The Express. — London, England, 1851-08-13 00:00:00

LORD RAXELAGICS CASE. OREENWICII POLICE. (TIIIS DAY). Immediately after the disposal of the night charges, the ease of Lord ltanelagh and his friend, Mr. Itowand, against the policeman and porter in the service of the Greenwich Railway Company, and also against Sergeant Carpenter, of the metropolitan police force, was called, Mr. Seeker being the magistrate presiding. The court was densely crowded . - Mr. Ballantine, on the part of Lord ltanelagh, stated that his lordship felt it to be his duty, the charge brought against him by the Hallway Company having been dismissed, to place the servants of that Company before the ma gistrate upon the charge of assaulting his lord ship. On the night of the occurrence his lordship was placed in a position which required the greatest presence of mind, having, as he had, under his protection a lady and child, with a crowd of persons pressing upon him, and therefore not at all in a position to assault the railway ser vants. Ile would now call as itnseee., who would prove that upon that night the railway station was a scene of crowd- ! ing and confusion from the number of persons waiting to get a ; and the oftieers of the company, so far from conducting themselves properly, had been assaulting several passenger previous to Lord Itanthigh's arrival at the terminus. lie would call a gentleman named Carlisle, a government tea.hroker, who world prove that he went by the train preceding that by which has lordship attempted to travel, and that the passenger. were treated in the most brutal manner by the servants of the Railway Company, and the man Pries. was one who several times dtstinguisheil himself by his antes:inning demeanour to the crowds in wait ing fur the departure of the train.. Lord ltanelagh then deposed, that on Sunday evening, the 3rl instant, he had been dining with sonic friends at the Trafalgar Hotel, Greenwich, and left there at 10 or a little before, and arrived at tire station shortly after that hour. Was perfectly sober. The railway station was densely crowded ; his party was in front and pressed forward by the crowd. The harrier was about being closed, and the lady who was with him, Mrs. Captain doming", had partly got through the gate, and he (witnme) put his hand forward to prevent the gate closing upon the arm of the lady. Hail a cane in his right haul. The man Withers seized witness by the collar, and l'rice also collared hint and dragged him within the barrier. They dragged him about, and his lordship r, peatedly requested them to take their hands oil or he would strike thetas. Re threatened to strike them in consequence of the manner in which he was being dragged about, but he did wit strike. The man Price nes er took his hand from his hardehip's collar from the moment he was seized until he was taken into the road. When sergeant Carpenter snivel witness was pinned against the wall by the two defendants Withers and Price. When his lordship was being removed, two or three P ervious in the crowd " you have struck the constable.," and witness said " I have not, and shall net strike any one bairn tionally." Was so dragged about that his gold pin was lost, and his stock was all hut torn from his neck. Ili- hardship was not cries-examined. S. E. Carlisle, of 4, Park-place, St. James's, and of the firm of Carlisle and Co., lineing-lane tea brokers, was at Greenwich on the evening of the 3 rd filet., and accom panied by a friend, he arrived at the railway station shortly before IO o'clock. There was a great crowd, so great that he was almost sutfueateil. Saw a man get over the barrier and strike at the railway officer, and the crowd cried out to the man, "Give it him." Witness was not of Lord Rand:Bol's party, and ilia not see his lordship on that day. Indeed the crowd was so gnat that witness was forced for went into a carriage, and he lust his friend. There were two men ',Ailing the gate, but witness did not see their fads, and could not itlintify them. nee taken on II banner day, corroborative of the statement of Lord Itanelagh, was then read, and Lord ltanelagh was Is .und over to prosecute' the company's ser vants, Price and Wither., at the Maidstone sessions. --- • - • • --- The ease aqain.t S.•rgeant Carpenter was then gone into, and di.lwevil of in the Nem way. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE BY SOLDIERS AT THE NOR UI KENT ItAIIMAY STATION. At the Guildhall. Hui:hotter, yesterday, FAlwartl Torn, corpor.il of the filth Itildrnent, Michael liouske. sad John Daugherty, private. of the Istb, were charged with riotous conduct, rind the two first with usinu their bay onets. to the danger of the servants of the Midway Com- Pa ße layor having intimated his intention of sending the Lase to the .4.-ssions, _ . _ _ - Major Kennedy, of the Nth Regiment, said, with regard to Daugherty, hr had hems 21 year. in the seri ice, and had only lately returned from India; and the three good-con duct budges w hich he wore would sp. ak of the good character he bore in his regiment. Oil thy day in question he came from Gravesend in company with the eoporal, and, al though he might have taken part in the amault eomplaimil of, he had not any bayou , t. The court would, perhapi, of Daughettfe ca.e summarily. Ile then handed in a n rtitic ate of Ikaughertf. good eharaet.r. Th, charm was then proceeded with, tint as regarded Bann and Rourke. ffs Is ral witm otv were examined, from whoa• evidence it appe:sn d, that on the evening of the 7th instant, the pri- Mann attired at the station shortly before eight o'clock, and desuandtd tickets for their conveyance to Gravesend. The station master,seting they were intoxicated, refused them, and alter some altercation they went away. About twenty inlaid. • to nine o'clock, at which time the Stlti.“l was tilled with pass-tiers waiting to go by the nine o'clotte t rain.t he prison no returned more intoxicated than be ton.. .tnel again demanded tickets, which were again refused. 7•he prison,. rs thereupon became very violent, creating con sideralsie alarm among those present, Dann placing him self in a position to prevent them front getting their uckets. He then cellist out, •• Unsheath bayonets; if we can't go by tickets we will go at the point of the hayonet," at the same time drawing his bayonet. which he held is a ns. nacing attitude. Rourke followed his example, and with his bayonet made several lunges at Ireland,ssue of tlif company's tonstablts, who had come to quell the disturbance, and who, considering his life in danger, called to the station master, who gave him a loaded pistol to defend himself with, which he presented at the prisoners, telling them to keep hack and give up their arms. lIVIIC2II of which they because still more viol. lit, a inkliourke again approached Ire land with leis drawn lupine t, which in each instance he for tunately parried. Tomlin, the bead porter at the station, came up with a constable's stall' and knocked one of them down, and alter further resistance they wen• overpowered, handcuffed, and take nto the station-I ouse at Rochester. Mr. &nicht r stetsl that he arrived that evening, with the passengers from Sheerness, and accom;sanied them to the station, which he found in much confusion, from the out rageous conduct of the prisoners. The paosengers were much alarmed. The prisoners, who made no defence, were committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions, the magis trates espressing their willingness to accept bail. Daughs rt% was then charged with a common assault, to which he pleaded guilty, and the court taking into con sid,•ration the statement made by Major Kennedy, inflicted a mitigatsd penalty of 2f. and 7s. coat, which was paid. THE Qf EEN'S VI-IT TO SCOTLAND.—WC beliece that no information of an official character has yet been re el-in& here as to the time when her Majesty may be ex pected in Edinburgh, tu route for the north; but it is ainerally understood that (as stated by the E.rpress of Friday) the court will leave London by railway, for Ilal moral, on the 9Sth or 29th inst. Her Majesty may, there fore, he eepected here un the evening of tither of these days—probably, perhaps, on the 28th, which is a Thursday. In the iniantiwo the officials of the royal household arc daily expeeted at Holyrimil, to make the necessary arrange ments for the reception of the royal party. The operation., we may add, for the erection of the statue of the Queen in front of the palace, which were commenced a few days ago, Are now, so tar Ili the excavations fur the foundation are concerned, all but completed.—Cutedonian Mercury. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGED:Vt.—The following centlemen having undergone the necessary examinations far the diploma, were admitted members of the college, at the meeting of the Court of Examiners, ou the 11th inst. : Moors. G. La Drury, Emsworth, Haut* ; W. 11. Ilorham, f:itgware-road ' • F. Ayrton, Liverpool ; A. Spearing, York ; 1. St ra tton , Wandsworth, Surrey ; R. 11. Dyer, Taunton, outlier-et ;W.J. A. Orr, Dublin ;F. W. 11. Baps, Stiff .ey, Norfolk ; and O. Crosland, Wakefield, Yorkshire. At 'he same meeting of the court, Mr. \V. T. Billings passed '.is yonnution for naval surgeon ; this gentleman had re viunsly been admitted • member of the college, his iploma bearing date August 1, 18-12. WEsTMINSTER IMPROVEMENT COMIIISNION.—II is proposed to erect a statue of the Queen in that portion of the vacant space between the Abbey and Victoria-street, ix new thurouhfare recently opened, counecting in a lirect line the region of Belgraeia with the districts sue :mailing the Houses of Parliament. It is proposed that ' to statue shall hr of fine bronze, seated, of the stature of feet, to fare the south, looking towards Westminster tidal. The immediate pi:Jesuit, it is suggested, will he sweated with te peturesspie treatment of the royal arms, td two ornamental gas Limps, which will be combined so • to produce an architectural effect. The pedestal beneath iU be of stone, rusticated, and wiU rest on a platform of co steps. The height of the proposed statue will be IS feet, :x1 the coot (as agreed upon by illy. Bell) will be 1,000/. ST. GEORGE THE Il.titTYL SOPTILWARK, tilts A ND WASIi•NOCISEA.—Yesterday a public meeting as held in the vestry-room of this parish, at o'clock in f lt , .e afternoon, for the purpose of considenng a letter ail. essed to the chairman of the vestry held on the 10th day • June Last, and, by adjournment, the three following -pi, from Sir George Grey, withholding his approval of e resolution of the vestry. " that the act of the 9 & 10 .M., fur the establishment of baths and wash-houses, should adopted for this parish," and to take such proceedings the matter dismay be deemed expedient. Mr. Nathaniel one of the churchwardens, was in the chair. He 'rely adverted to the occasion of the meeting. It 'fi end that Mr. Maher, one of the ratepayers of the .rich, had addressed a letter to Sir George Grey, setting nth reasons why the consent of the Secretary of State oald be withhulden from the wish of the vestry mo rning the proposed baths and wash-houses. Mr. Archer nsielen el that the parish had not had an opportunity of ..rly weighing and expressing an opinion on the measure, the ezpensas of which the vestry was about to commit On the receipt of this communication, a correspond .t•e commenced between the parochial officers and the rites-olllec, terminating in the withholding of Sir George •.,y'e consent to the adoption of the provisions of the 9 10 Vict., end advising them to comm.mce de• 11414). • r some discussion, Mr. Newport moved • vote of .nks to Mr. Archer, as having benefited the ratepayers, potting Sir George tiny in possession of the facts. It also moved that the report of the committee be printed .I circulated throughout tho parish, and, after flunk., to chairman, the meeting separated. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. The accounts from the prcninces respecting the' present state of the various crops are, with the exception of some gloomy rumours of a partial failure of that ill-condi tioned root the potato, most satisfactory. The hay harvest is secure, and from nearly all quarters local report speaks favoura'ily of the wheat, hurley , oat, bean, and ma crops. —The Ipswich Express sacs: • Throughout Essex,, Suffolk and Norfolk the s c yth e an d s i c kl e are now busily engaged in cutting down the wheat crops. The late fine weather brought them to perfection somewhat earlier than was ex- pected, and up to last Saturday night a very large breadth of wheat had been cut. Comparatively speaking, but little of this fell before the edge of the sickle, the scythe being now more generally used than ever. Our accounts agree in stating that the wheat crops of these counties rather ex ceed the ordinary yield: at all events, it is certain there will he a full average. We will subjoin an authentic state ment of the actual prosy sots of the crops fur the counties we have n.smeil :—Essex : Wheat, average; barley, not ave nge : oats, had; green crops, good; potatoes, doubtful; old stock wheat, under average. Suffolk : Wheat, over average ; barley, not average ; oats, average ; green crops, gust; potatoes, doubtful; old stock wheat, under average. Norfolk: Wheat Full average; barley, not average; oats, good ; green crops, various; potatoes, promising; old stock wheat, under average. Since these returns were given there have been several days of beautiful harvest weather, which hav e b een I L r y l kne ticiAl to the green crops as well as to corn." The following are returns from some important localities: Retina. Afro. I.—The weather through the past month was variable, but thanks to a gracious Providence there has not beam much damage done in this part of the country. During the last few days it has bus u more dry and atttlea, and the wheat is gc tting ripe at a rapid rate, and most of the farmers in this neighbourhood will commence reaping before the close of the week. The rutting of winter beans and peas has been going oa for some days, and those farmers who are advocates for cutting wheat green are employing all hands they can. In some few cold backward farms in this county there will be no wheat ripe before the middle of August. The crop of wheat in respect to straw is by no means a bulky oar. In most of the ears there is a failure on one side, and in some places the deficiency is very great; in most of the wheat in our neighbourhood we believe that oue-fourth of the meshes have no grain in them. We are still of opinion that the frost is the cause of this failure, anal that the maggot is only the effect. We have plea-ore in saying that there is very little sign of blight or mildew, and the wheat ripens very kindly; the grains in general are large and plump, and nearly double the size they were last year, and are like ly to yield an abundance of Hour. Wu calculate on a fair average crop, but as the harvest will he a full week later than usual, there will be some risk in harvesting the grain in good condition. The barley crop is in general a promising ot.e, but, like the wheat, it is not so bulky a crop as it was last year, nor will it fill up nearly so much room, but tic cars arc in general long and well filled, and the grain is plump and likely to be of a far better qua lity than it was last year, anal the straw is in general stiff and free from blight. Some of the barley will soon be ready for the scythe, and a large part of it will be fit to cut by the time the wheat is finished; but barley in tended to be made into malt should never be cut until it is thoroughly ripe. We think that this crop is a fair average one, and that the quality in general will be much better than usual. The showers have improved the oats, and although this grain will be late, the crop is jagged well, anal is likely to be productive, some of the pieces of Tartary oats will not be ripe before the coil of Septem ber. 'llie winter beans arc nearly everywhere most excel lent, and podded latter than usual, anal are of a supe rior quality. The spring beans and the peas are a fair crop, anal the winter vetches ace podded well, and there are more bushels to the acre than there have been for several years. The crop of white clammed is a fair one, but, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, some of it has been carried out of condition, anal the quality will not in general be good. The sanfoin metal is cut. and some of it is carried in good condition, anal the fodder and quality of the seed are excellent, but that which V. 1.1 cut early is much damaged lay the wet. There arc but few pieces of good marigold warted, anal most of the swedes are back ward and not likely to be so good as they were last Year. The early planted swedes and rape have been muell infest .d and retarded in their growth by a small green mag,go t , bred from a moth that deposited its eggs on the underside of the leaf; so numerous were these maggots in so;ne ?lam that they ate up the crop, anal the land has been ploughed anal planted with turnips. The crop of tuniips is likely to be a fair one, but they are not so forward as they were last year, and a great deal will depend upon th e ki n d o f weather that we may have in the autumn. The second crop of clover is a Raid anse.and sheep keep at present is ahunalant, and although every other kind of stock is dull or tic and cheaper, and every kind of grain is low in p r i c e anal difficult of dispmed, the sheep trade continua. animated and the price is as high as ever. There is a large breadth of potatoes planted, and it is not until within these Sew days that we have seen any symptoms of the blight, but on inspecting some of the fields this morning, we observed many of the rusty spots on the leaves that have on former years preceded the rot in the tubers; we saw these spots lasi year, and the greens died away and the potatoes were mall, but the roots continued sound and were good eating, and as many of the potatoes are already grown to a large size we hope that not much damage will be sustained. The apples grow very fast, and we think there will be au average crop.—lielfs Weekly Messenger. Br( KINUDEXISIIIIIE (WENDS/VW:The crops arc look ing remarkably well in this locality, anal the field, seem to speak of plenty. Look which way you will, the wheat has generally escaped the blight. In !UMW few eases reaping has commenced, but we cannot say that it will be general till Monday next. The last few days have wonderfully altered the appearance of the grain, las that it may be said, The fields are already white for harvest." The potato blight has made its appearance in this neighbourhood, and has spread for miles round ; anal although bath the haulm anal the bulb are affected, still there is reason to hope it will not be so bad as in former years. CANIRIDGESIIII4E. (MANTA.) Reaping has com menced here. One amateur has cut, thrashed, and dressed his entire cropping, anal has ploughed his farm for seeding. —(COTTENIINNI.)—Some few farmers have commenced cut ting their corn during the weak, and the greater part com mence on Monday next. The crops generally are a good average, both as regard, quantity anal quality.—Cam6ridye Chronicle. Ct unettLaNn.—Subjoined arc paragraphs from the Carlisle Journal: —The weather during the a eel: has been, upon the whole, favourable to harvest operation.. Much of the outstanding hay has been cleared off the ground in good condition, and the grain crops are rapidly ripening. Turnips and potatoes present a most healthy appearance. On Thurs day a considerable quantity of rain fell, and the atmosphere was sultry and uppre.live.—Mr. J. Creighton, of Scotby, has commenced cutting a v:ven-acre field of barley. A sample of it has been sent to us, which appears to be well grown and in tin, condition. Other farmers hi the vicinity are beginning, we hear, to use the sickle. Mr. J. Forster, of Longthwaitv, commenced to cut a Held of barley on Tues day morning last, It is of excellent quality, and fully ripe. (Las: a Disttiter).—The weather of late has been remark ably fine for the crops. The hiy harvest is pretty nearly brought to a termination. The grain crops are looking re markably well. The present fine weigher will hasten grain forward very much. Potatoes are being taken up; and in some places they are slightly tainted with disease. Turnips, mangold-wurtrel, &e., look extremely well. DEMIVSHIIIE (Nuarit).—The corn crops are approaching maturity. Harvest must, however, he later this year titan last by ten or twelve days.—DerOy Reporter Dcvossit Inc —Sitvearox.—llarvest has now begun in earnest. The autumn-sown wheat on good soils is a heavy crop, on the clay soils it will cut out thin. The spring-sown wheat is an inferior crop, thin and light in straw, in consequence of the little opportunity the spring months afforded, from continued rain, for putting it in good tilth. The corning of the crop is more than commonly good. Some think there is so much corn that is thin iu the straw, that the yield will not be an average one ; others think that it will not fall short of it. The barley certainly will not be a heavy crop, but less than usual. Oats are the lightest crop that has been grown for some years. The extreme dryness of May and the early past of June account for this. Peas are much blighted and very inferior. The winter beans are a splendid crop, but the spring beans, like the pleas, were covered with blight. and are worth but little. No doubt can exist, that in soils which arc too dry for the spring bean, the winter one will produce good crops, as it gets strong before the dry weather of summer can affect it, and the blossom falls off before the aphis makes its stta k. The hay crop of both kinds is a very rood one, and put away in the best condition. F e w seasons have occurred in which so much good hay has been put away in such excedent order. The potatoes are very promising, although there are some bad cases of the blight, yet the main crop is at present quite free from it. The apples begin to show themselves again. Some orchards are loaded with fruit—some have little or none. This crop will probably rather exceed the half of a full bearing. The ground was so dry when the Swede turnips were sown that there are few regular pieces to be found. The seed la• come up at different times, but in the end the greater part of the ground will be covered. Mangold is very good, and the crop will be a heavy one.—ltel's Weekly Messenger. —(D.swxtint).—The harvest is being proceeded with rapidly, a great quantity has been cut, and the crops in general are good, with the exception of late barley, ' which is low in some places. Should the line weather con tinue another fortnight the greatest part will be got in in excellent condition.—(Exxuerit).—The harvest has commenced in this neighbourhood in good earnest, people i seeming anxious to take advantaec of the present fine weather. Accounts speak favourably of the crops —Deroa- Mire Chronicle. DO RS ET. —During the early part of the month the weather was d 7 and hot ; the grain crops made great progress towards matunty; the bulk of the hay crop was secured in excellent con dit ion ; the earlier turnips and man gold were greatly retarded for want of rain; those later sown did not germinate at all until since rain has fallen. A tremendous thunderstorm, accompa nied with hail, has occurred, doiugeonsiderable damage. Dur ing the last ten days a large quantity of rain has fallen, which has been of immense benefit to the various root crops, which, as well as the aftermath of gain loin, clover, ige., are now grow ing luxuriantly, the latter affording a capital bite for sheep. Owing to the Lick of sunshine, and the low temperature that imam Lady prevailed, the harvest will be a full week later than what might, a month ago, have been calculated on ; hitherto we believe no damage has been dune, and, should the weather provegenial, reaping will COMIllt 11(%! gaierall) about the 12th or 11th. The crop, there is every reason to expect, will he a full average, both as regards quantity and quality. A con tinuance of wet will, however, have a very opporite e ff ect, and will no doubt materially influence prices. We have seen torn in sheaf already, and have obserrci some fields in the southern part of the county, which will be ready for the hook about the 6th; but these are exceptions. Barley and oats continue to promise well, although in some instances laid by the heavy showers. A few early peas have been harvested in fair condition; the later ones promise well. Some farmers make it a point to grow a few acres of early white peas, getting them off the lend in time for the latest sown turnips.—Abridged front the liliertkutite Journal. Essex.—The past week made a great change in the ap pearance of the wheat crop, and the brown end ripened appearance of the car inviting the sickle, the harvest has commenced generally in this vicinity, with the meet satis factory prospects as to the weather, and plenty of labsurers at command. Peas in many districts are cut, and a few fields are already cleared. On the whole the crops arc spoken of as good ; in the Roothings they appear fine and heavy, and though the wheats in some parts of the county arc here arid there laid by the late heavy storms, they do not appcarto have suffered to any great extent.— r emnant - Raoul' OF WITItAII, Aro. 12).—Our crops ere approaching maturity ; some have already been severed, and harvesting will become general during the ensuing week, when the effects from the ungenial season since the commencement of March, and the sudden and more recent altenations of temperature during the put month, will be evident, and it is to he feared injuries to a far greater extent will appear than has hitherto been pre dicted, and that the present crop of wheat will fall in some instances considerably below the average. Some of the earliest wheats are dying kindly, and where not, root felled I or blown by the recent storms a good sample may be ex pected, as blight and mildew, although partial, have not appeared to that extent which last season reduced the wheat. from three to five bushels per acre below the average, and hail even a much greater effect upon the barley crop, which is at present free; and those sown in Norember are likely to succeed better than was anticipated, after the deluge of ruin in March, which has seriously affected the spring sown, and although the sample may be good a great crop is not to he expected. Winter Beans and early sown peas will exceed an average, but the later varieties are not quite so productive. Oats, the going out of cultivation, and the few gown, including winter varieties, are ex ceedingly partial. The weather during the week has been unsettlail, accompanied by violent storms; this morning is fine, with a light breeze from the north, and the barometer is Mang, indicating a more settled atmosphere, which is now all important and must desirable.—Essex The Potato Crops.—The Ipswich Express says: "We sincerely regret to state that in many places in the vicinity of this town the potato crop is hopelessly destroyed. Upon the allotments on the • Californian ' estate the ruin is nearly complete. On the north and west sides of the town the crops are rapidly decaying, the spread of the disease being eeeecially remarkable during the past two or three day.. At Melton and in the neighbourhood there is a great failure; iudeeil, we understand that the atmosphere is affected is affected by the decay which is going on. We yesterday saw a great many specimens of the diseased potatoes. In many caeca the roots were remarkably fine, bet on being cut they showed the havoc that hail been made, and was being male, by this mysterious scourge. In this immediate neighbourhood the failure promises to be greater than it was in 11446." GLOUVEsTEIO4IIIItE.—The wheat crop in the district ex tending fifteen to twenty miles round Gloucester will be a full average one in quantity • hut most of those fields, the heaviest in straw, ore much laid by the late heavy rains, and will suffer in the quality of the samples, if not much in the yield, from this cause. Reaping has but just com menced. Barley is in general bulky in straw, and pro mises a good yield ; but owing to the heavy rains, a con siderable port is expected to prove of rather coarse quality. Very little is yet fit for cutting. Oats are grown here to a very limited extent; but this crop is expected to prove a good one. Winter beans arc generally well spoken of, and the spring ones are expected to prove an average crop. Peas are generally good, where grown, for a field crop. The Bristol G trete says'.—We have had another month of changeable weather, and a range of temperature somewhat lower than usual at this time of the year. The wheat plant has made considerable progress, and reaping has commenced in some of the forward situations, and will 0e pretty general towards the latter end of next week, should the weather prove favourable. The wheat crop has in many places been much laid by recent heavy rain ; but it never looked better than at present.—(Tzwaesairia.j—The wheat in general promises a fair crop in quantity and quality, except where laid by the heavy rains. Darby is also likely to prove a fair crop, and on tile whole better than last year. Winter beans are very good, and ready for cuttinc, and the spring ones are a fair crop. Reaping has just commeneed.—(Cotex er.ereit.)—The wheat crop in this district is a fine one, and promises well for a good yield. The early.sown barley is very promising in most instances, but the late sown is very thin. The oat crop is good. Some beans arc very good ; others are, on the contrary, rather blighted. Peas promise a favourable yield. Of potatoes there bionic little complaint, but taken generally they are as good as could be wished. Itameettfite.—Sol;TllAMPTON.—harvest iS being carried on here with great activity. A great breadth of wheat has already been stacked, and should the present fine weather continue, nearly the whole in this part of the country will have been housed in the course of ten days. The corn was never known to ripen so fast. A great quantity of oats and winter beans have also been cut; and barley ripens so fast that the fanner,' will scarcely know which grain to attend to first. Within the last week unmistakeable evidence of the potato disease has manifested itself. In moot places the haulm only is affected, and the growers arc taking the precaution of digging the early sorts. The crop is excellent, and should the disease, at this late period, ezumd itself much further, it will be satisfactory to learn its ravages cannot have the effect of last and previous years, in conse quence of its late appearance. Ilemtrounetitne.—A long lingering hay harvest is now being brought to a close throughout this district. The late dropping weather has certaialv damaged a good deal of hay, hut the early harvest was welt ended, and the swathe a fair average. 'I he pulse harvest has commenced, and of peas, beans, and vetches, the reports are very favourable. Swedes and mangold wurzel now pmmisc a more bountiful crop, and the moisture has been most favourable to the sowing of common turnips. The barleys arc looking very healthy, and with a propitious harvest the crop will, no doubt, reach a full average. We regret, however, to receive conflicting accounts of the wheats ; blight is mainly prevalent more or less everywhere • we hope, nevertheless, it is not nearly so severe as it was last year. The hop grounds of this dis trict begin to wear a most luxuriant appearance, and should the high temperature of yesterday (Friday) continue throughout the month, the crop will certainly be large. In the orchards the crops of both pears and apples are partial ; " lucky " orchards may turn out large quantities of fruit, but, generally speaking, the bulk must be under an average. We have great 'pleasure in stating that all accounts agree in anticipating an abundant crop of late potatoes, and as yet there is no general appearance of disease.—llerebrd Times. IIVNTINispoN3itME.-11arvest comes very fast now, and cutting will be very general on our high land in a few days, if fine and hut, as at present. New peas are in the market, but they arc neither dry nor good at present ; the next par eels will be better conditioned. The wheat crop in the fens is now very ill spoken of, but I have no . proof of it, further i than report. I do not think the crop is a large one any where, but must think it is a good average. KENT.--CHANDILOOK.— There arc two or three pieces of meadow grass but just now harvested. Oat and barley harvest has commenced, and a better yield of both corn and haulm is now expected than was at one time anticipated ; and with regard to the wheat " fields of yellow grain," " fi.ir plenty '• seems determined to fill our isle with " home grown corn, •• and render it one in which its inhabitants can " eat their bread without scarceness." The sickle will be " put in" this week pretty generally. Maidstone Journal. LANCASHIRT.—The Preston Guardian of Saturday says —Harvest weather has fairly set in. During the week we have hada prevalence of easterly winds, with a clear sum mer sky, the sun shining most brilliantly, ripening the crops and fatiguing the pedestrians. Some few patches of wheat have been cut ; amongst other places the tract of ex cellent wheat land between Poulton and Fleetwood. Should the fine weather continue we may expect next week that all forward crops will be placed under the opera tions of the sickle, and late crops finally disposed of.— The past week has been gloomy and wet, which has made the getting in of hay in good order a somewhat difficult affair. The various crops of corn are progressing favourably, although it cannot be supposed, with fair harvest weather, that the yield will be more than an average, if it equal that. The sowing and planting of turnips this year has not been of so great extent as usual, and potatoes yet give a poor look out, and although the rot has not yet made its appearance to any greut extent—nor may not do—still the return must be light.—Both wheat and oats, on rich soils, are promising to be rich crops, but on stubborn, and also on weak light lands, both deseriptions will be unusually light. On the whole, however, should the weather prove favourable fur the harvest, the produce may be nearly an average of for mer years, though rather less than the past year. Beans are better than they have been of some late years. Winter potatoes, with the exception of the later kinds of kemps, are looking tolerably fair, but on the moss land, where they have been so much injured by the frost, and where the largest breadth of land has been planted since affected by the disease, they will be miserably- poor. The "question of the day " with farmers in this part appears to be, " What is to be dune with the moss land %" The answer might soon be given —sow clover and rye grass, or any description of grain, rather than risk the expense of planting such land with potatoes.—Preston Chronicle. LEICESTLIISIIIIIM.—Though a large quantity of rain has fallen, we hope ne great damage has been done to the grain erops, yet, in some instances, they are mach laid. They are generally good, and we believe, upon the whole, there has seldom been less symptoms of disease amongst them. The pulse crops are at present free from the blight of aphides, and the whole promise well fur a good yield, though, in some instances, where the crops see light, the quantity will be beneath an average. Fine weather is now wanted to ripen them, and should this showery time be prolonged, the har vest will be late. We are glad to observe that the potato c ro p looks well ; and, at prs sent, we hear no complaint of the blight. —Leicester Journal. NORFOLK (Wesv).—The late heavy thunder-storms, in di&•rent parts of the country, lodged all the stout cora, and beat down a great deal of the thin or lighter crops; the injury from this cause has been in some places serious. Toe turnip crop, which promised so well at the end of June, has met with several checks, and its appearance is one of the most moderate that we have seen for many years. about the tint week in July nearly all the turnips then coming ready for the hoe were attacked by a small green caterpillar, which in some instances cleared off whole fields, so as to render it second sowing necessary. In others large naked patches arc now seen, and in nearly all a stinted growth is very visible. The heavy rains have re tarded the growth, and very much interfered with the hoeing, the weeds and spare plants growing again as fast as they were cut out. All this has contributed lamer the pros pects of our root crops, and the later hay having suffered from THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1851. the same excess of rain, we cannot boast of our store of winter food. With respect to the coming harvest it is quite impos sible to form an opinion; dependent as we are upon sun shine at all times, we have this year perhaps greater need of it than usual. In tome districts the corn is so laid that nothing but sun can save it. In others it is broken down. In others again it is evident that the crops of wheat and barley are lighter than we have been in the habit of seeing them. It is probable that a commencement of wheat har vest will be made about tke 10th, and barley will follow in course. Peas in some instances are cut, and a beginning has been made with early oats, but there seems to be such a variety in the state of the several crops in different parts of the country, that the greatest uncertainty prevails as to what may be the probable malt of the harvest. The after growth of grass has been good, but the unfavourable ap pearance of turnips has checked the price of lambs and store stock.—Norteids Mercury. NOTTINGMAXSUIRI (NORTlt).—Owing to the unsettled state of the weather in the last month, the wheat has been retarded in ripening, and where heavy it has been badly laid, which will very likely affect the quality. Still no great damage has been done; and should August be fine an average crop of every kind of grain may be safely antici pated. The late rains have done a great deal of good to the potatoes, which in general now promise well for a crop ; very little disease has as yet attacked them, this being now about the time of its appearance; and the weather lately has been favourable for its development. The farmers at Bewley are beginning to cut oats and barley.—Notting/iant Journal. S t Lor.—With a continuance of the present fine weather, we shall soon he able to commence harvest in many places round this neighbourhood. Neither the wheat nor barley at this time appear likely to prove over an average. Both the peas and potatoes are unusually promising for an abun dant crop. The turnips are not so good as could be desired in many places. There is a deal of hay still out in the fields, in a bad state. SOMERSETSHIRE.-It is agreed on all bands that our har vest of wheat is good, and this appears to be confirmed by the test of cutting, which commenced about a week since. There is a little rust in the late wheats, and the burden is far from heavy ; not more than an average crop is expected, but quality better than usual. Barley mostly good. Oats and winter beans good, and, with very few exceptions, fit to cut. Exceptions to some extent as regards the spring sown. Potatoes have gone of very fast lately, and from present appearances greater injury will be sustained by the crop from the blight than last year. STATFORDMIIItE.—The fine weather which we have had during the week has made harvest operations more general and extensive than was anticipated ten days or a fortnight ag o. Oats are much later than th e y were l ast year, an d barley is promising. We fear there is reason to suspect that the potato disease is not entirely eradicated. Potatoes gathered within the last day or two in this neighbourhood appear to be slightly affected ; and we have heard of an in stance in which the tops have emitted that offensive smell which necompanica the discasc.—Staforrlshire Advertiser. WIIIWICESII MT.—BIRMINGHAM, AEG. 6.—Our markets have been more or less affected by the state of the weather, as is commonly the case at this season of the year. The quantity of rain that has fallen during the last month in most parts of the kingdom has been considerable, and iu many cases the heavy crops of wheat were so much laid by it, that, with a long continuance of wet, they must have sus tained considerable injury. The intervals of fine weather have, however, been quite sufficient to prevent any mate rial injury, and but few of our millers, when it was most unfavourable, were induced to purchase much beyond their immediate wants; the past week or nine days have been so warm and fine, that scarcely any sales could be efficted, even at a reduction in price of Is. to 21. per qr., except in limited quantities, for immediate use. The crop on the ground is rapidly advancing to maturity, and in sonic dis tricts harvest has commenced ; hut it will, we believe, be aenemlly two weeks later than the average of former years. We hive not yet sufficient information to offer a decided opinion on the result of the harvest, but we think it will be very various, both in quantity and quality. The crop of wheat is now secured in Italy, and is reported to be below an average per acre, but it is tine in quality. A great part in France is also secured, and is stated to vary very much in different localities; but we are of opinion that the produce this year in that country will prove rather below an average in quantity. Tares are reported as likely to be inferior in quality. Potatoes are offering freely, at low prices, and the disposition to sell them is increased by the appearance of disease in some places ; hut we think that as yet there is little cause for any serious alarm on that ground.—Belt's It ealy Messenger.—(SrlArvouu•os-Avou).-1 find the potato disease will be bad in this neighbourhood. I have just been to a market gardener, and he has shown me some very bail indeed, about one quarter gone. Some of our wheat crops are ready for the sickle, but they are beaten down badly. I think, if fine weather sets in, we shall have a pretty good crop of wheat. Many farmers will be gin neat week. Winter beans are good, and will be ready to begin cutting next week. Some oats are cut, and will be a fair crop. Barley will be good, if there be fair weather to get it. Some crops nearly ready for cutting. ESTMORELAND.—We have had a few days of fine wea ther during the past week, which has enabled the farmers, in the neighbourhood of Kendal at least, to clear off their hay harvest, except on the high lands, where a few patches still remain to be housed. From Kendal to Kirkby. Lons dale, the hay harvest may he said to be nearly finished, and south of the latter place, by Tuustal, Melling, High and Low Bentham, Clapham by Ingleton, liarbon, and Middle ton, a large breadth of land is still standing and unhoused. The crop in general falls thick and heavy, and a few fine days will see the thick of it housed. The cereal crops also look very promising, particularly oats and barley. We hear now complaints yet of the potatoes, and they look strong and healthy. Turnips look uncommonly well, and promise an abundant yield.—Ke ado/ Mercury. WILTNIIIIIE.—The potato blight has made its appear ance in the neighbourhood of Westbury, with great viru lence, and scarcely a piece of potatoes in the district has eseapeal ; but its ravages have hitherto been principally emtineel to the haulm. Last year it was first seen on the 15th of July ; this year it was not at all generally observed till Wednesday, the 31st., probably caused by the dense fog of that morning. Scarcely a field of potatoes, if carefully examined, after Wednesday, however luxuriant they might appear, but contained the fatal spot, apparently newly formed. Tho present dry weather may be considered very favourable in checking the spread of the disease from the haulm to the tuber, the rot in the latter producing the greatest mischief in wet soil and after much rain.—Solis 6nry Joermil. YouusittuE.—llarrest has partially commenced in the neighbourhood of Itetford on the lighter sandy soils, and we have much pleasure in stating that the crops generally are very good, especially the wheats, which arc well-topped and remarkably fine. A sample of new oats, which have been housed and thrashed, if now before us, which were grown at Bellmoor. This, too, is of excellent quality. But very little wheat has as yet been cut, but towards the middle of the ensuing week reaping will be general on the forest side. On the clays the crops are rather later, but in that locality the wheats are good, and promise a full average yield.—Donensfer Gazette.—The appearance of the corn crops in this county is in general highly favourable. In some places the corn has been partially laid by the winds and rain of last week; but no material damage has been done, and the grain is well fed. During the present week we have had extremely fine weather, which has brought on the crops rapidly; and, if the same weather should con tinue, we shall no doubt have an abundant harvest.—Leeds Mercury.--EAST.—A small field of oats, situate near Bowden, was cut on Monday last, but the harvest can scarcely be said to have commenced in this locality. The powerful influence of the solar rays now contributes, how ever, to ripen the various sorts of grain, and should we have a few more warm sunny days, harvest operations will be general in this district in the course of a week.— Easter), Counties Herald.—TßENT SIDE.—A continu ance of warm sunny weather is now much required for ripening the wheat and other corn crops, especially as it is laid prostrate in many places by the rains. We Var that a farmer at Epworth intends to start reaping next week, as he invariably commences not later than a certain day. We believe the wheat harvest will commence in about ten days or a fortnight throughout the Isle of Axholme.—llall Packet.—Sumtenon.—We have had fine weather during the present week, and the greatest part of the hay in our im mediate neighbourhood is secured. The grain crops ap pear to he very full, but not so early as in former years. The potato crop promises favourably, and we hear nothing of the disease which has for the last five years been so de structive to that valuable esculent.—Kendal Mercury. The agricultural rei:TitsfrOMnearly every county in the four provinces speak favourably as regards all kinds of crops, with the exception, in several instances, of potatoes and turnips. There are some further complaints of the re-appearance of the blight in the former, and the latter has suffered severely from the ravages of the grub or maggot, but not beyond hope of recovery. In Wexford it is Said that there is no doubt whatever of the di.ease having attacked the early sown potatoes, but as yet the main crop remains intact, and the virus of the distemper is much less malignant than in recent years. The blight has also shown itself in several localities in Kerry and the west of Limerick, where " it is daily extending and assuming a more virulent form." From other parts of Limerick the accounts are more cheering. From the two ridings of Tipperary the in telligence is most satisfactory ; not a word of the blight in either district, and the crop reported to be productive and healthy in every part of the county. In the King's County the prospect is equally healthy.—The Erening Most thus refers to the subject of the potato blight :—" The manifestations of disease in the potato crop are be coming general. In many fields in the neighbourhood of Dublin, especially on the north site, the evidence of its presence may be discerned upon the leaves, and among the stalks of the plant. As yet, however, the potatoes themselves remain in a sound condition ; and although it is not to be expected that they will long remain entirely free from infection, their advanced growth justifies the hope that the general supply will be comparatively good and wholesome. We are glad to learn from a correspond ent in a western county that the tamper potato, of which only a small quantity has becu planted, is the only variety which has yet given indications of decay. All the other kinds are still " all green as a leek." Our correspondent is sanguine in his anticipations of an abundant produce, on the reasonable ground that "we are now near the middle of August, whereas the blight was announced last year about the middle of July. ' Ile speaks hopefully also about the other crops; which are full of promise, and re- joices in a general prospect of improvement in the condi tion and circumstances of the country." SCOTLAND. The Scotsman of Saturday has the following general statement reasecting the crops in Scotland. The amounts from Iquarters in ref e rence to the wheat crop are in general sa tisfactory. S nne of the forward warts will be ready to cut next week in the Loll:4u, although the bulk of the crops will not be ready for fourteen days. The same accounts reach us as to the lateinss of harvest from the Caine of Geeric, Ayrshire, Berwickshire, and Rox burghshire. Barley is in most instances late, but non the whole the crop will reach, if it does not exceed, an average. Several fields will be cut next week in East-Lothian, and in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh one or two small patches arc already in the stock. Oats are much improved, but will be below the ordinary bulk, particularly upon still cold soils. In upland districts of the southern countic4, as well Is in the :northern counties, they will be decidedly under an average crop. They are represented as thin on the ground, and short of straw in the Curse of Gowrie, Fife shire, &e. An occasional field of the more early varieties will be ready next week fur the sickle in E.14-Lothimi. Beans are various 4 represented; in the canes tht y arc said to be bulky in the straw and well podded, while in the eastern districts they are represented as being in general deficient in straw, and they will not upon the whole exceed an average. GLASGOW.—The late h, avy falls of rain have been suc ceeded by strong solar heat, and whatever alarmists may be disposed to say, so far as we can learn them is us yet no sauce fur uneasiness as regards the crops. Monday was one of the finest days that could be desired. The sun shone out with great power, which must lure haul a wonderful effect in advancing vegetation.—Ghseoic Courier. _ • WALES. CaurnmAK.—We arc sorry to find that the potato blight has:this year again appeared about Cardigan in a ino4 ma lignant manner. From a large pail full of nearly full-grown potatoes, which we aw this week, not one.half of them were fit for use. Ilia remarkable that the blight hitherto confines itself to gardens in the town and isirthiliate neigh bourhood, and from every information we can collect, this valuable edible hitherto in the open fields assumes a most healthy apearance. - . CARNARVON.—The grain crops, excepting those sown upon cold wet lands, present a luxuriant appearance in all these districts. The Swedish turnips have is. many places suffered so much from the ravages of the fly and wire worm as to require a great breadth of land to be replanted, or sown with common turnips. In several places we are. sorry to find that the potato haulms have, during the last week, presented an appearance which indicates the exi s t e nce of the blight, which in former years proved so destructive to that valuable root.—Carnarcoe Herald. 01.1MOIMA8SIIIRE.—The cold wet weather which pre veiled during some parts of the month of June tended t check the growth of vegetation, and, consequently, to delay the genera! commencement of the hay harvest, so as to make it about nine days later than the average time. In this district the hay harvest could not by said to have gene rally begun before the second week in July. Though wheat has been later in coming to ear, it looks favourable: but none that we have up to this time seen is yet tit for reaping. The general observations which we have made in referenoe to wheat apply to oats and barley. In green crops the sowing of late Sw e des was m u ch delayed by thu early June rains, and many had not completed this opera tion before the first week in July came upon them. They, however, look thriving and healthy.—Siconsco Humid. SPORTING. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES. MONDAY, CONCLUDED. WELTER liana:AP of 10 soes. each, h ft. Gentlemen riders. One mile and a half. (G Mr. J. Duties's, Jun., Gay Lad, 4 yrs, Piet 91b ((tuner) I Mr. W. 11. Scott's driostn, 3 yrs, 10st 4lb .(Mr..l. S tt'slterl 2 tpir.s' run-E of 40/. ( feats, once round and a dis. Mr. G. HilltkYliP 3111 k Poy, 3 yes. 7st 31b...t1V. sharps) 0 I 1 Mr. Taft's bt by Pus John, 3 yrs, 6.4. nib (A.hma II) I 2 2 Mr. T. Stanley's Hs to El:thworker, 4 yrs, sst 41b (111.41) 0 4 3 Mr. Gsaeln'. ‘7.unt, 1 yr., Crt 41b (Chariton) 2 3 4 Mr. ['scars 1.14 a El. Cs, 3 yrs, 7st ...............(Mello) 3dr TuESDAT. By Et, re .] r tilept PATAIITLT. 11AND:C11` of 15 : 2;1;er* • sets. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 30 added. One mile and a half. (21 subs., 11 of whom declared). Lord Warwick's Grill, 5 yrs, 7st Illb .. .«. 1 Lo•t1 Chesternekre Iluutpluey, 4 yrs, 7.t iOlb 2 Mr. Maiden's Green Oaks, 3 yrs, SR 415 3 CRILLINGTON STAKES Of 10 lICVIIL each, and 50 added. for 2-yr-old cults, 8.. t 71b, awl fillies, S.t .1b; winners once this year 311 n., twice Llbs. extra. T.Y.C. (11 subs.) Mr..l. lake'. My r.,ucy 1 Mr. Filature f Io:s Mr. E. Buckley's Medlack • 3 CLEVELAND Cur of 100 sovs., by nibs of 10 tors. each, with :10 added, the second to receive. 20 soy.. out of the stakes; 3-yr-olds, rAt 101 h; four, Sit 71b; five, got llb ; six and aged, 9st 01h: mare., &c., allowed Sib.; winner. *atm. 3 miles. (10 subs.) Mr. T. Purr's Cothu orker, 5 yrs 1 Mr.). S4loll'. theer to Cloth :worker, 4 yts lie. T. Price'. Chtultuudon, 3 yts 3 ittEE 11.35; DRAB of 5 WAs. each. Once round Mr. J. Ilmbrrtave.o.bulfluston, 4 n., net 211 Mr. E. Jon,er. I..n.he. 3 yrs. 74 Mb 2 Mr. 4.10.', LUCT. 3 yr*, 74 1316 B010.:04 MEMHEM's PLATE was won by Aristo, beat ing Snowdrift and May Day. AQUATICS. THE MANCITEATER REGATTA. The annual re gatta on the river Irwell, at Manchester, commenced on Monday, and attracted an immense concourse of people to witness the sport. Ike first day's races were hardly equal to expectation in consequence of several of them not t ie ing contested. the entries for the Trait mei Park Stakes of live guineas, for youths under lfl, in four-oared gigs, two miles, (s. entrance fee), were Crusader, Intrepid, Gem, Surplice, Unknown, and Nil Diaperandum. They were to run in three classes, with a deciding heat. Crusader curried off the first victory, after an interesting struggle, winning only by a boat's length. The Gem and Nil Desperandum walked over for their respective classes. The deciding heat was between these three last-named boats, and was a well-can tested match. Nil Desperandum won cleverly, Gem being only a couple of lengths behind, and Crusader giving up the contest. 'I he Chadwick Cup of 20/., with a sweep stakes of Iris., for four-oar gigs, had four entries. The Shakespeare Club's Nil D:speraiiilum had a walk over fur the first class, in consequence of the brothers Clasper, of Newcastle on-Tyne, who were to have contested the prize with them, not having come. Belpliegor beat Princess, and the deciding heat between the Nil and Belphegor then followed, and was a capital race. The Shakspeare's boat won cleverly. The last race of the day was for the Irwell cup of 10/., and sweepstakes of 10$. each, in four oared gigs. fhe entries were Gem, Belphegor, Look Out, and Monarch. Ilephegor was declared the winner. The grand stand was erected in the Pomona gardens, and the price of entrance kept the company select on that side the river, and several thousand people availed themselues of the pleasant promenades in the gardens between each race. Yesterday, the sport was resumed; the first race being the Austin Prize of 3/. 10s. for youths under 16 had six entries, the Thistle, Gem, and Tradesman winning iu their respec tive classes, but the deciding course had to be contested after our report left. For the scatters match of rit, with a sweepstakes of 7e. 6,1. each, open to the world, the competi tors were Henry Ault, Samuel M'Cormick, and 'Donna M'Cormick. Ault was the winner, cleverly. The Pomona Cup of 20L, with a sweepstakes of 20s. each, four-oared gigs, was contested by the Shakspeare, Belphegor, and Princess Clubs' boats, the Shakspeare's crew winning by a dozen lengths, the Princess second. The regatta was pro ceeding when our account left, and would conclude this day (Wednesday). WESTMINSTER SCHOLARS MATCII.—A capital boat race took place Test: rday morning amongst A% estminstcr scholars, for a pair of handsome silver cups. It was a pair oared race, in one heat, the course being from opposite the lied House, Battersea, down to Westminster. bridge. Mews. Lacey and Wright „ S. Venoms and Hue 2 • A. WigiaMS and E. Williams „ E. Vincent mid Territt „ Green and:iv:nerving $ „ Armetead and Berens 0 A capital start was effected, under the direction of Mr. Upperton, who officiated as umpire, and all got away abreast of each other. The Williamses took, immediately afterwards, a slight lead, closely followed by Messrs. Lacey and Wright, the other four continuing almost oar and oar for upwards of a quarter of a mile. A very spirited race was kept up between the first and second vairs till off the Pitulico-pier, where Messrs. Lacey and M right acquired the lead. The Williamses immediately after being Passed by the winners were challenged by l ellowes and Hunt, and another spirited contest followed, which ended in Fel lowes and Hunt securing the second place at Vauxhall bridge. Vincent and partner, in their turn, threw down the gauntlet to the Williamses, and they continued literally oar and oar from off the Penitentiary to the finish, at West minster-bridge. Messrs. Lacey and Wright continued their lead from the Millbank-pier, and won by half a dozen lengths. Mr. Wright is at the head of the river, and as such is the holder of the Westminster (School) challenge sculls—the floating symbol of aquatic superiority. ALARMING RAILWAY ACCIDENT. CARRIAGE THROWN INTO THE 81.1.—Yesterday the excursion train from Paris to London met with a serious accident at Folks- tone. On the train starting from Folkestone harbour, there being a number of earn -ges and luggage vans, the coupling link of the locomotive gave way when about half way up the steep incline, and the whole train was precipitated down, the velocity increasing alarmingly, as the breaks were utterly inadequate in such an emergency. Tho bye sunders saw with alarm the train rushing down, and ex pected it to be wholly cast into the sea, but under the directions of the superintendent, planks and beams of timber at hand were thrown on the line, and though thereby a severe concussion was caused, resulting in injury to several of the passengers, the momentum of the train was greatly stayed, and after a second shock against the end butlers, only one carriage, containing luggage, was forced over the cliff into the sea, and the last carriage but one considerably injured. Seven or eight of the passengers received contu sions more or less severe, and most were bruised and suffered from the shock, but no lives were lost. The train did not arrive in London until three hours after time. No fault appears to attach to the station-master, by whom every ex ertion was made. • TEITHRANDERION MU•BDEI.—John Mickleburgh was brought to the Ipswich County Gaol on Monday week. Since that period be has so far carried out his avowed in tention of starving himself, that ho has not taken three ounces of food: he has lived entirely on liquids, such as coffee and tea. We understand he will this day have an interview with his wife, and write his will. After this he declares that nothing shall induce him to partake of any kind of nourishment, and that he will never disgrace his family by having it said that he was heaped in front of the gaol. We have heard that the authorities have remor, armed with him, and that should he obstinately persist in his intention efforts will be made to force him to partake of suitenance."—lpswich Expreu. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. ROME CIRCUIT.—CuorDox, Arourr 12. Banns Loots CRIRI ATTICS JUMPS MID A AtECIAL HITCH r. TILE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANT.--RAILWAY ALEIGENT.—ACTION FOR DAM ACM. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for injuries he had sustained through the al:eir,l negligence of the defendants. The circumstances under which the action was broueht were of rather a peculiar character, inasmu h as the plaintiff appeared to have sustained the injuries for which he sought compensation while he was travelling by one of the South Eastern trains, and not by any direct act of the defendants. It appeared that the accident occurred on the 14th March, and the evidence went to show that what is termed a " pick-up" train had started from Londo n be tween the ordinary quarter past 7 o'clock Croydon train and the Dover and Hastings train, which started from London at half-past 7. The Croydon train passed New Cross, the scene of the accident, with safety; and upon the arrival of the "pick-up" it stopped for the purpose of having some carriages attached to it, and to effect thin it was necessary': that it should be " shunted " oaf the Main lino to a siding. At this period it was admitted that the Dover train was known to be nearly due; but it appeared that be fore the tail carriages of the "pick-up" train were got off the main line. the expected train came up and ran into them. causing thereby a violent concussion and serions injury to the plaintiff. The case for the plaintiff MI., that the train of the South Eastern Company had started in duo course, that they were entitled to travel freely upon the line, and that the accident had been occasioned by the neg ligence of the servants of the defendants in not h eying the line ch-ared, and permitting the obstruction to be upon it a we, was the occasion of the accident. Scrlant Channel made an -- able to the jury on behelf of the defendants, and the defence he attempted to establish was that the accident had been caused by the negligence.of the guards and drivers of the South Euste m train, and their inatt.ntion to signals that were made to them to stop before the accident occurred. Several servants of the Brighton Company were called as witnesses, hut their evidence was very far from making out the ease as suggest,t by the learned serjcant, for although it ap teae ed that two green flags had been exhibited as signals, it was admitted that they only indicated caution to the coming ' train, and that the red flag, which was an indim tion of danger, was not shown at all ; and one of the witnesses admitted that he was not even aware that the " pick up " train was to be " shunted " in the way described, and that if he had, he should certainly have exhibited the " danger " signal. It was likewise elicited in the course of cross-examination that a clock at the station, which regulated the movements of a large number of trains, was four tuir ate. too slow, and the watchman said, in answer to questions put to him by Mr. Chambers, that this clock was in his charge, and that he wound it up : hut lie at the same time stated that he hail no correct means of knowing whether it kept good time or not, it being at the same time proved in evidence that the process of shunting " occupied from seven to ten minutes, that a great number of trains were continually passing, and that every minute was occasionally of the utmost importance as regarded the safety of the publiic travelling upon the railway. Mr. Chambers, in a brief reply, urged that the evidence which had been adduced for the defendants really tended to strengthen tier case ter the plaintiff. It was Its pan of his ease to enter into any supposed opposition between the Dover and the Brighton Railway companies, but he could not help observing that there was some ground fir suppos ing that this unfortunate accident had arisen in consequence of an attempt to obstract the passage of the train of the Dover Company to Hastings, that route being in opprsi tiou to the Brighton Railway Company, and he submitted that at all events the accident was clearly proved to have been caused by the want of proper signals, and the false clock. —. lite Lord Chief Justice summed up the case, with his usual care and clearness. lie said that before the jury could return a verdict against the defendants. they must be satisfied that the accident had arisen solely through the n,,cligc nee of th e i r servants , and if they consid ere d that an equal portion of blame attached to the servants of the South E.edern Company, in that ease the defendants were entithsl to a vent:et. Ills lordship then callcsl the attention of the jury to the facts of the ease, and said that he could not help ex pressing his strong disapprobation at the manner the clock, upon the accuracy of which the lives of so many !Nelda necessarily depended, was taken charge of, and tout it should not give the time correctly, when almost every minute was of importanc e is performing the necessary ope rations at this station. Iho jury, :Ater deliberating for about a quarter of art hour, returned verdict fur the plaintiff—atuinged, I,IOJI. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—GLOCCEsTER, Areol'aT 11. Nest Pate, COVIer.--81.1041: MY. se•re c twat Pent: r. COSTINS.--Cl4lll. Cost. This was an action brought by a retired tradesman against another of the same business, for criminal conserea tem with the plaintiff's wife. Mr. Serie Allen awl Mt. Gray were counsel fur the plaintiff, and Mr Casok for the defendant. Mr. Serjt. Allen, iu stating the ease, said the plaintiff hail for many years carried on a brick business in the neighbourhood of Cheltenham. Ile had been married twice. His first wife had died in 18:ki or Inn, and he Lad ' retaaimol a widower until PM, when he married his present wife, who had been in his service as housemaid for sonic years previous:y. The defendant, also a briekmako•r, lived an the same neighbourhood and had business trans actions with the plaintiff. Thu plaintiff and his wife were of unequal age, the farmer being seventy years old and the latter only twenty-two. The wife neverthek euniitueed herself very properly until about two years ago, when she became addicted to intemperate habits, and her Adelina, which appeared before to have been centred in her husband, became alienated, until about six months ago, when slut stripped the house of all she could lay her hands on and disappeared. Up to that time the plaintiff had no saspi.•ion that the conch:tot of his wile as regarded her chastity was impeachable, taut since that period lie had made tl oli al . covery that for a long time before she left hi. house she had been carrying on an intrigue with the defendant. The facts which he would have to bring forward now had not come to the knowledge of the plaintiff until something oc curred which act people talking, and then he learned them. And the most painful part of the business wan this that Ulu principal witness who would he called to prove Ins wife's dishonour was her own brother. This brother was a young twin who had been living in the family of the plaintiff, assisting him in his business ' and the plainti ff had acted the part of te father towards hint. lie (Mr. Seejeant Allen) (amid nut eouecive any motive which could induce the young man to make these statements, milers they were founded upon truth. But, haropily, he was not compelled to rely entirely upon this evidence, as he should be able to bring forward cure°. borutive evidence which would, undoubtedly, prove to tho jury that the clime which had been alleged against the de fendant had been committee!, and that the defendant had thus disrupted the domestic hompiness of the plaintiff, and caused the loss of her society awl comfort. For this lom no pecuniary damages could compeneat.., but it would nu fur the jury to consider what that amount should be. If the defendant had so committed this grievous injury upon the plaintill; he (the plaiutiff) was entitled to 101 l and fair damages at their hands. The following witnesses were then called: henry Watkins, late a fly proprietor, of Cheltenham, but now out of business, d e po s ed th a t he had known the plaintiff Page fur as much as fel yeah. It: was now a privotte gentleman, having retired for some years front the brick making business. Knew him when his tint wife was living. ltie present wife, the subject of this action. was a servant in the plaintiffs family nor some yeah before the death of his first wife. She remained in the same coma ity for three years after the plaintiff had ho come a widower, when site married the plaintiff. This was in 1.813. Mrs. Page's maiden name was Mary Benham. They were mar ried at Dedolington C:iureh, in Oxfordshire, in 1819, and witness officiotted on the occasion as " father in church." Witness went on to say that he was in the habit of visiting the plaintiff and his wife on terms of friendship up to about three years ago, and that they were then living upon good terms, and appeared happy together. They appeared to have everything they wished. On his cross-exammation, the witness said that la-fare his late wife's death the plaintiff and his present wife lived very " lovingly" together. Had never heard tiny scandal against the plaintiff awl his wife before marriage. William Bentham, a youth of 11, and brother to Mrs. Page, deposed that he had lived with Mr. Page for about four years. Tit • plaintiff now resided at Franeis-etre2t o , Cheltenham. (This witness was called t o prove the alleged act of criminal converntioon.) He stated that :shout the time of honest last year he was with Mr. Page in a wheat piece near to Costitts's brick-yard, when he was sent by Page hors: to fetch some powder and Hint to kill time birds, and he was told to have his dinner on his return. Witness brought the powder and flint, and proceeded to Mr. Page's howo to have his dinner. As he passed the kitchen window he saw Mrs. l'age and Custins, and the latter had his arm round Mrs. Page's neck and kissed her. Witness then went round to the brewhowe window and saw Mrs. Page and Mr. Cortina go into the parlour. Ile watched them. Witness these proceeded to detail tireurn, stances that hail taken place on this and other occasions which, if truly related, left no doubt of the criminality of the parties. The witw.ms went on to say that Mrs. Page left her hus band's roof some time after, and that he then told the plain utr of what he had seen. Mary Ann Barber, an occasional servant at Page'e, was called to speak to two visits paid by Mrs. Page to her has , band's house after she had run away. Both visits were paid on a Sunday. Samuel Horns was called to prove that the defendant frequently called at the plaintiffs house during the absence of the latter. Mr. Cooke then a Idressed the jury for the defendant, re marking on the suggestioa of Mr. Scrjesnt Allen, as to the course of defence which it was open to him (Mr. Cooke) to make to the action in regard to the contrast in the age of the plaintiff and his wife. It reminded him of the young lady's reply to the amorous advances of an aged Lothario— If tram Pare yeu take the letter Ttus Page Ia 'age,' amid me. won't do for me." (Laughter.) lie contended that the evidence of the brother of Mrs. Page was of a very suspicious character, and suggested that the incompatibility of the tempers of the married couple, their disparity of age, anal the ill treatment of the wife by the husband, had driven the former to leave her husband's roof and seek some other protection in London, and that in revenge for this the plaintiff had induced the young man Bathe= to make the statement with respect to his tiger which they had heard. I