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The Times, 1824-09-28T00:00:00

yhINTEIYST or AMoxF..-ThII f;ollowig is a calcu!atioln shovwing itle anrual rate of interest on I 001. invested in t'hc following British and Foreign Funds, if, indtecd, thc two last dIcscrve thie name of un(Ils MaAket Pric. An,,. Interest. British . . 3 per Ceints . . . . ?33 1?, Frcich .. 100 ,i 0 f D)anish . 101 41 0 Pruss'ian . - .9 ,.7 3 1 Austrian . . .0j _ 4 2 Russian .. . . . 4A Portuguese .. 89 . . J r) 124 Neanolitan . 5 . t . . .2 4 Builenos Aiyres 6 . . 85 I 710 (hili:an 7 ;. 7 76 I.i Colombian 7 r7 7 I.'5 1 13razi . fi I3 34 l'tfexcican . . .....t... ... S', . 8, 12 4 Peru -tin t i . 9I rSpanis-.h . . 2 . . . on ! Tltc follewing inramouis act of cruelty ani( oppression wve insert on the authority of a respcctable corresponrlent ; but we. hope, i.r thc hbnouc at bni7aniry, it is untrue :-A few 'lys sincc a fellow, with whvnse nante nve are unacquaintel, who, it appears, obtains his livelihoLd by prowling ahoot and poneriing on thc unri-ary, met the well-known Simon S.'lo:omn, then in ti eightietil Year, who for thesc forty yrars past nimst h.ave bees f:Emiliar to oor citizens of' Blath, hy' tfe littic box of' trinkets hc cnnstantly carvictl kintuet his aTtn. This wretch, it appears, doiliandedl his licence, whicb the -nor fellow, trom hlis extreime poverty, had beei ttunable tO proCUre. lle then, witt the moit uiifecliig barb:riitr, dragged the poorolhd niast uli to the G;u ildhall, wherc he wag, for tic first time ill his life, l"c;ed lip as a criniinal. *o bcing rele.sed, lie actully ti)awned all lh;itil s ock of inirrhandise, tnot exceedinig in value 2,5s., to pur- chase alcic .'c.% This sud(detn vreck oi- his )ittle property, together with the disgr;cei'uit treats:ent which occasioned it, so prey,ed upon 1ii tinin, tham, although in the regultr enjoyliulet of goodi hlie tlt, it frona that WiC bezan r.41,idly to de.cline, he soon took to his helt, and stits ived the above nel-ecihly circumstance otily onec wek !-Bds, Lad t istoI was- fur Ille t:;ost part favourablo to the liar- 'esters, who, we beti. ce. h->e i.ovw but little corn Qf atny sort to get iuce osir wa,t, we liav had a sitccessiotn of utifavoutrabl. weathier. With obie exceptionn. i'deed, w.c have n0ot had a fair day for the whole ofwie past wveei. This is the tiiore to bc lamentcl, as tnany of tile cro)ps in this neigibot,rhool have not beeu housed, and in orme quarters the harvest has not yet begmui, owing to Ihe bad staLe ofthe*catbe.- 1t isgreatly to be feared tiatatiuch of'the out- standing-k'aion wit' bc unsound trom the continucdl wet.-Dusrhaln Chronii4g. TheJimportant busilltes of harvest mnay be saidI to be completeiy finished In all the o1c'r districts, hut upon the higher g roundc, and on cold soils, psrictihularlv in thc easteri parts of this county, and in WVczm rrtolnd. uraiii is vet io he seen in the stook, and even some 8.'lds uncut. Owing to tnc great plc;ttv of' hands, :ind delightful weather, tile npnrations of' yeapng, carling, ano stacking, were tiever perfornied aith mnore raplid ivt atnd in rerv niany trstinces without lcir,g obsfructed bv a drop of rain: while tie extraordinry abundarncc of thc crops is fally evinced by the ujnusual numberand size of the corn-stacks in farit-yart; ailll .raofts, which were se-err bctiecr storr,i than1 at preseilt. The weather 1Eill Isigisly t-. ;outrathlc I'far 1O 1 - uoor Ishor ; antl should( i! contt. rcue so for another vett, v-e niLy regar( the liattest throughout tl:e country as tierfectly free fronidang -r.('ui.uis,e a J) ul. Ti EJti0s' N,Mw I A n.-Ar h-TIC Jews believe that G--si crcated the vwoilit in S t2pt ter, Or Tisril,at at ti. revolttiot of tIle sante tin"e .'eatly. lie silteth it) judgllment, and takes reckoning of every mal's lhte, an(l Pronounces sentence accordinaly. Thc rning of the new y ear is proclaimed by the soundl of' s trumpet of a ras's horn, to ivarn tiens thlat they iiaY think ot' their sins. The Jlay before they rise s-oer iii the ilmorning and pray. When they have done in the Sviiai t ic, ilc go to the Lreves, tes'ifying thalt if (God doterr not pardon th.le thley are like to the stead, and prity. ins-, tltat ebr the good woris of the Saints lie will pity thmn, nnsI Itirc ttif'y gi%e l rFe sulms in almF. After tsoon thiey shave, adorn .-,d balIte the"'selves, ti;lt tlt)'Y may be Piere the itxt day, and in the wrater they njnke c-nfession ,f tneihr ins. The feast bhgills with a cup of winC and New Vear atitatieins; atid on their tablts titere is a ram's head, in renllibranc ot " that ram w*hich was offere-d in Isaac's stend ;" antl *nr this causc are tltetrumpets of rams' horns. Fislt they eat to sigrnify the rLuhtiplic4ssion of their good weorks; they cat swcet fruits of' all sols,t end niake themiselves nl!erry, as assurcl of forgiveness of their sinsi; autd after mcat they resoet to so-ne bridge to hurl their sins into the weater * as it is writ- ten, " He shall cast all cuir sins Into the bottonm of the sea." Ferom thibs day to the tenth day is a. time of penance or L-ent.-See Pur. eIsp.'s PUgrieiqge, jieblis!iel 1613, p. 17V