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energy in defence of Louis XVI. He was in of the press ; nor can this liberty itself exist 



consequence arrested, and sent to the Abbaye. without the admirable institution of juries." 

 Thence he had the good fortune to effect his At the restoration, M. de Lally once more 



escape to England, where he received a pen- made his appearance on the public theatre, 



sion from the government. When Bona- He accompanied Louis XVIII. to Ghent, as 



parte assumed the consular power, he went one of the members of his Majesty's Privy 



back to France ; but, taking scarcely any part Council; and he is supposed to have been 



in public affairs, he lived much in retirement, the author of the manifesto addressed by 



devoting his time to literature, and the charms Louis to the French nation, 

 of domestic life, till the restoration of the In the new arrangement of the Chamber of 



Bourbons, in 1814. Yet, upon one occasion, Deputies, M. de Lally was created a mar- 



we find him maintaining the generous prin- quis. He was the author of an Essay on the 



ciples of his youth with constitutional and Life of the Earl of Straffbid ; the Earl of 



characteristic energy. In a debate, in Feb- StrafFord, a tragedy ; a defence of Louis 



ruary, 1 807, speaking of the seizure of pub- XVI.; and various other productions, di- 



lications, he exclaimed, " There can be no stinguished by their elegance and purity of 



representative government that has not for its taste. The Marquis died at the latter end 



basis public as well as individual liberty. of March, or the beginning of April, in the 



There can be no liberty without the liberty present year. 



MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



As was reported in our last, March dust ransomed the crops, more especially the wheats- 

 of all, the most important. The present month was ushered in with cutting frosts, and in 

 many parts with an unusual depth of snow for the season. The effects were instantaneous 

 and visible on all vegetation, in its foliage and tender shoots, just beginning to feel the 

 genial influence of Spring. Fortunately this unseasonable rigour was temporary, being very 

 shortly succeeded by a genial Spring warmth, with the old April showers and south- 

 westerly winds, the true panacea for all the crops in their existing state. And should May 

 prove equally genial, forgetting to make the cow quake, great hope may be entertained 

 even of the late-sown and thin crops. 



Accounts, however, of the crops from various parts, are, as has been usual of late, ex- 

 tremely anomalous. Some, from the best lands, are rather sanguine in the expectation of 

 an average crop of bread-corn ; whilst, more generally, no such hope is entertained, from the 

 foul and impoverished state of the lands, and the lateness of so great a part of the season on 

 heavy wet soils : even bean-seed-planting is not yet finished ; but, generally, the greater part 

 of the Spring crops is completed, and the culture of marigold and carrots in full operation. 

 Most fortunately, and unexpectedly, the turnips have held out to the last, with even a sur- 

 plus in some parts : the same of the hay and fodder, affording the keepers of live stock the 

 rare opportunity of sparing their grazing lands until they have produced a good bite for the 

 cattle. The young beans and peas are complained of as thin planted from the dampness 

 and infertility of much of the seed. The natural grasses, pushed on by the fertilizing 

 moisture of the season, fully sustain the character of our last report in fact, promise an- 

 other great grass year. Spring tares, and seeds generally, appear of equal promise. Late- 

 sown winter tares, an experienced bad practice, have failed as usual. The nearly total 

 failure of the last year's clover-crcp proves particularly distressing during the present dearth 

 of money among the farmers. Not only is the price of the seed very high, but the quality, 

 whether of the imported or home-grown, cannot be depended upon : thence many have 

 wisely substituted hop clover, trefoil, and other seeds for the present season. In the mid- 

 land counties the culture of winter beans and peas has, of late, had its return to periodical 

 practice successfully; and perhaps the turn of winter barley may come next. General early 

 sowing, too, has once more its advocates. The considerable quantity of barley grown last 

 year has produced little benefit to the grower, from the lowness of the price, difficulty of sale, 

 and badness of the quality, whence it is unfit for horse-food the case also of the beans. 

 Nevertheless, it is reported on all hands, that the stock of every kind of home-grown corn 

 is nearly exhausted of wheat beyond all other kinds. The latter Spring crops are in train 

 for a speedy finish, to be followed by preparing the lands for the reception of the turnip- 

 seed. The late failure of marigold occasions it to have a marked attention this year, as a 

 most useful article that stands in the gap in Spring between failing turnips and growing 

 grass. 



Grazing and stall-feeding, from the depression of price last year, have proved most un- 

 fortunate concerns; too many fat stocks having been sold for no more, or even less, than the 

 original cost of the stores : this has been particularly the case, both with respect to cattle, 

 corn, and all other farming substance, at the numerous sales under execution for rent. How- 

 ever, cattle and sheep have done well and improved in condition during the present Spring ; 

 and we have the satisfaction to report not only a return of demand, but some additions te 



