The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-18 00:00:00

TO TIM EDITOR OF TM! EXPRFSB.

Sta,—Having been through Devon, Somerset, and
Cornwell, It may be interesting to some of your readers to
know how the crops, stock, Etc., are in those counties.
The crops of wheat are far better in yield than lest year,
and above an average, bring mostly winter-sown. The qua-
lity, too, is very good indeed. Barley is about the tame as
last year ; but oata are rather deficient. Cattle are doing re-
markably well, and the number of sheep is over an average of
nun, pen by 50 to 100 per cent., and ea *egress sod all root
crops are of superior growth this season, it will do much to
fatten all cettle to a far greater extent than in past seasons.
Iris said that the feeding crops in these parts exceed by far
in quality and abundance any within the memory of the old-
est man, end will do much to give na an abundance of wil-
ted beasts, and sheep in particular, which rock, though
large, is doing far better than in any former year, the mild.
tine autumn season being very beneficial to tham.—l
am, lc., AN AGRICULTURIST.

NEWSTEAD ABBEY AND ESTATE.—I 4 is re-
ported that the resemble and classic pile at Nowstead, the
residence of the lets Colonel Wildman, together with the
estate, exceeding 3,000 acres in extent, will shortly be brought
to the hammer in one lot. The late lamented owner of New-
stead pi:imbued the estate in 1818 for 94,000/., and since that
period very large 111M111 of money have been expended in im-
proving it, m that independent of the great increase which
has taken place in the value of landed property during the
last few years, there is every reason to expect that it will
fetch a very long price. The coni3exion of the celebrated poet,
the late Lord Byron, with this charming rural retreat, will
also, no doubt, set as an additional attraction to purchasers,
! and cease the bidding, to be of the moat spirited character.
It is said that the late Colonel Wildman has left the whole of
his real aad personal property to his widow for life, with re-
' nudnder to his brothers.—liottinglions Journal.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—Ou Thursday morn
Mg, *boat sin o'clock, some pereons passing along
Duck observed a boy on board the smack Mary Ann, of
&Waugh, county Down, endeavouring to hoist a bucket of
water front the dock, and, as he staggered from one part of
the bulwarks to another in an apparently intoxicated state,
1 and as smoke was issuing from the vowel, they at once
I boarded her. They learned from the boy that a seaman was
is the forecastle, either dead or dying ; that the meal wee,
as he believed, on are; that be himself had been almost
suffocated; and that he was endeavouring to procure wafer
for the purpose of extinguishing the flames, and, it possible,
relieving the sufferings of his comrade, if be was still alive.
Without • moment being lost the forecastle was entered, sad
the birder body of a seaman named Robert Hill was brought
on deck. The bey, Patrick M•Bride, a native of Glasgow,
appeared to be in a weak state, and he was at once forwarded
to the Gsssral Hospital, where ha still remains. A visit
to the forecastle of the Mary Ann prsssated one of the
moat disguating spectacles that could be well imagined.
Above the forecastle there was the meal hatch, and when
this wee closed it appeared to be utterly impoe.ible that the
slightest breath of air could reach the inmates below. An
inquest was held on the body, and the jury found that Sill
died from suffocation.

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MELANCIIOLT ACCIDENT TO A CLEROTKAN.—A
sad and melancholy accident, resulting in the death of the
Rev. Mr. Bryan, curate of St. Paul's Church, Alttwlek, oc-
curred near Alutoonth on Saturday afternoon last. The rev.
gentleman had been oumplsining of slight indimosition for
a day or two, and, as a means of relief, went to Alnruouth
for the purpose of bathing in the sea. He purposed going
by the three o'clock train to Baca, but on resching the
Alswiok station he found the train had just started. He
than set out to Irak. In going down, Mr. Bryan was over-
taken by the Duke of Northumberland, who was driving
to Forton Hall, and his grace took him into the carriers.
Some conversation, it is said, took place a. to Mr.
Bryan's errand to the sea, when his grace dissuaded him
front bathing, and dried him rather to rest for a kw days.
However, Mr. Bryan persisted in his original intention, and
on his snivel stripped and went into the sea at Fovea Hall,
for he was shortly after peen struggling in the water and
heard uttering the most piercing &lariats. lle bad swum ont
of his depth, and it is suppoeed been "sized either with cramp
or • tlt. No person was 'anciently near to rescue him; a
horse was obtained and rope*, but the horse refused to face
the breakers, and the unfortunate gentleman sank before re-
lief could reach him, and when he was got out all efforts at
resuscitation failed. Mr. Bryan had only been a few months
in Alnwick, but during that short period his ministrations
and kind and amiable manner. had won for him the esteem
and regard of al with whom he had AIA iINICIOOII2IIMAnt
inquest will be held tomorrow to impureinto the °intuit-
etanoce.—Nrireartk Chronsek.
STOCK OE BONDED GOODS IN LITERPOOL.—Tbe
Collector of Customs at Liverpool, Mc.
8. P. Rdwords,n
whom the commercial piddle are indebted for much kits(
goolotanou has agreed to salmon &suggestion of the Chamber
of COMMITIO, and to publish queerly fa the Bill of Entry
an alphabetical list of goods in the bonded mandamus of the
M
Port:
ETROPOLITAN Fags HOSPITAL, DETONSIIIRE.
setrASE, Crtir.-11• aggregate number of patients relieved
during the Via ending Outadier 16 vas: Medial, 660; em.
L Flo 1, t 154; total, 914; of 'hi* VT wen Mu wee.