The National Register.
London, England, 1809-09-03 00:00:00

MONTHLY RETORT FOR AUGUST.

The Wheat Harvest has tient-1y closed in all but the most
Northern Districts, and, we !egret In add, with sit' very favour-
able prospect as to its average produce. The blight and mildew
have much injured the ear in the Eastern District, and in the
'inure Counties the grain in general has suffered severely front
the inclemency of the weather. Oats and Beans pr ye the best
it-no:. Barleys are generally thin. The Potatoes have been
he;,etitted by the late rains, and are now expected to yield abun-
dantly. The late sown Turnips have planted well, awl 34 has.
the Rape, intended for seed. Clover Seed is not peck Ito rise
well, from the too succulent state of then) on free growing
Th.snith the crops of Huy hnve been 'hoc, in most countries, the
defect is in 8, considerable meaSup! compensated i,V!•' • great
crops of lattermath grass that have Fucereckil. 'flit Hop plan-
tations in Kent and Sussex, though cleanzed by the heay.y
are not expecPd to grow more than half a crop; the 'ear's duty
not laid at more than 53,000/. The Meat Markets continue
reasonable. Lean Stock is on the advance, particularly f. -• store
beasts. Horses of most kinds are cheaper. The Vool ,Market
keeps steady, at last mouth's prices. •

LANCASTER ASSIZES. -
DREACII OF PROMISE OF 314aRIAOr, AND AVARICE.
11Lt.1IE WARBRICK.
This was a case which excited such an uncommon degree 'of
interest, that many of the Ladle; of Live! pool left tlrlt
in order to he u resent at a trial which promised so highiy fo
gratify their curiosity.
Mr. Serjeant Cocked, in his address to the Jury, cs4ured them
it was with infinite regret he stated a rwe of as much injustice,
inhumanity, hardship, and cruelty tow .crds the as I'M'
he remPmbered to have heard of in and he va NAlrlW`,ell
he derendant should have occadioeed the poor, staering
to conic into Court, auk by me::ns of a .lur‘ , tie payto-nt o'
a debt which he had contracted under cirrumstanies hien froze
his Wood with horror. The plaintiff, ee hatever tee; condition
in life was, had been most cruelly tr. ate:l Ov the dere.-dani. She
a young woman of great personal :Of rartieof, a d oer neiss,
fortune had been her exee-sive fondness for Ito nograti f.Ui ma,,—
a man, who, for a long period of time, had dr, •• e
more from this poor deluded young creature. She hid he n (0.14 •
of him to distraction ; and the defendant I tai.im g or
he re. ealevess, had drawn almost every siypenc, she had ti to
her, under pretence of alrection, fondne4, and endenrovent ; !.9
URIC! so as to occasion her to he distresed, and to pa! t it._ her ,
property, And even pledge the ttifle she had. Thl4 If 'lain
had been for some time living, in the town •f w',,ere •
she nal a confectioner's shop, and by her gains in than sa.efe,
slipplied this ungrateful man with moitey,fnr a considtrafo ti
For a year and a half he hoarded at her house, ate at hem
and received in her society w hat be was 'pleaded •'4l '
much comfortt but which he haml now clit(vforgottei.. ale had
been in trade, but he afterwares•w ent into the 3tt. rezimeut of
Dragoons. She a,sistcd him in the purchase of
wbeu hi* own friends would not 'emits him Ay idt
The Learned Serjeant-said be was not fond of deetiue, out tvtritt
epithets, but no language could paint the defendata prier,*
CIAOUIA OWII IClWl's, however) would Feint-suit him im a
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