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London, England, 1845-03-22 00:00:00

would incline us to think, that when there is„ i
may be called a good average crop, Great 8r.1,,j;
does produce, within herself, an ample suf'
of bread corn for all her wants ; but,„tti
when th&re is a bare average, this supply is
particularly if other branches of trade are fiftl'4,
ing, and the demand consequently brisk. Iv e;rty
ther think that by an improvrd management
land, emanating from the proprietors themselves, 11
present supply inigl.t be considerably increased, goo
to keep pace, for a time at least, with the wants °fro
growing population. In 1843, the preceding h5_,,,a
having been a good one, though we believe net w*.ni
than a fair average, the total quantity of foreign,7o
colonial wheat and flour entered for home consalePiip
was 990,52:3 quarters, about one-fifteenth of the en fot
consumption of the country, and the average Prhicepje
the year was 50s. la.; and during this year t"'"jie
mand for bread stuffs from the manufacturing
tricts was tolerably good, from the improvemeno
trade which was then beginning to be felt. We flit
also -observe, that however productive the harvesie,
home may turn out, some Baltic corn is alwarjit
qiiired during the early part if the winter, all to
damp weather, to enable the millers to work 1,00
newer wheats. Last year the harvest produce was "Jett
means so good as the year preceding, and there !,i,l
entered for home consumption, of foreign and coh.)01115,
wheat and flour, 1,026,976 quarters; while wearersl
gine the trade and manufactures of the countri,,o
never in a more flourishing condition, producini'it
consider:ll)la demand. Mr. M'Culloch says at
18U and 1813 Great Britain raised sufficient wigioo
for its own consumption ; and though the pOl3lOl
has considerably increased since those years, P„oof
improvements have taken place in the cultivate-of
the soil, by which its productiveness has been soil
mented. All this, however, is vague conjecture! so]
must continue so until there be some certain y
official guide in agricultural statistics; until thig
obtained, legislating on the corn-laws is really leg
lating in the dark. rtsoce
We consider it would he of the utmost import
to ascertain, annually, the capabilities of the c001:3.05,
to supply the people with food, not merely farinseeip
but animal. The population of Greatßritain is OP ill
increasing, and agricultural improvements a,)7
least, in a state of progression ; the desideratum
known is the relative proportion between the one "the
the other. It appears extraordinary to us than so
Government of the country should have bee
long carried on, indeed could have been s°
carried on, without some attempt to lie;
accurate information on so important a °feel
as the means the country possessed t°
its inhabitants. In no country in Europe is 311°,0
formation so absolutely required—where the Peroott
lion is continually pressing on the means of ale
and supply. Through the medium of our eas je;
houses we have accurate returns of our foreign t'4lyil
through the medium of the excise offices it 1111101
known what quantity of hops has been grown, 1(0
quantity of barley has been malted, how mueb:l)/0
has been distilled, how much soap made; 1111,04
the all-important question of bread and bee' we
left in utter ignorance.
We have given much attention to this subject, to
we consider the information we deem so neeessiloto
be perfectly attainable. We need not enter
minute particulars, but we shall give a gene raviotiF
line of what we think would be required. o.por
have every person possessing ground for farni",eno the
poses, whether as proprietor or tenant, to give 'll atlOr
clerk of the peace for the county, or to some disc
official appointed for the purpose, in countieg'seel
tricts of counties, or market towns, as mightry a
best, an annual return, some time in Janus
g(ir
each year, which would embrace the follolvibeepre
tails :—Size of farm, number of acres during t 01101
ceding year under tillage, pasture, hay'crop, orobet
unavailable from plantations or other cause beakC
of acres sowed under the several crops of wstpl
barley, potatoes, turnips, &c. ; amount of harves,
duce, including hay and straw,- quantity ofeseßtio;
sent to market and sold from the preceding JflttsBsl
quantity retained for domestic food and other
fl Pruitt"
d ° of
quantity remaining over ,r market at the en ;bt
year ; dairy produce; number of cows; we'reillr
butter and cheese produced ; meal produce;
in
her of cattle, sheep, and pigs on the ferill'§oo
crease of each during the season ; numb
and whether fattened or otherwise. With s",,tor
turns the Government and the Legislature
have a complete and distinct knowledge of the V;
tion of the country in its most essential ingrie„,d,
—the means it possessed for feeding its peel3,e tose
it could then deal with the corn-laws and cattlhe-er tte
accordingly. It would be further seen, Whetalieill.l
country was advancing or retrograding 10:till?
tural prosperity, and in what ratio; and abe „
would show what probability there was of Poe"
the supply of food of home production ansWer
the demand for it. agril
We imagine it would be no great trouble to
culturists to furnish the returns we have des% est!'
they can generally come to a tolerably care 00
mate of the produce of the farm before theif r so'
is thrashed out, or their turnips or potatees', ItA
weighed ; any inaccuracy arising in thOrts,
would be of little comparative ialPekt,
Again, every farmer keeps books ; he e if/Ij°
what he sells and what he buys
e 0
do not, very imperfectly understand theirh ',o e
Nor are we requiring anything that can be,_
inquisitorial. We require not to know whale
outlays, or the receipts, or the profits of ti; ocoti;
we merely wish to ascertain what IS tl ;1.00 t(
annual production of the kingdom arising ',he oa.'i
land, and we believe England is almost LovoitiL,,r
European country where this could not be ,oula
to
from official documents.
1°
This, of course, "is one of
a subject for Government legislation, an
Aft it etioll j
e ae.,
which we would earnestly solicit th
Ministers, not only for their own li2forgioo IP6
which
instruction, but because it is a matter
country must have a deep and lasting inter"- 15'
ROYAL POLY TECHNIC INS

TION. tb°
TIIE ARTIFICIAL HAND. '0
Several accounts have recently aPPeareacibelea de'
French journals, and from them they I'3%i:es
pied into those of our English conteMP°l4iiieli'lros
scribing the invention of a contrivance 11 11 014'4,
sons deprived of their hands, or of the lowor4 01 or
of their arms by amputation, and persons inonc,l
out hands, are furnished with an artifiehil pri*
hands which, by means of straps and Ste and 0.1)1#
bound to the joints above that amputated, - joi;#
rated upon, by the muscles of the otherselebt:),
and in some instances by the pectoral ng. $ °,,„a
made to act as a natural hand. 'Without j;1- 01 ;et
ment depreciating this most useful invel7°Jiircie
awarding to our French neighbours °ln-not 430
praise for their ingenuity, vve ca—
prive one of our own countrymen in heel
claim claim to applause which he has as good, °ft.,' Olt
a better right to claim. During the lecetizt-be rc.tl;
Professor Ryan delivered in the theatre ;Id 00,0
technic Institution on mechanical power, am $v!II,oly
adaptation to the relief of human beings, 50 th,b9
himself of the opportunity of introducing, sa,
tration of the subject, a man whose hon',,900"„00
large portion of whose fore-arm had been aibo`vil'fi
To the stump of the limb, just below the eni.
fasned an apparatus, composed of band,s:ried °ld
andsmall steel springs, which were let-10'3'00f eith
to lay hold upon the muscles, whilst at the.a.od,e'llite
of the apparatus was a hand, made of .";‘,O °I of
joints, fingers, &e., worked by the inc-$03..
muscles upon the connecting springs, 0604,
means of which the man could bold
shoes, °it;
wine glass, write his name, tie and untie fie tic
and use as a natural hand. This inventi°ll jAsePhi.
that of the French mechanics, and was t°37 1 rle;
George Cayley, Bart., Chairman of the ~1tv.,%(1,11 a red
technic Institution. The person nientin„-b00°,:04,
whose name is George Downland, has ben-ficisl,%-
by Prince Albert shaking him by his ari:iiireA)3o.
and also received the notice of the Duke `: 0 to ";
ton. This invention will be of great servi; AriftVoi
of our countrymen serving in our navY fe OP°
their profession renders them so much inn'
to a loss of this kind. fet
t0.411,01i
Sir R. Peel leaves Whitehall-gardense se. Sire
Parliamentary Manor for the Parliaentary reclfoor. too
Peel and family have already arrived at th°f Visc°l26oo
are happy to hear of the safe accoucheinent o r of
Villiers, the Right Hon. Baronet's clauglirtn'e'u'g.
and heir, at an early hour on Thursday 113°'-

Chick
the wife of W. C. Dewey,BIRTHS. ear C- AA
On the 20th inst., at Appledrom House, n rP,
0 f On naathoge
hBttehr.inst., at OpoEr'tsoq,.t'hoeflaaddyauogfiljtee---11nr. Sh°fte-O' Off
, 10' ojil
On the 13th inst., at Park-hill, claplia--' T
Webb, of a son. f Th°ll3sl .13
On the 16th inst., at Clifton, the lad,' 0- VI
Walton, jun., of a daughter, still-born. ife of CA d
On the 17th inst., at Camden-town, the ° 101 l
Cecil Johnson, of a daughter. Kent, tli° vls
On the 17th inst., at Farningharn•hill, jose,
William Waring, a-A., of a daughter. ~ gr'' .0
On the 18th inst., at Elm-field, Upper Clap n' P
floe'
Savory, of a son.
On the 18th inst., at Withington Recterif the
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of 0 tori'
Gustavus Talbot, of a son. „r; mreut
On the 19th inst., at Woodford, Mrs. Mom— /or
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f'
Thomas, Esq., to Mrs. Norton, of Sloane"-Ijsuttregettl:6°lel°l'
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ter
DIED.
On the 19th inst.., Sarah Falconer, eldest ~„0,
Rodgers, Esq., of Devonshire-s( uare aged ill '
i 1 :t cl:"gob ii;
On the 12th inst., at Cheltenlliam;Jamesl°l
reliet Oft,
late Major in the llth Hussars, aged 52.
vizabetli' - P.
On the 14th inst., at Cheltenham, ---- the
late W. H. Addison, Esq., of Demerara. r, fall,
On the 14th inst., at Antony Vicarage, 03/11
Gerald Pole Carew.

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