The Sun.
London, England, 1803-06-02 00:00:00

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

The unusual coldness of the weather, and the want of rain,
together With,the slight frosts that have occasionally occur.
rat in the nights during the greatest part of the present month,
have considerably checked the growth of the grain crops, and
been highly injurious to thoSe of the grass kind. In many
good grass districts in the Southern parts Of.the :X:ingdom, at
appears even at this advanced of the season extremely
oack ward, thin on the ground and short ; and in those of the
.North thereis yet but little ..ppearance of a trop.
In the midland counties, there having been a continued
course of dry harsh weather, with I rysty nights, tittabont the
iiith, the crops have suMred accordingly'. The wheats arc
in guteral thin, especially on . the North sides of, the What,
and where the worm has taken it, • Barky has sutfercil -ranch.
as %veil as oats. Pease in' many places :.re marry cut edr,"-
Beansulone. seem oiSt to have sustained any - injitty, but in
general look very well. 'the quantity of hay will he very
short, esilecially on the forward lands ; and ihe clovers are
50 4ack ward that it will be very hazardous to attempt' a
cropof seed ager they. are mown for hay. On the loth,
there tell in this distriet some rain, and we hoped for some
warm dripping weather; but the same ungenial Weather con-
tinued tint the astii, when there was a tine rain, •accompa.
nted with a warmer atmosphere. •
Sheep•and cattle are lower in price. ifogs are much the
same as last month. ,

110r5t..4 both for draught and thesadile, particularly such
as will suit the army, an considiubly advauccd,

LEEDS, MAY 30.

AT a meeting Of the West Riding Magistrates at
Wakefield, on Friday last, six journeymen brick-
layers were committed to the House of Corretlion
in that town, for illegally combining for an advance
of wages.
The Magistrates at our Rotation-Office, last week
committed to Wakefield House of Corret%on, for
two months, Joseph Herbert, a cropper, for leaving
big work in an unfinished state.

A very extraordinary instance ofintrepidity. and
exeilion, is displayed in the following account of
the deteelion.of a moit.daring robbery, committed
on the premises of Mr. John Hartley, of :Wham,
in Lancashire, shopkeeper. Mr. Hartley, from a
strong suspicion of William who 1134
lived 'ilboutsix months in the neighbourhood, and
absconded immediately after, the robbeiy was coin,
mitred, traced him and the goods toColchester, in
the County of Essex, a distance of '249 miles,
where, by the assistance of the M.iyor of that City,
he.was seized with the goods on his baCk, bringing
hem from the carrier's warehouse, and`cOnveyed by
Hartley alone to" the &ew Bailey prison, in M. n,
chester ; wbere, • the week following, he waz tried
at the General Qu inter Session's, and 'sentenced to be
transported for seven years. The Court highly ap•
proved of me. l tat tley's comina ; and a cum' li:
ment of five guineas has since been made him by the
Gentlemen of 'Oldham', as'a reward for bringing
so daring an off'..nder' to justice:

*On Thursday sennight the large and tow
spinning mill, belonging tii Messrs. Hornby, Parker,
and-Co. at Higher Bentham, 'near Settle, was dis.
covered to be:ol.l4lre; in less than an hour the roof
fell in, and most of the•machinery was burnt or de:.
stroyed. It Was occasioned by some oil taking
on being applied to the, machinery, which was pre-
viously overheated •by friction. Fortunately, the
greater-part of the flax, low, and yarn, was saved,
by being thrown out of the 'windows by the work-
.men; and we are happy -to add, that nu live* were
lust.

IXTIVACT OF A LETTER FROM. NOTTINGHAM,
DATED MAY:27.
'6 The Friends of D. P. theworthy
and independent Cimdidate, ‘ylio has represented this
town for upsiiiids of twenty )..eitis, -assembled at
twelve o'oo4 yesterday, in'the Marker-place, (in
eonse(ittente.of previons'notice Being- given of-that
GenrlemAn't- inteniled'-arrival) and in a short iiiri
alter, proceeded in the followintorderc," to 'riseet tnd
escort him into town.:

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Six handfed horsemen, six b-breast, decorated .with b!tre
favours,-lures 3wt bridles ornamented with blue' ribbons.
A lull band.l4nßisic, tiles, drums, trumpets, &c. placed in
a.car, lined blue, drawn by horses ornamented. with
blue ; sa beautitul-and well-disposed blue. flats, - with ap-
?reptant; deyices; lobo more horsemen, disposed in,the man-
ner ut those preceding the processiuntand au immense. num-
ber on. Thai:losing" the reit. • .