The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

YORKSHIRE.

THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF THE. WETHERRY AGRI-
CULTURAL SOCIETY was held on Friday. The respectable
and very numerous attendance of the friends and patrons of
agriculture from v.trious parts of the country, evinced in a
very marked manner the estimation in which the society is
held. As an exhibition of agricultural stock in its various
departments, it reflected credit upon the zeal, skill, and en-
terprise of the district with which it is more immediately
associated. The entries of stock, on the whole, were rather
below the entries of la.t year. The deficiency in number
was, however, only small, and the quality more than ade-
quately compensated for any defect in this particular.
TILE BOROUGH OF LEEDS AND THE AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETIES.—AR effort is now being made at Leeds to obtain
the holding in that borough of the united meeting of the
Royal Agricultural Society of England, and of the York-
shire Agricultural Society, which is to take place in the
summer ( f 1848. A memorial has been sent to the presi-
dents of the two societies, in which the subscribers engage '
to procure the use of Woodhouse Moor, the barrack-yard,
or some other spacious and commodious area for the display
of stock, implements, and agricultural produce, as well as
for the holding of meetings; and also to contribute to the
funds of the two societies the sum of 7001. Should it be
ultimately resolved to hold the Royal Agricultural Soeietv's
reacting alone, instead of a joint meeting, the sum of 3:;01.
will be paid to that association. Nearly SOU is already
guaranteed by fifteen gentlemen.

NOTTINGIUMSTIIRE.
SYSTEMATIC SIVINDLINO.—The Nottingham papers record
two cases of swindling, which appear to be unparalleled in
that county. Sometime in April last, a person, whose name
given was Robert Williams, came to East Retford, and took
a respectable shop situate in Bridgegate, which in a few days
afterwards he opened for the sale of groceries. The towns-
men, knowing nothing of hint nor of his connexions, of course,
were wary of giving him credit. At first he had but few
goods in his shop, but on paying ready money for several
parcels, he ultimately got so tar into the good graces of many
as to have his name securely placed on their ledgers.
Soon aft( commercial travellers began to pay their de-
voirs to him, and in a few weeks' time his stock of goods
had so far increased that he took a second shop in
Moor Gate, and appeared to be driving on a most pro-
fitable business. During the whole of this time, however,
Williams seemed to associate with but few people in the
town, and appeared to be known to no one, save a person of
the name of Morrison, who was in a similar way of business
to himself at Worksop. A few weeks back,Williams applied
to his landlord in order to induce him to alter the day when
his rent should become due, alleging as his reason that he
should like to have it fall on the proper quarter days, but, in
reality, as afterwards appeared, to defeat Mr. Bcttison in ob-
taining his quarter's rent. Matters appeared to run smoothly
for some time, and, on Saturday, the sth instant, a journey-
man arrived to assist Williams in his business. On the fol-
lowing day, Mr. and Mrs. Williams went out, and since
then they have neither been seen nor heard of at Retford.
On the same day, Mr. Rippingale, sheriff's officer, received
a writ of, j:. fa. against Williams' goods, and next morning,
with the greatest promptitude, he carried the same into
effect. Having obtained possession, he inquired for
Williams, but the stranger knew nothing about
him. He then proceeded to take an inventory of the
gooda,furniture, &c., but found little or none of the latter, and
very few of the former; indeed, it was found that' the
whole, or nearly so, had been abstracted. There were a
few parcels, neatly wrapped out, and written on " Fine
Young Hyson," but which, on being opened, contained

nothing bat sawdust. The soak, furniture, and fixture
of both shops only realised a few pounds, although it is now
ascertained that he has latterly obtained goods at Retlord,
Gainsborough, Hull, and London, to between 4001. and 5001.
Finding how matters stood, some of the tradesmen of Ret-
ford applied for some information from his quondam friend
at Worksop—Morrison, but, in reply, were told that he knew
nothing about him, excepting • casual acquaintance. A
few days having passed over, Mr. Rippiagale receiveu
another writ of h. fa. front the sheriff of the county of Not-
tingham against Morrison, of Worksop. This he immediately
put into request, and at once took possession of Morrison's pre-
mises. Here he found a journeyman, who pretended he knew
nothing whatever as to where his master was, nor was he
acquainted with hie circumstances. Here, also, was • quan-
tity of " Fine Young Ilyson " similar to that found et ;tee-
ford. On Monday last, the sale took place at Worksop, but
did not realise more than about one-half the amount named
in the writ. We may, however, state that it is conjectured
that these writs are friendly. ones, in order to enable the
parties to carry out their nefarious practices, and assist them
the Letter to defraud their creditors. It appears that in
about three months Morrison has contrived to get into debt
between three and four hundred pounds at W'rorksop, Hull,
mid London, so (says the Nottingham Journal) that :hese
two confederated scamps have robbed the pubic of nearly a
thousand pounds.
DOIt.SETSIIIItE.
DORCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETT.—The annual
meeting and dinner of this society took pace in the county
town on Saturday last. In the morning there was a plough-
ing match in the vicinity of the town, and in the etternoon
the successful ploughmen, as well as the other labourers to
whom prizes had been awarded (about 30 in number), sat 1
down with the members of the society at their annual dinner.
Previous to last year, the labourers partook of roast-beef and
plum-pudding by themselves, the members of the society
dining by half-guinea tickets. Last year, at the request of
the president for the year, Lord Stavordale, the price of the
tickets was reduced to 35., and the labourers were admitted
to the annual dinner of the society. The plan has no., been
tried two years, and it is probable, from the observations
that fell from Lord Stavordale, that next year it will he
abandoned, and the former method revived. "In fact there
can he no qeestion (saysour correspondent) that the labourers, I,
speaking generally, prefer a dinner to themselves, and that
the honour of dining with ' their superiors' is no compensa-
tion fur the restraint under which they labour."

ROYAL WINEYIELD AORICYLTYRAL ASSOCIATION.—
Yesterday the anniversary meeting of this association t.ink
place at Bracknell, Bcrks, and was attended by an unusually
large number of the nobility and gentry of the neighbour-
hood. There was a ploughing match and a dinner, the
latter presided over by the Marquis of Downshire. The
noble 31arqu is, in proposing " Prosperity to the Royal Wink-
field Agricultural Association," remarked on the present
depressed condition of the agricultural labourers in the dis-
trict. He saw no reason, he ►aid, why those men, toiling as
they did from noon till night, should be so scantily remune-
rated for their work. It was painfully true thnt upon one of
the chief art des of their existence a fatal blight had fallen,
and it certainly was but adding to their misfortunes to pay
them for their labour just so miteli as would enable them to
eke out a bare subsistence. The company enjoyed themselves
to a late hour.
&MEX.
StSPICIOUE DEATII AT BILIGHTO:I.—An inquest was
held yesterday on the body of a man who was found dead
on the bench en Saturday. morniag. Deceased was found
between four and five o'clock by a coast guardsman, who
discovered him partly imbedded in the shh gle, about four
yards hi low high-water mark. On his person were found
documents, front which it would appear that he is a Ger-
man, and a tailor by trade ; that his name is Christian
Marten Muller, and that he is a freemason in the Albion
Lodge, London, He appeared to have been dead several
hours, and there was a contusion on his left temple and an-
other on his face. This, coup'. d with the fact ut there being
no money or watch found upon him, led to the suspicion
that foul pity had been exercised, and the jury in conse-
quence directed a post mortent examination of the body to
be made. This was done, and the surgeon who made the
examination stated that he timid no external mai ks of vio-
lence except that on the temple, and internally there were
the usual symptoms of death front drowning. The inquest
was then adjourned till Wednesday evening.