The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-02 00:00:00

commercial treaties is best, for then it leaves boil] I
parties at liberty to act as circumstances may oc-
cur. We believe that we have no commercial
treaty with France, .nor is one wanting ; for if
the people of England drink French claret—if
even the French and our Governments were, the
one to prohibit the exportation and the other the
importation, yet the smugglers would lay down
French claret in any body's cellar in England
that could pay for it, and in payment they must
take our goods. We are also much pleased at
the reduction from the tax on foreign iron, hemp,
spirits, and sugar, and we hope this system
will gradually be extended. It will oblige
Russia, France, and other nations, to reduce
the taxes from our goods, or those nations
will be as much put about by those regulators
of commerce—the smugglers, as we in England

have been. If Mr. Robinson could have taken
off the whole of the tax from windows and
houses it would have been desirable ; but that
could not be done, for it amounts to three mil-
lions. Besides, it was best to please various
people, instead of merely pleasing those whom
the Civic Body had stirred up to petition for a

total repeal of those taxes. Besides, by not lis-
tening to those petitioners alone, Mr. Robinson
gets rid of a parcel of little paltry taxes, which
are really ridiculous.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT

FOR FEBRUARY 1825.

The extreme mildness and openness of the sea-
son, combined with almost continued dryness, has considerably
facilitated the business of the farmer, and manure has been
generally drawn upon the land, and the plough has not ceased
its operations all the winter.—The laud is, however, generally
speaking, very foul, and we may expect the Wheats will
suffer accordingly from the great shelter afforded by the
weeds to the slug and other destructive insects. A great breadth
of ground is in preparation for spring sowing, in consequence
of the wetness of the last autumn ; the land at that period in
many of the colder and low parts of the country beirio• almost
a morass or a lake. Considerable quantities of land are pre-
' paring for Carrots, Parsnips, Mangel Woad, Saintfoin, and
other succulent green food. The beneficent use of Mangel
Worzel, as a spring seed, becoming now much better known,
it is advisable to soak the seeds of the above-mentioned plants
on the sock of the farm-yard for a day, and then mix them
gradually with sand or light earth, in the rproportion of four
peeks to a pound of seed, continue stirring and turning the
mixture over for a fortnight until the seeds begin to break, and
the sand to part freely from the land. This plan is adopted
by many practical farmers, and is found fully to answer, as it
ensures the early rise of the plant previous to the weeds mak-
ing too great head, and greatly facilitates weeding. Good
Grain of all descriptions-maintain their prices, and are likely so
to do : so much of an inferior quality now making its appear-
ance in the market. The general prospect of the Farmer is
cheering, and should they continue, the whole country will
have sincere cause of rejoicing.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

STATE OF THE ODDS.-
RIDDLES

.BETTING-ROO3l, FEB. 28
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7 to 1 agst Pastime
V to 1 agst Actxon.

5 to 2 agst Rufus
5 to 1 agst Bolero
6 to 1 agst Sorcery

1 to I agst Rufus
17 to 2 agst Muleteer
10 to I agst Bolero
1.1 to 1 agst Phantom c., dam
by Rubens

16 to I agst 'Webb colt
17 to 1 t gst Defiance
28 to 1 agst Macduff
30 to 1 dot Actwon.

5 to 1 agst Aline
8 to 1 agst Sorcery
10. to I agst Pastime
DONCASTE

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11 to 1 agst Tontine
11 to 1 agst Attica
12 to 1 agst Waltz.
ST. LEGE:It.
40 to 1 agst Conviction
40 to 1 agst Alrisidora
40 to 1 agst His Grace
50 to 1 agst* Hazard
11 to 2 agst Mr. Watt's norm
22 to 1 agit Lord Fitzwilliani
17 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's non;
barring Memnon.

9 to I agst Memnon
13 to 1 agst Cleveland
.15 to Laist Aedgauntlet
17 to 1 agst Androgens

-26 to 1 agst Homer
30 to 1 agst Cow-boy
30'to 1 agst Brigand
40 to 1 agst Dare Devil
40 to'l-agst Alderman •

From the LONDON GAZETTE, March 1.

Crown-Office, March 1, 1825.
MEMBER returned to serve in this present Parliament.
County of Donegal—The Hon. Francis Nathaniel Conyrig-
ham, commonly called Earl of Mount Charles, of the Hall, in
the said county of Donegal, in the room of the Right Hon.
Henry Joseph Conyngham, commonly called tarl Mount
Charles, deceased.