The Sun.
London, England, 1819-09-16 00:00:00

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and Rye shooting out into lull edr.. Some Wheat.
and bite sown Oats in low rich grounds, however,
suffered by the tvet, and although tity have-re.
vived during the last ten days, they•will not pro-
bably produce a crop equal to the same-grain, on-
high and light soils. •

Spring Wheat, generally thrOughont the Dis,
trier, Is in blossom ; the early sorts beginning to
change colour, and the whole promises a most
abundant crop. They will, however, -be late in
all the parishes below St. Roc!). The extent
sown is greater than usual.
Winrer Wheat only begins to be. introduced
the small patches sown last year have, however,:
resisted the last most nufavotirkble winter, and
the ears are ''Much larger than those of Spring
Wheat.—lt is now nearly ripe.
Barley promises to be an abundant-crop, and
some fields will be ready to cut by the end of this
month.

Oats, excepting► in low grounds, look well, and
are generally shot ;' the extent Ow. greater than
usual.

Rye.--Since the misfortune by frost in August
1816, great quantities of this gain have been
sown in the lower. parishes. It heel's to change
colour, and promises an abundant clop.
Pease are unusally luxuriant ; the early sorts,
tnauy of 'which have been d;ksetninated by the
Agrieatural Society, ate now fir for the table.

Potatoes,--This root, which was only intro-
duced into Canada after the conquest in 1760, is
now extensively cultivated on every farm. Since
1816, the quantity planted yearly has quadrupled,
it flaying proved nearly the sole resource in that
unfortunate year. The horse hoe begins now to
be very generally usertin this culture, but the drills
are still not. sufficiently apart, being frequently
only 18 inehes,.where they ought at
.least to be
28 or 30, elnd the Potatoes are set in tie drills at
3 or 4 inches instead of 8 or. 12: .

Buck Wheat is also tnore extensively cultivated
than usual, and has been found very useful for
fattening poultry, and hogs. The strength of its.
stalks, wou,kl pertnit its being advantageously
cuPivated as a, drill or fallow clop.
Horse Beans havu been. lately introduced; but
hitvc not bad 3 fair trial. '!Their ov:elikence, given
in -small quart; itieS as inoll.tor work horsese,i.
well known in Britain, and as they thrive on
low rich. lands and answer best: in drills., their cul-
tivation in such lands serves instead of a summer
fallow. • •
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Turnips, cultivated in drills as.a tallow crop, are
hardly-yet known in this district. Some .patches
of them are, however, occasionally met with, and
they look well,. being -of the second sowing, .the
first having generally-been destruyed by, the fly.
in time; we briverno doubt, thcirgreat value-as a
food for cattle, and 'a drill crop, will be fully Ap-
preciated; .audicienuexperiments. have now 4, en
made to- dreW•that they thrive well, and can be
preserved in this climate.. -•-•

Flay will be but a middling crop, it baying stif-
fened by the drought prier the melting of the snow
MI the frost of .rite preceding winter. 'fill the
lands are cleared of weeds by summer fallow or
fallow crops with manure, and sown with gratis
seeds, Hay will be always:scarce, .and Agriculture
languish.

61ax.--Great quantities of this article are now
cultivated in this district, and Ow produce is
wrought up into coarse linen for home wear.—
The farmer now finds himself compelled both to
increase his stock of sheep and this article, in or-
der to clothe himself during the present low prices
of agricultural produce in Great Britain. The
crop this year is excellent.
Garden stuffs have recovered during the late
rains, and still promise to furnish an ordinary
supply.
Fruit in this district will he abundant, consi-
dering the miserable state of the orchards, the
trees of which are set too close, mil), lined, and
suffered to be overrun with muss and devoured by
caterpillars and lice.
Upon the whole, the present year promises to
be one of the most abundant in this district ; but
the season of accidents is not yet passed.-
28th July, 1819.

EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPIL—On Sunday, the
29th of Augnst, at Caraglass, near Colirain, a
boy, servant to Tames Taggart, was engaged in
raising water from a draw-well. The bucket fall.
ing in, he was let down to bring it up, and when
in the act of hauling hint 'up, - the sides of the
well fell in, and filled it entirely to the top. A
crowd instantly collected, who used every exer-
tion to get our the body (thinking it impossible he
could remain alive). They, however, cleared out
sixteen feet that day, and next morning resumed
their labour ; but it soon became so deep, .and the
which were a light sandy substance, con-
stantly tumbling in, rendering the descent so dan-
gerous, that all present refused winking any
longer, and advised that the well should be filled
up again. But Mr. Taggart- could not be per-
suaded to leave off (Le search, nod two men (Ar-
chibald and Alexander Anderson) were
procUred, who, much to their credit, went down,
and wrought till 3 o'clock r. m. when they Iteard
my, which at first a good deal disconcerted them;
but at length being satisfied it came from the boy,
they redoubled their exertions. EnconriAd by
the boy speaking to them several times, as they
got nearer him, until six o'clock, when thty dis-
covered him 26 feet deep from the surface (he
well -was 35 feet deep) surrounded by earth, with
a large stone over his head, that had supported
the weight above hint, until with come dilF.culty
they extricated him, without sustaining any other
damage than his body being so much swollen that
his clothes had to be cut off him ..The surgeons,
116%vever, have pronounced him out of .danger,
and he is now doing

[PRIG SEVENPENCE.

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

The following pertinent remarks are taken from
The Leeds Intelligeneer of Monday lam. That
Paper, and The.,Leds tndependent, as we have
before observed, form a pfoper, antidote to the
poison issued by their Jacobinical Competitor of
the same town .

ci Within the last week, two cnrpOrate bodies
have addressed the Prince Regent, and 'in a Neiy
different spirit. The'' Mayor, B4ilitr, and Coin-
monalty ot Oxford, hale thought it their' duty to
express their detestation of those turbulent and
-seditious meetings which have been held, and of
thOse pestilent-principles which are disseminated
in various partvof the country to deplore the
machinations of persons, who would unchsißriauite
this highly-favotirsl coontry, by prostituting and
profaning the Hoiy `scriptures,' and to commit-
eaieate to His Royal Highness, toeir thanks for
the prevention cif those evils• which might finie
been the immetliate.cort_sequener such tomititu-
-0119 auth unlawful assemblies of the people,' as also
for the prosecution mot punishment of tie pub-
lishers and venders of piofane and blasphemous
publications.' Such is the spirit ot ,he Mae's,
front the Corporation of Oxford.
"'The City -POlifiCians, mho- now govern the,
decisions of the Common Council t
hav'e also thought" it. their ditty to addrtSs his
Royal Highness. lint, in the opinion Of theSe
getrletnett, the rittenipls tto revolotioidze and '.nn-
ehristianize' the conntrv, are totally unworthy
of notice. The-efforis of :he incendiaries; who
world set the kingdom in a flame, by atitibg the
labourers and journeymen against their employers
—the poor against the rich---and who. mark Out •
for destruction every man who dare orpose !heir
licentious proeeedings—are passed over without
censure;
,whilst the conduct of those geLtletnen,
who have peiformed, what they conceived a tic-
cesialv, but unplea•ant dory, is stigmatized as
inhuman ;'.the.meniures which they have adopt-
ed are:termed unprovoked.' intemperate,' and
' illegal and his Royal Highness is called upon
to cans" the gniity. perpetrators to.be brought to
signal and condign punishtneet.'
" We have nut thougitt it neces!nry to detail
the speeches-which were made at the-Glildltall,
iSni Thursday ; they were merely a repetition at
refuted calumnies of the disaffected press.—And
the Resolutions agreed to, it should be remetn-

beret, are in opposition' to the verdicts of several
Coroner's Juries--And to (he opinions of Grand
Jury composed of individuals, at least as intelli-
gent, as able, and as wi:11- versed in legal lore—is
the orators who '' fretted..away their :hour" in
'declamations upon a subject, on which fhty were
very ill-informed, and, Of course, totally incom-
petent to judge. One'circurnstanre only is worthy
of remark, as charaCteristie of the friends of free
discussion ; Mr. Jacks was interrupted in rise
midit of an able- and elorptent speech► in opposi-
tion to. the Resoltiiitios! 'arid an attempt was
made to prevent hiS proceeding by 16.ud cries cf
question. Tfi'at gentienian, however, said, he,
was determined to assert, and maintain hit right
to be heard, however unpleasant irmight be to
some Mernbers;' :ind he ably exposed' the iti-
jus!ice and incpolicy of the Court's•Pasaing judg-
ment without eVidence;.on the conduct of Ma-
gistrates of as high respectability as were the Ma.
gistrates of this city '(London) and of YeUnianrY,
consisting of melt of as much charaCteT as its ovvn
members were; and -h'e further deprecated the
measure, as it would, beyond all question, tend
to encourage sedi.ion and rebellion.'
" It was in vain, however, to argue with men
who had most probably made up their mintls

fore they came into Court ; and the Resolutions
were carried by a majority of twenty-six. Seventy.
one voting for—and forty-five against them..
" This proceeding of the Common Colittii bf
London will, no doubt, Le quire as satisfactoiy
to the Editor of The Mercury as the Manchester
protest—which, be observes, is a triumphant
confirmation of the accuracy of his statements

he was not prepared to expect.' But neither the
one or the other can be Considered as
.speaking
the opinion of the People of England.
" The value to be attached to the Manchester
protest, must of course rest solely upon the re-
spectability of the persons signing it. The Editor
of The Mercury asserts (and what will he not
assert ?) that they are respectable hooseholdete
”nd tradesmen.' Old inhabitants of Manchester,
however, say the direct contrary; and they af-
firm—that if the names be not fictitious, with the •
exception of twenty or thirty well.known cha-
racters, they belong to obscure individuals—whom-
nobody knows. One thing is certain ; that them
Are_ many names attached to that document whirls.
ivay mislead s rangees. Tttey ate the saute as

lose of really respectable individuals, who

dee) red they dia not sign it; whether they
are, therefore, real, or assumed, remains to be

proved,

" At ail events, it conid be no difficulty, out
of the number of individuals who attended the
meeting on the 16th, to find 700 who would de-
clare, it was perfectly armies and innocent, it
IS no,t Wady to suppose that they would declare
otherwise. The decision of the Grand Jury ought
to set this question at rest at least for the present.
They have foulid true bills against all the persons
accused of conspiracy, and ignored those preferred
against the Yeomanry acting undi•r the order of
the Magistrates. The Reformers have not thongs t
fit to stand their trials, but have traversed to the
next Assizes; and we will not prtjudge thcm,but
wait the event—perfectly agreeing with the Editor
of- The Mercury, that truth is omnipotent, and
still ,hinr out io spite of.all the mist ifications with
which a'seditions and, disaffected press ii6ourt to
obscure its effulgence."'
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