The Express. — London, England, 1851-03-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1851. IRE CASE OF MISS TALBOT. MONEY MARKET. THIS DAY. Two o'Ctocx. WILD CHANCELLOR'S CO[ RT.—TIIIS DAY.I Business in the English stock market to-day is DOOM Lome Tanta entirely restricted to a few cash bargains in Con s o le. Dorat r. WitIGHT.—Two Perrritess , 1 Fur the account not a single transaction has been entered into, all speculative disposit ion bein g q uite re re This morning the court was unusually cr owded to bea? repressed in this department by the _previte the argurne at. in this case, which has , in corms tine wi t h lent uncertainty as to the nature of the the pow,. (boas that have already taken place before the ministerialt financial measures for the year. Lord nor, as also the petition of Mr. Craven Berke l)uring the week the influence of the clog th us by to the House of Commons, created no much interest. 1 imposed upon business has been sensibly felt in On the ease be ing called on, many branches of trade, and the urgent remon 11r. Page wood, who appeared fur Mr. Craven Berkeley, stranees of a few members of the house against a pro- Said that certain a(blavita hod been filed only yesterday, lore,, , ation of the delay are earnestly coincided in b y and wined it would be necessary to answer, and thou) an- 1 commercial people. tlany persons profess to sec in ewers would he tiled in about five minutes ; but if it via. Lord John Ittlie.ell's unwillingness to bring on the desired be was vasty to go on with the ease. I budget before Friday next (for which day it at Mr. Holt, Q.C., in support of the petition of Dr. Doyle, length stands definitively fixed) a disposition on the said he was not aware what the affidavits referred to by ' III ! part of the premier to await the contingency of fur learned friend were. Ile must deal with them when they , ther intelligence from the Cape, as the turn affairs came ; but as the case bad been appointed he WiiS ratified to' may take there may have a powerful influent.° on pmearel. I the financial views of the government. Lord Chaneellor—Go on with the petition. Consols have been quiet all morning at their pre- Mr. hilt the n said, he appeared for the Hey. Daylv, sent quotation, which is 96; to 3 for money, and tkii on n pilitieen v. allow Miss Talbot to he placed under the' to 2 for the lOthof April. care of a lady, with respect to whom there was no difficulty, I With the cessation of the temporary demand ss it might Is said. in fact. that the scheme for the lady's I for money, arising out of the settlements in the ratan• residence had already la en settled, the lady noosed Stock Exchange, Exchequer Bills are at a better by Iva lord-hip in private hi ing approved of by bothsidea; but salting rate, and the price has rallied IS. The 1,000/. the' prayer of his petition also went on to ask that the sum 11111. Mark 51s. and Ate. premium ; ditto, 500/., Of 1,3001 le r annum should be allowcel to Dr. Doyle and 51s. ; ditto, small, 51s. and 518. India Bonds as her guardian, to be applied for the young have nor been touched. lady. maintenance, as he should deem most fit- The foreign stuck market is firm, and for two or ling. In :ding with this matter he should not Ku into three descriptions rather higher prices have been the controverted points to in the petition of Mr. I realised. Buenos Arcs Bonds are better, and ('rasa n Berkele y. Miss Talbot was one of two children of Spanish are also looking up ; the Active Bonds ofl Idr. Tama, who was • brother of the present Earl of the latter debt have reached 21 while the Passive i Shrewsbury. The act of parliament of the 6th (Cu. 1., as Stock marks 61. The business of the day is not was known to hi. lordship, relative to the settlement of the large, and restricted to the following investments, **tans of the then nobleman, were , limited...long as the pos. via. :—ltuenos Arcs Six per Cents, for the account se-se r. maimed a Roman catholic; hut if he le came a pro- of the Ifith of April. s(i. Chaim Three per Cents.,. testant .a la years of age, and continued so until 21, he had 61. Mexican Bonds, for account, S3l. Peruvian' the pow, rof alienation of the property, subject to the usual Deferred Bombe, 39, Portuguese Four per Cents., teatinion. for account, 311. RussianFour-and-a-Half per Cents., The Dent Chancellor.—The property, in short, is attached III:- Spanish Active Five per Cents., for account, to the title, 21!, 1; ditto Passive, 61, 61; ditto Three per Cent., Mr. goit—lt may be said to be so, my lord. The learned 3Si, 1. Munn I then prectel , el minutely to explain the manner in which Miss Talbot tweame powessed of her fortune, Wl,OOO/. Her lathe r, Mr. Talbot, died on the Ilth June, tall, compel. natively without leaving any property, after the payment of his &las, he having only had a life interest in 30,0001., ce thereabout., and left Dr. Doyle his executor and guar dian to his two children, Miss Talbot, the holy in guts- Don. and a young. r brother. Within or nearly two months olio r his death, the rah of August, in the same year. Mrs. Talbot, the mother, married Mr. Craven Berkeley. It was then found necrwary to tuake the children wards of this court, mill certain gam of money w. re, by order of the court, paid to Dr. Doyle, as their 1. cal countless for their maintenance. In ISM some question arose as to the custody and ,ducat' of the' chililn , n, and a petition was presented by Dr. Doyle, pray lag that the infant might be delivered up to him as her legal t, sumo nary guardian, the ground of the application being that some attempts hail heen mail , to educate the brothe r ..f Mi-m, Talbot in the protestant faith, whereas it was 51,6140. s, rase the el, ar irate 'diem of the father of the children, as shown by M. 4 1 hi appointing a clergyman of the human catholic church as - testamentary guardian, that tie children should he educated on the faith of that church. 'the disputes consequent thereon twit d in Miss Talbot being allowed to remain with her tooth. r. and the ,on with the Earl of Shrewsbury. In 11411 the mother 11‘111, and . by an order, dated July, 1843 it was seen that Dliss Talbot was being educated at a sehouj where distinguished members of the Boman Catholic church at, brought up. In the same year, 11443, a petition was pyre( meal by Mr. Craven Berkeley, showing that 440!. per year, the sum allowed to 1)r. byte, was unnecessary for her t %location in that school, and that the amount Ought to he reduced, but not in any respect Coat. planting of the character of the school. Shortly after the death of Mrs. Berkeley, Dr. Delhi rimier , ' Miss Talbot to The Lodge," or emend, • Tauaton ; the total Coq was not to exceed 1244, and, there fore, it wa. coutendell that 4401. per annum was wholly out,. ei nary ; there the petition ended, and not a word was said complaining of the chary aer of the place. No one was re-rental there who was not a Boman catholic— it was not desired to make converts then •; tha t was not by any means the object of the institution fur 'no other than a Roman catholic lady would Isa : 1 under any circumstances, admitted within its wall'. The question as to the propriety if The Lodge was refernalto the I Master, .101 decided in its favour as a fit and proper red deuce, and the amount allowed to Dr. lloyle the young testamentary guardian, was reduced to 270!., and liberty a .es also granted to the Earl and Countess of Shrews bury to take hue abroad, on condition that she should Ise restonsl to Dr. Doyle, as her guardian. She was nut, bow, e. raaken abroad by the Earl and Countess of Shrews bury, and she continued to reside. .ieol was educated at 4 . I tee laslge up to 11451, when she attained the age of 19. Ile 01r. Holt) now uppearedom the part of Dr. Doyle, to ask tile an increased allowance., and to ask his lordship to .eppoint aims suitable place for her residence during the 1 , 111.01011• r of her minority; and he asked that 1,5001. should Is paid to Dr. buts, to be applied fur her comfort and maintenanee as he might think tit. The young lady, as use. kn./Will to his lordship, would Iwo in town on Monday to se, and her 1%17111,1 might then be consulted on the subs jeat Mr. James Parker said he appeared on the part of the F.arl of Shrewsbury, who entirely concurred and consented to the application. Tit, Lord l'hancellor—l we no thjettion to a reference to the ylaste.r to settle a permanent scheme. I have had some communication with Master Brougham, who pro mised to do all he could to expedite the in quiry la.fore him. I wrote to the young lady, I nform her what arnancemeuts I had wade 011 her behalf, and this monling I teecised a letter from her, espnasing her scene,• in the arrangements. She will be in town ou whey morning, and I shall consider it my duty to see her. .\- the eireunistanees of tie young laity are so chanced I lea, mi hesitation its granting the application which has been nude by Mr. Holt. Mr race Wood said he appeared in support of the peti tion ~f Mr. ('raven Iterke Icy. asking that his lordship would see that the young lady was properly taken of, and el, a she should be removed from the guardianship of D r , who op to the present time seemed to have eler rio it to so little purpose. Ile should hose to show the comet what sort of place the convent or The Lodge was. and how improper a place it was fur such a young lady to reside in ; awl he should base to show that the promises of lord anal Lady Shrewsbury, to take can - of the young lady acre not fulfilled; she only paid one visit. and then truly for one day ; she was left at the con vent. and allowed to languish there, having paid but one whit tr, the earl. And yet in an afadavit liked that morning W Le Doyle, it was stated that Miss Talbot had visited the Mart of Shrewsbury at Alton Towers, and had met there Many distinguished person. But he carefully abstained from saying how many times she had visited there, and had Met ve loured to say whether it was more than once. During 111 this time Mr. Berkley believed that Miss Talbot war Ws, i:rig about with Lord and Lady Shrewsbury, and bud never had any idea that she• was prat up in the convent, shoe there were no holidays.! The learned counsel then proceeded at great length to no through; the various affidavits tiled uu both sides, and car sweet..l in strong t. rms upon the conduct pursued by the Earl and founts,. of Shrewsbury, and their apathy for the watar.• of the young lady, and to show that the conduct of Dr. Doyle was not free from the suspicion that lie was not such a person as should continued by the court to be her rum', kilt. la the course of his address he (the learned counsel' adverted to the thenav of the Council of Trent, by which it was clearls shown that on taking the veil a not mate , who then 1111,1M1' a nun, delivered up all con tea of any property she might possess, which was then vested in the superior of the convent, and, in fact. trans ferred to the church. Mr. W. P. Wood concluded by asking the court to allow Mr. ('raven Beekaee to take part before any proceedings that might he refsmid to the Master, so that Mi.. Talbot might be relieved for the fu -1 tare from the protection of the Hee. Dr. Doyle and the Earl amt ( . 1/111al s al of Shrewsbury. Mr. Multheek followed on the same side, and supplied some omissions in the speech of Mr. Wood. Mr. Holt commenced his reply, and deprecated the in which Mr. rage Wood had censured Dr. Doyle, who loud acted throughout, ettkiently, as the testamentary guardian of Miss Talbot, and had made a full and con scientious return in all matters with which he had bows nomeeted. Mr. Roll was proceeding when The Lord Chancellar said, that as the arguments would ot some time, and he had other engagements to attsad to, the further proceedings must he adjourned. The case was then adjourned till Monday morning at 101 o'clock. V 4611613 FUNDS:Tins D• 9. rob ftnek. abut 13 per Ct.c.o. Ace., 964 3 per Ct. V.I. Awls.. phut 36 p..e • dna 3 t.st CL Coe. Liam.. :66 6 6.4clierotar to 34‘. #010:10). Vl'Ntfa. pet CL Altai 'atat 16 par CI. altrarts t: to. I. 104 I. !Km Ct. lla4. twat.. *PI 3 yr.... to INJorn• I Wt.., 4 !Ka utent... S pot Ct Net. PAL, 131 1 . t. 14,4W4. ILL, 91 3 Para , 4.1. Dda 9LI Pitto Nem. t 4) ut..reea COSTWW 331 . 4* • pm Ayro„ 64 6 tor .:t. PA.. 13 41..0 t:'...tuitru 1.1... 195 7 Pitto SpnnAlt 311 fray , I. 3 ca. ,mie, ...MI 9 ~:toe' I , :y.rt tor Pk, 34 4 7, Parental Mo.. ost. 70l Irttto Pivot. ,6 24 Orr .1 Ihnds Mdti. 6134 9 i 26 oar Velumwls Si... 321 4 per Lt Pu:rot • P. $11:, I,•rtetee'rk 1144 arm 4 , 0018. 14 131 LATEST FOUEII P Maas IL I "." natal. 107ealmit 3 per cents —.l St MO 137 70 S: 9.5 Li To S ter ta nia. ........... 04 le SI 00 94 20 93 90 4i per teat. SI 6 1 ... ... 3 do. Nee tr... , IS Ile .. 93 90 ... 3 per Orws. Elebeaseas Leadre: steed, 23 ; 0 0 1217 0 4 24 , Belgian, 3, law ...... MS Wary r.1.1“.14.nts lho. S, ISii .....„ ..„ Roman IMUL, 1630 ;11 ... Im. 41 Iks. 24 Piedmont 5 p.et. 1049 al 23 I Book share. BotlOM.—Veniailles (right bank), 171 25; ditto (left W.), I,s 75; Pans imd (Mean% 1193; Parrui and Rouen, 0,3; 90,0 ,1 and Hone, 2112 Ss; Marietta* and Avignon, 213 73 ; MraMoure and Wee, ISO; Cen•re, 450; Weans and Bordeaux, 43 71; North, 491 25; Inria and 5tri41,,, , ,m ; 375; l o an and Nantes 27/I 25; Dieppe and ier...mp, 2 , 16 25, lleitilv, MARCH 27.—Voluntary Loan, 105. New Lean Four-411,1-4-11,,1f per ('rat., lot:. National 1 ) 04 . 4. Commercial Marine Society's Premium, 130. Bank &tan., ..101. VIENNA, lATAUEII 20.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 96k • Four-and-a-11:11f per Cent. ditto, 84k. Dank Shares, 12U Exchange on London, 13. RAILWAYS. THIS DAY. Two o'Craca. Them is no general change to notice in the share market to day. Business is upon a mode rate stale, though to n fair extent for a Saturday, and prices are generally maintained at yester day's last range. In sonic eases the absence of active operations has given rise to a little flatness,' but this is only partial, and has not affected quota tions to any extent worthy. of notice. Lancashire and Yorkshires. Midlands, North Staffords, South Easterns, Itrightons and York and North Midlands are all well supportecL East Lancashire are weaker, and mark 171. The fullouing are this day's sales : OILDINART 81tAILE.,. Aberdeen, 161 1 ; Amb., Aiott., and nos., E. Junction, 1; Caledonian, 11! 1 1; Chester and Holyhead, 23; East Anglian. 25/. L. and E. and L. and I) , 51 I; East.Cotint., 71; Eavern Union, class B. and C. shall a. 4 ; East Laneusb., 171 ; Great Northern, 171 ; ditto Halves 1), 6 per rent. 121 ; Great Western ' 89 8.41; Lancaster and Carlisle, 84; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 611 ',; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 951 1 ; London and North Western. 130 291; ditto Quarters, 221 I; ditto 10/. shuns, M. and 8., I', 4 ; London and South M extern, 2041; Manill a Buxton, and Mat., 11 2; Manch., SheL. and Lincolushir4lll 1; Midland, 62 34 ; ditto 50/.,22 1 1 Newmarket, 91 10 ..4 . ; Norfolk, 2s; S. British, 101 ; North Staff.. 111 1 ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Class A, 31 dis. •. dittu 11. 3 ilis. South Devon, 20 191 ; South-Eastern,, 1 27/ 11 1; South Wales, 37; York, lieweL4l.., and Berwick, 2i 1 ; do. Extension, 161 I; York and North Midland, 271 1. rasav LEASED AT FINED RENTAIA. Lowestoft, gunrunteed 4 ptr cent., 15: , lte.ading, Guild ford, unit Reigate, 21 A. rittrantstz SItAItV.A. Chests r and Ilolehedd. 16! ; East Anglian (3/. 10..) 6 per cent.. 2 ; ditto 07. 17%) ijpercent., ; Eastern Counties Estensiuu 5 per cent. (No. D. A pm. ; ditto new 6 per cent. strk, 11 ; Eastern Union Scrip, truaranted 6 per cent., 161 ; (;reat Southern and Wodern (Inland) Eighth.. 31 1 ; London, Brighton, and South Coast new guaranteed 6 per cent., ma. FoltrlGN SHARri. Bouloume and Am', m. 101 ; Central of France (Orleans and Vi, 1S ; Dutch Rhenish, :31; Great Indian I'enin+ula. 21 ; LuzAnbourst, 21 ; Namur and Liege, 81; Northern of France, 151 A ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 41; Park and Boni n, 261 : Faris and Strasbourg, II ; Roma end Havre, 111; Tours and Nantes, 61. WEEKLY SUMMARY OF THE PRODUCE MARKETS. MINCINIt-LANE. SATI'ItP 3loaxixo. There has been a fair amount of business transacted in the colonial markets during the week, hut prices have again been in (slour of the buyers. The sales of sugar have rpme of rather heavily. and the rates must be quoted fully 6.1. below those current this day week. Of Coffee several puree's have been placed on the market by speculators, and' priers have declined to 2s. to 3s. per ewt. Some sales, of Cocoa have been made at a reduction of about 3.. per cwt Fur good Bengal Rice there has been some demand. and I I improved rates have been obtained. In Spice there have Is en but few transactions, but large sales will be held next Iweek. - - - The tea market has been active, and a large business transacted. fair common Congou has 11,11 in good request at Is. per lb.. and hut very little of interior quality sold at a lower rate. The demand also fur the qualities up to Is, 1.1. has increased, and a very considerable extent of business has been done in these sorts during the last three days. A public sale t.tok place on Wednesday, when 6,600 packages were put up, and 3,100 sold. .t 1-age portion of this sale consisted of linens lately arrived from Shanghai, and these sold readily at good prices. The only reduction , was in Oolongs, which declined ld. to per 16. from for- OUT quotations. TALLOW MARKET.-TIIIS DAY. The market is without the least alteration from yesterday, eith r in prices or any other rrspeet. M tatirr -Town Tallow, :19.. rid. to 41s. fkl.: fat by ditto. 24. : Yellow Russian, 395. lid. to 425. ; rneltssl stuff. '29.. ;rough ditto, 19s. ; Tallow graves, 95.: Rood dregs. tl4. WOOL. HURT ET.-THIS DAY. The market fur English wool remains ,ern quiet, though more inquiry has maniftsted its,lf for the article than tar some time past. Prices are nominally the same, but rather in favour of the buyer. For colonial and foreign wool there is no change, business continuing Ivry quiet, and prices steady. The importations fur sum(' time past hare been upon an uniniportant scale, thaugh rather lar ger this week. several of the expects d cargoes from i trati having come in, and the manufacturers appear to be fully employed. The week's imports have amounted to 1.094 hales from Hobart Town ; 2.87 from Bombay ; 8 from Antwerp: 0.19 from the Cape: I l from Swan Hirer; 589 from Alp.* Bay ; 4 from Leghorn; and 10 from Hamburg. JIAY 31AliiiET.—TILIS DAY. Cooper and Davis report trade at the follow ing quotation.: Prime Meadow liar, Vir.. to 814.; inferior ditto. 635. to 72a. ; Rower. 63a. to 7th.; Clover, 70e. to 84..; second cut, &U. to 756.4 Straw. 255. to 30a. COYEST-CiAltD EN.—THIS DAY. The prices of fruit and vegetables remain unaltered. IN EXCHANGES. row Amount. iligheet Loiter 37 43 94 20 ••• AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. HEAVY SOILS OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. TO Till EDITOR OT THE DAILY Isswa. Sift,—Passing through the highly-cultivated farm of Mr.Parkinsan, towards the south, the agricultural traveller will he forcibly struck with the contrast which the majority of the farms he passes presents to that I described in my last letter. Along an elevated tract of cold land—poor, certainly, in many places, but eapableas tothe greater part ca high cultivation — the wayfarer sees nothing but ill-managed arable lands and inferior pastures,all obviouslywanting that preliminary to the improvement of strong soils, effee five drainage. The farms are small, and the home steads nut even suftivient for these small farms ; some part of each farm consists of permanent pas- Iture, and the amble land is much overeropped with grain. Stock is very scanty, and the little kept is not maintained in good conaition. That land, thus managed, can maintain its tenant year after year would seem to be little less than a miracle had we not the standing fact, that for more than half a cen tury its management has scarcely varied. How they will get on with natural prices I know not, unless !they set to work and improve, for which some have not the means, and more want the requisite energy and skill. Yet, rightly managed, heavy soils are not unsuited to small farmers; the • great difficulty is to get them first put into good work ing order. In the neighbourhood of Southwell hops are still cultivated to some extent, though there, as I found it elsewhere, hop-growing is not conducive to good Miming. The hops grown here have a strong flavour, and go further in use than the Kent hops, but rendering the beverage not so palatable. In 1791, Mr. Martin Bower estimated the whole of the hop plantations in the country at 1,100 acres, and the extent is probably at this time still less. So little does hop-growing enter into the agricultural system of the county, that in the prize report of the Royal Agricultural Societe on the farming of this county no mention is made of hop-growing. Hops, however, are still grown to a considerable extent. InMr. Bower's time (1791) the cost of hop plantation was 13/. Ilk per acre yearly, and, comparing the produce with the Kentish hop gardens, that writer says :—" The crops in this county in the past years are very small compared with the Kentish planta tions, and do not in the very best of years average eight hundredweight per acre, owing, I apprehend, more to the number of small planters, who have neither knowledge nor purse necessary to this intri cate and expensive culture, than the badness of the land." I believe climate has more to do with grow ing hops successfully than even the quality of the soil; and, in climate, Nottinghamshire cannot com pete with Kent. The effect I noticed as very com monly the result of hop-growing, both here and in Kent and Sussex, viz., the neglect of more safe and certain crops to bring all the force of manure to the speculative hop-garden, was noticed by Mr. Calvert, of Ilarlton, from whose account of Notts husbandry in 1794 I before quoted. He says :—" Hop-ground tends to injure the lands in the vicinity thereof, as the whole attention of some growers is to accumu late all the manure possible to be collected for the hop-card, and totally neglect everything else; this I judge to be a principal bar against improvement, however the favourers of' hop-planting may deny it : for the hop is known to require much and constant support, without repaying anything to the dunghill; and without considerable assistance there can be no expectation of a crop, lucrative if obtained, and ruinous it' otherwise, to small farmers. The tenant exerts his utmost abilities to contribute all he can to that vegetable lottery, which, it' the expression may be permitted, may turn out a sorry blank, or a prize of greater magnitude than all the profits of the other part of his farm, even in its greatest state of im provement." Such "vegetable lotteries," though seldom profitable in the long run, are not without favour amongst farmers, for. like other traders, they are easily attracted by ally branch of business which occasionally produces large money returns. On reaching Beesthone, on the road to Newark, I found the land improve in quality, until on the Trent it becomes very good indeed. Ifere I observed sonic very good herds of cattle, several breeders of short horns fanning in this district, and the appearance of the stock generally was good. In the district south i d the Treed the soil vanes much from stiff clay to sandy loam. On the rising ground which lies be tween Nottingham and Newark, the soil is a red sandy loam, lying upon marl, which is highl y pro ductive, and is tier the most part under a good system of cultivation. It is a district of sheep husbandry, and the flocks kept upon it are amongst the best in the county. Mr. Bur , gess, of Holme Pierepoint, known us a successful breeder of Leicester sheep to the frequenters of our large stock shows, fitnned in this district. Many of these farms have meadows and grazing land running down to the Treat, which enables them to combine dairy and grazing husbandry with sheep-farming to the benefit of both branches. Not tingham and Newark form two of the best stock markets in the midland counties, and to both the fanners of this district have ready access. The course pursued is a six-shift, such as I have mentioned to he followed on Mr. Parkinson's farm, and, where the ant .. ... - . spring !,_- -- -- -- .putation TO .--....._,.,, the first operation when the land is dry is to plough liect . It had been said that a petit i on from the coal trade of over the field lengthways the KWIC depth as before,l bondon in favour of the corporate plan had but one signa ture—that of his brother-in-law. Now the facts were with three horses going single to avoid trea n di , n o g nii t i h ig elt d se—the , p i ltion in fascia:. of the government measure• land; the furrows are then turned back, whilst that in favour the last ploughing, and bringing the mould which . of the co 'v rpo “ r t at ' hirpl e l of w l L i sf;red as t:y 248 members of the has been pulverised by the winter's frost as much as trade. possible to the surface again. If tolerably dry, the Sir G. GREY 'said he could not enter into the question of p e titions, or how numerously they might have been field is then rolled, and A for a week or ten days ; signed, ,th i m o . 1 1 who e could waitediio prevent statements seeing made by Mr. Parkinson well understanding how indispensable i u ti p: o n i i n v i ith i r b o at was t not the proper he was of a s A c hat to t g t nd . ilic h the it is to the clay land fanner to leave the atmosphere place fur their insastiit; to do its work on his tough soil. Ten two-horse loads committee the duty of the a of manure per acre are spread and ploughed in, and co d d m:Lilt: o c a . pan a whole house. If the house should allow the bills to he rend t c!o i te to wo a ul if the weather is dry, the land is again reversed by m ne fut t . he responsibility would in that case rest another ploughing, and the drag and wafter are also ize t (fan committee. set to work, any weeds which may exist being Sir JAMES 'HUKE begged to h re a V e nd h the right hon. cleared away. In this way the manure, which has baronet that no committee yx e tl n c iL i decided been allowed to become solid, is intimately mixed upon th e present pro:aeal of the corporation. A 6 commission, it was true, ha reported d repoed upon it, but the plan with the soil, and the pulverised mould being on the bweas given to deserving nhis of the fullest inquiry which could surface, the land is left until the time for turnip te s i t em an i 7f :t iretttlt. parliamentary l committee sowing arrives. About ten days before sow- would constitute the Is ing, a mixture of twenty-eight bushels of finely Alderman SIDNEY could not speak as calmly of th sifted coal ashes, twelve busheLs of bone course pursued by the government as his friend and col ` l dust, or four cwt. of rape dust to each acre, :Lese poopsa d t: lr o e. The government bill was, to all intents private bill, mischievously interfering with are thrown together to ferment for a few days, and .private property, nail a te:ding ii;terests, and then spread, so as to be sufficiently dry and cool to I the only ftg co t e' pass through the drill machine. Two pounds of I was to refer it to a committee. He Le7re. i s it to p s a t r a l t i. t .m t r a t t turnip seed per acre, with 40 bushels of ashes and the royal commisaiimers had never been recommended by 1 the legislature. Moreover, the City and the trading inte hones are drilled on the flat, at 27 inches Ixtween inad.mately min see:dell in that commission, the rows. The roller then again goes over the , for the ember ! , five of the seven, were ground, if sufficiently dry. The middle of June is • pledac e d T3j,"ltthyeiro f prey' its opinions tai and to the the time for sowing, and they are heed out before . removal of by their NI irkei o ntral posi majority of the citirel ' ir Of . e' harvest. Half are taken off in November, the re- tion. A large Mr. Ou bonito,, 1" opposed to the government 111111 , 11rt`: minder being left on the ground, and taken off 48 that 99 in the 104) of the inhabitants were . favo n u l ra ` iik a t'o ' 're wanted. removal, whilst, in t fact , 70,0 of them, and more than For the barley the land is once ploughed in March, 6,018) of'tlw re in favour and the barley and seeds sown, In the third and ,of the corporiefi l i s n e'r scheme. sTto ife h it 'i n r` o ' hL s t i ftV • fourth years the seeds are pastured chiefly with I ing that when that scheme should be tho . roughl ` y m itn i t t i - - d and lit, the public, it would be Mund fully sheep. .Next, for the wheat, the land is trench- gate ! t a i l) , .sa m t t i s fy porni i ve d ry la ein 4 rant mind that every ratioual ploughed, a common plough going twice over the A i s a rE na t Ve i i „ ;; , a t tetl and met. land for that purpose. The first time a thin sward' i Mr! ' :e 'l l „Chia oldosirte from o'raknl'wleage is ploughed in, and then the second ploughing ; that a large majority covers it with the under soil. This work can be •in the retention of the market ' . u r', l- te 't Citya lively VV. 1 opinion. remedied every abuse. As one cifth P e ai co 4 mntittre done in wet weather (no slight advantage in some I which had sat upon the subject in parliament, he could state seasons on strong land), and the wheat, whether that his views upon the subject had been greatly ehan sed sown broadcast or drilled, generally proves a good Iby the evidence adduced before them. II beho v ed that yielding crop. As soon after harvest as possible i the great requisite was an enlant.a area, 1 1 . 111•11 I return was liberally supplied by the scheme m sub l in t itte c sl i'l h e " generally in September or October, winter tares art; the City. It seemed to hint that the government plat pro! sown, and in the following summer used for soilin Iproposing anything definite fad off aria itE posedianythin g . to , de , stroy without horses and cattle, and are partly oo a u l o v i t ikno N te l %as w a substitute. . sheep. Swedes arc grown in the same way as Allierm i s i r t u e s t a o r nrii th w e li , at course the common turnip, only rather more manure , government was prepared to before the house. g He had tiiha'lt'r bill, is used, and the drills are not more than twenty- i for there were now four the committees of 1817 and 1819, and he felt that no four inches apart. These, too, are carted offout fur the removal of Smithfield. If the , had ath b [t en made fur use in the yards. The land is then ploughed u by ldinatun I T. to Tuffelell Park, it into ridges, and in the spring sown with barley, re d : fli woulti . liril e li;e r` su lu rei ' i v iendi t a? ii t i , e .a i s u at. el c is t t o ri t t c He had clover, and rve grass. This clover is chiefly used for' reason to know, in his eapcitv%T soiling, and is sown with wheat after onee plough- , tion of the Sons of the Clem, that they had beeffarli r i 3 ;l to for the sale of so much of their land as lay within 100 ing, the seed being drilled in rather shallow, which ' wants o s tp A e t r o ft i livll l'ark estate. has been found to preserve the plant better than said comai t it li tcc ia t d ha t t l, :e , Ini l l also sat upon the pars broad cast sowing. After the wheat has been ]tar- liamentary thatiluced 1 7 11. pro tested the land is again ploughed into ridges, having duced upon his mimeo similar eff!et en t i o ' t iyttac worthy alderman. Connected ms he was with tl: ' e t4 g tt re '', been first 'manured with seven two-horse loads of cultural iuterest, lie could declare that the farmers Li n gle: manure per acre. The beans are sown early in the : s i m e Tth . f t i l , o l i d os t t , unanimously , preferred the central site o f spring. A single horse plough opens a level furrow e az : f .. t i h t i o . suburban ti shrines proposed. Al one c in the frosted mould of the hollow between each ' the evidence '' that a a tl .7t e n e t v a ulil I/0 but cattle market tier the metropolis, iet ridge ; this is followed by a man with a drill barrow, per (ate.: with fully one-third passing over Blackfriars-bridge, which deposits about three bushels of seed market should necessarily be in a central position. lie The harrows are then taken two or three times over o bvia t ed to draw Sir George Grey's attention to the fact that the land, and once across. In some seasons a strong at ergir : t hy:: at su a l t rl t e t tatpetitioneal parliament against the harrow is ref-retired to break up the middle of the re moval ir a liieeill i . ti al , m hr . . gentleman ridges. The land is thus made light fur hoeing in • here detailed the list t * spring and summer, and retains its livhtlleSsi ill a great those suburbs.) The government plan from 1.1 1 o ta f inflict t a double injustice—removing the market l from measure until autumn. The beaus are hand and horsehadwbo desired its continuance, and to those hoed, and then hand hued a second time to destroy • se h ro e lle had ca peli i t a io c ti thelagaiimist such hm visitation. annual weeds, the charlock thistles which arc sure carefullytie corporation, t h e . only plan that to spring up. The land is ploughed one or twice unit I t i l i; c d r e cg sir a e i d ..e t at o , szi a t f cil t nial heir t a o d u e. tit 'o La i .d i s by u. caw hand, and after the beans are harvested, and the wheat sown remedied the inconveniences greatly complained of by the broad-east when twice, and drilled when once publi c on the other. ploughed. The recommendation advanced for this . serious the arguments of Alderman Sidney course: is, that " it is calculated to produce good and were elltit i lt l Y t t E tO Y idatt r i c on t , h bat were more fitted e at.. tri t tiz e tion ,, would be regular crops in every field without extravagant ex- ,4 to oo t i h d e „a lleu io se of r u c l isiu s: i lu i 's ' of that ln use in manure;" did the land " is kept remarkablyexult:at Jared to acquiesce. He saw objections ' 'to light and clean at an ewsv expense ; hoeing the were prepared of as prainting all the bills to proeved to a seeosd reading, wheat is almost entirely dispensed with, "since the t A i i . d . , rsti n 'o4idigneatl i y h ts o, sa submitted to a committee. rotation itself has a tendency to keep the land clean, ' reported light, and rich ;" and spring plough is almost corn- that the present Smithfield eHl'lnitt Y e h."l ' "'lv market . ..lLs liable to iibjection, pletely avoided. The inconvenience of bad seasons • " 1 " I is , should, therefore, he • . ramose-el. Ihe corporate plan fur the ea:dement of the evils ofwhich th • I d they complained et never rarely felt. I yet been submitted to parliamentary inquiry. He begged to On the stronger portion of the farm the rotation is that he had presented a petition from the wretched 1, summer fallow ; 2, barley ; 3, clover ; 4, wheat; innilatams pre • pared to be cleared, • that the tau of the sited 2." iwUvi 3, beans • 6 „wheat ; 7, summer fallow; 8, barley; duals, fraying i coataica, atigh r h.. carried City cat tor providing them hi. white clover and rye-grass; 10, wheat ; 11, beans ; i better 12, wheat. The laird is ploughed two or th I Br' BUSIINAN stated that he had paid great attention , toar hail ben and sources of cholera in the metropolis, times during the summer s fallow, lime occasion- neighbourhood u iu dra tlc i o n urse u of that investigation to exa- ally applied, and eight two horse loads of 'thanure I mine the Having written upon ,he would not ge! ' ia°l '' 'd on in September. The land remains untouched the subject, detain Sir George Grey further daring winter, and the barley harrowed in witho ut , than by introduein his friend Mr. Ross a s,. .uraeon maid- ing in that locality, g who had • assisted hint in his exami-: any ploughing as the land will bear t • . reading. fhe „ „;,,„ , test of the crops in this rotation are managed much , -- it - t - ROSS said he had hail many opportunities et in the same way as in that I have before described. ' ual:. Many g wt t the sanitary aspects of the question. I Bs- this course, too, it will be observed spring in: h e:h i m .c l t iad f Lo m me a to ‘ a e t rivi i I proughing is in a great measure avoided. as it is th g e :nem! conclusions u m so 'st n : accurate knowledge of the facts of tte ease . If the'g.aieverno ! spring ploughing of heavy land which so much pro- ! meat carried their plain, it would lit, greatly to the preju motes the growth of annual weeds. The rotation neighbourhood. Ile begged to has not been found to be exhausting; "the effective , submit of the health of the at of t ri h i c atr t ga t ori a al,..sign t e l d . by almost a i ll the practitioners fallowing with the exact cultivation given to the of . sclait whicll .1 so largely tie the bean crop ensures cleanliness, and the quantity of ' *rum demoralisation from the, neighourhoodr '' ' an manure mentioned is amply sufficient to kee .. the' Mr. O. BURTON CHILDS, EIt.C.S., surgeon to the land in condition." Under both rotations the P aye- I i t tl i c r e ro fo u rg, ,, staett o timt he had from 500 to 600 men and rage of the crops has improved. Two years pasture ;It soun his d Xw e hiclitav i i - e itY wSrlittif'aillii'd into in this rotation has been tried and abandonel I sit districts, ' : lie s r, Elite ed 1 Wheat should not follow summer fallow, as is too centre' w" decidedly the most healthy. g i Smithfield as oue of the lungs of the City—W4 a reseTv'uir of ; frequently the prat•tiee. I cannot too strongly re- I pure sir, essential Cu, the health of a densely crowded die. ! commend' the consideration of these rotations to the but during the visitation of It fact, occupiers of clay soils. With the aid of some old ! o'l . lin fl . 1849, there had occurred no meadow ground, - the first of the above rotations i ' case i'i r i A the area of City, • nuth eld. Out of lon cases of spru- well adapted for keeping and feeding large ' ' od* 1' h • a stock . m re t larr wa in the police force not one had happened in district. of beasts and sheet; and Mr. Parkinson asserts that ; the Smithfield Sir G. GREY asked whether that fact was not rest table by consuming turnips with sheep every vcar on . , to the opera area rather than to the cattle market. meadow land, estieenilly if they are allowed corn 1 Mr. CHILD assented, but asked wh • thc tattle i lther the open area malt (hot. or oil-cake with the turnips, the grass- , , was not necessitated by may rutted and improved almost without I Alderman COPELAND requested ` M t ' k land be en • • George Grey what were the int( utious of the . frw" Sir limit : and that the sheep, by this mode of wintere government with regard to the metropolitan, II or °missy Cattle Market feeding, will insure a rich . summer pasture for beasts Bile I have recently tried the folding of sheep throughout Sir G. GREY replied that that Lill lining inconsistent the winter on the meadow, keeping than three or with the cp ,s • crament MIL it could not be allowed to lOW a four days in one P- I nee,hay,roots , or cake being given second reading. The Rev. J. JACKSON, AM., as v* to them, with what beneficial results the fortheom- said he must say it was his iddiberat l c ea co r conviction that ing summer will disclose. I must close this coin- bo i n o titu [K t the fe c on co a a u i f i thc corporation would ei infer a lasting munieatio with the suggvstiou, derived from Mr. p ri hysical, sanitary, and especially the Parkinson's experience, that " it is much better on mural int uni a . of h r i. ile Tea .., Jz ill . imars Were seriouftly involved in stiff and cold clay hind to depend on permanent pas- this 9 4 ° 4 ".ve 4 acres of miserabk courts and ture for all kinds of stock than on seeds," without ' alleys abounding in physical "'- area,• ud moral abominations would , be exelialwed for uno either denying or admitting it as a general n provided with suitable ac • Prole' commodation for the r ndustnous poor sition. I Sir 0. GREY said he had dis *'• no position to undervelue land is in good heart. it is considered to produce good crops at much less expense than on the light sands of the western part of the county. Here, however, ' much of it requires drainage, and that improvement has been extensively resorted to. The farmhouses and buildings are usually good, and are all kept in remarkably good order, and the whole aspect of the district indicates ease and COM petence among the oeuupicis. It is no slight advan tage to tile district to have such an ever-consuming market as Nottingham close at hand. During the last fifty years this district has undergone great lm prevenient by draining and enlargement of the fields, as well as other permanent improvements ; but there is yet room for still greater amendment, particularly in draining, which is not usually done deep enough. Potatoes for Nottingham market form here an important item of farm produce, and large crops are grown. At Ruddington, in this district. is the farm of Mr. Paget, which attracted the attention of more than one agricultural writer. On 300 acres of land. of which about two-thirds are arable, 30 milking cows arc kept, their produce as milk and butter being sent for sale to Nottingham. The arable land is cropped in alternate years with corn and green or I root crops, all the green crops being heavily mutated ; fur instance, the following rotation has for some years been pursued ; (1) turnips, (2) wheat and . barley, (3) clover, white and red, and Italian rve-grass, (4) wheat, (3) man gold wurtzel. (6) whiut. (7) beans, (8) wheat. Good crops of wheat, teaching 46 bushels to the acre, are obtained after swedes and mangold wurtzel, contrary to the received opinion amongst many strong land farmers. The produce of wheat has progressively increased for several years; one field, for instance, having borne eight wheat crops in fifteen years. each crop being above forty-four bushels per acre. Of course these results can only be produced by very high farming. to provide the manure for which, te sides the cow stock, fifty beasts and 130 sheep are fattened every year. Slid all the cows have 4 lb. of °Henke per head throughout the winter months. Many farmers will ask. Does this pay ?" And, ELK regards the particular farm I refer to, I am not able to answer the question. But my own belief is that such farming—requiring. no doubt, great skill and watchfulness—will he found the most profitable farming, and that the notion widely prevalent. that moderate quantities of manure, with very good and deep tillage, producing. it is admitted, smaller crops, will be found to per best, is a mischievous enor. Assuredly the quantity of stock kept must bear a proportion to the means afforded by the farm. and of course it may lie carried beyond the point of pru dence: but with the means now at our command— namely, low-priced grain, pulse, and oilcake. and well-bred stock attaining early maturity—the fanner who does not use a considerable quantity of artificial ,flood for his stock. hut depends entirely, or nearly so, ea the produce of his farm for feeding them, throws away one of his chances. The late Lord Spencer's celebrated herd of short horns was kept at - Wiseton, in the north-eastern side of this county ; and Mr. Watson. of Walkeringham, in the same neighbourhood. is still an extensive and successful breeder. Bullocks of this breed. when properly reared, with a good allowance of milk. and without any check at the time of weaning, will at- toted an unquestionable improvement upon things as they taro, at the age of from two to two-and-a-half I That gentleman says be has known "several in- the positive advantages of the corporation plan. It conati. i n R t eOreYsitisSeoffitlhLeD(,; City, s n r icg el e y d connectedtae the w itl noble the 'years, the weight of 60 stone of 14 lbs. stances where poor arable worn-out clay land, not • were. Another example of the successful management of worth 20s. per acre," has, by a careful, and some heavy land is found in this county, upon the farm of w,:mt costly process, been prepared and laid down to lead ing B aron Mr. Richard Parkinson, of Knapthorpe between grass, and "converted into rich feeding pasture." I i baronet that a great majority of his constituents were most Newark and Southwcll. The object of the routine eonfeks my doubts whether poor clay land will ever I decidedly against the government proposal . lie expressed an earnest hope that her Majesty's minister + would not pre here adopted is to produce the greatest return at the pay so well in pasture as in arable culture, if judicious . . . cipitate a decision upon a question of ouch parumout inv. least comparative expense. . a and fairly nlallar P "lai t d. r coni wi , th rn o t n , latfording an impartial hearing of all the A MIDLAND COUNTIES FARMER p arties The farm consists of two kinds of heavy land, and ; has been occupied by Mr. It. Parkinson for a great ____ __ . _____ Mr. CHARLES PF,ARSON hoped that Sir George Grey _ many years. lie has described his soil as " varying r would iEty special attention to the statement of Loon front four to eight inches in depth, resting on a l SMITHFIELD MARKET. Rothschild, as unhappily that gentleman was precluded stratum of strong brick clay, from two to three ' -___—. the expression of his opinions in another plice. feet iu thickness , the suhstratunt being ml Yesterday a deputation, consisting of the under- Sir JAMES DUKE inquired how the government MU mentioned gentlemen, waited upon Sir George Grey at the would affect Islington market ? crumbly or diced marl, intermixed, in some Home-Ake, upon the subject of the contem dated removal Sir GEORGE UREY.—Not at all, that market being places, with thin slaty stone, and containing of Smithfield Market: The Right tin. the i Lord Mayor; now in existence. occasionally gypsum, which stratum is common Mr. O. Barnard, M.P.; Alderman Copeland, M.P.; Mr. R. Sir JAMES 11171(E.—So also is Smithfield market, and in most of the midland comities where heavy Currie, M.l'. ; Mr. G. Hondas, M.P.: Sir J. Duke, Bart.,' it will he most unjust in 111.• government to ruin the into lands abound." In its original and unimproved state M.l'. ; Sir E. Filmer, Bart., M.P. ; Mr. Nlasterman, M.l'. hil it.. 24l ;i, , , .. l , ,,, A;ile p .rman Dr Sid i oc it M n .P.; Mr, g" other . ; , r.Ttaof t s h u e le t er, whilst it leaves , ui t a t to ut ued u t t hoor of tho it was worth front his. to 258. per acre. It has been 1 3 ;t a j r a d it n, c . . atroying a trite ft turning e' 1- .74 l g e l n it t t e n n i II " ions annually i ti mi a in me de, ro - I bare majority of the !louse of Commons. At any rate, drained with tiles. but only ut the depth of about physician to * ate Metropolitan ALP . Hospital; na lker. g 4 n :B. eighteen inches, the width varying from five to nine Childs, F.R.C.S.; Mr. Ross, surgeon; the lice. James ministers were bound to grant a full and fair investigation proposition of the corporate body. yards. . The efficacy of deep draining was not so Jackson, vicar of St. Sepulchre's, the parish in which 1 "khe the market is situated ; Mr. G. Bosill, Mr C. ! well understood when this farm was drained as it is i•lr e . itt l t l it . t L e : t f m Aj i tlt.Otvlt sad . a , i , ..h t try; of the t t. t. Markets im illr. t.,, J ut . ff ßll t r i k r. et, j. Mr. J. Ilil r l . ,ldr if W eialt.: PT now, and hence the shallow drainage I have men- • . „ i ' r bri • Last' be ° g ' ,(Cll to state that th'ey were ile ' t " erinined to e ot . %late ra e ti vt " 4 reasonable objection winch could be urged against a central timed. But in addition some springs which exist Mr. J. l'arson, vestry clerk of St. Luke',, Mr. J. Giblett, cattle market. With respect to driving the cattle through on the farm, below the clay stratum, have been car-' Mr. R. Morgan, Mr. W. Collins, Mr. J. J. Millard, Mr. W. the public streets, that evil could only be remedied hy a sxt i ‘g ui r i e k , e z .e u t l i a ,, tio , n . s r - i - e liel ou e;tft i s n i% . .e ei rt i •f t l r l i llit 1. ; !tad the; ricd off by large drains at depths varying from ten T. Haley ; Messrs. Bannister, Sharpe, and another gen to sixteen feet ; this will probably account for the thsu.n (a deputation from the Hatchets' Congomy); Mr. B. shallow draining having proved so apparently sue- t i. e . e .r a l llti, c .. h s a rs ir . 7. 11 1 e. f l t la " ll ' , M lriet t : I:r7i="tltCrttr., upon the plan submitted by the corporation. They situa tion,watle but trustees for the eitimns, amongst whim, there existed a eessful. And it must be remembered that the land most decided preferener for the scheme proposed. lle then anal Harrison (a deputation from the Markets lonprovenient above described is not of that tenacious clay we find . committee), and also the City Remembrancer, Solicitor, and , dwelt at mme length upon the undelined character of the I in Middlesex, and parts of Herts, Kent, and Sussex. Architect. , g n eo .. ..v ,... n t ai i e n n t t h ro n =l ;co l n b t o.: .. itttc t i4o , t i o . i in kszy i N sn . large an On one half of the amble land turnips are not at- i The Loll) MAYOR said he had the honour of attending ase.ttone I rse t f te the o d ... tr ni tt e t n ig t m, , lit t l t i t e t t i r e usti u •d i tiat ‘ v i v io liat ‘ ev e . t.e r .1 t r annul,.iv tempted to be grown, the soil being deemed too Wu, was altogether unprocedelted in parliaii . let ' itar a y ill. denied that the public had desired the re al of tho titmng to grow them with profit. On the milder . d, p1 ,1 ) . . im e .rm plar itt e ' , d ; when ! c ". l .'" interested, g should Lase the opportunity l' of forming ! i market; all they hail sought was the illnitemoent of the h ut , existi r al n o n , :ioy . o t i n ne ttt es t . l fa t l it wean r t n li t zeuliiu• object of the half turnips constitute a regular part of the rotation. an opini tttt upon the plan submitted by the corporation. i r - Vl. l io i. and several other . geatlemen of the depute which is 1, common white turnips ; 2, barley ; 3 and lie trusted that no mo i l: i f:Z .3 y . would M• t k 4, seeds (white clover and rye grass), pasture two' it would a-opear that the corporation desired to remove, and 1 Nr. that a fair and open lion having opoken, years; 3, wheat ; 6, winter tares; 7, swedes ; 8, bar ley ; 9. red clover ; 10, wheat ; 11. beans; 12, wheat. hat their jam alone would remove, all the existing dial- i . culties and o b j e ctions. molt hail no interest in the matter other than that of Sir G. GREY assured the deputation that the governs All the turnips off to the yards and tiasturc grounds, Sir JAMES DUKE hoped that the government bill meting the views and wishes .if the public. flee LORD MAlOlt thanked the hon. baronet for the courteous attention paid to the statezoods which hail been none of the land being considered dry enough fur would not be thrust forward without inquiry; but that the feeding of turnips with sheep. made, and expresstal au earnest hope that they had nut been only fair and reasonable 0011C4`, and that likely to sati•fy . The preparation for common turnips consists in all interests involved. would he adopted, namely, to send all Ploughing up the land into ridges' about twenty lie begged leave to set right at statement I Mail'. in Vail' the bills before a fairly constituted committee of the Home of Commons. on the same soh I returning from the interview, received letters from several We were given to understand that the deputation, upon inches in width in November or December, and in which load been reported to have been made on the occasion form it lies through the winter. In the ,- of a recent deputation to Sir George Grey . . .. . b ook ers and other influential persons, expressive of re °tawny° in their views, and enelLoing Tiber. t subscriptions in further.mee of the objects of the Central 31..irkets .Imo rixtiou. STSDAT TRADING PREVENTION BlLL.—Yesterday the committee on this hill met for the fir , t time, and pro ceeded to hwiness. THE VACANT OLDNELCY.—It is understood that Major-tieneral Smelt will lie removed from the 62nd Regi ment to the il7th, and that Major-General Lightfoot will bo appointed Colonel of the Und Regiment. A YACHT SUNK —On Thursday evening the yacht Sea Dog, the property of George Parren, Esq., left the Southampton neer at about half- oat with her owner, accompanied lov hi. brother, Robert liarf,d, EN., for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, the wind at the time bluwimig front the westward. When off Cal.hot she tame in contact with the steamer Duke of ltueeleueli, and with such force that the yacht immediately sank, and those on board were immersed in the water. Mr. l'arren, with the commander and man, succeeded in getting hold of the steamer's boat, but Mr. Barret lost his hold, and was in the water for nhout ten minutes, when the captain of the steamer (Mr. Gilpin) jumped overboard, and succeeded in holding Mr. Barret until the boat CAM` to their rescue mad picked them up. An attempt was to be made to raise the yacht in tho course of yesterday. CLERICAL MAGIsTRATES AND TIIE GAME LAWS. —At the petty sessions at Grantham, last Saturday, a man named Clear wa. placed at the bar, having been ca'aght the same morning taking up a snare in the parish of Bar ruw by. Re admitted the charge against him, and said he was prepared to suffer the punishment the magistrates might award. The clerk asked him if he hail anything further to say for I • - •'t ;to which he replied, " l ;MI a poor man, working on the railway, and I hart' undergone misfortunes and family hoses. I ',artisd with all my money, to enable my wife to go a long way Off to attend a rela tive's funeral. 1 have two children, and no means left, and as 1 did not wish to be ' behrolilon' to any one, I tried to get hold of some of those animals which run wild." A number of the bench told hint he was breaking the law. Clear replied, "I know it is contrary to the laws of man, but nut to the laws of God." Mr. 'limier (a magis trate) : Vas the game yours ? Rev. Mr. ‘Unrsley (to pri soner) : You hold a ifangerous doctrine. Rev. Mr. Utley (also to prisoner) : if you consult your Bible, you will laid your doctrine wrong, Mr you are there till you must nut take what does not belting to you. Pris tier said he only ° tried to get that which did not belong to any one. Ile was ordered to pay 4/., or be sent to prison, and told that the tine would not have been SO heavy if he had nut given utte r ranee to his peculiar doctrines. BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER IN AYR. stinte.--On the night of Thursday last a daring outrage war perpetratediin the I ily Etna house of Crligthitil, near New Cumnoek. This it a pastoral farm in the north-casters extremity of the parish of New Cumniwk, and furors a part of the margin of that extensive tract of moor land that AMOR.. towards Muirkirk and Douglas. The situation of the house is lonely and remote, being a mile distant from the nearest human habitation. It it tenanted by Mr. Robert M`linight, about sixty years of age. On the night in question, the household consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Niginight, their infant child, Mr. night, jun., a son by a former marriage, and twu female tenants. They had just retired to rtit when a knock was lie-nrd at the door; and a Pero/11 Mph d admittance to light his pipe. This being refused, the door was furiously dashed in, and fire men, tamed with pistols and bludgeons, entered ; and immediately wind a Dowling-piece, suspendisl on a joist in the kitchen. Mr. M. hail rprwig from his hunt on hearing the noise, and had seized the gun nettle at thu mute time with the robber. The twitting it to pi. ais was but the work of a nonacid, and the burglar will have been speedily overcome, but his nstociates aimed a pro fusion of blows ut their victim's head and body, and ho was instantaneously overpowered and thin wit in tho most shucking manner. Mrs. M.linight made au effort to escape from the house, which the burglars inter posed to prevent. At this juncture Mr. Nl'linight, jun., who had been aroused from his slumbers by the uproar and terrific screams of the females, came along thu pan sage leading to the kitchen Ile was met in the entrance try one of the robbers, who presented and snapped a pistol at hint, but the cap fortunately missed lire. He is a strong young man, and the robber was in a moment thrown on the floor; but, like his father, he was quickly overpowered, and hi, head dreadfully wounded. Ile would undoubtedly have perished on the spot had Mrs. M' Knight not made good her effort to escape, and led the burglars off in pursuit of her—their fears of her alarming the neighlrourhood, and prevc ming their escape, ',char uo doubt excited. The darkness of the night protected her from their search, and she succeeded in reaching the neighbouring faroteloouso of lathans; but so devious had been her path, that two hours were occupied, though the houses are not more than a mile apart. Meanwhile, her husband lay senseless on his kitchen floor. His son succoe.olood in secreting himself under u matters., where lie heard tho robbers, after their return front the pursuit of Mm. M., searching for hint with horrid inipmeatiens, indicating • their dmino for brutal vengeance. One of the 4irls also escaped, but the other was compelled to keep her bed by threats that her brains would be blown out if she attempted to leave it. The robbers SI,VM to have been in a gnat .date of perturbation, breaking up chests and pr saes in the ut most hurry and monied ~,,, and missing almost everything worth seeuring• TI h there was some money in thu house, they did not di-cover u farthing of it. Some prom sions,three shepherds' plaid., with a ft w articles of wear ing apparel and some vipers, were carried off. Si, hurried had been their retreat that they left one of th.oir caps and also a candle, which was found outside the door next morn ing, and identified us having been bought in a shop in New Cumnowk on the evening of the burglary. We are happy to add that, with respect to both father awl son, though shockingly abused and lying in a precarious state, hope, are entertained of their recovery.-- A yr Adcrrtiser. M.sittiUS 1M tor.. TO NttentsEßY. --On Tues day morning lust, a little before 2 o'clock, the inhabitants of the lower part of Church-street, Buford, were thrown into a state of alarm on being suddenly awakened from their sleep by a tremendous crush as of a fal bag building, the cause of which, for a while, no one was aide to divine. As morning approached, however, it was discovered that a diaholied attempt bad been made by some miscreants to destroy the machinery in the workshops of Mr. Edward Roe, master stoekinger, and residing near to the church. The means employed to effect this Nlll3 purpose were for a while utterly undiseuverable. The windows, two con siderable ranges in extent, were all broken to atoms, much of the glass being scattered to many yards dis tance, as liktwioeo several entire casement, carried out of their frames and smashed to pieces. Further investi gation, however, proved that it had been effected by gun powder, or other explosive materials, which had been CUITI pres-ed into two stone bottles—thus converting them into miniature bombshells or grenades. Thee: had been placed under one of the frames, and upon them had been flung a quantity of combustibles collected out of the shop, which wen. then set on fire from the outside through one of the windows, the sill of which hears strong marks of the burn ing. Furtunato ly for Mr. lbw, but little damowe was stoo -1 tamed by the machinery; the windows, however, ots before said, were throughout the shops almost entirely destroyed. As reports were spread that this mischief had been perpe trated by some of the workmen engaged in the glove or stocking trade, with whom there has latterly been memo little unpleasantness, we think it but right to nay that cir cumstances have since transpired of a nature to exonerate the workmen entirely from any suspicion of having been guilty of the outrage. There is wow no doubt but that the foul deed has originated solely in the private malice of indi viduals who are well known to Mr. Roe and his family ; and asa general feeling of disgust and indignation has been eseited among all classes in the village at this nefarious transaction, a reasonable hope is entertained that the mis ' ereants may yet be brought to justice.— Nottispian Mercury.