The National Register.
London, England, 1821-12-02 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR NOYEMIER.

Our information from the country, at present, affords
little of novelty. The disheartening conclusion of a
season, most unfortunate and calamitous to the cultiva.
tors of the soil, is at hand, without the slightest present
prospect of relief to the sufferers, or the solace of any
cheerful anticipations of the future. The report of the
day, however, goes the leueth of asserting the actual
formation of a new and powerful opposition party of the
lauded interest in Parliament, which, it is supposed (a
frail supposition, perhaps) will occasion more disquiet
and actual danger to Ministers, than all the Whig or
Radical badgering of the past times. It has been likewise
said, that the late general temporary abatement of rents
has originated in an erroneous policy, which can never
answer one of its inn ions purposes; and that a fair per-
manent reduction would, in the end, have better sub.,
served the interest of bath parties. The comparatively
small quantity or wheat winch has been well harvested,
is said to be fully equal, in quantity and measure, to the
fonous crop of last year; and so extensive was the
breadth sown last season, that the markets will be amply
sniiplied during the ensuing, however ordinary the qua-
lity of the greater part may be. The grand substitute,
pot,:toes, is pot down as half a criqv of which a great part
wili he of a blighted and inferior quality ; and now our
sage and learned curls conjurors, in imitation of the ex.
ample of their grandsires, they have a new and fine op-
portunity to task their wits fur a discovery of the Cattle of
that disease. \Vneat sowing has been well performed
on all forward and good lands ; on those of a less form.
nate description, front the interruption of too much wet,
it has been an irksome and troublesome operation : its
truth, fanning on such soils more particularly has beets
from early spring"to the present month, a most irksome,
harassing, and expensive labour; a melancholy addition
to a desperately losing game. The early sown wheats
arc very forward amd luxuriant, and if no frosts come to
check them, will be winter-proud. Should the moisture
of the atmosphere continue, sheep in the low-lands will
be in danger of the rot. Turnips, but with more fitilage
than bulb, and grass in plenty; but where they have
capital to purchase stock, they cannot entertain very
sanguine hopes of remuneration for their outlay. Mar-
kets, both for the live and dead commodity, have then
progressively sinking every week since our last report.
Titus the farmer and grazier's sheet anchor seems to fail
him. The remedy of long continued fundamental errors
is, oohs ppiiy, etitiaq fatal with the disease.

Escentric cm toms Tiller.—There was once a Duke of
Shoreditch, but the title is extinct. His Grace of Shore-
ditch, together with the Marquis of Holton, the Mar-
quis of Pancras, and the Marquis of Shacklewell, ap-
pear to have been gentlemen archers, and to have ob-
tained those titles from harry VIII. at Windsor. It is
well known that the head of the society of bowmen, or
archers, held their titular dignity for a long series of
years alter, and we believe this is one of the very in-
stances in which eminent titles have been laid aside
without attainder. flu Grace of Shoreditch held a grand
fete In Smithfield, Seprember 17, ISBJ, in which 404)0
archers were collect tied in the processions and ceremo-
nies, of whom above Iwo were decorated with gorgeous
gold chains.
On Thursday last the body of a man of very respect-
able appearance, was found drowned in the River
Thames. Ile was dressed in a terry coat with blue pan-
taloons, and waistcoat of the same colour, and his !Mtn
marked R. S. 1). and his handkerchiefs R N. 7. His
body was carried to St. Clement Danes workhouse,
Carey-street, to tie owned.
PRECEDENT.—SamneI Lovell, a Welch Judge, and
maternal grandfather to the late Mr. Edgeworth, who
travelling user die sands near Bea 1111 l arts as he was going
his circuit, was aye/taken by the night and by the title ;
his coach was set fast in a quicksand ; the water soon
rose into the coach, and his registrar and sonic other at-
tendants crept out of the windows, and mounted on the
roof and on die coach-box. The Judge let the water
rise to his very lips, and with becoming gravity replied,
to all the earnest entreaties of his attendants, " I will
follow )our counsel, if you can quote any precedent for a
J tid6e's mounting a coach Lox."

Volta.

GUILDHALL.

The neighbourhood Doctors' Corn-
mom, was all in an uproar about nine o'clock on Sunday
morning, in consequence aim alarm of thieves; two men
were seen making their escape in great baste out of the
house of Mr. Hill, a green grocer; the cry of " stop thief"
was immediately raised, and a general pursuit took place
as tar as Ludgate Hill, wh, re two men, supposed to be
thieves, were overtaken, and brought back in custudy.
On inquiry it appeared, that while Mr. Cox, a lodger of
Mr. Hill's, with his wife and child, were dressing for
church, two fellows broke forcibly in through the window
and made the best of their way down stairs. It turned
out that the Excise officers having received information
of an illicit distillery being carried on at No. 10, !Sennett's
Hill, were watching near the spot, and the door happening
to be opened, they rushed in, the knot of distillers dis-
persed in all directions, and two of them finding no other
means of escape, had broke in through Mr. Cox's window,
the premises being adjoining.
The two men taken were brought before Mr. Alderman
Cox, at this Justice Room, on Monday ; they gave their
names Samuel and John Peppard, father and son, and Mr.
Langliam, a solicitor, attended on their behalf.
Chas. Land, an Exciseman, stated, that in consequence
of itilurination received, he and a brother officer entered
the house, and found in the loft a still, capable of holding
150 gallons, a large quantity of low wines, and • tub of
wash really for working. There was some wash in the
still which was warm, as if it had lately been at work.
He and his partner could identity the two prisoners as
being on the prerniveri, and the being on the premises
where there was a private still, reudeied persons ameua-
Isle the statute.

Mr. Langhans inquired under what statute the officers
acted (

Land requested time to go to the Excise Office, to
furnish himself with the law upon the subject.
This was allowed, and on his return he shook his head
and said, lie feared lie was done time. On hmking into the
statute he found, that the persons must be seen in the still
room to make them liable, and the fact was, that lie and
his partner had seen the ptisoneta on the premises, but
not iN the still room.

This pot gll cod to the case, as far as the Excise was
cooccruvti.

Mr. Altlerm.in Cox thought there was still a charge
against the prisoners, for breaking into the adjoining
house; but atter some discussion, they were discharged.

BO W-SIR B lit

Thomas Caddingion, Thos. Ingram, and Edw. Caseman,
privates in the Coldstream Guards, were brought before 'he
Magistrates, in consequence of the complaint of Mr. Cbam•
bees, a salesman living in Broad-strcet, St. Giles's a ho stated
that the prisoners had bean drunk all the niorniug, and in-
sulting every person they met with in the streets. They
were guilt) of the most disorderly conduct, and broke too
panes of glass in Mr. Chamber's a indow. Ile then had
them apprehended, and it required four in —five constables to
lake them into custody. One of them, Ingrain, struck
him two or three times, and also shuck one of the con-
stables.

No charge appearing against Caddinglon, he was dis-
charged. I agram having pushed Cuseman's shoulder against
one of t re passes of glass, and Gasman having broken the
other a jib his fist, were ordered to pay ss. 6d, each, the
price of the glass, or be imprisoned fur fourteen days;
and Ingram was further ordered to find bail for the assault.
Mr. Chambers stated dial his neighbourhood was greatly
annoyed by the numerous soldiers of the Guards, who were
constantly drunk from morniug to night, and behaving in the
altlA disorderly manner.
FRIEN Dftl tl, ROBBERY, AND Cam. Co a.—Jeremiah
Simpson was placed at the bur, charged atilt being an ac-
complice in robbing Sampson Holbrook, and also with
feloniously receiving the property stolen from the said
Sampson.
Mr. Sampson Holbrook, who is a tailor, told a long and
remarkably incomprehensible story, about gratitude and
gold rings, broad ribbands, a ten pound mite, satin spencers,
kolshuc:,"and fardeigales, and things," all of whit h, lie
said, hurl beets IstOlea from him by Mrs. Sillipioll, aided tutu
:Melted by her husband, the pi isoner. Plit lie ended by
deelarieg he had " nu ts i-h to earl him." " Thee what did
you !Honig him here for ?" asked the magistrate; to %halt
Isle. Simpson Holbrook replied, " Only that your Worship
might give him a bit of advice about giving rite the things
again."
The prisoner, Jeremiah Simpson, better known by the
appellatiun of " Dismal Jerry," now chinned to be heat d,
and his speech threw a con-idei able light on S inipson Hots
brook's obscurity. Ile spoke of having laud aI One time a
warns heart both for love and ft iendship, and tit Ins suscept i •
bible., in those matters having been grossly outraged.—lle
lied taken unto himself a wife, who was dearer to him than
his life ;and a friend who in he valued above till things except
his wife. Teat friend was Sampson Holbrook I In the
sincerity of his ow n lienrt he had taken Sampson into his
awn house us a bosom counsellor, and Samp-thi had availed
himself of this confidence, by rem i
, cos.isa littack• upon his
wife, dazzling her eyes and bew itd,•l tug her bruin by the
splendour of his presents; and at length persuaded her to
elope ts ith him to a lodging be had ;nut/Med for her in a
dilferent part of the town. Repentance, how, ver, took
possession of the lady, and she returned to her husband,
bringing w nth her all the presents she had received front
Sampson, her seducer. Th s doubtless, cut Sampson to the
heatt,aud um his rage lie charged her with stealing the said
present-, and her unfortunate spouse ssith receiving them.—
le conclusion, he declared, that though Sampson had thas
injured him, lie freely forgave him, and had no sort of
iitiirctinii to admit him once more as his friend.
fee Magistiate observed, that this being the case, he
would recommeed them to depart in peace.
Tim seducing 84111001 i testa ugly extended the right-Mud
of fellowship " Dismal Jerry" received it with a Ilea. ty
shake, and they depaited the office Sarin in arm, to the great
amusement of all present.