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‘;, , VALat#,N,, 17,y, • • 4• 4 4 - 17 7- T rir ••r- . .;• . 3 • • 7,P , t tc: 4 4 :‘ $)1 frO 7 j " • <-) % , • ?'" - r A- z NUMBER 9132.] SAT - LTIZDAY,'bECEMBER, 1, 1821. PRICE SEVENPENCE. SU-BSCRIPTION For the KELIEF. of the WIDOW and CHILDREN of the late CAPTAIN HENRY'HALES, Of the Ship OFFLEY, Southern Whaler of London, Who with the Second Mate, and Boat's Crew, were inhumanly Massacred by the Spaniards,• on the Island Of St. Maria, • Coast of - Chili, on the 24th of February last, under circum ' stances of the most aggravated barbarity, by which deplorable event his Widow and Orphan Children are left entirely des titute of the means of Subsistence. ITH IS Melancholy Catastrophe oc curre d on a voyage to the South Sea 'Fishery,-Captain BALES sailed from England in the Ship Offley, about the month of October 1820, and having doubled Cape Horn, after a rough passage, early in 1821, he put into the Island of St. Maria, which is uninhabited, on the Coast of Chili, to reafit.—On'thc 24th of February, about 10 A. an, several men were seen on the banali, and -- Capt. Hales supnnaing them to be Spaniards, ivna had come c •er from the ANA, went. on - slinre with his Second Mate, Arp}pFer, ,ntiltn i tc i. ,Syweiv, • arml,..; , f4ettke inn - pose of procuring frcSh provisions. The party - .waa seen to land, Sad join the Spaniards, who appeared to be very friendly w ith therri . ; - they shortly afterwards retired from the beach to gether, and it was supposed that Capt.llales was in treaty Kith them for provisions; and was gonenveito the South Bay to look at them. Towards sun -set, the Captain not having re turned, the crew became alarmed and a boat was despatched to search for them, which returned with informatioa, that on their approach, several strange men were seen on' the beach, and frog) their movements more were supposed to be concealed, and it being near dark, it was deemed - most prudent to. return to the ship without venturing to land. The following morning no tidings having been. received of. the party on shore, at day-light the Chief Mate manned and armed two boats,: for the purpose of endeavouring to find them ; .on coining near the shore, they perceived a man naked, sitting on the bw.ch, and on landing e discovered him to be. Thomas Moore the Armourer, covered with blood, a nd severely wound- I, c1 ; he was perfectly se n s ibl e , a n d i n f orme d t h em , t h at on t h e i r them landing, the Spani a rds a ppe are d t o h e f r i en dly, g i v i ng aera bread and meat, and induced them to -accompany them so me distance from the. shore, where they were suddenly sur rounded by 40 or 50 Men armed, on which the Captain re solved to return to I boat,which was f sed except on con i.s re u , dttion of their delivering up their arms—They were compelled' to comply with these t erms .—The Sp an i ar d s th en treacherously them, two and two, and carried. them about three miles • rIU) Cue island, a nd w h en d ar k, b roug ht th em b ac k n ear t o t h e o be am, among some bushes—stripped them—and.cruelly stab d them in cold blood, hi mse lf a l one surv i v i ng , w h om th e y l e f t ° dead, he havi ng rece i ve d 23 woun d s i n h is b o d y , an d two 64 hre Qua, one on each side of the neck. He was perfectly .Bexis ible, and was immediately taken on board, where the Sur semi examined him, atutfound his wounds mortal. . The boat Pad to sooner returned, than a numbercf • men were seen - coin ler!,g t owards the b eac h, a nd s o on a ft erwar d s a man presented in itself dressed in the Captain's clothes, waving his hat foe a moat to come on shore : he was accompanied by three or four, who aaY o eared to be Officers in green uniforms, with cocked hats t' 12 '1 . ; others were discovered from the, mast head lying fle a the beach. The leader of the party appeared so much i r-t 'Captain Hales, that the Armonter was questioned: the • --r a "e was positive that the Captain was killed, when he assured — al he was, and that the Captain or leader of the Spaniards so reaernbled Captain Hales, that he had remarked it when 4 : r ' "ore. The Oiliey immediately Weighed anchor, and stood Conception, and at 5 F. M. the Armourer became much \ '' . .erser and at 9 the same evening died.—Au instance of moret.e • ::ti at barbarity perhaps never occurred;- Capt. Hales, the tend date, .ourer, and four men perished., in this most anarrie.n teansaction Capt. Hales has left a Widow and seVe- I 'd Children totally destitute' of the .means .of subsistence, to lithtain which, this appeal 1S made with confidence to the bone ' l oience of the Public convinced that theY‘.will humanely eon. t rilv,lte to the relief Of an unfortunate family, who have been ' cl q'T` :ved, by this unforeseen and Calamitous event, of their only 1 111,1%0rt, and who have thus been reduced from respectable and coa i f ea • . a table circumstances, to the greatest poverty and distress. a .aa mea. - • xxleT oafs will be thankfully received by Sir JAMES Au rt i anti Co. Lombard Str e et; 8.1. Li NTH onarn, Esq. L orz ;: r i F riffs; W. CURLING, Jun., 'Esq. 10, George Yard, h ou , Street; Messrs. CURLING, Youxo, and Co. 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' • • 2 2 0 Aliss Pludyer. 1 116. 17 . • • 20 0 '-- rar.BittAtt . • ' • FOR THE SUN. Ma. EDITOR--According to promise we will now dispose of the remainder of the Rev. DAVID BLAIR'S in. stances of Tautological, and consequently improper language. To enter also means to go (or come) iii t anti, therefore we should not say enter in.—Rev. D. Vain If to enter means to go in, it must be' e equally improper. to use into after the word enter. Curious readings in consequence : Enter not [into] judgment with thy servant. He entered quite loaded [into] the house ; enter this sure [in or into] this hook.- lie made his entrance [into] the parlour. —More cor rect readings They of Rome are entered in our Counsels.--Shakspeare. Entering into.—Addison, Watts, Taticr, &c. &c. &c. Besides, if we may, reason by Rnalogy and derivation The French say Entrer dans. The Italians say Intrare in. The Spaniards say Entrar en. And the Latins wrote Intrare in, according to Cicero de Fin. 5, 16, and alss ud Q. fr. 1. 1, 5. Avert is compounded of, a from, and verto to turn, yet we indubitably write to avert from, &c. &c. Look at Luke 22, 10, and Matthew 17, 13. When end is used of a period or portion of tinie, it means, of course, the conclusion or latter part; and, therefore, it is absurd to say, "the latter end of the week," or " the latter end of a man's life." We might as well say the upper top, or the lower bottom—Rev. D. Blair. No, we might not, for every one knows and acknowledges the meaning to be, " towards the end of the week."—See Num. 23, 10, Luke 17, 16., Eccles. 2d Chapter. . . First of all and last of alt tre just as bad ; as if one of the things mentioned, ot alluded to, could beAst if any of the rest were before it, and certainly if it was not last of all, it was not the last.—Rev. D. Blair. • Surely, if there can be the first or last of particular parts or portions, perspicuity requires the distinction of first of all and last of all, or the whole. But first of all, How we may steal from hence.--Shaks. And last of all he was seen of me- also, as one born out of due time.-1 Corinthians, 15 C. 8 v. To like, to lore, and to he pleased, all signify to think well of a person or thing in some respect. We should not say " 1 like it very well," "I love him very well" or " I am well pleased;" but "I like it very much, I love Idol very much, and I am much pleased, or greatly or highly pleased." —Rev. D. Blair. - : , . This is my beloved Son, in whom 1 am well pleased.—Bible. I am well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice of my complaint:—Psalms: • ' • • Se also Dr. Blair's Sermons, ,vol. 1, pa. 138, 1. 11th. How can we say, "it is mach pleasing," instead of " well g. pleasin 7" As well might it be argued,' that, when I assure you I have a bad cold, the expression is improper ; fbr coitts include the idea of bad ; ergo, I should say, good Mr. Editor, I possess a superlative cold, or a cold in the highest degree ; while others may have lesser, or 2d, 3d, and 4th rate ones. We like our present circumstances well.—Atterbuty. Like best.—lleuteronomy. Locke. Spenser's Fairy Queen, &c. • I think it is not meet Mark Anthony, so well beloved of Czesar, Should outlive Caesar.—Steaks.. The well beloved of the Father—Bible. - - Whenever is compounded of the two separate words when and ever ; the latter being used in the sense of always, as it is in the expression " fbr ever." For this reason we should not repeat (dump or never after it, by saying, " when ever I read, it is always to make me wiser or better," or "whenever I try I can never do it."--Rev. D. Blair. _ Mr. Blair may be correct in this instance, though I con fess my ideas upon it are a little sceptical; for I cannot but think that in cases such as the following, the language he reprobates may be admissible : A person may say, "whenever I go on the water, I either catch cold or fall sick ;" " and whenever I go . (may another add), I always (or invariably) catch cold." In page 33, on irregular verbs, " eat " should have been stated as being both the preterite and participle of the verb " to eat," in addition to " ate" and " eaten. See Johnson's Dic tionary, and 'Murray's Grammar. Having thus concluded the limited object which I had in view, it is right to state, that with the merits or demerits of the remainder of this work I am wholly unacquainted. Many, whose opinions command respect, consider that our language is greatly on the decline, and that the warmth of ex pression and glow of feeling, which characterized it about the age of Queen Elizabeth, have been gradually diminishing.— However opinions may differ on this question, most will unite in the reasonableness of resisting all innovations, unless sup, ported by sufficient arguments for their admission. There can be no doubt of the importance of defining and as containing the exact meaning of words and sentences, if we wish to avoid those verbal, controversies " which are acknow ledged to be always unprofitable, and generally pernicious *:" but while we are exerting ourselves in thislaudable pursuit, care must be taken; lest by pruning too closely we should weaken the energy, or straiten the sense, already too inadequate for the full expression of our ideas. Precision, extensiveness of research, knowledge of derivation, and acuteness of judgment, are obviously requisite in a Gram marian t. NEMO. • Dr. Beattie on the Immutability of Truth. 1- Thy promised boon, 0 Cjclop ! now I claim, And plead my title : Noman is my name. POPE'S Odyssey. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 30. The Lonn CHANCELLOR was this day occupied until four o'clock, in the hearing of Bankrupt Petitions, some of which had before been partly heard. They did not afford any point worthy of public notice. The next Seal Day will be on 'Wednesday next, when his Honour the Vic,e-Chancellor will resume his Sittings. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 30. At Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. GDAMMONT V. DOYTON. This was an action of trover. The defendant was charged with the conversion of a pug dog. Mr. MARnYAT, who opened the plaintiff's case, proposed to support it it by at least a dozen witnesses. The defendant ad mitted the taking of the dog, but alleged that he took him in the way of recovery; he (defendant) confessed that he had found the dog when lost by the nlaintiff; .but affirmed that he had himself originally lost the aog, and that it was through such loss that the doe had first come into the plaintiff' s poss e ssion. The LORD CHIEF JusTicE doubted whether the cause would not be better taken out of Court. The evidence of the dog himself would probably be necessary. Mr. GURNEY had no objection to that course. The dog, in deed, was his leading witness. Mr. MARNA - AT begged to deny that fact : the dog was his witness—subpoenaed indeed by him. Mr. GURNEY, in that case, would insist upon cross-examin ing him. Mr. MARRYAT was ready to refer the cause, but the dog would appear most clearly to belong to the plaintiff. In fact, he had already escaped once or twice from the defendant, and had made his way to his rightful owner. Mr. Coma' rr took the dog to be an interested witness. It was doubtful how far his evidence would be admissible. Mr. URNEY was ready to give him a release. Mr. ,InnhYAT.--Now you know that you keep him ways tied uf): if he were released, he wuuld be with us in a moment. _ Here the prisoner, from the lower end of the hall, testified viva rote to the trath of Mr. i'vlarrvat's assertion. The LORD CutEr JUSTICE said that the dog would give his evidence far more collectedly in a private room before some gentleman of the bar. Such gentleman might have more ac quaintance with dogs than he (the ',Ord Chief Justice) could pretend to. . _ . Mr. G URNEY was of the . same opimOn, but his clients de. murred. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE was sorry 'for it: There was something inconsistent with the decorum of a Court in having such a witness as a dog pioduced. MARRYAT said that his client was afraid lest the arbi trator Might award damagesinstead of the dog: Nothing could compensate the loss of the animal. The LORD CHIEF JusTicr•. said that the plaintiff might be ensured ; let the arbitrator (to either party) award the dog and nonimal damages. The parties then agreed to refer. CO T Or - eam - mol'i; MEAS, Giirkiin ALL, Nov. 39. The Lord Chief Justice DALLAS sat at Nisi Prins till half past two o'CloCk. • There were several cases, many of them un defended, and none of.any public interest. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, GUILDHALL, Nov. 30. The LOUD CHIEF' BARON sat this day at Guildhall ; but nothing of .interest was heard before the Court, which rose at twelve o'clock. CONSISTORY COURT, Nov. 30. THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE PROMOTED BY DR. WOLLAS.. TON AGAINST G. S. CLARK, D. D. As soon as the Court opened, Dr. Clark, the party. proceeded against in this case, rose up to address the Ju 147 e. - Sir CHRISTOPHER Itonnisox observed, that no cause was yet called, and he could not hear Dr: Clark when there was no. thing before the Court. - The Proctor of Dr. Wollaston, upon the Registrar's having called the above cause, then declared that he should now pray the Court to pronounce Dr. Clark to have been in contempt, by reason of his not having appeared before to the citation which had issued in this cause. Dr. Clark—Sir Christopher Robinson, a citation, it i s t rue , I have seen - ,' calling upon me to appear before my Lord Sto well ; but I have received nothing else—no other notice what ever. Since this happened, I have learnt by the newspapers, that Lord Stowell has resigned his _chair in this Court to you, Sir Christopher ; but, notwithstanding this, I have been serv ed with no new citation.* • Sir C. ROBINSON observed, that the Court reflected with considerable satisfaction, that it had in this matter directed on the last Court day, when the same prayer was preferred by the proctor, that its order should be suspended till some means should have been taken to notify that fact to the party: . and in order that the party might not be subjected to those penaltiei which the law attached to contumacy, which were of a very severe nature, and which might be attended with very serious consequences. These penalties the usage of other Courts as well as' this invariably attached to contumacy. The Court would, in all cases of this sort, take care that due notices and due time should be allowed and given to parties ; but Dr. Clark Must be aware that the processes of different Courts took effect in different periods of time • and it was evident, in th e present case, that the citation of this Court had been served some time back. With regard to what Dr. Clark had sug gested, as to the informality of that citation, the Court appre hended that he never could have advised that such a plea could be legally effectual : the citation had issued under the autho rity of this court, and the legal effect of it could not be in the slightest degree altered by d; actiaustaxice of a change in the: occupation of that chair, seeing that the same authority vested in the Court, whether it was represented by one particular in. dividual or another. Dr. Clark, however, having now ap peared, the Court would be relieved from the necessity of pro nouncing that he was in contempt; and, no doubt, the cause would now go on in a proper and legal course. Dr. Clark.—l wish, Sir Christopher, to be heard before this Court,; in reply to a charge of having obstructed the entry of Archdeacon Wollaston into my church. Sir CHRISTOPHER Ronntrsoli.—That question is riot yet before me, Dr. Clark : at present it only remains that the Court should proceed with the business before it, in the usual -form. Dr. Cjark.—l beg leave to state, Sir Christopher, that one ci tation was served upon me, to appear before Lord Stowell ; but as the day named in the citation was the day immediately fol lowing the Coronation, I concluded that Lord Stowell would be too much fatigued, in consequence of his attendance at that ceremony, to be here, and I looked upon it, therefore, altoge ther as a matter of mere form. Besides this citation, I have re ceived no notice whateVer. The Proctor wished to observe, that one or two letters had been forwarded to Dr. Clark on the subject ; and not having been returned, the necessary inference was, that they had been received by him. Dr. Clark.—One letter, indeed, I recollect did come to me, addressed ." The Rev. Dr. Clark, W-a-t-h-a-m, Essex," which I concluded to be a cheat, and would not therefore open ; an other was directed to me as the " Rev. Dr. G. S. Clark, LL.D., Esq." That I looked upon in the, same light ; but I repeat, that I have 'received no notice from the Proctor since the cita tion. Sir CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON said, it was now for Dr. Clark to determine what course he would adopt. If the Court apprehended that any delay was prayed for, it would readily grant it. Dr. Clark—Really, - Sir Christopher, I wish to be dismissed one way or the other. I cannot continue to sieep out of my bed in tins manner ; 1 had only four hours' sleep last night, and four the night preceding. lam sure that my case ought to be considered ; Lord Stowell is my only senior here. Sir CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON. —The only way will be, Dr. Clark, for you to give an appea rance i n th e usua l w a y, an d put your case in the hands of some professional gentleman. Dr. Clark.—Really I have it not in my power so to do. I cannot afford to avail myself of their assistance. I have been long in great poverty, and have a large family. The etpences of publication have been very heavy upon me. I wrote a book, and dedicated it to Lord Sidmouth, when he was Premier." Ilis Lordship did me the honour of writing me a letter of thanks, but he has allowed me to remain in poverty for the last 18 years past. Sir CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON.-Will you give an appear ance, then, Dr. Clark ? . . „ . Dr. Clark—" I will do any thing that I can do, Sir Chris topher ; but it is not in my power to employ advocates and proctors; the mere expense of coach-hire would fall heavy upon me. But if these gentlemen will do me .the honour, as Senior Academic, of attending to my case, I shall acknow ledge their kindness. I have nothing to give ; but I would willingly part with my life, if I could." The Court w ou ld give him leave to say, that he found he could' not admit Dr. Wollaston through the large door, and he thought it would be disrespectful to admit him through the back door of the church. But the next time Dr. Wollaston came, he would admit him through any door the Court might be pleased to direct. The Archdeacon's Proctor then exhibited the articles', of which he would furnish DrClark with a copy ; and he prayed that the said articles might stand for admission on the.next Court-day, and that Dr. Clark might be admonished then to attend. _ The COURT decreed accordingly, and observed that Dr. - . Clark would permit it, before it rose, to give him one word of advice, namely, to employ counsel to appear for him in this case. , It would save 1)r. Clark much trouble and embarrass ment, and be of. great advantage to lus cause. Dr. Clark expressed his obligations to the Judge for . this suggestion, but he was afraid that he should be unable to com ply with it. He was very poor; and had already incurred large expences by the frequent appearance which his parish compelled him to make in courts of law. The Court then rose. (Dr. Clark appears to be infirm 4ncl advanced in years. We have endeavoured to give an exact account of this singular proceeding.) * The citation calls upon the party to appear bertut the Court in these terms :—" Before (A. Is.), Doctor of Laws, our Vicar-General and Official Principal of our Consistorial and Episcopal Court of London... : his Surrogate, or some other competent JUdge in this behalf." . • . FOR VIE SUN. THE PRICE OF BREAD. MR. EDIToa.—To what extent the system of pillage practised during nearly three months past will be suffered to go, as well as how much longer it may be permitted to remain unchecked, it is impossible to foresee ; but the Public ap pears to bear it very contentedly, if not with perfect good humour. Indeed they are so quiet under the grievance, that one would suppose they were an league with those who rob them, as ima gining the Millers and Bakers were conferring a favour upon them by picking their pockets :—if such be indeed -their sentiments, it would : be al most a pity to undeceive them, by acquainting them with the truth. It is possible, however, that there may be some, •who question the disin. terestedness, or even doubt the kindness, of these gentry ; and for their benefit I will endeavour to point out to what extent they now suffer, who pay the full price of lid. for the Quartern Loaf, as professed to be the fair price fixed by the, self styled principal Bakers, that is, the full-priced Bakers of the Metropolis and its Suburbs. It is necessary in the first'place to call the attention of your readers still more strongly than has hitherto been done, to the state of the tillers of the earth, the raisers of Grain, the poor, the de pressed, the almost annihilated Farmers, whose present situation is such' as that it cannot con tinue, but must shortly end in utter destruc tion, unless by some means they be extricated from their difficulties. Nor are the Landlords who depend upon land rents for their ilicome much. better off or we should not see the column after column of the Public Newspapers daily, and the pages of the periodical press, covered with descriptions of low prices of provisions, which can only result from the destruction of the husband man's"capital, and thus force those reductions of rent which are placed by their side. These things do not exist without cause, without ade quate cause; nor indeed without causes which are imperative; rents are not for the most part. reduced until the tenant, however will ing, is unable any longer to scrape the money together to pay them, particularly in Ireland. We may therefore rest assured that it is not al together choice,, but ,in part necessity, which compels landlords to postpone the day of their receipts,and the tenants' payments ; and that it is occasioned by necessity, though, in some cases, perhaps expediency is the cause of such reduc tions, as we see publicly announced, of 5, and from that to 40 per cent. on their rentals, made lest . they should crush the bird to destruction which periodically supplies them with their golden egg. Now, the cause of all this distress, and of part of the lenity and forbearance we witness, is to be found in the lowness of the price of grain and other agricultural produce ; which, taken in the whole, does not bring to the farmer so much as two-thirds of the price which it cost .him to produce it at market. With the knowledge of these facts, which are too notorious for denial, it becomes quite necessary to endeavour to find a remedy for that extortion by which upwards of 50 per cent. more is charged for bread than now ought to be, according to the price of Wheat— Namely, lid. per quartern loaf is exacted, Instead of 7id. do. as ought to be thepreseut price. Leaving 3id. per loaf. . - of which they are defrauded in the price of each quarter!' loaf of wheaten bread, who buy on the baker's premises, and pay ready money for it. Which is something above half as much again as the whole price ought to be charged, and, indeed, .than it would be charged, if it were regulated by the present price of wheat. Some may wonder that thete things should be so ; and their very enormity makes them doubt the truth of the statements; others may be sur prised that the present calculations were not put forth when I first addressed you; but, my motive has been to state the truth, as applicable to the time of writing. ro both classes of-objectors, 1 would merely recommend in answer, that they should closely inspect my calculations, particu larly the following :—taking the price of good sound mealing wheat at an average of 50s. per quarter of eight bushels; which, or something less, is about the true average price of wheat in the kingdom at the 'present moment. The Quarter of Wheat at 50s. yields .6 bushels of flour, which brining Bs. per bushel, would of itself produce 48 0 The net re su lt in m one y f rom t h e o ff a l, when sold, would not be less, after, payment of every expence of - Manufacture, than . . 7 0 55 0 Deducting, however, the cost• price of the Quarter of Wheat say - • . 1:4 0 Leaves to the Miller a profit .of U. per quarter, or ten per cent. on the aVerage price of Wheat •• . 5 0 This surely ought to be profit enough for the miller : but the baker's account would then stand as follows Calculating only 113 Quartern lo:..ves at 'ad. each to be produCed from the sack of Best Household Flour of five bushels; is • • • . Deduct the expenccs of Baking, including also those of Rent, Tams, Wages, &c. • . . . 7 6 42 74 The sack of Flour o? five Bushels would, however, cost at 6s. per bushel 405., and this being deducted 40 0 Would leave as a profit to the Baker rather more than per cent. . Thus it is shewn that 74d. per quartern loaf for bread sold at home for ready money is now quite a sufficient price, at the present rates of Wheat, to leave ample profits to both miller and baker, whilst we are paying 11d. for the very same article. The rapid fall and still continuing decline in the price of Wheat has caused the ne cessity of repeating my calculations ; nor is there any certainty but that next week a further de cline in the price of this grain might call for a statement which would prove that 6d. per guar tern loaf might be even too high a price for bread, as compared with that of wheat. Of the farmers' and through them of the landlords' sufferings, there can be no doubt ; and that it will soon also affect the country at large, there can be but little question ; in the mean time, it is very clear that the public, whilst the produce of the land con tinues thus low in price, has a most undoubted right to have its bread furnished to it at a correspondingly low price. Since, however, it' seems to be the fixed determination of both millers and bakers to brave the matter out with the public to the last, it would be well for the latter to shew them that it has the power of redreis in its own hands, and that it is deter mined to exercise such power without further delay.—Every family wishing to escape from the combined extortion of these peculators has only to provide itself with a hand mill and drum sieve, adapted for the purpose, in order to be able to make its own flour by grinding the wheat at home, and dressing it with such sieves to whatever degrees of fineness may be required, or that they may chuse to use it. The whole expense of such an apparatus in the first instance would perhaps be from five to eight guineas; once provided it would he permanently useful, and every fa mily of five or more persons in number would find by calculation, that at the year's end they had on the present rates of overcharge saved the whole expellee of its costs ;- with the further advantage of being certain that their flour would be fresh and genuine. —The Society of Arts could scarce by possibility render a more essential piece of service to their fellow citizens than by pointing out*, and recommending such a form of apparatus 'as was best adapted for the purpose; and the public in return would have to render its most sincere thanks to those who had pointed out an easy, and, at the same time an ef fectual, means of getting rid of the extortion of these middle agents between the raiser of grain, and the consumer of bread. London, Nov. 30, 1021. I am your's, &c. INVESTIGATOR• * The 35th volume of 'the Transactions of this Society gives some account of a mill adapted for the purpose used by the French army in its campaign into ,Russia in 1812-13, a model of which was first introduced into this Country by Sir John AGRICULTURE. MONTHLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER. The comparatively small quantity of wheat which has been well harvested, is said to be fully equal in quantity Cud . measure to the famous crop of last year. And so extensive was the breadth sown last season, that the markets will be amply supplied during the ensuing, however ordinary the quality of the greater part may be. The grand substitute, potatoes, is put down as half a crop, of which a great part will be of a blighted and inferior quality. Wheat sowing has been well performed on all forward and good lands ; on those of a less fortunate description, from the interrputiou of too much wet, it has been an irk some and troublesome operation : in truth, farth ing- on such soils, more particularly, has been from early spring to the pres e nt m on th, a mes t irksome, harrassing, and expensive labour. The early sown wheats are very forward and luxu riant, and if no frosts come to check them, will be winter-proud. Should the moisture of the atmosphere continue, sheep in the low-lands will be in danger of the rat. Turnips, but with more foliage than bulb, and grass in plenty. . . THE COUNTRY VERSUS LoNnox.--- 7 -Messrs. RIVINGTON have this day received from Bristol the Second Number of The Country Consti u tional Guardian, and Literary Magazine.—Con tents :-1. The Age of George the Third (The Succession)-2 Stanzas on the King's. Return from Ireland-3. Reply to Cato's Letters on the Constitutional Association-4. Comparison of a Child to Cupid-5. Bill Cobweb, or, Spider 'Lace—G. The Woods, a Parody on Cowper's R - ose-,7. Tristram Shandy's . Political Opinions (continued)-8. The British Martial, containing a little Ode to the most disconsolate Woman on Earth, and various Epigrams -9. Political En, igmas for Christrnp- 7 10. Advice to the Disaf fected-11. Heroes of Renown, Ancient and Modern- 7 12. Pharmacopoeia Radicals-13. The Agricultural Question (commenced)-14. A Prophecy fulfilled-15. The Loss of H. Hunt's Bridle-16. The Church - and the Clergy; or, The Obligations of Society to the Ecclesiastical Orders-17. The Coronation-48 ; Lady Nior gall's Italyl9. Hints to young Mr. Lambton, in a Letter, with a Postscripti containing-20. The Saving Man, a New Song-21. How the Papers are read in the Country.—Appendix 1. Agricultural Report (finished)-2.. Poor's Rate Returns - Report-3. Case of the 411011- tural Petitioners in Parliament (begnl4.—Price two shillings. ROBBERY OF THE DOTER COACH.—Yes`.erdav inorning, at an early hour,. as IloaNs' Dover coach was proceeding to town betwet n Dartford and London, it was robbed of a large trunk con taining 550/. The money was all in silver, and was deposited in bags of 501. each. The trunk was placed in the depository under the feet of the guard, and was not missed until the arrival of the each in London. A short time after the rob bery, a carter picked up a basket, containing a collar of brawn, in the middle of the road be tween the Five Bells and the Half-way House, in the Kent-road. It was directed to I'4 s ;CS. COOK, of Old Bond-street, and had also been stolen from the coach.