The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-01 00:00:00

NORTHAMPTON AGRICULTURAL
ASSOCIATION.

TOWCESTER, THURSDAY.

The annual meeting of the Northamptonshire
Agricultural Association was held to-day in this
town, when there was an unusually numerous show'
of stock and implements. The floral and horticul-
tural exhibition of the Towcester local society took
place upon the same occasion, and was an additional
source of attraction. In the afternoon a dinner was
held in the Pomfret Arms, under the presidency of
Mr. Yorke, Thrapston. The Earl of Pomfret, Col,
Cartwright, Mr. Knightley, M.P., General.
Cartwright, and about 200 of the leading gentry
and agriculturists of the county were also present.
The usual loyal toasts having been given, tho
CHAIRMAN pi oposed " The Army and Navy."

General CARTWRIGHT, in responding, alluded to
the services which the army had rendered in India,
and said shat though it was somewhat invidious to
mention names where all had so nobly done their
duty, he could not refrain from reminding the meet-
ing that one of the most distinguished officers now
in India was one of themselves, and was only the
other day riding across the country side by side
with many of them—he meant Sir Hugh Rose.
(Loud cheers. He hoped that, please God,
his gallant friend might soon return to
this country, and he was satisfied. that he would
be received with a cheeer equal to that which he
(General Cartwright) was old enough to remember
greeted the return of Lord Lynedoch. (Cheers.)
With regard to the future efficiency of the• army
and navy, he trusted that no parsimonious Govern-
ment would ever allow the wooden walls of old
England to fall into decay, for if they did, woe be
to the power of England as a nation. (Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN next gave " Success to the North-
amptonshire Agricultural Association." He briefly
alluded to the importance of such societies, and con-
gratulated the meeting on the successful show
which had that day been witnessed.
The toast was drunk amid loud cheers.

Mr. KNIGHTLEY, *llf.f., in proposing the next
toast, said he hardly knew what observations he
could offer. He believed that politics were strictly
prohibited, and he confessed that he for one was
very sorry that such was the case. He thought
the time had passed when party feeling ran so
high that gentlemen could not meet together and
discuss matters of public interest without endanger-
ing the harmony of the meeting. (Hear.) He
should have been most happy, seeing so many of
his constituents around him, to avail himself of the
present opportunity in order that he might discuss
public questions of the deepest importance to all of
them. So far as he was personally concerned he
felt there was no reason why he should shrink from
the discussion of any subject which had occupied
the attention of Parliament last session:or was likely
to be brought before it next session. The rules of
the society were so very strict that he would refrain
from infringing them, however agreeable it might
be to himself to explain his views on political mat-
ters.. One subject, however, had been touched upon
by his hon. and gallant friend, General Cartwright,
to which he felt anxious to allude, even though it
might be thought to come strictly under the head
of politics. His gallant friend expressed a hope
that the Government of the day would carefully
provide for the defence of the country. (Hear,
hear.) He cordially concurred in that wish: A.
noble lord (the Earl of Shrewsbury), at an agricul-
tural meeting recently held in the county of Staf-
ford, accused the House of Commons of having but-
toned up their breeches pockets in a niggardly spirit
when the defence of the country was concerned.
He (Mr. Knightly) did not think that that was
a fair charge to bring against them. Ever since
he had had the honour of a seat in Parliament he
had never seen a vote proposed by the Govern-
ment which had been improperly controlled or
granted in a niggardly spirit by the house—(hear)
—and he felt satisfied that if Lord Derby would
bring forward in the ensuing session sufficiently
large and liberal estimates they would be agreed to
with the utmost cordiality. (Cheers.) Perhaps it
might be thought that he was entering too far into
the domain of politics ; but, if he was not to talk
politics, what on earth was he to talk about ? He
could not read them a lecture upon agriculture. He
did not mean to say that he was entirely ignorant
upon the subject, for he lived in the country and
was upon terms of cordiality and friendship with
a large number of farmers, but he had not the ad-
vantage of being enabled to speak from practical
experience, not being an occupier of the soil, and
he felt that one ounce of experience was worth a
whole ton of advice. (Laughter.) The hon. gen-
tleman concluded by proposing the health of the
chairman.

The CHAIRMAN briefly responded, and several
other toasts of a local nature having been given the
proceedings terminated.

THE SHERIFFS' DINNER.—Last night the new
Sheriffs for London and Middlesex—Mr. Alderman Hale
and Mr. Deputy Conder—gave their inaugural dinner in the
Tallow Chandlers'-hall, Dowgate-hill. The guests num-
bered upwards of 150, and among those present we observed
the Lord Mayor elect, Aldermen Humphrey, Sir J. Duke,
Sir J. Musgrove, Sidney Salomon, Finnis, Carter,
Cubitt, Rose, Lawrence, Phillips, Gabriel, Mechi, and
Allen; Mr. Looke, M.P., Mr. Tite, M.P., Mr. Norris,
m.p., Under-Sheriffs Jones and Surr, Professors Taylor
and Braude, Dr. Graham, Dr. Walker, Dr. Mortimer, the
Rev. E. H. Bickersteth, the Mayor of Melbourne, Sir R.
Mayne, the Recorder of London, the City Chamberlain, the
Common Sergeant; and the rest of the civic officers. The
dinner was of the usual sumptuous description.
• GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's Erni-
sTation Commissioners chartered yesterday afternoon, the
30th ult., the Dirigo, 1,182 tons, to sail from Liverpool for
Melbourne, Victoria, at £l3 7s. 3d. per statute adult, to be
ready for the reception of passengers on such a day as the
commissioners may fix upon between the 17th and 24th of
November. They have also given notice of their intention
to receive tenders next Thursday, the 7th inst., for a ship
to proceed to Sydney, New South Wales, to be ready to sail
any day the commissioners may fix upon between the 18th
and 25th of November.
GOVERNMENT ARTISANS AND INCOME TAX.—
Some time since a number of workmen employed at the
Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, were charged with large sums
alleged to be due for arrears of income-tax, which was cal-
culated upon the overtime made during the busy period of
the Russian war. A deputation of the men waited upon
Lieutenant-General Sir W. F. Codrington, one of the mem-
bers of the borough, who used every exertion to procure a
rescindment of the order made by the War-office, and an
order suspending the payment of the tax was subsequently
received. The authorities at the War Department, having
fully considered the subject, have forwarded instructions to
the heads of the various departments at the Royal Arsenal,
directing that the sums already deducted from the men's
wages shall be refunded, and that no further demand shall
be made for the payment of the tax. This decision has
given the utmost satisfaction to the men.
MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A FATHER AND 'HIS
CHILD BY DnowNio.—Yesterday Mr. Baker received in-
formation of the death of a man named James Thomas,
and of his daughter, Elizabeth Thomas, who were drowned
in the export dock of the West India Docks, under the fol-
lowing distressing circumstances. It appeared that on
Tuesday night last the child, who was with her father and
mother on board the merchant ship Perseverance, fell
overboard. Her father sprang from the deck into the water
hoping to preserve his daughter, but in doing this he was
not successful. In his endeavours to effect that object he dis-
appeared. Neither of the bodies was found till life was
extinct. It is impossible to describe the agonising feelings
of Mrs. Thomas upon so sudden a bereavement of a husband
and child. The latter was nine years of age, and her
father, who was mate on board the ship, was aged 37 years.
CORONER'S INQUEST. DETERMINED SUICIDE
OF A TRADESMAN.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at
the Lord Nelson Nelson-street, Hackney-road, on view of
the
:body of Mr. John Thomas Carr, aged 49, a tradesman, in
business as an upholsterer, in Providence-place, adjoining.
It appeared from the evidence that the deceased, who
was married, was inclined to drinking ardent spirits to
excess, and this eventually had an effect upon his
mind, Latterly he became melancholy, and talked rather
incoherently. On Monday last he was in the company of
9Z, few friends, when he suddenly left. He went home ,I
where he was followed by his wife, who, upon entering the
bedroom, discovered that he was suspended by a cord to
the bedpost. She gave an alarm, upon which some per-
sons hurried to her assistance, when the cord was cut. He
seemed without any signs of life, but a surgeon was sent for,
who stated that life was extinct. Verdict, temporary -
insanity,

ALLEGED MEDICAL NEGLECT AT lA3IEIIOIIBE.
.—SPECIAL VERDlCT.—Yesterday Mr. W. Baker, the co-
roner, resumed and concluded a protracted inquiry at the
Victoria Tavern, Three Colt-street, Limehouse, respecting
the death of Maria Newman, aged 5. After hearing
the evidence, the jury returned the following verdict :
" That the deceased died a natural death, but the jurors can-
not separate without expressing their opinion that there was
great neglect on the part of Mr. Wm. Lyndon Francis, the
medical officer of the Stepney Union, in the preparation and
dispensing of the medicine prescribed for the deceased, the
same haying been imperfectly dispensed by the omission of
two items prescribed, and no label having been attached to
the bottles in which the medicine was sent, directing the
quantity to be taken, and the coroner is requested to make
this communication to the board of guardians of the union,
with a request that they will issue positive orders to the
dispenser of medicine to the poor to give the necessary
tod be
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PEERESSES' SECOND 'MARRIAGES.—The AS
laid down by Lord Coke correctly has not changed to this
day. The usage observed in regard to the continued as-
At the several coronations of late years, the
other way.
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11187dnopewrti,solno.sf peers who had remarried were not acknowledged
was' peers' widows, nor were they summoned. Like many
other assumptions, which the mere courtesy of society re-
cognises, and are of daily occurrence, even In the case of
widows of baronets and knights they are not legal, though
tolerated for being a harmless gratification. Some years ago
a very eminent conveyancer and equity counsel, since called
to a distinguished and high position, refused on settling the
draft of a lady's will, the widow of a baronet, to allow her
to style herself by the title of her late husband, she being
then the wife of a person of inferior degree, the real -pro-
perty passing by the will being considerable; and the will
was made in her proper name with the addition of " calling
herself Lady —." The general rule of law is, that the
status a woman acquires by marriage she loses by remar-
riage,Allowing the position and state of her husband, un-
less she has by birth any positive rank of heroWn.--Xotes
and Quo