The Express. — London, England, 1851-04-22 00:00:00

gee. im gowr inn enedyeadeelealiset de= rte.telikie.44e. Ot ! OM IOW: 110 ba , NU Jamey Meng= dub, from lbe men la deem= wheat the operationalism ~steed to 3,41/101Mbeis Mears at 1 del. h.; sad 2,Sin to. Moult MIL, with a lbwisitist. ems, scrims mare freely, has donned. end we Soden solos if 20,00 e 104. b new yellow on the spat, at Cs to 67e e. ; sad 113,0 Pa do. raised Waders, is, Anna =limy, at 1124 a. len 11.0•0111011, and held at 76e. Raley was amitasily the saws, with a Inanid Os= • am. Oats were moving t enly at =..m quit.. Warm 0nem5.....11e market open= mime quiet. the nanowttene bengessly 111 111.. spirits turponnwoon SS to Ids 1 snide me held at 2 dole 57.., and ISO Wt. eosin= mkb et per nen. arm. Toonsiom—Fork : With • Mown Wade, =el some speculative ta =t= me= Wmill tardier acme& VW =Mg gal hen= at 14 dole. Mk. to 14 dab. Ina for wen; 13 don. tee. to le dole. 7Se. ibr obi meat; II den. 73e. Ilir sew prime, and 10 den. no. be old. beef was also a shade better, ens of NO barrels at I data Sk. to II dols. lat..", mar; sad a del., 13.. 111 do= 23e. toe prim-. lb" loommeate in eat awns ban been ea= large, competing abort 110,00ellm„, 400 bones ; sad 70 tierce. hams, at Sic. to Sic. part to arrive; and seendein lard was a trine lower, 230 Wile. king eon at Sea to aka. Into r sod cheats particularly prime onaliales, Imo Is good requeet, and torought fell price" sun amused my quiet, the in= being eadind ba the =ate at brewers, at Sam. to 3.e. rash, oar row mop bm—Plcreond to the extent of 12 tom Oillaese, of 21 dela 30e.., mend= nereat generaly Maine. rhea—Linwed remained In moaned request for conserninirm, with sake Ilma store of tt.nOn 5.111., at The to Mc. cub ; end fres 'NO SAN, at go nut of the inerket, at about 2e. leek Wm= was wort It 43e, cur selected. A parcel of Am team olive mid at I duis.73e.„ four mentha. Lon.—Thu market war my dull, and we beard of ao sales worth 21=6Tae range tor inferior to prime was 3 data to 3 dots.nie. .—Of Meer, 3.0 bonds new teaming Sin to tie. a le. Noniag twiespired in other desenpti,ms. Is nrectic whiney bas Improved, with Oda of 220 Mils. 24e. nut .iitlem w dune la torn" while goo= = e n to malard the same. botmea.—We a taxi sales of 100 bbde. Pinto Rion, at 61e.; SO Min Ma, et St. ; end 400 bat, brawn liguanah, at Sp. to 61.., the market clang drat Testeri.—Tbeve is not much activity, with menage in the rates. Toaster.-7 here co“Uouttl to he it amount or cotton offering for Liverpdal, and Moat 1,5.0 bale. site Men at 7-314. There woe =change in other articles ielitca were nominally the same. fee tblildnui, clippers were getting 70e. lh.re was nothing new to Lund= oe Utica. New Onl.nisies, Aran. 4. Cotton has horn active since the receipt of the lieltic's sews, and has ad=aced pi. CALIFORNIA MARKETS. SAN FRANCISCO, Mane!! 4. •—•- . Since our report, per steamer of the 16th ult., trade has been very fluctuat•ne, and, for revere! kind. of goody, has been peals. I.drOramed. This molt no. been the abet not so much of the Militia ad of trade as It loot the !moues quanUties at goats thrown on the MarkeL There Is • great overstock here in the articles alba:o of all kind+, which ere Polling at 1. e • th , n flint in t. It le inendible the teat SWAM{ or such pod. that are in the millet. bosom era . keels dowse a .itole, owing to the large stack In musket. balky: Perrino. prier have not hem suatiugied. beituiso titiel.lt.• an Irstlatait matt: change. Canto. , —the -.nay le •ulls d qu.ll to the demand. Cm .a are we rr ataindant, and ate isiting I. miser a het., teeing le the article cf sugar, althoush priars ientain as Ochre. uoinis of al kinds are Ivry abund ant, and reams hoe. lasscoasi.—lho rock of all binds Is mush reduced; the market Is almost lure of write kiwis, such as lio.lasti gin, Jammu rum. and Sas bromine,. rbeetebelle of all kinds remain firm; penis hatter, theme, and beans are to pad Ceenond. Soar, owing to recent arrivals. is now more plentiful, and selling ai ▪ ligurva Toe iCCO ensilages rearm, and is ecllng at very high prices. MONIT Mann. T.—Madre le but a alight difference in the money laneket this w. rk compared with the les; two neat. b7lllll On no. dembled remit, can he ..Alined at rates from 4 to d Per cent. per mouth. (Anal c.a.. in rs.lscr e2owly. 'lbe United Stet • ,0•81,f1h0er011100n`c d kw.ag II:. coin ard ingots beam* derecilsni by us, they melt iv lb pi wind fain ar. and me received t Z OUT buskers at their pi-aped visor. Amount of bul li on vapor Iran t ream, ~ lino;!., 3.14 to February 2:4, a* .',trust at the sustree-lion.e, 2,443,0in0 does.; previowely enprnien, 34,441,472 dole ; total, 37., 114.:1.1c5e. Aroma of hollinn entered inward from Jansery II to VA...17 21, 111.41, 13,110 do;•.; previously entered. 1,44.41.2 dol.. ; toss .1, •,!.I toia/ side. Bare. tern.. SM4 et Wteteeb lobe ; q doh.; Odra* bee, 9 dol. buckwheat, W.f. , dui.. 341 c. hi 6 mod e.:03711 bbie dole. bon out, V 1... 4 dole ; ear, ro ime, 7 11171. ; In • 11 jola.; Vanier}, 10 .kie. to 11 dots.; CAroltra rice, 9 dohs to 10 dohs ; curs, 34 dol.. to 4 dola.; split pew, 10 to 14 dole.; bar. In;. 7 6010. log It. • ; 71 , ,71.; Ame teas 3 ails. to 3 siols. re0V1.1.67 , -Mt*. Aft, 11 d el., to 16 Me. • prime reit, 12 ho 4 oohs • mese, 1. dohs. to I dela; lilt. big; ,6 di Jm. to 10 dole.; Ede .r.. 0 10 2.: 1117: 4664 II dad, to 12 dohs; lambert 1, pi., 1. 13 Is ; In. No. 2, 11 aria to 13 d 01..; minor, 14 dole.; cad 11.11, 4 • ham.. prime, Id dots. to 13 clols. •' hen 44 IA slob. sidle% 33 64.. h. 43 dub. • lard, 1 I dohs to 13 cols.; cheese, IS dui'. to 70 ; rah lA , verpLisi, maks, S dole. to 39 dols.; onions, IN Oak, to 23e. dole. CANADA. We have Montreal journals of the ith inst. The Gam-the widisistatids " that it is the intention of the Trinity honied to lower by one-half the dues payable by vessels coming to this port. The act imposes sp. , tills nlte, but an order in council has been obtained, authorising the above-mentioned reduction, and a bill to imis.e the lower nat.* will be brought into parliament next session. This will be a great relief to ahipping. The excess of revenue over the expen diture enables the board to chat the change." The Post-dice department was transferred, on the sth, from the British to the provincial authorities. The rates throughout Canada are to be five cents. The annexation feeling has lately shown some sympt of ievival in Lower Canada. A public meeting has been held in the county of Huntington, at which annexation was decidedly maintained by a portion of the speakers. It was opposed by the Boman catholic clerAy. A leading politician has drawn up a scheme of federal union for the British provinces, including the Hudson's Bay Company's territories. The plan is similar to the federal system of the United States. The author of the programme is a prominent conservative, but the great feature of his plan are strongly radical. NEW I.IItUNSWICK. From St. John's we hare dates to April 11. The legislature opened on the 25th ult. Ilis excel kneyon his address, referred to the dispute which existed between his predistessor and the Assembly, and announced that he wus prepared to introduce a responsible government into the colony in a modified form; and also to surrender the disposal of her Ma esty's crown revenues when the legislaturc shall have agreed to certain conditions required on the part of the crown. WEST INDIES. Letters from Havannah of the 3rd inst. received at New York, state that political affairs had been quiet. Although rumours were afloat about another Lopez expedit• they excited little attention. On mercantile affairs we learn that freights, owing to numerous arrivals, had receded :—Cowes and a market, 2/. 10s. to 2/. 155.; Baltic, 2/. 12s. 6d. to 2!. 7.4. titt• Mediterranean, 2/. 12s. Id . to 31. Ex change on L ondon, 7 per cent, and in some cases a trifle more. Sugar exportations had been light dur ing the week, but buyers were numerous; white re gular, 8 to Coffee dull, at 71 to 81. Other letters state that on the 26th ult. a serious fire oc curred at San Diegos de Los lianosi ; six houses were consumed. Henry ('lay remained in the city. A large number of American merchant ships were at Havannah, loading with sugar. From Jamaica, dates to the 31st ult. (14 days later than those brought by the Clyde) announce that the Ituwal Mail steam-ship Trent, Clarke commander, amved there on the 25th, with eight passengers, and left on the 26th for Vera Cruz. Her Majesty's ship Alarm, 26, and Persian, 10, left Port Royal on the 27th for Havannah and Bermuda; and her Maj esty's steamer Alban, on the 31st. for Grey Town and 11Z.r muda. Cholera had reappeared in the Lonidas Bale district. Numerous deaths are reported. His ex cellency the governor had transmitted to the House of Assembly a long deapatch from Earl Grey on the labour supply question, on which subject much dis cussion sews expe c ted. Frosts St. Domingo accounts state that apolitical conspiracy had been detected at Port-au-Prince, and several persons supposed to be concerned in it con demned to death by court-martial. Among them was one of the three cabinet ministers, and the late chief justiee. M. Fnmeisque. These proceedings. however. were annulled, and a new trial ordered. of which the result had not been announced. The efforts of the American, French. and English agents to settle the difficulties between the two parts of the island have not yet been brought to a successful termination. The subject was to be brought before the legislature on the 25th ult. The coffee crop, it is thought, will he inferior to those of former years. SANDWICH ISLANDS. From these Isla' dates had arrived at San Francisco down to the 28th of January. The most important feature of the intelligence is the visi tation of the islands by tine of the severest gales known far many years. Three vessels were anchored outside llonoluia, the ship Nisida Stewart, and two San Francisco barques. The former dragged her anehtr , ;, and was thrown high on the red. The others slipped their cables, and with great difficulty got into the harbour. Business in Honolulu was exceedingly dull, and no prospects of an improvement for the present. The Pariestas says: Tito rmanier, of thew Wanda are so inti mately , with C.ilifoniia, that any serious depres sion of trade there is immediately felt here, and has its in intim* spas business is all its braneher. The Hon. Luther Severance and family arrived at Honolulu, in the ship (Autos, on the 12th ult. Mr. Severance resides on the islands as United States commissioner. Mr. Severance presented his credentials to the king on the 17th, in a speech, to which the king replied. The difficulties with the French were expected to be amicably settled. Letters from Hong hong had I been received only seventeen days after their dew ' tore from China. MOROCCO. News of importance has been received from Me- . rocco. It appears that the Emperor Abderrhaman, not being able to raise the usual amount of taxes, by rea son of the general distress which prevails, has deter mined to make up the deficit by appropriating the means of his wealthiest subjects. He has confiscated the property of the governor of Tetuan, formerly minister of foreign affairs, and lately deceased. Ben Achouch, Pasha of Tetuan, and formerly ambassador to Paris, had been sent for to Fez and arrested. Presently after it was heard that his property had been sequestrated. Much agitation was caused in Tetuan by this news. sbe Court. WINDSOR, MONDAY. The Queen, with Prince Alfred, drove out this morning in a pony carriage, Colonel Buckley (Equerry in Waiting) attending on horseback. Prince Alpert rode out on horseback attended by Lieut.- Colonel Hon. Alexander Gordon. The younger members of the Royal Family took their usual airings. The royal dinner party this evening includes the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness de Speth, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Mr. Birch, and Mr. Glover. Lord John Russell leg his residence, Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, yesterday, for Windsor Castle. Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governon of South and Western Australia. EASTER MONDAY. EASTER ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MANSION-HOUSE. The customary Easter banquet was given last evening at the Mansion-house, with more than ordinary i;clat. On previous occasions the Easter liege has, apart from the gorgeowe insignia of the reception chamber and the Egyptian Hall, partaken rather more of the character of a friendly party than a state banquet, the guests being generally limited to the personal friends of the Mayor, the chief civic officer., and the members fur the City and their ladies; but yesterday the laird Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained about 3.10 guests, including various members of the diplomatic corps and their ladies, a nu merous representation of the two houses of parlia ment, the aldermen, the principal City officers, with their ladies, and about Irie of the private friends of his lordship. The list of company included — The Turkish Ambassdor, Earl and Countess of Ennis killen, Earl and Countess of Effingham, the Bishop of Oxford, the Cursitor Baron and Mrs. Wilkes, General Sir Colin Hulkett, and Lady llalkett: Major-Gen. Delinnotte, General Sir George Pollock, Mr. Masterman M.P. ; Sir J. Duke, M.l'. ; Colonel Lawn ore, lion. Mr. and Mrs. Legge, Mr. Colquhoun, Mr. Delapierre, Sir James and Lady Hamilton, Hun. C. Villiers, lion. 11. Bytur, Colonel Sib thorp, M.l'. ; Sir J and Miss Burgoyne, Mr.Wyld, M.P., and Mrs. ; Mr. F. French, M.P. ; Mr. Hardeastle, M.P.; Colonel Chatterton, M.V., and Mrs. Chatterton; Mr. I M'Gregor, M.P. ; the Governor of the Bank of England and Mrs. Hankey, Deputy-Governor of the Bank of Eng. land ; the Dowager Lady Napier, the lion. W. Bathurst,. Alderman Humpliery, M.P., and Mrs. liumphery, Alder man Sidney, M.l'. ; Mr. Plowilen, M•l'.; Lieutenants Colonel Dunne, M.l'. ; Mr. D. Waddington M.P., and Mrs. Waddington; Mr. Keating, M.l'. ; and Alderman NV P. Laurie. The more substantial nart of the entertainment—a ban quet embracing every luxury of the season—was varied by (4 pleasing selection of instrumental and vocal music: the former by the band of the Coldstream Guards, and the latter by a laxly of vocalists, under the direction of Mr. Locke, and including the Misses Tyne, Mr. Enact', Mr. J. 1.. Hutton, and Mr. Machin. After the loving cup had passed, The LORD Mayon proposed in succession the health of her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the rest of the royal family, which were drunk with loyal honours. The "Army and Navy" were nest given, and Sir JORX BURGOYNE and Capt. Itriitat BURTON, R.N.. atkROW. ledged the toast on the part of the two services respectively ; Capt. Barton taking occasion to remark upon the close connexion between his branch of the public service and that mercantile marine upin which the merchant princes of London were so largely dependent. His lailiosiftr next gave the church, roapling with the toast the health of the Lord Bishop of Oxford. The Bishop of OIVORD returned thanks. He observed that it was u matter of extreme gratification to himself and his rev. brethren that they had so perforated their very onerous and important duties as to merit the approbation of his lordship and the citizens of London. He rejoiced to say that the corporation of London had always stood forward in support of the church, and he was sure they would still continue to uphold her in maintaining for the sake of Christ her just pre-eminence and to aid herby all lawful means in asserting the spiritu al liberty of all, but at the same time to cast back aggression from whatever quarter it might VOW. (Hear, hear.) The "Foreign Ministers" was the next toast, which was acknowledged by M. 7ohrab, the Ottoman minister. The LORD Maroc then proposed the " House of Lords," coupling with it the health of the Earl of Enniskillen, which the Earl of Ems: taK 'LIAM acknowledged. The Bishop of Oxvoun gave "the Lord Mayor," upon whose princely hospitality, Englielt kindness, and true English:feeling, he passed a high eulogy. The ILORI Maxim returned thanks, and gave "The House of Commons," with which he associated the name of Col. Sibthorp. The gallant Colonel, whose health was drunk with much applause, returned thanks. " The Cursitur Baron " was the next toast, which Mr. G. B.taatx, M.P., replied to, and proposed the health of the Lady Mayoress. The Loan rdsvon acknowledged the cmnpliment after which the Lady Mayoress, accompanied by the other ladies of the party, retired to the drawing-room, where they were, after some few other toasts had been disposes! of, joined by the gentlemen. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. As the novelty for Rutter Monday, Mr. Anderson produced " The robbers" of Schiller; himself, of course, representing the hero of the piece. Last year, he brought out another of Schiller's plays, " Cabal and Love," with but inoifferent success; and we do not anticipate much more (sum the present attempt. The two plays thus revived arc at all the dramatic works of the celebrated German poet the I beat worthy of Isis name. They were juvenile pieces; the offspring of a heated imagination and •• unripened judgment; with bright flashes of genius, Vat wild, extravagant, exaggerated in passion and senti ment, overstrained in language, and without the depth of thought and knowledge ofhumau nature which character ise the great works on which his permanent fame must rest. " The Robbers," in truth, is a melodrama in five acts. ' Everything about it is unnatural and unreal. Charks de Moor himself is essentially a theatrical personage; one of those beinp, sufficiently common on the stage, who preserve their interest with the audience by the constant expression I of fine and lofty feeling, while thcyarc committing a thou sand enormities, Francis is a stage villain of a very ordi suy stamp ; and Amelia the heroine, is remarkable only for her strange infidelity to her old lover by falling despe rately in love with him at first sight, believing him to be a stranger. The best parts of the play are the scenes of robber life in the forests of Bohemia. They are animated awl stirring: and Vow's principal followers, Siriker. Railer, and Spiegelbery, are spirited sketches, with eonsi derable individuality. But their characteristic features were lost on the stage by the incapacity of the actors. A prod deal has fern said about the immoral tendency of this play, but for our part we believe it to be perfectly innocent. The story goes, indeed, that a set of hot-headed German students were tempted by the example of Charles de Moor to form themselves into a band of robbers ; but there is little fear of any such vagaries in an English brain. To produce a moral effect, whether good or bad, a play must have more reality an.: truth than arc to be found in " The Robbers." The acting was mediocre. Mr. Anderson made strong points now and then, but the general style of his performance was somewhat slow and heasy The riis full of very long speeches, which he veted with too much mouthing and emphasis. He was most happy in the last scene, which he went through with a mournful calmness and solemnity that was very impressive. He moor a moat preposterous change in the conclusion of the piece. In the original, Moor resolves to give himself up to justice. He remembers a poor man with many children, whom the rewaid offered for his head would relieve from their distresses. "He and his children shall have it," says Moor; and the curtain falls. But this affecting cline was too simple for Mr. Anderson; so, while Moor was slowly leaving the stage to the sound of melancholy music, a party of soldiers rush in and shoot him, the curtain not falling till be has gone through the movements of a protracted death agony. Certainly, as the emendator of Schiller, Mr. Anderson has rivalled Libber as the emendator of Shakspeare. The part of Amelia was performed by Miss H. Gilbert, • iiirbatuote. She looked the character well, and acted It respectably. There was some pretty scenery, and the spew tar le was well got up. But in mercy to the ears of the audience, Mr. Anderson would do well in future perform ances to eut eat the robbers' ehoruses. " Ariel the Prodigal" concluded OM entertainments of the evening. II tY MARK ET TREATER. Brough now regularly . supply the beguantsm GC ddi theatre. On this occasion Messrs. Balk and Bean have been made to suffer, the travestie being upon the " Bohe mian Girl." The Brothers Brough excel in the primary M~aiastte in successful authorship—in the choice of subject ; soul In their last production they indicate progrenive ability to MK adequately the taste of the public in performances of this nature. The popular opera, the " Bohemian Girl," mos exactly suited to their purposes, inasmuch as, while all are still perfectly familiar with the story, it has Vlrsser enough a stranger from the stage to render its lise.produetion,through the agency of burlesque-writes, very asseptable. " Arline," which is the title of the new piece, is a perfect t reodLo i f fe, M . r m . Bonn's is m libretto ; and been e very o use of . p h e e r then is left intact, and we have scene for scene with tle " Bohemian Girl," the whole change consisting la a clever cast of the characters in a "lower key." Count An heirs. (Mr. James Bland) a domestic Haynau, in a coun try supposed to he under the Austrian crown, from the white uniform of the landscape in which his castle is situated, and the presence, in the neighbourhood, of jagers in great abundance, is found, in the tint scene, mining innumerable sons to a devoted chorus of personal attaad anti, and delivenog unexpected rhymes upon his Minden I for his little daughter Arline. T his young lady, neglected by her nurse, strays into proximity with t= boar, which is seen by the audience to cross abridge in the background' in a peculiar jerking manner. The Count and his chorus are in an agony of vocal apprehension, when Thaddeusof Warsaw (not Miss Porter's hut Miss P. Hoe ton's) rushes forward and then backward, and, after a little time, devoted by the Count and the jagers to very_ loud lamentations, re-appears with the lost child. Thaddeue is a Pole, of republican principles, and with an imperial on his lip, who is in a state of absconding from Warsaw on account of an extension of the Runian county court legislation, which is supposed to have placed him in imminent peril from his creditors ; and in his flight, probahly to the English metropolis, he encounters the vague locality of the Arnheim Schloss. He here meets a gipsy party, headed by Deritshoof (Mr. Buekstone), a per son of bathetic ferocity of aspect and easy manners, who first plunder him and then enlist him in their corps ; becilshoof engaging that the nights of his future ex istence shall be spent in sleeping in " nettles " a plant mentioned in order to rhyme with " ket tle+, ' the mending of which, according to Deri/shoofs anti-romantic description of gipsy life, is usually the occu pation of Z; era in the day-time. In reward for the ser- T 10.14 rendered by Thaddeus, he and Derilshoof, by whom he is accompanied, are invited by the Count to a banquet. While the free is proceeding, the conversation turns upon polities., and I haddeus having expressed opinions in reference to Smithfield Market nut in accord ance with the city of London view, the Count insists that he and his friend must be anarc hical propagandists and so gives orders that they lie taken into euetedy. But the custodians are carelms, er too intent in listening to the Count's singing ; and Deritshoof, getting away with Thad deus, enters the castle by a stage balcony and rushes away with Arline in his arms. The jagers pursue. but (kriti kus., break. down the bridge after passing over it, declines all connexion with " over the way," and, as the curtain falls on the first act, is concluded to have escaped. In the neat act Arline (at this point represented by Mist Annie Homer) is found to have grown greatly, " the lapse of twelve yeare," requested by the bill, having been spent by her among the Femmes ; and Thaddetu, who looks very little older than in the first act, is perceives' to be her be trothed lover. The gipsy queen (Mr. 11. Bedford) dis covers the attachment, to which she is averse, preferring to offer her own hand to Thaddeus, and by way of punishment, she, at the suggestion of Deritelusql, gives a special license and marries the offending parties on the spot. Then conies the denom ulna as arranged by Mr. Bunn. Count Floresline (Mrs. L. S. Buckingham) nephew of the Count, and nn "exquisite" of the class too well known on the stage. sees Arline at a fair, and perseveres in a flirtation, which is interrupted by his attention being called to a chatelaine Arline is wearing, and which he re cognises as property recently stolen from his own person. She is arrested ant taken before the Count. Thaddeus then declares her birth ; the Count rejoicing. enters into an agreement with his household that lie will never more allude to the fact that his heart is " bowed down with weight of war"; and the piece concludes with fireworks I and a polka, as the dance least recondite in the native place of the " Bohemian Girl." The dialogue and songs are of the usual character; and, for a first night, the jokes were tolerably well attended to by the actors. Miss P. Horton and Miss Annie Romer sang and acted most admirably. Mr. Buekstone did more with his part than the author could ever have contemplated—suiting the words to unlimited gestures, which were greeted as not less comic. Mr. Bland, the legitimate hero of Haymarket burlesques, was as grim and as funny as could have been desired. Mr. IL , Bedford " made up ' with marvellous results. He had the best " part,' though not the longest, and he was very successful in it. The whole point of the piece depends upon the transmutation of Mr. livan's high flown references to the gipsy career into more prosaic lan guage; and this has led to a surplus of " slang" with all the dramatis pentium. There is, however, throughout great smartness and point ; and these qualities, with the attrac tions of the " scenery and dresses," which are excellent, will doubtless secure " Arline" the Caine popularity which has attended all the other creations of the same clever pens. Mr. Webster, last night, at the Haymarket, pro duced bat a bionic nordty—limiting Ilk exertions to the routine Eaater •• burlesque" with which the Brothers THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1851. This awakened deeps mil • giant to demand the damsel, either as • beide or as • bonne batch*. She chooses the latter alternative, and is bound to • tree stamp, in the midst of • marsh • but fortifying himself with the precedents of Andromeda, and of St. tieorge, together with those of sundry other dragon-ltaguered damsels rescued by gallant knights, site awaits the molt with much fortitude.. Why should _ has bv- we delay the catastrophe ? Prince Nonpareil, who , been endued by Grenomilketn, now a full fairy, and the i Accessor of Leona, with the arms of Jack the redoubled giant queller, slays the dragon, who forthwith turns into a handsome young prince, who had been bewitched by Leone, and the dramatis persons are "disntissed to happineep," in a scene too gorgeous to be looked upon. The piece was loudly ap plauded, and the principal characters were called before the curtain. A similar honour was destined for Mr. Planche, but he did not "show." A dance by Miss Rosins Wright, as Diana with her chorus of nymphs, and La Gorlitz, by the same young lady and the suite of Prince Nonpareil, were very prettily executed. In a word, the piece went off exceedingly well in every department, and must be pronounced to be remarkably successful. The music was composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. Tully, the dances, &c. by Mr. Byrne, the machinery by Mr. 11. Sloman, and the decorations by Mr. Bradwell. The extravaganza was followed by the well-known farce of " Box and Cox." ADELPHI THEATRE. "O'Flannigan and the Fairies," is the title of the extravaganza provided for the delectation of the holiday folks at the Adelphi. It was originally, we believe, one of the stock pieces in the repertoire of poor Power, and the ' original manuscript went down with him in the President. Mr. Hudson's talent for the impersonation of Irish charac ter has made the manager think of it again ' • and, partly from recollection, and partly by re-writing the piece, has 1 once more been put into acting order. Taking the space of time that has elapsed since it was last acted and the num ber of alterations that have been made into account, it has all the freshness of a perfect novelty, and therefore a short outline of the plot and incidents may not seem rat of place. Mr. Cillonniyan, we need hardly sac, is an Irishman of poetic temperament and slightly addicted to whiskey. Love, however, more potent than "the creature.," has induced him to "take the pledge," until on one unlucky day he is induced to go to a fair, which, of course, ends in a fight, and equally as a matter of coarse O'llannipars gets a broken head, takes whiskey as a specific ' and staggers home a relapsed toper. The fairies alma, G ood and bad, take him in hand, and during his sleep lead him through all sorts of wild vagaries and mishaps, until at last he finds himself in Lancaster gaol, and about to be hanged for felony. An old woman suddenly appears apropos of nothing, presents him with a red nightcap, and with the aid of this novel locomotive, he escapes from his prisoners, and finally is re - -;ousness, penitence, and the arms of his sweet ' will be •-- • . heart. The Ott, it ...it be seen, i s quite up to the Easter standard of absurdity, but it moves plea-singly along by the help of merry dialogue, a few " ruction.," some good singing, and a great deal of really beautiful scenery. Mr. Hudson played the hero with much spirit and truthfulness. His brogue is excellent ; although we understand it did not givo satisfaction in Ireland, where "they ought to know." lie dances vigorously, and gives the truth jokes with much unction, although we may , just hint that some of them were a trifle coarser than necessary. Miss Kath leen Fitrwilliam deserves a line fur her beautiful manner of singing one or two Irish ballads, and a Minn Collins also sang and acted in a manner that excited a good deal of commendatory notice. The other actors exerted themselves commendably, and ensured for the piece an un equivocal success, and we dare 'prophesy a rather extended rim The other entertainments were " Marie Ducange " and " London Fog." Madame Celeste's acting in the former is one of the fittest things on the stage, hut has already been fully appreciated both by critics and public. We were happy to perceive that "London Fog" has lost none of its popularity by repetition. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. That part of the public which habitually resorts to this well-managed little house, evinced a determination to be compensated for out-of-door disappointment by thmnging thither for sheltered enjoyment, the pit espe cially being densely crowded. The performance opened with the "The Merchant of Venice.' Of this little need he said. Shylack being of course appropriated by Mr. Phelps, the only noticeable feature was the first appearance of Miss Goddard, a young lady from the northern provinces, in the character of Portia. Tke difficulty of the task thus undertaken was evident ; but, on the whole, it was creditably executed. At the commencement, a slight nervous agitation was perceptible, as usual, in a want of is..lf-possession - , and in consequent deficiency of graceful action and natural intona tion; but as the play proceeded, there was a better realisation of the exquisitely beautiful points of the character. In the court scene there was great but not strained animation, the climax with regard to the effect of the bond being well wrought up. fhe subsequent ring denouement was ren dered with great vivacity by Portia and her friend Nerissa (Miss Fanny Iluddart). Miss Goddard is no doubt (what young actress is not ?) susceptible of improvement, but she is also apparently capable of it ; and with a rather more sparing or less professional use of the organs of sight, atten tive observation, and careful study, the debutante may obtain a satisfactory position. At the close of the piece there were boisterous and lung continued calls fur her appearance before the curtain ; but, whatever may have been the rea son, there was a pertinacious refusal to respond. The second and last portion of the evening's entertainments was Mr. Plunchi•'s fairy extravaganva of " Fortunio and his Seven Gifted Servants," which has long been a favourite further west, but was nevertheless well revived here, and alforded considerable amusement. BRITISH MI'SEUM, &e.—The British Museum and the National Gallery were both crowded with visitors, as usual on Easter Monday; and the Glass Palace in Hyde park was also honoured by the admiring glances of some thousands of holiday makers. The hoarding in front of Buckingham Palace having been removed, and the new railings and entrance in front of it having been exposed to view, excited great attraction, and crowds of persons assembled in front of it during the day. Amongst the many who perambulated the streets during the day we ob served many foreigners, who appeared to view the number less sights of London with great interest and curiosity. The river presented a bustling and animated scene. All the piers were crowded, and the river was thronged with craft of every description, filled with pleasure parties pro ceeding in various directions, but chiefly to Battersea and Greenwich. Greenwich-park as usual had its amusements, and Greenwich Fair its frequenters, but not in such num bers as have visited it on many former occasions. This is attributable to the uncertain state of the weather ; but, altogether, Easter Monday, 1811, may be said to have passed off with all the usual honours," SPORTING. FIRST SPRING MEETING MONDAY. HANDICAP SwEnraranza of 20 soya. each, it ft, for 3- yr olds and upwards. T.Y.C. (3 subs.) Colonel Peel's b I by Mane out of tandem 3gm Get 71b (O. Menu) 1 Hake of Bedford's Weetow, 5 yea, Sat 71b (F. Butlor) 2 Lard 131wdow's Nundoreript, 3 yrs, 3st le% (T. Month); 13 SWEZPSTAAHS oflo sues. each, for 3.. yr olds; colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 200 soya. if de manded, &c. T.Y.C. (4 subs.) Lord Menley's Croupier (P. Duller) 1 Mr. Barn's Trinket . (Fletanun) 2 Mr. R genes Harp (ll 6lNrs) 3 Mr. Thiamine's liuy )(angering .. ~. (Parthotureen) 4 Betting • 9 to 4 agst Trinket, 5 to 2 agst Ilarp, and 3 to 1 each agst the others. Trinket and Croupier waited on Harp into the cords, and thence, singled out, contested the race to the end, Croupier whining by a head ; Harp a bad third. Run in 1 min. 16 KT. SWEEPSTAKES of 200 sous. each, h ft, for 3-yr old fil lies, Bst Sib. The winner of a sweepstakes value 600 soya. to carry 61b extra. Ab.M. (5 subs.) Mr. breville's Barcelona, Set Ho. (Platmen) 1 Lord Litlen'e 03Lcule. 1,4 Mb Betting : 6 to 4 on Barcelona, who made all the running and won in a canter by ten lengths. This race was not timed. DWEEPATAXES of 50 *ors. each, for 3-yr olds ' • colts, fist 71b ; dillies, fist 31b, out of mares that never bred a winner ; those by stallions that never got a winner allowed 31b. A.F. (10 subs.) Sir J. Ilerley'a Balsamo, ht 71b (J. Marne) 1 Mr. GratwWieb the squaw, Bat (Batman) 2 Mr. Howard's Chrstibe, Set 31b dEzater'e Phlagotbon, 64 alb . (Norman) 4 Mr. Celebes the Tteloper, be: lib (KW.) Lord Egiustaa l e Jurgenmut,ll4 7lb Betting : 5 to 2 apt the Squaw, 5 to 2 agst Balsam°, and 7to 2 agst Juggernaut. Phlegethon, attended by Jugger naut and the 'trapper, made the running until half-way down to the Bushes-hill, where the two front places were taken by the favourites, the mare leading ; half way up the cords &dm= challenged, and after a tine race won by a head ; balf a length between the Squaw and Christina, Phlegethon an indifferent fourth. Rua in 2m. 35 see. Fins' POUNDS for 4-yr olds, 7st 1011) ; five, Bst 91b ; six and aged, 9,d. Last three miles of B.C. Mr.Gre Title's Cariboo, 4 yrs (ratmen) 1 Lord Exeter's Nutcracker, 4 yrs (Norman) Dake of Rutland's hie-Eater, 3 ;re (ltobinva) 3 Mr. H. Strafe Pernbill, 6 yrs (Rwenq 4 Betting: 7to 4on Cariboo. Fernhill cut out the work to the Duke's Stand, where Nutcracker, who had been in waiting, took it up and carried it on into the cords; Cari boo then went up and won cleverly by three parts of a length. The rain prevented our timing this race. MATCH : D.M. ; Uric!, 5 yrs, 94., received 100 ft. from Lord Glasgow's Nondescript, 3 yrs, Est 71b. MATCH: T.Y.C.; Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux, Bst 71b, received 100 ft. from Sir R. Pigot's California, 7st 121 b. Maven, 200, h ft. T.I.C. Duke of Bedford's Bor deaux, list 121 b, received 60 ft from Sir J. llawley's Merry Peal, ist 71b. The racing this afternoon, although not positively bad, Smiled very little interest ; the weather, after the first two mess, was bad, and the company not by any means so large na we have usually seen on the heath at the commencement 01 the first spring meetings. BETTING AFTER TILE RACES. TWO TIIOCB4YD OOIYW B[AKltl. . -- o to 2 rapt Condoner a tot eget Gieribaark 7 tot Ilesatain Plipb oat I lee to II Mortibuivad 7 to 2 liernaodes 20 to 1 arm other Besides the those Midas, 0 eander, and £olua are likely to 'wit; Newmin.ter i , . doubtful. ONE 11101:nAND t•EINEAS STAKFB. Even n Aphrodite I 2to I apt Int (MIL 7to I eget Hesse Melberg It, I to I son Aphrodite (t) to I ( t) Confessor and Aphrodite arrived this afternoon. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - ----- - - ----- At this theatrethe contribution to the Easter stock of novelties was a Burlesque Extravaganza, partly founded on one of Washington Irving's tales entitled " The Alhambra; or, the Three Beautiful Princesses." We cannot say much at the plot, for the simple reason that there is very little plot to say anything about. Indeed it is princi pally introductory of and subservient to the scenery, alicch was of a novel and effective character. Three Christian captives, Sir Roped the Ready (Mrs. Keeley), .sir Desperado the Dauntless (Mr. A. Wigan), and Sir Totry the Timorous (Mr. Keeley), fill into the power of Mohammed, a Moorish King of Granada, whose three daughters fall in love a ith the knights, and elope with them; are retaken, hut even tually escape with their lovers to Christendom. In the working out of this plot some comical " situations" are( presented, which, with the character of the dialogue, tend to create and to maintain mirth among the audience until the ft:none/neat. The scenery, however, is the main attraction of the piece. It commences with a representation of Brom pion-square by mounlight,and gives a bird's-eye view, as seen by /maidens, in a balloon voyage from Ilrompton to the Alhambra, passing over the Crptal Palace by night, Dover, the liritish Chanuel, Calais, Paris, a valley in the Pyrenees, leading to a mountain pass in the descent to Granada• with a view of the Vega and City, the Alhambra and the sierra Nevada in the distance, forming a complete diorama repre.•senting the places named. In the course of the piece a pas rnaureejse was beautifully danced by Madlle. Auriol, and a pas romique by Mr. Flexmore, the latter of which was encored; and we shonld not omit to state that Mr. Flesmore's representation of is monkey, and the antics of that imitative animal, kept the house inw roar of laughter. LYCEUM THEATRE. The Easter novelty here was Mr. Planehe's new Fairy Extravaganza, in two acts, entitled "The Queen of the Frogs." The plot of the piece is rather intricate, hut its principal incidents are capable of a more simple descrip tion. There is a valiant king, bight Pulm inugo the Puq 'mounts, the best of monarchs, husbands, and fathers (Mr. Charles Mathews), and he is introduced to us in the midst of his besieged army, whom he encourages, in a speech ' worthy of the occasion, to do or die. 1k is blessed by a de , voted spouse, Dulribello by name (Mrs. Frank Matthews). and an only daughter, earissinta (Miss Julia St. Ocorge), whom they both love " passing well." The foe being driven off, this king, for some purpose or other not very clearly explained, goes into the country, and on the march his wife and daughter are parted from the company in a dreary wood. After suffering an un utterable fnght from a storm, from wild beasts, and from the goblin terrors of that weird forest, they arc suddenly set on by one Leowt, otherwise the " fairy lioness" (Mr. Robert Roxby), a sort of Circe, minus the charms of that mystic personage. Her chief prey are great people, who hnve be guilty of " lionising foreigners, foreigners, whom she villanoudy transforms, and conveys into a cavern, which will probably be discovered at the centre of the earth when a shaft shall have been sunk thither. As her two last raptures have not been guilty of this vice they are merely condemned to perform the menial offices of rook and hairdresser. The queen's first task is the compounding of a pot,' of butterflies; and, as those insects are not indigenous to the dismal domain of Leona, the poor queen is in despair. At this juncture a loud croak draws her attention to a huge raven, which is carrying off a frog for its sapper. The royal captive, participating in the senti ment of Dido, and clothing it indeed in words, though cer tainly not in words quite so polished as those which the Mantuan bard puts in the mouth of the 'f yrian queen, Thad lowa ea, miser is sueourtre seizes what a vivid imagination would suppose to be a Tar tarean brickbat, and hurls it at the obscene bird. It instantly drops the poor frog and flies away. Of course the frog is a fairy (or rather a half-fairy), Grenouilletta, (Miss Martindale ) and she not only brings a swarm of butterflies for the relief of present necessities, but undertakes the deliverance of her benefactress and her daughter. Borne in state to the court of Fulnutioto, she gives him a ring which will" defend him front all the wiles of Leona, and bids him beard the lioness in her den. Ile ha stens: to do so; the evil spirit is confounded at his conjugal devotion; but makes a brave fight, and dies de eidedly. "game." lier expiring efforts were employed in I conveying by her magic arta the queen and princess en closed in a glass case to the centre of the quicksilver lake, and unless the king can touch them with his fairy riag, there they must remain. A friendly dragon, Fe-bo-Fuen (Messrs. Morris and Charles), bears him, however, over the metallic wave, and they are free. In the second act the princess is being betrothed to a !'rinse Nonpareil (Mite M. Oliver), when that worthy young gentleman discovers • wedding ring already on her finger. .Now the truth is, that iu a fit of gratitude the king had promised to the dragon : anything he pleased "fish, fowl, or flesh ; " and it has had the impudence to claim the princess herself— ; The party, therefore, decide on laughing at the matter, and they tell the prince that his lady-love having found the ring in question (which the dragon had in reality . placed on her finger). had " just slipped it on." The prince naturally enough suggests that she should take it off, but the bride Acct says she cannot. and her m idler con,id,rately recom mends soft #4.1.1if, while her father hints at so strong a sure as the application of a file. All now goes merrily enough, but— " Pram the midst of Joy', &halos, sprats". Ns* bitters 's/ tlieflower i.s Lubbllng sewn tlinge.^ stored to AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. SOUTH YORKSHIRE. TO THI EDITOR OP THI DAILY asses. From Beasthorpe to Newark the land is fine rich grazing land ; and for some distance out of Newark, on the line of railway to Lincoln, there is also some good grazing ground, used as such land generally is for feeding beasts and sheep with no other applica tion of skill than to avoid over or understocking, both being injurious to the land and unprofitable to the grazier. Away from the Trent, the land all the way toPainsborough is sand, and beyond the sand land is a tract of wet clay. The sand land is capable of good cultivation, and a few of the farms arc well managed, but on the majority the management is the reverse of good. I particularly notice a tract, which belongs to Earl Brownlow, on which the system pursued is very , bad, and I was told that his lordship exacts high rents, gives no leases, and stocks the farms with game, and consequently does not attract many men of capital to the occupation of his property; and what I saw of his farms seemed to be the natural consequence of ' such a misapplication of lauded property. The farms are generally small, and I apprehenethat, in these times of moderate prices, the occupiers will find Rome difficulty in making a livelihood by their busi-' ncss. This, however, is solely the result of his ma nagement, for the land in the hands of capitalists, with proper security for their outlays, would be nice manageable land. Entering Yorkshire from the south, at Bawtry, you come into that important industrial division of the county, the West Riding, in many parts of which husbandry is so much modified and affected by , the presence and wants of numerous manufactur ing populations, that it can scarcely be said to have any distinctive agricultural character. But without' altogether omitting to notice the management of land in the neighbourhood of manufacturing towns, my remarks will refer, as my attention was chiefly directed, to the more purely rural portions of the West Riding. And first I may state that the evil complained of more than fifty yeses ago, namely, that tenants cannot do justice to their land by reason of' the unwillingness of landowners to grant free and rational leases, is in full operation at this moment, for most of the farms are held by yearly tenants, and their management is too generally adapted to the precarious character of their tenures. It is really extraordinary how blind landed proprietors are to their own interest in regard to the subject of leases. In the report made in 1700 by Messrs. Robert Brown, Rennie, and Shirruf, to tfic board of agriculture, " On the Husbandry of the West Itidfug," they dwelt on the absolute necessity of leases fur the im provement of this district, saying, " the defy we owe to the public renders it necessary that we sfiould de scribe the ruinous consequences accompanying the want of leases, and hew absurd it is to expect that the ground will be improved by persons who may be turned out of their possession whenever the proprie tor or his steward is disposed by caprice, whim, enmity, or interested motives, to give them a warn ing of removal ." and, alter referring to Arthur Young's decided ' expressions of opinion, published twenty years before, " that the improvements which had taken place in England had been almost owing to the custom of granting . leases, and that in those counties where it was unusual to grant them, agriculture had continued much inferior to what it was to be found where they were usual," the writers add, •' the general custom of not granting leases in the West Riding must deserve reprehension ; and, if we are to judge of its husbandry by the rule laid down by Arthur Young, we are under the necessity of declaring that however flou rishing the country may be, and however much it may be improved in every branch of its agriculture, still, if leases had been granted, and a security thereby offered to the farmer for enjoying the fruits of his labour, these improvements would have in-1 creased; and, consequently, the interest, not only of the public, but also of the proprietors themselves, would have been materially promoted." Then. hav ing stated varioas details, showing that a long time must often elapse before the farmer can reap the re ward of improvement ; and that, when yearly tenants improve they may lose all benefit " by a six months' warning," they go on to say, " These are not imaginary apprehensions, but arc founded on real and solid prine:ples; and which will operate leas or more upon every farmer, according to his situation and eireumstancere." After mentioning an estate in the West Riding on which the tenants had "got warnings of removal, merely because they had turned methodists," the reporters ask, "where is the liberty enjoyed by the farmer who sits without a lease Ills words and actions are under the most absolute subjection to another. Let the abject situation of such a man, placed under a capricious landlord, be considered; he is exposed to every indignity without daring to complain; if he has made improvements, the fruits of them are wrested from him by an arbitrary re moval. . . . The want of a lease precludes the farmer from acting as a free agent, and renders his pronerty insecure and precarious.' And these obser vations, made more than half a century ago, are equally just as applicable to the present time; the want of rational leases is everywhere the great ob stacle to agricultural improvement, and has a most important effect in diverting the most intelligent and active minds from adopting husbandry as a business. The West Riding contains 1,618,610 acres, esti mated to produce an average rental of about IBs. per acre. The great Yorkshire coal formation occupies one-third of the West Riding, reaching from the southern boundary to some miles to the north of Leeds, and varying in width from twenty to thirty miles. The surface of this formation is undulating, hill and dale succeeding each other in constant va riety, some of the hills rising to a considerable alti tudL This formation, which on the surface consists for the most part of strong clay Roil, is divided from the lower level of the vale of I ark by a strip of mug nesian limestone. which runs through the Riding, commencing at Tiekhill on the south to the boundary of the North Riding beyond Ripon. In the more elevated parts of the coal formation, beds of sand stone and shale rise to the surface, and a dry friable soil is formed ; but by far the greater part consists of strong soil lying on a subsoil of yellow clay, such as is generally tact with in the coal districts. Much of this land requires to be drained, and the pure clay is usually a thin and weak soil; but where the clay and sandstone join, as about 'Wakefield, a productive loam is formed. The limestone tract on the cast of the coal measures, passes by I toneaster, Ferrybridge, Sherburn, Aberfor Wetherby, Knaresborough, and Ripon, and varies in width from five to eight miles. Throughout this limestone belt the soil is dry and light, and when well manured produces good crops. It is chiefly arable land managed by turnip hus bandry. The surface, though undulating, is less marked in its character than the strong land on the west side of the riding. East of the limestone to the boundary of the riding. formed by the Cre and Ouse, the new red sand stone formation is continued, though there are some parts which consist of alluvial soils, such as the low district between the Don, the ' Ous e, and the Thorne and Snaith road; along the Ouse from the junction of the Itiver Aire, to that of the Wharfs, at Cawood. The northern portion of this formation consists of fine rich land, which, both as arable and pasture, is abundantly productive. Near Ripon there is an under stratum of gravel, through which a great body of water flows, and which has occasionally washed away so much of the subsoil as to cause the surface to falfin, leaving circu lar ponds. Towards Lancashire and Westmoreland there is a large tract of mountain limestone, and be tween that and the coal measures in one place and the magnesian limestone in another, lies an irregu larly shaped tract of the millstone gilt formation, which extends through the centre of the riding. The soil of the latter is poor, cold, and wet, consisting in many places of high moorlands of little value. It is principally in grass, and where care is bestowed upon it will give fair crops of hay. The Craven dis trict is on the mountain limestone, and presents an irregular surface of much beauty, the high rocks offer ing a striking contrast to green and fertile vales which lie between them. The soil is thin, but dry, and produces a short sweet herbag e, which is very nutritious. Some of the vales, by good manage ment, have become rich feeding pastures. Lime is much used, and the floods to which the district is liable, bringing with them some of the limestone particles, have generally a fertilising effect. here was the seat of the old Craven longhorns, cattle at one time in great request, but which have now been superseded, even in their own locality, by the more profitable shorthorn—that is the Yorkshire shorthorn, which is essentially a different animal to the pure Durham. The Yorkshire farmers of the coal formation arc somewhat better than are gene rally to be found in the manufacturing districts, though no general system is followed, each occupier adopting a rotation suitable to his locality and the abundance of manure it affords. All around Leeds, Sheffield, Halifax, Bradford, Huddersfield, &matey, and Wakefield, the proportion of gram land is much beyond that of arable, and though much of it is made productive by heavy dressings of manure, yet its general appearance betokens neglect and slovenly management. In many instances though manure as easily attainable, the grass land is constantly mown without receiving manure, and its produce is said to be declining. The arable land is commonly cropped with two or three grain crops in succession, with a green crop every third or fourth year. There is a field at llorhury, near Wakefield, occu pied by its owner, Mr. Ilolt, which for upwards of thirty years has been cropped constantly with wheat, with the exception of four or five years only. The manure used was about .1 dozen of lime and some ashes each year; and the produce is said to havo averaged from 39 to 42 bushels per acre. The same person has another field, on which he has grown wheat eleven years out of fourteen, and the other three years it 'had barley. beans, and turnips. Deep and careful tillage may enable the small occupiers to adopt such a course. But even some of the larger farmers follow a severe course of cropping. 'finis I met with many instances of the following rotation upon the strong soils of the coal measures: Ist year, turnips, fed off with sheep, eating corn and oilcake; and year, wheat; 3rd and 4th years, seeds and white clover, also fed oft' by sheep, aud limed the last year ; 3th year, wheat ; fith year, wheat or (where the land is somewhat lighter) barley would take the place wholly or in part of the wheat crop. And though this course does not meet the approval of some rural martinets, I confess I see no reason why it should not be adopted with profit to the occu piers, and certainly without injury to the land itself. It is well known that some of the effects of very high arming long continued is to nresluce too great an abundance of straw, and render the wheat, in such seasons as last, liable to mildew, and in such cases, I have no doubt that two grain crops, even two wheat crops in succession, may be very pod hus bandry. Land may have too much creditgiven to it, as well as too little--though the latter is the more common error, and where, from proximity to manure, or by means of high feeding, the farmer is enabled to keep his hind in good heart, there is no reason he should not grow a much larger bmulth of wheat than is commonly done. Some of the best Yorkshire farmers adopt a four course rotation, in which they take two wheat miss, namelv—l styear, turnips fed by sheep; 2nd year,wheat; 3rdyear,clover limed; for 4th year wheat: and I have no doubt that On soils of good staple and somewhat inclined to clay wheat may be profitably grown every other year. 'fhe Secretary (Mr. Briggs), of the Wakefield Farmers' Club, iltl6 grown wheat for several successive years on the same land, and kis account of its results is worth ad verting to. Ile says "with regard to growing wheat, year after year on the same land, effectively and profitably, I see no difficulty, except in keeping the land clean. In one field, we have hod wheat five years successively, and the fifth was us pod, if not better, than any of the previous ones, and yield thirty-six bushels of good merchantable corn per acre, of excellent quality. The means adopted have been, to pare the stubble as soon as possible after the crop was cleared away, then to collect and burn stubble weeds." The land was then scarified and the weeds so drawn up collected and burnt ; and after that the land was ploughed, and the seta either drilled or sown broadcast, two cwt. of guano and two ewt. of salt being sown broadcast and harrowed in with the seeds. Mr. Briggs was fully impressed with the belief that by following up the Milne plan he would increase, not impair, the fertility of his field, a point on which I have much doubt. On the mag,nesian limestone tract the six-course rotation is very general; but some of the best farmers adopt the four-course rotation, using ten or twelve ha:Awls of rape-dust with every crop of wheat. Near Gook and Selby the alluvial land Is used fin' potato cultivation, which, until the recent attack of the potato disease, was very profitable, as much as 20/.. and 25/. profit per acre having been made for several years in succession. To accomplish such a return, two crops a s ear must be grown, which is managed by having the land very highly manured and well prepared by February, when sets are planted which had been previously sprouted, care being taken not to rub off the sprouts. These are early potatoes, which are ready for market by June. The laud is then I,:anted with th. , small potatoes, which produce the sets used for the main crop of the next year. Leeds is the chief market for this district. No one can go through the rural districts of this county without being struck by the marks of breed ing displayed by the horses. Around Ripon. Wi therby, and Doncaster a good many useful hunters and powerful carriage horses are bred. Sheep and pigs, too, are very good— , the latter particularly so ; the more eminent breeders paying as much attention to the pi digrees of their swine, as is paid to horses or cattle in other places. There are some herds of short-horns in the %Vest Riding, but it is nut the breeding district of the county. Nothing can be more various than the management of different farms in the same pus Aides throughout this riding, and for Which there is no apparent reason; the true causes probably being in the difference of the capitals and tenures of the occupiers. I was told that 40 bushels of wheat to the acre would be grown on one farm, and from 20 to 25 on another adjoining, the land of which is no worse in quality, but then per haps it may be undrained, and the tenant has nut the means of draining, or such a tenure as would render it prudent to do so if he has. Drainage is decidedly the great want on mast of the strong lands of this riding. Agriculturally the North and East Ridings are more interesting districts than the West; and to these I shall shortly call your attention. A MIDLAND COUNTIES FARMER. • AMERICA , : MATT. PACKET STATION.—WC received front London, on Wednesday, letters announcing that the government commission on the mail station macs:ion had d,tidt.l to report in favour of Holyhead. We do not un tie:it:mil that the got ernment has as yet sanctioned the proposed removal from Liverpool, but we recommend the adoption of sorong and instant measures to meet the threatened danger. Deputations of leading men ought immediately to be despatched to protect the interests of the American trade of Liverpool and the north of England.— Licerpoot Aotiwa. ---- • IMPORTANT TO VALUERS AND RAILWAY COMPA NIE4.—PAILKIN4ON T. LORD GALWAY.- At the Itetford County Court, on Wednesday hist, a cause was tried before Rd. Wildman. Esq., judge, or which Mr. John Parkinson, valuer, lay-fields, woo plaintiff; and Lord Viacount Galway, M.P., was defendant. It appeared that his lordship 'wing the owner of some land taken by the Great Northern Rail way Company, Lad employed Mr. Parkinson as hi , valuer; Mr. G. I). Simpson, of Loveroall, was valuer fir the com pany ; and Mr. Cbri.tophcr Paver, of Peekfield, wa, railed in as umpire. After the amountofpurchuse mone y li:A been agreed upon Mr. Parkinson sent his account to Lord t charging a commis.ion of 2i per cent. upon the compeiviAlon awarded. His lordship forwarded the account to the rail way company, who refused to pay it on the ground that the charge was exorbitant; awl Lord Galway being also of the same opinion, refused to pay; upon which Mr. Parkinson brought an action against him, and the sum consiihriA rea sonable woe paid into court. Mr. Burnaby, of the firm of Tallents, Burnaby, and Griffin, solicitorsi, Newark, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. W. E. Smith of Doncaster for the defendant. Most of the leading velum in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire attended the inquiry; and, after along discussion on both sides, judgment was given in favour of the defendant—thus establishing the principle that a valuer is not entitled w charge a per centage.— Doncaster Gazette. Rut. AT ACCIDINT..— We have just learned from the guard of the mail; train which arrived from the south at half-past one this (Monday) morning, that an accident of a serious nature occurred near Euston, about ten miles be yond Preston, on Saturday afternoon, about half-past four o'clock. As the mail train—which should have arrived at Glasgow at half-pan oneo'clock on Sunday (yesterday) moan ing—was proceeding northward at the ordi nary speed, the en gine started from the rails inwards, crossed the other rails, carrying along with it, of course, the three carriages and the tender by which it was followe d, and the whole were precipitated down the embankment, stated to he about thirty feet in height. The injuries attendant upon this accident were nut so severe as might have been anticipated. The guard suffered mast ; three of his ribs are said to have ' been broken, an al o his thigh-bone. The engine-driver and stoker lust iined considerable injury, as well as some 1 of the passengers, of whom there were not, however, many in the train. The carriages were literally smashed, and 6 rendered perfectly useless. Information vies immediately sent to Preston, whence an engine and carriages . Ars warded to true .olit the passengers of the wrecks -,iliaief; ' and the loss of time thus occasioned delayed the .iparet the mail at Glasgow long past the usual time. On of this unfortunate occurrence, there was no postf ton to Carlisle. The cause of the accident we hat in yet asvartainad.—Daily Mail. "' - I '',.. 11: ,.. ii-?:: 5 • . -t.? •_. ~ ..._ *. • -.1 i