililhlﬂlli when your!-svc legillting flit your children. and the rising ....i.mao.l; who ‘are des- illﬁd to'be tlie_‘sIalssincn and adinihisiraiors or sﬂairs in this beautiful Isle. Provo yourselves philsntliropisls now, and succeeding -generations will bless and crown your ‘dust with _honour and «cvsrlastlnghme. ', , ‘ linislit ssyinueli niovron this inisrpsiing sub- _l°°'o lllll M9503 Iﬂbpibil a ‘good deal of your

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valuable space, and hoping dﬁ any ‘ nol be unlmposism, I hes in verasminsssalio ' "‘ ‘ ‘ " ' ;Oanun. Bed:-qus, March 6th, I856. ' ...——o—_.

I Gentlemen‘. ‘

i llllllk it somewhat unfortunate rorttilu on, that its funds ire in s0’~low a s , t drains cannot he cut to let oi the ‘but’ his water, and also that Scavengers cannot‘ _ op; 15 ,1 to gather, up the 'ni'nsses of dii-p,ana'nlIiJ:. on the surface of very ‘many oft e.strsstb',.‘1 mm the funds may’ not lie so suiallYii'iivpth_sr,sp;i,,s_

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run Lonn’s nu OBSERVANCE novsiinsr.

v ' nsrursriusi ro LOID rsunssrou.

The interview on Saturday between the First Minister of the Crcwuhnd adsputatinnref Min. isters and laymen of all Evangelical detnonin- ations. healed by the Archbishop‘ of Center. bury, was an occasion ofoxtncrdlnary interest. Between 100 and 105 gentlemen aﬁsiilsled at his Lordship‘s residence, 144,- Pisindilly. The attendance would have an even more numer- ons liad_not the invitttlons been restri ,in de. ferencs, weiindsrstand, to the AIrchhishop’s wish that the number should be limited.

This depataisn included edieial rsprsssnmiv... of the Church, Wesleyan. laomlom and Baplist Missionary Societies, Home and Colonial -‘climil Society, Colonial Church and Sshoolbocieiy. lie. ligious Tract Society. Sunday School Union. Sun- day School Institute, Rlﬂtred Selsnnl Ilnlon, Church of England Young Men's Christian Assn- ciaiion, Evangelical Alliance, Protestant Alliance, Protestant Association, Open Air ‘anion.’ Pure Literature Society, Lord's Dsy—SucilsIv. Melto- politsn Lord's Day Committee, Wesleyan sab- bnth Committee, and other missionary and roll- gious institutions.

. rd Palmerston entered the room shortly alter ll o'clock. . '

The Archbishop of CAN'fB|llNttY, speaking with evident emotion, brieﬂy addressed his lsosdnhip on the character of Ilie queslion at issue, urging the close connexion between our nations] Sabbath and the public maintenance of religion in the land, and pointing out the unanimity of All Christian bodies in upholding the present legal sanctions oi the Lord's Day. His Grace then reads the follow- ing address :— _

-{We who have now the honour toaddtees your Lordship srgpersuadsd tlsll we represent the common belle if the ‘Christian _psopls of this sﬂlntry tlut the observance ofllti Iv0I,d'I Day is of Div ndnulhority and perpetual obligation.

“ We rejoice that this authority andobligsiion have been acknowledged with meteor less of Scriptural enlightenment at almost every period of our history; and we are thankful to ‘God for the reverential recognition of that, His ordinance, by our Sovereign and her Govsriuusnt._

“ Wshsvs, therefore, heard with concern that attempts are being made, both in and out of Par- liament, to break in upon its sanctity, and that, among other things, it is pro uacd to upon such places as the British Museum and Crystal Palace, and otherwise to provide similar amusements for ,a portion of the people on that day.

-* We are aware that the observance of the Lord's Day by the people comes far and short of what it ought to be, yet at present all violations of its sanctity are opposed to the spirit, ifnoi to the letter, or our laws ; and it eanpot be dlipuied that this nation has longgbesn distinguished above many others by it! outward nod reverential ob- starvation of the entire day: and it is well under- stood by the people that the afternoon is not less sacred than the early part of it, and that secular occupations, studies, and recreations. which are innocent, or even duties, on the other dbys of the week, are not suitable for the Lord's day. We would earnestly oppose any attempt to diminish that public reverence for the day‘; we cannot doubt that a departure from its due observance in any one particular would, if not resisted, soon lead to others; and, so far from it being reason- abls to expect, as some persons do, ‘that the pro- posed chsoges would have the eﬂect of closing public houses and haunts of vice on that day, it is more reasonable to ex ect that the vsliisble ex- ample hitherto set by l in country would no long- er be maintained with regard to public exhibitions generally. ' » I ‘

" We cannot, as Christians or patriots, contem-

laiio the present amount of Sabbatli-breaking In the land wlllmnt deep sorrow; and! s would strongly protest against adding the ecrvanrd em- ployed in museums, the Crystal l’sI:ice, and other places of amusement, to the number already en- gaged in secular business on the day which we

are commanded to limp liely. . . ~ “. The afternoon andusvsniog aretlis chief °t_" "*2:

poriunitics that many have pf‘-sltsalltsa worship. and the proposed innovations new allursmenls and nbslsclsatc tihtsrfess there- with, and to tempt ilis yuuhgrrssci “I9 instruction which they can only rcneido.«st' Sun- days schools ; and it in itnpcnsiblc to onlcnlsls lhﬁ amount of the evils which inset certainly vstlse If a human stsn 9% obesvsnhofllin day Of rest be allowed to tah,tlsn-"lane-in the Hit 97 the peoples! the Divine w?

ill an it is tevnlvll III Holy Scihtarnp to which any Iavtliitbsrtc been scoustcllid ssbcw. . _. = - »