The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-01 00:00:00

1111)Nr111.)' AfIRICCI.TUR-1L tysPoitr.

Of 1 •te years, the fainters have ?keen remarkably
rortsanate in their seed season ; the I resent yields to
no former tine. Never was the Lent corn t.f every
description, lint into the earth under nal re happy
empires, or the liti‘inrss enrol leted with greater ex-
petlifon, or at Iris exrenw. The season had been
previously mist favourable for manuring, and the
heayirst clay, worked to admiration. The spring,
however, has not been equally far. arable to vegeta-
Con, which had, until t:.e late rains, been very hack-
o a d ; great pa. t of the wheat'', the grass and the eat-
tle crops suffering exceedingly. Early sown wheats
upon ;moil sound land will suffer little, perhaps even
he I easeti:e.l :.y the cheek ; but the latter sown, and
particularly upon hoer and 'spongy soils, in many parts,
are as materially injairrtl, that it was sonar time since
supposed they would he scarcely word priming I.r a
cr.sp. The late rains, which in this county, 4444 !lugged
about nine da:.s, from Old Lady Day to the Lida iust.
it may be kited, will be the mew s of improving and
acting such crops. In heist- woodland soils, the wheat
becomes root;/ /km, (met exposure to eharp drying
winds, I nth io the rainier and early spring, the moulds
as-aming the appearance and quality of meaning sand,
forsaking the roots, and subjecting them to deadly
chill, front which they never after sufficiently recover
to produrr a crop. On this head, there is a most im-
portant h;tit in the Bede Report, which we strongly
11x...women-I to the consideration of fiartrwrs. It is
drill c; to the sufficient depth for sand of the above
description. Since the rains, there has been a re-
rnrrenrc of sharp easterly anal va iahle winds, which
has proditred an irregular and trying temperatnre to
the human constitution, and also considerably 'retarded
vegetation. On the whole, however, the resent appear-
anc- may be deemed favourable, and the show for fruit
is abundant. After the turnips, the 'Writ of fodder
bT4 to run short, andothe bay came into general
requisition. The fall or lambs has been sidfitient in
number, hot many have perished, and a great num-
ber of both ewes and lambi' remain in a weak state:
in general none have dune well but those which have
been amply supported with hey and corn. Store
stock has sold well in sonic parts, in others has been
cheaper and difficult of sale. Fat hogs cheaper. The
fairs, as usually filled with ordinary horses, which
have not found any high spring prices. By the lat-
ter accounts, there is an immenae quantity t f wheat
and oats stored at the shipping porta of the Conti-
nent, ready for any favourable change of markets in
this country, and in increased breadth of wheat upon
the ground in every exporting country of Europe,
and in some which have recently become so. Such
are the effects of cultivating foreign wastes with Bri-
tish capital; and they who are interested therein may
now, if they please, institute an inquiry, as to what
public body originally and effectively promoted this
scheme, and as to those periwigs who foresaw and pub-
lished. its tendency, and ineffectually deprecated its
adoption.

The Court went omit of mourning resterflay. The
whole of the King's ser►ants and attendants appeared
is colours.
An article from Constantinople states, that at the
Isle of Chios, in tlre'Midst of a tremendous storm, a
►iolett shock of .an earthquake had oceurreel, whirls
had occasioned considerable damage.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

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COURT OF LING% BENCH, Aran, 119.

PO ARAN P. ROBINSON.

This as an action of assault and battery. Mr.
Iliennam opened the pleadings.
Mr. Sesiteser stated the case for the plaintiff. It
appeared that the plaintiff, a young lady of respectable
connexions, occupying• a house in Russell-place,
Charlotte-street, I•'itsroy-squa.e, had let part of her
house to the defendant, who is a voting man holding
a situation in the War-Otlice. Ili* father and mother
also occupied apartments in the same house. Sumo
misunderstanding had arisen as to the continuance of
the defendant's tenantry, and, WI the day mentioned
in the declaration, the plaintiff, in company with her
sister, went to Serve a a ritteu notice upon him relating
thereto, at new lodgings which he had taken in the
saute neighboarhnotl. She put the paper into his
hand; he threw it front hint, au•l struck her violently
on the arm with his umbrella. She fell upon the
steps of the dour, and was very severely hurt. The
defeedast was afterwards requested to make an apo-
logy fur his conduct, which he refused.
Mr. liiseork deposed, that between seven and eight
o'clock in the reciting of the 24th of January, he was
iu Charlotte-street upon business, and in crossing,• the
way from the west to the cost site of the s,reet, he
saw a young lady struck viultuutly on the arm with an
umbrella, by a gentleman. lie iinutediately went to
the spot. be plaintiff• was reclining with her chest
against a post, crying very bitterly, and complaining
of being struck. Witness asked her what was the
matter? She answered, " This gentleman le.s struck
me; I gave him this letter, and he snuck inc." '1 here
was then a letter ►ying on the ground. Tile defendant
said, " Why did you push it at ate anti walked away
instantly. Witness accompanied the ••laiutid home.
lie saw her arm after...aids; it was very much in-
flamed, and there was a bruise about the size of a
dollar, and an appearance of b!act,me•us.
Cross-exatitined.--ifiul nut hear the defendant say
that the plaintiff hail thrust the ietter auto his fair.
The parties spoke with vehemence, and he stated all
he heard. As it was it a--11:.„Its,w:tiless could distinctly
See the blow strvu•k.
Miss Sarah hurrah cor.luorated the last man. •s as
to the particular, of tile a wogs The deh•n•t:uat en•:
his father and mother fur sip months in plain-
tiff's house. The tit.lentlakit was a t lurk in the M ar-
Office. licr sister's atm anti side wire %teat touch
bruised, and she felt pain for it week afterwards.
Mr. 64•11NrY Alhiressetl the .sure on behalf of the
defendant, and represent..l that his client been
very rudely ass-tiled in the sheets, and 1.a:I a paper
thrust with violence into his face. Not knowing who
the assailant was, but conceiving it ass a person of a
very different character (ruin the plaintiff, he merely
pushed the party aside with his umbrella, without
meaning to commit any violence. It was at night,
and he had not the means of distinguishing persons.
It was not true, as had been stated, that the defendant
had refused to snake au apology ; on the contrary, an
lipolvgy was offered, but an action was pleferred.
he Cuter Je srtra recapitulated the evidence given,
and the Jury found their 'verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages 20/.