The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-23 00:00:00

EVENING, JULY 23, 1865.

reertsia reopens as Mr. Meal had dose. But he thought
that even Mr. Meal was liable to error, sad that in telling
the Jerson of Cumberland what they did in the south,
and slava them to follow the rules he laid down, be had
forgotten that he bad spoken of ocinditioss which applied to
a lower 'sande, which wholly altered the circumstances of
the ease. (Hear, bear.) Mr. Mechi said he did not thick
garden soil too rich for the growth of wheat. That might
ee or, true with regcrd to Tiptree-hail, but he would
venture to say that if they grew wheat so in Cumberlaad,
from the somber of birds and wire-worse, from the quan-
tity of tabu, in this clime te—soree parts of the county having
• tall of 68 10ch,,, whilst at Tiptree-ball it was only 24
they would find themselves minus the crop before the
spring was over. (Hear, hear.) The circumstances were
totally different to those side' whine Mr. Mechi had re-
'Rived his imprnhion. Again, he would appeal to any prac-
tical Cumberland termer present to cry if oats, with each a
lag, o s humid climate like theirs,would not have been gone
If sown uuder Mr. Meehi's regime, before they were shot.
If they were to attempt such magnificent wheat as Mr.
!Sochi bed shown them be could only 'ay that if it escaped
being totally beaten down by the heavy rains by whin; the
county was so frequntly visited—Jock weather as they had
neently experienoed—ft would suffer most materially from
mildew. (Hear) Another matter he had brought egeicat
them was that they dll nut always consume their straw.
They did not thrash their corn in the field, nor chop
up the straw to be trodden is by the cheep ; but they
trailed 'everything home to the homestead. ("User,"
and a laugh.) He did not know how it was, but he
sappaed it was from being so " very far north " that
they always tried to make as much as they could
(laughter)—and they generally c 'strived to get • certain
profit oat of their mina straw—(" hear," and laughter);
nor was their system altogether übproduc:ive, for by
feeding sheep in the spring of the year they generally
made something more. The stormy character of the cli-
mate prevented them from then tong their crops S the
field. They might go thither for half-as-hoar or so, and be
driven away again by the rain—(laughter)—which d:d not
happen where the fell wan only 24.Therefors he thought there
would be but little chance of their cropping up the straw for
manuring the field. Mr. Mechi said that they pulled off their
turnips too much ; but he would venture to tell him that were
they net to p 011 cff • et Than quantity they would hove netbing
to teed the cattle with in the yard, end out of that they ex-
pected to make a certain profit. If they pursued the plan
rem:wended by Mr. Mecbi, instead of their coops being is
the position they were stew, and which had won Mr. Ideal's
cemmeadation, they would be utterly destroyed. He did
nut deep' that it might answer at Thptree-hall, but Tiptret
was net Cumberland, and if any person were deluded
enougkto follow such civics in this toasty be would *urn
find Monett a ruined man. (" Hear," and laughter.)
After all he thought tte best advice to follow was that which
was recommended toe friend of his, a unties= who tuck
a farm in Cheshire, but knew very little about farming.
He wished to do the thing in the best possible style. He
was a groat theorist, but did not know much of the practical
parr. (Laughter) The ceighbuurng farmers had told
him that the question was the climate, and recommended
him if he wished to succeed, he must rise with the sun, as-
cend the nearest and highest hill, see what his neighbours
were doing, and then run home as fast as he could and eet
his men to work to do the same. (Lend laughter.) He
thought if people in general did that they would not he far
wren& It was very good advice, end he would recommend
it to say gentleman not only coming from the South into
Cumberland hut also going from Comberland into any other
cocmy. In other war. e, Is would advise them not rattily
to enter upon any nose that had not the authority of nig-
Ilene to back it. (Hear) In Mr. litchi's system of the
appiention of liquid manure be perfectly agreed, and be
thought there was no other point debateable which he
hail kit untouched. lie bad thought it only proper to set
Mr. Mechi right in supposing that the system of cultiva-
tion applicable to Tip.ree-hail would answer in the climate
of Cumberland. (Hear, hear ) They all, however, were
deeply indebted to Mr. Mechi for having so courteousl ac.
quiesced in tho de of the committee. (" Year," and
cheers.) He would venture to wit, in conclusion, when the
buodredth experiment turned up a trump, who was there
that would not follow it ? (" Hear," and applause) lie
proposed that a cordial and hearty vote of thanks be piece
to Mr. Mezhi for his very able lecture, and for tug yes; kind
manner in which he had dose them the boaour of coming
amongst them. (Cheers )

Mr. GIBBONS was shout to second the motion, when
Mr. Alum atkid if wheat was not groan in cottage
gardens in Cumberland ?
Capt. .14111E8—Not u a role. It is perfectly the mop-
tiGs 1tia...411. I b..e never seen it myself. It $ not ac-
cording to the practice of this aunty. In Yorkshire, where
the system of ri:lage allotments prevails, where the la-
bosun have their quarters of acne or roods of land, the
t.raetice -a for the farmer to find the seed and the labanrer
to find the manure.

Mr. MECRI—Is not three bushels to tho Use the usual
quantity in this county ?
Capt. JAMILS—Yu.
Mr. M tooi—Well, gentlemen, let me ask you to do ae
I have done. Try one bushel to the acre, the two bush( Is,
and the three bushels to the acre, and see which gives you
the best crop. You will find that the three bushels ruins,
and the two will not produce anything like the quantity of
one. Try it. I have tried the comparative quantities en
different fields for several years, and I have arrived at one
definite conclusion. if you will try it, and when I cow
amongst you again, are able to say that you have done so
and have arrived at a contrary conclusion, all I can say is I
shall then be prepared to yield my argument in respect to
Cumberland ; but till that is done I hove a right:to jtsdpe by
what I hove myself demonstrated. (Bear.) I can see in your
fields large patches in your corn where a little extra quantity
of manure has happened to fell. Now if the whole field had
been treated in the same way it would all have been like it.
Gentlemen, I hope to come to tee you again, and when
you tell me that you have tried to consume a piece of turnip
I with a pre ee of oil-cake, and have not succeeded, I shall take
my bet off and make a how. (Laughter.) But I don't be-
lieve it. (Heir) I know this climate and the Scotch
climate well, and the great fault in all places is that they
do not farm high enough. (near, Lear.)
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Mr. Otaboxs, of Burnfaot, seconded the motion for the
vets of thank,.

Sir JOHN lILIION Maxscau, said u &practical farmer and
a Scotch Bo:der laird, he was glad to welcome Mr. Mechi t 3
ti
, e far North. lle wished to mike an announcereent to
m. The whole of the machinery introduced by Mr.
echi at Tiptree ball bad just been set up on the premises of
~iis Bleed and neighbour, Mr. hi'Connell, and he hoped
lti. Mechi would pay him a visit before he returned house,
axd eaamiae the forming of the surrounding country.
The vote of thanks wu carried by acclamation.
Mr. Meese, in acknowledging the compliment, proposed
&vote of thanks to the president, who had shown him great
courtesy and urbanity. (Cheers.)
J.
Sir ileums Mciwshi eeeonelcd the proposition, which
was unanimously carried.
The PRESIDENT thanked the meeting, but expressed his
regret that there had not been more discussion upon such an
' important subject.
The proceedings then terminated.

BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.—A bur-
, glary, accompanied with a desperate attempt at murdor,
WA committed on Monday m-rninc last, at Pimlico. Tile
thistly of 14r. Hilton, of 114, Warwick-street, Pimlico,
being on a visit in Devonshire, the home has been left in
charge of Marti: a Roof, the heartland, who, for the batter
protection of the property, wee permitted to have her
granifether in the house to sleep. They retired to their
batirois 10 and 11 on Sandey night, and
at attest flee on the following morning the girl, hearing
I somebody walking about the place, and thinking it was her
gpmelfather, got up and opened the door of the back kitchen,
lln while she slept, to inquire what he wanted. She had no
sooner done se than she wee felled to the ground with the
kitchen pokes, sad became seaseless. In about an hour
afterwards the poor girl was discovered lying upon her bed,
with a rope tied tightly round her neck, apparently in a
lifeless ethelition. The bed clothes were thrown wear her,
and there is no doubt that the robbers considered they hod
effecad their morderons purpose. The only matter of sur-
prise was that she still lived. fc7 no less than reran scalp
wounds bad beta inflicted upon her head, heeds* other
blows about her arms and body. She now lies at St.
George's Hospital without the slightest hopes of recovery.
The thieves effected ea entrance by the front kitchen win-
dow, having climbed over the area railings, and carried off
a great quantity of plate and other vslaabler. There is as
yet no eThe to the offeeden.
STATE OE TITE TEAMES.—On Saturday an
deputation from the inhabitant householders of
stiralweetk and the dieriet supplied with water by the
Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company waited upon Sir
Benjamin Hall, Bart., President of the Board of Health,
for the purpose of seeking his faterferenos on a question of
the feetid and unwholesome water supplied by tee South-
wuk And Vsolthall Water Company to the inhabitants of
Walwortb, and drewn from the Thames at Batteries. The
deputation having stated their ease, and exhibited various
disfilleling specimens of water from their o ern and neighbours'
ciatenns,SirßesjiD3 in Hall.in the muss of a lengthened reply,
observed that under Ma bill the the "Better Local Mans.ge-
mat of the Metropolis," the of the lest acts the Metropo-
litan Board of Works would be milled upon to perform
would be to owty oat two main intireoptiog sewers, one on
each side of the river Thames, se that there would be no
theme If the river was not wedil relieved from the
sewage. An act, named In 1552, would also cone iota
operation as the 3tst of August, 1115, compelling the
netrapolitan water companies deriving their mon? from
the Thames to take that supply from above Teddington
Lock, end beyond the tidal lenience. The government
would take steps to have the sot eaforted. That was all hr
. Geoid do at present.