The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-23 00:00:00

FOREIGN AGRICULTURE.

MARSEILLES, May 19.—The following are the official returns show-
ing the number of hectares sown with wheat and barley. Sub-
division of Constantine., 191,911 hectares of wheat, and 189,941 hec•
t-ires of barley; Bona, 63.499 hec area of wheat, 56,438 barley;
Bathus, 31,29 heet.res of wheat, 37,972 barley ; Setiff, 171,332
hectares of wheat, 150,989 b irley. The accounts from the western
pro,inces of ler,s are equally satisfac'ory. In the eub-, ivision of
Tlemc,n there are 75,700 hectares under wheat, which present all the
appearance of an abwldant harvest.

Exclusively tor CLOTHING BOYS from 6 to 20 YearG.

LEWIS & COMPANY. Ranelaah stecet.

A fracas occurred at the last fair of Listowel between
the pig buyers of Nenagh and Newcastle. A good fight
ensued—tie Tipperary boys were victorious.
To AUSTRALIA BY RAlLWAY.—Upwards of five hundred
passengers have left this locality, by railway, during the
last fortnight, for America, Buenos Ayres, and Australia.
—Limerick Chronicle.
The screams of an infant living with its parents, at
Chorlton-upon-Medlock, were heard the other evening.
On procuring a light, it was foued that a rat had made its
way into the bed, and had bitten the poor child in several
places, Ain, the head, very severely.
AN AGED WARRIOR. —A few days ago, there died at
Morne Park a horse th.it carried the late Sir Charles Col-
ville, at the battle of Waterloo. Sir Charles was father to
the present. L )rd Colville, and to Lady Newry. The hone
must be at least forty-seven years of age, and was, perhaps,
the latit of the equine race present at that memorable
battle

We have received a letter calling our attention to a para-
graph, which appeared in our last number, in reference to
the alleged marriage of Mr. Thomas Francis Meagher
with Miss Lumley, denying its correctness, and further
stating that he has been married for a considerable time.
We can only say that we copcd it from ome j.entnal which
extracted i from the New York Herald. We see it
stated in several papers that the New York Herald of the
29th ul' published in due form an aeceunt of this marriage.
—Limerick Observer.
lezez vvAL OF THE WEAVERS' STRIKE AT DROGHEDA.—
On Monday 'ast a body of operative weavers, numbering
perhaps 2,500, paraded the streets. The cause of the
movement appears to be as follows .—For some time past
the operatives resident in the rural districts stood aloof
from those in the town, the latter having been joined in a
firmly united union of trade, for the purpose of maintaining
a certain nmount of remuneration for their labour, while
'be employers held that their claims were exorbitant end
unjust. the country weavers bad been working at the
employers' terms until Monday, when they joined the
union. The employers have refused to accede to their
demands, and thus the matter stends at meson".
MILITARY INSPECTION BY TIIE DUKE OF CAMBRIDOIL—On
Wednesday afternoon, the Duke of Cambridge paid a visit
of inspection to the Cavalry Depot, Maidstone. He was
received by the troops drawn up in line. The Duke
visited the riding school, from whence he proceeded to the
barrack-field. where the whole of the riding establishment
assembled under the immediate command of Major Sutton.
The Duke next visited the stables, and questioned the
young officers as to their knowledge of stable duties—the
management of horses, &te. At the conclusion of the
inspection his Royal Highness left for Canterbury, where
he in+eaded to review the and and 3rd regiments of
Dragoon Guards, preparatory to their embarkation for
India.

BLES4 GS or AMALGADIATION.— girth is blessed
with two gas companit s, a new and an old ; and the oublie,
like the man that attetnotA to sit dawn ;111 two s!ools, is,
to ail appearance, to suffer by hiving one too many !s ever
it did by having one too kw. Fri,m what we can learn
of the matter (f,,r every oee has his own story, many being
sharAn!ders in one cr other of the comnaries), tie two
rivals now have corn to terms and under,tand one r ;
and oar Police Coin in;ssi )ners are indignant at !he high
price charged for lighting the public streets, and have
even tbrca!ened to s.art a gas •-mete:- for them: Oyes, &c.,
&c ; but it cannot be denied that the price of the gas is
far to') hi,..th at present with us. —Correspondent of Glasgow
Daily Mail. _ _ _

Mkt. MOORE AND THE TENANT BILL.—Our London cor-
respondent calls attention to the fact that Mr. G. H. Moore
has again most stranerly mismanaged the Tenant Bill, of
which had mulertaken the conduct. The hon gentle-
man has deliberately given notice of the bill for May 25,
being the day on which the Queen's birth-day is celebrated,
and consc vently there will be no hous-,. This is mere
mockery. In 1856 he fixed the second reading for the
22nd April, ibe d iy of the great naval review, when, as he
knew,:there wouhl b, no 'lmre ; and ibe measure was inde-
finitely postponed. Aa the c.se now stands, the motion
for leave to introduce the bill cannot be brought forward
until after the Witsuntide holidays, which will render the
case quite hopeless this year.—Dublin Evening, Post.
LORD ROBERT GROSVENOR'S REFORM BILL.—The bill of
Lord R. Grosvenor would enact as follows :--That such
part of the law as imposes on the several candidates the
expense of booths, deputies, and poll clerks be repealed
All booths erected for the convenience of taking polls shall
be at the expense of the county, city, borough, or place foe
which such election shall take place ; and all deputies and
clerks employed in taking polls shall be appointed by the
sheriff or other returning officer, and shall be paid such
sums as the person so appointing them shall consider pro-
' per; and all such payments shall be at the expense of the
county, city, borough, or place for which such election shall
take place, and shall be made out of the county or borough
rate, as the case may be, a, d in places where there is no
borough rate then out of the rate for the relief of the
poor. Any candidate at an election who shall, by himself;
or by cr with any other person in his behalf, at any time,
either before, during, or after any election, directly or
indirectly, pay, either wholly or in part, any carriage,
conveyance, or mode of transit, to or for any person to
proceed to the poll to give his vote, or return therefrom,
shall forfeit the sum of fifty pounds for each offence to any
person who shall sue for the same, with full costa of suit.
The penalty hereby imposed shall be recoverable by action
or slut by any person who shall sue for the same in any of
her Majesty's superior courts at Westminster, if the offence
be committed in England or Wales, and in any of her
Majesty's superior courts in Dublin if the offence be com-
mitted in Ireland, and in or before the Court of Sessions
if the offence be committed in Scotland, and nn
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otherwise.