The Sun.
London, England, 1822-07-23 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL MATTERS.

The Leeds Mercury, adverting to Sir F. BURDETT not hav-
ing reduced his rents at his last audit at Great Dalby, gives
the following cogent reason for it :—" The tenantry of Sir
F. BURDETT are, for the most part, now paying precisely
the same rents that were paid for the said farms previous to the
years 1796 : in fact, Sir Francis did not advance his rents during
the war, and therefore he has no reduction to make on the re-
turn of peace."
There was a load of new wheat at Guildford market on Sa-
turday. The supply of old is still very large ; we are informed
that there was upwards of 400 load at one time.
Mr. Smith, of Eashing, near Godalming, housed and thrashed
wheat of the present year's growth on the 24th of June.
A load of fine wheat, grown on the estate of George Van.
sittart, Esq., of Bisham, Berks, was sold by Mr. Hester, in
Wycomb arket, Friday, at 1611

MATTHEWS has taken his passage at Liver-
pool, in the packet William Thompson, for New
York, to sail on the Ist of August.
The Colchester National Schools celebrated
their tenth Anniversary on Tuesday ; the chil-
dren,4oo in number, attended by the Archdeacon/
Clergy, and Corporation, went in procession to
St. Peter's Church. The children were after-
wards regaled with beef and plum pudding, and
the collections amounted to 491.

The celebrated Wycliffe Museum, late the pro-
perty of G. ALLAN, Esq, which was to have been sold by
auction, has been purchased entire by private contract, by a fLvr
spiritedgentlemen, with the intention of offering it to the Lite-
rary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle, as laying the
foundation of a collection of natural history, and which will
suitably furnish the room appropriated for that purpose in the
new building. The collection contains nearly a complete list
of British birds,. more especially the rare kinds, with a valuable
selection of foreign birds ; together with a curious collection of
insects, shells, reptiles, minerals, and a great variety of mis-
cellaneous curiosities.

The Somersetshire Magistrates have resolved
on demolishing Ilchester Jail ; that at Shepton Mallet to be en-
larged instead.

,AVe feel much satisfaction in stating, that the
Coventry weavers have generally returned to their employment ;
and we most sincerely hope that such an adjustment will even-
tually take place between the manufacturers and the weavers
as may effectually prevent any future misunderstanding.

PUBLICANS, BREWERS, &C.—lt is found, from
the repeated trials and experience of the distillers in French
Flanders, that the use of well or hard water is the best
fitted to insure a good fermentation in the distillery of
corn spirits. When hard water is used, they habitually
draw off from fifty-five to sixty-five litres of spirits, at nineteen
deg. hydrometer, from a quintal of rye flour; whereas those who
use soft spring or river water, seldom obtain on an average
more than 40 to 44 litres of equal spirit from the same weight
of flour, and sometimes only, 30 or 35 litres; hence it ap-
pears that hard water holding carbonate of lime in solution,
by means of an excess of carbonic acid, has a beneficial
effect in preventing the tendency to acidity in the vats of the
Flemish manufacturers, and thus in increasing'the product of the
spirits ; whilst on the other hand, our own workmen can never
obtain more than 40 to 44 litres, as long as they obstinately per-
sist in the use of river water • and on the same principle it must
follow, that the use of hard-water is superior for the pirpose
of brewing beer and making wine.
EQUlTY.—Equity in law is the same that the
spirit is in religion, what ev..ry one pleases to make it; some-
times they go according to conscience, sometimes axord-
ing to law, sometimes according to the ride of Court.—
Equity is a roguish thing. For law we have a measure—
know what to trust to; equity is according to the conscience
of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower,
so is equity. It is all one as if they should make the standard
for the measure we call a foot—a Chancellor's foot : What an
uncertain measure would this be ! One Chancellor has a long
foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot ;—it is the
same thing in the Chancellor's conscience.—(Selden.)
MARRIAGE IN LAPLAND.—It is death in Lap-
land to marry a maid without the consent of her parents or
friends. When a young man has formed an attachment to
a female, the fashion is to appoint their friends to meet to
behold the two young parties run a race together. The ma'd
is allowed in starting the advantage of a third part of the race,
so that it is impossible, except willing of herself, that she
should be overtaken. If the maid over-run her suitor,
the matter is ended; lie must never have her, it being penal for•
the man to renew the motion of marriage. But if the virgin
has an affection for him, though at the first she runs hard to
try the truth of his love, she will (without Atalanta's golden
balls to retard her speed) pretend some casualty, and make a
voluntary halt before she cometh to the mark or end of the
race. Thus none are compelled to marry against their own
wills; and thisis thecause, that in this poor country, the married.
people are richer in their own contentment than in other lands,
where so many forced matches make feigned love, and cause
real unhappiness.
It may be questioned whether the human mind
could have shown more sagacity than is exhibited in the fol-
lowing case of instinct in a bird :—As a gentleman was
travelling on ,horseback, a short time since, in the west of
Norfolk, a lark dropped on the pummel ofi the saddle, and
spreading its wings m a submissive manner, cowered close
to him ; he stopped his horse, and sat for some time in
astonishment, looking at the bird, which he supposed to be
wounded ; but in endeavouring to take it, it crept round
him, and placed itself behind; turning himself on the saddle
to observe it, it dropped between the legs of the horse, and
remained immovable ; it then struck him that the poor thing
was pursued, and as the last resource, hazarded its safety
with him, when, looking on, a hawk was hovering directly
over them ;. the poor bird again mounted the saddle under the
eye of its protector, and the disappointed hawk shifting his sta-
tion, the little fugitive, watching his opportunity, darted over
the hedge, and was hid in an instant.

Sun-day se'nnight Mrs. THOMPSON, of Burwash,
Sussex, on her return from church with part of- her family, re-
ceived a dreadful shock on finding her husband dead in his
chair, at a table whereon he had been writing a letter. Whin
she left Whin him to attend Divine Service, he was • apparently in
good health. The Jury, on view of the body, returned their
verdict to the Coroner, T. BARTON, Esq.—" Died by the
Visitation of GOD."

At an early hour on Sunday morning the body
of a young man, about 6 feet,bigh, dressed in a blue coat,
striped waistcoat, and black t ers, and of gentlemanly ap-
pearance, was brought to St. James's watch-house by a watch-
man. He appeared to have been very much ill-used. In the
course of Sunday several persons repaired to the watch-house
to see the deceased, and some of them recognised Rim as hav-
ing the same morning had a scuffle with some watchmen near
Soho-square.