The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

MIDDLPJ

;EX SESSIOIVS.Nov. 14.

The November general session of the peace for the
county of of Middlesex commenced this morning at
Clerkenwell. There were eighty-nine prisoners for trial,
eighty-four being charged with felony and five with
misdemeanour.

Robert Porter, who was convicted at the last session
for having stolen a watch, was brought up for judgment.
The Assistant-Judge inquired if anything had been
ascertained of his previous character.

Lockyer, an officer, said that the prisoner was the
same man as Robert Harding, against whom a bill had
been ignored by the grand jury onthe 19th of Septem-
ber for stealing a watch.

The Prisoner—(indiga ntly)--D• not say "stealing"
it. You mean accused of stealing it.
Lockyer—He is well known in Qoldbath-fields Prison,
my lord, and I have found out a policeman who has had
him repeatedly in custody.
Police-constable 379 K then stated that the prisoner
had :been sentenced at Worship-street police-office to
three months' imprisonment for stealing a watch, and
to one month at Marlborough-street for being concerned
with another in robbing a woman.
Prisoner—lt was all on suspicion. There was nothing
against me at all._ '

—The Assistant-Judge—l think that in the case where
the bill was thrown out the prosecutor did not appear.
Prisoner—lt is all suspicion.
The Assistant-Judge—Well, notwithstanding its being
all suspicion, you have this time been tried for stealing
a watch, and_ the jury have thought you guilty of it.
You are a regular pickpocket, and the sentence of the
court is, that you be kept in penal servitude for four
four years.

Prisoner—Four years on suspicion ! Well, that is a
pretty go.
He was then removed.

William Wright, 33, was indicted for having stolen
half a ton of coals, the property of the directors of the
Great Northern Railway Company. The property, in
another count, was also laid as that of Charles Cave
Williams.

Mr. W. Cooper prosecuted ; Mr. O'Brien appeared
for the prisoner.
The prisoner was a carman in the employ of Mr. Wil-
liams, of the City Basin, who is contractor to the Great
Northern Railway Company for the delivery of coals to
their customers. On the 18th of October an order was
received from a Mr. Johnson, of Artillery-place, for four
tons of coals, and on that day a ticket order was•giveu
to the prisoner so that he might go and obtain that quan-
tity, to be loaded in a waggon of which he was the driver.
The coals were accordingly weighed and placed in a wag-
gon, which was driven away by the prisoner, who had
with him a man named Todd, who acted as his assistant
or "trouncer." When he left the railway station he
had several empty sacks in the waggon. The coals
reached the house of Mr. Johnson at about seven o'clock,
consisting of 40 sacks. After a quantity of coals had
been shot into the cellar, Mr. Johnson being informed
that the four tons had been delivered, went to the wag-
gon and seeing five sacks of coals still there, inquired
how it happened that they should be there, as he had
understood that four tons of coals were a load. To this
the driver replied that it was all right, and that he had
brought half a ton of coals too much. He paid the bill
for four tons of coals, but still having his suspicions he
communicated with the Great Northern Railway Com-
pany, who sent an officer to the prisoner, and on his
being questioned as to the quantity of coals ho had taken
to Mr. Johnson's, he said it was four tons. On bein•^
asked if that was all he took, he replied that he had
half a ton too much, and that as he did not know what
to do with them, he had taken them to his own house.
An examination had since taken place of the prisoner's
house, where a quantity of coals were found correspond-
ing exactly in quality with those delivered on the pre-
mises of Mr. Johnson.

These facts having been proved in evidence,
James Todd was called, who said that he reconected
Tuesfay, the 18th of October, when he was in -the ser-
vice of Mr. Charles C. Williams, of the City Basin. On
that day he went out with William Wright as
" trouncer," to help to unload a waggon load of coals
taken from the Great Northern Railway at Bing'n Cross.
There were forty sacks in the waggon. As they were
going along they stopped for about ten minutes at a
public-house, where they had a pot of beer. They then
went to Artillery-place, where he helped to shoot the
coals. They shot 35 sacks, 5 sacks being left in the
wagon. After they left Mr. Johnson's they went to
some place he did not know, about half a mile distant,
where they stopped at a house. A woman came to the
door, when Wright said that he had brought her half a
ton of coals. Wright took the coals into the house,
leaving the sacks there also. They took more than 40
sacks back, as they had 8 or 9 empty sacks in the wag-
gon when they left the railway station.
Mr. O'Brien addressed the jury for the prisoner, con-
tending that neither the company nor Mr. Johnson had
been proved to have sustained any loss, nor was the
identity of the coals made out, as it was absurd to sup-
pose that the identical coal could be spoken to, when
perhaps a similar description of coal could be found in
every part of London.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to hard labour for
8 months.

IVillia
nt, Wilts, 22, was indicted for feloniously break-
ing and entering the dwelling-house of William Henry
Rumsby, and stealing therein a pair of boots and other
articles, value 401., his property.
Mr. W. Cooper prosecuted, and Mr. Horry defended.
The prosecutor was a boot and shoemaker at No.
10, Ratcliffe-row, St. John's, and the prisoner lived
very near, in Page's-yard. The prosecutor went to
bed late on the night of the 23rd ult., leaving a
number of pairs of boots in the shop window, with
leather and other property in the shop. Next morn-
ing he discovered that two holes had been bored
in the shutter of the shop-window, by which means
a man's hand had been introduced, and the bolts
drawn back ; then the window had been opened, the shop
entered and property to the extent of 401. in value stolen.
In the course of the day it was discovered that the pri-
soner had pledged a pair of boots, which were identified
as one of the pairs which had been in the prosecutor's
window, at a pawnbroker's in the New Kent-road, and
upon this he was taken into custody.
Mr. Horry, for the prisoner, contended that the rob-
bery had been committed by a man of the name of Jones,
who had escaped.

The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
The prosecutor said the prisoner had been living with
prostitutes, and a companion had been tried at the Old
Bailey.

The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to nine months'
hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Joseph, Mille was brought
before the Lord Mayor, charged with having robbed his
employers.

Piniifs, the detective offieer, said, on Saturday night
I was sent for to Messrs. Bousfield and Co., of Hounds-
ditch, wholesale clothiers, and the prisoner was there
given into my charge for stealing a piece of cloth. I saw
him in the lower warehouse, and asked him what he had
about him. He pulled off his hat, and I took out of it
the piece of woollen cloth, I now produce. Upon search-
ing I found upon him seventeen shillings, which he
wished me to give up to the workmen on the establish.
ment, as it was money he had collected as a Christmas
fund, in the character of their treasurer. 1 then took
him to the station-house.
Mr. Robert Bousfield of the firm of the prosecu-
tors, said we employed the prisoner as a cutter, and
paid him thirty shillings a week. On Saturday I
went up to the cutter's-room, while they wore at
dinner, and examined the prisoner's basket and found
in it three pieces of black cloth, under his great
coat, each containing a yard and three quarters,
and corresponding with the piece of cloth he had
been cutting on his board. My suspicions about him
Lad been previously excited. I communicated wi th the
police. The piece produced is one of those which bad
been in the basket, and its value is eleven shilling s. He
had been in our employment nine years.
The Lord Mayor—This is one of the cases which I
consider it is always necessary to send to a jury, as being
too serious for a magistrate to adjudicate upon.
The prisoner Lad nothing to soy.—Committed for
trial.

CLERKENWELL.—Tob Walker, a young man of
respectable appearance, was charged with being- con-
cerned in stealing 171.
The prosecutor, Mr. W. J. Manly, of Jersey, came to
London on the Ist inst., and was accosted by th e pri-
soner near the Euston Station. An acquaintance siprung
up between them, and afterwards a third party, who ap-
peared to be a gentleman and a stranger, joined their
company. They visited several public-houses together,
and eventually they made a mutual appointment to. meet
again when the prosecutor should return from Tavel pool,
whither he was going. The appointment was kept, and
they spent the day as before. Walker boasted of an
uncle, one Dr. Gregory, who had died in America, and '
left him a legacy of 5,000/. ; and the stranger, who ex-
hibited notes of great apparent value, asked witness to
' take a hundred pounds over with him to Jersey, and to
dispose of it as he should direct, for he was in the habit
of visiting the island every year, and distributing that
sum in charity. This the prosecutor agreed to do, and
the stranger soon afterwards said he must leave Sor a
short time. Witness remarked, "You'll be sure to come
back ?" "If you doubt my word, here is my pocket-
book," was the instant reply. When the stranger re-
turned they began talking of a receipt, and prosecutor
was going out to purchase the stamp, when the stranger
said, " You doubted me, what security have I that you
will come back ? " Witness left him his pocket-hook,
in which was 171., as a gage for his return,s nd
went out with the prisoner, who also left behind him
a similar pledge. The prosecutor, however, desired the
prisoner to buy the stamp, while he remained nea r the
public-house where he had left the stranger, to see that
he did not go away with their property. The :result
was that both of the men disappeared and prose.-Jutor
lost his money. The prisoner when apprehended resisted
violently, and attempted to swallow a diamond ring.
Mr. Corrie r: rianded the case.
Edward Maynard alias Edward Clarke and Charles
Hill were committed on a charge of havin a- been con-
cerned in a burglary in the house of Mr.. e'eward, Re-
mington-street, City-road, St. Luke, tailor.
Hill—Please, my lord, send ms to be tried at
" Noogit," and not at Clerkenwell sessions.
Mr. Corrie—Why do you wish that ?
Prisoner—Because I shall have a fair trial there, but
not at the other place.
They were accordingly committed to Newgate.

MARLBORO-UGH-STREET. Mary Aim Seeley
was brought before Mr. Bingham for final exr 4mination,
charged with having feloniously broken int, the dwel-
ling house of Mr. Wells, 23, Percy-street, and stolen

TATTERSALI:;S-YESTERDAY.

Croxteth Stakes.—. Deciding Course.
Remembrancer beat Jilt, and won the stakes.
Altcar Cup.

Altear Stakes.

a cashbox, contain wg about 1001. in notes and gold,
and valuable securities to a large amount.
W. C. Lancaster said he occupied apartments in the
house of Mr. Wells. On the morning of the 25th
October, he heard an alarm of thieves in the house. He
went into his bedroom, and found a police constable in
his sitting-room. He discovered that a secretaire had
been broken open, and a cash-box, his property, stolen
therefrom. The cash-box contained six 101. bank notes,
33 sovereigns, and three Si. notes, besides other
monies, and about 6001. worth of shares in Mexican and
South American stocks. A quantity of other property
had also been stolen from the room which had not been
recovered. The cashbox now produced was part of the
stolen property.
John Wells, landlord of the house, No. 23, Percy-
street, said on the morning of the 25th Oct., he was dis-
turbed by a ring at the door bell. On going down stairs
he discovered that seven of the rooms bad been entered,
and property stolen belonging to himself and also to Mr.
Lancaster, who lodged in the house. Witness missed
some articles of plate and other property, worth about
7/. Witness found that the kitchen window bad been
forced open, and an entrance effected in that manner.
Chartes Longhorn, police-constable E 168, said, about
half past two on the morning of the 25th October, the
prisoner passed him on his beat with something bulky
under her cloak. Her appearance being suspicious, he
followed her and asked her what she had beneath her
cloak. She replied, what she had got was her business.
He asked her why she hesitated to tell him what she had
with her, adding that if she had become honestly pos-
sessed of what she kept secret, she would not be afraid
of speaking out. He then asked her where she had
brought it from. She said she had brought it from
home, and was going to take it home again to Ogle-
street. Witness not being satisfied with °her answers,
took her to the station-house, and there removed her
cloak, and found beneath it a cash-box. Witness asked
her where she got it from ; she replied as she was coming
along the enclosure of Russell-square she stumbled up
against something, she stooped and picked it up, and
found it was a cash-box. Where the prisoner was stop-
ped was about half a mile from Mr. Wells's house, and
she was coming along the road from the house. The
cash-box on being examined was found to contain the
money and securities stolen from Percy-street. The box
was identified by Mr. Lancaster. The prisoner had
given a false direction in Ogle-street.
Police Constable Overy, E 121, discovered the door of
Mr, Well's house open on the morning of the robbery,
and gave an alarm.

Tice prisoner, who is well known to the police, and
who is believed to have had associates in the burglary,
said she would reserve her defence, and was fully
committed.

THAMES.—Josesph, Leyg, about 45 years of age, and
carpenter of the ship
.Don Ricardo, was charged with
feloniously intermarrying with a young woman, named
Anne Mary Darg, his wife Mary being then alive.
Both wires were present. The first was a stout
matron, about fifty years of age, who appeared full of
indignation. The second wife was a slender female,
who was much younger, and greatly agitated during the
examination, and attended in her affliction by another
female, who acted as her bridesmaid only 8 days ago.
The second wife, who held down her head, was led
into the witness box to be examined, and Mr. Yardley
said he would begin with proof of the first marriage.
The first wife bustled forward and said she was the
prisoner's lawful spouse.
Mr. Yardiey (interrupting)—l can't hear you. I must
have other evidence of the first marriage.
A police sergeant of the H division, said the prisoner
was married to his first wife in Liverpool, five years
ago, and the witnesses who were present resided in that
town and had not been yet communicated with.
Mr. Yardley—Then let me have evidence of the
second marriage.
Simon Baker, a police-constable (No. 150 H.) stated
that he took the prisoner into custody on Sunday even-
ing at the house of Mr. Darg, the father of the second
wife, at No. 8, White Horse-court, Prescott street,
Whitechapel ; and, upon acquainting him with the
nature of the charge, he said he knew nothing about
marrying two wives. At the station-house the charge
was again mentioned to the prisoner, and he said he was
very sorry for it and ho could not help it.
The first wife—He has never been sober since he mar-
ried this poor young girl.
William Darg, a shell cleaner, said he was the father
of the young woman who bad been inveigled into mar-
riage. The prisoner first came to visit the daughter of
witness about seven or eight years ago, when he was
shipmate with her brother. The prisoner made a pro-
posal of marriage to ber several years ago, and it was
not then accepted. The prisoner was away five years,
and on his return a few days ago again renewed his pro-
posal of marriage, and said it must be now or never.
Witness spoke to his daughter and said she was just of
an age able to judge for herself, but thought she had
better not have a man old enough to be her father. His
daughter said she would have the psisoner and no one
one else, and a license was immediately precured in
Doctors'-commons, for which the prisoner paid 2/. 17s.
6d., and was to have been married on the same day but
it was too late, and he was not married until Sunday,
the 6th instant, when the wedding was solemnized at
St. Mark's church, Tenter-ground, Whitechapel. The
prisoner was asked by the Rev. Mr. Hayward, the-cUrate,
if he had been ever married before, and he declared that
ho had not. The prisoner and his second wife-had occu-
pied apartments in the house of witness since his mar-
riage, and on Sunday the first wife claimed her husband,
on which the prisoner said his first wife was a Roman
Catholic, that he was married in a Roman Catholic
chapel, and that consequently the marriage would not
stand good. The first wife, however, produced her
certificate, which proved that she was legally married in
a Protestant church.

The two certificates of marriage were "put in. The
prisoner was married at St. James's Church, Toxteth-
park, Liverpool, to Mary Tringleton, widow, on the 11th
Nov. 1849, and he was described as a shipwright.
Mr. Yardley—Now there is some evidence of the first
marriage. Now swear the second wife.
The second wife got into the witness box and appeared
so much afflicted that the magistrate said he would spare
her from giving evidence at present, and he should re-
mand the prisoner for a week, to give time to the officers
to bring witnesses who were present at the first mar-
riage in Liverpool.

Many subscribers having left town for Shrewsbury,
the muster at " the Corner" was very scanty, and only
a small amount of business was transacted.

SHREWSBURY HANDICAP.
7to 2 agst Little Harry (taken).
12 to 1 agst Goldfinder (taken).
14 to 1 agst Cleveland (taken).
COLUMN HANDICAP.
7to 1 agst Kiteflyer (taken).
Bto 1 agst Catherine Parr (taken).
9to 1 agst Alonzo (taken).
9to 1 agst Nerva (taken).
DERBY.
600 to 100 agst Autocrat (taken).
900 to 100 agst King Tom (taken).
400 to 10 agst Bessus (taken.
2000 to 50 agst Neville (taken).
1000 to 15 agst Brother to Chanticleer (taken.)
20 to 1 agst Autocrat's winning the Derby and
Meteora the Oaks (taken).

THE SCREW CASE AT EPSOM.—The committee of Tat-
tersall's are of opinion that the steward of Epsom Au-
tumn Steeplechase has no power to declare the bets void;
they must therefore be paid.
ALTCAR COURSING MEETING (CONCLUDED).

Sefton Stakes.—Deciding Course.
Mr. George's Celt beat Mr. Arden's Mars, and won
he stakes.

Third Ties— Weapon beat Thought, Junta beat Papist.
Deciding Course—Junte beat Weapon, and won the
Cup.

Third Ties—Magic beat Speedwell, Brenhilda beat
Staylace.
Deciding Coarse—Brenhilda beat Magic, and won
the Stakes.

Molyneux Stakes.
First Ties—Mr. Randell's Rival beat Mr. Swan's St.
Catharine.
Mr. J. Blundell's Blackbird beat Mr. C. Langton's
Lady Franklin.
Mr. Temple's Triplex beat Mr. Peacock's Pamela.
Mr. Randell's Reliance beat Mr. G. Cooke's Che-
misette.

Second Ties Blackbird beat Rival, Triplex beat
Reliance.

Deciding Course—Blackbird beat Triplex and won
the stakes.

West Derby Stakes.
First Ties.—Mr. Arden's Mungo ran a bye.
Mr. E. Stanley's Shark beat Mr. G. Cooke s Croxteth.
Mr. X. G. Temple's Turtledove beat Mr. Swan's Soda
Ash.

Mr. T. D. Hornby's Haymaker beat Mr. G. Cooke's
Hurkaru.

Second Ties—Mungo beat Shark, Turtledove beat
Haymaker.
Deciding Course—Mungo beat Turtledove, and won
the stakes.

MANILLA WOMEN.—In the evening, Spaniards, Eng-
lish, and French, go to the promenades to ogle the
beautiful and facile half-bred women, whose transparent
robes reveal their splendid figures. That which dis-
tinguishes the female half-breds (Spanish-Tagals or Chi-
nese-Tagals) is a singular;y •intelligent and expressive
physiognomy. Their hair, drawn back from the face,

and sustained by long golden pins, is of marvellous
luxuriance. They wear upon the head a kerchief,
transparent like a veil, made of the pine fibre, finer than
o•ir finest cambric ; the neck is ornamented by a string
of large coral beads, fastened by a gold medallion. A
transparent chemisette, of the same stuff as the head-
dress, descends as far as the waist, covering, but not
concealing, a bosoni that has never been imprisoned in
stays. Below, and two or three inches from the edge of
tie ebemsette, is attached a variously-coloured petticoat
of very bright hues. Over this garment a large and
costly silk sash closely encircles the figure, and shows
its outline from the waist to the knee. The small and
white feet, alwa:ris naked, are thrust into embroidered
slippers, which cover but the extremities. Nothing can
be more charming, coquettish, and fascinating than this
costume, which excites in the highest degree the admi-
ation of stranger .s.-77te Philippines.

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

The following letter from the present to the
late President of the Royal Agricultural Society of
England will be read with interest :

"Puse Nov. 5.
" My dear Ashburton,—Seeing the interesy, t you take
in the success of the present attempt to ascertain more
accurately the facts of English agriculture, I trust you
will pardon me for suggesting one or two points of
detail, essential, as seems to me, in any complete regis-
tration of our national farming stock.
" Such a survey should not, I think, solely aim at the
calculation of our yearly yield of corn, with a view to esti-
mate our immediate dependence on foreign supply ; but
should also record and measure that improvement of
agriculture which began with the present century, and
is strengthening with its advances. It is indeed, this
statistical objet f or which I am myself chiefly anxious.
"If a census of our husbandry had been commenced
with the century, as well as of our population, this rural
picture of the last 50 years would have been invaluable.
But, though the blank must stand for the past, one is
glad that it will, at least, be filled up for the future, and
happily the rate of improvement is more rapid than ever.
" The value, however, of the results obtained must
depend on the adoption, from the onset, of the most
perfect classification. Our decennial population tables
are, I believe, much impaired by successive changes in
the heads of enumeration—changes which experience has
pointed out, but which, nevertheless, greatly embarrass
any retrospective comparison.
"Our object, then, being to record the increasing pro-
duction of corn and of meat, the accurate estimate of
our corn will, I fear, be difficult, as well from the un-
certainty of seasons, as also from the uncertainty which
must affect the farmer's own judgment, not only while
his crops stand in the field, but even while, though safe
in the rick, they have not yet been subjected to the test
of the thrashing machine.

"The enunreraton of our live stock, on the other
hand, will be very easy, and the advantage of that facility
is the greater, because this tangible fact will afford, in
the long run, an-unerring clue to the more obscure pro-
blem, the increased fertility of our soil. I mean that if,
since the year 1800, the flock of sheep, for instance, on
one of your up-lying Hampshire farms, has been raised
from 300 to 600 head, no practical man could doubt that,
by the new supply of manure, the average growth of
corn will have been augmented in some definite propor-
tion through a more liberal application of capital, which
of course, however, will require also a mere liberal re-
turn of profits as the share of the tenant-farmer.
"That our flocks and herds have been so multiplied
since 1800 every one acquainted with the growth of
our population must see, especially as that growth has
occurred chiefly in metrop( titan and manufacturing dis-
tricts, where, of course, the addition has been of men
who, in the main, eat, not bacon or cheese, but fresh
meat every day. Now, though the consumers of meat
have doubled, our farmed land has by no means' doubled,
and since the foreign supply of fresh meat has been till
of late inconsiderable, the same farms, for the most part,
must have satisfied the new demand by a new supply.
The inference is irresistible, though we should look in
vain for any direct proof of the fact in agricultural re-
rds.

" Still I would call your attention to the point that,
though the general increase of production has been
great, it has been unequal in different counties ; nay,
more, that even if we knew the exact increase in the
number of stock on any particular farm—say as before,
from 300 to 600—we might fall very short of the truth
in assuming that, because the sheep had been doubled,
so also, and no more, had the production of meat been
augmented.

"As this part of the subject has a direct bearing upon
the forms of return to be adopted, and constitutes, in-
deed, my chief ground for troubling you, I trust you
will excuse me for entering into some detail.
" At the opening of the century, in other words when
you and I were boys, you will remember that five-year-
old mutton was thought right and proper for a gentle-
man's table. If we could learn the truth, I apprehend
we should now find that many a saddle has not sur-
passed one-fifth of that age. In fact, every year mut-
ton is growing younger. What, then, will have been
the real increase of production on a farm that main-
tained, in 1800, 300 sheep, and in 1850, 600 sheep ?
When George. 111. was King, the flock of 300 might
consist of 50 ewes, and of their progeny, five sets of 50
sheep, advancing through five winters upon hard keen
to respectable but tardy maturity-50 sheep only being
draughted off each year to market. But in these better
days the flock of 600 sends, perhaps, not 100, but 300
fat sheep every March up to Smithfield. The increase,
therefore, is not twofold, but sixfold. Besides, as we
know that it is fatting stock, especially forced stock,
which strengthens the productive powers of the laud,
the action of the stock upon the crop will likewise have
been far more than doubled.

" I trust, therefore, you will agree with me that, un-
less great care be talien in classifying our tables, we
shall have made inadequate provision for doing justice
hereafter to the progressive energy of our farmers.
" It would clearly be desirable that we should at least
distinguish between the females intended for breeding
on the one hand, and the remainder of the flock on the
other ; and, again, that among this remainder there
should be a distinction between those which are and
those which are not being prepared for the butcher. A
minute registration of age, however interesting, might
be too troublesome, while this triple classification of
breeding, store, and fatting stock. though easily made,
must afford very important results to those who may
examine 10 or 20 years hence the progress of our diffe-
rent counties.

" There is one other matter which we might certinly
hope to investigate. The excellence of our leading bleeds
of animals is now fully recognised, But, though they are
paid for so highly and exported so widely by foreigners,
we do not know how far they have succceeded at home
in displacing our own unimproved breeds. I would,
therefore, strongly recommend a column in which the
name of the breed should be entered. The advantage
of such a record would not be confined, I believe, to the
breeds distinguished by prizes at our public shows.
Besides these aristocratic families, there are doubtless
other races of plainer features but great intrinsic excel-
lence (your own Hampshire downs are a case in point),
which might thus become better known and more justly
valued. In short, we want such a map of the distribu-
tion of 'our breeds of stock as ethnography has given
us on a larger scale for the migrations of the human
SPORTING INT FILLIGENCE. I race.

" Should you think it worth while to lay these sug-
gestions before the Statistical Committee of the Alres-
ford Union, I trust that they will excuse me for thus
endeavouring to bear a part in the furtherance of a na-
tional undertaking, which, from our inexperience, seems
at present to admit of any assistance, however slender,
but which, when brought to perfection, must pince the
English and the Scotch farmer in the position they are
entitled to hold among the husbandmen of all nations.
"Believe me, my dear Ashburton, most truly your;
" PHILIP PUSEY."