The National Register.
London, England, 1815-11-05 00:00:00

PROriNCIA LS,


AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR OCTOBER.-
The continuing declension in the prices of Bread Corn, and Mfrs/
grain, is operating sti generally agalitit ti lige buslbodry, that its eon,
iegtietsces are likely to extend from. in:livirrinal to considerable national
&stress. The accounts from cvtry distr'et of the numerous farm*
”eing abandoned by the tenants in an uncultivated state, must so tat
diniirrish our produce of grain. as to render it ci, uhiful whether, a
sheet time hence, we may he able to Luse a sufficiency from our own .
soil I,r our own consumption. Though exportations have ete.etti
pace, of the foreign Wheats. which Government permitted to be
brought in to such an impolitic excess, a bulk of it still remains to
depress the agricultural interest of the British dominions, so that it
may be fund ddricult 'to apply any saving remedy f r a calamity so
extensive and disastrous.—The Wheat Seed seaSnri has been remarkably
foe; that on clover legs has plant d kindly, but that sown on. tilth
lands could not be got in so well, from the want of horses. the num.
her of which the distress of the times has unavoidably diminished.
The lan crop of Wheat rises well, racist the growth olsoute pause(
two or three inland counties, which was materially injured by *blight
just More harvest —The Fen Countries of Lincoln, Cambridgeshire.
and Ely, have had the finest produce known for many years, partii.v.
larly in their Oat Crops, which are fine in weight as well as large is
bulk.—Clover Seed has been well got up in general, and being ez..
pected to yield well, has fallen considerably in price.—The •Potaterie
Crop falls port in prod.!ee, being of small size, from the extreme
dryness of the summer.—Linter Turnips, where they are a plant. have
improved much from the late rains ; but those first sown, and also
the early Coleseeds, will afford but little feed.—Fortunately the lase
year's crop of Hay has been abundant. upon which the stock of m:34
districts must principally depend —The Wool markets are brisker.
both for long and short tlecees.—Smithfield Market has been &lames
dandy supplied with he:f, mutton, and pig pork, nearly on last
month's low prices ; but veal is scarce, anti higher Is. per stone.—
, The Fairs in the Home Counties have been crowded with lean stock
'of most kinds, for which there his been but a slack sale on still
lower prices.—Horses and Colts for huAundry sues are hardly saleable
on any Wins.

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A dreadful horrid murder and pirridide *as last week cornmittri '
on the body of a poor labouring man,• named Russell, at Hare-lane,
near Eshcr. Surrey, who was found about eight o'clock ht the manes
ing, in consequence of a neighbour seeing some blood on the enure,
his house, in his bed-room, quite dead, his skull being Fractured in
three places by the blows of a hammer found lying by him, and ft!!
throat cut from ear to ear. Suspicions were enterta ned that the shock.
ing act was perpetrated by R. R u,s;ll, his own sun, who was kncwn
to have been on the premises the preceiing evenit g (Tliuraay. die
26th ult.); and the evidence produced b-tote the Coroner, C. jem.
men, Esq. on Saturday following. induced the pary to Ming in 11
verdict of Wilful Murder against his son ; he was in c'snsequence ap.
prehended at Greenwich, and is now in the gaol at Kingston, prepa—
ratory to his trial. The wretched culprit, subsequent to the murder*
was married to a young woman at Greenwich, where he was appr•.-...
hentled. Since he was taken, he has confessed thc tact to.a :nuttier.
and told him where he threw the knife with which he cut his Wheel
throat. His motive appears to have been theft, having rifled the poor
man's chest, from whence he took snore than SJI. He is a sailor, and
a known desperate character.

The following is a list of the Officers and Passengers (ac far as can
h: collected from the stuvi%ors), who perished on board the Arnistrot
transport, when wrecked near Cape Lagullas, on the Stith May,
PEA 1 HE D.—Lieut. Brice, R. N. Ag nt. Capt. Geo. Simpson.
Ist Mate, Thlm. Hull. 21 Mate, William Hull. 11 Mate, Gibbs.
4th Mate, Robinson. Doctor Gunner. Boatswain, John Barrett.
Carpenter, John Finley. Gunner, Thos. Gowan.
Stray tvorts.—Charles Stewart Scott. Carpe. ter's Mate; Philip
Shea, seaman; M. Druminoid, ditto ; Wm. Fish. ditto; TllGahli
Monsfiell, ditto; Icahn I:twis, dim). . -
PASSENGERS.— Lord and Lady Molesworth, with a boy about seven
years old, under their care. F ur Children (boys) b longing to an
officer of the ;SI regiment, at Columba. Captain Studdart, Royal
Scuts. QSrs. J ,mss, with two children belonging to Point de Galls.
Mrs. Taylor, an officer's widow. Miss Turssletowit, daughter of
the Clergyman, Columba. Mr Godson, ordna ,ce storekeeper, and
Son, about five years old. Lieut. Callandar, 19th reg;ment. Invalids
from the 19:1i 221. Mit, 60th, 84th. and Royal Scots, and near 1 •
seamen from the different ships of war in India, with 14 women, i
' eluding passerger and 25 children—in the whole a'‘,.ut :150 people.
N. B. Capt. Whyms, of the i,tb reAnnenti d.e I vu bcatd As*
Mx weeks atter leaving Ceylon.

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TUE NATIONAL RF.GISTER. • (my
!EIS' WALKING .314TG11.. -Al Cletken*, 11. "iticfS4'frirjeleit• periods,--4e for im 3risehiment ift
Newitate-11 to be privately and S to be publicly whippel-6 judge,
mews respited-3 hoed 1:. each and di:ramrod—arid II were otesi.
by the fate of Toffee, who was compelled charged by proclamation. Sestion, adjourtve.l to the Sib Decensber.