The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-10 00:00:00

THE BURY AND RADCLIFFE AGRICULTURAL

SHOW.

The annual meeting of this society took place at
Bury yesterday. Many of the exhibitors are holders of
land under the Earls of Derby and Wilton, and the two
noble lords are patrons of the association, which though
formed only a few years ago is so rapidly increasing as to
have enabled the committee to offer 3161. this year in
prises, besides 13 silver medals. Out of this sum there
were 13 prises varying from 11 to 101. for the best culti-
vated farms ; biz for the best drained land ; live for laying
down grass; five for eradicating hedges; 10 for green
crops, principally in turnips and mange! wurzel ; 30 for
horned cattle ; 16 for horses ; 16 for sheep ; 10 for pigs ;
41 for poultry ; and 7 for produce. The show of horned
cattle here, like that at Warrington, was very good, and so
was that for horses, sheep, and pigs. A huge creature, weigh-
ing 25 owt , belonging to Mr. John Kershaw of Heywood, tools
the first prize for bulls. The show of poultry was very large,
and the owners had fixed the most extravagant prices to some
of them. The prices for Cochin China fowls, though in some
cases reaching 6001., were nowhere. Mrs. Wm. Ashton, of
Oaklands, had a pen of three birds, marked 1,0001., and a
second pen, in which were a black Spanish cock and two
hens (certainly very fine fowls), valued at 10,0001. Capt.
W. Horuby's three birds, however, though put down as
worth the more modest figure of 500/., carried the prize
(15e.) There were good fowls for which the owners asked
no more than ten guineas ; but that is probably owing to
the times of agricultural distress supposed to be imminent.
The highest price for chickens, was a pen of four, of the
Dorking breed, marked at 5001. There were 110 pens of
poultry in the whole, and the total value put upon them
was 16,6331. The show of agricultural implements was
large, and amongst the most interesting was one menu-
factored for the Earl of Derby, two years ago, by Messrs.
Richmond and Chandler, of Manchester, combining appara-
tus for thrashing and winnowing in one machine. A six-horse
steam-engine was attached, and both machine and engine
are mounted on wheels, so as to be moveable. It is said
that the noble earl lets out this machine to his tenants at a
charge per day ; and, as it is capable of thrashing and
dressing 180 quarters of wheat per day, it is a very useful
machine to have upon a nobleman's estate. There was to
be a dinner in the evening at the Town-hall. The Earl of
Derby and Mr. Frederick Peel, M.l'., had keen invited.
Our correspondent asked a stout and burly agricultural-
looking gentleman whether these guests were likely to be
present, when he replied "Be ; but we expect some rather
big dogs there, too." Mr. Grey, of Dilston, was amongst
the principal agriculturists on the ground.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE BY PRUSSIC ACID.—
' Yesterday a respectably dressed woman, about 30 years of
age, entered the shop of Messrs. Battley, chemists, of
Lower Wkitecroas-street, City, and asked for • beide of
essential oil of almonds, stating that it was required for
Messrs. rumen, the confectioners, of Cornhill, and the
shopmau accordingly took down a bottle of the preparation,
and wrapped it up in paper ; but, upon reconsideration, he
requested the woman to bring a written order from Meseta.
Punnet', at the same time laying the bottle down up( n the
counter. He had no sooner done so than the woman
snatched up the bottle, pulled out the cork, and swallowed
a good portion of the contents. The shopman bad a straggle
with her, and endeavoured to wrest the bottle from her,
which was broken, but not before she hail swallowed a
' large quantity, from the effects of which she soon became
insensible. Mr. Battley tried the usual remedies, lout they
were of no avail. She was removed to St. Bartholomew's
Hospital in a state of collapse, but she died in the surgsry
soon after her arrival. Her brother has since identified the
body as that of his sister, Mary Ann Nind, a single woman.
Another relative committed suicide by similar means about
five years ago.