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oral application of it to ptage coaches would be at- 

 loiHlcd wilU coiisiderahic advantage to the |)ulilic, 

 both as regards the salety and convenience ol' tra- 

 vellers, and at the same time much time would he 

 f!a\cd ill a long journey which is now lost in stop- 

 piiiil the coach to apply the tlrag. The expei'i- 

 meuts are to be re])ealeil this day and to-mornnv, 

 al the hours of 11, 1, and 3 o'clock, at which times 

 the coach, with the relarder attached to it, will 

 leave the Archway Tavern, at Hollovvay, to as- 

 cend llighij-ate hill. The patentees of this most 

 useful machine are Messrs. Makepeace and Pear- 

 eon, of Mitcham, Surrey, and the merit of the in- 

 vention is due to the lurmer of these gentlemen. 



[/6. 



OLD KKGLISH FARE. 



The foUowintr is a dinner of the reign of Charles 

 the First. A soupe of snayles, a powdered j.>-uose, 

 a joll of salmon, and a dish of green fish, buttered, 

 witli eirus; ttus was a first course. Then came a 

 Lombard pie, a cowe's udder roasted, a grand 

 boyled meat, a hedirc-hog pudding, a rabbit stufi- 

 ed with oysters, polonian sausages, a mallard witli 

 cabbaiie, and a pair of boiled cocks. To these suc- 

 ceeded as entremeis — a spinnage tart, a carbona- 

 ted hen, a pie of aloes, eg<2;s in moonshine, a chris- 

 tal jelly, jumballs, quiddaiiy, braggat and walnut 

 eiickets. Cockale, surtt^it-water, canary, sack, and 

 Gascony wines, served to moisten this heieroire- 

 nous repast. The li^llowing is taken from "Wreck- 

 er's Secrets of Nature," published in the next reign, 

 1660. /J live rnafited o^nnse. The details of the pro- 

 cess are too barbarous to repeat, but when the roast- 

 ing is accomplished the writer adds: "then take her 

 up, set her before your guests, and she will cry as 

 you cut off any part from her, and will almost be 

 eaten un before she is dead; it is mighty pleasant 

 to beholdy—Ib. 



From ttie N. Y. Express. 



EXTENSION OF BEET SUGAR CULTURE IN EU- 

 ROPE. 



Extract of a Letter from Paris. 



The Chamber of Deputies has not yet entered 

 ot; the discussion of the bill for reducing the im- 

 post duty on colonial sugar in order to enable that 

 article lo conapete in the French markets with the 

 beet root euirar. They appear determined on 

 amending it in a manner calculated to secure the 

 interests of the two parties. M. D***, a gentle- 

 man irom Albany is here very industriously en- 

 gaged collecting the necessary information on the 

 best mode of extracting sugar from the beet, with 

 a view to establish a manufacture of the kind in 

 the neighborhood of Albany. That precious in- 

 dustry has now extended over almmt the entire of 

 Europe, having even penetrated into Hiissia, 

 where it is daily acquirinj; an immense extension. 

 In Moscow, and the adjoining governments, the 

 richest, most populous, and most interesting in 

 the empire, the number of beet sugar manufiicto- 

 ries, established in the last five years, amounted 

 on an average to 49 per annum. The cultivation 

 of flax has been abandoned in manv parts, and , 

 the proprietors give premiums to their peasants lo , 



induce them to substitute the beet root in its stead. 

 Only a iliw mamiliictoriets have yet been establish- 

 ed in southern Russia. [| was a Polish lord, 

 now a reliigee in Paris, who, ten years ago, wa.^ 

 the first to introduce on his estates of Podolia tlie 

 culture of the l)eel, and to extract sugar ihere- 

 Irom. His undertakinir shared in ihe^liite of itR 

 founder; his property having been confiscateil. his 

 manullictory ceased to exist — but the country, alive 

 to its advantage, has benefited by the example. 

 The impulse has now been given throughout that 

 vast and fertile region stretching between the 

 Danube and the Don. Some <f the wealthiest land 

 owners have become planters and manufacturers of 

 beetroot. One ofthem, wlio commenced eii;li- 

 teen months ago, and only obtained 1000 pounds 

 of sugar in 18.36, expects this year to manufacture 

 100,000 pounds. In the course of 10 or 15 years, 

 New Russia will not only grow a sufficient quantity 

 for its own consumption, but also lor the suj)|)ly of 

 European Turkey. The price of labor, which 

 may prove in America a serious obstacle to the 

 success of this branch of industry, is a matter of 

 no consideration in Russia, where white slaves cost 

 perha|:s less to maintain tht-m, than the black of 

 the United States. 



From tlie New York Observer. 



GENERAL REMARKS ON THE IMPROVEMENTS 

 AND PROSPECTS OF BRITISH AGRICUL- 

 TURE. 



Extract from Dr. Humphreys' Letters from Eng- 

 land. 



I have spoken already, in general terms, with a 

 little of that enthusiasm, perhaps, whicli first im- 

 pressions are apt to beget, of the moral beauties 

 and high cultivation of England, and parts of 

 Scotland. A glance, in July or August, from a 

 few of the thousand eminences which invite your 

 steps, is sufficient (o convince you, that the prodi- 

 gious agricultural resources of the country are de- 

 veloped with extraordinary industry, skill and suc- 

 cess. But these enchanting glimpses, are too rap- 

 id and indefinite, to aflord any satisfactory data, 

 from which to calculate the gross produce of the 

 island. You want to sit down in your closet, with 

 such statistics as maybe gleaned li-om tlie reports 

 of parliamentary committees and other authentic 

 documents, and by the help of these, to make out 

 a condensed abstract, embracing all the items 

 which go to swell the vast aggregate of British 

 agricultural production. For brcA'ity's sake, I 

 shall include what I have to say of the" agriculture 

 of Scotland under the present general "head, al- 

 though most of the estimates will have more spe- 

 cial reference to England and Wales. 



It is the opinion of contfietent judijes, that the 

 advances made in the agriculture of Great Britain 

 during the last seventy or eighty years, are scarcely 

 exceeded by the improvement and extension of its 

 manufactures, within the same period; and that to 

 these advances, no other old settled country fur- 

 nishes any parallel. That they have been xery 

 rapid, indeed, the following fio-ures and compari- 

 sons abundantly show. Jn 1760 the total growth 

 of all kir,ds of frrain in Eno-Jaud and Wales, was 

 about 120,000,000 of bushels. To this should be 

 added, perhaps 30^000,000, ibr Scotland— making 



