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London, England, 1838-02-05 00:00:00

DAN; SIB CLAIMS.

COPY OF A MINUTE OF THE BOARD OF TREASUia; tiATED 19TH
DECEMBER, 1837, UPON THE SUBJECT OF DANISH CL,iltigt
14.- Lords read the minutes Of this Board of 29th July antl-
q34'
on the subject of the Vahlish claims.
4th November, L.-
—eedings which have 2.??4"adr
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My Lords refer to the
taken place under the iiugicelly Rod diree:::°ns of these mi •
notes, and advert to the various cOmnitidcalkoiti wnIC!I have
been addressed to them by individdals,. setting forth the. rotinds
on which they severally apply that their respective chirps ?;fay
be entertained, etarnined, and reported upon by the Commis.
#ioners of Danish clairisi although they have not brought
themselves within the Opdratital a the minutes of this', Board
on that stqecf.
Upon full considerrttiOn Of the various eirdultifftances alleged
by note parties, it appears ta my Lords that it will be eßdient
to adopt the role laid down by the mihtn,! of 4th Nov., 183-1, fir
this respect, and to authorise the Commiseioners of Danish
claims to examine, class, Arid report upon all claims for losses on
account of book debts, and fur -meirtlisndise on shore in risir-
housei now before them, excluded from ciernination under the
former minutes in ConseqUeriee of their not havins been deli-
vered, with the proper vouchers hs support thereof, 100)in the
periods fixed by public AdVertiSement ; and also all such other
claims for losses by the con/scation of t cola debts or mer-
cliandie oh shore in warehouse, as sh4II be delivervi, together
with the necessary vouchers in support thereof, within a
further period of three months from the day on which a noti-
feation to that effect shall appear in the Gazette; in order that
when such report shall, after such elereination, have been
made to this Board, my Lords may be enithled to lay the
whole case before Parliament for such determination as it may,
Appear td be proper to make thereat, it being clearly under=
rood that tit Lords are by no means pledged to recommend
to Parliament the gfttiot of any further amount in comyonsation
for such claims.
It further appears to my Lords to be just and proper, with
view to a right determination upon this Matter hereafter,
that the Commissioners should be required to investigate and
state with respect to every case, whether in their judgment
the parties claiming to have the benefit of the directions of
this minute did or did not use diligence to bring themselves
within the regulations of the minutes of July and November,
1834; my Lords being of opinion that without such infor-
mation, the cases of the several parties will not be fairly
brought under the consideration of Parliament.
'Transmit copy of this minute to the Commissioners of Danish
claims fur their information, and desire them to insert the
proper notice in the London Gazette.
Let a copy of this minute be laid before the House of Com-
, mons. _ E. J. STANLEY.

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Whitehall, Treasury Chquibers, Dec. 28, 1837.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR
JANVARY.

Although January is generally consider-ea the most barren
month for agricultural intelligence, this month Iles not been
altogether uninteresting, either to the agricultural community
or to the public; as, notwithstanding its frosts and light
snows having brought both dry and succulent fodders into ex-
tensive use, and arrested the progress of the plough irr most
soils since its sixth day--except in the short intervening but
rapid thaw of the 22d, which was in the same evening, after
having rendered some of the warmest and driest soils pene-
trable to it for one short day, it having been followed in the
evening by a gentle dry frost, which continued somewhat in. '
tenie from the following day till about noon on the 37th, when
it again disiolted into a cold and tardy thaw.
In the sowing of tliss early seed oats ant/ peas the frosts have
Been' exceedingly beneficial, loth to the farmers gad graziers,
they having; be the first instance, acted as pulveriters of his
(allowed clods ; the !wow at the same tittle serving as a light
dressing for the surface of the soil, and a covering or veil for
tender yOusse
,plants against (ratty nipping, whilst they either
destroyed or disposed the insects from its surface, and ridded
the soil of its sterile vapottas. and bolstered up prices of grain
by eat2sang apprehensions Of a frozen navigation ; though
scarcely any description of farm produce has materially ex-
ceeded its last match's prices, which Iseuld evidently have
been ranch lower had it tic/: been for the frosts. The sound-
ness of his soil, too, enabled hirtr to cart manure to it, that of
the roads to send produce to market with by far less team
strength than in many prsiceding Januarics.
In addition to the increased ;tee of fodder haviga been pro-
ductive of ari increased quantity of rich manure, which always
I amply pays for conatirtsption of hay. and Straw, especially on
thoSe farms which have connants in their lease which compel
all the hay and straw grown Wan them to be Consumed
thereon, except Web of the latter which -..sa wanted for thatch,
allowing none of either to he sold off from them, for the pur-
pose of Compelling the farmer' !o keep his soil in good heart :
whence, as field labours were all ill an unusual forward state
at the commencemerat of the frosts, and live farm stock in
general is described as being healthy and in NI condition, we
considtr the month, on the who/sa, to have been tolerably pro-
pitious. flentaa we can only add that as the early yearimg
season of those ewes iabich produce lambs to fatten for spring
consumption is said to liaac hitherto gone Oa AS well as
usual, and that the prices of every description dream pro-
duce have been either buoyant of a little though not
greatly on the advance, that the generality of farmers and
graziers whose rents and taxes are not too high have not
of this month's Inclemency much reason to complain, unless
it should be those wlici have stocked their pastures so hea-
vily as to compel thorn to purchase fodder at a dear rate.
But this on good land is next to impossible for an expe-
rienced grazier to, have done, as we ourselves have throughout
a much longer and severe frost than the present stocked nine-
teen acres of good land, in ficaensey Level, with ten Pembroke
rants, without any other fodder than what is termed brush-
ings or coarse tufts of grass, made into hay in the summer for
them to pull out of a srria)! stack when they ;:hose to cat it ;
and fifteen Sheep on 11 acres of worse land adjoining them; the
beasts becoming fat enough to weigh from 90 to 100 stone crBlbs.
each by latter June or early July ; the Southdown Sheep hi
early June, when they were shorn, within a fraction of 9 stone
of albs. each. It is, indeed, truly astonishing to witness the
depth beneath the snow both Sheep and beasts, especially
the smaller and more hardy breeds, will come at pasture,
herbage, which, in the coldest weather, they decidedly
prefer to coarse tufts of hay made of brushings. We consider
the Kentish, Welch, and Seotch breeds of sheep fully as hard
livers, and as industrious in getting their living. in hard win-
ters, as are Downs; we having frequently, in riding through
Romney Marsh, seen Kentish sheep, seemingly to be quite
contented, lying and feeding upon spring pasture compara-
tively speaking, almost as bare as a deal board, Large sheep
sheep and oxen are fine noble animals to look at; but none
are so profitable to the breeder and feeder, nor so convenient
for consumption or work, as the smaller and middling-sized
sheep, and such as Devons, Welsh runts, Fifeshire, and, for
consumption only, small West Highland Scots. Four good
strong North Demons, and as many of the largest-sized Pem-
brokeshire runts, would out-walk and out-work six heavy
short-horns, or sulky broad-horned Staffordshire or Irish
beasts ; when a leg of mutton of from six to ten pounds, and a
aiece of roasting or boiling beef of about the same weight, is
quite large enough for the consumption of most families.

Webster has become Lessee of the Haymarket
Theatre for three years, at an annual rental of three thousand
pounds, and not four. He undertakes, however, to expend
one thousand pounds the first year on embellishment•.

Baron I'ennefather is at present rather seriously in-
disposed. He is suffering under a severe attack of gout, and a
complaint in the eyes, the vision of which it is apprehended,
is likely to be considerably affected.—Dublin Paper.
THE JEWELLER OF FRANKFORT.—Most of our
readers, no doubt, remember the daring theft committed some
years ago to the prejudice of one of the most eminent jewellers
of London. A person went to his shop, and, after selecting a
number of valuable stones, demanded that they should be sealed
up for him, and promised to call for them in a few days, and
pay the amount. He never appeared again, and when the
sealed packet was opened it was found that another box had
been substituted for that in which the jewels were contained.
A swindling trick of a precisely similar character has lately
been played off with equal success in Paris. Mr. W., a rich
jeweller, from Frankfort, arrived in Paris about the beginning
of last November, with the intention of disposing of a number
of valuable stones. A few days after his arrival he was waited
upon by a stranger, who announced himself as a diamond
broker, and expressed a wish to purchase some jewels of high
price. The merchant displayed his merchandise, which the
stranger appeared to examine with a very critical eye, select-
ing different articles to the amount of 45,000 francs. As soon
as the price had been agreed upon the buyer said, " I shall not
take them with me at present, for I have not got the necssary
funds in Paris. The diamonds shall remain in your hands,
and to-morrow I will bring you 3,000 francs on account. Let
the stones, then, he packed up, and you can send them to ono
(.1' your correspondents, or to a banker at Lyons, Bordeaux,
or Marseilles. I have money to receive in each of those places,
and I will take up the goods on payment of the balance to your
agent."—" Nothing can be fairer," replied Mr. W. ; " I have
a friend at Bourdeaux, to whom I will write on the subject,
and as soon as I have received his answer I will send him your
diamonds. On the following day the stranger re-appeared.
He uaid the 3,000 f. as had been agreed, and after the goods
had been carefully re-examined, they were packed up in a box,
which the buyer produced, and to which he and Mr. W., af-
fixed their respective seals. The stranger examined several
other articles, but found nothing to please him, and, after some
time, took his leave. The costly packet was sent to Bor-
deaux, as had been agreed upon, but was never called for.
After several weeks had elapsed beyond the appointed time,
Mr. W. began to entertain some vague feelings of uneasiness,
and ordered the packet to be sent back to Paris. Not know-
ing whether he was at liberty to break the stranger's seal lie
went to a commissaire de police, by whom the packet was
opened. It was found to contain only a few worthless pieces
of glass. The adroit thief, it seems, had contrived to divert
the merchant's attention while pretending to examine some
other stones, and had managed to substitute another box for
that in which the jewels were contained. The author of this
daring theft is supposed to be a convict lately discharged from
the prison of Poissy, where during a confinement of several
years, he had contrived to amass a considerable sum.
The following registry of a thermometer was kept
at Newbury the week preceding
the present:—Jan. 14, eight
in the morning, north east wind. 20 degrees ; half-past seven
at night, 7. Jan. 15, eight in the morning, 6 l three inn the
afternoon, 22. Jan. 19, nine in the morning (sunshine), 22 ;
eleven at night (star-light), 2. Jan. 20, one in the morning,
1 degree below zero ; seven in the morning, 5 degrees below
zero; nine in the morning, I degree below zero. The greatest
degree of cold mentioned by White, in his history of Selborne,
is one degree below zero, which was in the year 1784. At
Iligliclere, East Woodhay, and all round the hilly country, the
thermometer was six degrees below zero, at eight o'clock on
Saturday morning.—Reading Mercury.