PENRITH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. A general meeting of this Society was held at the New Crown Hotel, Penrith, on Tuesday last, to audit the accounts, consider the appointment of a Secretary in place of MR. T. BOWSTEAD, who has resigned the office, and other business. MR. BELL, Scale Hill, was voted to the chair, and there were present MESSRS. T. BOWSTEAD, G. LUMB, F. PARKER, J. C. BOWSTEAD, W. R. MOUNSEY, J. THOM, H. N. FRASER, J. KIRKBRIDE, J. BARKER, JOS. BELL, jun., JOHN DAVIDSON, __ TUCK (Edenhall), J. LAMB, W. HUTCHINSON, J. C. TOPPIN, J. CROZIER, J. M. CROSBY, W. SAVAGE, JOHN BELL, JOHN HOGARTH, GEO GRAHAM, R. THOMPSON, JON. LANCASTER, A.. GRAHAM, CAPTAIN SPENCER, &c., & c. The accounts which were placed before the meeting, and passed, showed the Society to be in a very satisfactory financial position. The receipts for the year showed the large total of £415 13s. 1-1/2d., the payments £337 1s. 5d., leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer of £70 11s. 8-1/?d. ; the balance at hand at the commencement of the year being only £7 6s. 7-1/2d. The committee of management was as last year, with the exception of MR. J. KIRKBRIDE, Plumpton, taking the place of the late MR. JOHN BENN; and MR. T. BOWSTEAD, that of MR. R. A. TYSON. The names then stood as follows: - MESSRS. W. HUTCHINSON, Woodside; J. M. RICHARDSON, Hutton House; JAS. ATKINSON, Winderwath; JOS. BELL, Scale Hill; J. KIRKBRIDE, Plumpton; W. BOWSTEAD, Hackthorpe Hall; W. HARRISON, Brent House; G. DOBSON, Penrith; F. PARKER, Acorn Bank; W. R. MOUNSEY, Lowther; WM. HESKETT, Plumpton Hall; J. HUTCHINSON, Brougham Castle; J. HOGARTH, Julian Bower; G. LUMB, Lowther; J. LAMB, Burrell Green; J. POWLEY, Langwathby; J.. RICHARDSON, Culgaith; J. C. TOPPIN, Skelton; JAS. THOM, Kirkbythore; H. THOMPSON, Maiden Hill; JOHN FENTON, Frenchfield; J. DAVIDSON, Penrith; H. N. FRASER, Hay Close; T. M. ELLIOT, Calthwaite Hall; R. THOMPSON, Inglewood Bank; J. IRVING, Shap Abbey; H. SAYER, Close House, Knock; J. C. BOWSTEAD, Hackthorpe Hall; T. MITCHELL, Whinfell; GEO. GRAHAM, Newton; J. M. CROSBY, Tymperon Hall; J. LONGRIGG, Greystoke; A. GRAHAM, Yanwath Hall; T. BOWSTEAD, Edenhall; JOHN NICHOLSON; and CAPT. COOKSON, Kirkbythore. In reference to the question of the appointment of Secretary, there were various opinions in the meeting as to whether the Secretary should be forthwith appointed, or the period should be delayed in order to give time for advertising. MR. J. M. CORSBY and several other gentlemen were of opinion that if a proper person were nominated, the appointment had better take place at once. MR. HOGARTH said he had a gentleman in view eminently fitted for the office, who, he believed, would consent to act if requested to do so. He referred to MR. THOMAS ROBINSON, the well-known secretary of the Penrith Farmers' Club. - MR. T. BOWSTEAD proposed MR. MOUNSEY, but that gentleman, while promising all the assistance he could give in carrying on the operations of the Society, pleaded pressure of business engagements as a reason for declining the office. After a good deal of conversation on the matter, several motions were put before the meeting, the one ultimately carried being to the effect that the appointment should be adjourned for a fortnight, and that in the meantime, the retiring secretary should be instructed to advertise for applications at a salary of £20 per annum. A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman, and the meeting then dissolved. ______________ Barb, Ontario, Canada.