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London, England, 1818-10-07 00:00:00

UANKRUP Es.

calicn-
S. `chole• and W. Alderson Docker, lkratichrster.
dealers, to ,urrender Oct. i 6, Y 7, and Nov. 17, at three,
at the Bridgewater Arms Inn, MAnchestei.
Nles..rs.l.-iiird and .lohn.on, Temple.
Easingwold, Totiodire, merchant, Oct. 4li, 27,
and Nor. 17, at flev(ls, at W. Preston's, ia ?Mohler, in
Attornics, Messrs. Longdill and Ilutterield,

W. liortoo, Iliodilty,Lticestershirt,ltresier, Ott. 15, at six,
16, and Nov. 17, at eleven, at the (..ivorce Inn, Hinckley.
Artoruiry, Mr. Clutries rireckttt., Is:obit-street, Falcoo-

square.
W. 11;illett, Spa-fie'-Is, dairyman, Oct. 13, 44, and Nor. 17.
at eleven, at 'Guildhall. Attornies, Nlessrs. King and
No. t, (;ray'[-(nn-square.
T. Par.ons, !hike-street, St. *lames's, hreeclies-maker, Oct.
13, ..?1, and Nov. 17, at eleven, at Guildhall. Atturisey,
Mr. Richard Orr Turner, New Inn.
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PROVINCIAL lOURNALS.

ItUsT IN WIIEAT.

[Front The Leeds bitelligencvr, Oct. 5.]

An important paper has been published by that
celebrated Agriculturist, Sir JOHN SINCLAI R, ill
which he eattiestly presses Farmers in this and
ensuing seasons to use salt in preparing their
t,tllott s for wheat ; and he establishes by a
utimber of facts the certainty of preventing dis-
ease in the wheat crops by means of salitie ap-
plications. There is one fact extracted from the
late Report of the Salt Committee, ordered to be
printed in June last, from which it appears that
the produce ut part of a field sown with salt was
nearly treble in proportion to the rest of the field.
The grain was of excellent quality, and the site-
ceeding crop of clover was of a superior descrip-
tion. The quantity necessary to ensure success
is frotn 30 to 40 bushels of tool salt the statute
acre. '1 hose using it are rectontoeuded to sty
30, 35, and 40 bushels, on dateteut parts, ill
ostler to ascertain the best quantity. 'the appli-
cation should be made in September and October
Atter it has remnitied fur a sew days on the sur-
face, it shook! be ploughed io with a shallow
ftlflow, before winter, and afterwaros thoroughly
incorporated with the soil, before the wheat is
sown in the course of the ensuing seasou. Far-
mers adopting this system arc particularly re-
-9ltested to pay close attention to the following
points, and to publish the results in their respec-
tive neighboorboods :—lst, Whether the salt de-
stroys needs and insects. 2d, Whether it makes
the soil more pliable, and less tough or adhesive.
3d, Whether it Produces an abundant crop of
wheat, tree fawn rust or blight. 4th, What are
the effects au the succeeding crop of clover, and
die crops that follow it. It would also be im-
portant to compare the land thus treated with an
eqUal quantity of the same field, or fields, matur-
ed with lime, stating the expellee of each, and their
relative produce, aud what would have been t he ex-
pellee it the salt had been totally tree from duty.
Any farmer, who wishes to try this, or any other
experiment With salt, for No-letdownl purposes,
has only to send a certificate from any officer of
Excise in his neighbourhood, specifying t he quan-
tity wanted, to any dealer in salt in Cheshire or
at Liverpool*, by whom it will be forwarded for
about 6i. per ton, tree, on board any vessel or
canal boat. 'kite freight, of course, most depend
on the distance from the place or embarkation to
the farm where the 3AII is to be used ; from Li-
verpool to Leeds, by canal, it is 355. per ton.—
The following is a copy of the certificate which
the farmer must procure front a neighbouring Ex-
Ci3e officer, in order to enable bins to obtain the
rock salt :

No. t.
" A certificate, to be givet; by an officer, to enable a farmer
to procure Rock Salt for feeding or mixing with the food of
sheep, cattle, &c.
This is to certify, that is a farmer residing at
in the county of near my residence, and that he
now occupies about acres of laud, situated at
and has not any certificate depending for Ruck Salt already
received. Witness my hand this day of 18
()dicer of Division or Ride
District Collector."

The farmer may transfer any part of the Salt
received in consequence of this document to any
other farmer, for which purpose the nearest Ex-
cise Officer will furnish bins with a permit. He
will also furnish him with another certificate, to
be filled up when the salt has been used, and in
which is to be specified in what manner and pro-
portions the salt has been used; what description
or number of sheep and cattle have been fed
therewith ; in what way the same has been used
as a manure ; on what lands ; and what benefits
have resulted (bereft-um. The permission to use
the salt is not clogged with bonds or affidavits.
When it is considered how fatal rust is to our
wheat crops, and that it is a noSady which has
perhaps occasioned more distress to this country
than any one other circumstance that can be men-
tioned, it is earnestly hoped that numerous
farmers, in all parts of the country, will imme-
. diately adopt this mode of treatment on souse part
of their laud:, in order that their concurrent tes-
tiatony may fully establish its ctiiracy, and pre-
pare the way for its universal application.
• Sir John says, Mr. Flume, a respectable and pnblic-spi-
rited merchant in Liverpool, is particulai I anxions to pi.,
mote such experiments ; and, if applied to, will probal,ly un-
tiertake to execute I IC commission.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THP, TUAMES.-011
Monthly afternoon, a party of French (ientlemen,
lately arrived in England, being invited to spend
the evening with some friends on board an East
indiatnan, now lying in the Docks, they repaired
to Alderman's Stairs, Wapping, and hired a boat
to convey them thither. The watermati had not
rowed far, when One of them stood tip in the
boat ; the watermen cautioned the oti.ers who
were going to follow his example on the impro-
priety of it ; but not tindersitinuing him, they all
stood up at one side of the boat, by which it was
upset, nod the whole of them, consisting of five,
vxclusive of the waterman, seere thrown into the
w.iter. An alarm was instantly made, and several
active watermen made to their assistance, and
succeeded in saving some of the party, while others
swam on shore. Two of the party were taken out
apparently dead, but by the usual means being re-
sorted to, they were recovered. The bodies of
Mr. Frederick Augustus Antony, a foreign mer-
chant, and Mr. Jones, a private GeHtlelnln, were
dragged for during the night without effect ; but
the body of the former was found yesterday after-
noon, quite dead, and conveyed to the nearest
public-house.

MAP ADFUL CATASTROPIIP..—We are concerned
to record the melancholy fate of Mr. Wilkie, at
lionitigton, in the parish of Radio. O Mooday '
last that Gentleman, having just returned trout
his ride, proceeded to loosen the gittlis in order
to take off the saddle, when his mare, a spirited
animal, turning suddenly round, bit him in the
belly, and lacerated him in a shocking manner.
Medical assistance was called in, both from the
vicinity of the place and from Edinburgh but,
notwithstanding all their awls., Mr. Wilkie died
on Tuesday evening, after enduring the most ex-
cruciating agony. The same animal bit one of
his farm-servants severely some time before, but
he soon after recovered. A few years ago a
brother of Mr. Wilkie lost his life by an infu-
rimed ox.--(Caledonian Mercury.)