The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-22 00:00:00

THE imam= AND ?NI CROPS.

The following notioen appear in the provincial
papers :
Norrtneamminine. During the last fortnight the
weather has been rather elianlmable, but ou the whole it
bas been 110111114hiog in favour at Mitred operations. A
considerable quantity ~f corn, wipeeidly Maley and oats,
hoe b 7111 but we nru afraid some of it in ant very
good con, flair wear requires tuttult "Mid
1•100 L" o deniggell.6o of the Lateness of the a.lOO, the
abodes,* of peen stuff mined with the draw, and the ea-
ripe stale In which a deal of it has been roved. The pest
balk at the wheat is stol is the Uhl, sad as the veldt
sea holds bare sot been cut. The kerma will be the
Wait and will a:espy more time than any we lave had
for • aember of years. A fortnight, however. of roe
weather would keep as bray. The grain this year tak s •
deal at Waging to maturity, mper+aey on our clay lands.
—lfottiojhoot Joe reef.

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WIPTVOILL OD. - Fur the most part of the weak dee
weather ha. been delightfo', and the harvest ie proceeding
in all directions. It is somewhat singular that the nardp
crop have by no means so luxuriant an appearance ea ad&
hare been expected, from the abundance of moistens**,
must nave reoeivi I durng the mason. The grain crops, on
the other band, are turning out much better than was as-
peetiaL Westmorland Gamete.
CAMIIKIDUEMAIRL.—Agood deal of rain fell on hatonlay,
441.1 av? Monday. sod Tuesday; then it he. hoes
tolerably fine, and great projtess has been made, and its.
white tr,,ps un the high lanml. era generally mem. d. It is
at present too early to speak of the yield, which, however,
we believe to be very unequal, both as regards quantity
and Tiality Much of the wheat, it is faired, has bean
I aimed in bed condition, and it is brought to =whet in a
very indifferent state. Potatoes are very bad the mire
added Regeute are lust altogether; dolma red reds appear
to have escaped lost.—Cambridge independent.

WHITZBALL, SEPT. 2X1.-Tr Qum hag been
to pretest the Bev. William George Faulkeer
Shaeng to the rectory of Boma Kelsey, a the county mad
&mem at Linen* the same being void by the amnion of
the Hoy. Lewis Parkin. -Gaze/7e.
81k Jon. LAWUT-Welt AT GLASGOW. —Yesterday
afternoon Air John Lawreoce was presented with the free-
dom of the city of Glamors., in accordance with a resolution
of the Teen Council of that city. Sir John arrived from
Inverary, where he bad been the guest of the Duke of
Argo II fur several days, n Thursday, and stayed with the
Be*.. Dr. X.Durf. The ceremony of the protestation was
perform...4l in the City Hall yettertlay, at 2 o'clock. The
hall was crowded by a large and bighll respectable audience,
the p;atforni being occupioi by the Lord Provost, image.
and Town Council of the City, and otticrt.
WILL or Tint LATE Mt. T. etTETKRILL UP Bin-
-11114.41tm. The will, with some oohed., of the late
Thomas Cotterill, Eau., of the town of Birmingham. who
died in London on the 12th of last month, at the alp of 81,
was proved in the principal court of probate es the 12th
, of the present month, by three at the executes% Williams
Fsq., M.P. for Birmingham, who is the tee-
woes o. w, and Thomas Samuel
sad Daniel
Bell, jun., Eagra. both of Loedne. The deemed pos.
seas it a very large fortune, the ?mania,. i!thilly
foreign securities, antuuntiug to 4100,01101. Thal Wooers
war of acquired wealth be Lae bemssetlisd ammo( the di-
ferret nionibere o.t hit family, with the excepti.n of nes
legacies and annuities to his executor. and trustees', per-
sonal friends and others, and of chantabie bequest, to the
amount of 5,000 i., which he bas hilt to nohow institutioos
in Birmingham, and a sum of 2,000/. to the Chancellor
the Embosser towards the extinction of the national
debt.—lllisatristed Letatee Erie,.

Worrwiserae ilittriox.l4 return made by the
rim Ciiannimieser of Works shows that rime July, 186 n,
wl•es the report of a committee Mated that 30,0Uttl. had
been exploded spool West Monter- briilge aod the Kontos:Am,
there has hem a further sum of 198,28.9. laid out upon the
hriehagaig:if 311,81101. opal the approaches. The engineer,
Ir. p reports that he expecte to be ebls, in Jammu,
but to peseesion of the piers and abutments at the
mew bridge to idesara Cochrane and Co., who bare ems-
traded to eemplete the nee work of the second half of the
bridge im mime months ; their work, therefore, to
their contract, will he dose by the sod of October, I
Is that owe, allowing time for the foot pavemest aad read.
way, the sew bridge may he expected to he completed about
Christian, 1881. The width tetwora the parapet. will be
84 feet 3 Mama

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LORD )(MORTON AND NIA PROPIMT Y. - The
Prormi's Jeanne/ hes the following statement in reference
to the unfortunate Furl of Biagio', at re time the pos-
sessor of Michelicwo Castle, and of crates in the south of
Ireland valued at between 10,0001. and 10,0901. a year:—
•• A eranmisaite efe Isiwatiro isotherm& will be shortie
rpented for the potpie of ascertaining the state of mind
of the Karl of Kingston. The eonditioo of imbecility to
which the unfortunate rudenesst has lately been redwood
was as palatial to behold r it was discreditable to those
relatives or frier whose duty ft was to have interfered in
his ls•half. During the last rission of parliament the sore
earl owls. it a point to pass the greater podia of the day
in the vicinity of the Home of Lords, when hi scesanne
fture was as familiar as that of the policemaa ee dry.
Whether freon eccestricity or other moans the mile ail
was seldom in possession of soy current coin of the realm,
aid the cabmen who drove him to the boor generally tee
tailed the whole day in expectation of their fr. The
noble earl's credit was also so low that the 000 tractor for
the refreshmest stopped the supplies, sad refused to be*
up • dinner until lid in advance. It ia stated by thane
who are acquainted with the noble earl's slain that his
nesatal aid pecuniary embarnuanoiste are directly traceable
he the trass6 oossuoitkol upus him by the notorious John
Whir."