The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-03 00:00:00

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LKEITH CORN MARKET.—Aug 29.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. tease. Beans.
576 Od I 23s Od 24s 8d 38s Od 38 01
94s Od 25s Od 22s 0.1 39, Od V. 6, Od
34s Od 21s 61 20s Od —a Od —s Od

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR AUGUST.

This busy, and by far the most anxious, month in the
year, for the agriculturist, commenced but indifferently in
most of the southern counties to those who were looking
forward for the harvest of the staff of life ; and, although
more particularly placed in the hands of a good Provi-
dence, many a sorry face was made from the too fre-.
quent heavy showers of rain, attended with thunder and
lightning ; that the wheat having become suddenly ripe, a
great deal was cut, and before it could be housed it began
to sprout fast and seriously ; that some of the sheaves were
matted together, and as green as grass ; some was much
grown before it was cut, such was the state of its ripeness.
This latter evil is by far the greater, as no remedy can be
found to better that untoward and unusual state. But the
injury which the late rains effected in some parts of the
south might have been greatly obviated, if not entirely so,
by the adoption of the following much-approved and hus-
band-like mode, by which the grain is not only preserved
from the wet, but will retain its beautiful gloss, which the
experienced miller will always admire, as a proof of a thin
skin ; the straw, also, is preserved from the rains, which is
so much an object with horse-keepers in London, and as
soon as the showers have subsided, the corn is ready for
barn or stack ; whereas, if it remain abroad, it must con-
tinue there for a day or two at least, if the weather is ever
so fine, and the risk is still becoming greater after every
shower. The expense is but trifling when compared to its
great utility. In the first place, it will be found to be in-
dispensably necessary to have the sheaves bound in a tight
and close manner, not too large, which is easily done by
placing the knee firm on the sheaf, when the band is drawn.
The sheaves then to be carried together, by all hands, as
expeditiously as the nature of the case may require, to be
placed in a round circle, leaving room in the circle for the
small rick or stack to be built, which is to contain about a
cart or waggon load ; this is to be regulated accord-
ing to circumstances, as to the bulk of the crop and
length of the sheaf. The rick to be built in the
same way as a small one would be in the stack-
yard, by going round on the knee, keeping the crop
of the sheaf well up under the knee, in the middle rather
above, or higher than the butt. The small-sheaves to be
put aside till the largest are stacked, as the small ones can
easier brought up to a point, and will prevent the rick or
stack from becoming top-heavy. The topping-sheaf is
banded rather nearer the butt than the others, and is in-
verted over the top to be fastened down ; thus a roof is
formed like the thatch of a bee-hive, which effectively
shoots off the rain ; and although the top-sheafs are ex-
posed, their pendulous position in which every grain is pre-
served from the wet by its own individual husk, and thus is
preserved from receiving injury to a great extent. Should
these few hints be found useful at a future untoward season,
the writer will be amply paid by its adoption. A little
practice, with a handy farming man, will soon remove all
the difficulties, and the wheat-grower will be amply remu-
nerated for his perseverance. The harvest is now brought
to a close, or nearly so, in all parts of England and Wales,
and in Scotland it cannot be far behind, as it is now three

the late unfavourable weather for the harvest gave a
start to the price of old wheats, both in Mark-lane and the
country markets, but which, on a return of the highly
favourable weather, was as suddAnly checked. The crops
in Ireland are also both early and abundant. Many of the
well-managing farmers have already plotighed up their
wlieat stubble, and sowed them with turnips and other
spring feed. The fairs and markets are overstocked with
sheep, and other drove cattle—at Britford sheep fair, near
Salisbury, upwards of 80,000 sheep and lambs were exhi-
bited, nearly the whole of which were sold. Lambs
fetched as high as 305., ewes 845., and wethers 355. each,
no great proof of an overstocked market. Many of the
farmers have bad a second crop of clover, and they have
been favoured with weather to make it into excellent hay,
which, no doubt, will fetch a good price in the London
market. The turnip fields are looking full and laxuriant.
This source of sheep husbandry never looked at greater
advantage than they do at this moment, nor was the soil
ever in a better state to receive the different seeds after
the first two or three weeks, when they began to sow ;
when the showers began to fall, every inch of land became
like a hot-bed, and this, too, after the industrious farmer
had well cleaned and prepared his land.

The accounts froxil the hop-grounds in Kent are still
very favourable. The annual Essex hop meeting took place
at the Bell Inn, Castle Hedingham, when a great deal of
business was transacted, and hops sold as high as 101. per
cwt. ; the duty was laid on at from 100,0001. to 105,0001.
The growing has improved, but in some grounds the pro-
duce will be but small. The after-grass is now ready for
the mower, and a week or two of fine weather would be
most acceptable ; in the rich grass lands the second crop
is an abundant one, and is still growing fast. Store pigs
are a greater drug in the market than they have been a
long time. No less than thirty were sold in Salisbury mar-
ket for five guineas.

RE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERIOR OF
THE OLD BAILEY COURTS.

The interior of the Old Court has been utterly demo-
lished, and a total new construction and arrangement made
in every respect : and the New Court is likewise to be re-
modelled between the close of the approaching Session and
the commencement of the November one, when the New
Central Criminal Law Act will come into operation. The
great increase of business which this Bill will throw into
these Courts had rendered an alteration necessary, and to
which may be added that the Old Court has long been
complained of as being inconvenient, and ill adapted for the
transaction of the criminal business of this vast metropolis,
and of the county of Middlesex generally. The following
is a general description of the alterations that have been
made :—The gallery on the eastern side of the Court is
wholly done away with, and the cumbrous and unsightly
columns in front of it have been reduced to moderate-sized
pilasters, and a brick wall run up nearly in a line with the
front of the pilasters ; thus reducing the breadth of the
Court to the extent of the depth of the old gallery. In
the centre of the new side thus formed are the seats for the
Judges, with a canopied one between for the Lord Mayor.
Tho space behind is formed into a. corridor, with a door
of communication at each end. On the opposite side
the pillars have been reduced into pilasters, but the
gallery is retained, and has a bow projection between the
pilasters at each end, thus rendering it more extensive,
while at the same time the seats have been made more
commodious. The columns at the northern end of the
Court whore the prisoners entered have likewise been con-
verted into pilasters ; the door of entrance for the prisoners
blocked up, and what was before the dock is now the jury-
box. It consists of two rows of seats, the back one having
an elevation of about two feet. Immediately below is a
small box, with a convenient desk, for the City short-hand
writer. On the site of what was formerly the " students"
or reporter's box, now stands the felon's bar. A new door
between the pilasters, to the west of the old one, has been
opened, through which the prisoners will enter. They will
stand just below the gallery, and with their backs towards
it—a circumstance which is likely to occasion much morti-
fication to those who may hereafter pay for admission into
the gallery, as is frequently the case with the fair sex on
extraordinary trials, not because they care to hear the pro-
ceedings, but because they should " like to see him." The
prisoner will be placed directly opposite to the Judges, and
on nearly the same level. Below the Bench is a box about
sixteen feet long, with a table extending in front,
and one row of seats. At the centre of the table will
sit the Clerk of Arraigns, and at either end, is a seat
elbowed, which are intended for the Under Sheriffs. The
Sheriffs will have seats provided for them, one at each end
of the Bench. The box for the reporters, supposing the
spectator to be facing the Judges, is to the left of the table
of the Clerk of Arraigns. It partly crosses the Court, but
is only capable of containing six persons, a number wholly
inadequate for the demands of the Press of the metropolis.
It has a narrow paltry writing desk in front, at most not
more than eight inches wide. Curiously enough, while the
writer was in Court noting down the memoranda from
which this imperfect descriptive account is made up, the
painter was employed in•painting against the various boxes
the purposes for which
_they were appropriated, and against
the reporters' box, he actually wrote " studients.' The
error was pointed out to him, and the whole word was wiped
away and afterwards renewed according to the generally re-
ceived orthography. The row of seats behind that appro-
priated to the reporters, and from which they are in no way
separated, are marked for attorneys. In aline behind, and ex-
tending as far back as where the Judges used to sit, are five
tiers of rising seats each capable of containing three, and
these are intended for the barristers. They are cushioned, or
rather, are being cushioned, and have reclining backs. In
a line with the front row of seats for counsel, and extend-
ing the whole remaining breadth of the Court, is a box for
Jurors in waiting, and behind are ranges of seats divided
into two, crosswise, one of which is marked " City lands."
Tb;‘, other has no mark affixed. The old door at which the
prosecutors and their witnesses used to enter, is blocked up,
and they will now enter by the door lower down the pas-
sage, formerly used only by the attorneys and counsel. The
avenue within the Court is here of ample breadth, with a
seat running along the side under the Jury-box. This leads
to a very large area in the centre of the Court, where the
witnesses will be collected, and in some part of which will
be the witness-box ; but as some difficulty was felt in fixing
on what might be the most advantageous spot.it was thought
best to leave the question to be determined by experience,
and the box building for use on Thursday next, is therefore
to be a moveable one.

The carpenters have not yet finished their labours, but
there seems no reason to doubt that in every essential point
the Court will be in a fit state for the transaction of busi-
ness by next Thursday morning, although perhaps some of
the merely decorative may not have been added.
With regard to the New Court nothing will be done till
the cloSe of the Session, when nearly as extensive an alte-
ration will be made therein. The bench will be placed on
that side of the Court where the Jury-box now is, thus
rendering necessary a complete change in the arrangement
of every other part. A large slice is to be taken away at
the end now appropriated to the public, for the purpose of
forming the necessary accommodations for the newly con-
stituted Grand Jury, and the witnesses in attendance to go
before them.

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Advertiser.
Died Aug. 22, at Berkeley-house ,Hultilea
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the 86th year of his age, the Rev. John Methuen 112
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years Rector of that parish, and. incumbent Rogers, 30
was a munificent benefactor to the Church, of Rodden. He
been a minister for 63 years, having of which he had
building and endowment of the given 6,0001. towards the
the district church at Fr church at Rodden, 1,200/. to
to the new church at Northcnne
and a sum exceeding 1,0004
for the Bradley, and the building a house
curate, and sumsof,
churches, altogether smaller amount to many other
exceeding
10,000/.