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GR OWING RAPE FOR SEED.
An agriculturist near Braintree gives the following
as the mode in which rape for seed is grown in that
neighbourhood :—" The land intent d for it ought to
be in gaol heart and ploughed immediately after har-
vest, and well harrowed, the weeds and s.ubble ga-
thered together and burnt.; it may then be ploughed
aiNe or scarified, it makes little difference how,
30 that it is got into fine ti!th. This is absolutely
necessary, as, from its being such small seed, it is
iikeicuit to plant well, unless the weather is favour-
able, The land must have a good dressing of dung,
reetty well rotted, as it gets better mixed
Pithy
the soil in working it than when it is long.
font apart, or on very good land. They will sue-
ese
d well if transplanted, but this involves much
tabour and expense ; and after paying much atten-
tjl t 1 to it, I have always found the greatest quart-
tY of seed from that sown where it is to stand ;
there is one advantage in sowing it in a seed bed,
Y°ll can choose your own time in putting in the
afeed, when the ground and weather is suitable;
;:r if the weather is very dry after harvest, it is
Zinost impossible to get a plant ; and it should be
rtu _as soon after harvest as possible, as the
Plan's then have time to gain strength before
whinter, and you may thin them out in the autumn
theen your people are not so fully employed as in
out,
at all,
We have not always thinned them
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all, only giving them a rough hoeing in the
prang,
r, but the last two years we have singled out
Part, and left part. That part thinned out has
BohiPd nearly two quarters per acre more than
at left, and the seed is of a finer quality, and it
abies
you to stir the ground well with the hoe,
a 4 keep it free from weeds. If transplanted, it
uld be done with the first favourable opportu-
-2Y after the land is got into a fit state, and the
wheather suitable (that is, the ground moist, and
bT in,
weather); the plants' may be either dib-
tiel' n, like cabbageplants, or planted in the furrow,
e Plough covering them in the next bout ; but
Mulebever way it is done, nothing but short bushy
anta should be put in, as the long stalky ones never
traitnth out like their stouter brethren, and they are
L ble to be killed by the frost; it is ripe about the
,att
er end of July, and is reaped with the sickle, and
/aid
re' small heaps, just large enough to be turned
te"„'l.lY ; but if fine weather, it does not require
le4ll°R' much, as it readily stells out-. We thresh it
*blue field, making a floor by clearing a square space
1,4111 t the middle, and raking the ground fine, then
apace
watering it till like puddle ; we then cover the
and with about a foot thick of haulm or short straw,
all set fire to it ; when reduced to ashes, we roll with
vY
ben ea roll, and the floor is ready to thresh upon
dry."

fro A —RECK MATE.—A few weeks ago a young man
41:the neighbourhood of Manchester was met in the street
ess„,rverpool by one of his neighbours, waleing with a young
skie'gran, a relative of his wife, but with whom he was cen-
theesel to be rather too familiar. The neighbour dodged
Arn't and found that they had taken their passage to
tetearica' The neighbour hastened home, and communi-
law— the fact to the wife, who promptly came to Liverpool,
lskethe captain, and told him her story. He told her to go
Nik and sell her goods immediately, and return to him.
86 did so, arriving just as the vessel was about to leave.
ashore taken on board and the young woman was sent
firth
When the faithless husband went below to his
a he found his wife there instead of his paramour.
A
kee —IrcHEN IhreweNice—A kitchen husband, who
of Ps all the money in his own pocket, and plays the part
adflenrveyor f. r the household—not even authorising his
leveret° send for a pound of sugar or butter without his
Peel and special permission-13 about as contemptible a
fool" en of humanity as one can imagine; unless his wife be
tn or a drunkard, and then his conduct is praiseworthy.
Josan with a regular or comfortable income should allow
hat Wife a certain sum for housekeepinee and let her manage
bet teas she please e. The less they I alk'of money matters the
reeatir• Money is the root of all evil ; it is sure to destroy do-
k4we felicity. If possible, do not even converse about it. We
With J! gentleman who was so averse to money transactions
e 'l3 wife that, in order to avoid giving it into her hands,
tveP-Ilt it into a corner of his desk at the commencement of
never quarter, and there she never failed to find it, and he
wretch
h'er what she did with it. Many
.a misFra.ble
" might yet become a happy man by following a similar
herald.
L NDERSTORM AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
the THTuING.—On Sunday morning, about three o'clock,ce,j,luabitants of Abingdon were suddenly roused from their
thekuDera by a thunderstorm which burst immediately over
beie town. The alarm it produced was considerable, there
aeksg. no indication during the previous evening of so un-
lieesnable a visitation. The thunder completely shook the
ati'd' es, while the lightning was of the most vivid intenseness,
11,Z:the hail, snow, and rain completely deluged the streets.
ste eels' a quarter 'of an hour had elapsed from the first ter-
Ike *Pe"' when a messenger on horseback rode at full speed
444 `Sie town with the alarm of fire, the electric fluid having
liadeer,...”_ lone barn on Wick Farm, in the occupation of Mr.
itakss's,, about a mile off. Many of the townspeople hastened
sieer,sliately with the engines to the scene of conflagration,
one the the pelting of the storm, but on arriving there they
Ilerty-Isaw that an attempt to save any portion of the pro -
alree'"a"irld be perfectly useless. The roof of the barn had
reas:s'Y fallen in, and its valuable contents were one burning
eise,;; and the wind, which had been blowing almost a hur-
tieit"e, had communicated the fire to. a large wheat and bean
)Ite a Bhort distance from the barn, both of which soon fell a
ejsth/ to the destroying element. The building was insured
e County Fire-office; and the farming stock, which con-
weed of
Y-fou upwardsre of 150 quarters of barley, the produce of
'ltr acs of b eans, ten acres of wheat, a variety of
agri
Tealtural implements and utensils, the whole of which
er destroyed, were fully insured in the Royal Exchange.
e total damage is estimated at 1,0001.
A 1174 NEW MILITARY DISTRICTS IN IRELAND.—
ceording to the new arrangements that have belen. madde in
t
Dublin, Ireland
of the order of the Adjutant-Geneferalclivsisauge
five
Inri?.lam, Ireland has been divided into the
Lublin districts •—lst District, Dublin (Headj-quarte.rs,
districtof '
conteins- 1. The entire counties
ee... in, Kildare Meath, Westmeath, Longford, Roscom-
Carric to&ether with the towns of Deogheda and
Of xin."-Oliannon. 9. The northern and eastern portion
lire fit lea County, bounded by the river Ballynacarrig,
"s.,`4ll,lSilver-onilbrook, and the Brosna, thus includ-
rhillipstown and Tullamore. 3. That portion of th.e
tedntY of Wicklow which lies north of the parallel of lett
ilietno? t'iYhed
st town old, Arklow, that town remaining
District, Cork (Head-quarters, Co )ti
Ise ~.18 district are comprised the counties of Cork an
soSaT, with the exception of that small portion of the latter
/n'etlie.ll- is. to the north-west of the river Feale. The arrange
shatits will leave the several forts on both banks of the Lower
lielkll",in the same district with Limerick. 3d District,
With tHead-quarters, Belfast), to remain as. at. prese4n_,
bists:ie addition of the counties of Sligo and Leitrim. 4th
to ler, Kilkenny (Head-quarters, Kilkenny). This district
I:eeefoi!i!ecise... I. The entire counties of Kilkenny, Waterford,
which Queen's, and Carlow. 2. That part of Wicklow
4 'The south of the town of Arklow, including the town.
the s eastern part of the county of Tipperary, bounded by
Cashel Suir from Newcastle near to Roscrea, with Cogheen,
tieleels Golden, Holycross, Thurles, and Templemore.. sth,
tract rick
District (Plead-quarters, Limerick). In this.dis-
risk aiste eontained-1. Ihe entire of the counties of Lime-
eeent,elare, and Galway. 2. That small portion of
.the
PealeY °I. Kerry which lies to the north-east of the river
rioah' as detailed under Cork district. 3. The whole of the
and a°„.` Tipperary and the western part of the same county;
boeu"si, the south-western portion of King's County, the
IlarbearY being formed as follows :—Frankfurd, Shannon
ur, and ehannon-bridge.
teasjEcils COLLECTION OF THE 1848 Hop DUTY.—The
Wr. Inland Revenue has, during the past week, issued
tiaetec:,` Marc faoias against a large number of our hop-
0p (1,48 who have not yet paid the last moiety of the 1848
sliaila"q; and we learn from undoubted authority that
fainter Proceedings will be at once commenced against all de-
We shall be doing a service to all those planters
leeth;an raise the money by recommending them to save
ettiern, "Tenses (Exchequer processes are always Testly),
out of this difficulty at once. We are convinced t
.idt
the C'arleY will have to be paid, and that the sooner it is pat
44iletter. We learn that the collector of inland revenue at
Ves•st°ne 'will, probably, be all this week at his office, and
few 'ileerely hope that at the end of that period there will be
ssesia„Yinents remaining to be collected by summary process.
sqlsissone Gazette.
12ta,, ADDRESS+4,i,.,-' OF THE MERCHANTS, BANKERS, AND
the ;,11,8 OP LONikON.—The Rev. Dr. Vivian, chaplain to
Llecret'glit Hon. the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Catty, private
vraisarY to his Lordship, attended at the Home-office on
fsettisY to deliver to Sir George Grey the address to the Queentoselothe mthe subject of the bankers and traders Papalo aggression. f the city of
rt 11 en
\l'edW° MORE FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS.—On
Taisen:,,s(laY last a most disastrous. occurrence happened near
co h, 91amorgarshire, which has spread tlie greatest
bare (nation and dismay throughout the neighbourhood,
Ait eiS'e' an explosion in Messrs. Vivian and Son's Mona
tot
e„4", 20 persons were injured and two killed The
riesxs Taibach and Aberavon are plunged in grief at this
fatal Pected stroke of ill-fortune. On the same day a second
Pee:xplosion took place at the New Duffryn ColliTery, the
ThorertY of Mr Thomas Powell, the Gear, near Newport.
er- 0-IZere 51. persons in the pit, of whom three only were
theue.ll'''' 'IP at first. The three men who were saved said
pit, were nearly suffocated in coming to the mouth of the
agenatild gave but a poor account of those left behind The
before s of the colliery, Mr. Meredith, had only just gone down
wag the accident cccurred. The explosion was terrific. It
the
time before any correct account could be obtained
The fate of the miners. By Friday, however, the worst
ar aecertained, Two men have been brought up dead.
Pit " are yet missing. All the rest were brought out of the
r\reOlaTrialetPTON, DEC. 17.—The Peninsular and
ntal e aotipany's steam-ship Montrose, Capt. Weeks, with
e eninsular mails, a full general cargo, specie to the
dare %net of 3.0001., and about twenty passengers, left this
Sin; The Reyal Mail Company's steam-ship Medway, Capt.
the "8, with the West India mails, a large cargo, specie to
aft;arnount of 10,550/., and about sixty passengers, left this
eant,)°,LPil. The Peninsular Company's steam. ship Indus,
mailwith the heavy portion of the India and China
DIRECT
is expected about the 2ith instant.
heLONDON AND PORT,MOUTII RAILWAY.—
was a meeting of the Direct London and Portsmouth
10 Y'raY Company yesterday, for the purpose of forfeiting
44'145 shares, on which a call of 1!. 10s. remained unpaid ;
the e" giving the directors power to enforce the arrears from
,a sielaulters. The resolution, after some discussion, was
e; "led ; and it was stated by the chairman, as his expecte-
b.cm, that on the final winding up of this concern, a sum of
at'erkil,24...and 18s. per sha`re, would be returned to the
ST CURE.—Dr. Moore, author of " Zeluco,"
,n 1 to say that at least two-thirds of a physician's fees
this for imaginary complaints. Among several instances of
the
nature he mentions one of a clothier, who, after drinking
.„.4e, Bath waters, took it into his head to try Bristol hot
sZt!s. Previous, however-, to his setting off, he requested his
S'"3 sician to favour him with.a letter, stating his case to
Vly brother Galen. This done, the patient got into a chaise
started. After roceeding, half-way, he felt an itch to
"3'
'' into the contents of the lett r, when the following words
Wresented themselves:„u Dear Sir, the bearer is a fat
uniltshire clothier—make. the most of him." It is almost
effect to addthat his , cure was from that moment
Aroeseete4ded ,As he ordered the.chaise to turn, and immediately
bottle.'