The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-24 00:00:00

A GRICULTUitE.

The SPRING MEETING Of the UNION AGRICUL-
TukAL SOCIETY was held at Coldstream on the
12th inst. A great quantity of stock of the first
quality was brought forward, and the merits
were so equal; that the jildges found considerable
difficulty in awarding the Society's prizes. Pre-
miums Ist and ¶2d. for the two best bulls of the
short-horned breed, were awarded to Mr. J. S.
Donaldson, of Cheswick East-house, and Mr.
Robson, of Sarnieston, forty guineas each. 3d
and 4th. For the two besrdraught stallions, to
Mr. Abraham Wilson, Edington-Mains, and Mr.
Nicholson, Farnham, near llarbottle, twenty
guineas each. sth. For the best road or carriage
stallion, to Mr. John Hudson, Durham, ten gui-
neas. 6th. For the best cow of the short-horned
breed. to Mr. Hunt, Thornington, five guineas.
7th. For the best quey of the same breed, two
years old, grass 1821, also to Mr. Hunt, five gui-
neas. Bth. For the best draught mare, to Mr.
Tulip, Palinsburn, five guineas. 9th. For the
best road or carriage mare, to Mr. Adam Yule,
Cross Keys Inn, Kelso, five guineas. 10th. For
the two best steers, three years old, grass 1821,
to William Robertson, Esq. of Ladykirk, five
guineas. 11th. To Mr. Allan, Coldstream, for a
sowing machine, for corn or grass seeds, either
drill or broadcast, three guineas. 12th. I'o Mr.
Dunn, Coldstream, for an improved mangle, two
guineas. 13th. To Mr. French, Alnwick, for an
improved turnip sower, one guinea. 14th. To
ditto, for a common and a ribbing plough, one
guinea. 15th. To Mr. Brown, Woofer, for an
improved turnip sower, one guinea. 16th. To
Mr. Mickie, Shepherdsbush, for a steel-yard, one
guinea. Judges—Mr. Morton, Killham ; Mr.
Thomson, Foulden West Mains ; and Mr. Thom-
son Paston, for the short-horns. Mr. Hogarth,
Newtown ' • Mr. Hunt, Thornington ; and Mr.
Robson, Philogar, for the horses. Mr. Walker,
of Muirhouselaw ; Mr. Brodie, Notty lees ; and
Mr. Hogarth, for the implements of husbandry.
Stewards—Mr. Forster, Downham ; and Mr.
Jopling, Coldstream. After the exhibition, a
large party dined at Mrs. Young's Inn ; William
Robertson, Esq. of Ladykirk, one of the vice-
presidents, in the chair.--(Nerecustie-en-ryne
Courttni.)
EDINBWROI4, APRIL 19.—At the East Lothian'
Agricultural Show of fat cattle, bulls, and stal-
lions, which took place at Haddington on Friday
last, the 13th curt. a great number of very supe-
rior animals were exhibited, and after they had
been carefully examined by four most able and
respectable judges, the premiums were adjudged
as follow :

Ist, For the lot of face fattest cattle to Adam Bogue,
Esq. of Woodhall, - - - - - £lO 10
2d, Do. to Mr. Bogue9 •- - - - 5 5
3,n, For the two best Stots, under three years old,
bred and fed in the county, to John Rennie, Esq.
younger of Phantassie, - - - - 5 5
4th, For the best bull (named Ladykirk) to ditto, 10 10
sth, For the 2d best Bun to the most noble the Mar-
quis of Tweeddale, - - - - - 5• 5

11" Ir. Bogue's cattle were of the very best
Aberdeenshire long horned breed, and showed
by their shape and condition that much judg-
ment and skill had been displayed in the selec-
tion, as well as very great attention in the feeding
of them.—The three last lots, viz. Mr. Rennie's
two, and the noble Marquis's bull, were of the
Durham or short horned breed.—At the'Christ-
Inas show ' the three first premiums were gained
by Mr. Rennie, for cattle of this very superior
breed. Five of the same kind were this day
brought forward to be shown, but were prevented
from competing by a late regulation, made by the
committee of management, which excluded from
competition all cattle bought later than the 10th of
November last, and which was unknown to Mr.
Rennie.when he bought part of his cattle, but as
two of this lot of cattle had been bought so late
as December, he was prevented from'competing.
At the same time it is but doing justice to this
very superior breed of cattle to mention, that the
Judges declared publiclT before the whole meet-
ing, that the five short-horned cattle, shewn by Mr.
Rennie, were the best and fattest, and were pre
vented from gaining the first prize only by the late
regulation made by the committee. Mr. Rennie's
two-year olds, that gained the third prize, were
allowed to be the largest and fattest animals of
their age ever seen in Scotland-. They were com-
puted to weigh from 58 to 60 Dutch stones each,
and were sold after the show at G3t. sterling.—
The ages of these two animals are, the one 25,
the other 23 months.

' Mr. Asany, carrier, of liuntiligdon, has from
orty ewes, this spring, had forty couples of twin
.amhs.

At a sale on Tuesday last, at Denton Grange,
near Darlington, two colts, one rising two years
and the other one, sons of that celebrated horse
Woldsman, sold for the extraordinary sum of
ninety-two pounds eighteen shillings and six pence,
the two-year old colt bringing fifty-five pounds
thirteen shillings.

Two remarkably fine bullocks, and four hogs-
heads of old ale, were distributed to the poor of
!fetching, Sussex, by Sir THOMAS MARYON
SON, on account of the coming of age of his son,
on Saturday- last. The bells in the morning an-
nounced the event, and at the hour of his nativity
21 cannon were discharged. The tenantry of the
worthy Baronet were liberally entertained at
Mill Farm.

A few days since a fox entered a-farm yard M.
Compton-Pauncefoot, near Sherborne, and seize 6
on w hen which was following her chicken, which.
being perceived by a game cock, he flew at. the
intruder, and with one blow of his spurs killed
the fox instantaneously.—(Sherborne Paper.) •
DEATII BY young man, of .the
name of Codrington, was killed at Newington on
Saturday afternoon, in a boxing match with a
man Oldie name of Cullington. They had been
fighting two hours, without doing each other'
much mischief ; but it ended by the deceased
getting an unlucky fall upon the side of the head,
which stunned him; and although medical aid-
was quickly administered, he died of a rupture
of one of the vessels of the head.

A desperate battle was fought on Monday last
near Donlesbury, in Shropshire, between John
Huffer, a blacksmith, and James Hammonds, a
miller, when, after fighting several severe rounds,
the former fell to rise no more.

HE EL HEM

PSTEAII, April 19

. ,
Wheat 2Bs.Od a 40s Beans • -, 4.... les a 20s Gd
Barley 22s WI a 283 New
Oats
Wheat, Rase., and'Beans, at per load, of lice bushels.
Barley and Oats, per quarter.

SCOTCH
EDINT:UIiGfi MBA

[ARKETS.

Oatmeal, 573 bulls, Pez,snieal, p. 13s -0d
First per bull
Second • -15s Od Barleyrneal, p. boll 12s Oil
First, p peek Is Id Per peck Od 10d
DAIAEITH. AF'Oll. I9,—A large quantity of all kinds of grain,
which' in-general met a heavy sale. Best wheat, 01s 6d ; cur-
:cot, 30s; inferior, 28s—Barley for seed, best,.2is ; current,
20s; inferior, 17s—Oats, best, 17s current,• 155 6d ; infc-
rior,.l4s—Peas and beans from Ids to 18s per boil.
HAIMINGTON CORN MARKET, APRIL 20.—A middling. SUp
ply
,of Wheat in market, which net with a very dull sale.
Prices rather lower than last day. Best, 31s ; current prices
from 28s to 301—Top price of Barley 6d tower than last day.
Best, 21s; current prices from 17s. to 20s--T up price of
Oats is lower than last day., Best, 16s 6,1; current prices
from 133 to 16s-I'eas and Beans from 12s to 155'6J.
. • IRISH .I!.IARKETS.
_ . _ - -

DUALII4 CORN-EXCHANGE, Aeßtt. 13;—We bad an ex
tremely dull sale this day, caused chiefly by the depres•
sin(' in the English markets, and Wheat, Oats, and
Barley may be considered fully Gd per barrel lower than last
week. Malt is very dull, tind prime-sells with difficulty at
29s to 32s per barrel.• Second Flour is nominally, Iss to 17s
per cwt. although very few sales were made this.day.
faitantca, April 18.—What, is ad a Is '4d pet stone—
Oats,- 7d a 7id;—Barley, 76.—F10ur.,, 32s a 34S per bag-'-Oat•
weal, 14:/s Gd per cwt—Potatoes, 2d per stonc=Potis, 235 per

ewt--Beef, .5d per lb---Nintton, 4Ad—Butter, 90s, 114 s, ?-4s,
645, 58s, 525.

tcr •
Eoitts.—Eliza, Plymouth, T 37. tierces o,harrels .
Jolla Reeklan ; 171 tierces 36 barrels lnit k, E. Ryan and. Sons
Jessie, Greenock,
.1490 barrels oats, Dail& HiinfL-14t4ii,
Oniubarton, 1537 biarrels oats, Spaight acid E.wart—Driei,
Grebnock, 195 hags flour, 1693 barrels oats, James Ftirgii.son
and Co:—Hope, Glasgow, 576 loLeels oats, jAIIIeS Cleland—
Helen, Glasgow, 1046 barrels oats, M'. M. is
Retitrn of Corn and Grain sold in Litneri'ck last week.;

_ _... ............ ...—.
Barrels. --gust. Ave.. .r„ age.
1180 Wlleat 1,1507 13 2 .... L I 5 64
343 Barley
. ...-

5350 Oats

CI.W.CMELL, April 100 s, 945. 38s—Oattneal,
I Is pe4 cart--Flom•, 345, 265, 19: per bag—Wheat, Is 4d per
stone—Oats. 7d—Barley, 1 is 6d—Potritues,
per stotie—Lia,con Pigs, 30s.

Price of Butter in Cork on Monday.
Merchants 83's 84j • 78s 70s 645.
No price for the country. _

C,,RK;April 13.—The depressing in Grain is further in-
cieascd. Wheat, 25s a etis—tials, 18s a 19s--Barley, 19s a
2.is—Butter as in our last.

PRICE. OF BUTTER.
Merchants Bss is Js 78s 70s 665.
Country No price.
Reed.at Weigli-lionsv, April 17 and 18-121 Grits. 27 kegs.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.--Yesterday evening an
Inquisition was taken in a private apartment, at
No. 3, Queen's-row, Buckingham-gate, before
Mr. GULL, Coroner for Westminster, on the
body of Mr. Robert Webster, aged '27 years,
who. died by strangulatiou.----The deceased.'s
father is a gentleman of great property, residing _
at the above mentioned-place ; and on Sunday
last, his sett-in-laW with his wife and family', and
,the deceased, breakfasted together; after which,
the deceased retired to his oWn rooni, and his
sister in a few minutes folloWed him, when she
founds hint sitting in a chair, as she thought in a
fit : she sent one of the children to call her 'has-
band who was in the garden, in the Meantime
kept rubbing the deceased's side for the Purpose.
of restoring hini ; but When her htisband came he ob-
serveda cord round the deceased's neck, and he cut
it instantly, when a tremendous weight, nearly a
hundred, dropped from the cord upon the floor ;
the deCeased was' Tate dead, and all attempts to
restore animation proved abortive. It further -
appeared, that the deceased was an artist, and
devoted -much of his time to the art of engraving.
and copperplate printing, and was continually
making experiments.. For the latter purpose lie
procnred the weight before mentioned, about
three weeks ago, and in consequence of an ,
pediment in the right arm, and two of the left
hand fingers lieing contracted, he attached a cord
to it, to get round his neck, as he had not
pOWer to remove it with his hands. A hoaid
was found lying between two chairs, and the
opinion of the Jury was, that he attempted to
lift the weight off the ground upon the board,*
when it soddenly slipped behind him, pulled*
him upon the chair, and the cord getting. under
his chin on the neck, strangled him. They alll
returned an unatiinions AccidentA
Death."

MEiANCIIOLY StliClDE.—Stindav night, about
eight o'clock, a young man of respectable ap'Per-
mice. was observed walking backwards 'and for-
wards in a very agitated state on Waterloo-.
bridge.' At length he suddenly sprang upon-
parapet nearly over the centre arch. A gentle-
man near the spot immediately ran towards him,
in order to prevent him jumping off,' but before
lie could possibly arrive thither, the unfortunate
young 'man precipitated himself from the bridge
into the water. An alarm was instantly givolv
and some watermen succeeded in rescuing the
body,- and they carried it to Waterloci House, at
the Surrey side of the bridge. Medical aid Irag
procured, and every effort was made to • re-
store the young man, but all proved ineffectual•
A dreadful injury was discovered on one side,
which must have proceeded from his falling on the
base of one of the pillars attached to the Bridge-.
In the course, of the day he was owned ; it turned
out that his name was Whitten, a coal merchant,'
near 13ankside. The cause assiguPd fOr his havin4.
committed this rash act is, that a short time pre-
vious to the last execution at the Old Bailey, the
deceased visited one of the culprits, - with
he had recently-been acquainted, and it hacl'stic:'
an effed upon his mind, that ever since a degree,
of melancholy had attached to him,r and hiS
duct at intervals bordered on madness. lie '
between 20 and 30 years of age. He has left.
wife and three childred to lament'his unhapPY
'fate.

DISTRESSING' OCCURRENCE.---A" fishing' boat'
belonging to Cockenzie, while hauling her lines
.
at the mouth of the Frith on Monday forettoon";
about eleven o'clock, during -a- heavy squall 01
wind and rain, was sunk by a sea breaking'ol:,
board of her, when all the crew, consisting (it
six men, were drowned. Several boats belong-
ing to the same village were Working their jives
within a short distance,' but until the squall w 3:.
over the unfortunate boat was not niissfi'd by bee
companions, when one of themlinmediately b°l‘
down- to the place where she WaS fast seen;
:a vestige of the boat or crew, however, rernaine
except the hatches, a few oars, and'footsPnr'
floating about. Four of the crew were fine young
men, and have left widows and eleven children
totally destitute ; the other two were old on,
whose families are grown up, but their widows
are unprovided for. A subscription has been set •
on foot for behoof of the widows and children."
(Edinburgh Courant, April 19.)
Lusus NATurt,E.—There is now in the Pc'sses-
f
sian of Mr. WRIGHT, cutler and gunStoit", 7
Weymouth, a kitten, having sevenlegs and eAI
feet ; it was kittened alive, and is' preserve"
Spirits by Mr. W., who will transmit
it to
British Museum.
•

BIRTH. -
At Kentish Town, on Friday last, the Lady- • -
Harris,' of Old Bond-street, of W
of a son, which is
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MARRIED.
botiArtckA,xolfthitzteekri,ieDye,vitoini,ddthleeselx9t,htionsAtnint:
dMaur.gSiinttnes.uol ithieettitlat;
Mr. Inlay, of Axminster.

DIED.
On Sunday, the 22d instant, at his father's house. the Ra•
John
thnGe Duteo
raham,y York'siea Domesticrof‘irindso r aciapnialoiain
one of, his Royal II k'l'-
ie•re' of
• On Friday last, at 46, Sloane-street, aged 2-1, wl -
the Rev. Joseph Hurlock, M.D., Curate • of Es6ex.•
On Saturday last, at Princes-Owe, • LinitY,"th, Airs. 31"1-
Robins, widow of the late Mr. William Robins, }elect of Fl-t:" •
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