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diſcovery. A plant, which grows every where in Europe and Aſa, in marſhy and damp places, and on the banks of rivers, called by the botaniſtss Batouas Cimbellatus, produces after a very ſhort and ealy preparation, flour of which bread may'be made almoſt as white as wheaten. The inventor has ſent a proof both of the flour and the bread to the miniſter of the interiors and in return received from the emperor a very valuable preſent.

On Monday the 13th, there was a moſt vivient thunder(torm at Greafs Yarmouth. The corn in tlie neighbourhood is moſtly levelled to the ground, the ſtraw is very much mildewed, bat at is thought that the Kernel had not yet received any damage.

Worceflter, Aug. 18. At Ledbury new fair, on Tueſday ſe'nnight, there was a conſiderable quantity of new cheeſe, which ſo!/d at high prices. Two meal, from 698, to 685. Beſt making, from 748- to 808. per cwt.=At our fair this day, there was a large ſhew of fat and lean cattle and ſheep, which ſold at declining prices, and many were driven away unfold. There were a few good horſes, which were ſold at high prices.--Curzent prices of hops at the fair, 31. 148. to 41. 45. per cWt-

There is at this time a two-years old pig, in poſſeſſion of Mr. Evans, attorney, near Caernarvon, of the very great weight of 50 ſcore, or 10 cwt. meaſuring from the noſe to the tip of the tail, 10 teet.

Stafford, Aug. 4. Monday lalt two fine ſtore pigs, belonging to Mr. Lowe, of the Green Man, Eccleſhall, were turned into a yard, where a quan- ztity of vegetables, among which was ſome hemlock, had been thrown, and the Pigs, partaking ot that noxlous herb, were poiſoned, and died in a quarter of an hour. We inſert this as a caution. Hemlock frequently grows among Zarſley, and is not much unlike it.

London, Tueſday, Fuly 24.--A very ingenious mechanic in Piccadilly, has lately received a premium from the Society for encouraging Arts and Manufsa&ures, for 1ihe invention of a machine without a fail to threſfh corn. It has been uſed in the preſence of Lord Somerville and ſeveral members of the Board of Agriculture, all of whom declared it a very valuable machine. The great ule of it is to ſave time, the expedition ot its proceſs being aſto- niſhing. When the experiment alluded to was made, a truls of wheaten ſtraw trom the market, being put under it, more than three pints of grain weit obtained from the ſtraw, which was ſuch as is uſed in common in fables, &c. The machine is worked by a ſingle horſe, and principally confſitts of a cylinder of a large mag itude: which turns borizontally, and is pertorated with holes with two horizontal wheels working in uniſon. Ihe grain is y9 way bruiſed by the proceſs, but is conſidered more fit for ſowing than that threſhed in the ordinary way.

Aug. 22.=-Carmarthen fair, on Monday, exhibited a great hew of cattle, the ſale was ratber dull, but ſuch as met with buyers brought fair prices.

The Pig fair on Tuelday was weil ſupplied, and many were well(ol4.--

There was a good ſhew of cattle and horſes at Swanſea fair on Wedneſdays but ſo dull a ſale has not been known for many years. t

Ar Brentford tair, the ſhew of ſheep andg-lambs exceeded that of anv of late years, by at leaſt 3000, the whole number being 20,000. They ſold welt, ewes 205. to 305. lome at 325. and one lot of 100 at 365. The moſt general Price, 235. Lambs 138 t0 208 ſome as high as 225 but the moſt general price

' 378. There were a tew tolerably good horſes and plenty of foreſt colts, the former were eagerly bought at high prices- The latter proved of ſo little value thät it may be-faid the buyers had. them on their own terms,

Canterbury, Aug. 24.=-Dhe condition of our hop plantations has by no means mendedz the cold weather has every where checked their growth, they are ſmall and uncommonly backward, and in ſome places mould yv-

A one year old new Leiceſterſhire heep, fed with cabbagres, turnips, and graſs only, by Mr. Barker, ot Wüileſbrough, Navghtered bere this das, weigbed 116 1b. the carcaſe, including the head.