The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-28 00:00:00

13,928
,1849 12,836

WINCF.S.

lens and diarrbcca reported to
ti yesterday, September 27.

Milton next Sit-

ungbourne
Nautitich

North

Cho. D:s.

Newcastle-on-Tyne
Newcastle - nada •

1 1
1 0
0 1
1 0

Lyme
Newark 0 1
Newton Abbot 3 0
Newtown 1 0
North Alleaford
Northampton
Northwich
Nuneaton 1 0
Oxford
Penzance (St. Ives) 2 0
Pockliagton 2 0
Pontefract 1 0
Porta' Island
Preston 1 0
Reilruth
Rockford
Rol:J(0rd
Runcorn
Salford
Samford 1 0
Scarborough 0 1
&ululate ll 1
Sheffield
Ifikeppy .. . . 0 2
Snepton Mallet
Slirewsbc ry 1 0
S. Germans 1 2
St. Thomas
i Stockport 0 2
Stockton ... 5 0
Stourbridge 5 0
Sunderland
Tavistock 3 0
Teesdale (Bullard
Cowie)
Tendring
Thorpe
Todmorden
Torrington
Totnes
Tynemonth l4 1
Wakefield 1 0

W shall 5 1
Warminster 1 0
Warrington
Warwick
Wells 1 0
West Bromwich
West Derby 4 1
Weymouth
Whitehavan
Wigan
Wirral
Wisbasch 1 0
Witney 1 0
Wu Stanton &Ai
Bunlein
Wolverhiimptoa
and Siestion
Worthiwg 1
Ts:mouth (Gnat) 1 0

T0ta1.... 321 96

Q. Du.

Dundee 2 0
Invernsu

Vital 27 0
Ch. IX..
pity.. 69 23
321 98
27 0

Total .

417

Nort.—The number of attacks reported by the onion
officers are—for the metropolis 82, and for the country 397,
but their returns do not in general comprehend the caws
that are treated by medical men is private practice The
deaths are returned according to the superintendent-registrars'
districts, as it is found impracticable to distinguish every
place separately.

POST-OFFICE CHANGES. Much excitement pre-
veiled in the General rost.offim yesterday, in consequence
of its having been announced that in about a fortnight's
time the mails would be despatched from thence on Sun-
days, the same as on other nights. It appears that for some
time put, mails for London have been despatched from the
country offices on Saturdays, the same as on other days, so
that all letters' posted for London on that day, have been
detained in London on Sundays, Inc teed of iu the country.
Very shortly these letters will be despatched from London
on Sunday nights, instead of on Monday mornings. This
arrangement it is understood will be adopted so as to deliver
letters from foreign mails, arriving at Southampton on
Saturday', in the principal manufacturing towns in the
North of England on Monday morning, at the same time
that such letters are delivered in London, and so obviate
the principal objection to Southampton being still continued
a mail, packet station.
FINANCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.—
Manna° AT KIDDZEIMINSTER.—A meeting of persons
desirous of forming themselves into a Financial Lod Parlia-
mrstary Reform Association, was held at Kidderminster on
Monday evening. About 250 persons were present. H Brin-
ton, sea., Esq , took the chair, and was supported by Mmes.
D. W. Goodwin, Showmen', Wri,hr, Batchelor, Cumming,
Worth, W. G. Hopkins, Slater, Perk",.Cole, &o.
Burry, solicitor, and secretary pro tem., read the rules
which had been agreed to at a pralimins7 meeting,
several communications from the National Society, in one
of which they not only approved of them, but say they
shall form the model for the numerous societies that
are now forming; and in another, that when the Kidder-
=Meter Society thought matters were in readiness, they
would send a deputation to Kidderminster. The rules were
unanimously passed. Tle Chairman then eulogised the Mos
and objects of the society; tneught they did well to extend
their views to the municipal government of the town, which
he described as bound hand and toot to the triumphal car of
torylsm and bigotry. The great weight of taxation bound
the bands of private charity behind its back, paralysed the
small capitalist, and deprived in Kidderminster alone 2,000
householders of the municipal privileges to which they were
justly entitled. The enrolling et members 'ben commenced
and went on at a rapid rate till nearly ten o'c!ock, At a
, public meeting, be held in a month, the whole number of
1
to
. members, amount of subscriptions, plans for the tatnre, &a,
will be annouswed.—Worcestcrsh•re Chronicle.

SEWAGE MANURE EXPERIMENTS.
Yesterday at a general court of the Metropolitan
Commission of Severs,
Mr. LESLIE moved, "That the reports and papers on
the sewage manure experiments be oonaidared, and that such
steps be taken as the result of the inquiry may render neces-
sary." He said that with reference to this motion be held
in his hand a statement of Mr. Donaldson's, by which it
appeared that there had been expended in these experiments
76W. 12s. ld. but deducting the value of the instruments
used, and which might be used again, the sett expense
was 4721. lls. Gd. It appeared that these experiments
had been carried on in • field of seven acres one rood
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poleone and a half, to that tict;expess 14 the experiments
was considerably more than the value of the fee simple. (A
laugh.) It also appeared that the return they might expect
was fitteen shillings from General Clitheroe, at HanwelL
The only thing he saw apprepriate in them was, that they
had been tamed on round the lunatic uylume. He did not
seethe necerity of these experiments, as the value of sewage
manure had been known to the world these 200 years. But
if this were all he might be resigned, but it appeared that the
committee were about to start on another and more expensive
cruise. They were in communication through Mr. Donald-
son with Mr. Tower, of Weald Hall, in Essex, that gentle-
man having about 600 acres to be manared at an elevation
of about 420 feet above the Trinity highwater mark. Mr. Do-
naldson had, by order of the committee, prepared an estimate
and statement, from which it appeared that in obedience to
orders from the committee, he had waited on Mr.
Tower, and with that gentleman visited the lands
of South Weald, near Brentwood, end found them
to be exceedingly ergible for the proposed irrigation.
It was mostly a dry light sandy soil, presenting cornicterable
undulations on its surface. Some of the lower lying lards
were rather a heavy clay, and bad been formerly rather wet.
The distance from town to Weald-hall was about 161 miles,
and the medium altitude of the lead was about 420 feet
above Trinity high-water level. To convey sewage sufficient
for these 600 acres, • pipe seven inches in diameter would be
sufficient, and • force of about 520 feet pressure would be
required. Brentwood and its vicinity lasing about the
highest land in the county, it would be easy to send the
sewage from that point u far as Ipswich and Colzhatar, the
way brine all down hill. Thu would, therefore, be the
means of supplying other land, as well es the estate of
Weald-hall. A steam-engine of 50 horse power would be
required. The buildings necessary were estimated at
3,2001., and 161 miles of cast iron pipe, at 6801. per mile,
would be 9,2701., being together 12,4701., before commencing
the works. A survey of the ground and the
pipes would be required with accurate levt:s. The
preferable mode of eupply would be by means
of a tank or reservoir (which by the way was not in the
estimate) placed en an elevated spot, from which the occu-
pier could distribute the sewage over his lend at will. It
appeared, further, that the overflow of all this sswege was
to go into the river Crouch. He expected that they would
soon have a petition from the oysters, who would most
usefully be poisoned by tho sewage. (Laughter.) He
submitted that the time of their officers, and the fiances of
the ratepayers, should not be wasted in such theoretical and
visionary schemes. He thought that they should be con-
tented with draiaing London, without devising such plans to
drain the pockets of the inhabitants.
Mr. BANFIELD objected to the consideration of this
report, which had not as yet been presented to the com-
mittee.

The CHAIRMAN recommended the speaker to take a
note of what Mr. Leslie said, and =ewer him. It nimbi
save time.

In answer to Mr. Loam!, Mr. DONALDSON acid that
he had made the estimates in obedience to the directions of
the sewage committee.
Mr. LESLIE said that this was not all, for so far back as
June last the commissioners advertised to supply with sewage
land in the nsighbourhoosi of Newmarket, the contractor to
take 250 tone at each irrigation, and to have 18 irrigations
in the year : at this rote they proposed to supply 15,000 acres.
They had made this tier although they had no pipes laid,
and knew that they could not construct any without the au-
thority of an act of parliament. He thought it was quite
time to stop such absurdity, the more especially as he had
the authority of Mr. Baker, of Writtle, and Mr. Tramper,
for saying that the sewage manure, when tried, had not pro-
duced any beneficial result on the crop. He (Mr. Leslie) did
not mean to deny the advantages of sewage manure, but
why net try it en it had been tried, suoamsfully tried, in
t►e neighbourhood of Edinburgh ? They should remember
that their accounts must be submitted to an auditor ap-
pointed by the Secretary of State, and that if they con-
sented to extravagant expenditure they would receive no
more money than had bee' awarded to King Hudson's co-
, directors.
Mr. BANFIELD seconded the minim, being anxious, as
one of the sewage committee, that the matter should be fully
investigated. He complained that My. Leslie had
rested his CAM on a document which had never been before
the committee. This estimate had cost nothing but coach.
hire, which tho committee had paid out of their own pockets,
and had been ordered merely for information. lie did not
complain of the committee being called on for amounts, but
he did complain of things dose being mixed up with things
which hod not been done at all. Mr. Donaldson'a estimate
had been very useful, and he had also prepared maps which
would be available to the farmers.
Mr. STONE moved as an amendment to Mr. Leslie's
motion, that the sewage committee be requested to con-
tinue their labours. The expense of the experiments would
not be one 22nd part of a farthing in the pound on each
ratepayer. This amendment was, after isms further obser-
vations, carried by a large majority, the only dimentients
being Mr. Leslie and Mr. Banfield.
Some liitellnioll arose as to the propriety of reading a
letter which tdr. Gotta had addressed to the board in answer
to what ho considered to be an attack on his professional
capabilities by :Ir. Austin. It was finally arranged that
the matter atould be !nought forward when the West-
minster drainage came under cocsidoretion. The court then
broke up.

VALE OF EVESHAM AGRICULTURAL
ASSOCIATION.

The annual meeting of this esmiation took place
at Evesbam this day (Wednesday.) The weather was fine.
and there was in coneequrace a good attendance. The ex-
' hibition of stock w. s quite equ'il, if not superior, to that ex-
hibited last year ; and a fine bull exhibited by Mr. Bay rand,
of Kingley, by the beauty and symmetry of its form, won
the admiration of the parties present, and deservedly oin ai ned
the first prize. There was also a good show of dairy
fat cows, and heifers. Among the sheep we noticed
some particularly fine Cotswold rams, es also some
very good of the Leicester breed. Indeed, so nearly
equal were the latter rams in quality and form, that the
judge bad, at first, some difficulty as to whom ho should
award the prize given by General Lygon, M.P. ; eventually,
however, it was awarded to Mr. John Ashmore. The whole
of the sheep in Clara 9, the cress-bred or short-horn ewes,
were commended, but the sheep in general were of
very various breeds and quality. There was a good number
of horses of hoe quality, particularly those calculated for
agricultural purposes. The pigs also were, as usual, ex-
ceedingly good, and somewhat puzzlcd the judge as to which
was the best entitled to the prize. One fat pig exhibits dby
Lord Northwick was of an enormous size. Mr. Blozidre, of
Warwick, officiated as judge of the live stock. The exhibi-
tion of roots, although not large in quantity, was excessively
flee in quality, and some enormous cabbages, grown by Mr.
J. Woodward, attracted great attention. There was also a
good show of mangold wurzels, turnips, &c. • number of
agricultural implements were on the ground, but we or:nerved
nothing of a particularly novel character. Mr. J. Ashwin
and Mr. Robert Long were the judges of roots and imple-
ments.
The ploughing took place is the morning I. a field at
Cbadbury, the property of Mr. C. Randell, Mr. John Kind,
of Dumbleton, acting as judge. There were very kw spec-
tators present. The ploughing we. very well performed,
the land being in excellent order.—Berrow's Worcater
Journal.

MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SO.
CIZTY.—The annual show of live stock, agricultural imple-
ments, &c., was held yesterday, in the North Haymarket,
Liverpool. Some excellent stallions were shown, hut the
most attractive feature of the show was the collecthn of
agricultural implements, the display, which was varied and
extensive, including some unique specimens of mechanical
ingenuity. The affair terminated with a public chimer in
the evening,under the presidency of Lord de Tabley.
EXTENSIVE BURGLARY AT WORCESTER. Early
on Tuesday morning the shop of Mr. Gwynn, pawnbroker,
of High.e.reet, was broken into and robbed to a serious ex-
tent, among the articles stolen being 21 silver watches, 14
gold ditto, with an immense number of silver spoons and
forks, five cases of rings, and a multitude of other article..
The till had been opened, but the little silver left in it was
untouched. By the side of tho shop is a passage, leading
from the street to some tenements at the rear of the pre
tares, and which passage is used in common by the tenants.
The ehop is divided from the passage by nothing but a lath
and player partition, in which the thieves had made a small
opering, just large enough to admit a little boy, and the prin-
cipal agent of the robbery must therefore have been very juve-
nile in y( an. On examining the adjoining premises,indications
were found on the walls sufficient to lead to the belief that
the thieves must have entered the large open passage at Mies
Bosley's house, perhaps early in the preceding evening,
.got
over the wall, and remained in the empty house adjoining.
Bare they could have watched in safety till they had ascer-
tained that all the members of Mr. Owynn's family were
gone to bed. The robbery was then committed and the
thieves escaped by forcing the lock of the front door of the
pamege. Mr. Gwynn himself was out at a party, and did
not arrive home till about one o'clock, when everything ap-
peared safe. The loss is estimated at between 2uol. and
3001. Several persons are in custody on suspicion of being
concerned in the robbery.
MtLL ACCIDE'T.—An aezident, attended with im-
mediate death, occurred at the Gorn Nines, in the parish of
Llanidioes, on Friday last. The unfortunate individual's
name war Evan Mantle. On the following day en inquest
was held upon the body, when it appeared in evidence that
the deceased wan engaged to feed • mill connected with the
mine, and that it was part of his duty to occasionally oil a
certain part of the mill wheel, and, whilst ro engaged, his
smock frock became entangled in the cogs of the wheel. On
finding himself fast, he immediately called to a boy who had
' been working with bins to run and turn off the water which
prowlled the wheel. The poor fellow's exclamation was,
" Turn the water off, or I shall be dead in a minute." The
' order was promptly obeyed, but n until thw convolutions of
the wheel had so far mutilated his body as to cause instant
death. The pranice of oiling a mill whilst in motion, where
there is any danger attending it, was highly censured by the
i Coroner ; but it appeared that in this case, if common caution
had best, observed, ouch a frightful occurrent* might We
been avoided. Verdict, " Accidental death." A/ 1,
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