The National Register.
London, England, 1812-02-02 00:00:00

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MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.
The appearance of the wheats, rye, winter tares, kept grass-land,
every species of winter crop, is held universally to-be equal in goodness,
to that of any season within memory. The turnips last beyond ex-
pectation. Bean setting has commenced upon a very good tilth in ge-
neral. Ploughing and preparing the lands for the spring sowing was the
material business : but the use of spring wheat does not appear to gain
ground; the farmer depends.more upon an autumnal crop, whenever his
land is ready for wheat. . ..• •
Straw fodder, and particularly• hay, very plentiful; cattle chiefly
confined, with some exceptions, to the fold-yards. The ewes, in many
parts, unsound ; and store sheep in a rotting state, upon undrained
grounds : the unseasonable warmth of the autumn may have, in some
degree,- contributed to this. . .
The last year's crop of wheat is likely, by all accounts, particularly ,
from the North, to turn out greater than was at first -expected, and
its progress to market has been much facilitatec4by the now-common
use of the. threshing-machine. This accidental piece_ of,good fortune
ought, by no means, to rendee.iis indifferent to those fad measures
in the extension .of the culture of waste lands, whiCkareabiolinelyand
imperiously necessary.. Stoppage. of the Corti distill-cry,' by. reducing the'
price of * soft corn, will have a very .lp fa;routili effe.et upon the breeding
and fattening of pigs, and cattle in general.
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A boxing match between Ballard, and Sthith, for a 'slake of twenty
guineas, and a subscription purse of ten guineasrtook place-on-Wednes-.
day, at Coinbe Wood, near Kingston.. Caleb Baldwin, was second to
Ballard, and Paddingtenlones to Smith. At. the fourth • round Smith
'i'vas brat without a hit of any conseiiuence, although he managed to
stand up fourteen minutes.. • . .„
A second battle was fought between two .pugilists, the former named
King, one of the best.eleven stone men; and the latter a plant, from
Bristol, named Ford, of tremendous power and-action. It was one of
the best contested battles ever
.observed. King was the favourite at set-
ting to; but the courage and knowledge of punishing by Ford, van-
uished the former's science • although he fought with the courage of
Crib or Gully. The battle 'lasted forty minutes. Ford reminded the
amateurs of the invincible Pearce, the Game. Chicken. Like the
Chicken, he possessed little science, and disregarded punishment; he
was always hitting with his man, and his blows were planted right and
left with tremendous force.
A pitched battle was fought on Pittrm Common., near Farnham, on
Wednesday, between Green and Hamerton, two stout novices, for a
wager of ten guineas. It lasted two hours and ten minutes, during
which above sixty knock-down blows were given. Hamerton won the
match, but both-were hit senseless.
Sunday evening last, a and between three and four years old, be-
longing to -Mr. Dell, wheelwright, of Reading, without being observed
b its arents, unfortunately drank out of a tea-kettle which was full of
boiling water, and was so dreadfully scalded that it died on the follow-
ing day.
A man, named John Bunton, was lately committed to the City Gaol,
at Norwich, for burglariously entering the premises of Messrs. Aggs, in
the night, and stealing some twist cotton. The conductor of the maim-
factory has a daughter, who superintends the department performed by
women, and sleeps in a room adjoining. She was awakened by a
noise; when, slipping en a great coat that laid in her room, she ran to
her father's chamber who not being dressed with sufficient speed, she
snatched.up a large hammer,' and went alone, in the dark, into the manu-
factory, where she perceived Bunton taking the twist cotton from the
loom. She instantly struck him on the-back of the head with the ham-
mer, and on hfs turning about repeated the blow upon his forehead with
such effect, as to bring him to the-ground covered with blood. Appre-
hending he might have accomplices, .she shrieked, which brought her
father to her assistance, and they secured-the robber.