The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-01 00:00:00

YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SHOW

AT LEEI)S.

LEEDS, JULY 31
Yesterday afternoon a large quantity of rain fell,
end ale, during night there were very heavy shower., which
it was *eared would interfere much with the proceedings in
the implement yard and in trial fields. The trial of land
implements was however got through towards evening, and
as to day has been beautifully fine, no great inconvenience
has been sustained. The show field, which last night
was nearly snide deep in dirt and wet in some
llaces, is this moving nearly dried up, and a
arge number of spectators have visited it during
the day. The show of implements is exceedingly good,
being more than double the ge number of previous
years. The pit a for implements are not yet awarded, but
they will be in the course of the afternoon, and announced at
dinner this evening. The list of entries of cattle, although
completed, is not yet published ; but we understand that
the entries are double those of previous yi ars, the total
number being over 800.
The Earl of Carlisle will preside at the council dinner this
evening; and, besides his lordship, the Earl of Ilarewood,
Lord Galloway, Lord Keane, Sir John Johnstone, and other
distinguished visitnn, are expected to arrive to-day.
Tc-morrow is the great day of the show, when it is ex-
pected that large numbers of visitors will arrive by the
several railway trains centreing in Leeds. As yet there has
been no great arrival., or any extraordinary number of per-
sons in the town. Indeed, with the exce,vtion of • little
throng and bustle in Wellingtonatrees, near the show-
yard, the main streets are not more crowded than usual.
True, a good many people have passed through the imple-
ment yard, but, until the cattle is exhibited to-morrow, we
do not anticipate anything like a crush on the ground.

BRITISH ARCHXOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

CHENTER, MONDAY EVENING.

The proceedings in connexion with the holding of
the 'lath annual congress of the above interesting and valu-
able society in Chester, commenced this day, under highly
favourable auspices. The chief objects of the society are to
promote a personal intercourse between antiquaries and his-
torical inquirers who reside in different parts of the country
and abroad, and to afford a week's amusement and instruc-
tion, by the reading and discussing of papers on antiquarian
and historical subjects, and in visiting and examining thee-
ther the antiquities of the locality, with a view of illustrating
and preserving the ancient monuments, arts, manners, cus-
toms, and remains of put times.
Shortly lifter eight o'clock Lsrd Albert Conyngham, the
president, was introduced by the Bishop of Chester, who, in
the course of a short address, stated that the ancient city of
Chester contained many remarkable relating of the middle
ages calculated to give new light, and impart new interest,
to what was scarcely understood.
The noble President then proceeded to deliver an ad-
dress, dwelling at some length upon the interest which
attached to the study of archa, dopy, and pointing out the
various antiquities connected with the city of Chester.
The remainder of the evening was occupied with the
reading of several most interesting papers ; by Mr. Dillon
Croker, on the study of archaeology ; by Mr. J. It.
Plumbs, on the seals of the Berle of Chester ; Thomas
Wright, Esq., on an Ivory Casket of the thirteenth century,
as illustrative of the romantic literature of England in the
middle ages ; J. 0. Halliwell, Esq., on the cottage literature
of the Palatine counties, illustrated by notices of fugitive
tracts chiefly relating to Cheater; J. G. Waller, Esq., on
the brasses of Sir Peter I.egh, in Winwick Church, Lan-
cashire. and of Roger Legit, in St. Michael Church, Mac-
clesfield, Cheshire.

RECOVERY OF A VESSEL SUNK IN TILE
SHZIHNE4B, it:LT 31.—Some weeks back a sloop, celled the
Providence, of Enchanter, whilst !Wire about half a mile
below the Mouse Light, was run into by a steamer celled the
Londin Merchant, end sunk, since which time several at-
tempts have been made by the Sheerness boatmen to recover
the hull, in which they yesterday succeeded, and she now
lies much damaged on the hard ground near the pier.
A MOTHER STABBED BY HER DAVCIITER.—Oft
Saturday, an inquest was held at Ramsey, at the house of
William {'yenta, a farmer, on the body of his wife, Anne
Spencer Pyman, aged 74, who met with her death under the
following melancholy circumstances:—Mazy Anne Pymane
single woman, stated that the deceased wu her mother ; on
Tuesday, the 10th ult., about one o'clock in the afternoon,
li-r mother and her sister, Eliza Pyman, were in the sitting
room together, when her sister called to her to bring z lily
leaf to put on her mother's knee ; she got a leaf, and went
cots the room with it, when her mother said to her, " She
(meaning her sister Eliza) has cut a hole in my knee, only
because I said there should be some more cabbage for din-
ner .' " her sister was in the room at the time, and could hear
she said ; she then examined her mother's left k nee, whe n
she saw a wound, which appeared to have been made by a
knife. It was not then bleeding much, but it bled a great
deal afterwards. Stu placed the lily leaf, steeped in brandy,
upon the woun I, and tied a handkerchief over it. She had
forgotten before to state that, as soon as she came into the
room, her mother said to her, " Eliza has thrown a knife at
my knee ;" but her sister Eliza said nothing. The wound
was continued to be dressed by them until the Tuesday fol-
lowing (the 17th tilt, ),when Mr. Smith, surgeon, of Manning-
tree, was sent for, and he attended her up to the time of her
death, which took place on Thursday, the 26th ult. Her
mother did not say whether any blows had passed between
her and her sister. Her sister had been for some time past
labouring under abe-ration of intellect. There was a hole in
her mother's gown and under-garments, u if cut with a knife.
—Phoebe King, wife of William King, of Ramsey, labourer,
deposed that she was last night at the house of Mr. William
Pyman, husband of the deceased, where she and a Mrs. John-
son had their tea together. Eliza Pyman was in the room
with them, and talked about her father and mother, 'when
she said to them, " I cut the old woman's knee with that
kni e," the knife she (Mrs. King) was using, and the same
then produced. She said nothing more about it. By the
old woman she meant her mother. Has known Eliza Pyman
for some years, and considered her to have been for some
time past in a deranud state of mind.—Mary Johnson, wife
of a labourer in the parish, corroborated the last witness, and
added that when Eliza Pyman spoke of having cut her mo-
ther, she was quite composed.—Jam,,Hent7 Smith, of Man-
ningtree, surgeon, stated that on Tuesday, the 17th ult., he
was sent for to attend the deceased, whom he found in bed,
and he had not the slightest doubt whatever that the death
of the deceased was attributable to the wound in the knee.—
The jury having consulted foe about twenty minutes, returned
a verdict of manslaughter against Eliza Pyman. The coroner
t then committed her for triaL—Essex Herat.;

THE CHOLERA.
Among the victims of I hie disease, we have to record
Mr. Cottinehatn, the magiorsta of Southwark Police-scam.
We 'wised his indisposition yesterday. mad we understand
that he died after no more than 30 hours' illness.
The health of London during the past week is set forth
by the te,,teette.geseesi ss follows :—Ansta. the retain
indicates ea trellises on the excessive mortality of the pr••
'tour week. The deaths from all r.usoe, which in three
previous weeks wore respsotively 1,070, !..119; end 1.741.
rose to the last to 1,931, • want' whisk is anon doable
the weekly avenge, and exurb that of the Messer week by
nearly 20J. To compare three results with the deaths from
acmes in four weeks, when iotiseau was unusually fatal
In the last quarter of 1847, it may bestated that theme:tabs,
at that time increased to the fel/emir* aushent-1.086,
1,677, 2,451, 2,416, and in the AU week conti-
nued to decline. The deaths from theism which in
three previous weeks were 152, 339, 678, rue ia the last to
783, a rate of increase which it will be observed is not so
pat as la the Ant weeks of the outbreak. But the deaths
dlarrhcra (fatal in a peat majority cactus to children),
sad dyreates7,wb it% in three previous weeks were 64,1x0 And
146,1nerused in the kat to 238, showing a more rapid in-
cense recently than the mortality from the more malignant
form of the disease. In the corresponding week of 1813,
the deatis from diarist:ea and d)turtrry amounted to 187.
• mortality which is altr.od as considerable as the return of
last week. The total deaths from the three dire axe in the
present return were therefore 1,021, whilst the weekly
average of the season is only 92, a malt, when compared
with the nesse of mortality from all own, which shows
that the es:groves deaths from other diseases do net vary
11116 from the usual =must. Small pox, sear.
latiu, and typhus, however. are now seder the avenge,
espeeisl:y the Ant two of these emetics; measles had
Looping cough have fallen to he average. cheers was
fatal last week to 392 malts and 401 females ; previous
Weans allowed a majority on the other side. The districts
en the souls side of the river still form the field on which
the disease is most retie*. The decal s from it, which in th's
region were in three pervious weeks, 93, 192, 443, rose lest
week to 611. Thera is a slight iecrease in the casters'
districts. Ta the western and northern, comprising Kea-
'legion, Chs bee, St. George (Hsnoveremure,) Werminster,
St. Ilartioin•the-Fields, St. Jaws, Mary bon Pancras,
Islington, Hackney, and Hampstead, the deaths were only
fel against 63 is the preceding wet k. The districts whieb
show the greatest mortality are Bermondsey, where 64
deaths occurred last week; Newinguss, where there were
66; St. ONTPC (Southwark). where then wen 70; and
Lambeth, where there were M. The meaa height of the
beromoter is the week was 29 an. The temperature wee
generally below the average dubs the week. The mean
wrseM9.
The Board of Health issued yesterday the annexed return
of omen :
Attacks. Deaths.
la London and vicinity 214 115
In 11 loud and Wales 3OO 123
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Total 647 260