to praise—for the more important moral and mental
qualities which distinguished them—for that sturdy
independence which other county men would do well to
imitate? ln addition to those just titles to praise, those
powerful incentives to renown and to virtue, they would
also prove by the agency of such a society as that, by
the hearty and enlightened co-operation of landlord and
tenant, and, above all, by the energies of the labouring
population, that the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland
would attain a proficiency in agriculture,
which would enable them to take the foremost rank in
that as well in so many other respects amongst the counties
of their native land.—Sir James Graham, in giving
the health of Lord Carlisle, said it was not the Cumberland
fashion to flatter ministers of the Crown, and therefore
he should speak the simple language of the heart.
The family of the Howards (to which the noble president
belonged) had been for many generations intimately
connected with the county of Cumberland. In
its various branches, in many generations, the family of
the noble president had been distinguished for spotless
honour, for social virtue, for public honesty, and for firm
attachment to the cause of liberty and popular rights.
Neither the favours nor the frowns of the court had been
able to seduce or overawe that family. Those were great
claims, and the noble chairman was worthy of his descent.
He had, by his conduct and demeanour, gained friends
everywhere; and though it might be said that one who
so succeeded was "all things to all men," yet, in his
case, there could be no such unjust conclusion. There
had been no man more firm in his conclusions, no man
more consistent in his friendships and attachments, no
man more sincere and bold in the expression of them.
And what was the key of his character? It was sweetness
and kindness of heart. And though political allusions
were forbidden, they must pardon him for one
thing, it struck him so forcibly. Other men, by the
force of reasoning and the slow induction of argument,
had changed their opinions—amongst them, one dear to
him, now gone to his last account. Of them it might
be said, that they had yielded at last to reason and had
exposed themselves to the charge of inconsistency. Let
it be what it might, his noble friend, by his kind sympathy,
by his generous feeling towards the great masses
of his countrymen, had from his first appearance in
public life taken the very course to which in later days
other men had arrived, and his kindness of heart and
generosity of feeling had stood in the place of reason in
the course he had pursued. In conclusion. Sir J. Graham
observed, that the present was the first public appearance
of the Earl of Carlisle in the County of Cumberland,
and called on the company to give him a greeting which
he would never forget. The toast was drunk with three
times three and loud acclamations.—The health of the
landed proprietors of the county, coupled with the
name of Sir James Graham, called him forth a second
time. He bestowed the highest praise on the agricultural
classes of the county. He said, that both the
large and small proprietors of the county had shown
confidence in agriculture. For every shilling they had
expended in improving their property, he believed that
during the last thirty years the tenantry had spent at
least an equal sums—their industry, skill, and constancy
amidst difiiculties could not be too highly praised. On
the part of the yeomanry he had seen an outlay so
judicious, extensive, and productive, as to put to shame
the great proprietors themselves. Nor was it confined
to them; the great winners at that day's show had been
neither landed proprietors nor yeomen, but tenant
farmers. He thought, however, the fault of their agriculture
was that they ploughed too much. His advice
would be to plough less and to graze more. [This
remark was received with cheers, mingled with some
marks of dissent.] Why, if high farming and good
grazing did not pay, scourge crops and bad farming
never could pay? It might be said that dairy produce
did not answer, and that butter and cheese also, against
the introduction of which from abroad there was a considerable
protective duty, had fallen in price. If that
were so, another article was steadily advancing in price
which was closely connected with good farming. He
referred to sheep and the value of wool. In the last
seven months there had been no less than 41,000,000lb.
imported from foreign countries, as compared with
31,000,000lb. in the same period of the preceding year.
At the same time the declared value of exports from this
country of woollen manufactures had been £5,000,000.
worth in the last seven months, as compared with only
£4,000,000. worth in the seven months of the previous
year, showing that there was for wool and woollen
manufactures an increase of demand and price. He
rejoiced to find, therefore, that there had been established
within the last three months a factory for the
produce of woollen goods in Carlisle. He concluded by
giving "The Tenantry of the County." The toast was
acknowledged by Mr. Hodgson, who gave "The Labouring
Classes; " and the toast of "The Bonny Lasses of
Cumberland," given by the chairman, concluded the
evening.

PERSONAL NARRATIVE.

THE QUEEN, Prince Albert, and Royal Family, Left
London on the 27th of August, and arrived the same
afternoon at Castle Howard the seat of the Earl of
Carlisle, by whom the royal party were splendidly entertained.
Next day they proceeded to Newcastle, where
they were received at the railway station with cheers,
by an immense assemblage; from thence to Berwick
where Her Majesty stopped to view the magnificent
new viaduct; and arrived in the evening at Holyrood.
There was no parade of a public demonstration; no
triumphal arches or firing of salute; but the air was
rent with the shouts of countless thousands, assembled
on the neighbouring heights as the Queen entered the
palace of her ancestors.—On the 30th, at an early hour
in the morning. Her Majesty and Prince Albert ascended
to the summit of Arthur's seat. The prince afterwards
laid the foundation stone of the National Gallery, and
the ceremony, which attracted an immense concourse of
spectators, was very imposing. In the afternoon. Her
Majesty visited the splendid new Hospital founded by
the late Mr. Donaldson in the suburbs of the city, for
the education of three hundred destitute children. She
was most enthusiastically received on her route.—On the
following morning the royal party left Edinburgh for
Balmoral. At every halting-place and point of view
during the journey, the people of all ranks crowded to
gratify their curiosity or manifest their respect.—Her
Majesty has since remained at her Highland home, enjoying
with great zest the pleasures of the country.
One day the Queen ascended to the summit of Ben-na-Bord,
and another day was present at the "Braemar
Gathering" a great assemblage of Highlanders, which
takes place annually for athletic sports and other pastimes.
Prince Albert has amused himself with shooting; his
companions in the sport being the Earl of Carlisle and
Sir Edwin Landseer. The Duchess of Kent has several
times driven from Aberdeen to Balmoral, to join the
family circle.

The remains of Louis Philippe were buried on the
2nd inst. Having been removed from Claremont to Weybridge,
they were deposited in the vaults of a Roman
Catholic chapel attached to the residence of Miss Taylor.
The obsequies of the ex-monarch were conducted with
the utmost simplicity, and there was an entire absence
of that state which might have been expected to mark
the funeral procession of an individual of such distinguished
rank. At nine o'clock in the morning, mass was
celebrated in the chapel by the late King's chaplain.
Dr. Whitty, the Vicar-General of the London district,
and several other ecclesiastics. After the conclusion of
mass, the coffin was borne from the chapel to the vault,
when it was placed in the tomb which had been erected
in the centre of the vault, and immediately under the
dome of the chapel. When the coffin had been deposited
in the tomb, the Count de Paris, the Dukes de Nemours
and d'Aumale, and the Prince de Joinville, entered
the vault, and the Rev. Dr. Whitty read the prayers lor
the dead, the other clergymen giving the responses.
The tomb was afterwards sprinkled with holy water by
the officiating priests, the royal princes, and the other
persons present. The sons and grandson of the late
King then knelt down and fervently kissed the coffin;