Star.
London, England, 1814-04-01 00:00:00

AGRICULTUR4L REPORT for MARCH.

Although so late a season for getting in Beans,
great breadths have been sown within the last week,
and., from the kindly workiv of most soils, (in c-m-
-sequence of the frost, and the fine weather succeed-
ing,) with every prlspect of success. The Turnip
fed off, ; worked equally well for Oats.
Though the strc.g lands rem..'n toe: wet at present
for general Ba-ley sowiT:, in rrost parts of Norfolk,
all their spri•ig corn is got in. The young Ray,
Grasses and Clovers, though backward, are in gene-
ral good plants, and begin to rersh. Rye and Winter
Tares likewise promise, if the weather continue mild,
considerable feed in good time. What Turnips re-
mained sound, were preserved by the snow, so as to
afford more sheep feed than could have been ex-
pected. Potatoes every where are getting in rapidly
on tender soils. Clover Seed does not rise so well as
was looked for, which has occasioned a considerable
advance in that article. The Hay Markets of Lon.
don continue at present without much advance, bat
in distant counties, the prices are much higher, from
the large quantities consumed by stock during the
severity of the winter. The Meat Markets are higher,
and likely not to drop for some weeks. Prime Beef,
Mutton, and Pig Pork were never scarcer. Lean
Stock; of most kinds,remain at nearly the last month's
prices, though the loss of lambs has been greater than
almost ever known. The Wool Markets have had a
arther advance. Horses of most kinds have expe-
rienced a fall of Ready 20 per cent.

Tuesday se'nnight a very melancholy occurrence
took place- at Kirkfielkl Bank, in consequence of the
insufficient state of Lanark Bridge. Allan Bog,,
gardener, at Sunnyside, while crossing it about nine
o'clock at night, on his way home, stopped_out of'
the horse track in the dark, and, at a plAce which is
totally without wall or railing, fell down 28 feet to
the channel of the Clyde. He was not immediately
killed by the fall ; but, being unable to call for as-
sistnnce, he was not discovered till next morning by ,
his children ; who had been out in quest .of him
most of the night. He was still alive ; but so much
hurt that he died in a few hours. He was a man'
noted for his diligence and integrity ; and has left a
wife and seven young children, who had no means of
support but in his labour, and who are thus, by the
unnzcountabl,.. neglect of a public road, left destitute.
A fire broke out on Monday night in the house of
Mrs. Kerne, 28, Dock-head, which damaged that
and the one adjoining Mrs. K. was so dre.ciful:y
burnt in attempting to extinguish the flames, that she
expired shortly afterwards in extreme agony.
A thriving plantation belonging to the town of
Forres was set on fire on Wednesday se'nnight, by
which shameful act about thirty acres of oak and other
valuable wood, have been totally destroyed.
On the evening of Saturday se'nnigLt, as Mr. Ed-
ward Rothwell, of Mains cotton.works, was proceed-
ing towards Carlisle, about eight o'clock, he was
knocked down betwixt Gallow-hill and Bc:cherby.
lane, by one or more persons, and robbed of two
pocket-books ; one containing cash rotes amounting
to £l4. 10s. the other, several pacers an,.: memo-
randums.

A little before nine o'clock on Sand.ty se'r.nighz, it
wap discovered that seven of the felclls confined in the
newly-erected cells at Carlisle, had escaped ; the ptd-
locks which secured the (toots having been opened by
some person from without, who ntubt have tntcted
the precincts of the gaol by getting over the wall with
wilich it is surrounded.