The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-10-05 00:00:00

AGIUCCLTURAL REPORT, SErrtmorn 30.

The state of the farming ;Merest is batty doploralele.in which
th• poor labourer must aceressarilyshsre. Ihe carting haulm
O, sad manure on the land, have bees nearly the whale
°tomb's upermiewe ; and these being generally completed,
the farmer is at a loss to find employment fur him lab° .
Er his horses. Under such an increase of eliairerathrooghout
the laud, it hoe become • case of nrcesieity In form n rodent
Tile of distinction between farm. that have derived
foieed prodigy, by artificial resemer, and those from which
f prieduce may be derived in a course of nattiest robin-
t.iin. Ihe come queocce are daily appearing, by whole dia-
lects of the former kind becoming untenanted, while the
latter are at on loss tither for substantial ore spirts or ready
',arch . The general resell in the future youth acorn
may readily be conceived. The grazing counties are hill of
Leary complaintr, slot only of the unprofitable returns from
Smith:belt, but of Megrim's! want of water, as well as grass,
too their cattle. As to leas stock, few purchasers are at
peseta foeml to risk their capital on the high prises which
the &users still require. Store sheep are more in request,
slut sell on better tines. The wool !umbel is somewhat
brisker.

THUNDER STOR.II.

ToULON, SILPTVOISPIII 20.

• tremendous tlitindev MOM broke upon us yesterday.
About noun • violent shower of came down w ith extraor-
dinary (dice, accompanied by hind peals of thunder. A
thuiderholl fell and struck the Fort of Signalise, where it
k4hea 'Zoe iwdivit awl, and was very near occasioning •
.till grazier calamity, as the explosion took place within
a few paces of the ginpowder magazine, in which a large
qiisatity of powder is kept. Artie a tremendous peat,
toe thunderbolt came down in the shape of • pillar
of fire en &soldier. who was mounting plant on the out-
side of the drawbridge of the foil. Tu shelter hint.
Neff horn the rain which was pouring with a degree oh
violence seldom known in ibis part of the iountry, the tin.
fortunate soldier had entered the sentry-box. The electric
fluid struck the brawl stales of the fastening or his bon-
urt which passes under the chin, and melted them. It then
reached and broke the epingtelle which be had at his button
flute, ran between his coat and his sword hand, the interior
a.f which was blackened, whilst the coat •nd its buttons
remained untouched, and thence darted into the sea, which
was close In the spot. The neforttinate man instantly
fell, without having received the limit contusion. Cvery
kind of assistance was given him, but in vain, for he
bail eased to live. His musket, which aloud by him
in Ilse sentry box was not touched. Two ether soldier.
N It) were passing near the box on their say in the fort ere
thrown down by the same bolt. They were immediately
t iken up and after having experienced violent pains in all
their limbs, rcci.vered the mat day entirely."

Wednesday evening last, according to no ice,
the lraptilmild ceremony war performed upon thirty
adults et parson CHURCH** chapel, in the Borough-
road. SLam after seven o'clock the piece was lite.
crammed, when the seat at the back of the
chapel gave way, and a vast number of persons,
then, women, and children, were precipitated to the
ground from an iiiiinen,e height. Ninny persons
were coatuotd by the accident, hut nut woletially.