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markable, and reßle& vo fmall credit on tbe induſtry and ſpirit of that gen- tleman.

The price of corn in Spain having in a ſhort time fallen three-fourths, "Phe corn-dealers in Italy, and throughout the Levant, who had ſpeculated on the late high prices, have loſt great(ums of money.

The hay barveit is not remembered ever to have been ſo produ&tive as it is in molt diſtri&s this year- In the neighbourhood of Melton Mowbray, and in ſome other parts of Leiceſturihire, the ſwath is ſo heavy, tbat the land vp- on which it is grown is not fuliciently extenſive to ſpread it upon, in order to it's becoming hay.

By accounts from Yorkſhire, it appears, that the demand for weol is be- yond example, that prices will be from 15 to 25 per cent. higher than thoſe obtained laſt year.

A gentleman has obtained a patent for a new metkod of manufaßuring and ſpianmg yarn. Its principal obj2et is to lay the fibres of the Aax, hemp,&<c. in the yarn, without being doubled, and as nearly as poſſible at tbeir full length; by which much unnecellary conſumption of the raw material is la= ved, and the yarn ſtrengthened

A machine has been conſtru&ed by an ingenious farmer at Newtown Cun- vingham, which, with the aliſtance of two horles and a man, will, in ſeven hours, thraſh upwards of 150 ſtooks of barley or beetle, ina day, fittv ooks of ax. The expence of the apparatus does not amount to more thaa 1x guincas«

A provincial paper has the following account of a medicine for idleness. « At Dils a number of labourers in huſbandry having refuſed to work for the cuſtomary wages, and being out of emyloyment, applied to the magis trates, who adviſed the pariſh officers to ſet them to work, which they 2C- cordingly did.=-Their buſineſs was to carry bricks in a hod, on their ſhoul« ders, from Palgrave to Diſs, a diltance of two miles; this medicine had the deſired effe&, for after two days, they returned peaccably to their iormer em-

loyment.

One of the phenomena of nature has been this year found at Aſhoy, near Horncaftle, in Lincoluſhire. In the rookery of Mrs. Hatlon, ot that place, 2a neſt has been taken containing two crows; one of the moſt brilliant fable hue, the other perfeStly of a milk white. The laſt mentioned bird is now in the.poſſeſlion of Mr. Charles Soulby, of Horncaſtle.

Captain Raymond, paymaſter at Hilſea, on June 26, received a woodcock, which was killed on his eſtate in Devoaſhire, on the 24t0. It is diſputed a- mong ſportsmen whether they ever remained in this country after March, or the beginning of April. The bird was in good condition.

Mr. S. Taylor, of. Handfworth Woodhouſe, near Shelield, has at this time in his poſſeſlon a hen 24. years old, which has reared ſixteen chickens this year, and now continues to)lay eggs.

Atthe bottom of a wood belonging to William Turton, Eſq. of Kuowl- ton-hall, in Flintſhire, is a rill of water, called Shell-brvok, which empties itſelf into the river Dee; and when you ſep acroſs, you are

In the kingdom of England and principality of Wales;

In the provinces of Canterbury and York;

In the dioceſe of Cheſter, Litchſicld, and Coventry 3

In the counties of Flint and Salop;

In the hundreds of Maylo and O!weſtry;

In the pariſhes of Elleſmere and Overton;

In the townſhips of Knowlton and Soddylt;

And in Mr. Turner's grounds and his. neighbour's.. N

Produce of a Cow.--4 gentleman at Lymington, Hampſhire, has. a cow which gave a produce of one thouſand, three hundred, and thirty fix gallous, two. quarts,. and half apint of milk, in ten calendar months. and twenty days and the produce of another cow of the(ams. breed, has been for many weegs together fixteen pounds vf butter per weck,