The Express.
London, England, 1847-06-15 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

A CAR of POISONING has occurred at Carlisle, by which
a Mrs. Mary Thompson lost her life. Her husband is in
custody on suspicion of having administered arsenic to the
unfortunate woman.

Tint CASE or FORGERY BY AN ATTORNEY.—We have re-
ceived a letter requesting us to intimate that the crime of
falsifying a writ is alleged against Joseph Turner, a solicitor,
of Sheffield, and not against Mir. Samuel Wm. Turner, also
a legal practitioner of that town.
Haim Binns.—Three specimens of the Canada goose
(two males and • female) were shot by a policeman, on the
"[arrogate-common, last Thursday morning. There were
ten of these rare birds together, and from fatigue, caused by
the greet beat or long flight, Mr. Young was fortunate
enough to get within shot of them before they rose, and still
more fortunate in killing three at two shots alter they had
taken wing. The smaller male bird weighed nearly 121b5.,
and measured from tip to tip 70in., girth 28in., and length
38in. The bmk, head, and nearly all the neck is black ;
throat white, and ending in • point behind the coverts.
This white patch, front its colour and similarity in position to
• neckcloth, has given these birth the name ale* of the "cra-
vat goose ;" the back and wings are brown, and the breast a
paler brown ; the legs end feet are nearly black. In 1814.
some of these geese were killed at Hartlepool. during a very
severe snow end frost. The birds shot by Mr. Young are
the first wild birds of this species we have ever heard of as
being killed in this neighbourhood:=Harrogote A,:vertiser.

THE GAME LAWN AND THE 6ENERAL ELECTION.—A
correspondent of the Nolte Journal attars ems a letter to his
brother farmers, suggesting what they should do when asked
for their votes. e says: "In the first instance your in-
terests are much injured by the game laws, inasmuch as
they prevent your making the mist of your land—inter-
fere with your crops—injure your draina—increase both
the poor and county rate to a most fearful ex-
tent, and demoralise your labourers ; above all things,
therefore, it is necessary you should have a clear under-
standing with your candidate upon this subject. And
take my word for it, no man, whatever his station, talent, or
character may be, is fit to represent the county of Notting-
ham, who will not pledge himself to • very greet modifica-
tion of this obnoxious enactment. Yod may allege as a
reason for requiring a pledge to this eft ct, the following
facts :—That in 1843 4, the number of convictions in Not-
tinghamshire, under the game-laws, was 119; and that 78
out of that number were impriss.ind for an average period of
two months each; that 65 of them had wives and families
dependent upon their respective parishes for support during
the term of the husband's incarceration. In addition to this
you may state, that the whole of the convictions under the
gams-laws in 1843.4, in England and Waies, were 4,529;
that out of this number 152 were assize cases ; and that
3,973 had wives and families depending upon them for sup-
port, and during their impriaoament were supported by their
respective parishes. To enforce the necessity for this pledge,
you may state, that during the same yew- there were 41 in-
quests held upon the bodies of gamekeepers who had been
killed in various affrays with poachers. That out of these
41 inquests, verdicts of wilful murder were returned against
thirty-six persons; and that out of the 4,529 convictions,
no lees than 22 were transported for periods of seven years
and upwards. If after this he refuse to pledge himself to a
very extended modification of the game laws, the man is in-
corrigible—be has no proper sense of justice—he is destitute
of humanity, devoid of morality, and dead to shame, in-
asmuch as he would sacrifice even a Lrother's blood at the
impious shrine of the game lame After this, choose who you
will for a representative, such a man would be a disgrace to
you as a constituency."
WILISTURE.
WHAT MAY BE DONE WITH POOR LAND.—Near to the
town of Mere, in this county, we (Hants Adrertiser) were
struck at beholding the fine crops, the excellent order the
fields appeared to be in, the low neat cut hedges or fences,
and the immense quantity of oxen, cows and sheep grazing
in the meadows : this led to an inquiry to whom those rich,
broad fields belonged. To Sir H. R. Hoare, the rich banker
of Fleet-street., London, was the ready reply, whose seat is
about three miles from Mere. and seven miles from Wincan-
ton, who himself has the following seven farms in his own
hands :—Shirton, Knoyle, Colcat, Hill Grounds, Brenham
Lodge, Top Lane, and Search Farm ; altogether containing
between 3,000 and 4,000 scm of land, once so poor and con-
sidered so unproductive that every farmer of the old school
failed in getting their living from the farms they occupied ;
hence Mr. Hoare, one after the other, was driven to make
the best of such land, or suffer it to be slit lees useful
if overrun with weeds. He therefore hired farm bailiffs,
purchased horses, and every necessa-y implement of hus-
bandry; employed at least 150 labourers, keeping between
seventy and eighty horses, giving constant work to wood-
men, carpenters, bricklayers, thus more than 200 men
through him have constant employment, winter and summer,
wet or dry, at good wages; the lowest amount paid to la-
bourers is 12s. per week, some having 21s. at the present
time ; no reduction in the cold and short days. His cot-
tages arc let to his labourers at (rein 30s. to 40a. per annum,
with large gardens, right of common or pasturage, enabling
some to keep a cow or two, and in the winter fatten two or
three pigs. Mr. Hoare himself has as many cows in milk
at one time as yields him twice each week fourteen to six-
teen dozen pounds of good butter, has seventy calves wean-
ing and fattening at one time, and in the winter at least fifty
beasts stalled; when fat they are sold generally to beast
dealers in the neighbourhood, some of these beasts fre-
quently reaching the enormous weight of from sixty to
eighty score pounds each. About one third only is grazing
land ; he has never less than 1,000 sheep and 500 ewes for
breeding, of the pure South-down breed; nearly 1,008 acres of
this very land was never considered to be worth more than Is.
per acre for rent per annum. when Mr. Hoare had it first in
his possession, the occupiers then thinking three to four
sacks per acre of wheat a good field ; now by cultivation,
draining, and manuring, it would let for 301. per acre. Five
hundred acres of wheat grown last year on this very land,
producing on an average from 10 to 11 sacks per acre. This
gentleman lets off a large breadth of land to farmers in the
neighbourhood, giving every encouragement and assistant*
to those who will follow in bin plans, by lending them
money, finding drain tiles, and rendering every assistance
they may reasonably ask, and even more than they expect;
not raising the rent as extra management leads some to
adopt, but granting long leases at the olden low terms to in-
duce those under him to persevere; those not blinded to
prejudice soon do well ; the self-willed and ignorant are soon
compelled to leave. A short time ago he discharged one of
his stewards who neglected carrying out the plans and orders
he had laid down.
CORNWALL.
NATURAL PHENOMENON.--A letter written from Pen-
zance, under date of Wednesday week, contains the follow-
ing singular statement: "On Sunday evening last a very
extraordinary commotion of the sea took place in this bay,
which was observed by a great number of persons. About
half-past five o'clock the sea made a rush on to the beech for
50 or 60 feet. and immediately receded to its natural posi-
tion. This occurred • great many times up to half-past
eight. The boats at Newlyn and Penzance were sometimes
afloat, and then again almost dry ; those that were at the
moorings in Gwevas-lake all showed their heads towards
the offing, although the wind at the time was blowing very
strong off the land. A schooner at anchor off this pier-head
was noticed to go completely round several times. The
morning was exceedingly hot, and the wind about S.S.R.,
but very little. In the afternoon, between two and three,
the wind changed almost suddenly to W.N.W., and blew
very fresh; the weather became chilly and cloudy, witk
distant thunder, and on the hills a heavy mist ; thunder
continued till about nine p.m. The barometer fell consider-
ably from Saturday to Sunday evening, and the thermometer
on Sunday morning, about 11, stood as high as 71 deg. Fah-
renheit; it afterwards fell in the afternoon to 65 deg."

LITERATURE.
An Autobiographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bari.,
late of the Admiralty. /muses, 1847.
Most readers will be disposed to give this volume
• favourable reception. It is pleasant to find that a
life of labour has left • man of eighty-three in full
possession, not only of his mental faculties, but of
energy enough to undertake and complete an octavo
volume of reminiscences. There is also, both in fiction
and biography, a great attraction in every narrative
which tells of uninterrupted success and. prosperity.
There is no doubt that deeper sympathies are stirred
by misfortune—by the afflictions of Job, to quote
Bacon's illustration—than by the felicities of Solo-
mon ; but it is easier and pleasanter to contemplate
health and wealth than to identify ourselves with
the victims of injustice and misfortune. Hannibal
up to Connie, Napoleon before the Moscow cam-
paign to the end of his career, furnish
readers of history with an agreeable excitement which
is quits independent of moral and political opinions.
The indolent human mind likes to see the wishes of
those -
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readers

those about whom it occupies itself for the time, gra-
tified u far as possible, to save itself from the sympa-
thetic shock of disappointment. Many English
readers of Thiers have probably thought it quite a
ir pity that the army of could not get across
the channel. The the EmEmilir is felt
as a personal vezati :c "..-.- -,, • •
Sir John Barrow ' . • • • ••• to be a hero
or a genius ; but, as ,;.
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all the qualities w•' '. . .
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steady and solid • , let
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showing,. to hare 42.;..1111 i• . • and yet
enterprising north oo • .„,., r'''' ~:bis t ... Alelighted
in depicting. Un ''• -" ..., • -MdsAttigable in-
dustry, the art of making ifnilM. ireful, and the rarer