The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-12 00:00:00

BRITISH AND FOREIGN Ursa-
ASSOCIATION.
ire*Way, the tweety-eixth annual meatus et
the mambas of this suaislisa was held es the than lea
, Chapel. Matnetreet. Mend. ARM diving sanin,
lawn= by the Rev. Mans Bengt of Lelosstar, ths banswila
I ma of the meeting wee mesmimme.
Mr. Waterer hating beer mad to the chair,
Mr. HORMBY, the tree oar, mad the statssant of se-
aman, tees which it sprees& the total isssiMs of the
year were 1 L 17s. 84., and the expenditure NHL ads. id.,
v lea ing a Wins of 1661. 2s. !4. which, added Is the
balsa lossembi forward last yew et 1641. 10s. 3d., made a
total Mhos, in Mad of MX Ils. ed. Of this. nines ths
ansiditos Mil shady mods grans; andillaaltp, to els
maga of upwards of 1001. as name seggrsplisas. having
Mgtmore especially either to sew nap& ar Is the re-
ad chapels. Out of ohs 1,0601., than bad been re-
mised sa assegai of the book hind 166/.., whin was now
eshanand,, the annuity having expired; but Miry
bed hinetsil a earn of 9501.,_ and, afar
sands dies ipso it, there would still roman gpseadidulail.
SUM, tho Ming* of which wend be Obliging&
pre esegrepeler. The other tart they MA gain=
elated t the lageoved Verbs ftsioilir dissimisi t•
HL, tribe whisk they bad maim rhea& rail then nth
The Rev. B. TAGOART diss read the signeW time.
rime. It stated that in eamnezion with dr Lags 111th
trim Uaiterisa Illem'ety a number of lectures big bees deg-
Tern. esti gum sods of 5,0119 basis had been diewiliated. At
neer ththere ado* were ilsbenaswad • mall reeler
kegs toge, by the roller et -ea Rober A
gnat 'CUL hailer wok lowans seeingsing thets.
rib.
ter at Treats The entrittee led set awes able te gar
erg a suitable =lane, for Sydney, in Nat Sank Was.
thee* 1601. bad Ina subscribed for Ms malt. sal a
Way et 3001. r sass ter the fir tw• hag this
guar nisei te here evennessst yearthe gegen
stated thet IDOL hatless resheil thenenr. Orme
Bailey, the bier* te be spited_ pushy to Isenag ay a
0,11,07 et willStscsthsel bather Fifteenth's' Deriver.
The Rev. Hugh agar he. et Birmingham, had amend
the elks of Is dos histitutisa.
All, eons the Masiuses stalanni sal tha
repset win wedged.
After ease hither brier had been tamMillad Ilw
followin assiation was posed :—" Thai in SlMMillis
lion desires Se sward has sawn python win the
spirit of eselesbrigg err reins sad ingesingt mita
has recentlymanhatta knit' a large rel. etas
church of mad mere ally of the blitimwshp et
the church of less. It Mime to express its anon an
victim that sash dams sea only be effectually sepsis& by
firmer atlases ow the Int of all Christian ameba to
ths groan
science aid pendpiss eif prargatini, reaper be with.
the valiskaq and warrearty 0 lbe theithess
as the rule et Silt and practise, W abolishing and airlilfr
leg the seine' tr !vermin, by Menthe the clergy from
the bribe et satheription to wrens nil articles, and pro-
moting es aseesintha 'thirties smog.) theses."
themad Mbar peosiallass ors raids abssasbar were they
agreed to, sera the meeting somrstoL
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 11.—The Mired Zafir and
Suray Bahri' Turkish frigate and brig, sailed with a fair
wind to-day from Spithead for Constantinople.—The Wel-1
leaky, 72, Captain 0. Goldsmith, arrived at Spitheed yes- I
terda afternoon, having on board Admiral the Earl of
late Commander-in-Chief on the North Ame-
rican station.—The Hogue and Ajax, 60 gun screw steam
ships, Captains M'Dougal and Quin, got up steam and
sailed from Spithead this afternoon for Cork. They were
paid down on Monday.—The Heeate, steam sloop, Com-
mand,' Hand, sailed from Spithead on Monday night for
the eastward.—The Royal yacht squadron, consisting of the
Victoria sad Albert, I. airy, and Elfin, have been taken up
to their moorings in Porchester Lake.—lt is reported that
Capt. Henderson, C. 8., of the Blenheim steam guard ship,
will shortly go on board the Tiger, steam sloop, and take
that vessel, with the Argus, newly built steam sloop, eon-
atructed from the designs of Mr. Fincham, master ship-
wright, of this dockyard, on a short cruise to try their
qualities.
AGRICULTURE IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND.—
During the early part of spring we had unusually back-
ward weather, and, in the first half of April, cold winds by
day and sharp frosts by night had serious effects on the
brairda of wheat and oats. Spring-sown wheat especially
suffered severely, and in a few instances termer, were
obliged to plough up the wheat land thus injured by night
frosts, and re-eow it with oats. Autumn-sown wheat
mosaics a very healthy appearance ; the young plants
hare wale forward evenly, and are strong and well collared.
Oats, which occupy • very large breadth of ground, are
promising they were finished rather earlier than usual,
and look considerably forward. Barley is pretty well up,
but it not a crop much cultivated around Belfast;
taking a circuit of seven miles, it bolds a erasers-
dwell, small space among other cereals. Flax-eaides
has this season been largely extended; perhaps the
breadth of ground under this crop is one-fifth more Mom
northern districts then it was last season. In sidele••
ing the quastity of land sows by the amount of forties seed
disposed of, no accurate data can he made out, as much ee
the seed used by growers this year was home-saved ; and, es
far as can yet be ascertained, the latter is likely to prom
equal to the Assn importations of either Dutch or Riga.
With the rapid increase of flax-spinning mills, of mune
there will be immense additional demand for the raw ow
gerbil, and hence the prospective advantages of
our experience in the culture of so important an
tural prober The importations of foreign fits, flax seed,
hemp, end oileske during the past year were about the
followiag value in round numbers: flax, 5,000,0001.; seed
for errashig, 1,600,0004. ; seed for sowing, 200,0001.; oil-cake,
=heap, 1400,000 f.; total, 8,700,0001. This undies. a
sum, and yet the figures are under the mark. It
is wile, however, to expect that by the old system of agri-
'Ogre aw Inman will ever be able to compete either with
the Ingle= la Mr, or the Russians in hemp-growing. If
they wand noessfully fight the bath of fin nada, they
min has to exercise the bead as nil as the heads, ter
ae*sle stiM is now se less seesseery la the held
them it le la the Misery. Eves is the aerie et
seed math may be earn et boas X•=erthess
ends to the preedenalty of thle
serft, Ist esperiesee set aside 8:11141Ifialle Ilit the Gulden.
• imota who his about 20 acres sows IR la states that
the appossess of_thatmrdan width an sawn with hoars-
ened seed is the beil per et tie OIL Great attem•
don Us bees pail this year to the minnatisei of the soil
for flax, and more than usual ears mime to clear off root
weeds, which have often caused maim amp to this crop
than all other local circumstances. litele complaints are
heard from farmers who have lowa film pretty largely this
season ; but, on the whole, the meal prejudiced anti-flax
cultivator will admit that the crop is very favourable.
Potatoes have been planted this year to fully as large an
extent as in 1815, and se he nothing can exceed the
thriving expect of the lens. The pester part of the
whole breadth of gnarl engrain was !Wished by the
end of March ; and, es the date of ueed used wee
generally of • superior descriptiou, and sr deteriorated
in vitality by disbudding", there le ereythieg to hope
for the future turn out of nee. At rear, the petite
lands exhibit a very c appeersaart therth nre
basil
healthy, showing a breeMt brand strength 1911119 d.
dam equalled. Very taw lasteness et earl ere eteerwhie,
nor did the severe heels we bad wawa wens ego arisiosty
damage the plants. Strew it is that within the last fort-
night some femme am will engaged in finishing the plant-
ing of their potatoes, ell the warnings of the late dinuerees
failure not having been evident to enforce on their stab
the necessity of putting in the potato crop at least a month
earlier than was usual several yeses ago."— Belfast Memory.
TIIE MURDER AT WARRINGTON.—Bridget Lyons,
who was ander sentence of death for the murder of Marga-
ret Fahey at Warrington, and whose husband was executed
• short time ago, has received a pardon. She is to be
transported for life. -Lirerpool Mercury.
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT LEEDS.—
Yesterday (Wednesday) William Scott, • whitesmith, was
brought before the Leas magistrates to answer the charge
of having shot at a woman named Mary Widdop with in-
tent to murder her. The occurrence took place on the 21st
of March last, won after which date the particulars were
recorded in the Ezprees. The prisoner was in business
for himself in a respectable way, and for some time before
the occurrence had been on friendly terms with Mrs.
Widdop, who is the wife of • gardener, residing in Black-
man-lane, Leeds. On the morning of the 21st March he
went into Widdop's house. and after sitting dews, as be
had often dune before, near the fire, he pulled sat a pistil
which be discharged at Mrs. Widdosimeh:zteerisseisemething
which she did not hear. The el thenen
wounded Mrs. Widdop in the slia.awl am we way
much alarmed. Oa the egggingeg et • inglasne,
Scott, who still anninsi in tha bear, discharged the
contents of annoy ph la at lawastl, by which be wee
seriously weimded, lied be lea bees under seethed
treatment le the Leer lathinny me daft. Peessea-
trig In her@Mar said thee the MI get Wok pri-
mary istended Is theist her. She Was die "Mgr
wren mei elterthies to rtioarr's musslith is gad
hie with had tail petheentela Awe sows pro=
which he had ssitsisi ad le age owl week
garret wirers war ermined wet them iris
et Orme% eeserrieiges. which th+arlia s 4 to had
swag awl 111-beehh. After a wawastal lwariNg
was newadal until Friday, be 1019 1191010inthe =
Owe sr two re pusses ant Sward to speak to
primates good chartasr.
THE maims. —THE POPLAR UNION.—The fol-
lowing is the retain of the pordatioe, as taken on the Ma
of Muth last, in the different parishes included in the
Poplar Vain :
Maks. Paige& Teta Total,ll4l. ber
M mes.
I.
life-end Uppre 1033 ... 11,111 ... 19,484 ... 23 370 ... 1,914
311394 mi Uwe 13,084 ... 14,720 ... 17,911 ... 19,733 ... 7,251
IMAMS 11,103 ... 11,333 .. !WS ... 16,319 ... kin
710•11111 tell ... 1,111 ... 11,879 ... 11.109 ... 2,1911
--Anil.— 9,839 ... 2,819 ... 11,871 ... Ifielle ... OH
_ 1,1184 ... 1,1113 ... 4,117 ... 8,919 ... NS

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