The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-13 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

At this period of the year the agricultural prospects
of the country are matters of great importance to the con.
suming public as well as to the growers of farm produce
and as we do not remember any recent season of such marked
peculiarity as the present, the topic is one of especial interest
at this moment. A dry autumn and mild winter were fol-
lowed by an extremely wet spring, so that the wheat plant
which had been very strong and healthy at the beginning of
February. became by the end of April almost universally
sickly and discoloured. On the strong and retentive soils,
even where drained, considerable injury was occasioned, and
where such soils are undrained, much of the wheat seemed
likely to prove a complete failure. Even on the light soils
the wet weather had men ton much for the wheat. At the
end of April hot and dry weather commenced, which con-
tinued through'.ut the south of England for about six weeks,
and the result was, that upon the lighter soils the wheat
plant began to grow rapidly, but weakly, and it was early
predicted that the ears would be short. On the retentive
soils the sodden ground, under the influence of the sun, be-
came so hard that the hoe could scarcely be used with effect,
and consequently the weeds in many places have obtained
considerable mastery over the corn. Upon the good loamy
lands, however, and upon other soils in very high state of
cultivation, not being strong clays, the wheat wonderfully
recovered during the dry weather; and now that we have
since had an ample supply of rain the wheat crops on such
lands look very flourishing. But there is this striking pecu-
liarity in the wheat crops of this season, viz., that while on
some farms and in some districts they are good, on other
farms or in other districts they are altogether as bad. And
as the wheat crops approach maturity it becomes more and
more obvious that over a wide extent of land, varying much
in ehmacter, the produce must be below an average. Thus
we learn that in Hampshire, " on the damp poor land, the
straw is weak and the ear small, from which not half the
usual average can be expected." The general opinion
amongst the farmers of that county is, that this year's crop
will not be nearly so good as that of last year. And very
' similar opinions are reported from most of the chief grain
growing districts of England. At the same time we hear
everywhere of a certain extent of very good crops. We sus-
pect that though the season has had much to do with the
various aspects of the crops, yet there is a growing difference
in the systems pursued by different classes of farmers; that
the more intelligent and wealthy farmers are everywhere go-
ing ahead of the ordinary farmers ; and that this circum-
stance will produce an effect upon the average productiveness
of the year, whica at present it is difficult to estimate. The
consequence will be, that, though there may be a sufficient
average produce of wheat to keep prices moderate, we shall
hear much complaint amongst many farmers of deficient
crops. Many of our growers will suffer at once from bad
crops and low prices : nor will they obtain any relief from
their other crops, for barley and oats are not good anywhere,
though both have much improved since the commencement
of the summer rains. Beans too, aro gererally indifferent.
These remarks are chiefly applicable to the districts south of
Trent, tor northward the crops are much better than in the
tooth, the spell of wet weather, as well as the subsequent
drought, having been lees continuous in the north.
There can be no doubt that the coming year will be a try
ing one to a large number of farmers ; for, as a rule, those
who have the worst crops are men least able to hear low
I prices, and taking the diminished consumption from depres-
sion of trade into account, as well as the probable displace-
ment of wheat by potatoes in the food of large numbers of
the people, there can scarcely be a doubt that prices will be
low. At this time the condition of the potato crop is one of
engrossing interest, for that is the point upon which com-
parative abundance or the reverse to large mama of the
population turns. As yet, though some reports of the disease
occur, the prospect is, on the whole, favourable; for, though
it has undoubtedly reappeared, it seems to have lost some of
its virulence, a..d dais not make much progress. The fact,
however, that potatoes have been largely planted in England,
and perhaps more extensively than ever in Ireland, will
render the progress of the potato crop for some weeks to
come an object of paramount importance. Low prices, when
the result of general abundance, are anything rather than
injarious to the farmer, especially if he is sufficiently pro-
Tided with capital, and has such a certain end secure tenure
of his farm as to be able to cultivate it to the best advantage.
Instead of lowering his system of culture he feels that he
must grow large crops, and the moderate prices of the in'e-
rior grains, pulse, and artificial food in abundant seasons,
enable him to feed with profit more stock, and thereby to
enure a better supply of manure. This will mire him
futcre prosperity. Amongst the better farmers, therefore,
we do not apprehend there will be any serious cause of com-
plaint. They will perhaps receive a lesson from this trying
season—trying from the alternations of extremely wet and
excessively dry weather, that in good farming alone is safety
to be found ; and that good farming requires the security of
certain tenure. But the inferior farmers, the men who have
submitted to onerous conditions, either in the form of rent,
or restrictive stipulations, game reservations, and the like,
will cry out, and not without reason. They will complain
of distress and low prices; and it is more than likely that
the protecticnists, who have succeeded in extending protec-
tion on sugar, may try the same game, under cover of agri-
cultural distress, upon corn.

Let it therefore be distinctly understood that the agrieul-
total distress of the forthcoming season, if such there shall
i be, will arise from the peculiarity of the reason and tape-
! chilly from the prevalence of inferior farming, caused by the
mode in which so many
,of our landowners joust upon letting
their land. Free trade in corn, so far as it operates on hus-
bandry, will alleviate the difficulties of farmers, by enabling
them to provide provender for their working cattle and their
feeding stock at a cheap rate, notwithstanding the compara-
tive failure of that kind of produce likely to occur in this
country. The Irish famine, with the consequent use of
maise or Indian corn in Ireland, has hitherto prevented its
price falling low enough to induee farmers to use it for feed-
ing stock ; but when once its value for that purpose 'hall
become fully recognised, important advantages will accrue
to the English farmers from the almost unlimited
abundance in which this article may be imported. Meat
can scarcely fail to bear remunerating prices, for the stocks of
cattle, sheep, and swine, are confessedly low, and thus all
farmers whose means or whose landlords permit them to
bras reasonably well, will be able to lay the foundation of
future success though their profits this year may not be :great.
The complaints we shall hear must be deemed the complaints
of the landlords, for front their mismanageme.ni will the
muses of complaint mainly originate.

Another article of farm produce, wool, teams at present
very mutt depressed; so much so, indeed, that all fanners
wh3 can afford to bold it ought not at present to sell their
wool. The low price is owing to the badness of the woollen
trade, which is sure to revive ere long. At all events wool
can be stored with as little risk of loss or depreciation as any
description of farm produce, and the wealthy farmers are
everywhere storing In an articl I on the " British Long
Wool Trade," in a recent number of the Leicester Mercury,
it is stated that the unusual and unprecedented low price of
long wool at present does not indicate a large permanent suf.
plus beyond consumption, but arises from the general depres-
sion of trade; and the writer add,:
Long wool Is not in scows beyond the usual average, except from
muss of • temporary character, and it is because we think it a raw
material which, next to land, is the most eligible and eafeet possible in-
vestment, that we now more prominently draw attention to the subs
ject. In 1837, which was • year of panic and &premien, when every-
thing was depreciating, and it was thought certain long wool wou:d
decline and be equally unsafe with manufactured articles, we drew
attention to the distinction existing between a raw material, which is
supplied by nature but once a year, and the products of the jenny end
the boom; and we showed the immense advantage, as an investment, I
in favour of loss wool over manufactures, front Its small annual
amount, and the immense number of persons of capital who were in-
terested in and capable of bolding 14
From 1838 to 1847 the priori give an average of about 290.
per tod for long wool, which is now gelling for about 265. a
tod ; and it may, therefore, be fairly calculated that a large
profit must accrue to the farmers who can hold their wool.
The showery weather of the put month has been highly
favourable to the growth of turnips, which is another advan-
tage to the stock keeping farmer, and will aid him in advanc • t
ing towards that system of high cultivation from which &lone
profit in agriculture is henceforth to be derived.

IRELAND.
Drums, ictx 11.
The city is perfectly tranquil. Never, perhaps, be-
fore did so many political arrests create so little
excitement. Of course, the " old dash " was in the
mouths of a few, and these not the most courageous
or self-sacrificing ; but it never assumed a more sub-
stantial shape than that of a passionate sentiment.
The sympathy for the arrested was very alight, and
wholly confined to their own party. The Old Ire-
landers—the really strong power in the state--could
not but remember the bitterness with which the
same men once assailed their " Liberator "—and
regarded their present situation in the light of retribu-
tive justice. You might hear this feeling developed in
every knot at every street corner.
I have heard that instructions have been issued to
the police throughout Ireland to make returns of the
number of clubs in their districts—the members they
contain -- the officers —place and time of meeting, and
all other particulars connected with this dangerous
organisation. This is consistent with a rumour cir-
culated to day, that government is resolved on their
suppression before the close of the session.
The Dublin clubs assembled last night in their re-
spective rooms. The police took note of the members
as they entered and returned.
With respect to the seizure of.the Felon, the police
• ' have issued the following notice to-

lof police having been inforned that In one in-
Mame a copy or the A'rlon newipapir was veinal is the hands of a
gentleman who was reading it, hereby caution the police against such
Inter fercuec with individuals. The coders given respecting this news-
paper were, to seize it in the places where it was sold, or in the hands
01 hawkers, as a seditious print, Out not otherwise.
This order is understood to have arisen in conse-
quence of a policeman seizing a copy of the Felon
from the hands of a gentleman while reading it at a
railway station.
The league meeting to take place this evening is to
be another phase of the confederation. Not une of
the true moral force party will be present save through
curiosity. Remonstrance has been tried in vain to save
the proceedings from derision, but the hot-heads are
alike imprudent and impracticable.
The announcement that her Majesty had changed
her intention respecting her •isit to Ireland this
autumn has filled our shop and lodging-house keepers
with dismay. They calculated on an interval of great
prosperity, which no doubt would have been realised,
but the threatened postponement has suddenly
dashed their hopes. They have good reason to curse
disorder.
The . .

of public works have issued a
notification, that all piers and harbours in Ireland,
built or repaired at the public charge within the last
45 years, should henceforward be vested in the com-
missioners, unless cause shown." Parties claiming
a full or modified ownership are invited to come in
and establish their rights. The number of piers and
harbours claimed by the Board of Works, under the
Act for Improving the Irish Fisheries, and the Piers
and Harbours Act, amounts to 52.

The following bill has been extensively circulated
to-day, through all the channels open to the con-
federation—that is, through the clubs and the other
branches of the organisation. It does not bear any
printer's name, but there is little doubt it comes
through this source :
IOW! MAD: M.—To rus prni:F4.3 or 1:n LLlN.—Fellow Citir„ens:

An infamous outrage has been this day perpetrated upon a fellow-
eitnell by the inmate of the English government. Without a colour
cr law, they broke into hie house—seized and carried off t force his
private property. Ln his person the law has been set at defines, and
the most sacred rights of the citizen have been insolently trampled
under foot. Before their trial, citizens are treated Is convicted felons
—their homes violated —their property seized and confiscated. 'neh-
men l—this must not last. We must not be tame—we must nut be
idle—whilst an Austrian despotism is being planted in our country.
The day of reckoning is at hand!—the hour for the death-grapple
with this tyranny approaches I Till it comes, no shrinking, no rash-
ness—but prepare! prepare!! prepare ! !

STATE OF IRELAND.—REPLY OP THE SECRETARY OP
STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT to the address of
seventy.one noblemen and members of the House of Corn.
mons on the present state of:lreland :—" Whitehall, July 11,
1848.—My lord,—ln compliance with the wish expreued by
the dr potation of noblemen and gentlemen whom I had the
honour to receive on the 7th instant that I should give a
written answer to the memorial which on that occasion your
lordship placed in my hands, I beg to inform you, that I
have brought the memorial under the consideration of my
colleagues, and that I have transmitted a copy of it, and o:
the signatures attached to it, to the Lord Lieutenant of Ire-
land. Her Majesty's government are fully aware of the
dangerous character of the clubs which have been lately
organised in Ireland. They trust that by a firm exercise of
th:., powers which the law afford., aided by the support and
co-operation of the loyal subjects of her Majesty in Ireland,
the authority of law and order will be vindicated, and the
peace and security of that portion of the United Kingdom
he preserved. The important subject, however, to which
the memorial relates, emstantly occupies the earnest attention
of her Majesty's government. I have the honour to be, m 7
re
lord, your iortiship'e obedient servant, (Signed) G. GREY.
THE BPFPRESSED JOCHNALB.—Mese. Meany and Bren-
nan were again brought up to-day at College-streetwiffioe,
and l'olice-Sergeant Allen and Constable RA:lowed stood
forward as witnesses in the case. The evidence went toshow
that on the previous day the policasergeant, acting on spe-
cial orders, moved a party of police up Trinity-street to re-
move the crowds which had collectci r.rouna th. Tribune
and Felon offices, and to prevent the sac of those joureala
by the new-venders. The sergeant and his men had nearly
accomplished this when Mr. Meaty appeared at the Tribune
office, and Mr. Brennan at that of the Felon, and called out
that the people were not obliged to remove for the police, and
calling them to come on the raised flagway before the doors
of both offices. Mr. Meany invited same to enter the Tri-
bune office. The pclice-sergeant said h,: wooll not interfere
with any persons not interrupting the thoroughfare. Mr.
Meany and Mr. Brennan next cnteredthe offices respective:3,,
and each brought out a bundle of the respective journals
descending into the streets, and calling out that they would
sell them for a penny each. The police again interfered,
hut a greet crowd rushed on and they were hustled.. Mg.
Meany demanded the policeman's authority for interfering,
and was told he was acting in discharge of his duty and was
responsible. The facts were admitted, with the exception of
the assault, which Mr. Brennan denied. The magistrates
were urged, for the accused, either, to dismiss the case or to
send it for trial to a higher court, where the question of
right involved could he decided, and the authority on which
the relict acted could be tested. It was contended on their
part that there was no law to wsrrant the seizure of those
papers. The magistrates, considering that Mr. Messy bad
merely collected a crowd, bound him to the peace in his own
recognisances, and Mr. Brennan's cuss they returned to the
sessions. In the latter case two sureties of 101. each, toge-
ther with that of Mr. Brennan in 201., were required. They
were at once put in, and both the accused were discharged.

SCOTLAND.
EDINBURGH, JULY 11.
Thursday has been fixed on by the town council
for the election of a professor of the institutes of medi-
cine in the University of Edinburgh. It is almost
certain that Dr. Hughes Bennett will be appointed,
his most formidable competitor having withdrawn.
Speaking of university chairs, Professor Syme now
occupies that of clinical surgery by virtue of a new
commission, and not, a . was reported, by being al-
lowed to withdraw his resignation. In the more
humble institution of the Elgin academy a vacancy
is about to take place by summary ejectment. The
presbytery and town council of the burgh having
,1 quarrelled about the examination, the mathematical
teacher took his stand in behalf of the " altar," and
that the " sword" has descended on him with no
lenient stroke the following magisterial deliverance
will show:

Resoieed—That the Rev. Peter Merson be forthwith dismiseed from
office, in oolsequence of the many and repeated instance, of dimbechem,
refractory, and insulting condurt of which be Las been guilty towards
the patrons, and which he has pereisWa in, nrtwithstandMg hi
solemn pledge to the contrary, and that he be forthwith debarred from
teaching in future in the mid elms; and that this act of dismiseal be
intimated to him accordingly.
A sensation has been caused in the railway world
by the sudden and sweeping reduction by the Cale-
donian Company of the fares between Edinburgh and
Glasgow. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Company's
tariff was, for Ist, 2nd, and 3rd classes, Bs., 84., and
3a. 10d. The Caledonian has come down to 46.,

and 2s. 6d. The greater length of route ost
the part of the latter has been compen.
sated for by the running of special trains
tween the two cities, with no stoppages, so that the
journey is accomplished in two hours, somewhere abou
the average time taken by its older rival. In anticipa-
tion of an expensive opposition, no dividend was paid
by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company last half-
year, but it is not probable that they contemplated
such a reduction as fifty per cent. There is every
prospect of operations being immediately commenced
on the Aberdeen line, and it is expected that it will
be completed to Stonebaven in August, and the
whole length to Aberdeen by the end of 1848. On
the subject of this line, Iferapath has the following
announcement :

A change of directors has just taken place in the Aberdeen Railway
Company. Lord James Liay, a nobleman of high character and great
istlacnce in the church of Scotland, his accepted the office of chair.
man. Several other gentlemen of high standing in the country have
alsojo ned the direction.
What " influence" Lord James has with the
" church of Scotland" is one mystery, and what con-
nexion the latter has with the railway is another and
greater matter for surprise.
Peel's bank act has led to a junction between the
City of Glasgow Bank and the Isle of Man Commercial
Bank. Of ail kinds of fraternisation that of the
amalgamation of Manx and St. Mango's banks would,
under the old system, have been regarded as the most
wonderful, but with an average circulation of
127,0651., and an authorised one of only 72,9211., the
city of Glasgow will be benefited by the alliance.
The Scotch financiers will be astonished if tho bank
committee find that the act has, as is the alleged case
of England, floated Scotland over any crisis. With-
out denying that the potato failure and railway
speculation were primary causes of distress,
we are all of opinion here that the bill
aggravated the difficulty. The secretary of
the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, who is a good
statist, has gone to London to give evidence before the
committee, and it were well if more men of his
stamp were summoned, as bank officials are apt to
favour Sir R. Peel's system of legislation on account
of its having established a monopoly in favour of the
existing money-changers.
A bold application of Sir R. Peel's Customs Act
has been attempted by a distiller in this vicinity. He
resisted payment of tolls, on the plea that his class
of goods were declared free of duties, but the road
trustees proved to the satisfaction of the Court of
Session, outer and inner, that the dues were levied on
the carts containing the goods, and not on the goods
themselves.

TIIE BISUOP OF EijiElils7D TIM REV. JAMES
SHOILIL—A public meeting was held at the Town-hall,
Manchester. on Tuesday evening, the Mayor presiding, for
the purpose of expressing sympathy with the Rsv. James
Shore under the persccutioas to which he has been subjected
be- the Bishop of Exeter. There were present, in a very
crowded meeting, besides the Mayor, the Rev. Dr.Vangtutn,
principal of the Lancashire Independent College ; Mr. Ald.
Mayson ; the Rev. James Currie, clergyman; and a number
of dissenting ministers from the free church of Scotland
and the independent and Wesleyan denominations.—The
Rev. James Shore, after an introduction by the Mayor,
entered into a detail of his case, and alluded to the conduct
of the bishop in the Rev. Mr. Bulteel's and other cues.—
The meeting expressed a feeling of great indignation, which
WWI not lessened by the readtng of an anonymous placard
distributed at the door, to the effect that if Mr. Shore was
willing to be reposed from his office as a prioit he could be
so, and would then be at liberty to preach without the fear
of a gaol before hint. The fellowing resolutions were
pa,sed: Mr. Ald. Mayson moved the first resolution, which
was as follows:

PROVINCIAL.
LANCASHIRE.

That, in the judgment of this meeting, it is the right of every man,
as man, to enjoy full liberty of conscience in matters of religion ; and
that all laws which operate as a bounty on insist. rity, by subjecting
the peaceful citizen to penally or inconvenience, as the coasequerox ot
endeavouring to acquit himself oonselentiomly towards God, are on.
just in thenwelsre, und must be deeply demoralleing in their influence,
and should, on these grounds, be rescinded.

—The Rev. J. Currie, of Trinity Church, Rush°lme,
seconded the resolution.—The Rev. F. A. V. eat, NVesleyr.n
minister, supported the resolution, which was cs•ti.d unani.
mously.-317. T. Greig moved the next resoluti,n :

That laws tending to perpetuate religions hypocrisy, by attaching
penalties to relmiuuseonseientiousnem, ere especially obi:orient ta our
feelings as Ecglishmen, the great :tint of our gentrous moisture during
the last three centuries, having been to reolise and Peet:re for their
descendants the immunity in this respect suppo,ed to have been
transmitted to to In the Act of Toleration and it is acverdnagly with
much surprim and regn•t that we now learn that the provisions of
that act, in the care of any clergyman smelling from the eatattlislied
church, may be contravened by a law still recognised in our ecclesias-
tical and evil worm, which, if enforeed,:as in tho case of Me. Shore,
may misled every clergyman so seceding to heavy penaltles, thould
he presume to preach the gospel even as a nononnformi4t minister,
contrary to the orders of the said courts, or should be give himself to
any employment canonically inconsistent with the presumed itadoithi-
lity a tho ateetcal character.
—ln answer to a question, put amidst much noise and con-
fusion by Mr. J. G. Carter. the Rev. Mr Shore stated that
if he had known the bishop had the power o. preventing
him from preaching the Gospel he certainly saver should
have entered the church.—The Rev. Dr. Vaughan seconded
the resolution, and in commenting on the conduct pursued
towards Mr. Shore, guarded himself from being supper.t dto
have taken this opportunity to attack the church of Ear-
land, and s►id if the spirit which had institund these prose-
cutions was allowed to exert its influence unmarked by pub-
lic indignation it might be manifested towards tibsenters in
turn. For his part he had thought the Toleration Act settled
the question, but finding th• it mistake it could not he set-
tled too coon. The resolution was carried unanimously.—
The Rev. R. Cows moved the next resolution

- - -
That, in the view of this meeting, this asavrtalned Matt of the law
does not by art v means justify the Biehop of Elstir in the mums
which he bas token in this case; but, wing the puma-es to which
this remnant of barbarism from a bygone age may be applied by pro.
latss who moe be unmindful of the dignity becoming their stations
of the credit dour common Chrivtianity, and of the liberty proper to
British subjects this meeting earnestly desiree that all persibiiity of
such future application of this taw way be prevented by its immediate
abolition.

—The Rev. P. J. Jobson seconded the resolution.—Curried
unanimously. By the next resolution itwas ordered that peti-
ti•ms, embodying the resolution. be presented to both bosses
of parliament, signed by the chairman, on behalf of the
meeting. A collection was made on behalf of the payment
of Mr. Shore's expenses.
EMIGRATION OF THE POOR.—At Lariellnkr on
Thursday last, a meeting was held in the too n-hall, to take
into consideration the aubject of emigration. The mayor
presided, and a report was read fr-m the board of guardians
which stated that of late there bad been a great increase of
applications for relief, chiefly from able-bodied labourers,
who were not able to obtain employment, and who were
ready and willing, if they could obtain assistance from the
union, to emigrate to any of the colonies where they might
obtain labour, and be no longer burdens to the rate-payers
at borne. The great increase in the rat-, oensequent on
this state cf mauve, had induced the guardians to take
the subiect of emigration into their consideration, and
it did appear to them that the population had b,nome
greater than the means el empl,,Lient. It appeared that
by law the varier, towarliips of the union were authorised
to raise funds by rate, for the purpcse of aiding the emigra-
tion of paupers, and it was proposed by the guardians that
this should be done. The following resolutions' were
agreed to :
That under the present circumstances of the country it in ikvirable
to encourage emigration, and that the report of the eusnlians be
received and adopted by the ineeting.—That the necessary funds be
rained to enable poor persons who may be diiipnned to ernigr ee.—
That the Board of Guardians be neural"d to reeche applications
from persons desirous to em ale.—That the names of the two
etinnes of persons, OA Is, eligible for a free passage aria ineligible be
kept distinct: and that a imbeeriptinn list be opened in each town-
ship in the union for the
NOTTlNGllAllRlcontributions of charitably diApOX .d person'
towards easingg the ratem-ers in tido !urn
lIRP mstab:s undert4Oug.

FIRE AT NoTTlNGllAM.—Yeeter:ifty one of the
most serious mnflagrations that has occurred in Nottingham
since the destruction of the Exchange broke out in an exten-
sive factory situated in • dense range of buildings, between
the hlaiket-elece and Parliament street. The mill wee
fitted up with machinery (worked by -team) f r pr. psing
wort, cotton, end silk for manufactures, and was in the cc-
copation of ?derma Hollins and Son, who only porchased it
a few months ago from John Mills, Esq. The fire originated
in the " tearing room." A youth named Steele woe en-
ema( d in carding and mixing cotton, when a quanti,v of the
yarn became entangled round a portion of the ma-
chinery, the rapid Evolutions of which cawed the
material to ignite, and before assistance could be rrndered
the whole frame wee in a blaze. The flames speedily spread
to other parts of the machinery, and at length reached the
roof, which fell in piecemeal, greatly to the danger of those
rendering insistence. It was now evident that :hat portion
of the premis-s in which the fire commenced could not be
saved, and therefore the efforts of the firemen were mainly
directed to the adjacent ranges on tither side, and happily
for the most part their exertions were successful. It is im-
possible to estimate the amount of damage done at present,
but it must he upwards of a thousand pounds. It is under-
stood that the premises were insured. A correspoudent
says: "Messrs. Hollins have been singularly unfortunate,
having had several manufactories destroyed within the last
three years—two in the neighbourhood if Manaticld, at
Pleasley, and now one at Nottingham."
*ENT. .

THIN BowlNo.—At the meeting of the Weald of
Kent Farmer's Club, at Cranbrook, last week, the euNeet
for the evening's considtrati-n was thin and thick sowing.
The discussion had been adjourned from the previous meet-
ing, and led to an interesting and useful debate. The
following resolution was ultimately adopted :
That thin rowing, as usually understood, is not generally sultan'e
for the lands in too district, but l" the - -`- -
following are the rates of seed we
light dry highly-cultivated sot'
dtum soil, two bushels ;
also for oata, three bushels an _
soils. That although in puticular
hove been grown firm a seat mann
base aziacii trans peculiar CIIIMEMUM
safe to draw any gamed oandsioss.

THE
Cheltenham.

SUPPOSED

for Me lands in tins district, but that, in the opinion of the club, the
following are the rates of seed which may be benencully adopted. On
drum
dry highly-cultivated soils, a buillel and a half :ilsiiled; • on vain.
urn soils, two bushels ; m wet stiff clays, two bushels
also for oats, three bushels oo the best mils, four Mine R.
soils. That although in particular instances Lam! ;• . a,
hum been grown from a small quantity of seed, . . 73
have arisen tram peculiar circumstances, from 10116 .:. 'Av .<•:, 4
safe to draw any general conclusion.
OLOCCEs•TERSHIRE, ~ -- .4,••• -
A CASE OF SUPPOSED DEATH FRO isz. '...49z
THE RECENT ELECTION it in COWIE Ottill ", • •
Cheltenham. A cabman named binbtock As 1, •
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a brook near Pitvillo. The water being ,•• •
deep it is suppcsed that deceased was , " jai • • •• 71
s. 411
death. A post merles examination has • ,
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