I I- % 1 .1 RATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND SOCIETY POE THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE, ARTS, MANUFACTURES AXD COMMERCE. On Moaday last being the day preceding the annual meet ing utthe above society,* large assemblage of 'mothers took place at Hetling-house. stir John Coze II ippi-ley, Bart. W. P. was unanimously called to the chair, amid the business of the day was immedintels proceeded in, by the Secretary's rending the minutes of the last meeting. A general report from the Cu 1111 l tinittee of stmetiosentlance was then rend, which soured two vacancies in the list of Vice Posiidents, by the resignation of Ldwaid Griffith, Esq. and tiw decease of Thomas Gramme, Eat. to a hose memory the Committee .paid a lisindsonie tribute of respect. The follow Mg Member* were put in nomination to be hal looed for as V ice Presidents.—Hasmiteso Elwlo, Esq. pro posed by Sir Win. Cockburn, Bart, Sr. P. and seconded by the Rev. James ; P. J. Mills, Esq. proposed by .James M. Rockland, }:esq. uni seconded by Geo. Kingdoo, Esq.; Col. Hooter., proposed by Charles Gordoe GI ey,Slisq. M. P., stud seconded by the %V. It. Barter, V. P.; John 'fodder aluggeridge, Esq. proposed by 11.. Wansey, Esq and seconded by Charles Bottles, Esq. The reports of theCommitteto on agriculture and planting, on mechanics and the useful arts, on chemical stud geological research and finance, was read. George Webb Hall, Esq. of Sneed Park; Mr. R. Brook, of Bath; E. F. Willis. Esq. of Earls Croons; Mr. W. Wee:dossed, of Burlingham ; Thomas Davis, Esq. of War. roinster ; and Mr. Smith, of Monekton, were appointed Judges of the live stork. Two pamphlets were laid on time table, one from C. W. Hall, Esq. entitled a letter to time Right Hon. E. J. Robin son; and the other from F. Page, Esq. emitted a Cumpert tive of the Account of the Parish of Speen,Berks. The following gentlemen were nominated to supply vstcan cies i—ln the Cousinittee on matutifactuies and commerce, Mr. Non. on mechanics and useful arts, Mr. W. Hill; of chemical and geological researches, J. S. Murals, Esq. The cordial thanks of the Meeting acre then unanimously voted to J. C. Hippisley, Bart. fur his noble conduct it, the Chair. TUESDAY, Dec. 19.—This being the day Vor the annual meth% time room was crowded at tin early hour. There were present the Duke of Somerset, the Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl Waldegrave ' Lord J. O'Brien, SirsJ. P. Hippisley, Isaac Coffin, W. C ockburn, Charles Rich, HenryLippincott ; T. G. Esteourt, Esq. M. P.; J. Bennett, Esq. Id. P.; J.D. Ashley, Esq. M. P.; Vice Admiral Robinson, Colonel Hor ner Charles Gordon Grey, Esq. IL Spooner, Esq. The appointment of the officers took precedence in the business of the day. The moat Noble the Marquess of Lans downe was re-elected President by acclamation, and was contacted to the chair by Sir John Comm II ippisley and Sir W. Cockburn, Bart. The Vice Presidents were re-elected, and &Committee appointed to superintend the ballot or sup plying the two vacancies before mentioned on yesterday's nonutee. The other Committees were re-elected and vacua ancies filled up. Thetis cretary was re-elected. The minutes of general meetings throughout the bear i the reports of the dilferent Committees; a letter and statement from Dr. Wilkinson on the properties of the Pyroligneous Acids; and the following letters from Mr. Hailssard. giving an account of Ins experiments in spade husbandry, and his Court-a-Wick Peppin Cider, were next read : " The Mengel Wurzel, Guernsey parsnips, long carrots,' and short carrots are of field not garden growth; and the istaseuse size of time mangel wurzel arises from the devast ation of the grub on their neighbours. On three acres of old arable, mach out of condition, I began the work of cleansing and manuring on vetches co oat stubble, which were cut for soiling. succeeded immediately by cattle cabbage, dutiged after time rate of VO cart loads per acre. On this foundation I have grown parsnips and mullet wurzel in drills at aide intervals (so as to hue the crops with ease) after the ellective digging with the spade, or if I had more manure to lay on, a second digging, in order to vary it. The carrot crop fol lows these, and is manured with coal ashes and perhaps a sprinklit of soot, on the surface of the ground after the plans appears. The husbandry necessary after seeding the land it two hoeings by hand, and regular thinning. My niangel wand crop amounts to twenty tons of roots, and of leaves enough, In addition to a necessary allowance of hay, about one cat per week, to feed a heifer more then a year. The short carrots amount to the rate of thirty.two toes (nearly) per acre, 19i perches having given 73 cols. The parsnip c op uafortuuutely, wasjudged of from the part first dug (for ale to a farmer lor seeding cattle at 21. 6J. per cwt. or 40s. lam induced to bring the eosin a-Wick Pippin Cider forward, from the peculiar flavour it has invariably pos sessed, from the excellence of the apple for the table (souse of which I also present) and the generally healthy condition, free growth and productiveness of the tree. I may claim atteution to this apple as recommended by the late Mr. Billingsley, I believe in his survey of the county. It is of Somenetshire origin, and appears to be the must worthy successor to the golden pippin. The process of making the cider, under which the triable of racking is avoided, is as follows:—Collect the fruit when well ripened, either 11l it fulls without much violence in sepsis - siting from time tree; keep it in heaps, either in the open our or under cover, till quite mellow, or even tending to deco) ; strain the liquor from time press, set it in an open vessel to ferment. and onto white sumo or flames may he discovered on the bead (formed on it as on beer under similar circumstances), skim off the thick part on the surface, and remove the liquor to the cask with us little motion, and in as clear it shoe as posoible.-- Let the cask stand in si cool situation, primp. above the ground may be the best, amid having tilled n to within a few Whet of the head, in older to prevent s.ll acce.s of air to the liquor, and in the spring remove the cask to an tinder-groun Wier, or bottle If itscontents. The object I have iu vices is requesting the attention of the society to the ruttier t of cider is, that a premium may be given, wherever, its fund will admit of it, for any one seeding variety, as the suestas of obtaining a succession to the old and almost exttuct choice kinds of fruit for the press." A letter was read from the Secretary to the London Society of Arts, enclosing specimens of rice and other ;venni brought from the mountainous diotricia of Nepaul, with a request that this Society should put them in a course of experiments, lu order to ascertain the possibility of cultivating them hi Europe. The RAY. Mr. HAMA NU, in UP eloquent speech. moved that Capt. Parry, R. N. should be presented with the silver medal, and appointed an Honorary and Corresponding Member of time Society ; and that the Must Noble the Mar- VIM of Lansdowne be requested to commuiticute the 14111 e by letter. Thu motion Ives seconded by Sir J. lliPrisr.ev, alto ;Misted OR bite important discovery made by Capt. Parry, sad extraordinary merit and per.creiance lie evinced iu ire arduous undertaking. THE NATIONAL REGISTER An amendment was then moved by the Duke of SOM ER- Sat, to substitote, toe gold Seelfordenu medal, seconded by Admiral Sir J Coffin, and cal tied unanimously. Several other resolutions were adopted and carried uita nimoissly. • Within these two or three years (says the Doctor in his statement) paragraphs have apposed in different periodical works, published on the Continent, as well as in this kingdom, testifying the antiseptic qualities of the pyroligenous, or wood acid. I have no recollection of any observation on such an ap plication of this acid. anterior to the experiments of Mr. Socket'. This acid i., very easily and cheaply prepared ; the first distill ed product of the wood, in that state denominated black acid, an swers the Lest when separated by lest from its tar and naptha. More than 70 gallons of acid, sufficiently strong, are procured from a tea of wood ; this quantity of wood is matey procured at nos. per ton, delivered at the works. Supposing the expenses of the manufacture to be equal to the purchase of the wood (and which is making a very ample allowancsr, as the residual charms' is equal in value to the wood employed), the value of 70 gallons of acid will not exceed 20s. or about 3. 1 ,t1. per gallon ; a gallon is quite sufficient for 21 cwt. of pork, beet, and most annual sub stances, with the addition of a small portion of salt, not only 1 affording a considerable saving in this article, but also materially contributing to the increase of flavour and nutritive . quality. Hams or beefs used this way require no previous soaking water to being boiled, and when boiled swell in size and are extremely succulent. The ham tent for the Society's examination has been cured in the ususl way recommended for Westphalia hams, tl e acid em. ployed, instead of being smoked, two table spoonfuls of the acid being added to the pickle • and when the ham Is to he removed front the pickle, it must be well washed in cold spring water and dried. and some of the acid applied over it by means of a brush, and this repeated two or turee times at about a week's interval. Herrings Mr. S. cures with very little salt ; being well dried as early after being caught as can be effected. they are then slipped into a vat of the acid, and when dry, the stone process re peated a few times, suspending them like the manufactore of minim. Mr. S. entertains no doubt, front the result of his ex. perituents with herrings, that the sante process would answer the other kinds of fish, as a salmon, cod, &e.; and hence, when cooked, they are salted aecortling to each individual's ti—te. The rod odour in dried salmon and herrings has been generally at. tributed to nitre ; very frequently in tobacco, dissolved in a fluid not very agreeable) is made use of in Holland. I presume this acid would be found very useful on board any vessel fitted out tin long voyages; it appears from calculations on a small scale, dust one Hogshead of this acid would sallies to cure six tons of fish, in such a manner as to retain most of their nutri tious quality ; but cured on board, when opportunities otgurrsal of procuring them, independent of being an excellent substitute for common vinegar in many culinary purposes on board. CORONER'S INQUESTS. On Wednesday a Coroner's Inquest was held before C. Unwin, and T. Stirling, Es/ft. upon the body of Citas. Taylor, who was killed near Mixon', o► Friday night. The first witness examined was Thomas Bird, a printer, who works for Mr. Run, he stated, that on s uing from his work on Friday night, about eight o'clock they found the deceased lying on the side of the foot-path in Rhodes-fields, at which time he was quite warns, but had no pulsation. They did not at the none perceive any wound, nor any weapon, but a short stick lying near him, as was also his hat They took hint Hp and brought him ►o the Whitmore Head public-house, at Hoxton, where a surgeon was immediately sent for. Before the surgeon arrived the person's present opened the deceased's waistcoat and shirt, and saw a wound on his breast, apparently made with a sharp instrument. There was a corresponding hole through the waistcoat and shirt, and the latter was very bloody. There were no other marks of violence except a very slight bruise on the temple.— The witness said they had not met any person near the place. Joseph Richardson, one of the persons who was with the witness Bird, when they foniul the deceased, stated exactly the same facts, with the additional one, that he heard the deceased sigh as he was lifted from the ground. A person who was not sworn stated, that oti passing the same path-way on Friday night, a little before eight o'clock, he was met by a man who struck at him with a stick. James Kennedy, a police officer, of Worship-street office deposed, that he saw the deceased's body on Sa turday night; that he knew it to be the body of Charles Taylor, a bricklayer, whom he had known fur eight years, but had not seen him fur the last twelve mouths. lie said the deceased's lather had since told witness that the deceased was thirty-four years of age, and that fur some time back none Of his family knew any thing of him. The witness also stated, that he had seen the deceased's wile, who said the young woman with whom he lived, and who since his death has committed suici , :e, washer niece, and that her name was Martha Singleton. Mr. Stirli:'g, the Coroner, attended in consequence of a. anonymous letter he had received the day beiOre re lating to the transaction. He conceived that the ,letter was a stateitient of facts, although without a , signature, and recommended that it should be read, at the same. time stating that it could not, of course, be received as evidence. The letter was as follows :-- 46 To ---- Suitern•, E.sq " read in the newspapers various ac connts respecting the unfortunate Mall who was found killed in Hutton Fields ou Friday evening last, 1 beg leave to state the following certain facts respecting him, for the consideration of yourself and the Jury who may hold the Inquest : " Passing through the above-named fields on Friday last, about eight o'clock, I met the deceased, who ordered me to stop and deliver my money, which 1 refused. He repeated, " If you make the least noise I will blow your brains out." 1 replied, " If you touch me J have pistols, and will shoot you." Whilst speaking, he made a kind of thrust, or straight forward blow at me, which I par ried off with my umbrella, and he again repeated he would " blow my brains out if I spoke a word.' I con tinued retreating backwards from the moment 1 met him, and he followed, chewing a determination to close upon we, notwithstanding I had itnewed my threat to shoot him. The darkness of the night prevented my discovering what he was armed with, but 1 felt that it something rough which struck my umbrella, and con cluded he had fire arms, from his often repeated threat to blow my biaiti; out. " Finding escape from apparently instant destruction impossible by any other means, 1 made a more sudden spring back, and fired at him, Erma the distance (as near as I can judge) of ten or twelve feet ; he received the charge (a bullet) in Isis body, exclaiming, Oh ! lam killed !' leaned against the rails a few seconds and then fell. " had I not been convinced that the wound was mortal, had there been the least hope of his recovery, I would have had the quickest possible assistance ; but the aim, though made in a moment of the most painful agi tation, had been too tnie. 1 then left him, and from that time till I got nut of the fields I met no human being. The truth of tltis statement may be in a measure corroborated by a further search tor the bullet, which I doübt " The very peculiar and conflicting feeling of the moment, gratitude for my providential escape, and sorrow ur the unhappy victim of his own attempted crime, operated powerfully on my mind, and together with the peremptory nature of my engagentents in business, de te tttt i t tea me to leave the discovery to chance. " I did not conceal it from ally idea of danger to my. self from the arm of justice. Self-preservation, the first law of nature, and the dictates of my own conscience, justify an act by which the happiness of my wife and family are preserved. " Many reasons connected with business induce me to withhold my name, hut this relation of the trite case may be as much relied on as if it were attested by the must unquestiouThle names in London ; and I swear to the truth of it. My object in writing to you is to prevent suspicion of his having been killed by robbers.— From his deliberate manner of attack, 1 believe him a practised footpad. To account for my carrying pistols, it may be necessary to state, that this is the second as sault I have met with within four months, in the first of which I was robbed of considerable property, and and have since carried them for self defence " The Coroner agreed ill the opinion of Mr. Stirling, and suggested to the Jury the propriety of having the body of the deceased examined more mtnutely. The Jury immediately agreed in the propriety of a further exambi nation of the body. Mr. Heath, the surgeon, who had probed the wound, then opened the body, and upon his return informed the Jury that he had found a bullet amongst the ribs. Mr. G. T. Heath, surgeon, of Hoxton, gave the fol. lowing evidence was sent for on Friday. at about a quarter before nine o'clock, to go the Whitinore•head. saw the deceased there. lie was quite dead, but not quite cold. I saw blood upon his clothes, and then looked at his chest. On the left of the sternum, or breast bone, 1 found a wound, which appeared to me to be a stab, 1 passed nay probe sit inches into the wound, which was wide enough to admit of my little finger.--1 I have examined the body again during the sitting of the Inquest. I traced the wound through the upper part of the heart, and found a pistol ball between the fourth and filth ribs on the lett side of the spine. This wound was no doubt the cause of the death of the decreased. The Coroner then addressed the Jury ; who, after souse deliberation, returned the following verdict:— " That Charles Taylor, the deceased, was killed by a pistol-bullet, on the eed inst. , but by whom, or under what circumstances, the said pistol was fired, there was no evidence adduced to the Jury." On Thursday au inquest was held at the Rose and Crown pubtic•house, llunhill-row, bellire C. Cowin, on the body of Martha Singleton, the unfortunate young woman who lived with Charles Taylor, the man that was shot on Friday night in Rhode's Fields, William Walpole stated, that he lodged at the Rose Mid Crown. Ott Monday morning, at about eo minutes after 10 o'clock, he was called upon by the landlord to assist in getting into the room occupied by the deceased, as the door WAS fastened inside. lie forced himself into the room through the wainscoat partition. When he got in he saw some blood at the brawn' of the bed. He let in the landlord and smite other persons. The de. ceased was in bed and spoke to die witness, to to whom she said that she was dyitm lie saw a wound in her neck. Site survived about eo goof te, after lie first saw her. Mr..Fearey immediately ran fur a doctor. Witness did not stay in the room the whole time the deceased &mewed. J. Pearcy, the landlord of the house deposed, that the deceased had lodged at his house twelve weeks, and had been introduced as a married woman. lie saw tlw body of the deceased Charles Taylor aiSitorediteh church, aml recogniaed it. The last time he raw 'Vas lor was ou Tuursday ; but he understood that that person left the house for the last time on Friday morning, Winless told the deceased Martha Singleton, on Sunday tiiod, that he thought the titan who had been killed at 'lox ton, was her husband. Site had appeared extiemely uneasy front the first trunnelit of his absence, but on hearing the intelligence she looked distracted. She ex pressed a wish to go and see the body that night, but he told her it was too late, and appointed to go with her next 1110(11illip The next morning, ut :so noliiites 'Aft( ten, he went UV to her room to ask her While was ready to got atter having in vain called upon her the p ninon was forced, and he saw her in bed covered with the clothes tit the ordinary manner. Seeing nothing yarn. colas, he asked her to get out, bin no answer was summit. The first witness told him that the deceased had blsd herself, when the witness ran to a donor, who said " he had no right to come." lie then sent for a coach to take the deceased to the hospital, but before the coach arrived the deceased was dead. Witness then spoke as to the state of mind in which the deceased had beet* previously to the catastrophe. She had at times talked quite incoherently. Upon the whole he thought 4110 was not in a sound state of mind. Juba 11311, a beadle, stated, that he called at the Rase and Crown an Christmas day, a little after one o'clock, the deceased was still lying in bed ; life was extinct.-- Ile saw some blood and a knife on the flour (the knife 3 i,al a common table knife) coveted with blood. A pair el scissors also la/ upon the floor. There was a lever osi the table, eealeo with black. It was the writing of i ~ ~4 ~~~ .*