The National Register.
London, England, 1816-07-01 00:00:00

PROVINCIALS.

Rnen P4T9t Et..CTION. l'ontrit e!fige.l. we understand,
by 4::r;:..tnsnit, It five Weiork nn Tonrs.lay maim ; wiles Air.
It Irm' t WOR by try.) yot:.% —4 a quaver b. rot c. fire Bar.
nett wag three 4 heal ; at Me the umber* were— ;araett
ilompann, 40t$.

On Saturii4v lost two frigate* were ordered to be laid down
et Plymouth Dock yard, upon the lar;."e‘t ot piny ,et
built. They are to lw rolled the hines‘tur end Poivatirl.
Their main dicks *re In h. flush fore and aft ; to AA built
without eriling (on Mr. Seeping's plane, to hi' filled in between
the timh. IN, and to he rated at SO gitits ; they will, hilwerer,
carry 60 runs tmeh ; the lorg guns to earry 32. pounders, and
the shortglins 42.panntler., hrci,lc one Crlpraintler.

A poor h triter offlorlintt, after being pumped of all he knew
of the ehavamer of a matt named Fmershank, one of his neigh
bones, end which he described as none of the Iwo, had an ac-
tion brought against him for defamation, in the I !ommon Pleas
on iatnt by !void EtterAinuk. who was deprived thereby 01
an amtrentire with 100 guino•aa premium. -The friend. of the
boy went porpo.elv to the shaver to obtain the information ;
and 'zir V. Gibbs laid it down, that where lnf,rn•,tion WAs
sought, and given in a eanft.,cntial manner, the perann giving
tbe information was not liable in law M an action—The Jury,
found a react for oar damages only.—Refire the 'lo-
tion Walker, the hither, reptested to recant his asset-Cons ;
but he (Ireland like a hero. that he wont., •tomer have hi. pee
converted into a ralloaN, and have himself hung like a mad dog
upon it, titan go hail: fool► wirit h► had .a4d,

harbarens MO'rder and rubbery was 1.• spetrated on Sante-
day night, near Vihtlah4ll bridge, in the vicinity of this town.
A person who was returning home from tho country saw the
flash and heard the report of 4 pistol ; lint ima:titiing it to pro-
ceed from some person amusing himself, it did not greatly ar-
rest his attention, and lie continued walling down the side et'
the ratial. Bat he had not walked far telore he perceis•ti two
men betiding over the holy of a third, which was stretched no
the earth. (In nearer approach, he inquired what they wei e
about; instantly one of them, apparently an athletic man, tat t-
ett up, arized him by his legs, alid preei;dtated hint into the
canal. He struggled 4111111,11111111( nts in the water; and 4t hen
lie had just regained the hank, the villain hi at hint on the head
with what he,supposed the but-end of a pistol. (7oneluditie
him to be entirely disabled, he teturned to his assoe:ate. and.
It is supposed, rompleted the robbery. In the palteipitation of
retreat, they left a pistol, which was found lyiee near the bolt .
Meantime, the man cot out of the canal; and, with all celerity,
proceeded to the nearest house to give the alarm. .1 party of
men immediately proceeded to the scene of the murder. They
Good the man still parroted on the ground, insensible. and 'et I.
tering in his blood. They conveyed him to the (tifiimaiy ; hut
just as they reached it. the unfortunate man expired. Too
men has e been taken into custody upon siopicion; and have
been remanileil for examination. 'the 1111111 den I luau is un-
knewr ; hut is supposed to have came from the et.untry to pro-
ceed to America.-1 Vretrad rev ri• r
Lately a file broke not on the premise sot Mr. llirolger, of
South 4, near Weglesvirtid,. which C 0104111.11 the %%bide ..t' the
burns, evro-starks.ll ty, outhouses, &e.; the ilw-11.ng•honee was
not injured. Six Ciottaffill were likewise :otAlly destroyed by
the flames. This dreadful calamity wag occasioned by a hot
iron 11111.1 in firing a colt heitig thrown on loose straw, which
in a few minutes set the whole yard in a Liao. By the 1 iiiii lane
d.reetion of Mr. Wald, etas e, the eottaget.a who had lost their
home. are to take up their abode in Southill House until tut tiler
arrangements ore made for them.
At the Lochlinv Areyleshire, ten the 21th ult, as
some of lie workmen weir employed in the interior of the
Lila. the footing of one of them gave was: when Mae-
master fell perrendirulatlv into a cab ity, aid was incl.aed to
the shoulders with the hurting shells His fellow sit amen
made every exertion to eat. it'a to WM. hint %Would I filet. With
roneh personal risk, they ant w (Nall pa-st d bellow his arms.
which, in I."lling, brute twice. Then, w ine%ent the bully
from being consumed, they lent rowing water no him 1;11 life
was extinct. He endured, with bt role tininess, for upwards of
hals:an hear. the most exeriteiat!ric rain.

The following fatal and most lami stable event occurred
lately at "incision. war Swansea, awd ought to operate as a
eantiow to those who ate in the halot of li•iat poison f•
rats or other veers in. Mothers, of the Elaine Of
Hoskins, the one 17, the oilier 19 yea, 3 of age, being iii a pro-
gressive gate of I reovel% horn a fever. rmiii.steil thin' limber
In Pi•• them. it .teod of a teedicnie, prepared for them, ?Wine
brimstone and treacle. A basin. coutaihing a preparation of
arsenic tor destroring rats, being placed on a elide, and the
nnfortnn.ite youths swimsuit: it to he brimstone and treacle
prepared for tin re by their neither, took earl, a portion of this
deadly. poistm• anti shortly after expired iu the must exciu-
ciat,ne torture.
The followsne melanrholu accident ocettrred on liiinday
evening, on 'he P .ter swan., near Faversham, Kent party
of periww‘, elijetiV tcwalrs, had spent the day in a water lAciii-
Pien to Whitstahir, and had arrived at Faversham Cieek's
Mown. ot, their ro•ritril home, %hewn wee. proposed to proceed
to Harty Ferry House to lake tea. Mt, r staeirla there until
nearly nice o'clock, the% all being ten in inmates-1 re-collo:at ki
in a small heat, and were in the net of reins off to their %e'er
which lay at anchor mitt to the ur nos to chow. and to which
the, bud ahno.al anti% etl, when the boat touted user. 'I he
ferr% Mall crossing the firer in lilt boost, al the same tune, with
eutht vooenceis, went to the oasts ogee of the miforttiwite mif-
f. rem and sueremied in resetting two men front their danger.
ova oitilation. They also drattevil into the boat the liteles4
body Of one of the women. 'Proceeding iii Their 1 .111141:111e en•
lierVolll.4 to save others, their own boat briny under a pressure
of tail, and beeline still more, from their re:whine over the stile,
was almost filled with water. :knolls r party of votive men mi.
mediately pushed if fr. In the "'el iy Was, in a third beat, and
happily !recorded in saving the ferryman and the whole of his
passenger., and also the two yOnnir men who were in the first
boat. 'the remainder, viz. one man, six females, and au m-
an!, met a watery trove!

A fire URA nlnee at I hervertnn last week, nreasionill by
the nerligenee ofa boy intrusted in a stable with a iiehte.t
candle. The corrtherat,nti wag an rapid, that lb honors were
destroyed before the time* were ratinaab,hed. Se, eral poor
inhabitant+ were left el• squar of habitations. happily no it.ta
were lo*t on the occasion.

An Inquest was lately taken at Te'bury nn the hoots. of Jape
11W, aged about sit. rear.. oho was killed by a quoit fallith• nu
her head ; which hei 41111 was so dreadfully (rammed, that
she theft but a .hurt lime after. Upon a vel y minute investi-
gation, the jury returned a ver.liet of IT,•tu'eitio br mi.,,dver-
tnre ; *holly disapprovinr of the practice of playing such
game* In or near a public hiahway.
By a derision of the Court of King's Bench, a .t..7e ennrh
mny pas. •1•w toll tile. awl rhaure ',neer% anot retwn switbuut
being liable to a &veinal toll duly un the aawe day.

Ti!!! NATIONAL nr.c VSTEIt.

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL RLPORT.

A s a proof ,f the loa-k-narinesot of the present Poisson, it has hoer
• Nay di I not yr...int its with an ear of whrst. The causerie
eh: ngrablens-ss of the weather which hai prevail d ,to long. still (-omi-
t:use ; every flratering prospect of genial warmth la. been quickly sue-
eended throughout the spring. with the reverse of a chilling and perch-
ing, or damp atmosphere. In Scotland snow laid upon the ground in
May. iterrrul inches deers. Such an ungeniA oesson has neeess..rily
been unfarourahle to all the productions of the earth, in a certain
gm, exclusive of rendering them hackvald, and rising the as unmet
of a late harveit, so full of risk and expmcs in the northern parts. The
wheats, both on light and cold lards. look mole, and have a weak semi
thin plant, and throats have a yellow and unhealthy appearance. Mn
wheat in the north has been ploughs d no, and the land re-sown
with barley. Deans and pease the hest crops. The parursa hare. and
the rneaslows in a hackward State, with a very indiffcrent pmspect fur a
elnp of tier. The wireworm has been active on all the corn rres7s.
Ctetivation has been ton genorally deCient, from the .lists-Ned cote
of the count-y; and the lahnuress in loishandric, patient and submis-
sive tlstemehout North Bs hairs. have endured the greatest privatistss.
In the Southern parts, crops hare a more favourable an canner, and
the host shoot lulls have great pmnise, salao those of beans, r 3,,,
and oats. Potatoes and turnirs have been ozU ;rot into the ground ;
of the latter. the minable Swedish variety has been this year esili-atod
to an movssia extent. (tops have a healthier and stronger appeincioe
then could be expected. and the trrehrit fruits have bloorord time .t
luxuriantly. Ilay, arourts4 the metropors, will he an averule etc;.
Sheep-shearing commons-4 si some time since. No alteration in the
price of wool. Gradual decline in the prices of all the products of the
soil.