The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-02 00:00:00

Llbmale, sad atm Coeserrattes Os the hemelwrieme
the Liberal chime am 304. The Coseervellives live madeHet,
nese whatever. CITY or Wseresterras.—The sembor M'
new elsdaas here b 1147.0 ad the stuabee et 967.
Dettonatm HILO TIORTADAY.-1 . Oats, in
Priseres.nred, LreatherA, es the hedy Frehriek Ankold
panera 37 ire Li =et west of a ea "I thel MI is
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rzbenes.folly be bed hes is the
`lmre the tames
where he bid liamiles d
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as
addieloil lie the se efloamink esd doamprseics was that
le bed poisoned linwert WS the empos attributed-ids
*silk to es aft* of limb f. the Amin.
enktith hem Moral essela."—At the Kuhl Bens
Tams, Oresowich, Wore Mr. C. J. Cant*, et the nmaiae
of Catherise Desevan, aired 21. It will be smothered that
a pieties ei the body ef-this milsionate mom was hand
I is the dm abest thine wake am • The eviller*. root to
thew that the had fallen into the river at Hingerford Pier,
es Baster Sunday, owing to the eilidtattirbith {hen motred
then. An open verdict of " Fouled drowsed" was retabed.
—By Mr. Wakley, at the UniseessisCaressllausee
urt,epitoloos
the bod Mof Janet offat Bain, mot
read. was thrown oat of tis the 9th of
June, and died on Saturday let of the injuries site restived.
Verdict, "Accidental death"—By Mr. rapist no Menlo
night, at Guy's Hospital, respecting the smolt of Joseph
Dowd , aged 13 years. whom friends reside at Lynn, Nor-
folk. Decried was killed on Friday while helping to unload
a veesel at Cotton's Wharf, by a mar of slate falling on
hint. Verdict, "Accidental death."—By Mr. Wakley, in
the drawing-room of No. 15, Brompton-creseest. Brosooll,
the residenc: of Mr. 0001f0 Arnold, as the bed=
gmlema, aged 66 yeas. who ecnuoidedvie di.
having owned oeseiderside poperty as a esbinetmaker_ ,
retired ten boobies is July, and Mn. Amid having died
a few math before, be bet one dbie obese to reside with
him. Os Friday afteoueen be set has to Mrs with some
badmen pow, sad is bee reams base between II and 9
Vele* is tbe swain( she was teak to obtain adnittesee.
As mimes having *O4lll elleted, deemed wait fad is a
trek wash-house, quite dead, with his throat cat, a looking-
giro hedge hint, and a =see and two peaknivea tear Alm,
all marked with blood. No onus mkt be assigned for the
emmisies of the act. Verdict, "Deems* died by his own
oat, but as to the state of his Wad at the time thine was no
evidence to show."

THE CITY 4tEG IBT RATION.— Sir,—l am a how.
holder of the City, and have been so lam 1840. I was Int
on the Register in 1841, and have beam sa every year shim
I voted by this qualification for Me. Pelt= at the sealed
between him and Mr. Daring icy males mak Its twee
I live in would mace to !assailtfema 1111. hereashisiders.
I have duly paid all rates and taxes, sad have never had
any other raid/sloe than this from the day I entered it. Yet
lam objected to. Is not this purely vexatious ? I should,
perhaps, add, that I was for some years a member of the
League. I know of no other cause of objection..-I am, Sir,
A Loarriox ELecdroa.—Aug. 31, 1846.
A GREAT MISTAKE.—Sir,—An I am sure Ton are
anxious that only correct reports should appear in your
columns, I take the liberty of mentioning one or two inaccu-
racies in the account, in today's paper, of what took place
yesterday at the Hann Tavern, Bennington, under the
Commission in Lunacy, to inquire into the state of mind of
Mrs. Catherine Cansaaing. The witness, Mary Inman, is
stated to have deposed that Mrs. Cumming had " four cats
and a kitten, sad aced to buy for them two pounds of beef
a day," but the bulk lithe witness stated there were three
eats, sad that ores posed et beef was purchased each day.—
Yours, F. F.
DISEASE IN THE POTATO.—Sir,—Having taken a
constant interest in practical and theoretical fanning for the
last 30 years, I trouble with a few remarks on Mr. Munre's
letter, whirl appeared in your paper of Saturday, more to
point out its incorrectness and fallacy than to aim any Ides
of what the potato disease is caused by. lii. theory is
shortly this : ' The potato disease is not an epidemic, which
made its appearance in 1845 for the first time, but a gradual
decay of the potato by being dug up year after year before
it is properly ripe." I will not pretend to dispute this pro-
position ; but if Mr. Munro be a practical farmer, he must
know a very good reason why " potatoes are not planted at
least before the Bth of April." When the young plant gets
frost-bit, in the mornings, the shoot hat to grow afresh from
the set potato, which throws the amp back three weeks ;
besides, this greatly weakens the set by growing a second
thus. Again, Mr. Munro, if he be a practical farmer, must
have observed a very marked difference between all the
failures of the potato crop in 1845 and 1846, and the failures
before those years. Before 1846, the failure occurred only
when the planting season was very dry, and particularly
when the manure was not sufficiently rotted and moist to
nourish the plant ; and therefore the failure was, that the
plant did not grow. This was obviated by " rolling" the
earth close down to the " set," and also by additional cover-
ing of earth ; but in 1845 2nd 1848 the potato grows far
above the earth, has all the appearance of health and vigour,
when, suddenly, they are affected, become black above the
ground and diseased below simultaneously. Also, when the
tuber is cut through, it appeared coloured and hardened in
a rammer peculiar to 1845 and 1846.—ROBBILT JOHNSTON,
M.C., Middlesex.
' IRREGULARITY OF THE BRAZILIAN PACKETS.—It
is to be hoped that the establishment of a line of steam-ships
between Liverpool and Rio will put an end to the gross irre-
gularities which now exist in the man communication between
the Brazils, the River Plate, and this country. The follow-
ing facts will show how great this evil is at present :—The
Penguin packet arrived at Rio on the 11th of March, and
according to the proper arrangement, which is that there
shall be a packet every fifteen days, it ought to have sailed
I
on the 26th of that month. Instead of doing this, it was de-
tained until the 16th of April, making a detention of thirty-
six days, instead of fifteen, and an interval of fifty-three days
between the sailing of the Penguin and that of the previous
packet. The Swift arrived at Rio on the 25th of March, and I
remained there till the 25th of April, being detained 31 dan
instead of 15, and yet sailing, most uselessly, 9 days after the
Penguin. The Crane arrived on the 17th of April, and sailed
on the 9th of May, being detained 22 days, but (for a wonder)
sailing at the proper interval from the preceding packet ;
and, to make up for this approach to regularity, the Ex-
press arrived on the 25th of May, and was posted to sail on
the 28th of June, being 34 days after her arrival at Rio, and
50 after the sailing of the preceding packet. It has not yet
appeared. The Inconvenience resulting from thew monstrous
detentions is excessive, and the whole arrangement is very
discreditable to the parties who have the superintendence of
this part of the public service.—Liverpool Times.