The National Register. — London, England, 1812-02-02 00:00:00

"FEB• Q• MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. The appearance of the wheats, rye, winter tares, kept grass-land, every species of winter crop, is held universally to-be equal in goodness, to that of any season within memory. The turnips last beyond ex pectation. Bean setting has commenced upon a very good tilth in ge neral. Ploughing and preparing the lands for the spring sowing was the material business : but the use of spring wheat does not appear to gain ground; the farmer depends . more upon an autumnal crop, whenever his land is ready for wheat. . ..• • Straw fodder, and particularly• hay, very plentiful; cattle chiefly con fined, with some exceptions , to t he fold-yards . The ewes, in many parts, unsound ; and s to re shee p in a rotting state, upon undrained grounds : the unseasonable warmth of the autumn may have, in some degree,- contributed to this. . . The last year's crop of wheat is likely, by all accounts, particularly , from the North, to turn out greater than was at first -expected, and its progress to market has been much facilitatec4by the now-common use of the . threshing-machine. This accidental piece_ of,good fortune ought, by no means, to rendee.iis indifferent to those fad measures in the extension .of the culture of waste lands, whiCkareabiolinelyand imperiously necessary.. Stoppage. of the Corti distill - cry,' by . reducing the' price of * soft corn, will have a very .lp fa;routili effe.et upon the breeding and fattening of pigs, and cattle in general. . A boxing match between Ballard , and Sthith, for a 'slake of twenty guineas, and a subscription purse of ten guineasrtook place - on - Wednes-. day, at Coinbe Wood, near Kingston.. Caleb Baldwin, was second to Ballard, and Paddingtenlones to Smith. At. the fourth • round Smith 'i'vas brat without a hit of any conseiiuence, although he managed to stand up fourteen minutes. . • . .„ A second battle was fought between two .pugilists, the former named King, one of the best.eleven stone men; and the latter a plant, from Bristol, named Ford, of tremendous power and-action. It was one of the best contested battles ever . observed. King was the favourite at set ting to; but the courage and knowledge of punishing by Ford , van uished the former's science • although he fought with the cou ra g e of Crib or Gully. The battle 'lasted forty minutes. Ford reminded the amateurs of the invincible Pearce, the Game. Chicken. Like the Chicken, he possessed little science, and disregarded punishment; he was always hitting with his man, and his blows were planted right and left with tremendous force. A pitched battle was fought on Pittrm Common., near Farnham, on Wednesday, between Green and Hamerton, two stout novices, for a wager of ten guineas. It lasted two hours and ten minutes, during which above sixty knock-down blows were given. Hamerton won the match, but both-were hit senseless. Sunday evening last, a and between three and four years old, be longing to - Mr. Dell, wheelwright, of Reading, without being observed b its arents, unfortunately drank out of a tea-kettle which was full of boiling water, and was so dreadfully scalded that it died on the follow ing day. A man, named John Bunton, was lately committed to the City Gaol, at Norwich, for burglariously entering the premises of Messrs. Aggs, in the night, and stealing some twist cotton. The conductor of the maim factory has a daughter, who superintends the department performed by women, and sleeps in a room adjoining. She was awakened by a noise; when, slipping en a great coat that laid in her room, she ran to her father's chamber who not being dressed with sufficient speed, she snatched.up a large h ammer,' and went alone, in the dark, into the manu factory, where she perceived Bunton taking the twist cotton from the loom. She instantly struck him on the-back of the head with the ham mer, and on hfs turning about repeated the blow upon his forehead with such effect, as to bring him to the - ground covered with blood. Appre hending he might have accomplices, .she shrieked, which brought her father to her assistance, and they secured - the robber. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. • Gawler, the Navy-Office Clerk, was taken on the 9. 8t h ult. at New castle. He had left London for that place in a collier, the Captain or which, suspecting him, gave information to the Mayor, who directed . him to be secured. Thomas Pryor, a lame man, has been apprehend ed on sus p icion of having been concerned in the late murder of the WillLamsons. The prisoner is known to have lodged at Williamson's on the Wednesday • night before the murder was col - witted, and for. ten nights before. He was seen -passinrov.er London Bridge•at art early hour in the morning afterwards. He is detained on suspicion of a robbery, as well as of be ing concerned in the tuurderi. CORowea's Imours7.—Wednesday7eiening an inqUest was held at the Golden Anchor public-house, Ltadenhall-street, before Thomas Shelton, E 9. Coroner, upon the tbotli of Mrs. May, the wife o f an ironmonger in Oxford-street, who was run over by a. waggon on Tues day afternoon, and killed on the ,FPot:. The circumstances of this me- langholy event were briefly as follow May had stopped in his gig at the door of the house lately occupied by the celebrated Dirty Dick, the ironmonger, to speak about some business with the present occupant. He left Mrs. May in the vehicle, holding the reins, until Tfig NATIONAL. R E GISTER coireb his return. Before, however,- he 'sot:spitted-his bosin'ess, a stage coming quidkly by, caught the off wheel of the gig , overt urned it, and threw Mrs. May into the middle of the street, when, a heavy waggon, which was passing at the same instant, went over her head, and crushed out her brains. Her distracted husband came out of the house just time enough to be a spectator of the horrible scene. The lifeless body was immediately conveyed to the Golden Anchor public-house, for the in. quest of a Jury. Mr. and Mrs. May were a young married couple *thoi latter not yet 20, and in the seventh *month of her pregnancy. The jury, after a patient and minitteinquirv:into the circumstances of the case, ke. turned a verdtet of Accidental Death. Ex Levi..Tex.—Wednesday., E t Phillips, for setting fire to his house its Ratcliff-highti,;ay;•W..Habberfield alias. Slender- Billy, for selling bank notes in Newgate, while in confinement for aiding 'French prisoners their:Neat:le P. Whitehead, for forgery on the banking-house of Rublsrts, Curtis, and Co. and J. Frazer, E. nail alias•ampbell, and W. Higgins alias C Fowler; for ; were executed acoortling.to their sentences. The unioppy.men..seemed prepared to meet their fate with decent .for titude. Each shook hands with the others next to him • and they wale soon after launched out of this world. The crowd'WhiCh assembled to witness this warning spectacle was immense. 26; CORNHII.L, Only 8,000 Tickets, and Two Prizes of 2%0001. . • HORNSBY and Co. respectfully acquaint the Public, that there4r4e So feW Tickets to be disposed of, that the supply for the Country mil). be very trifling ; as such, they entreat all those who honour them with their commands not to delay Purchasing Tickets and Shares, or Exchanse their Prizes previous to the commencing of the Drawing, which-begins and finishes On the 18th of THIS MONA - H.—Hos N SBY and Co. sold the very first Prize of 20 , 0001 . ever int roduced in Lotteries. No. 2,524, Class A. and Class B. both Prizes of 5001. wvre Sold by them in the Last Lottery. The Prize-holders may receive their money immediately. Orders by Post or Carrier executed with fidelity and dispatch. BRITISH WINES, &c. No. 23, New Bond-street,' corner of Cop duit-street.—Foreign Wines having become ,very expensive, in additiea to which the great uncertainty of getting them genuine, induces AVE LING and HILL, Manufacturers of British Wines, most respectfully to acquaint the Nobility and Gentry, that they have been very careful, as well as successful, in bringing those Wines to the highest state of perfection, and which they flatter themselves will, on trial, be found. igiy inferior little to Foreign. They likewise beg leave to recommend timer very superior Bottled Ales, Brown Stout, Cyder, and also their highly flavoured Cogniac Brandy, Old Jamaica Rum, Hollands, &c. One dozen of Wines, or more, sent to any part of the Town, free - of -ex ' pence, for prompt payment, viz.—N.l3. Porter, Ale, Wine, naall Cy .der, in Casks. _. • Bath Vellum Letter Paper of superior qualities, sold by •R. 1-itiFT MA N Stationer to the Duke of Kent , &c. N 0.418, 5 Zrand, stx dt.xitirfroes • Bedford-street, opposite the Adelphi. • Quire. Ream. Quire. Rea m. _ s. d. s. d. .. s. -d. -- s. d. Thick 1 0 19 0 Thick,gilt 1 3 22 0 Thiel (super.) 1 4 23 0 Thick - gilt 1 6 .26 U Large thin 1 4 25 0 Large thin gilt 1 .9 29 0 Large thick 1 8 29 0 Large thick gilt 2 0 ' 32. 0 With every description of Paper and Stationary, eqtrally moderate.— Alrnanacks and Pocket-books, for 1812.. .. . • ATKINSON'S ORIGINAL CURLING FLUID is recommended as the most elegant article ever invented for dressim: the Hair ; it Mr parts a reviving . grateful fragrance, conveys the most beautifd gleis is the Hair imaginable, and give s the " tout enst. ' ;:tble," that eascinatino attraction which can he obtained by no other means whatever, ver, and it 'is presumed that its peculiar property of making the Hair curl, e 4 keeping it in form in damp weather, is a convincing proof of its Intrin sic merit. It stands without competition for nourishing the Hair, is war ranted innocent, add the money returned if not approved; keeps-false hair in curl, and mak6 it appear natural. Sold wholesale and retail by James Atkinson, perfumer, 9; High strect,• Bloomsbury ; by Bayley and Blew, cock-pur-str:!e , ; Turt:ltr, 75, Overton, 47, New Bona-street; BacoE, 1.50, Grange, 115, Qx ford-street ; Barber, 'litchi - 10d street ; Finch, Bishopsgata'-street; Rigge, 65, Cheapside ; Bolton, Royal Exc han g e ; Davison and 'Son, 59, an d Mattrass, 86, Fleet-street ; Berry, 17, Greek-street; and all principal Perfumers, at 3 s. 6 d. or exactly doub le, 6s. the bottle.—Pleace to particularly observe the genuine is signed Limes Atkinson." DEATHS. The infant on of T. Hornsby,,Esq. of Corphill. • Mr. Brodie, one of the Magistrates belonging to Marlborough - street Office, suddenly, on Wednesday night. At Surinam, C. F. BentincE, Esq. Go - vernor and Comrnkrider in Chief of that colony. Suddenly the Rev. Win. Neale, of Dayto n, near Bury. lie bad re tired to bed ' the previeitia evening in apparent good health, and was found dead therein neat mo rning. At his Lordship's hoUse in Portman-square, the Coutess of Beverley.. At Whitchurch, Shropshir( , aged Mr. Wood: who ta: di* last 50 years drank no uther beverage than water. I PROVINCIALS. $