The National Register.
London, England, 1822-02-04 00:00:00

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

This report consists merely of the echo of former dis-
tresses. With respect to the routine of country business,
there is nothing of .elty or interest to mention. The
Wheats, where they have not been flooded, are generally
found to Intik well ; but drawn upward as they hare
been, by a constant series of warm and moist weather,
without the slightest check from frost, the apprehension
is far front being groundless, that they may he exhausted
by excessive vegetation, and ultimately be more marline-
tWe in Straw than Corn. It was stipposed last month,
front the wet and poachy state of a great part of the
lands, that much of the Wheat sowing must be post-
poned till after Christmas; but from subsequent accounts,
in spite of all difficulties, it seems that a finish has been
generally made. Talavera (Spanish) Wheat is getting
out of repute; perhaps Corn from a warm climate should
never be sown in this country in autumn, until it shall
have become naturalized to our soil. Sheep, in course,
are doing badly abroad, with their fleece and loins con-
stantly wet, feeding on sodden and half rotted turnips.
The mortality among them in various counties, and in
Scotland, has already been considerable; and unless a
speedy chaos in the weather sl Id supervene, a gene-
ral rot, like those in former days, mil he apprehended—
in the mean time, those who keep sheep abroad in such
circumstances, yet pnssessing the means of feeding them
under shelter (and there are many such men) may, per-
haps, be wise men, though sorry cabal! 'tors; hot ciroorn
and fashion must ever govern prJetices, tv well in sheep
husbandry as in physic and divinity. A puma fortune.
teller of prime notoriety, who, moreover, refers to the
exact fulfilment of his former has lately ven-
tured to propltesy a still farther decline iii the price of
Wheat, to tke raiio of cent. per cent. Give the markets
time for this, and the prediction may he ver:6 tl; but
should the old roles of weal her-ty isdoni hold their
ground, and a warm airtl moist winter be follutved by a
cold amid blialtung spring and sum tier, it in ty be pre.
stinted, that neither the quantity nor qua:4y of the Intone
IVheat crop will give much sanction to a farther decline
of price, in whatever hinnour currency may find itself.
During several weeks past, the causes of rain and fog, of
the former particularly, appears to have been evidently
exhausted ; yet a slate of moisture in the atmosphere has
constantly prevail. d, and the lands has e remained in a
very wet and poachy state. Titer.: are at present great
hopes of a favourable state. Fine, heavy, dry NVlwat,
short in quantity, arid much in napie-t, is worth, 73.,„
per tinnier: but in general, all kinds of pro:lnce are lie.
cessarily at a declining later, since the supply Inv srialtly
exceeds the demand. Perhaps Long Wool is act excep-
tion, being rather 'eat of sae. Nlatilifacturea are in a
far inure 'nor's:tons state than Agriculture, and are gra-
!dually relieving the land from a part of its sup, rations
labourerse.--Jast. :ft.

Government have established* large steam packet
at Bristol, which b to be attached to the War office
department in that city; it ii called the George the
Fourth.

Extensive silk-mills have been established r• g-
ot shall, in Essex, at which 140 persons are aireany
employed.

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