The National Register. — 1809-12-03 (London, England)

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.  TheirMinz frosts which have hitherto taken place, have not given the least click to the young wheats in either the-early or late sown ernes; both of which, in vueral, appear extremely promi:i•ig for the season. The great mildness and unusual openness oft he weather during the whole of the month, has contributed to keep the cattle stock longer out in the pastures than is commonly the by which the consumption of more expensive winter fodder is prevented, which is a matter of great importance to the farmer. The various sorts of green food employed for live.slock at skis period of the year, are also in most places good and abundant, which with the large supply of potatoes, and other kinds of food, must secure the farmer, in a great measure, from the scarcity of cattlefodder doting the winter season. The sheep on the turnips, and the fattening cattle stock on these and other sorts of food, have gone on particularly well, probably from the great warmth of the season. Though much grain has been threshed out in consequence of the advance in price, the supplies in the markets have not lately been so athundaut a; might have been expected. The granting of licences for importieg it from other countries, have seemingly had the effect of lessening; the exertions of the farmers nt home in getting it Inv in the usual quantity. The prices in the markets have continued much thesanue this week as in the preceding. Lean stock, both Of the cattle and sheep kind, but especially thelatter, have fetched unusually' high prices at the latefairs.--Fat Mock of all descriptions, but particularly hogs, is also sold at a high price. Not ;I ithstanding the openness of the season, tsar fully keeps up its price. • •  --~ • Pont Herse Duty.—At a hearing on the 25th tilt. before the 3lagistrates of Newcastle, cn :to information laid by Mr. Charles Lowe, collector of the post horse duty, against Mr. Thomas Giles :tact William Wallace, it was determined, " That horses let by the Day and not by the Mile," are not liable to the duty chargeable on 'post horses. An appeal is made to the Sessious by the Collector. (• . On Saturday se'nsight, Thomas Tomlinson, a young man; I about 24 years of age, a private in tht 6th Carabineers, gnattered in Leeds. put a period to his existence by discharging a pistol through his head, which *occasioned his almost instantaneous death. It is supposed that the fear of disgrace impelled him to the commission of this dreadful act, which is much lamented by his regiment; for although young he had fought with distinguished gallantry the battles of his country. On the same evening a Coroner's Inquest was held on the body, 'and a verdict returned of felo de se. The corpse, in consequence, was seized by the civil power, and lodged in the prison until Monday night, when the remains of this unfortunate young man were taken about midnight to a short distance from the town, and buried in the lanes usually appropriated to this pnrpose. The body had scarcely been committed to its ignominious grave, when some of - the military, impelled by an attachmeet to their brother soldier, and encouraged by the populace, jumped into the grave, in the presence of the civil oflkers, and finding it impossible to get up the coffin entire, they took off the lid, raised the corpse from the , grave, and afterwards took up the shell, in which the body was a,,,ain deposited, and carried it to the new burying ground at the parish church, :w here it was interred with military honours. Saturday s'unight, a desperate attempt was made to break into Carlisle gaol, for the purpose of liberating Stokes, the robher of the Wltitehaven bank, from prison. This fellow, aho his committed more depredations upon society than altruist any t other offender in the kingdom, was, some time ago, through the bumane interference of Dr. Blamire, removed from the conk/allied cell, to a rocm at the other end of the prison, in conseuence of his basing lost the use of his limbs. Acquainted with this circumstance. the villains, to effect their design, had sue* ceeded in perforating the wall about a foot square, immediately opposite the bed Stoke; slept in, which was on the ground floor. Ila a few mieutes he would cyttainly have escaped, had they not ', ,-. beer) alartneil by a chaloe driving up to the gaol door about halfvast five o'clock in the morning. Stokes is s.,id to be evtretnely • 440, Awl Ito the leader of aping) R ho, it .is stwosed, have i. i