The Sun. — 1816-12-02 (London, England)

NOV. 18.—In the neighbourhood f-, ,Halle wilt& fields of corn have been destroyed by snairs,'whiell'have been produced by the continued wet summer season, and which nothing but the frost earl 'destroy.: H&MBURGH, Nov. 22.7—The Elbe is (nil of drift ice, and. may almOst be cimiidercd as unna. vigsble ; sortie shipi which- were to conic Up. to ; the city have been forced to moor on the strand, It is said, too, that an English brig in baUast hits ,0 :been observed drifting about the Elbe; • Blankeness, without being able to get to the''' short. The Unfitting. Post Boat, however, can go over the ricer. . W'ITZFRLA ND, 0cr,30.---.NDe.cree of the little council of the Cantori of Argotic' orders, .that the bodies of- persons who have committed suieide, or are suspected of having •done so,.except .sack us are pursned or arrested for a capital crime, shall be boric() iii the usual burying grounds', Oil those who-attempt tb hinder such 'burial be liable' to :a fine of 111)M 20 to 10.0-francs, an to art prisonnient of from two. to ten days. The reatutS" for this resobitton runs thus :—" We have learne d with displeasitre, that in some parts or Ilia,. Canton the prejudice stilt prevails, that the-lloditi of persons who have 'committed suicide., or are suspeetedof if, ought not to be buried in the, usual but LU.g grounds. Tios piejudice is-as unjust its consequences; as it is contrary to the Spirit Os Christianity'Auti* htimanity. As criminal as cide may be in the eyes,of a Higher Judge, who it is committed with couscionstiesa and as a.free act, so little is it proper to be judged by Utin.-; In• most cases, it the innocent toirserpienee t• Itudily disease, for which. 'the suicide deserves to be pitied rather than condemned. If it should he, punished as a civil crime, then, as in other crimesi,, all the cirtorns.tanees' under whiCh -it was` coo' ureMitred 'ought to be proved, wiiich; b)f.'the nal 0 of the thin. kis i ip)ssiblc • and even were '1 l gUilt of. a Suicide recogoized, 'yet he is bey tlie'reich of punishment, whatever is Ira ed is such must fall entirely on Oa leaves behind, who. are already planed in dig' ress, and worthy of pity."  AGRICULTURE, &c.  NIONTHLY REPORT Floß N.OirElll3Elt. Theleviiletifsearcity dt'l3rdid•-•,foin in Eagi ' t"3"66 (..''. irons the combined misfortunes of a defect ill Crop in some .districts, the bad state in which it %vas harvested' in most of the others, And fliea.inli rat:it:bill t f"of iitY liiiiiorlfat kilt itifficieliti° au''rfimmediate. relief;'.will reqnire legislative intrce" lion to regent the. distress being increased by a cotititinance of those fraittlalent practices in the'. meal trade, which hari been suffered too lolig t,' oppress the people; -end disgrace time police 0,1 this aci9ut,tinitirlly,brllo.lBftliclifil.olfh:lnieorciti)irenrilo,l:ollll;;;siet,s,lii::ll in a stile frUin wide!) but little supply can be ex', Pteted ;. and in s&ervil ,cif the internal disicts,' aArgiOats.,sriine glißlvtatirrrtil principally yici,sptaartigy, Beans tli ina r: e stir ligo:i,t,te.i 1 nits li, Helen'or:t: 41'4 consequence *of the .present deficiency PL., dp,rbne,:iorte.vetiicolcevs:f trh.a.,etil,n,el,o.tyt._ws 1:1.1:11)1: lye: telre:ftastrnla.ypinris'ilmwb' finaseiraniAniglV.eleriaticipatiplitsielluaal epirlascil tticto::, ta.:::t. - 0-7 116VtiOn,fd those State, cannot tib"e" aiiiti:tstd f te hair se ad a"-avg'nr".4" The Potittoe Crops do not .yield it'll aVdage 1°41)41 (ince, in quantity or quality. The, Thrill" .0 Norfolk and most parts of the Ba3tera,:distri are` complained of its .gClierillY. dCftetiVe)ll Ell: -apple., Clover Seed is. •if short crop frOnfiniu'l....; b1b.461-11:eailli:Ir.11;btp:1‘eifffcgt: gi:t.e:pol .r:oi°llsr(itt)lknYo' igegeriult.ilpiia..tirlirlYleiytni.:)' ts°riet:Echreibeß•aioebcet6:ele(Tsf:ili'littieltsliluG7Bl:l.ead;llljetiett g:.v:litggari°l:l 5:::111111;c1 well aaNititroc"; continuing so long on the front the b:eraPl',6-slinttlielti,; Fairs in the home countio have affutiden,.c,-,,0/6 derable *hews .of lean. Beasts, porticulaOly Pc'won, and Irish, huge droves of the latter in good the ;Pdri.ll4ll .uji?ila::asc.'ee'; P. of .1:1' uTari:D:ib: akeneitilYCs ( It io°t recently lti' Ilt havingh 9 markets.res 13.tp e3ar e cait 1e: . I(esi 11 °:‘'r but°'°l: ti tl it li 1 ittstili;v9l 1:::1.1 .e4len 11 I :$ll ri I 1 Ire  ~ "Tire f nvein'esi Jtiornal.nieStiiins * rePn" t'....11:1; tintuber'utjligilland kheaters, on their. re.tl,ol, from the southward, had periiihed in the snow co; the bill of Minikag,...litetween Athol and St" 11,-0, Alittir of the 18,h: ult.. from V.: cl►. sult",iolol* f4ltntiing simitai'Vata“rophe ;--`` 1,11 11'c -1- vii of Saturday selthight, as three women 00" ;0, children were going to' their homes,.at,lrt:llleir; 16-01 es south .of Invernes's, .they misb-4,77,4,f,,,iiier lon4 Anil perishdirainong the, snow ; that.o°lli-eir nWi.Cvl: flOoloilirds ;011titlitityle.:Articilrye, 'bvtiltlblieliii,2oono yrd' Y'' DellerV: 'lt il reported.that several ril°l:llllirv.icti:'l"—llii been„lost,by the late inclement weather." '  nirart. 99 the 46Th ficeinther, at 'Bolton It aiettoti; the Milytathe-lier.-4.:schptepciti,ol rtt,a, •