The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-15 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH,STIZEtiI.

SINGULAR CHARGE.-Eliza Dalton, an interest-
ing looking female,- was ch4rged with stealing
prate, and divers articles of a. portable nature, the
property of a Gentleman of the name at Fletcher.
The ptisonerovith tier Sister, had, been committed
for. trial upon a former occasion, and the bill was
not- tonndsbefore flee Grand Jury at the late Croy-
don As,izs. The 61. cm-intakes are as fo;rows
The'prisoner had the management of her in-aster's
hotise, -and her sister was permitted to 'board
'there, being omit of place; Mr. Fletcher rang (he
bell on a certain morning,.whicit (vas not answer-
ed, and on going into the kitchen he- found it de-
servd; and abut 50 duplicates .of' articles, his
propetty, lying on the table,. with a notificatiat
that the set -want had left. 'The -case after Wards
took :Another turn, the prosecntOr'dentanded his
property, the pawnbrokers 'refused to deliver' it
up, the thief not having been prOsecuted to con-
viction. It turned out that the pawnbroker, on
application -belt'', made for the property," round
out the abode. of the prisoner, a:.d. had her ap-
prehended again. There were some law points
to discuss, and the prisoner was remanded.

S C 0 LAN D.

AGRICULTUIL\L EPO FS.

UPPER WARD OP CLYDP_SDALE.

In consecpletiee of the very, tine wcaiher, which
continued fully three weeks:afterthe month came
the crops on' sundry of our Seltls have been'
cut down, illued, thashetl, Milled, Car-
riedto market, and-sohl. The product from the
mill has generally peen 15 peeps of Meal'from -the
boll, Which is reckoned a good enough return
frcm a boll of-otis nit the.biiginning of the War-
cven of the first ripened asitl best part of the
.crop: It is, true the potatoe sett make more abun-
dant' returns, but as this is not the molt tarty',
we have not heard that they have as vet 'been'
„proved. This statetrient, however, applies only to
sheltered and w;irm'grOund On the bahks of the
Clydd for; althonk,di the cro,s
in,cther situations
are in differen(degrecs'Of fOrwardnesi,sonle being
close at tine hook and others fast approach'ing, yet
the general -aspe.ci of the country is green, anol as
Ole corns have beenmtich daShed and rethrded in
;their progress to Maturity by the severity of the
equinoctial blast, it will .yet reqUite a Week'ortwo•
.to Make the.harvest common over the-high and
late ports of:the diStrict. S;ill:however the ge-
nera! confidence in the'crop is undiminied, and
were a proof of the confi-denee,required„.it Would
be loimd in 'the rednetion.of prices and the-abun.
dant supply of grain in time 'market,

The Wheat for the most part is now reaped.—
In generat it %;(111 ao well; it is only in a kw
places that- a want of plumpness and weight has
been noticed.

Tbe'excellence anCabitudAnce of potatoes have
already beeki' widely. proved ; the more they are
tried the more satisfaction they give.' They, are
*selling in Lanark to-clay at five pence a peck; of
28 'pounds. New meal continues at ihr'eeponnds
a load; old meal lias been reduced to two pounds
fifteen shillings'; barley and-pease meal Can beliad
at hitirteen pence a peek, and-the quartern loaf at
the same price. Butcher's meat, contiuues4te same
as lust month.

The few women' shearers.that have been Hired
have got sixteen pence a-day, ‘ritbpitt
Scarcely as yet have any men. been
Hay continues to ,be laid down at I.'sanarkfoy Bd.
a stone.

-, near Lanark, Sept. 30, 1817.

AYRSIIIRE.

The "wheat harvest,' in the arable-diStritts if
this county, mris.tly -finished: Thelavoto.a4l.4
weather during the mont4 enabled .the.f:rrmer to
cut it down, -carry it in, and secure it in the very
best condition. .What samples have'appeared for
sale .are of a better quality than wa.:( once ex-•
pected, are greatly superior in quality torthe'best
of last years crop, and bring- higher prices'AbizO'
the old wheat.

Oats have' ripened • very 4initinally.- In the
same fields, part. of 'them is -quite 'ripe and. part
Very green. •On some farms shearing is - half
done, on others it is just begun: Considerable
parcels of new oats hare been already
They yield Well, and the meal •is of a good
The frosty mornings, in the beginning of the
month., rather arre,te7f the growth of the gre'en
crops, and the potatoes in_ general are. ready fbi
raising. -Fallow lands: have been sown,- and
rowed in, in the very hest condition, and "tbe late
rains have raised a pretty thick braird.
Sept. 3(4:1817,