The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-06 00:00:00

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF

ENGLAND._

A MONTHLY COUNCIL was held at the society's
house in Hanover-square on Wodoesday last, the 3rd ot
March. Mr. Miles, M.P., in the chair.
ADULTERATION or Mexottas.—Mr. W. C. Spooner, of
Southampton, oeaunuoicated to the council the remit of an
analysis he had mole of a sample of &Moho Bay guano
placed in his hawk es gamine, but whisk was loaod to be
adulterated with ormur drib to the what et 60 per
cent., and to made Wriest art. if Orris& rid, the
sebetaire easstielly
_aerelteds. the peseher esollesee of
that He asight Ire these seferious tresretiess
set be tee eseV esperd, is order tbat homes
may be pat area their is perebrdes manures ; the
sample towhee\ be all bed all dr external chandlers
in coloar and Wow of the omits* article, while ehemind
analysis hell it so utterly worthleas.—Mr. loom
haring _ the prise of the society by his Iry en
Vitriolised Beers, his attention had for some time host par-
ticularly kora as the economical preparation of thit manure,
and he took that opportunity of transmitting to the council
• emopis Imo a large stock he had prepared, in order that
gosh Per* might be submitted to the teat of examination
and rid. .

Ig/11702,101 FROM MARIZT GARDENT/fo.—Mr. Barugh
Ahem*, of 18, Saukville greet Piccadilly, transmitted to
the Mandl a communication orethe eubject of the advantages
to be derived at the present time, by the intelligent fernier,
from the practice and experience of the market gardener, in
reference to the introduction of some crop, commonly crown
with profit in the market garden, into the open culture of
the field. In a highly-cultivated market garden, he con-
sidered that the effects of high cultivation might be seen in
the most striking forms, and some of the best lemons
learned an to the proper warm of cropping. As an
instance, among many others, of the proposed transfer
of such crops, he adduced those of garden peas and
been.; for, although the " broad " beans of the garden
may not be so valuable per bushel, when ripe, as the
sense measure of the common field beans, be thought
it likely, taking quantity per acre into consideration,
and the various uses to which the broad beans may be
applied in their green state, that the garden bow
would be a eon valuable crop than the oommen field been,
especially in owe Where laborer is cheep. It bad bees oh-
I served that wheat web limsrek better eherbeeme then ester
any other crop ripened-4e the Lad, and aftenrards Welly
removed fres it; end the emperimoes tithe vatakstviressar
confirmed the tinerally, that bum ere in stew degree
valuable,ea the lead re
After other bad bees nncll agreed,
that as the deg I* the mat easethly giels per in
44ii,esaeeas
1 biters:,
the we mctlng drephiorr Imill ea :lia 7th of Aprii,
for the bedew, en the 14th et Anl.—Ths comma
then to their weeldymeallag es Wednesday next.
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BANKRUPTCY AND INBOLVINCII.—Lord Brougham'e
la to .nod tho law of bankruptcy and iaaolveacy, which

was reed ■ first time on Monday, has just been printed. It
contains 27 provisions, and it is proposed to repeal the juris-
diction of the Court of Bankruptcy and district courts of
bankruptcy, to abolish the Court of Review, as d to reduce
the num,er of commissioners. In future the judges of the

Small Debts Coasts I. the country, with certain exceptions, •
are to have jurisdiction in matters of insolvency, in the sc-ve- •
sal counties of Middlesex, Hertford, Kent, Surrey, Busaez,
Hants, Oxford, Buckingham, Berke, Bedford, Northamp-
ten, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, or Essex.
There is a provision in the act to give a p.rotettion from .
arrest on the tiling of a petition, by granting an interim
order. Hitherto the court had no power to entertain a pe-
tition until a person was in custody, but now it is proposed
to give a similar power to the one at present exercised by the
Court of Bankruptcy, The Court tof Review is to be abo- ;
lisped, as also subdivision courts, end appeals are to Ds
made to the Lord Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor in certain
eases, which is rather an expensive mode of proceeding. •
The commissioner acting under the fiat is to decide matters
before him. As vacancies occur, the commissioners in I.••ns .
don are to he reduced from six to three, and IA the country
to nine. Provision is made for the registrars of the court ;
and, in order to carry out the intended act, rule& are to be
framed by the Insolvent Debtors Court, and to be ono- , •
Ironed by the Lord Chancellor. Such are the principal
datum of the bill, which is entitled 'An Act to repeal the
jurisdiction of the Court of Bankruptcy in matters of insol-
vency, to abolish the Court of Review, and to reduce the
number of commissioners."

INQUESTS, VESTERDAT.—SUICIDE.—Before Mr.
Payne, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Wm.
Northover, aged fifty, late messenger in the employ of
Mews. Took and Sun, solicitors. Lately the deceased, who
was by trade a plumber and painter, had been depressed in
his mind, which was attributed to anxiety and a bad state
of health. Yesterday morning his wife left him in bed be-
tween •even and eight o'clock, and returning to the roost in ,
about half an hour, alto found him stretched on the floor,
his head resting against the foot of the bedstead, with •
frightful wound in his throat. evidently inflicted by a razor,
which lay by his side. Hr. Worwall, •surgeon was sent for,
who advised his removal to the hospital, where he died at two
o'clock in the afternoon. Verdict," temporary insaraity."—
ALLEGED DZATH PROM FALSE IMPRI.ONMINT.—Before Mr. .
W. Carter, at the White Hart, College-street, Belvidere-
road, Lambeth, respecting the death of' Thomas Bernard, ,
aged 38 years, lately ruining at N 0.14, College street, who it .
was alleged had died from the effects of being placed in a damp
cell without food and firing, and in darkness. The inquiry .
was instituted in consequence of a communication forwarded
to the coroner from the deceased's late master. The evidence
adduced yesterday was to the following effect .—The
deceased, who was a sober man, was in the service of Mr.
George Simmons, wharfinger, of No. 203, Upper Thames-
street, City. On the morning of Wednesday, the 24th of
February last, he proceeded by order of his employer to
fetch a load of flour aom the Eastern Counties Railway .
terminus, Shoreditch. He did not return that day, but late
in the evening the master received a letter from a gentleman 1
at the station, requesting his atten ance at Worship-street
police court, as has servant (the deceased) had been taken up
on • charge of felony. On Thursday the deceased 'meek....
before the magistrate for stealing • sack of flour, which
charge was not substantiated, and he was animism-a.
The deceased returned home to his wife, and complained
bitterly of the charge brought against him, and of the
dreadful state of the dungeon wherein he was placed. He
was very weak and ill, and said " I am afraid I shall not
live to see the morning." On the following day be became
worse, with great difficulty of breathing, and, although
placed under the care of Mr. Miakin, the surgeon, he died
at a late hour the same night. The deceased's employer,
who was present during his examination at the police o.urt„
spoke to him, and he complained very much of the place he ,
had been put into during the whole of the Weilneeday night.
The coroner said it would be necessary to adjourn the in- ?
vestigation, for the attendance of the police, and the several
parties connected with the railway terminus, and to allow
time for • post martens examination. The jury inane.
diately acceded to the suggestion of the coroner, after ;
which the proceedings were formally adjourned.—
PutITAKORTIN BIAXINATIE/N6 IN PUBLIC INSTITUT.IOI4. ?
Before Mr. Bedford at St. George's Hospital, on the body of '
Samuel Salter, aged 70. The deceased went out on Tuesday;
morning last, and about seven o'clock the same evening was
found against the railings of Hyde Park, lying insensible eta
the foot path. He was taken to the hospital, where he •
rallied so far as to be able to give his name and address,
shortly after which, he was seised with a fit in which he re. .
ruined till ten o'clock, when he died; the cause of his death
on the body being opened haying been found Whim resulted .
from ossification of the heart. The evidence to the above
effect being given, William Slater, the son of the deceased,
addressing the coroner, said he bad a complaint to make of
a serious nature. Although his father died at the hour men-
, boned, be was not made acquainted with it till half-past ten
o'clock the next morning, and on reaching the hospital
before twelve, the porter told him that the surgery man was.
engaged, and he had better call again between orre's
and two. He did so, and saw the surgery man,
who told hint that he could not see the body
then, as it was undergoing an examination, and
he must call again. Coroner (to Mr. %sate, the
house surgeoa) : Can you explain this ? Mr. Mashie It ie
the hospital rule to make sport mortem examination of all
persons dying therein. Coroner: Without the sanction of
the friends of the deceased? Mr. Machie: No, air; but I
was not aware any relative had applied before the exaniina-
lion commenced. Coroner I shall put in my veto ag drat
such a system being adopted, and desire that no such exami-
nation be mare without my written authority. In the pre-
sent instance, I can only lament what has occurred to wound
the feelings of the deceased's relatives, and state that I
shall deem it my duty to communicate with the hospital
author-16n on the subject. The jury having expressed their
entire concurrence in the observations of the Coro-
ner, a verdict was returned of " Natural death."—
Da. ADAM BLACK.— Before Mr. Bedford, at the White
Swan, Piccadilly, on the body of Dr. Adam Black, aged 62.
Mary Anne Human, housemaid at 114, Piccadilly, raid the
deceased had lived there about two yearn. On Monday last
he appeared very ill, and Dr. Fuller attended him. He got
up on Tuesday morning, and having put on his dressing-
gown, took breskfitst. About half put one o'clock she
heard his bell ring violently, and on going up stairs limed
him in his bed-room dreadfully burned. There was a large
fire in the grate in the drawing-room, and portions of hie
clothes were lying about the rooms burning. The deceased,
on peeing her, exclaimed, " I am very much burned, and ant
afraid I shall die." He then told her that whilst etaudin,g
with his back to the tire, he was suddenly seized with giddr- ,
nets, and fell backwards into it. She assisted hint to the
sofa, and then sent for Dr. Fuller.—Dr. Fuller, of 112, Pio- ,
eadilly, said he had known deceased, who was a Doctor of
Medicine, about 30 years. He attended hint on Monday
evening for an attack of cholera, and saw hint again on
Tuesday morning, when he appeared much better. He
came home about half-past one, and then heard of the neei-
dent. On Geeing him be appeared as if he had been turning
some time; indeed, the whole of his back, thighs, and area
were completely roasted. Turpentine dressings wen• ap-
plied to the burns, but he died from the effects at half. past
L eight the next morning. —Verdict, " Accidental death.'

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, MARCH 4.
Emigration is rapidly on the increase in all the
chief ports. Landlords are compounding with in-
solvent tenants for the surrender of the lands, and
facilitating their removal, while large bodies of the
independent farmers are seeking the improvement of
their fortunes. The landlords, by a little judicious
liberality, might accomplish that consolidation of
1 tenures without any violence which they arc accus-
tomed to identify with the agricultural regeneration
of the country. I noticed the wise conduct of Mr.
Guinness • few days past Mr. Thomas B. Stoney, a •
moderate proprietor in the King's County, acts still
more liberally. He offers to all his cattier tenants
holding under five acres of land 101. per acre, together
with remission of all rents and arrears now due, if ;
they wish to emigrate. The land, if surrendered, will
be distributed amongst the most improving tenants
on the estate.

'The farmers, or a very large portion of them T•
might obtain seed without much difficulty on the
credit of the crop or the land. Where the landlords
did not aid, the banks might accommodate for a
small amount. Various other sources arc open to
them, and we believe, in districts better disposed
than Tipperary and its marches," the spring
work will go on. However, the land of broil is
likely to be the land of idleness.
Government are attending to the wants of the ,
poor. A schooner, chartered by_ government, arrived •
in Deny from Liverpool with 1,000 barrels of Indian '
meal, oonaiguedto the Inspector of Relief Committees.
Two other vessels laden with provisions also dis-
charged on the coast of Donegal.
I some time since mentioned that the citizens of
Cork were about to establish a joint-stock bakery.
This bakery commenced operations upon Wednesday
last, and in the course of the morning sold 9,6001 b.
of bread, at the rate of the 41b, loaf. The price
of bread at the private bakeries of Cork was, upon . •
the same day, 10d., 9f d., and 9id. the 41b. loaf, of the
same descnption. Thus, the people of Cork, by a
little exertion of private enterprise, have accom-
plished a daily saving of 561. or thereabouts, while '
the ent.erp ••• are nue to realise a hamisomedividend
on their spec

The exhibition of works of the ancient mutate,
contributed from private oolleetions, for the relief of
the digress, was opened to-day. The Lotd Lieu-
tenant and sane attended. The profits of the rxhi-
bition are expected to be considerable.

0 I.GI •24 I Z know or:

-Thesevertammit

propose to organise relief acouniteree ender the ie. Trap*.
rary Relief Act as follows :-1. latices resident. 2. Onardiana
df the divi.ion. 8. The inspect., of the union. 4. loch-
biiitope and bishops of both airtime, in electoral division
when they reside. 6. hegira. bag propriston in &wad .
division. 8. Plllollll appobibmil by Saab jestkes (with sie.
proTal of Lori. linismat) 46 act ia theireirrtilTr.
chairman. of the Wm. b. The principal clam,
non of sash loorik (Proteetert Boma pa
electoral divinesaad the swim ealating Presbyterian
climatal, or sack of their =ideate es (with Lord-baste.-

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