The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-11 00:00:00

CUMBERLAND.

TIM RECENT MURDER—DEATII OP THE MUR-
DERER.—We last week Rave the particulars of the inquest
upon the body of Mary Hanlin, the wife of Peter Hanlin, a
travelling potter, who died from certain wounds inflicted on
her head by her husband, on Saturday, the 25th September.
The proceedings before the coroner at Carlisle were not
concluded till Friday afternoon, when a verdict of "wilful
murder" was returned against Mullin. He was at that
time in gaol suffering severely from erysipelas, pro-
duced by a blow which it was believed had been given
to him by Charles WHinnis, in • ',tulle to ascertain
which was "the better man." The symptoms gradually
ueumed a more dabgeroua form, and terminated fatally at
twelve o'clock on Saturday—just within a week of his wife's
death.

LUNESDALE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The ninth
annual meeting of this thriving association was held at
Kirkby Lonsdale on Thursday last. The show of all kinds
of stock was excellent. The horses and bulls, in particular,
were deserving of special notice. The dinner took place at
Mr. Breithwaite's hotel, shortly after the judges had con-
cluded their labours. Win. Moore, Esq., of Grimeshill, oc-
cupied the chair; and on proposing Prosperity to the
Lunesdale Agricultural Society' said that when he first
began to take notice of agriculture it was a rarity to find a
crop of turnips in the whole district, end those few that
were grown were generally full of weeds. But now they
were quite common, and brought to a high state of cultiva-
tion. This showed that farmers were beginning to take care
of their business more than they had been accustomed to do,
and that while every other interest in the country was pro.
greasing, they were determined not to be left behind. He then
drew attention to the nutritive qual i ties of mangel wursel, and
strongly recommended its culture as tending, when given to
cattle, to produce milk and butter of a superior quality. It
hat an important advantage over Swede and other turnips,
in being of a less watery nature, and would be found a valu-
able substitute for the potato, in case of another failure of
that vegetable. There was likewise a plant called the Gold
of Pleasure, which had been highly spoken of as beicif excel-
lent food for cattle, and he recommended a trial of It. In
alluding to the improvement which had taken place in the
district during the nine years the society had been in exist-
ence, he did not mean to attribute it to the society altogether.
He believed that part of it was to be attributeritto the better
spirit of the farmers themselves, arising, as he had stated, from
resolution to keep pace with the times.—The usual round of
toasts were duly honoured, and a large number of premiums
announced.

WORCESTERSHIRE ADRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—At
the conclusion of the meeting on Friday (which we noticed
in our publication of Saturday), about LA of the principal
agriculturists dined together at the Crown Hotel, Wor-
cester.—C. E. Hornyold, Esq., of Blackmore Park (presi-
dent for the year), in the chair. After the usual local and
appropriate toasts, T O Corder, Esq., rose to give "The
health of the Members of neighbouring Agricultural So-
cieties." In the course of his remarks, introducing the
LANCASHIRE. tout, Mr. Curtler urged the neceesityre
of increased exertions
THE MANCHESTER COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION,hIv- being made by the farmers in these altered times to increase
ing taken into consideration the question now agitating the the produce of their farms. It behoved the landlords also,
country, relative to the effect of railway calls on the commerce he said, to aid their tenants. They were now thrown upon
of the country and on monetary affairs generally, have ea- their own resources, and the time was arriving when the
bodied their views in a merits of resolutions, of which VM fol. landlords must go without their rents unless the produce
I°*is a eear..: of both corn and stock could be considerably increased be-
.eleeemblem elm" with the Ildooddbot• bee- yond what it now was in that county; for it was impossible
ssess t• 11tM10110.,..... MOM._
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aw ____a__6( that they could go on as they now were. It was, how-
ever, impossible that any considerable increase in the pro-
-811-111.111d 111011M1640-liissiisr tsaraliiiis teedmM ..-711.8- duce of tke land could be obtained unless the landlords
time ern see assess ; and it is useteulhees took measures for assisting and encouraging their tenantry.
ad sews mew dada be eaglet whereby the praiser' be baby Unless this was done, when the effect of the present position
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_ream dada be relevtd. That It Is the owe akar of the agricultural interest should come to be fully felt in
taq auhailla *mil be edellted. Th.' le *1 MM.. that the course of two or three years time, the land must of ne-
th."." nem' eallwerale. ekeeee'lhami deg/ • .d rable extent (and especial! the hea
id.*sib Oa badag model et eamity, to aloe gebendoe ••••,t7, to • nona, . 1
tvy
ide sal eneweee, 100 ammo. land), go out of cultivation. He cordially concurred in he
db obit tera aresebi to dab eY 1111111111111,110 remarks made the other day by Lord Listelton at the Stew-
monnyn.the ea el dams et be eentralla, tbrombi ear egeratbes poney meeting, on the subject of the ridicule which was at-
iodommied dollebtabb. tobblitt POO( • Ott° the •••7 tempted to be passed by a certain portion of the press on the
akaaas"aniallPoramarkkat u.sla"bripbes the mdamselr.i.i.ille.....eeil• It rewards to agricultural labourers ; and contended that much
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divadablwarbeed ewe UM* ea menmenhaaa aaa might be accomplished through the instrumentality of these
et Mutes le de is breibbly. Oa associations to advance the condition of the agricultural la-
trlth deem the le dee pare etthe bourere, and especially if the legislature would assist in that
satirplent worthy object. The lot of the honest labourer was very de-
isinn th plorable, for, after alt their long and faithful services, they
—""w ''''gibm:Zdir were left in their old age to share the common lot of the
Ikrllnumallut lee= dire ear • mob r m
Isatzmper et
ket edb bra most despicable of their class in the common workhouse. He
dim the mrerintrdnal==ist saltantataergalluedebts thought dud if the parish had the voluntary power of erect-
amedeliek be vend be alerdea et Ore sue- Mg a number of cottages by degrees throughout the country,
"80=acire=eirielarmat Ewa sea That and spreading the cost over a number f years, they might
bourne ramie the honest labourer from that fate.—Mr. Foley, M.P.,
inasillineasse, sad doe b bar dtbdregebramet. in replying to this tout, said he concurred in Mr. Curtler'sre-
BROUGHTON OLD HALL, wear Manchester, was marks, and he also spoke highly of the allotment system—.
partly destroyed by fire on Saturday_ morning, and damage F. Woodward, Esq. (one of the guests at Drayton Manor a
was done to the extent of nearly I,oooi. It was, to within a fortnight age), also replied to this toast. After some re-
few years ago, the seat of the late Rev. Wm. Clowes, and on marks on the application of chemistry to agriculture, Mr.
his brother Col. Clown, the present owner, coming into pos. Woodward addressed himself to the question of tcnsnt.right.
session, he removed the furniture for the purporte of subject- Generally speaking, he agreed with the system of lessee, but
ing the building to some extensive alterations. Owing to there were exceptions to it, and, therefore, he was foe the
this circumstance the lima has been trifling compared with adoption of the principle of remunerating au off-going tenant
whet it would have been if the hall had been occupied by for the improvements he bad effected and the money be had
the Welty. The hall is situated about two miles from Man- laid out oa his farm. Under the present system he might
theater, and the alarm did not reach the police till some con. take a farm, and, in the first two or three years. lay out as
aiderable time had been lost. The fire was entirely subdued many thousand pounds; is iMproventeats ; but his landlord
in lees ek an two boon, after destroying a large portion of might at that time, if he chow, tarn him out without a
the roof and of the cupola over the smith front, besidesthe farthing of compensation. He hoped that this question
upper part of the grand staircase. As the walls and coili
• were in the coarse of rectlfi'.4 onlbollisbnioAlg they also attention of the legislature in the ensuing baba
DP would be taken up by the farmers and pressed upon. the