The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-05 00:00:00

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m,,7t that day. He then parted, and in a few seconds alter
he Tect;ved a wound which rendered him insensible.—
ing of toe money and other 1e.:a...7"Y which had been
paid by the prisoner to other parties.—The caw; on the part
of the prosecution being concluded, Mr. Foster (the Magis—
trate) told the prisoner that he was now at liberty to
make any observations he might think proper, but cautioned
him, that whatever statement he made would he given in
evidence aphid him on a future occasion. The prisoner
said he had no particular statement to make, but he was
anxious that two or three witnesses should be examined on
bin behalf. The names of Joseph Tomlinson, Mrs.llolland,
• relation of tne prisoner, and Mrs. Wiunington, were
severally called, but did not answer. Mr. Foster then said :
Prisoner, it is our duty to commit you to take yourarial at the
next assizes at Chester, for the offence. The prisoner applied
to the court to allow him to be bailed, but Mr. Foster said he
could not accede to the proposition. The prisoner having
held a short conversation with his father, was taken from the
bar to the interior of the gaol, apparently unmoved and un-
concerned at the position in which he is placed.
OXFORDSHIRE.
OXFORD, Nov. 4.—THE THIRD CENTENARY OF CHRIST
CHU act( was celebrated this day. Full cathedral service oas
performed in the cathedral at ten o'clock, and was nume-
rously attended. At twelve o'clock, the Very Rey. the
Dean, the Canons, and members of the college assembled in
their magnificent dining hall, when Latin orations, com-
memorative of the event were delivered. None hut mem-
bers of the college were admitted. In the afternoon, at four
o'clock, full service was again performed in the cathedral,
and an anthem, appropriate to the occasion, sung by tho
choir. At six o'clock about 3.10 members of the college sat
down to a splendid dinner in the hall served up in that style
of elegance and excellence for which the cook of this college,
Mr. J. Faulkner, has become proverbial. Dessert and wine
were provided for the whole party at the expense of the
chapter, and the array of black bottles on the various tables
was formidable, and testified that the butler, Mr. T. Dry,
who has grown grey in the service, had had on this occasion
no sinecure office. The Very Rev, the Dean presided,
and at the high table we noticed Bishop Coleridge,
the Bishop of Sodor and Man, the Solicitor-
General, Lord Wodchouse, Lord Darnley, Lord Duf-
feria, Lord Ogilvie, Sir It. H. Inglis, the Dean of
Westminster, Rev. Dr. lluekland, the Dean of Carlisle, Dr.
Cramer, Lord Ribblesdale, the President of King's College,
London, the Rev. Dr. Jelf, the Regius Professor of Divinity,
the Rev. Dr. Campden' the !guarani Professor of Divinity,
Rev. Dr. Faumett, Archdeacon Clerk, the Sub Dean of
Christ Church, the Rev. W. Jelf, Professor Hussey, Dr.
Page, Dr. Harcourt, Rev. Dr. Vansittart, Rev. Dr. Russell,
Rev. Dr. Saunders, Rey. Dr. Phillimore, Sir T. Ouseley,
I Dr. Phillimore, D.C.L, Rev. Dr. Sutherland, Rev. Mr.
Veysie, 8.D., Rev. J. Ley, B.D. The Dining Hall looked
remarkably well, being lighted with gas and innumerable
lamps, and the whole effect was most imposing. The cloth
was not cleared till after 7 o'clock, sod it was expected that
the grace cups would be passed round in due form, and some
few toasts given from the chair.
HERTFORDSHIRE
THE THING{ AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION held their
annual meeting on Tuesday. The cattle show attracted a
large number of the farmers of the neighbourhood, and in
the evening a party of about a hundred at down to dinner
Mr. J. A. Gordon occupied the chair, and in the course of a
speech to the assembled company said: " When he addressed
thou in 1)14, he expressed his conviction that, unless far-
mers hail leas, s of their hind, they could not be expected to
make experiments in agriculture, and he still held the same
opinion, lie was glad to find that the same views were
entertained by Earl Talbot and Mr. B. Eseott. Ho
had ventured to say, in 1814, that lie considered Scot-
land was fifty years in advance of England with regard
to agriculture ' • but since that time he believed that great
progress had been made by the English farmers, and they
might yet hope to rival their Scottish neighbours, though
they could scarcely expect to do so without come change in
the legislative enactments of this country with relation to
agriculture. Ile might state that he was the possessor of
entailed estates in this country, which be could not lease, or
he would have been glad to do so, In Scotland he also held
entailed estates; but, fortunately, under an act passed 70
years ago (the Montgomery Act), he was enabled to let his
property there on lease. The result was, that the value of
his property in Scotland had quadrupled four times within
70 years, while in England, within the same period, it
had only doubled. It might be remembered by some
of those now present, that, in his padre.. to them
in 1814, he had alluded to the failure of an art of
Parliament, introduced by Mr. Piney, member for Berk-
shire
, in 1841, to facilitate the draining of entailed estates.
He then stated that no one farmer had availed himself of
the provisions of that measure; but he now found, train
evidence given before the House of Lords, that during tho
five years which had elapsed since its adoption eleven
perilous had availed themselves of it. After the lapse
of tire years, they stood just where they did before •
and though, in the three kingdoms, nineteen-twentieth;
of the landed property, including church property, was
entailed, it was only ID Scotland that the tenants could
undertuke drainage or other improvements with the right to
obtain a portion of the expense from their landlords. Ho
might state that he wrote to Sir R. l'eel expressing his con-
viction that the measures introduced by Mr ruses and the
Duke of Richmond would he wholly ineffixtual in accom-
plishing the objects they were intended to secure, and
strongly recommending that the applicatiuns should be made
to the Tithe Commissioners, instead of to the Court of Chan-
cery. Sir Robert l'eel acknowledged his letter on the day
on which he propounded to the House of Commons his
important commercial reforms, and proposed to work
a new drainage act by means of the Inclosure Act
Commissionen, and to advance, by way of loan,
3,000,0001. to the agricultural interest in the three
kingdoms, for the purposes of drainage and improve-
ment. That measure, having received the sanction of
Parliament during the last session, had been in operation
about two months; and during this time application had
been made for loans amounting to 46,887/. 3s. lid., for tho
drainage or improvement of 58,256 acres of land. lle had
been informed that at this time no less than 25 applications,
under the act to which he had just referred, were in CORM
of transmission to the Inclosure Commissioners, from Caith-
ness, the most northerly county of Great Britain, and
would it be believed, that not one application from Hertford
had pet been made under this measure ? lie had recom-
mended, in 1811, that the Scotch system of leasing should
be extended to England : for, when the landlords called upon
the farmers to put their shoulders to the wheel, it was only
right that they should themselves set an example, and help
their tenants as far as possible, by adopting and carrying out
useful legislative enactments. Ile might state that the Duke
of Richmond had laid out 30,0001. ou the improvement of
his property in Scotland, although that property was entailed.
lie WAS now expending 20,0001. on the drainage of his
estates; and he believed that on one farm no hie than seventy
miles or tile drainage had been undertaken at the expense of
the noble duke, who was acting meet liberally towards his
tenants. After suggesting the establishment of chemical
lectures, and more frequent meetings of the society, the
chairman proposed, " Prosperity to the Tring Agricultural
Association." The prizes having been distributed, the fes-
tivities were concluded.
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