The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-01 00:00:00

T [IF. NATIONAL REGISTER

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AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR DECEMBER.

A considerable quantity of wheat 'output into the ground dor •
1.6 Leo first ten days of the present month. so that much of the
wheat seed busin.:,s has nut heat d.ferred to spring as had be
euect‘d. The appearance both of the forward and latter sown
wheats. also of rape. tee, and other cattle crops, is fine and
loam hint. Drill :sowing or tow culture, after to many. years of
denueration, is greatly on the iner.asc, the motive assigned, is
clearing the land of weals. front the generally favourable state
ef the weather and plenty of hands, country labour is very for
ward, need the lands are well followed fur the spring crops, by
the plou.411; an non. General's plan of substitating the scoriae
Mr the not having yet obtained the sanction of farming
opinion. Every ariielc of produce has decreased in pike
since our lest, and with repect.to fruit, poultry. eggs, genic,
butter, cheese, bacon, pork, pigs, bre. we have had as touch
as•istance front Fra:ce and Leland, as though we needed it,
demonstrating general superallanth.nce. Live stock of all kinds.
at far other reduces! prices. 'flu pastures row no longer afford
any keep, and turnipi, except partially, arc a scanty crop ; in
consequence the surphiss of la.aly, °As, and pulse, will be con-
verted into firm, sound act wholesome beef and mutton,
character which eannut be fairly Oval to fashionable oil cake
meat, with it; leo.e. inehistie, unsaeoey flesh, and dull coloured
grease tub fut. Fodder is in universal plenty, rendering the
winter home of the cattle quite amithrtable. An endemic disease
hos aka-tad swine in some parts of the midland counties. Our
reports from even fin tit, Essex, and the ninst productive and
opulent counties, to use the larguage of former days, lot may
deplorable. They cameos the utmost apprehension as to their
ability of supporting their laboutlng poor through the winter.—
The us .ociatell farmers are, it seems, about to attest their appli-
cation to the Legislature for ielief: now some, we do rot ',re-
nounce tile mint judiciou. of the refit:loners,- have tint scrupled to
avow their expeer•tion that Parliament ought to make enact-
ments on the affair of import, tantamount to raising the price of
corn to the height, which might be, in their estimation, a saving
standard. Leland sends us the report that she is labouring under
war rents, and taxes, with fended suit and service, and selling
her produce at the lowest polite priers;.

Another expedition for further discoveries in the
arctic circle is filially determined on, tonl is to con-
sist of two vessels, as before. The Hecht will be
taken into dock immediately at Depttbrd, to be
examined and repaired ; and the Fury 'moth-vessel
substituted for the Griper. Captain Parry will be
entrusted with the command. As yet no precise
;mint for exploring is named, and it is considered
as nut likely to be until the arrival of some inflo-ma-
tion from Lieutenant Franklyn, now emi,loyed in
the land expedition from 1-lutl!on's Bay to Copper-
mine River. Messrs. Palmer, Mar, and Denley. of
the Heck; and Messrs Skene and Reid, of the Griper,
who served in the expedition to the •Polar Seas,
have been promoted to the rank of Lieutehants.—
Mr. Fisher, and Mr. Beverley, the assistant sur
gcons in the expedition, have been promoted to the
rank of Surgeons. The natural curiosities from the
Polar Seas have been deposited in the British -Mu-
seum, and are arranging for the inapectio❑ of the
public. Several entire heads of the musk ox, sea
horse, and sea.unicorn, with a horn projecting nearly
live feet, have been sent to the Royal College of
Surgeons. Several skins of the white-bear, musk-
ox, sea-horse, and dogs, with other curious articles,
have been sent to the Museum at Edinburgh.
The Parliamentary grant of 5,0001. has been dis-
:ributed as follows:
Capt. parry ..... klero
Lkut t►t Grip/r Sou
unit. y '
200
Capt. Sabine

two 111 n-sere
S ye' iur ‘l,4l•liipmest each 50
Other dim)
Seamen do. YO

The late MiCotdl, alias Moffat, was one of the
most expert burglars and pickpockets probably that
ever existed. A few years ago, a gentleman handing
a laly into her carriage in the Strand, suddenly had
his watch stolen, and could not conceive in what
manner. .N gentleman oticing his surprise,
uske.d him " what wits the mutter?"--to which he
answered, "he had lost his watch, worth thirty
guineas."—The other then told him, be would in-
form him how he could get it returned, and said—
" write a letter, and direct it to M'Coull, who then
lived in one of the Inns of Court, and desire him
forthwith to return your watch, as a gentleman saw
him take it." He took the advice, and the next
morning the svateli was returned.
Thursday lust a fellow called at Mr Thorne's,
ornamental painter, Lambeth Butts, and after men-
tioning the names of several of NI r.Tharne's intim .te
friends, he told him he lied a sister in Gloucester
Place. who wished to have some gilding done and
pictures cleaned. Mr. T proceeded to accompany
him accordingly, but when ti.ey came near West-
minster Bridge, the stranger said, he wanted to go
to Pedlers Acre to order some coals, desiring Mr. T.
to walk on slowly and be would soon overtake him
Mr. 'l'. went on to Pimlico, but there was no person
there as described, and on tanning home, he limnd
the stranger had returned to his house at Lambeth
in his absence, anti told Mrs. Thorne that he was
sent hack fur three pictures, the subject of which 11/
described, and succeeded in getting them, and has
not been since discovered.
One of those natural curiosities which some per-
sons affect to believe does not exist, called a mermaid,
has arrived on board the Borneo, J. C. Ross, master,
now lying in the Thames, from lienceelcn, ia
mutra. It is of a perfeet human form front the head
to the middle, and the rest consists of a tai! of u
r.lembling :Vphin.

POETRY.

REMONSTRANCE,

ArTrn A CONVERSATION WITH LORD JOHN RUSSELL, IN
WHICH ME HAD INTIMATED SOME IDEA OF GIVINO
VP ALL POLITICAL PURSUITS.

What! Ihnu, with thy genius, thy youth, and thy flantc—..
Thou horn of n Russell, who.," instinct to run
ACCUSWIted career of thy sires ie the ewe
As the ea4le's to soar nith his eyes on the sun.

‘l, hose nobility tomes to tII,M, Mantled with a 'cal,
far more cnnobliou than monatch e'er Set,—
With til,:"h;ooti of thy race, offred op ior the weal
Of a Who) that an taro by that malt) relem yeti

Shalt thou 1w faint.liebrtt and inn' from the strife,
1.11.1111 the 11.i2lil) 31(114, whirr all dial is trawl,
And tiesinett, and pure, and adnriiing in hie,
lb Ins hil;hdhnughlr•l *itik, like thee to command I

Ohl no, never dream it—sr Idle good men tiolotir
Petwirn ryr4nis nail trAitoon, and timid nun how,
Never think for an lasout, this country Con Opal e
Snell a light from her darkening horizon.aa thou!

With a spirit as meek as the gentlest or those
Who in life's sum)) valley lie sliellet'd and
warlui—
Yet btd t and lies it as ever yet ri•se
To the top-cliff's of Follette and breaded her storm;
With an aidin' fur liberty, fresh, as in yinith,
It first kindles the bard and gives life, to his lyre,
Yet mellow'd cr'n now, by that mildness of truth,
Which tempers, but chills not, the patting's foe;
Willi an elorieence—not like those rills from n height,
Which sparkle, and foam,and in vapour are o'er,
But a corrent, that wOlLs out its way into light
Thiough the filleting recesses of thowl.ht and of lore—

Tints gifted, thon never carat sleep in the shade;
If the Ain logs of Genius, the music of lame,
And the charms or thy cause have not power to persuade,
Yet, think how to Ureedom thou'rt pledged by thy name.

Like the boughs of that laurel, by Delphi's decree,
Set a Nit for the tulle and its service divine,
All the branches, that spring from the old Rutrell tree,
Are by Liberty claini'd for the use of her 'Mine.
Padua, ISO, T 110:,.. MOORE.

A melancholy accident occurred at Kirkcudbright,
on Friday se'nnight. James Carter, a sailor, be.
longing to that town, having been drinking with ona
of his companions at Castlesods, on the opposite side
of the river Dee, became considerably intoxicated,
and when he came to the side of the river, for the
purpose of passing over to Kirkcudbright, finding
the ferry-boat had given over plying for the night,
he resolved to swim through and bring a boat of
carry over his companion, and instantly stripped and
plunged into the river; but it appears he had never
been able to reach the other side, as he had never
since been seen. A diligent search has been made
kir his hotly, but without effect. Carter was an
excellent swimmer, by which he saved himself on
two occasions, when shipwrecked, when all on board
perished but himself. He has left a widow with a
' young child to lament his untimely fate.
Detnestie Economy.— To render water particularly
wholesome and palatable, those who wish to drink
it in perfection, should, after having boiled and
filtrated it, cause it to he put into a common barrel
churn, where it may be agitated to any degree that
may be wished for, and then bottled with a couple
of dried resins in each battle. This will give it a
sufficient quantity of fixed air, and becomes truly
delicious.
Monday iecniug the house of Mr. Paolo, in the City
road, was hura!anotisly entered, and robbed of Wok-
notes to a enosider.ble amontn, besido a quaintly of
p-ate, jewellery, &c. with which the thieves got clear