The National Register.
London, England, 1809-12-03 00:00:00

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

TheirMinz frosts which have hitherto taken place, have not
given the least click to the young wheats in either the-early or
late sown ernes; both of which, in vueral, appear extremely
promi:i•ig for the season. The great mildness and unusual open-
ness oft he weather during the whole of the month, has contri-
buted to keep the cattle stock longer out in the pastures than is
commonly the by which the consumption of more expen-
sive winter fodder is prevented, which is a matter of great im-
portance to the farmer. The various sorts of green food em-
ployed for live.slock at skis period of the year, are also in most
places good and abundant, which with the large supply of po-
tatoes, and other kinds of food, must secure the farmer, in a
great measure, from the scarcity of cattlefodder doting the win-
ter season. The sheep on the turnips, and the fattening cattle
stock on these and other sorts of food, have gone on particularly
well, probably from the great warmth of the season. Though
much grain has been threshed out in consequence of the advance
in price, the supplies in the markets have not lately been so
athundaut a; might have been expected. The granting of licences
for importieg it from other countries, have seemingly had the
effect of lessening; the exertions of the farmers nt home in getting
it Inv in the usual quantity. The prices in the markets have con-
tinued much thesanue this week as in the preceding. Lean stock,
both Of the cattle and sheep kind, but especially thelatter, have
fetched unusually' high prices at the latefairs.--Fat Mock of all
descriptions, but particularly hogs, is also sold at a high price.
Not ;I ithstanding the openness of the season, tsar fully keeps up
its price. • •

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Pont Herse Duty.—At a hearing on the 25th tilt. before the
3lagistrates of Newcastle, cn :to information laid by Mr. Charles
Lowe, collector of the post horse duty, against Mr. Thomas
Giles :tact William Wallace, it was determined, " That horses
let by the Day and not by the Mile," are not liable to the duty
chargeable on 'post horses. An appeal is made to the Sessious
by the Collector.
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On Saturday se'nsight, Thomas Tomlinson, a young man;
I about 24 years of age, a private in tht 6th Carabineers, gnat-
tered in Leeds. put a period to his existence by discharging a
pistol through his head, which *occasioned his almost instanta-
neous death. It is supposed that the fear of disgrace impelled
him to the commission of this dreadful act, which is much la-
mented by his regiment; for although young he had fought with
distinguished gallantry the battles of his country. On the same
evening a Coroner's Inquest was held on the body, 'and a verdict
returned of felo de se. The corpse, in consequence, was seized
by the civil power, and lodged in the prison until Monday night,
when the remains of this unfortunate young man were taken
about midnight to a short distance from the town, and buried in
the lanes usually appropriated to this pnrpose. The body had
scarcely been committed to its ignominious grave, when some of
- the military, impelled by an attachmeet to their brother soldier,
and encouraged by the populace, jumped into the grave, in the
presence of the civil oflkers, and finding it impossible to get up
the coffin entire, they took off the lid, raised the corpse from the
, grave, and afterwards took up the shell, in which the body was
a,,,ain deposited, and carried it to the new burying ground at the
parish church, :w here it was interred with military honours.
Saturday s'unight, a desperate attempt was made to break
into Carlisle gaol, for the purpose of liberating Stokes, the rob-
her of the Wltitehaven bank, from prison. This fellow, aho
his committed more depredations upon society than altruist any
t other offender in the kingdom, was, some time ago, through the
bumane interference of Dr. Blamire, removed from the con-
k/allied cell, to a rocm at the other end of the prison, in conse-
uence of his basing lost the use of his limbs. Acquainted with
this circumstance. the villains, to effect their design, had sue-
* ceeded in perforating the wall about a foot square, immediately
opposite the bed Stoke; slept in, which was on the ground floor.
Ila a few mieutes he would cyttainly have escaped, had they not
', ,-. beer) alartneil by a chaloe driving up to the gaol door about half-
vast five o'clock in the morning. Stokes is s.,id to be evtretnely
• 440, Awl Ito the leader of aping) R ho, it
.is stwosed, have
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