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London, England, 1821-01-20 00:00:00

Theis. and fertilize The country inlhe immediate
dimly, which is for the sasset put cut into terraces,
and vultivitted with rice. The river Itibithew, or
Ula Koos:tau, es it is here called, but which is
the source of the Indrogiri River, ii aeon to issue
from the Fake at the Nut of the hill, Coshing with
great' epidity over the 'rocks which wind alo, g the
valley. The lake itself, serene and placid, insen-
sible of the loos it surtsins,• is always the same. No
sooner, howevee, are its waters withdrawn from its
bosom, than they are made subservient to the pur-
poses of man; ana, fifty yards from the source of
the river, we observed • well-constructed ether-
wheel. by meesss of which the adjacent fields were
irrigated. These wheels. which are composed prin-
cipally of bainboo, are well adapted to their object :
they are its general use in the Matnisigkabow
country, and may be considered as an improve-
merit in agriculture, to which the Javans have
not advanced, notwithstsndieg their bong c sec-
tion with the Chitfese. As neither Eeropeans nor
("hives, have hitherto penetrated the Illamiegita-
bow country, end the natters theroselees. fur many
centuries at least, have bad little or on intercourse
with foreigners, these wheels may be considered of
native invention. I had formerly uccasion to notice
one on the Manna Inver; and in the Meuse coun-
try lum told they are commoii. I do not recol-
lect to have seen any thing of the kind in Java.
On those slopes of the hills which cannot conve-
niently be out into terraces, or where streams
of water caution be carried, sugar-cane is the prin-
cipal article, and the cultivation of it is consider-
able. Very neatly constructed mills fur expressing
the juice are in general use. They consist of Ises-
petidicular cylinders, the upper ends of which are
formed into screws or grooves, which lit into emelt
other.; so that the cylinders, which at the bottom
are fixed into a stand, and turned by an ox. re-
volve different ways; the expressed juice is received
lido a reservoir below.
(To be continued.)

HEN EL HEMPSTEAD, hiIIVAST le.
Wisest, we (live bushels) Oats
30a to {Ss Beans
New ditto ato —a New 16s to Mb
Barley, per guar 22. to !es Pease

BEWBURY, BERKS, JANUARY IS
Whet Os to 615 s I Oats
ttley --• to —a &sus
Ils to !Ss Pease Sla to 3So
flu to Sls
Bread, per plloo, Is O}J. to Is. 21d.

SALISBURY, JAsuasT 16.
Meat lOl 10 lills Od Oats
Barley. .... 201 to 2Ss Od I Beans

SMITHFIELD MARKET, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19.

There was a short supply of prime cattle at market Ibis
morning, but a crest quantity of inferior Beef: Mutton is
dearer in price; Beef the same as last mallet day. In Hay,
Straw, and Clover, little alteration. The following la an
accurate statement of the prices and numbers:—
To sink the offal per stone of Sib.
Resf"..3s. 10.1. to 4s. 84. Hasa of Cattle lila dl y:
Mutton .3s. 6.1 to ss. Od Nada r. SN
VealLamb...os. Oil. to Os. Od. Shp, •• •• 4•11011
6.1. to ss. 10d Calm
90
Park ... da. Si In Ss. 10d. Pigs..”: ..

NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL MAKYrill.
(By the C , )
Beef .... is Sal to 4s 4d I Veal 4s 44 to I. 114
Motto... 3s 04 to 3s lid Pork 3s $4 is be 4d

trained, Oe the fate and preseill Ty low prlees, and t lir • N.
pre-tattoo or a getters, revival of trade. hearral
'rafted fur forward delivery have been sold at prices Is. a 2-.
higher than the present ears tory.
We have heard of nu purchases of foreign or nut to,ti,
Sugars by private contract. This fortuoun ion parcels dr..,
brought forward by public sole, .17t husea Havaittu.h au I
150 earth% 225 bags East India Sugars; the I.iter were
iteration brown qualify and nearly dabs ; they weld hetwetu
2s and 3s. lower than say pieviuus sale; tur the nu. 1.111..:
white Havas's!' Sugars 54.. a 555. wa. hid, the holders tat.
sag theist to at 565. inferior while at 535. good yellow 3:t...
inferior 31s. ,

Conga.—Tbe demand fur Coffee has been gradually
coming more general; the prices are also insprovnig; by
private contract, 121.. has b,en paid for St. Doming() Ire
public sale yesterday, good sad line ordinary illlnnita we/4
u'IF at fall peleesTawd with some spirit. This Common I
faults and 82 bags were brought forward; the whale .add
freely, sod at rather higher prices than could previiiii.lv
obtained, paid mid Joe ordinary Jamaica lilt.. Ohl. a 111,
tiaidslllug 12511.-15.1, middling Dewitt-lira 1325. a 13311.: •
markit limbs iris, wit% an appraraoce of a Natter edema.
HUN, BRANDY, AND HOMAN 1911.1110 parch... • i
Ram since oar last are quite trivial: the prices ear a Oho. I
variation.—Brandies are livid for higher rater', hat we 6.-
lieve there have been nu svles —Gritty. is out inquired
OILB.-Allt prices of Greenland Oil are again lower ;
Spermaceti has also given way; Rape (11l is a shade Melte',
op account yr the few pastels at mark,t.
_ . _ .

Trudarw.—We indeed the fall of Foreign Tallow on
Friday last; the market since ►ss remained henry; lb.:
prices may wee he quoted a shade low, r. Tower Tallow is
to-day staled at 59r. 6d. which is the same as last week.

MELANCBOLY ACCIDENT.

eZTRICT OT • VETTIM /ROM CARRICLIPTROVI, DAVID

JANUARY S.

Two of the Scotch quarter fishing-boats belonging to this
place wrist off (else wind blowing • heavy gale trum the
eastward, with a tremendous sea,) to haul or she in their
creels, whirl. bad previously been deposited at the bottom,
for the purpose of obtaining bait for their lung lines. Ihe
boat in windward, and nearly two miles distant Goat the
ether boat, whets in the act of getting her baskets us board,
was unfortunately upset by the gale and heavy running sea,
and every soul plunged instantly into the deep. The pour
fellows, however, found means o(gelhsg ow the keel of the
lust, which was now lying with the bottom up; sad whilst
in this perilous soil agonising situation, they were passed,
and at an great distance, by a !sloop mooing tutu the bay to
leeward, which vessel, it is said, might have saved all banes
had they been so humanely inclined. In ibis stale of despair
the unfortunate men were swept from their slender footing
WO the deep • premed time; and, whilst struggling for that
life which is dear to all living, the crew of a deep eual-laden
brig, which was also standing in (rum the windward, having
witnessed the melancholy scene, bore right down for the spas,
hove op in the wind, and succeeded in saving one man only
—the other five having sunk to rise no more from the mrs el-
less element. The exertions of the crew of this vessel were
highly praiseworthy ; the master's name, so well as that of
the sloop above noticed, will he made public as soon us
ascertained—but from far il.ffereut motives.
The unfortunate crew were six in number; all clout ex-
perienced seamen, and the oldest nut above thirty-five years
of age. Three of tbe five sufferers were married, and had
families,
.now destitute -of support; another was • poor
widow's only stay and hope is this life. It is, however, grati-
fying to reflect, that the sufferers were young men ut prod
morals and irreproachable conduct, and extremely in-
dustrious.