Sir Eardley Wilmot, in addition to letting plots of land,
at a mo- derate rent, to the labourers of his parish for gardens, has superadded, as an incentive to industry and good conduct, premiums for their proper cultivation.
The light-houses, building on the Naas Point, Wales, are in a state of great forwardness. The highest conical pillar will be 110 feet high, independent of its lantern ; and the other, which is erected 1,000 feet to the westward of it, will be 75 feet high ; they will contain, inde- pendent of the floors, about 3,200 tons of stone.
The Trinity House are about to erect two light-houses at Burnham, instead of the one at present there,—one to be built on the Strand, the other in the Warren. The first is to be a revolving light, the other per- petual; they are to be placed in a direction with the tail of the Gore Sands. The lights are to reflect in one stream on the water.
At the cattle fair held in the Forbury, Reading, on Tuesday, there was a better display than for some years past ; and, what is rather a no- velty in that part of the country, six large droves of fine Devonshire oxen. Contrary to general expectation, sales were very brisk, and by the middle of the day the whole stock was cleared off. The Devon- shire oxen were quickly disposed of at from 141. to 151. per head ; prime mach cows and calves, 141. to 151., and in two or three instances as high as 16/. ; mulch cows generally from 71. to 111. each ; several old bulls in good condition made from 121. to 141. per head. They were in great demand,—for the purpose, it is said, of being manufactured into "fine ox beef," supplied by contract to Government for the use of the Navy ! In the pig-market, there was a pretty good supply ; but the demand being considerable for the dairy counties, pigs advanced full 20 per cent. on the prices lately obtained at the neighbouring fairs and markets, and all the strong pigs fit for dairymen found purchasers very shortly after they were driven into the pens.
A pocket-book, containing I01. in notes, with several memorandums, which was lost six years ago, by Mr. Clegg, of Mumps, Oldham, while in Manchester, was returned to the owner on Wednesday week, by an operative joiner, named Nathaniel Booth, residing near Brazennuse Street, Manchester; and whose children had accidentally picked it up in the neighbourhood of Market Street, on the day it was lost. Booth, after many fruitless attempts to discover the real owner of his prize, at length ascertained that Mr. Clegg was the person who had lost it. While he had the money in his possession, he had often had recourse to it, and as frequently returned what he had taken, till he was enabled to restore the exact sum to the astonished owner.—Macclesfield Courier.
Some time since, part of the south wall of the great nave of St. Alban's Abbey fell in upon the roof of the side aisle, through which it broke. The parochial authorities immediately called in the assistance of a competent architect, and convened a meeting of the parish ; by which the architect was directed to make a report of the repairs neces- sary for the preservation of the fabric, and the estimated expense. The report has been made, and estimates the expense at 14,000/. The Abbey is but a parish-church, for which purpose a very small part of it is only used, and the funds of the parish are wholly inadequate to up- hold so vast an edifice ; and the parishioners have determined to appeal to the liberality of the nation, to preserve from ruin this venerable edifice, so interesting to every lover of the history and antiquities of this country..—Essex Herald.
Three persons, a man and two young girls, crossing the sands at low water, from Parkgate to Flint, on Friday evening, in a market cart, unfortunately became involved in the quicksands, and were overtaken by the tide; by which the whole of them, togetherwith the horse, were drowned.
At the Petty Sessions on Thursday last, the Overseer of a neigh- bouring parish brought before the sitting Magistrates a young woman, who filiated one child, and swore another, of which, on repairing to the house opposite, she was safely delivered, and was afterwards removed to the parish workhouse, the whole business not occupying quite an hour.—Leamington Spa Courier.
The men arrested on a charge of murdering the Bradburies, at Saddleworth, have proved a satisfactory alibi, and been discharged in consequence.
An affray took place between several countrymen and some soldiers belonging to the 94th Regiment, at Sheerness. The soldiers drew their bayonets, and their opponents armed themselves with bludgeons ; and before the affair terminated, three or four of the countrymen were severely wounded, and one mortally ; lie is since dead. The soldiers were roughly handled; and Sergeant Baker, who interfered to put an end to the affray, received such injuries that his life is despaired of.— Maidstone Gazette.
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