The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-24 00:00:00

AGR:CULTUitE.

At a General Meeting of the subscrit.4ers to the
Sussex Agricultural Society, held at the White
Hart Inn, Lewes, On Saturday last, the 'piece, of
plate for the best field or turnips, fcl the present
Year; Wag-awarded to Ch4rles Harrison, •Esq. of
zidtton,' Among the other compet4ors for this
prize was Ewan Law, Esq. of Little Horstecl-
place (Lord t2lenborough'S brother), to N:hont
the jiidgcs, in making the award,. declared, great
merit was due for his improved cultivation of that
useful root.

At Forest-row Fair, Hants, on Monday last,
there was a. large show of horned cattle, horses,
and pigs, which werexo dull.of sale that a great
inany of: each kind were sent away unsold.. The
pea-try departhient,made a respectable appear-
ance, and in the afternoon was well attended by
the holiday folk, frofn the adjacent villages.
At Epping Fair, on Friday and Saturday last,
there was an abundance of Scotch and Welch
beasts; the former sold freely, but at lower prices;
with the latter but little business was effected,—
Few horses were shewn, arid those of an inferior
descripiton.
The public days of Colchester Fair were this
season honoured with the presence of many fami-
lies of the first distinction. The company assem-
bled-at the public breakfast, at the Three Caps
on the 12th inst. exceeded 300 persons; and the
dhMer at the White Hart Inn, on that day, was
most numerously attended. 'lhc theatrical innuse-
nients.the same:evening produced an overflowing
house; and the ball and supper at the White Hart
Inn, on the-succeeding evening, -displayer au ele-
gant assemblage of company.

Sowing Titheat.--We Lave heard of an economi-
cal. method of sowing wheat:after potatoes', wbich
is practised in' this neighbourhoOd, and which
ought to be generally. known. Previously to dig-
' ging up the potatoes, er,e halm or tops are Mown
and raked off the ground,; the. wheat is• then
sown; ;using a little inure seed. titan. is usual in
the common way. 'Tic potatoes are then got•up
the fork, which operation pulverizes the
soil, dibbles in the. seed completely, and -Secures
a better crop of wheat than by the common Jui2-
thod, whilst the saving of labour by this practice
is immense.' rarniers in this ne;,-hbourhood.
•
;have adopted thepractice or sowing cone Wh at
on the headlands, and 'on the butts- next the
fence§, though the rest of the field be in whie
or red wheat.. This is done in order that th,:.
sparrows, which have increased in astonishing
namhers'of late years, finding themselves picked,
by the sharp bcardS of the cone wheat,
.may fly
away to some other crop, where' the farmer has
not been' equally guarded.—(2llwiehealci herald.)

garden of Mr. John Cormack (on the es-
tate. of TAiijor Sutherland, orrorre, couhty Caith-
ness), ..vere reared this Season a few seeds of that
"singular grain, the sahnon oats. Five grains were
planted at the distai;ce of six inches frbm each
other, the product of which were an hundred and
fifty full-grown stalks, besides a good many'which
did not arrive at maturity; the full-grown stalks
bearing no less than two thousand two hull
and fifty grains. .

Last week, a favourite mare, belonging to a
Gentleman in_Leeds, was destroyed by vinegar,
whic•li was recommended by a furrier, for the
alleged purpose of scaling her milk.—We insert
this as a caution to others, how they suffer empi-
rin. fe% tnmr•sss. .44... .-C .l.'_ r _s

Glz EAT NAT iUN AL :THEATRE.

PARODY ON. DR.• JOHNSON'S CELEZRATED ADDRESS

^FOR THE OPENING OF DRI.TRY-LANE.

TRANSMITTED BY I'URIUS V. 133. I 'CS S.

hml Brite,n's trirroph o'er her Gallic foes
r..,,e•; s.,J!, immortal Pin. arose,
many-coloured France o'erthrew,
• av'd the old worle, and overawid the new :
Coni:„erce stretch htU- golden reign,.
Anil..jealous France toird after him in vain.
• His lofty ttritights his-lon-A- style impress'd,
• And admiratiou glow'd in er'ry breast.
Then-Sr-,;:otrrn came, accnstoni'd froth his youth
To please by inillnesq, and succeed by truth.
His private hoiniurgrac'd his public parts, •
Crew on our mintiS, and gain'd upon' our hearts, •
A gcnef-al approhation gave the ly,yS,
For those who wish'd to blame, wove forced to praise.
Losing his votes, he made a Wise retreat, -
But gaited, like Cu:vatAn's self, a lasting scat. •
At length, the,Talents won their wayward will,. •
Possess'd not Pica's at-lit-prized not Sinmovries _shill. •
The Peers they courted, to the Peers they 'bent;
Title was worth, and-wealth was argument.
Bold innovation found in-them a friend,
Who only spoilt, in seeking to amend.
Yet men like these aspied to rule again.
And thought the REGENT would renew. their reign.
Their chiefs were rich, their confidence was strong,
Theirboreughs many and their sPt'eches long, -
1111 CANNING gain'd the post that betray'd,
And P> acr.v.tt. was can't], toVirtue's aid.. -V
At last, inspite of PEucr.vm.'S defence; -
We saw great WARDLE lay the ghost of sense;
' Exalting Ci.AhKE then }laird the joyfulslay ,
•
And B----RD-17, W—NNE, and H—Tllll—D, fix'd her sway
But who the Court's high pleasure' stall presage,
And mark the heroes of-the coming age ?.
Perhaps, if skill could future lists explore, • •
New OR—'is, new Gls—xv--,r,LEs yet remain in store
Perhaps where PITT has shone and CANNING glow'd,
Dullness. huiy fix !lei; dark and lon:-.7 abode;
Perhaps—for who can ward a nation's woes ?.
Here TunToN may inveigh, ,and ;WAIrumAN prose':
Third is his lot, whom public dutimbind
_To bear the changes of the public
To hear,his reputatiou roar d
And read the lying;j,r‘raals of the :!ay.
Let'liot it:lit:jai names I,e semldal's fm,d -
The Cah'net.withes liuS , .:c Coo ftry's hoed
c,)untr) s means restrain,
And thee would bless to reign.
Then blame no i,, influence of the Court,
Nor ilecm that for statesmen's spoft.
'Tis yours to-night t,, 1:, cunsineuce . , -
Of soundE7r priuripl., arise
_To change the art ~ :Lite and vex, .
For eandid. cheeps
To'in4e,the not events:
And shineli, future Pariiiments.

The only notice that has been taken, since the
shoi. •uDiisited in the Paris Papers, of.
the late couspithey at Paris, has beep in a circu-
lar letter, published a German Paper, by the
Prefect of Liege to the Sub-prefect and Mayors.
He communicates one piece of information which
we did ,not know before--a pretended Senatus
Consulturn was found upon the arrested Geneials,
Ni hie') Senatus Cons Mum declared, that on account
of the death Of BUONAPARtE, the Senate had
caused the accession to the Throne to be changed,
and that it should no longer be in the Family of
BUONAPARTE. 117110 was intended by the Gene-
rats to mount the Throne we know not with cer-
tainty but it is to have been their intention
to have proclaimed the restoration of the ancient:
legitimate Family, as the only means of pitting
an end to the miseries of France and of Europe. •

The letters of -the 21st, received from the French
coast; do hot mention the arrtval of any intelli-
gence either from the armies in Russia or in Spain.
Much discontent is said to prevail. in the depart-
ments, and the augmented vigilance of the agents
of the Government seems to indicate-that, not-
withstanding the late executions at Paris, the ap-
. l r pension of farther commotion still exists.
The Charles, which arrived at Hall .on Friday
-from the Baltic, has brought advices' from Riga
to' the tint instant. At. that date a., courier had
arrived from General STEINHEICs head-quarters,
with information that the army of the Danube,
under AdMiral TCHITsCHAGOFF, bad reached
Minsk, and was [preparing to act in the rear of
the French. • From the operations of this corps
whose march had been retarded by the badness of
the-roads; the most important consequences were
expected: Gen. St. CYR, it is said, on learning
the advance of Admiral TenerscnAcoiri., retreat-
ed with the view of ultimately falling back upon
AVilna, or perhaps of effecting a junction by it h
Mai'shal MACDONALD. This movement,• if the
report be authentic, will enable WITTGENSTEIN ,
to efiCt'llisillTlCtiOil with TCHITSCHAGOFP 1:111110-
leSted, 'complete the circle round BUGNAPARTE,
and-deprive him of 'the assistance of a valuable
portion- of his force, at the moment when, per-
haps, thesalyation of the grand army depends upon
its active co-operation. ,
The latest intelligencelvhieh bad reached Riga,
front the beach-quarters of Mar6hal KUTUsOFF,
stated, that the French grand army was retreat-
ing, bett without adding its precise route. The
Russians 14ad cleared hoth‘haliks of the D\s'ina of
the- enemy as far as Witepsk. :..sfAcnoNALD still
remained. 'at Mittau. It was believed he would
shortly'retire from that ntiOlhourhood.
From Volhynia intelligence has been received
That thatpt ovince had been entirely cleared of the'
• ncray, who crossed the Murzuk and:Bobor rivers.
he Russians had' re-occupied all the 'strong
races. It was- repotted that Prince SCHWA.RT-
'ZANBERG, who had. solicited his recall,. was 're-
ticating into Austrian Galicia.
A sbprt time since. an Algerine criti;:er, in the
Mediterranean, detained a Maltese Vessel, which
was under English. colours, going from Lisbon to
Malta, under suspicion of her eing a Greek ; the
Cmarie afterwards fell in with and rescued her,
-and also demanded 12,0.00 dollars lyhich the Al-
gerine had tals.en out, 1)-;t the Algerine refused to
give it up ; the Richmond gun-brig was therefore •
sent from Gibraltar on. the I.(ltb ult. to to
demand it. .

6aturday morning,.a foreigner of respectability
eras appreh2nded in the neighbourhood of Mary-
le-bone, by Lavender, the Queen-square olker,
On :a cha‘.-,,lze of seducing certain artizans of this
country to emigrate to various parts. beyond the
fleas,- now in possession of the enemy..
.41 Counnission of Inquiry under the Excise ;.s•
LOW sitting at Ipswich ; oneAnakster has. been
fined upwards 5000/. and another'll6ol.