The National Register.
London, England, 1817-08-25 00:00:00

AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, &c.

Lstract of a letter front Halifae, Angnst 17 :—"-Trade is
generally much improved, awl very good : there have been
Letter markets for two or three weeks than there ita•l been
for the last 20 years ; and plenty of work. An increase of 6il
for weaving a piece of cloth, and a decrease of 4d. on the loaf
have together operated so :is to clear away all distress from
this part of the country. The consumption of every article
is increased, and as IA be much more so Ly the general im-
provement of trade ::url, it is to be observed, that while the
demand is thus augmented, the stocks of most articles on
banal are very small."
The wheat harvest towards the latter end of last week, not.
witlistanditig the showery weather, had cummenced pretty
generally in the nei4hbourhood of Lewes.
The Hops, though improving on rich lands, are so bad on
lauds of a 41illerent description, that several planters have
rifled and stacked their poles, and sown turnips. Mr. Wi-
thertien, of itenenden, has so husbanded a garden of tweive
acres.—Mr. Gruttenden, a Kentish dealer, we hear, has pur•
chased the whole growth of hops of a certain planter, at
twenty-Ott ce-pounds the cwt.7—(Sussex ADVERTISER.)
THE Ilanvesz.—Should it prove a wet one, like the last,
we would strongly recommend, where the wheat is beaten
down and green, the old herriug•bone fashion of laying each
kandfill of reaped corn across the other, by which means the
wheat-ears lie upon the straw, and being thus kept front of
the ground, become dry in a shorter time. The smaller the
sheaves are made up 'afterwards the better.
The gluon' and embarrassments of adverse times, resulting
from contingencies which the exertion of human wisdom
could not controul, are now dispelled in the cheering eontem.
elation of reviving trade and undoubted prospects of abun-
dance, should fine weather lend its aid in harvesting the hay.
uriant crops which the present season has to boast of. It re-
mains to be proved how the Hampden philatithropistsor Spen.
rein worthies will be able to brook the arrival of a better or-
der of things, but certainly, at the present moment appear-
ances indicate a manifest amelioration in the state of this fa •
soured country. Every branch of the national manufactures
has received an impetus to which it has long been a stranger :
but, with respect to this itnportaut mart of the cotton trade,
the symptoms have latterly been of the most exhilirating de.
scription. At our two last market days, goods have been
amazingly in request, particularly on last Tuesday, when
they bore a lively advance, obviously the effect of an eager
demand. Sincerely do we congratulate our fellow-country-
snen upon this auspicious aspect of affairs, and fervently do
we hope that our sanguine confidence in the stability of Bri.
tish prosperity may be fully justified in the result.—(MAN.
CHESTER PAPER.)
It is with the greatest pleasure we learn, that oar manor:ie.
titers are again actively employed: indeed, so great is the de•
nand for our bombazeens, &c. that the old looms %%latch have
long lain by useless, have been within this few weeks all put
in requisition, Ad we understand that'many new ones are
making.—(NollFOLK CHRONICLE.)
All the stocking-frames in Tewkesbury and its vicinity are
now in full work; considerable advances in wages have been
made within the last month, and another rise of 4s. per do.
1,P71 is expected.--(Bartt doutusaz.)
We cannot give a better specimen of the bounty of Provi-
dence this year, titan by mentioning that four bushels of wheat
which last year averaged only 150Ibs. in weight, now weigh
2161111.—(Legus bIERCURV.)