The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-14 00:00:00

THE ASSIZE SERMON.

On Sunday, the Judges attended Divine Service at St.
George's church in the morning, accompanied by the High
Sheriff, and his Chaplain, the Rev. Rector Brookes. The
Sheriff did not enter the church. ' His Worship the Mayor
at-lived soon after the Judges had taken their seats, and was
accompanied by the town-clerk and other officers of the corpo-
ration, and followed by the regalia of the town and the usual
retinue. The junior minister read prayers, and the Commu-
nion was read by the Rev. J. B. Mon* senior minister. Du-
ring the service, the talented organist, Mr. George Holden,
introduced several sublime anthems; and it is to be, hoped,
that the swelling tones of the organ did not ascend to heaven
as a mockery, but as the voice of thanksgiving, and the psalm
of praise. The sermon was of course preached by the
High Sheriff's Chaplain, and was one worthy of a Christian
minister, and such an one as was calculated to be eminently
useful. As public journalists, we have deemed it within our
province to endeavour to give a discourse so valuable in a
form calculated to make a more lasting impression than is
too generally the fate attending oral discourses, anxious
alike to afford food for moral, as for sound political instruc-
tion to our readers. Being situated at a distance from the
preacher, and disadvantageously for hearing•, we lost one or
two words of his discourse, but we believe, we give the ser-
mon, with one or two exceptions, verbatim.
The Reverend Rector took for hiS text, the 2.3 d chapter of
the Gospel according to St. Luke, and the 4.3 d verse :
" Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in
Paradise."

No one can attentively study the Holy Scriptures without
being convinced, from their whole tenour, that we have need
of pardon and forgiveness.. For there is not a troth more
insisted on in the revealed word, of God, than that all have
sinned, and come short of His glory. Yet, while the mind
is labouring under the weight of this curse, and is over-
whelmed with the conclusion which must necessarily arise
flout it, the sincere and humble Christian derives the great-
est consolation from the discovery, that no sooner did trans-
gression render redemption necessary, than a Redeemer was
promised, and pardon freely offered through his adventation.
Nor was the freedom of the gift in any way affected by the
circumstance of its being accompanied with certain required
conditions. When forgiveness is extended to one whose
guilt has been proved at the bar of an earthly tribunal, his
abstaining from a repitition of the offence is doubtless im-
plied; and yet, the forgiveness is not on that account less
complete. Now, the conditions on which the Christian ob-
tains remission of sin, are, as we are told by the apostles,
repentance towards God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
They who comply with these conditions, and endeavour in
sincerity, and in truth, to act up to them, are the characters
who are represented in scripture as righteous, for to them
will the Lord—not indeed on account of their own works or
deserving, but through the merits of Jesus Christ—impute
no sin. They are the blessed children of the Father, whose
offences are forgiven, and whose sin is blotted out. ' The
light of reason alone could never have justified us in enter-
taining the comfortable persuasion that the Almighty would
deal with. us not according to our sin—not with reference to
what we were on the day of our guiltiness, but to what we
are subsequently on the day of our repentence. Reason
would have told us that punishment must be the unavoidable
consequence of transgressing the commands of God, and we
must have been left the helpless victims of a hopeless des-
pondency, had not the Revelation of Christianity been
vouchsafed to teach us the opposite truth, that the sincere
and repentant sinner should not be visited with that awful
measure of retribution which his actions considered in them-
selves, and in their own nature must unavoidably bring upon
him. Whilst, however, we are encouraged not to despair of
the Divine mercy on the one hand, we should be careful not
to allow ourselves to indulge in any unscriptual assurance of
pardon on the other. Both of these in their different ways,
when carried to •excess, may be, and have been productive
of incalculable evil, and to. the extremes of both these feel-
ings much of error, and much of misery may clearly be
traced. It is, therefore, most essential, that we should form
a right judgment ou a point of so much importance; 'and
useful lessons of instruction, connected with this subject may
be drawn from the due consideration If the passage of scrip-
ture that I have selected for our present meditation. It must,
I think, be admitted by every one who reflects attentively
on the case before us, that there are circumstances attending
it of a very peculiar nature, and tortwhich, in these days of
professed Christianity, it would be difficult to find a parallel.
We have an instance of a man whose course of life must
have prevented him from enjoying any opportunities of be-
coming acquainted with the character of our blessed Lord, or
with the proofs which he had given of the truths of his Di-
vine nature. He had been engaged in a systematic course
of plunder and of crime, till being arrested by the hanctof
justice, be had been condemned to suffer death, as the
merited punishment of his numerous offences. His sentence
was directed to be carried into execution at the same time
with that of Jesus Christ: and it is more than probable that,
rumours must have reached him, during his confinement in
! prison, of the transactions which were then taking place, and
of the pretensions of Him who was destined to be his fellow-
sufferer. He there, too, might have heard for the first time,
of the many miraculous works which our Lord had per-
formed in different parts of the countrv—of the dignified
composure which he had shown before the Jewish and
Roman tribunals, and of the tokens which he had given in
his whole behaviour, not only of his Innocence, but of his
holiness also. The history seemed to imply that he bad
been made acquainted with the offers of mercy and salvation
which our Lord had publicly proclaimed to the world—with
the kingdom which he had promised as the inheritance of his
faithful disciples, and of the happiness which was reserved
for those who sincerely believed in him. With this newly-
acquired knowledge he was carried to the place which was to
be the last scene cf his mortal life, and there, into the pre-
sence,of Him to whom his attention had been so recently di-
rected. What he there witnessed made a powerful impres-
sion upon his mind. The unassuming meekness, the digni-
fied submission, the innate majesty of the Son of God, then
iu the act of dying for the sins of the world, affected him so
forcibly as to strengthen his hope in conviction, sod subdue
the si übborness of his heart. He seems at this awful moment
to have been overwhelmed with the sense of his own sin, and
of the surprising dignity of Him who was then the object of
universal scorn; aini he at once yielded to an evidence which
appease(' to hint as clear and decisive, and acknowledged in
itie first instance—'this is the true and lawful Son of God."
When his companion in crime joined in the brutal revilings
which were on evety side cast on the holy Jesus, he severely
rebuked him fur his impiety, for the insensibility which he
showed to his own condition, and for the insults which he
offered to a dying man, unmindful that he himself was the
object of hopeless misery. " Dust thou not fear God? Hast
thou no apprehensions of His displeasure and vengeance?
seeing that thou art thyself in the same condemnation. And
not only so, but we are suffering justly; we have no right to
complain; we are only receiving the due reward of our
deeds; our sentence is the deserved retribution of our •
crimes, whilst this man is innocent. He has done nothing
wrong; he has not been guilty of any violation either of the
law of God or man; he has committed no fault at all."
Having thus checked the ardent insolence of his partner in
wickedness, he turned to Jesus, and said unto him, " Lord,
remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom." How
much is contained in these few words! As if he had said,
"I confess that thou art the supreme Lord of all: that
Saviour which thou hest declared thyself to be; I believe
too that thy kingdom is not of this world; that though thy
enemies may now seem to exercise an uncontrolled power,
and to subject thee to an ignominious death, yet that their
triumph will be short-lived; thou wilt rise superior to the
utmost efforts of malice and of persecution, and wilt enter on
that eternal state where thou wilt live for ever. I therefore
• take this, the first and only opportunity I have had, of pro-
-
' fessing myself thy disciple, unawed by the threats, and re
oardless of the reproaclies of the thoughtless multitude that
surround us, and glory in declaring my full trust in thy
power, and my confidence in thy mercy. 1 implore there-
fore, thy compassion; 1 pray, therefore, that thou wouldst
accept me as a true penitent—that thou wouldst remember
use when thou hast entered into thy glory. That as thou
hest promised to receive all such as sincerely believe in [nee,
and to acquit them of the guilt of all their former sins for the
sake of that belief, thou wouldst not reject one, who, in the
deep conscientiousness of his own sin, in the Divine merits
throws himself at the foot of the cross, and awaits that
mercy." Here then we have a striking instance of a modest
and ingenuous willingness of. mind that embraces the truth
as soon as it is known—a vigorous, a noble faith which no
res'stance could intimidate, no threatenings divert from its
course. In the last hour of life he is for the first time made
acquainted with the saving knowledge of the gospel. He loses
not this first opportunity; he hesitates not courageously to
avow his belief and his conviction at the very time when our
Lord was in the deepest affliction and disgrace that human
rancour could heap upon him; when to all appearance he was
impotent to save even himself, much less others; when he was
made the sport and derision of his enemies.and was forsaken by
his friends. At this moment did this penitent sinner fly to him as
to a sanctuary. Through the dark cloud of misery and of suffer-
ing, he discovered the rays of Divine glory, and placed his
hopes on the spiritual kingdom, which was perceptible only to
the eve of faith, and when even they who had enjoyed the in-
terviews, and had been blessed with the advice and instruction
of their Divine master through the whole period of his mi-
nistry, were too dull to comprehend, or too prejudiced to act
upon them. Now !his man did all he could; as soon as ever the
character and pretensions of our Lord were brought under bis
view, he applied himself to the serious consideration of them.
When his reason was convinced, his repentance was prompt
and decisive; his avowance of his belief was resolute and
fearless; there was no prevarication, no subterfuge, no delay ;
under the most discouraging circumstance, be at once threw
himself upon the mercy of Him whom he believed to be the
promised Redeemer, and so implied a testimony to the truth.
So illustrious an instance of faith, not a whit behind that of
the chiefest Apostles, was at once graciously accepted, and
our Saviour exercising an act of sovereignty even upon the
cross, held out to him the assurance of au immediate reward.
"To day shalt thou be with me in Paradise."
Such, then, is the ease of the penitent culprit; and how can
it with any colour of reason be applied to Christians of the
present day, as offering encouragement to a late repentance,
orthat that certainly would be of avail. There is indeed a wide
difference between one who hes been a stranger to the name
of Christ, Hit the night of death is closing upon him, and one
who has had opportunities from his infancy of hearing the
words of eternal life; between one who has embraced the
offer of salvation as soon as made to him, and one who has
wholly closed his eyes against the light, and rejected the re-
vealed Saviour; between one who has paid a ready submis-
sion to the first convictions of truth, and one who has refused
to admit the clearest proofs, and the most undeniable evi-
dence; between one who confessed Jesus to be his Lord when
hanging upon the cross in the last agonies of his mortal ex-
istence, when hope itself seemed withered and destroyed, and
one who disowns the Lord of life when he has risen victori-
ous from the tomb, and is seated on his throne in heaven at the
right hand of the Majesty on High. Here there are no points
of resemblance which can justify our drawing the same con-
clusions, and to suppose that because pardon is granted in
the one case, it may as reasonably and as certainly be ex-
pected in the other, is to wrest the scriptures in their whole
description. There can be no doubt but that Almighty God
will dispense His rewards and punishments with the most per-
fect impartiality, and how can he reward those, asthe thief on
the cross when in a state of repentance, who have proved
themselves widely different in the state of trial? He judgeth
not indeed as man judgeth; he will make allowances for every
one's case; he will consider what light has been placed be-
fore him, what advantages have been vouchsafed, what time
has been allowed. For less degrees of guilt he will look for
!less abundant proofs; but where more has been given, more
will be required, and a strict account will be demanded from
all of the use and improvement which they have made of such
a portion of instruction as has been committed to them. If
the omitting to make a right use of the advantages put into
our hands be an offence against God, how much more peril-
ous shall the abuse of them be ? How much more greivous
a sentence must they expect that have perverted the exam-
ple of their influence to the purposes of evil, and have dis-
graced their Christian profession by the dissoluteness of their
lives that have been engaged in their whole course in the con-
tinued practice of sin and wickedness, equally injurious of
the happiness of their fellow creatures, and of the honour of
their Divine master. To suppose that the sorrow of a dying
hour in such awful transgressions as these will be a ground
for acceptance is a fatal mistake; and no man can be justi-
.fied, from the case before us in indulging a fond expectation
of forgiveness at last; because it has been granted in an in-
stance that bears no just relation to the circumstances in
which he himself is placed.
These reflections apply with no inconsiderable force to the
situation of those unhappy persons whose atrocities call for
the forfeiture of their lives at the bar of justice It has by no
means been uncommon to represent them as leaving the
World not only in a penitent odour of mind, not only under

the influence of' anxious anticipation and even half hope, but
with the feelings of the liveliest joy and in full assurance of
acceptance. Now doubtless this is a faithful saying and
worthy of an acceptance, "that Christ, Jesus carne into the
world to save sinners." Doubtless the Son of Gud came "to
seek and to save that .which was lost." Doubtless be is not
willing that any should perish, but that "all should come to
repentance." These unqualified declarations of divine truth
are sufficient to prevent despondency even in the extremist
cases; but then it should be remembered that appearances
are always liable to deceive; that the very circumstances
which often surround these persons are calculated to engen-
der and to support delusion, and with our imperlect means of
judging we cannot be too cautious in forming our own con-
clusions; we cannot be too guarded in bearing such decided
testimony as may uo doubt be liable to be overcharged. Far
be it from me in any instance to set beunds to the mercy of
God. I would not have any arguments pressed:on the dying
criminal which should border on despair. 1 would not have
his eyes to be closed against those premises of pardon which,
even when death conies in her'gentlest and most peaceful
form, are required and are alone sufficient to allay his petit.
But then he should be made sensible of the imminent danger
to which be has reduced himself by his crimes; he should if
possible be brought to a due conviction of the serious respon-
sibility which awaits him; he should impress his mind with
that overwhelming fear which is so necessary for all in this
state of trial, becoming all who have to work out. their own
salvation. But surely they cannot be promoting the interests
either of society or of religion who would represent these un-
happy men as patterns of fortitude, like mai tyrs at the stake!
They should be rather held up to the world as awful exam-
ples. They should be considered as supplying the gravest
motives to all men for earnest self-examination, humility, and
repentance. They should be exhibited as terrors of evil to
the consciences of the wicked doers. And if in their last
moments there should be any feeling beyond that of calinnt•ss
and resignation, anything of an unholy pride, the true Chris-
tian will deeply regret the insensibility which such a state of
mind exhibits, and will not be deceived by it. The best that
can be done for these when they come even to death, who
have resisted every previous wet ning, who have stilled the
admonitions of every monitor, and who have pursued a con-
tinued course of fraud and wickedness, is to urge upon them
a deep contrition for their past sins, to move them to the de-
testation of their former evil ways, and to encourage them in
earnest supplications for pardon, that God will he still graci-
ous to them, and that by Christ only Ile can have mercy
upon them: but anything else is not the feeling which can
furnish either serious consolation to themselves or to society in
times of trial. "A broken and a contrite heart" is indeed
to God a most acceptable and pleasing sacrifice. His ears
are never shut against the cries of the truly penitent;
be is ever ready to give consolation to the heart of
the contrite. But as far as man is concerned great
difficulty
,lies in ascertaining his sincerity when he is
on the brink of eternity. • It is then most difficult for
man to distinguish between the hatred of sin and the dread
of death—between the love of God and anxiety as to himself;
between the sorrow of his penitence and forebodings of his
punishment. These are so perplexed and so intricate as to
baffle the strictest researches; and yet this must attend tho
closing scene of one who is only awaiting his last moment
to be in possession of the nature and extent of God's holiness
and of his own punishment. We can only lead them up to
Him who will remember their infirmities. He loves them;
and we do not know but He who can read the heart may see
in it such a change as would be productive of good fruits, if
the opportunity were granted. He may. accept the honest
intention where nothing else can be offered; He may may
blot out their iniquities and remember their sins-no-more. If
this is the use, the proper use which we ought to inake'a the
subject before us; how are we to apply it to ouselves? We
have an instance of a notorious criminal brought to remorse
and contrition, and received into grace and the favour of
God just as he is on the point of leaving the world. It teaches
us that though a man's sins be terrible, though they be " as
scarlet and red like crimson," yet if he be sincere and un-
reservedly casts them away, and goes to the cross of his
Saviour for help and salvation,. he must not be considered as
shut out of mercy. The most, however, that can te! inferred
is, that such a thing may be ; but it furnishes no probable
argument to prove that it certainly shall be. Look on the
other side of the cross and you have as manifest a proof of
God's forsaking men in their last hour as you here haVe of
His accepting them. Search the whole of the scriptures,
and you will find no other record similar to this, -It • has
been given to man that none may be driven to din-fair,- but
it is the only one that has been given, that none may pre-
sume. There is no safe foundation upon which we can build
separated from the law of righteousness and of true holiness.
We must live as becomes Coristians, in a manner worthy of
that holy name by which we are called, and of that divine
master whom we profess to serve. This is what is required
of us, and we can only attain to it by keeping strict watch
over ourselves and frequently examining into the state of our
own hearts. Do we there find any'acts encouraged, any be-
setting sins persevered in, let us cast them away. Do we
resolve to abandon them, and do we earnestly pray for the
influence of the holy spirit to lead us into the way everlast-
ing ? If instead of this, my brethren, if in the spirit of an
extravagant 'fanaticism, we resolve to sin that grace may
abound; or, if in the spirit of the formalist welook-to out-
ward observances for inward renewing; of if in the spirit of
the proud Pharisee we substitute our own righteousness for
the righteousness of Christ; or if again in the spirit of an
overweening sufficiency we pride ourselves on our vaunted
superiority over others, and say. "come not near to me, for
I am holier than thou," if we indulge in any such frame of
mind as this, we may be sure that our expectations and four
faith will be alike vain. But if on the contrary we seek for
elory and mercy by a continuance in well doing—if conscious
of our own weakness we place our reliance on the all-suffi-
cient merits of our Redeemer, if we feel a godly sorrow for
past offences and firmly resolve on amendment for t he future,
if we are diligent in seeking the Lorcrehile he may be fount',
and delay not to call. upon Him while Lie is near:we thus
press onwards towards the mark of our high calling. Tien
may, we reasonally hope that our sins i. ill he blotted out
frem the book of God's remembrative, and that we shall he at
last translated to those mansions of glory where lie e born
we have humbly endeavoured to serve is gone befoie its to
prepare a place for his faithful servan.s.—Now to God, &c.

The Earl of Sefton has rallied, and the answer id the
numerous inquiries on Friday, in Arl44lton-street, was. that
his lordship wes better. lie has been rents.vell- to Stoke,
near Windsor, where he is attended bt Dr. Chambers, phy-
sician to the. Queen Dowager, and Mr. Copland..
EARTHQUAKE AT TURRIFF.—On Monday night last the
town of Turriff was visited by the slight shock of an earth-
quake, which overthrew a con,iderioile part et the Oburch-
yard wall. Only one visitation of a similar k ind ever-iicciirred
in Turriff within the memory of the oldest inhabitants.—
Glasjow Courier.
feed
a IN BANKRUPT LAWs.--A. ay ago
a creditor. under a commission issued 20 years agO, applied
for a dividend, a muunting to £1 6-. fiul was told th,t it
would cost him more. to prove his identity fhau'ihe dividend
amounted to, so that he prudently relinquished it. Qutere
What becomes of the £l6s. Bd.
FIRST LOVE.—Scarce one person out of twenty marries
his first love, and scarce one out of twenty of the roinanider
has cause to rejoice at having done so. What we love in
those early days is generally rather a fanciful creation of our
own than a reality. We build statues of snow, and weep
when they melt.—Sir Walter Scott.
(WHO'S RIGHT P—A Catholic priest in this neighbourhood
a Jesuit) told his congregation in his chapel, after the morn-
ing service last Sunday—That there would be nu service in
the afternoon; that they ought, this had weather, to attend to
their hay-making, &c. On the same day, another priest (a
secular) denounced his hearers as sinners and reprobates,
for having done the very saute thing on the Sunday preced-
ing; and what, he said, was worse, on a holiday. These
reverend gentlemen live within two or three miles of each
other. Where is the unity of faith,' the priests so much boast
of! Qurere—Was either of Ahem right, and which ?—Pres-
ton Pilot.
A KNOTTY POINT:—MATURE DELIBERATION AND DE-
PARTURE FROM A PRECEDENT.—On Saturday, a case. Stra-
ker v. Graham and another, was tried before Mr. Justice Wil-
liams, The jury, finding they could not come to an unani-
mous agreement, retired at two o'clock in the afternoon. The
court adjourned at half-past five o'clock, hut the jury was
looked for in vain during many hours after that time. A num-
ber of individuals interested in the cause sauntered about the
court, till ennui, fatigue, or hunger sent them one by one
away, and, at length, none remained, by the single dimly-
burning gas-light which made darknessavnidssitihilee,kbeuetptehreor
triole-
thonotories' clerk, a bailiff or two,
courts. At midnight it was found, that the jury were as far
from coming to anything like a general agreement as ever,
and all whose duty .did not demand their attendance retired
'to their homes. esterday morning (Sunday) the yi-
nified to the bailiff
ward who had them under watch and jur s
, thagt
there were still two parties amongst them, and that each held
fast by the opinion with which they had retired. As they were
stanch good men and true, who did not wish to be starved into
the expression of that which they were not convinced of; they
sent a humble request to his Lordship, that he would be pleased
to grant them some breakefdasti.,ivWanitdh I,ll,tishereqtwueelvset,tishLavoirnd;
rn ship was kind enough to ,
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thaninb before,eg
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for,argue
by two o'clock
the case,io it
would appear, with more
in the afternoon, they sent word to his Lordship, that they
had agreed in a verdict for the defendant. The Judge sent
an immediate order for their discharge, they having been
locked up upwards of twenty-four hours. This is, we believe,
the first instance of any Jury having been furnished with food
during their deliberations alter retirement.—Aibion.
LANCASHIRE CoMmEnCIAL CLERKS' SOCIETY.—In our
last Saturday's paper we advertised the proceedings el' the
annual meeting of this society, which was held on Friday
se'nnight, for the election of the officers, passing the arepunts,
and the transaction of the general business of the society. On
reference to the general account of receipts and expenditure,
we find an excellent proof of the great utility of this society;
for, during the past year, it has assisted ninety-five widows
with £647. ls. 2d.; ten orphans with £4O. Bs. 4d.; and forty-
five sick and aged members with _1!517. Bs. 6d. We further
find, that, since 1808, the time when the society first began to
afford assistance to its members, it has paid, to widows,
£18.885.25. 3d.; to orphans, £2474. 85. 7d.; and to skit and
aged members, £12,298, 11s. 11d.; being a total, in Thirty
years, of £33,658.25. 9d. This year's expenditure-exceeds its
actual income by £kl2. Os. 4d.; but we are glad to see that
this deficiency is more than covered by the kind donations of
several benevolent friends, who subscribed at the annual din-
ner the sum of £266. 16s. We note also, that the' society
possesses a permanent fund of £17.686. 14s. 7d. invested in
chief rents and mortgages, and yielding I.:831.8s. The re-
maining annual income is the subscriptions °Nile members ;
and, when the expenditure exceeds the income from these two
sources, the auxiliary fund, arising from donation's, is resorted
to; and we are glad to-see,- notwithstanding the above pay-
ment, that it amounts to £593. Ss. 6d. It is true that the sum
given to each person is 'small; but still the allowance is
greater than could be obtained by any investment of an an-
nual or life subscription; and we would earnestly call the at-
tention ofclerks, and the principal servants iu our numerous
commercial establishments, who wish to provide for the fu-
ture, to this old-established society ; which, for upwards of
thirty years by the united assistance of its members and ge-
nerous donations of principals, has withstood much adversity,
and yielded so large au amount of pecuniary assistance to the
distressed.--illaneliester Guardian.

PROSPECTS OP THE HARVEST.—The following is an ex-
tract from the monthly circular ef Messrs. Stutge, the eminent
corn dealers of Birmingham:--"Birmingham. Bth month,
Bth, 1838.—Since the, commencement of last month, wheat
has advanced here from 6s. to Sc.per quarter, though we have
not had a very short supply There are very, general com-
plaints of extensive injury to the crop on the ground; from
a small yellow maggot in the ear, which is.so serious in its
ravages, that in many ears the produce must be materially
reduced. It it a disease which appears to have been nearly
unknown before to the oldest of our farmers, and extends, more
or less, to the whole of the south-western counties. We hear
of it so far north as Lancashire, and also in some parts of
Ireland. Several of the eastern counties appear to have es-
caped; and should the weather prove tolerably fine thv'next
month, we expect the crop iu that part of the kingdom will
Erove fully an average one. In Scotland and tLe north of
England the wheat is not in a sufficient state'tif forwardness
for any accurate opinion of the probable pr6duce, and much
will depend upon the weather. It is now universally admitted,
that the stocks of free wheat have not been so nearly exhausted
for many years; as, although there is no certeiu means of
ascertaining what remains in the hands of the farmers—the
present high prices, and the certainty that in d fey; weeks all
the foreign under lock will be liberated at a kW duty, creates
a general disposition to sell all they have before the new
comes to market. The prices of wheat in most of the Baltic
ports have risen with.equal rapidity to our own; but those in
the Mediterranean and Black Sea, by the late advises, will
afford a considerable martin for profit. W. think the 10-e,l,h
tof land under wheat in this part of the country is much greater
han usual; but bow far tits compensate for the ilea-
ciency in the produce, per acre, we are -unable to torus an
oeinion.---The barley crop is spoken of very favourable • and,
if the weather admits, pertion will be cut ill our early dis•
tricts ill the course of nest week." -