The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-07 00:00:00

ON THE 38.‘N.U4911!NT OF POI.TOF.A.

Plant vour potatoes whole, plant wide, plant now.
•To Ilte Rdilor of Me Tyne Merenry.
" Sir : Potatoes have in the Ism few wars Gilles o$ in their nourish-
ing qualities, —and what is the reason! It is because you have foe.
saken nattier in their management. Potatoes have been gradually
deteriorating —ulthoughdlic crops hare been large, the nourishing
qualities have diminished; the potato of the present day contains
more moisture and le« starch than it did ten years ago; In planting
potatoes whole you follow nature, for you never knew nature take
a knife and cut the tuber into four or five piecem ; no,—the plant (hv
riven nourishment and strength from the decay of the root from
whence it springs, and by adopting this plan, you will Per fewer
breaks in the Hell, for every root tells; and I speak from experience,
the best crops have been from potata,, planted whole ; they must be
planted wide to allow spreading. They might to be planted now, be-
fore the frost nets ; for it in quite unnatural to suppose they will
improve by being stewed together, with laving for nearly 6 months
before they are planted; besides, it is the best chance of waving your
seed ; if they are planted now, you are sure of them ; they will also
show themselves If good before it is too late to plant for another crop.
Br following this plan, I'll engage you have your potatoes enlier,
better, and get three for two against the old plan.—L.S. D., Leicester,
13 Nov. 1845.

HANBEMME RECOGNITION BT A POLITICAL OPPO-
NENT.— We have great pleasure in presenting the f dlon ing
extract from the Carmarthen Journal, one of the beat of our
many excellent provincial newspapers:
TILE LATE GENERAL 411 t W. NOfl, G.C.B.
We havetuttch autiaidetion in announcing that the Queen, on the

recommendation of Lord John Rmaell, has presented a eon of tbe late
golLuit general to a valuable living, as will be wen by the accom-
ming copy of a letter from the Prime Minister to the Rev. Mr.
Chesham-place, August 2s.
" sir,—l have much pleasure in informing you that the Queen has
approved of my recommendation of your provided= by the Crown
to the living of Tutterton, in Lincolnshire. The lidag, which is near
/Liston, is worth, I understand, from MAL to 1,9901. a year. I "W.(
that you will be enabled by this increase of income to give that assist-
ance to your sisters which your circumstances nay warrant. It is as
the son of Sir Win. Nott, as well as in the character of a deserving
clergyman, that I have brought your name before her Majesty.—l
have the honour to be your faithful servant, " J. RUSSKI.L.
" The Rev. Vin. Geo. Nott."

We believe we may state that it wan mainly attributable to the
very kind and persevering efforts of Mr. David Morris, the member
textile borough. That gentleman pretest the very strong claims of
the family upon Sir Robert Peel, but without gummy. The Earl of
Ellenborough also made a very forcible appeal to the late Lord Chan-
cellor (or one of the numerous livings in his giR to be bestowed
upon the Rev. Mr. Nott, but he wan equally unsuccessful, although
'he made a personal favour it, knowing better than any man what the
deceased General had achieved for British Delia. Lord John tem..ll
was no sooner in other than Mr. David Morris, accompanied be Mr.
Saunders Dmies, M.P., waited upon him with a memorial, deism
up, we understand, by the Mimes Nutt, setting forth the claims and the
circumstances of the family, which Lord Jobn readily acknowledged,
and stated be would consider of the subject. Lord iota, subsequently
wrote to Mr. D. Morris, making inquiries relative to the Rev. Mr.
Nott, to which Mr. Morris replied, and the result was as
we have stated. The services of the late General Nutt
were of no common orthx. When our army at Cabool
annoyed, nearly the whole of the Afghan force. were brought to
bear against the General, and he sustained and defeated repeated
attacks during the whole of that winter. Hod he been overthrown,
or induced to surrender, as Colonel Palmer dal, who commanded at
the almost ini Me fortress of Chimer, there is no telling what
effect it w have had upon the native powers of India, who are
chiefly awed and kept in s sbjection by the moral influenee attached
to British mown,. It is perfectly certain. too, that General Pollock's
in orb to Cabool, and the retrieval of oar fume, would have been reu-
demi impossible. Lord J. Russell has shown himself alive to this and
is deserving of high honour for his ready and disinterested ibl'l:lloW-
!Moment of it. Acts of this kind go far to strengthen a puverament,
for the people are ever ready to express their gratitude fur an honest
distribution of patronage. We are pleased to be able to notice that
Mr. Robert Nott, some time a resident in Carmarthen during the life
of his gallant father, immediately on bin return to India, was ap-
pointed Adjutant and Interpreter to the lot Regimes: of Infantry of
Seindial's Contingent at Gwatior, a valuable apptAntment fur to young
an officer. This Mr. Nott owed, we believe, to the very stiong letters
of mommendation be curried out with him from the Earl of Ellen.
borough and the Hon. Col. Tenor, who on all occasions have mani-
fested the strongest interest for the family.

No man can any what is before him ; if Lord John proceeds
in this course he will cheat Us out of all our prejudices.
There are a thousand unhandsome motives assignable by
envy or ill-will for the noble act of the minister described
above, but we scornfully reject them all. We are as much
opposed as ever to the professed political principles of Lord
John Russell's government, as much opposed as we were six
years ago, but this shall sot prevent our acknowledging now,
as we acknowledged then, that in the dispensation of
patronage, Conservatives would do well to take •
lesson Irom their political opoonents. We may op-
pose perverse politicians, and we will oppose them
as long as they continue perverse; but it is im-
possible not to respect, and even love the men who act
generously and honourably in the exercise of a great power
which their station calls upon them to exercise upon their
private judgment, and almost without responsibility of any
kind. We say this as much for Lord J. Russell's sake as for
our own, because the Premier is too acute a man not to see
that by an act which must concliate to him the respect and
love of all good men, he does not nezessarily s.rve any party
purpose, end the act, therefore, is free from the taint of
unworthy motives. It is • gaol and generous thing,
promptly and gracefully done upon the impulse of a strong
sense of duty.—,Standard.