tionary of MILLAR, the book of that will not last well three years?: MICHAUX, the most admirable ex- What would such a landlord give perience of the people of the me? The secret would be worth' Gironde, have not been able to ac-five hundred pounds to him, at the complish in fourscore years, that least farthing. Here he has it, which I shall accomplish in one then. Where is there a man of year; namely, make the land- sense who will have a farm withowners of England thoroughly out a bit of Locust copse? And acquainted with the excellence of when this shall be the case all this tree, and to set them serious-over the country; will it be Mr. ly to work to cultivate it. PHILIP MILLAR, or will it be WILLIAM COBBETT who will have done the thing? One of two things will happen; the cultivation of this tree will be general, or it will not :' if it be general, the whole nation will benefit largely by it; if it be not general, the comparatively Let me, however, say no more of these envious beasts; but let me point out to the reader, what a complete confirmation there is here of what I said about growing everlasting hop-poles. We see here that a copse cut at four years old will split into vine-props, that few that plant, will make large will last twenty years. Need I fortunes by their planting, and, observe to any farmer; need I amongst these, I will take care to observe to any gentlemen who have my share. owns a farm, what would be the value of everlasting hedge-stakes. Suppose I were to say to any landlord owning a thousand acres of land, divided into two or three farms. Suppose I were to say to such a man: What will you give me to tell you how to get a copse upon your estate, that you may cut every four years, and split the stuff into hedge-stakes one's time upon such people. They that will last twenty years, in-are creatures who are unable to stead of your present copses, suppress their envy; but their ofwhich take ten years to produce fence is, that they have the audastuff, to be split into hedge-stakes city to envy. What should we I have sold all the Locust trees that I had. The mean, the wretched devil at Southampton, says that' the like are to be bought at two or three shillings a hundred. Let him tell us where. I will give him orders for more than a hundred thousand directly, at double the highest price that he has named. However, it is nonsense to waste say to the jack-ass if we were to ject, and to make the cultivation discover him envying the race- a matter of national utility." It horse? I say of Gourlay and Mas-was not necessary for me to lay ters, as Swift said of the envious the lash upon the envious reptile. reptiles of his day: They are my fellow creatures, and so is a louse. The press of America justly esti mated his baseness, and laid the, lash on for me. Not so the press of the Jews and Jobbers. That has a score of its own to pay off; and in the effecting of this purpose, it is totally regardless of any mischief that it may do to the country. : This base press lent its aid, for a while,to the wretched fellow who said that he discovered the mode of making straw bonnets, like One cannot help admiring the condescension, the excessive kindness, the signal charity of the press; the base London press, upon this occasion. "The St. James's Chronicle" has really behaved in a manner worthy of the occasion, and of the country; but there are others (oh! how exquisitely base) who, not daring to censure, in their own name, kindly those of Leghorn, twenty years: take in and circulate the detrac-ago! The press grew ashamed tions of the vermin above-men- of this man. It found that this tioned. Now, there was no news- was a thing that it could not fight paper to do the like of this in with. What this press will do, America, when I there introduced next year or the year after, I can-, the Swedish turnip. There was not imagine; for we shall see one man (and to our shame he plantations of Locust all over this was an Englishman), who could kingdom; and we shall see a total not endure the praises which cessation of importation of Leghorn all parties are bestowing upon hats and bonnets. It is a pity that me. He published in a news- the Jews and Jobbers who own the paper, that he himself had in-press, cannot get their necks all, troduced the plant thirty years into one; for then one razor or one before. "This may be true," said bit of rope may put an end to the the Americans," you might bring mortification of them all in one "it into some single spot of our moment. "country; but it was reserved for "Mr. COBBETT to give us practi My acorns and nuts are arrived "cal demonstration upon the sub-from Liverpool. I have not had 2 time to examine them yet. Before the appearance of my next Register I shall; and then I shall be able to say whether I can offer any of them for sale, with confidence that they will grow; and also what will be the price. JOSEPH SWANN, Ox the day before Christmasday, a gentleman, who was so good as to go for the purpose, from Liverpool, carried five pounds to Chester gaol for SWANN, and fifteen pounds fifteen shillings to his wife at Stockport. Those gentlemen who were so good as to join me in the subscribing of this money, will be happy to hear, that SWANN is in good health, and that his wife and children are in he same state. The time of his imprisonment expires next July. THOSE persons who may want to engage platters and knitters to teach children in parishes, or who may want to send young persons to Bury St. Edmunds to be taught, will be pleased to apply to Messrs. COBBING and Co. of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. From Ireland.-Oats, 3,690 qrs. | Wheat, red, (old) .....52s. to G5s; Foreign.-Oats, 400; Tares, 5; →→→ white, (old),...58s. Linseed, 1,655; Rapeseed, 135; and Brank, 125 qrs. Friday, Jan. 2.-The arrivals of this week are only moderate, as the wind continues contrary and boisterous. Wheat is dull and hardly maintains Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Peas, fully support last quotations. Prime Oats obtain rather more money, and other sorts sell better. Flour is unaltered. Monday, Jan. 5.-The boisterous state of the weather, occasioned our supplies last week to be very small. This morning there is a moderate fresh arrival of Wheat, Barley, Beans, and Peas, from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, with very little Grain fresh in from mere distant parts. The top price of Flour being established at 60s. per sack, has occasioned an increased demand for Wheat, and this article is advanced 2s, to 3s. per quarter, on the prices of this day se'nnight. ➡ red, (new) ....42s. 7483 48$. 50s. 54s. Barley has found buyers readily, and at rather more money. Beans are further advanced 1s. per qr.Tares.... Peas for boiling are 1s. per quarter higher, and such as are non-boilers are greatly in demand for grinding. Grey Peas are 1s. per qr, dearer. Rye is not at present in demand. Oats are advanced Is. per quarter since last Monday, but the sale is not brisk at the rise. ........ នគ 48 ditto 36 45 Foreign.. 1,000. " ditto 46 54 Rape Cake, 41. 5s. to 47. 10s. per ton. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. 2 By the QUARTER, excepting where otherwise named; from Wednesday to Satur. day last, inclusive. very thinly attended either by town or country dealers, the sales of any article were so limited, as to leave the prices of last Tuesday nominally the same as lást advised. WHEAT, per 70lbs. The Scotch Markets are the Returns of the English 7 9 to 10 6 WHEAT. S. d. s. d. Uxbridge, per load... 12. 0s. 184. 10s. ¡Aylesbury, ditto 11. Us. 161. Os. Newbury Reading 69 0 Henley 48 0 74 0 Banbury 44 0 58 0 Per 9 gal.7 0-8.9 OATMEAL, 240lbs. Devizes Sherborne 0 0 17. 5s. 3 8 3 8 Scotch 28 0-32 quar. Dorchester, per load Guildford, per load. 00 12. Os. 7.06 0 0 144. Os. 17. 10s. - Scotch 3. 4 BEANS, per qr. 48 0 Imported into Liverpool, from 68 0 the 23d to the 29th December 1823 "Basingstoke.. Chelmsford, per load 50* 0 Stamford.. 48 0 0 0 Swansea, per bushel.... Nottingham 66 0 35 0 The Scotch boll for Wheat, Rye, Pease, and Qats, is about 6 bushels Winchester. 0 Flour, 1152 sacks. Bristol, Jan. 3-Good Wheat, either New or Old, sells freely at this place, and there is a good demand for best Malting Barley. Other kinds of Grain sell rather heavy.-Best Wheat from 8s. 3d. to 8s. 6d.; inferior ditto, 5s. to Liverpool, Dec. 30.-The spirit 6s. 9d.; Best Barley, 4s. to 4s. 3d. ; <of speculation having most mate-inferior ditto, 2s. 9d. to 3s. 9d.; rially abated, there was very little Beans, 2s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. ; Oats, 2s. business done here in the Corn to 2s. 10d.; and Malt, 4s. 6d. to Trade during the past week, and 7s. per bushel. Flour, Seconds, the market of this day having been 30s. to 50s. per bag. |