The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-25 00:00:00

WEST GALLOWAY QUARTERLY REPORT.

Harvest commenced rather late as otherwise,
and the farther it advanced the weather .4ctime
the less favourable., -High winds have not . been
very injurious, but rains have been frequent and
heavy. Much attention and great exertion have
been requisite, and it has only beet? on a few farms
where the crop has been secured without a very
considerable loss..

It is an old remark, that the weather during
harvest resembles that of seed-Gine. This year,
however, has furnished an exception, and is likely
to he remembered as such!

'Wheat is certainly the best crop, and oats pro-
bably the worst ; but, upon'the whole, had harvest
proved propitious, the crop in general-would ra-
ther have exceeded.an average.
Cold andlate soils 'lave, of course, suffered
most in their produce, arid, indeed,- in some • such-
situations, harvest is b; rely concluded.
The effect of these misfortunes must be felt at
market"; • but, perhaps, like last year, the extent
may not be ascertained until the following spring
he far advanced, and then a dearth, short but se=.
vere, may again recur. This should be 'guarded'
against by every prudent menus, for high prices
are a national calamity, and can never ultimately
enrich the great class of agriculturists.
Potatoes ap,peared, iu most situations highly,
promising, but the wetness for, some time past
must have hurt them much, and a more consider-
able propOrtion of that estimable crop is atready
consumed, owing to the excessive scarcity of meal
before harvet.

Turnips are not gaining ground in this districts,
and will probably never be extensively cultivated
where not'f,:d off, at least in part, by sheep.—
This season, however, they turn out a pretty fair
crop._

VailoWs have not been in good order to. sow
with wheat for
.a considerable* time; and *here
that grain is meant to succeed potatoes, it lsas not
yet been practicable to sow to any Considerable ex-
tent.

LIVERPOOL rtonAt,

Ure,liave. to congratulatc! the public irpon.th
apprehension-of part of -a disperate gang-of foot-
pads, who havt t..ir some time past infested -th
njghhourhooil of this WWII. 11l consequence of
the munerons robberies lately committed, a plan
WaS laid, which has been very Succes,ful.
Vriday night se'nnight, about nine -o'clock, as a
party Of Police. Officers and Special Constables
were proceeding. in a hackney coach ahnlg the ,
road leading from-Evert-6n towards Low-hill; they- •
were attacked by five wen _armed with
buss and pistols, who after breaking the Coach'
windows opened the doors and demanded their,
.money. Upon finding that the party in the inside-
werearined, the robbers 'fired into the coach ; aria
one of the constables fravin!_2; suffered Lillis-elf to,
be robbea, (agreeably to the directions he ha-d,
received)•a desperate affray took place ; three of
the Constables were unfortunately soon disabled:
one by a slug through ins arm, another by 56,e-
ral cuts upon time heat:, and a third.by a very. se-'
vere cut inunediatel over the eye; we are Bain•-.
however, to say; that uo lives, were lost,. and two •
of the villains were secured.—Two more .wcre ap
prehended in the eours of Sati,Any night. lt
also said, that the wren who a short time ago •
robbed Mr. Cooper, near this town, are in cu s-.- _
tody and toot two others are under commitment,
for trial at Lanca-ter.----There is now, therefore,•
reason to hope that this formidable banditti is-
nearly•broxen up, by the active vigilance of 'the,
police, and the anxious and incessant exertions of
the Magistrates. Persons resident in the out-
skirts of time town, or at a small distance in the-
vicinity, may now walk. home with a little more.
confidence, though. the necessity great caution
and circumspection is by no means superseded.
lnstances.of attempts at house-breaking, as well •
as highway robbery, still continue too frequent ; • • -
and it a duty-which all the inhabitants owe to -
the public.,- as well as to theansekA, to omit no '
precaution or assistance, which will enable tkern
to aid the laudable efforts of the police in-preserv-
ing the public satety and tranquility., .
The watch of one of the Gentlemen who was
robbed in Pembroke-place, on Thursday se'n-
night, has been found in the possession of one of
the men who has been taken.

Saturday Morning, between one and t,vo
o'clock, tile premises belonging to Mr. Walkiey,
a respectable corn-chandler, in Great Peter-street;
Westminster, were entered by a gang of villanis,
who Made their way into • the house by forci
open the shop doors, who afterwards cut a pane
of grass out of the parlourdoor, but finding the
aperture too small:to gain admittance, they broke
open the door, which, was double locked,- by •
means of a crow-bar. They next proceeded to
the buread, which they.also broke open, and took
out seven large silver spoons, three'pounds-wol'th
of halfpence, 1 early packed in papers, a child s
silver coral, and articles of lveafin4 apparel, with
which- they effected 'their escape unCliscovered-.
A few days since died; at Milverson,' Somerset,
advanced in years, Mrs. Hancock, of the Anchor • .
public-house in that town. This economical wo- •
man was; during .ficr lift:dine, in the habit cf
making her husband pay for every glaSs of beer he
drank in his own home; and never allowed him to
receive payment far any that IL-RS sold. After her
funeral there were found secured in different parts
of the house, 199 guineas in gold, several bank
notes, as many dollars, half-crowns; and shillings,
as filled a half-peck measure, and as many:half:.
pence as filled three peck measures. The whole
of the property found amounted to uplyards of
GOO/. to the great astonishment and joy of her hus-
band.

EXCESSIVE DRINKING.-On Wednesday last D.
Crowley went into the house of a publican, in
Mary-street, Dublin, and called for liquor, but
having the appearance of intoxication he was re-
fused. However, when the persons of the shop
were engaged, he took an opportunity of '
ing a quart to a cask of spirits, and literally drapk.
off, the entire measure, when he fell senseless, and.
was removed immediately to his home on Mer-
chant's Quay, where he 'Continued. in a state •of •
complete stuperfaction until Thursday night, at
eleven. o'clock, when the spark of life became to:
tally extinct ; leaving a: striking example of the
fatal 'effects of intoxication.

• BIRTH.
On the 17th ult.. at Madeira, the Lady of Robert Blackburn,
Egg. of a son. •

MARRIED. •
On Saturday last, at St. Mary-le-bonne Church; Mr. Sa-
muel Wood, Of Pitchcomb, Gloucestershire, Clothier, to Misc
Elizabeth Ca per, of the City of Gloucester.
The same day, Robert Bird Wilkins, Esq. of the Isle of
Wight, to Miss Sophia Usborne. - • - •. •
On the 22d inst. at St. George's, Hanover-.square, Mr. Da- .
vies, of King-street, to Sophia, eldest-daugutcr of Mr. Loriut,.
of New Bond-street.
_ _

•
On Manday last, at Northover, in the County of Somenett
the Rev. William Bally Whitehead, to Marianuei the elUest
daughter of G. Tuo.u, Esq.

DIED.

On the Bth inst. at Southampton, John Burdett, Esq. in the
75th year of hid age, the last survivor 'of thusr unfortunate
perso_:is who were confined m the Ble.ckhol, at Calcutta.
On the 12th of August last, at Portneuf, Loi:'cr Canada,
aged 32' John Coltman,- third son of the lute John CtiNtran,
Lsq. of Beverley. -
On the 14th inst. James Matson, Mayor of the Town anti'
Pon- of Sa4dwich.

On Friday last, at Walworth, Mr. James Barber, of the
Bank of England.
On. Sunday se'nnight, in the 3sth year of his age, itoheit
Selle Liverpool, merchant.
•
Lfist week, at Maidstone, aged 74, Mt. R. Mills, formerly
itnown as a famous cricketer, by the name or Twister.
Lately, at Cambridge, Mr. J. Lawson, an ennuent change,
finger at Great St. Miry's Church, aged 73.
• On the lath inst. at her house at Cowley, near Oxford, In
the 70th year of her agc, Mrs. Wethstreil.- relict of, the late
Nathan' Wetherell, D.D. Dean of Hereford, and Mastar. of
University College.
On Monday, Mrs. Othly, wife of William Oddy, Es,i. of
Mount-place, Mile-End-road, agad 73.

PRICE OF STOCKS -YESTERDAY.
Bank Sttiek, 215 • India Bends, i,.. os. dis.
Na.. y 5 per-Ceut. 90iiiI Old Ann.
Irish 5 per Cent. Excheq. Bills, 3/d. pa ;13y,
4 per Cent. itifil Is. -;0,. pr.
3 per Cent. Red. 58 57/i •Ditto, 31d. prr day, ss. '3I. pi.
3 per Cent. Cons. 59 511 i 59 Oinni,mi, 54 pr.
Bank L. Ann. 14 15-16ths 15 Imperial 3 per Cent. 561/
India Stock, 1624. 163 Ditto Ann.

HIGH WATEit AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-KW:ROW.
Morning, 45 wilwes after 7. I Evening, 10 initn.ai:s aficr 3.

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