The Sun.
London, England, 1816-05-03 00:00:00

THU MARKETS,

Coro:•EitiLlNO, MAY 3.;-.Wo had nO tl-eih arrivals this
morning, consequently fine Wheat sold readily at Munday's
prices. Barley is very dull, and Is. per quarter lower; Malt
is nearly unsaleable; Grey Pease. are iti Midland, and ts. per,
quarter dearer; Tick Beans hare also advanced Is. per
quarter; fine 041 are Is. per quaVter dearer, bbt there Is
no ausendtuent in ordinary lu uther atilt:lts no alteration.
Foreign Wheat -' 51s. his. I Fine Grey. Pease - 3.85. --'-se
Ville dittn • , • 795. —a. Pict; rkiiilS - .• - '1? s. 335.
English Wheat - 535, h:li. Old tlittu • - ‘, Sis. 371.
Fine ditto - - - Mts. -.-s. ti,oall Tick liv,i:is Sq;. 884.
aye = - - -.- 235. :3U.. i 1)1.1 (lilt() - - - 414.. :.ws.
Fine ditto - - -31 s. as. i Feei.l t vats - - - 184. 09.
Barley - - - -20 s. 345. FineOitto - - - '22*;" ti.ss.
Fine ditto -- - -09 s. ;--, Poland ditto - -2! ~ Q:i.....
New ditto - - - —s. —s. Fine ditto - - - e 34. 26,i.
Malt . s3s. 635. I Potattic ditto - - ';'ili. —s.
Fine ditto . -.- - fias. —s. i Rape Seca :61. 51;)1.' yet. is :t.
Whitellease (boilers) 9t.14. stk. Fine Flour - ',. Cos. G.ii.
Fine ditto - - - 404.. —s. •Secontlii - ' 455. fiat.
(trey leltiase - - - Ilis%:itts.

Smlitfritr.n,. Kyr dray's Market Wu, not .svell
supplied with the different Cattle ; Pork was elmipers.
Beef; Mutton, and Lamb, were dearer; Veal supported last
prier; end the trade, for the most part, was not over brisk.
rhe thellay-market were not consider: Me ; Hoy and
Cloverobtained tact prices ; Straw has tallcn in price. The
following prices and numbers are a correct statement
To sink the (Kt!, per stone of till.
Beef, Rs. ad. to 4s. Sri. Mutton, 45. Od. to 6s. Lamb, Cs.
*d. to 81, 4d. Veal, 4s, 'dd. to Os.od, Pork, as, Set, to 4s. Bd..
Beasts, 750. Sheep and Laltnbs, 4000, Calves, 18(1.
'Pigs, a. 50.

ii.l..l.trikET.—l-Irty, 31, Os. to 61. los. Strati, O. es. to
IBs. -Clover, ..11. Ws. to 71.

CAMIMDGE, AL.v 2.—.—We understand that the
subject which the Atirguret erofessor has setec..
ed this year for his discourses before the Univer.,
city, is " The „Interpretation of Prophecy..'

SEPARATION. IN Hiatt LlFE:.—Whenever an
event of this kind takes place, the fashionable
Crossi:rs all set their wits to work to find a'cause,
' and generally find one as different flour the fact us
light from dark a separation is about to: take
place, to which many are looking with great
anxiety—the separation of the two Prizes of
50,0001; from the Lottery Wheel ; this separa-
tion will bring none or those heart-burning% end
regrets which are generdlly produced by such
event, hilt wealth, happiness, .and independence.
Thu folkwing most dioressing circumstance
occurred at Scarborough on Tuesday Se'unight, in
the evening about ten o'clock, witco.Mr. ‘Vikotip
the Guard of the inail.cnach, between that place
and k, tool: a pisttl and shot himself dead
'on the spot--Atis Read was blown to atoms ;
-no reason is assigned fur this rash act : he had been
out spending the evening with sorne friends, and
was in good spirits--came home. laid his watch
on the table; and in the absence of Mrs, W. told
the servant it any thing was wanted, all w;mitl
fonud in his desk ; lie took a candle and welt into
his lodging-room where his two children were in
bell, and committed the ra-rh act. tie has left a'
widow and two children to deplore his torts. Airs.
W. has been in a state of derungement ever since,
and is expected to be confined every day. Air. W.
was a man generally respected, and his loss wilt
be much Mt.

4 private examimition of thirteM Ladies took
trlice at Cork a law days ago, in consequence of
a pearl necklace, of 'considerable value, being
stolen at a numerous and fashionable party in that
city; from the investigationit appeared that a young
lady, or a person that appeared to be one, on the
morning after the robbery offered a necklaf:e to is
pawnbroker as a security for 101. who tivelined tea
advance the money upon it ; she then othred it
,for sale at a jeweller's, who refused to become
the purchaser. From the description., no dutiht
Was entertained of its being the identical lost
necklace, but none of the ladies summoned be«
fora the Alderman bore the least resemblance tts
the person who had endeavoured to dispose of it.

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PART 41 ATtl ENT.% It Y PAPERS.

CAA be cfmNierieil reguleirly4

STATE OF 111 F. AGRICULTURE.

`Copy cft'bet3aeries, and the :Abbtract of, the
'Cou►munictttions, received by the Loard of
Agricult►►re, in 'Answer to Queries transmitted
to several Correspondents, on the present State
of ►he Agriculture of the Country.
•• • QUERIES. -
•

I. Arc any Fwrins in your neighbourhood
occupied by Ter►ants ?—and have Landlords h
consequence been obliged to take them ii►to their
own bands ?—Pleast to state the number of
Far►us, and their size.

2. ilave any Tenants within your knowledge
given notice to their Landlords of quitting their
Firms at Lady l)tty, or any other period ?
3. Have any Faru►i been lately re-let at an :
abatement of rent / and if so, what is the pro-
portion or such abatement ?
4. What circumstances denoting the cristress of
the I4`armers have come to your knowledge,
which may not be included under the above
Q ,eries

5. Is the present distress greater on arable, or
on gra-is farms
G. Have Flock Farms suffered equally with
others ?

7. Does the country in which you reside suffer
from a iliminkhed circulation of paper %
8. What is the'state of the Libouring Poor ?
,and what i$ the proportion of Poor 4areS COU*
,pared with the years 1811 and 1812 ?
9. What remedies occur to you for allavisting
theta difficulties ?

The letters received in reply to the preceding
Queries have been arrange() under the beads of
those Counties in which the writers reside, and
'the res►►lts registered distinctly under each Query,
have been brought into one point of view under
tine respective titles.
The replies already received amount to 288.

FIRST. QI„TERY.--OcettrANCYr
Two hundred aud seventy-nine replies. describing the State
of becupation, lA:tive been received, which way be thus ar-
).anged;,..—
No. of Letters.
Letters mentioning farms unoccupied by Tenants
being thrown on the landlords hands 149
Letters in which no such want of occupancy occurs 113
Lett..rs in which limns are stated to have become

WlCUitiv4taci, fur wont of being occupied by the
laadlords 4I

' rc-pcitcr eltqloy; all lite tccir oti",tt `pr;iatiple 81
charity.
I'ooll. RATES.

The lett.irs eontMoilsz returns descriptive of Poisr Rate"
are to the following put poi t.:—
No. of Letters.
Letters in whip, the rates haVe inetask-4 4jUCt

1811 and 1812 - 129
N.ll. in forty-nine of these letters:theProPffi=
tional rise is given, and aninatits uu the
average tc).42 per cent.
decrcased. '24
N.B. In seven -of liese, !letters the prtipur4
thinkt fall is given, and amounts on an
average to d9l per cent.
are stationary, that is,
neither higher Dor lower than 1611 and 1812 72
2S

But this Table glees by,ho means a tuffirient idea attic
distress at present arising from this heavy tax. as in a variety
of instances the fat niers who lately paid to these rates have
been obliged tO give up their farms, and are actually become
piupers themselves, and receive parochial allowances like
other paupers; and this increased burthen in many parishes
occurs while sonic farms are unoccupied or run waste;• and
its the east, the Most •favourable, the btirtheu falls in-
creaking weight en tie landlords. The letters ccnitain many
complaints, that while the iminutaCturer, who have ovcaSiotted
the-chief burthen pay seartftly any thing to the rates, the ac-
cumtilated weight falls on the occupiers of land.
Bitt the surprising eilemnstaoce of this result is, the in-
cr.:se being so general at the very period in which, front the
reduced price of provisions, a directly contrary effect might
hare been expected.
The great object of the Board in these inquiries has been
to collect facts. If it be asks d, what conclusions are to be
drawn from these facts ? Such will of s,,,urse suggest them-
selves with the greatest clearness to the Members of the i.e.-
risloture. With this expectation before us, we cannot be
s rpri, ed at the anxiety t elt , 'and tbe apprehensions expressed •
by many of the ablest persons (being Magistrates of the ex-
tensive jurisdictions), amongst the correspondents whose let-
ters are the basis of this general result. But the Board can-
not forbear nl.tking cm observation, as it may he extremely
important to the future state of the country:—When
it is considered that the tracts absolutely uncultivat-
ed are of considerable extent, and that a great number of
faritss are thrawn upon the landlords' hands, in a reriod.when
it must of necessity be extremely inconvenient to attempt
theitcoltivatioo, in many cases licaVily burthensome, and in
some ruinous, it must be evident that the 'management of
these farms May:probably he so very imperfect as to occasion
a great defalcation in the produce of corn. - It may also ,be
observed, that among the circumstances mentioned in reply
to the fourth Query, is that vita very general negiect of the
use of all purchased manures, together with a disehttrge
labourers, formerly employed to an amount that must consi-
derably affect the future cultivation of the soil. These. points,
if duly considered, may afford no slight reason for apprehend-
ing a considerable declension in, the amnit of future pro,
ductions ;. and should such an effect arise, it may LOMB at
time in which the pressure will he more severely felt.

14.1CCLESF.IELD, President.