The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1863,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

KELSO AUTUMN MEETING-WEDNESDAY,

A Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added ; for 2-yr-
olds, colts Sst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b. 6 furlongs.
Mr H. Owen's Persuasion, Bst 71b .. (Midgley) 1
Mr. Holt's Dawdle, Bst 7/1) (Mr. Thompson) 2
Mr. J. Scott's Tooi-Toni, Bst 71b (Owner) 3
Betting-2 to lon Persuasion.
Won by a length ; the same between second and third.

The Roxburgh Handicap of 15 sovs each, with 20 added

winners catra. One mile and a half.

Mr. Merry's Lioness, 4 yrs, Bst 7lb (inc 91b extra)

(Hayward) 1
Mr. Sax )n's The Monk, 6 yrs, Bst 5113 (inc 01b extra)
' (M id gley) 2
Mr. Redhead's My Mary, 4 yrs, ist 121 b (H. Gritushaw) 3
11 Sr. Alice, 3 yrs, Tat (inc Glb extra)

(Mtirtin) 4
The following also ran :—Joey Jones, Early Purl, Bonny
Bell, Venison, and Serf.

Betting—Even on Lioness. 5 to 2 agst The Monk, 6 to
each agst Alice and Serf.

Won by a neck ; three lengths between second and third.
The Stewards' Cup of 50 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3
sovs each ; 3-yr-olds, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 81b; five, Bst 121 b;
six and aged, 9st; penalties and allowances. One mile
three furlongs 20 yards.
Lord Durham's Michael Scott, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Oram) 1
Mr. R. Calder's Miss Chaytor, 4 yrs, Bst 81b
Mr. Bruce's Cocktail filly, 3 yrs, Gat 13th (Dixon) 3
Mr. Frank's Dick Swiveller, 5 yrs, 9st (Bunting) 4
Mr. Elliott's Lisette, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Goodall) b
Betting--5 to 2on Michael Scott.
Won by three lengths ; the same between second and
third.

The Bo wmont Stakes of 3 sovs each, One mile and a

half.

Benvoirlich, 12st 101 b (Owner) 1
Nicety, 12st 91b (Mr R. Henhouse) 2
D'Aubrey, 13st 31b (Mr F. Waugh) 3
Tarn Glen, 13st 101 b - (Mr Moore) 4
The following also rau :—Fidget, Clarida, Barney o.ter,
and Lord Charles.

Betting-2 to 1 agst D'Aubrey, 3to 1 agst Benvoirlich.
4 to 1 agst Nicety.

Won by a head, four lengths between second and third.
The Kelso Plato (Handicap) of 30 sous. One mile.
Lord Durham's Michael Scott, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
(Whiteley) 1
Mr Winteringharn's Saltant, 3 yrs, Gst llb 2
Mr Cowan's Certainty, aged, 6st 131 b (Dixon) 3
The following also ran :—Lothian's King, Little Nell,
Unfashionable Beauty, Enfield, and Spirit of Air.
Betting-6 to 4on Lothian's King, 3to 1 agst Sal-
lant, 4 to 1 agst Michael Scott, 5 to 1 agst Unfashionable

Beauty.
Won by a length, a bad third. Lothian's King fell.

BETTING AT MANCtIESTER—WEDNESDAY.
For the Cambridgeshire Gemma, who a few days since
had supporters at 20 to 1, and who afterwards receded to
1,000 to 6 (offerel), was backed to-day, apparently for good
money, at all prices to 100 to 3 (taken and wanted).
During this process Limosina receded to 8 to 1 bong laid ;
but afterwards her friends rallied, and 5 to 1 was booked.
Nothing of importance was done on any of the others, with
the exception of Hubert, who appears to be hopelessly gone.
Closing prices :

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
sto 1 agst Limosina (taken)
6to 1 agst Catch-'em Alive (offered)
11 to 1 agst Carnival (taken)
11 to 1 agst Exchequer (taken)
16 to 1 agst Port Royal (taken)
20 to 1 ag,t Borealis (taken)
30 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (taken)
33 to 1 agst Gemma (taken)
33 to 1 agst Despair (offered)
100 to 1 agst Hubert (offered)

COMPENSATION CASES.

GUILDHALL-WEDNESDAY.

Mr. Alderman Hale presided; Mr. White appeared on
behalf of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com-
pany; and Mr. Tindal Atkinson, instructed by Messrs.
Lumley and Lumley, of Moorgato-street, conducted the
case on behalf of the claimant for compensation.
The subject-matter in dispute consisted of premises situ-
ated at No. 5, Water-lane, Earl-street, Blaektriat s, which
were occupied by Miss Eleanor Knight, who carried on a
retail business there for the sale of cigars, tobacco, news-
papers, fancy stationary, lemonade and gingerbeer, and a
miscellaneous collection of other small articles. It appeared
that 13 years ago she took the house and opened the shop in
the same lino of business which had been carried on there for
the last 40 years. It was a shut-up shop. but immediately she
opened it she did a good trade, and had done so evcrsince. She
had paid £4O for a new shop front, £22 for fixtures and
fittings, and her rent, including rates and taxes, was only
£l7. The gross takings of the year amounted to £758, et
which £278 was the annual profit, from which, however,
had to be deducted £l7, which would reduce the actual
income to about £230. The gross takings, of course, in-
cluded about £3O a year which she received from her
lodgers. There was no means of testing the accuracy of
these estimates, inasmuch as no books had been kept, it
being a ready-money business, and no vouchers of any kind
were produced. The claimant was in failing health, and
too ill to be subjected to a rigid cross-examination; and a
person who managed her business for her exhibited such
an extraordinary amount of obtuseness as to render it an
impassibility to get anything like an intelligent statement
from him. The Courtwere, therefore, compelled to rely solely
upon the written claim for £5OO, and. the evidence of Mr.
Fryer, a wholesale tobacconist, who had for the last 15
years supplied the claimant with cigars and tobacco; and
he, having selected the year 1858 as the test of the business
done on the premisesin question, said he had supplied goods
during that year to Miss Knight to the amount of £2OO, but
that her trade had lately fallen off. The goodwill of such a
business might be worth £lOO or £l5O, bet, of course, the
value would much depend upon the nature of the tenancy
and the length of the lease. The claimant's business was
such that the goodwill would have been worth £2OO if
there had been a good lease with it.
Mr. Warwick, the overseer of the parish, said he always
considered the claimant did a very good business, and he
knew there was no place she could obtain in the neighbour-
hood where she could carry on that class of business en
caving her present shop.
Mr. T. Atkinson said this was a case where the business
had been the support of the claimant, her mother, and her
sister's family. She had established the business by her own
exertions during a period of 13 years, and he submitted it
was a case for substantial compensation, particularly as she
being in failing health, and not able to obtain a place in
the neighbourhood, would have to recommence life with
greater difficulties to overcome, and not the same health and
strength to carry her through them.
Mr. White urged upon the magistrate's notice the total
absence of books, vouchers, and proper accounts to show
that the business was what it had been represented. The
company were anxious to deal liberally with all with
whose interest they interfered, but the claims of annual
tenants being by far the most numerous and the most
fallacious, it believed the company, on behalf of the share •
holders, to watch those claims very narrowly. In the pre-
sent instance the claim sent in was for £500; the com-
pany had been the claimant's landlords for two years, during
which time she had not paid a fraction of rent. They had
offered her £2OO as compensation, which had been refused,
and if the Court thought the very unsatisfactory statement
of the witness who managed the business for Miss Knigh
sufficient to justify him in dealing with the case, he would
suggest that the utmost that the claimant would be entitled
to would be one year's profits, the goodwill of an annua:
tenant being worthless.

Mr. Alderman Hale said he perceived there was a discre-
pancy of a third between the business alleged to have been
done in cigars and tobacco, and the quantity of such goods
stated to have been supplied, and in the rest of the items he
thought the calculations excessive. He was desirous of
doing strict justice to Miss Knight, and with as much libe-
rality as was consistent with justice to the company, and had
come to the conclusion to award £195 for one year's profits,
£l2O for goodwill, and £lO for expenses of removal, making
a total of £325, possession of the premises to be yielded
within 14 days.
Mr. Atkinson asked for costs.
Mr. White said the worthy alderman had dealt so libo •
rally with the claimant that costs ought not to have been
asked for.
Mr. Alderman Halo declined to order costs,
There was another case of a similar kind, in which John
Pleasant, a tailor, in business in Water-lane, claimed £175
compensation.
Mr. White appeared for the company, and Mr. Eadey for
the claimant.

In this case the claimant stated that his rent was £36 a
yen', rates and taxes £l6, and repairs about £lO. That
when he entered into possession of the promises twelve
years ago he paid a premium of £6O, and that he paid two
journeymen £1 each per week all the year round. He
kept no books, but produced a set of books which he had
made up from invoices and the measure book for the
purposes of this claim. He estimated the wages for 1862
at £104; stock purchased, £ll6 rent and taxes, £52 ; and
repairs and sundries, £25, making a total of £297. His
gross takings during the year were £442, including about
£33 which he received from lodgers, which, after deducting
£287, left a net profit of £145, to which was to be added £lO
for removal, and £2O as a proportion of the premium paid
by the claimant 12 years ago, making up the claim of X 176.
The claimant said he had succeeded in getting another
house in Warwick-lane, at the advanced rental of £7O,
which, with rates and taxes, would make a serious differ.

ence to him, as he was standing only at £lB or £2O a-year
in Water-lane.

Mr. White said the books produced were most unsatis-
factory, as they were prepared for the occasion. The
claimant had got another house, and would take his busi-
ness with him, so that he would not materially suffer by the
removal. A sum of £5O would be ample compensation.
Mr. Eadey addressed the magistrate for his client.

After which, Mr. Alderman-Hale said he thought the
claimant was entitled to compensation, for the increased
rent he would have to pay in the neighbourhood be had
removed to was not by any means an improvement. Under
all the circumstances, he awarded £lOO compensation and
£lO for expenses of removal, without law costs. Possession
to be given in 14 days.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

His Swedish Majesty's screw corvette Vanadis, Captain
Haverman, sailed from the Motherbank, off .Ryde, Isle of
Wight, yesterday morning for the Mediterranean.
The Falcon, 17 gun screw corvette, 751 tons, and 100-
horse power of engines, was ordered to be commissioned at
Portsmouth yesterday, reported by Commander Parkyn,
who has recently been serving in her Majesty's ships Eury-
alus and Mersey.
Yuster Jay Captain M'Killop, the inventor of the apparatus
for cleaning iron ships' bottoms afloat, which was recently
tried on the bottom of the iron frigate Recruit, 6, in
Chatham harbour, visited Chatham dockyard in order to
make the necessary arrangements for a further trial of the
invention. The labourers completed cleaning the bottom
of the Recruit yesterday, and every part of her hull is now
exposed to view, the marine encrustations, weeds, Ics.,
which covered her bottom at the time of the vessel was
placed in dock having all been scraped off. On both aides
the hull nearly every particle of the anti-fouling compo-
sitions with which she was originally paved over has
disappeared, leaving the iron plates of her bottom in nearly
their original state, with the exception, perhaps, that in
several parts the ravages of the marine insects on the iron
plating are very conspicuous. The hull of the Recruit is
now ready to receive a new coating of the composition by
Mr. Hay, and the anti-fouling mixture by Mr. Crispin,
which will be applied, as before, on different sides of the
bottom, in order that an extended trial may be made to
ascertain their respective merits.
Tenders have been issued by the War Department for the
contract supply of a large amount of pig iron, to be deli-
vered at the Royal gun factories in Woolwich Arsenal, to
be prepared for the manufacture of the new species of naval
guns, 50 of which are ordered to be commenced forthwith.

The officials of the Royal carriage department at Woolwich
have received instructions to construct an equal number of
carriages on a principle already approved by the Secretary
of State for War. The gun, it is stated, will be somewhat
similar to the 100-pounder smooth-bore gun, which with-
stood a severe experimental test at Shoeburyness at the
commencement of the past summer, and which was after-
wards tried with success on board the gunnery ship Excel-
lent, at Portsmouth.

The mechanics employed in the smithery at Chatham
rockyard are now engagei in forging the first portion of the
stem for Mr. Reed's new iron frigate Bellerophon, the next
vessel to be commenced at Chatham, as soon as the iron
ship Achilles is out of hand. The stern will be composed
of three immense pieces of iron, and will be the largest
forgings of the kind ever attempted at Chatham dockyard,
the stem and stern portions of the Achilles having been
manufactured by a private firm. In order to afford greater
facilities for the work, and to meet the increased demand
made on the establishment since the introduction of iron
shipbuilding, the smithery is to be considerably extended,
and, is addition to another large and powerful steam ham-
mer, some new furnaces of an improved kind are to
be forthwith erected. The object of the Admiralty
in having the principal forgings for the new iron
ship made in Chatham yard is to prevent a repetition of the
delays which were experienced in the early stages of the
construction of the Achilles, caused chiefly by the long
time occupied by private firms in producing similar forgings
for that ship. With the same object in view the form of
the forgings for the Bellerophon have been greatly simpli-
fied under the personal direction of the Chief Constructor of
the Navy, who has sent an Admiralty draughtsman to
Chatham dockyard, where he has been engaged for some
time in the preparation of the detailed drawings of the vari-
ous parts of the new ship, in order that every practicable
improvement may be made in carrying out the designs for
her construction. There can be little doubt that this ar-
rangement will tend greatly to facilitate the progress of the
Bellerophon, and thus reduce the time and labour expended
upon her construction. It will also, it is to be hoped, be
the first step towards putting an end to these changes and
alterations which have hitherto been so frequently made
by the Admiralty during the building of new ships at Chat-
ham and the other dockyards.
An announcement was yesterday made at Chatham
dockyard, in accordance with a notification received from
the Admiralty, that the appointment of timber inspector
will in future be filled from the most efficient foremen of
shipwrights, at the several dockyards, and not, as hereto.
fore, by seniority. This decision has been arrived at in
consequence of the inconvenience and expense arising from
the existing arrangements in taking foremen, at an ad-
vanced age, and giving them the appointment of timber
inspectors at a salary of £lOO per annum. and at the end of
two or three years allowing them to retire at the full super-
annuation allowance. Considering the comparatively small
quantity of timber now used at Chatham dockyard since
the introduction of iron shipbuilding, it becomes a question
for the consideration of the Admiralty whether, as the
duties heretofore pertaining to the office of timber inspector
are very considerably reduced, the office itself might not be
abolished, or, at least, amalgamated with some other ap-
pointment, whereby a very considerable saving might
annually be effected.

The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty:—Thomas E. Biddlecombe, master, to the Fal-
con ; "William A. Callagan; to a naval cadetship ; Peter
W. Rolston, surgeon, to the Falcon; James W. Ashton,
second master, to the Formidable for the Lizard; Isaac
Waugh, assist.-surgeon, to the Falcon; and Benjamin H.
Chimmo, assist-clerk, to the Fisgard,

THE ARMY.
The I battery 4th brigade Royal Artillery, in command
of Lieut.-Col. Barstow, having gone through a course of
practice at the school of gunnery, Shoeburyness, have re •
turned to Woolwich, in preparation for their departure for
New Zealand, which, it is rumoured, has now been deferred
until the 7th of next month.
Three of the guns to be used in the forthcoming competi-
tion between the 'Whitworth and Armstrong guns were yes-
terday mounted, and fitted to the trunnion bearings in the
new gun mounting park in Woolwich Arsenal. Ono is a
12-pounder Whitworth muzzle-loading gun, ono a 12-
pounder Armstrong shunt gun, and the third a 12-pounder
shortly expected.
breech-loading gun, finely grooved. Three others are

waTsbdeefeemrrberkfraotmionyeosftertdhaey 76th Regiment on board the
Hornet and Atalanta, hired sailing transports,Rt Portsmouth
:
until to-day. The regiment
will leave Aldershott this morning in two divisions, and
proceed to Portsmouth by special trains from Farnborough
at 9 30 and 10 30 a.ra,

DREADFUL MURDER IN YORKSHIRE.

A great deal of painful excitement has been caused in the
neighbourhood of Stokesley, a town in Cleveland, distant
from Stockton and Middlesborough about ten miles. Tho
facts are as follows :—Two respectable farmers, who were
neighbours, living a short distance from Stokesley, had been
in that place on business, but had had rather too much
liquor. They left th© town together to walk to Hemling-
ton, where they both resided, Their names were Mr.
William Johnson, of Newhaven Hall, and Mr. Brad-
shaw Graham, of Hemlington. rrn,
--Lim men were on very
amicable terms until they had arrived at Newby, a small
village on the road. Here they were met by Johnson's
farm servant, who brought a horse for his master. There-
upon Johnson wanted Graham to get upon the horse with
him, but he refused. Johnson then mounted the horse and
again urged his companion to get on behind, but the
latter again refused, upon which Johnson retorted that it
was because he was toe proud—Graham being in rather a
better position in life than Johnson. This remark led to
some angry words between the two men, till ultimately
Johnson said that if Graham gave him any more " chaff"
ho would get off and wring his neck. Graham made a pro-
voking and defiant answer, when Johnson got off his horse,
and both men began to square at each other. Ultimately
Graham struck Johnson on the side of the head with a
stick, when both men closed together and fell. Whilst they
were on the ground Johnson called out to his man, " Oh,
Joha, come and help me." The man came and assisted
his master to get on his feet, when he immediately fell
backwards. On being again helped up, he repeatedly fell,
and never spoke again. Graham was at once secured and
lodged in the lock-up.
An inquest was held yesterday ; verdict—wilful murder.

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MR, HENLEY, M,P,

At the Quarter Sessions for the county of Oxford,
held on Tuesday last, Mr. Cripps, the senior counsel
en the circuit, rose with all the barristers pre-
sent, and addressing the chairman, said that, before
the business cenamenced, he hoped he would allow
him, on behalf of the Bar, to express the great re-
gret which they all felt that they should no longer
have the pleasure of acting under the presidency of
Mr. Henley. His recollection carried him back to
the whole of the time Mr. Henley had officiated as
chairman of these sessions. He had the honour of
acting with two gentlemen of this circuit who had
been elevated to the judicial bench, and, in paying
this tribute to the services of Mr. Henley, he felt
assured that he was only speaking their sentiments.
It was a great pleasure and gratification to them to
remember that during the whole time of Mr. Hen-
ley's chairmanship there had not been the slightest
approach to anything like an altercation between
the chairman and the Bar. They claimed no credit
for that, inasmuch as it was due to the great cour-
tesy which he had invariably shown them. They
entertained the utmost respect for the high judicial
attainments, his habitual firmness of mind, and
judicial clearness which led him to a right conclu-
sion, whether in law or practice. As a remarkable
illustration of this, it was a striking fact that they
were not able to point to any appeal against anyone
of his decisions, and during the whole time he bad
presided over this court no one decision of his had
ever been disputed or overridden by the Court of
Queen's Bench. He could not but feel that no testi-
mony of theirs could add anything to the high
character which he had achieved for himself in a
higher and more public career, but he assured the
court that it was most gratifying to them to express
their sense of his services, as well as their regret at
the loss which this court and the county had sus-
tained by his resignation.
The CHAIRMAN replied, and said that, on the part
of the magistrates and himself, they were gratified
with this expression from the bar towards one for
whom all entertained so high a respect. They had
always felt everything Mr. Cripps had said,—they
had. always had the greatest pleasure and confidence
in Mr. Henley's leadership and guidance; no man
ever occupied so high a position and enjoyed to a
greater extent the confidence of the magistracy ge-
nerally. They
felt that it was a loss not to be re-
placed, and that the loss of his experience was a loss
not only to themselves, but to the public. It was
gratifying to know that the business had been con-
ducted so happily
and harmoniously under Mr.
Henley's guidance, and he might be permitted to
say that they felt that this was in a great measure
owing to the fact that the chairman and the magis-
trates had always received from the Bar the
greatest possible kindness and assistance. It was
a matter of great importance that the business
should be so conducted, and no man appreciated
that assistance and kind treatment which he had
always received more than Mr. Henley himself.
Whaatebvleehrmihsainmsnaoebtmriivliainegty might be, he felt that his suc-
cessor would receive the same assistance ; and on
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HEREFORD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,

The annual meeting of this society was held at
Hereford on Tuesday. The chow of stock was
limited, as usual, to cattle of the Hereford breed,
which were sent in large numbers; and, it being
the day before the greet annual fair, a largo quan-
tity of stock was sent for sale, independent of
those sent in for competition. In fact the cattle
market overflowed with specimens of Herefordshire
bucolic excellence, and the streets were perfumed
with the odour of neat cattle. The £2O prize for the
best ball, cow, end offal:ging was token by Mr. T.
Roberts, of Wingtonbury, and the second by Mr.
Taylor, of Showle-court. Mr. Capper, of Ross, took
the £l5 prize for the best bull, and Mr. B. Rogers,
of Staunton-on-Arrow, the second best.
The dinner was held at the Green Dragon Hotel
in the evening. Mr. R. Arkwright, of Hampton-
court, presided, and there were present Mr. King,
M.P., Mr. G. Clive, M.P., Col. Clifford, M.P., Mr.
Chandos W. Hoskyns, &c.
After the usual loyal toasts had been given, that
of " The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese" was
proposed from the chair, and responded to by
The Rev. T. POWELL, who defended the Hereford-
shire agriculturists from the attacks made upon
them by a certain portion of the press at their last
meeting, when they were charged with uttering
mere platitudes.
The CHAIRMAN proposed "The Health of the
County Members," explaining that the absence of
Lord W. Graham and Mr. Mildmay arose from illness.
Mr. KING KING replied, and congratulated them
on the prosperous harvest which they had experi-
enced. They had reason to be thankful for this
blessing, although it might be a blessing of a tem-
porary character, and a change for the worse might
he apprehended. They could see no end to the
present deplorable condition of America, and they
saw the trouble that was arising in different parts
of Europe. Let them be thankful for the good
which they enjoyed, and bear in mind the axiom
that "sufficient for the day is the evil thereof."
The CHAIRMAN gave "The City Members."
Col. CLIFFORD replied, and while defending the
speakers at the last Herefordshire agricultural din-
ner from talking "platitudes," said he must confess
that he held a strong opinion that at dinners of this
sort, where agriculturists assembled together, it
would be far better that they should shorten the
mere official and complimentary speeches, and devote
themselves more to what were the real objects of
these associations. This object might be attained—
first, by responding to the cfficial toasts as briefly
as possible; and secondly, by making the toasts bear
as much as possible on the practice of agriculture;
and, keeping this in view, he would not detain them
longer by any remarks in reply to the official toast
of ",The City Members." (A laugh.)
Mr. CLIVE having thanked the meeting for the
honour done him and his colleagues, observed that
the Chancellor of the Exchequer when about either
to impose a new tax or to repeal an old one was in
the habit first of telling his audience what he would
not do, and he (Mr. Clive) would in a manner fol-
d s
low his example. He would say then that, as was
done at Leominster, he would not make a speeche
nt.
s
about the ladies, because there were none present.
He would not talk about domestic politics, because
a
that subject was supposed to be forbidden at these
meetings; nor would he advert to foreign politics,
ng thempolitics,
because if he did he should only be
viz ,
what they could learn from the
that they were quite right in not newspapers,teferng in the
affairs of America, and should be quite
talk to them
in-
terfering in Poland. Nor ie
wrong in
about agriculture, because
.iwfhohlie attempted to do so
the old saying about
he might be fairly met with
the foolishness of teaching an aged relative,
though he did not happen to possess one, the way
how to suck eggs•
might make one rem(aArk nlacaogine ) But he thought he
connected with the subject
which had brought them together, and which was
that he thought Herefordshire was rather behind-
hand in the matter of steam ploughing. lie had
lately been on a visit to Mr. Langton, the member
for Oxford, from whom he had learnt a goad deal
about the advantages of steam ploughing, and he
strongly recommended his Herefordshire friends to
read a pamphlet, price 9d., recently published on
the subject by Mr. Nicholson, who farmed many
hundreds of acres of land for Lord Brownlow. He
thought after reading that pamphlet they would
be convinced that a great deal of benefit was to be
derived from steam ploughing. He hoped to see
the time When every landlord would have a steam
plough nu his estate for the use of his tenants, and