The Express. — London, England, 1850-09-07 00:00:00

THE. EIEPRWIIM.TURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1850. TUB AGRICULTURAL- DISTRICTS. BOSTON, Sermons. ISM. Nowhere is the improver of load more qekkly and hearty rewarded for his outlays sad ethirtions than ere the h:, lands and in the deep alluvia sails whiob abound in the neighbourhood of the rim Aad oer tainly there is so kind of lead which mum less Writ-' j ag to the improver or would norm more the stimu lus of larp.- eventual profit than km Lied fn in sal state. Around the Holies statics on the Great Nathan. Railway is a train of fen lead is its anginal s tate, rave that from the weeks required flee math( the railway rutting, is the Wick pest soil appeu oe eve ry side which are new filled with the most seine aitiao-lookini water. A short coarse grass covers the • ten land, which is eon/where intersected by swampy hollows, every now and ties seasading into oottsidershis pools of water. Immediately to the right is eau Whiteley Mere, like a small inland sea, the d-aining of which, when consebsted, will, I resume, .ay dry the whole of this now desolate look ing dinirirt. An encroachment on Whittlesey Mere ins g l ees / been made, and a steam-engine erected which drains about 500 acres surly inclosed from the Mere Ramsey Mere, net far ofr, containing MO, was drained a few rare age. sad It. waters are thrown into the Nene. Her% where egos nothing but lcieg ne sts grew, there In three farms of mensal lend, ix • blitbo bra than the earrounding f en . B ut t hi s t ea t aa d, who drained, cloyed and brought into eel tivatide, ia.oomes most fertile, its only drawback heiog its "i° l2Bl liability to mildew in aerate simony. From hence to Spalding the rail toad NA rely runs through the fen district, eice ,t ra re it intersects an eats treat in Nag a, 4 1 .- ..shin an you approach Peterborough. On thi s try: f l'3ht ar d apparently most fertile soil the crops a„ VO ?)- good, and with nuns, for I aro told lb , f o rty awning" sad upwards per acre are paid for rear. li'r Earl Fitswilliain has a geed estate and a 's atiate, where be keeps a peek of fox-hunds and t a k e . up his shots In the hunting sessoo. Pies the tltmpae of one or two of his farmsteads I *aught re passing, it struck me that mere attention had been paid to the rendition of the farm buildings than is general amongst our landed propristen. At PrierboronA we enter that part of the greet Intel of the fens ceUed the north 'level, and no one as avo id Neil stro k with the riebandesooerant fertility fi fths soil and the sign, of human lodes ry which it everywhere exhibits, and generally this fen land is well farm , d, eepecially the floe rich peaturee wLieti require judicious management, neither to enderstork them and so ;remit a growth of coarse gram, or to stock them too hard so as to prevent that constant growth of grass which the fatting sheep and oxen nquire. I shall hereafter advert to some of the details of management on these fertile derp bads of Lincolnshire t in the meantime I will take a short review of the history of this fen district, for whictr. ns well as en sec sent of its present state, it is one cf tl ? most interesting district, in the king dom. The greet level of the fees extends into the unties of Oambridge, Lincoln, Huntingdon, North ampton, Nortalk, and Suffolk, and is bounded by the high lands of each of these counties. It contains an area of upwards of 680.000 acres, and is about 70 miles in knatls, varying in bread Ii from 40 to 20 miles. Through this fist country there are flowing sir large rivers, with tkir respective tributaries, namely, the Ouse, the Cans, the Nese, the Welland, the Glen, and the Witham. These are the natural ontleJ of the waters from the uplands, but could never have lien saffi , brat to carry o ff any tattier dinery downfall of rain, so that their overflow must have cowardly flooded the level. The chief arse, however, of the inundation of the fens consited in the accumul 'lion of eilth at the ..utfalls of the rivers into the sea, and the flow of the tide which drove back the fresh water. Far ages toe work of improvement is this fen district has been going on, though occasionally from neglect, or other esuses, tracts once greatly im proved have for a time resumed their original deso lation. The Romans were the earliest improvers of tce fens, and one of their weeks, the " long mosey,* is an inabankmeat made of gravel, three tvrt thief and platy feet broad, which extends from Denver in Norfolk to Peterborough, a Glencoe of twenty-four miles. This now is covered with peat, in some places to the depth of five feat, bat beneath it their work is found as firm and substantial as ever. Retard, in Licoolishire, containing 100,000 acres, ins also reclaimed by the Romero. Daring the Saxes peridd the religious houses, which were nume rous in II i 4 district, appear to have been the chief Improver" Richard de Roles, chamberlain to the Corrpernr, reclaimed a considerable portion of Deep in., Fin, by excluding the Welland with • "mighty bank ;" and on that bank the town was erected. Moreion, Bishop Lf Ely, in the reign of Henry the &Tenth, made a cut from Peterborough to Oeyhire and Wiehech, which was a work of great importance both to drainage and natio' ion, being forty feat wide and four deep. A f art of this cutting bears to this day the name of " Moreton's Learn." Down to the time of Charles the First all the im provements were local, aid consequently pompom tively unimportant; and it is obvious that no general improvement of this tract 000ld take place except under seat oompulerry powers as weld only be exer cised by the state or those acting under its delegated authonty. In 1808 the fret local act of parliament for draining the fens was passed, under which 8,000 acres in the Isle of Ely a ere drained, and the adventurers received two-thirds of the land reclaimed as their reemopenee. In 1830 Francis Earl of B dford, with 19 eiradven tarns, undertook to drain the great level, on condi tion of receiving 06,000, and great works of drainage were acoomplished. During the Common wealth the work proceeded under the conduct of William, first Duke of Bedford, the son of Earl Francis, in conjunction with a new company of par ticipants. The well known Z. slander, Sir Cornelius Vermuydsn, was engaged as the director of the winks and, ander his stiperiatendecoe the level wee partitioned sad laid out as it remains at this day. To detail his namerene and ABM works would convey little idea of the task be accomplished : to be appre ciated the country should be visited. The result of these opera:Woe in the north and middle levels, the tract I am dealing with, was that the face of the country began to mese the appearinee of fertility and agricultural prosperity it cow posemmes in so high • degree. Ifermaydee stated that is these two levels, in 1832, " about 4 1 ), , 55l acres were sown with colsera, wheat, and other winter grain, besides innumerable quantities of sheep, cattle, and other stock, where never had beer any holore." Deeper; Fee, that Imp tract between Spa'c'ing and beeping , bo unded on the south ease by the Welland and on the north by the river Olen, was drained by • company of adventurers in the reign of Charles the Find. In th's reign also the Earl of Lind sey drained a narrow reach of fen land lying to the north of Deopieg Fen, and containing 36,000 acres, accepting ea his recompenee 24,000 acres; apparently en exorbitant proportion, which perhaps accounts for the WI that, after the earl and his participants had enjoyed their lands for two years, " the third year, in contentr of the orders of parliament, the country peopls entered and destroyed the drains and build ings, as also the crops then ready to be reaped," so that the land was reduced to its former wet sad un cultivated rate. Northward of this district Bee • rich tract of 40,000 acres, extending front Wainfieet to li)stnn to th e r i ver Wi t h am an d Tettershall, which was also drained in the time of Charles 1. Here, too, during the civil WIZ ' the country people levelled th e i ne l osures, burnt the corn and houses, killed many of the occupiers, and destroyed the drain age work s , an th e count r y was again inundated. But from the year 1762, when the Witham Drainage Act wee passed, the impro:ement of the Les hes bees great and emtinuous ; the crowning Mil behg the appLe.tion of the steam eagles is pump off the drainage water. All this treat is only kept dry by constant attention to ealisalraseate sad sruficial drainage, much of it being below the level of the ma, the met rating defrayed by a dram(' tax, which azinsints to about 6.. per acre annually. All the other s are e.nterkabl light. The soil of the e ll_l lo l.er consist, of p, at or moor," resting epee "re c!a.f, locally ctlled gaalt," a blue calcines@ clay %rime a ff ords the mea ns of bringing the he had ti a high degree of fertility. In many Sim the surface of the fen consists largely of silt or other soil, and in that cue without cl • the _ k m *ben drained Tuff,PulaY the becomes, by tinge cultivation and seniors of the atmosphere, decomposed sad Leak a black earth. Beneath this soil the eafgkia peat "mains, but being no longer *speeded by 'eater, it "tha 4 t become ia4 very narrow band. The tract of peat land ea -443 brim " IR esulbridif% Wood* Myr Mar* `Money a ;, Orninditlifilllgleille w Liaol bike g Ant. So Noe, =i gay to tliagesetest hag froia to Deerskin. 94 mike; Areal Pelerbereeri te b% eb b . mihms-aedfrois Mann ffinlemer 9 al" This Men ha had is !agony plea's, atemested by alluvial doping. sod tomtits.** hills set is nay eine tameness are bigisr.ismk.oossatiag of Mo oira! ets of end. aid thy, either 'spent, r mixed. Bann pla k t i Ind and the sea is it level tract pertly of rlett loam mid pertly or sat I marsh, estimative/tea Lisa through Lost Satin, Pundits, sad Basta, to %MAW, being le. li es about 41 1 atikkaod raga' from 4 to 15 miles is This loam is prodigiously fertile either es sable npmtess lead, sad the marshes are meet eallshielatinliaissi stock. The salasekredues ef the peat land is a coarse rase of very aloe, and whim and far grata yields an almminee ef,straw, bat ves7 little gran, and that of s light and this deseription. A light blank oat was et sae time the chief art of corn grows as the fens ; sad fotaseky the practise of paring and hangar was the wily preparation for arable culture. The ordinary course was to bare ad barn for raps to be fed off with sheep, and raps on this land is most hastiest; they three or four crops of oats in sam► tin, whoa the land wes laid down with grass seeds 40 4 Ilneilied in that state six as swan years, to be Wand burst and go thrash the same rota- Pear alkaquartere of thin oats. of very little tsar And , was the highest produce per ag gsrlog the 1 " - weaty years the plan of liftag QM slay and ippe oa the surface has COMr timely sheaf be okareeter fon-kod fans*. This clayiog is performed by crating trachea tea ee twelve yards apart parallel to each other amass the field, and generally to the depth of three or four feet. 134osetimes it is neesseary to dig ten feet deep is order to reach the " gash" or blue clay I have mis timed I this is thrown out to the depth o f t wo or three fat, opeadke to the quantity required. os Nub dim of dm Mimi The mooch is twill up with the upper thiamin, and the clay spread evenly over surface. ilesestiroes, when the clay lies very holes en mods instead of trenches. The effect AI ope:iu Is consolidating . the land and ma dras it et wheat cultivation , is quits ou tdoing, an itommeral adoption and the improve meat from stion drainage have so condensed the be land as to render paring and burning almost obsolete. From swampy unfruitful plains the fens have become one of the most fertile districts in the kingdoms. The cost of claying the land is from 21. to 41. per acre, according to the depth from which the clay has to be lifted. The improvement effected by slaying the fee land has been surprising. Many of the more soccepsfal farmers in the districts adjoining the fens have be come the purchasers of fen land at the periods of drsinsge when s me of the poorer owners were un able to bear the cost of improvement, and have thus fen farms of their own, often obtained at a merely nominal price. Near Ramsey and the clayland dis trict, in Huntingdonshire, I described in a former letter, land has been purchased, after the execution of general drainage works, for lees than 101. pm' acre • sod, from claying and good cultivation subre:quently, is now worth from 30s. to 40s. per acre of annual rat. Hero are farms which, seventy years ago, v ere held at 51. per acre, now worth 601. per acre ; and there is a farm of 600 scree, bought about twenty-five years since at 91., which might now be sold at 361. per acre. The wheat stop Is the principal one of the clayed fen land ; and by farming it highly, using oil cake, boom, rape . cake, &c., the bat farmers obtain wheat in alternate yenrs. An ordinary course of cropping with these fen-farmers i—lst year, rape or calmed, fed off by sheep; tad year, wheat; 3rd year, graos and clover, once mown and then fed off; 4.11 year, wheat; iti•lt year, wheat; Bth yrar, beans; and then, 7th year, wheat *Rain. The green crop. and the beans are invariably put in with manure of some kind or other. Sometimes oats are alma after the coleseed instead of wheat. Turnips do s$ succeed is the fens, bat large crops of mangold warsid and carrots are grown. Lorg-woalled sheep are generally fed on the ooleseed, and it is wonderful how they thrive. On some of the b-st farm, the wheat crops average six quarters per acre, and single fields often produce as much as seven and eight quarters to the acre. The great peril of the fen farmer is the mildew, from which I fear so much injury will be this year sustained on such land. In Moray Lordship, part of the north level, the land is remarkably well managed, and the farm steadier are particularly neat and convenient. This lordship contains about 17,000 acreP, and is wholly the pro perty of the Doke of Bedford. It is worthy of note, that much of the fen lend, which formerly was most valuable pasture land, bee become, since the modern improvements in fen drainage, too dry for pasture, and consequently has been all converted into arable culture. Writing in 1799, of the lands is Beeping Fen, Arthur Young says,—" Twenty years ago, the lands sold for about 31. per acre ; some was then let at 7s. and Bs. per acre, and a great deal was in such a state that nobody would rent; now it is it general worth 20e. per acre, and sells at 2W per acre . Steam drainage and °laying have now doubled the value of this land. The Deep leg Fen farmers manure for every acre of wheat they sow, except after poleased. Here the rotation is, 1-t coleend or partly roots; 2nd, what; 3rd, clover or seeds ; 4th, what; 6th, oats, or, ocomionslly, been. Occasionally, whsa it is desired to improve the laud, theeoures is, Ist.ecieesed fed off, then, in the following opting, the lead is emitted, or lightly ploughed, and sown with seeds which are graced with sheep fur two years, and will earrylfrom 12 to 20 feeding sheep per acre for four months at looser ,• 4th, wheat; 6th, beans, immured; oth, wheat. Lame quantities of seificial manure are used, and many beasts are kept in yards during the winter and fed on straw and oil oake for the purpose of obtaining manure. Boston, are West fen and WiLimore fen, oontaining nearly 30,000 acres, which hen been very completely drained by large drains into the Witham; and the soil being mostly a rotten stiff clay, farrow draining at from 30 inches to 3 feet &mph's. been done on most of the farms. Pipe tiles are used only to a limited extent, the old fashioned tile or slate being pre ferred. The land is slikey arable, a few pastern fields only being kept in gross near the homesteads. Heni it is difficult to my that there is any rotation, for the land is so fertile that if it be kept clean and farmed with ordinary judgment it is sure to produce good crops. Perhaps, some kind of five field muse may be the most used os the strong land; se, far instanor, let, calsered, partly turnips occasionally ; 264 what; 3rd, seeds half mown and half fed with the splendid long-woolled sheep of the district ; 4th, oats or beau; 6th, wheat. Occasionally the wheat follows the meds. then beans, again followed by wheat Oa the men ' sandy soils of this district the ordinary four wens rotation is frequently adopted. The strong land is too stiff to be ploughed in wet weather, nor mu sheep be fed oil ooleseed or turnips when the lead is wet. Artificial manures are set mach need, the manure made by cattle fed upon oil oaks being fluted the mat beneficial. All the quick edges are here kept closely trimmed, as tubed they are for the most part threughout inor th o le s Jed Liseoloshin, and the is y good. At flibuty, where the tar t* flair. Railway passes, Btickney and Eitiolford is a nage of higher lead consist- I ill" of a rather stiff clay upon a subsoil of a yellowish clay, whisk divides the west fns the net fen. This ;net is miss &telly arable, with some excel lent grazing "grenad armed the villages. A four courseshift is hone lONIC in use. Misses& fen contains some of the hied suable and griming ground in Lin ooloshillt. POW fa balsat and as I have already extended my isilacts mt esrwasesials With, I mast reserve for & fabmegesseis• an itessemt of it, and of the detail. d wwwiewsui, whisk I gathered daft the Writhe WE ass of the best and best meowed bras of the &Wet A MIDLAND COUNTIES FARMER. Mena HoWee.D.—At the greed heti gives is the weesiss et Mr Matenere perwar• from We limed nes seesaw of the sardine ee ereoledgeist reeeftese, wee Urdeareeklas wine diem tbe ewer tells we& kb mob abere, serresoded by elbe MeV Ilebiew, ere Ilede suegehed to see, ter ebe las dr. me_ et lbelr troestessio.ll its bell.vees. The taviethe Mikeseeis dr Wks Noseat way " Lea este as sleitr," es WM by x. Seirrarair a demo of whisk mei to km bees &we 1 weer, two =lmam whit tbe ireatees we awl elesalloree. emir were rotas% or by the Comas, of Oasible owl lady May Seward, the Deem of Ileilmeleed eetLeildion dues Lerwoa Gower Leey Dever, Gelb s. M.P., sad Mts. Horst the am. 1/010A• Coelho Walks, the es. Sir Wily the Zee. P. A. mm. Mile them Me, the Ewe. F. eat Leey 3. Grey, Sr. Pm. 'esll, ettme. 1. TIM OrISIMMIANT AT ffiIiFFIELD. .! 4.11 t ' bilci till dilellorOtioe of ostler% aim dtks( latiltu mea lleillipli by the useem ether oleic is bower tea the ban. ea Teamed'', is leedevaese t of th e Ostlete'dmi phew l, SWIM. Tut geatleuten Who has tab year had Oa honour of being elected to flil the cats of meter wathels Mr. &wand Nett Dukes. Aming somi Abel,abod piesseeise wise had obeyed the alatelUemeelt 1100fterir einem weft bla led el La& m& N. B. Oahu, £., ILP.; 250 Pada" set deem to TM .* bevies been draws, sad the sisal Isediag toasts duly hememsetk_._ Mr. W. WBBISTEH yapad the health of • noblemen sessessed wish site laterems of the Serwa—TM Doke ef Norfolk, Lord o Rellatealn, Lord It. HOWARD retnemed thanks ea bad( of his lather and his family, and amiwessed ueeilleadee at the evident., of prosperity ellieled by Wm t state of She field, mid cespetelseed he tee sew waver of tulle whisk were speeds, eelaN Om Tee health of the Dyke of Detr m ~ soo peyrobli by //2. Burma. sad that el she Deka et Meweastl• by Mr. OvilianD. The Ror. Canso TRIIIVORieve " The Health of the Hari et rt:seiltioa. end Ow Sew at Westwertb." AU these seem wave limb anti hal tipples's. Ti. MASTER CUTLIMiat wespetewatery drape perinea tee " Health o f the of Illagban." Tie Hail o IFFINOSAM odd this he would ia a few words !suavest is assure that of his dame sod cordial *asks ter the heesar the bed esaftered epos his. H. wee wages le eases the honest se evillest* et their good will to ail them who like himself were unseated with the salghbesrbead either by residuum or property, sad u a desire to show that their feelings sad sympathies were not bound no in the narrow circle of the', own town, or their Interest io their owe buy oseupatioss, bat from a wish to prove that the la west of tows and smeary, of trade sad winks', were Issepershly salted. (Lail elturs.) They wished twitter to show to thin who Walled the quiet aid szobtrutive duties of • country gastimasn's life that they would always And a hearty welcome at that PAU. (Great alienist.) It was quite impmelble te mails in the seigkeurkeed of • tows like Beeffleld without tulle, • deep latemet la its material sad morel welfare. Therefore it was that es the pri seat aesision they fi it ?ratified to wet them, and to dad that their trade was is a healthy and thriving eeedities—(sheers)—and that ell Yea who are sot able to partisipme is the festivities of the smut cutler have yet the mere et ode*/ these comforts whisk thriving tied* meet always mum (Load applause.) He could not sit down withest espreesiag his troseurresos la the object of the exhibition petpueed to be held *tat year. Hs certainly trusted that In that gust mad peaceful contest Is which they were Weenie forward with so meek Mesas& they would be enabled, by the peeks nisei!, taiury, and skillet our easmasetsren, and the pereeerriew essegy. the skill sad the taste of our animas, to campus with the whole world, and to =Muftis the reputation of Beetheld. th ud alt. rs.) No cue would rejoice at their num more then eleasall, and thou who lived is the salyiAbsarbood would keep a sharp look-eat as to the results of the Mau on this timasioe, and would rejoin we. dimply U they acquitted themselves with credit. (Great cheering.) Mr. T. R. BARKER pve —" Tait health of Lord Whinteliffe." Ti. Hul of EFFINGHAM then gam the health of the MiSt4IF Ostler, WOO rimmed thanks. TM mat toast was, "The Menhirs for the Wmt Riding." Mr. DENISON, M.P., on ruing to remand to the toast, *aid that he wee proud of the tows of Leeds, in which he me biro, and he was proud of the Sewn of Sheffield, which he very frequently visited. And he would motors to tell the eon Mae rends, duke of the kingdom and hie noble friend o• his left (Lard Effiegkaaa) that it was au.h assumes as *hoes whim he was eddies-icy and himself, It they would allow hint to couple himself with them, upon whom UN safety sad vase Mamie hamar and their property mash' depen d ed. (Lead cheep.) Aid with perfect humility he ventured to advise the father of hi. *able friead (Lord B, Howard) to take for his best supporten the mercantile community of this groat kiogdom—(ap plasm) ; well did lie know that if the mercantile and ma. nufaeturiag community of this greet nation deelined,althoureb the honours which the house of Nortelk were might still re• min the vales of its property would immensely decrease. (Hear, hear.) Well, then, hew stood the OM with the lowa of Sheffield ? Had it prospered within the last few years, or had it not? (A ery of "Ne !" from the oar" end oi the room, followed by laughter) Well, he evmy TOM SOS to believe that it bed. (Loud applause, and "Hear, heat.") He rejoiced most sincerely that it had dem eo. If any one doubted the worm of that statement, he would, by the leave of the master cutler, refer to two or three Morse which mold put the matter beyond des 1. He had had something to do with the Nolan et Me minty rate of the West Hiding for the last few yeses, end he hood that in 1816 the towns-.in of Sheffield was vaned far the property tax at 62,0001. In 1849, for the same purpose and by the sum rule it was valued at 179,0001. _ (Cheers.) Lad tit se figures b o n spa the whole et this West Biding, in which they were all interested, lemons they were all et one family. (Hear.) The West Biding, in the year 1816, Mx the ease* por poise sad by the same rale, was valued as 1,668,0004. Ice the yeas 1849 it was valued at 3,900,0001. (Applause.) It matt be pealing to the hthebitaists of Sheffield to know this every town and village in tine West Riding had increased at a greater ratio than ahnoet any other district in the kingdom except Lemesehire. (Hear, bear.) To what was that owls, bat the *serif, the exertions, and the attendee to M-ioess of meek gentlemen as be saw there—employers of thouseada of she working clams, who were all, he was gratified to Lind, ✓Wag ha the scale of civilisation t (Cheers.) There wee a point comeeteel with that immediate sobj- et which struck every observer to a "attain extent with psi.. There were every now add them outbreaks la this town with the work men which be very deeply regretted. They were fewer, however, and farther between than formerly, and he hoped they had heard the lest of them. (Hear. hear.) But if the inhabitants of Sheffield wished to rah* the working classes still higher than they mood at present they must make an Won to odium' them. (Hear, heat.) It the people of wealth la this kingdom expected their property to be preserved from exerealoos and revolutions such m they had ones is (snip countries they mast perform ! a duty—he said It advisedly, a duty—to those who were nakermately Wow theta with respect to weal h. It we. its oily their duty but their interest to Massie the children of the working elamea, so that they might bacons she emparten and oesseromem of their wealth, their privi leges, and their smitertm (Cheers.) If the wealthy yart net "sly of that emommity but other parts of the king don would stabeesibe for the "dainties of the poor but a tithe of what they bestowed spas ladulgences for themselves —upon their pet aminah—.pen their made, their borers, or sputa their own luxuries—they maid put so instrument of power into the hands of those who ware willing and anxious te *any es the work ot edueatios, and sake a rapid im provement In that direction. If they did that they might de pend apes it that this kingdom *mild make a mach more Torii progress in civilising sad evangelising other parts of the world than it had dose, and which without some such mistimes omit nails ia an unfortunately benighted condi tion. He wee sore they would all njoies with him that the reviews was Is me theeoughly properons a madition ; and it wee quite Immolate AM Mat scold be the NM withoat the !mitts gm 1 11811618041111 is that prosperity which was In point of fast itilibiatee MEW EmorishMg state of the public Semese. Them woe uses other ageloot es whisk he nest say • weed. He did lout lied whoa W aabillies of mat year was =t should he alio to say of his SIAM enostiheeney he they soul Wee ell this wend, as bo wee quite rare they mulct if they plemsd, Ia the mhibitioa of their easlery. (Laughter sod elaseeme) Mr JAMES Offill3WlCE bowies proposed the health of the Rev. B. kleiphy, the= to Me dation' company, that gentleman retormed Dr. HALL prop , med " The health of the MagisMatos of the West Hiding.' Mr. B. DENISON, M.P., as the ow*. West Riding magistrate, replied, and said that they Amid always endea vour to pertain their duty Us* to Übe amentry and to the unfortunate per.osa who woo haousht Wan theta for cm reatioa. (Cb.ese.) The health. ot ampandes femillmaries of Leeds, Demeaster, sad Shield wee orrinfly eves sad ay spostled to. The health of Orepernia Melees was proposed by Mr. H Anus, who alweivel that may or thorn had had as op portaalty M bolas losodog lessa whoa ha Naas to rld early fa the porseue yamthat powi seadopiallon from Prime Albert rerpostiat Weshiblika of 1.11. proVIIBBOTBON leturosd Woks; and , telerrisi to his s visit to Sholisid_ , he rolearhad that It he lad rietted "wady ow bemired *woo tret as a from Royal HirbuseePetwas Albin. and leen* , royal la sr tom hod he sera • prorase meg =sa6 tested la nfee tend to Yoe azh(tithma than is BhsialL (Chasm) It had beep all that Ia this exhibills ileedood we. gsieg M —pats with the whole world. Now Mile was imjmeiise harem Imo IMO may this's with is e. Y uld • B ho ailaara ds = thiiktheriartil W sot . ""sigesa. sad s maple es sae and same thus asthma Haulm& would strive be soialula a high sad boaeurablo aids& (APPIaWA.) After ems other toasts had be B i ts sad respeadad to, W wawa, boys seporato 'clock. Cairnow GRAND D*iva liarovh—The pod dahlia show of Ike Coogifint assioNllmel bldg Flow es Monday, is the robs ofthe Meek owl alesselei see elf ON largest wetaltbsee ever gathoreg *Ns tie reds* W I the runt quiet tows. Iliseilwein wore nes the Irak Vales Seaway, MINS yobs* AM Wow owl swam* sowiso. 110110Slela sad *Me WARM Isett=eatellealfras elellow Ina *rim Fares of Moull***lnh swlllooth Voles TN eowesidos QM pries b ig Soros egos to resets Wolesebe* Wren was virrsdlg _poi. *e biome owl Poste big nom , flee * asspoes Moll is the was* owe porto of *a Wsellswil howl of the TT& tee -1 nes t a wes la sr orwhse, lei yaw* *rim steraitsa, quatbillea, waseeloi b asek owl Ow whirs tree alto gether e a n is . The ooloolpsl awareetlea was it the Am er her owl We *no sap he /OOPS The Amer woo welt ar u& leis Swag, et St. thanes lb• War by Ski Gera &p.m. yaiiiidabwollaigzsay:s= U. agezrot imam tha Web al tassesaty. EmioaArion.--llseh Is 415 tistlre# o6 , *se the Jo* & told* lelt Uses es Two. der Qoelowe le idles get: lope fler se fewer *ma 10 poem * go 0 taw Thisisuarrata t% by Ar livorpeel. /be SNOW* Ow*. from Dallis, has salt* to Wks ell eloper le Took. THE 8 WINBOOI4 MURDER-COHMTITAL OF ORADWICKI WIZ% AND MOTHER. • lITAIVORD, Pupas. At tan late Stafford soothes, Oatmeal of death wad or ai l dw rillisea b ;r i dwielt ter tho w a k ter of his atiAl i e 4 simian bee au hies earned late east, oraseqnsses of Meat toprematitinee having Yea mode to the loused Jells tide. Judea Wilbur) -Wise widen he was tided, and else In th e Seemasy Stan, that stk., parties were .qually runty with Mosel( of the dr* mime. The resell hasher' e respite dada* bey Mejezipiesietre. The theta skiing te the rare* on thew For several you" previously te last Chrietines en tow named Samoa Tesiehife, had resided opts • Skis geoperty, be =gortekbeself, 'Mated at Bearers. Isar Leek, in . In the latter pars of that year Oliedwic k sad hie wits Sifted his several Ors, sad impereaned the eld stetle Maw pommy, sad reside with them at Seefreo es% Share they hid jest remised from the Potteries. Dosing the Warta boon his reah•eal the old ma Tod dles missed tits deeds atheist th his property, whisk had heth taken from the pies* where they had been mareeed. The importunities ce Chadwick and his with allineeely proved effseenal end he we to ilre with them, being thee although seventy years of ego, in appasemtly geed hea lt h . Shortly _after he had bon then he complathed Sills's, and was Mindy purged, end after the lapse of • month from his removal telswinecee, th e old tan diet the prieuter Chadwick'. wife's *ether, bating probes!, ease me treat the Potteries to wa epos him. la ethnegunee et the anxiety of the parties a le a the demand% peemisty, sprouting that be bad made a deed of gift of the same to Chadwiek's wile, sad also Iron other eiressastanses, suspicions were exerted, sad the body wee exhumed, whoa large quantities of *semis were ruse* in the stoma* sad Intestines. Chadwick, his wife, end mother-la-dew were subs gyeatly ousted, bat the two latter parties were ditehergerc end Chadwiek himulf was eemialtted ogaol. In cossequenee of sate meets made by hies, sad aloe from eorroborative areas. stances, Chadwick's wife and bar mother, les Tenieliffe, were again apprehended, sad es Thareday lest, after the examination of several witnesses, st the county prison at StaSord, before the Hu. sad Rev. A. C. Talbot and Ed ward Height, Req., H D., both prisoners were fully coup milted to take tbeir trial at the neat anises upon the capital sharp. The prlnelp,l portions of the evident% takes at the et amination which tended to criminate the prboam were te the effect that in the latter end of January the pri soner Ana Chadwick went to drugsrist's shop at riehboerne, and asked few twoptheyworth of amen ell, what the aside tent gave ber 60 drop only, sized is limed oil, the pet goner stating at the same time that it was for mule, but which was subsequently proved to be tabs, es Chadwick sever bad any settle in his poseeseloa Oa the mosaics of the old man's death a neighbour wee galled in by Chadwick to witness the Seeing of a deed of gilt by the deolosee, at which time both the prisms. were sapperting the deceased in • their, and who expired without sliming the deed. When Ch adwick bead the old ma was dead he appeared vary angry, and said, " I knew what would be up whoa that d—d old -- same from the Potteries; " and then &damning the prisoner (Asa Chadwick', said," D—a yea, you are es bad as her; you know what we have dose." About half an hoar after the old man was dead. the primmer Tunisia' went ha the house of the next door neighbor, and when asked whether any assistance mild be rendered in laying the body oat. she replied " Ail is done up." Oa the morning of the :6th of February, the day appointed for the inquest both the prisoners arrived very early at the bun of Chadvick'i father, who also re sides at liteissooo, and waited moil Dlr. Chadwick case down stairs. Ups seeing his, the prisoner Tunisia* said they had ban travelling nearly .11 night from the Potteries to get to the inquest, and that he must go there also; and then ternisg to tbe other prisoner, coadoeed, "He utast say that he had bees boiling wheat in water with arsenic, for the purpose of poisoning cows; that he had then set it ea the slop sou to cool, and probably the old man sight tone Jo and est of it, ea he was a greedy old fellow." A few minutes after this; had bees said, • doubter of Mr. Chadwick's case down stairs, when the prissier Tendril!, said to her, " We have buret the deed; we have burnt the deed; we have burnt it alder the tea kettle," pointirig to the kitchen Are. The prisoner, Ann Chadwick, " Yes, we have." 17pm:being asked why they hod dots so, the prisoner Turbid* repli d, "The lest thing my linewnd said was, that we mot bars it, for it wick: bring both Waits into trouble. Upon being further questioned as to whether they had forged the same of the deceased, they returned no answer. The prisoner Tv:abide then said abs should go to the wassrhooses, and ask Mr. Hale to go to the inquest to my that he had attended the old man whilst he was 111 , ohaerviag that it would be • good deal in their favour. In the course of osavenation with a man corned R .berte, that person was proved to have said to both the prison, the old men was poisoned, it is well known ; and some of you have done it." To which the prisoner Ann Chadwick said, " I know nothing of it ;" but Teal Teal cliffs was not heard te reply. It was also proved that at the request the maven Chadwick said to has wife, " You ksow you are the guiltiest parry " to whir& the r "Hush. man, you do not know what you are saying ; you are mad." WilliasTaaiclide, a youth, and son of the prisoner, proved that his mother had desired him to fetch moms deeds from • drawer in an upstairs roots after her return Iron Seisms, because his father would not let them remain in lb. house, and which deeds he bubo/jointly delivered to Mr. Halton, the chief coestable, by whom they were pro ' duccd, and proved to be those whist had boa lost from the house of the deceased at Bettertos. 60;;Idi;ibi.0Tirot;;yrti,7;:iTine..... ea, owls, mad mediae testimony addsoed to prove that the deemed had died from the t&ctof pcdeom 8111101711 FIRE AT A RAILWAY STATION.—NOT TIMIONAII, FRIDAY, FOUR P./L—Tkis 11101SUIS, about half. past eleven o'clock, the porters and draymns at work in the goods yard at the Helloed R dlway &aeon in this town were sudderly astonished by observiag Adam issuing from a vast numbs: of balm of cotton wool, stacked ander an overhanging roof on the outside of one of the sheds. Mr. P.tti , or, the atation.maeter, and other Oficial. were instantly apprised of the circumstanee, sad aloes...ger wee despatched to the polies station for In the meantime great effort was made to stay the twain of the flume, hat without any great sumer ; the only thing to be doae effectually wee to remove the contents of the aged to &Matinee, and limit the destruction to the I,cality in white the Are first broke out. By diet of hard labour some flay or sixty sacks of beans, wheat, mid doer belonging to ifeebsy sad Co.. factors, of Lined., were resumed from the shed to a coosidevable disunite, gamy Was of Umber that lay around were also carried off, gad some twenty or thirty trucks laden with coal, all Within reach of danger, were likewise removed oat of harm's way. In this manner 000tegioa was avoided, a consider- able rasp of sheds were preserved, and their oontents, shindy maatifactered articles of very great value, ressaieed tree of even the alighteet damage. It was otherwise, however, with the shed near which the dames were list seen to issae, and with the bales of cotton, the spontaatious wwebuttion of whisk it is supposed originated the calamity. Every effort proved umescoreeful, for the building itself was oomplemly destroyed is little more than an hour, and not a single pound of cotton was preserved from damage, either by fire or water. The shed wee built of brick, and it singularly happened to is the meet satestastial and easily la the whole yard. all the rest beteg wood treatises; it wee 24 yards long, 12 wide, and sera about the height of a threpearry hove. The roof was el date; and in the inside it was fitted up with tiers of Wadies, plusorne, meats, as Besides *see, nearly the whole of the arateate having been timely removed, only some three or four bws of beans were barat. The cotton weal weighed upwards of ten tans, sad wee worth from 7d. to 711. a pound; It we...swiped to Messrs. W. and 8. Waimea, splatters, of Radford, neat Nottineham, and had been awaiting remo val elitism for three or four months. It is raid the Ns are. Wilson wen fatly aware of its mewed lily unprotected state, but not having proper aerie, room at their owe pre mise, they were in the habit of seeding for a few bales et a Ilia as they were required for re. The drama with their two engines swanned hard at work dubs.' day, smisted by others, bat up to the departure of the! LW p.a. train for Loudon with this aerostat, suck Is the eanbuiedble Wore of cotton wool, that it still continued hail Is glom al•hough Wanted with water, slant *a- IN# l o.llmed hen bt the eaglam The statism paid conicbetween two sags* so that if water had been of us It sash readily have bees 'haled in any quantity. Tim ill vegans to believe that mike the eoupeay's shed met likessis. Wilms% eaten wee lamed. The former will probellio ewes 1001. sr diet. ....tees, and the cotton is cal onlabei he bans been weal 1001. er 700 f. Even supposing • prides tithe latter may be used in pew making, or for is.. able wpm% still the loos tallies aria the two parties will, et a moderate rempotatios, amenat to 1,0001. Very little af the *aim was beret, the great portico having in geed thee boon removed HARING HIGHWAY Romany.—Oa Thursday night Ism, about the hoar of 10 o'clock, so Mr. Garrett, spat to the Royal Badinage straranos Company, was returning home to his raddeues, No. 22, Cartereireet, Walworth, he was seized by the throat by _one of a gang of four awe. The ruffian exclaimed, Yoe old —if you my eat we will brook your braise one." Mother dearisked a sword stick over his head and made use of • Waller expression. They them knocked hie down by striking Ida several violent blows ma the chest and body, and sabeviently plaadered him of a valuable wateb. In the Meanwhile, Ur. Garrett, who is a very stout man for his yeses (bias upwards of 70), reared so !mealy that the thieve., fearful of discovery, Ins& off wiliest Maui hie packets, whisk contained a large eu in moils end gold. Tlaa WAI,LIISIY POWDIIII Idateaulum—At the meeting of the Wallasey Commissiesere oe Thursday, H land, la reply to a quesdem, vatted whet had taken place is referee.. tle powder nor shoes, the partisan,' of which have shady bees nakpablio. He bed is employ with Yr. Wailes NIL 0= Hon, sad Col• Waters, visited the powder usgmalue, ha isapreselon on their Lade ergethst the mimed appeared to eandeme, lei general tams, the =hams of the fe their , pee ! sent loan ,es Dig Naas to the of el iwwle and else ge *e dodo end waselseense en the Liverpool ells ref the Idesosp.—Zermeyeeel Ifirery. Tan FIAZ pot.-0a the salsa of a leaded pro pieta. la ea adjoins, ths torsesey grin Wetted to sow du to ths extent of, we alai wto 100 serer The landlord, with a view to eislell fhe tcstatey, seat rood Lis steward lately fie bey up liellea eillmoremod. mad thus save them the waft el the 'Mir hen Y. to 121. per We car all ailp le ffe CV I g er ;t a ll that eat el the whale wake of mods Sias sueped the offer—a fast *WI spas we kr ie vibe st ibe imp tbY soniss.-341111 if... L. RAILWAY MEETINGS. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM. The half yearly meeting of the proprietors in this nearrtshlsi erne held at the Lion Hotel, threwebury, yes terdsy ; the Hon. R. Cute, M.P., in the chair. Mr. KNOX, the secretary, read the report and statement of mounts which appeared in the Repress on the 4th look The attendance of shareholdeel was 11111613111, having to view the feet that the place of holding the meeting was Shrewsbury. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the abseam of Ito chairman of the company was unavoidable; It armee from circumstances of a private OR roam, and the attention which the hon. gentleman rid always ain't to the interests of the company would, he hoped, be a sofillaient apolo,iy for hie absence on this single INWIWOB. Referring to the report, the hen. gentleman went On toesy that It mast be a matter of coogratu l a ti on to a ll that, nada all the difficulties in which this company had been pieced, their rineeme had gradually increamd ; and so cones W the Roar Valley line was opened to Birmingham, he had no doubt but that their traffic would M greatly increased, and that the line would moos be profitably worked for the shareholders. He regretted as mad as any one the differences which @e lated with the Leedom sad North Western Company; there was no doubt that those differences were highly injurious to this company, and far Ens part ho would take any tremble, whatever it might be, to put an end to them ; tkie was the =of Ns cdleagnes on the board of direction, and be that before very long this very unseemly otiosto.t would be pat an end to. I', show the spirit which actuated the chairman in title matter, be called upon the secretary to read a correspondence between Mr. Glyn the chairman of the London end North• Western Company, and Mr. Gore, the ehainnan of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Irom which it appeared that Mr. One propmed to Mr. Glyn to refer the differences existing to arbitratioa. The director of the London and North-Western Company declined, unless the Shrewsbury and Birmingham gave up ea agreement re no th e Shrewsbary and Linda, traffic (ries the Shrop shire Caton line from Wellington to StatArd), which the Court of Cheacetry hal decided la favour of the Shrewsbury end Birmingham Company. He (the elsairstan) thought it tight that this correspondence should be read, bemuse it showed that after all a good feeling misted, and ere long he hoped some arrangement would be made by which all mat ters of disputa would be amicably settled. He concluded by make . ' the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. W. CILLPICB, of Birmingham. Upon this a long and desultory dismission took place with regard ban easement between the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham and Shrewsbury and Chester Companies, for the purpose of the mutual protection of their through Moine from Liverpool to Wolverhampton. This agreement did not allow either company to arrange with any other company without both beicg cremating parties. II either party broke the agreement, it entitled the seceding party to the right of wing the other lee to prevent its creek being shut out. Me. BIRD, Mr. ORACK, and other influential shareholders contended that Ode agreement, wt ich had led to unpleasant conseatesces, ought not to have been entered into without the imessat of the skareholden. .--... The CHAIRMAN intimated that at the last half-yearly to et thersompany the directors stated they had en tered Isle an agreement with the Shrewsbury and Cheater Oswepany, sad that they proposed to make such an agreement eat. The agreement was soon afterwards sealed. ger ;lathes understood they were making the agreement adder the saltation of the ahareholders. What the directors had dose they had done coascientiuosly, and if they bed failed to acoomplish all tint was reqitired by the proprietors they meld tent help it. Mr. THORNRYCROPT, of Wolverhampton (one of the directors), believed that the agreement wee for the good of the company. He bad been ansious to obtain an adjustment of all difficulties, and for that purpose had had an interview, along with a deputation from their company, with the Loo med North Weston' directors in London. He was most desirous that a contest, in which the Birmingham and Shrewsbury had had in their favour two decisions of the VieeChancollor and one of the Lord Chaaeellor of England, should be fulfilled. Those objects were at present defeated. All the Birmingham and Shrewsbury Company wanted was justice, and aitimately he entertained no doubt that they should preveil. After further discusser* the report of the directors was re ceived and adopted. • Mr. OLIVER then moved the appointment of a depute. lien t c infer with the director. of the London and N orth- Western Company with a view to au amicable gcment of the disputes between the two companies. The motion of Mr. Oliver was &messed at considerable length, was opposed by Mr. Alderman Gesell and Mr. Akroyd, and ultimately withdrawn. The retiring directors was ft-elected; and Mr. Akroyd, of Stourbridge, was elected auditor in the stead of Mr. Castles, to whom a vote of thanks was proposed by the chairman. On the motion of Mr. HAINES, of Brougham, a motion was agreed to suggesting a traffic erring( meat with the Chester and Birkenhead Company, similar to that existing with the Shrewsbury sad Caee•.er Company. The proesedingt termlaatel with a vote of thscks to the (thallium. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was bud at the Leicester Sistine on Thunder, E. W. UASSLL, El., Delineate, coalman of the board of directors, in the chew. 16. J. B. BOLDBN, the Secretary, read the report. The directors stated they had the satisfaction to report the eontinued prosperity of the undertaking. TA* usual statement of ICCollati was appended to the re port, and the direiron had great pleasure in announcing that the net receipts during the half-year would admit of a divi. deed after the rate of 5 per coat. per annum, besides carry ing forward a somewhat larger balance than lest heftiest.; that dividend, therefore, the directors recommended on the • occasion. present The statement of the traffic amount for the hall year end• Mg July 31, 1860, showed the receipts, Inclusive of 3,2261 64., the amount of balance brought forrtud, to be 102 0861 ; sad th e disbursements, 44,074 1 . Oz. 10d. ; leaving a ba len s. or 67,1111. 191. , svailabts for dividend, &c. The CHAIRMAN Roved that the report be approved and adopted, and that a dividend of 6 par cent. per annum be declared. The resolution having been agreed to, the ntlsing dine ton and auditor were re-elected, and thanks bating been voted to the chairman, the proceedings terminated. THE CONVICT HANNAH CURTIS. A letter has been receired from an algid is the Home-o®4e by the sheriff of Ghonesster, intimating that the sentence of death pawed on the woman Hannah Curti. ' who it will be re membered was found guilty at the last Gloucestenhire m ains, of the murder of her husband, Thomas Harris, t y administeriog arsenic to him, has been commuted to tracer earwigs for lice. It will be remembered that the alleged object of the prisoner was to get rid of her husband, in order to marry a man named Curtis, who led her to the altar within a month alter Harris's death. It is now said that she was never married to Harris, and therefore could have I married Curtis derias Harries life. No official intisatioa of the townsfatioa has been received by the sheriff of the county, in whom custody the prisoner is. She entirely desks her guilt. Firizalnal.—An unfortunate accident occurred at Wanfint, 84. Mary's, Lhicoloshin, a few days since, to the wife of John Raltaby, cottager. She was in the act of sudden a light la a tinder-box containing a small portion of gunpowder, and ineautiously leaving the flask from which it was Wm toe sear the box, ignition took place, bursting the flask to atoms, blowing nearly every pans of glees out of lb. window of the room, sad so 'battering the right hand of the poor women (two of the lagers were sent to the top of the ceiling, and wore there foam) that amputation was resorted to as quickly as possible. Nero were at first oatartainad as to the recovery of the patient, she being very much exhausted, bat mere favourable symptoms have Masa en• mot Other parts of her body also were meek Wired. — Stamford Memory. ACCIDENT TO THE DIVING BILL AT BLACK mums. 1111D011.—On Thursday morning, about 9 o'clock, ea maddest happened to the wing -bell barge, by which the lives of the diem were placed is danger. It appears that at the time mentioned the divers were down in the bell for the erms' of onatiniag the foundation of the bridge, when a'buge, whisk was en her way up the river, heavily laden with coal belonging to Mr. Rates, of Remillard, cow in impact with the south-seat pier of the fourth arch with sash Adam, that, in swinging round, her stern ease is mama with the barge to which the diving-bell was attached, and so violent was the NSW& that it shook all ea board, 'driving the bar fra tas za hem he amorists through the arch. The men impetus warking o the bell, fearing that the lives of the divers ware la danger, immediately drew up the bell with all prodble speed ; the divan fortunately were hand to be perfectly oafs. PICKING UP 13TICES."—At the last sitting of the Petty Sessions at Stamford, William Richardson, game. keeper, of B bley-park, wee Merged by Bleaboth Brash da L d loyd, of ad, with beating her whilst gatbodag Woks la the high park on the 16th ult. From the Mimeo of the oomplaimat, who Ie Tf years of age, and her also*, Mary Lloyd , who is the, it appeared that *me two old memo I were sticks in the dike, aloes to the wall aft tar from deg wirm Richardson weal op ts them end asked them what they were doing then, sad possum trie said she hoped they mos doing a• harm ; sad she eillad that, it they were, they mold not repeat it. Riaheedoen ' the, with terrible oaths bid the Mist sad ed his whip men her back sad Mk mai a.detsat arsamer leek tombs the basket with thesushi, sod add be wield flay dim aim. Both widow wen sew mamlned at ease length with • view et strowleg that they awe then with a grand aims who went fate the park MOwith a man kw aa imams' wpm ; bat the mkt they maid prove that the girl me at tea at the time In lireetiassest. sad that she get her ling by drew. molds.. The admisat thus ~lithe basket with • few plasm of akin met sielent is light • the, sad Mr. Law mooed that tbs gielatilf was Is dm est el Meddles • Messed the tree st the doe Ilishembeedratrily steak her. TM we. men bed &demi that the sido medusa were set Ms same nodose takes tram them, as MON whisk they SIMI up were dry, sad them so tM table weft new wood ; end they mid it was net polies for them to Meek the Yew ea a disk Might. sad they wore net near any trees whoa yiaeisa WWI them. The Rev. C. Allay said the rerwoos 'rapid= dot the mash war proved, sad t 8 11111.11 ase drams for whisk the women ire th the p : ok tlao morstolda MOO mot to have been Maar /Jamb wen issileed Se Wine that the keeper had bola he had as sight le lake the law late Ms ewe hends.--Finad lie. haft. als. SPORTING. LINCOLN RACES.—THORIDAT. RIVIVAL STAIRS 01 10 SOTS. Mb, 5 ft, and 25 added; for two•yr-olds ; colts, Sit 716; Blies, Bat Sib; winners once to carry 31b ; 61b. extra. Hors, s haring started twice and not won, allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 751. About half a mile. lir. WlWausau% Hlppuriff Lord RuaWes Palau ho7sl. Yr. J. Be3tt's Pruitt LtaoBLllBlllllll H•NDIOAT of 16 sou. each, 10 ft, ud 6 oril if declared, with 100 Addeo • the snood to savo his stake, sod the wittier to pay 16 son. towards expenses. Two silos. (O. Oda, 1 Kr. J. Aloeork's Ma in% 3 yr. 34 llb ......... Mr. 'Lk:hood's Make y, yrs, 114 . 310 .......» »............ 3 Mr. eargesnt's Kids Mal. 6 yrs, Tot Mb — ...... 4 Won cleverly by a lug*. HVNT33/1* STAK3II of 6 50.3. ..4 20.44.4. Had.. Pour subs. Capt. Medley's equlnstor-Man, lord, 124 (011mr) I I I Mr. 0. Sarbon's flessegler 110, soled. not Mr. blasiasb Swift, 4 yrs, lOot 7111 lir. Mopes Ugerdsmsis t 4 yrs. 10st 71b Wow by a Merl. WEYMOUTH ltACES.—Tntrasoey. Han MaisarT's PLAT, of 100 gem's': two Mile. was won in two heats by Mr. Harb.rt's K el:lice:4 3 yr., fa 21b (Sly); beating Mr. llayter's Heather Bell, 3 yn, Sit 21b, aad Mr. H. &Dingoes Morpetb, aged, 10. t 31b. HANDICAP STALIN of 3 son. rash, 1 ft, with 20 added. One mile and a distant*, were won in two heats by Mr. King'. Hallos, 5 yrs, 7st 10Ib (Benskio) ; beatiog Mr. Hay tees Heather 8011, 3 yrs, 7st. HANDICAP of I we. each, with 20 added, 1 mile, was won in two heats by Mr. Hill's The Braes Bock, 6 yrs elleinklu); beating fierier, aged. CURRAGH SEPTEMBER MEETING. TIIVIODAT. The then for the handicap 8 •Teeprakel end the second class Railway Plate were bath admirably contested, par ticularly the former, for which Laid Vi'ateetoral's Marquis of Carrabas and Captain Farrar'. Tapered, by Tearaway, ran a dead beat, the latter subsequently musing nth.. clea clay. Dec-an Duras won the Railway Plate after a floe race tth the nil. with laJtlia Philip,* by a lencth, Elena' and Mbi Reilly well up. An objection wait raised that there we. ao mart, only one of the fl toe having been dropped when they got off. It was, however, overruled by the stewards, ma at did not appear that any advantage had been obtaiued thereby. The four events were decided as under : _.- ------ WATERPOND Brain of 10 BOVI . each, 60 added; for 2-Tr-old 'cite, let 71b. ; fillies, Bet 31b. Lord Waterford's eh f Perdita Mr. Watts's Or I Plaything 3 Mr. Irntob b a Lord 6i cud 0 Boating : 2 to 1 on Padua Ally, which lid all through, and won in a canter. Han 111.1142 STY'S PLATI of 100 sideman, for three-yr. olds; colts, hat 6 ; auk a, B.t 21b. Two stiles. Mr. Dim/rack c Captain Grant 3 yrs (0. Harrison) 1 Mr. D. Nl:mesh e ReOlUOftalaf, 3 yre 3 Mr. R. Nsweinien's be a At John, 3 yrs Brttiag : 3 to 1 oil Captain Grant, 4 to 1 ntainst any other, The Captain made the running from sod to end, and won in the commoner of casters. ..__ SWSEPSTAL AS of SSOTAIIPSO, with 25 SOTS. aided; file termer olds. Anglesey pet. Mr. Ferrari hi s Toured Lord Wsherforers eh a The id arid. of Cerrebas 3 The following also stared :—Mr. Invitee els f 'The Abloom. Mr. Woe's goo f Bustle, Lord Waterford's b f Vandevillo i , Mr. Deney's ch c Julia. Betting : 2 to 1 eget Tancred, 2 to 1 apt The Abbess, 4to 1 eget any ether. The lot kept well together to the chains, where Vaudeville, Cerrabss, and Teetered quitted the rutk. Carrells, than led to the distance, where he was eol krtil by Tancred, and a most exciting rare hetw.en the two to the Pair ended in a cli.ad heat. The deciding heat was run after the Railway Rate—the betting even, Teamed hav ing the call. The two ran together to the dietetics., when the latter headed The Marquis, and won cleverly. Beconn CLASS Of RAILWAY fitA ILIOL—SWIRPSTAIC net of 16 sop, 5 ft, with 60 sons. added by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company, and 60 sips. by the Turf Club. Waterford poet Lord Wato . rford'• b b Duo-an-Darras Mr. M•Conuark's all a Loud native Mr. Kate§ ad eh b Eletal 1 . s toptainiatkes od b m Mass Reilly 4 Tn. tollowine also started: Mr. Beery's b a Conveyor; Lord Waterford's eh I Modesty; Mr. Irwia's ch e Pio Nono. Betting.-5 to 2 eget Due•an Durres ;21to 1 ag.t Muni ; 3to 1 eget Conveyor; sto 1 agst Louis Philippe. Ducean- Darras med. the running to the bank, where be was headed by Louis, who carried it on for about ball a distance, when Due•an-Durras again came up, passed him, and, after a good race, won by a length. There are four races to costs off this day, viz. :—Ths Queen's Plate for metes, a Sweepstakes of 25 sow.. each, a Sweepstakes of 10 s es. each, and the Ceriotbien Stakes. A spec al train will leave at twelve o'clock. Good sport is ex pected. Mr. Watts's Chatterbox and Marchioness d'Eu wens shipped from tte North Wall yesterday kr Liverpool, en mita to Doncaster. Both are engaged in the Great St. Leger; The Marchioness is also in the Park Hall Stakes. They appeared to be in first-rate condition, and are accom panied by their clever trainer, Pr:nee. DONCASTER Races—The Great Northern Railway Company intend to start erre trains during the race week, carrying passengers at extant speed, and at Biagio fares for the double journey. Oa Monday, in addition to the venal ezprese anti eleven o'clock trains a special train will leave the King's Cross Btation about a quarter before eleven o'clock in the morning for the area-in accommoda ion of the raring community, and on each of the four following days • fast train will be deeps eked at 7 a.m., to return from Doncaster at 6p m. As *hailer facilities will be attack.' to the ninth of Doncaster, there is every reason to expect a very fall meet ing ; the sport promisee to be brilliant. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENOLAN. D RLL ID v. TWENTY-TWO OF FUTON. ZnotAx;.--1iint1n441144..) T. Adams, e Yentas, b Nap- N. Yells fag. , not oot 10111 J. %Wien, e Clark, b Joy J. Guy, b Joy P. Mich, b Joy 2 W.lllll b Joy O. Parr, o eimpoon, b Clark... 46 bl 2, lb yer, 9,w 4a b 1 T. Box, a Bouts, b Andereos. 11 W. Martlorell, c naldwtrion, Total .....~ 111 b Amiens° DAnunotopi—(lOntloninti.) Shaw, b C arks Clarke 4 *slurs, b auks IA Swims, Zoo, rus oat 4 Clubs, e Mar,n.gell, b 11111p[ $ Medeltsw, b Wlaiss. 2 Graham, set out 5 OF. T. licsdb 14 a, •41., b Colts b 3,1 b 3 _1 _ . nea .. star. b um* ii.iiiir.:: iNT;it - - -- ---_ _ THE LATE POISONING OCCURRENCE AT CLIFTON.— Slane the death of Mrs. Item, who, with three of her chil dren, was poisoned by eating a poisonous fungus in mistake for n.unromes, of which particulars appeared in yesterday's Barren, mother of the sufferer, has died—the youngest child of the unfortunate woman. The two survivir.g chil dren remain to • most precarious and suffering state. Mrs. Rose was only 26 ) ream of age, and was greatly respected. An inquest was held upon the ndies, at which the following evidence wee adduced:—Mary Jane Julies depewed that about half-past two o'clock on Monday last Mrs. Rees and the apprentice went to Abbot's Leigh, on business, and returned home at about half-past eh The apprentices brought some samoroome home in his apron, and gave them to wit ness, and soon after Mrs. Rees came dawn stairs and de sired her to ca .k them for her, aed by her directims they were broiled on the gridiron without peeling them. Winn they were done Mrs. Ba put pepper, salt, sod butter on them, and ale and three of the children, James, Henry, and William, partook of them. The epprentice said he had eaten some of them raw as be walked home, and be had some also after they were dressed. There was quite a ;late fell of large mushrooms la pimps after they were deemed. Mrs. Rem said she liked them so well that she could have eaten Meat all. After supper, but before the children went to bed, Mrs. Rees took the servant with the baby 'o her father's is York-street, St. Paul's, and returned boas about half-pat eleven. The servant wee not called In the night, but getting up about nine o'clock, found that her mistrem era very ill; some of the children et home were then ill. At half-pact two, p.m the servant took the children ' s dinner to sehcol, and found that two of them were sick. At kallhpeat four they cams home very sick. James wee brought home very sick in the afternoon, and died on Thursday omelet,. Mr. Roesdepcmd that between throe and four o'clock on Tuesday mooing his wife awoke him by symptoms of .iekases and vomiting. He sort for Mr. Crichton, who aeon arrived, and attended her from that time till her decease on Wed nesday night. She told him she had eaten sores mushrooms which she had picked on the road gain to or coming from Leigh. His throe @Mideast were taken ill on Tomday, and James, who was about three years old, died on Thursday afternoon, about 6 o'clock. Richard Gill, the apprentice, waged 16 piers, deposed that on Moaday afternoon he went ok Mrs. Rees to Mr . Powall's et Leigh. On their return through • field, just below the George Inn, at Leigh, by Mrs. dires&m, Its gathered some large mushrooms, three fa all, and carried them home, where they wee dressed far sapper, sad he had • little, bat was that called away. He had previously eama some in • raw state on his way home. Oa Tuesday after soon be woe taken ill with pain in his head, end wee seat home, ette having a doss of easter oil. He had hoes 111 ewe lass, sad soaffeed to his bed. J. W. Crichton, surges% deposed that he was called la on Tuesday month% touted Mrs. Rem. He (mad her quite Insensible, with aerel Wise of the .grime, suffering trim nausea, lid mist with abdominal pains, pulse weak Ind en ea ions antl shrunk expression of ape Mesh mak, *mad general darkness of the far, mil a dears aid drowsiness ; she said she had eaten sakes= tap eappr, ad from all he saw and heard he Wined int GU meet have eaten some poisonous fungi. lie Wing treatment consisted in restoring the warmth, stiClthe Yankton and pur ging; se he understood that i been vomiting and purgiug incessantly from between $ and 4 ellillek, a.m., be concluded that all the poison ous lime pant have been excluded from the intestinal canal. He tinened entispeemodka with stimulasm and opus ter-initiate externally. Mr. Smith, surgeon, Broomstick square, kissed him la attendasee about 10, a.m. and cm- United with bin therms system of treatment until the death of Min. Rees shout kelf-past 10 on Wednesdanight. About 5 6 ea boar MU to death they were joined lx consultation by Dr. The el a p ia elbee of dowsed hem the ant was that patleat ea from Adatie cholera. He had us haellades Inv that le death tees occasioned by ea , ==ese The jury returned • mullet of w bY sift Na••• flail." x C