The National Register.
London, England, 1817-08-18 00:00:00

AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, &c.

The wheat harvest commenced at Swateclitfe and North
down, in Thinet, on Thursday and Friday week. Shout I
the weather prove favourable, the harvest will beeetne go
Henri in the course of the present week. Wheat has also bee
cut at divers places in Sussex, and was expected to Le gene.
rally entered upon subject to the same cause, v.i;laiu the
above period.---( KENTISH (iAZETTE: )
I) tic-Trani), At as. 9.--The first sample of new wheat was
produced and sold at this market, yesterday, by that exile,.
lent agricultnrist, IVIr. Samuel Bayley, of Swanscomb.
new specimen of white wheat, from Hungary, was also pr
(timed, by that distinguished Botanist, ,Ali. John Russell, of
Swanscoriiir, the ears of whirl' are rather short, but very
thickly set, e its many instances consisting of four) and the
grain beautifully white, very thin skin and lull of Hour, an
shape similar to pearl barley ; Mr. It. has a considerabbs
number of Byres of it. He also sheaved a specimen of white
wheat from Talavera. The minket was but thinly attended,
Loth by buyers and sfdlers, and old wheats ...la heavily s,
last Mondays prices. Tire Lest whiles fetched 7s.per
q mirk r.
'the wheat harvest commenced, almesq generally, yester.
day, iii Use county of F:ssex, and there being plenty of hands,
it the weather continues moderately fair, it will be housed In
the primost order.

Aceorihng to a compntation, recently made by an intelli.
emit cotton dealer of this town, founded on the returns°
the tiro Aix mouths of the present year, the consumption of
cotton wool in the 13ritisis Inanulactulice dining the year
Ittil7, may be estimated at 1)2 millions of pounds. The C 4,11-
onoiption of lath was was Slut supposed to eNceed 72 millions
of ',mimic The month of July, which has elapsed since the
calculation triode, has exceeded the consumption of any pre•
ceiling month or the year, so that it is l it,lily probable that
the above consumption o ill fall cunAiderably below the tiuth.
(iazts-Tr.)
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ueli is the prearnt demand fur iron on the Continent, par-
ticularly in France, that vtasely sem from 81i,,t0 it, sew.
port fur cargos, have been unable to obtain them, and In Cyril.
plete titeir sltipmentq, have been compelled to obtain the irow
from Iti istUl.—(ItATH Jot. n U.)
. . .

Colchester Wool Fair, held at the Cups Inn, on Wednes
day last, was most respectably attended. The chair was
filled by Mr. Tower, in roost quelier of the absence of Mr.
Western, who is now at Buxton, for the re-establishment of
his his health. A long statement, containing much info' tim.
lion ott the present state of the woollen and worsted maim.
factures, was made by :Sir. Tower, on the opening of the bu.
siness of the day, similar to the details given at the Lytle,'
Fair.—There were, Ali. T. said, pressing orders from Russia,
and many parts of the Contineut, and busiiii ss bad again re-
vived extensively- kw .tmerica. lie added the curious fact,
of some siliall orders being in execittior for dm Sundt rid
true insnri..,eirts. After wartu congratulations on the very
improved and improving state of the counti', in its trade,
both domestic and rut eign, when commtred with this time
twelvemonths, and drawing most has minable conclusions
Aunt the promise of the approaching harvest, both at I •
and abroad, he finally recommended the growers of dos
best improved South-down flocks nut to sell Mailer 2s. per lb.
but as the feeding of wethers, put chased when is it
system more prevalent in this comity than that of [needing,
to such persons lie advises that sales might lie ctlected at
from Is. lid. to Is. 9d This distinction in the uthttve value
of Down wool seemed to be acquiesced in. both by buyers and
sellers; hat it we are to judge from the onwillingness to pur-
chase on the terms recommended, the saute acquiescence in
the ei.,11 value did not seem apparent in the buyers. A few
sales of wool, principally of Weiliers, were made at 19d.-;
and some lung wind, mostly of the lent breed, sold at fifteen
pence per lb.

The Dublin Evening Post, of Thursday last, contains
the &Rwing curious article on the nomination of Ca-
tholic Bishops :—" In addition to the filets stated in
D:ietor Dromgole's Letter from Rome, we have now a
letter from Mr. Hayes himself; so late as the :.!d of July,
from Florence. This letter, or extracts from it, we shall
lay bcfbrc the public on Thursday. But no time should
be lost in stating, that the British Government has al-
ready nominated to the three Catholic Bishoprics iw
Canada, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward's Island !
that they are in the course of nomli:ating fin.Coadjit tors,
with a esw of succession, to the English Vicars Apos-
tolic !!—and finally, that they have secured a Cardinas
hat for a creature of their own ! !! Wolaey was the last
Cardinal made by England. The Ref mutation fdlowed
in that country. It would he a singular coincidence, if
the elevation of M. Sebastini, (this is the Cardinal elect's
name) should be fidlowed by a renewal of Henry
VIII.'s attempts to revolutionize thy Religion of Ire.
land. The Cmholic realer may be scandalized, or !ter-
rified—may be incredulous, or indignant—but he shoule
be prepared, not ti,r the Veto—this will not satisfy the
Government of the country, but fur the d:rect nomina-
tion of the Crown.

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