The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-23 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION OF AN EISTEDDFOD

FOR 1854.

BANGOR, WEDNISDILY.
The usual notice of an Eisteddfod (a year and a
day) was given yesterday in this city by public proclama-
tion, being made according to t►e ancient ceremony of the
British bards. At about noon a procession of bards and
orates was formed, and repaired to a field near Bangor,
when the herdic circle was made around the gorsedd stone,
on which wss deposited a sheathed sword. The principal
chaired bard, Mr. Thomas (Eban Fardd) then made pro-
clamation, calling upon all devoted to the poetry and lite-
rature of their country to repair to Bangor in the autumn of
1864, where their pruetiens will be judged, and they will
receive the protection of the herdic chair (iwyuedd, accord-
ing to the rights of the bards of Britain, " in the face of the
sun and the eye of light." Further ceremonies having been
observed, a number of poetical and other addresses fol-
lowed, pointing out the benefits conferred by Eiateddfodan,
and their tendency to preserve the language and literature
of the country. The meeting then separated.

THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY, who has been tra-
velling on the Continent for the recovery of his health, is on
his way to London, to take his seat at the General Board
of Health, in consequence of the threatened prevalence of
cholera. Mr. Grainger, the medical superintending in-
spector, bail returned to town from Newcastle, to oonfer
with the board.

SWARMS OF FLlES.—Extraordinary swarms of
small files have filled the air in several parts of Yorkshire
during the last few days. At Harrogate, on Thursday
evening, they formed a black cloud, which obscured the
light for some hours. The temperature, until yesterday,
has not been so warm as to lead to the expectation of such
a visitation. A scientific gentleman, in answer to an in-
quiry on the subject, says:—" It is not at all uncommon in
the autumn months to see immense swarms of gnats, the
eislex pipiens and chirononsua ',lnman', ascending and de-
scending in the air in such numbers as to appear like
smoke, which have in some instances, from this circum-
stance, created an alarm of fire when seen near a church
steeple or elevated building. What the Harrogate flies
were I cannot therefore say positively, but I suppose
them to have been the above."—Leech Mercury.
APPLICATION OF GUANO TO WIIEAT.—We learn
from our Wigton correspondent that an interesting experi-
ment in agriculture has just been satisfactorily tested by
Mr. Caird, of Baldoon. Last autumn Mr. Caird soweda
field of wheat extending to 100 imperial acres, and he ap-
plied to the field 991. worth of guano, being at the rate of
11. worth to each acre, as one acre was left in the centre
without any extra manure. The crop having been all se-
cured last week, Mr. Caird thrashed out the produce 0f the
acre to which no guano had been applied, and also the pro-
duce of one of the other acres, and the resist was that the
acre extra-manured yielded nine bushels of grain more than
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that unfertilised by guano. Taking the value of new
wheat at 6s. per bushel, the difference in money value of
the yield of the two acres is 545., or 31s. of a velum, fur
the expenditure of 20s. From the application of this
manure, therefore, the produce of this one field has been
increased by nearly 900 bushels of min.—Dumfries
Courier.

ANOTHER DETECTIVE AT HIS
VOCATION.