The Express. — London, England, 1853-09-22 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA, qANITART PRECAUTIONS. fulto* tug Directions and Regulations of the b of Health, issued under authority of the Sa...meirs litmovel end Direues Prevention Act, 1948, Sectias X., appear in a Supplement to the London Guctrte o f model, Sept. 20 Ta Local Beards of Health acting under the Public Health Ad, IhIS; to Town Councils or other Aviles acting uud'..r tic a uthority of Local Acts of Parliament in which the Provi•ieas of the Public litalth Aet are included; to the Guisiiess of the Poor of the several Unions in Eagiaad and aloud in the First Schedule hereunto to the Cluardisne cf ttie Poor of the several Parishts in ErtLad and Wiles, named in the second schedule here. unto incised. To the oversztrs of the poor of ail parishes, taw:ships, end paces not comprised in the unions and psr..hcs mentioned in the hrst sad second schedules here sy., innizsd. Tti the miyor, aldermen, and burgesses of ales and boroughs, commissioners under local sets, the surveyor. of highways, their deputies and assistant:, road tru•'.os, commissioner% county surveyors, and other per• At by law intrusted with the ears and manage. scat of all streets, public ways and places in asy parish or place in England and Wahs. To the owners and cceul,iers of homes, dwellings, churches, and place.' of assembly within the said unions and parishes, and othen having the care and mitring thereof, and to a.l whom it may concern— Whereas by the provisions of " The Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Art, 1845," for the prevention of epidemic, endemic, and contagious diseases, we, the General Board of Health, are euthorised to issue such direct i ice end regulation. as we shall think 6: for the prevention (as tar as possible) or mitigation of epidemic, endemic, or contagious disease : And whereas by the maid act it is provided that the directions and regulations to be teemed as aforesaid shall ex tend to all parts or places in which the said provisions of ths said act shall for the time being be in force, under the order of her Majesty's Priey Council, unless such directions or regulations saall be expressly confined to WWI of such pays or placc., and then to such pares or places as in such direction and regulations shall be specified: And whereas by an order of her Ilejeste's most Honour abl, Tray Cruncel, bearlog date the 15th day of September, 1-1.5;, the said provisions of the said act were directed to be pot in force throughout the whole of Great Britain for a period of six calendar months thence nest ensuing: Now. in eleat'se of tne authority vested in us as sten- We, the General Board of Health, do issue the (lieu. t ri gelatines hereinafter unnamed, to cattail to all port. and places within the several unions, parishes, and p,oces throughout England sad Wales—that is to any : 1. W. direct that all the local authorities charged by the femmes Lodging Home* Act. ISO', with the execution of that act, shall see that the provisions of the said act, and any act amending .he same, an enforced forthwith. 2. We direct the guardians, overseers, and pusses* as aforesaid, to order the clerk to the geanhaue of any such maim or parish, forthwith upon the putt:cation of these direction', to make out, from the ree:ellisel officer's books, or other sources of informatioa readily obtainable Ly him, • list of the Wiese within his union or pariah when cues of cholera, diarebma, typhus freer. epidemic, or any endemic disease, may have lately been lenient: ; and to give the list or portico. of the list re j o •i u g to ' districts to the medical (Attest of each district te w hich it shall relate. Acid the medical officer of every union or parish shall visit the places wituin his district named in such list, and any other pions within it, sad osmium the houses situate in such places, as to their mend 'modifies in respect to cleanliness, or as to any neater: predisuang and removeable count of discs., Licely to affect the inmates thereof. .i. We direct the guardians, overseen, or persons to whom these regulation* may apply to order the said medical officer to inquire into the state of the health of the inhobi tonts of all such places, and into the state of health of the children is school+, of the workpe ople in places of work, and of the inmates of common lodging homers, and where he shad l•SCeflaill that any can of diarrhoea or of any pro m .t.itory stag.. of an epidemic disease exists to treat or dacei the 41.A:sant of the same at mot. I. And such medical officer, where it may be necessary, sheil certify in writing to the guardians of his union or parish all such places as are in a state dangerous to health, or as need frequent and effectual eleisasit.g by way of pretension (against disease, and such dwelling-houses as are las filthy and unwholesome condition, and all such 'neonate' and matters injurious to health as ouvht to be &betel, clewed, sod moved under these regulations. 5. We direct that all town councils, and other governieg bodies of cities and boroughs, commissioners under local acts, local boards of health, surveyors and district or assis tant surveyors of highways, road trustees or coraminiouen, county surveyors, and others now by law intrusted with the care sad management of the streets and public ways and places within the paf•hes and places to which these direc tions and regaletious extend, shall see to the effectual and continued cleansing of all such of the streets, rows, lanes, mew., courts, alleys, and passages, sad public ways add places, under their ruperfive ease and management, as by the medical officer of the guardians or others authorised to superintend the execution of these directions and regula tions shall be certified in writing to be in a state dangerous to health, or to require frequent and effectual cleansing by way of precaution against disease ; and shall canes all filth, ordure,. and nuisances to be removed therefrom. 6. We direct that when any sack streets, ram, lanes, stews , MOM, alleys, MA say peasegee, public ways, or plans all which ray beam ass toneimenee adjoin, which have set bass isteseted b, le the este es nom meat of any tags 111111•111, Wei erreng el beabb, nee neer., sur veyor., or ethos, have been smiled in writing by such me ll ffiTa t ro e incer as eibeamid to be in a state dangerous to health, or to require sash frequent and effectual cleans ing, every occupier of • house or tenement so adjoining shall keep or cause to be kept sufficiently cleansed every part of the street, row, lane, mews, court, alley, or passage, way or place,which adjoins the Coen or tenement occupied by him, which works of cleansing sad removal of filth, ordure, and nuirances required by these directions and regulations shall be done by effectual washing or otherwise, and with the use of fluids or substances for preventing the escape of noxious Heinle during the operation, when the medical officer of the guardians or others authorised to superintend the execution of these directions and regulations shall direct and prescribe the same. S. We do hereby require the said guardians and over seers, and all other persons to whom these present regula tions are addressed by themselves or by their officers or persons, already employed by them, or to be specially ap pointed by them in this behalf, to superintend and see to the execution of the foregoing directions and regulations within their respective unions, parishes, or places over or in which they may legally have jurisdiction. S. And where it shall appear that by want or neglect of the town council of any city or borough, local board of health, commissioners surveyors, trustees, or others, in trusted with the care Ind management of streets and public ways and places as aforesaid, or by reams of poverty of the occupiers or otherwise, there is any default or delay In the cleansing of or ,removing nuisances from any street, row, lane, mews, court, alley, passage, or public way or place certified as aforesaid, within any of the said unions, parishes or places, we direct the guardians of such union or 'push, or the overseen of such parish, and all other persona haling legal authority within such parish or place, to cause such street, row, lane, mews, court, alley, passage, way, or plans to be effectually cleansed, sod all nuisances to be removed therefrom, and to do all acts, matters, and things necessary for that purpose. • 9. We also direct that when and so often as any dwelling house in any part or place to which these directions and regulations extend is in such a filthy and unwholesome condition as to be • nuisance • to or injurious to the health of any person; or where, upon, adjoining to, or near any premises, or any pan or place, u aforesaid, there is any foul and offensive drain, ditch, gutter, privy, cess pool, or übpit, or any drain, ditch, gutter, privy, cesspool, or ashpit, kept or constructed so as to be • nuisance to or injurious to the health of any person; or where, upon, adjoining to, or near any such premises, swine, or any accumulation of dung, manure, offal, filth, refuse, or other matter or thing is kept, so as to be a nuisance to or injurious to the health of any person • or where, upon, adjoining to, or near any such premises, being • baildiog used wholly or in part as • dwelling house, or being premises underneath any such building, any ani mal is kept so as to be a nuisance to or injurious to the health of any person. In each of the above recited cases the owner or occupier, and persons having the are or ordering of such dwelling- Louse, or of the premises where the nuisance or wetter in jurious to health may be, or where they by resent of poverty, or otherwise, arc unable, then the town council, local board of health, guardians, commissioners, or over act', shall cleanse, whitewash, or otherwise purify, u the use may require, such dwelling-Louse or baildiug, or abate or remove the nuisance or matter injurious to health, as aforesaid, with all reasonable speed after the publication of thee, our directions and regulations, or after the :minion or matter lajliti23l to heilth stall have arisen. • 10 Wh there shall not be a town council, local board of health, or other governing hody of a city or borough or commissioners haying jurisdiction for the removal of calmness, or where such council, local board of health, governing body, or commissioners shall not cause to be effectually executed such directions, we direct the said guardians and overseers, as the can may be, to visit, from time to time, or cause to be viiittel, the several dwellings and places where there may be /woad for believing that necessity will arise for sae cubes such directions; and where, from the poverty of wispier, or otherwise, there may be default or delay in the c;eaniicir or puryfying of any such dwelling-house, or the abatement or removal of any such nuisance or mat ter usjanaus to health, and the medical officer, or other person duly authorised as aforesaid, shall have certified that the same requires immediate attention, and where, from want of co-operation of the owners or oceu pp re, there is any delimit or delay in cleansing any KAI end offensive drain, ditch, watercourse, or gutter ia•u rebid% several dwellings or tenements may drain, —to cause stub dwelling-houses to be cleansed sad purified, and such drain, ditch, watercourse, or gutter to be frequently end effectually cleansed, and such nuisance or matter injurious to health to be abated and re sieved mpectively, and to do all acts and provide all mat ten and things necessary for that purpose. 11. Maerr medical .. , ffleer shall forthwith, anon any un mos: amen,• of diurr::m3, or any case of cholera, or of I typhus., or other epidemic, endemic, or contagious disease becoming known to II within jib amiss= Bo same to tone Board of Oir. r di ans o f hi s m i en at 1 2 . On the 0- ..currence of say unusual prevalence of distil ma, air of severe premonitury symptoms of the disease of rlitixrs, 0 : any severe epidemic discos'', in any school, or place of work, or amocg the inmates of any establishment, which sheen appear to be overcrowded, the medical officer shall. 'en soon as fe shall he informed thereof, and it he deer.e it oeces-ary, order the separation of the inmates of was school, place of work, or establishment, and direct such HI be taken as shall appear to him to be expedient to prevent the spread of the disease. 13. And where it shall sufficiently appear to such guar dians, over.sers, or others to whom these regulations apply, by certificate of their medical officer, or of the medical au perint►odisg inspector of the General Board of Health, or otherwise, that cholera or any other severe epidemic, en demic, or contagious d isease, is present or imminent in any union, parish, or place, and that extraordinary mouical aid is required fur persons resident within such union, parish, or place attacked or threatened to be attacked by cholera, or other severe epidemic, endemic, or contagious disease, or for the discovery and treatment of persons so attacked or - threatened, we direct such guardians, overseers, or per son as aforesaid, to provide, as soon as may be prattles file, sufficient medical aid for examination, b 7 hour,. to-house visitation, of the state of the inlabitants of the union, polish, or place, and for medical treatme ,se o f persons found to be threatened or affected with chef era, se such epidemic chemise, or symptoms premonitory there o f, and fur w.truing and instruction of such prrsoor a , end for the provision in suitable places of such medicines,. es na y be required within their respective unions or pretence for us. cessitous persons attacked by cholera or b y premonitory symptoms, and to make arrangements for the distribution of notices stating the places where such r.id and medicines shall have been provided. 14. To ensure proper treatment in 'their own houses to many of the poorer clam, we require the said guardians. when it shall appear to their medical officer, or to the Medical Superintending Inspector of the U I Board of Health, that such extraordinary aid is requisite, to preside suitae:e rooms, or places capable of accommodating neces sitous cr.'''. to which resorts attacked by cholera, who cannot he properly treated in their own homes, may he con veyed. Id. We direct the said guardians, where it shall appear to their medical officer, or to the Medical Superintending In spector of the General Board of Health, requisite, to pro vide rooms or places of refuge to which may be removed the families of such necessitous persona as have been attacked with cholera, awl also such necessitous persons living under the simo roof with or in the vicinity of persons atta.ked, as the medical officers, acting under the authoritz of the 'Lid guardians, may deem it necessary to remove, and to cause the houses, reums, or dwellings from which persons may have beers so removed to the houses of refuge to be cleansed and purified by the owners or persons having the care or ordering thereof, or, in their default, by the said guardians. 16 On the occurrence of any case of cholera, or other epidemic, endemic, or contagious disease, is any room oc cupied by one family or more, the medical officer of ties' union or parish attending tho case shall cause to be re moved either the patient or so many of the occupants of such room a. he shall consider would, wale." removed, tend to prevent the recovery of the patient, or endanger the spreading of the disease. 17. In case of death by cholera or any other severe epidemic, endemic, or contagions &seat*, the last medical attendant upon the Peron of the deceased, or, in case of there having been no medical attendant, the housekeeper or person present at the death, or who shall be in charge of the body, shall forthwith notify the fact of the death to the medical o ffi cer of the district charged with the execution of these orders, for the prevention of the spread of such disease, and the medical officer shall give such directions as may appear to him needful is respect to the care, re meal, and the time of interment of the body, for prevent log toe cemmonication or spread df disease. And we hereby authorise and require all persons to give such in formation or such assistance to such medical officer, and to be otherwise aiding him, as he may need in the execution of these orders. IS. In the event of the fatal termination of any case of cholera, or of severe epidemic, endemic, or contagious dis ease, in any room occupied as a living or sleeping room by one family or more, or by numerous persons, the medical officer of the district, so soon as he shall be informed of the death, shall cause to be removed, as speedily 111 may be, the corpse from the same premises, or, if this be not convenient, shall cause the persona occupying such rooms to be removed therefrom until the corpse can be conve niently removed and properly interred. 19. And we direct the sate guardians to make arrange ments for obtaining daily lists of persons attacked by cholera or other epidemic disease within their respective unions or parishes, with the particulars of their eases and treatment, and fur communicating the Name daily to the General Board of Health. 2 1 ). Anil we direct the said guardians, where it may ap pear needful, to appoint such additional medical officers, and also to appoint such other officers as may be necessary to execute :used superintend the execution of these regula tions, and to publish and circulate, by private handbills or other means, notices of the provisions of the said set fur the prevention of nuisances, and of our directions, regulations, and instructions, or of .such part of any of them as it may appear to them expedient to make publicly known. 21 And we direct that in thew directions and regulations the words " guardians of the pew" shall mean the geardi sins, directors, wardens, governors, or other like officers having the management of the poor of any union, parish, sr place where the matter requiring the cogaisauce of any such officers arises; and the word " parish" shall include every place where the relief of the poor is administered by a board of guardians for such place. Given under our hands and under the seal of the General Board of Health, this twentieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. (Signed) EDWIN CHADWICK. T. SOUTHWOoD SMITH. [Schedules are appended to the document containing the names of the towns, parishes, dm., to which the regulations apply-) N E WCASTLIL (From tie Board cot Ilis/th.) Barnum= 29. DEATIIS IN NEWCASTLE. Cholera Diarrhcca Total .. 118 No returns from Gateshead. Extra medical visitors have been sent for, and five gentlemen have proceeded from London to work under the local authorities. The tents granted by the Ordnance have arrived, and SO will be pitched to-night. LIVERPOOL. Several deaths have lately occurred from cholera in Liverpool. They are chiefly confined, however, to German emigrants. The Pelican, screw steamer, Captain Burns, arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday evening from Rotterdam. She had cholera on board, one passenger having died of that disease on Sunday last during her homeward passage. She was im mediately put into quarantine. The other passengers and crew are in good health. A meeting of the me d ical profess ion of Manchester was held yesterday morning, having been convened by Dr. Iladford and Mr. J. Turner, surgeon, at the request of the Sanitary Association, to eon eider the propriety of memorialising the au thorities of the city on " the propriety of immediately adopting inch precautionary and preventive measures for preserving the health • of the district as the experience of the profession may r deem necessary." The proceedings were private, but we learn that a large number of the profession at : tended, including Dr. Radford (who presided), Dr. Watts, Dr. Wilkinson, Dr. Reid, Mr. Turner, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Windsor, Mr. Ker, Mr. Hatton, &c. A long string of resolutions were agreed to, in which the attention of the authorities of the mayor, alder men, and town council were directed to the crowded state of some districts of the city, and the necessity for further sanitary measures, and suggesting that the powers of the Board of Health should be put into force. SHIELDS. WEDNESDAY FORENOON.—There have been six deaths from cholera in South Shields since Monday morning. Four young persons, two adults. Both the adults were above 50 years of age. We have had no deaths since yesterday morning, and tho town is reported to be generally healthy. North Shields with its large seafaring population keeps clear of infection, and there has only been one death from cholera in that town since the epidemic broke • out. The authorities in both towns are very active in promoting the health of the population ; the large river engine being profitably employed daily in pouring thousands of tons of saltwater into the back knee of North Shields. Above 100 men are engaged in that town in sweetening it and putting it into a good sanitary condition. The water supply in both towns is fair. The Newcastle Trinity House has appointed proper medical officers to look after the @Lipping in the harbour. They are healthy, how- , ever. The middle classes of Newcastle are flocking , to the watering Oates on the coast. The atmosphere is bright and clear to-day. DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVER root, WEDNISDAT.—A bout two o'clock this afternoon the tiaited States mail steam ship Baltic, Captain Comstock, sailed from the Mersey for New York, with the tonal mails, 176 penmen, and a full carpi of merchandise on board. Previous to her departure copses of the Daily News of this date (Sept. 21) were placed on board by Messrs. and Smith, news sgen% Liverpool, for the press and news /09M1 of the western continent. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1863. HE.RTS AO.RICULTURAL SOCIETY. mast say that if manufacturers bad stuck to old customs as long as agriculturists had done, instead of enveloping the world in calico, they would every one of them perhaps have wanted a pair of b reec h es . (Laughter.) Millions had been expended is inventing and producing the implements employed in the manufacture of a tingle yard of calico. Was he, then, to be pooh-poohed because he wanted steam be employed in the cultivation of the sox: ? As an honest man he could not, and would not shrink from telling agriculturists of their faults. As to his balance sheet, he maintained that he was right—(laughter)—but the question whether he were right or wrong did not affect the great principle of agricultural ptogreseion—(hear, hear) —it did not affect the questions to which he had alluded— questions which must force themselves, and were forcing themselves on the consideration of all thinking and calcu lating men. (Hear, hear.) There could be no doubt that the more they introduced the use of steam, the more capital they invested in the soil, the more they would ele vate the character of all who were connected with agricul ture. Let him not be told that the thing could not be done He knew that the existing landlords were an improving body. The landlords who would not im prove, were making way for those who would; and, in many instances, land was passing into the hands of per sons who came from our towns. Happy was it that such a state of things was arising; for the multiplication of the population absolutely required the change. Let them all take courage and go on. (Hear, hear.) As a society they were improving ; he hoped they would continue to improve —there was plenty of room—(laughter)—and that when he next visited them, he should see a town engineer making engines for them, and half a dozen engines, of from three to ten horse-power, smoking away, and doing nearly all the business of the farm. (Cheers.) Among the remaining toasts were " The Agricultural Labourers," proposed by Mr. Meelti; "The Successful Candidates," etc. The annual meeting of this society was held yes terday at Watford. In the corning a ploughing match took place in a field bclence.ng to the Earl of Ewe ; and there was also a prize shrys , of stock and implements in a meadow adjacent to this town. At four o'clock, the membets dined together ins spacious tent; Mr. It. CL T .TS:TIRIII:Ca presiding. Upwards of 160 persons sat down among whom were the following—Rev- J. Clutterbuck % Bon. and Rev. W. Capel, Sir A. Dal rymple, Mr. J. Mechi, Mr. G. F. Whittingatall, Capt. WhittinossrA Cape Cowan, Mr. Puller, Mr. Bosanquet, Mr. C. Hall, Mr. W. Philimore. After On usual loyal and patriotic toasts, and that of Lord 1( erulam, the Lord Lieutenant of the county, Vets CHAIRMAN proposed "Prosperity to the mimes - Urn." He commenced by referring to a letter from the 'sal o 1 Estee, in which his lordship stated that illness would prevent him from attending, as he had undertaken Ito do, to preside on the occasion. He then said he was sure all present would agree with him that the legitimate object of all such societies as that was the elucidation, of truth and the investigation of the causes which influenced the opera lieu of agriculture. The degree of escellence attained under any system was generally to be measured by sim plicity in details ; and to that rule agriculture certainly formed no exception. The real basis of agricultural im provement was, he believed, clean and deep cultivation — (hear, hear)—and all the implements employed, and the whole system of husbandry, were valuable in proportion as they conduced to that end. It was • cardinal rule of that society that all questions bearing on politics should be es eluded. He must observe, however, that if a pilot, after being taken on board a vessel, looked only towards the stern, set one would estimate his skill very highly. (Laughter.) There were many men, even in the present day, who in agricultural matters were constantly looking backwards. Ile maintained that agriculturists must look ahead—(hmar, hoar)—they must regard history as a guide for the future ; and if they found any system in operation which impeded improvement, and prevented them from providiug food for an increasing population, they must throw it overboard at once. (Cheers.) An immense advance had been made during the last ten or twelve years. It was impossible to say where improvement would stop. At all events, truth must be investigated in everything, and,' instead of pausing, they must persevere till they had ar rived at sound results. There were two things which were especially dangerous to them : one was perfect satisfaction with what they had done; the other was prejudice against those who presented anything new. (Hear, hear.) By steering clear of these dangers, and persevering in a course of improvement, they would secure prosperity for agricul ture. (Cheers.) The toast was drunk with enthusiasm. Mr. BeicenzLn proposed " The members fur the county." Ile felt the more pleasure in doing so, he said, because those gentlemen were not to be classed among the political weathercock. of the day. (Loud cries of " Order.") They were tried any staunch friends of agriculture. "The Chairman" and "The Earl of Essex" were then drunk in succession, the latter being acknowledged by Mr. Humbert. The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Visitors and Mr. Mechi," and in doing so eulogised the gettleinan named Ass his zeal and energy as anagrieultural Improver. ' After a cordial response to the toast, Mr. MecHl said, as an attentive observer of human na tare, he felt quite sure that while there were many gentle r men present who partially concurred with him, and ap : (predated the motives which hail iueluced him to spend his I money in trying to improve his farm, there were also • some who differed from him very materially with regard • to his practice. On the invitation of the chairman, he came down there on the previous day to partake of his hoa pitality, and to see what they were doing in the way of r stock and agricultural progression. It was only fair to say : that the show of stock did the society great credit, whether as regarded the pigs, which could not have been better, as r regarded the short-horned cattle, or as regarded the sheep, • particularly those of the Earl of Essex. The horses did not ' appear to have any decided character, though there wire several very gal enes ; and having seen • good deal of the I Suffolk breed, he considered this the weariest part of the ' show. (Hear, hear) He was sorry also not to see more I implements. (Hear.) He referred especially to steam-el:Tines ; I and two American gentlemen whom he brought down with • him had expressed the same feeling. However,he was gratified to find that they were getting a little into steam— • (laughter) ;—and he thought they would very shortly get deeper into it. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) Seven or I eight years ago, whey he first .put up • steam engine, his I neighbours thought him crazy; now steam-engines were I becoming quite common, and a couple of individuals in his village were absolutely so busy in making them for the • vicinity that they were about to build a new workshop. He felt bound to say that he m:asured the agricultural pro ' grunion of a district by the quantity of steam it possessed. • (Laughter.) He said this seriously. (Hear.) When he went I into Limeolashim or Norfolk he found many men with two or three engines on their farms; and when he observed the position which they occupied in society, and the means r which they possessed, he felt quit sure that their employ ' sent of steam was not with them a matter of fancy, but a matter of calculation and profit. In travelling about the country, nothing astonished him more than to find en im plement which was used with advantage in one place con demned In another a it stamped that district, in hie min& as somewhat low in the scale of agricultural progression. (Laughter.) He entertained hope however, as regarded the future. It was quite clear, for example, that if men found that they could have corn thrashed for Is. per bushel instead of 29. (idler Ss., they would soon get the work done I at the lower rate, and set labour free for other purposes. I With regard to oultivation, they had no doubt all heard that he was having constructed, on public grounds, a steam engine which was designed to cultivate the soil and to sub serve certain other purposes. It was not his own invention, I but that of a Canadian gentleman of great talent, and would I cost, he believed, about 20W. When finished it would be tried on his farm, and he would take care by special adver tisement to give all agricaLturiste an opportunity of coming to witness the trial. (Cheers.) No doubt they were aware, too, that Mr. Usher, of Edinburgh, who, by the way, was a brewer—(laughter)—had invented a similar ent He could have wished that Mr. Usher had te a farmer. (Laughter.) That gentleman had in vented • steam plough which bad been at work in Scot; land, and had ploughed land without horses ; and he was about to form • company for the purpose of carrying out the invention. He (Mr. Mechi) had written to Mr. Usher to the effect that it would be only just to his southern countrymen for him to bring his plough down from Scot land to be tried on his farm at the same time as the Cana ' than plough ; and further, he had offered to give 61. tower* the expense of bringing it, in order that they in the south might be enabled to form sound opinions on the question. (Cheers.) This was, in fact, a great question. There was no branch of manufactures which had esceped the introduction of steam. (Hear, hear.) They came down from London with the power of 160 horses condensed into a piece of machinery not longer than that table ; and if they could have such a mighty power, occupying so small • space, applied to cultivation, the effect upon agriculture must be very great. They all knew that horses were at present the great basis of agricultural operatlona. If they wanted to plough thirty inched deep instead of five, they would be obliged to employ six horse.. What was the result ? Why that the great weight and proems of six horses counteracted their efforts, and the additional expose was ruinous to the farmer. If the coat of ploughing could be reduced to ten shillings per acre, agriculture wesM, he believed, benefit to the extent of estaetbdag tike ten million pounds per annum. BseYse , the saving of expense there would be an morsels of production. There was teething stagisel in plot= depth of only four or five inches. The reason why ' not plough deeper was that which he bad already mss ' tinned; and if he succeeded in concentra the power of 10 or 15 horses, as he hoped to do, in a ilse well/Wog ' onl ens ton and three. quarters, they sight depend upon it t h at cultivation by steam wo uld be seeded la to a vary great extent. (Hear, bear.) Though he Alt great plea sure in attending meetings like the present, be could not help remarking that the exhibition of fat stock was, after all, the sunny side of - agrieulture. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible for any man to witness, as he had does is many parts of the country, the waste of manila hear)—the great want of intelligence, the e of terms with little fields and great know.. —(liew, bear)—the unmechanical waggons, the %media- Wad sedition of most of the peasantry, and which, some please, was such that nine men out of ten could neither read nor write—it was impossible, he said, for any one to Ha all this and not feel that the exhibition of fat 'Ma was the sunny side of agriculture. (Hear, hear.) These evils could not be removed without " a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether." For this cud there must be hearty co-operation between landlord and tenant. He had sera • great deal of both these parties. He had beard • landlord declare that be could not improve because he had no money to lay out. If • landlord thus situated had 10,000 acres, why did be not sell half and ex p•nd the proceeds on the remaining half. (Hear, hear.) That course was pursued by the late Mr. Coke, and had been followed up by his successor. He had heard that one-fourth of the splendid estate of the pre sent Earl of Leicester—an estate yielding a rental of 40,0001. a year, was being employed is erecting or improving farm-buildings, and making various other improvements. Lord Derby, and other landlords were pursuing • similar course, and the more their number increased the better would it be for agriculture and for the country. (Hear, hear.) On the other hand, he had heard landlords say, "It is all very well for me to erect new buildings, and to make improvements, but my tenants do not like to pay me inte rest for the money expended." No doubt that was true in some instances; and then was therefore room for amendment on the part both of landlord and tenants. They all knew that the thing must be done. The people of this country must be fed by them, otherwise they would get food from abroad ; and when capital was boiling over and millions were being spent in making foreign railways surely money might find a legitimate and a national seat at home. (Cheers.) As regarded himself, he would observe that when he put up brick and slate buildings and did many other things for which people at the time called him • fool—(laughter)—he did so because he thought it would prove profitable to himself as well as beneficial to those whom he employed. He maintained that it was not profitable to set up board, and that the buildings, re quired to be renewed or repaired at great cost, every fourteen or fifteen years. (Hear, hear.) Had the towns beea built on such a system THE MAYORALTY AND THE SIIRIETALTY.—There every one would have thought the builders very foolish. is • great deal of talk in the City about "astir" upon the (Hese, heir.) On this pint Mr. Caird had opened up day of the swearing in of the new sheriff', as well as of an views which were not at all favourable to agriculture ea agitation on the day of election of • Lord Mayor for the compared with trade and commerce; and he (Mr. Mechi) ensuing year. THE CYCLOIDAL DIGGING MACHINE. An intimation from the patentee of the above in vention, that, " by permission of her Majesty's Commis sioners of Royal Parks and Palaces," he intended on Tuus day last to dig up the south aide of Kennington-common, led us, at the appointed hour, to the spot, where we found a goodly assemblage of parties curious to witness the work ing of • machine which, it was alleged, would dispense with the old-fashioned plough, and teach the farmers of the United Kingdom how to avail themselves of the advanced state of science as connected with agriculture. The " in vention" proved to be nothing more than an adaptation of Crosekill's " cultivator," and, with every desire to make allowasiee for the disadvantages attendant on a first trial, there is every reason to fear the practicability of the machine in its present state is extremely problematical. As exhibited, five strong horses were attached to • small wooden frame, aboat six feet square, the centre of which consisted of a series of five iron cylinders, each armed with 20 teeth of the consistence of an ordinary pickaxe, set in a position best calculated to enter the ground with the smallest amount of resistance. Cast-iron scrapers affixed to the rear of the machine were intended to receive the clod of earth from the teeth, and complete its friability, but early in the trial these scrapers yielded under the force they were subjected to, and the complete action of the machine, as designed by the inventor, was consequently not seen. The great objection to this and all other implements of the same character hitherto introduced, arises from the irregularity with which the iron diggers enter the ground, and the im practicability of turning the upper soil over so es to destroy the grass or weeds growing upon the surface. The irregu larity of depth produces a corresponding number of holes, into which all ',the drainage of the field neces sarily discharges itself, and at these points seed sown would, as a matter of course, perish. The consequence of not effectually turning over the sod would be simply this, that after the first shower the grass or weeds shaken or scarified by the machine would spring up with increased fer tility, and in a few days the surface of the ground would re. some its original hardened state. The spot selected for the trial was certainly calculated to test in the highest degree the powers of the machine. The ground was very hard, and it is more than possible the surface had not been disturbed for the last quarter of • century. But although even this earth was broken up and the surface almost com pletely destroyed, it is undeniable that, after the machine had traversed the same spot several times to and fro, the ground was still left in a condition that no practical agricul turist would approve or desire. A great deal of this may have been owing to the confessedly imperfect condition of the machine, and it is hoped that experience will suggest im provements of • nature calculated to insure its practice bility. There can be no greater boon to the agricultural community at this moment than the introduction of a machine which shall expedite and facilitate the tillage of the ground. At present there has been nothing brought forward of a really practical character, and it is dill doubt ful whether digging by hand labour may not be pecuniarily more productive than any existing system of turning the soil. The inventor of this machine is a Mr. Wilson, a native of Newry, who has had some experience of agricul ture in the Australian colonies; and the patent has been taken out by • gentleman named Crouch, who has devoted much valuable time and experience to the improvement of agriculture. It is stated that the machine will be set to work at Tiptoe Hall during the present autumn. RECOVERY OF SIX HUNDRED POUNDS.-A CONSPIRACY DETECTED. 1 A report was circulated in the early part 1 of last week, that a woollen cloth manufacturer, of the firm of 0. and 0, Booth, whilst ;paring from One ware. house to another, is Huddersfield, had lost two cheques, amounting to 6991. It is now discovered that the transac • tion was a fraud, the object of which was to prevent the • payment of the mone to a creditor. The concealed cash . was found on Tuesd ay in Manchester. We believe the following is a pretty correct account of the whole ,affair. / George Booth is the senior partner in the firm of G. and G. • Booth, woollen cloth manufacturers, at Mytholm Bridge, near licolmfirth. They wen in the habit of dealing with Messrs. Armitage Brothers wool merchants, from whom they purchased wool on cr edit. Their manufactured goods • they often sold to Messrs. Stark Brothers, end it was I the practice when they received payment from Messrs. • Stark Brothers, to hand the cheque to Messrs. ' Armitage in payment for the wool. On Tuesday, 1 the 13th of the present month, the elder Booth received two cheques, amounting to 6091. Bs. 6d. from Messrs. Stark, and it had been arranged that • ate certain time he was tie meet his junior partner, when • they would mowed to Mesers.Armitage Brothers, to and to them the two cheques due for wool. When the junior partner arrived, however, the senior one said he had lost his pocket-I • book, containing the cheques. They went to the warehouse of Messrs. Armitage, and stated what had happened. As the cheques were on the Huddersfield Banking Company, Mr. • Armitage suggested that the best plan would be at once to go to the bank, and stop payment of them. He accompanied the Messrs. Booth thither, and they were told by the cashier that he had cashed the cheques to a young man who bore some resemblance to Mr. Booth, sad that the person was ' about 20 minutes in counting the money, and had only left a short time before. On rece i ving this intelligence, they ap plied to Mr. Heaton, superintendent of the upper division of Aggbrtg, and to Mr. Thomas, the police superintendent of Haddonfield. These officers, in prosecution of their inqui ries, obtained the best description which the cashier could supply of the man to whom the money was paid. Their suspicion fall on .the son of Mr. Booth, who professed to have lost the cheques. This soa had left Enddenfi eld on the previous day (Monday), and was stated to have gone to , the Isle of Man, but suspecting that this might be false, and that he might have been in Huddersfield on Taesday,and he meditating emigration, Mr. Thomas proceeded to Liver pool, in order to look out for him in that direction. An , aunt of this young man, named Alin Booth , has been for some time in the 11•146111 of Mr. Wilkinson, draper, 98, Oldham-street, and it appears that on Monday week he came to Manchester to see her, and remained there all night. On the Tuesday morning.(tie day the cheques were cashed) she accompanied him part of the way towards the Victoria rail way station, as though he were going to Liverpool. Be tween six sad 111TeK1 o'clock the same night be again called upon her at the shop, when she asked him, in apparent surprise, how it was that he was not in Liverpool t He re plied that he was too late for the cheap train, and so deter mined to remain until Wednesday morning. In this inter val be no doubt went to Huddenfield, cashed the cheques, and returned with the money. She accompanied him again on Wednesday morning, and saw him into the train, but did not see him start. On Friday morning last, the mother of young Booth came over to see her sister-in-law, in Oldham street, and inquired if she knew where her son was ; and on Sunday the father (the pretended loser of the money) came also, and he and his sister went to Btalybridge together in a cab, whence Booth (the father) returned to Hudders field. The final disooisry was now on the point of being made. Yesterday morning Mr. Heaton sent a telegraphic message from Huddersfield to Mr. Thomas, in Liverpool, to meet him in the forenoon, at the Manchester detective office. This being done, they, along with Inspector Park inson, proceeded to Mr. Wilkinson's, in Oldham-street, and explained to him their object. He expressed the utmost readiness to render every facility for prosecuting a search for the missing money, which they believed was concealed by their servant, Alice Booth, somewhere on the premises. She . , however, denied all knowledge of it, and would give no information. We should hers state, that Mr. Heaton had taken the son into custody on Saturday last, and on his being recognised by the cashier as the person to whom he gave the cash for the cheques, he also apprehended the father on a charge'of conspiracyto defraud his creditoreßoth were Vaud before the magistrates on Monday, and stood re- I mended to Saturday next. When in prison a confession was made, that the money was at a shop in Oldham-street, Man chester. Whilst the three officers were prosecuting their i • search here a telegraphic message to this effect reached them. They told Alice Booth that one of the prisoners had confessed that she knew where the money was, upon which she directed them to a small tin box covered with coals in the cellar. In this they found 206 sovereigns, 2001. in the notes of the Huddersfield Banking Company, and 2001. in Bank of England notes—in all 606!. She told them that young Booth took two sovereigns himself. She was taken into custody and conveyed to Haddonfield. We under stand that Mr. Wilkinson was much surprised at the dis covery which was mad. on his premises, having enter tained a good opinion of the servant's honesty.—llasuliestir Examine,. I MR. OLI VEIRA, M.P., AND Ills CONSTITCENTs. PONTEFRACT, SEPT. 21.—Mr. Oliveira met hie eeeettuents in the Town Hall, Pontefract, at noon to day (Wednesday), for' the purpose of addressing them on tho measures of t►e past session of parliament, and of giving any explanation of his parliamentary conduct which might be called for. The MAYon presided, and there was a considerable at- tendance of electors. He haying formally introducd the hon, gentleman, Mr. OLIVEIRA having briefly reviewed the leading busi nen of the sessioo, said the only public question in which he took a leading part was upon the wine duties, and on submitting his views upon them, the Chancellor of the Exchequer admitted the justice of his proposal to reduce those duties, but said he could not spare the amount from the menus. He hoped, however, that the success of his financial mimes of this session would admit of his dealing with this question nest year. The general use of the cheap and wholesome wines of tho continent would open markets for the manufactured goods of Leeds, Bradford, and other towns, would displace the use of ardent spirits, and tend to promote habits of sobriety, temperance, and morality. The days of the wine monopoly were numbered. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAJI RAILIVAI. A special meeting of the shareholders of this com pany was held yesterday at the Lion Hotel, at Shrewsbury, the Hon. R. H. Ctirt, M.P., in the chair. 'there was a very large attendance of influential shareholders from London, Liverpool, Bristol, and the north. Amongst the notables we observed Lord Forester, Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P., Mr. Geaoh, M.P., Mr. Saunders, and Capt. Balkeley, of the Great Western Company, &c. The meeting was called in consequence of a requisition presented to the board some time since for the purpose of confirming certain acts done by the committee appointed at the meeting held at Wolverhampton on the 28th of July, and to order payment of expenses incurred out of the com pany's funds. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the day, said that his first duty.would be to ask the requisitionists whether they had anything to propose, and, in the next place, to apologise to the shareholders for his unavoidable absence from their meeting on the 14th inst., but it hap pened that at that time his duties in the yeomanry, which he had commanded for more than 20 years, without having I once been absent, required his presence. He felt that to be I a sufficient excuse for his absence at their meeting on the occasien to which he had alluded. For what took place at that meeting he offered the shareholders his sincere congra tulations—that what they had all looked for so long was now very likely to come to pass. For his own part he could truly say that his great anxiety had always been that good feeling, peace, and prosperity might be the characteristic of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company. Ile could not now help offering his humble thanks to the Great Western Company for the handsome and liberal offer they had made—an offer made in terms so distinct, explicit, and clear by Mr. Saunders, that no mistake could possibly arise. On that point every one must f e el secure . (H ear. ) This was a matter of so much the more satisfaction to bias not merely because of his being a Shroisabury and Bir- Imingham shareholder and their ch a ir man , b u t b ecause o f the position he occupied as the representative of this im portant district—stanuing there, too, in the midst of his constituency, with whom it was of so much importance that he should stand well. (Hear.) Serious chargers had been made apinat him, which he had considered it unbc- rooming in him to reply to, until he stood before those who had known him long, and who would be best able to judge whether he had done anything calculated to dishonour him as an English gentleman. Any and every statement be had made he was prepared at all times to substantiate ; but from what had recently taken place, he felt it unnecessary to say more in relereuee to himself at that time; he hoped in future that the company would be a united company. For himself, he could truly gay that he had accepted the office of their chairman with reluctance on the retirement of his hon. friend in October, 1831, in the hope that his services might be useful to the company in parliament; since that period he had spent much labs, r, time, and anxiety in the promotion of the interests of the company. He felt and believed that the day had at last come when there would exist but one fooling amongst them—that a new era in their affairs was dawning upon them, and that it would be the forerunner of beneficial results not merely to themselves, but to the public. (Applause.) Mr. Runner Soon. said, I feel that it would not be proper on the present occasion to enter into soy discussion whatever on the subject of past transactions. 1 admit that the effer which has been made by the Great Western Com pany is generally acceptable to the proprietors; in consi deration of this it is our duty to put an cad to discussion, and to close a contest which bas already been virtually concluded by the offer now made to us. (Applause.) The proprietors are all aware that I have pursued a particular coarse in relation to your affairs—that is now brought to a close, and I have no doubt that the offer made by . the Great Western Company will be carried out in the s pirit of can dour in which it has been made; therefore it is unneces• eery to enter upon a discussion of the objects for which this meeting was convened. 1 move "'That, inasmuch as the shareholders of this company hate approved of the offer of the Great Western Company, including the election of six new directors in the place of the retiring directors who do not offer themselves for re-election, it is inexpedient to pro ceed with any business at this meeting, and that this meet ing be adjourned sine die." Mr. Ozoaoa Small, of Birmingham, seconded the reso lution. Mr. ()EACH, M.P., said it is not my intention to do any thing to disturb the harmony of the meeting, at the same time I must say a few words to put myself right with the shareholders, especially in consideration of the active part I have taken in your affairs. I admit, with Mr. Scott, that the terms now offered are generally acceptable to the share holders. I have always said that, whatever my own opinion might be, I would take part in a factious opposition to the will of the majority of the shareholders whenever their opinion was fairly expressed; but, having concurred with a majority of the shareholder, (for there undoubtedly was a majority) in entering into ea agreement with the London and North Western Company, I do not feel myself at liberty—it would be inconsistent with my personal honour —to take part in any other arrangement whilst there is a probability of the first agreement being carried out. But a majority of the shareholders having now thought fit to accept terms offered by the Great Western Company, I shall not offer opposition myself to the carrying out of those terms, neither shall lin any way aid others in op posing the full and fair carrying out of the ar rangement now contemplated. (Applause.) At the same time I must say that I never in my life had a duty cast upon me of such unmitigated annoyance as I have had in connexion with the affairs of this company ; but when I was elected by you u one of your directors, I regarded your interests as a sacred trust, from the faithful keeping of which no considerations what ever have ever tempted me to swerve—(applause)—and in withdrawing from the contest, I hops we are coming to that long-wished-for consummation in your athsin—that the shareholders in this unfortunate company will have some return for the capital they have Invested. (Cheers.) Mr. Timm's, of Wellington, objected to such important matters as were refined to in the requisition being suffered to remain undispond of; but the chairman explained that by the terms of Mr. Scott's motion the matter was really done with altogether. The resolution was carried unaalmously. Mr. BLANEY (late M.P. for Shrewsbury), then moved, and Mr. ORNEBY GOES, 2.1.P. i seconded a vote of thanks to the hon. chairman, Mr. Gore, jocosely reminding the share holders of the memorable occasion when he himself presided at one of their meetings in his nightcap, and congratulating them on the fact that appearances were such as to indicate that the shareholders would have neither strife nor night caps again to contend with—at least in the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday in the Queen's Hotel, Georgaaquare, Glas gow ; WILLIAM JORNLICOMM, Esq., deputy•chairman of the directors, in the chair. The fi rst business wu the adoption of a motion by the chairman declaring 75 shares at 601. each, and 25 at 121.105. each forfeited. The report, which has already been published, was held as read, and the chairman haying addressed the meeting at some length respecting the company's affairs, moved the adoption of the report. Mr. FINTON seconded the motion that the report be ap proved of. Mr. Mszirausu wished to know how much the com pany would be out of pocket by the Blateford accident ? Tkis CHAIRWAN—Not over 7001. or 8001. in all. The Lx~IEYIN then s&iiii;;(lafOrMai resolution to the effect that the debenture debt of the company, amount ing to two millions sterling, be funded at a rate of interest not exceeding 31 per cent. Mr. FENTON, in seconding the motion, said that when the whole debt of the company was funded there would be a saving of I,bool. per annum effected. The motion was unanimously adopted. On the motion of the Cbaufm.t.w, Mr. Fenton and Mr. Copling were re-elected directors, and Mr. Young auditor. The CHAIRMAN said there was one thing he desired to mention before they separated. The directors had not been in the habit of taking any notice of newspaper reports or smu t cations, but they thought that justice to the ordinary share holders at the present time required that some notice should be taken of them. It had bees asserted that some of the mem , ben of the board had been giving privive information to their friends, in consequence of which they had been dabbling in the stock of the company ; and there had been long tirades against such a practice. The directors were decidedly of opinion that if such conduct had been prac tised they would be exceedingly blameable ; and in the first place, he (the Chairman) had to state, for himself, and in the second for the other directors, that they gave all such reports and insinuations the most pointed denial. He bad Dieu authorised by the chairman of the company, who was unavoidably absent, indignantly to deny the accusation, and farther to mention that the last transaction he bad in :he company's stock was the purchase of 10,000/. worth at 6S/. Os. a share, and which shares he still held. (Cheers.) A vote of thanks having been given to tho chairman for his conduct in the chair, the meeting separated. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 21.—ArronTrmENTs.—Second Masten F. Kirkham, to Imperseuse ; and C. P. Hodges, to Lewuler. Naval Cadet J. E. Erskine, to Preeident. SPORTING. BEDFORD RACES.—WEDNESDAY. Two YEAR OLD STAKES of 25 SOM, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 Boss. each ; colts, Sit 71b; fillies and geldings, fist 41b ; wiuners extra; selling pries allowins7s; three quarters of a mile. (3 subs.) Duke of Bedford's b f by lon—Taurina (101.), ist Illb (Pet, 2 1 Mr. T. Manning's Alabama (401.),7 5 t 11lb (Thorpe Mr. Raines The Governess (401), let 11l (Goodman) 3 The betting opened at evens on Alabama, 5 to 4 eget Governess, and 2 is 1 agat .Taurlna filly; but in run ning, 4 end 5 to 1 were betted on Tearing filly, and 109 to 10 agst Alabama. Won by ten lengths. The race, if race it may be called, excited great dissatisfaction. STRATTON PARK STARES of 6 sows. each, 3 ft, with 30 guineas added by the Lord Lieutenant of the county, for S yr olds and upwards. Once round. (4 subs.) Mr. Mare's Perfidious, by Lanercost, 3 yrs, Tat 2ib (including Slb extra) (S. Steggles) 1 Mr. Gray'sVerbler, 3 yrs, let 21b (redacting sth extra) (llictt) 2 Mr. Stevens's Herbert, aged, Sat 131 b (Sly) 3 BAting: 3to lon Perfidious. Won by half a length. Bad third. The winner was claimed for 160 EOM Sonny HANDICAP Of 109 says., added to • handicap of 10 save, each, 5 ft, for horses of all ages (2-yr-olds excepted); winners extra. Half a mile. (34 subs, 9 of whom declared). Mr. Sailing's Vaultress by Birdcritcher, 3 yrs, fist 6lb (0. B. Sharpe) 1 Mr. E. Pbillips's Kohinour, 4 yrs, Set (Wilberforce) 2 Mr. Fenning's Puritan, 4 yrs, fist 2lb (including 2lb over) (S. Rogers) 3 The following also ran:—Hyacinth, Leybourne, Brawn, Forester, Pug Orrock, Nathan, Mayday, Michaelmas Maid, Madame Landeau, Corybant-s, br f by Auckland—dam Anne, by Muley Moloch, Flycatcher, and Incorrigible. Betting 3 and 4to 1 egst Vaultress, 6 to 1 each eget Flycatcher, Corybantes, and Michaelmas Maid, 7 to 1 eget Brawn, 10 to 1 each eget Kuhinoor and Nathan. Won by a length, same distance between second and third ; Mayday, Curybantos, Leybourne, Michaelmas Maid, and Forester well up. QUEEN'S PLATE of 100 Guineas. Three miles. Mr. Mare's Ariosto, by Orlando, 5 yrs, 9st 7lb (S. Rogers) 1 Mr. G. Roberts's Lantartine, 5 yrs, 94t (tbsrtholomew) 2 Mr. Wood's Stamford, 71b ....(Wxtkins) 3 Betting: 5 to 1 on Ariosto, who won ensily by six lengths. rilberforee weighed for Truth, but the horse did not g 3 to the pat. Ile'crafts' STAKES were won at four heats by Sang ster, beating Economy, Honesty, and three others. PONTEFRACT RACES.—TtESDAY. (Additional particulars.) SCURRY STAKES of 3 sore each, with 20 added ; for all ages. Three quarters of a mile. (9 subs.) Mr. 11. Lister's Solyman, by Dromedary, 4 yrs, 7st 316 (Kendall) 1 Mr. Job Marion's the Twin, 5 yrs, 7st 9th (E. Harrison) 2 Mr. Burke's Nancy Martinson, 4 yrs, Est Gib (Waddington) 3 The following also ran—Beau Brummell, Slang, and Health. Betting: 5 to 4 'gat Solyman, 3 to 1 agst the Twin, 4 to 1 agst Slang. Won easily by two lengths. A length betwent the second and third. CAIITLE STAKE" of 6 swig. each, with 25 added: 2-yr olds, 7st; three, fist 101 b; fillies and geldings allowed 31b, winners extra. The winntr to be sold for 100 sore., al lowances if entered to be sold for less. Three quarters oft mile. (4 subs.) Mr. 11. Lister's Hotchpot, by listen, 2 yrs. (-56/.), Est Glb (Kendall) I Mr. Baker's Pansy, 3 yrs (300, ist ..(E llarriqon) 2 Mr. Wilson's Polly Burns, 2 yrs (30/.), Get (Wad dington) 3 Betting: 5 to 4 agst Hotchpot, 2 to 1 sget Pansy. notch pot male all the running, and won in a canter by three lengths, same between second and third. PONTEFRACT HANDICAP if 5 KM. each, with 100 added, for all ages; penalties fur winners; the second to save hie stake. One mile and three quarters. (27 subs.) Mr. W. E. Milner'. Grapeshot, by Alarm, 3 yrs, Get 31b (Ashman) 1 Mr. Robinson's Billy Richardson, 4 yrs Gst lib (L:ye, jun.) 2 Mr. I'Anson's Braley, 4 yrs, 6st 71b ....(liayhoe) 3 Mr. li. Harrison's b c by Melbourne, out of Sally Warfoot, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Aldcroft) 4 The following also ran:—Maidstone, Lough Bawn, and Muter Norton. Betting: 6 and 6 to 4 agat Sally Warfoot colt, 5 to '2 agst Braley, 6to 1 agst Maidstone. Grapeshot, admirably rid den, won by a length ; same distance between second and third, aad between third and fourth. Maidstone was fifth. GUAND STAND STAKIDS were won, in three !WAIF, by Vinegarette ' 3 yrs (201.), sst 111 b (Oliver, jun.), beating Killarney, 4 yrs (301.), 7st 41b (Waddington). The winner was bought in for 106 guineas. LEICESTER RACES..—WIDNESDAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) COUNTY CCP STALLS. Sleeping Partner walked over. SELLING STALES. Priam the Third Lady in Waiting 2 LADIES' PLATE. Noigette 1 Pride 2 BELVOIR 6TAKES. Drayton colt 1 Bran Mare TWO TEAR-OLD STAKES. Twinkle Eva !HIRE HANDIC •I'. _ Jacqueline Audubon 2 Le Jail' 3 Won cleverly by a length. Brunette bolted. ENTRIES FOR THE i D. IUEEN'S PLATE.-THIS S. 1 Ago et.lb. 1 Age nib. The Miner a 9 9 I Capt. Flub .... 4 9 0 Chief Justice 6 9 9 Ethelwolf Alonzo Sleeping Partner 6 9 7 Eugene Hungerford .... 6 9 7 Nomette 3 7 7 Le Juif Sally . Mary Ann 4 9 0 THE WEATHER TABLE. THURSDAY, SIPTZMBER 22, 1853. The state of the Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PORTSMOUTH—S.W. ; Gentle Breese; Cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON—W. ; Gentle Breeze ; Overcast. Townnanon—S.W. ; Gentle Breeze ; Overcast. Basizioszoxis—N.W. ; Gentle Breeze ; Partially Cloudy. Gammtwicx—Calm ; Overcast. BTROOD—£4.i Calm Partially Cloudy. SWINDI2(-1.4.; Light Breeze ; Clou d y. CAMBRIDOR—S.; Gentle Breeze; Partially Cloudy. YkamouTit—W. ; Calm ; Overcast. The returns from the following places - aid not reach this office in time for publication yesterday; they, therefore, indicate the state of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock. Lurzatca.-8.; Gentle Breeze ; Overcast. lilLtruisoak—S.W.; Calm ; Overcast. PORTSMOUTH—S.W. ; Gentle Breese ; Pat lien, Cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—W.; Gentle Breeze; Overcast. FoLiutsrorsz—S.W. ; Gentle Breeze ; Overcast. TUNSRIDON—W. ; Gentle Breeze ; Overcast. Gaze:twice—W. ; Gentle Breeze; Overcast. ; Gentle Breeze ; Partially Cloudy. SWINDON—N.W. ; Light Breeze; Cloudy. DAMBRIDOE—S.W. ; Gentle Breeze; Partially Cloudy. Yaustoura—W. ; Gentle Breeze ; Partially Cloudy. ; Calm; Foggy. Coaviz—S.; Gentle Breeze ; Cloudlleu. LIIGHTON—W. ; Calm ; Overcast. Hot.Toisiso—S.W.; Strong Breeze ; Partially Cloudy. LANCASTER—W. ; Strong Breeze ; Scud—Rain. DARLINGTON—W. ; Gentle Breeze ; Cloudless. ; Strong Breeze; Partially Cloudy. PLEASURE TRIP TO AUSTRALIA.—The schooner yacht Wyvern, the property of the Duke of Marlborough, sailed from Portsmouth on Tuesday evening for Australia, having Lord George Churchill, son of the Duke, on board who goes out to the gold regions on a trip of pleasure. UNION FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—Last night a meeting of this society was held at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet -street, Mr. Slipper in the chair. It was stated that an estate had been purchased, on most favourable terms, at Harrow, within a few hundred yards of the r►ilway-station, which would form 210 allotments, with about 33 feet frontage, by 112 feet deep, at the price of about 301. each. A ballot for rights to the allotments took place, and a largo number ot new shares were taken up in the room. TIIk PORT 01' SOUTUANWTON.—When the packet willsta e s h n o i r s t r i y e m be o T t e h d e f e z I' t lhyemr there out will to bc So o retylicanm arrivalspt on , which ana eleven departures of foreign mail packets connected with the latter named port every month. The whole of the mails conveyed by these 20 packets monthly, or 240 yearly, will be sorted in London. Southampton as a foreign mail packet station will shortly bo connected with the Peninsula, Mediterranean, India, China, Australia, West Indies, Mezioo, Brazil, River Plate, Central America, Spanish Main, Chili, Peru, California, Cape of Good Hope, anu the United States. ISON-GREEN PaRSONAGE.—We learn that the Rev. D. Carver has just received an offer of 300/. from the Gaily Knight fund, towards the erection of the much required parsonage-house at loon-green, upon con • • t the remaining sum required be raised i lthotoli ttie ar. As the amount wanted is now abo 2001., are trust that'. Mr. Carver's labours in this respect will speedily obtain successful issue. The size and cost II ate house are to be settled by the Eceli.qiostiell Commissioners, so as en the one hand to secure a comfortable resident's, and on the other, so avoid unnecessary espenditure.—.NoMinßham Journal.