The National Register.
London, England, 1811-09-29 00:00:00

PROVINCLILS.

A successful experiment was lately made at Lyons, to try tfief
effect of. vaccination, in preserving fine woolen sheep, of the,
Merino breed, from the ravages of the scab, which prevailed
among the common sheep in the neighbourhood. Forty of the
sheep which had undergone the operation, were placed among
an infected flock, but withstood the attacks of the disease, while
not one escaped that had not been vaccinated.
RECIPE 'co PREVENT SMUT IN WU EAT.—Take of soft green
soap, from fresh oil, one pound; warm water, 16 pints ; dis-
solve the soap in a glazed bason, with a small portion of the
water ; continue stirring it, and a•lel more water as it dissolves,
tilt the whole is in a perfect lye; use it about the heat of new
milk ; put the wheat into a tub with a drain bottom like a brew-
ing vat, and pour over it such a quantity of the liquor as, standing
some inches above the grain, will allow the operation of skim-
ming it freely ; stir it every ten minutes, and take off the SCI2I;
keep the tub covered with a blanket ; after an hour's steeping
let the lye run off, or, if a common tub has been employed,
drain it by means of sieves. In this manner 40 pints of lye will,
clean half a boll of wheat.
A deplorable instance of domestic sorrow has occurred in the
family ct. Mr. Hamer, a respectable fa mer at Cowstay, near
liishop's Castle, Shropshire. Three weeks ago he was a happy,
fa!her, in the midst of seven. sons and daughters, several of
whom had attained maturity ; but the ravages of a putrid fever
have now reduced the number to three—his wife is sunk almost
into a state of insanity, and he himself is unable to rise from hia
bed. Few per ins daring to go into the house, his grain was let
out to be. reaped, and his dairy cows have been driven to ano-
ther farm. . _

Tuesday morning as a stage coach was coming to towns
about two miles the other side Uxbridge, one of the front weeds
flew off, and melancholy to relate, an interesting young woman
of seventeen years of age, on the top, sitting in front, dropped
under, and the whole fabrick of the coach tell upon her head,
and literally dashed it to atoms. She was the daughter of very
respectable parents near Portland-place.
Last week, as Mr. James Wilkie, youngest brother to Mat-
thew Wilkie, Esq. of Bonnington, Scotland, was looking after
some shearers, he was attacked by a hull, by which he was
trampled upon and tossed about for some time, when the en-
raged :-nimal was joined by two bullocks that were feeding
along with him, and such was the fury of the animals, that
though within view of a whole field of shearers, no assistance
could be afforded him. When taken up he was still alive, with
almost every bone in his body broken. He expired two hours
after.

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In the morning of Thursday last, the oasthouse of Mr.
Wilhart Cooper Woodhams, at Pea marsh, Sussex, was burnt
down, together with about 30 cwt. of hops. The stock only
was insured. On Friday morning, the oast-house of Mr. Wi-
therden, at Biddenden, Kent, shared the same fate, with about
24 cwt. of hops, which, we are sorry to say, were not insured.
The cause of both accidents is at present unknown.
The driver of a stage coach was convicted at Coventry, on
Saturday se'mnight, in the penalty of 101. for suficring a gentleman
drive; by which means an accident happened.
Our readers will recollect the melancholy affray which hap-
pened at Thatchuni, which has since been investigated by the
Magistrates of the Newbury division ; when Richard Farran,
George Arnold, John Harris, and James Cook, inhabitants of
Thatcham, were committed to the county gaol, for the wilful
murder of the Irish soldier at that town: the other soldiers were
liberated, and are bound over to prosecute.
On Saturday, five French Officers' who had broken their pa-
role at Jedburgh, and had proceeded to Blyth, with a view to
make their escape, were brought to Berwick under a military
escort, and lodged in jail. On Sunday they set out for Penny-
cluck, escorted by a party of the Forfarshire militia. Three of
them were good-looking young meti; one in particular, of
whom the following anecdote is told. at Jedburgh:—His parole
not allowing him to go beyond a certain mile-stone, one day
-whet, lat came to that ?icy/us uitral wiakiog to extend Zis per.
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