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London, England, 1818-09-05 00:00:00

THE HARFESt.

I.e say any thing might Its eased h, speekingbefore
nn office full of people. ,The Mogirtate tried for neatly a
smarter of an hour to I.a v.lI epos her to tell where she had
leen lie inc. if she had any fries& in tows, and her motive
for bisitiog fie lie transmwted ; but "'thing could he got
from her, se. pi that she woo Ise great dishes% was resolved
either to be hooted or traospee4ed, slid had committed the
then for that purpose.
The armies. bring wimple larees, the Magistrate ordered
her to he sent to Newlin', fir trio/ at glossing Sessions,
if she was at liberty, might essmit amore unions
°Tenn., awl as it would he is the power of the (hurt to
rend her to some suitable ittstitsties, which he had nut the
power of ordering.
sates-11ALL.
CRUELTY AND TWAF.RTION OP A CHILD BY ITS
PARENTS,
A .Kr and .Mrs..' 'Maws were charged with erSity to
their child a isle horst, ant six weeks old, sod With drop.
pin, it at the door of Mr. Clark, at Bermondsey.
The (ME.' awl place adjacent Wen crowded by parses to
witness the examistation.
Mrs. Jane, wife of Mr. George Stapleton, of U, Bram
oriels etre. I, Warkfriars.road. deposed, that shout three
Months ago the Prisoners rat to her hose to ledge; they
gave their names Atkins's,* sal stated themselves In he
Man anal wife, and but hero monied about Aileen soothe.
An the iwornit:t of the 111 of July Mrs. Atkinson was de.
livered of a node child; tap to the time that she lay in,
Mr. Atkinson (+Meow tells himself Thomas Steven') else
to 1.. r howlervery evening anal shpt there. bet generally ruse
at two o'clock ie. the iworsiite. Ile said he was in the Ermine.
It was • very Os child ; about Ave slave after it was hens
the stheerveJ Mr Allison giving the child some red liquid;
lie raid it was to cornrow it, as it was very cross; the sow
Was mat oat at the time to buy some meat; after this the
leleild fell away and wasted. Os Monday. the 17th August,
It was sent tee Sarah Lewis. of lalidern•roOrt, Great Guild-
ford.street, to nurse; the child was brought lock on Mon.
day last, shout right o'clock, sod it obsessed' better. About
bus se'eoek ner Moods night last the father. mother. and
Adel weed away Irnnei 'lee house. turd she shire learned that
They ides at No. 111. Parbotreet, Gestredkomore, where
,Mro. A. went to wait ems saw ladies, aconaintauce or Mr.
?my, Aisle-de essm'p of Goitre' *Gregor, who live at No. 19,,
teigerrore.street. The child Pose sae bark to her house. J
Mas last Tuesday night, shoed ekes o'clock, Mr. and Mts.
Atkinson eatge M her house lo a great Sorry. Mr. Alkia-
one was in a fainting state; at his request I game him some
liesnily. and lie weed to bet She asked where the chill
was. sod Mr. and Mn. Atkisson bath answered, that they
hod tak. u it to its grandmother to surer. Next musing
when Mr. A 1441111,0 was oat. she went into their apartment,
nod observed all the child's limns. Mrs. Atlases threw
'her gown over the hal,. lisen. as if she isteuded to coosal
11 (race liar. Mrs. Atkinents appeared very uneasy, arid on
Thursday moaning she ackswiedged to her that she did
teem know where her child was, but said that her husband
dol. 'Mrs Atkinson, said she was very
she model find a fortune-teller. She leaving asspicis that
the child ass made away with. wait with Mrs. Atkins to
reek a forensic teller, is the hope of getting at the truth.
They conk/ not And one. and on heir way home. Mrs. A. mid
that her bestowed worth) take the lines to the child that Sight
About eielit o'clock that invite' Mr. A. came home, and
shortly after went oat with Ws. A.; she desired her to say
;r any person asked for lierinhat she had left her loriniaer.
She desired her servant to follow and watch them; they oh-
screed she servant following them,
_asset refereed to her and
,hoard her, and were so exasperated that she expected they
w0..1.1 I've alume her some bodily harm. She told theta that
*Ow would never leave them till the child was produced.
;Mr. Atkinson went away lot night at twelve o'clock; Mrs.
Atkinson slept there all night. This rooming she went to
her bedownse, and fold her that she shuttid keep the doors
fast nob, she confessed the eirennietanem ; she said she
woold after 1... :Afoot. After breokfast she went up stairs;
3/111. A. followed. and leaving fastened the door, else Mill,
5. 11.nt eta Tionoley night, shout half-past nine o'clock,
Mr. Atkisson periceriol a rush basket sod pit the child
tom it, and emptied it up in a pier. of ser flausel, and
list Slaw napkin', wee relies. sleeping gown, and three raps."
War asked Mrs. A. where Hie child was left, sod she replied,
• I iv-. at a geeel doses from toy husband, hot it was WI
opposite she workhouse door at Bernerindety" She tardier
enid." It will *Seise the child's grandfather's (Mr. Atkin.-
NM, *how* real naive if ;Moines Steveas, is see to Mr.
airVt is, the RlSSier of Besimendeey workhouse) duo,. Nit
Lail seen the child that day at Bermondsey workhouse, alma
op sure it ass she mane that wan burn iu bee hawse.
The child WHO baptised is her house by the Minister of the
perish, by the names of Malcolm, sea of Thomas Atkinseee
awl Ann Lis wife. She was one of the sposors, as godmo-
ther to the seed child.
Maria, *ire of Mr. R. Clarke, of itemmell-sirert, Berms&
trey, stated Oho on the night of Tuesday. loess niee and
test &flock, she discovered a rush Sahel (then producing
limpeord to ihr:frosit dour by • string; oil searching it she
filKted the rl.itd she had in her arms, which appeared about
sic weds old. Her Imam is opposite to the workhouse.
The child was wrapped in flannel ; there Were four napkins
sod three caps in the basket. She took the child to the
weeklies?.
Sarah Leone. of Lowilell's.court. Great Getiltlfreed.street,
af mad% that the parsed the child for there weeks, al Mrs.
Athisitis's honor. Al the twel of the first week it took to
sleepier, sad wasted daily. She took the child to her Oils
lose (Mrs Atkinson never suckled it). and kept it for a
week; it recovered during that time. and improved sersis.
tarty. Mr. A. during the time, called twice, and expressed
great surprise at the improvement of the child. They re-
ceived the rhild back on Moeda* list. The child wow pro.
Seerel is the rause; but is appearance is mends worse.
Mr. B. Drew, the Solicitor sod Vestry Clerk of the parish
or nrroomasey, laid, that the parish were determined to
proworitle the Primmer% and he only requested the Magis-
trates to roll epos them le gins security to answer the
charge at the Sessions.
The Magistrate said, that the offence against the Prim:ewes
wee one frerseistly committed, bet seldom discovered, teed
be thua:ht it his duty to do all in his power to being them
to punishment as an example to others.
He was allured to And bail or be sommitleil,

The 'either we have h;rlfpy. a consiAtnitile time
poet has been extremely favourable to th*former.
It has ceased his erop to early, Ind it has
enabled his. in rare it with Tactlity. „,
lit our accounts sonic mantis since. front the
various quhrtersi of tiic county, we hprl great
pleasure to Slid that every thing prdivased ex-
tremely well.
We hive now Wore its cornitinisicidtqns of
the last Week; and we regret to say, that in many
htelaticess we may utmost safely say, in genera!,
they are far front being so 11 itteriot as vre were led
to expect.
The crops or the various articles from which we
have accounts, cannot. of course, to exactly alike;
but we have endeavoured to Collect the general
result.
Wheat IS every where tircellent in quality, and
abundant in Vivantity; duritig twenty year., or,
perhaps.. within the recollect ))) ) of the greatest
built of farmers, there lia!'not lwen a more luxu-
riant or 11,1 e harvert of *hear. We have trot had
any complaint on this iuhjrcr. All the accounts
concur in the most satisfactory statement.
Barley is generally a bail crcipt,the stalk short
and unsubstantial, the ear small, the 'grain iu many
instances poor and tesuler--aisil the produce greatly
drikient front the failure of o vast vomity of the
seed, the number of stalks in sPfield nut icing one.
third of an sverso. . .
We have, however, in ;rime insisoces exceptions,
hut thtty are chiefly in tlsu liberties. and nutlte
grounds of those who are called k real forstcrs.
Sonic of our correspondent. give us the cause, 'eff
think, in rather a sati,fartory way. The ground
was choltled iu lumps at the time of sowing, qui!
harrowed in the Conlaiwei way ; after the aced was
to, many of the grains perisheil• malty stuck about
the clod, and when the harsh dry w.ather succeed-
ed; the great proportion was lost from the Inn-dues,
of the clod, and from want of is proper communi-
cation between the young shout anti Ilie soil. What
corroborates this is, that the crust. is uniformly ex-
cellent in those fields which have been well harrow•
ed iu sowing time, anil rolled well after the shoots
were about one or two inches &Move ground.
The farmer lays out his around, expends his
manure, and labour, and seta, and then lose, the
benefit of all ; either because lie is too slothful to
give a little more labour, or too obstinate to adopt
an improvement, merely because his father did not
use it.
Oats are somewhat better than barley; from the
same causes, as well as from a defect tit the seed,
the crop is short. Were we to judge from what
lies before us, we would not make the average
more than half what was expected. Our hopes
are against our evidence ; but it is our duty to lay
before our readers the iuformation as we lave re.
ceived it.

Hay is a short crop, bat excellent in quality ;
the quantity is not NO great as it was last year,
owisig to the vegetation not bring roily.
Potatoes are excellent in quality ; dir skin is in
many places scabby, hut, with very few excep•
, the vegetable is good, sound, mealy, and
wholesome. The statements differ as to the amount
of the crop, hut, in general, they state it to be
rather less than an average. The time for making
1111 estimate is not, l►narvrr, u• yet s►rived, and
great changes may take iolaNe between this and No•
velittier.

Flax is good in the districts where it has been
curtiviierf I but the rinatitity, as far as we can karts,
has riot much increased.
Turnips, "Fetches, &c.--NVe regrt.t that still there
exists so great a backwarthiesii in providing witsfer's
feeding of thii description fur cattle. There is
some increase in their (18114-aims in this county,
within the present )tar: but the quantity is not
saw so much as it ought to Ir. . The raiment olio
have Cultivated them have frlt.the lapiefit of their
iudustry.—(Cork letercuntile CAronicle.)

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At the late fairs in Various parts of the pountry;
stock of all kinds, owing to the want of keeping,
has gone off at greatly reduced prices. A good
cow, which three months ago was worth 17/. will
lint now fetch more than 10/.
On Tuesday morning last as Mr. R. Wsin and
his brother, Mr. G. WARD, were proceeding is.
Mr. R. Wanes chaise, about four miles from
Wisheach,on the South Brink, the horse (supposed
to have been stung by a fly or wasp) suddenly lw.
came restive, when unfortunately one of the reins
broke, and the horse went down the steep bank
leading to the river. Both gentletnen pooped out
of the gig without receiving the least injury. The
animal immediately plunged into the river, and the
tide being then at its height, in tan minutes both
gig and horse were under water. After U march of
half an hour, they succeeded in recovering the
cliaiie not much injured—the haw of a valuable
hetet being the principal injury sustained. This is
• new instguce of the numerous accidents which
have °Marred on this dangerous batik.—(Coat-
bridge Chrbitick. Sept. 3.) 4
On Friday week, the cottage of a labourer, in
the pariah of Writtle, is. Essex, was broken open
in the day tithe, and • sum of dimity, an ttttt 'sting
in apwatils of fifty guineas inlol4l, taken fr 't.
We ire happy to IMO, that a limo has been apple-
liendedithder strong stliPicions of being guilty of t lit
burglary, and committed fOr further esu ttt i t tttt ;
but it eacitel equally our stirpftse Ind regret to tissd,
that se titan y persons in the lower stations of life
still permit,* in keeping large sums of money in
their cottages, is. this unsafe and unproductive
state. If this money had been into-vied in the
Saving Bank, the owner would have been probably,
for some tittle past, in the receipt of g regular in-
terest arising from it, the capital would have been
as sate a the Government of the ((Unary can make
it, and a fellow-christian would not have bees.
tempted to commit this atrocious crime. ft huts
always struck us, us one of the principal advan-
tages which distinguish these excellent institutions,
that in proportion to their streets', they will Juni.
nish the teraptsttion to the ermine which has become
so frequent, of breaking into the cottages of the
poor ; and we still hope to see the time when every
man, whose industry and indepeodent rpm it prompt
him to lay by a part of his I tra gs, will
have the wisdom to terry it regulurly as it accrues
to the Saving Bank nearest him.

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