The National Register.
London, England, 1820-08-07 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR JULY;

From the extreme vaeiationa of the weather in the
course of the mo►rth. the IVheat and all other kinds of
pain have greatly suffered, particularly in those dist' iris
where they are heavy on the wound. tae rain in ►rnuty
parts fell in such toirenra as to lay all the growing Crops,
except the Beans, as fist as if the heaviest roller had
passed over them. Such of these as bad not been kept
clean from weeds will suffer much in their quality, al-
though the fine weather recently set in may be expected
to prove beneficial by bringing the Wheats early to the
sickle. Barley and Oats being heaviest on the ground.
and ain't therefore stetter most in their samples. The
Peas are generally abundant—but the Beans lust their
bloom by the night•lro►ts and will prove defective.—
Should the fine warm weather continue, the general liar.
vest will co 11111 l ence earlier than was looked for. Potatoes
are likely to prove very productive. The Hay, where
they fed lam; in nanny of the grazing counties, has been
ill got up, and in souse low lands, foully spoiled. The
'turnips are a more general and panellising plant than has
been known for several seasons past—but front thei►
defective produce last year, fewer Swedes have been
sown in the I:Arleen Diatsict. The latter-math Grass is
abundant. The Hop plantations, though somewhat
cleansed by the late thunder storms, are not exprovd to
average a third of a crop. The Wool market is better
for most kinds, particularly fur the cross fleeces 'between
the Soutleduwn and Leicester. S 11l i l litield, nut w itlastanda
ing its full supplies, has kept up goo.' prices for prune
Beef and Mutton. Lamb and Veal arc rather lo aer. in
Lean Stock but little business has been done through the
month, except fur good conditioned store LOW)* and
Wedders, her which there is a brisk demand ; and honey
Cart Cults are worth more money.

TR UNDER STORM.
About eleven o'clock on Sunday night, the Metropolis
was visited by one of the most tremendous thunder storms
that have occurred for some time. The peals of thunder
were very loud. the liAlitning was awfully vivid, and the rain
poured 'doom in torrents. This storm lasted nearly two
hours. The erect geuerally was much the same as in 1•1111
dim, except on the Bath road, where it was nut ;twins-
pained by rain. Such was the ungovernable state of tiie
horses in many of the mails, that the coachmen were obliged
to put up, deeming it imps udent to proceed.
Part of the electric fluid fell on two houses, Nos. 12 and
13, in Tuthill Street, Liquorpond Street, and shivered the
chimney pots to pieces, and broke In the second flour of No.
It, shivered the cupboard dour to pieces, uud set several
parts of the shattered wood on fire. The houses err small,
being Only the two floors, with one room on it floor. There
acme two bids iu the room, and the family were is bed,
who being terribly alarmed, got up, and fortunately extin-
guished the fire, and they sat up the remainder of the night
in fear and trembling. At the adjoining house, No. IS, the
electric fluid broke through the roof and ceilings, caught the
bell-wire, which was iron, and descended by it to the strrrt
door, destroyed the wire and cranks, leavinh a black mark
of smoke along the wall, as if from gun-powder; an osier
cradle that was on the first floor was scorched ull over, and
some of the clothes caught fire; fortunately the rlailul was in
t.ed with its mother at the time. An uld mail who slept um
the room, and who was unable to walk for six weeks befoul
from rheumatic pains, received such an electric shock, that
he jumped out of bed, ran don't stairs, and recovered the
toe of his limbs, so he is mow as will as ever he was in horde.
The hair uu his wife's head was very much singed, but she
received no other injury. The fluid, after descending as far
us the street door, shivered open the parlour, do.o, and took
a direction alungibe passage wall, which it tore along to
the back door, caught the lock and kenos, all of which it
wrenched or, and threw the door into pieces into the yard,
leaving a strong smell all over the house, as if caused by gun-
powder. However, their losses were well recompensed. tot
for during the w hole of Tuesday the street was crowded, and
two persons, at the door of No. 13, had as much to do as they
could to receive the pence of hundreds of gentlemen and
others, who were admitted to seethe effects Fork( sil by the
lightning.

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NEW BARRACKS AT STOCKPORT.••••••The founda-
tions of a very large barracks have been laid, and
the erection is now carryivg on with great rapidity.
on the mad to Maple, abcut half a male from Stork•
.port.