The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-21 00:00:00

HARVEST AND TRADE.

Should the present fine weather continue for
ten days longer, the operations of the wheat harvest may be
expected to commence in this neighbourhood. The pros-
pect of a heavier burden, perhaps never before was pre-
sented.—Dorset Chronicle.

The hay harvest is complete in this neigh-
bourhood. The crops are large and universally well got up.
—Wheats are. going on well, but for the other kinds of
grain rain is much wanted.—Nottingham Paper.
The corn harvest commenced on Tuesday, in
the neighbourhood of Loughborough, by the cutting of a
field of oats at Windmill-lane corner. The appearance of
the wheat crop is more promising than it has been of many
years ; every thing about it has a sound healthy look, and
indicates a good quality of grain. It is hoped the poor
man will find the truth of the old adage happily realized
" A dry summer never made a dear peek."—Leicester
Paper.
We have had one or two showers during the
week, but, should fine weather follow, they will prove of
service rather than injury to the crops, which are extremely
line, and likely to prove abundant in this neighbourhood.
A gentleman who travelled through a part of South Wales
about a fortnight ago, informs us, that the hay had then
been mostly got in, and that the wheat and other crops
were equally as promising as in the most abundant harvest.
—Bath Herald
A quantity of new barley of fair quality, was
cut at Warmsworth, near this place, on Saturday last. The
few warm days we have had, has made considerable altera-
tion in the appearance of corn in dry situations.—Dan-
caster Gazette.

JUVENILE DELINQUENT.-Our readers will
possibly remark, that amongst the felons sentenced to trans-
portation for life at the Preston Sessions, there is a boy
only seven years of age. This unusual circumstance will
be the best explained by a succinct history of the child's
short but extraordinary career. His name is Taylor, and
he is the son of a small fanner in the neighbourhood of this
town. 'rhe boy had scarcely attained his fourth year
when he evinced a propensity to steal, by convert ing to his
own use the money he was in the habit of receiving front
his father's customers for milk, which he (the boy) was
employed to bring to town every morning. On this being
discovered, the urchin was sent to school, but on more than
one occasion he pocketed the school-money sent by him to
he toaster; and finally, he was dismissed from the school
in consequence of purloining a case of mathematical instru-
ments. He was next dispatched to Manchester, where it
vas intended lie should he hound apprentice, but there be
employed himself in picking pockets, and the father was
obliged to make up the loss to the plundered individuals.
Soon after this the young rogue sold his clothes and re-
turned to Blackburn, where he remained several days be-
fore his father knew be had kit Manchester. The next
feat was an attempt at :shop robbery, he having been
found concealed under the counter of Mrs. Boaran's
shop, in Church-street, just as the premises were
about to be rinsed for the night. The crime for
which he received sentence at the Sessions, was
perpetrated about a mouth ago, in this town, where,
in open day, he dexterously picked a man's pocket of
a tobacco-pouch, ink-horn, and nice-pence in money. Ile
was taken into custody, but the magistrate before whom he
was sent, hesitated to commit so youthful an offender, and
suggested parental correction as the best remedy. The fa-
ther, however, positively said he could do no more with
him, and preferred that the law should take its coursa, as
the only alternative. He was accordingly committed,
but his tricks were not at an end for all that. Mr. Kay,
conritassionating the boy's youth, would not confute hint in
the lock-up, hut recommended him to the care of an as-
sistant, who took him home to his own residence for the
night. The young thief was stripped and put to bed. In
the morning, the assistant, who had slept in another room,
missed two shillings from his pockets ; and sure enough,
on searching, the stolen money was found in the lining of
the boy's cap. In order that he might not grow worse by
herding with old offenders, the little rogue was quartered
in the hospital of the House of Correction at Preston, and
slept in an apartment with three invalid prisoners. In the
course of the night, whilst two of them lay awake, but ap-
parently asleep, they observed the boy get up and steal over
to the clothes of the third, and pick the pockets of the
only penny they contained, and that penny was found in the
thief's stocking on the succeeding day. And the subject of
this lamentable statement has just passed his seventh year.
..-BlacAtaan