The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-13 00:00:00

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passing sentence, leaves out of view entirely the
weighty evidence that concerned the public, ana pro-
ceeds exclusively on what is represented as eon-
, temptible private scandal and backbiting. More than
this: the papers presented last week to parliament
contain representations from the officials, which show
distinctly the nature of their reciprocal criminations.
Government has. in feet, given publicity to the
private and confidential" slander over which the
committee decorously sought to throw a veil, while
it persists in keeping secret the important revela-
tions regarding public matters which the com-
mittee wished (or pretended to wish) to give to the
world.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

WORSHIP-STREET.

ROMITAT FROM A CHILD.— E. Proper was charged with
stealing 60 yards of linen, value 3/. lOs., the property of
Me-era.
Mrs. nkhorn and Son,
King-street, Cheapaide.
Last evening, Ann Girder, aged 11, was carrying the goods
mentioned from the warehouse of the firm to her home.
when the prisoner forced her into a doorway, in a dark part
of Pitficld-street, Holton, and, snatching the parcel, ran
off. Two tradesmen, whose attention Iva. directed to the
prisoner by the cries of the girl, pursued him until he ran
into the arms of a police-otheer in the City-road, when he
dropped the property at his feet, and said it way " only a
lark.' lie now declared that all the parties were mis-
taken.
Fully committed for trial.

In fact the whole of these proceedings are a pal-
pable and disgraceful juggle. The members of the
committee connected with government, or friendly to
it, made the private scandals mixed up with the evi-
dence a pretext fur concealing the whole from the
public, and leaving government to deal with it.
.Nlinisters have availed themselves of this suppression'
of the evidence virtually to deny the existence of
gross and clamant oppression and misgovernment,
and to attribute the very inadequate punishment they
have inflicted on real offenders, and the unmerited
rebukes they have administered to innocent parties
who have incurred their dislike, to trumpery breaches
of official etiquette. The suffering community of Cey-
lon have thus been denied alike redress for the past
and seesrity far the future.
The very reseripts addressed by government to its
officials prove their own falsehoOd and hollowness.
Lord ToItRINGIoN is told that hi, conduct has been ,
urn xecptionable, that his administration of Ceylon I
has been well-meaning, wise, and successful; but
that he must be deposed because he had a set of
refractory, unmanageable subordinates. Mr. SELBY
on the other hand, is said to have told a deliberate
falsehood, with a view to east obloquy upon the
governor, and yet he is reinstated in office with *
gentle reprimand. Is there nny, one so purblind and
gullible as to believe that ministers would have de-
prived themselves of the services of an able and
trustworthy governor because he had been plagued
with unruly wubordinates? or that they would have
continued in office a man capable of such conduct as
they have attributed to Mr. SELBY?
'the hugger-mugger huddling upof the committee's
inquiry—the active tart taken in that transaction by
the late chairman of the East India Directors, the
Under Secretary fur the Colonies, the Secretary
of the Board of Control, and the mysterious and in-
explicable awards of government, all afford room foe
the wont suspicions. Unless the whole matter is
cleared up by prompt, frank, and unreserved expla-
9ations, a distrust in thejustice and integrity loth of
government and parliament, that cannot fail to ren-
der both powerless fur good, is inevitable. The
inquiry must be renewed, and the whole history of
Lord TORRINGTON'S administration of Ceylon re-
vented to the public; and this inquiry must be ex-
tended to the secret springs and machinations by
which the previous inquiries have been brought to
such an unsatisfactory and discreditable termination.
If there be any member of parliament who is still
sufficiently confiding and credulous to believe that
there has been no wilful suppression of the truth, no
screening of gross delinquencies., no wreaking of offi-
cial spleen and vindictiveness on unoffending indivi-
duals. there is a very simple process by which lie can
put the matter to the test. The evidence given to
the committee of last session by Captain ALBERT
WATsON, Mr. SELBY, and Sir ANTHONY OLIPHANT,
contain none of those alleged betrayals of confidence
of which we have heard so much. 'Their publication
can in no way militate against the future efficiency
of government. Let ministers be called upon to pre-
sent the notes of this portion of the evidence to par-
liament : we are content to peril the decision of the
question, whether further inquiry is necessary, upon
them.
Until full light is thrown upon the iniquitous and
appalling events which have occurred in Ceylon
Iwithin the last three years, there can be no security
lagainst the continuance of the grossest misgovern-
ment in that important dependency; there is every
risk of the island's being thrown into a state of
chronic anarchy that can only be kept in check by a
ruthless despotism.

HORRIBLE NICRDER AT NEMPNETT, NEAR

Dlt I STOL.

A murder which, for wantonness and the revolting
mode of committal has rarely been surpassed in the annals
of crime, was committed on Saturday last, at Nempnett, in
the county of Somerset, a small village lying off the high
road from Bristol to Bridgewater and the West of England.
The victim was an old man, 76 years of age. named William
Wilkins, and his wife who is in her 71st or nail year, was
so maltreated by the ruffians who killed her husband, that
her life lies in great peril.
Wilkins hail followed for years the occupation of a farm
labourer, but latterly had, with the assistance of his wife,
rented a cottage at one end of the village, in which he kept
• small huckster'. shop, and being a man of good character
was supported by the surrounding farmers sod others, and
was thus enabled to earn a livelihood. It would seem that
the few pounds worth of good. possessed by him, had
tempted the cupidity of an idle fellow named John Wiles,
who had worked for a couple of days as a smith in the vil-
lage ; for circumstances which haye come to light, place it
almost beyond doubt that he with a companion named
Smith, funned a plan to rob the house. and that while
engaged in so doing, Wyles, without the slightest
resistance having been offered to him, or any
attempt matte by them to raise an alarm, fell
upon the aged couple, whom he knocked dowu with is
bludgeon, having an iron nob at the end of it, and then
beat and chopped them over their heads and twrson. until
he thought they were dead, when, having torn off the old
woman's pocket, and stolen property of the value of sonic
12s. or Ida., he decamped with his companion to the
neighbouring village of Blagdon, to which they were
tracked through some remarkable features in Wilea's foot-
marks, and taken into custody at • public-house, where
they had just sat down to regale themselves with bread and
cheese and liquors.
The horrid atrocity was first discovered by a female who
lived in one of several houses which closely surround the
cottage. She had seen the aged couple alive and well at 9
o'clock, and soon after 10 o'clork, having occasion to go
back to their shop, she found them lying on the ground in-
sensible, and emend with bbsid. On the heads of both
were several terrible wounds, and the old woman's hands
and arms were cut in a frightful manner, probably in her
attempts to ward off blows aimed at her with a spittle, which I
Was found in the room covered with blood. A broken
Italian iron and the bludgeon lief ire mentioned were like-
wise found on the ground also stained with blood. As soon as
the outrage was discovered a messenger was sent to Combo
Martin for a surgeon, who promptly attended and did what
he could for them, but the old man died ..f his wounds the
same night, and but small hopes are entertained of the re-
covery of his partner.
As soon as the tact became known to him, Mr. Adding-
ton, a county justice, attended at the odd woman's bedside '
and took her deposition in the presence of the prisoners,
and happily she was enabled to identify theta both, and to
swear to a penknife found upon Wiles as having been
stolen from her.
The injured woman deposed that at about eight o'clock
on the morning of Saturday the two prisoners came to her
house. Wiles asked for is loaf of bread. She did not give
him one, upon which he turned round and asked the other,
John Smith, fur some money to pay for the hood. The
young man in reply said that he had not got any to
give him, and Wiles then struck her (witness) a severe Mow
with a stick. As well as she could we, there were twolarge
Ikon caps on the end of the stick. He struck her down, and
then he went and fetched a spade and struck her with it.
He struck her a gnat many times with the stick, and made
use of some very bud language, after which he struck her
with the spade. The prisoner Smith stood by the door just
' coming into the house. Her husband was at this time
sitting on a bench in the corner of the kitchen, and the
prisoner Wiles went up to him soul struck him two
or three times while he was so sitting, and then
dragged him out from where he was into the room.
Wiles struck the deceased a great many times with the
brow Italian iron, which he battered as it now appeared by
the force of the blows which he struck with it. She hail
scoured it in the morning, when it had no bruise in it ; the
battering was caused by the violence used. Wu quite sure
that the two prisoners were the men who inflicted the inju-
ries on her and her husband. Had seen the elder prisoner
Wiles before, for he had worked for some days at Ilyatt's
carpenter's shop as a blacksmith. (A penknife was here
produced to the wanes...) The penknife produced was her
property, and was in her pocket that morning when the
two prisoners came to the house. Her pocket at that time
was on her person, from which Wile% tore it off. There
were some shillings in it besides the knife. Knew the
penknife well, us she had hail it for the last 20 year..
When she first had it there was a silver label on it, with her
name, but it had been worn out. Believed that there were
two half-crown pieces in her pocket, but was not certain, sin
as to swear to it. Could not say whether the younger pri-
soner (Smith) struck many blows, as she was on the floor
and could not see him all the time. Could not say whether
he came into the house or not. The old man (Wiles) struck
her with a stick all over her head, and afterwards he struck
her on the head with the spade, when she was lying on the
floor. Ile also struck her husband with the spaae when be
was sitting in the corner, but atterwrrels, when he was down
on the floor of the kitchen, he struck him with the Italian
ironing thing.
On Monday and Tuesday the magistrates proceeded to
hear the charge against the prisoners, with a new to their
committal for trial, and a very large amount of excitement
prevailed. Indeed, ever since the discovery of the murder
numbers have Hocked into the village, from all parts, to
view the cottage and hear the examination.
Mr. Jakeman, the surgeon, deposed to the nature of the
injuries.
Other witnesses were called, and spoke to having seen
the prisoners near the village on the morning of the'
murder; and
Clark, the constable of Blagdon, proved that when he
searched them he found about sa. in silver on each of them.
Wyles hail likewise some packets of tobacco, a penknife,
razor, and pair of spectacles.
The depositions haring been read over in the presence of
the prisoners, Wiles was taken out of the room, and Smith
having been cautioned, proceeded to make a statement, in
which he denied that he had struck either of the old people,
but admitted that he stood by while Wiles did so, and that
he had afterwards received holf of the pmeeeds of the rob-
bery. It also appeared, from his account of the murder,.
that it was no less deliberate than cowardly.
The prisoner Wiles was then called in, and asked if he
wished to say anything in answer to the charge.
He said he hoped the old lady would get well, as she
would then tell the right thing, which she was not firm
enough to do now. lie would make his defence in gaol.
On Tuesday the coroner for that division of the county,
Mr. Uphill, commenced an inquest, but after the jury had
been sworn and viewed the body, he adjourned it till Wed-
nesday, the 19th inst., so as to have • post »torten' examina-
tion, and to give a chance for Mrs. Wilkiw's recovery.
The prisoners have been removed to Shepton Mallet gaol.

Padd'

FALKIRK BrEcns.—The nomination of candi-
dates to supply the vacancy in the representation of these
burghs took place on Tuesday. The only candidates were
Mr. Baird and Mr. Loch. Very little excitement was ap-
t, and but a small number of persons were present
during the proceedings. Mr. W. Forbes, M.P., proposed
Mr. Baird, and Mr. Cairns, of Hamilton, seconded the no-
mination ; whilst Mr. Loch was nominated by Mr. J. Wil-
son, of Dundyvan, seconded by Mr. Dawson. Mr. Baird
then addressed the electors, chiefly in explanation of his
principles u a free-trader and a friend of education. Mr.
Loch next addressed the constituency, and was greatly
cheered. The show of hands was declared to be in favour
of Mr. Loch, when a poll was demanded fur Mr. Baird, and
fixed to take place on Thursday (this day).
NEWSPAPERS AND BOOKS FOR THE COLONIES.—
Notice has been issued at the General Post-office that
henceforth all newspapers to be sent to the British colonies
ornosamzions, or to foreign parts, must be put into the post
wit 'bin seven days after the day on which they were pub-
lished. By a Treasury warrant, on and after the Ist March
next, books for the following colonies may be transmitted
by post, at the undermentioned rates:—Gibraltar, Malts,
the lonian Islands, and the British possessions in the West
Indies, Newfoundland, Halifax, &c., viz., not exceeding
proportion. not exceeding 21b., Is.; 4.11)., 25., and so on in
They must be sent open at the sides, the AMC
as newspapers.
THE SCREW STEAMER, CITY OP GLASGOW, Capt.
Matthews, sailed from Liverpool yesterday fur

a.
INFORMATION RESPECTING A MCRDER, alleged to
have been committed thirteen years ago, wascommunicated
by an accomplice to the police authorities of Hereford, on
Monday last. The missing individual is a permit' named
Maskell, who was a general shopkeeper at Weobling, in the
county of Hereford. A reward was offered by his widow at
the tame for intelligence, but up to Monday nothing tran-
spired respecting Ms Lite. The communication made to the
police will, if correct, lay the guilt on some persons now
living in and near the city.

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1851.

SPORTING.
BETTLNO AT MANCHESTER—TrEsDAY.

9to I apt Abd-el-Kader tt) II to 1 met Rat Trap
1: to t surJon(tll) II to 1 Peter omp'e (t)
1210 I Vala Hoge 20 to I .-- 11,12-aud-Ilalt (t)
CHUTE.. CCP.
17 to 1 stet Henan (t) 30 to I art Italian (t)
20 to I Harlotl IS to I Kirglitof Avenel (t)
10 to I Flying Gout U tot Brother telkagelt)
23 to I *Magee 40 to 1 Baby (t)
30 to 1— B auk Dodo ;t) I 60 to 1 Nam (t)

ST. ALBAYS STEEPLE CHASES.-I.l"EoxEsD.‘v.

FREI 11ANDICAP Of 10 SOTS. each, h It, and 40 added.
4 miles. (11 Inaba)
Mr. J. Mason's Trusamtheo*, Itst
Mr. Trrsban's Use Lowed, llst .........
Mr. J. Tanana, Hat alb ..... ....
The following also ran:—Mr. J. Elmore's Mulligan,
list 4th (11. Elmore) ; Mr. llowanl's St. Leger, lOst (Chap-
Man) I hlr. Stafford's Subduer, lOst 121 b (H. Bradley);
Mr. fi)bury's The Hawk, lOst 71b (Planner) .• Mr. Price's
Legislator, lOst 41b (Owner); Mr. A. Mouth's ItentLsburgh,
lOst 4lb (Ball) ; and Mr. l'lnlpot's lluscot, 5 yes, lOst Sib
(Archer).
Betting: 2 to 1 agst Trust-me-not, 3 to 1 agst St. Leger,
6to 1 agst Valiant, 7 to 1 agst ltendsburgh, Bto 1 agst
Butscot, and 10 to I agst Ben Lomond. Won easy ; Valiant
a bad third, St. Leger fourth, and Legislator fifth.
SELLING STAKEd of 3 toes. each, pp., and 20 added.
3 miles. (13 subs.) sa
Mr. Orsy's Outcast, !Orr Mb 1 al,
Mr. Dub) '0 Seoul Bundy, 90. I alb
Mr. It. no order's The Baroe, I let 91b (carried 31b) ((Aran) 3
Mr. H. Eeler,srd's Herta Yeoman, le.t. 131 b
The following also started:—Mr. Austin's St. Ruth,
list 215 (Smith) ; Mr. Webb's br gby Liverpool, lOst 111 b a
(Markley); Mr. 0. Edward's Rigby, 10st 11lb (Owner) ;
Mr. Maish's Paddy, 94 131 b (Coleman) ; Mr. tearnky's
Brunette, list 13Ib (Plaimer) ; Mr. Gain's Lammermoor,
9.t. 1315 (It. heed) ; Mr. A. Wheeler's Crystal, list 13th go
(Owner); and Mr. S. Charlton's Katherine, lOst 41b (H. 131
Bradley).
Betting :2to I ngst the Liverpool gelding, 4 to 1 each 1.7.1
agst Ruth, Katherine, and Herbs Yeoman. Won easy by "
lo
three length., Baron a bad third, and Herta Yeoman fourth. so
did not get off.

NEWMARKET COUItsING MEETING—Team:oar. 24
FIELD. la
TOE DERDV.—Mr. Madmen's 3larryat beat Mr. Merry's 71
Royalist; Mr. Dobede's Dunkald beat Lord Stradbroke's
Miser; Mr. Dobede's Damson brat Mr. Round's Look la
Alive; Mr. Round's Lightfoot beat Mr. Buckworth's Bully; al
Mr. Duckworth's Bacchus beat Mr. Model Prince; gj
Mr. Holmes's Metaphor beat Lord Stradbroke's Moscow ; Se
Mr. Fyson's Gift beat Mr. Gillett's Northern ; Mr. Fyson's le
Factotum beat Mr. Moody's Reserve. 33
Tot CIP.—Mr. Gillett's nd Forerunner heat Mr. Finch's 23
Rocket ; Mr. Dobede's lAmBld beat Mr. Hill's Seville; Mr. 20
Dobede's Dot beat Mr. Gilktt's Glauca ; Mr. liolmes's 23
Mocking Bird beat Lord Stradbroke's Merchant ; Mr. 23
hound's Liberty beat Mr. Duckworth 's Bolingbroke; Mr. 1;i:
Gillett's Gallantry, beat Mr. llolmes's Movement; Mr. Gil-I 0
lett's ml Fairplay beat Mr. Moody's Rowena; Mr. Duck- 23
worth's Beeswing beat Mr. King's Repute. 191
THE 0.3148.—Mr. Finch's Ruby beat Mr. Dobede's Dora; 12
Mr. Dobede's Hart beat Mr. Holmes's Money taker; Mr. 19
Holmes's Merry Lass beat Mr. King's Regina; Mr. 611,
Round's Lola 'lontes beat Mr. Fyson's Fanny; Mr. 61'..
Fyson's Flame heat Mr. Ilill's Henrietta; Mr. King's 17
Regard beat lord Stradbroke's Marigold; Mr. Gillett's so
Gingerbread beat Mr. Buckworth's Bertha; Mr. Gillett's 23
Grateful beat Mr. Duhede's 134
so
TXTEI.I.IGENCE EXTRA. 161
50
DONCASTER SPRING MF.ETING. fIL
WEIGHTS Fiat THE DoNtiAsTER lIANDICAP SWEEP- 23
nekro. no-WY to be &etas, don or before Feb. II —Pitsford,4srs, 20
Out alb; Clotkworker, 3 yrs, 84 Sib; Legerdemolet, S ;mkt ; Chantrey, 20
▪ yro, 74 I 1113 ; Marl Topiry, I yrs, let 111 b; Pura Temp-ore, 3,r, 74 Pt.
1114; &too, 3 3 ro, 7st 710; Fleur de Orin., yro, 21b ; Melody, 3 yrs, 31
7.1 21b ; Jenny Lind, 5 In, 74 Ilb ; Mistake ante Andoluelan), 3 yrs, 30
7ot 1lb; Wbingits, 6 yrs, let; The Itsronene, 3 yre, 74; Little 30
George, 4 yo 4 74 Fatality, 6 yrs, 64 I ;lb ; Panotw, 4 yrs, Got I lib; 121
lady Luna OM 6 yrs, 114 lllb ; Reversion, 3 yro, Get 101 b; Joe 114,
Sutherlanl. 3 yrs, Got
,lita sy. o, Get IWO; Slang. 4 Yrs, St.
flat 10Ib ; Mulgrare. 4 yre loib ; Abdiil-Kader.hlb, aged,ll4l4llo; 24.
LorkryOU're.wanted, 4 yro, art 101 b ;Le Cointo, 6 yro, Ulb; Achy- St.
rantlies, 4 yrs, ati Alb; Scarborough, 4 pie, lint 410 ; The Oxford moo,
4 yr,. not 41b; Abbe*" of Jervesus, 4 yr., riot 415 ; .f.cenlianue, 4 yrs, SO
64 3lb ; Old Claret, 4 v., 64 310 ; Gimcrack, 4 yre, rat 31b; Sane?, 34
3 yrs. Get; Pie Maley Cooper, 4 yre,34 1.10; IlippKrtr, 3 yr*, 34310; 121
Seer,' yr% 34 alb; lino* Knoll, 3 yrs, 34 31b; Unity, S yrs, art 21b; 21
The Salm. 3 yro, 3st Jib; Ileart of Oak, 3 yrs, 34; The Calculator, Bt.
3 yrs, 34; Louie, 3 yrs 4et 1 itlb ; The Little Fawn, 3 yrs, 4st 31b. If 25
the highnt weight accepting be under Sot 71b, It will berated to that, St
and the others In proportion. to
EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1R,51.
30
Wrlclirt FOR TIIE CITY 151, Bl7litllliA
NHANDICAP of
13 roes each; Itift, sod 5 only it dielated.—Mi dew, 4 yro, Nat Ilb;
Pitsford, 4 re, Set 31b; Flatiron, 3 Tr% Kot Sib; 5 yrs, eat 51b; 20
Snowstorm, 5 yrs, 7st 1210; Lacy, .5
yrs, 7st 1 lb; Rhesus, 5 yrs, II
1010; The Moor, 6 yrs, 7st 101 h, Cypeas, 4 yrs, 74 10Ib; The BL
Swear, 4 yrs, 74 101 b; Mark Tapkry, 4 pa, 74 10lb ; Marley, 4 yrs, 26
Tat alb; Maid CA Team Valley, 3 In, 74 Blb ; aermout, aged, 7st Ilk ; 10
Woodlark, 3 yrs, 714 Glb; Alonzo, 4 yrs, 7st 610 ; Christiana, 3 yrs,
7st 410; Cheerful, 5 tee, 7et 31b; Kathleen, 4 re, 7.t 210; Knight of 81
Gwynee, 4 yre, let 214; Dulcet, aged, 74; th eby Gladiator out of se.
Kburisean's dam, 4 yrs, let; tiladlole,4 yrs, 74; Woe, 4 yre, ;
13 by Sir Hercules, out of Dark Susan. 4 yr., Vat 1110 ; Winiltiound, 86.
4 yro, 1210; Beebe* Bunn., 3 Jr. tat Ibib; Collinghal., 4 yrs, Bt.
64 12113; DociUt7, 5 Yre, Cot ltdb; Calmar, 4 yrs, 601 inlb; Era. 3 7.4 23
net Alb Grist, 6 yre, Out Alb ; The Juggler, 3 yrs, 64 91b; Ferule, 5 ft
yrs, Est Mb; Headman. Doe, 4 yre, Est 443; Teosersta, 4 yrs, 6491 b ;
2°
Cashere, 4 yr., 6.1 41b ; Briscoe, 4 yrs, Bet 1113; Flare .up, 4 yrs,
mlO
Gat Sib; The Swindler, 4 yr*, ISt 2113; Truth, 3 yrs, 34 410 ; Duster, 3
by laik7, 3 ye., Sot 41b; 4:emu% 3 yrs, 34. 410 ; Antigone, 3 yra, 8,1
Sot 41b ; Ttghtwah4, 3 yrs, :et 410; Henrietta, 3 yrs, 54 Sib; Briton- 6
nica, 3 yrts 3ot 2lb ; Theorem, 3 yrs, 34 ; b e by yrs,
Hercules, out of 20
Emprers, S yre, Sit ; Pan& mos, 3 yrs, 54; The Incurable, 3 yr-, 10
rot alb; Sear, 3 yrs, 4.t 6144 For Bite to be declared on ur before
Feb. 27.

THE REFORMERS OF COLCHESTER have held a
meeting and resolved to give a public dinuer to Mr. Hard-
castle, their present liberal representative, acid Mr. Wiu
grove Cooke, who contested the borough with Lord John
Manners at the last election.
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—THE BELATED THVI-
DENDs.—The Ashford, Rye, Hastings, and St. Leonard's
branch of this railway is opened this day for public traffic.
The dividends of the South Eastern Railway, which have
been suspended until the completion of this work, are to be
paid immediately.
Tilt FROPOsED BRECON AND lIEREFORD RAIL-
wAr.—A survey for this projected line has been cum-
, menced, and iv now rapidly proceeding. An active and
energetic committee was appointed at the meeting lately
held in Brecon fur the purpose of considering the subject ;
and they arc now taking the necessary steps to ensure the
success of the undertaking. By the proposed railway not only
would a direct communication be opened with London, but
by means of the Shrewsbury line it would be effected with
the great towns and markets of the North of England.
The iron districts of the southern portion of the principality
would thus be connected with Shropshire and Staffordshire.
The projected undertaking would be the commencement of
a main trunk line fur central South Wales.
ENTENsION OF FLAX CCLTIVATION.—Accounts
front the southern and midland counties give a moat en-
couraging representation of the energetic arrangements fur
extension of Max cultivation and the establishment of ma-
chinery for the preparation of the fibre. In Cork, Limerick,
Tipiwrary, Kilkenny, King's and Queen's Counties, eon-
. sielerable quantities of land are in course of preparation, and
.cutelting-mills are in progress of erection on the banks of
the Suir, Nom, Barrow, and other rivers. The Marquis of
Lansdowne, Lord Ashbrooke, Lord De Vesei, Mr. Wilson
Fitzpatrick, and other proprietors, are about erecting flax-
mills on their estates lur the accommodation of their
tenantry.