The National Register. — London, England, 1819-10-25 00:00:00

OCT. U. Norfolk Agricultural Itepert.—The intern' between the 'simulation of harvest and the commencement of wheat sown': presents Lut few objects worthy of notice to the agriculturist. litc harvests, as in 1816 and lel7, this interval must necessarily be very short; but its sLasiiiis sir curly a, ltlltf and 1,419,a witole mouth has el ipsed, which has been i.roteipally oleispierl in carting tihniure, clay, compost, &c. liutshiit t she year's highway shiny, and a tinkly sit ja cal tie like nature, lot which the extreme dryness of the s .ason has been itighly fa rmer t ide The farm horses have had comparatively easy woik, and a pait at least hate its most cas‘a been spared to iceas et their fl. sh at Ina Nit or other pastures, previous to the cusidoir n 'waist], the labour of which is often Li) thelli 111.111 that Of the luoigebt harvest. The c rop s in wed clover are generally gut up in very fair order, hit the rpitiltiiy, it is thonalii, will lie short. Tneie has liee,, a good deal of threshing 51 g the ▪ raticulaily of %, heat. This crop calls but very hidden:tidy, awl the in hut fete instances carats the is re.te of last year. 1 tie hosts at the end of May had the effect we anticipated at the • ,of site tlll'Alyr and of curtailing the insinher the :Jams Bake varies still snore in she sample titan Wheat. A few patcels are to seen as plump and good for Willing as those of any year, but fur one of 'ins description, you see ten coarse, thin, discoloured samples, which nettlhr maltater our stinker know what to du with. Beasts are generally good in ribishiy, but lainvioal.ly deficient in nulls and corn, Ileligolands ni p a rticular. :sle late rains have considerably revived the a rticular. and Pastures ; the former have beets as injured I.y the:grubs as by the drought and mildew. Those farmers who were fortunate enough to sow late, are by far die best off; many of the first sown will I e worth but little, especially the Saad rs. Potatoes rise very itidiff ; on ace of the drought, they have thrown out seems, shoots when tile rails came, which of cusirse has injored the quality of th? rout; they arc very small iii general. Stuck of most kinds Isis been its great dents-at As fur Lambs, they never were known to sell more freely, nor at higher prices than widths the list month. Fr 254. to 35 4 . and even in a few cases oh very larae frames and well known blood,4ua. per he a d Is ive been obtained. In the meals time, the price of W oo l his by, no means kept pace with these extrsval,aut rates. Oa tisk conursry, the buyers have very i nu e o sLekeised their and•presetu • appeirence• are far from w imputing the expectation - of any material ad % :ince in the IVwol Trade. Bullocks come to hand in good condition, and may be bought at front ss. to tm. per SILIlle out cal the droves. 1100 dish poorly at shack, owing to the dryness of - the weather and con sequent hardness of the corn. They are lower thou they were, thim3h, f the want of stores far acorn shack, these latter are selling much higher its pmportioil than shoats.—(hl Ott. 14 —We hue little to add to the above, except that me dry weather has prevented from .begni- Mug Wheat sowing, and still more f going on with wiut had been begot'. Those indeed who chill their NVheats, and who were fortunate enough to have a suf. firieocy of land ploughed and rolled before hand, have kept at work : btu the prevailiag mode being the dibble, it has bee n found impossible in such case: to go on, owing t.. the land running, and the holes tilling before the seed could be deposited. Grass is spriiiehig very fa.t, trout the extraordinary heat of the weather at this late period of the Autumn. Ai :4•. Faith's Fair on Monday laschnt little business was done. The supply of Butter and Cheese was aniall, and priers as fidlow :—Cneese 71. to 71. 7s. per wry. Bo ter tiOs. to Ws. per firkin ; the trade, however, 11111 with these terms, but 1.1.1 e, if any, was sold. Ease Mow of horses was large, hut few good ones, t%hich met with a ready sale. Wets' it aM. Fs I. - This :treat mart for horses. hops, and sheep, commenced nil Saturday se'smight. I.nsly in ibe looming the [town exhibited a scene of the most lively in trust ; 140,000 sheep acre to he sera at one view, conceit voted it. one soot. The fineness of the weather rendered the sirdit inure asiJ contributed lust only to the good appearance urine barer, hut eiscourdxed a brisk sale. 'Far prices ill generol may hr mimed sc. follow :—Ea es from 'Ass lib 321 C. I.lllllkli fr ti;ss. to dns , artisess a Is. to Nome hit, ictched It SAM ' ;wires ; its one or !no iesraiices, reinarl.ablr tine latishs were sold ie. high as 4is, Luny in the afternoon the hill was nary clearest of sheep, and max hat nt lots remained unsold !lime ussustially film show of horscs of all dew rim s; Winless soil n were nionecos:s nut good, trod fetched good priers. Uany drifts of .esacimu g and tan-year old can colts ne e i— nto had a quick sale, with ;wires, and, as mital, u. re taken up b) the London dealers. horses of • moddisis; tubs sold VVE% low'. rite sale of loop.; 40 not commence till Tuei-disy onsorsoin:. 51.iny putchasrss new then and it larLte rhoire of h.eps stet. presei.ted In View. The ri,la %ere tilled, besides winch winn unite ki %err under 9:ti1•C1 , .1 1 4 1111 014 1411411 t 44 1.a4 dr.( toll. The int giber of p .i-kei, in he cou:.trs cone year Has 7,35 Y, 300 poe ri. Cie A...n0d:44e of last Thi - tiunvoii of I.:. ham la cke is in tile acre is a, 30.5'. 4e al t 4,0 pocket , . L. ores+are is.. floe, pushl a-rio br,tl of opinion th .1 CO. 4.5 tco de. tn.ut,{rd by the planless stele 1•..1 ithiuct the 64111. rto de ln n bus in_ until , %%lien I. took a I. , ,titeroll 11..1, ict I.orge purr n ett pricey N. it . ~.1 jit . Cl,llll to i.e. ilii.lhi) ; they . • tier, lie g00t..1 •1111:11r% 1 . r..111 41 1.. 61 '.1.1 Is. sold .ibov• 51. 12.. (. I • , I , .• !,1 11, (IC/ 31. l illJtllit4ll 1104,4 G 3011,0 3.. 4... i•• uo I V. r% 1.t1•.• Uesvel:• Ili • e , •• I rsr by h‘..l I. ,;, Ivo:tot- from the I;otougli.— • :Lod Item, bud not so ~.ao) " 4 .1C4 er, "tis• ett. th:% The• . r 1..r....', a•e•I the• .:ei ral:e , •r (141 1. PrII V! may hr• t..l • 1. ttls, t old h,mo ;•;4 f•oo , ;•la In ; .J • . lo 6:i.. ; \ or' %% w, 54, to B3a. ; half c 055.,,,;. j;• ; 30-. I.r 31/. The An;b4lssatlor titat the Ne.lierlands returned to town on Monday, from a visit to Lord and Lady ut their seat, Dropmt,re Lodge, Bucks. THE NATIONAL lIEGISTZIL A, most brutal and daring attack was made upon the person of Mr. Hictiti. Master of the ACMICIIIy. DOW 11• halt, upon his own premises, as he was returning hose from a party of friends late its the evening of the 2tl inst unconscious of having offended any nue, much less the wretch implicated, to whose family he had shewn much kindness awl benevolence. A man named Thompson had secrehll I • self in a haystack (it i stipposed with two other critsletterittes), near the gate, and coninnateed the outrage by violently seizing 11r. 11. by the collar, who acting upon the defensive, :.trock him a smart blow wills his waking stick, which its its contact with his heat!. Mr. 11. thus rendered defenceless, Will re peatedly knocked down by him, and abused in a brutal manner, till he was literally covered with blood ; twiny blows were apparently gist it by a hurdle stake (the fragments of which were found main the spot on the following morning, beSIOCIfed WWI blood), which per forated tile hat, into which souse blood was driven. Notwithstanding the weak state into which Mr. H. was reduced, nom repeated struggles :Old lose of blood, lie succeeded its punning and sectoring the villain till as sistance arrived, which placed him within the charge of a constable, Irmo whom he was rescued by ere of his confederates, and has at present chided justice, although aes arratit was immediately ussned 1.4 his .spprelivit . The Inspector-general of the Irish Prisons informs us, that he had visited a mansion of misery in Galway, cal led a " Britlewell," in which he found 10 wretched women, one Of whom was incarcerated no less than 12 ttttt uthr, another 3 months, and the remainder several weeks, all being in letters. "%Vhat are their crimes?" said he to the gaoler, naturally r It The gaoler knew not their crimes; lie had no cornet committals; a I he could tell was, that he had verbal directions from a town Magistrate to tletasii them, and that he detained them accordingly 1 The Inspector-general ordered t h e unhappy wretches to be libeated, and reported their case to Gtsverninent. Friday last an inquisition was taken at Bromeswell, by Mr. Wood, junior, on the body of Mr. It. Owles, wh o was killed the preceding morning by a red deer, the property of Mr. Joseph Stammers, of Melton. T im deer ttavini attacked Mr. the sight of two women, and the shocking appearance of the body, leh no doubt whatever upon the minds of the Jury, as to the cause of his death, and they returned their verdict accordingly, making the deer a deodand, and Mr. Sta 11111 l ers, at the unanimous request of the Jury, promised in shout tile animal immediately.—Mr. Owl,' was for tur ly a reit ptctable fanner at Lactuham, but had retired from los airless. SNOW STORM.—.Between I and 2 o'clock on Friday morning a great fall of snow commenced, accompanied by a violent hurricane. The wind blew from the north west, and has dorms considerable damage in and about the metropolis. • Tile roads at the entrance of Loudon were in several pans impass.ble, particulastri at Wail thatustow, where a number of trees were torn up by the roots, and lay ;Jew's the highway, compelhug tratellen to make a circuit of several rinks The snow had also accumulated near a foot c!eep, and the pathways in the heists were not passable for foot passengers. Sitocittsna LVeNT.—On the . Ist instant, William Fawley of Louth, went to nut in the %Vocals a few inks from that 'dace, and met with several other persons w Ito had gone to those woods for the saute unwise. llaviiia gathered some nuts, they were met by one Lee and others, employed to watch the woods, in order to lodge inforusations,according to law,agaitost trespauen therein; when, after several abusive altercations between the miners am! Lea awl his companions, the latter (Lee being armed with a gun) proceeded to take the lints, by forze, into their own possession. Having thus deprived Fawley and many totters of the tii ling, though, strictly unlawful frnits of their labours and a in11,1:111C111s, he and one of his comrades, of their own aullowily, took one of the nutters, a sailor, Into custody, and escorted hint to wardsLouth, ss here, aAthey told him, he was to be impri soned in did-louse of Correction. Soon afterwardsFawley left the rest of the nutters on his return home, and upon the higuway, about a mile from the woods, overlook Lee and the other pc who had the saiior into ceede► dy, and after walking with them about half a mil,: fur ther towards Louth, Lee, without further ceremoi,y, or ally other authority than his own, arrested Towles, and insisted 1111 , mi his gluing to prison also • ilirratettiobi at the same 11l se, that, if he refused, he would shout hint. lttwley, naturally supposing the man to be only joking, walked away from him, is hen, horrible to rela,e, Lee, at the distance of about Vti yards, deliberately aunt ai y wounded his retreating captive iii tut lest leg I 1:e ran about sixty yards down the lane, a•ld then, f excessive pain, tell upon the around. Ili was soon afterwards conveyed, in a cart, to Lout ti, win 0 lie now lies, and thtiulth tne unfeminine atieut on% of a skrlfnl pliysici aml siligeoli; is apliarewly out 01 ilanger,elthointli his lett was deeply penetrated by the shot. I .rining about On dill loci WalllldS. By order of the ~ . ..o-tiates, Lee Is safely lotlJed in the prison whet e hue „ a d. s h„ r o,, o t .fore, hireLoctiril the unfortunate victim ~e his crocks , with co itiocinctit. • most daring 10tr2.! try wav corn in trd on Thttrs.la Hi g ht. 114 , t, 011 tilt pit iniSeb of Nit (;1611111. of Pork le worth, Glonceverslttre, by a gang of lino desperate t who b r oke hitt, the house In the folitn%iiii4 man ner:—.lshey fir‘t attetop.ed 0 10411 Jowl the fiJahe II the hank boor; titty tl.en mt. eked aPvtinr Fat of the , t retttonott the SIOIIeS of all Olen ; but het. 1 , 10 . 4 J.:, q th..pr iiiiiiiii i rell)(1\ r•ti the f i l e , I' M t I lie rll.O of toe hack kitchen, by llace'pl I 1(111 entered (toe fourth remaining ().W!fle), and par, Cretleil I , ' the parlour, where they ransacked ItIC 'lran cri „I' l be,ur,im ; Inn not finding •II lawny there. thr% t. cut to Mrs. G.'S 1.1.31-roulll, iu which welt Nlr%, avid her niece (a girl about sin y ears old); herellit.% iluoeu;i.ttely hue's' Mts. G. on the bra, an, eot.. ;. 55 . 110 t h e e l ot hea„old liegme Minor the dratve.s), . •roo w oe-ti they took a few silver table ;pooh!: cahli. Ine screams and alarns given 6) ilic Cllll.l. 1.1, bluiliging a rattle and crying out unicdur. Crum the sit window, soon attracted the hotice of -owe of the neirli, boors, and Oil hearing • Olie apploJell hue ‘ili.illlll 1114(le a precipitate retreat. AGRICULTURAL Ni/LETIM•Nir. Chi Arrieul- Aleetiing, and Annual Sale of North Ikvon Cattle, and Leicester Sheep, took place on Friday, tile Ise inst. A large party of .Mr. Citiltle's ['Fiends arrived at Kinks on the day before, and viewed the excellent stock that wait intended to he dispi.sed of, and inspected such as are reserved. Two years old in calf Devon heifers sold from 2111. to upwards of 301. each; and bullocks (of the saino age), as high as 431. a pair, and some of the Leicester theaves, at 41. 31. a head All the eminent friends to agriculture remained at Kisilet until Saturday, and pre % inn: to their depart''r many of theft itopecteil Mr. Childe's highly cultivated farm, on whicn their at entiun was particularly directed to the effects that are elileirt on the wheat stubble*, that were last year covered with, burnt elay ; and to the pear cold tallow* about in he sown with wheat, that hate heen abundantly dressed with that article; and in investigating the pro cess of converting clay into a most important immure. — They agreed MI Opitlloll With Mr. Childe, that by drain. Mg in the first instance, and afterwards applying limns clay, the poiireat cold lands may be rendered of infinitely suture valise than has hitherto been supposed by the most sangiiime agriculturist. On Saturday might last the counting-room affjoinlng the .hop of Messrs. Gresham and Woodward, of Hii.tun, was" rubbed. The tluiees hesecertleil iu taking down the it on liars of the window, and thereby obtained an rim arc,. They ransacked the desk and dower•, ha fortunately only a small sum of money had been tell the evening pre vious, with which they decamped, without attsmiptinir fulfiller &predawn. Hitherto the villains Mire out been detected. The fishermen* belongin: Illakeney on Monday last ilisroverrd, joint ot er the Bat, several flowing half-ankers of gin, whirls led Item to • further search, and after :e short lime they brought np 103, which mast hare been de. posited there upwards of 12 months, as they were rose.t with weeds, and oyster. growing upon them; the rope thin held them together ass quite rotten, And gave was, which led to the olkeovery. - The liquor appears not to be injured, bus is a little discoloured. DARING HIGHWAY 110 88888 AND ATTZUPT AT MUKUER.—OD Thursday evening last, as Mr. Saut lain', Minna manufacturer, residing at No. 4. Penning tOD. place, Lambeth, ne r flercules.buildings, was re. turning home Iron' Woolwich, in company with a .l Jet 11l ill 4, they were followed by a gang of dre• .rd in smock-frock% apparently ease from their work, until they arrived in a lonesome marl, between Vt ool wick and Greenwich, where the fellows in a moment were lost sight id', which circumstance released Mr. S. and ~:. friend front the idea of beim. , beset by robbers. They did not proceed much farther before two ill-look. tog feaowsjumped user a he.l4e, and seizing Mr. S. and his friend by the collars, preseined loaded pistols to them and threatened to blow out their brains if they did not immediately deliver up their property. Mr. Strickland had a stick in his itossession, and attempted a resistance, which ended to w most desperate struggle, to whirl' one of the pistols was discharged, and the hat of Mr. S. was grad b, the contents. flis friend mule a blow at the other, w hose pistol. missed fire. Some other fellows were observed at a distance, who, it is supposed. litund to give an al-4m if necessary. In the struggle, Mr. S. and .jr. J. hods Inst then watches. The robbers, after this. made ter the hedge across the fields, and esc.ipetl. Mr. Strickland was once before attacked in a similar manner, hear the samc spot, and rubbed in a considera ble a mount. GREAT SHOnTING MATCII.-.-A renewal of the areal shooting match between Cartaital hill, and Strong, the ganie•keeper of J. A. !'horn, Esq. of Melbourne, thou, took place on Thursday; and from the confidence of the parties, aft:r shooting an equal number of head of game on Monday, in Hertfordshire !,27 each) the mach became very interesting in the sporting world, and the bet was flembleil between Mr. Thorn, for his keeper, and the Captain. The spot seb-cted to start from on this match was within four links of Nlaiden- Head Ticket, on • the road to Oxford, and rich had Ina pony end his auitcrsary's friend as an um I.re. Capt. Thornhill, bent his course towards Hare hatch, on tie It.:adoug road, and had good pheasant sport, and from thence oo to. Hurst Nlatior, a distance of ablon Ile had 32 shots. and haqeeil 11 pheasants, 14 lairtrillges, anti hares. Strung directed his course towards Ilenley Mills, by the late Gen. Conway's Park. and nom thence he crossed the Thames to the Ox:Oril. shire 111113, and cln.tsl his da)'s labour there. lie bagged nine hares. seventeen partridges, and three rhea .ants, in 28 shots, and lost th..: match by mite There were smite heavy even Isets pending. Mr.Thoro. 101 l has long been considered the best shut in the county of flatus. Friday afternoon the neighbourhoo.l of Nnrton.Gtl eatr was thrown into the greatest consternation anti alarm by the cries of fire, winch proceeded from toe lonise of Nlr. oil - tad colout titan, w•it.ch orw 'sated under the I illowing circnittstance , :.—N I was attettilitia a pot containing smite stirtit-II whirls Was Iwnlin,e on the tire in the back ',allot'''. a• id by some means the Cess.•l w.t. upset, and in all iti.lano . Irs. K. was envelovoil ill 114.11 es—it.. i• :bricks her Mts. hand to-her aisist.mee, trim, in elide:A*omo.! ut eXtIll• Jutish the Il.tm. s, was so crcis 1ntr0..... tI Knight fall lido the yard 5.1.1 - U1411J..31 t. rim, and tut her way through the flutes s7 . t file lit sw.tt tine, wh.cit stood by, and httrit with hitt greatest rat N. dity. titreatenitu: not tl destruction :tithe whole botanists]. At length the pats ' and other ctit.ttnes at. cited, and 'lasing a I.leillifial supply ot water, it wog got under witbnut sideadmi lortl , er titan the part its watch it began. Sir Wits. Illizard w.ts iittnetitately sent for to attend Mrs. littiitht, who was introit in a most dreadful manner, and little hops. are eutertained tri her recovery.