The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-16 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

The weather continues to be watched with much
anxiety, and with yet more than usual interest, from a con-
siderable portion of grain being dill out in the late districts.
The first day of the week was fine • the wood beau-
tiful—cold soil antannwil, with the wind south-west, and
good program was made with carting the remnant in the
earliest counties, of both wheat and barley. This has been
up in better condition than any previously ; and on Tuesday
from the coed of Norfolk, it was written that the bean crop
only was still out. From the interior of the county on
Wednesday it was stated, " Harvest may be said to be core-
pleted in this neighbourhood ; and the pad few fine days
have enabled our farmers to bring wheats to market in some-
what unmoved condition. That day was cold and
bracing, with a N. W. wind ; but unfortunately
from this period • change took place, Wednesday
being very wet and cold, with the wind from the
south-west. From this time a cessation of harvest-work
' must have taken place wherever the min fell. It appears
to have been very general, extending up to &attend, where
from the east coast our friends my, Weather miserably
cold, sod much grain oat and to out in the high country."
Seed ample, of wheat are in this part of the kingdom now
' much run after, and cosesionally a vary select mmide
of new appears. With a weight of 66 lbs. per bushel this
commanded 765. per qr., but principally fine old is taken
for sowing. '
On Thursday the weather was still moat unfavourable,
with the wind round to the north-east, and the theta,-
meter down to fetty-six. From Suffolk on that day it was
reported—" Since Monday it has been stormy and wet.
Harvest may be mid to be finished in Shim
district, save beans, and these may be out for weeks
loom. Buyers of barley act with great caution for
this grain at present is From
unsatisfactori, did ppt
in germinating. trim." From another part of the county
the same opinion prevails :—" All mediators who have tried
the new balky express their disappoidownt with ^ the
result ; and it is evidently yet too early to commence work-
ing it." The oldest maltaten appear to be puzzled about
barley not growing, and the router of =Mare all puzzled
at the position they are in, for nailer the existing law they
will be subjected to having the grain seized unless some re-
lasation be made by the Beard of Ezebe. probably there
will be petitions presented. The Scotch barleyi hive again
taken the lead in the London market, where they -have
commanded higher rates than Baglish. Considering the
result of the trial, it is surprising that the sale has been so
good, with prices, for the opening of the scum, isomewhat
exorbitant. In the capital of Scotland there was scram-
bling for fine malting qualities, at fully 2s. per qr. higher
;stet, much still of it going south.. •
Thursday night proved cold, with a sharp frost, wind
round to the west. Friday was a bright, clear, and fine
day, but with so carrying of corn, from the two previons
wet days. From the West Biding of Yorkshire, on that
day, the advice runs " The, weather since our lad has
been very elan ble ;in the early part of the week tide,
but on Wedmday cold and.wintry with heavy rains. A
largeportion of the corn crop in this countri• is still in the
fields, the position of which at' this late od of the year
is very critical. The inferior quality the new wheat
brought to market, end its damp condition, tend to restrict
transactions in the trade ; but the same circumstauces
duce holders of good old wheat to resist any decline."
Saturday also proving very wet, a oomplete stop has been
put to harvest operations for the last four days of the week.
But ploughing was proceeded with vigorously on Fridiy,
and the farmers are meaner to get their land in order for
wheat-sowing, which must be thrown very backward this
season. Seed samples are now much sought after, and the
sort which has stood the peculiar weather of this summer
the beet is Nursery, and some of 641bs. per bushel can he
found, but at high nine. The next in rank is the Chidham,
which can occe..ionally be obtained pure, stperhaps about one
sample in twenty. Rough chaff is much the same ; while
there is little old left to substitute for new when the latter
cannot be obtained.—Nark-lane Kepreas.

THE NUMERICAL STRENGTH OF THE UNITARIANS.
—" One hundred yearn ago there wine somewhere about
one hundred Usiterian ministers in the world ; now there
are nearly three thousand distinctl so. There was then a
population of about fifty Uoitariana, pdgeipilly
fn Tratorylvania, now then art about two millions of Chris-
tian Unitarians. One hundred years ago there were about
one hundred and twenty Unitarian churches, now there are
not less than three thousand five hundred."—Chriation
Arena*.

PAYIND TOR A GRAVE WITH • BODGED BANS
NOM—Last. week Mr. Blackburn, the sexton of the con-
secrated portion of the Burniantofts Cemetery, Leeds, was
victimised in a most audacious manner. One afternoon, a
man, respectably attired in • snit of black, made his appear-
ance at the cemetery, and after walking about the grounds
a abort time, went to the lodge in which Mr. Blackburn
resides, and stated that he wanted to boy a family grave.
Mr. Blackburn told him the several charge*, and the man
then said that the grave was required for a person of the
name of John Ward, who had died at 27 Park-lane,
below the Leeds Town-hall. Mr. Blackburn took
down, in the ordinary way, the name, age, Sic., of
the Party for whom the grave wee to be made, the
ntan stating that the deceased was a wood-turner, and
thirty-eight years of age. After these particulars had been
taken, Mr. Blackburn accompanied the man to choose • site
for the grave„which he did, and they then both returned.
On their way back to the lodge, the man said, " I suppose I
must pay now fur the grave r and Mr. Blackburn replied
that if he did so he would give him • receipt. The man,
who had all the time maintained the aspect of one suffering
from considerable grief, and who felt the solemnity of the
business he was transacting, then took out of his pocket
what appeared to be • 51. Bank of England note, and Mr.
Blackburn immediately handed him • receipt for 11. 172.6 d.,
the price of the grave, together with the change, 31. 2s. 6d.,
in money. The man then took his departure, stating that
the body would be brought for interment on the Sunday
following. After the man had gone Mr. Blackburn at ones
commenced digging the grave, and partially finished it;
but, beginning to feel somewhat suspicious, he went home,
and from some remarks made by his family lie was led to
sand the note to • public-house to ascertain whether it was
• genuine one. He was there told that it was a good one ;
but he was still auspicious that all was not right, and on the
following morning he went down to the house in which it
was alleged the corpse lay, with the intention of measuring
the coffin, and ascertaining if possible some further particu-
lars respecting the man. On making inquiries, however. at
27, Park-Imo, no such person as Ward, either dead or alive,
was known, and he could obtain no infonuatiou respecting
his ever having lived in the neighbourhood. Mr. Blackburn
then, feeling convinced that the note could not be • good
one, took it to the branch Bank of England, in Albion-
street, where all his doubts were soon d*alled by its
being handed back to him with the word "forged"
impressed upon it in halfhelosen places.—Leeds Intelli-
yencer.
A LEM TRADESMAN SWINDLED HT AN ALLEOF.D
Ausrasuss Cotterx.—At the Leeds beemigh session
Archibald A alias Fraocis Strickland (3O sops indicted
for unlawfully obtaining, by false pretences, certain sums of
money, altogether amounting to 111., from Mr. John Francis
Hick, tinner, of Great Georgestrest, Leeds, by pretending
to be his cousin, newly arrived from Australia with certain
moneys which, for the moment, he wee unable to realise.
Adjie, who pleaded guilty to the charge, was sentenced to
four years' penal servitude.
Taxis CHILDREN SUFFOCATED AT BOLTON.—
On Saturday attention $ fire broke out in the bedroom of
• cottage in Walton's-court, Hahne-street, Little Bolton,
the mondani:a of Henry °Berton, • labourer. An attempt
was loads to enter the room by means of • ladder, but the
smoke being . dense as to render it uneafe to do so, and
no suspicion being entertained
.that there was any person
in the house, the front door hems locked, infornestioe vas
soot to the police-office, and the fire brigade was soon upon
the spot. In the meantime the dour was forced open, and
• neighbour, named John Bien, noshed upstairs, and found
three children upon • bed, all lifeless. Two of these are
the children of 011erton, the occupier of the house (Jewel,
aged five years, and Henry, aged eighteen months), and
the third, only four months old, was the son of John and
Mary Coop, who resided at No. 4, in the mule court,
and who entrust their child to Mrs. 011erton during the
day, when thee are both absent at work. The fire was
soon extinguished. being confined to a bundle of old paper
in • corner of the room, which had apparently been fired
by the children with a match, as two or three matches were
found upon the Boor. Mrs. Merton usually reels in the
lower room for Messrs. Bolling, and she was absent at the
warehouse when the melancholy occurrence took Out.—
Manchester Guardian. _ _ _

DEATH FROM STAZVATILON.-•• An inquest was held
rrayh at the Scarborough Arms Tavem, Mark-street,
hteapnl, on the bod of Mary Lipschitis, egad 40, the
wife of a labourer in Tenteratreet, Goodman's-
fields. It appeared that the woman's husband could
at the best of times only earn ten shillings a week ; but that
he managed to keep his wife and family upon it. For some
time, however, he had here out of work, sod the cease.
ea deposed to by the weans of the house in which
lodged, wee that the deceased never had enough to eat,
sometimes was without fond altogether. The son left
his methyl ea* morning and on his return found her dead.
The surges& who was called in to examine the body stated
that the deceased had evidently not had nny food for a long
time and the limy returned a verdict of —" Died from the
want of the commas necessaries of life."